History of Grant County, Wisconsin, preceded by a history of Wisconsin, Part 162

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

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AARON MOORE, farmer ; P. O. Lancaster ; born in 1831 in Lancaster Co., Penn. ; is a son of Gaines Moore. He resided in Pennsylvania until 20 years of age ; he lived in Illinois for three years, then went to Wisconsin and located in Clark County ; followed the lumber business for seven years ; thence to Grant County, where he has since lived ; he settled near Beetown. In 1852, he married Mary A. Blackburn. He was in the army two years and eleven months. Has 63 acres of land, valued at $1,000 ; he is a Quaker ; his politics, Republican ; has eight children-Alice P., George G., Mary C., Walter C., Henry, Lucy A., J. E. and Willard.

R. S. MORSE, Postmaster and dealer in drugs, medicines, paints, oils, stationery, groceries, etc. ; P. O. Beetown; born in Maine in 1835 ; came to Grant County in 1855, and located in Beetown. Educated in Massachusetts, is an old Grant County school-teacher, having taught fifteen years in the county in an early day, has held the office of Town Clerk for a number of years ; appointed Postmaster in 1874 ; all these positions he has filled creditubly. Enlisted first in 1862, in the 20th W. V. I., and served one year ; enlisted again in the summer of 1864, in the 43d W. V. I. ; was with his regiment all through the war. Was married in 1859, to Miss Nancy Tindell, by whom he has six children, three sons and three daughters. Has always been in active business, and is a self-made man.

JOHN MYERS, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Beetown; born in 1826, in Canada; was a son of Michael and Ann Myers ; he became an active young man at the age of 22, and came to Wisconsin and worked in the pinery; then to Taylor Co., Iowa, for two years; came back to Wisconsin and lived one year ; he then went to California, where he lived for one year and a half; moved then to Grant Co., Wis., near Beetown ; began farming in 1867. He married Miss Mary J. Immel, a daughter of A. Immel ; he went in debt for a large farm, but was prosperous and paid for it; he raised five children-William M .. Philip H., Bertha R., Mary E., Ettie B .; has 240 acres of land. Politics, Republican.

WILLIAM PATTERSON, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Bloomington ; born in 1852, in New York ; was a son of Edward and Margaret Patterson ; at the early age of 6 months he emigrated with his parents to Shullsburg, La Fayette Co., Wis., where they resided two years, thence to Beetown, where he now lives; stayed with his parents untill 23 years of age. Married in 1876, to Ellen Power, a daugh- ter of Patrick and Catharine Power. Is an energetic farmer, and a member of the Catholic Church. Politics, Greenback. Has 180 acres of land, valued at $5,000.

CHARLES A. PERIN, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Bcetown ; born in 1852, in Delaware Co., Iowa; was a son of Daniel Perin, who came to Wisconsin in the same year ; located on Rattlesnake Creek ; lived there until 22 years of age. He was married at the age of 20, to Elizabeth Wilson, a daughter of William P. Wilson ; have three children-Perry E .; Josiah and James C. Politics, Republican. Has 120 acres of land, valued at $1,200.

LORENZO PRESTON, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Beetown; born in 1819, in the town of Oxford, Shenango Co., N. Y .; in 1843, emigrated to Hazel Green, Grant Co., Wis. His abilities as a public officer were made known to the people of his county in the discharge of his duties as Constable,

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as which he served four terms, and, in 1854, was elected Sheriff of Grant Co .; served two years, then serving two years as Under Sheriff. After retiring from office, he followed mining for twelve years, then went to farming; has 190 acres of land; has been successful. In his boyhood served an apprenticeship as a printer. Was married in 1848, to Miss Sophia Trenary, a daughter of William Trenary, of English descent ; had four children, three living -- Lucinda J., William A., James H. Has been Assessor for five years ; is a Greenbacker ; religion, Universalist.

THOMAS PRIDEAUX, farmer, Sec. 6 ; P. O. Bloomington ; born in 1842 in Grant Co., Wis .; was a son of James Prideaux ; has been a farmer all of his life ; enlisted in 1864 in the 33d W. V. I .; was in three battles. He was married, in 1872, to Ellen Hudson, a daughter of Benjamin Hudson. He has four children. He is a member of the M. E. Church ; has 160 acres of land, valued at $4,000.

