History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 179

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. C. PINNEY (deceased). He was one of the first settlers in the town of Windsor, and one of its most prominent citizens ; he was born in Berkshire Co., Mass., Feb. 7, 1803 ; emigrated to Craw-

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ford Co., Penn., in 1815 ; came to Wisconsin and settled in Windsor, Dane Co., Aug. 12, 1846, and died July 29, 1863, leaving three children-S. U. Pinney, of Madison ; J. A. Pinney, of Windsor, and Ma- tilda T., who is now the wife of B. P. Chamberlain, of the town of Windsor. Mrs. Pinney, whose maiden name was Polly Miller, is still living with her daughter in Windsor, at the age of 78 years. J. A. Pin- ney was born April 16, 1836, in Crawford Co., Penn .; came to Wisconsin with his father, and has always followed farming ; was married, Sept. 26, 1855, to Miss H. B. Shafer, of Lawrence, Mich .; she was born Oct. 14, 1835, near Oberlin, Ohio, daughter of J. J. and Lydia Ann (Dodge) Shafer; Mr. Pinney has five children living-Albert T .. Eddie, Harvey, Alice and Alma, all at home except Albert, who is mar- ried, and lives in the town of Windsor; has lost three children-Cora, who was accidentally killed Sept. 1, 1866, at the age of 4 years, lacking 9 days, by a heavy sled falling on her while at play ; Stella, who died Oct 26, 1868, aged 9 years and 3 months, of typhoid fever, and Nellie, who died Sept. 7, 1869, aged 2 years + months and 8 days, of dropsy of the brain. Mr. Pinney is a Democrat, when the party is honest, and votes from principle ; has 80 acres of land in his home farm, and in interest in other land. Both are members of the Baptist Church.

R. PLACKETT, M. D., Windsor Village; was born in Leicester, England, July 16, 1843; his father, William Plackett, came to America in 1846, and died in Vienna in the fall of 1871, ; Mrs. Plackett is still living in Windsor ; read medicine in the office of Dr. N. P. Bunnell, of Lodi, Wis., and is a graduate of Rush Medical College of Chicago class of 1871-72; located in the village of Windsor in April, 1872, and has been practicing there ever since. Was married, in Marquette Co., Wis., Nov. 29, 1874, to Miss Louisa M. Downing; she was born in Springfield, Dane Co., May 30, 1854, daughter of Arnold Downing, a native of Philadelphia, Penn. ; has one child, Ella, born Feb. 18, 1876. Republican in politics.

SAMUEL H. SABIN, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Windsor ; was born in Ohio in 1824; he i one of the pioneers of Dane Co ; he came to Wisconsin in 1846, and settled where he now lives in 1847. He was married to Adelia Bordine, daughter of Mrs. Polly Bordine, who settled in Sun Prairie in 1845 ; they have nine children, four sons and five daughters. Mr. Sabin's farm contains 270 acres.

S. T. SANDON, farmer, Secs. 29, 30 and 32, residence on 29 ; P. O. Windsor ; born Feb. 11, 1832, in Bristol, England ; his father, Thomas Sandon, came to America in 1845, and settled in what is now the town of Burke (then included in Windsor ), and resided there till his death, in 1863, aged 62 ; Mrs. Sandon died in 1865. S. T. Sandon was married, Aug. 11, 1857, in Windsor, to Sarah Farweil, who was born in Vermont Feb. 3, 1840; has four children-William H , married to Rosa Greenman and living in Windsor ; and Samuel, Eliza and Bertha at home. Has been Supervisor, and in politics votes for whoever suits him. Has 339 acres of land, worth about $35 per acre. In August, 1851, he took his team and helped remove the Winnebago, Chippewa and Menominee Indians to Southern Kansas, or, rather he started for that purpose and went as far as Lexington, Mo., where he had a sun-stroke and was obliged to return to Wisconsin. In 1852, he went to California, starting on the 22d of April with an ox team, and was a little over six months making the trip; he located near Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co., and was engaged while there in mining, Iumbering and farming.

