History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 191

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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this town ; Talitha M., now the wife of Peter Hurd and lives in the town of Cottage Grove ; Lorena J., Alma D., Eunice C., Charles F., William E., Frank L. and Harley J.

JOHN PATTERSON, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Stoughton ; a native of Trumbull Co., Ohio ; was born there in 1833 ; his father, John Patterson, was born in Pennsylvania, and removed to Trumbull Co., Ohio, when a boy, and there early learned the wheel-wright trade. He was married there to Elizabeth Meyer, with whom and a family of nine children, he emigrated in 1846, to the town of Pleasant Spring, Dane Co., Wis., where they arrived the 28th day of April, and lived till about 1870, when they went to Grundy Co., Iowa ; John bought a farm in the town of Dunn, in 1856, and ten years later, removed to the town of Sun Prairie for three years, then came to this town, where he now has 280 acres, on Seos. 28, 29 and 32. He was married in Dane Co., Wis., in 1856, to Sarah J., daughter of John Lynch, a native of Ohio; they have eight children, as follows : Ida P., now Mrs. Harvey; Hawman, who lives at home; Orrin W., Dora, Edgar J., Etta, Everett James and Myrtie.

PETER QUAMM, farmer, Secs. 30 and 31; P. O. Stoughton ; was born in Norway in 1835, and came to Dane Co., Wis., in 1866; he settled then in this town, and, in 1870, bought his present farm of 100 acres. He was married, in this town, in 1871, to Miss Julia Johnson, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1868; they have one son-George W. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

GUNDER KITTELSON RENDEN, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Door Creek ; born in Norway in 1823; he emigrated to Wisconsin in 1843, and located on Sec. 3, town of Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., where he lived for about three years, then removed to his present farm of 240 acres, and has since made this his home. He was married, in 1851, to Miss Turena Tollefson, who emigrated from Norway in 1845, and died here in 1854, leaving two children-Kittel, now a farmer in Minnesota; and Tollef, who died at the age of 22 weeks. His second marriage was in 1856, to Torger Olson, a native of Norway, and an emigrant to Wisconsin in 1843; their children are Kittel, also a farmer in Minnesota ; Tona, now Mrs. O. A. Drotning, of this town ; Tollia and Lewis, at home ; and Tilla, now deceased. The family is connected with the Lutheran Church.

TOLLIF KITTELSON RENDEN, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Door Creek; born in Norway in July, 1826, and, in 1843, with his parents, Kittel and Jorund Kittelson, he came to Dane Co., Wis., and settled on this section, where his parents afterward died-his mother, March 18, 1852, and his father in March, 1870 ; Tolliff has made his home on this section since he came to Wisconsin, and now owns a farm of 200 acres on Secs. 3, 9 and 10. He was a member of the Town Board one term, and was Town Treasurer in 1879. He was married in this town in April, 1855, to Miss Clara Halverson, who emigrated from Norway to Wisconsin about 1850; their children are Charles T., Halver J., Jane S .. George J., Sarah J., Torge A., Hendra, Anna, Tilla, Bertha, Nicholi A. and Frederick A. Mr. R. and. family are members of the Lutheran Church.

HELLICK K. ROE, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Stoughton ; born in this town in December 1847 ; his parents, Knudt and Anna (Johnson) Hellickson, came from Norway to La Salle Co., Ill., in 1839, and, in 1842, to Muskego, Racine Co., Wis., whence, in 1843, they came to this county and town, and located on this farm, where Mr Hellickson made his home till his death, which occurred in 1874 or 1875; Mrs. H. still lives with her son on this farm. Mr. Roe has always lived on this farm, and now owns 160 acres. He and his mother are members of the Lutheran Church.

OLE K. ROE, farmer, Sec. 23 ; P. O. Stoughton ; was born on Sec. 22 of this town in 1851 ; his parents, Knudt and Anna Hellikson, emigrated from Norway, and settled in Illinois in 1841, and three years later removed to this town, and lived under three large oak trees on Sec. 22 until they could put up their shanty ; Mr. Hellikson often went to Milwaukee with his ox team for provisions for himself and neighbors. He died oo his farm in 1875 ; Ole K made his home with his parents till 1873, when he bought this farm of 120 acres on Sec. 23, and has since resided on the same. He was married Nov. 26, 1875, to Miss Lena Felland, a native of this town, born here in 1855; they have one son, Carl, and are members of the Lutheran Church.