ROBERT PORTER, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Beetown ; born in Ireland in 1813 ; when 5 years of age he came to America, and located in Pennsylvania, where he lived for sixteen years, and learned the blacksmith trade, and, after 1834, he spent seven years in traveling; in 1841, he came to Grant Co., Wis., settled at Potosi, and followed his trade, but soon became a prosperous liquor merchant. In 1851, he married Miss Margaret Griggs, a daughter of Alexander Griggs. He has 468 acres of land. Has six children-John, Martha, Robert, Mary, Alice, Ulysess G. He has been on the Town Board four terms ; was Chairman twice; was Assessor three terms. Politics, Republican.

HARLEY S. SPRAGUE, farmer, Sec. 18 and 19; P. O. Beetown; born in 1840 in Grant Co., Wis .; was a son of Frederick A. Sprague, a large farmer. Mr. Sprague went into the army at the age of 21; enlisted in Co. C, 6th W. V. I .; was a First Lieutenant; served four years ; was engaged in twenty-four battles. He was married, in the fall of 1865, to Miss Grace Johnson, a daughter of Harvey Johnson, of New York. He has three children-Blanche, Cora and Albert ; has been Assessor one term and Town Treasurer one term. His politics are Republican. He lost two brothers in the war-Egbert and Albert. His father died Oct. 3, 1844; his mother died March 9, 1848.

JOHN STURMER, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Beetown ; born in 1820 in Prussia, Germany. At the age of 26, he emigrated to America ; was a son of Peter Sturmer. His father, being a shoemaker, attempted to teach him the trade; but, not liking that occupation, led him to seek other pursuits to gain a livelihood, and he chose that of farmer ; settled in New York in 1847. Two years later, he moved to Grant Co., Wis. ; stopping at Potosi; thence to Beetown, where he now lives. He was married, in 1853, to Miss Barbary Barton, a daughter of John Barton. He has ten children-John, Mary, Joseph, Albert B., Jacob L., Elizabeth S., Clara, Ellen, William, Minnie M. (deceased) and Adaline. He is a member of the Catholic Church. Politics, Democrat.

A. W. VEDDER, farmer, Sec. 36 ; P. O. Hurricane Grove; born in 1809, in Truxton, Cort- land Co., N. Y .; was a son of John N. Vedder ; resided there until 21 years of age, then moved to Chau- tauqua Co .; lived there ten years. Married Eliza J. Dagget ; his first wife died ; he then married Susan Hogle in 1839, a daughter of Andrew and Hannah Hogle; has six children, two by his first wife, and four by his present wife ; has been on the Town Board two terms, and member of School Board four terms ; has 160 acres of land, valued at $5,000. Politics, Republican.

REUBEN WARD, farmer ; P. O. Lancaster ; born in 1840 in Vermont ; was a son of Solo- mon Ward ; came to Grant Co., Wis., in 1855. He married in New York in 1865 ; located in Beetown, and has lived there since ; was in the war three years, and was wounded in the face ; owns a large farm ; is a Republican.

GEORGE W. WATTERHOUSE, farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. O. North Andover ; born in 1858, in Grant Co., Wis .; is a son of Charles and Elizabeth Watterhouse ; his mother's surname was Elizabeth Hutchcroft; he lived with his father until 21 years of age. Married in 1880 to Erla Briggs, daughter of Edwin Briggs ; is a promising farmer; politics, Greenbacker.

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JAMES ALDERSON, dealer in general merchandise ; business was established in 1874 by Peacock & Atkinson ; in 1879, Mr. Alderson purchased a half-interest with Mr. Atkinson, son of one of the former owners, and in the spring of 1881, Mr. Alderson became sole proprietor, and was appointed Postmaster in April, 1881 ; he was born in Yorkshire, England in 1836; came to America in 1844, and with his parents located in British Hollow. He married Catherine E. Dodge, a native of England.

JAMES ATKINSON, farmer and miner, proprietor of the Peacock & Atkinson mine ; North Andover; born in England in 1826; came to America in 1853, and settled in British Hollow, located on this place in 1870. Married Agnes Ann Peacock, a native of England; they have six chil- dren-Robert, Christopher, Frances Maria, Eliza J., Otto and Blanch.

