History of Iowa County, Wisconsin, Part 142

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FRED HUER, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Montford, Grant Co., Wis .; was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1841 ; came to America in 1872, and settled in Grant Co., Wis .; then came to Iowa Co., bought and owns 130 acres of land. His wife, Fecka Oleson, was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1843 ; they were married in 1866 ; they have seven children-Rodolph, William, Ida, Mary, Hermann, Henry and Dora.

ROBERT R. HUGHES, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Mifflin ; was born in Mifflin in 1856 ; lived at home until 1874, when he went West to Wyoming, and then returned to Wisconsin ; he now owns 120 acres of land, and has made the improvements. His wife, Lizzie Jones, was born in Belmont, La Fayette Co., Wis., in 1860; they were married in 1878 ; they have one child-Mary C .- born in November, 1879. In politics, he is a Republican ; in religion, liberal.

WILLIAM HUGHES, farmer, Sec. 15 ; P. O. Mifflin ; was born in Mifflin, Iowa Co., March 5, 1854; now owns 240 acres of land-the old home. His wife, Miss Susan Harris, was born in Jackson Co., Ohio ; of Welsh parentage, who came to America in 1845 ; her mother died in 1865 ; her father now resides in Belmont ; at the age of 19, Miss Harris began teaching school, and tanght about two years after marriage, her husband being one of the pupils; they married in April, 1877 ; they have

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one child-William Arthur, born Nov. 1, 1880. Stalwart Republican, and liberal in religion ; has been Pathmaster two terms.

Robert W. Hughes, the father of the above, was born in Wales Feb. 22, 1813; came to Pennsylvania in 1842; to Wisconsin iu 1846, died Sept. 6, 1880 ; his wife, Leah Powell, a native of Wales, born in 1823 ; married in 1850; they had four children-Maggie, born in 1852; married in 1873 to A. J. Davis, born March 27, 1851, died March 25, 1879, at Leadville, Colo. ; they had one child-Robert L., born Sept. 26, 1876 ; William, Robert R., John T. at home, born Oct. 13, 1865 ; Jennitt Powell, who was received by the family at the age of 7 years, born March 23, 1861.

ANDREW HUSE, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Mifflin; was born in Christian Co., Ky., July 16, 1808; emigrated to Missouri in 1828, and remained one year; then went to Adams Co., Ill., and engaged in farming ; in the spring of 1832, he came to Linden and engaged in mining ; in 1834, they pre- empted a quarter-section of land, on which he now resides and has a fine home ; with the additions of land to the first quarter, he now owns 400 acres. Was iu the regiment known as the Miners Guards, Capt. John's company, Dodge's command, in the Black Hawk war. His orchard is one of the oldest in the State, and was started from the seed. He is a Democrat in politics, and a Spiritualist in religion. His wife was Elizabeth O'Neal, a native of Montgomery Co., Tenn., born Nov. 30, 1810; they were married in 1828, and have had eleven children-an infant, deceased ; Charles, at home ; Eliza, now Mrs. Graham ; John ; Sarah, deceased ; James, deceased ; Eliza, deceased ; Robert, deceased ; David, deceased; an infant son, deceased ; and Jesse B., now in business at Rewey. Mr. Huse has been Chairman of the Board, Justice of the Peace, School Director and Treasurer, and Pathmaster. Charles, the oldest son, was born in Mis- souri, in 1830 ; his wife, Mary Flanigan, was born in Illinois in 1855; they were married in 1875, and have three children-May Elizabeth, Ella Blanche and Jessie Eliza. John was born in Wisconsin in. 1834; was in the war of the rebellion, and at the siege of Richmond and Petersburg; his wife was Julia Ann Goodrich, born in Wisconsin in 1842; they were married in 1857 ; she died in 1870, and left seven children-Charlie (deceased), Eugenia, Elizabeth and Dell (twins), George, David and Nellie.

J. B. HUSE, dealer in general merchandise, Rewey. The subject of this sketch (a son of Andrew Huse, who came to Wisconsin in the year 1832 and fought in the Black Hawk war, was born in Mifflin, Iowa Co., Wis., Aug. 25, 1852, and has since been engaged with J. W. Rewey as clerk, until he succeeded him in business ; in November, 1880, his store building-24x40, two stories-being completed. he removed his store from Mifflin to the new and energetic village of Rewey. Mr. H. attended the Platteville Normal in the years 1874-75. His wife, Miss Mary J. Warne, was born in Linden in 1862; they were married Oct. 18, 1880. He has been Town Treasurer for five years, and was teacher of School District No. 7 in 1876. He is a member of Mifflin Lodge, A., F. & A. M.

