History of Iowa County, Wisconsin, Part 138

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

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FRANCIS VIVIAN, the veteran ex-County Treasurer of Iowa Co., was born Feb. 19, 1801, in Camborne, Cornwall, England; is a son of Francis and Anne (Richards) Vivian ; his earlier life was spent in the tin and copper mines of Cornwall; the year 1832 found him in New York City; from there, he came by way of the Hudson River and Erie Canal to Buffalo; thence by boat to Ashtabula, Ohio ; thence by stage to Millville, Ohio; then down the La Belle River to Cairo; thence via St. Louis to Galena, Ill .; he and five others were all the men the master of the steamer could get to help him run the boat from St. Louis to Galena ; he expressed himself as highly pleased with the amateur boatmen; the trip from Galena to Mineral Point was made with ox teams, and, arriving at the " Point " on Saturday evening. he enlisted Sunday morning in Capt. John Moore's company to war against Black Hawk ; Mr. Vivian was at the garrison at the " Point" until the red chief was overthrown ; Mr. V. then mined lead a year on the Van Meter survey; spent a few months in Dubuque, Iowa, and then locating at Mineral Point, resided there twenty-five years; for a few years he kept store; was then for a few years a partner of Jenkins & Musgrove, in the smelting business ; he was next employed by a Buffalo, N. Y., firm, as agent in buying mineral ; he was one of the first men to be elected President of the village of Mineral Point, but refused to serve ; in 1856, he had 137 majority as Treasurer of Iowa Co., Gen. Fremont getting only eighteen majority ; the Democratic majority in 1854, was 350; Mr. Vivian was then elected eight successive terms as Treasurer of this county, always on the Republican ticket, serving sixteen years, or probably a greater length of time than any man in the Northwest in the same office; in 1870, he had nearly a thousand majority ; in 1857, he was elected and served as Alderman of the Second Ward, Mineral Point ; in May, 1865, he settled in Dodgeville, and from there removed to his 280-acre farm in August, 1874; 80 of this he entered of the Government in an early day. He married Feb. 7, 1827, Dinah Kendall, of Illogen

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Parish, Cornwall ; she died April 26, 1859, leaving three children-Annie, born in Cornwall, and Mary Jane and William Francis, both born in Mineral Point. March 10, 1860, he married again, Miss Jane Hollow, who was born in 1831 near Penzance, Corowall; they have five children-Ida, John H., Abra- ham Lincoln, Francis J. and George Grant ; the two oldest were born in Mineral Point, and the others in Dodgeville. " Uncle Frank," as he is best known, is hale and hearty for a man of now almost 80 years of age, and a good type of the men who hewed down the barriers, that settlement and civilization might follow them into the State and county.

JOEL WHITMAN, of Dodgeville, was born in Wells, H milton Co., N. Y., Feb. 1, 1830 ; was educated in Oneida Seminary ; came West in 1855, and, after six months in Madison, settled at West Blue Mounds, where he worked at his trade of carpenter up to 1860; while at the Mounds he also served as Justice of the Peace and Town Clerk of Ridgeway; from 1860 to 1866, he was Clerk of the Iowa Co. Court ; and, in the fall of 1866, elected to the Wisconsin Legislature ; has since been a resident of Dodge- ville ; a member of the Board of Trustees several times; Postmaster from 1875 to 1879, and President of the village twice ; is now serving his fourth term as President of the Iowa Co. Agricultural Society. Mr. Whitman has a small farm in the village; takes his share of solid comfort. Is a stanch Republican. He married Anna B. MeClure, a native of Prince Edward Island ; they have two sons-George R. and Platt J .; the youngest was named in honor of ancestors who founded and named Plattsburg, N. Y.

