History of Iowa County, Wisconsin, Part 128

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Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical Company
Number of Pages: 958

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JOHN F. BOYNTON, livery and boarding stable; is a native of New Hampshire ; was raised in Michigan, came to Mineral Point in 1850, and engaged in the livery business; has carried on the business over thirty years, and has the oldest livery in this section of the State. In 1859, he married Miss Lucy Banfill, from Grant Co., Wis. ; they have two children-Mary and Eugene.

JAMES BREWER, retired ; is a native of Cornwall, England, and was born June 13, 1820. He came to the United States in 1850, and eame to Wisconsin the same year, and located at Mineral Point, and engaged in farming. In 1852, he went to California ; remained there three years, and returned in July, 1855. He again engaged in farming until 1865, when he sold his farm and came to the city ; built a warehouse, and engaged in buying and shipping grain and stock. He carried on the business sne- cessfully until two years ago, and since then has not been engaged in active business. When Mr. Brewer came here, he had very little, and his success in life is owing to his own efforts. Ile was elected a member of the Board of County Supervisors from the town of Linden, and he has also served three years as a member of the City Council. Mr. Brewer was united in marriage to Miss Grace Hoare, a native of England, Oct. 11, 1840 ; they had one son-John, who died during childhood.

JAMES BREWER, Jr., of the firm of Teasdale & Brewer, grocers; born in Cornwall, England, in 1854; came to America in 1867, and settled in Mineral Point; engaged in his present busi- ness in 1879. In the same year he married Minnie Kemp, a native of Illinois; they have one child- Bertha Grace. He is a Republican.

GEORGE W. CHAMLEY, proprietor Wisconsin House ; is a native of Westmoreland Co., England, and was born June 23, 1841. He came to the United States in 1859, and the same year came to Hazel Green, Grant Co .; went to Idaho, and engaged in mining; returned in 1864, and came to Mineral Point, and since then has been successfully engaged in the hotel business here ; had nothing when he began life, and has acquired considerable property. He married Miss Elizabeth Watson, a native of Yorkshire, England, Dec. 15, 1865 : they have five children-Mary, Agnes, John, William and an infant daughter.

JOHN CHARLES, of the firm of Charles & Wasley, carpenters and builders ; is a native of Cornwall, England, and was born March 6, 1853; he came to the United States in 1869, and came to Wisconsin the same year. and learned the trade of carpenter and joiner; in 1875. he engaged in business for himself'; he associated with Mr. Wasley, and they have built up a good business. Mr. Charles married Miss Fannie Goldsworthy, a native of this city, Jan. 20, 1876 ; they have one son-Robbie Leroy. Mr. Charles is a member of Mineral Point Lodge, No. 1, A., F. & A. M., and also of the I. O. G. T.

JOHN CLOWNEY, builder ; is a native of New Jersey, and was born in the city of Trenton, on the old battle-ground. March 14, 1816; he was raised in the city of Philadelphia, and learned the trade of carpenter and joiner. He came West to Galena, arriving there April 15, 1838, and came to Mineral Point in Februarv, 1839, and was one of the early settlers here, and began working at his trade. In 1850. he went to California, remained four years, and returned in 1854. After the war broke out, he went into the service, and was commissioned Major of the 30th W. V. I .; he served three years, and returned in October, 1865 ; since then, he has been engaged in business here. In September, 1848, Major

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Clowney was united in marriage to Miss Jane Johnson, of Chautauqua Co., N. Y .; they have one daugh- ter-Catharine-now Mrs. Shepard ; they have lost two sons and one daughter-Frederick, Edward and Jennie. Maj. Clowney is a member of Mineral Point Lodge, No. 1, A., F. & A. M., and has been con- nected with the Presbyterian Church since 1845.

