History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 178

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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J. E. CARPENTER, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Windsor; born Sept. 21, 1824, in Strongville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio ; son of Caleb and Susan Carpenter, natives of Vermont ; came to Wisconsin in April, 1844; lived a couple of months in Kenosha; then lumbered in Michigan till the next spring, and in June, 1845, came to Dane Co. ; located some land in Windsor; he then returned to Ohio, and staid two months, then to Chicago, and in the fall went back to Ohio, and came from there to Windsor with an ox team, in company with S. H. Sabin (now living in the west part of the town); they were just four weeks making the trip, and camped out all the time. He has been a resident of Windsor ever since. Was married in that town Dec. 15, 1846, to Caroline M. Reynolds, who was born in Keeseville, Essex Co., N. Y., June 12, 1830 ; they were the first couple married in the town of Windsor ; has four children --- Mary (now Mrs. G. W. Welsh, of Arlington, Columbia Co., Wis.), Ida, Frank and Charlie, at home. Mr. Carpenter is a Republican, and has held the office of Supervisor, Justice of the Peace and Assessor, and was Treasurer four years. Has 120 acres of land, worth $5,000.

ORRIN CHAMBERLAIN, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Windsor; born July 30, 1806, in Underhill, Chittenden Co., Vt. Was married in his native county, Feb. 6, 1827, to Louisa Benedict, who was born in the same county Jan. 17, 1805 ; came to Wisconsin in May, 1846; located on his present farm, and has resided there over since. Has had six children, four of them still living; the oldest child, Mary H., was born in Vermont, July 6, 1831, and died May 8, 1864, in Windsor; Byron is married, and living in the town of Windsor ; Danford O. was born Aug. 15, 1837, and was married May 17, 1869, to Margaret Murphy, of Windsor, and has two children living-Herbert A. and Orrin A. ; last one, little girl, Louisa, died Oct. 9, 1875-living on the homestead; Alvin was born Dec. 6, 1848, and was married Feb. 7, 1874, to Victoria Jones, daughter of William Jones, one of the oldest settlers of Windsor, who died Feb. 11, 1859, lives in Madison ; Martha Ann was born in Vermont, July 15, 1841, and is living on the homestead with her father; Cassius died Dec. 29, 1866, aged 22 years and 3 months. Mrs. Cham- berlain died July 23, 1870, at the age of 65. Cassius and Alvin both enlisted in February, 1865, in the 2d W. V. C., and were in the service till the close of the war. Mr. Chamberlain has held the office of Supervisor and Assessor, and several school offices. Republican, and has 145 acres of land, worth $40 per acre.

JAMES CLEMENTS, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Token Creek ; born Sept. 27, 1809, in Waldo Co., Me .; son of Hall Clements ; was married in Maine, Dec. 26, 1830, to Lydia Stephenson, who was born Dec. 26, 1805, in Belfast, Me., daughter of Charles Stephenson ; Mr. Clements came to Wis- consin in 1849, arriving in Windsor on the 5th of May, and located on the spot where he now resides ; was seventeen days making the trip from Maine to Wisconsin ; came from Belfast to Boston by steamer, and by railroad from there to Albany, thence by canal to Buffalo, and then by steamer again around the lakes to Milwaukee, and thence by team to Windsor ; has had six children, as follows: Phebe (deceased), Lydia (now Mrs. Sylvester Raymond, of Vienna), Jerome B. (married, and living in Bristol), Wade (deceased), and another one named Wade, married, and living in Mitchell Co., Iowa, and Abner L., mar- ried Nov. 26, 1873, to Lena, daughter of E. P. Sherman, Esq., of Windsor, and have one child-Edna Rowena, and lives on the homestead; Mr. Clements held the office of Justice of the Peace when he first came to Windsor ; is a Democrat, and has 120 acres of land, worth about $45 per acre.