EVAN W. WILLIAMS, Sec. 25 ; P. O. Dodgeville ; was born in August, 1823, in Mou- mouthshire, South Wales, where he spent his early life as a miner. In 1841, he came with his mother to America, settling in Pennsylvania ; theuce going to Kentucky, thence to St. Louis. Mr. W. then spent a summer in New Diggings, Wis .; returned to St. Louis and stayed there until 1846, when he set- tled in Dodgeville ; with Phillip Rowen he began prospecting; spent the winter of 1847-48 in St. Louis ; and, in the spring of 1848, went up the Illinois River with a brother, David Williams (now deceased), and worked for a time in the coal mines near Kingston, Ill .; then came to Dodgeville. In the spring of 1850, his brother, John Williams and himself went to California; returned in 1853, and went again in 1854 ; returning, he settled on 80 acres of his present farm in 1856 ; years before he had prospected here, and since this time he has both mined and farmed it; during the past ten years he has annually extracted 150 tons of zinc ore and " mineral " in proportion ; beginning in a small half-underground house, he has since erected a large and pleasant residence, and built around it a small village of barns, ete. Mr. Will- iams is a member of the Salem Church, and a Republican. He married in 1853, in Dodgeville, Margaret Williams, who died in April, 1857, leaving two children-John and Evan ; the latter died six months later His present wife was Miss Sarah, daughter of Morgan J. Jones, an early settler here ; by her he has four children-Mary A., Hannah, David and Gomer ; all were born on the home farm ; they also lost four chil- dren, deceased.

JOHN WILLIAMS (Ty Mawr) Dodgeville ; was born in 1820, in Holyhead, Wales : spent his early life as a farmer. Married Jane Owens, of the same place, and came to America in 1858; at once settled upon his present 240-acre farm in Dodgeville ; the farm takes the name, Ty Mawr, of his old homestead in Wales. Mr. W. has made most of the improvements here ; abount thirty years ago he united with the Welsh Presbyterian Church, and in his house the first Welsh sermon was preached in the neighborhood ; he was made Deacon and Clerk of the Salem Church in 1858, and holds both positions at present. Mrs. Williams died Oct. 4, 1879, leaving two adopted daughters ; the children of Capt. William Jones, who married her sister, Elizabeth Owens.

ROBERT R. WILLIAMS, Sec. 12; P. O. Dodgeville; born Dec. 3, 1814, in Carnar- vonshire, North Wales ; is a son of Robert and Sarah (Jones) Williams ; came to America and Iowa Co. in 1844; mined lead in Dodgeville until 1849, then bought his present farm, comprising 240 acres, of the United States ; paid $100 for the claim and spent the first two years in a rude shanty ; to-day we see the roomy farm-house and substantial barns, standing as monuments to his care and industry ; he celebrated his adopted country's centennial by erecting a model stone granary ; the stone walks, and groves and orchards of his own planting, show that his life has been spent in useful activity. Mr. Williams married, April 21, 1848, in Dodgeville, Elizabeth Jones, a native of Merionethshire, Wales ; she came to America in 1840, and at her death, April 7, 1869, left ten children-Robert, Mary A., Sarah, Ellen, William, Abel, Eliza- beth, Harriet, Maria and Edwin, all born in this town. Mr. W. is a Republican.

THOMAS; WILLIAMS, Sec. 30; P. O. Dodgeville; was born Jan. 1, 1823, in Carnarvon- shire, North Wales; came to America and Dodgeville in 1845, and mined lead until he bought his farm in 1858. He married, April 8, 1849, Elizabeth Griffiths, born Feb. 15, 1829, in Flintshire, Wales ; they have twelve children-William, born Jan. 8, 1850; Anne, Jan. 10, 1852; David, July 23, 1853 ;

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Thomas, May 15, 1855; Mary, Sept. 30, 1856 ; Maggie, Jan. 17, 1859; John, Nov. 11, 1861; Robert, Aug. 17, 1863; Hugh, April 5, 1865; Sarah, April 2, 1867 ; George, April 1, 1870, and Peter. Dec. 10, 1872 ; they lost a daughter, Elizabeth, who died Dee. 30, 1872, aged 15; William and Mary are now in Colorado. Mr. Williams has 320 acres, with good buildings as a reward of years of honorable toil and good management.

WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Sec. 23; P. O. Dodgeville; was born an Cornwall, Eng., June 8, 1818 : spent his early life as a farmer ; came to America in the fall of 1851, located at Mineral Point, and soon after bought a threshing machine, which he operated during the next fifteen years in the south part of Iowa Co .; this gave him the name of " Thresher " Williams ; in 1865, he bought his present 300- aere farm. Married, in 1855, in Dodgeville, Mrs. Eliza Hendy; they have three children-Eddie, Ella Etta and Charles Burdette, all born and uow living in Dodgeville. Mr. Williams is an Independent Republican in politics.

