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JONAS JOHNSON, carpenter and joiner, McFarland ; was born in Norway in August, 1825; he emigrated to Wisconsin in 1855, stopped six months at Milwaukee, whence he came to Stoughton, Dane Co., and thence to McFarland, where he has since lived. Mr. Johnson was the first blacksmith at MoFarland, which he continued, in connection with other business, till 1860; then began carpentering and building, which he now follows. He was married in Norway, about 1845, to Bertha Everson, who died in
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Dane Co., Wis., in 1855, Icaving one daughter, Mary, who is now deceased ; his second marriage was in 1857, to Christina Johnson, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin that year.
SURE JOHNSON, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. McFarland; was born in Norway in 1838, and emi- grated to Dane Co., Wis., in 1856 ; locating at that time in the town of Blooming Grove, he there followed farm labor and farming till 1865, except five winters, which he spent in the pineries; he located in 1865 on Sec. 3, town of Dunn, where he now has a farm of 117 acres; he was a member of the Town Board for two terms, Town Treasurer for two years, and Census Enumerator of Dunn in 1880; he was married in Blooming Grove in 1862 to Betsey Anderson, a native of Norway, and who came to Wisconsin in 1854 ; they have six children, as follows: Lena, John, Mary, Christina, Sarina and Ellen. Mr. Johnson and family are members of the Lutheran Church.
GEORGE KEENAN, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. McFarland; a native of Ireland ; was born in Kings County, in August, 1818; when 16 years of age, he, with two brothers and two sisters, emigrated to America ; their parents, John and Catherine, had previously died in Ireland. The family of five children settled in La Grange Co., Ind., where the subject of this sketch worked at the boot and shoe maker's trade for four years ; Mr. Keenan was married in La Grange Co., Ind., in 1839, to Miss Matilda, daughter of William and Ellen Fox, a native of Ireland, and who came to America in 1852; soon after marriage, Mr. Keenan, with his wife, a brother and sister, et al., emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., and located in the town of Fitch- burg, whence, in 1857, he removed to Sec. 20 of this town, where he has since lived; he now owas a farm of 680 acres on Secs. 16, 20 and 21. Mr. and Mrs. K. have had eight children-Catherine, now Mrs. John Colladay, and lives with her parents ; Anthony, who died at the age of 28 years ; Charlotte, Mrs. Horace Colladay, who lives in this town ; William, a farmer in this town ; Carric, at home; George, a stu- dent at the State University ; Fannie and Adeline, at home. Mrs. Keenan had the pleasure of buying the first washtub ever brought to Madison.
MICHAEL LALLEY, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. McFarland; was born in County Roscom- mon, Ireland, in 1821; May 4, 1841, he left his native county and set sail from Dublin via Liverpool for America, and landed in Boston, Mass., in June following; here he followed the business of a gardener till 1855, whence he migrated westward till he reached Dane Co., Wis .; he then settled in the town of Madi- son, and there followed farming till 1859, whence he removed to this town and located on this section, where he has since lived ; he now has a farm of 384 acres on Secs. 21 and 28; he was married in Boston, in 1846, to Ellen McCarthy, a native of that city, and who died there in 1848, leaving one son, James, who is now in Minnesota; his second marriage was in Boston, in 1849, to Mary Keegen, a native of County Roscommon, Ireland, and who died in Dane Co., Wis., in 1856, leaving three children-Ambrose, at home ; William and John, who are now in Minnesota ; his third marriage was in 1858 to Margaret Con- nahan, a native of Ireland; their children are Sarah and Stephen. Mr. and Mrs. Lalley are members of the Catholic Church.