JEROME S. SCOLEN, farmer, Sec. 33 ; P. O. Stoughton ; a native of Norway, was born Jan. 1, 1832, and came with his parents, Sven and Elizabeth Scolen, to Dane Co., Wis., in 1850, and settled in this town. Five or six years later they settled on this farm of 230 acres, where he has since re- sided ; he has 56 acres in the town of Dunkirk, and 10 acres in Sec. 28 of Pleasant Springs. His father died here in November, 1870; his mother still lives on this farm. Mr. Scolen was married in this town, Jan. 1, 1868, to Rebecca Erickson, a native of Norway, and who came to Wisconsin about 1866. Mr. and Mrs. S. are members of the Lutheran Church.

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SEAMON SEAMONSON, farmer, Secs. 9 and 16 ; P. O. Stoughton; was born in Norway Nov. 12, 1828, and emigrated to Wisconsin in 1843, settling at that time in Jefferson Prairie, Rock Co .; in 1846, he removed to this town and located on this section, where he now owns a farm of 80 acres, and has since lived. He was married in this town in August, 1860, to Isahel Knudtson, a native of Norway, and who came to Racine Co., Wis., in 1846, and later to Dane Co. Mr. and Mrs. Seamonson are members of the Lutheran Church.

WILLIAM SEAMONSON, farmer, Sec. 16 and 17 ; P. O. Stoughton ; is a native of Nor- way, born in February, 1840 ; his father, Seamon Aslakson, emigrated to Wisconsin in 1842, and stopped in the town of Muskegon, Racine Co., where William and his mother joined him in the following year ; they soon removed to Rock Co., and settled five miles east of Beloit, whence, in August, 1846, they came to the town of Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., and located on Sec. 9, where his father soon after died ; his mother died there in 1873 ; Mr. Seamonson made that his home till 1865, when he bought his present farm of 100 acres. He enlisted in Co. D, of the 23d W. V. I., in August, 1862, under Col. J. J. Gup- pey, and served as Sergeant of his company in the army of the Tennessee, Mississippi and Gulf, till mus- tered out at Mobile, Ala., July 4, 1865, whence he returned to Madison, Wis., and was discharged July 23, following. He was elected a member of the Town Board in 1867, Town Treasurer in 1868, Chair- man in 1869, and was re-elected to the last position in 1870, '71, '72, '74 and '78 ; he was elected a mem- ber of the Wisconsin Assembly from his District in 1876, and was Assistant Sergeant at Arms of the Assembly during the session of 1878. He has always taken an active part in the politics of his town and county, and has been three times chosen a delegate to the Republican State Convention. He was married in 1865, to Miss Randy Christopher, a native of Norway, and who died in 1874, leaving two children- Cornelia C., who died in June, 1875; Charles S., now living. His second marriage was in October, 1877, to Miss Isabel Gullikson, a native of this town, born in 1854; their children are Randy C. and Thomas A. Mr. and Mrs. S. are members of the Lutheran Church.

ANDREW C. SHARPE, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Utica ; born in this town and on this seo- tion in 1852 ; his parents, Christian and Christiana Olson, emigrated from Norway, and settled on this farm in 1850, where they have since resided, and where Andrew C. now owns a farm of 120 acres, which he bought of his father in 1877. Mr. Sharpe was married in January, 1880, to Miss Parena Gjorda, a native of this town ; born in 1854. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

OLE K. TEISBERG, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Stoughton ; born in Norway in 1840; at the age of 3 years he, with his parents, Knudt H. Aasne Teisberg, emigrated to Wisconsin, and settled in Milwaukee Co .; six months later, they removed to the town of Cottage Grove, Dane Co., whence, in 1846, they came to this town and section, where Ole K. has since lived, and now has a farm of 150 acres. He has been a member of the Town Board for three terms, and Town Treasurer for two terms. He was mar- ried in this town, Jan. 1, 1868, to Miss Anna Scolen, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1850 ; their children are Anna L., Julia Caroline, Carl O. and Samuel H. Mr. and Mrs. Teisberg are members of the Lutheran Church.

