History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 169

Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899; Western Historical Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Company
Number of Pages: 1304

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ELOM ELDER, Sec. 20; born in Airdale Co., N. C., April 22, 1818; ten years later his people removed to Illinois, and then, in 1834, to the lead region of Wisconsin. In the fall of 1841, Elom Elder built a log shanty on his present farm and has since resided here-now the oldest resident of Mout- rose-Messrs. Kendrick and McFadden only were ahead of him. He married, July 10, 1850, Susan Lester, of Cayuga Co., N. Y .; they have had six children-M. J., deceased in 1854; Phebe A. (Mrs. William Leary) ; Franklin. died 1857 ; Andrew, born 1858; Thomas W., born 1861; and Jane M., born 1863, died 1873. Mr. Elder began here so poor as to be obliged to draw hay on a home-made sled in haying time; to use wooden log-chains and wooden forks, furniture, etc., of his own make-perhaps no man in Dane Co. has spent more time in the woods with rifle and ax, and scores of deer, etc., have been " laid out" by him.

JOHN FRITZ, Sec. 19 ; P. O. Montrose; born in Kindenheimer, Bavaria, Nov. 26, 1826; emigrated to the United States with his parents, Peter and Elizabeth, in 1836 ; settled in New York, and remained until they came West in 1849 ; for two years they owned the Sharman farm, in Montrose ; then settled on the present 315-acre farm, beginning with 200, of which, perhaps, 30 were broken, and on which was a log house alone ; since he came to Wisconsin Mr. Fritz has cleared and broken about 300 acres ; has built a good stone house, a 36x54x18-foot basement barn, etc., etc. Mr. Fritz has been three times married, and has nine children-George, Edward, Marcus, Alexander, Minnie, John E., Peter, Hattie and Mary -Grant died aged 5 years. Mr. F. has been Steward of the Methodist Episcopal Church for fifteen years. Is a Republican and a most successful farmer; has of late given much attention to dairying, his butter finding a ready market in Chicago.

JOHN AND A. D. FREDERICK, of Belleville. John Frederick, the founder of the village, called it after his native Canadian village ; he was born Nov. 20, 1799, and came to the States in 1844 ; bought 700 acres near First Lake, Dane Co., in June, 1844; built the first house where Belleville now stands in 1845 (see sketch of the village), and still resides here; his son, A. D., born Jan. 27, 1831, near Belleville, Canada; now owns 115 acres adjoining the village; he was in the mines of California in 1853 and 1854, for several months earning $140 per month by working extra hours, or eighteen out of every twenty-four. In December, 1850, he married Amanda J., daugliter of Joseph Kurtz; she was born May 22, 1844, near Wilksbarre, Penn .; they have five children-Franklin F., Ella (Mrs. A. Fitts), Joseph, John E. and Lillie G. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick belong to the Adventist Church. Politics, Greenbacker ; his farm is devoted to both grain and stock, and he is now gathering a crop of 6 acres of tobacco.

THEODORE GREENWOOD, Belleville; was born March 16, 1802, in Three Rivers, Canada ; the year 1834 found him in Green Bay, Wis., and during the summer he helped build the first saw-mill on the Wisconsin, owned by Daniel Whitney, and located three miles below Stevens' Point ; Mr. Greenwood sawed the first log and helped run the first raft down the river; returning to Green Bay, he, in March, 1835, came to Potosi Grove ; engaged in lead-mining three years, then went to La Fayette Co .; in 1842, he settled on a farm in New Glarus, and remained there until he came to Belleville in 1868 ; his farm was Government land; in Belleville he has twelve village lots. He married Buletta Henderson, born in Nor- way; they have eight children-Alfred, Helena, Joseph, Henry, Julia, Mary, Theodore and Fanny ; the eldest was born in La Fayette Co., and the others in New Glarus. Mr. and Mrs. Greenwood are Methodists, and he is an Odd Fellow and Republican; descended from an old French family, he ranks with the hardy voyageurs who made the path for the civilization of the North west.

