History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 180

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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THADDEUS BIGELOW, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Marshall; born April 6, 1839, in Otsego Co., N. Y .; his father, Edwin B. Bigelow, died in Albany, N. Y., in 1865, aged 62, leaving six children-Edmund B., Governeur M., Edna J., Florence E., William W. and Thaddeus; Mrs. Bigelow, whose maiden name was Huldah Howe, came to Wisconsin in 1868, settled in Medina, and died in 1873, aged 66; Edmund B. is married, and lives in Leadville, Col. ; Edna J. is the wife of William L. Gott, a lawyer, of Otsego Co., N. Y. ; Florence is Mrs. Charles A. Caryall, of Sedalia, Mo .; and G. M., W. W. and Thaddeus are living on the homestead of 120 acres, on Sec. 16, worth $30 per acre. Thaddeus was

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married, in October, 1860, to Eliza Baker, who was born in Cherry Valley, N. Y., daughter of Lucius Baker ; has two children-Jerome and Genevieve.

E. J. BROOKS, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Marshall; was born Jan. 25, 1826, in St. Albans, Franklin Co., Vt. Was married there April 20, 1845, to Calista M. Tracy ; she was born Nov. 15, 1825, in the same town he was. Went to California in February, 1852, via Panama, and spent seven years mining in Butler, Calaveras and Tuolumne Cos .; was home once during the time about a year; in 1860, he returned to Vermont, and farmed it till Aug. 16, 1862, then enlisted in Co. E, 12th Vt. V. I., and was in the service nearly a year; participated in the battle of Gettysburg and several skirmishes with rebel cavalry ; after his discharge he resumed farming in Vermont till April 2, 1866, when he started West with his family, arriving in Medina on the 5th following; has resided on his present farm ever since ; has only one child-Zebbie T., born Oct. 15, 1850; lost two-Volney T., died June 7, 1853, aged 7 years ; and Mary, died Sept. 19, 1850, 2 years old. Mr. Brooks is a Republican, and has been Supervisor, Treasurer and Justice of the Peace in Medina; Mrs. Brooks is a member of the M. E. Church ; he has 108 acres of land, worth $35 per acre ; his father, Asahel Brooks, died in Vermont, Dec. 23, 1836 ; and his mother July 21, 1842, also in Vermont. Mrs. Brooks' father, Zebbie Tracy, died in Vermont, Oct. 12, 1860; and Mrs. Tracy came West, and died in Medina, Sept. 9, 1870.

NELSON T. BROMLEY, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Waterloo; was born Sept. 10, 1819, in Danby, Rutland Co., Vt .; son of Joshua and Anna Bromley, who died in Vermont ; in 1833, Mr. Bromley went to Geauga Co., Ohio, where he resided till 1846, then came to Dane Co., Wis., and settled at York Center, being one of the first settlers in that town ; he remained there till 1866, then sold out and removed to his present location. He was married in 1852 to Ruhama Peck, daughter of William Peck, of Lake Co., Ohio; she was the oldest of ten children, and was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., Jan. 6, 1812; her mother died in Walworth Co., Wis., July 17, 1869, aged 77, and her father died in Medina, May 4, 1875, aged 87. Mr. and Mrs. Bromley have had four children, but none of them are now living; the oldest child, a daughter, died in infancy, in Ohio; Lucy Ann, the second child, also died in Ohio, at 6 years of age ; Joshua E. died in York, Wis., in 1855, aged 7 years ; and Nelson Ervine died also in York, at the age of 8 months, in March, 1859. George Graham has lived with them most of the time since he was 4 years old. Mr. Bromley has 840 acres of land, 240 in Dane Co., Wis ; 80 in Dodge Co., Wis .; 300 in Monroe Co., Wis., and 200 in Freeborn Co., Minn. In politics, he is a Republican.

