History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 182

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. CHIDESTER, Village Marshal, Stoughton; was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., in 1822 ; his father, Daniel Chidester, was born in New Jersey, and removed to New York when a young man, and there devoted his time to farming ; his mother, Nancy Thomas, was a native of Otsego Co., N. Y. Our subject emigrated to Wisconsin in 1844, and located at Kenosha, then Racine Co., where he followed farming six years, after which, in 1850, he removed to Dane Co., and located on a farm in the town of Dunkirk, and there continued the same vocation till 1866; he then settled in the village of Stoughton, and has since engaged in various kinds of business. He has been a member of the Village Board for five or six years, and was elected Marshal in 1880. He was married, in 1847, to Jane, daughter of Ben- jamin Clark, a native of Otsego Co., N. Y., and who came to Wisconsin in 1844 ; their children are- Emma J., now the wife of H. J. Rhodes, and lives at Durand, Ill .; Carrie, now Mrs. J. C. Baker, of Stoughton, and Cora, at home. Mr. Chidester's family is connected with the M. E. Church.


LORENZO D. CLARK, M. D., homeopathic physician and surgeon, Stoughton; is a native of Vermont, born in Windsor Co. in 1841 ; in the autumn of 1854, he, with his parents, removed to Wisconsin and located at Union, Rock Co., where he spent much of his time at farming till 1863 ; he then began the study of medicine at Ann Arbor, Mich., and, in the fall of 1864, came thence to Madison, Wis., where he was a student in the office of Drs. Bowen and Ingman till the autumn of 1865 ; he grad- uated from the Cleveland Homoeopathic College in February, 1866, and returned to Madison as an assist- ant to Dr. Ingman till the spring of 1868, when he removed to New Lisbon, Juneau Co., and there


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practiced medicine till 1869, when he located at Stoughton, and has since successfully practiced his pro- fession. He was married, in 1866, to Miss Sibbie Ashley, of Randolph, Dodge Co., but a native of York State, and removed to Wisconsin in 1844 ; they have one son-Charles M. The Doctor has been a member of the Village Board and School Board since his residence in Stoughton. He and Mrs. Clark are members of the Baptist Church.


BENJAMIN F. COMPTON, farmer, Secs. 23 and 24; P. O. Stoughton ; was born in the town of Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., in 1835 ; he is the son of James and Phebe (Lamoureux) Compton, natives of New York, and with whom, in the spring of 1841, he emigrated to Wisconsin and located in the town of Richmond, Walworth Co .; in 1855, they 'removed to the town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., and bought the present farm of 80 acres on Sec. 23 and 160 acres on Sec. 24; his father died here in March, 1872 ; his mother now lives with him on the homestead, and was 93 years old in April, 1880, doubtless the oldest person living in the town. Benjamin F. enlisted in 1864, in Co. G, 38th W. V. I., under Col. James Bentliff, and was with his regiment in the Army of the Potomac till mustered out at Delaney. House, Va., in April, 1865, when he returned to Dunkirk. He was married Aug. 16, 1861, to Miss Susan, daughter of Henry and Nancy (Wiltscy) Herrick, a native of New York; they have two children-Lannes and Jessie. Mrs. C. is a member of the M. E. Church.


JOHN CRUSE, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Hanerville; was born in County Roscommon, Ireland, in 1842; his parents emigrated with him to America, and settled in the town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., Wis., in 1855; four years after, he, in company with Joseph Cannon and Charles Dearborn, crossed the plains to California, where he spent three years at mining, farming, teaming, etc., returning to Dunkirk in 1862. He enlisted in 1864 in Co. I, 38th W. V. I., under Col. Bentliff, and served with his regiment in the Army of the Potomoc, until mustered out at Washington, in June, 1865 ; he then returned to Dunkirk and settled down on his present farm of 125 acres. He was married Nov. 25, 1867, to Margaret Mahana, a native of New York, who came to Wisconsin in 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Cruse have one daughter, Josephine.


