History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 188

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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HELLICK O. TEXLEY, farmer, See. 17; P. O. Utica ; native of Norway ; born Nov. 18, 1843. At the age of 10 years, he came with his parents, Ole and Ingeborg Texley, to Wisconsin ; seon after their arrival in Christiana, in August of that year, he came to live with his uncle, Gulbrand Gul- brandson, on See. 17, where he has since resided; his father died the fall after their arrival ; his uncle, July 7, 1880; his mother still lives in this town. Our subject owns a farm of 120 aeres, and has been Assessor of the town for six consecutive years. He was married in November, 1877, to Anna S., daughter of Stephen and Ingeborg Egre, a native of Dane Co., Wis., born in the town of Christiana in September, 1857 ; they are members of the Lutheran Church.

OLE THOSTENSON, tobacco-grower, Clinton; P. O. Christiana; was born in the town of Albion, Dane Co., Wis., in 1844; his father, Tosten Olson, was one of the first Norwegian emigrants to

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America, sailing in a small sloop from that country in 1824; he settled in the town of Albion, on a farm, in 1840, where our subject was born, and spent his time till 1860; he then enlisted in Co. K, 3d W. V. I., in the three-months service, and, at the expiration of his term, returned to his home, and, in the fall of 1861, enlisted in Co. H, 15th W. V. I., under Col. Hans Hage ; he was promoted, in 1862, to Second Sergeant of his company, and as such served with his regiment in the Army of the Cumberland, and took part in the battles of Stone River, Perryville, Chickamanga, Chattanooga and others ; during the months of July and August, 1864, his regiment was with Sherman as far as Atlanta, when they were sent back to intercept Hood at Nashville, and on the return he was taken sick and placed in the hospital at Chattanooga, but was afterward transferred to Hospital No. 3, at Nashville, whence, after examination, he was sent to the General Hospital at Louisville, Ky. ; later still, he was transferred to Mound City, Ill., and thence to the Medical Hospital at Keokuk, Iowa, and while there his term of service expired, and he had regained sufficient health to be mustered out with his regiment at Madison, Wis., Feb. 15, 1865; he then returned to Albion and spent the summer at home, but, Dec. 10, 1865, he left for Leavenworth, Kan., where he was employed to drive a six-ox team from that city to Ft. Union, N. M., then engaged in haul- ing Government provisions between those points; they got as far as the Amboy Crossing, on the Arkansas River, and were there " snowed in," and all were discharged but himself and three others, who were kept to care for the teams; April 10, 1866, they resumed their journey, and reached Ft. Union the 15th day of May following, after which he returned to Leavenworth, and was there employed by a stage company to drive between Manhattan, Kan., and Denver, Col., and in whose employ he remained till December; after spending the winter in Denver, he was again employed by the stage company, and sent with a drove of horses and mules to Ft. C. M. Smith, W. T., whence he went via Cheyenne to Laramie City, W. T., and was there employed as foreman to run railroad ties down the Big Laramie from the mountains to Laramie City, and while the river was frozen over he was sent by this company to inspect wood at Peabody Station, Utah, and in the spring of 1868 he resumed work on the Big Laramie; he went, in the autumn of 1868, to Ft. Laramie, and spent the winter with a ranchman by the name of Jule Coffee, and in July, 1869, he returned again to his home in Wisconsin and engaged in growing tobacco, principally, till 1874, though he spent the winter of 1872 at select school, Chicago; in the autumn of 1874, he was employed to travel with a dramatic troppe through Southern and Central Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin, and after spend- ing the winter in that way he came home again for a short time, when he soon returned to Minnesota, and was sent by Sheriff J. R. Harris, of McCauleyville, up the Red River of the North to hunt an escaped prisoner; he went as far as Ft. Garry, Canada; returning then to his home in Albion, he removed in 1877 to Clinton, where he has since been engaged in the tobacco culture; his mother now lives with him.

ANDREW THRONSON, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Cambridge; is a native of Dane Co., Wis .; born in the town of Albion, in 1848; his parents, Tosten and Caroline Thronson, emigrated from Norway and settled in that town in 1843, where his father afterward died ; his mother died in the town of Christiana, in 1871. Our subject was married in this town, in 1872, to Sarah Ingebrightson, a native of this town; their children are Sophia, Benda A. and Mary B. The family is connected with the Norwe- gian Methodist Church. Mr. Thronson has a farm of 120 acres.

