History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 176

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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WILLIAM BUNKER, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Cottage Grove ; he was born in Madison Co., N. Y., Oct. 14, 1833; son of Gorham Bunker, who came to Wisconsin in 1836 with his family, and set- tled in Walworth Co., and died there in 1875, aged 74. Mr. Bunker was married in Burlington, Wis., Oct. 31, 1859, to Miss Carrie E. Whipple, a native of Chittenden Co., Vt., born Aug. 9, 1832, daughter of Joseph Whipple. The second year after his marriage he went to Minnesota, lived one year in Dodge Co., then went to Muskegon Co., Mich., and resided there till June, 1874, when he came to his present location ; they have two children-Elwin, born March 4, 1863, and Eugene J., born Aug. 16, 1868. Mr. Bunker was one of the Board of Supervisors in 1869, and is now District Clerk. In politics, he is a Democrat. He has 294 acres of land, worth $35 per acre.

GEORGE S. BUTLER, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. O. Door Creek ; was born in Franklin Co., Vt., June 14, 1812. He was married there Feb. 28, 1843, to Eliza Duncan, who was born Dec. 20, 1814, in Saratoga Co., N. Y., daughter of John Duncan, who died when she was a child only 8 years old. Mr. Butler came to Wisconsin in October, 1845, and settled in his present location, where he has since resided ; they have had three children-Jane Ann, born Nov. 6, 1843, married Alton Emerson, of Cottage Grove, and died June 8, 1880 ; Louisa, born Dec. 7, 1845, and died Feb. 28, 1847 ; the only surviving child, Maria, is now the wife of Frank Markham, of Pleasant Springs. Mr. Butler is a Republican. He has 110 acres of land, worth about $4,000.

HARVEY CAMPBELL, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Door Creek ; was born April 19, 1819, in Clinton Township, Knox Co., Ohio; was married in Mansfield, Ohio, May 27, 1847, to Melissa Rey- nolds, a native of Franklin Co., N. Y., born March 20, 1818. Mr. Campbell came to Wisconsin in 1849, and settled in his present location in 1853; is the present Chairman of the town, although a Republican in a Democratic town ; has never held any other office except that of Town Clerk, which he held one year ; has three children-Louisa, Florence and Jessie, all at home. Florence and Jessie are successful teachers. Mr. C. has a farm of 186 acres, worth $40 per acre.

HIRAM CAMPBELL, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Door Creek ; was born in Licking Co., Ohio, Oct. 2, 1816; when two years old, his father, Cyrus Campbell, removed with his family to Knox Co., Ohio, where he lived nine years ; then went back to Licking Co. and staid five years ; then lived in Knox Co. seventeen years ; came to Wisconsin in 1849, and died April 15, 1869, in the 80th year of his age.

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Mr. Campbell, Jr., was first married in Licking Co., Ohio, Jan. 28, 1840, to Ruth A. Bronson, a native of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., horn Jan. 28, 1813, daughter of Levi Bronson; she died Dec. 26, 1854, leaving only one child, Emarilla, now Mrs. Jay Campbell, of Cottage Grove. His second wife was Adaline Washburn, married July 12, 1858, and died March 4, 1874, leaving no children. He was again married June 25, 1878, to Catharine Ames, by whom he has no children ; his first wife lost one child in infancy. He is a Republican, and has 258 acres of land. His son-in-law, Jay Campbell, works a part of his farm ; was horn May 30, 1828, in Tippecanoe Co., Ind. ; came to Wisconsin in 1863; was married Sept. 3, 1863, and has six children-Mary Lois, Clara, Nellie Ruth, Myra Frances, Adaline and Emarilla Bell- all at home. Republican and member of the M. E. Church.

WILLIAM CRANE, M. D., residence and office, village of Cottage Grove; was born in the town of Canton, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., April 10, 1811 ; emigrated to Ohio in 1836, and located in Portage Co., where he read medicine with Dr. P. C. Bennett, of that county ; graduated from the Cleve- Jand Medical College and commenced practice in 1840, in Geauga Co., Ohio, where he remained till 1851; then came to Wisconsin and practiced eight years at Portage City, coming to his present location in 1859. He was married in 1843, in Painesville, Ohio, to Maria Pease, a native of Syracuse, N. Y .; they have two children-William, married, and living at Oshkosh, Iowa, and Carrie Eugenia, at home. He has been Town Clerk several years, and is a Democrat.