JOSEPH JACKSON, miller, Belleville ; born in 1823, in Wadworth, Yorkshire, England ; learned milling at 18, with a cousin in Knottingley ; finishing a three years' apprenticeship, he exchanged places with a brother, and worked at Ackworth until 1858, when he came to America ; first locating at Chicago, he came to Green Co., Wis., in 1860, and worked at Dayton, Albany, etc., at one time renting the Albany Woolen Mill; in 1871, he came to and has since resided in Belleville; leased the flouring-mill here June 1, 1880 ; his thirty years' experience is a good 'guarantee of his ability to run this excellent mill; it has three runs of stone,and is well equipped. Mr. Jackson married Miss Olive Ellis, who was born June 24, 1829, near Eckington, Derbyshire ; she died April 8, 1876, leaving three children-John H., born June 30, 1863; Ida M., born Jan. 2, 1865 ; Alice, born Jan. 30, 1867, died Oct. 30, 1868; and Fred B., born June 25, 1868. Mr. Jackson is a Republican and an Odd Fellow; his wife was a member of the M. E. Church.

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HON. JOHN LYLE, farmer, Secs. 17, 6, 18 and 20; P. O. Paoli; born in the parish of Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland, May 7, 1835; his father, John Lyle, married Mary Holmes, who died in 1843; marrying again, he came to America in 1851, locating on See. 12, town of Springdale, where he died in 1873 ; his son, our subject, was educated in the school at Bridge-of-Wier, Scotland, and has been a life-long farmer ; he settled on his present 390-acre farm in 1864, " baehed it" that summer, and married, Dec. 20, 1864, Miss Christina, daughter of John and Catherine Stewart; they came to Ameriea in 1843, and, by settling, Ang. 6, 1843, in Verona, became one of its pioneer families; here the mother still lives, John S. dying in February, 1858. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle have three children-Mar- garet A., John T. and Catherine Irene. The parents are Presbyterians. Up to 1864, Mr. L. was a Lincoln Republican, sinee that time he has been a Democrat; was elected Chairman of Montrose in 1869 and 1870, and from 1874 to 1879 he represented his Distriet in the State Legislature.

PETER W. MATTS, Paoli; born June 20, 1814, in Bueks Co., Penn .; served a two-years apprenticeship as a carpenter, and, at 21, located at New Brunswick, N. J .; from 1835 to 1837, he was busy at his trade in New York City ; in the spring of 1837, he reached Indianapolis, and, in the spring of 1838, started for Madison, Wis., with a four-horse team, arriving here in June, and at once started on foot for a tour through the southwest; visited Galena, Dubuque, Potosi, Platteville, Blue Mounds, Helena and Black Earth ; Indian trails were his most usual routes ; resolved to settle in Madison, he followed his trade there until 1842. That year he married Helen R. Dickson, of Otsego Co., N. Y .; her brother David was the first " printer's devil" in Madison ; her sister Anna married David Hyer, who was one of the party of fifty who crossed the Territory and located the capital at Madison ; he settled there with his family in 1838; after his marriage, Mr. Matts returned East and spent the winter; in 1846, he was elected Sheriff of the county, and held the office two terms-the last Sheriff under the Territorial and the first under the State Government ; in 1845 or 1846, he entered 600 or 800 acres, including the water privilege of Paoli; in 1847, himself and brother built the saw-mill ; in 1848, his family settled here, he joining them in 1850. This genuine representative of the pioneer element of Wisconsin is best known as Major Matts, he having received a commission as Major in the State militia from Gov. Dodge. An old time Whig and Republican, he was Chairman of Montrose six or eight years (see records in this volume); has also been Justice of the Peace, ete. The saw-mill was kept in operation until 1865, when he sold out to the Minch Brothers ; he has sold most of his land, and is resting from the wear and tear of a long, useful and well-spent life. Major and Mrs. Matts have had seven. children-Eugene W., Alvernon T. (deceased), Mary C. (Mrs. E. D. Wood), Ella I. (deceased), Orville E., Florence and Elmer.

