History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 183

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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OSMON HALVERSON, Stoughton; was born in the town of Cottage Grove, Dane Co., Wis., in 1844, and spent his time at farming till 16 years old; he then went to Marshall, where, in 1862, he enlisted in Company A, 29th W. V. I., under Col. Gill, and was with his regiment in the army of the Gulf, till mustered out at Shreveport, La., in 1865, having participated in the battles of Ft. Gibson and Vicks- burg, and was also at the Red River expedition with Banks; he followed clerking in a hotel at Madison from 1865 to 1868; then came to Stoughton and continued clerking till 1875, when he began business for himself.


STENER HALVERSON, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Stoughton ; was born in Norway, in 1822; he emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., in 1845, and located on a farm of 40 acres in the town of Dunkirk, where he made his home for two years ; then settled on a farm in the town of Dun, where he lived till the fall of 1879. He then removed to his present home of 200 acres on Sec. 4, town of Dunkirk, which he has owned since 1857. He also has a farm of 406 acres in the town of Dun, and has engaged in the manufacture of brick in this town since 1858. He was a member of the Town Board of: Dun for ten years. He was married in 1848 to Dorcas Evans, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1844; she died in 1874, leaving eight children-Hyatt, now a resident of the town of Dun; Morris, also in that town; Martin, Mary, Abner, Matilda, Enoch and Alfred, at home. , Mr. Halverson's family is connected with the Lutheran Church.


JAMES HANER, retired farmer, Stoughton ; was born in Washington Co., N. Y., in 1803; his father, Cornelius Haner, was a native of New York, but was of German descent; his mother, Mary Satterle, was born in New Jersey, and was of Irish origin ; James spent his time principally at farming and carpentering in New York till 1844, when he came to Wisconsin aud located at Hanersville, town of Dunkirk, Dane Co .; here he followed farming until 1879, when he removed to Stoughton, and has since lived a more retired life. He was married in New York in 1833, to Saloma Chidester. Mr. and Mrs. Haner are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Haner was the founder of the village by that name in Dane Co., and was the second Postmaster at that place.


HANS R. HANSEN, machinist, Stoughton ; was born in Norway in 1845; he devoted seven years of his life to working in a cotton factory, and seven in a nail factory, in Norway ; he came to Stough- ton in 1870, and has since been employed in T. G. Mandt's wagon factory; he has been foreman of the machine shop since 1875. He was married in Norway, in 1867, to Caroline Jackson ; their children are Martin, Halena, Carl A. (deceased), Inger, Josephine (deccased), Carl J. (deceased), Joseph, and an in- fant son, now living. The family is connected with the Lutheran Church.


HENRY HERRICK, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Edgerton; was born in the town of Duanes- burg, Schenectady Co., N. Y., in 1814, and is the son of Stephen and Sarah (Scaley) Herrick, natives also


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of New York, and both of whom died in Schenectady Co. Mr. Herrick moved to Dane Co., Wis., in 1845, and settled on his present farm as one of Dunkirk's early settlers; he has been Towo Treasurer for three successive terms. He was married in Schenectady Co., N. Y., in 1835, to Nancy, daughter of Henry Wiltse, a native of that county; their children are Eliza A., now the wife of William Taylor, and lives in Wilson Co., Kan .; Judson, now a resident of Kansas; Susan, now Mrs. B. F. Compton, of this town ; Newell, who now lives in Arizona; Frank, who is now married and lives in this town; Emma, now Mrs. Thomas Campbell, and lives in Arizona; Miles, in this town; Henry, at home.