NELS TORGUSON (HOLTEN), farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Utica; horn in Norway in 1824, and came to Wisconsin in 1849, and settled in Christiana; in 1868, he located on his present farm, where he now lives, consisting of 240 acres on Secs. 21 and 28. He was married, in 1852, to Ambjor Olson, a native of Norway, who died in 1875, leaving five children-Ole Olson and Anna Olson, by her previous marriage; Olena, now Mrs. Kittil Hanson, living in this town ; M. Serena, now'Mrs. Martin Lawson, living in Chris- tiana, and Betsey T. His second marriage was to Carrie Smithback, nee Olson, in 1879; she had three children by Mr. Smithback ; she had four children by her first husband, Mr. Johnson, as follows : Ole, Christopher, Betsey and Albert. The family are members of the Lutheran Church.

HELLICK TOSTENSON, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Christiana ; is a native of Dane Co .; born in this town ; his parents, Tosten and Christie Leverson, emigrated from Norway to this county and town in 1842, and located on this farm, where his father died in 1857; his mother still resides with him on the farm ; the family consisted of four children, as follows: Gunder ; Hellick, our subject, who now owns 1983 acres on Sec. 28 ; Martha and Anna. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

GUNNEL OLSEN VINDEG, deceased ; was born in Norway, in 1810, and died in 1845 ; he was brought up as a farmer's son. After his marriage to Gure Peterson, they sailed, in 1838, for the United States, landing in New York City ; from there they found their way to La Salle Co. Ill., and, in 1840, came to Beloit, Wis., where he and Jernund Kundtson procured an Indian canoe and sailed up the Rock River to the Koshkonong, and up the creek by the same name till he reached Sec 26, Christiana-

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probably the first man in the town. He claimed 200 acres and settled on Sec. 35, where he made his home until his death. He left the following children : Betsey, born in 1840, deceased ; Ole Gunnelson, born Feb. 6, 1842, now living on Sec. 35, and has 120 acres of land; was married, in 1866, to Lisa Kundtson ; she was born in Christiana ; they have four children-Gustave, Annette, Peter and Jens; Mrs. Vindeg died in 1853. The family were all members of the Lutheran Church.

JENS PETERSON WEHUUS, farmer, Secs. 35 and 36 ; P. O. Christiana; was born in Norway in 1814, and came to America in 1842, and settled on his farm on Sec. 35, of this town, where he has since lived ; he was married in Christiana, in 1862, to Gertrude Jansen, a native of Norway, and who came to Wisconsin in 1861 ; they have two children-Christie and Gure. The family are members of the Lutheran Church ; owns a farm of 110 acres.

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ANDREW ANDERSON, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Christiana ; was born in this town in 1846; his father, Amund Anderson, was born in Norway in 1806, and emigrated to America in 1836, stopping a few years in La Salle Co., Ill. ; in 1840, he came to the town of Albion, Dane Co., Wis., and located on Sec. 2, as one of its first settlers ; he then entered a farm of 100 acres, and has since made it his home. Andrew, our subject, made his home with his parents until his marriage, in 1869, to Sarah Hendrickson, a native of Jefferson Co., Wis .; he then settled on a farm of 40 acres, which is a portion of his father's original entry ; they have three children, viz. : Alfred, Oscar and Isabel. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are members of the Lutheran Church.

EBEN ANDERSON, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Stoughton; was born in Norway in 1816; he came to Wisconsin in 1854, and settled on Sec. 7, town of Albion, where he now owns a farm of 138 acres; he was married in Norway in 1844, to Julia Halverson; their children are Ole, Andrew, now in Iowa ; Halver, in Iowa also ; Gunder, Anna, now the wife of Fredrick Fredrickson, who lives at Stough- ton, Wis. ; Ingebor, now Mrs. Louis Peterson, who lives in Minnesota; and Betsey. Mr. Anderson's family are members of the Lutheran Church.