DENNIS CROWLEY, Deputy Sheriff, grain and lumber dealer, De Forest ; born March 10, 1835, in Addison Co., Vt .; son of Daniel Crowley, who came to Wisconsin in 1837, settled in Water- town, and died in 1845 ; Mrs. Crowley still lives in Watertown, at the age of 74. In 1861, Mr. Crowley bought a 320-acre farm in the town of Windsor, on Secs. 15 and 16, lived there till 1869, then sold out

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and went to Iowa, where he stayed one year, then returned to De Forest, where he had bought property previous to his going to Iowa; in 1872, he, in company with several others, built an elevator at De For- est, which he operated about four years, in the meantime building five dwelling houses in the village, from 1872 to 1874; in the fall of 1872, he opened a general store and lumber-yard at the station, run the store one year, then sold out to John Ariens, but continued the lumber and wheat trade till 1875 ; in October, 1875, he, in company with his brother Cornelius, bought a cranberry marsh of 700 acres in Wood Co., Wis., stayed about a year, then came back to De Forest, and in the spring of 1877, built a warehouse, and was in the wheat trade again about a year, then formed a partnership with H. S. Grinde, and run the elevator one year, and since that has been a general dealer ; was Chairman of the town five years though a Democrat in the strongest Republican town in the County ; was Assessor three terms, and was appointed Deputy Sheriff in January, 1878, and still retains that position. Was married Jan. 8. 1878, in Madison, to Annie Oakes, who died in Windsor in 1879 ; has one child-Daniel Edward, born July 6, 1879.

SIDNEY B. COMBS, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Windsor ; born Jan. 24, 1840, in Strongsville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio ; his father, Elias Combs, came to Wisconsin in October, 1846, settled in the town of Windsor, and died there May 16, 1870, aged 73; Mrs. Combs, whose maiden name was Almira Sprague, died Oct. 18, 1866, aged 63. Sidney B. was married June 12, 1872, to Mrs. Jerusha M. Combs, daughter of N. P. Spalding, of Windsor (see his biography), and widow of John M. Combs, who died May 7, 1862, from wounds received at the battle of Ft. Donelson ; he was in Co. D, 2d Iowa V. I., en- listed in November, 1861, was wounded Feb. 14, 1862, and died May 7, 1862, leaving no children. Mr. Combs is the youngest of a family of five boys; Nelson is a carpenter, and lives in Sun Prairie; Selden died July 14, 1862, in Windsor, leaving a widow and three children; John M. (mentioned above), and William, a wagon-maker by trade, but at present keeping an eating-house in Madison ; he was in the 7th W. V. I., served from January, 1864, till July, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Combs are members of the Con- gregational Church. He is a Republican, and has 87 acres of land, worth about $4,000.

N. L. DAHL, merchant, De Forest; is the only man living in the village that was there at the time he came. He was born in Norway, in the State of Valders, in January, 1844; son of Lars N. Dahl ; served two years at the shoemaker's trade in Norway, and came to America in 1861. He worked in Madison till July 14, 1864, then came to De Forest, opened a shoe-shop, and has continued in business there ever since. In about 1870, he commenced selling groceries, notions, etc., and kept on increasing his business, and now carries a general stock of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, notions, etc., and still carries on his shop. He was married, in 1865, to Emily Williams, who was born July 24, 1842, in Telle- marken, Norway ; has seven children living-Lars, Tina, Bertina, Bertha, Emma, Josephine and Ida; lost one child, William, who died at 7 weeks old. Republican-at present Justice of the Peace, and both members of the Lutheran Church.

GEORGE DURKEE, merchant and Postmaster, De Forest; born in Franklin Co., N. Y .; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1854, and stayed one winter with his uncle, Charles Durkee, then spent his winters in the pinery, and his summers farming in Leeds, Columbia Co., Wis., till 1871; then went into the mercantile business in De Forest, which he still continues; was Postmaster in Leeds eight years, and has held the same office nine years in De Forest. He was married, in the fall of 1860, to Lydia A. Lord, who was born in Maine, Sept. 19, 1840, daughter of Samuel R. Lord, who came to Wisconsin in 1852, and died in Dekorra, Columbia Co. Mr. Durkee has niue children-James, Edgar, Myra, Lula, Eugene, Frank, Mabel Estella, John and Albert. Mrs. Durkee is a member of the Congregational Church. His father was Martin R. Durkee; his uncle, Charles Durkee (with whom he lived a short time in De Forest), who was elected to Congress in 1850, re-elected in 1852, and, in 1855, was elected to the United States Senate, where he served his constituents in an able and acceptable manner for six years. He was afterward appointed Governor of Utah, which position he held five years, and died on his way home from there, Jan. 14, 1870. He once owned 1,200 acres of land where De Forest now stands, and sold out to T. N. De Forest, in honor of whom the village was afterward named. Republican in politics.