GEORGE W. CURRIER, Stoughton ; was born in the town of Topsham, Orange Co., Vt., May 9, 1847 ; his father, Edson Currier, is a native of Orange Co., and has followed trading and staging for a livelihood ; his mother, Lucinda (Graves) Currier, was born in Vermont, in October, 1822, and died in September, 1878, leaving three sons, of whom our subject is the oldest; he emigrated to Wisconsin in October, 1866, and made his home with an uncle in the town of Fulton, Rock Co., for about a year, spending the summer at farming ; in the fall of 1867, he attended the Albion Academy, and, during the winter, taught his first term of school at Oakland, Jefferson Co .; in the spring of 1868, he attended school at the academy again ; after this, he spent twenty months teaching in Minnesota, and again returned to Dane Co., Wis .; he spent his time in teaching in the town of Rutland, Sun Prairie, and the village of Cambridge ; he graduated from Albion Academy in 1872, and was elected Principal of the Stoughton schools in September, 1873, and was re-elected for four successive years : during the last session of the 44th Congress, he was appointed to a position in the House of Representatives ; in September, 1878, he was elected Principal of the Shawano public schools, and, in 1879, he declined re-election and returned to Stoughton, and has since been engaged in the insurance business; he was at one time proprie- tor of the Stoughton Courier, and also the Republican nominee for Clerk of the Court in 1874; he was again re-elected Principal of the Stoughton public schools in July, 1880. He was married in 1874, to Augusta, daughter of S. C. and Julia A. Head, who died five weeks after marriage ; his second mar- riage was in March, 1876, to Annette, daughter of Dr. B. and C. A. Burdick, of Edgerton, Wis .; they have two children-Louis Claire; born June, 1878, and Kate L., born June, 1880. Mrs. C. is a member of the Baptist Church,


EUGENE W. CURTIS, wagon-painter, Stoughton ; was born in Toronto, Canada West, in November, 1850 ; in 1858, with his parents, Rutland P. and Elizabeth Curtis, he came to the town of Sullivan, Jefferson Co., Wis., and in 1863 removed to Oconomowoc, where he began the painter's trade with A. Bartlett in 1865, but completed his apprenticeship at Waterton, with Goodrow & Straw in 1867 ; he went in 1868 to Whitewater, and worked there five years for Winchester & Partridge ; after which he spent two years at Monroe, three at Palmyra and two at Wonewoc, Wis .; whence, in the autumn of 1879, he came to Stoughton, and has since been foreman in the " gear department " of the paint shop in T. G. Mandt's wagon factory. He was married at Palmyra, Wis., in 1871, to Miss Sophia, daughter of S. Sea- mon, and a native of Jefferson Co., Wis. Their children are Mabel and Ada.


EARL K. CUTLER, wheelwright, Stoughton ; was born in Albany Co., N Y., in 1848; when two years of age, with his parents, Elijah and Roxiana M. (Westcot) Cutler, he removed to Rut-


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land Co., Vt., where his father devoted much of his time to the molder's and machinist's trades, and later in life to farming and saw-milling, and in February 1866 he died in that county. Our subject, E. K., eame to Wisconsin in March, 1866, and located at Waterloo, Jefferson Co., where he worked at the car- peuter and joiner's trade during the summer ; in the fall of the same year he removed to Stoughton, and began work at the wheelwright's trade for A. Flyte, and continued there for seven years, when he began the same work for Mr. Mandt, and has continued at the same for the last seven years. He was married in July, 1869 to Diancie R. Heffelon, a native of Vermont, who emigrated to Wisconsin in 1863. They have had five children-Earl A. died May 29, 1877; Elmer B. died June 2, 1877 ; Edgar A. died June 4, 1877, all of whom died of the scarlet fever. They have two now living-Leta U. and Verra E.