JOHN ANDERSON (SUBA), farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Stoughton; was born in Norway in -, and emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., in 1844; he then located his claim on Sec. 6, Albion, then 80 acres, which he began to improve about two years later ; he now owns 120 acres; his parents, Osmund and Sarah Johnson, came to Wisconsin in 1852, and two years later removed to Minnesota, where his father afterwards died, and where his mother now resides. Our subject was a member of the Town Board one term. He was married, in the town of Christiana in 1847, to Gunvor Johnson, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1843; their children are Asmund J., Sarah and Betsey J. Mr. S. and family are members of the Lutheran Church.

OLE O. ANDERSON, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Albion ; born in Norway, in 1825 ; he came to Wisconsin in 1848, and began working for farmers in Albion, Dane Co., and vicinity, till he could pay a debt incurred by his emigration to America ; three years later, he found himself able to buy a claim to 80 acres of land on Sec. 4, for which he paid $360 ; he now owns 360 acres on Secs. 4 and 9. He was married in Albion in December, 1851, to Julia Peterson, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1845 ; their children are Susan, now the wife of O. N. Bosness, who lives in Pope Co., Minn. ; Sophia, Mrs. Martin Mason, of Egerton, Wis. ; Nicholas, Andrew, Peter, Maria, Henry, Martin, Joseph, Eliza- beth, John and Olive. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are members of the Lutheran Church.

SERN E. ANDERSON, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Christiana; is a native of Albion, Dane Co., Wis .; born in 1848 ; his parents, Amund and Isabel Anderson, who emigrated from Norway to La Salle Co., Ill., in 1836, and to Albion, Dane Co., Wis., in 1840, where they still reside. S. E. has always made his home with his parents, and now owns a farm of 60 acres on Sec. 2 of this town. He was married, in 1874, to Helen Mathison, a native of Norway, who emigrated to Wisconsin, in 1867; their children are John A. and Josephine A. . Mr. and Mrs. A. are members of the Lutheran Church.

JOHN D. B. ANDREWS, farmer, Secs. 9 and 10; P. O. Albion ; born in Norway, in 1845, and came with his parents, Andrew and Bertha Anderson, to Wisconsin, in 1849, and settled on Sec. 9, town of Albion, Dane Co., where his father bought a farm of 160 acres, of which our subject now owns 120 acres ; his father died here in 1873 ; his mother died July 11, 1873, leaving four children, of whom he is the youngest.

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JOHN S. BULLIS, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Edgerton ; is a native of Columbia Co., N. Y. ; born in the town of Chatham in 1816; his father, Robert Bullis, was of Holland Dutch descent, and was born in Columbia Co. ; his mother, Mercy Son, was a native also of Columbia Co., N. Y .; they had a family of five children, two girls and three boys, the subject of this sketch being next to the oldest, and all were born in New York, two in Columbia, and three in Rensselaer Co. ; three of them are now living ; they afterward removed to Warren Co., N. Y., and later to Washington Co., where his father worked at the blacksmith's trade, having previously followed that in other counties ; in Angust, 1842, his father, with his two sons, John S. and Edwin, and his son-in-law, Giles Eggleston, and their families, emigrated to Wiscon- sin, and settled in the town of Albion, Dane Co., where they entered land, his father and brother on Sec. 23, and he entered 211 acres on Sec. 13, which has since been his home ; his father worked at black- smithing at Milton during that winter, and, in 1843, began the trade in Albion, which he afterward car- ried on for several years ; he died July 10, 1850 ; his mother died April 2, 1847. John S. has devoted his time wholly to farming in Wisconsin. though he worked at the manufacture of satinet in New York from the age of 15 years till he came West in 1842. He was married in Washington Co., N. Y., April 10, 1839, to Eliza, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Clawson) Groesbeck, nee Berry, a native of Pitts- town, Rensselaer Co., N. Y. ; she died in Albion, Wis., Dec. 23, 1843, leaving two children, viz., David H. S., born Sept. 19, 1840, and died May 4, 1844 ; Hellena, born Nov. 7, 1842, also deceased. His second marriage was July 3, 1844, to Evaline Groesbeck, a sister to his first wife; she died in Albion Nov. 15, 1849, leaving two children-Robert L., born July 2, 1845, and who was married Nov. 9, 1876, to Delphene, daughter of L. and Elizabeth Davis, and now lives on the farm ; Phebe M., born Feb. 14, 1848, now Mrs. George A. Higday, of Evansville, Wis. His third marriage was Jan. 1, 1851, to Ann M. Prime, nee Hurd, daughter of Zenas Hurd, a native of New York ; she died April 6, 1866. Though Mr. Bullis has never, connected himself with any church, he was one of the most active in aiding the Methodist Episcopals in this town in an early day, acting as Steward for them for several years.

