History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 173

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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JOHN M. FLINT, farmer, See. 5; P. O. Sun Prairie ; was born in Randolph, Orange Co., Vt., Feb. 10, 1822 ; came to Wisconsin Dee. 19, 1856; first located in the town of Bristol, Dane Co .; re- moved from there to present location in September, 1866; has been engaged in farming since he came to the State; has 120 aeres, worth $5,000. He held the offices of State Senator and Superintendent of Schools in Vermont ; since coming to Wisconsin, he has been a member of the Assembly, Superintendent of Schools and Chairman of the Board of Supervisors. Married April 25, 1844, to Lavinia Lillie Hebard ; she died Feb. 22, 1878. Mr. Flint's present wife was Anna E., daughter of A. F. and Mary Allen ; mar- ried, Feb. 15, 1879.

P. A. FLOWER, farmer,'Sec. 24 ; P. O. Deansville ; born Jan. 5, 1837, in the town of Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y .; his father, Calvin Flower, eame to Wisconsin in 1845, settled in Sun Prairie and still lives on Sec. 24. Mr. Flower was married, May 5, 1870, to Mrs. Fannie P. Ward, who was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., May 26, 1839, daughter of John Pridmore, and widow of Hope Ward ; has one child -W. C., born Feb. 18, 1874 ; has been Town Treasurer three or four terms and Assessor one. Repub- lican, and has 70 acres of land, worth $45 per acre. Mr. Pridmore, father of Mrs. Flower, came to Wis- consin in 1858, and died Aug. 9, 1874.

H. A. FREEMAN, farmer, Sun Prairie Village ; farm of 150 acres, 110 in Secs. 4 and 5 Sun Prairie, and 40 opposite in the town of Bristol, and 3 acres with residence in village; was born in town of Lyle, Broome Co., N. Y. ; when 12 years old, his father, Henry Freeman, removed to Ohio, and lived in Laramie Co. till 1864, then came to Wisconsin. Mr. Freeman was married, in Laramie Co., Ohio, in 1843, to Luey Knapp, a native of New York ; has seven children-William, married, and living in Madison ; Ida, now Mrs. Henry Peckham, of Sun Prairie ; Emerson L., at home; Eleeta, now Mrs. Monroe Peckham, of Sun Prairie Village ; Hattie, now Mrs. R. J. Cole, of Mauston, Wis. ; Oscar and Esther M. at home; Gracie Johnson, a daughter of Mrs. Monroe Peckham by a former marriage, is also living with them. Emerson L. spent five years in the regular army as a musician, in Co. K, 5th Regt .; came home in 1875, re-enlisted in 1877, and was in the service about one and a half years. Mr. Freeman is Republican, and a member of the M. E. Church ; and Mrs. Freeman is a member of the Episcopal Church ; she was born in Delaware Co., N. Y., town of Harpersfield, and her parents removed to Ohio when she was three years old.

T. C. HAYDEN, farmer, See. 16 ; P. O. Sun Prairie ; born March 16, 1842, in King's Co., Ireland ; his father, Christopher Hayden, eame to America when he was a child, settled at Evansville,

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Ind., and died there in 1849; Mrs. Hayden then came to Wisconsin with her family, and settled in the town of Sun Prairie in 1851 ; Mr. Hayden had but two brothers, who were both in the army, as well as himself, during the late war ; his brother William was in Co. G, 11th W. V. I., and was killed in the battle of Peach Orchard, Mo., in June, 1862. Judge Henry Hayden (who was since murdered in Grand Rapids, Wis.) was First Lieutenant of Co. H, 35th W. V. I .; enlisted in December, 1862, and served till the close of the war. T. C. Hayden enlisted in the spring of 1863, in the 40th W. V. I., and remained in the service till his regiment was disbanded ; he was educated at the State University, went to Wiscon- sin in 1867, was in the lumber business about five years in Livingston Co., and four years of the time was Superintendent of Schools. Was married in Wisconsin, Jan. 14, 1869, to Ella Gage, who was born in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., Sept. 27, 1848 ; has five children-Estella, Blanche, Belle, Gracie and Ella; has been Chairman of Sun Prairie three years ; is a Democrat; has 160 acres of land.