E. P. SHERMAN, farmer, station agent, grain and stock dealer, See. 26; place of business Windsor; was born in Waldo Co., Maine, Sept. 9, 1828 ; son of Elisha and Lucy Sherman, natives of Massachusetts ; he lived on a farin till he was 14 years of age, and then commenced to " paddle his own canoe ;" he first " sailed the ocean blue " io a " fishing-smack " in company with his father ; then learned the baker's business and finished up his career in his native State by tending saw-mill; during this time he attended school in winter till he was 18 years old, and after that spent his winters in teaching ; he came to Wisconsin in 1853 ; bought his first land of W. P. Flanders, of Milwaukee, on Sec. 26, in the town of Windsor, Nov. 7, 1853, and that town has been his home ever since. The second year of his residence in Wisconsin, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and the next year Town Clerk, and since that has been Clerk eight years, Treasurer one year, and is the present Chairman of the town ; he followed farming in summer and taught school winters for about a dozen terms after coming to Wisconsin ; in the spring of 1872, he built a store in the village of Windsor, rented it for the milliner business and started a lumber yard at that place ; the next November he was appointed station agent of Windsor, which position he still retains ; the same month he commenced dealing in stock and grain, and has continued it ever since ; Aug. 15, 1864, he took his brother, H. H. Sherman, into partnership with him in the whole business, which they carried on together till May 1, 1880, at which time they dissolved, E. P. retaining the railroad agency and continuing the grain and stock dealing and, H. H. taking the lumber-yard and cheese-factory, which they had built in 1875 ; they have handled about $100,000 worth of grain, stock and lumber, per year for

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several years, and sold $26.939.24 worth of hogs during the eleven months previous to Jan. 1, 1880. Mr. Sher- man has 220 acres of land, all improved. worth $40 per acre; has 145 head of cattle, 110 head of sheep and thirty-three hogs ; milks twenty cows and makes cheese; shipped two car-loads of hogs from his own farm in 1878. Was married in October, 1852, in Maine, to Eliza Jane Graftou, who was born in that State ; her father, David Grafton, came to Wisconsin in 1854, and is now living in the town of Burke. Mr. Sherman has two children-Arline, now the wife of Abner L. Clement, of Windsor, and Fannie, liv- ing at home. He is a Republicin, and has been ever since the organization of the party ; aod himself and wife are members of the M. E. Church.

H. H. SHERMAN, proprietor of the Windsor cheese-factory, and dealer in lumber, flour, salt, etc., Windsor Village; born Dec. 27, 1809, in the town of Knox, Waldo, Co., Maine ; son of Elisha and Lucy (Hatch ) Sherman, was brought up on a farm, and when 21 years of age. commenced teaching school winters and continued to work at farming in summer ; has taught school in all fifty-five terms up to date ; was five years in the insurance business in Bangor, Maine, previous to coming to Wisconsin; in the spring of 1874, he sold his farm of 200 acres in Maine, and came to Wisconsin in July ; went into business at Windsor Village with his brother, E. P. Sherman, under firm name of " Sherman Brothers," and continued the same till May 1, 1880, then dissolved partnership and divided up the business, he retaining the cheese-factory and lumber business, which he still continues at Windsor Village, dealiog also in flour, salt, etc. (For extent of company business, see biography of E. P. Sherman.) Has been three times married, first to Eliza D. Doty, of Montville, Maine, Aug. 20, 1835; she died April 20, 1865. at the age of 50 years and 5 months, leaving four children. His second wife to whom he was married, Dec. 7, 1865, in Maine, was Catharine H. Mariner, of Lincolnville, Maine, she died Nov. 1, 1877, at the age of 57 years and 8 months, leaving no children. His third wife was Mrs. Emma A. Roll (nee Smith), a native of New Hampshire. to whom he was married in Windsor, Wis., July 6, 1879; his oldest son, Augustus A., came to Wisconsin in 1854, is married and living in Portage Co. Was in the army during the rebel- lion, in the 3d W. V. C., Co. F; his only daughter. Adelaide, is now the widow of Olis C. Toby, who died March 24, 1880 ; she is living in the town of Knox, Waldo Co., Maine ; the two younger boys, Frank A. and Fred Milton, were in the service about two years each, in the 4th Maine V. I., Co. H. Frank A. was wounded in the wrist at the " battle of the Wilderness," and had his arm amputated above the elbow soon after in Washington ; after the war was over he entered Dartmouth College, at Hanover, N. H., graduated, and is now Professor of Mathematics in the same college, and is married. Fred M. is married and living at Great Falls, N. H. Was School Superintendent and Selectman in Maine, and was Class Leader twelve years. and Recording Steward twenty years in the M. E. Church, to which he belonged in Maine ; and was Sunday-school Superintendent twenty-five years ; is now Trustee and Treasurer in the Congregational Church in Windsor, of which he is a member. In politics, Republican.