WILLIAM LARLOR, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Syene; he was born July 23, 1810, at Ten- akill, Queen's County, Ireland; his father, Patrick Larlor, of said place, was for many years a Represent- ative from that county in the British House of Commons, and was Magistrate of the county until his death, when his son Richard succeeded him as a member of the House of Commons; the mother of our subject was Ann Dillon, of Queen's County also. On the 14th day of April, 1837, William Larlor left his father's home and went to Liverpool, whence, on the 25th day of the same month, he set sail for America on board the packet-ship Pennsylvania Swallowtail, and landed in New York City June 3, following ; after a five-days stay in the city, he again pushed his course westward; passing up the Hudson on a steamboat, he then took the canal for Buffalo, thence to Detroit, Mich., and from there he went to Lima, La Grange Co., Ind., where he purchased a farm ; in 1839, he visited Chicago, Waukegan (then Little- port), Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee, and in 1843, emigrated from Indiana, via Chicago, to Madison, Wis., and settled in what is now the town of Oregon, Dane Co. ; returned again to La Grange Co., Ind., where, in 1844, he was married to Amelia, daughter of William and Ellen Fox, a native of Ireland ; in 1846, with his wife and one child, an ox-team and a fixed purpose, he again started for Wis- consin, and made the trip of 300 miles in ten days ; arriving at Oregon and finding his claim "jumped," he selected his present farm of 150 acres in the town of Dunn, having his deed signed by James K. Palk, then President of the United States. Mr. Larlor has always taken an active part in the affairs pertaining to the interests of his town, and served two or three terms as Chairman of the board ; he was nominated in 1878 for Assemblyman from his district. Their children are : Patrick E., who enlisted in the 31st W. V. I., and died at Washington in May, 1865; William, a farmer in this town ; Mary, Ellen, Ann, Kate, Emma, Alice, Richard, now in Iowa ; James and John, at home.
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SAMUEL MANSON, clerk for F. Eighmy and Town Clerk, McFarland; was born in Franklin Co., N. Y., in 1853, and is the son of William and Lucinda Manson, with whom he came to Dane Co., Wis., in 1854, and located at that time on Sec. 29, town of Dunn, where his father afterward died, and where his mother now lives; Mr. Manson began clerking for Mr. Eighmy at McFarland in 1875, and has been with him as such ever since that time. He was elected Town Clerk in 1874, and re-elected in 1875-78-79-80.
JOHM M. SAMPSON, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Stoughton ; he was born in Penobscot Co., Me., in 1820, and is the son of Robert and Nancy ( Mains) Sampson, who were also natives of that county, and afterward died there; Mr. Sampson emigrated to Wisconsin in 1850, and, after spending a year at Milwaukee at the carpenter's trade, he came then to the town of Dunn, Dane Co., and located on Sec. 28, and, in 1855, settled on this farm of 104 acres. He has been Chairman of the Town Board for four suc- cessive years, and was a member of that body for three years as Side Supervisor. He was married, in 1859, to Elvira, daughter of Ezekiel and Priscilla Emons, a native of New York, who died in 1873, leav- ing two daughters-Sylvia P. and Alice ; he was married, in 1874, to Mrs. Sylvia J. Gregory, nee Angel, a native of Vermont ; she has two daughters-Ida M., now Mrs. H. Hover, and lives in the town of Dunkirk ; Alice G., now a teacher in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Sampson are members of the Baptist Church.
JOSEPH WALSH, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Oregon ; he was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland, in August, 1814; he immigrated to America in 1836, and located at Burlington, Vt., where he followed laboring for a number of years. He was married, in Windsor Co., Vt., in 1838, to Margaret Shirlock, a native of County Kildare, Ireland, but cmigrated in 1834; they had one son-Thomas, who was born at Burlington, Vt., in 1846, and with whom they removed, in 1849, to Dane Co., Wis., locating at Madison for two years; they then settled on his present farm of 142 acres, which he purchased before leaving Vermont. Thomas was elected Town Treasurer in 1869, re-elected in 1868; was elected a mem- ber of the Town Board in 1869 and in 1870, and has held the office of Town Assessor during the years 1878-80. He was married, in 1880, to Margaret, daughter of Timothy and Mary Cusick, a native of this town.
TOWN OF MIDDLETON.