PETER HIMEBAUCH, farmer, Secs. 32 and 34; P. O. Deansville ; born Sept. 11, 1815, in Northumberland Co., Penn. ; when 10 years old, his father, Philip Himebauch, removed with his family to Livingston Co., N. Y .; he afterward went to Niagara Co., and died there in 1834. Mr. Himebauch came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1843, and located in Walworth Co. Was married in Burlington, Racine Co., in 1847, to Maria Eastman, who was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., April 10, 1823, daughter of Amos. Eastman, a native of New Hampshire, who came to Wisconsin and died in 1860, aged 90 years. Mr. Himebauch has six children-Stella, now Mrs. M. H. Perigo, of Deansville, Wis. ; she is now reading medicine with Dr. Kanouse; Amos, at home; Eva, Ella, who is now the wife of E. H. Hart, son of Joseph Hart, of Medina ; Lenna and Birdie at home. Mr. Himebauch came to Dane Co. in 1864, and has lived in his present location ever since ; in 1850, he went to California, starting in February ; was six months making the trip across the plains, and returned in December, 1852; in the fall of 1853, he went again, via the Panama route, and staid three years ; Republican, and has 205 acres of land, worth $40 per acre.

CARLOS H. JONES, farmer and wool-buyer; residence Sun Prairie Village; was born Jan. 11, 1827, in Shoreham, Vt .; son of Asa and Susan (Hemenway) Jones, and is of Welsh descent; was married in Vermont, Dec. 24, 1851, to Martha Andrews, daughter of Nathaniel K. and Eunice (Barnes) Andrews ; she was born in Pittsford, Vt., Feb. 11, 1829; Mr. Jones came to Wisconsin in Sep- tember, 1854, and located at Sun Prairie, where he has since resided ; was one of the first wool buyers in the county, the first to introduce the American merino sheep in Wisconsin, where many of the best flocks are from those of his introduction. When he first came to Sun Prairie, he carried on the mercantile business for about eight years in addition to his farming ; has three children-Mary Ella, born May 22, 1853, now Mrs. Theodore Meeker, of Chicago; Grace Ware, born April 26, 1861, and Laura M., born Sept. 10, 1874. Mrs. Meeker was married May 22, 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are members of the Congrega- tional Church. He is a Republican, and has 135 acres of land ; 40 acres of it on Sec. 5, in Sun Prairie, and 95 in adjoining town.

D. M. KANOUSE, wagon-maker, Sun Prairie ; was born Sept. 23, 1840, in Washtenaw Co., Mich .; his father, John G. Kanouse, a native of New York, was a New-School Presbyterian Minister; he preached about twelve years in Michigan ; then came to Wisconsin in 1844, and settled in the town of Cottage Grove, Dane Co., where he preached twenty-six years in one church ; he also practiced medi- cine in Dane County about seventeen years in addition to his clerical duties; he died in Sun Prairie in 1872, aged 72. Mrs. Kanouse is still living in Watertown, Wis., with her son Theodore, whose labors in. the temperance cause has made his name familiar to all Wisconsin readers. D. M. Kanouse was married in 1861, to Sarah Hall, a native of Steuben Co., N. Y., and has four children-Morris, Charles, James and Joseph ; has been Deputy Sheriff and Marshal of Sun Prairie for nine years; Republican, and himself and wife members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Kanouse was one of nine children, all boys but one, and all living in Central Wisconsin, except one living in Washington, and Allen, deceased. In 1864, he cnlisted in Co. F, 36th W. V. I., and was in the service, and in prison till the close of the war ;. he was taken prisoner June 1, 1864, at " Cold Harbor," was sixteen days in " Libby," ten days in "Belle Isle," and in Danville about a week ; he was then taken to Andersonville, where he remained seven months, then to Columbus, thence to Savannah, and from there home; having been an inmate of rebel prisons nine months, he returned home a mere skeleton, and has never recovered from the effects of his prison life.