JOHN M. HIBBARD, Postmaster, Stoughton ; was born in Walworth Co., Wis., in 1849; his father, Richard Hibbard, was a native of Massachusetts, and his mother, Mary Mason Hibbard, was born in the State of New York ; they settled in Walworth Co., Wis., about 1843, and lived on a farm till 1852 or 1853, when they removed to the village of Troy, where Mr. Hibbard engaged in mercantile bus- iness for a number of years; he died there in 1878. John M. came from Troy to Stoughton in 1865, and spent a year attending school, after which he went to Milwaukee and followed clerking in a grocery store till 1869, when he returned to Stoughton, Sept. 11, and was at once appointed Deputy Postmaster, under A. C. Croft, holding that position till Feb. 20, 1875 ; he was then appointed Postmaster at Stough- ton. He was married, in 1870, to Miss Jennie, daughter of E. E. and Helen Warren; they have three children-Fleta B., Waldo W. and Loretta.


A. T. HIGBEE, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Stoughton ; is the son of Philip and Delia (Luse) Hig- bee, natives of New York. He was born near Oswego, Oswego Co., N. Y., in 1834, and spent his time principally at lumbering in the Susquehanna River district till 1865; he then emigrated to Stoughton, Dane Co., Wis., and, in February, 1866, became proprietor of the Higbee House, which he enlarged and greatly improved, and was its owner and proprietor till December, 1877, when he sold the hotel, and, in April, 1878, bought his present farm of 80 acres. Mr. Higbee was Deputy Sheriff of Dane Co. for two terms. He was married in Tioga Co., N. Y., in 1854, to Miss Addie, daughter of Luther and Sarah Dearborn ; they have one daughter, Fredrica.


CHARLES M. HINTZ, cigar manufacturer, in Frankson's new building, Stoughton; was born in Prussia in 1854 ; he is the son of Henry and Sophia Hintz, who with their family emigrated to America and settled in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1866; Charles M., the subject of this sketch, began the cigar- maker's trade in that city in 1870, with Adam Kieser, and afterward worked at the trade there in differ- ent shops, till June, 1875; removing then to Stoughton, Dane Co., he was employed at the trade by J. S. Hutson till Nov. 5, 1878, when he became the partner of Mr. Hutson in the business ; he purchased the interest of his partner, Aug. 11, 1879, and now carries on quite an extensive business, and gives employ- ment to ten or fifteen men, manufacturing about 400,000 cigars per year, which are sold in Stoughton and surrounding towns. Mr. Hintz was married June 19, 1878, to Amelia S., daughter of R. R. Walker, of this village ; they have one son, Walter C.


H. A. HOVERSON, Justice, Stoughton ; was born in Norway in 1822 ; when 14 years old, he entered upon a five-years' apprenticeship at the shoemaker's trade, and received from his "boss " his board and 24 cents for his services during that time; when his apprenticeship was finished, he returned to his father's home and engaged in farmiog till about 25 years old. In April, 1848, he sailed for America, and arrived in New York city fourteen weeks after ; thence he came, via Buffalo and Milwaukee, to Clin- ton, Rock Co., Wis., where he worked at his trade for three months, when he heard of Stoughton and re- solved to remove hither ; he made his home with a farmer near the village, and carried on his trade for three years ; then, in 1851, settled in Stoughton, where he continued the boot-and-shoe trade for eleven years, after which he dealt in wheat and produce much of the time for four or five years. He was elected Treasurer of the town of Dunkirk in 1857, and a member of the Town Board in 1859 ; he was elected the first Assessor of the village, and has beld that office ever since, except one year spent in Norway ; he was Police Justice of the village for two or three years, and has been Justice of the Peace for six years ; he is now Justice of the Peace, Assessor of the village, member of the School Board and Census Enumer- ator. He was married, in 1862, to Maria Larsdatter, a native of Norway ; their children are Homer (now deceased), Louis, Saxe, Homer and Burns (twius), and Annie.