SIMEON ADAMS FOWLER, farmer, Windsor ; farm in Vienna, on Sec. 25; born May 27, 1819. in Oneida Co., N. Y., and is a descendant of the old Narragansett nation. His father, James Fowler, died in the State of New York, and his widowed mother cmigrated to Wisconsin with her family of nine children, in 1834. She landed in Green Bay, and located in Brothertown, Calumet Co., where she died Feb. 22, 1875. Simeon came to Dane Co. in 1844, worked at Token Creek, in what was then the town of Windsor, till 1845, then took up some Government land on Sec. 25, in Vienna, which he still owns. Broke 15 acres the first summer, and continued improving his own farm, and working a part of the time

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for others till 1853, then went to California, starting from Madison on the 15th day of March; was one month and one day reaching San Francisco; remained in California little over twenty-five years, most of the time mining, with indifferent success; returned to Wisconsin in the spring of 1878, and has lived in Vienna and Windsor ever since. He was a Democrat till 1861, and since that Republican. Is unmarried, and owns a farm of 220 acres, worth $8,000; has three brothers-David, John C. and Laton, living in Brothertown, Calumet Co., Wis., and his sister, Roxana, is living with his brother, John C., who is unmarried; David has a family, but Laton has lost his wife. His brother, William, was in the army dur- ing the rebellion ; had a leg shattered in battle by the explosion of a shell, and died when it was amputated. His brothers, Russell and Gerret Smith, died while he was in California, and one sister before he went.

J. F. GILE, teacher, Windsor ; boro Jan. 28, 1857, in the city of Madison; his father, James M. Gile, is a native of Vermont; came to Wisconsin in 1856, and engaged in the mercantile business io the city of Madison, having just returned from a three years' residence in California. At the end of the. first year, he sold out, and went on a farm in the town of Dane, where he remained about twelve years, then returned to Madison, where he still resides, and is in the mercantile business. Mrs. Gile, whose maiden name was Judith L. Rowell, died in 1866. J. F. was educated at Madison and Beaver Dam, and has followed teaching since 1875. Oct. 11, 1879, he married Miss Virtue Hall, daughter of William M. Hall, of Richland Co., Wis .; she was born July 13, 1860, in the town of Windsor. Immediately after his marriage, he rented the " Combs House " at Windsor Village, and has been keeping it since, and is also teaching the village school, and is the present Town Clerk.

A. D. GOODRICH, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Windsor; born April 26, 1819, in Otsego Co., N. Y. ; came first to Wisconsin in 1846; went back to New York, and, in 1847, returned to Wisconsin, and located in the town of Burke; lived there till the spring of 1867, then came to Windsor, and bought his present farm. He was married, in 1866, in Windsor, to Miss Helena Bruce, who was born in Cortland Co., N. Y., March 2, 1845, daughter of Abram Bruce; has only one child living-Ada, boro Sept. 28, 1872; lost two children-Alpheus, 6 years and 6 months old, and Anna, 4 years and 2 months, both died within a week, in 1874, of diphtheria. Mr. Goodrich held the office of Chairman, Justice of the Peace and Assessor, in the town of Burke, and is independent in politics and religion. He has about 1,000 acres of land, 320 acres of it in Windsor, worth $40 per acre, and balance in Burke, worth $25 per acre.

