History of Grant County, Wisconsin, preceded by a history of Wisconsin, Part 146

Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: [Chicago : Western Historical Co.?]
Number of Pages: 1050

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JOSEPH GERHARDS; P. O. Potosi; saloon and grocer ; born in Germany in 1835 ; son of Hubert and Mary (Massung) Gerhards; came to New Orleans with parents in 1845 ; in 1846 to St. Louis, Mo., and in 1847 to this place, engaged in farming, mining, butchering and dealing in stock ; in 1859 was married by Rev. Mr. Zuber, of St. Andrew's, to Josephine, daughter of Anton and Mary Ann (Pluemer) Hupper ; has ten children from 6 weeks to 21 years of age, all living ; was five years on Town Board ; owns eighty acres of land, mostly mineral.

JOSHUA GIBSON, farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. O. Potosi ; born Nov. 22, 1827, son of James and Mary (Palliser) Gibson; owns 69 acres of land; has lived in this county since 1840. Married Feb. 3, 1859, to Mary Palliser (see Joseph Palliser) ; has eight children-Sallie E., born Nov. 3, 1862, now Mrs. Price, of Potosi ; Joshua E., born Feb. 25, 1864; Ella L., born Feb. 10, 1860 ; Ida M., born Dec. 17, 1866; Annie E., born Sept. 28, 1868; Joseph P., born Oct. 8. 1870; John D., born Jan. 30, 1874 ; James W., born Dec. 7, 1880.

VALENTINE HUNDEMER, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Potosi; born Feb. 13, 1822, at Achren, near Baden, Germany, son of George and Geneiveve (Munde) Hundemer ; came to St. Louis,

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Mo., in 1846, and in 1847 to this town ; owns 240 acres of land. Married in 1846 by Father Staler to Catharine, daughter of John and Justina ( Werner) Fallert, of Baden, Germany ; had fourteen children, twelve now living-August, born Aug. 28, 1847, married Mary Dolan ; William, born Oct. 28, 1848, married Katie Obrine, at Sioux Falls, Dakota ; has two children; John, born March 14, 1850, married Mary Hare, of Dakota; has three children ; Josephine, born May 12, 1852, wife of Peter Bowen, of Dakota ; has four children-Charles B., born Dec. 29, 1853, married Caroline Sweeney, of Dakota, two children ;, Henry, born Sept. 28, 1855, at Leadville, Colo .; mining ; A. U., born Feb. 7, 1857, wife of Frank Cramer, of Dakota, two children; George V., born July 10, 1859, at Lancaster ; Joseph, born July 21, 1863; Mary Catharine, born June 19, 1865; Frank J., born Aug. 31, 1867 ; Anna Amelia, born Sept. 20, 1869. John enlisted in 1st W. V. C. at 14 years and seven are of age; 145 pounds weight ; helped to capture Jeff Davis, and was paid $300 of the bounty (or reward). Subject of this sketch is a stone-mason by trade, and had $12 to begin his married life. He now owns, with the boys, 1,800 acres of good land.

C. M. JACKSON, hotel, Potosi ; born Jan. 27, 1816, at Muhlenburg (Co.), Ky., son of Jesse and Hannah (nee Rhodes) Jackson ; came to Dubuque May 13, 1835, where he remained one year, then came over and engaged in lead mining eight years, then went to his farm of 300 acres of land on Sections 2 and 3. Was married at Lancaster Dec. 22, 1846, by Robert Glenn, Esq., to Martha A. O., daughter of Francis and Nevel Bonham ; has nine children living (lost two)-Ann Eliza, wife of Mr. Spaulding, now on the farm; Lurah, wife of Mr. Hunt, in store at Potosi ; Jennette, Mrs. Kinney, of Potosi ; Adella, Minnie, Mattie, Mertie, Willic, Jessie. Went to California in 1850, remained two years, mining with fair success. Has kept hotel in Potosi seven years, and is member of firm of Hunt & Jack- son, dealers in hardware, dry goods, boots, shoes, leather, clothing, rubber goods, notions, etc .; carry a large and varied stock, and owns the building. Mrs. Jackson died Nov. 6, 1880.