J. C. KANOUSE, blacksmith, Sun Prairie; born in Newark Village, Essex Co., N. Y., Nov. 11, 1829 ; son of Rev. J. G. Kanouse (see biography of D. M. Kanouse, of Sun Prairie) ; came to Wiscon- sin with his father, and was married in Dane County to Maria L. Skinner, of Ticonderoga, N. Y .; has three children-Walter, Elijah and Calvin; learned the blacksmith's trade in Michigan, in 1840, and has followed the business ever since ; was in the construction corps of the army in Tennessee during the war

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about six months : has held the office of Constable two years, and Justice of the Peace four years ; Repub- lican, and a member of the Congregational Church ; has a farm of 36 acres on Sec. 5, in Sun Prairie.

L. V. LEWIS, physician and surgeon, Sun Prairie ; was born in Addison Co., Vt., July 9, 1844; came to Wisconsin in 1857; located at Sun Prairie, formed partnership in 1870, with Dr. C. G. Crosse, has continued in practice of his profession ever since; graduated from Rush Medical College in 1870; held the office of Justice of the Peace; has held the office of Worthy Master, in the Masonic Lodge, also Secretary ; is a son of Chauncy A. and Mary Lewis, both natives of Vermont; married in 1872, Ada, daughter of William and L. F. Annis. Dr. Lewis is a member of the Dane County Medical Society.

GEORGE MALONEY, merchant, Sun Prairie ; came to Wisconsin in 1855; located at Milwaukee ; removed to Sun Prairie in December, 1859; he has been engaged in mercantile business since coming to the State. Mr. M. was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., in January, 1835 ; he is a son of James and Deborah Maloney, both natives of New York. He has held the position of President of the Village Board, and has been prominently identified with the interests of Wisconsin. In 1864, he married Miss Belle Woodward; they have two children-Mary and C. R. ; Mrs. Maloney is a daughter of Dr. E. A. and Mary Woodward.

CHARLES W. MEAD, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Sun Prairie ; born Oct. 8, 1844, in Put- nam Co., N. Y. ; his father, W. W. Mead, came to Wisconsin with his family in 1854; lived in Madison one vesr, then removed to Sun Prairie and settled on the farin now owned by Charles W., where he resided till his death, Sept. 29, 1877 ; was accidentally killed by his team running away while attached to a mower. Mrs. Mead died in 1873. Mr. Mead, Jr., was married Jan. 25, 1871, to Sarah Cooper, who was born in Yorkshire, Eng., Oct. 10, 1845 ; daughter of Joseph Cooper, who came to America in 1848, and settled in Madison ; Mr. Mead has no children. Democrat, and has 160 acres of land, worth $30 per acre. Members of the Episcopal Church.

JAMES T. MITCHELL, farmer and stock-dealer, Secs. 26 and 27; P. O. Deansville; born in the North of Ireland, in County Down, and is of Scotch descent ; his father, George Mitchell, still re- sides in Ireland ; came to America in September, 1867 ; settled in his present location and lived alone three years; now has two sisters, Mary and Isabella, living with him ; has 160 acres in his farm, which is owned by himself and his brother, Robert T. Mitchell, of New York City. His parents are Presbyterians, and he and his sisters attend that church, though not members. Republican.

J. E. MANN, hotel-keeper, farmer and liveryman; proprietor of the American House, Sun Prairie ; was born April 29, 1817, in Unadilla, Otsego Co., N. Y .; his father, Andrew Mann, was a native of Connecticut, and came from Otsego Co., N. Y., to Michigan, in 1835; in 1842, J. E. Mann went to McHenry Co., Ill., and lived there till 1850. Was married there, July 5, 1842, to Emily J. Bliven, from Fall River, Mass .; she was born Nov. 22, 1824; in 1850, he went to Madison, Wis., and removed his family there in 1851, and engaged in the livery business with his brother Andrew-firm of J. E. & A. L. Mann ; was in that business five years ; then sold out and went on a farm in the town of Fitchburg, where he remained till 1872 ; then sold out, and, February 1st of that year, took possession of the American House at Sun Prairie, which he had purchased, and has kept it since; he is also running a livery stable in connection with the hotel, and has a farm of 80 acres on Sec. 9, which is worked by his boys ; he is agent for George T. Smith's middlings purifier, and also agent for the " Consolidated Mid- dlings Purifier Co.," of Jackson, Mich. Has had eleven children, nine of them now living, as follows : Hattie (now Mrs. George E. Knapp), of Sullivan Co., N. Y. ; Louis, living in Jackson, Mich., and his twin-sister, Louise (now Mrs. C. H. Chittenden), of Lenawee Co , Mich ; Josephine, William T., Fred B., George A., Charles E. and Catharine Almyra ; lost his two oldest children ; Juliette was the wife of A. M. Seymour, and died March 6, 1879, aged 34 years, and Joseph A. died at the age of 28, July 20, 1873. Mr. Mann has been Deputy Sheriff six years, and Superintendent of the Poor three years; Demo- crat. Mrs. Mann is a member of the Episcopal Church.

