History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 209

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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TOWN OF VERONA.

NATHANIEL ROOT (deceased) ; was born in Connecticut, near New Haven, in 1806 ; his parents removed to Utica, N. Y., when he was quite young ; he learned the millwright trade, and at the age of 28, he went to Rochester, where he remained about three years; from this he went to Grand Island, Erie Co., N. Y., and took charge of the White Haven Mills, and remained there about eight years; he returned to his former home at Tonawanda, and was appointed to a position in the United States Cus- tom House of that place in 1845 ; in the following year he emigrated to Wisconsin, and lived in Jefferson Co., at Ft. Atkinson, for about two years, when he removed to Verona, in Dane Co .; here he settled on Sec. 22. in 1858, where he farmed till his death ; in October of 1864, in the employ of the Government, he died at Little Rock, Ark. Mr. R. was a local preacher of the M. E. Church, and was ever active in all good works; he was a man of sterling merit, and in his death the community in which he had lived, sustained an irreparable loss. He was married to Chloe P. Luce, daughter of Cheney and Polly Luce, a native of Rochester, N. Y., who was born in 1817 ; they have had the following children : Catharine, now the wife of James Gallop, and lives in Flushing, Mich. ; Henry R. lives at Ft. Atkinson; Wesley W., deceased; Sarah E., deceased ; Jennie, now the wife of Mr. McAlpine, and lives in Milwaukee ; Nellie A., now teaching ; James N., deceased ; Lizzie and Carrie P., at home.

JOHN B. ROWELL, P. O. Madison ; was born in New York in 1835 ; his father, Bethuel, was a native of Massachusetts, and his mother, Bethia, was a native of Vermont. Mr. R., our subject, came to Wisconsin in 1855, and settled at Stevens Point, where he engaged in lumbering ; from there he removed to Columbia Co., and remained there about three years. He enlisted in the 2d W. V. I., and remained in the service about three years ; after returning home from the war, he settled on Sec. 1, in Verona, Dane Co., where he has since resided. He was married, in 1871, to Elizabeth Park, the daughter of Leeds and Annis Park ; they have two children-Dow and Jay, at home.

JAMES SHUTTS, deceased ; was born in New York Oct. 8, 1800, and removed to Wiscon- sin in 1847 ; he went directly to Verona, and within a year made a permanent settlement on the present home of his wife, in Sec. 26. He was married, Aug. 13, 1818, to Sallie Carr, a native of Pennsylvania, who was born Jan. 12, 1801 ; their children are Daniel, born Feb. 8, 1820, and died June 3, 1852 ; Climena, born Nov. 15, 1822 ; Theodosia. born April 24, 1825 ; Nehemiah, born Nov. 12, 1827, and died Jan. 20, 1850; Amos, born Jan. 24, 1833, and died Dec. 29, 1869 ; Catharine E., born Dec. 11, 1835. Mr. S. was an exemplary man in every respect ; in the death of him and his sons, there were no surviving relative of the name left.

REV. LUCIUS SMITH, Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Verona ; P. O. Verona; was born in 1835, in Oneida Co., N. Y., a son of George C. Smith and Dorcas Beckwith ; received a high school education, and finished the last three years of his studies at Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. H .; was ordained in Bristol, Dane Co., in 1866; was Pastor of the Baptist Church of Stoughton for five years ; was called to the First Baptist Church at Verona in April, 1873, where he still continues to lahor, preaching alternately at Middleton and Mt. Vernon. In 1865, he was married to Miss Mary S. Miller, of Pennsyl- vania. Mr. Smith's father was one of the early settlers ; came to Dane Co. in 1846, and settled at Bristol ; the first town meeting was held at his house; he is now dead ; his mother is still living with him at Verona. Rev. Smith's efforts have been crowned with success,and he has a large congregation, besides a large Sabbath school. His duties are arduous, having three congregations under his charge ; still he per- forms them cheerfully, and is very popular among his people.

