History of Iowa County, Wisconsin, Part 133

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

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CHARLES WILLIAMS, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Mineral Point; owns 90 acres of land, valued at $25 per aere; was born in Cornwall, England, Oct. 26, 1817, and Oet. 26, 1854, he landed in Ameriea ; his first location was on his present farm. He married Susanna Broek Feb. 14, 1839; she was born in Devonshire, England ; they have four children-Charles William Henry, Albert, Arnold Thomas and John S. They are members of the Primitive Methodist Church. Mr. W. is a Republican.

ALEXANDER WILSON, Attorney General of Wisconsin ; is a native of New York State ; is a son of John and Catharine Wilson, and was born in Westfield, Chautauqua Co., Aug. 16, 1833; he attended the academy there, and, after completing the course, entered Union College, at Sehenee- tady, and graduated in the elass of 1854. During the fall of the same year, he came West to Dubuque, where he studied law, and was admitted to the bar. In the fall of 1855, he came to Mineral Point, and engaged in teaching until 1859, when he engaged in the practice of law, and was associated with Judge Amasa Cobb, now on the bench in Nebraska. In the fall of 1860, he was elected District Attorney, and in the spring of 1861, he was elected City Superintendent of Schools. In 1862, and again in 1866, he was elected District Attorney ; was appointed County Superintendent of Schools in 1863, and in 1867, he was appointed County Judge, and held that office two years. In 1877, he was elected Attorney General of the State, and was, in 1879, re-elected to the same office, which position he now holds. Mr. Wilson is also engaged in the banking business here. In April, 1859, he was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Frances Sudduth, a native of Kentucky ; they have four children-Armista C., now Mrs. Muir, of Lincoln, Neb .; Anna L., Amasa C. and Susie.

DR. J. H. WINGENDER, Jr., dental surgeon ; is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in the city of Philadelphia ; he received his education in that State, and studied his profession there ; came to Wisconsin, and located in Mineral Point in June, 1878, and since then he has successfully practieed his profession here.

SAMUEL J. WRIGHT, druggist, Mineral Point; is a native of Wisconsin, and was born in the town of Argyle, La Fayette Co., July 4, 1851 ; he received his education in this State; eame to Mineral Point in 1870, and since then has been connected with the drug business. He is a member of the Masonie order. In 1877, he was united in marriage to Miss Kate Tregaskis, a native of this eity ; they have one daughter-Edna.

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ALEXANDER ALLISON, Sec. 29, P. O. Dodgeville; was born March 27, 1812. in Fifeshire, Scotland ; is a son of David and Margaret ( Webster) Allison ; eame to America in 1832, and, after a short stay in Montreal, settled in Newbury, Vt., where he followed the trade of shoemaker, which he learned in Scotland. He came to Mineral Point in 1845, and soon after to the Floyd settlement, buy- ing 40 acres of his present farm of the Government ; built a small log house and settled here ; the log house stands fifteen rods to the north of the pleasantly located frame residence which supplanted it in 1568. Mr. Allison has 116 acres in the homestead, and 40 of timber in Wyoming, and is well to do in the world. He married in Newbury, Vt., Elsie Barker, of his native shire ; they have three daughters-Elsie, Janet and Ellen. The eldest was born in Newbury, and the others on the Dodgeville farm. Mr. Allison is a Democrat, and, with his wife, a member of the Protestant Methodist Church.

JOHN E. BARTLE, the veteran settler of Dodgeville, was born in Cornwall, England. April 16, 1822. He came, with an uncle, to America in 1833, reaching Dodgeville June 29, 1833; three log huts stood near the present Stratman Wagon Factory, and a few others were scattered about to the north. Most of the travel was on the ridge, half a mile or more west of the village. His uncle, Henry Eva, began mining, but afterward bought a farm, two wiles northwest of the settlement; still later, he opened the first butcher-shop in the village, and for many years Mr. Bartle was associated with him. In 1850, he went to California, and less than two years later returned and bought the old Rough and Ready House (Wisconsin House). In 1855, he again went to California and spent three years in the gold mines, and since 1858 has lived in Dodgeville ; since 1878 he has been in the furniture business. He married Nan- nie T. Grenfell, a native of Cornwall; they have six children, all born in Dodgeville-Mary A., James H., William P., Frank C., Augusta and Frederick C .; have lost four children. Mr. Bartle, doubtless, eame to this village earlier than any person now a resident of it, and has furnished many interesting facts relating to its early history.

