History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 172

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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TOWN OF BRISTOL.


EPHRAIM BAKER, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. North Bristol ; born Nov. 7, 1807, in Haw- ley, Franklin Co., Mass .; son of Hollister and Rebecca (Crowell) Baker ; his first wife, to whom he was mar- ried Jan. 21, 1830, was Miss Roana, daughter of Alpheus Hawkes ; she died Feb. 18, 1832, in Hawley, Mass., leaving one son, William, who now resides in the town of Bristol. June 12, 1834, he married Miss Fanny M. Hawkes, a sister of his first wife ; he resided in Hawley, Mass., till 1844, then came to Wis- consin and selected his present location, where he has lived ever since. His second wife died in the town of Bristol March 2, 1849, leaving six children, having lost three in infancy, previous to her death ; her oldest daughter, Roana, was married to A. J. Alden, and died July 18, 1863, at the age of 28, leaving two children ; Otis was married to Harriet Crowell, of Franklin Co., Mass., and is now in the livery business in Parkersburg, Butler Co., Iowa; Washburn died Sept. 11, 1871, from disease contracted in the army ; was in the service two and a half years, in the 7th W. V. I., Co. B; Margaret, now Mrs. C. D. Stiles, of Hamden, Columbia Co., Wis. ; Harriet died Aug. 9, 1857, at the age of 17; Charles was mar- ried to Miss Eunice Findley, of Madison, Wis., Sept. 4, 1869, and is now living on the homestead. Mr. Baker was again married, May 23, 1849, to Harriet H. Rice, of Columbus, Wis., who was born in Spring- field, Vt., June 29, 1807 ; daughter of Daniel Houghton, and widow of Amos L. Rice, who died Sept.


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20. 1846, leaving one son, George D., now living at Fall River, Columbia Co., Wis. ; his only child by th third marriage, Ereda C., died in infancy. The children all lived at home till they were married. Mi Baker kept the first store in the town of Bristol in 1848; he purchased about $400 worth of goods at first put them into his granary and employed a man named Sears as clerk ; he helped to lay out the first roa in the north part of the town, and was one of the first to move in the organization of the first school dis triet ; has 620 acres of land in his farm, worth about $40 per acre; keeps from 50 to 75 bead o cattle, 18 to 20 horses, 200 to 250 head of sheep, and 35 to 40 hogs. Waterloo Creek has its source o bis farm, affording an abundance of water for stock. He is a Republican. Mrs. Baker is a member of th M. E. Church.


WILLIAM D. CARLETON, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Sun Prairie ; descended from the ol English family of Carletons; Edward was the only one of three brothers that came to America ; he set tled at Old Salem, Mass., in 1626 ; one brother remaining on the estate in England, and one going to Ire land. William D. was born June 5, 1815, in Hillsboro Co., N. H., in the native town of Horace Greeley he was a son of John and Fanny Carleton. Was married in Manchester, N. H., Dec. 27, 1840, to Clariss J., daughter of Silas and Jane Wells, natives of New Hampshire ; came to Wisconsin in 1847, and settle in the town of Trenton, Dodge Co .; in 1857, he sold out there and removed to his present location, wher he has since resided ; has six children-Fannie J., William M., Emmie Ellen and Annie Viola (twins) Charles Edwin and John Franklin ; have lost two-Mary Adella and Ernest Elmer. William M. is mar ried and lives in Minneapolis, Minn., and Charles Edwin is also married and lives in the town of Windsor Emmie Ellen is the widow of David Samuels, who died April 22, 1880, in Beaver Dam. Mr. Carleton bas been Assessor and Town Clerk in Bristol, and was Supervisor and Chairman several years in Dodg County, and also Justice of the Peace four or five years ; Republican, and has 158 acres of land, wort] about $40 per acre.