JOHN STEWART (deceased); was a native of Perthshire, Scotland ; came to Wisconsin in 1844, and located in the town of Verona; was a very active business man, and a leading man in the town in an early day; was not only greatly missed by his family, but by the community at large; he died in 1859; he was one of the early settlers of the town. Thomas A. Stewart, the only son, was born at Verona in 1848. Has been Supervisor, Justice of the Peace, and is Chairman of the board at present. He runs the home- stead farm, consisting of 320 acres, beautifully located, with large stone house and other first-class improve- ments, two miles west of Verona Corners, valued at $12,000; besides this farm, there are 200 acres in the south part of the town. In 1877, Thomas A. was married to Miss Jessie Rutherford, a daughter of John Rutherford, of Verona, by whom he has two children. He has always taken an interest in all publio affairs pertaining to the welfare of the town; is a good business man, and a first-class farmer. In politics, a Democrat. Mrs. Stewart, the widow of John Stewart, lives on the old homestead with her son.

ADDISON WHITE (deceased); was born Sept. 16, 1816, in Vermont; he emigrated to Illinois in 1847, where he remained two years, when he came to Wisconsin, and settled on the present home of his wife in the town of Verona. He was married, in 1839, to Sarah A. Claflin, who was the daughter of Timothy and Susan Claflin, and who was born in New York Nov. 3, 1826 ; their children are as fol-

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lows: Warren P., born March 28, 1843; Charles A., born May 18, 1845 ; Frances A., born Feb. 24, 1848 ; Myron R., born July 2, 1850; Harlan W., born April 29, 1853 ; Gardner C., born Jan. 11, 1856; Mary E., born July 19, 1859 ; Eliza E., born March 25, 1862, and Myrton O., born March 25, 1866. Mr. W. gave his entire time and attention to farming, and his labors were crowned with a substantial suc- cess. He was a man whose judgment and integrity were highly esteemed by all who knew him, and was twice elected Supervisor of his town. For about five years before his death, he suffered greatly from the stroke of a vicious horse, and by this accident a useful and honorable life was prematurely brought to a close. He died Dec. 3, 1873.

SOLOMON WHITE, farmer, Sec. 7 ; P. O. Verona ; born in 1819, a native of New York, and son of Stephen and Mary White ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1846, and located where he now lives ; it was all new when he came, and he made all the improvements ; he has a farm of 155 acres, four miles from Verona Corners, adapted to stock and grain, with good improvements, worth $30 per acre. He married Miss Mary A. Donkel, of Verona, by whom he has six children, all living in Wisconsin. Demo- crat in politics. Mrs. White is a member of the Baptist Church of Verona. Mr. White is the oldest American settler living in the town.

GEORGE ZINK, farmer, Sec. 20 ; P. O. Verona; was born in 1844, a native of Pennsyl- vania, and son of Jacob Zink and Sarah Graver ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1846, and located in Verona. In 1869, he was married to Miss Mary Black, of Verona, by whom he has three children- William S., born Feb. 1, 1874; George H., born Sept. 5, 1877; Eveline B., born June 5, 1880. The family belong to the Presbyterian Church of Verona; in politics, he is a Republican. Mr. Zink has a beautiful farm of 200 acres, situated on Sugar River, worth $30 per acre, with first-class improvements. Mr. Zink never has sought office, but has held school offices in the district, and always taken an interest in all public affairs for the good of the town ; he is one of the oldest settlers in the town, and a first-class farmer.

JACOB ZINK, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Verona; is a native of Pennsylvania, born in North- ampton Co., in 1814; his parents, Michael and Sarah Zink, were natives of the same State ; our subject came to Wisconsin in 1845 and settled in the town of Verona ; he purchased a farm on Sugar River, and resided there about twenty years, when he bought his present property, and where he has ever since made his home; for many years he spent his time in farming, hunting and trapping ; he made several trips West, and spent much time enjoyably and profitably in hunting on the plains. He was married in 1841, to Sarah Graver, a native of Pennsylvania; their children are Adaline, deceased ; George, now married and living in Verona ; and William, who lives in Fitchburg; his first wife died in February, 1875; his second wife was Miss Anna Davis, a native of Easton, Penn., and the daughter of Samuel and Mary Davis; she was born in 1834, and, at the age of 21, she began to teach school in her native town, and taught for twenty- one years in succession ; she was remarkably successful in that direction, and is, besides, a lady of many domestic accomplishments.