DANIEL BECKERLEG, Sec. 14; P. O. Dodgeville; was born in Brayne, Cornwall, England, Jan. 2, 1823. His early life was spent in mining. In 1846, he came to America, locating at White Oak Springs, near the Wisconsin and Illinois State line; spent two winters in the Hazel Green mines ; went to California in the fall of 1851 ; was in the gold mines until the spring of 1854, when he returned, and, in the fall of 1854, settled on his present farm. Of the 160 acres, 37 only were broken, and a log shanty was the only building ; he now has 400 acres, with good buildings and improvements. He married, in the spring of 1850, Miss Laomia Paul, who was born in Camborne, Cornwall; she died in February, 1864, leaving five children-William, John, Elizabeth, Sarah J. and an infant daughter, who soon after died. He married again, Mary A., widow of Thomas Vincent, who, at his death, left four chil- dren-Henry B., John B., Joseph and Elizabeth A. (Mrs. Willis). Mr. Beekerleg is a Republican.

HON. JOSEPH BENNETT, of Dodgeville, was born in Camborne, Cornwall, England, July 6, 1822. His father, a miner. died in England. The son followed mining up to his coming to the United States, in 1845, locating in Dodgeville; he remained here until 1851; then spent a year in the mines of Lake Superior. In 1852, he bought an interest with Messrs. George, Perkins & Arthur, and in 1858 they began smelting, as well as mining. Mr. Arthur was succeeded, in 1861, by James Roberts, who retired in 1864, Mr. Bennett thereafter taking sole charge of the smelting. Mr. Perkins re ired in 1869, during which year the old firm of Hoskins, Cholvin & Co. consolidated with them, thus founding the firm of Bennett, George & Co. Messrs. Cholvin and George have since retired, and the present firm is Bennett & Hoskins, operating the old Highland furnace as well as that in Dodgeville. From 1860 to 1870, a very heavy business was done, about $100,000 worth per annum being the average during the war. The firm owns considerable mining land, and most of their lead is now sent from Chicago to the East and South. Mr. Bennett married Miss Mary Berryman, a native of Crowan, Cornwall; they have four children-Martha J., Edith, Joseph and Flora, all born in Dodgeville. The son is now a student at the Wisconsin State University, and the second daughter at the Platteville State Normal School. The family are members of the Dodgeville Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Bennett having been Sabbath- school Superintendent since 1864, with only a year's exception. A Republican in politics ; he was Chair- man of the town in 1860; President of the village five years ; County Superintendent of the Poor five

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years, and, with Dr. Vivian and Hon. W. L. Jones, was a Fund Commissioner, to settle the railroad debt of Iowa Co. The commission was specially appointed by the County Board. Mr. Bennett also represented his distriet in the Wisconsin Legislature in 1876. Few of the self-made men of the county or State enjoy a more pleasant home than does Mr. Bennett.

JAMES BENNETT, Sec. 23; P. O. Dodgeville ; was born in Cornwall, England, Jan. 25, 1826 ; his early life was spent in the mines. He came with his wife to America, to Dodgeville ; engaged in mining until 1854, when he went, via New York and the isthmus, to California; returned in 1859, and, in February, 1860, bought 160 acres of his present farm; it was then as the hand of nature left it, not a tree cut nor a furrow turned ; began improving here, and, in 1865, went to Colorado; thence to Salt Lake City, where he visited the Mormon Temple, saw Brigham Young, etc .; he then went to the Montana gold hills, and, in the fall of 1866, left the head-waters of the Yellowstone on a "Mackinaw " boat, and coursed down that and the Missouri River to Sioux City, a distance of 1,400 miles ; has since resided on his farm of 280 acres, on which he has built a substantial house, barns, etc. ; as he began in the State $5 in debt, he certainly has now no reason for regrets. Mr. Bennett is a member, with his wife, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which be has been Steward, etc. Is a Republican in politics, and has been Supervisor, etc. His wife was Jane Roberts, of the same county ; they have seven children- James, Mariana ( Mrs. J. Pearce), Jeret J. (Mrs. Joseph Hendy), George, Thomas H., Alfred and Will- iam J., all born in Dodgeville ; the two eldest sons are now in Colorado.

