History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 177

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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S. S. BUE, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Deerfield; was born Nov. 23, 1829, in Norway ; son of Sjur Arentson (Hauysgjerd) ; his Norwegian name was Sjur Sjurson (Hauysgjerd), but the farm he now owns was named Bue before he bought it, and he takes that for his family name ; he came to America in 1850, traveled a little over two years in different States, and, in December, 1852, left New York City for Aus- tralia; was gone about five years ; spent three years in Australia and one in Norway ; came back to Amer- ica, and settled in Deerfield, Wis., in 1857. He was married in November, 1857, to Martha Anderson, a native of Norway ; they have had nine children, four of whom, died within two weeks, of diphtheria, in November, 1878; their names are as follows : John Brown, aged 15; Emma Bertha, aged 11; Hannah Kareva, aged 7; and Albert Julius, aged 7 months ; those living are Ingabor Malena, Sarah Martina, Andrew Seward, Thea Carina and Aaron Mathew, all at home. Mr. Bue has been Supervisor two years and Justice of the Peace two years ; he is a Republican and a Lutheran. He has 180 acres of land, worth about $30 per acre. He was in Co. H, 49th W. V. I., the last nine months of the war.

LOUIS CHRISTOPHER, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Deerfield ; was born June 24, 1842, in Norway; son of Christopher Gunderson (Lee), who came to America in 1850; lived in Illinois till 1853, then came to Deerfield, where he still resides. Louis was married in 1877, to Miss Martha Severson. He has held the office of Supervisor and some school district offices ; he is a Republican and a Lutheran. He has 139 acres of land, worth $30 per acre.

JULIUS GERICKE, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Kroghville; he was born March 12, 1844, in Prussia ; his father, Julius Gericke, came to America in 1854, settled in Milford, Jefferson Co., Wis., aad died in Dane Co., Aug. 29, 1879, aged 64. Julius, Jr., was married in 1872, to Thoretta Klatta ; they have five children-Fred, William, Hermano, Charlotte and Minnie. In politics, he is a Democrat. He has 120 acres of land, worth $25 per acre.

PETER B. GRINDE, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Nora ; born Feb. 22, 1839, in Norway ; son of Bottolf J. Grinde, who came to America in 1846; settled in Deerfield, and still lives in that town. Peter was married Jan. 24, 1878, to Julia Christopher, a native of Norway, and has one child, John Ben- jamin, born July 24, 1879. Has been Town Clerk two years and Chairman five years. Is a Republican, and member of the Lutheran Church. Has 140 acres of land, worth $30 per acre.

LARS OLSON GROTLAND, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Kroghville ; born January 23, 1851, in Norway ; son of Ole Larson Grotland ; he came to America in 1856; lived four years in Whitewater, Wis., and came to Deerfield, settled on Sec. 24, and died there in January, 1863. L. O. Grotland was married, Sept. 29, 1873, to Betsy Maria Gustavison, and has three children-Bertha Louisa, Rosanna Ma- tilda and Mary Henrietta ; has 120 acres of land in company with his brother, Cornelius O. Grotland, who is single and living with him ; he was born June 19, 1860; his mother, whose maiden name was Rebecca Wikingson, is living with the brothers, at the age of 65 years. Republican.

JOHN HALVORSEN (GRENA), farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Kroghville, Jefferson Co., Wis. ; born June 28, 1829, in Norway ; son of Halvor Johnson Grena; came to America in 1858, lived at Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., Wis., five years, and came to Deerfield in 1863; has resided there since. Was mar- ried, in 1857, to Christiana Peterson, who was the widow of Hans Hanson, and had two children by her first husband- Hans Hanson and Christiana Hanson; has three children by the second marriage-Anna

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Halvorsen, Peter Halvorsen and Mary Halvorsen. Republican, and has 120 acres of land, worth $3,000. Was in the army the last nine months of the war, in the 16th W. V. I., Co. G, and went with Sherman to the sea.

EGLE HALVERSON (SOBIER), farmer, Sec. 15 ; P. O. Deerfield ; born Feb. 24, 1836, in Norway ; his father, Orsbornson Sobier, came to America in 1843, lived in the town of Muskego, Waukesha Co., Wis., two years, and then removed to the town of Medina, Dane Co., where he is still liv- ing. Egle Halverson was married, in May, 1874, to Johannah Conway, and has three children-Harman, John and Lida. Republican, and Lutheran ; has a farm of 180 acres. He enlisted Dec. 2, 1861, in the 16th W. V. I., Co. E, and served till the close of the war, three years and nine months ; he was wounded at the siege of Altanta, by a musket ball which passed through his left forearm, and disabled him about six months.