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TOWN OF BURKE.

BRADLEY BUTTERFIELD, miller, residence Token Creek ; born Sept. 7, 1829, in Oswego Co., N. Y. ; son of Luke and Marsena Butterfield, who came to Wisconsin in 1844, arriving in Racine on the 5th day of July ; lived in Johnstown, Rock Co., four years, and in 1848 came to Dane Co .; he lived two years in Sun Prairie, then removed to Burke and died there June 20, 1861. Mr. Butterfield was married Dec. 10, 1855, to Elizabeth Buckley, from Glens Falls, N. Y .; has had six children-Walter, Eugene, now clerk at the Vilas House in Madison ; Charles Albert, lives in Castleton, Dakota ; Jessie Amelia, deceased ; George Francis, at home; Artie, deccascd, and Ernest, at home. Mr. Butterfield learned the miller's trade when a boy and has followed that business for the last thirty years ; owns about four acres of land with residence at Token Creek. Is a Republican.

W. A. BUTTERFIELD, farmer, Sec. 6, and residence Token Creek ; was born Jan. 1, 1834, in Oswego Co., N. Y .; son of Luke and Marsena Butterfield (see biography of L. M. Fuller, of Burke); came to Wisconsin with his parents, and has lived in Dane Co. since 1848, and in the town of Burke since 1850. Was married July 5, 1865, to Miss Mariette, daughter of George W. Loomis, one of the first set- tlers in the town of Burke, who died July 2, 1879, aged 72; she was born Nov. 5, 1847, in the town of Sun Prairie ; has had three children-Melvin, born June 4, 1865; Freddie Alfred, born April 7, 1868, and died in February, 1876, and Willie, born May 11, 1871. Sept. 1, 1864, Mr. Butterfield enlisted in the 1st W. V. C., Co. G, and was in the service till the close of the war ; was with his regiment the whole of the time except about three months in the hospital at Bowling Green, Ky. In politics, he is a Republican. Has 80 acres of land, worth about $35 per acre.

A. DANIELS, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Token Creek ; was born Aug. 15, 1848, in Winnebago Co., Ill .; his father, Ole Daniels, was a native of Norway ; came to America in 1847, and lived in Illinois two years, then. in 1849, came to Dane Co., Wis., and settled in the town of Primrose; he is still living in Dane Co. Mr. Daniels, Jr., was married in January, 1872, to Tena C. Bergeland, who was born in Dane Co. April 15, 1852; they have three children, all boys-Oren, Egbert D. and Elias Ingman. Mr. Daniels is one of the present Supervisors of the town, and has held that office several terms; he is a Republican. In February, 1865, he enlisted in Co. D, 46th W. V. I., and was in the service till the close of the war. After his return from the army, he clerked in Oregon, Dane Co., three years, and five years in Madison, the last two years of which was in the clothing store of Mr. Friend. Mr. Daniels is a member of the Norwegian Church of Sun Prairie. He has 70 acres of land, worth about $2,000.

L. M. FULLER, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Token Creek; was born March 17, 1821, in Oswego Co., N. Y., town of Mexico. He was married there in 1843, to Lucinda Butterfield, who was born in the sime town, Feb. 2, 1824; she was a daughter of Luke and Marsena Butterfield, who came to Wisconsin in 1844; Mr. Butterfield died in Burke, June 20, 1861, and Mrs. Butterfield Oct. 9, 1867. Mr. Fuller came to Wisconsin in June, 1844, settled in Sun Prairie, on Sec. 6, and lived there till the fall of 1874; then sold out, and the same fall bought the present farm. They have seven children-Electa L., was mar- ried to Charles L. Budrough, of Oswego Co., N. Y., who died in Rock Co., Wis., Jan. 20, 1875 ; she is still living in Rock Co .; William Albert ; Emegene, now the wife of Joseph Hager, of Burke; Curtis; Charles ; Effie, married to Franklin Spalding, of Windsor, and George; the boys are all single and at home; they have lost three children-Laura J., died Aug. 31, 1847, aged 18 months ; Mary A., died March 28, 1852, in her 5th year; J. D., died Nov. 10, 1874, in his 9th year. Mr. Fuller went to learn the marble-cutter's trade when 16 years old, and worked at it ten years in North Adams, Mass .; worked six months at blacksmithing in New York, and followed it in winter for twenty years in addition to his farming, and now has a blacksmith and wagon shop at Token Creek. His mother died when he was 2 years old, and his father, Bishop Fuller, died in Rochester, Racine Co., Wis., in 1846, two years after coming there from New York. Mr. Fuller has held the office of Justice of the Peace in Burke, and is a Democrat. He has 41} acres of land, worth $2,500.