MICHAEL BENNETT, Sec. 33; P. O. Dodgeville; was born Oct. 11, 1811, in North- amptonshire, England ; He spent part of 1831 and 1832, in Albany, N. Y., then returned to Albany ; thence he went to New Orleans, La., and spent the winter of 1833-34; in the spring he came up the river, and arrived at Mineral Point in June, 1834 ; was in the vicinity for a year or more; theu, his skill as a penman and book-keeper having attracted the notice of H. L. Dodge, he was employed by him in the Dodgeville store for about six years ; was then employed for a year by J. S. Ward, of Milwaukee, who succeeded Dodge ; Mr. Bennett then began and has since continued mining. In 1849, he went, by the Panama route, to California; returned in two years, and, a year later, went again to the El Dorado ; was there five or six years, then returned and has since lived on the farm. Mr. Bennett married Sarah Tyres, of Erie Co., N. Y. ; they have two living children-William E., born Oct. 15, 1860, and Mary A., wife of Benjamin Thomas, born July 1, 1852; they also lost a son, William M., and a daughter, S. Alice, who married Edwin Pettit, of Chicago, and left, at her death, a daughter, Mary L. Mr. Bennett has 60 acres of land and the comforts of a good home. The stirring events of " ye olden time " have left a deep im- press upon his memory, and he has furnished much useful information bearing on the early history of the county.

WILLIAM BERRYMAN, Sec. 6; P. O. Dodgeville ; was born in the parish of Crowan, Cornwall, England, Jan. 20, 1832; fifteen or sixteen years later, his father, Richard Berryman, brought his family to America, and settled in Hazel Green, Wis. William Berryman tried the Superior mines, and, in 1852, went, via New York and Panama, to California; returned in 1855, and, in the spring of 1864, went to Montana and spent twenty months. In May, 1856, he begau on 40 acres of his present farm ; his means were limited, and the 40 acres new and wild; but twenty-four years of work and good management have secured to him a farm of 295 acres, on which he has erected a large and pleasant farm . house, and a basement barn 30x72 feet, built in 1872. He married, Oct. 4. 1855, Miss Mary' Jenkins, of Key Parish, Cornwall ; she was brought to America in 1845, by her father, John Jenkins, who is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Berryman have five children-Mary, Charles H., Martha J., William J. and Lillie A., all born on the Dodgeville homestead.

CHARLES AND HENRY BILKEY, Dodgeville. Charles Bilkey, the veteran butcher of Dodgeville, was born in 1819, in Cornwall, England ; came to America in 1837, and located at Mineral Point, then comprising the few houses of a miners' settlement; soon after his arrival came a band of In- dians, led by old Worley-Thunder ; John Dorothy was interpreter, and the Chief soon made overtures of friendship to the whites, who responded by furnishing plenty of fire-water, when a grand orgie began ; bucks and squaws, " big Injun " and lesser ones, all got gloriously full, and, as they were at least half na- ked, and wholly helpless, the sight was a most disgusting one. Mr. Bilkey afterward went to Wiota, where he mined three years; then, in 1842, he came to Dodgeville, and in 1844, formed a partnership with Henry Eva, as drovers and butchers ; they visited Illinois, and even Missouri, in quest of cattle, being absent sometimes from three to five weeks ; Mr. B. has never gone out of the business, and still supplies his townsmen with the juicy steak and tender sirloin. He married Catharine Paul, who died in the fall of 1866, leaving five children-Jane, Charles, Henry, Ella and Frederick J. Henry Bilkey was

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born in Dodgeville May 17, 1856; attended the village schools, clerked nine years in the village stores, and has been at the head of the firm of Bilkey, Kennedy & Co. since.

JOHN BILKEY, Sec. 30; P. O. Dodgeville ; was born in Camborne, Cornwall, England, on March 15, 1810; his early life was spent in the copper and tin mines of Cornwall, and, in 1834, he came to America and settled at Mineral Point; among those who came with him to the Point were William Fine, Joseph Stephens, William Kendall and wife, S. Lane, William Nickells and Andrew Crowgey ; the party came with teams from Detroit, Mich., via the then village of Chicago, arriving at Mineral Point in May ; the country was a howling wilderness, the isolated settlers not having " built up the waste places " left by the Indian war. Mr. Bilkey hired out to one Stephen Terrell as a miner, at $40 per month ; later, he began mining " on shares," Terrell having one-fourth of the ore (see article on Mineral Point). In 1839 or 1840, Mr. Bilkey settled at Dodgeville, and, Nov. 25, 1841, married Harriet Bartle, who was born May 26, 1820, in Camborne, and who came to America in July, 1841 ; they began housekeeping in a small log shanty near the present Bennett & Hoskins furnace ; in 1848, they settled where they now live; in 1852, Mr. Bilkey went to California, spent nineteen months there, and, returning, lived three years in Dodgeville. and has since resided on his 155-acre farm ; he also owns 40 acres to the north of Dodgeville. Mr. and Mrs. Bilkey have three children-James, John and Sarah A. (Mrs. James Glanville . James Bilkey is now in California, and the youngest son is on the homestead.