FRITZ ALBRECHT, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 11; P. O. Middleton; came to Wis- consin in the summer of 1853, and located in the town of Middleton ; is a native of Mecklenburg, and was born in 1852; is a son of Charles and Mary Albrecht. In 1873, he was married to Miss Mary Hinner- ichs, a native of Mecklenburg, by whom he has three children, viz., William, aged 6; Gustoff, aged 3; Fritz, aged 6 months. Mr. Albrecht and family belong to the Independent German Lutheran Church. In politics, he is Democratic. He has a beautiful farm adjoining the village of Middleton, and valued at from $6,000 to $7,000.
JOHN J. ALBRECHT, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. East Middleton ; is a son of Charles and Mary Albrecht, of Mecklenburg, Germany, where he was born in 1846. In 1870, he was married to Miss Mary A. Pierstorf, of Middleton ; they have four children-Charles Albrecht, aged 9; John, aged 7; Augusta, aged 5; Rosetta, aged 1. Mr. Albrecht came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1856, and located in the town of Middleton ; located where he now lives in 1870; has a fine farm of 120 acres one mile from East Middleton, and eight miles from Madison, valued at $5,000. It is well adapted for grain and stock ; two-story frame house and other good improvements. Mr. Albrecht is a Democrat. He and his family are members of the Independent German Lutheran Church at Middleton.
ELISHA BAILEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 15 ; P. O. Middleton; came to this State in the fall of 1845, and located where he now lives ; he is a native of Greenwich, Washington Co., N. Y. ; was born Sept. 2, 1820 ; his father's name was Oliver Bailey ; his mother's name was Sarah Bailey. He mar- ried Barbara A. Hayes, of Middleton, in the winter of 1851 ; Mrs. Bailey is a native of the State of Ohio; they have three children-two at home and one married and living at Reedsburg, Wis. Mr. Bailey has a beautiful farm of 230 acres, situated one mile south of Middleton, and about eight miles from the capital ; it is well adapted for grain and stock ; valued from $9,000 to $10,000. Mr. Bailey has been Chairman of the board for eight years, and Treasurer four years ; he was one of the charter members of Middleton Lodge, No. 180, A., F. & A. M., and was the fifth voter in the town; he is a good business man and a thorough farmer, a man who is respected by all.
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SAMUEL BARBER, station agent C., M. & St. P. R. R., Middleton ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1848, and located at Black Earth ; farmed it at first and then went into the mercantile business, and afterward buying wheat ; he first came to Middleton in the spring of 1863, and took charge of the station, and has held the position ever since, performing his duties satisfactorily to all. Mr. Barber was born in Derbyshire, England, in 1822 ; his father's name was William Barber, his mother's name was Mary Braddock ; his father was a large cotton manufacturer in England; his mother was a relative of Gen. Braddock. He married Mary Wood, of Yorkshire, England, in 1848 ; she is a member of the Presby- terian Church ; they have three children-Charles P. Barber, is in the hardware business in Kansas ; Nel- lie, who married James Harrison, of Detroit, Mich. ; Mr. Harrison is Cashier of one of the largest dry- goods stores of Detroit; and Sarah M., who married W. J. C. Manning, who is in the hardware and tin business at Middleton ; Miss Nellie, who married Mr. Harrison, was telegraph operator for twelve years before she was married. Mrs. Manning was a successful music teacher for years before she married. There were only two houses in the place when Mr. Barber first came to Middleton ; he has a beautiful residence in the south part of the village. There were shipped and billed at this station in 1869, 449,000 bushels of wheat, 80,000 bushels of barley, and other produce in proportion. Mr. Barber is a genial gentleman, ever ready to answer questions and give information, which accounts for his popularity.
EDWARD BELL, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. East Middleton; came to Wisconsin in the sum- mer of 1845, and first located at Cross Plains, Dane Co .; he located where he now lives, in Middleton Township, in the winter of 1867; his native place is Lincolnshire, England, where he was born the 9th of August, 1838. His father's name was Sylvester Bell; his mother's name was Jane Craggs. He was mar- ried in the fall of 1867 to Miss Mary E. Brassington, a native of England ; they have one son-Francis J. Bell, aged 12 years. Mr. Bell has a nice farm of 80 acres, valued at $4,000, three and one-half miles from Middleton, and nine miles from Madison. In politics, Mr. Bell is Republican.