GEN. AMASA COBB, formerly a resident of Iowa Co .; born in the State of Indiana about 1826. Military record-Was a soldier in the war with Mexico; Adjutant General of the State of Wis- consin ; subsequently Colonel of the 5th W. V. I., in the war of the rebellion ; and was in the peninsular campaign with Gen. McClellan; was in the battle of Antietam and other severe battles; resigned, and afterward raised the 50tb W. V. I., and served until the end of the war. Civil record-Lawyer hy pro- fession ; District Attorney of Iowa Co .; State Senator; was member of Congress for four terms from the Third Congressional District of this State; moved to Lincoln, Neb., in 1870, and is now on the Supreme bench in that State.

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GEORGE W. COBB, General Manager of the Mineral Point R. R .; is a native of Cazenovia, Madison Co., N. Y., and is a son of Whitman and Eunice Cobb ; his parents came West to Indiana in 1833 and located near La Porte ; when 13 years of age, George entered a store in La Porte, and remained there until 1840, when he was offered a position in Chicago, in the store of Paine & Norton, then prominent merchants in that city ; in 1842, he brought a large stock of goods to Galena, and, in the fall of 1843, he was induced to come to Mineral Point, and located here and engaged in mercantile business ; he afterward was engaged in the grocery and provision trade, and, for many years, transacted a large and extensive business ; he was familiar with almost every one in this and adjoining counties, and traded in everything ; he used to ship wheat to Galena by wagons, before the railroads were built. In 1855, he was induced to become con- neeted with the management of the Mineral Point R. R., which was then building, but was not completed ; for over a quarter of a century he has had the management of this road ; there are very few men in this State or in the Northwest, who are so familiar with the railroad and commercial interests of this Western country as Mr. Cobb; he has been engaged in active business life over forty-five years ; when he began life he had nothing, and his success is owing to his own individuality and attention to business. Mr. Cobb is promi- nently identified with the Masonic fraternity, and has been connected with the order since boyhood ; is a member of the Chapter, Royal Arch Masons and Commandery. Mr. Cobb was united in marriage, March 18, 1845, to Miss Laura A. Pulford, a native of Onondaga Co., N. Y., and daughter of Dr. Schuyler Pulford ; they have six children-Clara (now Mrs. C. Spensley), Hattie (now Mrs. Wilcox), Albert W. (connected with the railroad ), Eunice, John P. and Guy P.

CAPT. CHARLES H. COX, deceased ; was a native of New York State, and was born in 1825; he grew to manhood in that State. In 1845, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary J. Halleck, a native of Long Island. They came West to Wisconsin, in 1847, and located at Mineral Point ; he engaged in the mercantile business ; when the war broke out, he entered the army as Quartermaster of the 2d W. V. C. ; he resigned and was appointed District Provost Marshal, and held that office until he again entered active service ; he raised a company, and was commissioned Captain of Co. H, 50th W. V. I .; he was killed while in the service, in July, 1865; he left five children-Sarah E., now Mrs. C. E. Gale, living in this city ; Thomas H., living in Oregon; Stephen I., living in La Crosse ; Frank M., living in Moline; George G., living in New York. Mrs. Cox resides with her daughter in this city.

JUDGE MONTGOMERY M. COTHREN, Judge of the Circuit Court of the Fifth Judicial District ; is a native of New York State, and was born in Yates Co., Sept. 18, 1819; when 10 years of age, his father, in 1829, removed to Detroit, Mich., and, two years later, removed to Kalamazoo, where Montgomery completed his education and began reading law; in the spring of 1838, he started West ; after reaching Chicago, he came on horseback to Rock River, near Rockford, and swam every river and stream till he reached there; in 1843, he came to Wisconsin and located at Mineral Point; he was admitted to the bar in the United States Court the same year, and engaged in the practice of law ; in the early days of the profession here, attorneys were called all over the territory, and Judge Cothren has ridden sixty miles on horseback, with the thermometer thirty degrees below zero, and he thought nothing of it. In 1846, he was appointed Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Iowa and La Fayette Cos., and he also discharged the duties of Treasurer of those counties ; in 1847. he was elected to the Territorial Legisla- ture, and, in 1848, he was elected State Senator, and served in the State Senate two years, and served as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of that body ; he had charge of the revision and compilation of the laws; in 1852, he was one of the Pierce Electors for the State at large ; in the same year, he was elected Judge, and remained on the bench until 1865 ; he then retired and resumed the practice of his profession