DR. J. CLARK BLISS, of Marshall, was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Sept. 12, 1846; son of Starm R. Bliss, who came to Wisconsin in 1862, and settled near Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., where he still resides ; Dr. Bliss remained on the farm till about 26 years of age, then commenced reading medicine with Dr. S. S. Judd, of Janesville, Wis .; remained there three years, and graduated at the Cincinnati Col- lege of Medicine and Surgery in the spring of 1875; practiced in Royalton, Waupaca Co., Wis., from 'the summer of 1875 till May, 1880, when he came to Marshall and formed a copartnership with Dr. H. H. Beebe, where he is now practicing. He was married in September, 1876, in Weyauwega, Wis., to. Miss Sarah Edwards, who was born in Weyauwega in April, 1854, daughter of Edward Edwards, a native of England; they have two children-Annie Gertrude and Waldo J. He enlisted in August, 1864, in Co. B, 42d W. V. I., and was in the service till the close of the war. In politics, Republican. Mrs. Bliss is a member of the Baptist Church. -

WILLARD COLE, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Marshall; was born Feb. 18, 1818, in Geneseo, Livingston Co., N. Y .; his father, Willard Cole, Sr., went from there to Springwater, same county, thence to McKane Co., Peno., came to Wisconsin in 1844, and died in Medina in 1851. Mr. Cole came to Dane Co. in Oct., 1844, entered the land he now owns, and has resided on it ever since. . He was married Nov. 20, 1853, to Laura Paulina Muzzy, daughter of Sardine and Elorsey Muzzy ; they have had seven children- a daughter, Olive, died at 2} years old, and he has six boys living-Henry, Frederick, Wesley, Clark and Clarence (twins) and James, all at home. He is a Republican ; he has 80 acres of land, worth $40 per acre; there were only eight families in the town when he came.

HENRY C. CRUGER, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Waterloo; was born Jan. 8, 1842, in New York City ; son of Jefferson and Mary Cruger, natives of Dutchess Co., N. Y .; his ancestors were French Huguenots, and, when driven from France, went to Denmark, and thence to America; three of them came to the United States and one went to the West Indies ; when 12 years old, his parents removed to Iowa, and lived there till 1866; his father died in 1876, and his mother is still living with him in Medina. He enlisted Jan. 26, 1862, in Co. K, 34th Ind. V. I., and was in the service two years and ten months; was in the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, and Champion Hills, May 16, 1863; was in the siege of New Madrid, Mo., and the siege of Vicksburg, where he received a gunshot wound in his left

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forearm, which disabled him, and he was discharged Nov. 7, 1864 ; he has lost the use of his arm entirely, and receives a pension of $18 per month ; after his discharge, he returned to Iowa, remaining there till Oct. 1, 1866, then came to Wisconsin, but returned to Iowa the next spring. Sept. 15, 1867, he was married to Miss Mary A. Cruger, daughter of Christian Kinlin and widow of his brother, Jefferson Cruger, who died of chronic diarrhoea, April 23, 1864, in New Orleans, La., leaving two sons-Elmer L. and Henry J .; she has three sons by the second marriage-Ernest L., John W. and George P. (twins). Mr. Cruger has 20 acres of land, worth $600. He is a Republican.

ASA E. DEWEY, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Waterloo ; was born Feb. 27, 1823, in Vermont ; his father, David Dewey, and his mother, whose maiden name was Patty Egleston, was a native of Connec- ticut ; when he was 5 years old, his parents removed to Jefferson Co., N. Y .; he lived in that county till 21 years of age ; in the spring of 1844, he came to Wisconsin and located the land he now owns, but lived in Waterloo a part of the time for about two years. He was married Aug. 2, 1846, to Elizabeth A., daughter of Sardine Muzzy, of Medina (see his biography) ; they have three children-Orin Adelbert, married, and lives in Deanville, town of Medina; Sarah Jane, now Mrs. John Wilt, of Minnesota; and Amy Caroline, now Mrs. Charles Porter, of Minnesota ; they have lost one child, Juliette, who died at 5 months old. Mr. Dewey is a Democrat ; he has 75 acres of land, worth $40 per acre.

