History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 181

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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URBANE PARSONS, cooper, Marshall; born Dec. 20, 1801, in the town of Hawley, Mass. ; son of Simeon Parsons; when 12 years old, his father removed to Crawford Co., Penn., and died there, Nov. 17, 1841, aged 67 ; Mrs. Parsons came West, and died, March 14, 1848, in Marshall. His first wife was Mary Dewey, of Massachusetts ; was married Jan. 10, 1828, and she died Feb. 23, 1835, leaving three children- William K., living in Medina, one mile south of Marshall, born Oct. 30, 1828 ; Nancy Fidelia, born July 10, 1830, now the wife of John Chase Cummins, of Dakota ; and Ann Dewey Terrill, born Nov. 15, 1833, now the wife of John Hart, of Buffalo Co., Wis .; A. Judson, died in infancy. His second wife, to whom he was married in Connecticut, Oct. 23, 1836, was Fanny, daughter of Asa Sheldon ; she was born Sept. 20, 1796, in Berkshire Co., Mass. ; has two children by the second marriage-Harriet Maria, born April 5, 1839, now Mrs. Edward Hart, of Medina; and Fanny Eliza, born Aug. 28, 1841, now Mrs. George Allen, of Marshall. Mr. Parsons came to Wisconsin in September, 1847, and his family came in the fall of 1848, and has lived in Marshall ever since; he went to learn the cooper's trade when 17 years old, worked at it seven years in Ashtabula Co., Ohio., and followed the business about forty years ; has also worked at mason's work ; held the office of Town Clerk ten years, Assessor three years in Medina ; Republican and Baptist, and Mrs. P. Presbyterian ; has a farm of 125 acres adjoining the village of Mar- shall, worth $2,500; was the eldest of nine children; all grew to maturity except one, and now he has only one brother and one sister left ; his brother, Willian C., lives in Iowa, O'Brien Co.

WILLIAM K. PARSONS, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Marshall; born Oct. 30, 1828, in Crawford Co., Penn. ; son of Urbane Parsons, of Medina (see his biography) ; came to Wisconsin with his father in the fall of 1848. Was married in Medina, Sept. 12, 1852, to Ann Hart, daughter of Thomas Hart; she was born Aug. 15, 1833, in Upwell, England ; has five children-Orlando U., born March 31, 1854; Mary E., April 16, 1856; Charles. T., April 20, 1858; Laura N., Jan. 10, 1861 ; and Fannie E., May 21, 1874, all at home. Has been on Board of Supervisors; Republican. Has 100 acres of land, worth $30 per acre.

PHILANDER PORTER, deceased; was one of the first settlers in the north part of Medina, having come there from Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., in May, 1845; he took up Government land on

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Sec. 2, where he resided till his death, Sept. 28, 1874 ; he was born Dec. 11, 1813, in Oneida Co., N. Y., and went to Cattaraugus Co. when about 21 years old. Was married there March 24, 1839, to Aurilla Prentice, who was born in the town of Hanover, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Feb. 29, 1816; daughter of Salmon and Edna (Sweet) Prentice, natives of Vermont; Mr. Porter at his death left six children, having previously lost two-Edna at 2} years old, and Mary Adalaide at 16 months; those living were Maria, now the wife of Rev. Allen Follensbec of the M. E. Church, residence, Hamlin, Minn. ; Charles E., mar- ried to Miss Amy C. Dewey ; Euretta M., now the wife of Smith Pierce ; and Martha Amelia, now Mrs. Jason Butler ; last three living in Renville Co., Minn. ; Dellona, now Mrs. Theron Burr, living on the homestead in Medina ; and Isaac Prentice, single, and living with Charles E. in Minnesota. Mr. Porter was a mem- ber of the M. E. Church from the time he was 16 years old till his death ; was Class Leader for a number of years, and most of his life held some official position in the church ; zealous and faithful in the discharge of his duties, he won the confidence and esteem of his associates and acquaintances ; the first sermon preached in his neighborhood was at his house in October, 1845, by Rev. Pope Allen, of the M. E. Church ; the homestead, which is occupied by the widow, Mrs. Aurelia Porter, consists of 80 acres of land with good buildings. P. O. Waterloo.