K. O. HEIMDAL, farmer, Sec. 8 ; P. O. Deerfield; born Oct. 19, 1830, in Norway; his father, Ole Heimdal. came to America in 1844 ; lived in Dane Co. about nine months, then in Jefferson Co., one year, then returned to Dane Co., and resided in Deerfield till his death, in November, 1871, at the age of 73. K. O. Heimdal was married, in 1860, to Miss Sarah A. Adsit, who was born in the town of Butternuts, Otsego Co., N. Y., Jan. 6, 1832, daughter of Stephen H. Adsit, who came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1846, settled in Deerfield, on Sec. 5, and died Nov. 7, 1876, aged 83 years. Mr. Heimdal has eight children-Lillie L., Charles Y., Eleanor B, Fred A., Jessie L., Nettie A., Mary A. and Sarah G., all at home. Is the present Chairman of the town, and has held that office and Town Clerk several years each, Treasurer one year, and was a member of the Assembly in 1871. Democrat, and has 170 acres of land.

EREK A. HEMLE, farmer, Sec. 26 ; P. O. Cambridge; born May 24, 1830, in Norway, son of Andrew Erickson ( Hemle) ; came to America in 1850 ; lived one summer twenty-five miles west of Milwaukee, in Wisconsin ; then lived in Chicago through the winter; then worked in a saw-mill one summer at Grand River, Mich. ; was in Chicago again a short time in the fall, and about Christmas came to Dane Co. and lived in Christiana till the next March (1852) ; then worked a month near Madison ; then spent another summer in Illinois, part of the time in Chicago, and part of the time on a railroad west of Chicago; in October, he came to Wisconsin again, and spent several years working in the pincry during the winters, and running the river in the spring, and worked at farming in Dane Co. summers ; he settled in his present location in 1858. Was married in 1864, to Ellen Johnson, and has seven chil- dren, and all go by the name of Hemle-Andrew E., Albert E., Susan, Ida, Albert, Cornelins and Martha, all at home. Republican in politics ; Lutheran in religion. Has 180 acres in his farm.

HENRY B. HOWE, farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. O. Nora; was born Sept. 13, 1833, in Norway ; son of Henrick Howe, who came to America in 1844, and settled in Pleasant Springs, and resided there until his death in 1866, aged 66 years. Henry B. was married in 1856, to Kari Hauge, a native of Norway and daughter of Neri Hauge, who also came to America in 1844. Mr. Howe has eight children -Anna, Henrick, Edward, Emma, George, William, Dorcas and Francis, all at home. Has been on the Town Board and held several minor offices. Republican, and member of the Lutheran Church ; has 150 acres of land, worth $40 per acre ; came to Deerfield in 1856. The original name was spelled with a Norwegian letter, oe, which has no representative in the English language, and the name was pronounced in two syllables, giving the a the long sound, thus-Ha-vee-and he changed it to Howe.

LARS IVERSON (HUSEBAE), farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Deerfield; born in Norway, in April. 1828, son of Iver Olson ( Husebae) ; came to America in 1854, and came direct to Wisconsin; lived in Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., two years ; then came to Deerfield and has lived there ever since. He was married in 1844, to Sigri Amundsdaughter (Henjum), a native of Norway, and has six children. -Anna, Unni, Iver, Amund, Johannes and Susie, all at home. Democrat and Lutheran. He has 96 acres of land in Deerfield and 60 acres in Cottage Grove.

ELLING JOHNSON (HENJUM), farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Deerfield ; 'born May 23, 1831, in Norway, son of John Larson (Henjum); came to America in 1854, and settled in Deerfield, on his present farm. He was married, Nov. 18, 1854, to Darthe S. Hanuhe, a native of Norway, and has eight children- Anna, now Mrs. Knudt Evenson, of Deerfield; Une, John, Sulfest, Susan, Hellen, Louisa and Ole, all at home except the one married. He is a Democrat, and a member of the Lutheran Church .. He has 160 acres of land, worth about $5,000.