CHARLES BISHOP, a son of Matthew Bishop, who was born July 24, 1810, in St. Al- lyn, Cornwall, England ; he came to America in 1833, and, in company with a brother, worked about a year in the Pottsville, Penn., glass-works; in 1834, he came to Mineral Point, engaging in mining here. In 1838, he married Mary Bilkey, born Dec. 31, 1819, in Camborne, Cornwall ; she came from there to Mineral Point in 1837; in 1840, they removed to Centreville, Wis., where Charles Bishop was born Sept. 26, 1841 ; three years later, the family came to Dodgeville, where he received his schooling and has since lived ; began the mercantile business in 1868, in the present bank of S. W. Reese, and, a year later, re- moved to his present location, on the corner of Iowa and Division streets. He married Miss Nannie M. Martin, a native of Cornwall, who came to the United States in 1850; they have four children-Ella B., Edward M., Roscoe C. and Jennie May, all born in Dodgeville. Mr. Bishop is a member of Dodgeville Lodge, No. 119, A., F. & A. M., a Democrat, and was elected President of the village in the spring of 1880.

WILLIAM N. BISHOP, Dodgeville, is a son of Matthew Bishop, of Cornwall, Eng .; he cmi" grated to the United States in 1833, and, in 1834, came from Pottsville, Penn., to Mineral Point, where he married, in 1838, Mary Bilkey, who came from Cornwall in 1837. W. N. Bishop was born June 17, 1839, and about a year later the family moved to Centreville, Grant Co., and came from there to Dodge- ville in 1844 ; the father engaged in mining up to abont 1850, when he and William N. began the saloon and livery business ; the saloon business was given up in 1866; Matthew Bishop died Dec. 29, 1872, and the mother still lives, aged G1. Their son, our subject, married Miss Eliza, daughter of John and Eliza (Rogers) Oxman ; she was born Nov. 7, 1850, in Dodgeville ; they have four children-Ida B., Mary, William N. and an infant daughter. Mr. Bishop is now the veteran liveryman of Dodgeville; has sixteen horses, and keeps them going.' Ile is, as was his pioneer father, a Democrat in politics ; is also an Odd Fellow.

THOMAS BLACKNEY, Jr., Dodgeville, ex-Sheriff of Iowa Co., was born April 15, 1849, in Mineral Point, Wis. ; his father. Thomas Blackney, a Cornishman, married Maria Tredennick, and came to America in 1833, and removed from Pottsville, Penn., to Mineral Point in 1841 or 1842 ; his wife died there in 1851 ; in 1853, he went to Linden, thence to the copper mines of Lake Superior, thence to Mifflin, and, in the spring of 1860, to Highland, where he still owns property. His son, whose name heads this sketch, married, April 12, 1870, Miss Annie S., daughter of G. W. Bruce, who settled in Grant Co., Wis., in 1836; she was born in Sinsinawa Mound, and is the mother of three children-Mary L., Thomas C. and Orville Le Roy ; a daughter named Eldora died when 8 months old. Mr. Blackney is a Republican, and was elected Sheriff in 1878. Has been the owner of the Blackney House, Highland, since February, 1871. Is a member of Vivian Lodge, No. 275, I. O. O. F., and of Dodgeville Lodge, A. O. U. W.