JOB BUNTING, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Bussyville; was born in Derbyshire, England, in 1823; son of George and Mary Bunting; parents both deceased ; they died in England ; Job followed brick-making and various kinds of business till 1844, when, with his brother George, he started for the United States, coming to Wisconsin and locating in the town of Albion, and settling on 40 acres on Sec. 3. He was married in Albion, Wis., in 1847, to Mary, daughter of Joseph and Ann Noble, a native of Derbyshire, England, and came to Wisconsin in 1844; they have had six children -Alice (now Mrs. David Wititt, who lives in Jefferson Co.), Anna Salida (now Mrs. Henry Abbott, who lives in Albion), Isaac C. (now married to Miss Sarah Brown, and lives on the farm ), Sarah Ann (died in December, 1879), Joseph, Elizabeth and Amos G. In 1850, Mr. Bunting moved to Janesville and followed teaming for three years, and, in 1853, he settled on his present farm of 100 acres. Members of the Methodist Epis- copal Church.

ETHAN L. BURDICK, Albion ; was born in De Ruyter, N. Y., in June, 1829, and came to Wisconsin with his parents, Samnel P. and Mary Burdick, in 1849, and settled in the town of Fulton, Dear Koshkonong Lake, Rock Co., Wis., on a farm of 270 acres, part of which was in Dane Co .; in 1857, he came to Albion Center, his parents moving there a year or two before ; he began merchandising at this place, which he continued until April, 1880, when he went to Florida, where he is at present, and is engaged in lumbering, running a saw-mill, etc., leaving the store in Albion in charge of his son. Mr. Burdick was married at Newmarket, N. J., in 1853, to Ann F., daughter of Reuben F. and Sarah F. Randolph, a native of that place ; she died July 21, 1879, leaving one soo-Randolph T., born July 31, 1855, now a merchant of Albion. He was married, Dec. 24, 1878, to Julia E., dinghter of William Osborn, of Mil- ton, Wis. A member of the Seventh-day Baptist Church. Was Postmaster for a number of years.

BENJAMIN BUSSEY, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Albion ; was born in Yorkshire, England, in October, 1820; his father, Benjamin Bussey, was a native of Yorkshire, and a farmer, Benjamin. Jr., working on the farm with him until 1845, when he sailed from Hull for America, and landed in Quebec six weeks and two days later, and came, via Montreal, Niagara and Buffalo, to Milwaukee, and reached the town of Albion June 8, 1845, and settled on his present farm, which his brother entered ; he now owns 360 acres. He was married in Albion, in 1853, to Jane, daughter of Thomas North, a native of England, and came to Wisconsin with her parents about 1846; they have seven children-John (at home), Su-an- wh (now the wife of Alfred Abbott, who lives in Dakota), William, Frank, Helen, George and Ezra. Members of the Methodist Church.

SAMUEL CLARKE, farmer, Sec. 15 ; P. O. Albion ; was the first Englishman to settle in this town; he was born in the town of Yorkshire, England, in 1822; son of James and Judith A. Clarke.

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Mr. Clarke came to America, landing in New York July 4, 1842, coming direct to Wisconsin, locating in Albion and settling on his present farm; he now owns 80 acres ; his parents joined him six years later, and made their home with him until the death of his father, which occurred Oct. 26, 1869, aged 72 years ; his mother is still living, and resides on the farm. Mr. C. has been Justice of the Peace for twelve years, member of the Town Board for two terms, and Town Treasurer one term. He was married in Albion, in 1845, to Ruth Marsden, a native of Derbyshire, England, who came with her parents, Samuel and Ann Marsden, in 1844, to Wisconsin ; her father died Feb. 5, 1863 ; Mr. and Mrs. Clarke have two daughters --- Sarah Louisa (now Mrs. James Whittet, living in the town of Sumner, Jefferson Co.) and Martha. Members of the Primitive Methodist Church.