W. S. JARRATT, Potosi ; harness maker ; was born in British Hollow, April 13, 1853 ; son of Joseph and Mary (nee Petty) Jarratt; married Oct. 18, 1877, by Rev. Mr. Young, of Dubuque, to Josephine Ann, daughter of John B. and Elizabeth (Hail) Albrecht, of Giant Co .; has two children- Arthur apd Walter. Owns the shop and stock, and is Republican and Methodist by nature.

CELESTIN KALTENBACH, Postmaster, Potosi ; born in Germany, 1813; came to this place in 1832, and engaged in lead mining ; married at Dubuque, in 1835, to Louisa Kreisen ; had five children, three of them now living ; his second marriage was to Clara Sicdle, in 1854; had ten chil- dren ; seven of them still living. Post office is in store of his son, Andrew, who is unmarried. His daughter, Mary, was born Dec. 19, 1836, and was the first white child born in this town ; she is now wife of H. E. Block, a merchant of St. Louis, Mo .; Mr. K. was Postmaster from 1837 to 1862, and from 1870 to present time ; is a Democrat and attends the Catholic Church.

ADOLPHUS T. KINNEY, carpenter, Potosi ; born at Potosi, March 17, 1851 ; son of' John and Sarah (Mickey) Kinney; married by Rev. Mr. Eaton, Aug. 22, 1872, to Nettie, daughter of C. M. and Martha Jackson ; has two children-Cora, aged 6 years ; Althea, aged 4 years. Is a Repub- lican.

R. J. KINNEY, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Lancaster ; born in town of Hague, Warren Co., N. Y., Oct. 19. 1809 ; son of Wm. J. and Mary (McMurphy) Kinney ; came to this county in 1855; was lum- bering three years at Potosi, and one year at Waterloo, and four years farming at Waterloo, and, in 1865, came to this farm ; married Sept. 9, 1834, by Rev. John H. Barker, to Harriet, daughter of Simeon and Lucinda (Cook) Phillips ; she was born Feb. 22, 1808, and was widow of Hiram Burt, who died Jan. 30. 1829; by Mr. Burt she had four children-Lucinda, wife of Eli us Larned, of Clay Co., Neb. ; Hiram, married Maggie Riggs, of Beetown, now of Osceola Co., Iowa ; Edwin, born Nov. 9, 1824, died Jan. 19, 1848; Editha, born Jan. 10, 1826, now in South America ; her children by Mr. Kinney are Alfred, born Nov. 18, 1835, married Mary Farrell, of Little Grant, they have three children-Daniel A., Ada and Gertie; William, born August 23, 1838, married Marilda MeNabb, and has three children-Melissa, Burt. and Cora; Simeon, born July 5, 1840, deceased ; Valorias, born Jan. 10, 1842, married Eliza Halbert. has three children-Hallie, Leta and an infant ; Martha, born April 30, 1844, died March 18, 1848 ; Mary J., born April 4, 1847, married Wm. Farrell, of Polk Co., Oregon ; Vernon H., born Aug. 1. 1852, has an adopted son, 7 years of age-J. Clarence (Calbert) Kinney ; Hiram, Alfred, William and Valorias were in the army, and the latter lost a leg and draws a pension ; he is also in charge of the infirmary at Marshalltown, Iowa, and has large practice. Mary taught school ten terms. Mr. Kinney was Chairman of Board, in Waterloo; owns 140 acres of land.