A. CHIPMAN, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Sun Prairie; 'born Aug. 3, 1826, in Windham, Vt. son of Sabin and Almira Chipman. Was married in New Hampshire, in 1849, to Martha Allen, daugh ter of Abel Allen ; came to Wisconsin in 1852, and located on his present farm, where he has since resided has two children-Ida (now Mrs. Henry Witherell, of Kansas) and Herbert A. (living at home) ; has 70: acres of land in Dane County, valued at about $35 per acre. Has now 13 horses and 179 head of cattle milks from 50 to 60 cows ; has a creamery, 30x50, for his individual use, and made about 12,000 pounds o butter in the year 1879. Mr. Chipman is the present Chairman of the town of Bristol; although : Republican in a Democratic town, has been Town Clerk, Treasurer and Assessor, and Justice of the Peace Mrs. Chipman is a member of the Christian Church.


PATRICK CLARY, farmer, Sec. 4 ;. P. O. North Bristol; born Nov. 15, 1833, in Count Tipperary, Ireland, parish of Eylass ; his father, James Clary, came to America in 1851 ; lived in Onon daga Co., N. Y., three years, then came to Wisconsin ; lived awhile in Sun Prairie, then removed to th town of Burke, where he died April 3, 1876, aged about 65; Mrs. Clary, whose maiden name was Mar Kennedy, died in Ireland in 1846 or 1847. Mr. Clary was married, Oct. 20, 1863, to Mary Nolan, wh was born in County Kildare, Ireland, in 1835, daughter of Larus Nolan ; has five children-James Francis born June 19, 1868; Bernard L., born Aug. 10, 1870; Marietta, born Nov. 5, 1873; John L. P., bor Ang. 10, 1875, and Charlie Edward, born March 3, 1878. In politics, independent ; 205 acres of lanc worth $7,000. Both members of the Catholic Church.


CHRISTIAN ANDERSON DAHLE, farmer, Sec. 8 ; P. O. North Bristol ; born Der 31, 1831, in Leiconger, Norway ; son of Andrew Oleson Dable, who came to America in 1852; settled i Dane Co .; afterward went to Minnesota and died there in 1869. Was ' married, in 1857, to Ann Johnson, daughter of John S. Langeteig (known here as John S. Johnson) ; has five children-Christin Carolina, Andrew C., Marcus C., Randa C. and Ella C. Republican. Has 216 acres of land, worth $4 per acre. Both members of the Lutheran Church.


NICK ENDRES, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. North Bristol ; born Nov. 11, 1842, in Sarburg Prussia ; his father, Matthias Endres, came to America with his family in 1852, and settled in the tow of Springdale, Dane Co., and is still living there, at the age of 65. Mr. Endres was married, in 1867, 1 Rosina Garis, who was born in the town of Bristol, daughter of Valentine Garris, who came to America i 1848, and now lives in Bristol. Mr. Endres has three children-Mary, George Willie and Elvis Nichola He is the present Assessor of the town, and has held several school district offices. Politics, Democra Has 160 acres of land, worth about $6,000. Both members of the Roman Catholic Church.


J. M. HANER, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Sun Prairie ; born Nov. 8, 1828, in Greene Co., N. Y son of Isaac and Betsy Haner. Was married there, April 25, 1849, to Sarah Stroup, daughter of Geors


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and Ruhannah Stroup; she was born in the city of Brooklyn Aug. 17, 1828; her parents removed to Greene Co., N. Y., when she was a child, and her father died there March 29, 1843; her mother came to Wisconsin with her family in 1847 ; lived in Lomira, Dodge Co., several years ; then removed to the town of Byron, Fond du Lac Co., and died there April 27, 1878; Mr. Haner's mother died when he was 3 years old, his father a year later, leaving him an orphan at the tender age of 4 years ; he then lived with a cousin who rented his father's farm till he was 10 years old ; then lived three or four years with an older sister, who married and took possession of the farm, and then worked out by the month till he was 20 years old, first at $7 per month and afterward as high as $60 ; bought a farm in 1848, and sold two years after marriage ; in 1851, he came to Wisconsin, arriving in Milwaukee on the 18th day of May ; lived tempo-, rarily in Lomira, Dodge Co., till the next October ; then came to Dane Co. and settled on the farm he now occupies, where he has since resided ; has a family of six children-Frank, Emma, Sarah, Eva, Cordelia and Uriah, all at home ; Freddie died in November, 1867, in his eighth year. Mr. Haner has held the office of Chairman of the town several years, also Supervisor and Assessor. In politics, Independent. He pays considerable attention to dairying ; has at present forty-seven cows, and makes butter exclusively, and churns by horse-power ; has 539 acres of land, worth about $25 per acre, and a house and lot in Sun Prairie. Mr. and Mrs. Haner are members of the M. E. Church.