JAMES FEENEY, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Marshall; born in 1830, in County Galway, Ireland ; son of Jorham and Catharine Feeney, who never,left Ireland. He came to America when about 18 years old ; lived in Massachusetts three years, and came to Wisconsin in May, 1854; first settled io Deerfield, Dane Co., and remained there three years, then went to Waterloo, and was in the boot and shoe business till the war broke out ; in 1861 he enlisted in Co. B, 16th W. V. I, but his company was consoli- dated with Co. A, after the battle of Shiloh, in which he was engaged; was in the service three and a half years, all the time with his regiment; went with "Sherman to the sea," came home via Washington, and was discharged at Madison ; he then went into business again in Waterloo, and continued there till the fall of 1868, then bought his present farm and moved on the next spring. He was married, Dec. 27, 1855, in Massachusetts, to Honora Melony, a native of County Galway, Ireland ; has six children-James, Katie, Martin, Mary, Frederick and Lizzie, all at home. He learned the shoemaker's trade in Ireland, and always worked at it till he came on his farm in the spring of 1869 ; has 160 acres of land, worth $40 per acre. Democrat, and all members of the Catholic Church.

JOHN GASKIN, merchant, Marshall ; born in Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1855 ; his father, Geo. K. Gaskin, came to Wisconsin in 1857 or 1858; lived in Deerfield, Dane Co., two or three years, and in 1861 enlisted in Co. A, 29th W. V. I .; was in the service about six months, and died at Helena, Ark., April 4, 1862. He left four children-Madgie, John, Charles E. and George W, all living in Marshall, and all unmarried except John ; he was married, Jan. 1, 1877, to Louisa Martin, daughter of C. F. Martio, of Marshall, and has one child, Effie J., born Jan. 11, 1879. He commenced clerking in 1869, in the general store of Lyman Mallary, at Marshall, and April 1, 1877, bought a one-half interest in the same, and now carries on the business under the firm name of " Gaskin & Co." In politics, Democrat.

H. C. GLAGOW, tinsmith, Marshall; born Feb. 8, 1837, in Alt Ruppin, Prussia ; his father, William Glagow, came to America in 1848 ; lived in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., two years, then in New York City two years, and in 1852 came to Wisconsin ; settled in Windsor, Dane Co., and died there in 1859 or 1860. Mrs. Glagow, whose maiden name was Emily Bonhaff, is still living in Madison. Mr. Glagow was married, Aug. 6, 1874, io Madison, to Miss Minnie Amp, a native of Madison ; have two children- William and Rosa ; learned his trade in 1860, in Madison ; remained there three years, then went to Kan- sas and spent two years in Lyon and Saline Counties ; then about a year in Grimes Co., Texas, then back to Madison a year, and in Chicago a few months; in 1872, he went to California; worked at his trade in Marysville and Los Angeles about four years ; spent six or seven months in Virginia City, Nev., and in the winter of 1877 returned to Wisconsin and went into business in Marshall, where he still continues to carry a stock of hardware, stoves and tinware. He is politically a Republican.

JOHN HART, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Marshall ; was born Sept. 17, 1817, in Huntington Co., En- gland, parish of Somersham ; son of Edward and Mary (Byson) Hart. Was married in England, in Upwell- church, County of Norfolk, in 1844, to Ann Singleton, a native of Norfolk, near Lynn ; came to America in 1846, and lived in Peterboro, Madison Co. N. Y., fourteen years ; came to Wisconsin in 1860, and has lived in the town of Medina ever since; has three children-James, married and living in Minnehaha Co., D. T. ; Mary is the wife of George Wood, and Jane is now Mrs. Robert Hart, all living in same county as James, in Dakota Territory. Mr. Hart has 120 acres of land, worth $4,000. Republican, and himself and wife members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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JOSEPH HART, farmer, Secs. 23 and 26; P. O. Marshall ; boro Feb. 3, 1823, in Hunting- tonshire, England ; son of Thomas and Charlotte (Hewit) Hart ; his mother died in England in 1827, and his father came to America in 1846, and died in Medina in 1859. Joseph came to America in 1840; lived in Madison Co., N. Y., till 1846, (except one winter in Michigan), then came to Wisconsin and settled in his present location, on the northwest quarter of Sec. 26. Was married, June 14, 1848, in Medina, to Mary Jane Smith ; she was born Sept. 23, 1829, in Medina Co., Ohio, town of Seville ; her father, Samuel Smith, came to Wisconsin in 1844, lived one and a half years in Racine Co. (near Kenosha), and in October, 1845, came to Dane Co .; settled in Medina, on Sec. 26, and died in February, 1875, in his 80th year, in Gratiot Co., Mich. Mrs. Smith, whose maiden name was Electa Gould, died in 1869, in Medina, aged 76. Mr. Hart has four children-Helen Charlotte, now Mrs. C. L. Thompson, of Marshall, Edward Hewitt, married and lives on the home farm ; Joseph Charles, single and living in Prattville, Cal., and Eva, at home, also unmarried. Mr. Hart, io company with four others, started for California March 31, 1853, with ox teams, and was five months and sixteen days making the trip ; remained there till the fall of 1854 and returned via the "isthmus route;" has been Chairman and Assessor, and was on the board part of the time during the war. Republican, though he voted for Greeley and acted with the Democrats a few years. Universalists; has 100 acres of land, worth $35 per acre.