HENRY GILMAN, son of Gen. J. C. Gilman, a soldier in the war of 1812, who came from Gilmantown, N. H., to the place where Watertown now stands, in 1836 or 1837, where he built the Van Alstine Hotel ; served a dozen years as Justice of the Peace; was appointed General of the Territorial forces; was chosen to select and locate the school lands in the Mineral Point District, in 1847; he located some

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3,000 acres for himself and friends, in Vienna; was in California four years, following gold discoveries ; afterward went to Pike's Peak and Montana, where he died in 1869. Henry Gilman was called to St. Louis in the time of the great fire, and, for several years, was engaged in that vicinity. He was married in Morgan Co., Ill., in February, 1853, to Miss A. A. Holmes, daughter of Peris and Lois Holmes, a widely known family from Connecticut; in 1857, he moved to Dane Co., and bought the lands of his father in Vienna, where he resided ten years, during which time he and his wife united with the Baptist Church in Windsor ; in 1866, led by a desire to educate his children, he moved to Sun Prairie, where he temporarily engaged in mercantile pursuits : in 1870, he bought 400 acres of the celebrated "Robbins hillside farm," where the famous 1,620 pounds of cheese was made in 1860, intended for President Doug- lass if he should be elected; Mr. Gilman has one of the best farms in the county, with very expensive improvements, and finely kept up in every way ; he has recently, in company with J. I. Case and Eli Stilson, purchased a ranche in Western Texas, which they have stocked with 5,000 valuable sheep. Mr. Gilman has been a member of the Republican party since its formation, and has been a warm friend of Wayland Academy, where his only son, Stephen W., was prepared for the University, from which school he- entered the service of the Wilmington, Braidwood & Streetor Coal Co., at Chicago; he went to Texas with a herd of sheep and helped to organize the ranche, and, since his return, he has had charge of the Coal Company's office in Milwaukee; he was born July 11, 1857. The only daughter, Delia Emma, having evinced a strong desire for an education, was sent to the university in 1870, when she entered with the first class of ladies that took equal course with gentlemen ; having gradnated in the Class of 1874, she accepted for a year the position of Lady Principal in the Wayland Institute; in 1877, she was engaged in post- graduate studies, in connection with which she taught in Madison until she went abroad obedient to a long cherished purpose of extending her research in the old-world field of art and literature; enriched by earnest study and keen observation while at Dresden, Berlin and Munich, and stimulated by contact with her Ger- man preceptors, she spent a half-year in the art-centers of Italy, assiduously storing her mind with such historic studies and observations in art as would be most serviceable in quickening the thoughts and form- ing the tastes of those whom she hoped to help among her young friends at home; Miss Gilman is just now resting and recuperating, enjoying the charming quiet of the "Hillside Farm," preparatory to the arduous. work of teaching. In view of being near his children, Mr. Gilman now proposes to sell his beautiful homestead and remove to Milwaukee.

GOTTLIEB MAISCH, miller ; residence, Token Creek ; born Jan. 14, 1851, in Witten- berg, Germany ; came to America in 1867; settled in the town of Burke, and has resided there ever since. Was married, March 26, 1874, in Madison, to Augusta Starzmann, daughter of John Starzmann, Sr., of Dane Co. Has no children. Learned the miller's trade in Cambria, in the mill of David G. Williams ; his father's name is Christ Maisch, and his mother's maiden name was Christina Shek ; both are now liv- ing. Mr. Maisch owns half-interest in the Loomis Grist-mill, on Sec. 5 in Burke, and has 150 acres of land on the same section, worth $7,000. Is a Democrat.