JOHN E. HIDDEN, farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. O. Sun Prairie; was born in Orleans Co., Vt., Oct. 9, 1818; lived on a farm till 20 years of age: then went to Ottawa, Ill., and lived there about a year, when, on account of poor health, he was advised to return to the New England hills, which he did, and, in 1840, commenced clerking in a country store in Vermont, and remained in the same store till 1848; then came West, and spent about three months in Illinois and Missouri, when he returned to Vermont and clerked in his old place till the fall of 1851; then went South, and spent almost two months in Macon, Ga. ; he then returned North, and clerked in Lowell, Mass., till the spring of 1855, when he went in as a partner in the same concern, firm of " Griffin, Hidden & Co .; " in the spring of 1856, he sold out, and came to Wisconsin ; he located in the town of Bristol, and bought, 40 acres of land, which is a part of his present farm, and has followed farming ever since. In August, 1854, he was married, in Lowell, Mass., to Catharine A. Swain, a native of Sanborn, N. H., and has two children living-Walter S. and Charles, both unmarried and at home; William E. died Sept. 1, 1859, a little over 3 months old. Has held the offices of Chairman, Town Clerk, School Superintendent and County Supervisor under the old system. Has been a strong Republican ever since the party was organized. Has 80 acres of land in his farm, worth about $6,000.


SJUR JOHNSON, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. North Bristol; born Feb. 22, 1820, in the Dis- trict of Bergen, Norway ; son of John S. Johnson, who came to America in 1848, and is now living with his son-in-law, Christian Anderson Dahle, in the 84th year of his age. Mr. Johnson was married in Nor- way, in 1841, to Ingebor Thoroson ; came to America in 1846, and settled on the farm he now occupies. His first wife died in 1851, of cholera, leaving one child, John S. Johnson, who is now living in Minne- sota. Was married the second time in 1852, to Ingebor Fardahl, a native of Norway ; she died in 1859, leaving two children-Aufin, now living in Dakota, and Inger, living at home. Was married the third time, in 1861, to Turi Johnson, daughter of Simon Larson, and widow of Ole Johnson, who died in 1851 ; she had three children by the first husband-Simon, Ole and Tura, all in Minnesota; has also three children by the second husband-Andrew, Carrie and Christian, all at home. Mr. Johnson is a Republican ; and has been Supervisor five or six years. Has 184 acres of land, worth $35 per acre. Himself and wife are both members of the Lutheran Church.


CHRISTIAN LARSON, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. - North Bristol ; born Dec. 17, 1839, in Bergen, Norway ; son of Erick Larson, who came to America in 1846; settled in Bristol, and died in 1856. Mr. Larson was married in August, 1876, to Miss Anna, daughter of Halver Anderson; has two children-Edward. born Aug. 27, 1877, and Henry, born Aug. 27, 1879 ; has held the office of Justice of the Peace, and is at present one of the Supervisors of the town. "Straight Republican," Has 216 acres of land, worth $35 per acre. Both members of the Lutheran Church.


JACOB OSTRANDER (deceased) was one of the first settlers in the town of Bristol; he was a native of Rensselaer Co., N. Y. Was married in Saratoga Co., N. Y., in March, 1844, to Jerusha . Travis, who was born Nov. 4, 1820, in Easton, Washington Co., N. Y., daughter of Daniel Travis, who came to Wisconsin in 1853, and died Oct. 13, 1874, at the age of 85 ; Mrs. Travis, whose maiden name was Mary Fish, died Feb. 4, 1878. In September, 1844, he came to Wisconsin, arriving in Dane Co., on the 18th of the month ; he settled on Sec. 17, in what is now the town of Bristol, and resided there till his death, Jan. 21, 1875, at the age of 56. He joined the M. E. Church in 1845, and was the first class-