JAMES SPALDING, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Token Creek ; was born July 4, 1829, in Claremont, Sullivan Co., N. H. ; son of Lemuel and Lucy Spalding, who removed to Vermont in 1831. Mr. Spalding was married in Woodstock, Vt., Nov. 25, 1849, to Electa Hunt, who was born Sept. 2, 1824, in the town of Windsor, Windsor Co., Vt. ; came to Wisconsin in 1850, and settled where he now resides ; has three children-Fred, Harry and Emma. all at home; one daughter, Ella, died Feb. 8, 1874, aged 16 years ; has 150 acres of land, worth $4,500, and is a Republican. Mrs. Spalding is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

NATHAN P. SPALDING (deceased) was among the first settlers in the town of Wind- sor, having settled on Sec. 34 in June, 1844, when there were but three houses in the town, and their nearest neighbor five miles away ; he was born July 20, 1806, in Cavendish, Windsor Co., Vt .; when he was 16 years old his father, Zacheus Spalding, removed to New Hampshire, and he was married in that State Sept. 20, 1831, to Miss Maria Spalding, daughter of Lemuel Spalding, a native of New Hampshire, and still living in that State, at the age of 93 years. Mr. Spalding resided in Windsor till 1864, then removed half a mile south, into the town of Burke, where he resided till his death, Dec. 19, 1868, leaving four children-Jerusha M., now Mrs. S. B. Combs, of the town of Windsor ; Elbert N., Lucy E, now Mrs. J. F. Hill, of Martin Co., Minn., and Charles H. living in Windsor. Mr. Spalding was the first Postmaster in Windsor ; was appointed in August, 1846, and held the office till he resigned, a short time before his death. Elbert N. Spalding, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Token Creek, was born Nov. 26, 1833, in Sullivan Co., N. H., and was married Oct. 14, 1855, to Harriet Bartholomew, who was born in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, June 5, 1837; her father, William Bartholomew, came June 3, 1850 ; has only one child living- Frank W., born April 19, 1858; Eddie was born May 25, 1862, and died Sept. 21, 1864; has been Towo Treasurer, and is a Republican ; has 154 acres of land, worth $35 per acre ; his mother is still living with him in Windsor.

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H. J. SPAULDING, farmer, residence Windsor Village; farm on Sec. 36, Vienna ; born Oct. 16, 1841, in Endlow, Vt. ; son of Warren Spaulding, who came to Wisconsin in 1853, settled at Token Creek, and died in November, 1869, aged 84 years ; his mother, whose maiden name was Almira Spafford, died in 1854, of typhoid fever, aged 56. Her father was from Scotland, and was one of the first settlers in Windsor Co., Vt. ; her brother, Arch Spafford, was Town Clerk of Ludlow, Vt., for twenty-five years in succession, then missed one year, when he was re-elected and held the office till his death, and his second son has held the office ever since, making over forty years that the office has been in the family. H. J. Spaulding was married, Nov. 15, 1862, in Windsor, to Cornelia Farwell; she was born March 4, 1842, in Essex, Chittenden Co., Vt .; her father, James Farwell, came to Wisconsin in 1846 and settled in the town of Windsor ; he died March 12, 1877, aged 76, and Mrs. Farwell died Feb. 26, 1874, aged 72 years. Mr. Spaulding has only one child living, Arthur, born Aug. 22, 1866; Charles died July 4, 1877, aged 6 years and 7 months. When 17 years of age, be commenced clerking in a dry-goods store at Token Creek, and followed that business about two and a half years. April 14, 1861, he enlisted in the 1st W. V. I., Co. E, being the first man who enlisted from the town of Windsor, and the only one from the town in that regiment; was gone from home about six months; after he returned from the army, he farmed in Windsor about three years, then bought a farm in Vienna, where he resided till 1874; then went to Cal- ifornia ; started on the 22d of March and reached Sacramento on the 29th; returned to Wisconsin the next December, and since that time has resided in the village of Windsor ; still owns a farm of 120 acres, worth $4,000, which he rents. Republican, and himself and wife are members of the Congregational ·Church.