TOWN OF RUTLAND.

ALMON BELL, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Rutland; a native of New Jersey ; born in Warren Co. in 1818; his father, Joseph Bell, was born in Sussex Co., N. J., and settled on a small place in War- ren Co., where he devoted his time to various kinds of business. The mother of our subject, Elizabeth Parker, was also a native of Sussex Co. Almon emigrated from New Jersey to Dane Co., Wis., in 1848, and settled on Sec. 21, town of Rutland, where he has since lived, and now has a farm of 120 acres. In 1852, he left his family on the farm in this town, and crossed the plains with an ox-team to California, and there engaged in mining for nearly three years; whence, in 1855, he returned to his home in Rutland, and has since been engaged in farming. Mr. Bell has been variously connected with the public interests of the town, holding every office in the town except that of clerk, and serving in the capacity of Chairman for three or four terms, and Justice of the Peace for twenty-five years. He was married in Warren Co., N. J., in 1842, to Miss Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mercy Shampnor, a native of New Jersey ; their children are John S., now a resident of this town; Winfield S., now a carpenter and joiner in the town of Oregon ; Theodore F., now in Iowa ; Aaron in this town; William H., now a resident of Dunkirk ; Mary A., now Mrs. Alonzo Devine, who lives in Oregon ; Laura, now Mrs. John Parish, who lives in Rutland ; Almon H.,

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at home; Orson, in Union, Rock Co., Wis .; Eva in Oregon, Wis .; Hattie. The family is connected with the Free-Will Baptist Church.

HARVEY BIGLOW, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Brooklyn; a native of Vermont; was born at Weathersfield, Windsor Co., June 12, 1799 ; his father, Silas Biglow, was born in Winchendon, Worcester Co., Mass., in 1767, of English parentage ; he died in Windsor Co., Vt., at the age of 66 years. The mother of our subject, Elizabeth Boynton, a lineal descendant of Col. John Boynton, of Wethersfield, Vt., a commander in the French and Indian war, was also a native of Massachusetts; she died in Vermont, in April, 1833. Harvey, a farmer by vocation, devoted his attention to agriculture in his native county till 1845, when, on the 13th of May, with his family, he started for Wisconsin, and arrived at Janesville June 1, following. A few weeks later he selected his present location in the town of Rutland, Dane Co., entered 120 acres, and bought a claim to 80 acres more. Here he has since resided, and now has a farm of 190 acres on Sec. 29, and 40 acres on Sec. 20. Mr. Biglow was one of the School Commissioners of this town under the Territorial law ; was at one time Town Treasurer; has been a member of the Town Board for two or three terms, and Chairman of the same for one year ; he was married in Windsor Co., Vt., in 1824, to Lorinda, daughter of Benjamin and Hulda Page, a native of that county ; they have had five children, viz .: Lory A., the late wife of Sherman L. Miller, of Porter, Rock Co., Wis., now deceased ; Hamilton, for- merly of this town, now deceased ; Malcom F., who died at the age of 23 years; Lucy, now Mrs. Elnathan Sewell, of Evansville, Wis .; Lucius F., who married Florence Douglas, of Janesville, Wis., in 1872; they have two children-F. Edna and Roy; they lost one son, Arthur. Mr. Biglow's family is connected with the Baptist Church.

JEROME BIXBY, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Stoughton ; was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1827 ; his father, George Bixby, was a native of Connecticut, and his mother, Eunice Taylor, was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1799. In 1847 our subject, with his parents, emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., and settled in the town of Dunkirk, near Stoughton, where he lived till 1852, then removed to the town of Rutland and located on Sec. 10, where he now owns a farm of 140 acres ; he has been a member of the Town Board for two terms.