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leader in the society ; he left a widow and seven children-Oscar, Isabell C., Ellen Eulalie, Salina C., Salinda M., George D., and James H., all at home, except Isabell C., who is now Mrs. Jerry H. Lover- ing, of Antelope Co., Neb .; the oldest son, Oscar, was born Dec. 30, 1844, and was the first white child born in the north part of the town ; he enlisted in January, 1864, in Co. K, 12th W. V. I .; was in the service till the close of the war; went with " Sherman to the sea," and was in every battle in which his regiment participated during his term of service ; was in five or six hard-fought battles and several skirmishes. Mrs. Ostrander and two of the daughters are members of the M. E. Church; the first sum- mer they lived in Bristol they went to Sun Prairie to church on an ox sled, but the second summer put on a little more style, having a wagon, the wheels of which were solid wood, made by sawing off sections of the body of a large trec; the homestead, which is occupied by the family, consists of 159 acres of land, worth $40 per acre ; P. O. Sun Prairie.


HERMAN H. QUAMME, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Sun Prairie; born Aug. 7, 1852, in Bristol ; son of Hans Hermanson Quamme (see his biography) ; was married Nov. 20, 1877, to Anna O. Burnson, daughter of O. C. Burnson Jerde, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1856, and now lives in the town of Bristol, on Sec. 18; she was born Sept. 1, 1855, in Norway ; have never had but que child-Hannah, died Sept. 11, 1878, 9 months old; he is a Republican, and both members of the Lutheran Church; he was baptized, and married by the same minister, the Rev. A. Prause ; was baptized in iofancy at a log schoolhouse in the town of Leeds, Columbia Co., near the Dane County line, and mar- ried in a church standing near where the old schoolhouse did.


HANS HERMANSON QUAMME (deceased) was born in Bergen, Norway; son of Herman Quamme; came to America in 1846, lived two years on Rock Prairie, and in 1848, came to Bristol, where he resided till his death, Sept. 10, 1878, at the age of 56. He was married in 1852, in Bristol to Ragnelde Svern, daughter of Herman Svern ; she was born in Norway, and her parents came to America when she was 12 years old ; had thirteen children living at the time of his death, having lost one before ( Hellen, died at 3 years of age) ; those living are as follows : Herman (married and living in Bris- tol), Henry (married and living on the homestead), Andrew (living in Richland Co., Dak.), Billy, Carrie, Bertha, Lena, Tommy, Helen, Johnny, Tilda, Herbie and Theodore ; all single but the two eldest ; last ten at home ; Henry was born Ang. 24, 1854, and married Dec. 18, 1878, to Dora Burnson, who was boro in Bristol, Sept. 18, 1856, and has one child, Rhoda, and is living on the homestead, which consists of 280 acres of land, valued at about $9,000. All members of the Lutheran Church, and the boys are all Republicans. P. O. North Bristol.


TOWN OF SUN PRAIRIE.


WILLIAM H. ANGELL, farmer and lumber dealer, Sec 5; P. O. Sun Prairie; was born in West Haven, Rutland Co., Vt., June 20, 1813; a son of Newell and Charity Angell ; came to Wisconsin May 1, 1842 ; settled in the town of Whitewater, Walworth Co .; removed from there to his present loca- tion in August, 1844 ; engaged in business at that time as carpenter and joiner. Has held the offices of Supervisor, Assessor, School Director, Treasurer and Clerk ; held the office of Postmaster fifteen years, and the office of Deputy Sheriff six years ; he has always taken an active interest in educational matters. Owns 400 acres of land. His father was a native of New York, his mother of Vermont. He married, Jan. 16, 1840, Electa L., daughter of John and Permelia Abernethy. Mr. Angell is President of the Anti- Horse-thief Society. One of his sons, William E., enlisted in Co. D., 20th W. V. I., July 24, 1862, and was mustered out in 1864.