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with signal success until 1876, when he was again elected Judge, and, since then, has been on the bench ; he was the unanimous choice of the Democracy of this Congressional District for candidate for Congress at their recent convention ; Judge Cothren is not an office-seeker, and, in all his long connection with public life, "the office has always sought the man." Judge Cothren was united in marriage Aug. 24, 1848, to Miss Esther Maria Pulford, daughter of Dr. Schuyler Pulford, of Onondaga Co., N. Y .; she was born July 16, 1830; Judge and Mrs. Cothren have five children-George P., Clarina W., Maria A., Mary Louise and Montgomery M., Jr .; they have lost one daughter-Cordelia M .- who died March 5, 1853.

GEORGE AND ROBERT M. CRAWFORD, publishers of the Iowa County Dem- orrat ; George Crawford is a native of Ireland, and was born April 29, 1849 ; his parents came to W'is- consin in 1850 ; he entered the office of the Democrat, where he learned the trade of printer ; he afterward became its editor, and with his brother has condueted the paper since 1874. In 1873, Mr. Crawford was united in marriage to Miss Mary White, of Darlington, Wis. ; they have three children-Moffett B., George W. and Henry Tubman.

ROBERT M. CRAWFORD, of Crawford Brothers, publishers of the Iowa County Dem- ocrat ; is a native of Wisconsin, and was born in La Fayette Co., June 7, 1854; he entered the office of the Democrat, and learned his trade there, and afterward, in 1874, associated with his brother, and since then they have conducted the paper. In 1880, Mr. Crawford was united in marriage to Miss Mar- tha Goldsworthy, a native of this city.

JOHN CUMMINS, Justice of the Peace; is a native of Ireland, and was born in the county of Roscommon, Feb. 14, 1819; he grew up and attended school there, and prepared himself for teaching, and completed his education at the Normal School in the city of Dublin ; he engaged in teaching for seven years ; he came to America in 1849, and taught one year in Albany ; he came to Wisconsin in 1850 and engaged in teaching, and has pursued his profession here over a quarter of a century ; he has had a large experience in teaching. lle has held the offices of Town Clerk, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Superintend- ent of City Schools and Justice of the Peace, which latter office he now holds. In 1856, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Corcoran, a native of Ireland; they have five children-Martha (engaged in teaching), John B. (living in Kansas), Mary (engaged in teaching), Pearle O. and Edward P. (in a rail- road office in Chicago).

JAMES V. DABB, photograph artist ; is a native of Prince Edward Island, and was born March 10, 1856; went to England with his mother, who was a native of that country, when he was 9 years of age, and attended school there ; he returned to this country in 1873, and came to Mineral Point in 1874; studied his profession here ; in 1876, he established his present business, and has conducted it successfully since then. He is a member of Iowa Lodge I. O. O. F., and of the Temple of Honor.

JOHN DAWE, dealer in groceries and provisions ; is' a native of England, and was born Oct. 12, 1833; he came to the United States in 1853, and came here the same year, and engaged in mining ; since 1870, he has been engaged in mercantile business ; he belongs to the ordor of I. O. O. F., and to Hudson Encampment, No. 33. In February, 1860. he married Jane K. Phillips, from this city ; her father, William Phillips, was one of the early settlers here.

DANIEL DAVISSON, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Mineral Point ; owns 160 acres of land valued at $40 per acre ; born in Harrison Co., Va., in 1829; came to Wiseonsin in 1860, and located on his present farm. Married Ann Eliza Vanwinkle in 1854; she was horn in Clinton Co., Ohio, in 1833; they have seven children-Edgar H., Frank Elvin, Allie, William W., John Herchel, Lenore and Lillie ; are members of the M E. Church. In politics Mr. D. is a Republican.