ADAM SMITH came from Steuben Co., N. Y., to Milwaukee in June, 1837; in 1838, he removed to Madison. In the first election of Dane Co., in 1839, he was elected Constable and Collector, and, in 1840, he was re-elected to the same offices ; in 1841, he removed to the town of Windsor, being the second or third man in town, and, in 1843, bought a farm of 500 acres in Secs. 13 and 14, in what is now known as Burke, and assisted in laying out the public roads of the town ; built, in 1843, the Brook Cot- tage Hotel, on the Madison and Sun Prairie road, which he kept for twenty-eight years, and for fourteen years was Postmaster at the Corners; for four years, he was Justice of the Peace, and for several years was Chairman of the Town Board; he was chosen by the Democrats to represent his district in the Legis- lature, and served on the Joint Committee of Claims; is a member of the Masonic fraternity. In the fall of 1844, Mr. Smith was married to Miss M. J. Corbet, a lady of Milwaukee, born of Scotch parents in 1822, by whom he had a son, Samuel R. Smith, now in Stockton, California, and four daughters-Martha, who died aged 18; Harriet, married to Henry Eastman, and one married to Franklin McMurrain, and one who, since her mother's death, in 1875, keeps house for her father. In 1879, Mr. Smith abandoned his hotel, having built one of the finest residences in the county at a cost of $7,500. It would seem that he had built with a settled purpose to stay in Burke for the remainder of his years, and, having such a farm and house, he would be unwise to change.

JOHN STARZMANN, hotel-keeper, Token Creek ; was born July 31, 1848, in Prussia ; his father, John Starzmann, Sr., came to America in 1854, and bought land in Burke, and his family came on a year after ; he lived in Burke till about 1872; then removed to the town of Sun Prairie. Mr. Starz- mann, Jr., was married in 1868, to Mary Droster, who died Jan. 8, 1878, leaving four children-Clara,.

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John Henry, Cora E. and Bertha Lucina. Was married again, May 3, 1878, to Annie E. Loomis, daughter of George W. Loomis, of Burke; has had one child by the second marriage, which died in infancy. Was a farmer till the last six years ; followed milling three years, and has been in the hotel and store three years; he owns the hotel at Token Creek, which he is now keeping. Was Supervisor of Burke one year, and is a Democrat.

OLE WILSON (LYSTAD), farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Madison ; born Dec. 26, 1812, in Telemarken, Norway ; son of Vetel Evanson. Was married in Norway, in June, 1839, to Margaret Iver- son. Came to America in 1852 ; settled in the town of Burke, and has resided in that town ever since ; came on his present farm in 1856. Mr. Wilson has eight children-Ingeborg, married to Bergub Lar- son, of McFarland, Dane Co. ; Inger, married to Halver B. Tveten, of Polk Co., Minn .; Aase, married to Gunder B. Tveten ; Vetle O., married, and living in Crookston, Minn. ; Thorborg O. Wilson, Thone O. Wilson, Edwin O. Wilson and Ole Julius O. Wilson- the last four at home and unmarried. Republican in politics. Has 140 acres of land, worth $35 per acre. Members of the Lutheran Church.

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AND THE TERRITORIES,

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This is the LEADING RAILWAY of the

WEST AND NORTHWEST.

This important system of Railway Lines ie one of the Largest Corporations in the World, owning and operating, - under one managenient,

2,390 MILES OF ROAD.

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Chicago, Council Bluffs & California Line.

Chicago, Sioux City & Yankton Line.

Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque & La Crosse Line.

Chicago, Freeport & Dubuque Line.

Chicago, La Crosse & Winona Line. Chicago, Minnesota & Dakota Line. Chicago, St. Paul & Minneapolis Line. Chicago, Milwaukee & Lake Superior Line

Chicago, Green Bay & Marquette Line.

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NEW YORK OFFICE-No. 415 Broadway. BOSTON OFFICE-No. 5 State Street.

MILWAUKEE CITY TICKET OFFICE-102 Wisconsin Street. ST. PAUL TICKET OFFICE -- Cor. Third and Jackson Streets. MINNEAPOLIS TICKET OFFICES-13 Nicollet Honee, and St. Paul & Pacific Depot.

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History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 209

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