WILLIAM H. PORTER, farmer and mill-owner, Marshall ; was born in Essex Co., Mass., Nov. 10, 1830 ; his mother died in Massachusetts Sept. 23, 1854, about 56 years old, leaving but two children-William H., and one daughter, Martha, who died Jan. 23, 1855, aged 22; he with his father, William F. Porter, came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1856, and located in Dane Co., where they pur- chased a large tract of land in Medina, at the village of Marshall. Mr. Porter, Sr., returned to Massa- chusetts in 1865, locating in Boston, and died Nov. 20, 1878, at the age of 72, in Jacksonville, Fla., where he had spent his winters for the last ten years. His second wife, to whom he was married Oct. 13, 1856, was Elizabeth Lane, of Haverhill, Mass. ; she is still living in Brighton, Mass. William H. Porter still owns about 900 acres of land, over 600 of it being in and around the village of Marshall; he also owns the grist-mill on Waterloo Creek, known as the " Marshall Mill," and is one of the stockholders in the Marshall cheese-factory, and is also salesman and Treasurer of the company ; was one of the founders of the Marshall Academy, and Treasurer for three years; has been School District Treasurer for eleven years in succession, and Postmaster at Marshall ever since Andrew Johnson's Administration ; is the pres- ent Chairman, and has held the office nine years in all, and is Republican to the backbone. His first wife, to whom he was married April 26, 1870, was Elizabeth M. Bell, daughter of C. E. Bell, of Marshall ; she died Oct. 26, 1874, leaving one son, who died one year after. Was again married, Dec. 26, 1876, to Nettie, danghter of James H. Page, of Dane Co., now of Kansas, and has two children by the second marriage-William and James.

M. S. SMITH, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Marshall ; was born Oct. 29, 1840, in Northern Penn- sylvania ; his parents removed to Chemung Co., N. Y., when he was only 4 months old ; came to Wiscon- sin in 1846, and settled in Medina, where they are still living, on Sec. 17 ; his father, Jesse M. Smith, is now 75 years old, and his mother, Rheuby Smith, is 78; they were among the first settlers of Medina, and he once held the office of Supervisor, and was Deputy Sheriff two terms. M. S. Smith enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, in Co. A, 29th W. V. I .; was in the following battles while in the Department of the Missis- sippi : Port Gibson, Champion Hill, and in the siege of Vicksburg and Jackson; then transferred to the Department of the Gulf, and in the battles of Carrion Crow Bayou, Moss Lane, Pleasant Hill, and innu- merable skirmishes ; was Corporal of Co. A, and brevetted Second Lieutenant by Gov. Fairchild, for "meritorious services " at the battle of Champion Hill; in June, 1864, was transferred to the 7th U. S. 'H. A. C., with the rank of Second Lieutenant, and was mustered out of service in October, 1865. Was married, Dec. 25, 1867, to Amelia Mory ; she was born in Medina, Nov. 12, 1850, daughter of Silas Mory, who came to Wisconsin in 1846, and is still living in Medina. Mr. Smith has 80 acres of land, worth $1,500. In politics, a Democrat. Both are members of the Baptist Church.

PETER VAN LOAN, farmer, carpenter and wheelwright; was born Dec. 2, 1829, in Dela- ware Co., N. Y., town of Roxbury ; son of Tobias and Dolly (Snyder) Van Loan ; when 7 years old, his father died, and his mother married Jonathan J. Bacon, who now lives in Binghamton, N. Y. ; she died about five years after her second marriage. Mr. Van Loan, Sr., removed with his family from Delaware Co. to Greene Co., N. Y., in 1830, and died in that county. Peter learned the carpenter's trade there, and was married in the same county, in 1851, to Lucy E. Beers, who died in Marshall, Wis., Feb. 12, 1869, leaving three children-Olin L. (married and living in Marshall), Lillie A. and Minnie May (at home). Mr. Van Loan came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1855 ; lived in Otsego, Columbia Co., till June, 1857 ; then came to Dane Co., and located in Sun Prairie, on Sec. 8; in 1866, he sold out there,

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and removed to Marshall, where he has resided since; worked at his trade in Marshall till 1875; then bought a farm of 80 acres on Sec. 11, which his son carries on, and he has been engaged in carriage and wagon making for the last few years. Was married the second time, Nov. 2, 1870, to Eliza Jane, daughte of Col. Lewis Morrill, one of the first settlers in Medina, having come there from Aroostook Co., Me., in 1846, and died in March, 1874. Mr. Van Loan has held the office of Justice of the Peace. Independ- ent in politics, and himself and wife are members of the M. E. Church.