WILLIAM M. MOREHEAD, Secs. 22 and 30; P. O. Belleville; born in Cadiz, Harri- son Co., Ohio, Nov. 16, 1819 ; has been a lifelong farmer ; resided for a few years in both Coshoeton and Licking Cos., and, in 1845, came to Wisconsin ; in November of that year, bought of Uncle Sam 80 acres of his present farm, and built a log house, which stood a few feet north of his present residence; during the next few years he did pioneer work among the openings on the Sugar River bottom ; he now owns 224 acres in a body as his homestead, and 20 acres of timber on Sec. 20. In 1850, he married Miss Sarah Southard; she was a native of Addison Co., Vt., and joined relatives in Montrose in 1849; at her death, May 7, 1880, she left an only son, William B., born Dee. 7, 1852, on the Montrose homestead. Mr. Morehead is an Old-Line Whig-Republican ; was Justice of the Peace io 1849, 1850 and subsequently ; was also Assessor many successive years, and Chairman in 1870.

CALVIN MORTON, P. O. Paoli ; was born in Hatfield or Wheatley, Conn., Jan. 16, 1796 ; a few years later the family settled in New York State, where he grew to man's estate, and married Betsy Hale ; she died and left one child. The present Mrs. Morton was Cynthia Sylvester, of Vermont. Squire Morton brought his family West in 1846, and, for eight years, lived on See. 15, Montrose ; sold out and went to Iowa and spent a year, and, in 1856, settled where his eldest son now lives. He has been Justice of the Peace for about thirty years, and is still re-elected from year to year ; was also Town Treasurer in 1852. Is a Republican. A. S. Morton, his eldest son, has 255 aeres on See. 3, in Montrose; he was born Dec. 10, 1830, in Cortland Co., N. Y., and married E. C. Thompson, of Ticonderoga, N. Y .; they have two daughters-Cynthia E. (Mrs. S. H. Cook) and Mattie M. Mr. Morton has made about all the improvements on his farm, upon which he has seventy head of cattle, with other stock. Is a Republican and an Odd Fellow. S. E. Morton, the second son, was born in Centerville, Allegany Co., N. Y., Sept. 8, 1832 ; has resided on his present 150-acre farm, Secs. 7 and 10, since 1868; married Mrs. Julia A. ( Bishop) Rice; she first married Asa Parker, who died in 1858, leaving a daughter, Nellie P. (wife of Milo Saunders, of Paoli) ; the second husband, Orson Rice, died in the Union serviee, in 1864; was in the 37th W. V. I.

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ROBERT A. OLIVER, Sec. 19; P. O. Montrose or Belleville ; born April 4, 1842, in Exeter, Green Co., Wis .; his father, of Scotch lineage, was born in Ireland ; emigrating to the United States he settled in La Fayette Co., Wis. Married Madelena Renduspacher, and located in Exeter, in 1841 ; from there he settled on the present farm of J. A. Ross ; thence to that of John Fritz ; thence to the one now own d by R. A., and finally settled in a most pleasant little home beside him. R. A. Oliver en- listed in 1861, in Co. H, 8th W. V. I., as 2d Corporal ; was in the battles of Frederickstown, Mo., Farm- ington, Mi-s., Corinth, the siege of Vicksburg, the Red River expedition, the capture of the Mobile forts, and was discharged at the close of hostilities. Returning, he bought a farm to the north of his pres- ent one, made an exchange, and has since owned this well-improved farm of 165 acres. He married Mrs. Jane (Collins) Mason ; they have three sons-George W., James T. and Charles H. ; her former husband, Capt. Mason, of the 31st W. V. I., died at Nashville, Tenn., during the war. Mr. Oliver is Liberal in polities, and is now serving his sixth term as Supervisor ; is also an Odd Fellow.

OSCAR OSCARSON, farmer, Sec. 20 ; P. O. Belleville ; born April, 1834, in Christiansand; Norway ; in 1850, his parents, Oscar and Emilie, emigrated to the New World, and spent three years on a 160-acre farm near Beloit, then on the present 200-acre farm ; about 70 acres were then broken ; Mr. O., having broken 90 acres, rebuilt the house, built barn, etc., etc. He married, in Rock Co., Caroline Jor- genson, born in April, 1838, near Kongsberg, Norway ; they have eleven children-Emily, Thomas, Ju- lia, Mary, Betsy and Jane (twins), Gilbert, William, Clara, Josephine and Edwin; they also lost an infant daughter. The Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a member, is built upon the farm. Republican in politics.

