History of Grant County, Wisconsin, preceded by a history of Wisconsin, Part 154

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

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JOHN A. KLINDT, of the firm of Klindt, Geiger & Co., dealers in general stock, Cassville; was born at Kielen Holstein, Germany, May 15, 1844; came to America in August, 1864; engaged as clerk with C. L. Le Grave for three years ; then with John Geiger until 1873. He then bought out the stock, and engaged for himself March 1, 1878; the firm has been Klindt, Geiger & Co. His wife, Ida Sager, a

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native of Mecklinburg, Germany, came to America with her parents in 1863. Her mother is deceased ; her father resides in Cassville. They were married April 1, 1875, and have one child-Gusta A., born March 24, 1878. In politics, he is a Republican ; was a member of the Assembly in 1880. In religion, Liberal believer. He has been a Good Templar.

F. P. LISCOMB (deceased) ; was born in Vermont Aug. 28, 1830 ; came to Illinois in 184) with his parents. His father now resides in Kansas; his mother died at Lancaster in 1857. They came to Wisconsin in 1845 ; settled in Lancaster, where he first was a clerk in a store, and afterward in the mercantile business; also Postmaster about 1853. They removed to Cassville in 1865 ; in the fall engaged in clerking for Geiger, also Reinke. He died Sept. 25, 1878. In politics, he was a Democrat ; was Town Clerk. In religion, Methodist ; was a member of A., F. & A. M .; also Worthy Master of Lancaster Lodge. His wife, Harriett M. McCartney, a rative of Cassville; was born March 25, 1835. They were married July 6, 1857. By this union there were two children-Frank Emmett, born Oct. 13, 1858 ; William, born Feb. 7, 1860 ; died March, 1860. They own town property, and 300 acres of farm land. Mr. L., his father, was a native of New York; his mother from Vermont. They came to Wisconsin in 1827 ; settled at Cassville ; both buried in this vicinity.

HENRY MILLER, proprietor of hotel and stable, Cassville ; was born in Prussia April 24, 1836; came to America in 1855, direct to Wisconsin ; bought 40 acres of land, and rented 200 until 1861. He then enlisted in Co. C, 2d W. V. I., Sept. 26, 1861; was in the first battle of Bull Bun ; wounded and discharged ; returned to Cassville; went to mining; then bought 40 acres of land, and continued until 1866. He then went to Iowa, and engaged in teaching school in the country and at Garnavillo; then returned to Cassville in 1879, on a farm until June, 1880 ; then in to the hotel. He owns the property. In politics, Republican ; in religion, Catholic. His wife, Mary Serg, was born in Millville, Grant Co., Wis., Nov. 13, 1844. They were married in 1863; they have three children-Louisa, boru Jan. 17, 1873; Laura, born Feb. 22, 1875 ; Henry, born Jan. 19, 1879.

LEWIS M. OAKEY, farmer, Sec. 13; was born in Monroe Co., Ohio; sou of Henry and Minerva Oakey ; came to Wisconsin with his family in 1849. He was married to Caroline Titus in 1844 ; their children are Samuel W., born in 1846; Minerva, born in 1848; William F., born in 1850; Lewis, born in 1853. Has been a member of the Board of Supervisors, and an acting Justice of the Peace a number of times. In politics, a Republican.

JOHN B. ORTSCHEIS, baker and confectioner and notions, Cassville ; was born at Alsace, France, Dec. 2, 1842; came to America, in 1857, with his mother and sister. His father died in the old country. Two brothers had come before this time, and are living at Cassville. He was engaged in attend- ing school, and worked on a farm until 1859. He went to Galena to learn the trade with Jacob Sutter. He then went on a steamboat one year; then to Dubuque ; finished the trade; then went to Lansing, Iowa; then returned to Dubuque. He enlisted in the 12th Iowa V. I. in 1862; but they would not receive him. He came to Cassville in 1864, and engaged in the saloon business in 1865, and then returned to Dubuque. His wife, Catharine Zeng, was born at Potosi, Grant Co., April 28, 1843. They were married in 1864; they have nine children-Edward P., Harry B., Mary Annie, William B., Bearnhart, Josephine C., Magalena, Maggie and Louisa. In politics, Republican ; is Justice of the Peace ; has been Road Overseer and Constable; owns town property.