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WILLIAM LONGBOTHAM, deceased ; was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1816, son of John and Jane (Emerson) Longbotham ; came here in 1840 ; engaged in farming, mining and smelting, etc. Married Aug. 23, 1840, in Ripon church, England, to Hanna, daughter of William and Mary (Grange) Palliser. Had six children-Mary Jane, now Mrs. Cyrel Marcue ; John P., born Oct. 9, 1849, died March 8, 1863, of diphtheria ; William J., born Aug. 9, 1851, died Jan. 23, 1863, of diphtheria ; Thomas B., born Aug. 29, 1854; Joseph B., born July 31, 1858, died Jan. 5, 1863, of diphtheria ; Joshua G., born Aug. 4, 1861, died in December, 1861. The subject of this sketch died Feb. 2, 1863, of the same disease as the rest. He owned 47 acres of land, and one-half of a smelting furnace ; and the mother of Mrs. Longbotham died at the age of 103 years ; she had at one time weighed 290 pounds.

WILLIAM LANGSTAFF, farmer and dealer in agricultural implements ; P. O. Potosi. Born Jan. 8, 1851, in county of Durham, England, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Barnes) Langstaff ; came here in June, 1853. Married Oct. 15, 1879, by B. F. Mayne, of Platteville, to Maggie, daughter of Patrick and Catharine McLoughlin, born May 1, 1851 ; has one child, Mary E., born Feb. 6, 1880. Mr. L. is Republican-Protestant, and his wife a Catholic. Established his business in 1877, and has now bought the business of G. Hawley & Son, of Platteville, with Mr. B. Pratt, of Mineral Point, as senior member of the firm. Mr. L. owns 40 acres of mineral land.

GEORGE LIEBFRIED, farmer ; P. O. Potosi. Born in Bavaria in 1808, son of Frank and Ann Mary ( Ackerman) Liebfried ; came to Baltimore, Md., in 1837; after two years, went to Cum- berland. and, after six years' residence there, came to present location ; worked at farming and tailor's trade. Married Feb. 6, 1846, at Cumberland, by Father Maer, to Mary Theresa, daughter of Frederick and Mary (Ulrich) Leporine, who was born in Bavaria in May, 1818. Had ten children, six now living-Frank M., born Feb. 8, 1847, widower, and Treasurer in Carroll Co., Iowa ; Joseph A., born May 12, 1849, married Catharine Schuster, and has two children-May and George; Barbara Mary, born May 2, 1852, wife of Henry Wallenhurst (a miner at St. Andrew's), and has three children-John, George and Frank ; Bern- hard, born July 10, 1853, married Anna Stelpflug, and 'has one child, Caroline; Joseph Henry, born March 30, 1855, married Mary Maurer, and has one son, George ; Nicholas, born Aug. 30, 1858, teach- ing school in Carroll Co., Iowa. Mr. L. owns 100 acres of land.

L. L. LIGHTCAP, Potosi ; born at Hazel Green, Grant Co., Wis., Sept. 29, 1853 ; son of Solomon and Sarah (nee Tobey ) Lightcap. Married, Sept. 29, 1879, by Rev. Mr. Cramb, of Galena, Ill., to Clara, daughter of Peter and Grace Skinner. Mr. L. is a courteous, well-educated, self-made gen- tleman, who by a four years' course of teaching fully qualified himself to occupy the position he now so creditably fills, he being Principal of the graded school of Potosi, with 150 pupils, he being ably assisted by his wife and Miss Eva Farrall.

HENRY L. MASSEY (deceased); was born in Watertown, N. Y., Aug. 6, 1809 ; came here about 1830. Married, by Rev. Mr. Mayne, to widow of William T. Ennor ; had no children by last marriage. Mrs. Massey had six children by her first husband, W. T. Ennor, four of them now living- Lizzie (now wife of G. T. Foster, of Lancaster, at present Principal of high school of New Lis- bon). Mary, Thomas, Willie (being in Hancock Co., Iowa). Mr. Massey was an old settler, and for a long time engaged in merchandising, and died April 11, 1872.

HENRY MACKE, brewer and farmer; P. O. British Hollow ; owns 290 acres of land and brewery ; born June 18. 1842, in Hanover ; son of Christian and Dorotha (Vesperman) Macke ; came to. Rockville in 1857, and followed butchering four years ; then on his farm, on Sec. 3, eleven years, and then bought the brewery of Samuel Stephens and William Mohrenburg for $12,000. Married, and has four children-Albert, Henry, Willie, Reca.