CHARLES DAVIS, Stoughton ; is a native of Jefferson Co., Wis .; horn at Milford in 1847 ; his father, D. C. Davis, was born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., September 12, 1802; his mother, Ophelia Waite, was born in Broone Co., N. Y., in December, 1822; his parents were early emigrants to Jefferson Co., Wis., and, in 1849, removed to Stoughton, where his father followed the miller's trade most of the time till his death, which occurred in 1873. Charles enlisted in Co., A, 50th W. V. I., in December, 1864, and served with his regiment in the Army of the West, spending most of the time in Dakota, till mustered out at Madison, Wis., June 16, 1866 ; he then returned to Stoughton and followed the earpen- ter and joiner's trade till 1875, when he began work for Mandt in the " gear department " of the wagon- shop. He was elected Village Clerk in 1880. His mother and sister reside with him in this village.


JOHN DAWS, hardware merchant, Stoughton; was horn in New York City in 1833; his father, Edmund Daws, emigrated from England, and located in that city in 1827, and followed the cabinet maker's trade for a few years ; his mother, Maria Hager, was born at Schoharie, N. Y., and was of Hol- land Dutch descent; in 1837 his father came to Wisconsin, and claimed what was afterward known as the " Toppin farm, " in Rock Co., where our subject and the other members of the family joined him in the following year. In 1840, they removed to the town of Cold Springs, Walworth Co., and in 1844, lo- cated on a farm where the city of White Water now stands. Mr. Daws began his apprenticeship at the tinner's trade at Palmyra, Wis., in 1848, and completed it at Janesville in 1850; he afterward spent a few months at the trade in Milwaukee, in the employ of C. Shepard & Co .; and in the autumn of 1851 he came to Stoughton and opened the first hardware and tin store in the village, which he has carried on most of the time since. He enlisted in the hand of the 11th W. V. I., in 1861, under Col. Harris, of Madison, and was with the Army of the West till mustered out at St. Louis in the fall of 1862 ; he en- listed in Co. E, 52d W. V. I., in 1865, and was elected Sergeant of his company, and with it was sta- tioned at Leavenworth, Kan., till mustered out in the fall of that year. Mr. Daws was a member of the second Village Board after its incorporation as a village. He was married in 1864 to Miss Libbie Powers, a native of Ohio, who emigrated to Wisconsin a short time before marriage. Their children are Edward, Agnes and Julius. Mrs. Daws is a member of the Congregational Church.


CHARLES L. DEARBORN, dealer in agricultural implements, Stoughton ; was born in Tioga, N. Y., in 1833, and spent most of his time at farming there till 1855, when, with his mother (his father having died), he came to Wisconsin and located in the town of Fulton, Rock Co .; four years later he went to Nevada and engaged in mining till the fall of 1860, when he returned to Wisconsin and located at Stoughton ; he then engaged in the grocery trade under the firm of Dearborn & Roots, for about four years; in 1866, he went to Montana Territory, and followed mining, stock-raising, etc., till the autumn of 1875, when he returned to Stoughton for the winter ; in the spring of 1876, he went again to Montana and engaged in the stock trade between that and Western Kansas and Nebraska ; he has since spent most of his tinie in traveling between these points, trading, and has been dealing in agricultural implements in Stoughton since the spring of 1880. He was married in January, 1862, to Fidelia Ford, daughter of Nelson Ford, a native of New York, who died in the fall of 1875, leaving three children-Henry (deceased), William and Jay T. His second marriage was in the fall of 1877, to Frankie, daughter of Nathan Parker, of Stoughton ; they have one son, Lynn. Mr. D. is a member of the Baptist Church.


CORNELIUS DOWNEY, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Stoughton ; was born at Ashburnham, Worcester Co., Mass., in 1852; when ten years old he camne with his parents, Daniel and Hanora Downey, to the town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., Wis., where he has since resided; his father died here in 1874, and his mother in 1867 He was married in 1872, to Miss Kate Downey, a native of Ireland; their children are Daniel, Cornelius, Anna and Nellie. They are members of the Catholic Church.