JOHN E. BRUMM, farmer and stock-raiser, Secs. 29 and 30; P. O. West Middleton ; is a son of John P. and Dorothy Brumm, of Mecklenburg, Germany, where he was born in 1839. In 1861, he was married to Miss Frederica Blumenthal, of Middleton, a native of Prussia, by whom he has had three children-John H. Brumm, aged 18; Charles Brumm, aged 16; William Brumm, aged 13; they are all living at home. Mr. Brumm came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1852, and settled in Middleton; he purchased the place he now lives on in the fall 1866; it is a beautiful farm of 220 acres, valued at $8,000, eleven miles from the city and three miles from East Middleton ; admirably adapted to stock, as there is timber, prairie and water. Mr. Brumm intends building in the center of his farm, and going into stock- raising entirely. He and his family are all members of the Independent German Lutheran Church of Middleton. Mr. B. has been Chairman of the Board of Supervisors three terms; has held the office of Treasurer two terms and Assessor two terms ; he is also Trustee of the church. all of which he has filled with honor to himself and pleasure to the community. Politically, he is a Democrat ; he is a man who is respected by all for his honesty and square dealing.
CHARLES DAHLK, farmer, Secs. 30 and 32; P. O. West Middleton. The subject of this sketch is a son of C. and Sophia Dahlk, of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, where he was born in 1831. In 1864, he was married to Miss Esther Lilliebridge, at Middleton, a native of Connecticut. Mr. Dahlk came from Germany in 1857 and located at Middleton; he bought the place he now lives on in 1878. Mr. Dahlk is a member of the Evangelical Church of Middleton, of which society he has always been a Trustee ; he is also Superintendent of the Sabbath school. Mrs. Dahlk is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at East Middleton. Mr. Dahlk enlisted in 1864, in the 42d W. V. I., Co. I, and was mustered out in 1865; was in all the battles his regiment participated in, while he was in ; he has a beau- tiful farm of 280 acres, valued at $10,000, situated eleven miles from Madison and three miles from East Middleton, well adapted for stock and grain; he is now erecting a two-story brick house on the site where his new house burned in the spring of 1880. Mr. D. is a hard worker, energetic, and an honorable man in every sense of the word; he has made all of his improvements, and justly deserves his elegant home.
JOHN DAHLK, farmer and stock-raiser, Secs. 31 and 32; P. O. West Middleton ; is a son of C. and Sophia Dahlk, of Mecklenburg-Schwarin, Germany, where he was born, in 1832. In 1875, he married Mrs. Louisa Messerschmidt, who had three children; Mr. Dahlk had four children by his first wife, and two children by his present wife; the Messerschmidt children adopted the name of Dahlk, and their names and ages are as follows : William Dahlk, aged 19 ; Clara Dahlk, aged 14; Henry Dahlk, aged 13; Willie Dahlk, aged 11 ; George Dahlk, aged 10; Ida Dahlk, aged 8; Helen Dahlk, aged 5; John Dahlk, aged 3; Liddie Dahlk, aged 1. Mr. Dahlk came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1857 and located at Middleton ; he purchased the farm he now lives on, in 1861; it is a beautiful place of 120 acres, adapted
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to stock and grain, valued at $6,000, situated eleven miles from Madison, and three and a half from East Middleton ; there is a fine two-story brick house on the farm, with other out-buildings in proportion. Mr. Dahlk is a Republican ; the family all belong to the Evangelical Church of Middleton, of which Mr. Dahlk is a Trustee. The first Mrs. Dahlk died in January, 1875 ; the present Mrs. Dahlk is a native of Brunswick, and was born in 1839. Mr. Dahlk is a first-class farmer and a good citizen ; together with business on the farm, he runs a threshing machine in the fall.