J. S. PARKINSON, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Sun Prairie; born in Wisconsin May 1, 1850; educated at Wisconsin University, at Madison ; he is a son of John and Catharine Parkinson. Married, Dec. 5, 1879, Donna S. Raymond, daughter of Sylvester and Lydia Raymond. Mr. P. has been Census Enumerator for this county. He owns 80 acres of land, valued at $3,000.

RANSOM PRATT, farmer ; residence in Sun Prairie Village ; farm on Secs. 7 and 8, Sun Prairie ; born May 6, 1823, in Otsego Co., N. Y., town of Milford ; when 4 years old, his father, Daniel Pratt, died, and when 9 years old he left home, working out and taking care of himself from that time ;

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he worked in his native county till 1847 ; then came to Wisconsin ; lived in the town of Bristol seven years ; then removed to Medina and lived on Sec. 18 till 1866 ; then sold out and removed to Sun Prairie Vil- lage, and two years after bought his present farnı. His first wife, to whom he was married in 1846, was Barbara Bentley. She died in Medina in 1856, leaving no children ; he was again married, in 1858, to Elizabeth Yerxa ; she was born in the Province of New Brunswick, June 18, 1833 ; danghter of Michael Yerxa ; has three children by the second wife-Barbara, who is a successful teacher in the graded school of Sun Prairie, Herbert and Ernest, all at home. Republican, and has held the office of Supervisor ia Medina. Has 143 acres in his farm, and 3 acres with his residence in the village. Both are members of the Baptist Church.

MATHEW RODERMUND, farmer and stock-dealer, senior member of the firm of Roder- mund & Son; was born in Germany, and came to America with his parents when 12 years old. They located in Washington Co., and he was married there in 1853, to Susan Dahne, and in the fall of 1860, went to Madison, where he was engaged in the brewing business with his brother, John Rodermund, till 1872; then removed to Sun Prairie, where he has since resided. Has six children, his oldest son, Mathew J., is unmarried and in partnership with him in business; Mary is now Mrs. John Beyler, of Madison; John lives in Hancock, Mich .; Josephine, Theressa and Anna, unmarried and at home. Mr. Rodermund is a Democrat, and has an 80-acre farm on Sec. 17, in Sun Prairie, and one of 120 acres in the north of Dane.

HENRY ROOD, retired merchant, Sun Prairie; came to Wisconsin in 1855, from Steuben Co., N. Y., and located in the town of Burke, where he farmed it seven years, when he came to Sun Prairie, and in 1863, engaged in the grocery business, which he continued till 1876; he then sold out to his oldest son, Francis H., who added clothing and gents furnishing goods, and still continues the busi- ness at Sun Prairie. Mr. Rood was born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., in 1816 ; was married in Steuben Co., N. Y., in 1838, to Matilda Nudd, who died in that county in 1850, leaving two children, the oldest one Lucy, married a Mr. Cady, went to Kansas and died there soon after marriage ; the youngest one, Nancy, is now the wife of Olin Van Zandt, of Baraboo, Wis. In 1852, Mr. Rood came to Wisconsin and mar- ried in Madison, Nancy Nudd, a sister of his first wife, and then returned to New York ; she died Dec. 17, 1879, leaving three children-Francis H., James B. and Ellen, all at home. Mr. Rood is a Democrat, and has been Supervisor.