DR. L. D. GOODWIN, practicing physician, Sec. 15; P. O. De Forest; he was boro March 21, 1812, in Grafton Co., N. H .; is a son of Ezra Goodwin, who lived to be 95 years old, in Bath, N. H .; his mother, whose maiden name was Sarah Sanborn, died in 1860; when 21 years of age, he left New Hampshire for Tompkins Co., N. Y., where he resided about twenty years in the town of Gro- ton ; came to Wisconsin io 1854; lived in Milwaukee three years, theo spent two years in Davenport, Iowa, and, in 1859, came to Windsor, where he has resided ever since, and practiced medicine for the last twenty-five years. He was a mechanical engineer in his younger days, though he read medicine and com- menced practice while young, following it but a short time, however. He was married, May 31, 1835, in Groton, N. Y., to Lucy Pierce, who died in Windsor, Wis., in 1864, aged 50 years, leaving two children -Phosa S., who is married to N. B. Wilcox, and Lucy V., who is married to A. B. Campbell, both liv- Ing with the Doctor on the homestead ; two children died in infancy. Although living on his farm and having only a country practice, he has booked as high as $3,000 per year. Has 120 acres of land, worth $40 per acre. He was a Democrat till 1852, and since that time a Republican. On his way from New Hampshire to Tompkins Co., N. Y., while a green boy only 21 years old, one little incident occurred which is worthy of notice : On reaching some point in Eastern New York where he expected to take a stage coach, he found the regular coach had gone some time before, and the landlord where he stopped told him there would probably be other passengers enough in a short time so he could send out a special coach. Soon after, the landlord came into the sitting-room where he was, with a gentleman, who pro- posed to join him and take a special coach, as he, with a few friends, wished to go to the same point. After starting, the gentleman who first made the proposition asked his young fellow-traveler his name, residence and destination ; he then introduced him to the other gentlemen, first to John R. Tracy, Lieu- tenant Governor of New York ; then to John A. Dix, Secretary of State ; A. C. Flagg, Comptroller, and Atty. Gen. Young, afterward Governor of New York. Lieut. Gov. Tracy then introduced the first speaker as Wm. L. Marcy, Governor of New York. He felt, as he expressed it, like a " cat in a strange garret," but Gov. Marcy commenced asking him questions about his native place and prominent men of New Hampshire. As it happened, he had just been diligently reading a recently published gazetteer of the State, and was able to answer all the questions, and was highly complimented by the Governor of being so well posted for a young man, while if he had questioned him on any other subject he might

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bave formed a different opinion. He was named by Lorenzo Dow, who promiscd in place of a present to preach bis funeral sermon.

A. W. GREENMAN, merchant, Windsor Village; he was born March 30, 1841, in North- ampton, Fulton Co., N. Y .; son of James Greenman ; when 16 years old, he commenced clerking in a general store, and has followed the mercantile business ever since; was in business for himself in his native town five years, and three years at Ballston Spa; in 1871, he sold out and went to Chicago; was in business there about six months, then came to Dane Co. and located at Windsor Station, going into business with his brother George, firm name Greenman Brothers, where they still continue in business, carrying a general stock of dry goods, groceries, etc., such as is usually found in a country store, and ready to meet all the wants of the community in that direction. Mr. Greenman was Deputy Postmaster from the time he commenced business in Windsor till March 1, 1880, and was then appointed Postmaster, which office he still holds. He was married, Aug. 12, 1875, in Portage, to Charlotte Plankett, daughter of William Plankett, a native of England, who came to America in 1846; she was born in Vienna, Dane Co., Wis., Aug. 5, 1850; they have three children-Le Roy, born July 21, 1876; Walter, Feb. 7, 1878; Burton, Feb. 14, 1880. Republican.

H. S. GRINDE, station agent and grain-dealer, De Forest; he was born Nov. 27, 1845, in Norway, near Bergen ; his father, Sjur Grinde, came to America in the spring of 1847, and the next fall settled in the town of Windsor on Sec. 8, where he still resides. H. S. Grinde spent his early life on his father's farm till April 1, 1874, then engaged in the mercantile business at De Forest in company with A. Molstad, firm of Molstad & Grinde ; continued in that till April, 1876, then sold out his interest to his partner, and spent two months traveling in Iowa, Minnesota and Dakota; then returned and started a lumber-yard at De Forest ; April 16, 1877, he bought the elevator at De Forest and commenced buying wheat; in the spring of 1878, he sold out the lumber business, but still continued dealing in grain ; June 1, 1877, was appointed station agent at De Forest, and still retains that position. He was married, May 18, 1873, to Carrie Engesalther, daughter of Michael J. Engesalther, of the town of Vienna; have three children-Gertrude Josephine, Seward Clarence and Sadie Mabel. He has been Chairman, Supervisor and Town Clerk of Windsor. Republican, and members of the Lutheran Church.