THOMAS HART, farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. O. Marshall; born Feb. 11, 1817, in Somersham, Huntingtonshire, England, son of Thomas Hart, who came to America in August, 1846, and lived in Medira until his death, July 6, 1859, in his 69th year ; his own mother died in England in 1827; her maiden name was Charlotte Hewit; his step-mother was Elizabeth Boon, of England; she is still living on Sec. 26, in Medina. Thomas Hart came to America in the spring of 1840; lived in Madison Co., N. Y., about two and a half years ; then returned to England, and in the spring of 1844 came again to America ; remained in Madison Co., N. Y., till the spring of 1845, when he came to Wisconsin and lo- cated in Medina, where he has since resided on the same farm. Was married, in 1864, to Miss Mary D. Norton, daughter of Robert Norton, of Jefferson Co., Wis. ; she was born in Milwaukee Co., Wis., April 1, 1841 ; they have three children -- Lottie, Thomas and Grace, all at home. Was Treasurer of the town insurance company three years. Republican. Has 162 acres of land, worth $4,000.

S. W. HOYT, hotel, Marshall; born June 1, 1819, in Caledonia Co., Vt .; came to Wisconsin in May, 1845, and located at Lake Mills, Jefferson Co .; lived there ten years, the first two years in a hotel (the Lake Mills House), and then started the first harness-shop in the place (having learned the trade in Vermont) ; he run that business six years, and was in the grocery business two years ; in 1855, he went to Waupaca Co., Wis. purchased a tract of land in the town of Dayton, platted and built up the little village of Parfreyville ; kept a hotel called the "Dayton House," and also run a general store in the village all the time he lived there, which was about ten years ; he then sold out and returned to Lake Mills, where he was engaged in the mercantile business ; in the fall of 1868, he, in company with several others, organized the " Agricultural Manufacturing Company " of Lake Mills, and traveled for four years as general agent for the company, and spent two years in closing up the business ; in 1874, he went to farming, and followed that until September, 1879; then exchanged his farm for the brick hotel in Mar- shall, known as the " Marshall House," which he continues to keep. Was married, Nov. 30, 1848, in Lake Mills, to Catharine M Stiles, who was born in Franklin Co., Mass., April 18, 1825, and daughter of Ezekiel Stiles, who came to Wisconsin in 1843, settled at Lake Mills and died there Jan. 3, 1853, aged 68 ; Mrs. Stiles, whose maiden name was Mary King, died July 12, 1855, aged 64; have had four chil- dren, but none of them are now living; Kate L. was born Dec. 8, 1851, and died Nov. 5, 1878; Alice L., born Jan. 28, 1860, died Dec. 14, same year ; Frederick M., born Nov. 11, 1861, died Feb. 3, 1862, and Lucy A., died in infancy, July 30, 1863 ; Kate L. was married to Isaac L. Farwell, of Lake Mills, and died one year and twenty-six days after her marriage. Mr. Hoyt was a Democrat in his younger days, but voted for John P. Hale in 1848, and has been a Republican ever since the party was organized. Mrs. Hoyt was a strong Abolitionist while that party was in its infancy, weak and unpopular, and did all she could in the cause, although not allowed to vote ; she now advocates the right of woman to stand on an equality with man at the ballot-box, and in all the vocations of life.