HARRISON HULL, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Stoughton ; was born in Ontario Co., N. Y., in 1813; his father, Eliphalet Hull, was born May 9, 1786, and died in Winnebago Co., Wis., May 9, 1860 ; his mother, Polly Van Camp, was born also in New York, July 4, 1792, and died in Erie Co., Penn., May 11, 1853, leaving nine children, five of whom now reside in Wisconsin. Our subject removed to Erie Co , Penn., with his parents, about 1830, where he dovoted his time to farming till 1865 ; then came to Dun


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kirk, Dane Co., Wis., where he now owns a farm of 97 acres on Sec. 6. He was married in 1855, to Almeda, daughter of Peter and Milley (Miller) Kellogg ; her father was the son of Joseph Kellogg, and was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., Dec. 16, 1801, died in Douglas Co., Minn., Aug. 30, 1867; her mother was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., Nov. 5, 1796, and now resides with her. Mr. and Mrs. Hull have one son, Charles. They are members of the M. E. Church.


JAMES S. HUTSON, proprietor of the Hutson House, Stoughton ; a native of Michigan ; his parents, John and Mary Hutson, were natives of Lincolnshire, England, but emigrated to America and located in Cass Co., Mich., where James S. was born in 1841; in 1851, the family removed to Wisconsin, and, in 1855, located at Edgerton, Rock Co., where the father of our subject built the United States House, and was its proprietor for a number of years; he afterward died there; his widow still resides at Edgerton. James S. made his home at Edgerton till about 1859, when he engaged in farming in that vicinity for two years; in 1861, he went via the Isthmus to California, and followed stock-raising, dairy- ing, etc., for about two years, after which he returned to Edgerton and engaged in the cigar manufactory for a time. He next went to Atchison, Kan., where he continued the cigar manufactory for nearly a year, then followed railroading for about the same length of time, and, later, he went to Lawrence, thence to Humboldt, where he resumed the cigar trade for two years ; in 1872, he returned again to Edgerton, Wis , and there followed the same line of business for nine months, and, in September, 1874, removed to Stoughton, where he continued the cigar trade for some time. Dec. 10, 1877, he became proprietor of the Hutson House. He was a member of the Village Board in 1875-76. He was married in Kansas, Sept. 9, 1871, to Carrie H., daughter of William B. and Fannie Johnson, a native of New York. Mr. H. is a member of the Masonic Fraternity and I. O. O. F.


HULLET HUTSON, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Hanerville; is a native of Lincolnshire, En- gland ; born in 1831 ; his parents immigrated to America in 1836, and settled in St. Joseph Co., Mich., whence in 1854 they removed to the Indian Ford, Rock Co., Wis .; two years later they settled at Edger- ton, where his father was proprietor of the United States House for a few years ; Hullet made his home in Rock Co. till 1872, when he bought his present farm of 50 acres on See. 23, town of Dunkirk, Dane Co. He was married at Stoughton, Wis., Jan. 1, 1861, to J. E., daughter of Elias Davis, a native of Ohio; their children are John E., Clara E,, Harry S. and Rosa I.


GOUTE INGEBRETSON, farmer, Sees. 10 and 11 ; P. O. Stoughton ; was born in Nor- way, in 1815, and spent his time there with his parents, Ingebret and Berget Thorston, till 1843; he then emigrated to America, stopped a year at Racine Co., and in April, 1844, settled on his farm in the town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., where he now owns 120 acres, and has since resided, except one year spent at Decorah, Iowa. He was married in Norway, in May, 1843, to Carrie Severson ; they have three danghters, all of whom were born in Wisconsin-Gurov, now the wife of G. D. Jacobson, and lives at Decorah ; Bergetta and Gunnel. Mr. Ingebretson's family is connected with the Lutheran Church.