REV. R. O. HILL, Lutheran clergyman in Haugus Synod, Sec. 16; he was born Aug. 14, 1840, on the western coast of Norway ; son of Ole O. and Kari O. Hill; his father died when he was 9 years old, and his mother when he was 19; he had a common-school education in Norway ; emigrated to America in 1856 ; was first employed in farming among the Americans for eight years, attending school a part of the time; finished his education at the Chicago University, and was ordained to the ministry in 1872; he first located in Ogle Co., Ill., where he remained five years, then, in the spring of 1877, came to the town of Windsor, where he still resides ; he has charge of eight congregations, six in Wisconsin and two in Illinois, and preaches in both the English and Norwegian languages ; was Sabbath-school Superintendent at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Chicago two years. He was married, July 4, 1861, in Ottawa, Ill., to Martha Govig, a native of Norway ; she was born Aug. 7, 1840 ; is a daughter of John and Martha Govig, now living in Ogle Co., Ill .; Mr. Hill has six children-Ole Cornelius, John Martin, Ole Johan, Rosa Evangeline, Cora May and Knut, all at home, and the boys carry on the farm ; one son, Knut, died at 6 months old. In politics, Mr. Hill is a thorough Republican.

OLE S. HOLUM, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. De Forest; born Aug. 21, 1847, in the town of Windsor ; son of Stephen Holum, who came from Norway and settled in 1845, lived on Rock Prairie two years, and settled in Windsor in 1847. Ole S. Holum has always lived in Windsor, except two years in Madison, and came to his present location in 1869; he is unmarried. In politics, he is of the Democratic faith, and in religion a Lutheran. He has held the office of Supervisor, and was Town Clerk for several years ; was Register of Deeds two years (1877-78), and resided in Madison during that time. His sisters, Martha and Sugeri, are living with him on the farm. He has 204 acres of land adjoining the village of De Forest.

AMUND HAUKNESS, farmer, Sec. 19 ; P. O. De Forest ; was born Feb. 2, 1849, in the town of Windsor, Dane Co .; son of Ole Haukness, who was born in Norway, came to America in 1848, and settled in the town of Windsor, where himself, wife, and seven other members of his family died within one month, in the summer of 1854. Mr. Haukness was married in 1870, to Emily Johnson, who was born in the town of Vienna, May 17, 1849, daughter of Michael Johnson ; they have two children- Martha and Oscar. Mr. Haukness is one of the present Supervisors of the town of Windsor, and held the same office three years ago. He is a Republican, and a member of the Lutheran Church. He has 160 acres of land, worth about $4,000.

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K. A. JOHNSON, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Morrisonville ; he was born Oct. 8, 1848, in the town of Leeds, Columbia Co., Wis .; his father, Andrew Johnson, came from Norway in 1845, settled in Leeds, and is still living on the same farm. K. A. Johnson was brought up on the farm in Leeds, and, in 1874, he purchased the lumber-yard of Long & Henderson, in Columbus, ran it seven months, and then sold out to Spoor & Henderson, and went back to his father's farm, where he stayed about a year, then bought his present farm, where he has since resided ; he has 194 acres of land, 34 acres of it in Windsor, and 160 acres adjoining it in the town of Leeds, Columbia Co., altogether worth about $7,000 ; he pays considerable attention to stock-raising, and is just starting a herd of short-horns. Mr. Johnson holds the office of Supervisor in Windsor the present year, and was elected Justice of the Peace three times in Leeds, but only qualified the first time. He is unmarried, and a member of the Lutheran Church.