JOHN BARE, Sec. 19; P. O. Glen Haven; owns 360 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre ; born in Yorkshire, England, in 1827 ; came to America in 1850, and located in Ohio ; in 1854 he removed to Wisconsin and settled in this county, and with the exception of two years spent in Texas, he has lived in this county. Mr. Bare has the finest farm in this locality ; his dwelling house was built in 1870, at a cost of $4,000. He married Mary Ann Chase, a native of Missouri ; they have eight children-Frank, Annie E., Olive Matilda, John, Ida Rebecca, Mary Jane, Lincoln and Freddie.

BASHFORD & HUMPHREY, dealers in general merchandise, Glen Haven ; business was established in 1871. Mr. Bashford, the senior member, was born in New Hampshire in 1814; he came to Wisconsin in 1836, and located in Cassville ; in 1845, he settled on a farm north of Cassville, and farmed until 1862, when he removed to Glen Haven and engaged in the mercantile trade until the close of the war; in 1871, he formed a partnership with Mr. Humphrey, and has continued in merchandising since. He married Elizabeth K. Blessing, a native of Western Virginia ; they have two children-Mar- tha and Charles. Mr. Bashford was elected to the Legislature in 1859 and in 1870 ; in 1864, he was Sergeant at-Arms to the State Senate. Mr. Alfred Humphrey, the junior member, was born in Patch Grove in 1849; he came to Glen Haven in 1871. He married Jennie Calvert, a native of Canada ; they have three children-Harry, George and May.

LEWIN BIGGIN, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. North Andover; born in 1835 in Derbyshire, England ; was a son of Thomas and Sarah Biggin, of England; resided there until the age of 35, when he emigrated to America ; located in the town of Glen Haven, where he has lived since ; is a prosperous farmer ; has 160 acres of land, valued at $5,000. Was married in 1858, to Mary Parker, a daughter of Thomas Parker, in England ; has six children-Alice M., Thomas, Harry, William L., Sarah A., Joseph. Politics, Greenbacker.

J. B. CLEMONS, Sec. 16; P. O. North Andover ; owns 80 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre ; was born in Livingston Co., N. Y., in 1833; came to Wisconsin in 1843, and located with his par- ents at Cassville ; he settled on his present farm in 1815. Married Emma Duncan, a native of Canada ; they have four children-Scott, Clara, Stella and Etta.

JOHN C. CURRY, Glen Haven Hotel ; born in 1842 in Jo Daviess Co., Ill .; was a son of James and Jane Curry ; lived there for three years, then went to Stephenson Co., and lived there until 1855; then to Grant Co., Wis .; located near Lancaster ; lived there until he enlisted, in 1864, in Co. A, 41st W. V. I .; served five months ; came back and lived with his parents until 1866. In the same year, he was married to Miss Eliza Tisherness, a daughter of Louis and Mary Tisherness ; moved to Beetown in 1872 ; resided there for seven years ; then to Glen Haven in 1879. Is the proprietor of the Missis- sippi House ; has three children-Alma, Albert B., Louis C. Politics, Republican ; Road Overseer four terms ; School Director two terms.

HENRY DORTLAND & SON, dealers in lumber, sash, doors, blinds and building paper, Glen Haven. Henry Dortland was born in Prussia in 1828; came to America in 1847 and located in Kenosha ; came to Glen Haven in 1873. Married Mary Pluecker, a native of Prussia ; they have five children-Henry, Frank, William, Mary and Amelia ; Frank, his son, was born in Kenosha.

D. P. GRINTER, physician and surgeon, Glen Haven ; has been engaged in the practice of medicine since 1845; he was born in Russellville, Ky., in 1820 ; he went to Iowa in 1845 and located at

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Garnavillo ; he soon after removed to Guttenburg, and thence in 1860 to this place. Married Louisa Six- bey, a native of White Pigeon, Mich .; they have two children-Myron and Cora. Mr. Grinter also carries on quite an extensive grain and commission business in partnership with his son, Myron, who was born in Guttenburg in 1855.

CHARLES HEILERMANN, Sec. 21 ; P. O. North Andover ; owns 691 acres of land ; born in Germany March 1, 1828 ; he landed in America the 1st of July, 1849 ; in July, 1854, he returned to Germany, where he remained until 1865, when he again came to America and settled in Clayton Co .. Towa ; in 1867, he came to this county. Married Annie Greve, a native of Hanover, Germany, born Oct. 23, 1832 ; they have three children-Mary Elmonde, Peter William and Geor . Herman. Mr. H. has been a member of the Town Board three years.