C. T. WEEKS, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Marshall ; was born Dec. 15, 1820, in Vermont; when 3 years old, his father, Joseph Weeks, removed to Kendall, Orleans Co., N. Y .; when 14 years old, he went to work in Genesee Co., N. Y., and in 1845, came to Wisconsin ; staid one summer in Watertown, and returned to New York, July 1, 1847. Was married to Lovina Lewellin, who was born Aug. 13, 1825, in Cayuga Co., N. Y., daughter of Lewis and Elizabeth (Gearheart) Lewellin, and sister of George Lewellin, of Medina, Wis. ; came again to Wisconsin in the fall of 1847, and located on his present farm ; has no children. He has held the office of Chairman several years, and has also been Supervisor and held some other offices in the town. He is a Democrat, and member of the M. E. Church. Mrs. Weeks is also a member of the same church. He was Sabbath-school Superintendent for several years, and Class-leader for twenty-five years ; has held all the offices in the church, up to local preacher.

JOHN THOMAS WHITE (deceased) ; was a native of Chatham, Kent Co., England; son of Thomas and Mary Ann White, who both died in England; he came to America in the spring of 1845, and located on Sec. 9, in Medina, where he resided till his death, June 1, 1874, at the age of 57. He was married, Dec. 20, 1847, to Miss Lydia Haight, who was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., Dec. 5, 1819; her parents, Isaac and Lois (Ellis) Haight, were natives of Dutchess Co., N. Y .; lived in Cayuga Co. a few years, then in Niagara Co., and, in May, 1846, came to Wisconsin, and located in Hampden, Columbia Co., where he died in 1862 and Mrs. Haight in 1868. Mr. White, at his death, left only one child- Frances, who was born Sept. 15, 1850, and married in March, 1867, to Robert Knopton, son of William Knopton, Sr., and has six children-Mary Ann, Minnie Ellen, John Elmer, Lydia Elnora, Frankie Elferetta and Edmund. Mr. White's oldest child, Mary Ann, was born Aug. 28, 1846; was married to Francis Hoag in September, 1867, and died Sept. 2, 1872, leaving three children-Frances G., Elmer D. and Frankie L. Mr. White's only son, James, died in 1858, 2 months old.

JOSEPH WILT, farmer, Secs. 1 and 11; P. O. Waterloo; born March 14, 1817, in Alsace, France ; when 14 years of age, his father, Joseph Wilt, came to America and settled in Medina Co., Ohio. Mr. Wilt came to Wisconsin from Ohio in 1843; took up Government land in what is now Medina ; set- tled on it, and made the farm he now owns, and where he has lived ever since coming to the State. In 1851, he married Miss Mary Groshong, a native of Cayuga Co., N. Y., and has seven children-Andrew, Charles, Albert, Clara, Willie, Katie and Eleanor, all at home and unmarried. Mrs. Wilt was born June 28, 1830, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Wilt is not a member of any church. In politics, Democrat.

ENGELBERT ZIMPRICH, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Marshall ; born March 19, 1833, in Bohemia, Austria, in the village of Rothsdorf; his father, Joseph Zimprich, came to America in 1852; settled in the town of Milford, Jefferson Co., and died in that county. Mr. Zimprich was married in December, 1864, to Mary Arct ; she was born in the same village he was; he came to Dane Co. in the fall of 1867 ; lived in Sun Prairie two years ; then came to Medina, and has lived since in his present loca- tion ; has eight children-John, Rudolph, Emma, Hattie, William, Eddie, Jay and Albert, all at home. He has been Supervisor three terms, and School District Treasurer three years. Democrat, and has 80 acres of land, worth $3,000,

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NICHOLAS ALTEMUS, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Stoughton ; was born in Monroe Co., Penn., in 1829; when 16 years eld, he became apprenticed to the harness-maker's trade, which he fol- lowed, together with merchandising, in his native State till 1855; he then emigrated to Wisconsin and located on Sec. 2, town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., where he new owns 240 acres. He was married, in Mon- roe Co., Penn., in 1852, to Sally A. Sayler, a native of that county ; their children are Emma O., Sarah A., Charles S., Ida D., Oscar F., Edgar D. and Theodere N. Mr. Altemus is a member of the M. E. Church.