WILLIAM H. DUMOND, proprietor of restaurant and dealer in groceries, etc., Stoughton; was born near Toronto, Ontario, Co., Canada West, in 1825, and when 16 years of age he began the


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cabinet maker's trade, which he afterward followed there till 1862; he then removed to Stoughton, Dane Co., Wis., and continued his trade for one year, and has since followed his present business. He was married in 1848, to Hannah Wilson, a native of Ontario Connty, Canada; their children are Lena, now the wife of Reuben Hebner, and lives in the town of Dunkirk ; Ellen, now Mrs. William Bell, and lives in Dunkirk ; Fannie, Alice, Emma and William, at home.


GUTTORM ELLINGSON, buggy ironer, Stoughton ; was born in Norway, in 1836 ; he began the trade at the age of 14 years, and continued it in Norway till July, 1869, when he immigrated to Stough- ton, Wis., and has since been at work for T. G. Mandt. He was married in Norway, Ang 13, 1859, to Atelea Matilda Anderson ; they have one son, Walter M., who now works with his father. Mr. Ellingson and family are members of the Lutheran Church.


MOSES EMERSON, Stoughton ; was born in the town of Warner, Merrimack Co., N. H., in 1829, and, with his parents, Eliezer and Lois Emerson, he emigrated to Wisconsin in May, 1846. They located the 15th day of that month on Sec. 6, town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., where his father died in the following autumn. His mother died at Stoughton in April, 1878. Mr. Emerson made his home on Sec. 6, till 1863, when he built on and removed to Sec. 7, and there continued farming till 1869. He next re- moved to his present home at Stonghton, and, in 1872, resumed the butchering business, which he began here in 1856, and carried on, in connection with farming, for two years. Mr. E. has been a member of the Town Board for two or three terms; also, Town Assessor and Treasurer one term each. He was mar- ried, in 1856, to Lavina M. Kelley, a native of the town of Warner, Merrimack Co., N. H., who, with her mother and family, came to Wisconsin in 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson have two daughters-Emily and Almira B.


ANDREW ERIKSON, furniture dealer, Stoughton ; was born in Norway, Dec. 3, 1843; at the age of 16 years he began the furniture business in Norway. He came to Wisconsin in May, 1872, and located at Stoughton, where he followed farming a short time, after which he spent a few months at railroading in Arkansas ; returning to Stoughton in 1873, he has since been engaged in the furniture trade, and carries a stock of about $1,200. He was married in 1872, to Betsey Gregerson, a native of Dane Co., Wis., born in the town of Pleasant Spring. They have one daughter-Louisa B. They are mem- bers of the Lutheran Church.


KNUD ERICKSON, manufacturer of wagons, carriages and plows, Stoughton ; was born in Norway, in June, 1841; when 17 years old, he began the blacksmith's trade, and, in 1862, became pro- prietor of a shop near Christiana, Norway, which he conducted till 1867; he then emigrated to Wisconsin and settled at Stoughton, where he was employed by Mr. Leland for four years, and two years for Mr. Mandt at making plows. He built his present shop in 1873, and has since engaged in the manufacture of plows, wagons and carriages. He was married in Norway, in 1865, to Anne K. Nelson; their chil- dren are Erick K., Julius, Betsey, Amelia, Carl, Johan, Jergan E. and Severt N. Mr. Erickson and fam- ily are connected with the Lutheran Church.


AUGUSTUS G. ESTES, farmer, Sec. 13 ; P. O. Stoughton; was born in Milwaukee Co., Wis., in 1844; his father, Elijah S. Estes, was born in North Carolina, in 1815, and settled in the town of Lake, Milwaukee Co., Wis., in 1835, and, in the following year, he was married to Zebiah Walker Wentworth, of Chicago, Ill., but a native of Maine. They'removed in 1852, with their family, to the town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., and settled on Sec. 13, where A. G. has since made his home, and now owns a farm of 80 acres, though his parents have returned to Milwaukee. Mr. Estes was married, in 1868, to Martha A., daughter of John Roach, a native of La Fayette Co., Wis .; she died in 1876, leaving two children-Freddie R. and Jessie L. His second marriage wasin May, 1879, to Mrs. Helen Wright, nee Mitchell, a native of Massachusetts, though of English descent. Her father, Allen Mitchell, was a native of England, and came to America about 1840, and to Wisconsin in 1848. Mrs. Estes has three sons by her former marriage-Willard W., Arthur A. and John J. Mr. Wright died in 1872.