OTTO REINKE, dealer in general merchandise, Cassville ; was born in Mecklinburg, Germany, Sept. 17, 1827 ; came to America Dec. 18, 1849, landed at New York ; then went to Waterstown and clerked in a store ; in 1851, went to St. Louis and clerked in a Main street store uutil 1857 ; in the spring, he came to Cassville ; was in the store of Raffanf & Geiger, continued until 1860 ; engaged in business for himself with William F. and O. B. McCartney. William F. is now a successful business man in Denver, Colo .; O. B., deceased. Continued until 1865, when he was in company with Gov. Dewey until 1873, when Mr. Reinke bought out the business. His wife, Martha Garner, was born at Apple River, Jo Daviess Co., Ill., Aug. 27, 1837. Married Jan. 12, 1862 ; they have seven children-Alto, born Feb. 11, 1863, died April 20, 1866 ; Mattie, born Nov. 2, 1864; Fredrick, July 30, 1867 ; Benno, Sept. 18, 1869, died Jan. 16, 1873 ; George, born Oct. 5, 1872 ; Ottilie, Aug. 21, 1874 ; Grittie, April 22, 1879. In politics, Re- publican ; was Postmaster from 1861 to 1871 ; has been Clerk and Treasurer of Schools. In religion, raised a Lutheran. His father was a minister of that denomination, and died in the old country in 1878. Mr. R. owns 40 acres of land, also town property.

D. B. STEVENS, of the firmn of Stevens & Bartlett, proprietors of steami saw-mill, Cassville ; was born at Oxford, Me., Jan. 24, 1837 ; came to Wisconsin in 1856, when he arrived at Prairie du Chien,

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he only had 50 cents in cash ; his trunk he took upon his shoulders to the store of Pettons ; he then engaged in driving oxen in the spring ; he then located in Bloomington, Grant Co., Wis .; worked at the trade of car- penter, teaching school in the winter ; he then removed to Beetown in 1861, worked at his trade until 1865, when he bought the Cassville steam saw-mill. His wife, Mary Rockeffler, was born in Connecticut, in No- vember, 1842 ; came to Wisconsin in 1855, with her parents, who now reside at Beetown. They married March 4, 1862; they have six children-George L., born Nov. 10, 1863, now attending the Normal School at Platteville; Willard L., born Sept. 10, 1865; Frank J., Aug. 17, 1869, now at school at Lancaster ; Charles D., March 23, 1872; Mary B., Nov. 6, 1877 ; Lucy B., Oct. 10, 1878. In religion, a Baptist, and to his constant and persistent efforts the Cassville Baptists are indebted for their neat little church ; he is also the Superintendent of the Sunday school. In politics, a Republican ; a member of Beetown Lodge of A., F. & A. M. The firm own 1,000 acres of land in Clayton Co., Iowa, and a fine residence in Cassville.

WILLIAM SCHMITZ, saloon, restaurant and stabling, Cassville ; was born in Prussia Sept. 14, 1830 ; came to America in 1850 ; settled at Galena, learned the trade of tinsmith ; engaged in busi- ness at Galena with M. Gribbs ; then went to Dubuque, where he remained until 1855 ; he came to Cass- ville and engaged in the hardware business ; then built the Cassville brewery, and continued to run that un- til he sold to Hugo Grimm of St. Louis ; then started the present business in his own house July 24, 1880, also owns a farm of 60 acres. His wife, Sebbila Drecsen, was born in Prussia in 1852; came to America in 1868 ; they married April 13, 1871 ; they have five children-Otto C., born at Cassville March 13, 1872; William M., Oct. 7, 1873 ; Christ H., Oct. 5, 1875 ; Henry, Dec. 3, 1877 ; Frank E., June 16, 1880. In politics, Republican ; member of Town Board. In religion, Catholic; a member of the Union League. While firing an anvil during the early part of the war, he came near being killed by the bursting of an an- vil. His brother Peter was in the 25th W. V. I., and died in the war ; he is buried at Cassville ; William erected a beautiful monument to his memory-a worthy tribute to a fallen hero.