JOHN BLOTZ, Dodgeville, was born in Nassau, Germany, Aug. 29, 1826 ; came to America in June, 1846, after a voyage of sixty-five days' duration, arriving at Milwaukee, Wis., July 3, 1846; he spent a year in that vicinity ; reached Mineral Point Jnly 3, 1847, then, hiring out, worked two years near Dodgeville ; went overland to California in 1849, and thirteen months later returned by the Nicar-

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agua route ; he next bought a farm near Garrison's Grove, where he lived until the fall of 1867, when he bought the grist-mill of Peter Theno, who had built it three years previously ; Mr. Blotz has remodeled the building, and fitted it up with new machinery throughout ; has two run of stone, and does principally custom grinding ; his farm adjacent contains 473 acres ; his house, a substantial stone structure, was built in 1873, and his 40x60-foot basement barn in 1877. Mr. B. is a Democrat and a Catholic. He married Nov. 27, 1851, in Dodgeville. Magdalena Berg, born Oct. 20, 1832, in Nassau ; they have seven children -Joseph, John, Elizabeth, Kate, Leonard, Theresa and Frederick, all born in Dodgeville ; the second son is now his father's miller. The family of Mrs. Blotz settled, in 1846, in the dense timber in the north part of Dodgeville Town, and she now has brothers there.

THOMAS BOSANKO, harness-maker, Dodgeville; born in Camborne, Cornwall, Eng., April 5, 1835 ; came to America with his parents in 1849, and, after a year spent in Hazel Green, Wis., came to Dodgeville ; partially learned his trade with E. H. Scholfield, and finally mastered it by his own efforts ; his first shop, opened in 1857 on North Main street, is now used as the bar-room of the Dodge- ville Hotel; in 1859, he began business where he now lives and works ; Mr. Bosanko was, for eighteen months, in Boscobel, Wis., and has twice been to Lake Superior for short periods of time. He married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of William Temby; she was born Oct. 11, 1839, in Platteville, and her parents were among the early settlers of Dodgeville, where she married Mr. B. Aug. 7, 1858; they have an only daughter-Sophia, now the wife of James Cornelius. Mr. B. united with Dodgeville Lodge, No. 147, I. O. O. F., in 1871, and is now Permanent Secretary.

M. J. BRIGGS, attorney at law, Dodgeville ; was born March 31, 1846, in Kalamazoo Co., Mich. ; his father, Dr. L. N. Briggs, a Vermonter, came from Michigan to Wisconsin in 1847 ; located at Prairie du Sac ; and, in 1853, removed to Mazomanie, Dane Co., Wis. ; here M. J. Briggs attained his early education. In December, 1861, he enlisted in Co. H. 17th W. V. I. (the Irish Brigade) ; his regi- ment served in all the battles, marches, sieges, etc., of the grand old army of the Tennessee, an army often hungry and ragged, seldom defeated, and always brave; after the collapse of the secession hosts, this regiment was sent to the Western plains, and, while there, Mr. Briggs was commissioned 2d Lieutenant, and honorably discharged in January, 1866; he had served five years and two months, two years as Color Sergeant. In the fall of 1867, he began the study of law with Eastland & Eastland. Richland Center, Wis .; was admitted to the Richland Co. bar in October, 1868; came to Dodgeville in June, 1869, and has since resided and practiced here; is local attorney for the C. & N. W. R. R. Co. In politics, Mr. Briggs is a stanch Democrat. In 1874, he was elected District Attorney ; was President of the County Agricultural Society in 1879; and is now the nominee of his party for Assemblyman from his district. Mr. B. is a pleasing often eloquent speaker, and has done much effective work for his party. He mar- ried in her native village of Dodgeville, Wis., Miss Sarah Edwards ; they have three sons-Oscar G., Stanley J. and Carroll C.

THOMAS BUCKINGHAM, Sec. 14; P. O. Dodgeville; was born Aug. 17, 1813, in Cornwall, England ; is of Welsh descent on his father's side; when he was a lad, his parents removed to Wales, where he grew to manhood as a miner; he came to the United States and Iowa Co. in 1842; mined a few years, then began farming ; settled on his present 280-acre farm in 1848, buying it with a Mexican war warrant ; on this he has erected a good house, a 35x55 barn, and made other improvements. He married, in Wales, Elizabeth Williams, who died in 1845, leaving two children-James and Elizabeth. He married again Anne Kendrick, who was a native of Wales; they have seven children-Thomas. Richard, William, John, Mary, Anne and Martha ; having lost two-Anne and Martha. Mr. and Mrs. Buckingham are members of the Welsh Congregational Church. Politics, Liberal ; had four children by the first wife, who are deceased.