WILLIAM B. WILLIAMS, Sec. 2; P. O. Dodgeville; born March 2, 1832, in Carnar- vonshire, North Wales, where he spent his early life as a miner; came to America and Iowa Co. in 1857; his family resided in Dodgeville while he worked in the mines of the vicinity ; after eight years he settled where he now lives, on his farm of 168 acres ; this farm he has made since his settlement here, erecting all buildings, etc. ; in 1862, he went to Colorado, returning the same year. He married, in his native shire, Elizabeth Evans, who died Jan. 23, 1864, leaving three children-Evan, Sarah and Mary; the present Mrs. Williams was formerly Mary Jones, born in Carmarthenshire, South Wales ; they have nine children -Lavinia, Elizabeth, Janie, Annie, Laura, David, Winnie M., Alice and Nellie ; the eldest son, born in Wales, is now in Nevada ; all the others were born, and are now, in Dodgeville; Mr. W. lost two children by the first wife and five by the second ; he joined the Welsh Congregational Church in his native land, and has been a member of the Dodgeville church since his settlement here; has been a Deacon since 1870 ; is, in politics, a Republican ; served as Assessor of his town in 1876-78; has also served as an officer in his school district (No. 17).

WILLIAM H. WILLIAMS, Sec. 2; P. O. Dodgeville ; was born Oct. 29, 1839, in Ash- burton, Devonshire, Eng .; in October, 1854, his father, Charles Williams, who had married Susanna (Greenstade) Brock, came with five sons to America ; the parents now live on Sec. 19, town of Mineral Point ; William H. spent ten months in the Lake Superior mines about 1858 ; returned to Mineral Point and married, Aug. 29, 1862, Tryphena Bennett, born Jan. 10, 1842, in Mineral Point, where her father, Matthew Bennett, settled about 1834; in August, 1863, Mr. Williams went again to the Superior mines ; returned to " the Point" in November, 1864, and, in 1870, went to Jackson, Mich., worked five months in the coal mines, returned, and, in 1874, settled where he now lives. Mr. and Mrs. W. have seven chil- dren-Annie, Laura, Emily, Alberta, Esther, Carl and Amelia; the latter was born in Dodgeville, and the others in Mineral Point. Mr. W. is a Republican, and has held loeal office.

HON. ROBERT WILSON, of Dodgeville, was born on a farm, now the site of the city of Ashland, Ky .; was born July 16, 1814, and is a son of Thomas Wilson, who was born near Philadelphia. About the beginning of the present century, he located in Kentucky, where he married Mary Poage; she was born near Washington, D. C., and was a niece of Col. Robert Poage, who commanded an Ohio regi- ment at the battle of the Thames. The father of the Judge was Captain of a company of Kentucky troops during the war of 1812, serving under Gens. Harrison and Winchester. When Robert was 16 or 17 years sold, the family settled in Vermillion Co., Ill .; soon after, young Wilson returned to his native place to attend school, and while there was apprised of his mother's death ; returning, he spent most of his time in Vermillion Co., until he carried out an idea he had formed by coming to the lead diggings of the Northwest Territory of Michigan; he arrived in the " sueker " settlement of Dodgeville, May 29, 1834. Gov. Dodge was living in his stockaded frontier house, and, at Blue Mounds, he the next day saw the fort erected there as a defense against Black Hawk's " copper-colored cohorts." During the next ten years, young Wilson speculated, mined, and hauled lead, etc .; in the fall of 1839, he, having exposed himself to a cold November rain, was confined during almost the entire winter in consequence, with rheumatism ; he was at the time a clerk for Dodge & Floyd ; in the summer of 1840, he taught school in the " first schoolhouse," i. e., the one built of logs near the present house of James Hoskins. In 1844, he married Amanda Wig- ginton ; she was born in Kentucky, and settled in Dodgeville, in 1841. In 1845, Mr. Wilson built a house in Dodgeville Village; was elected Justice of the Peace in 1846, and, for several years succeeding, did nearly all the Justice business in the town, and many a well-remembered trial was held in his court ; part of 1850 and 1851, he spent in La Crosse, Wis .; in 1852, he settled and has since lived on his farm, six miles north of Dodgeville ; here he has erected tasteful and substantial buildings, planted orchards,