JOHN H. C. SNECLODE, insurance and collecting agency, Cassville ; born on the Baltic April 14, 1821 ; in 1841, was in the employ of the Kiel & Altoona R. R., and continued until the great fire in Heinburg, in 1842, when he came to Baltimore, Md .; remained six months, when he returned to Holstein, and was put in the regular army, where he remained ten weeks, when he deserted and came to America, landed in New York ; then to Canada in the fall of 1843 ; in the spring of 1844, went to Michi- gan, there engaged in carpentering, when he arrived there his trunk was empty, the last penny gone, but, being a good draftsman he soon received the best of wages; in the fall of 1844, he went to Galena, Ill., where he remained until 1846; the times being very dull and no money, he enlisted for the Mexican war with Capt. Crow, afterward Dr. Crow, of Galena; served until the close of the war, when he returned and worked at various occupations ; until 1849, he was engaged on the steamer Yankee of the St. Paul and St. Louis line ; in 1850, he came to Cassville and worked at his trade, some of the finest buildings in the city were built by him. In 1857, he was engaged in farming, but made a failure; he returned to his trade. Now owns 320 acres of land on Sec. 27, also town property. His first wife, Jane Va Ansdall, of Holland, deceased, was born in Ohio, in November, 1333; moved to Wisconsin in 1845. Married March 16, 1856, died July 2, 1871 ; by this union there were five children-Annie, now Mrs, McCormick ; Catherine, born in 1861, died in 1863; Ester, born in October, 1864, died Jan. 28, 1871 ; Margaret, born in March, 1868; Cornelia, born September, 1870, died in June, 1871. Second wife. Amelia Phetteplace, born in Illinois, in February, 1847. Married in September, 1873; no children. In politics, Republican, and one of the little band that, in 1854, organized the party in this county at Lancaster, John H. Rountree, Chairman; John G. Clark, Secretary. He was raised a Lutheran. Has held the office of Justice of the Peace, Town Clerk, Treasurer, Notary Public. A Mason, and belongs to the Chapter at Lancaster ; I. O. O. F. Lodge at Bloom- ington. Gives considerable attention to surveying in Iowa and Wisconsin.

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O. L. BERRY, farmer, Sec. 33 ; P. O. Fennimore ; was born in Norway in 1816; came to the United States in 1843 ; first settled in Iowa Co., Wis .; came to Grant Co. in 1848, and settled on his present farm, the greater part of which was Government land. Mr. Berry is, to the best of his knowledge, the first Norwegian settler of Grant Co. His wife was Mary Fingerson, born in Norway Nov. 4, 1824; she came to this country with her brother, Andrew Fingerson, in 1849 ; he is how a resident of Iowa Co. Mr. Berry and wife have eight children-Lena, Mary, Lewis, Christina, Anna, Ada, Frederick and Ella. Farm contains 240 aeres.

W. L. BROWN, M. D., physician and surgeon, Fennimore ; a native of Michigan ; he fin- ished his literary course of study at Albion, Mich., and entered the college at Ann Arbor, where he com- menced his medical course, afterward graduating at Bennett College, Chicago, in 1874 ; he commenced practice the same year at Reading, Mich., coming to Grant Co. in July, 1880, where he is now engaged in practice. Sept. 28, 1875, he was married to Miss Mary Peterson, a native of Hillsdale, Mich. They have two sons.

A. B. BAILEY, clerk, Preston ; son of Mark Bailey, who was born in Ohio ; he came to Grant Co. from Indiana about 1848, and settled in Boscobel ; he settled in the town of Mt. Ida in 1876. He died in March, 1880. Mr. Bailey has two brothers-Seth G. and Nathan L .; they reside at the homestead. He was married to Tillie Rogers, daughter of Seth W. Rogers; they have one child-Mark.

LEWIS J. BERRY, farmer, Sec. 12 .; P. O. Preston ; born in Norway in 1836; he came to America with his father's family in 1852; parents settled in the town of Christiana, Dane Co., Wis., where they lived three years. Ais father removed to Grant Co. in 1855; he entered the farm which Lewis J. now owns in the fall of 1854. Father died in the fall of 1870 ; mother is still living. Parents had five children when they came to this country, two of whom, Louis J. and Anna (now Mrs. Ronning), are living ; Benjamin, born in 1842, enlisted in October, 1862, in Co. G, 33d W. V. I .; he died at Jef- ferson Barracks, near St. Louis, in January, 1863. Mr. Berry was married to Lena Gilbertson, daughter of Nels Gilbertson, who came to this country from Norway in 1860. Have five children-Julia, Benja- min, Thomas, Cornelius and Gustave A. Farm contains 250 acres.