CHAUNCEY ISHAM, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Stoughton; this pioneer of this town is a native of the town of Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y .; born in September, 1816 ; he spent his time with his parents, Chauncey and Fannie (Modock) Isham, on the farm in his native county till about 1835, when he went to Boston, Mass., and there had charge of the stable and horses then used on the Dedham branch of the Boston & Providence Railroad ; shortly after the panie of 1837, he located in the town of Washington, Berkshire Co., Mass., where he was Superintendent of a division of the road crossing the Green Mount- ains, for three years. He was married July 27, 1840, at Lebanon Springs, Columbia Co., N. Y., to Jane Arnold, of Washington, Berkshire Co., Mass., and in the autumn of 1841, they removed to Earlsville, Madison Co., N. Y., where he purchased and run a hotel till early in 1842; he then started for the West in June of that year ; arrived in Janesville, Wis., having come from Chautauqua Co., N. Y., with a team in three weeks; he at once selected his location, and made his claim to 160 acres on Sees. 7 and 18, town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., and afterward bought more; then sold, and now has 200 acres on Sec. 8, of the same town. Mr. and Mrs. Isham have had five children-Arnold Herbert, a promising young man, born Feb. 23, 1849, and died July 23, 1880 ; Mary J., born in August, 1852, now the wife of John Doolittle, and lives in Stoughton ; Theressa R., born in March, 1854, now the wife of Seymour Stoughton, and lives in the village ; Fannie R., born in February, 1856, now Mrs. Richard Sigglekow, and lives in the village of Stoughton; Carrie E., born in November, 1858, now at home.


FREDRICK W. ISHAM, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Stoughton; is the son of Elijah and Louisa Isham, natives of the town of Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y., but removed to Warren Co., Penn., where F. W. was born, in 1832, and afterward returned to New York and located in Chautauqua Co., whence in 1839 they came to Wisconsin and settled at Janesville ; in 1846, they removed to a farm in the


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town of Rutland, Dane Co., but later still they settled in the town of Dunkirk, where they died. Fredrick W. enlisted in Co. D, 7th W. V. I., in 1861, under Col. Van Dor, and served with his regiment in all its principal battles and movements ; was veteranized in 1864 ; was wounded in the left arm in the battle of Petersburg, and lost a limb in the battle of Five Forks, Virginia, in 1865 ; he was discharged from service at Washington, in June, 1865 ; he returned then to Dunkirk, and has since devoted his time to farming ; he has been Town Treasurer for a number of years. He was married in 1857 to Cordelia, daughter of Ebenezer Davis, a native of New York, and who came to Wisconsin about 1850 ; their children are Rosella, Charles and Lewis.


OGDEN M. ISHAM, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Stoughton ; was born in the town of Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y., in 1812, and lived there on a farm till 1841, when he removed to Chautauqua Co., N. Y .; in 1847 he removed to Dane Co., Wis., and settled on a farm on Sec. 17, town of Dunkirk, where he resided till the spring of 1879, and where he now owns a farm of 360 acres on Secs. 16 and 17; he re- moved to Stoughton in the spring of 1879, and settled on Sec. 8, just outside of the village limits. He was a member of the Town Board of Dunkirk one term ; was married in Madison Co., N. Y., in 1840, to Miss Alzina, daughter of Alfred Carrier, a native of that county. Mr. and Mrs. Isham have had four children-Alfred M., deceased; Chauncy A., deceased ; Delletta E., deceased ; Ellen, now the wife of H. W. Hale, of Stoughton.


THOMAS IVERSON, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Stoughton ; was born in Norway, in 1837; he emigrated with his father, Iver Hanson, to Wisconsin in 1845, and located on a farm on Sec. 10, town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., where he has since resided, and now owns 200 acres; his father died here in 1865 ; his mother in 1861. Mr. Iverson was married in 1862, to Miss Lucy Hanson, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1842. Their children are John H., Dedrick, Julius, Annie, Carrie, Hattie, Then- dore A., Lewis O. and Otis G. The family are members of the Lutheran Church.


HALVER O. JARGO, Stoughton ; was born in Norway, Feb. 2, 1822; he came to Wis- consin in 1843, and after spending the winter in Waukesha Co., he came in the spring of 1844 to Dane Co., and with his brother entered a farm in the town of Cottage Grove, where they were among the first settlers ; he devoted his time to farming and the business of a veterinarian till 1870, when he sold his farm of 120 acres and removed to the village of Marshall, and to Stoughton in 1875; he was married in 1847, to Ingerberg Targremson, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1843. His parents, Ole and Ann Ashlockson, came to the town of Cottage Grove, Dane Co., some time after he did, and his father died in six weeks after arrival, and his mother in three years after, leaving four sons and two daugh- ters.