L. O. LARSON, farmer, renting on Secs. 29 and 32; P. O. Nora; born Nov. 12, 1849. in Norway ; son of Ole Larson ( Mydland), who came to America in 1851, and settled in Columbia Co., Wis.,

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town of Leeds, and died the same year he came. Mrs. Larson is now married to Ole Johnson (Hauge), and lives on Sec. 25, in Deerfield. L. O. Larson has lived in the town of Deerfield since he was 8 years old. Is unmarried ; Republican and Lutheran. Has been renting the farm he now works for four years.

NELS A. LEE, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Nora; born April 26, 1841, in Norway ; his father, Andrew Nelson Lee, came to America in 1841, and came direct to Wisconsin, and settled in what is now the town of Christiana, and lived there two years, then lived in Pleasant Springs about two years, and, in 1845, removed to Deerfield, where he resided till 1876, since which time he has lived in Dakota. Nels A. Lee was married, in January, 1864, to Mary Regve, and has two children-Sever A. Lee and Julia Ann Lee. His brother, Sever Lee, who now lives in Dakota, was in the army the last year of the war, in the 15th W. V. I., and was a prisoner five months of the time, two months in Andersonville, and three months in Florence. Mrs. Lee's two oldest brothers-Stark S. Regve and Peter Regve-were ministers of the Norwegian Lutheran Synod. Peter, who was in the army about one year, in the 15th W. V. I., died in Polk Co., Minn., in 1879, and Stark S. is now preaching in Houston Co., Minn., and their brother, Lars S. Regve, is a professor in the Norwegian College of Decorah, Iowa. Mr. Lee held the office of Town Treasurer in 1863. Republican, and a member of the Lutheran Church. He has 80 acres of land in Sec. 32, 10 acres in Deerfield, and 100 acres in the farm he is on.

THOR LEVERSON (SFFARTDAL), farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Deerfield ; born in Norway, May, 1818; son of Lever Oleson (Svartdal) ; came to America in 1848, and settled in Deerfield, and has lived in the town ever since. He was married, in 1848, in Deerfield, to Sarah Hanson, and has had seven children, as follows-Sweney ; Anna, now Mrs. M. Lindas, of Medina ; Julia (deceased), Olena, Mary, Eliza- beth and Lewis, all at home except Mrs. Lindas. Democrat and Lutheran. Has 300 acres of land.

CHARLES MAYER, merchant, Deerfield; born June 7, 1833, in Germany, province of the Rhine; came to America in 1860; lived in Chicago ten years, in the commission and mercantile business ; came to the present location in 1870. He was married, in Chicago, in 1864, to Augusta Hein, a native of Prussia, daughter of Christ Hein, who came to America in 1866; she died Aug. 16, 1880, aged 46 years 7 mouths and 9 days, leaving three children-Julius, Edward and Walter. Is the present Town Treasurer, and has held that office and School District Treasurer for five years. He is a Democrat. Has a farm of 200 acres on Secs. 9 and 16, and deals in grain, live stock and real estate, in addition to bis mercantile business. Has a warehouse in the village of Marshall, Dane Co., Wis.

LARS NELSON (WALE), d'eceased ; a native of Norway. Married in Norway, and came to America in 1844 ; he settled in Deerfield, where he resided till his death, in February, 1874, at the age of 70 ; he left three children, all sons, having lost two before his death; those living are Alexander Larson (married, and living in Adams Co., Wis.), Lars L. Nelson and Joseph L. Nelson (both single, and living in Deerfield) ; Lars L. owns 200 acres of land on Secs. 21, 28 and 29, and Joseph L. has 200 acres on Secs. 19 and 23, where they reside, and their mother is living with them. P. O. Nora. Republicans, and members of the Lutheran Church.