JACOB BAUMGARTNER, farmer, Sec. 5 ; P. O. Fennimore ; born in Bavaria, Ger- many, Nov. 26, 1830 ; he emigrated to America with his father in June, 1850; they came directly to Wisconsin, first to Milwaukee, thence to Jefferson Co., thence to Cassville, Grant Co. July 19, 1850. Mr. Baumgartner went to St. Louis in the fall of that year, where he worked in a tannery ; he learned his trade, that of a dyer, in Germany ; he returned to Cassville in May, 1851, and worked for Thomas Scott, near Cassville ; he returned ts St. Louis in August of that year ; in March, 1852, he came back to Cass- ville ; he left Grant Co. again, and engaged to work for Freeman Harmony, near Janesville, as a farm hand. He was married, Oct. 23, 1852, to Mary Winterling, born in Bavaria, and came to this country with her parents in 1848, and settled in Jefferson Co. Mr. Baumgartner settled in the town of Fenni- more, Sec. 3, where he lived a short time ; settled on his present farm May 5, 1855 ; he has 377 acres of land ; is engaged in grain and stock raising. Has had nine children, seven of whom are living-Louise, Nelson, Leo, Peter, Frank, Wilhelm and Cora. Mr. Baumgartner possesses much valuable information regarding the history of Grant Co. for the last thirty years. He is not only a careful observer and in possession of an excellent memory, but has also practiced the keeping of a diary, noting current events at the time of their occurrence. Both himself and wife are numbered among the most intelligent people of Grant Co.

A. B. CLARK, farmer, Sec. 7 ; P. O. Fennimore, Grant Co .; was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1816; removed with his parents to Erie Co., Penn., when 5 years of age. Was married to Fidelia Eaton in 1840, and emigrated to Linn Co., Iowa, in 1850. By this marriage had two children-James H., who died of disease in the army; Mary L., deceased. Mrs. Clark died in 1843, and in the same year Mr. Clark was again married to Annie Mann, who was born in Greene Co., Penn., in 1826. Mr. Clark has by his second marriage ten children-John W., who is married and resides in Fennimore; Nancy Jane, who married N. Wood and resides in Ida Co., Iowa; Rachel E .; Trifosia, married to C. Demsey ; Cloia A., married to R. Demsey ; Warren, married and lives in Fennimore ; Walter, Olive, Charlotte and

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George W. Mr. Clark is an active Republican, and is strongly backed in the principle by his good wife. He owns a valuable farm of over 200 acres, under thorough cultivation.

JOHN DINSDALE, farmer, Sec. 25 ; P. O. Fennimore ; born in Yorkshire, England, in November, 1825, where he was married to Tirzah Chapman. They emigrated to Wisconsin via New Orleans, and up the Mississippi River to Galena, and thence to Grant Co .; left Liverpool Feb. 22, 1849, and reached Grant Co. on the 7th of May. In May, 1850, he entered 80 acres in Sec. 36, town of Fen- nimore, which is a part of his present farm of 400 acres; he built a log house on his first 80 acres, where he lived eighteen years, when he built his present residence; he is engaged in general farming and stock- raising. His present wife was Miss Grace M. Eddy. He had twelve children by first wife, eleven of whom are living-Elizabeth, James, Isabella M., Zipporah, B. C., Dorothy, Alice, Hattie, Abbie, Matthew E. (deceased ), Mary A. and Tirzah C. By present wife-Eddy (deceased), Ella T. and Grace A. His son James met with rather a singular incident abont 1860, when he was 12 years of age. A bald eagle of immense size came down upon his father's farm and attacked a flock of geese. After a severe contest with a plucky gander, the eagle was finally dispatched by James with a club. James graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago ; is now practicing medicine at Soldiers' Grove, Crawford Co.