JOHN AUSTINSON, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Stoughton ; was born in Norway in 1815; he came to America and to Wisconsin in 1850, and settled on his present farm on Sec. 2, town of Dunkirk, Dane Co .; he now has a farm of 300 acres. He was married, in Norway, in 1837, to Margaret Austin- son ; their children are-Emma, now deceased; Emily, now Mrs. Jens O. Cold, and lives in Stoughton ; Inger, now Mrs. Theodore Davidson, and lives in Minnesota; John J., now on the farm; Austin, now in Polk Co., Minn. ; Margaret, deceased ; Andrew J., Themas, in Pelk Co., Minn .; Mathew, at home.

THEODORE BAILEY, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Stoughton; was born in Litchfield Co., Conn., May 30, 1803; when a year old, his parents removed with him to Steuben Ce., N. Y., whence, in 1821, they went to Crawford Co., Penn., and two years later to Mercer Co., Penn., where they died ; when 18 years old, he went to the town of Erie, Erie Co., Penn, and there followed teaming principally till 1842, going thence to Port Stanley, Canada ; he was employed on public works till November, 1850, when he removed to Alabama and engaged in the livery-stable and staging business till the spring of 1855; he came then to the town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., Wis., and bought his present farm of 120 acres on Secs. 20 and 21. He was married, in April, 1834, to Nancy A., daughter of Daniel and Nancy Chidester, a native of Cooperstown, N. Y .; she died June 9, 1868, having had one son-James S., who was killed in the battle of Malvern Hill, Va .; his second marriage was celebrated Sept. 12, 1869, to Mrs. Emily Lyon, nee Warren, a native of St. Johnsbury, Vt., she having two daughters by a fermer mar- riage-Martha, new Mrs. George Burnett, of Stoughton; Emma, Mrs. A. E. Gilbert, of Dunkirk.

JAMES G. BAKER, U. S. express agent, and book-keeper for Johnson & Melaas, Stough- ton; was born in Norway in March, 1837, and in 1856, began clerking in Kongsberg, Norway, which he continued till 1859; sailing for America April 23, 1859, he arrived at the town of Black Earth, Dane Co., Wis., June 8 following, where he spent the summer; he came to Stoughton in the fall of that year, attended school during the winter, and in the spring of 1860 began merchandising, which he continued for about ten months ; he then followed farming in the town of Dunkirk till 1864, when he came again to the village and engaged in mercantile trade till 1867, when he sold to N. Andersen & Co .; he was appointed agent for the Merchants' Union Express Company in 1866; was alse agent for the American a short time, and in 1869 became agent for the U. S. Express Company, and in 1876 also book-keeper for Johnson & Melaas, clothiers. Mr. Baker was a member of the Town Beard before the village charter was granted; he was elected Village Treasurer in 1879, and re-elected in 1880. He was married, in 1861, to Adeline Nelson, a native of Milwaukee; her parents emigrated from Norway about 1844; she died in 1866, leaving two daughters-Mary and Amelia; his second marriage was in 1868, te Miss Caro- line, daughter of Jerome and Jane Chidester, a native of Kenosha, Wis; they have one son-Arthur C. Mr. Baker is a member of the Lutheran Church.

ABNER BARLOW, retired; is a native of New Hampshire; born in the town of Strat- ford, Coes Co., June 19, 1799 ; his father, Abner Barlow, was a native of Connecticut, and removed to New Hampshire prior to the Revolutionary war; his mother, Eunice French, was a native of Vermont, and lived till nearly 93 years old ; the Elder removed with his parents, in 1807, te Dutchess, and a year later to Herkimer Co., whence in 1812, he settled in Chautauqua Co .; here, when about 29 years old, he began the werk of the ministry as an exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal Church; in 1835, he emi- grated to Wisconsin, and located at Kenosha. where he continued his labors for nine years; he was ordained Elder by Bishop Roberts at Chicago, in 1842, and, in 1844, came as a home missionary to the town of Dunkirk, and settled as a local preacher in this town ; his first services were held in private dwellings or some schoolhouse, but he faithfully pursued his labors under the embarrassing circumstances of pioneer days, till he can now look back upon a life well spent in the service of his Lord. He was VV

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married in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., in 1823, to Polly Strunk, a native of Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., N. Y., who died in June, 1876, leaving six children-Lafayette, now in Rice Co., Minn .; Sophia, now Mrs. Kieser, of Rice Co., Minn .; Elizabeth, now the widow of the late Sylvester Giles (deceased), of Chicago; Byron, in Chautauqua Co., N. Y .; Eunice, now the wife of David McNiel, and lives in Stoughton; Brainard, a farmer of this town ; Henry, deceased ; Frances, now in Stoughton.