J. L. ESTES, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Stoughton; was born in North Carolina in 1833; he removed to Racine Co., Wis., in 1838, with his father's family, and, after making that their home for five or six years, they spent a year in Iowa, then returned to Racine Co., Wis., and, in 1846, settled on Wheeler Prairie, town of Dunkirk, Dane Co .; he crossed the plains to Oregon and Northern California, where he spent seven years at farming and stock-raising ; he returned to the town of Dunkirk in the fall of 1859, and has since resided on his preseot farm of 70 acres. He was married in Dunkirk in 1860, to Mary Evans, a native of Pennsylvania, who died in 1861, leaving one son-John A .- who died a short time after his mother. His second marriage was in 1862, to Mrs. Eliza Eyer, nee Mann, a native of Pennsylvania;


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she came with her husband, William H. Eyer, to Dane Co., Wis., in 1855; he died in 1859, leaving her with two sons-Alvin E. and John H .- both of whom are in Beloit, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Estes have one daughter and three sons-Rosella, Willis E., Wilber W. and Theodore J.


O. N. FALK, druggist, Stoughton; was born in Norway in 1842, and, at the age of 10 years, came with his parents to America, and settled on a farm in the town of Christiana, Dane Co., Wis .; in 1857, they removed to Whitewater, where, in 1862, our subject enlisted in Co. H, 27th W. V. I., under Col. Critz; he was first elected Sergeant in his company, and afterward promoted to the position of First Lieutenant, and as such served with his regiment in the Army of the Gulf and Southwest, till mustered out at Madison, Wis., in September, 1865. He came to Stoughton in the spring of 1866, and has since that time been engaged in the drug trade. He was married in 1866, to Miss Mary Johnson, a native of Norway, but an emigrant to Wisconsin in 1850; they have four children-Clara, Idella, Fredereka and Nelson. The family is connected with the Lutheran Church.


AMOS FLYTE, manufacturer of carriages and wagons, Stoughton ; was born in Monroe Co., Penn., in 1823; he began the wagon-maker's trade in Northampton Co., Penn., when he was 19 years old, which he afterward followed there till 1849, when he emigrated to Wisconsin and located at Janes- ville, Rock Co., and worked at his trade there till 1851, when he removed to Stoughton ; he bought out a Mr. Hoffman, where his present shop now stands, and began at once the business on a small scale, which he has gradually increased till he now gives employment to six men. He was married in 1853, to Sophia Mann, a native of Pennsylvania; their children are Esther and Luella. The family is connected with the M. E. Church.


REV. M. FALK GJERTSEN, Pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran Church, Stoughton ; was born in Norway in 1847 ; he received his classical education at the College of Bergen, but his father, Johan P. Gjertsen, being called to the Norwegian (Lutheran) Church at Racine, Wis., in 1864, they emigrated to America before our subject had completed his studies ; he clerked in a marine furnishing store in Mil- waukee for eighteen months, and, in 1866, entered the Scandinavian Augustina Seminary and Theological Seminary of Paxton, Ill., where he completed his studies in 1868, and September 27 of that year he was ordained Pastor of the Lutheran Church at Leland, Ill .; in October, 1872, he was called to his present charge at Stoughton, and now serves the congregations at Stoughton, Pleasant Springs, Rutland, Primrose, Madison, Whitewater and Argyle, Wis. He was married in La Salle Co., Ill., in 1869, to Sarah A. Mosey, a native of that county ; their children are Johan P., Maria R. and Nora; his parents also live with him.