HENRY A. DANKLEFF, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. O. Fennimore ; born in Denmark in 1832; when 16 years of age he went to sea as a ship carpenter; he came to New York City about 1850, after which he sailed on American vessels for several years ; he left the sea about 1855 ; he then went to Mil- waukee, where he remained one summer ; thence to Michigan, where he remained about two years ; then came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1857 ; he lost in Michigan what he had accumulated, and came to Grant Co. Hesettled on his present farm in the spring of 1868; his farm contains 230 acres ; has also 160 acres on Sec. 13 ; his farm has fine improvements, all of which he has made himself. His wife was Ann C. Johnson, daughter of Peter Johnson, who came from Norway to this country about 1850 ; they have four children-Sarena, Matilda, Charles and Henry.

PHILO DEMPSEY, retired farmer ; P. O. Fennimore ; is one of the early settlers of the town of Fennimore; was born in the town of Brutus, Cuyuga Co., N. Y., June 24, 1814; he removed to Alleghany Co. in 1831 ; in 1844, came to the town of Fennimore, and entered a farm in Sec. 13; this farm he still owns. His wife was Miss Lydia Walker, born in Massachusetts in August, 1820. Her father removed his family to Grant Co. in 1844, but he first came to the county in 1840. Mr. Dempsey's parents died at his residence in Fennimore. Mrs. Dempsey's father died in California ; her mother died in Grant Co. Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey have had six children, five of whom are living-George P., Silas H., Charles S .. Robert W. and Similde ; lost fifth child, Mary Edna. George P., now a resident of Mason City, Iowa, was a member of Co. K, 12th W. V. I .; enlisted in fall of 1861 ; veteranized at the expiration of his time, three years, and served till nearly the close of the war, when he was discharged for dis- ability. Silas and Charles were members of 38th W. V. I .; the latter was severely wounded, losing a part of one hand. Mr. Dempsey was the first Town Treasurer of Fennimore ; was member of Town Board twelve years ; Chairman of Board one term.

B. C. DINSDALE, farmer, Sec. 25 ; P. O. Preston ; son of Mr. John Dinsdale ; born at the homestead in the town of Fennimore in 1854. His wife was Miss Emma Thompson, daughter of Mr. Edward Thompson, an early settler of Hazel Green.

H. H. EARL, Postmaster at Fennimore ; a native of Portage Co., Chio; he came West in 1838, and located in Salem Co., Ill .; in 1848, he returned to his native place, and in 1850 came to Grant Co. where he has since resided ; in 1870, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and held that office for nine years ; in April, 1875, he received the appointment of Postmaster, which office he has since held. He is married and has had ten children, only four of whom are living-Samuel Armstrong, son by former mar- riage ; Nancy, now Mrs. Loney ; Olie, now Mrs. Lewis ; and William.

J. A. FARNHAM, druggist, Fennimore ; born in Greene Co., N. Y., in June, 1853 ; he removed with his parents to Elgin, Ill., about 1866 ; he came to Fennimore and engaged in his present business in October, 1878. His wife was Miss Ada Coleman.

P. H. FINNEGAN, farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. O. Fennimore ; son of Michael Finnegan, who came from Ireland to this country about 1845 ; he lived in Carroll Co., Ind., for some time, when he removed to Will Co., Ill .; he came to Wisconsin with his family about 1854, and settled in the town of Liberty, Grant Co .; he is still a resident of that town. P. H. was born in Ireland in 1842. His wife was Miss Agnes Robinson, daughter of John Robinson ; they have six children-Emma, Mary, George, Albert, Julia and Robert. Mr. Finnegan was Assessor of the town of Fennimore for 1879 and 1880.

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ANDREW GOVIER, merchant tailor, Fennimore ; he was born in Devonshire, England ; came to Grant Co. in August, 1862. He was married in 1855 to Miss Mary Sanders, also a native of England. She died Oct. 2, 1864, leaving four children, two sons and two daughters -Anna E., Emma, John and George. He was married a second time, Dec. 25, 1866, to Mrs. Elizabeth Tobler, widow of John D. Tobler, who died in the army ; she has a son by her former husband, John O. Tobler. They have four children-Ida L., William E., Grant and Albert.