RICHARD JONES, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Sun Prairie; born in 1828, in Montgomery- shire, Wales ; his father , Nathaniel Jones, came to America with his family in 1844, settled in Dodge Co., near Watertown, and died in January, 1857. Richard was married in Greene Co: in 1857, to Jane Cura- dine; she was born May 13, 1836, in Wales, daughter of John Curadine, who came to America in 1847; they have five children-Elijah, Ulysses, Nettie May, Ella Jane and Sarah Ano, all at home. He is a Republican ; has 394 acres of land, worth about $35 per acre. Mrs. Jones was born in the same shire as her husband, and is a member of the M. E. Church.

WILLIAM JONES (deceased), was a native of England; came to America in 1833, lived about a year in Eastern New York, then went to Springfield, Mass., where he was married, Dec. 3, 1835, to Miss Mary Aytes, who was born in East Granby, Conn., May 10, 1813, daughter of Anson and Nancy (Griffin) Aytes, who both died when she was a child; in August, 1840, Mr. Jones removed to Ohio, and lived in Cuyahoga Co. till the fall of 1846, when he came to Wisconsin aad settled in the town of Wind- sor, where he resided till his death, Feb. 11, 1859, in the 57th year of his age; he had in all nine chil- dren, of whom only two are now living ; Mary J. is now the wife of Charles Davis, of the town of Cherokee, Victoria, now Mrs. Alvin H. Chamberlain, of the city of Madison; the two oldest children, Willis and James, died in infancy ; Eliza Ann died at 7 years old, in July, 1847; Esther Aun died in September, 1859, aged 6 years ; John died in his 16th year, in April, 1861; Wallace died Dec. 10, 1861, in his 12th year ; Ellen was married to David Aldrich, and died May 15, 1872, in her 30th year, leaving two chil- dren-Jessie L., who died in 1875, and William S., now living in Windsor ; Mrs. Mary Jones is now living on the homestead, which consists of 80 acres of land on Sec. 32 in Windsor ; P. O. Windsor.

DAVID W. LEWIS, farmer, Sec. 29 ; P. O. Windsor ; born June 7, 1830, in Addison Co., Vt. ; son of Norman and Rachel (Warner) Lewis, who came to Wisconsin in 1856, and settled in the town of Burke, where he was accidentally killed by falling out of a wagon, in 1860, while returning home from a Sabbath school, of which he was Superintendent; Mrs. Lewis is still living with her son, the sub- ject of this sketch, at the age of 74 years. Mr. Lewis was married, in 1857, to Jane Russell, who was born in Quebec, Canada, Dec. 15, 1835, daughter of Andrew and Helen Russell, natives of Scotland, who came to Canada and from there to Vermont, and, in 1846, came to Wisconsin and settled in Jefferson Co., where they still reside. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have six children, as follows : Norman R., Calvin A., Jean- ette W., James Henry, Ida Blanche and Shirley D., all at home. Republican ; has been. Supervisor and Town Treasurer in Burke ; are both members of the Congregational Church.

LUKE MOWRY (deceased), was born in the town of Smithfield, Providence Co., R. I .; son of Angell and Mercy Mowry; worked at the machinist's trade from the time he was 18 years old till he was 45. Was married, in Lowell, Mass., in 1843, to Miss Fanny Wheelock, who was born in Plymouth, Vt., March 14, 1814; came to Wisconsin in 1856 ; settled in the city of Madison and lived there till 1861 ; then lived one year a mile south of the city, and, in 1862, bought a farm on Sec 22, in the town of Windsor, where he resided until his death, Sept. 14, 1875, leaving a widow and four children -Bainbridge, living on the homestead; Wheelock, farmer, married and living in Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa ; Duane, married and practicing law in Wonewoc, Juneau Co., Wis., and Ella, who is living on the home- stead with her brother Bainbridge, and her mother ; they have 120 acres of land, worth $6,000 ; P. O. Windsor. For the last thirty years of his life, Mr. Mowry was quite deaf, and had to use an ear-trumpet. He was a Republican in politics, and his oldest son, Bainbridge, is of the same political faith, but the two younger sons are Democrats. Wheelock enlisted in Chicago, in 1864, in the 23d Ill. V. I., called the " Mulligan Guards," and was in the service about a year. Bainbridge Mowry was Town Clerk for the last five years previous to 1880 ; has also been Constable, and is now Justice of the Peace.

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History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 178

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