JOSEPH DELLER, dealer in dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes ; is a native of Germany, and was born Jan. 12, 1829; he came to New York in 1846, and came West, to Wisconsin, and located at Mineral Point in the fall of 1851 ; he engaged in general mercantile business, and continued until 1865, and since then he has dealt exclusively in dry goods and clothing ; he has also carried on the busi- ness of merchant tailoring sinee coming bere ; he has been engaged in business here for twenty-nine years, and has a large trade, and is one of the most successful merchants in this section of the State ; when he began life, he had nothing, and did not have enough money to bring him to this country, and his success is owing to his industry and close attention to business ; he has never embarked in any outside speculation, and has always paid one hundred cents on the dollar. He was united in marriage, Jan. 1, 1856, to Miss Regine Gundelfinger, a native of Germany, they have eight children-Fannie, married, lives in Minnesota ; Emma, married, lives here ; Abraham lives here ; Lillie, Minnie, Nettie, Clara and Isaac.

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MARTIN O. DOWD, farmer, See. 17 ; P. O. Mineral Point; owns 320 acres of land, valued at $20 per acre ; was born in Cook Co., Ill., in 1844; came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1846, and settled on his present farm. Married Annie Parish, in 1866 ; she is a native of this county ; they have six children-Percy, Louis, David, Jona, Mary, Henry. MIr. D. is a Democrat.

CHARLES DUNN, farmer, See. 3 ; P. O. Mineral Point ; owns 180 acres of land. valued at 830 per acre; boru in Cornwall, England, in 1830 ; came to America in 1845, and located in Mineral Point. In 1852, Mr. Duon went to California, and, in 1854, sailed from San Francisco to Australia, where he married Miss Jane Hawkins; in 1862, he returned to this county, and settled on his present farm, where his wife died in 1876. He was again united to Jane Martin, a'native of England ; they have two children-Frank and Lula M.

W. EASTMAN, M. D., physician and surgeon ; is a native of Ohio, and was born in Ashta- bala Co., April 14, 1833; when 12 years of age, his parents eame to Wisconsin, and located in La Fayette Co. ; he grew up and atten led school there, and completed his education at Hillsdale College, Mich. ; he stu lied medieine, and graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1870 ; he engaged in practice of medicine in Blanchardville ; he came to Mineral Point in April, 1875, and since then he has praetieed his profession here. In 1861, Dr. Eastman was united in marriage to Miss Alma A. Warren, a native of New York State ; she died March 23, 1879, leaving three children-Erwin, Nellie and Inez; they lost one son, Amos.

EDMUND EDYVEAN, Superintendent of Spensley's Smelting Furnaces; is a native of Cornwall, England, and was born June 24, 1831 ; when 2 years of age, his parents removed to France, and there he received his education in Paris; he emigrated to the United States in October, 1854, and in the spring of 1855, came to Iowa Co .; located at Dodgeville; engaged in teaching school for some years, then became interested in mining and smelting, and has since then been connected with that busi- ness. In October, 1862, he married Miss Mary Ann Penberthy, a native of Cornwall. England. His father, Edmund Edyvean, was a native of Cornwall, England, and eame to Iowa Co. in 1855. He was a local preacher. and followed the ministry until his death, which oeeurred in 1863; his wife was Bridget A. Wallace; she is still living at Dodgeville; they have three sons-Edmund, John and Marmaduke M.

JOSEPH ENGELS, Mineral Point ; born in Mineral Point March 19, 1853; is the son of T. Engels, a native of Germany, who was born in the year 1819, came to America in 1845, and settled in Mineral Poiut in 1847. His father married Barbara Blotz. a native of the same place, and they had eight children living-Lena, Joseph, Fred, Kate, Annie, Edward, Josephine aud Gertrude.

WALTER EVANS, Sec. 3; P. O. Mineral Point; owns 251} aeres of land, valued at $30 per acre ; born in Shelby Co., Ohio, in 1829; came to Wisconsin in 1855, and located in La Fayette Co. In 1862, he ealisted in Co. E. 30th W. V. I., and served three years and was discharged in 1865. In the same year he was married to Annie McMaster, a native of Canada ; they have five children-Walter C., Mary, Annie, William Ilarvey, Eva J. and Liela L. In politics is a Republican.