R. E. DAVIS, merchant, Middleton; came to Wisconsin in 1846, and first settled at Attica, Greene Co .; attended the Madison University in its infancy ; he then went to Missouri ; after returning, he located at Cross Plains and embarked in the grain business ; remained there four years and then came to Middleton in the fall of 1865, and went into the grain business again ; he then turned his attention to politics, and was elected State Senator four successive terms, viz., 1869, 1871, 1873 and 1875; he ran for Lieutenant Governor in 1877; he then turned his attention to the mercantile business and opened a gen- eral store at Middleton, in the fall of 1879, where he is now located, doing a large business, carrying a stock of $8,000 ; Mr. Davis is a native of N. Y .; was born in Wyoming Co., in 1831 ; his father's name was Jepther Davis ; his mother's name was Harriet Conger. He married Emeret Mittimore in Madison in 1861; Mrs. Davis is a native of New York State; Mr. Davis is an active business man and enterprising ; he has a beautiful residence in the south part of town, and enjoys the good things of this life ; he is a promi- nent Odd Fellow, and was elected Grand Master of the State at the last session of the lodge, in June, 1880. In politics he is a Democrat.
W. A. De La MATYR, Sec. 28; farmer and thoroughbred stock-raiser ; P. O. East Middleton. The subject of this sketch is a native of Chenango Co., N. Y., and was born in 1834 ; he is a brother of the Rev. Gilbert De La Matyr, the celebrated Greenback Congressman ; came West in the spring of 1855, and settled where he now lives ; Mr. De La Matyr received injuries in the army which partially unfitted him for hard lahor, so he took up his old trade of teaching the high schools ; he is one of the most success- ful teachers in Wisconsin, and receives the highest salary ; he has lately removed his family upon the farm, and contemplates going into the stock business largely ; his farm of 273 acres is valued at $10,000; is admirably adapted for stock, as there is water, shade and prairie; he has already forty head of thorough- bred and grade cattle, and upward of one hundred hogs of the Chester White breed; Mr. De La Martyr has held a number of prominent positions ; he was Captain of Co. K, of the 29th W. V. I .; enlisted in the winter of 1862, and was in the army almost three years; was wounded at the battle of Champion Hills ; he was a member of the board who examined commanders of colored troops at Cincinnati. Politically, he is a genuine Republican. He was married to Miss Lucy Morris, of New York, by whom he has three children, all living at home ; he is a thorough business man, a kind husband and father and a perfect gen- tleman.
J. H. DE PARCO, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 12 ; P. O. Pheasant Branch ; came to Wis- consin in the spring of 1856 and located at Watertown, where he ran a paint shop ; he came to Madison in the spring of 1859 and entered into same business, which he ran successfully until the fall of 1877, when he removed to his farm at Pheasant Branch, where he now lives ; he was born at Waterloo, Belgium, io 1829, a son of John Francis De Parcq and Mary Ann Lehlic. In 1862, he was married at Madison, to Miss Rebecca Ambody, a native of Pennsylvania, by whom he had six children, all living at home, viz .: J. H., aged 17 years ; Frank, 13; Ernest, 10 ; Florence, 5; Harry, 3; Alma, 9 months. He has a beautiful farm of 175 acres at the head of Lake Mendota, and overlooking a beautiful surrounding scenery, valued at $8,000; he also owns the Pheasant Branch Brewery, which was sold at one time for $8,000 ; he rents the brewery, and runs his own farm with help of boys. Mr. De Parcq is a Democrat, a thorough business man, good neighbor, and perfect gentleman.