REV. WILLIAM JACKSON, farmer and local minister. Sec. 23; P. O. North Andover; was born in 1843 in Lincolnshire, England ; son of William and Jane Jackson : resided there eighteen years ; then to Billingsbar, where he lived until 1866; then to America, stopping for four months in Clinton Co., Mich .; then to Grant Co., Wis., where he has since lived. He was married in 1868 to Sarah Mason, a daughter of Richard Mason, of England ; they have five children-William M., Herbert, Edwin, Francis and Frederick. He has 100 acres of land, valued at $3,000. Politics, Greenbacker. He has been a local minister in the M. E. Church for sixteen years.

ISAIAH JOHNSON, farmer. Sec. 10; P. O. North Andover ; born in 1809 in New Jer- sey ; is a son of Isaiah Johnson ; lived there until 1821, thence to Clermont Co., Ohio, for forty-four years, and, in 1865, came to Wisconsin, locating where he now resides. He was married in 1853 to Miss Nancy Winter, a daughter of James and Elizabeth Winter ; she was born in 1812; they have five living children, seven deceased ; those living are Caroline, Augustus S., Laura. Granville and Mortimer. He has been Justice of the Peace eight years, Road Overseer five years, and Clerk of the School Board twenty- one years. Has 160 acres of land, valued at $6,000. Politics. Greenbacker. Member of the M. E. Church.

JOHN KEILL. saloon and meat market, Glen Haven ; born in Germany in 1841; came to America in 1855, and settled in Glen Haven. Married Lena Krapp, a native of Germany ; they have six children-Joseph. Katie, Frank, Martha, Lizzie and Gertrude. Members of the Catholic Church.

MARLOW KIDD. Sec. 25; P. O. Glen Haven ; owns 68 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre ; was born in this town in 1851. Married Annie Baumgartner, a native of Cassville; he is a son of E. A. Kidd, a native of England, who was born in 1809, and came to America in 1819; his wife was Susanna Marlow, also a native of England ; they have four children-Joseph, Richard, Franklin and Marlow.

LEROY H. KILBOURN, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Glen Haven ; born in 1851 in Grant Co., Wis .. in the village of Jamestown ; was a son of James A. and Sophia Kilbourn. Was married. in 1879, to Miss Emma C. Shrader, a daughter of Lenhart O. Shrader, of Lancaster ; has one child-Bes- sie; has 4523 acres of land. valued at $16,000. In politics, a Greenbacker.

JACOB KUENSTER, Sec. 25; P. O. Glen Haven ; owns 960 acres of land; born in Prussia in 1832; he came to America, and his first location was in this town ; he has been twice married, first to Doratha Miller, a native of Germany ; she died in 1870; they had five children-Alexander, Charles, Henry, Altena. Laura. Married again to Matilda Vogt, a native of Germany ; have four chil- dren-Amelia, Albert, Louisa and Jacob.

PATRICK POWERS, Sec. 30 ; P. O. Cassville ; owns 300 acres of land, valued at $31 per acre ; was born in Ireland in 1826; came to America in 1850, and, in 1854, located on his present farm. Married Catharine Allen. who was also born in Ireland ; they have eight children-Ellen, Mary, David, Catharine. James, Margaret, Thomas and Julia. They are members of the Roman Catholic Church.

JOHN RYAN, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. North Andover ; one of the most prosperous and lead- ing citizens of Grant County, who has held many prominent positions. Born in 1837, in Cassville, Wis .. is a son of John and Deborah Ryan ; left Cassville at the age of 5 years, and emigrated to Clayton Co., Iowa ; located on Turkey River, and lived there five years, returning to Cassville, where he spent two more years ; thence to Patch Grove in 1852, and in 1859 came to Glen Haven, where he has since resided. In 1860, he married Catharine Lewis, a daughter of William Lewis, formerly of Grant County ; she was of Scotch descent. Has seven children-Cora A., William E., James E., John E., Myron L., Reeves A. J. and Lulu. Has been a member of the Town Board five terms, two terms of which he was Chair- man ; has been Assessor five years, Justice of the Peace eight years, a member of the School Board

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seventeen years ; at present is President of the Farmer's Insurance Co. Has 340 acres of land, valued $15,000. Has been appointed administrator for a large number of valuable estates, among which was the estate of Senator Young, who was murdered not long since. Has been an old war horse in the Republican party until the last few years, when he has marshaled all his forces in the Greenback cause.