WILLIAM GILLMAN, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Fennimore ; a native of New Hampshire . Went with his parents to Vermont when 9 years of age, remained there until 1857, when he came West to Grant Co. Located on his present farm in 1867. He has been a member of the Town Board, and served two years as Justice of the Peace. He was married to Miss Julia A. Dexter, a native of Massachusetts. They have three sons and three daughters.

WILLIAM A. GRISWOLD, farmer and stock-dealer, P. O. Fennimore; was born in Essex Co., N. Y., February, 1826. He went to Reading, Penn., when a young man, where he learned his trade, that of machinist. He was connected with the machine-shops of the Philadelphia & Reading R. R. Co. for about seven years. He afterward went to Plattsburg, N. Y .. where he was foreman of the shops of the Plattsburg & Montreal R. R. Co., and afterward to La Porte, Ind. He came to Lancaster, Grant Co., in 1856, where he and Richard Meyer built a saw-mill. He operated this mill for several years. In 1862, he went to Pittsburgh, Penn., and engaged as foreman of machinery in the construc- tion of the light-draft monitors, Umpqua and Manayunk ; was afterward connected with the construction of the Chicago Water Works. He purchased his present farm of 240 acres in 1872, and is now engaged principally in the stock business. His wife was Miss Harriet Meyer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia ; she came to the United States in 1848; of German parentage. Her father was a sea captain, and owner of a line of vessels, which plied between Russia and England. Mrs. Griswold is a cultured lady, speaking Russian, German. French and the English languages; she was educated in Russia, where she learned to speak the English language. Mr. and Mrs. Griswold have four children-Ira W., born in 1855, at Plattsburg; J. Lily, born in 1857, at Lancaster ; Mary H. and Joseph N., born in 1870.

GEORGE H. HORTON, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Fennimore ; was born in New Hampshire Feb. 16, 1835; came to Wisconsin in 1857, and settled in Grant Co. Was married to Mary A. Switzer in 1861. Mr. Horton enlisted in Co. K, 47th W. V. I., in 1865, and went South with the regiment, and was in active service until the close of the rebellion ; was honorably discharged, and returned to a farm- er's life. Mrs. Horton was born in Grant Co., Wis., in 1844; they have four living children-George, G., Charles A., Frank S. and Clyde S. He has always been identified with the Republican party, and has filled various town offices ; has been Assessor of his town and Justice of the Peace, and owns a valu- able farm of 290 acres, well improved.

C. W. HINES, ticket agent, telegraph operator and express agent at Fennimore, for the Mil- waukee & Madison Branch of the N. W. R. R. Co. A native of Elgin, Ill. He took charge of this office Jan. 1, 1881.

CHARLES WARREN LONEY, Fennimore. (Autobiography.) I was born Aug. 21 1808, in the town of Franklin, Ross Co., Ohio; was brought up in a Methodist family, and taught to believe that it is wrong to break the Sabbath, or to attend church festivals ; I embraced religion in Indiana in 1834, and joined the Methodist Church. Was married, June 3, 1832, to Mary Switzer; removed with my family to the Territory of Wisconsin in October, 1846, and bought land and settled in the town of Fennimore, Grant Co. ; for personal abuse by those who should have been my friends, and for corrup- tions in the church, I called for and obtained a letter of recommendation from said church in 1871; in 1875, myself and wife presented our letters to the United Brethren in Christ, which church holds the same doctrines as regards the conditions of salvation, and have some church rules that I esteem more highly and vital importance in a religious view of the matter. This church is also more strict in the observance of their church discipline. These are some of the causes which led me to leave the M. E. Church and join the United Brethren. The love for and the tenacity with which the former church clings to Freemasonry and other minor secret organizations, its organs, its church festivals and its church music all tend to deprive it of the power for usefulness which it formerly possessed. There is no man or woman that can be a true follower of the Savior, and at the same time deny Him. With regard to poli- tics, I always voted with the old Whig party while that party existed, and since its disorganization have voted with the Republican party. I was elected a Justice of the Peace in the town of Fennimore in 1847, and re-elected each succeeding two years for sixteen years. I taught the second term of school taught in the town in the winter of 1847-48. Mr. R. Dixon taught the first term the previous winter.

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History of Grant County, Wisconsin, preceded by a history of Wisconsin, Part 154

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