JOHN EMERY, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 30; P. O. West Middleton ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1862 and located where he now lives; he is a native of Northern New York, and was born the 22d of June, 1828; is a son of Solomon and Annie Emery. He married Miss Julia A. Hed- ding, of New York, June 22, 1848, by whom he has three children-Charles Emery, age 28, married Katie Woolston and is a farmer of Dane Co. ; Cyrus Emery, age 24, is a farmer, and married Mary Hines, of East Middleton ; Daniel Emery, age 22, married Emily Wilmorth, and is a successful school-teacher, having taught seven terms in only two different districts. John Emery, the subject of this sketch, was in the late war; enlisted in 1863 and was mustered out in 1865, in Co. K, 3d W. V. I .; was in all the bat- tles his regiment participated in (fourteen in all) ; was with Sherman at the siege of Atlanta and Savan- nah, and in his march to the sea ; he is thoroughly Republican, well posted and generally wide awake; he
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has a beautiful farm of 120 acres, worth from $4,000 to $5,000, adapted to grain and stock ; it is on a di- vide, overlooking the country for miles around.
JOHN FINDORFF, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 15; P. O. Middleton; came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1855 and located at Middleton; purchased the farm he now occupies, in 1860 ; he was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1840; is a son of John and Lisette Findorff. March 16, 1866, he was married to Miss Lisette Harloff, by whom he has had seven children, viz., John, born May 20, 1867; Gustof, Dec. 19, 1868; Josephine, Nov. 20, 1870; Paulena, Oct. 6, 1872 ; Hermena, Oct. 26, 1874; Fredericka, June 10, 1876; Albert, Sept. 8, 1878. All are living and at home, with the exception of Paulena, who died March 3, 1873. Mr. Findorff and family belong to the Independent German Lu- theran Church of Middleton, of which he is Trustee, Treasurer and Clerk ; in politics, he is Conservative ; has held the offices of Assessor, Treasurer, and been a member of the Board of Supervisors, all of which he has filled creditably; he has a beautiful farm of 90 acres, valued at $4,500, finely located, overlooking the capital and lakes, with first-class improvements, and 40 acres in Sec. 10, worth $1,000. Mr. Findorff is a first-class farmer and business man, enterprising, and a good man in the community.
F. FRIEMANN, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 2; P. O. Middleton; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1855 ; moved on to the farm where he now lives in the spring of 1866; was born in Germany in 1840. In the spring of 1862, he was married to Miss Agnes Wolf, by whom he has three children, all living at home. They belong to the Independent German Lutheran Church. Mr. Friemann is a Democrat. He has a fine farm of 73 acres one mile north of Middleton, adapted to both stock and grain, worth $2,500. He has held the office of Road Overseer ; is a good practical farmer.
F. GAULT, farmer and stock-raiser, Secs. 1 and 2; P. O. Middleton ; came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1848, and settled at Pheasant Branch, Middleton, Dane Co., Wis., where he still resides. He is a native of Belfast, Ireland; born in 1826, and first came to this country in 1839; his father's name was Frank Gault, and his mother's name was Deborah McCall. He married Mary Eyre Gyles, of Dundalk, Louth Co., Ireland; they were married at Milwaukee in 1850; they have two children; the daughter married R. L. Wintersmith, Jr., of Elizabethtown, Ky., where they now reside; is a general merchant in the place; F. G. Gault lives at home and runs the farm; he is 25 years of age, of good, sound judgment, and a practical business young man. Mr. Gault has figured some in politics, as the following will evi- dence: He has been Chairman of the board; member of the Legislature in 1858; Treasurer of the county in 1859-60; candidate for the Senate in 1863, and fairly elected by the people; but was counted out by the soldier vote at Camp Randall. In 1867-68, was again elected to the Assembly. He has been done his duty fearlessly, adhering to the right, no matter what the consequences. Mr. Gault is about the earliest settler in the town, there being but five settlers in the north half of the township when he came. He is quite an historian, and occasionally in his fanciful moods coquets with the poetic muse. He has been peculiarly fortunate in securing a good deal more than his better half, who sustains the relations of wife, mother and neighbor. Mrs. Gault has but few equals, and no superiors. Mr. Gault has a beautiful farm at the head of Mendota, of 150 acres, worth $8,000, right in sight of the city and surroundings; it pre- sents an old-country scene.
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