S. W. KING, contractor, builder and lumber dealer, Marshall Depot; born Feb. 11, 1832, in Orleans Co., N. Y .; lived there till he was 21 ; then went to Illinois and lived four years in Winnebago Co .; returned to New York and was married in September, 1857. to Sophronia L. Barber, of the town of Kendall, Orleans Co. ; then went back to Illinois and remained till 1859, when he came to Wisconsin and located in Medina, where he has since resided ; bis wife died of consumption in the fall of 1861, leaving

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no children ; his second wife, to whom he was married in 1866, was Loretta J. Fuller, of Marshall; have one child, Frederick, born Sept. 7, 1867. Mr. K. commenced working at the carpenter trade in 1853 ; followed that and teaching while living in Illinois, and also in Wisconsin, up to 1874; then bought out the lumber business of L. H. Bartlett, and has followed his present business since; taught school thirty terms in all. In politics, an uncompromising Greenbacker, and in religion, Universalist.

ISAAC C. KNAPTON, farmer, Secs. 21, 20, 17 and 16; P. O. Marshall ; he was born Dec. 25, 1836, in Yorkshire, England, city of Otley; son of William and Jane (Carnelley) Knapton, wbo came to America in 1848 with a family of ten children, seven sons and three daughters, leaving one married daughter in England; came direct to Wisconsin and located on Sec. 7 in Medina, where he bought forty acres of land, and also took up 160 acres of Government land on Sec. 17 (being the north- west quarter), but did not remove on it till the fall of 1853. Isaac remained on the farm with his par- ents till the death of his father, Jan. 28, 1858, and, the 1st day of March following, was married, in Medina, by Lorenzo Hatch, Esq., to Mary, daughter of Robert Agnew, who came in 1852; she was born Nov. 1, 1840, in County Down, Ireland, parish of Donaghdee, twelve miles from Belfast; Mr. Agnew settled on Sec. 16 in Medina ; was bitten by a rattlesnake Aug. 24, 1860, and died the 1st of September following ; Mrs. Agnew is still living with Mr. Knapton, her son-in-law, at the age of 86 on the 2d day of October, 1880, being the oldest person in the town of Medina. Mr. Knapton has had five children ; ths oldest, Priscilla Ann, died at about 2 years of age, in 1861, of diphtheria, which was the first case known in Medina, or that part of the town, at least; Edward Robert, born April 28, 1861 ; John Har- vey, Jan. 20, 1867 ; Edith Perry, Aug. 20, 1869, and Priscilla Ellen, Jan. 1, 1874-all at home. He has been School District Clerk ten years, Town Treasurer one term, Assessor six years, and is at present holding that office. Has 160 acres of land, worth about $25 per acre. Republican.

WILLIAM KNAPTON, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Deansville; he was born Oct. 26, 1828, in the town of Doncaster, West Yorkshire, England; his father was William Knapton, and his mother Jane Carneley; they were married at Doncaster Church, and came to America with their family in 1848; located on Sec. 7 in Medina, then went to Sec. 17, where he died in 1858, aged 60 years; Mrs. Knapton is still living on Sec. 17, in her 79th year. Mr. Knapton was married, Oct. 16, 1853, to Ann Fallows ; she was born July 30, 1827, in the city of Manchester, Lancashire, England; her parents, Thomas and Ann Fallows, came to America in 1848, and settled on Sec. 8 in Medina; Mrs. Fallows died in 1864, and Mr. Fallows is still living; at the age of 79, with his son-in-law, Mr. Knapton; Bishop Samuel Fal- lows, of the Reformed Episcopal Church, is a brother of Mrs. Knapton, and was only 12 years of age when his parents settled in Medina, where he grew up to manhood ; Mr. Knapton has seven children- William T., Samuel F., Hannah Jane, Emma L., George Henry Grant, Lillie M. P. and Heber-all at home. He has been Supervisor four terms and School Director six years; has been Class-leader, Stew- ard and Trustee in the M. E. Church (of which himself and wife are members) for a number of years. Has 141} acres of land, worth $4,000. Republican.

JOHN KRAMER, merchant, Marshall Depot; he was born March 11, 1823, in Fulda, Kur. hessen, Germany ; came to America in 1847, landing in New York City Nov. 7; lived in Boston three and a half years, working at shoemaking, which trade he had learned in Germany. He was married, in Boston, May 20, 1850, to Maria Graeff, a native of Weinheim, Baden, Germany. He went from Boston to Milford, Mass., and worked at his trade nearly twenty years for one man, Benjamin D. God- frey; in 1870, he came to Wisconsin, and worked about six years for Atkins, Steele & White, of Milwau- kee: in 1876, came to Marshall Depot and went into the mercantile trade, which he still continues, keeping a general stock of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, notions, etc. He has but one child- Carrie, born in Boston May 20, 1851 ; she was married, in 1875, to H. E. Crowell, of Chicago, and has one child-Clarence, born in 1876. Mr. Kramer is Republican, and himself and wife are members of the Catholic Church.