ALEXANDER M. GREIG, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Stoughton ; is a native of Scotland; born in Kinrosshire in 1819. He sailed from Edinburg for America April 7, 1841; landed in Quebec May 22, following, and spent the summer months at Manchester, Ontario Co., N. Y., when in November he came to Wisconsin. He settled in the town of Norway, Racine Co., and devoted his time to farming there for twenty-five years. In 1866 he removed to the town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., where he now owns a farm of 180 acres. He was married in Racine Co., Wis., in 1848, to Grace Oleson, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1843. Their children are Isabella, now the wife of Charles Johnson, living in Dunkirk ; Andrew, at home; John, a cabinet-maker, now at Morris; William, at home. Mrs. Greig is a member of the Lutheran Church. He is a member of the Congregational Church. He was Chair- man of the Town Board of Norway, Racine Co., a number of years, and was at one time a member of the Board in Dunkirk.


OTIS GUERNSEY, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Stoughton ; was born in Grafton Co., N. H., Nov. 18, 1819, and is the son of Amasa and Nancy (Jessaman) Guernsey. He emigrated with his family and his mother to Wisconsin in 1845, reaching Kenosha June 12, and the town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., the 27th day of the same month. He bought a farm of 115 acres on Scc. 19, where he resided for nearly 4 years, then removed to his present farm of 180 acres on Sec. 18. He enlisted in Co. D, 7th W. V. I., in 1861, under Col. Van Dor, and was with his regiment in the Army of the Potomac; was veteranized in 1864 and mustered out at Madison in 1865, after which he returned to his farm in Dunkirk. He was Assessor of the town one term ; was married in New Hampshire in 1840 to Adeline, daughter of Dr. Aldrich, a native of Lisbon, Grafton Co., N. H. Their children are Nancy J., who died when young ; Ade- laid, now the wife of Allen Bowles and lives in Pierce Co., Wis. ; Moses, now in Mitchell Co., Iowa ; Elmeda, deceased ; O. Freeman, now at Fort Dodge, Iowa; Amasa, also at Fort Dodge, Iowa ; Eben, at home ; Mary Eldora, deceased; Ellen, now Mrs. George Haynes, of Rutland; Ida, now Mrs. Ira Palmer, of Stoughton ; Alice, now the wife of Richard Devoll and lives in the town of Rutland.


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OSMUND GUNDERSON, of the firm of Gunderson & Co., tobacco dealers, Stoughton; was born in Norway in 1844; he came with his father, Gunder Osmundson, to the town of Christiana, Dane Co., Wis., in 1848, where his father still lives; Osmund made his home in that town, till 1864, when he went to California, and was there employed at farming and dairying for nearly four years ; returning to Wisconsin in December, 1867, he located at Edgerton, where, with Thomas Hutson, he was interested in the dry-goods trade for two years ; he was next employed by Taylor & Brown, stock and grain dealers, for seven years ; he moved to Stoughton in August, 1877, and engaged in the hardware and stock business with Mr. Rothe till August, 1879, when he disposed of his interest in the hardware and stock trade and began dealing in tobacco with Mr. Jensen, in December following. He was married in 1872, to Miss Betsey Johnson, a native of Rock Co .; their children are Clarence and Adolphus. Mr. and Mrs. Gunderson are members of the Lutheran Church.


HARRY W. HALE, dealer in dry goods, boots, shoes and groceries, Stoughton; is a native of Bangor, Me .; his father, Richard R. Hale, was born in New Hampshire, and removed when compara- tively a young man to Bangor, Me., where he followed the tanner's trade for a number of years ; his mother, Jane S. Bennett, was a native of Maine, and was the mother of five children, of whom our subject is the fourth ; he was born August 27, 1839 ; the family emigrated to Stoughton, Wis., in 1855, where Mr. Hale followed farming most of the time for many years ; he died in February, 1880, at the age of 84 years ; Mrs. Hale died in the autumn of 1879. Harry W. spent only a short time in Wisconsin in 1855, when he went to St. Louis, Mo., and followed clerking till 1860, after which he continued the same line of business in Alton, Ill., for seven years, returning to Stoughton in 1867 ; he then began merchandising for himself, and has since engaged in that business. He was married in 1864 to Ellen, daughter of Ogden M. Isham, a native of New York; and who came with her parents to Dane Co., Wis., in 1847 Mr. and Mrs. Hale have two children-Percy I. and Clara.




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