A. L. DURFEY, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Door Creek ; born Aug. 10, 1817, in St. Lawrence, Co., N. Y .; his father, Alanson Durfey, emigrated to Licking Co., Ohio, in 1827, and died there in 1849. A. L. was married there the first time in 1843, to Almena Wells, who died in 1848, leaving three boys-Charles, Jeffer on and Seth ; Charles enlisted in August, 1862, in the 23d W. V. I., Co. I, and died at Young's Point of chronic diarrhoe1, in 1863 ; Seth died at 6 months old, and Jefferson lives in Kansas ; he enlisted in February, 1864, in Co. A, 156th I. V. I., and was in the service till the close of the war. Mr. Durfey married again in April, 1851, Miss Ellen Hoover, a native of Licking Co., Ohio, and has six children by the second marriage-Flora, now Mrs. Isaac Beecher, of Cottage Grove; Henry, married and living in Cottage Grove ; Kate, Edgar, Delila and Lillie, the last four at home ; he came to Cottage Grove in 1854, and has resided in the town ever since. Has been Justice of the Peace four years, and Supervisor several terms. He is a Democrat, and has 210 acres of land, worth about $35 per acre.

H. L. FARR, farmer and general traveling agent for collections and sale of agricultural imple- ments ; residence and farm on Sec. 7 ; P. O. Cottage Grove; was born in Shoreham, Vt., Aug. 12, 1837 ; his father, Horatio Farr, came to Wisconsin in September, 1851, and still resides on Sec. 9, at the age of 76. Mr. Farr was married, Sept. 29, 1865, to Miss Pauline, only daughter of Charles Drakely, one of the earliest settlers in the town of Blooming Grove, having settled there in May, 1843. Enlisted Aug. 20, 1862, in the 33d W. V. I., Co. F, as a private ; was soon after elected Sergeant and acted as Sergeant- Major ; in 1864, was transferred to the 5th W. V. I., commissioned as 2d Lieutenant, and served till the close of the war. He now has a farm of 163 acres, well watered and well stocked ; has a small herd of short-horns; owns the stallion " Green Mountain Boy, Jr., " and is breeding some very fine horses ; he is also breeding pure-blood Poland China hogs; has two good dwelling houses on his farm, and considers it worth $8,000. In 1859, he went to Pike's Peak, starting in March ; drove a pair of mules all the way, and returned to Wisconsin the next October, having never slept in a house from the time he started till he reached home again. For the last nine years he has heen acting as general traveling agent for collections, and sale of agricultural implements. Republican.

HORATIO FARR, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Cottage Grove ; was born in Pomfret, Vt., Aug. 18, 1805 ; when eight years old, his father, Abijah Farr, removed with his family to Essex Co., N. Y. town of Crown Point, and died there Aug. 16, 1849 ; his mother, whose maiden name was Roxana Hast- ings, died Aug. 3, 1844, aged 61 years. Mr. Farr was first married in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Feb. 14, 1829, to Sarah Munn ; she died in 1850, aged 37 years, leaving four children-Lucia S., now Mrs. Or- lando Pond, of Independence, Iowa ; Hosea, who died in Essex Co., N. Y., io 1872; H. L. Farr, now of Cottage Grove, and Rollin F., of Kansas. His second wife, to whom he was married Sept. 30, 1852, was Lucinda E. Burrows, who was born in Crown Point, N. Y., April 21, 1821, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Evans) Burrows, natives of New Hampshire; has three children by the second marriage-George and Charles at home, and Seraph S., now Mrs. Thomas Willey, of the town of Deerfield, Dane Co., Wis. ; all three born in Cottage Grove. The children of the first wife were all born in Essex Co., N. Y. Mr. Farr came to Wisconsin in 1852, arriving in Cottage Grove on the 22d day of October, and has resided there ever since. Democrat, and has 100 acres of land in his farm, worth about $50 per acre.