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etc., and established himself in a most pleasant home. The Judge has usually acted with the Democratic party since he became a voter. In 1860, he was elected to the State Legislature, served during the mem- orable sessions of' 1861 and 1862, and also the extra session of June, 1862; he then served his town as Chairman, after the close of the war, doing much, as a patriotic citizen, to give Dodgeville her place among her sister towns in sending out men and money. In his " Old Kentucky Home," he had become a prac- tical surveyor, and was twice elected Surveyor of Iowa Co., and served two or three terms as Deputy Sur- veyor, one term under J. B. Whitelaw. His legal experience as Justice in pioneer times having well fitted him for the office, he was, in 1869, elected County Judge, over John T. Jones, and again elected, in 1873, over Kerton Coates. The Judge has held minor town offices, and, in the spring of 1879, was again elected Chairman of his town; re-elected in 1880, and furnished the writer with many valuable data regarding old times. while a meeting of the County Board of 1880 was in session. Though most of his early life was spent on the borders of civilization, utterly devoid of the comforts surrounding him now, his 66 years sit lightly upon him, and he is to-day a fine type of the old settler of Wisconsin.

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WILLIAM ALTON, farmer ; Sec. 5; P. O. Mifflin ; born at Benton, La Fayette Co., Wis., July 24, 1851 ; lived at home until 1875; he now owns 160 acres of land, and has made the improve- ments himself; his wife, Perrilla Avenell, was born in Linden in 1838; they were marri edMarch 15, 1875; they have three children-Charlie, born in 1876 ; Lulu Bell, born in 1878, and an infant daughter, born in 1880. He is now building, in company with his brother and Mr. Baxter, a creamery that will be known under the firm name of Alton, Baxter & Co., and will be ready for business in the spring of 1881.

CHARLES AVENELL, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Linden ; born in Wiltshire, England, Sept. 15, 1814; came to America in 1837, and remained in New York ten months ; was then two years in War- ren Co , Ill .; thence to Wisconsin ; he owns 140 acres of land, and has a fine place. His wife, Jane Stroth- ers, was born in Virginia in 1818; they were married Oct. 22, 1850; they have two children-Perrilla (now Mrs. Alton) and Albert, at home. In politics, Mr. A. is a Republican ; in religion, a Primitive Methodist. He has been School Clerk and Treasurer, and is now Director.

JOSEPH AVENELL, farmer ; Sec. 19; P. O. Linden ; born in Perton Parish, Wiltshire. England, Oct. 11, 1822; came to America in 1837 ; located in Herkimer Co., N. Y., seven years ; thence to Warren Co., Ill .; thence to Wisconsin in 1846; he now owns 100 acres of land, and has made the im- provements himself. His wife, Mira Ann Elaton, was born in New York in 1807, and died in May, 1878; they had two children-Emma, now Mrs. Tompson ; and Hannah Ano, now Mrs. James Alton ; his sec- oud wife was Isabell Millar, a native of England ; they were married in 1878, and have one child, Frank. In politics, Mr. Avenell is a Republican ; in religion, Adventist. He has been School Clerk and Path- master.

JOHN ARTHUR, farmer ; Sec. 28; P. O. Mineral Point; was born in Lugan, Cornwall, England, in 1816, and .came to Wisconsin in 1846; he owns 160 acres of land, and has made the im- provements himself. His wife, Catharine Lundree, is a native of Cornwall, England, born in 1824; they were married in March, 1841; they have ten children-John (enlisted in Co. B, 30th W. V. I., in the war of the Union), Mary J., William, Rollie, Samuel, Charlie (deceased), Martha, Joseph, Elizabeth and Henry. In politics, he is a Republican; in religion, a Methodist.

JOHN BATTEN, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Linden ; born in Dodgeville, Iowa Co., May 18, 1850 ; owns 104 acres of land, and has one-third interest in 260 acres in the towns of Mifflin and Linden. His wife, Elizabeth J. Stephens, was born in Cornwall, England, in 1844; came to this country in 1848; they were married April 3, 1873; they have three children-Aunie, Nellie and Rosco. In politics, Mr. B. is Republican ; in religion, liberal believer. Thomas Batten, his father, was born in England June 18, 1815 ; came to Wisconsin in 1840 ; his mother, Mary Oals, was born in England in 1820; came to this county in 1848 ; married in 1849; they had three children-John, Asenath G., William L. O.