GEORGE W. BURRALL, M. D., deceased ; was born in Stockbridge, Mass., Oct. 18, 1824 ; graduated at Williams College in 1844; began medical studies with Dr. H. II. Childs, of Pitts- field, Mass. ; entered the Berkshire Medical College, and graduated as M. D. in 1847; his first year's practice was in the famous Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City. In 1848, he came West to Perry, Ill. ; and, in 1849, to Dodgeville. Dr. Burrall is now, with one exception, the longest con- tinued practitioner in Iowa Co. ; he was a charter member and first Master of Dodgeville Lodge, No. 119, A., F. & A. M. ; and was for nine years Postmaster of Dodgeville. Married Hester Nelson, a native of Norway, by whom he has two children-George E.and Lucy H. Dr. Burrall died March 9, 1881.

THOMAS CARKEEK, Dodgeville; was born in Redruth Parish, Cornwall, England, Oct. 10, 1819 ; was educated and learned the trade of stone-mason in England; came to America in 1849 with a wife and two children, arriving in Dodgeville Sept. 11 ; hegan at his trade on the 13th, and since

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that time has worked on the old " Rock " Schoolhouse, and nearly every other considerable building in the place; himself and three others built the Iowa County Court House in 1859, and he was also one of threeto build the County Jail and fire-proof vaults, these three pieces of work being done by contract. Mr. Car- keek united with the M. E. Church in 1854; was soon after ordained local preacher ; ordained local Dea- con by Bishop Scott in 1866; was for six and a half years in charge of a Congregation in Ridgeway ; was released for two years, then resumed the charge; on the 26th of September. 1880, was ordained local Elder by Bishop Harris. A stanch Republican ; has served as Justice of the Peace since 1862, with the exception of one year ; was also a Village Trustee in 1864, 1865, 1877 and 1878. He married, in Feb- ruary, 1843, in his and her native parish, Miss Elizabeth Bishop, born Jan. 1, 1822; they have five ehil- dren-Thomas T., Elizabeth J., Minnie A., Nellie E. and Hattie A.

RICHARD CARTER, attorney at law, Dodgeville ; born May 31, 1836, in Sussex, England ; came to America in 1850 ; settled in Grant Co., Wis .; here he worked as a farm hand, attending the Lan- caster school in the winter ; beginning at 18, he taught a number of terms; graduated at the Platteville Academy in 1859, and, while serving as Deputy Clerk of Grant Co., took a clerksbip in the Legislature. The early morning of the 15th of April, 1861, found him at the office of Gov. Randall, and he then and there enlisted in the 2d W. V. I., it being one of the first if not the first enlistment in the State ; Gov. Randall sent him to Grant Co. to raise a company, and, assisted by C. K. Dean, David Mckee, George Hyde and G. B. Carter, he raised two full companies in five days ; he went out as Orderly of Co. C, though his services entitled him to a rank that he thought himself incompetent to fill ; he partieipated in the Bull Run battle, and disaster, as one of the regimental band, and of course fell under the order by which all such bands were discharged ; after wintering at home, he, in March, 1862, joined the 5th W. V. I., as Quarter- master Sergeant of the regiment; in October, 1862, he was commissioned 2d Lieutenant; 1st Lieutenant, May 22, 1863, and about a year later was promoted to Captain and Assistant Quartermaster of the Volun- teers Army ; his commission bears the signature of the immortal Lincoln ; up to May, 1865, he was on the staff of Gen. George H. Thomas ; was then transferred to Gen. Wilson's staff, military division of the Mis- sissippi, as acting Chief Quartermaster of the cavalry corps; his honorable discharge bears date Nov. 27, 1865 ; in the spring of 1866, he was admitted to the bar of Grant Co. (Circuit Court); the firm of Reese & Carter was formed Aug. 18, 1871. Capt. Carter has been an Odd Fellow since 1859 ; he belongs to Lancaster Encampment, also Washington Encampment, No. 2, R. A. M. of Platteville, and is Master of Dodgeville Lodge, No. 119, A., F. & A. M. He is one of the stalwart Republicans, and has made many an effective speech in advocacy of his party principles. He married, Jan. 25, 1865, Miss Lizzie M., daughter of Judge S. O. Paine, of Platteville; she died in September, 1874, leaving a daughter, Emma L., born Nov. 16, 1865, in Platteville. On the 22d of October, 1875, he married Miss Mary E. Ford, of Dodgeville, by whom he has a son, William Ford, born in Dodgeville Jan. 28, 1879.

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History of Iowa County, Wisconsin, Part 133

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