NELS OLSON (GRATLAND), farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. O. Cambridge ; was born in Norway September 27, 1801 ; emigrated to America in 1845 ; lived in Chicago two years, and worked the first hand-press for John Wentworth on the Chicago Democrat ; came to La Grange, Walworth Co., Wis, in 1847; lived there five years, and came to Deerfield, Dane Co., in 1852; he first settled on Sec. 13, but the man he employed to make his claim for him ran away with the money, and he then went on Sec. 27, in the spring of 1854, and still resides there. Was married, in 1849, to Mary Ingabor Halderson, a widow, who had one son, Knudt Nelson (he having taken the name of his step-father), now a lawyer of Alexandria, Mina. He was a member of the Assembly in Dane Co. in 1868 and 1869, two terms; they have two sons by the second marriage; the oldest one, William Nelson, was educated at the Marshall Academy and State Uni- versity at Madison, and admitted to the bar in 1878 ; the second son, Henry Nelson, was educated at the Marshall Academy, is unmarried, and has a farm of 147 acres. He is the present Assessor of the town, and a Democrat, though his father and brothers are Republicans. All members of the Lutheran Church. Knudt Nelson was three years in the army, in Co. B, 4th W. V. I. ; was wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Pt. . Hudson, and was in prison twenty-nine days.

OSMOND OLSON (QUALE), farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Deerfield ; born in February, 1835, in Norway; came to America, in 1850, with his father, Ole Osmondson (Quale), and has lived in Deer- field ever since. Was married, in 1860, to Ella, daughter of Nels Davidson, of Deerfield, and has six children-Ole Johannes, Inghor Sophia, Helena, Anna Maria, Marthea and Louisa, all at home. Demo- crat and Lutheran. Has 445 acres of land.

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C. F. W. POHLMANN, farmer, Sec. 26 ; P. O. Kroghville; born in Germany March 18, 1841 ; his father, William Pohlmann, came to America in 1856; lived in Waterloo six months, then at Lake Mills a year and a half; then removed to Deerfield, where he still resides. C. F. W. was married, in 1866, to Mary Grntzmacher, and has four children-Emil, Charlie, Helena and Louisa. Held the office of Supervisor one year. Enlisted, in August, 1862, in Co. D, 29th W. V. I., and was in the service three years. Republican in politics, and a member of the Lutheran Church. Has 105 acres of land, worth about $2,500.

JOHN A. QUAMMEN, farmer, Sec. 15 ; P. O. Deerfield; born Jan. 9, 1844, in Norway ; son of Ammund L. Quammen, who came to America in 1847 ; settled in the town of Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., Wis., and lived there eight years ; then came to Deerfield, on Sec. 15, where he still resides, at the age of 78. John A. Quammen was married, in 1869, to Anna M. Halverson, and has four children- Caroline, Herman, Amelia and Lewis, all at home. Has been Town Clerk ten years and Chairman one year. Democrat in politics, and member of the Lutheran Church. Has 168 acres of land, worth $4,000. He was an only son, but had four sisters-Susannah, now Mrs. Osmund Wik, of Deerfield ; Lucy, now Mrs. Sam Peterson, of Fargo, Dakota ; Emaline, now Mrs. Ole Anderson, of Leeds, Columbia Co., Wis., and Sophia, single, and living with him, as are also his parents.

LARS T. ROTHE, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Nora; born in Norway Feb. 28, 1819, near Ber- gen ; son of Torger Rothe. Was married in Norway, in April, 1844, to Ingaborg Davidson (Molster); came to America in the fall of 1844, and settled in what is now the town of Deerfield, and has resided in the town ever since; has ten children-Torger, married, and living in Mower Co., Minn. ; Julia ; David, married and living in Stoughton, Wis. ; Andrew, Carrie, Minnie, Anna, Christina, Martha and Herman ; all at home except the two sons that are married; Andrew, who lives in Polk Co., Minn. Mr. Rothe has been Chairman of his town two terms; Supervisor, Treasurer and Clerk several terms each; has lost two children-Carrie, died April 20, 1850, aged 4 years, and David died Jan. 19, 1849, 2 years old. Republican, and member of the Lutheran Church. Has 2462 acres of land in his farm ; formerly raised nothing but grain, now raises mostly stock and tobacco.

KNUDT SEVERSON (HEMLE), farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Kroghville; born in May, 1830, in Norway ; son of Severt Steven (Hemle) ; came to America in 1850; spent four years in Wis- consin ; then spent several years knocking around through the Northern and Southern States, and settled down in Deerfield on his present farm in 1852. Was married, in 1862, to Caroline Lewson, and has nine children, as follows : Severt, Betsy, Louis, Andrew, Frankie, Cornelius, Ann, Minnie and Bertha. Re- publican and Lutheran, and has 118 acres of land.