GEORGE LEWELLIN, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Watertown ; born March 7, 1814, in Cayuga Co., N. Y., town of Springport ; his father, Lewis Lewellin, was a native of Pennsylvania ; came to Wisconsin in 1845, settled in his present location, and has lived there ever since. Was married to Eleanor Weeks, daughter of Joseph Weeks ; she was born in Franklin Co,, N. Y .; has only one child- Lewis, born April 12, 1854, unmarried and at home; one son-John M., was born Aug. 31, 1858, and died Oct. 9, 1859. Democrat, and has 750 acres of land, 500 of it in Dane Co., worth $35 per acre, and 250 in Jefferson Co., worth about $25 per acre.

JOHN LINDSAY, harness-maker and dealer in boots and shoes; born July 10, 1837, in County Down, Ireland, twelve miles east of the city of Belfast ; son of Alexander Lindsay, who died when

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John was only 11 years old; learned his trade in Donaghada, Ireland, and Glasgow, Scotland, where he went when about 15 years old ; stayed two and a half years, then came to America in summer of 1854; lived in Milwaukee till fall, then came to Marshall, and worked at farming from 1855 to 1859, when started a harness-shop in Marshall, but sold out in 1861 to T. Oleson, and, Aug. 17, 1861, enlisted in Co. B, 7th I. V. I., and was in the service till Aug. 21, 1864; was wounded near Petersburg, Va .; remained two months and thirteen days in the hospital, and was discharged at Whitehall, near Philadelphia ; was in nineteen engagements during his term of service in the Army of the Potomac; after his discharge he went with the 44th, as sntler's clerk, a few months, and in July, 1865, went to Salisbury, N. C., and clerked in a general store two months ; then went to Montgomery, Ala., in the same business till last of December, and Jan. 1, 1866, be returned to Wisconsin, and engaged in harness-making in Rio, Columbia Co .; February, 1867, came back to Marshall, and bought a half interest in the business he had sold to T. Oleson, who had added a stock of boots and shoes to his stock of harness ; April 15, 1875, he bought out the whole business, and still continues it. Was married Dec. 15, 1868, in Marshall, to Miss E. A. McPherson, who was born April 4, 1850, in Lewisville, N. Y .; he has been Chairman, Town Clerk and Treasurer, and is a' Democrat.

SARDINE MUZZY, farmer, Sec. 11 ; P. O. Marshall; born Aug. 10, 1806, in the town of Leicester, Worcester Co., Mass. ; went to Ohio when 17 years old, and lived in Medina Co. till 1843 ; then went to Lake Co., Ill., and staid one year; in the fall of 1844 he came to Wisconsin, and settled in his present location, took Government land and stuck to it. Was married, in Ohio, March 26, 1827. to Elorsey C. Lum, a native of Connecticut, a daughter of Sheldon Lum ; has ten children-Elizabeth (now Mrs. Asa Demey, of Medina) ; Elorsey (now Mrs. George Giles, of Iowa) ; Sheldon S. (living in Marshall) ; Austin L., in Michigan ; Laura Paulina (now Mrs. Willard Cole, of Medina); Samuel E. (lives in Michigan), James and Andrew C., in Medina; Adaline J. (now Mrs. Amos Thompson, of Medina), and Charles, living in Iowa ; Francis died at 15 months old, the next spring after coming to Wisconsin ; four of the boys were in the army during the rebellion : Austin L. was in Co. C, 11th W. V. I., four years, and was Second Sergeant; Samuel and Andrew were in Co. E, 48th W. V. I., and were in the service one year ; Charles was in Co. B, 7th W. V. I., and was in the service during the last fifteen months of the war, in the Army of the Potomac. Mr. Muzzy was Assessor four years, and Chairman one year ; Demo- crat; has 160 acres of land, worth $40 per acre, and 5 acres of timber ; both members of the M. E. Church.

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History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 180

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