ROSWELL ROWE, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Sun Prairie ; born Sept. 9, 1814, in Oneida Co., N. Y., town of Paris. Was married in that county in 1845, to Mary Ann Farward, a native of England ; came to Wisconsin in June, 1844, located his present farm, returned to New York in the fall, and in June, 1845, came on with his family, and has resided there since. Has had four children-Sarah Maria, died at 92 years in 1848; the living are James Francis, married, and living in Sun Prairie on Sec. 26; Alfred Duane, married and living on the homestead ; and Ida, now Mrs. Francis Buell, of the town of Sun Prai- rie. Republican. Has 161} acres of land, worth $50 per acre. Members of the Presbyterian Church.

A. L. SWEET, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Sun Prairie; born Jan, 23, 1822, in the town and county of Leeds, Canada ; came to Wisconsin in 1844, and settled on his present location. Was married in 1845 to Eliza Pierson, a native of the State of New York, daughter of Richmond, who came to Wis- consin in 1845, and lived in Dane Co. several years, but now resides in Nebraska. Mr. Sweet has three children-Edmund Theodore, who is married and living in Colorado ; Annie E., now the wife of Alfred Cobb, of Colorado, and Charles Edwin, married to Ella Heker, and living on the homestead. Has 220 acres of land, worth $40 per acre. Republican, and member of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Sweet is a Methodist.

JOHN A. TAYLOR, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. O. Deansville; has been a resident of Sun Prairie and occupied the same farm since October, 1845; he was born in Madison Co., N. Y., March 31, 1817. Was married in his native county, Nov. 25, 1841, to Tilla F. Ferguson, who was born Jan. 28, 1825, also in Madison Co. His father, Nathan Taylor, was a hatter, and worked at that business till he was 18 years old, but has followed farming since that time. Has six children, as follows: Rosalia, now Mrs. O. R. Pandal, of the town of Sun Prairie; Julia, now Mrs. John West, of Kansas ; Henry, married and liv- ing in Sun Prairie, on Sec. 34; Carrie, Lenow and Herbert, at home. Mr. Taylor has held the office of Constable and Side Supervisor, and has been class-leader several years, and Trustee in the M. E. Church, of which he has been a member over twenty years. Has 157 acres of land, worth about $40 per acre. Is a Republican.

S. A. TENANT, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Sun Prairie ; came to Wisconsin in March, 1869; first located in the town of Burke, and removed to his present location March 18, 1880; was born in the town

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of Beekman, Clinton Co., N. Y .; son of S. W. and Hannah Tenant. Has been Clerk of School Board. Was married. in 1869, to Harriet Rider, daughter of Daniel and Lois Rider; have two children-Eugene E. and Harriet M. Members of the Congregational Church. Has 68 acres of land.

CHARLES A. WHELAN, merchant, Sun Prairie ; came to Wisconsin in 1848; first located at Sugar Creek ; removed to his present location in 1850 ; has engaged in farming and mercantile business since he came to the State. In 1861, he enlisted in Co. H, 2d W. V. I .; participated in the battle of Bull Run, but most of the time was on detached service. He was married, in November, 1864, to Alvira L. Ballard, daughter of Adam and L. Ballard. Mr. and Mrs. Whelan are members of the Bap- tist Church. They have two children-Albert Charles and Lucius Cary.

FRANCIS L. WARNER, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Deansville ; came to Wisconsin Nov. 10, 1847; born in Livingston Co., N. Y., October, 1828; son of Daniel and Mahetabel Warner. In January, 1850, he was married to Catharine Roe. Mr. Warner served during the late rebellion as Sergeant of Co. H, Ist W. H. A. He has held the office of Town Treasurer, and was for four years Chairman of the Board of Supervisors. Mr. and Mrs. W. are members of the Presbyterian Church. They have four children- Alice J., Albert L., Edith M. and Edmund H. Mrs. W. is a daughter of Joseph and Cynthia Roe. Mr. W. owns 350 acres of land, valued at $12,000. He is a Republican.