E. W. PIERCE, Sec. 2 ; P. O. Paoli ; born Feb. 9, 1831, in Jefferson Co., N. Y. ; his parents, Alfred and Julia A., were also of New York State; in 1843, the family came West with a team and wagon, camping out by the way, and reached Janesville when there were only three framed buildings in it, viz., two stores and Stevens' Hotel ; they farmed it in Rock Co., until 1852, then settled in Springfield, Dane Co. Here E. W. Pierce married Malioda Seward, of Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., and began farming on his own hook, on Sec. 33 ; he cleared up a farm there, and, in the spring of 1867, settled on his present 180-acre farm ; Webb, Watterman, Tipple and Seward were its former owners, and its only building was a log house; to-day a tasteful farmhouse, with the basement barn 34x50 feet, corn-house 18x24, granary 16x16, and other buildings, are the result of the care and labor of E. W. Pierce. He is a Republican ; was Assessor one year and Supervisor five ; has merino sheep, Poland hogs, and is a live and thorough farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce have four children-M. Roscoe, Josephine M., Antha M. and Herbert A.

JOHN A. ROSS, farmer, Secs. 31 and 32; P. O. Belleville ; born in the town of Jerusalem, Yates Co., N. Y., June 9,1818 ; his parents, John and Christie A. (Mitchell) Ross, both Scotch by birth, came to America when young, and were married in New York State ; at 19 J. A. Ross began the boot and shoe busi- ness in York Village, and, with his brother James, continued it until 1845, when the family came West, and, after traversing Wisconsin thoroughly, settled on a section of land near Madison ; poor water here caused a removal to the present farm of 366 acres ; it is the old Kendrick farm, and was the seat of the first settle- ment of the township; a beautiful and now well-cultivated farm, flowing with abundant springs, one of which supplies all the water needed for the house and the stock; Mr. Ross expended $5,000 during the war for buildings. His father died in 1845, in Milwaukee, and his mother in 1872, at his home. He married Miss Catherine, daughter of Peter and Jessie (Davidson) Martin ; she and her parents were from Perthshire, Scotland, and settled in Verona in 1842; her mother did not see another white woman here for weeks; both parents died in Verona. Mr. and Mrs. Ross have six children-William L., James, Henry, Edwin, Emily and Cora, all born on the Montrose farm, the eldest John M., died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. R. are Presbyterians; as farmers, few have done better in Dane Co. Mr. Ross in an early day made some money as a stock-dealer and speculator, once bringing a drove of 175 head of cattle and some excellent horses from Illinois ; he began with nothing but youth and health, and has earned a good home and a good record; politics, Republican.

A. H. SMITH, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Belleville; born in the town of Sandgate, Bennington Co., Vt., Oct. 5, 1819. Married Miss Amerillis, daughter of Thomas Peck, Esq., of his native town ; the ancestors on both sides were Connecticut people; in 1853, Mr. Smith came West and settled on his pres- ent 300-acre farm; on the first 240, he paid $500 down, and gave a $500 mortgage ; it was then as the fashioning hand of Nature left it, and the cleared and improved farm of to-day, with its first-class buildings, etc., resulted from the labors and care of its owner. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have three children-Dolphus S., Frank E. and Phebe A., all born in Sandgate, Vt. Mr. S. is a Republican, and was twice Assessor of his town ; his first trip West was in 1844, when he spent several months in Prairie du Chien. .

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PETER TAYLOR, Sec. 12; P. O. Paoli; born May 27, 1821, in Withington, Lancaster- shire, England ; his early life was spent as a farmer, and, owing to the customs of the country, he became quite dissipated; reforming, however, he came to America in 1852, and began farming in Pennsylvania with $5 capital ; eighteen months later he went to Putnam Co., N. Y , and in 1855, came to Wisconsin, buying 40 acres two miles south of his present farm; lived the first fall in the tenement house of B. Bethel, while building a log house of his own ; in 1860, he settled on his present 137-acre farm ; it was then a wilderness, and his first move was to put up a 13x13 board shanty, battened barn fashion ; during these twenty years he has cleared 105 acres, built a large two-story farmhouse, a 16x24 "upright," with two wings of equal size, barn 32x80 in place of one demolished May 23, 1878, by the cyclone, and also a bog-house 16x24, corn-crib 18x24, granary 16x24, an additional 18x28 barn, windmill, etc., making up a small village of trim, well-painted buildings ; as he began here $1,000 in debt, he has at least done well. His only son, William H., was born in the old log house where his father first settled. Mr. Taylor is a Republican.