JAMES COURTIER, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Union ; a native of Pennsylvania ; was born in Bradford Co., in December, 1825 ; his father, John Courtier, a farmer, was also born in Pennsylvania and of German parents ; his mother, Nancy Doroughty, a lady of Irish and Welsh parentage, was a native of Pennsylvania. In the autumn of 1839, Mr. John Courtier with his family emigrated to Licking Co., Ohio, and two years afterward removed to Ripley Co., Ind., whence, in 1842, they came to Wisconsin, locating then in the town of Johnstown, Rock Co., for two years ; they then removed to the town of Union for two years, and in 1846 settled on Sec. 32, town of Rutland, Dane Co., and two years later still they settled on Sec. 34 of this town, where Mrs. Courtier died in 1864; Mr. Courtier died in Marion Co., Iowa, in 1870. James has made his home on Sec. 34, of this town, since their location there in 1848; he now owns 85 acres on Secs. 34 and 35, of Rutland, and 40 acres on Sec. 5. town of Union, Rock Co .; he was married in Union, Rock Co., in December, 1860, to Mary Ellen, daughter of Jesse and Nancy Aller, a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Wisconsin in 1842; their children are Lelan B., Jesse U., Lemuel B. and William C. Mrs. Courtier is a member of the Baptist Church.

ERI P. DANKS, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Stoughton ; a native of Vermont; was born in Addi- son Co. in February, 1824; he is the son of Oratio Danks, a native of Massachusetts, and Ruby Hall, a native of Vermont ; before Eri was a year old, his parents removed to Portage Co., Ohio, where his father died about six years later ; in May, 1848, the subject of this sketch emigrated to Wisconsin and selected his present location, entering 110 acres on Sec. 1, town of Rutland, Dane Co., where he now owns 150 acres ; he spent the summer improving his farm, and on the 15th day of October, 1848, started for Ohio, where he remained during the winter ; returning to Dane Co., Wis., in the spring of 1849, he again resumed work on his farm, but devoted his attention to teaching the following winter, and since the close of the school, has devoted his attention wholly to farming and stock-raising. Mr. Danks has been variously connected with the offices of his town, and has been a member of the board for a number of terms. He was married in the town of Union, Rock Co., Wis., June 23, 1850, to Fidora E., daughter of Franklin and Mary Chappell, a native of New York ; she died Nov. 2, 1859, leaving three children-Henry, Martin and Morencie (who is now the wife of Martin Penewell, of the town of Dunn) ; his second marriage was May 1, 1860, to Sarah J., daughter of John K. and Eunice T. Richardson, a native of Chautauqua Co., N. Y., and who came with her parents to Rock Co., Wis., in 1844, where her father afterward died. Mr. and Mrs. Danks have six children, viz., Albert E., Eunice A., Millie M., Adelbert W., Harvey E. and Claude N. The family is connected with the Baptist Church of Rutland.

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JOSEPH DE JEAN, farmer, Sec. 29 ; P. O. Rutland ; a native of New York; was born in Genesee Co., Feb. 12, 1816 ; his father, Stephen De Jean, was born in Paris in 1785, and, at the age of 16 years, and at the time of a rebellion in Paris, made his escape from that city and sailed for America ; be stopped for a time at Albany, N. Y., but later went to Genesee Co., where he located ; he was a soldier in the war of 1812. He was married to Cornelia Rouse, a native of Genesee Co., N. Y., but of French and English parentage. When Joseph was only 6 weeks old, his parents removed with him to Chautau- qua Co., where he lived till 1837. He was married there Nov. 9, 1836, to Almira, daughter of Benjamin and Catharine (Strunk) Lee, a native of Chautauqua Co. ; March 1, 1837, they left Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., for Wisconsin, traveling four days in their sleighs ; they then exchanged them for wagons, in which they completed their trip to Chicago, Ill., in twenty-five days; in his attempt to get through that city, he mired in the mud in front of the Tremont House, which detained him a half-day, and compelled him to send his household goods to Milwaukee by the boat, while he drove through the country with his teams ; hc settled in the town of Waukesha (then Prairieville), Waukesha Co., where he joined his father, who had preceded him ; landing in Waukesha with only $4, he was compelled to sell his only horse for flour at $30 per barrel, and paid at the rate of $50 per barrel for pork and $5 per bushel for potatoes ; he removed, in 1838, to Janesville, Rock Co., and, in the spring of 1840, he came to the town of Rutland, Dane Co .; entered 40 acres on Sec. 30-" broke" 10 acres-built his log shanty, to which, Oct. 10, he removed his family as the first pioneers of the town ; he kept adding to his 40 acres till he now owns 160 acres on Secs. 29, 30 and 31. Mr. De Jean has always taken an active part in the affairs of his town, and has been a member of the board for several terms; he was also Deputy County Sheriff for several years. Mrs. De Jean died Aug. 23, 1877, leaving seven children, viz., Catharine, now the wife of David Hodgson, who lives in Peabody, Kan. ; John, now at Ft. Collins, Colo .; Mary, now Mrs. A. W. Barber, of this town ; Salina, now Mrs. Sidney Slater, of this town ; Charles, now a farmer of this town ; Ellen and George Will- iam at home; they had lost four-Harrison, who enlisted in Co. E, 23d W. V. I., in 1862, and died at Vicksburg in 1863; Cornelia, the late Mrs. H. Thompson, deceased; George W., who died at the age of 12 years; Franklin, who died at the age of 15 years. Mr. De Jean was married, Oct. 15, 1878, to Mrs. Hannah A., the widow of the late William E. Lockwood, of Rutland, who died Sept. 4, 1874. Mrs. De Jean is a native of Windsor Co., Vt., and came to Wisconsin in 1852; she has two children-Sarah J., now the wife of A. J. Parker, of Rutland ; and Henry D. Lockwood, of this town, and who enlisted in the 23d W. V. I., in 1862; was brought home by his mother in June, 1863, on account of sickness, and was discharged at Madison, Mr. W. E. Lockwood enlisted in 1861, and was discharged in 1862, on account of disability for service. Mrs. De Jean lost six children-Emerson A., Emily, Harvey, Sophia W., Horace A., Mary A.