WILLIAM BATTEN, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Linden; born in Cornwall, England, in 1819; came to America in 1841 ; engaged in the mines for four years, and then bought 100 acres of land ; now owns 472} acres, with good improvements. His wife, Susan Francis, was born in Cornwall, England, May 1, 1825 ; came to America with her mother, her father being in this country ; he died in 1860; her mother

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.died in Pennsylvania. They were married in Pennsylvania May 27, 1843; they have eleven children- James, Elizabeth Ann (now Mrs. Holman), Thomas, Mary Jane (now Mrs. Richards), William Francis (died June 2, 1872, kickel by a horse), Victoria (now Mrs. Powell), Grant, Flora, Caroline, John William. In politics, Republican ; in religion, Methodist ; has been Steward and Treasurer of School District No. 7.

PHILIP BAXTER, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Mifflin ; born in Berkshire, Eng., in 1842; came to Wisconsin in 1855 with his parents ; engaged in farming in 1860; owns 165 acres of land; has made all of the improvements ; also owns one-third interest in the creamery. His wife, Elizabeth Alton, was born at Benton, La Fayette Co .. Iowa, in 1848 ; they were married in 1868; they have three children-Thomas, born in 1870; Leroy, in 1875; Joseph, in 1877. In politics, Mr. B. is a Republican ; in religion, liberal ; has been Treasurer of School District No. 10; enlisted, in 1861, in the 30th W. V. I., Co. B ; was discharged in 1865.

JOHN BRENT, of the firm of Cowley & Brent, cheese factory and creamery, Sec. 1 ; P. O. Mineral Point ; was born in Cornwall, England, in November, 1845 ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1868, and settled at Mineral Point, and run the engine of the inill two years, then came to Linden and bought 160 acres of land, and made the improvements ; also owns a half-interest in the factory built in April, 1879, with the capacity to handle 10,000 pounds of milk per day. His wife, Martha Jane Tri- goning, was born in Linden ; her parents are old settlers of this community. They were married in 1870, and have seven children -- Thomas T., Fannie J., John T., Amy C., Irvin H., Martha, and an infant son. In politics, Republican ; member of the Methodist Church ; Superintendent of the Sunday-school ; has been Pathmaster and Clerk of Schools. He has some very fine imported Cotswold sheep.

JOHN BREWER, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Linden ; born in Cornwall, England, in 1822; came to America in 1851 ; settled in Linden, near the mines, and in the spring rented land, and finally bought, in the spring of 1866, 100 acres; now owns 240 of well-improved land. His wife. Jane Lidacote, was born in England in 1827; they were married in 1848; she died Sept. 28, 1866; left nine children- Mary, now Mrs. Hammill ; Martha, now Mrs. De Witt, of Avoca ; Jane, now Mrs. Lidacote; Annie, now Mrs. Vickerman ; Elizabeth, James, died 1880; John Henry, Emma Cordelia, Thomas, died 1865. His second wife was Hannah Andrews, born in England, and was married to Thomas Brewer in 1853, who died April 20, 1870. By this marriage there were seven children-James, Nicholas, Bessie, buried in England, Gracie, John, Annie, Jane, died in 1868, William Thomas. She married John Brewer in 1873, and they have two children-Alma and Fred. In politics, Republican ; in religion, liberal believer.

DAVID BROWN, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Mineral Point ; was born in Durham, England, in 1827 ; came to Wisconsin in 1849; worked in the mines and farmed ; now owns 300 acres of well-improved land. His wife, Isabell Curry, was born in Durham, England, in 1825 ; they were married in 1846; have ten children-Elizabeth, now Mrs. Curry ; John R., Ann Isabell, now Mrs. Tompson ; Mary Jane, David, Margaret, now Mrs. Jackson ; Ellie Clenia, William, Lillie. Republican in politics ; in religion, Methodist. Has been Pathmaster ; was formerly engaged in the bakery business at the Point.

JAMES F. BROWN, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Mineral Point ; born in Monahan Co., Ireland, Aug. 22, 1817 ; came to America, May 28, 1845 ; to Wisconsin in 1846; was employed in the mines, and was disabled by an accident. He now owns 140 acres of land, and has this year manufactured 1,008 gallons of sorghum molasses. His wife, Eliza Benson, was born in Monahan Co., Ireland; was married in 1840 ; they have eleven children-William, in Oregon ; Margaret, now Mrs. Ross, in the Point ; Catharine, now Mrs. Bleakly, in Chicago ; James W., in Colorado; Zackoy, in Atchison, Kan .; Henry, in Oregon; Abbie, in Chicago ; Susanna, at the Point ; John, at the Point ; Eliza Ann, George. In politics, Democrat. Has been School Director six years ; Pathmaster, a number of terms. In religion, Presbyterian.