THORS SVENSON (VOXLE), farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Deerfield; born May 24, 1825, in Norway. Was married, in 1858, to Christina Gundersan ; came to America in 1861, and settled on his present location ; has nine children-Martha, Helen, Betsy, Gustav, Simon, Carl Theadore, Clara Sophia, Herman Eli and Alfred. Democrat, and member of the Lutheran Church. Has 80 acres of land.

JOHN T. TVESME, farmer, Sec. 15 ; P. O. Deerfield'; born in Norway Aug. 22, 1840 ; son of Thomas J. Tvesme, who came to America with his family in 1858, and settled in Deerfield, where he still resides. John T. was married in 1864, to Miss Betsy A. Gunderson, a native of Norway, and has four children-Andrew Sever, Gunder, Thomas and Bernhardt. Democrat, and member of the Lutheran Church of the Wisconsin Synod. Has 90 acres of land, worth $40 per acre. His brother, Andrew T. Tvesme, enlisted in November, 1862, in the 15th W. V. I., Co. H, as Sergeant, and died on the 22d day of the next May at Island No. 10, of diarrhoea, in the 22d year of his age.

ERICK WILLIAMS, deceased; was born and married in Norway ; his wife was Christina Bochtun ; came to America in 1844, and settled on Sec. 32, Deerfield, and resided there till his death, Dec. 25, 1879, at the age of 76 ; he left seven children, as follows : Cornelius, married, and living in Chicago; Julia, now the widow of William H. Miller, lives in Stoughton, Wis. ; Christina, now Mrs. Nels Ander- son, of Deerfield ; William, married, and living in St. Louis, Mo. ; Bell, now Mrs. C. F. Eltzholtz, of Den- mark, Europe ; Betsy, deceased ; and Nels E., who was married in 1878, to Caren Paulson, of Chi- cago ; she died June 16, 1879, aged 28, leaving no children ; he is now living on the homestead, and his mother is living with him. Has 140 acres ; Republican ; P. O. Nora; Mr. Williams' son was a member of the Methodist Church. Cornelius E. Williams enlisted in the commencement of the war, in Chicago, in the 15th W. V. I. ; had a Lieutenant's commission, and served till the close of the war.

G. D. WILLEY, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Kroghville; born April 8, 1839, in Farmington, Trumbull Co., Ohio; son of G. D. and Julia Ann (Abrams) Willey. Mrs. Willey died in Ohio in April,

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1852, and Mr. Willey came to Wisconsin with the balance of his family in the following June ; he located in Deerfield ; afterward went to Michigan, then to Illinois, and finally died in Nebraska, June 6, 1879, at the age of 69. G. D., Jr., remained in Deerfield when his father went to Michigan, and has resided there ever since. He was married, Jan. 1, 1866, to Eleanor Wardwell, who was born Juve 8, 1847, in the vil- lage of Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., Wis., daughter of Isaac Wardwell, a native of Saratoga Co., N. Y., who came to Wisconsin in 1840 ; built the first house in Lake Mills, and has resided there ever since. Mr. and Mrs. Willey have four children-Jennie, Julia, Flora May and Arminta ; lost their first child, Seymour Sidney, who died Nov. 18, 1870, 3 years old, and was buried on his birthday. Mr. Willey has held the offices of Constable and Town Clerk. Has always been a Democrat till now, but from this time henceforth is a Republican. He is a firm Spiritualist in religious belief. Has 90 acres of land in his farm. He enlisted Aug. 30, 1864, in the 42d W. V. I., Co. H, and was in the service till the close of the war.

ROBERT WOELFFER, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Kroghville; born Jan. 10, 1829, in Prussia ; came to America in 1850, arriving in New York City on the 13th day of July ; came direct to Wisconsin and settled in Waterloo, Jefferson Co., and lived there till 1868; then came to his prosent loca- tion. Was married in 1854, to Augusta Heidermaon, and has eleven children, as follows: Max, who is a harness-maker in Cambridge, Dane Co. ; Charles, who is a blacksmith; Sellma, now Mrs. Robert Rothke, of Kroghville ; Ernst, Robert, Julius, Frank, Ida, Arthur, Frederika and Eliza. Mr. Woelffer is one of the present Supervisors of the town, and has held the office three terms previous to this. Democrat, and has 203 acres of land, worth $30 per acre.