E. A. SPENCER, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Sun Prairie; born May 5, 1817, in Perry Co., Ohio; son of William Spencer, a native of Somerset Co., Penn. ; spent his early life on his father's farm till 18 years old, then was engaged in the mercantile business about five years, then read law in the office of Thomas Hood, Esq., of Somerset, Perry Co., Ohio; was admitted to the bar in 1850, and practiced in Ohio till 1858, four years of the time being engaged in railroading, in addition to his practice; was two years one of the Directors and two years President of the Scioto & Hocking Valley R. R. Co. In May, 1858, he came to Wisconsin, locating in Madison, and practiced there till the war broke out, when three of his four sons went into the army, and he bought a farm in Windsor, which he has owned ever since ; Jan. 1, 1864, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of State (Ex-Gov. Fairchild then being Secretary), was in that office till September, 1869, then followed farming again till 1872, when he re- sumed the practice of law again in Madison ; in April, 1879, he returned to his farm, where he intends to spend the remainder of his days. Mr. Spencer was a member of the State Senate in Ohio, and served from the commencement of the session of 1855 to the close of the session of 1857; has also held some town offices in Windsor; was married in Somerset, Perry Co., Ohio, Sept. 5, 1838, to Ann Maria Chil- cote, daughter of Elsor Chilcote, a native of Indiana ; has four sons-Robert H. was in Co. H, 10th W. V. I., and served three years ; started out as 2d Lieutenant, was promoted to a Captaincy; taken prisoner at Chickamauga, spent sixteen months in prison at Libby, Columbia and Charleston, and finally escaped while on his way back to Columbia by jumping from the train, and reached our lines at Dalton, Ga. ; afier serving his time in the 10th, was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the 47th W. V. I., and served till the close of the war ; he is now living in Algona, Iowa ; William E., his second son, went into the 2d Auditor's office in Washington in March, 1862; was afterward Clerk of the Senate two years, and is now in the Treasurer's office ; James C. was in Co., H, 37th W. V. I., three years; went out as Ist Lieuten- ant, and came back a Captain ; he is now living in Baraboo, Sauk Co., Wis .; Charles A. went out as a private in the 40th W. V. I., and after his discharge was appointed 1st Lieutenant in the 47th W. V. I., and soon after received a Captain's commission, and served till the close of the war ; he is now Postmaster at Sheboygan Falls, Wis. Mr. Spencer has 200 acres of land in his farm, and in politics he is a Republican.

DANIEL STORER, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Sun Prairie ; born June 8, 1825, in Franklin Co., Me .; son of Joseph Storer ; came to Wisconsin when 20 years old, in July, 1845, lived in Portland, Dodge Co., till 1857, then sold out and bought in Windsor, where he has since resided; was married in Portland Jan. 20, 1847, to Emma Palmer, a native of Chautauqua Co., N. Y., daughter of Nathan Palmer, who came to Wisconsin in 1846, and died soon after arriving in Portland; Mr. Storer has five children- Andrew (married and living in Cerro Gordo Co., lowa), Prescott, Earl, Willie and Dency Vernetty, the last two at home. Republican, and has 242 acres of land, worth $40 per acre. Both members of the M. E. Church.

SJUR S. VANGSNES, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. De Forest; born in May, 1826, at Vangsnes, Norway ; son of Sjur Sjurson Vangsnes, who came to America in 1844; settled in Rock Co ,

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Wis., lived there till 1848, then came to Dane Co .; settled in Windsor, and died June 9, 1878; his wife died in Minnesota five years previous ; was married in the fall of 1848, at Little Bull Falls, Wis., to Ella Oles, who was born Sept. 15, 1826, in Norway ; her father, Ole Thurstooson, came to America in 1842, and settled in Rock Co., near Beloit, and died in 1849 ; her mother is still living with her at the age of 88; has seven children-Emma, Ida, Betsy, Ole, Samuel, John and Ann, the three boys and Ann living at home ; Ida and Betsy both married and living in Chicago, and Emma married and living at Wanakee, Wis. Republican ; has held the office of Supervisor and Constable, and was Clerk of the school district nine years ; was also Trustee, and had charge of the building of the Lutheran Church in Vienna on Sec. 24. Has 264 acres of land, worth $40 per acre. Both are members of the Lutheran Church.