A. B. FERRIS, dealer in agricultural implements and farm machinery ; is a native of Ireland, and was born Aug. 20, 1827 ; he emigrated to America in 1849; he came to Wisconsin in 1852, and engaged in stock-raising and stock-shipping; he carried on the business successfully for many years, and has been connected with the business more or less since then ; he engaged in his present business in 1875, and has established a good trade; he held the office of Town Treasurer of the town of Waldwick, and is now a member of the City Council from the First Ward. In 1851, Mr. Ferris was married to Miss Elizabeth Fitzsimons, a native of Ireland ; they have four children-Mary Jane, Richard V., Thomas H. and Edward W.

EDWARD FITZSIMONS, See. 14; P. O. Mineral Point ; owns 325 acres of land valued at $20 per acre ; was born in Ireland in 1834; came to America in 1851 with his parents, and located in this town ; settled on his present farm in 1862; married Elizabeth Murrish in 1862; she was born in England ; they have seven children-Sarah Ellen, Annetta, William, Richard, Evalena, Lora May and Agnes ; all are members of the Episcopal Church. Mr. F. is a Republican.

RICHARD FITZSIMONS. farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Mineral Point; owns 210 acres of land, valued at $20 per acre; was born in Ireland in 1840; eame to America in 1852, and located with his parents in Mineral Point. In 1864, he went to Idaho, where he was engaged in various businesses until 1869, when he returned to Wisconsin and settled on his present farm. In 1877, he was married to Mary A. Spang ; she was born in England ; they have one child-Emma. Mr. F. is a Republican.

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SAMUEL FRANCIS, manufacturer and dealer in furniture ; is a native of Cornwall, England, and was born July 14, 1841; he learned his business there, serving an apprenticeship of seven years ; he came to the United States in 1868, and came to Mineral Point the same year ; in 1872, he engaged in the furniture business, and he has. by industry and close attention to business, built up a good trade ; he belongs to the order of I. O. O. F., and in England was a member of the Forresters. In February, 1867, he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Hall, a native of Cornwall, England; they have four children-Agnes, Richard, Bessie and Annie.

J. PETER FRIEDEN, manufacturer and dealer in boots and shoes ; was born in Luxem- burg, Germany, Dee. 21, 1830 ; he emigrated to America and came to Mineral Point in 1854, and began working at his trade, and has been engaged in the boot and shoe business for the past twenty-six years. In 1856, he married Miss Martha Baum, a native of Hessing, Germany ; they have eight children, four sons and four daughters-John, Henry, Joseph, Edward, Mary, Eliza, Sophia and Lucy.

CHARLES E. GALE, freight and ticket agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail road ; is a native of Norwich, Conn .; he grew up and attended school there, and came West to Chicago in 1857, and was engaged in the grain and commission business; he afterward came to Warren and engaged in mercantile business; he was also engaged in mereantile business at Darlington, and transacted a large trade ; in 1868, he came to Mineral Point, and was appointed freight and ticket agent of the Mineral Point Railroad, and has since then held that position ; he is connected with the Masonic Frater- nity, and is a member of the Blue Lodge Chapter and Commandery. Mr. Gale was united in marriage Sept. 14, 1870, to Miss Sarah E. Cox, a native of this eity, and daughter of the late Capt. Charles H. Cox ; Mr. and Mrs. Gale have three children-Harry C., Charles A. and Annie H.

ROBERT GEORGE, metallurgist ; is a native of Germany, and was born in Prussia Nov. 11, 1820; he received his education, taking a scientific course in metallurgy and mining; he then emigrated to this country in 1857 for the purpose of working ores at the lead mines and extracting the silver ; in 1858, he came to Mineral Point ; he rented a furnace, and engaged in treating the ores and extracting ziuc ; he was the first to manufacture metallic zinc in the United States; he afterward went to Colorado and engaged in treating ores, and invented methods to work the ores to make them valuable. In 1860, he married Mrs. Ida Hannis, a native of Germany ; she has three children, two sons and one daughter,