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ALBERT GASTON, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Cottage Grove ; has lived in his present location since June, 1846 ; he was born in Berkshire Co., Mass., town of Richmond, Dec. 5, 1805 ; son of Alex- ander and Huldah Gaston ; his father died in 1823; after the death of his father, he came to Columbia Co., N. Y. ; lived in the town of Austerlitz two years ; went from there to Madison Co., N. Y., and thence to Seneca Co., where he lived a couple of years, and then returned to Madison Co. for about two years ; he went from there to the town of Phelps, Ontario Co., and, in 1830, or thereabouts, he went to Mich- igan and settled in Washtenaw Co., and was married there, Sept. 11, 1834, to Adelia E. Chittenden, a na- tive of Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y., born Oct. 16, 1815 ; when 9 years old, her father died, and her mother, whose maiden name was Azuba Abbott, married Mason Hatfield ; came to Michigan in 1830 and settled in Washtenaw Co. Mr. and Mrs. Gaston have three children -- Albert W., Vincent C. and Celia E., now Mrs. Fred Bird, of the town of Montrose ; have lost one, Grove P .; was born Jan. 13, 1840, and died in October, 1849. Mr. Gaston had six brothers and four sisters, and he is the only one of the family now living. Republican, and has held the office of Town Treasurer one term ; has 185 acres of land, worth $50 per acre. Himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

V. C. GASTON, farmer, Sec. 4 ; P. O. Cottage Grove ; born July 24, 1843, in Washtenaw Co., Mich. ; son of Albert and Adelia Gaston, of Cottage Grove. Mr. Gaston enlisted March 14, 1864, in the 36th W. V. I., Co. F, as a private, and was in the service till the close of the war ; during the time was in five general engagements, viz .. Petersburg, Cold Harbor, Farmville, Long Bridge and one other, all in Virginia. Was married, Sept. 4, 1867, to Miss Adeline, daughter of Caleb Gurnee, who came to Wis- consin in 1850 ; lived in Washington Co. till 1864, then settled in Cottage Grove ; she was born Dec. 29, 1842, in Cayuga Co., N. Y. Mr. Gaston has only two children-Adella and Adelia (twins), born Oct. 5. 1869 ; has never held any office except Justice of the Peace. Republican, and has 60 acres of land in. his farm.

T. L. HACKER, farmer, Secs. 8'and 17; P. O. Cottage Grove; was born in Medina Co., Ohio, May 4, 1846 ; son of Henry and Anna (Drohman) Hacker, who came to Wisconsin in 1853, and settled in Cottage Grove, on Sec. 9, where they resided nine years, and are now living in Franklin Co., Iowa. Mr. Hacker enlisted in the 37th W. V. I., Co. A, March 24, 1864, as a musician, and was in the service till the close of the war ; after he left the army he went to Iowa, where his parents had removed during his absence ; he there published a paper, the Ackley Independent, for about three years. In February, 1874, he returned to Wisconsin and engaged in farming, at his present location; the following May he was appointed by Gov. William R. Taylor to a clerkship in the executive office at Madison, which position he still retains, having been re-appointed by Gov. Ludington, and also by Gov. Smith. Mr. Hacker was married March 31. 1870, to Miss Maria L. Brown, who was born in Cottage Grove, Feb. 22, 1849; daughter of Orvan Brown ; has four children-Henry C., Archibald, Fleda and Mary. Independent in politics. Has 120 acres in his farm. Mrs. Hacker is a member of the Baptist Church.

A. L. HARRIS, farmer and mechanic, Sec. 8; P. O. Cottage Grove ; was born April 16, 1824, in North Penfield (now Webster), Monroe Co., N. Y. ; son of Levi and Remember (Medbery) Harris ; when 14 years old he went to learn the millwright's trade, and served an apprenticeship of six years and worked ten years at the business after his apprenticeship ; went to Indiana in 1843 ; lived in La Fayette and vicinity nearly a year ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1844; helped build the first mill in Janes- ville, and came to Madison the last of March, 1844, where he worked at carpenter work till 1849. On the 7th of March, 1849, he married Miss Mary E., daughter of Roswell Brown, Esq., one of the first settlers in the town of Cottage Grove ; the 4th of May following he returned to Orleans Co., N. Y., where he resided till September, 1852 ; when he came again to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Cottage Grove; he resided there till 1870, then rented his farm and went to St. Charles Co., Mo., and remained there till October, 1876; then returned to his farm in Cottage Grove, where he has since resided. Has seven children, as follows-Lucia, now Mrs. Robert Maine, of Portage Co., Wis. ; Allen Medbery, living in Minnesota ; Charles R., living in Madison ; Bertha L., Elwyn, Mary and Arthur, last four at home. Has been Town Superintendent, Justice of the Peace, and was Public Administrator under Territorial government, appointed by Gov. Dodge. Republican. Has 131 acres of land, worth $4,000. Himself and wife are both members of the Presbyterian Church.