THOMAS ATKINS, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Cottage Grove; has been a resident of Sun Prairie and resided in his present location since the spring of 1845 ; he was born Oct. 22, 1814, in the Conoty of Sussex, England ; came to America in the spring of 1839, and lived in Madison Co., N. Y., till he came to Wisconsin. In November, 1844, he married Mary Jane Putnam, a native of Oneida Co., N. Y., born July 27, 1824, daughter of George Putnam, and a descendant of Gen. Israel Putnam ; they have four children now living-Emma (who is the wife of Hugh Davison, of Sioux Co., Iowa), Libbie, Charles and George; the last three are at home; they have lost four children, as follows: George, died Sept. 14, 1849, aged 1 year and 4 months ; De Witt Clinton enlisted in Co. F, 36th W. V. 1., March 14, 1864; was wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor ; came home, and died of his wounds Aug. 14, 1864; John, died Feb. 8, 1863, aged 6 years ; and Ella, died August 4, 1864, aged 12 years. Mr. Atkins is a


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Republican, and a member of the M. E. Church ; has held the offices of steward, class-leader, exhorter and trustee in the church, and the first religious meetings in the town of Sun Prairie were held in his log house. He has 157 acres of land, worth $35 per acre.


CASPER R. BABCOCK, merchant, Sun Prairie; has been doing business in the same store since 1860, and keeps a general stock. He was born in Pharsalia, Chenango Co., N. Y., Oct. 6, 1835 ; commenced clerking when a boy, and has been engaged in the mercantile business ever since. He was married in Shoreham Village, Vt., Sept. 23, 1864, to Sarah E. Jones, a native of the town in which she was married ; they have two children -- Mattie, born Nov. 25, 1867, and Reba, July 13, 1873. He has been either President or Trustee of the village ever since it was organized, and is at present one of the Trustees. He is a Republican. Mrs. Babcock is a member of the Congregational Church.


ROBERT BEECHAM, farmer, Sec. 6: P. O. Sun Prairie ; born Aug. 29, 1802, in King's Co., Ireland; when 16 years old his father, Robert Beecham, came to America, settled in New Bruns- wick, and died there; Robert came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1843, and has lived in his present location ever since ; was married, in New Brunswick, Sept. 9, 1830, to Fanny Jane Cromwell, who was born in St. John's, N. B., Nov. 2, 1814; has six children living-Deborah, now Mrs. Isaac Hayden, of Sun Prairie village; Amelia, now wife of Charles F. Bayha, editor of the Neligh Republican, of Antelope Co., Neb. ; Maria, now Mrs. George Watkins, of Sun Prairie ; Ella, now Mrs Henry Delamater, of Fremont, Neb. ; Robert, living at Neligh, Neb., and Henry, living in Minnesota ; have lost nine children; his eldest son, Charles, enlisted in the 7th W. V. C., in the spring of 1862, for three years, and died about the 8th of July, 1864, of typhoid pneumonia, at Little Rock, Ark. ; Robert enlisted, in the spring of 1861, in the 2d W. V. I. ; served three years, then re-enlisted and was appointed 1st Lieut. in a colored regiment ; was taken prisoner at Petersburg, Va. ; was confined at Columbus, S. C., nearly eight months ; received a Captain's commission and served till the close of the war; he was also taken prisoner at the battle of Gettysburg, and kept at Belle Isle about a month ; Henry enlisted, in the fall of 1861, in the 7th W. V. I., and was in the service three years; was wounded at the battle of Fall Church by a counter shot through the thigh ; was in the artillery service the last two years, in Battery B .; Robert was in the first battle of Bull Run, and served till the close of the war. Mr. Beecham's ancestors went with Cromwell from En- gland into Ireland, and his grandfather remained and married in Ireland. Republican, and Bap ist in principle, though not a member of the church. Mrs. B. is a member of the Baptist Church.


JACOB BEEMER, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Sun Prairie; born April 18, 1823, in Prussia ; came to America in 1854; lived two years in Illinois, about ten years three miles north of Madison, twelve years io the town of Bristol, and about a year in his present location. Was married, in 1857, to Mrs. Mary Stumiller, who had two children by her first husband, Christian Stumiller; her maiden name was Mary Heopker ; she died in the fall of 1879, leaving five children-Henry, Christiana, Willie, Augusta and George, all at home; has 80 acres of land, worth about $2,000.