JOSEPH McGIRK, farmer; P. O. Potosi; born in Ireland in 1826, and came over in 1848; was in Pennsylvania one year, then went to Clinton a short time, and to this place in 1853. Owns 154 acres of land ; son of Barnard and Ann (McGirk) McGirk. In 1855, married Ann L., daughter of Daniel and Mary (Ryan) Winslow ; have four children living-James A., Catharine E., Joseph L., Mary Ann.

CYREL MARCUE, farmer, miner and smelter, Potosi; born April 29, 1833, in Canada ; son of Joseph and Josephine (Buvia) Marcue; came to Grant Co. thirty years ago. Married, by Rev. R. H. Deogens, to Mary Jane, daughter of William and Hannah (Palliser) Longbotham, of Yorkshire, Eng., who was born May 6, 1845 ; had eight children, four of them living-Hannah Josephine, born July 31, 1864 ; Joseph Louis, May 14, 1871 ; Lizzie Jane, Oct. 31, 1875 ; Minnie R., July 4, 1878. Is Republican and Methodist.

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WILLIAM MECHLER, P. O. Potosi ; saloon and grocery at St. Andrew's ; shoemaker by trade ; born in Baltimore, Md., June 11, 1841 ; son of Bernhardt and Bridget (Arlet) Mechler ; came here in 1849. Married, in 1862, to Catharine, daughter of Frances and Margaret Miller ; eight children, all living at home-Frank, Kate, Lizzie, Bennie, Annie, Maggie, Willie, George.

JOSEPH PALLISER, farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. O. Potosi ; born Dec. 7, 1811, at Yorkshire, Eng. ; son of William and Mary (Grange) Palliser; settled here in 1840 ; engaged in smelting and gen- eral merchandise at Potosi ; lately followed farming. Owns seventy acres of land. Was on Town Board one year, and Assessor seventeen years. Is Republican, and Freemasonry is his church. Member of Warren Lodge, No. 4, since 1845, and occupied all the chairs at different times. Married, in 1833, to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary (Beeroft) Downes; had seven children.

D. C. PHILLIPS, retired miner and farmer; P. O. Rockville : son of David and Harriet (McKee) Phillips, formerly of Connecticut and New York, who removed to Ohio in 1819, where six chil- dren were born ; the subject of this sketch came to Platteville in 1844, and engaged in farming ; in 1854. he went to California and returned in 1859, with a respectable " pile." Married, in 1862, by L. C. Drake, to Mahala, daughter of Abram and Sarah (Cramer) Travis, who was born in Ohio in 1843 ; has one daughter-Maggie, 17 years of age, at home teaching music. He was a member of the 33d W. V. I. about two years ; the father of Mrs. Phillips (Travis) was in the Black Hawk war, and was the dis- coverer of the celebrated " Langworthy lead " at Dubuque, and sold it for $4,000 after taking out 4,000 pounds of ore. Mr. Phillips was with Gen. Walker at Nicaragua, and states that at one time they threw overboard in three days 114 bodies of the victims of cholera and fever, from the ravages of which himself and forty Wisconsin boys were entirely exempt, as the legitimate result of their habits of tem- perance. He is now 47 years of age, a genial, educated gentleman of leisure, and has deprived himself and family of the long-coveted pleasures of a residence in the Golden State, that he might minister to the wants of his parents, who are now making their home with him. Both are totally blind, aged 82 and 83 years.