JOHN P. JOHNSON, cutter for Johnson & Melaas, Stoughton; was born in Norway in 1832; he began his trade when 13 years old, and has followed it most of the time since; he emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., in 1866, and settled in the town of Christiana ; two years later, he removed to the village of Cam- bridge, when, in 1878, he came to Stoughton as cutter for the present firm. He was married in Nor- way in 1861, to Miss Eliza Johnson ; they have one son-Carl. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are members of the Lutheran Church.


MATHEW JOHNSON, dealer in clothing, dry goods, wool, tobacco, etc., Stoughton ; was born in Norway, in 1836; his mother, Martha Erickson, died when he was quite young; he with his father, John Peterson, emigrated to America in 1853, and located at Janesville, Wis., where he worked at the tailor's trade till 1855, having served his apprenticeship in his native country ; from Janesville he came to Stoughton in 1855, and opened the first merchant tailoring establishment in the village ; beginning with a small capital, which he has carefully fostered till he is now proprietor of an extensive business in that line, and also deals largely in wool and tobacco. Mr. Johnson was elected a member of the Village Board in 1879, and re-elected in 1880. He was married in 1857, to Miss Olivia Johnson, a native of Nor- way, and who came with her parents to Wisconsin in 1841; they have nine children-Josephine C., Martin A., Charles T., Ada, Mathew M., Georgia W., Martha, Olaf F. and Walburg. Mr. Johnson and family are connected with the Lutheran Church.


JOHN H. JOICE, Stoughton; book-keeper tor Severson in lumber-yard ; was born in the town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., Wis., in 1857; his parents, E. J. and Henrietta Joice, emigrated from Norway to this town in 1856 ; when John H. was about 12 years old, they removed to Green Co., Wis., where his father followed farming and coopering for a number of years ; returning to Stoughton in 1866, he attended school here for some time, then spent three years at the Albion Academy, engaged also in teaching before and after completing his studies ; taught book-keeping at Albion and Stoughton nearly a year. He be- gan keeping books for Mr. Severson in 1877. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.


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CHRISTOPHER LARSON, manufacturer of plows, cultivators and agricultural imple- ments, Stoughton ; was born in Norway in 1830, and came to Stoughton, Wis., in 1854, spending a short time here, then he visited a brother in Fond du Lac Co., and hired himself to a farmer near Lodi, Colum- bia Co .; he worked a short time in Madison in the fall of 1855, then spent two years in Sauk Co .; he next came to the town of Christiana, Dane Co., where he carried on the trade till 1867, when he removed to Stoughton, and has since engaged in the manufacture of plows, etc., etc. He was married in 1858 to Sonnuvee Johnson, a native of Norway, who died in 1868, leaving four children-Serena, Maria, Hannah and Louis. His second marriage was in October, 1873, to Betsey Oleson ; their children are Lovina, Adolph, Charles and Alfred. Mr. and Mrs. Larson are members of the Lutheran Church.


JAMES H. LAUGHLIN, telegraph operator, Stoughton ; is a native of Wisconsin, born at Janesville in 1855, and in 1856 with his parents, Thomas and Catharine Laughlin, removed to Stoughton, where they now reside. He began studying telegraphy in the C., M. & St. Paul office at Stoughton, in 1870, under O. M. Turner, and in 1873 he became night operator, and in 1877 day operator. He -was married in 1879 to Ella A. Cutler, a native of Vermont, but who came to Wisconsin about 1864.


FREDRICK LAWS, M. D., allopathic physician and surgeon, Stoughton; was born in Norway in 1849; he received his earlier education in the Latin schools of his native country, where he made preparation for his college work, and, in 1868, he entered the University of Norway, where he com- pleted the study of philosophy and physics, and pursued the study of medicine till 1873; in the autumn of that year, he came to America and entered the senior year of the Chicago Medical College, from which institution he graduated in 1874; he at once entered upon the practice of his profession in the city of Chicago; in the fall of 1878, he went to Mitchell Co., Iowa, where he practiced a few months, and in January, 1879, located in this village, where he has since successfully practiced his profession. He was married, in 1874, to Miss Huldah Olson, of Chicago, who died in March, 1879, leaviog one son-Herbert T .; his second marriage was in May, 1880, to Miss Josephine Mosey, a native of La Salle Co., Ill. The Doctor and wife are members of the Lutheran Church.