ROBERT TURNER, wool-carder, Belleville ; was born Dec. 29, 1813, in Haddersfield, Yorkshire, England ; came to America in December, 1839; located in Dutchess Co., N. Y., where he worked at cloth-finishing; in 1850, he located on a farm in Sec. 31, in Oregon Township; settled in Belleville in 1865, and has since followed wool-carding. Is a Republican and a Methodist, also an Odd Fellow of forty-five years' standing, joining the Order in England. Married Oct. 26, 1835, Harriet Cock- roft, born in his native town Oct. 14, 1812; she died Nov. 30, 1866, leaving six children-Robert, Anna, Sarah E., Susan H., Celia F. and William A. The present Mrs. Turner was Caroline Norton, born June 14, 1812, she married Asa Wilson, who died, leaving three children-Martha, John and Jane. Mr. Tur- ner is now Justice of the Peace.

JOHN UTLEY, deceased ; was born Sept. 29, 1801, in the State of New Hampshire; left a homeless orphan in boyhood, he drifted West, settling in the village of Keyesville, Essex Co., N. Y., where he married Lena Smith, in 1826 ; in 1847, he came with his family via the Great Lakes to Milwaukee, thence to Montrose, arriving June 1. The Utley homestead was bought of the United States ; a log house built and pioneer work begun among the oak openings, all the original quarter-section is now under culti- vation, except 40 acres ; in 1872, two acres were sold to the Paoli Cemetery Association. Mrs. Utley died Aug. 19, 1855, and her husband followed Jan. 19, 1878; three children were born to them-Lovina L. (Mrs. J. M. Matts), Elvira D., died Oct. 6, 1851, and Henry S., born Feb. 4, 1837; he enlisted in Octo- ber, 1861, in Capt. Drury's 3d Wisconsin Battery ; served in Kentucky, Tennessee and Northern Mis- sissippi, Alabama and Georgia ; during the bloody struggle at Murfreesboro, Dec. 31, 1862, he was shot through the right leg, was three months in the hospital, but served out his entire three-years term of en- listment. He married, Sept. 12, 1869, Mrs. Lucinda Cooper, a daughter of Mr. Guynup, of Clinton Co., N. Y .; she married Asa Cooper, who died, leaviog four children-Etta, Chauncey, Elmer and Minnie. Mr. and Mrs. Utley have two daughters-May A. and Cora E. Mr. Utley is a Greenbacker of Repub- lican antecedents, and is now serving his twelfth year as Town Clerk ; is also a member of Paoli Lodge I. O. of G. T.

ISAAC VAN WIE, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Paoli ; born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., Nov. 29, 1820; son of Peter and Maria (Holenbake) Van Wie, both of the old Knickerbocker stock; this is a notable family of large and long-lived people; a grandmother of his weighed 294, and died aged 98. Mr. Van Wie began as a farmer and later as a hotel-keeper ; dealt in stock for twelve years, often buying from 4,000 to 8,000 sheep, slaughtered per annum for their pelts alone ; in 1855 he came West, and has since resided in Madison and on his 240-acre farm, purchased in 1860; on this he has over sixty half-blood Durhams, but makes a specialty of Poland China hogs, having built what is admitted to be a model piggery, costing $800, and most conveniently arranged ; it will shelter 300 hogs ; he also has thirteen horses and colts. Mr. Van Wie was appointed Deputy Sheriff in 1862, and held the office five years, residing in Madison; in 1879 he built a handsome brick residence at a cost of $2,200; married Almira Burst, of his native county ; they have two sons-Jonas, an attorney at law in Austin, Texas, and Jesse, now in California. Mr. Van Wie is a live and substantial farmer, well and favorably known in his county. Democratic in politics.

W. S. WHEELWRIGHT, M. D., of Belleville ; was born Dec. 18, 1851, in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y .; his parents, David and Jane (Simmons), were English people, who both came to the United States when young ; in 1853 they settled in Middleton, Dane Co .; here W. S. grew up, and began the study of medicine with A. A. Rowley, M. D .; entering the Rush Medical College, Chicago, he graduated as physician and surgeon Feb. 26, 1878 ; began practice in Belleville the following June, and has met with gratifying succes. He married, April 23, 1878, Miss Lula A., daughter of the veteran Dr. N. C.