DAVID WILDER, retired farmer; was one of the pioneers of Dane Co., having came to Mad- ison in December, 1838 ; he lived there till the spring of 1839; then went to Mineral Point and staid one summer, returning to Madison again in the fall : in the spring of 1840, he went to Milwaukee, and, in company with Jesse Clark, carried the mail from that place to Madison, he taking the Milwaukee end of the route and Clark the Madison end, meeting at the half-way house, in Jefferson Co. ; he went on horse- back, and was the second mail-carrier on that route; in the fall of 1840, he returned to Madison, and staid there till January, 1842; then went to what is now the town of Bristol, and drove a breaking team which he owned, and was a resident of that town up to May, 1877, at which time he rented his farm and removed to the village of Sun Prairie, where he now resides. Was married in Bristol, in October, 1844, to Ruth Nichols, who was born March 7, 1825, in Canada; her father, Sheldon Nichols, was a native of Rhode Island; came from Canada to the town of Bristol in 1842, and died in September, 1871, at the age ·of 84 years and 11 months. Mr. Wilder has seven children, as follows : Helen S., George W. (married and living in Bristol), Howard N. (widower, and lives in Minnesota), Hattie (now Mrs. T. L. Waddell, of Freeport, III. ), Esbon W. (single, and lives in Minnesota), Phebe J. and Carrie E. (at home). Mr. Wilder was born in Bristol, Ontario Co., N. Y., Aug. 24, 1815, and suggested that name for the town in which he lived in Wisconsin at the time of its organization. He is a Republican, and they are both mem- bers of the M. E. Church.

E. A. WOODWARD, M. D., residence and office Sun Prairie Village ; is a native of the town and county of Litchfield, Conn. ; born March 3, 1817; he is a graduate of the Berkshire Medical College of Massachusetts ; his diploma is dated Nov. 2, 1842, making him the oldest graduate of the medi- cal profession in Dane Co. ; his first practice was in his native county, where he remained till 1855; then came to Wisconsin, and practiced in Madison till January, 1859, when he located in Sun Prairie, where he has practiced since, except when in the army. He entered the service, in the fall of 1861, as Assistant Surgeon of the 12th W. V. I., and resigned in 1862 on account of rheumatism; went out again, in the fall of 1863, as Assistant Surgeon of the 36th W. V. I. ; was promoted to Surgeon, and served in that capacity till the close of the war ; on the 25th of August, 1864, he entered the rebel lines, by order of Gen. Hancock, to take care of the wounded and see to burying the dead after the battle of " Ream's Sta- tion, Va.," at a temporary hospital erected about three miles from the field of battle; he had two rebel surgeons as assistants, one of whom had been Surgeon in the army of Gen. Walker, of filibustering fame ; the battle was fought on the 25th, and on the 27th he performed and superintended over forty capital opera- tions between sun and sun ; he was then taken to Richmond, and stayed in Libby Prison about a week, when he was sent back North in the first truce-boat that went out, but the twelve men who volunteered to go with him were all detained as prisoners, and only four of them ever returned North ; his Hospital Steward, Dr. Hand, a graduate of Beloit College, who was one of the twelve, died of starvation at Andersonville; while the Doctor was at Annapolis, Md., he made a full report of his operations while inside the rebel lines, to Gen. Hancock, and was highly complimented by him for the completeness of the report, which is now on file at Washington. The Doctor pays special attention to surgery, and excels in that branch of his practice. In addition to the duties of his profession, he finds some time to devote to literature, having written several pieces of poetry of considerable merit. Was mar- ried in 1839, in Plymouth, Conn., to Miss Mary Newton, of his native county, and has two children ; his

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son, G. B. Woodward, is in the mercantile business, and a member of the firm of Woodward & Stone, of Watertown, Wis., but resides in Sun Prairie, and his daughter, Belle, is the wife of George Maloney, Esq., of Sun Prairie. Independent in politics, and attends the Episcopal Church, of which his wife is a mem- ber. In closing this biography of Dr. Woodward, it is but fitting to state that he is largely known in the State through his poetical writings, in which he has earned quite a reputation, many of which have been published by the press of this county. The following has been selected from his many, poems for inser- tion in this work :

[ Written, by request, in M. Bailey's album four days before her deith. She had lost three sisters and a father before.]

BY E. A. WOODWARD.

When the cares and the toils of my life had oppressed,

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History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 173

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