L. T. LAWSON, of the firm of N. Anderson & Co., dealers in dry goods, etc., Stoughton ; was born in Norway in 1835, and immigrated to America in 1844, locating at Woodstock, McHenry Co., Ill .; he followed farming there till 25 years old ; he came to Stoughton in 1864, and began clerking in a dry-goods and grocery store, and, in 1874, began work for N. Anderson, and, in 1879, became a partner in the firm. His mother died in McHenry Co., Ill., in 1855, and his father in 1877; they left six sons, of whom he is the only one in Wisconsin.


T. C. LUND, book-keeper and cashier for T. G. Mandt, in the Stoughton wagon and carriage factory ; was born in Norway in 1847, and devoted his time from his boyhood till 1864, in clerking in the mercantile business, in his native country ; emigrating thence to Wisconsin, he engaged in merchandising at the village of Cambria, Dane Co., till 1870, when he removed to Stoughton, and has since been in his present position, except one and a half years spent as Assistant and Superintendent of Public Property, at Madison, having been appointed to those positions by Gov. Taylor. He was Village Clerk for six or eight successive years, and a member of the School Board for two terms. He was married in 1868 to Miss Margaret Johnson, a native of Dane Co., born in the town of Christiana in 1847 ; their children are Arthur, Martha and Christina.


CAROLINE S. (BROWN) LUSK. The subject of this sketch was born in January, 1813, at Montague, Mass .; her immediate ancestors were the Browns and Rawsons, who were lineal descendants of those sturdy old Puritans who braved the dangers of the sea that they might enjoy their religious free- dom ; from these she inherited that energetic and resolute nature which so much characterized her life afterward ; after receiving a good common-school education in her native town, she removed thence, in 1831, to Greenfield, Mass., and engaged in the millinery business with Miss S. M. Filley, at that time well known as a prominent business woman all through the Connecticut Valley ; during her residence in Greenfield, she relinquished her membership in the Presbyterian Church and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which she remained a worthy and faithful member nearly forty-seven years, and until the close of her life; in 1840, she removed to Carthage, N. Y., and afterward to Dunkirk, of the same State, where, in 1845, she was married to J. W. P. Lusk, a native of Madison Co., N. Y .; during her residence in Dunkirk, two children were born to her, viz., Albert P. Lusk (now living) and Oran D. Lusk ; in 1851, she removed with her husband and family to Whitewater, Wis .; retiring from business, she devoted her whole time to the welfare of her family ; in 1854, she suffered the irreparable loss of her youngest son, Oran D. Lusk, who was accidentally killed by a locomotive; in 1856, she again removed, with her hus- band and son, to Stoughton, Wis., where the residue of her life was passed; upon taking up her residence


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in Stoughton, she again actively engaged in business, and was the pioneer milliner of Stoughton and Southern Dane Co., continuing in business from 1856 until 1877, a period of twenty-one years, when, from failing health, she retired from business. Though not of a demonstrative nature, Mrs. Lusk was possessed of a warm heart, and was ever ready to aid the needy and assist the suffering ; she was a true wife and a self-sacrificing and devoted mother ; her religious life was uniform, and her faith in a future life unfalter- ing; her last illness was brief yet severe, but death was no surprise to her ; she was fully prepared and ready to go; she calmly passed away on Dec. 23, 1878; appropriate funeral services were held in the M. E. Church, Stoughton, where the presence of a large congregation attested their appreciation and love for the departed ; the funeral sermon was preached by Rev. I. S. Leavitt, from Psalm, xxiii, 4.




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