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Rowley, of Verona and Middleton ; Mrs. Wheelwright was born in Verona, and has a little daughter Emeretta M .; her father died in Middleton Station. The Doctor's parents now live in Forrest, Vernon Co., Wis.

W. W. WILLOUGHBY, farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. O. Belleville; born in the town of Sheridan, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Dec. 8, 1815 ; has been an almost life-long farmer, serving two years as clerk in a factory ; in 1838, he went to Seneca Co., Ohio, where he married, Nov. 10, 1840, Miss Mary S. Mallette ; born June 23, 1819, in his native town. The year 1844 was spent in their native place, and in the spring of 1845 they came West with a team ; bridgeless streams, swollen by the almost constant rain, made the trip one never to be forgotten by them ; at the end of thirteen eventful days, or May 16, 1845, they arrived in Montrose. Mr. W. at once made entry of part of his present farm, and built a rude house, but the first frame one in the town; Eastern friends who came West "looking land" used to fill their 13x14 room "seventeen deep," as Mr. W. says; the house was afterward enlarged, and the next year he built a small barn or granary, which still stands, and in which Kate Kilroy (now of Minnesota) taught the first school, in 1846. Mr. W. has kept pace with the times and made a good home; has 131 acres, and has deeded 40 to a son ; has three sons-Howard M., Willis H. and Waldo W., all residents of Montrose. Mr. W. is an old-time Whig Republican, and has been Supervisor two years, and Collector two years. Mrs. W. is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

THOMAS WILSON, farmer, Sec. 29 and 30; P. O. Belleville; born in Parish Tamlaght Fan- galan, County of Derry, Ireland, Nov. 5, 1816. He came to America and Dane Co. in 1844, and settled on his present farm in September, 1844; began on a quarter-section of wild land; built a shake-roofed and oak- floored log house, and has made a good farm and home. He married, in his and her native parish, Jane Cherry ; she died in 1864, leaving two sons-James, born February 25, 1844, in Ireland, and Thomas, born Dec. 31, 1849, in Montrose Township, of which he is the oldest resident native. The father is a genuine old pioneer, who helped to build many of the first bridges in the town, and who is identified with its early history. He is a Greenbacker, and is serving his fourth term as Justice of the Peace.

TOWN OF PRIMROSE.

HANS H. ANDERSON, farmer, Sec 15 ; P. O. Primrose ; born in Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., Wis., Aug. 5, 1857 ; in the fall of 1857, his parents settled on the present Ole Torgerson farm, in Perry ; five years later they settled in Primrose, and on the present farm of 100 acres in 1867 ; Mr. Anderson also owns 26 acres of meadow, and an 80-acre piece in the west part of the town. He married Maria Holland, born July 16, 1856, in Jefferson Co., Wis .; they were married May 11, 1878, and have a son, Herman M., born on the Primrose homestead, March 16, 1879 ; the father of Mr. Anderson is with him ; he was born Dec. 31, 1830, in Norway, and came to America in 1857, and the family belong to the Norse Evangelical Lutheran Church, and are Republicans.

OLE ASLAKSON, Sec. 14; P. O. Primrose ; born in Stavanger Amt, Norway, January, 1826 ; married Nov. 8, 1852, Julia Jacobson, born in Stavanger March 2, 1828 ; they came to America in 1855, and settled in 1860 on the present 149-acre farm ; here he has improved the house, built a 30x40 barn. erected a windmill, etc. They have six children-Andrew, born Sept. 4, 1856; Gabriel, born Sept. 18, 1858 ; Lena, born July 8, 1862; Henry, born March 16, 1864; Oliver, born Sept. 28, 1868, and Ole, born Nov. 10, 1870. Anna M., Ole, August and Gustav (twins), Melvin C., James and Melvin, are not living. Mr. Aslakson is a Republican.

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History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 169

Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899; Western Historical Co., Chicago, pub Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Company Number of Pages: 1304

Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899; Western Historical Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Company
Number of Pages: 1304