DAVID G. SEATON, retired, Potosi ; born in Oneida Co., N. Y., April 10, 1826; son of James and Agnes (uee Wilson) Seaton, natives of Ayrshire; Scotland ; came to this county 1859; settled at Boscobel, merchandising ten years; then came to Potosi and started a drug store, and six years ago re- tired from business, and lives on his income; was two years Supervisor at Boscobel, and for last two years has been confined to his room. On Oct. 16, 1863, was married at Boscobel, by Rev. Mr. Bird, to Martha Jane, daughter of John and Nellie Beam, formerly of Indiana; had a daughter-Nellie Agnes, now 17 years of age, attending Union School at Jackson, Mich. His second marriage took place at Boscobel in April, 1867, by Rev. Mr. Morehouse, to Emma, daughter of Andrew and Isabel Anderson; had seven children, four of them living-Alva Dena, Bertha Alleta, James Ambrose and Matie Livinia. Mrs. Sea- ron was born March 16, 1842, at Bergen, Norway, and came here in 1851.

WILLIAM SKAIFE, farmer and civil engineer, Sec. 28; P.O. Potosi ; born near city of York, Eng., son of John and Nancy (Grange) Skaife; came to this farm in 1840 and has been on it from that time to the present. He and his wife are looking forward to the golden wedding and its festivities with pleasure ; was married at Ripon Church, Eng., March 28, 1840, to Hannah, daughter of John and Ann (Kirkbride) Stony ; had no children, has adopted five, the children of his brother, whose wife died at Potosi March 7, 1863; Jennie, John E., Samuel F., Minnie M., William Henry ; John married Caroline Maury and has three children, and is lumbering in Nebraska. Mr. Skaife is a Protestant, Republican ; and states that he once went hunting on the "Island " and shot seven deer and next day went to bring in his meat and found the wolves had " taken it in " for him. At another time he killed three wolves at one shot (with buck shot), they being on top of a shanty with others, trying to get in, and also that himself and his brother killed a panther seven feet long.

CALEB TAYLOR, farmer, Secs. 4 and 5; P. O. Lancaster; born near Morgantown, Va. ; son of John and Susan (Dustin) Taylor ; came to Grant Co., in 1836; farming, burning lime, etc. In 1842, he was married by Rev. Darius Bainbridge, to Nancy, daughter of Edward Pindle Coombs and Rachael (Pindle) Coombs ; Mrs. T. was born June 20, 1826; has fourteen children living-Clarisa, born May 18, 1845, wife of S. A. Kaley ; John F., born May 30, 1846, married Emeline Walker, has two children-Frankie and Mattie, three deceased; George E., born Feb. 16, 1848, married Charlotte Salnave, and has five children-Lillie M., Edna E., Anna L., Harry E. and Delbert O .; Timothy D., born July 11, 1849; Hiram H., born Oct. 15, 1850, married Ardeska, daughter of Stephen B. Chase ; one son- Eddie; William A., minister U. B. Church, born May 18, 1852; married Katie Baker-has three chil- dren-William, Alice May and Eddie ; Caleb P., born April 25, 1854, married Arzella Shanley, had two

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children, one (Florence) still living ; Thomas O., born April 22, 1856, in Iowa; Henry A., born July 5, 1858, in Lancaster ; Alice M., born March 8, 1860, wife of Joseph Mont Pleasure, whose house was de- stroyed by fire in 1880, they have one child -- Raymond P .; Samuel E., born Oct. 2, 1862; Eugene M., born May 20, 1863; Joseph A., born July 23, 1865 ; Ida F, born Oct. 17, 1869. Mr. Taylor was ten months in Co. H, 25th W. V. I., and his son, John F., was in Co. C, 2d W. V. C. ten months. The great grandmother of Mr. Taylor's mother (Susan Dustin) was somewhat noted in early times, having killed several Indians. Mrs. Taylor states that at the time she came here it was wild and unsettled, there being hut few cabins at Potosi and three or four at Lancaster, and they endured many hardships, she being obliged to go to a little hand-mill set on a post in the cabin of Thomas Shandley, and grind corn to make the noonday meal. They could get flour at Platteville, eighteen miles away, through the woods, at $20 per barrel, and pork at $40. They depended largely on wild game, of which there was an abundance, Mr. Taylor having killed four bears in one afternoon-had a running fight with one and killed it with his hunting knife. Owns 200 acres of land.