THOMAS BEATTIE, retired ; Stoughton ; is a native of England; born in County North- umberland, in 1830 ; at the age of 14 years he became apprenticed to the miller's trade, which he fol- lowed in his native country till 1850; he then immigrated to America, and continued his trade in Chicago till 1858, when he located at Dayton, Green Co., Wis .; two years later he removed to Monroe, Green Co., purchased the flouring-mill, and was proprietor of the same till 1862, when he enlisted in Co. B, 31st W. V. I .; was elected Second Lieutenant, and afterward promoted to First Lieutenant, and served with his regiment in the army of the West, and with Sherman till mustered out of service at Louisville, Ky., in 1865 ; returning then to Monroe, and to Dayton in 1866. He run the mill at the latter place till the spring of 1867, when he came to Stoughton, and with Mr. James Norris engaged in milling till 1878. Mr. Beattie was President of the Village Board for two years, member of the County Board for the same length of time, and was elected a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from his district in 1879. He was married in 1857, to Ann Taylor, a native of England; they have two children-Margaret A. and Henry T.

ANDREW A. BERGOM, farmer, Sec. 9 ; P. O. Stoughton ; was born in Norway in 1827; he came to Wisconsin in 1853, and settled at that time in the town of Dunkirk, Dane Co .; In 1859, he bought a farm of 40 acres on Sec. 4, and in 1868, bought his present farm of 80 acres on Sec. 9; he now has 120 acres. He was married in Dunkirk in 1860, to Betsey Hanson, a native of Norway ; she came to Wisconsin in 1859; they have had six children-Mattie (now dead), Andrew, Hans, Nels, Mattie, Johan (deceased). Mr. B. and family are members of the Lutheran Church.

JOSEPH BEVENS, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Stoughton ; was born in Warren Co., N. Y., in. May 1817 ; his father, Joseph Bevens, was a native of Connecticut, but died in Warren Co., N. Y., about 1846; his mother, Dorcas Eastman, was a native of Connecticut, but died in Wisconsin. Mr. Bevens removed to Wisconsin in 1842, and settled near Fulton, Rock Co., where he followed farming and trading till the spring of 1855 ; he then removed to the town of Dunkirk, and located on Sec. 14. He now owns a farm of 283 acres. He has been a member of the Town Board three terms, two of which he was Chair- man. He was also Assessor of the town for one term. He was married in New York in 1840, to Harriet N., daughter of Joseph Glazier, who died in the town of Porter, Rock Co., Wis., in 1854, leaving four chil- dren-Edson, now in Florida ; Alva J., now a farmer of this town ; Elma J., now the wife of A. J. Mar- tin, and lives in Dunkirk; Orin N., now married and lives on the farm. His second marriage was in Chicago in June, 1855, to Laura H. Rice, nee Miller, and a daughter of Levi Miller, a native of Massa- chusetts. Mr. Bevens' family is connected with the M. E. Church.

JOHN BRICKSON, dealer in groceries, crockery etc., etc., Stoughton ; was born in Nor- way in April, 1831 ; he followed the seas much of the time for a few years before sailing for America, in April, 1857 ; landing at Quebec, he came thence to Dane Co., Wis., and devoted his time to farming, in the town of Cottage Grove, till the autumn of 1862, when he removed to Stoughton, and has since been engaged in his present business. He was married, in the spring of 1864, to Miss Isabel Olson, a native of Norway; their children are Kate, Ida, Laura, Hattie and Ole. Mr. Brickson's family is connected with the Lutheran Church.

DAVID D. CAMP, jeweler, Stoughton ; was born in Bradford Co., Penn .; in 1832, removed to Lee Co., Ill., iu 1850, where his father, Joseph Camp, afterward died. In the spring of 1852, he with his mother came to the village of Stoughton, Wis., where he at once began the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he followed most of the time till 1862, when he began the jewelry trade, which he has since carried on. He was married at Stoughton in 1857, to Mary, daughter of Justin and Reumah Piatt, a native of Genessee Co., N. Y .; their children are Perry P., now with his father in the business; Ervin, Key and Myrtle.