HENRY C. COON, farmer, Sec. 29 ; P. O. Albion ; was born in the town of Wirt, Allegany Co., N. Y., in 1835; came with his parents, Jonathan and Martha Coon, to Wisconsin in 1844, and settled on his present farm of 120 acres, where his father died in 1850; his mother still lives with him, and is 74 years old ; he has always lived on the farm. Has been a member of the Town Board one term, and Justice of the Peace two or three terms. He is a member of the Seventh-day Baptist Church. His sister Miranda is also a member of this church, and lives with him.

LORENZO COON, retired farmer; P. O. Albion Center ; was born in Alfred, Allegany Co., N. Y., in 1818; his parents, Elisha and Sylvia Stillman Coon, were natives of Rhode Island, but removed to Berlin, Rensselaer Co., where they were married, and afterward settled in Alfred, where Lorenzo was born ; he worked at the carpenter's trade in Alfred, but spent his time principally at farming near town until 1842, when he came to Wisconsin in June of that year, and entered a farm of 80 acres in Sec. 27, town of Albion, made a few improvements and spent two years in this vicinity ; then returning to New York, he worked at the carpenter's trade in Alfred for nearly four years, then again removing to Wiscon- sin in 1847, where he worked on his farm, and after two or three years settled on the same, where he remained until 1879, when he rented his farm and removed to the village of Albion. He was married in the town of Alfred, N. Y., in 1846, to Emiline, daughter of Ezikiel and Clarrisa Lanphear Sanders, a native of Allegany Co., N. Y., and her parents were natives of Rhode Island ; they have three daughters -Elmira P., now the wife of Albert C. Burdick, who lives in Albion; Viola S., now the wife of Thomas J. Burdick, and living in Alfred, N. Y .; Sylvia M., now Mrs. Randolph B. Thomas, who lives in the town of Albion. Neither Mr. Coon nor any member of his family uses tobacco in any form. He and his family are members of the Seventh-day Baptist Church.

R. E. CRESSON, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Albion ; was born in Broome Co., N. Y., in 1847 ; his parents, George and Sarah Cresson, were natives of Broome Co., and still live there. R. E. went as Captain's waiter with Capt. John Garcey, of 2d Division, 20th Army Corps, and was his Orderly when he became General of the Army of the Potomac until 1863, and then Army of the Cumberland ; came to Albion in 1865. Went into the army from Broome Co., in 1862; took part in the battle of Lookout Mountain, and was with the only division that went to the top of the mountain.

BARTONEDWARDS, farmer, village of Albion ; P, O. Albion; was born in Washington, Co.,, R. I., May 24, 1816 ; his father, Daniel Edwards, was born in that county July 13, 1757, and when about 20 years old, as was the custom with young men in that vicinity of those days, was employed on the island of Rhode Island during hay harvest ; the man for whom he worked began asking him a few weeks before the first Fourth of July celebration, if he did not mean to attend at Newport ; the young man gave eva- sive or negative answers to the repeated questions, till the old gentleman proposed to pay him wages if he would go, and also proposed that he hitch the oxen to the cart and take the women, while he himself would walk ; the young man accepted the proposition ; contrast then and now. In 1835, the Edwards family removed to Allegany Co., N. Y., where the father of our subject lived a somewhat retired life, but he began work at the wagon-maker's trade at the age of 20 years, and devoted his time to that in the summer, and followed teaching during the winter principally, till 1842 ; he then emigrated to Wisconsin, and located on a farm of 120 acres, in the town of Albion, Dane Co., where he followed farming till 1849; he next removed to Janesville, and there followed the cabinet-maker's trade for nine years ; in 1858, he returned to Albion, bought a small farm, and has singe devoted his time to agriculture and the carpenter's trade, also making a specialty of collections, and transfers of real estate. He has been Town Clerk and a member of the Town Board one term each, Notary Public eight years, and Justice of the Peace for nineteen years. Mr. Edwards was married in Allegany Co., N. Y., in 1839, to Deidamia, daughter of Alpheus and Abby S. Greene, a native of DeRuyter, N. Y .; she died in 1872, leaving two children-A. Addie, now the wife of George F. Torrey, and lives in Boston, and Arthur W., now a druggist of New York City. His second marriage was in Nov. 5, 1873, to Elizabeth Dunn, nee Randolph, a daughter of Reuben and Sarah Ran-

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dolph, a native of New Market, N. J. ; her mother now lives with them, and is 81 years old. Mrs. Edwards has two children by her first marriage-Gertrude Dunham, now Mrs. Buten, of Milton June- tion, Wis .; Alfred S. Dunham, a farmer of Milton, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. E. are members of the Seventh- day Baptist Church.