TOWN OF WINDSOR.

GEORGE BAXTER, deceased ; was born in Londonderry, Ireland ; was married there to Mary Addy, a native of the same county ; came to America in 1834 or 1835, and lived in Upper Canada, twenty miles east of Toronto, for several years, and then removed to Philadelphia, Peno., where he lived till 1853; then came to Wisconsin and bought land in Windsor, but lived seven or eight years in Madison ; then went on the farm, where he resided till his death, Feb. 6, 1866, leaving nine children-Sarah, Charlotte, Joseph, Mary, James, Jemima, Eliza, George and Maggie. Mrs. Baxter died in 1857, io Madison. George Bax- ter, Jr., was born May 9, 1844. in Philadelphia, Peno .; was married Nov. 17, 1867, in Randolph, Dodge Co., Wis., to Mary E. Martin, daughter of Richard Martin, now living in Kansas; she was born Nov. 5, 1848, in Colden, Erie Co., N. Y. ; have no children. Mr. Baxter enlisted March 24, 1865, in the 65th Ill. V. I., Co. C, and was in the service till the close of the war; had to run away to enlist ; went to Chi- cago for that purpose, and was followed as far as Madison by his father, who then gave up the chase. Was Assessor three years in succession in Windsor, and is now Coroner of Dane Co .; has also been on the Board of Supervisors. Owns 170 acres of land, worth $40 per acre. Mrs. Baxter is a member of the Congregational Church.

THOMAS BEWICK, farmer, Sec. 15 ; P. O. Windsor ; born in Hettan, Durham, England ; son of Thomas and Dorothy (Stephenson) Bewick ; his father was a farmer when young, but in after life a railroad contractor. Thomas, Jr., first kept books for his father, and afterward became a sub-contractor and Railway Inspector, which business he left when he came to America in 1849 ; he arrived in Milwau- kee in September, worked a few months for Mr. Saville, manufacturing millstones, and in January, 1850, bought the farm on which he now resides. Was married in London, England, in 1840, to Clara Chilton, who died in Windsor, in August, 1855, leaving seven children living (having lost three before her death) -Thomas S., living in Iowa; William, Clara (now Mrs. E. L. Colby), Stephenson, Ebenezer, John and Mary ; the last six all living in Nebraska; Mary is the widow of A. Bridges, and is practicing medicine in Beatrice, Neb. His second wife, to whom he was married in December, 1856, was Mrs. Jane Boyton Cox, of Windsor ; has four children by the second marriage-Charles, Esther, Dora and Elizabeth, all at home. In politics, independent, and has 160 acres of land, worth $40 per acre. When a boy, Mr. Bewick attended school in his native village till he was farther advanced than his teacher; then quit school and pursued his studies alone with such success that he is now a good Greek and French scholar, and is said to be one of the best mathematicians in the State. In the fall of 1877, he visited England, returning the next spring satisfied to spend the remainder of his days in his adopted home.

WILLARD BLANCHAR, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Windsor; born' April 20, 1822, in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., town of Laona ; his father, Horace Blanchar, was one of the first settlers in Chau-

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tauqua Co., and built the first woolen factory in that county. Mr. Blanchar was married in February, 1843, in Warren Co., Penn. (where he lived the last seven years previous to coming to Wisconsin), to Bethia Cooper, who died in the winter of 1852, in the town of Windsor, leaving four children-Horace and Har- vey, both married, and living in the town of Burk, adjoining Windsor ; Jane, died in 1875, and Henry, living in Dakota. Mr. Blanchar came to Wisconsin in 1846, and in September of that year located on his present farm, where he has since resided. His second wife, to whom he was married in the fall of 1854, was Mary Reynolds, who was born in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, daughter of J. Reynolds, who died when she was only 10 or 12 years old. Has four children by the second marriage-Martha, now the widow of Ash- ley Jenner, late of Chautauqua Co., N. Y. ; Hattie, Willie and Minnie, at home. Held the office of Chair- man two terms, and Assessor three terms ; Republican, and both members of the Baptist Church. He has 320 acres of land, worth about $40 per acre ; keeps 40 to 50 head of cattle, 12 to 15 horses, and raises some very fine ones ; milks from 20 to 25 cows winter and summer ; makes cheese in summer, and butter in winter.

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History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 177

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