MITCHEL CAMPBELL, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Stoughton; was born in County Ros- common, Ireland, in 1812; he landed in New York City April 23, 1832, and lived in Westchester and Orange Counties till 1840, when he removed to Milwaukee, Wis .; but soon after settled on a farm in the town of Caledonia, Racine Co., Wis., and in the fall of 1842, he went to Van Buren Co., Iowa ; and in June, 1843, located in the town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., as one of its pioneers. He made his claim to 160 acres

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on Sec. 23; and now has 360 on Sections 14, 15, 22 and 23. He was married in the State of New York, to Mary Kerns, a native of Ireland, who died in Dunkirk, May 14, 1852, leaving five children-Thomas, now in Arizona ; Charles, in Iowa; Louisa, Mrs. Robert Hobkirk, and lives in Mitchell Co., Iowa; Mary, Mrs. George Chinn, and lives in Mitchell Co., Iowa ; F. Mitchell, who now lives in Butler Co., Kan. His second marriage was April 24, 1853, to Mrs Margaret Roberts, nee Dailey, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Dailey, and a native of Tazewell Co., W. Va., born in 1818. She was married, in 1841, to Mr. Norman Roberts, a native of New York, who died in Dunkirk in 1849, leaving her with four children-A. M., now in the West ; L. D., a teacher in this State ; Cyrus A., a farmer of this town; Mary J., who died at the age of 22 years. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have three sons-George N., now a farmer of this town ; James H. and Hubert, at home. Mrs. Campbell is a member of the M. E. Church.

JOSEPH C. CANNON, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Hanerville; was born in the town of Tompkins, Delaware Co., N. Y., in 1828; In 1835, his parents, Joseph and Rachel Huyck Cannon, emi- grated to Chicago with their families ; two years later, they located in the town of Caledonia, Racine Co., Wis., whence, in the autumn of 1843, Mr. Cannon came on a prospective visit to the town of Dunkirk, made a claim to a farm on Sec. 24, and, in the following spring, removed his family here. Mrs. Cannon died July 3, 1846 (was the first person buried in the cemetery) ; Mr. Cannon died on his farm Sept. 23, 1850, leaving a family of five children, three of whom now live in Dane Co. Joseph C. made his home on. the farm till 1859, when he, in company with others, crossed the plains to California, and spent eighteen months principally at helping to survey a railroad from Fulsom to Auburn and Passerville ; he returned to the farm in 1860; now has 238 acres on Secs. 23, 24 and 26, including the homestead. He was mar- ried, in March, 1856, to Hannah, daughter of Hiram and E. M. (Hayward) Dickson, a native of Dela- aware Co., Ohio, who came to Dunkirk with her parents in 1845; her father died in December, 1855; her mother now lives with her. Mr. and Mrs. C. have five children-Charles H., born in December, 1856; Joseph H., Nov. 9, 1858, now married and lives on Sec. 24; Alice E., April 30, 1863; Minnie E., born Aug. 8, 1866; Eva M., Sept. 3, 1870. Mr. Cannon's family is connected with the M. E. Church.

FRANKLIN CHAPPELL, retired, Stoughton; was born in the town of Marcellus, Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1809 ; his parents, Asel and Sabrina Trowell Chappell, were natives of Connect- icut, but removed to Onondaga Co., N. Y., in an early day. Mr. Chappell removed to Ashtabula Co., Ohio, in 1835, and ten years later to.Dane Co., Wis., where he located on a farm in the town of Rutland as one of its early settlers; here he made his home and devoted his time to agriculture till May, 1879, when he removed to the village of Stoughton. He was a member of the Town Board of Rutland one term. He was married, Nov. 21, 1830, to Mary, daughter of John B. and Lora (Thayer) Holden, a native of Onondaga Co., N. Y., born in December, 1811 ; their children are-Fidora E., the late wife of Eri P. Danks, of Rutland, now deceased; Evalun P., now a resident of the town of Rutland; Harriet A., who died at the age of 18 years ; Otsie Z., now the wife of Albert Tusler, and lives in Rutland ; Mary E., now Mrs. Wm. Graham, of Rutland ; Lucy E., now the wife of H. Woodcock, of Stoughton ; they had one child who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Chappell are members of the M. E. Church.

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History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 181

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