HOLIVER HOLTON GULIKSON, farmer, Secs. 5 and 6; P. O. Utica; born in Nor- way in 1823; emigrated to America in 1846, and settled on his present farm, where he now owns 160 aeres. He was married in Albion, Wis., in 1852, to Isabel Olson, a native of Norway, and who came to Wisconsin in 1847; their daughters are nine, as follows: Annie, Rachel M., now the wife of Andrew Brectson, and lives in the town of Pleasant Springs ; Julia, now Mrs. John Bjornson, and lives in the town of Christiana; Olena, Isabel, Helena, Etta, Josephina and Tena. The family is connected with the Lutheran Church.

EDWARD GUNDERSON, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Stoughton; born in Norway in 1835; came to Wisconsin in 1870, and located in the town of Albion, Dane Co. In the spring of 1878, he bought his present farm of 116 acres. He was married in Norway in 1857 to Esther Gunderson, who died there in 1869, leaving two sons-Gilbert and Gunder, who now reside with their father. Mr. G. and sons are members of the Lutheran Church.

SAMUEL HALL, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Albion; born in Derbyshire, England, in 1818; son of Henry and Ann Hall, also natives of Derbyshire; devoted his time to farming in England until 1845, when he and his brother George, then a young man, sailed from Liverpool April 28 of that year, and after a voyage of thirty days landed in New York City; came immediately to Wisconsin, locating in Albion, and settled on his present farm of 100 acres, where he has since lived. He was married in England, Dec. 25, 1843, to Sarah Unwin; she died in Albion in 1865, leaving no family ; married his present wife in Albion, April 18, 1866; her maiden name was Ann Wright, daughter of William and Martha Wright, a native of Derbyshire, and came with her parents to Albion in 1844, where her mother died; her father went to California after the death of his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have two children- Martha A. and George W. H. Members of the Primitive Methodist Church.

C. R. HEAD, M. D., alopathie physician and surgeon, Albion; is a native of Allegany Co., N. Y .; his father, Solomon Head, was born in Pennsylvania, and, at his father's death, hired quite a landed estate in the Susquehanna River country, but lost it all through litigation and the attempt to settle up his affairs. He afterward settled in Dutchess Co., N. Y., and there devoted his time to the mechanic's trade for a term of years; later still, he removed to Alfred, Allegany Co., where he was married to Sarah Coon, and raised a family of six children, of whom the Doctor is the third, and was born in 1821. The family removed to Milton, Rock Co., Wis., in 1839; but the Doctor spent the winters of 1839-40, in Ful- ton Co., Ill., and, in the following summer, rejoined his father's family at Milton. He devoted his time to teaching during the winters of 1841-42, 1842-43, at Foster's Ferry, Rock Co., Wis. In the spring of 1843, he returned to New York, and completed his studies at the Alfred Academy, now University, in 1844, and, while pursuing his studies at the academy, he spent his leisure hours in a doctor's office at Alfred Center. Soon after leaving the academy, he attended a course of lectures at Castleton, Vt., and in the autumn of 1844, entered the college of physicians and surgeons of New York City. He returned to Wisconsin in the summer of 1845, and began at once to improve a farm which he had entered in July, 1841. While chopping in the woods one day, a man came in great haste for him to visit a sick man near Koshkonong, and from that day he was compelled to continue the practice without being able to return to the college till 1847, there being at one time seventy-two cases of fever under his care in 1846, compelling him at one time to ride five days and nights without sleeping. He graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1848, and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession at Albion. He was appointed Surgeon of the Board of Enrollment for the Second Congressional District in 1863, and held that position till August, 1865. He was elected a member of Assembly in 1853; re-elected in 1855, and in 1862, was returned a third time to the House. He has been President of the Board of Trustees of Albion Seminary for twenty-seven years, and is now a member of the Board of Pen- sion Surgeons, located at Madison. He was married at Albion, in 1854, to Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Rachel Potter, a native of Rensselaer Co., N. Y., and who came to Wisconsin in 1848; they have two sons-Louis R., now a student at the State University, and Mark A., a student at the Albion Academy.

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History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 188

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