SOLON DEVOLL, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Stoughton; a native of Vermont; born in Weathersfield, Windsor Co., in 1823 ; his father, James, was the son of James Devoll, and was born in Massachusetts; he removed with his father's family to Vermont when quite young ; Solon's mother, Eliza Gould, was a native of Vermont ; our subject emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., in 1852, and settled on Sec. 23, town of Rutland, where he resided till 1872, then removed to this section ; he now owns 200 acres on Secs. 13 and 14. Mr. Devoll was Assessor of the town for a number of years, has been a mem- ber of the board for several terms, and Chairman of the same for a number of terms. He was married in Windsor Co., Vt., in 1849, to Frances M., daughter of Reuben and Elizabeth Stow, a native of that county ; their children are De Wane, S. Calvin and Carrie, who is now the wife of Amasa Guernsey, and lives at Fort Dodge, Iowa.

HIRAM H. DOAN, farmer, Secs. 1 and 2; P. O. Stoughton; born in Penobscot Co., Me., in 1832; he is the son of J. L. and Rachel Doan, natives also of that State, and with whom he emigrated in 1849 to Dane Co., Wis. ; they located on Sec. 2, town of Rutland, where they still reside. H. H. enlisted in Co. H, 10th W. V. I., Dec. 4, 1861, and served with his regiment in the Army of the Tennessee, and with Sherman ; was veteranized in 1864, and was mustered out at Madison July, 1865. He then returned home, and has since devoted his time to farming; he now owns a farm of 65 acres on Secs. 1 and 2. He was married, in 1866, to Miss Lucia F., the only daughter of Absalom and Electa (Danks) Burbanks, natives of Vermont, and who emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., in 1845, locating at that time on Sec. 1, of Rutland, where they have since lived. Mr. and Mrs. Doan have three sons-Thurlow, Elmer and Ernest.

JOHN DUDLEY, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. O. Union ; a native of Vermont; was born in Orleans Co., in 1823; his father, Timothy Dudley, was a native of New Hampshire. At the age of 19 years, he removed with his parents to Orleans Co., Vt., where he was afterward married to Patience Jackson.

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John, the oldest of eight children, spent his time at farming in Caledonia Co., to which his father removed when he was quite young ; at the age of 18 or 19, our subject returned to Orleans Co., whence, in the fall of 1844, he emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., and spent the winter at work for S. W. Graves in the town of Rutland ; in July, 1845, he went to Janesville, Rock Co., and worked for Mr. Chapin for three years ; he returned to Rutland in 1848, and bought his present farm of 120 acres on Sec. 35 ; however, he did not locate upon it at that time, but was employed by Mr. Chapin Biglow and others till 1852, when he began to improve his farm, and has since made it his home. Mr. Dudley has been a member of the Town Board for two terms. He was married in the town of Porter, Rock Co., Wis., in 1852, to Rhoda C., daughter of William and Jane (Cheney) Simmons, a native of Rutland, Vt., who came to Wisconsin in 1849 ; her parents came in 1846, but died in Minnesota-father, in 1871 ; mother, in 1872.