CHARLES E. BUELL, teacher and farmer, and present Superintendent of schools of Dan e Co .; was born Oct. 26, 1855, in the town of Sun Prairie; his father, George M. Buell, a native of Connecticut, was one of the first settlers in Sun Prairie, having come there from Western New York, in 1845 ; he settled on Sec. 23, and resided there till his death in 1872, at the age of 66. Mrs. Buell, whose maiden name was Lucinda Berdine, is still living in Sun Prairie, at the age of 60 ; Mr. Buell was educated at the State University at Madison, and was a member of the graduating class of 1878 ; the following year he was Principal of the Free High School of Middleton, Wis., and in the fall of 1879 was elected County Superin- tendent of schools in Dane Co,, which position he still holds ; resides on Sec. 23; P. O. Sun Prairie; owns a farm of 93 aeres, and is a Republican.


W. H. CHANDLER, farmer, residence Sun Prairie; farm of 240 acres on Sec. 1, in the town of Burke; was born in Brattleboro, Vt., Nov. 18, 1830; was married there, Feb. 14, 1854, to Lucinda J. Well man, of Hinsdale, N. H. ; came to Wisconsin immediately after his marriage; lived in the town of Darien, Walworth Co., one year, then came to Dane Co., and resided on Sec. 20, in the town of Windsor, till March, 1869, then sold out and removed to his present location; has only one child living- Frances A., born April 30, 1860 ; one daughter, Gertrude E., died at 17 months old, and his only son, Arthur S., died in September, 1876, aged nearly 21 ; he was attending the State University at the time he was taken sick, and nearly ready to graduate. Mr. Chandler has held various public offices ; was Chair- man, Supervisor and Town Superintendent of schools ; was five years County Superintendent, seven years in the Legislature, being three years in the House and four years in the Senate ; was President pro tem. of the Senate two years ; has been a member of the State Board of Regents for the last three years, and is .


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now Secretary of the board. In politics, Republican, and himself and wife are members of the Congrega- tional Church.


C. G. CROSSE, physician and editor, Sun Prairie ; was born in Cortland Co., N. Y. State, April 26, 1828; came to this State in 1864 ; first located on Hart Prairie, Walworth Co .; removed from there to Sauk Co. ; removed from Sauk to Sun Prairie in 1860; has been engaged in the practice of med- icine and surgery since 1853 ; has held the offices of Supervisor, President of the Village Corporation, and has been a member of the Legislature. He enlisted in 1864, in the 50th W. V. I., in the capacity of First Assistant Surgeon ; was mustered out in October, 1865. His parents were David and Mercy Crosse. He married, Sept. 25, 1854, Rowena N., daughter of David and Fanny Smith, natives of Am- herst, Lorain Co., Ohio ; they have three children-Theodore P., Charles S. and Edith J. Thedore P. is a graduate of the Rush Medical College, and is now associated with his father in the drug business. Charles is publisher of the Countryman, one of the leading Republican newspapers of Dane Co. Edith J. is a graduate of the Wisconsin University.


H. DANIELS, farmer ; residence Sun Prairie Village ; farm on Secs. 4 and 5 ; has been a res- ident of Dane Co. since the spring of 1850, when he settled in Madison and went into the business of stone- cutting and building, which he followed till about 1870 ; at that time he owned a farm in the town of Verona, which he carried on in addition to his other business ; from 1870 to 1875, he lived on his farm altogether ; in February, 1875, he exchanged his farm for the property he now owns in Sun Prairie, where he has 147 acres, 107 of which lie inside the village corporation. He was born Feb. 10, 1824, in Glou- cester Co., England, parish of Minchinhampton ; son of Michael Daniels, who still resides there. Mr. Daniels learned his trade of his father, who followed the same business. Was married in his native place, in 1845, to Maria Turk, who was born in the same county ; he came to America and to Wisconsin in 1850; has ten children-Charles, living in Colorado; Ellen, now Mrs. George Rhinehart, of Nebraska; Jehu, lives in Eau Claire, Wis. ; Mark, lives in Colorado ; Emma, now Mrs. F. Casebeer, of Verona, Wis. ; George W., lives in Nebraska ; Mary Ann, now Mrs. Phillip Casebeer, of the town of Madison ; Josephine, Lueina, Walter and Herbert, the last four at home. Republican.




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