JOHN KETCHAM, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. O. Door Creek ; has been a resident of Dane Co. since April, 1846 ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1845, and spent the first winter in Janesville. He was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., May 23, 1816 ; when 2 years of age, his father, David Ketchum, removed with his family to Monroe Co., N. Y., and from there to Orleans County in 1832 ; went to Michigan in. 1850, and died there in 1864. Mr. Ketcham, Jr., was married, in Orleans Co., in 1840, to Lucy

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Ames, of that county, and lived there till he came to Wisconsin in the fall, of 1845. Has five children- Mary, now Mrs. Ellis Washburne, of Buchanan Co., Iowa ; Asa, living in same county in Iowa ; Isaac, married and living in Madison ; Kate, married to George M. Leonard, and living on the homestead, and Lucy J., married to Frank Bingham, of Cottage Grove. Republican, and has 132 acres of land, worth about $50 per acre.

H. G. KLINEFELTER, farmer, Sec. 36 ; P. O. Nora; born Oct. 22, 1843, in Marion Co., Ohio; son of Peter Klinefelter, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Wisconsin in 1847; settled in Cottage Grove on Sec. 36, and resided there till his death, in November, 1863, at the age of 61 ; Mrs K. is still living in Iowa. H. G. was first married Nov. 6, 1868, to Lydia Hoffman, who died four years after marriage, leaving one child-Lillian ; was again married, Nov. 6, 1873, to Frances A. De Noe, a native of Dane Co., born in May, 1848 ; his two children by the second marriage-Harlow Jay and Maribel. Sept. 15, 1861, he enlisted in Co. D, 7th W. V. I .; in March, 1862, was transferred to Battery B, 4th Regulars ; remained two years; then re-enlisted as a veteran in the 7th W. V. I., Co. D .; in the spring of 1865, received a commission as 2d Lieutenant in Co. F, 51st W. V. I. ; was afterward promoted as 1st Lieu- tenant, and served till the close of the war in that capacity ; participated in fourteen or fifteen battles during his term of service ; received a gun-shot wound in the right shoulder at the battle of the Wilder- ness, which disabled him about three months. Republican, and member of the M. E. Church. Has 120 acres of land, worth $40 per acre.

THOMAS A. McCRYSTAL, farmer Sec. 10; P. O. Cottage Grove; born March 17, 1848, in the city of Milwaukee ; his father, Ambrose McCrystal, came to Dane Co., and settled in Cottage Grove in 1850 ; remained a couple of years, then went to Madison and lived there eight years ; then back to Cottage Grove and died there in 1858 or 1859. Thomas A. enlisted in February, 1865, in the 50th W. V. I., Co. I, and was in the service till June, 1866, being at Ft. Rice, Dakota, after the war closed ; after returning from the army, he attended the University at Madison two and a half years, except when teaching during the winter ; in the fall. of 1869, went to Colorado, where he spent nearly two years ; was Engrossing Clerk in the Legislature the first winter he was there, and afterward taught school two terms ; returned to Wisconsin in the fall of 1871, and the next winter taught school in Montello, Marquette Co .; he then farmed it one year in Cottage Grove, and, in the spring of 1873, went to Nebraska, where he remained about a year and a half; taught school in winter and hunted buffalo in summer ; has taught school in Cottage Grove every winter since except one, and then taught in Westport ; has followed farming every summer except the one of 1875, when he was an attendant at the Insane Asylum at Madison ; he is the present Town Clerk of Cottage Grove, and has held the office four years in succession. In the fall of 1877, ran on the Democratic ticket for County School Superintendent, but was defeated. Democrat, and unmar- ried ; occupies the homestead of 80 acres with his mother.