JAMES BUCKETT, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Linden ; born in Cornwall, England, in 1827 ; came to America in 1849, and worked in the mines ; owns 90 acres of land. In politics, Republican ; in religion, liberal believer.

WILLIAM BUCKETT, farmer, Scc. 6; P. (). Linden ; born in Cornwall, England, in 1828 ; came to America in 1847 ; worked in the mines at Linden. Bought 80 acres, and now owns 170 acres of land. His wife, Ester Johns, was born in Cornwall, England, in 1837. They were married in 1860 ; they have had six children-Hannah, Elizabeth, Ester, Susan, Lulla; Susan and an infant daughter are deceased. In politics, Mr. B. is a Republican ; in religion, a believer.

JAMES CALLOW, farmer, Sec. 11 ; P. O. Mineral Point; was born in the Isle of Man, in 1824; came to America, in 1849, and to Wisconsin, in 1853; was engaged in mining and farming ;

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bought 280 acres of laud, and now owns over 196, on which he has built a fine house, 26x20, with an ell 26x30, a barn 40x30, 16-foot posts. His wife, Ann Skillicorn, was born on the Isle of Man, in 1840. They were married in 1859, and have had twelve children-William J., Ann J., Mary E., Clara J., John H., Sophia E., Luther C., Kattie M., Frances C., Lillia C., infant daughter (deccased), Henrietta H. (de- ceased). In politics, Mr. C. is a Republican ; in religion. Primitive Methodist. He has been Steward, Trustee of the Dodgeville Church, School Dircetor and Treasurer.

WRIGHT CLAYTON, farmer, See. 9; P. O. Mineral Point; born in Derbyshire, England, Sept. 6, 1821; came to America and Wisconsin, in 1850 ; was in the mines five years ; now owns 380 acres of land, house, 26x32, two stories, wing, 12x16; barn, 28x36, 16-foot corners, stone base- ment and stable, 9-foot ; good grade of stock and Cotswold sheep. His wife, Elizabeth Evans, was born in Wales, July 20, 1821; married in 1855; they have seven children-Ellen, born Sept. 14, 1847 ; Henry, born April 16, 1850 ; Mary Jane, May 25, 1856; Martha Ann, born Aug. 6, 1857 ; Elizabeth, born July 30, 1859 ; Eliza Emma, born Aug. 25, 1862; George Wright, born April 21, 1866. In poli- tiees, he is a Republican ; in religion, a Methodist. He was Treasurer of School District No. 2, fourteen years; School Director, three years; member of the Board of Supervisors, five years. When he first began, he had to pay for four shares in the Mineral Point R. R., which nearly swamped him, costing four hundred or five hundred dollars in gold. He also makes a specialty of raising bees, and has at the present time, about one hundred stands.

KEARTON COATES, farmer, See. 31; P. O. Linden; born in Yorkshire, England, in 1820 ; came to America in 1842, to Platteville, Wis .; was employed in the mines ; remained there one year and a half, then to Hazle Green, Grant Co., Wis .; mining there six months; June, 1844, came to Linden ; worked in the mines until 1860, then bought 40 aeres and built a cabin ; now has a fine home with 140 aeres of land. His wife, Elizabeth Sangwin, was born in Devonshire, England, in 1825 ; came to America with her parents at the age of 3 years, and settled in Wayne Co., Penn .; came to Wisconsin in 1844. They were married in 1845, and have fifteen children-Annie M., Ralph, Mable M., Kearton J., Susan A., Leonard, Ivey L., Jessie M., Thomas R., Julia A., Ellen, Generd M., Mary L., Caroline and Archie (deceased, Sept. 19, 1980). Mr. Coates is a Republican and a Methodist. ' Has been School Clerk and Treasurer, Clerk of the town and Assessor for seven years; was elected Register of Deeds of Iowa Co. in 1866; was Chairman of Town Board, and member of the County Board in 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873 and 1874; member of Assembly representing Second Assembly Distriet, 1875 and 1876,

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History of Iowa County, Wisconsin, Part 138

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