HENRY BARNARD UPPENA, farmer ; P. O. Rockville; born at Fraden, Prussia, April 11. 1823 ; came here in 1828. Married in 1846, to Catharine, daughter of Terrence and Catharine Coyle, who came from Ireland, in 1801, to New York, where he resided fifteen years ; then, after a terin in St. Louis, Mo., in 1829, he came here, and was the first settler in town who bought a farm. Peter Coyle, the first Sheriff of Grant Co., was a brother of Mrs. Uppena, and she states that soon after settling here, they were driven from home by the Indians, and took refuge at Galena, Ill., in the " Block-House," and that the shawl and bonnet of her mother was found on an Indian that was captured soon after. Mr. Uppena sunk a shaft in his cellar, and took out 12,000 pounds of mineral. Owns 80 acres of land. Has a daugh- ter, born in 1847, now Mrs. Englebert Falk, of Illinois, a teacher of music and ornamental penmanship. and has five children-Henry B., born Nov. 17, 1852; managing the farm, making a specialty of blooded sheep and swine, also a jeweler and music teacher.

JOHN VAN DYKE, carpenter, Potosi. Owns residence and vineyard of 23 acres, also an interest in a mill at Ashland, Wis. Was born in 1812, in New Jersey ; removed to Potosi in 1835, and followed his business, several years, of contracting and jobbing. Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Van Dyke, of New Jersey. In 1860, he married Harriett S., daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Thomas) Uren ; she was born in Cornwall, England, in 1839, and came here in September, 1848. Has one daughter, Francesca, born Dec. 5, 1860. Mrs. V. D. has, for some time, been writing for different publications, viz., Inter Ocean, Platteville Witness, Grant County Argus, Demorest's Magazine and Dubuque Daily Times ; also a series of humorous lectures, etc .; also a large number of obituary and "decoration " " notices and poems, and a large and varied collection of sketches, lyrics and ballads, etc .- poetical, sentimental and edu- cational-ranging, with great versatility, from "grave to gay," from " lively to severe; " always writing under adverse circumstances, and distancing many writers of far greater pretensions. The following is a par- tial list of her writings : Through the Vineyard; How Ezekiel was Caught; To my Parents ; The Du- buque Times ; Battle of Cupid and Mammon ; A Prayer; Fame ; Aunt Debby's Visit to Centennial : Little Joey ; Advice to an Editor ; Ambition ; To my Little Friend, Cora W .; A Tale of the Hudson ; Letters of a Fashionable Young Man (Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4) ; Katie and Robin ; The Ideal and Real ; A Mid- summer Night Reverie; Indian Summer ; Baby Annie; the Death of Harry Vance : Tit for Tat ; The 4th at British Hollow ; Observations in a Hop-field ; Wee Robbie's Letter ; Ethel Burns ; The Benedict's Debate ; and others, of which the following is a sample (The Patriot Dead of Grant County) :

TO THE PATRIOT DEAD OF GRANT COUNTY.

Hail ! honored dead, the mighty dead, The heroes who are gone ! Who, for their land their life-blood shed, And wore a martyr's crown. Emblazoned on the scroll of fame In characters of light, Their names to the broad world proclaim Their glory and their might.

Twine wreaths of flowers, fair, fragrant flowers, Around the hallowed stone ; Join hearts and hands a few short hours In love to heroes gone.

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Commemorate with loyal hearts The noble dead, who sleep In soldiers' graves, far, far apart, Where friends may never weep.

With reverent hands, young maidens fair, Enwreath the marble shaft ; Their tear-drops gem the blossoms rare ; Hushed is the silvery langh : For thoughts of those who in the prime Of youth and manhood fought, And in that far-off Southern clime Their country dearly bought.