O. A. MELAAS, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. O. Door Creek ; born in Norway Jan. 1, 1812; son of Andrew Johnson. Was married in Norway in 1839, to Martha M. Melaas ; came to America in 1844, and settled in Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., Wis. ; lived there five years, then came to present location ; has three children -- Ole O. Melaas, Carrie, now Mrs. Andrew Flom, of Madison, and Andrew O. Melaas at home. Democrat and Lutheran, and has 422 acres of land.

O. S. OLMAN, merchant and Postmaster at Door Creek ; was born Nov. 4, 1848, in Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., Wis .; son of S. S. Olman, a native of Norway, who came to America and settled in Dane Co., in 1844, and now lives in Cottage Grove. O. S. Olman was first married in October, 1872, to Julia Tarsan, who died in 1874, leaving no children. Was married again July 6, 1876, to Anna N. Sime, who was born in Cottage Grove Jan. 5, 1851 ; have two children-Maria Christina and Nellie Sophia. Has been in the mercantile business since the spring of 1872, and been Postmaster during the whole time. Republican and member of the Lutheran Church ; has 2} acres of land with his store. and dwelling.

THOMAS STEELE, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Cottage Grove; born in County Londonderry, Ireland, parish of Maghrafelt, Aug. 21, 1810; came to America in June, 1842; lived in Canada till 1846; then came to Wisconsin and settled in Cottage Grove, where he has since resided. Was married, June 16, 1854, to Esther Houston, a native of the same county in Ireland, born June 26, 1834; her father, John Houston, came to America in 1846 and died in April, 1875, at the age of 70 years. Mr. and Mrs. Steele have nine children, as follows : William John, Margaret, Agnes L., Mary Jane, Thomas, Esther A., George A., Grace Ellen and Lillie Ruth. Mr. Steele has never held any office but that of Assessor, which he held two years. He is a Democrat, and his oldest son Republican ; has 230 acres in his farm. Family are Presbyterians.

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BEAMAN STICKLE, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Cottage Grove ; was born April 10, 1794, in Morris Co., N. Y. ; son of George Stickle ; was a teacher in his youth ; read law and practiced for nearly forty years, in addition to his farming, which was his main business; was first married, Dec. 16, 1818, to Phebe Vandervort , who died in 1868, aged 74 years. His second wife, to whom he was married soon after the death of his first, was Mrs. Mary Spoor, nee Strong. He has five children-Jacob, a capitalist of New York ; George, living in Wrightstown, Brown Co., Wis. ; Commodore, in the mercantile busi- ness in Minnesota; Charles B., living in Cottage Grove on Sec. 5, and Samuel, living in Minnesota. Mr. Stickle, in the 87th year of his age, retains all his faculties ; is very active, and oversees his farm of 160 acres. Republican in politics ; was formerly a Whig, and has never missed a Presidential election since he was old enough to vote; is a strong temperance man and has rendered efficient service in the lecture field; never drank a glass of beer or whisky in his life, and has been a member of the Presbyterian Church over seventy years

TOWN OF DEERFIELD.

ALLEN E. ADSIT, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Deerfield ; was born in the town of Half Moon, Saratoga Co., N. Y., Dec. 30, 1817 ; while a child, his father, Stephen H. Adsit, removed to Otsego Co., N. Y., and lived a few years in the town of Butternuts, then went to Guilford, Chenango Co., and back to Butternuts, where he remained till the fall of 1845 ; then started West; spent the first winter in Michigan, and came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1846; he settled in Deerfield, where he resided till his death, Nov. 7, 1876, in the 83d year of his age. Mrs. Adsit, whose maiden name was Betsy E. Hyar, died Feb. 3, 1877, within nine days of 85 years old. Allen E. Adsit came to Wisconsin in 1846, arriving in Deerfield on the 22d day of June, and has resided on the same farm ever since. Has been Chairman of the town fifteen years altogether, and was an active Democrat till within the last few years; he is now identified with the Greenback party. Has 280 acres of land in his farm, and is unmarried.