CHARLES GILLMANN. proprietor of the Tornado Brewery. and Treasurer of Iowa County ; is a native of Germany, and was born Nov. 12, 1833; he grew up and received his education there, and came to the United States in 1852, and came to Wisconsin the same year and located at Min- eral Point ; in 1855, he engaged in the brewing business ; the firm of Gillmann & Spehlmann rau the Wisconsin Brewery; in 1874, Mr. Gillmann became the sole owner and carried on the business until May 23, 1878, when the destructive tornado which passed over this section of the State destroyed his brewery and six buildings, ineluding his dwelling-house and furniture, involving a loss of $20,000, and his own family having a very narrow escape from death. Mr. Gillmann rebuilt the brewery the same year with a greater capacity and with the latest improvements, and he has a large trade Mr. Gillmann holds the office of County Treasurer of Iowa County, and has held the office of City Alderman ; he had nothing when he began, and his success in life is owing to his own efforts. In 1857. Mr. Gillmann was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Neumeyer, a native of Mineral Point; they have nine children-Clara, Charles, Henry, Fred, Eddie and Willie (twins), Amelia, Lena and Alice. Mr. Gillmann is a member of Mineral Point Lodge, No. 1, A., F. & A. M., and also of Iowa Chapter, No. 6.

FRED GILLMANN, buyer of zine ores for Mathison & Hegler ; is a native of Meisenheim. Germany, and was born April 20, 1829 ; after reaching manhood he emigrated to the United States in 1851 ; he came to Wisconsin the same year and located at Mineral Point, and engaged in mercantile business for five years, then engaged in the brewing business, and carried on that business for seventeen years ; since 1873, has been engaged in buying zinc ore for the extensive Zinc Manufacturing Works of Mathison & Hegler, La Salle, Ill. ; he has held the office of City Alderman. In 1854. Mr. Gillmann was united in marriage to Miss Ida Moeller, a native of Germany; they have seven children-Fred ( is an accomplished musician ; he studied music and taught music here two years, then went to Europe and studied in the Kullock Con- servatory of Music at Berlin, four years, and is engaged in teaching musie in Chicago), Albert, Clara, Fan- nie, Charlie, Amelia, Willie.

RICHARD GOLDSWORTHY, stone mason and contractor; is a native of Cornwall, Eng., and was born Aug. 12, 1825 ; he learned his trade in his native place. He then emigrated to Amer- iea in 1845, and came to Mineral Point the same year, and began working at his trade ; he has been en-

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yaged in the business here for thirty-five years, and has erected more buildings than any other builder in Mineral Point ; when he began, he had nothing, and has earned what he has. He has held the office of City Alderman. In March 1845, he married Miss Elizabeth Carbus, a native of Cornwall, England ; they have eight children-Mary A., John, Richard H., Fannie, William J., Colleir, Robert, Alphonso.

JOHN GRABER, stock-dealer, buying and shipping stock ; is a native of Germany and was horn in Prussia, Dec. 19, 1819; he grew to manhood there, and served in the Prussian army. He emigrated to America in 1852, and came to Wisconsin the same year, and located in La Fayette Co. He engaged in farming for two years, then engaged in dealing in stock ; he shipped and delivered six car- loads of stock, the first ever received in the stock yards at Cottage Grove, Chicago ; he also delivered the first stock in the Union Stock Yards, Chicago ; he has carried on the stock business extensively and successfully for over a quarter of a century, and is the oldest shipper in this section of the State; he had nothing when he came to Wisconsin, and his success in life is owing to his own efforts ; he owns a farm of 400 acres, well improved. He held office as member of the Town Board for six years ; he has been solic- ited to accept the nomination for office, but has always refused. In 1845, he was united in marriage to Kathrina Ried, a native of Pennsylvania ; they have had ten children, four of whom survive-George, commission business, in Chicago ; Annie, William, Frank, at home.

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History of Iowa County, Wisconsin, Part 128

Author: Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical Company Number of Pages: 958

Author:
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical Company
Number of Pages: 958