When o'er the fair horizon rose The somber clouds of war ; And vengeance filled the hearts of foes, And battles loomed afar ; Brave men went forth to meet the foe, Their country's flag to save ; And inany a noble heart sank low Within a soldier's grave.

And some returned death-stricken, maimed, Their manhood's strength all gone ; But happy in their homes reclaimed, Their country's freedom won. Peace once more folds her quiet wing Above our land's fair breast ; Withdrawn are war's sharp venomed stings, Its thunders lulled to rest.

Twine garlands for the honored dead, Whose names are here engraved- Grant County's noble sons, who shed Their blood that ye'd be saved. Their glorious deeds with us still live, Though they sleep 'neath the sod ; They have given all they had to give To their country and their God.

POTOSI, May 29, 1877.

MRS. H. L. VAN DYKE.

LOREN WADE, M. D., Rockville, Penn .; born in New York in 1822; son of Abraham and Joanna (Mungar) Wade, of Vermont and Massachusntts ; came to this county twenty-two years ago, and after one year removed to Lima, where he practiced medicine and had charge of the Baptist Church at that place for six years, and removed to Lancaster, and was three years in charge of the Baptist Church there, and, after a residence at Patch Grove, where he followed his profession, he removed to this village, where he has a large and increasing practice. On June 21, 1860, he was married, by Rev. William Wall- ace, to Margaret, daughter of Edward and Phaniah (Barr) Halferty, of Westmoreland Co., Penn .; had six children-Phaniah, born Aug. 2, 1861, teaching school in Ellenboro ; Flora, Feb. 11, 1864, died Sept. 2, 1865; Eva, Aug. 28, 1866; Pitt A., Aug. 23, 1868; Ben O., Nov. 1, 1870 ; Smith, Feb. 14, 1872, died at 6 months of age. Mr. Wade had previously married on July 4, 1857 (by Esq. Horsefall, of Millerville, Grant Co.), Marchia, daughter of John and Mary (Nye) Ellis, by whom he had one son- Loron Ellis, born March 21, 1859; she (Marchia) died April 13, 1859. Mr. Wade spent a short time mining at Leadville, Colo .; he is a successful physician, and makes a specialty of diphtheria and kindred diseases ; owns six acres of land.

JOSEPH WALKER, miner, Rockville; born at Hebden, in Parish of Linten, Yorkshire, England, Dec. 3, 1835 ; son of Thomas and Ann (Pratt) Walker ; came to Rockville in 1857, and has been mining most of the time. Unmarried, and has a brother (Edward) at Whittemore, Iowa, who is also single. In 1862, enlisted in Co. H, 25th W. V. I .; served three years, and draws a pension of $12 per month by reason of injuries received in vicinity of Atlanta, Ga .; was in all the battles from Chatta- nooga to Atlanta, and also through the siege of Vicksburg, under U. S. Grant, and in the Meridian cam- paign of 1864.

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BENJAMIN F. WILLIAMS, farmer ; P. O. Potosi ; born in Lancashire, England, in 1820 ; son of John and Nancy (Hampson) Williams ; owns eighty acres of land. Married, in 1860, by Rev. Mr. Summersides, to the widow of his brother (David H. Williams), whose maiden name was Hester Ann Clark ; she had five children by last marriage, two of them living-Hester J., born in 1861, now Mrs. Brown, of Dubuque, has one child; Philander F., Feb. 29, 1864. First husband of Mrs. Williams died in 1857, and left five children-Nancy A., now Mrs. Disney, of Minnesota, and has five children ; Mary Isabel, now Mrs Cenfield, has five children ; John C. married Selnave, and has two children ; Nathan C., farming in Minnesota ; David H., yard-master at Crookston, Minn. Mr. Williams took first copy of Grant County Herald, and has all the files to this date.

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History of Grant County, Wisconsin, preceded by a history of Wisconsin, Part 146

Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899 Publication date: 1881 Publisher: [Chicago : Western Historical Co.?] Number of Pages: 1050

Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: [Chicago : Western Historical Co.?]
Number of Pages: 1050