DANIEL D. VINCENT, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Windsor ; born April 20, 1847, in Scbo- harie Co., N. Y .; son of Samuel Vincent, who came to Wisconsin in 1849; settled in Kenosha Co., and lived eight years in the town of Bristol, then came to Windsor, located on Secs. 22 and 23, where he re- sided till his death, Ang. 31, 1874, aged 62 years; Mrs. Vincent died Oct. 12, 1873, aged 55 years and 6 months. .D. D. was married July 4, 1872, to Miss Maria Peckham; she was born Aug. 18, 1849, in Greene Co., N. Y., daughter of Pardon L. Peckham, who came to Wisconsin in May, 1846, and lived in Arlington, Columbia Co., till 1865, then removed to Sun Prairie, where he is still living. Mr Vincent has three children-Samuel, Herbert and Katie; has taught school thirteen terms in Columbia and Dane Counties ; has 100 acres of land, worth $40 dollars per acre. In politics -- doubtful; both members of the Congregational Church.

COL. C. E. WARNER, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Windsor; was born Feb. 23, 1836, in Batavia, Genesee Co., N. Y. ; his father, Samuel A. Warner, came to Wisconsin in 1852, and located in the town of Windsor, where he still resides at the age of 69. C. E. Warner spent his early life on his father's farm, and was engaged in that business in the town of Windsor till the spring of 1864 ; he then, in company with George Weeks (afterward Capt. Weeks), of York, raised a company for the 36th W. V. I., and he was elected Captain of the company (B) ; his regiment was assigned to the Second Corps of the Army of the Potomac (Gen. Hancock's Corps), about the 20th of May, 1864, and remained with that corps till the close of the war ; he assumed command of his regiment on the 18th of June, at Petersburg, having received a commission as Major, Lieutenant Colonel, and Colonel, all within 100 days ; he lost an arm on the 14th day of August, 1864, at the battle of Deep Bottom, Va., which obliged him to be absent from his command about two months, when he returned and again took command of his regiment; he par- ticipated in the pursuit of Gen. Lee, and was present at the time of his surrender at Appomattox Court House ; his regiment was mustered out of service in July, 1865, and he returned to the quiet of farm life in Windsor. In 1866, he was elected to the State Senate, and served the two following sessions of the Legislature. He was married in February, 1867, to Miss Eliza, daughter of Alanson Noble, of Beloit, Wis .; has five children-Ernest, Edith, Bessie, Fannie and Floy. Republican, and has been Superintendent of the Poor of Dane Co. for the last three years; himself and wife are both members of the Congregational Church.

AMBROSE WOODBURN, farmer, Secs. 31 and 32 ; P. O. Windsor ; born March 3, 1823, in Windham Co., Vt. ; when about 20 years old his father, David Woodburn, died, and he took his mother and one brother and one sister, and started West with $80 in his pocket; he arrived in Dane Co., Wis., in September, 1845, having $3 of his money left; leaving his mother and the children with a brother- in-law, P. Powers, he started for the pinery, and when he arrived at his place of destination, 25 cents was all the " filthy Incre " he possessed ; he worked in the pinery three years, and only saw one white woman during the first year and a half of the time. In the summer of 1848, he came back to the town of Windsor, entered some land, and the next winter was married to Mrs. Jane Leeland, daughter of Prescott Lawrence, who died in Vermont in 1841, aged 63 years ; her mother died in Windsor in 1877, aged about 84; Mrs. Woodburn was born in Vermont, Nov. 15, 1828, and was one of twelve children, who all came to Wisconsin some of them as early as 1838; her first husband, Chauncey Leeland, died in 1851, in Windsor. Mr. Woodburn has seven children-Charles, married and living in Burke, Dane Co. ; Mary, married to Harvey Blanchar, also living in Burke ; Ellen, Laura, Alonzo, Edward and Melvin, the last three at home. Mr. Woodburn has held the office of Supervisor one or two terms, was a Democrat previous to the war and a Republican since. Has 221 acres of land, worth $40.