HAYHOW FLATT, farmer, Sec. 11 ; P. O. Stoughton ; born in the County of Norfolk, England, in 1828; his father, Joseph Flatt, a farmer, was born in Norfolk in 1793, and emigrated to America, and to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1852, and to Dane Co. in 1853, where he died in June, 1876 ; his mother, Ann Coates, a native of the County of Norfolk, died there in February, 1852. Hayhow immigrated to America in October, and spent the winter, chopping, in Medina Co., N. Y., whence, in the spring of 1852, he went to Livingston Co., N. Y., where he met his wife, who had just arrived from England; immigrating to Dane Co., Wis., in 1853, they settled on Sec. 13, town of Rutland, for the winter, and, in the spring of 1854, removed to the town of Dunkirk, for two years ; he then returned to Sec. 13, Rutland; three years later, removed to Sec. 12, whence, in 1861, he came to Sec. 11, where he now has a farm of 120 acres ; he also has 20 acres on Sec. 12. Mr. Flatt was the second man to begin the tobacco culture in Rutland, his first crop being in 1864. He was Assessor of the town one term, and a member of the board two terms. He was married in Norfolk, England, in 1850, to Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and Ann Wortley, and a native of that county ; she died in Dane Co., Wis., in 1854, leaving one daughter, Eliza, who died soon after.

ANDREW GILLIES, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Cooksville; was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, about 1827 ; he early learned the weaver's trade with his father and brothers, and followed that and the business of a herdsman there till 1845; with his brothers, in May, 1845, he sailed for America, landing in New York City the last day of that month ; he came then to the town of Porter, Rock Co., and, in 1847, settled on Sec. 36, town of Rutland, Dane Co .; he now has a farm of 132 acres on Secs. 25 and 36. He was married in Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1843, to Hannah, daughter of Joseph McClaren, a native of that shire.

GEORGE GILLIES, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Cookville; a native of Scotland; was born in Fifeshire Dec. 31, 1823 ; he is the son of James and Jennett Gillies, also natives of Fifeshire, and both of whom died there; when George was about 12 years old, he began the weaver's trade with his father, and followed that business there till 1845 ; he sailed in May of that year from Liverpool for America, and landed in New York City the last day of the same month; he then came to the town of Porter, Rock Co., and, two years later, to the town of Rutland, Dane Co., locating at that time on Sec. 25, where he now has 120 acres. He was married at Janesville, Wis., in August, 1850, to Jennett McCarra, a native of Fife- shire, who came to Wisconsin in 1850 ; their children are Agnes W. (now the wife of Charles Warring- ton, who lives in Mitchell Co., Iowa), James (at home), Jennett (now Mrs. Henry Douglass, and lives in Porter Rock Co., Wis.), George W., Jonna M., Robert S., Maggie E., John E. and Hattie E. (who are at home). The family is connected with the Congregational Church.

JAMES GILLIES, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Cookville; was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1815; he is the son of James Gillies, a weaver by vocation, and with whom, at the age of 13 years, he began the same trade, and continued that business there fifteen years ; in May, 1845, he sailed from Liver- pool for America, and landed in New York City on the last day of that month, and came thence to the town of Porter, Rock Co., Wis .; a few months later, he bought 80 acres on Secs. 35 and 36, town of Rut- land, Dane Co., to which he then removed, and upon which he has since resided; he now owns a farm of 231 acres on Secs. 25, 35 and 36, of this town. He was married in Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1841, to Elspit, daughter of William and Betsey (Pigge) Hume, a native of that shire; they have two children-James H. (who married Isabel Newman, and resides on this farm ; they have two children-Ines M. and William) and Jennett (now the wife of Nathan T. Slosson, who lives in this town). The family is connected with the Congregational Church.

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History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 191

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