JAMES M. RYAN, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Beetown ; born in London, England, in 1833. Lived there two and a half years; came to New York in 1836; lived there six months and moved to Grant Co., Wis., the same year ; located at Cassville, then moved to Clayton Co., Iowa, near Guttenburg ; lived there five years, back to Cassville for two years, then moved to Patch Grove, where he lived until 1852. Became dissatisfied and emigrated to California, and followed mining for five years ; saved $2,000, came back to Wisconsin and located at Glen Haven, where he now resides. Married in 1858, to Eliza- beth A. Brown, daughter of Jesse S. Brown. Has nine children-Frank, Effie A., Charles H., John, Lily M., William A., Levi J., Leroy J. and Clyde. Politics, Greenback. Is one of the well-to-do and prosperous farmers of Grant County.

WILLIAM D. RYAN, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. North Andover. The subject of this sketch is a nativeof Grant County, his father being one of the old settlers of the State and a tiller of the soil. He is a son of John and Deborah Ryan. Born in 1840, in the village of Cassville, but soon after crossed the beautiful Mississippi River into the fertile regions of Iowa, and located where the village of Guttenburg now stands, where he spent five years ; then returned to Grant County, where they have since lived. William is the youngest of three sons, who are the three leading farmers of the county in which they reside. He mar- ried, in 1864, Mary Parker, a daughter of Patrick and Mary Parker, by whom he had six children- Allie, Francis R., Mary D., Julia E., Lo J .; his first wife died in 1875. He married again in 1876, to Mary Power, a daughter of Patrick and Catharine Power, by whom he has three children-Elgie J., Glendora A., and an infant. Has 170 acres of land, valued at $7,000. Politics, Greenback. Is a mem- ber of the Catholic Church ; has been School Treasurer one term ; has been appointed administrator for for many valuable estates ; is one of the many prosperous farmers and stock-raisers of Grant Co., Wis.

JACOB SCHALLENBERGER, Sec. 29; P. O. Cassville ; owns 310 acres land, valued at $15 per acre. Born in Switzerland in 1810, came to America in 1818, and located with his parents in Pennsylvania. In 1849, he removed to this county and settled on his present farm. Married Margaret Brookens, a native of Pennsylvania. They have five children-Jane, Maria, Hester, Rebecca and Joseph are members of the M. E. Church.

JAMES THOMAS, farmer ; P. O. Beetown ; born in 1821 in Cornwall, England ; was a son of Hannibal and Elizabeth Thomas; lived there for twenty-five years, and, in 1846, he emigrated to the beautiful and fertile regions of America ; located at Hazel Green, Grant Co., Wis., for one year; thence to Racine Co. for four years ; thence to Beetown, where he lives at the present time. He married in 1866, Miss Susan Richman, a daughter of Seth Richman, of Ohio; had one child, deceased-James N. He has 1,650 acres of land. Has been Pathmaster one term, School Director one term. Is a member of the M. E. Church. Politics, Democrat. Has been a prosperous farmer, and one of the luckiest miners of the age. .

ANTON VOGT, Sec. 18 ; P. O. Glen Haven ; owns 80 acres land, valued at $40 per acre ; born in Baden, Germany, in 1848; came to America in 1852; located with his parents in Butler Co., Ohio ; settled in this county in 1869. Married Caroline Winney, a native of this county. They have one child-George. Mr. Vogt has been Town Treasurer three terms.

OTIS M. WAY, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Glen Haven ; owns 90 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre ; born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, in 1831; came to Wisconsin in 1841, and settled with his parents in Lima, this county ; removed to this farm in June, 1851. Married Louisa Mayer, a native of Milwaukee. They have two children-Melinda and Edmund.

JAMES WILDMAN. farmer, Sec. 8; . P. O. Glen Haven ; owns 160 acres of land, valued at $45 per acre. Was born in Ireland Aug. 15, 1810; came to America in 1835. and located in Ulster Co., N. Y .; in 1856, he removed to Wisconsin, and settled on his present farm. Married Margaret McIver, also of Ireland ; they have six children-Henry, William, Letitia, Annie Margaret, Samuel and Louis. Are members of the Congregational Church.