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R. ARIANS, merchant, Marshall ; was born in Prussia Dec. 28, 1824 ; came to America in 1857 ; located in Madison (after living in Milwaukee about six months) : remained in Madison about a year, then went to Bristol, from there to Columbus, and finally settled in Deerfield in 1860, and engaged in the mercantile business ; he went from there to Transit, Jefferson Co., then worked a farm on shares in Deerfield awhile, when he bought some land and made a farm in the town of Deerfield ; in 1867, he sold his farm and engaged in merchandising again, which he continued till 1870 ; he then went to the town of York, built a large store and run it two years ; then built a cheese factory, and run that three years ; in 1875, the store and factory were both burned; he rebuilt the store, run it one year, then sold out and went. to Milwaukee ; bought six acres of land, built a house and barn on it, and at the end of one year sold out and came to Marshall ; bought a store building and went into business, which he still continues, keeping dry goods, clothing, crockery, boots and shoes, notions, etc. Was married in 1860, to R. Radle, who died Feb. 19, 1862, leaving one child, William, who died when 1 year old. Was married in 1863, to Fred- erica Korth, and has seven children by the second marriage-Anton, Henry, John, Gerath, Nowalles, Ivy and Milton ; was Postmaster at Deerfield two and a half years. Is a Democrat, and a member of the Catholic Church ; Mrs. Arians is a Lutheran. His father, Arian Arians, was a farmer ; lived and owned property in Sansbuck, Prussia.

GALARD BAKER, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Marshall; born June 16, 1822, in Jefferson Co., N. Y. ; came to Wisconsin in fall of 1845 ; settled in Jefferson Co., near Watertown. Was married there, Feb. 21, 1874, to Adaline Sperry, who was born Nov. 18, 1827, in Ashtabula Co., Ohio; her father, Elisha Sperry, in 1846, settled in Jefferson Co., and died in 1874; Mrs. Sperry died in 1871. Mr. Baker came to his present location in the fall of 1864; has had six children-Mary M. (deceased ), Sarah A., Loren, Orlo, Edward and Frank, all at home except Orlo, who is married, and lives in Marshall. Repub- lican ; has 103 acres of land, worth $35 per acre, and 5 acres of timber.

H. H. BEEBE, M.D., Marshall; was born in Washington Co., N. Y., in 1823 ; read medicine in Genesee Co., N. Y., with Dr. R. Andrus, and was a graduate of the Eclectic College, Philadelphia ; he came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1847. and commenced practice in the fall of 1848. in the town of Sun Prairie; in 1853, removed to Marshall, and has practiced there since ; is an allopath in practice ; in May, 1860, he formed a partnership with Dr. J. C. Bliss, who resides in Marshall, while Dr. Beebe resides on his farm of 140 acres, half a mile from the village; has resided on the farm for the last seven years. Was married, in Waukesha, in 1849, to Sarah Foss, of Chicago, and has only one child living-Harriet F. (at home); lost a daughter, Kate, who died in 1876, at the age of 26.

C. E. BELL, merchant and Deputy Postmaster at Marshall, was born in New Brunswick, at Swan Creek, Nov. 26, 1826 ; when he was four years old, his father, John Bell, removed to Holton, Me., where he was brought up. He was married there, Aug. 26, 1847, to Georgia Ann Currie, a native of Richmond, N. B. ; in 1850, he went to New Brunswick, and lived fourteen years in Carlton Co., engaged in the ministry of the Free-Christian Baptist Church of New Brunswick, which is the same as the Free- Will Baptist Church in the United States; he came to Wisconsin in 1864, traveled about four years, and in 1868 settled permanently in Marshall, and has carried on business there since as a furniture-dealer and undertaker ; is Deputy Postmaster, and keeps a stock of groceries, confectionery, notions, etc. His first wife died in October, 1870, leaving three children-Elizabeth, married to W. H. Porter, of Marshall, and died Nov. 29, 1873; George Currie, married, and living in Waterloo, Jefferson Co., Wis., editor aod pro- prietor of the Waterloo Journal; and Emma Jane, single, and living at home. Was married the second time, Nov. 7, 1872, to Louisa Clayton, of Madison, and has one child by the second marriage-Elizabeth Geraldine. He is a Republican.

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History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 179

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