A. E. ANDERSON, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Deerfield ; born Sept. 15, 1844, in Norway ; his father, Andrew Anderson, came to America in 1850 ; settled in Deerfield, and still resides there. A. E. Anderson was married, in 1860, to Carrie Davidson, daughter of Lars Davidson, and has no children ; he enlisted, in January or February, 1862, in Co. B, 15th W. V. I., and was in the service two and one-half years ; was slightly wounded in front of Atlanta, while with Sherman ; was in the 4th Army Corps, and came back to Nashville with Gen. Thomas. Republican, and Lutheran, and has 300 acres of land in his farm.

HANS AUBY, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Deerfield ; born July 4, 1824 ; came to America in 1843. arriving in New York City July 4; settled in the town of Deerfield, in 1849. Married Hilga Halverson in 1847 ; has eight children-Helen, now Mrs. Halvor Osmundson, of Cottage Grove ; Lewis and Charles, both married and living in Dakota ; John, now living in Minnesota ; Benjamin, at home; Lizzie, now Mrs. L. J. Grinde, of Madison; Henrietta and Mary at home; has held the office of Supervisor ; is a Democrat, and a member of the Lutheran Church ; has 122 acres of land; he was born in Gjerpens Prestegjeld, near the city of Skien, Norway ; son of Lars Auhy, a farmer.

BENJAMIN BALDWIN, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Deerfield ; has been a resident of Wiscon- sin since 1837. On the 1st day of October, in that year, he settled at Aztalan, Jefferson Co., and followed shoemaking about two years, then carried on the mercantile business five years, and in connection with it started a saleratus factory, and run it a year and a half, when it was burned and he lost what he put in it. In 1845, he built a hotel at Aztalan, called the "Jefferson County Hotel," which was the only one of prominence between Milwaukee and Madison; he owned this house some time, keeping it himself, and sometimes renting it, till 1854; he then purchased the " old Hyer farm" and hotel at Deerfield Corners, and removed to that place, where he has since resided ; followed farming, hotel-keeping and merchandising up to September, 1877, when the hotel was burned, and he has since confined himself to farming. He was born Dec. 4, 1810, in Bennington Co., Vt., town of Dorset, and was a son of Edward P. Baldwin, who died in Dorset ; his wife was Louisa M. Tyler, a native of Northfield, Vt., by whom he has five children, as follows : Wilmot lives in Nebraska; Benjamin F., living on the home farm at Deerfield; Royal, in Nebraska ; Henry and Carrie E., at home ; has been Postmaster twenty-four years in Wisconsin-twelve years at Aztalan and twelve years in Deerfield ; was Deputy under the first Postmaster at Aztalan; has served as Justice of the Peace twelve years, and Clerk four or five years, and Supervisor in Jefferson Co. three or four terms. Democrat, and has 286 acres of land on his farm.

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H. B. BENNETT, blacksmith and wagon-maker, and Postmaster, Deerfield; was born June 8, 1829, io Lincolnshire, England, in the parish of Quadring, and was the eldest of a family of fourteen children, who all grew up to maturity and were all married ; they are all living in England, except H. B. and one brother, Isaac, who also lives in Deerfield ; his father, Henry Bennett, received a premium of $50 from the Government of England for raising so large a family without aid ; his parents are still living in England; he came to America in 1850, and was married in 1854 to Mary A. Spooner, a native of Nor- folk, England, daughter of Robert Spooner, who came to America in 1848, and now lives in Marshall, Dane Co .; Mr. Bennett has no children. He has been Postmaster at Deerfield since 1869 ; he is a Demo- crat. He bas a farm of 80 acres on Secs. 16, 21 and 22, and 5 acres in the village, with a residence and shop.

ISAAC B. BENNETT, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. O. Deerfield ; was born in Lincolnshire, England; 800 of Henry Bennett. He was married in England in 1863, to Emma Spencley ; came to America in 1869, and settled where he now resides, on the farm of his brother, H. B. Bennett, which he has worked ever since. He has four children-Eliza Ano, born Dec. 10, 1864; Henry, born Jan. 1, 1867 ; Edward E., born Oct. 1, 1870 ; and Bertie E., born March 18, 1873. Mr. Bennett has been School District Clerk and Director in School District No. 5.

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History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 176

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