WILLIAM WILDMAN, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. North Andover ; owns 160 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; born in Ireland in 1841; came to America with his parents in 1843, and located in New York ; removed to Wisconsin in 1856, and, in 1867, he settled on his farm. Married

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Jane Duncan, a native of Canada ; they have four children-Charles, Clara, Lottie and William. Mr. W. is a member of the Town Board.

JOHN WILSON, blacksmith, North Andover; business established in 1874 ; born in En. gland, in 1840; came to America in 1871 ; settled in Glen Haven ; removed to this village in 1874- Married Elizabeth Clifton, a native of England ; they have three children -- Thomas, Edith and Fred.

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HON. DELOS ABRAMS, farmer, Sec. 9 ; P. O. Bloomington. The subject of this sketch is a gentleman who is honored by all who know him, and has held many prominent positions in the com- munity in which he resides ; as for enemies he has none, but is noted by all for honesty and veracity, and has aroused his neighbors from their lethargy and slumbers many times on important political questions. He was born in 1834, in Montgomery Co., N. Y .; was a son of Anthony and Scyntha Abrams ; he received a common-school education. His aged mother died in 1855, and his father in 1871 ; their loss was long mourned by all who knew them. Delos Abrams is one of nine children, seven of whom are living ; his brother, Andrew Abrams, died in Africa in 1879, as a missionary ; he is also a brother to the noted Dr. Charles Abrams, of Fayetteville, La Fayette Co., Wis. Delos lived with his parents until 21 years of age, when, in 1855, he married Miss Martha M. Harvey, a daughter of James Harvey ; she is one of five chil- dren; they have four children-Mary A., Susie K., Elizabeth B. and Harvey. Mary A. is married to Charles Alexander, of Carroll Co., Iowa. Mr. Abrams is a Republican ; was School Clerk eleven years ; Justice of the Peace two years ; Assessor one year ; Chairman of Town Board two terms, and was elected, in 1876, to the honorable position of Representative in the State Legislature on the Republican ticket, with a majority of 206-the largest ever given in his district ; he has never been defeated in any political effort ; is running a large farm of 606 acres of land, valued at $16,000 ; is also the proprietor of one of the finest dairies in Grant Co., and is a Royal Arch Mason.

WILLIAM E. ADAMS, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Little Grant; was born in Patch Grove, Grant Co., Wis., in 1850, a son of Henry and Hannah Adams ; his father was born in New York ; his mother is a native of Pennsylvania. William lived with his father until he was 20 years of age ; he re- ceived a common-school education ; he then worked for William Humphrey eight years. Was married in 1876, to Miss Mary Van Dusen, an orphan girl, who came from New York in company with the family of J. K. Lum ; they have three children --- Hiram, Lulu, and an infant. Owns 200 acres of land, valued at $5,000 ; has been School Director one term. Politics, Republican.

HENRY BARNHART, miller, Sec. 22; P. O. Bloomington ; born in 1820 in Butler Co., Penn .; was a son of Philip and Elizabeth Barnhart, where he resided until 1845 ; he then emigrated to Wayne Co., Ohio ; lived there until 1852; then to Medina Co. for one year ; thence to Clayton Co., Iowa, where he lived for twenty-three years ; then to Allamakee Co. for two years; then to Prairie du Chien, Wis., for two years ; thence to Grant Co. in 1879, and built the mill known as the Barnhart Mill, where he now resides ; he is a millwright by trade, and has built grist-mills, saw-mills and woolen factories ; has 23 acres of land in Iowa, valued at $1,300 ; has 30 acres of land and the grist-mill where he now lives, valued at $14,000. Was married in 1850, to Eliza H. Creamer, a daughter of Peter Creamer, of Dauphin Co., Penn .; has had eight children, seven living-Emma H., Henry N., Mary J., Edmond R., Susan, Lillie E., Fred W. (deceased), Elizabeth. He enlisted in 1862, in Co. L, 6th Ohio V. C .; served three years ; has been Justice of the Peace two terms. Politics, Greenbacker.

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History of Grant County, Wisconsin, preceded by a history of Wisconsin, Part 162

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