JOHN JENKINS, retired miner ; P. O. Mifflin ; born in Cornwall, England, Jan. 8, 1826 ; came to America in 1849; direct to Mineral Point to work in the mines; remained one year; then to Mifflin in the mines ; and then, in 1853, went to Lake Superior, in the copper mincs ; then removed to Mifflin, and then again to the lake mines, and finally returned and settled at Mifflin. In politics, a Re- publican. In religion, liberal. His wife was Elizabeth Ann Jacka, born in Cornwall, England, Aug. 8, 1827 ; they married in 1849, and have eight children-Mary Ann, now Mrs. Miller ; Louisa, now Mrs. J. W. Bainbridge ; John ; James ; Lillie, now Mrs. Graham ; Mary, now Mrs. John Harker ; Dorcas J. and Martha.

JOHN S. JOHNSTON, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Mifflin ; born in Westmoreland Co., England, May, 1837 ; came to America in 1860; settled at Grand Haven, Mich .; engaged in logging; then to Wisconsin in 1861, and in the mines; in 1863, bought 40 acres of land ; now owns 200 acres with good improvements. His wife, Margaret Anderson, was born in Illinois in 1845 ; they married in 1863 ; they have eight children-Joseph, John, Thomas, Phillip, Robert, Sarah, Isaiah, Edward. In politics, Re- publican. In religion, liberal believer ; was School Treasurer in 1876.

JOHN KENNEDY, deceased ; was born in Tennessee in 1813, and moved to St. Charles, Mo., in 1818 with his parents ; his father was a gunsmith by trade ; John, at the age of 18, went to St. Louis and learned the trade of blacksmith ; and, at the age of 21, removed to Iowa Co., Wis., where he engaged in the mines, and entered 160 acres of land and built the cabin ; in the spring of 1851, he moved to Mifflin, where he resided until his death, March 27, 1880 ; he was a member of the Advent Church ; had been Postmaster and Director of Schools for over thirty years ; during most of the time he was in very poor health, not being able to work. His wife, Jane Gillhan, was born in Illinois Dec. 11, 1815 ; came to Wisconsin in 1835 with her parents ; married in 1836 ; they had one child-Mary Jane, born in

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1842 ; married to William Welden in 1864, and died at Iowa Falls in 1871, leaving two children-John L and Minnie Ray.

THE KIRKPATRICK FAMILY were of Scotch descent ; the fifth generation were represented in the Revolution by a great-grandfather, who was killed, leaving four boys, who emi. grated to Illinois ; James K. eame to Wisconsin in 1834, and settled in Iowa Co., and died there ; wife died there also ; leaving a family of four sons and four daughters, of whom F. C was the oldest, a native of Georgia, born Feb. 4, 1803, and came to Illinois in 1818; then went to Missouri ; then to Galena, on April 10, 1827 ; remained there until Wisconsin was bought from the Indians, when he removed to Grant Co., then to La Fayette Co., and then to Iowa Co .; died in Grant Co., June 3, 1877; his wife was Fran- cis Speeks, born in Tennessee, Oct. 27, 1804; eame to Illinois with her parents; married Mr. K. about 1822, and now living in Grant Co .; by this marriage there were ten children, four daughters and six sons, of whom Mr. I. C. Kirkpatrick, a farmer in Sec. 18, P. O. Rewey, is the oldest son, born in Washington Mo., Dee. 4, 1825 ; came to Wisconsin in 1827; remained at home until 1847, when he engaged in farming and mining on 240 acres of land, on which he made the improvements, and now owns 840 aeres of land; he has held the office of Treasurer of Distriet No. 4; member of Town Board; member of lodge A., F. & A. M., in Mifflin. In polities, Democrat ; in religion, liberal believer ; his wife, Mary Mondon, was born in Jackson Co., Ill .. in 1827 ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1835, and settled in Iowa Co. Married Feb. 25, 1846; they had seven children-Frederick, born May 5, 1847 ; Jessie, deceased ; James, Feb. 3, 1855 ; Walter, August, 1860; George, 1866 ; Frank L., 1868; Francis, deceased.

GODFREY LINDAUER, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Montford ; was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, April 22, 1829, and came to America in 1851 ; remained in Pennsylvania five years, and came to Wisconsin in 1856 ; bought 80 aeres of land, and now owns 410 aeres, on which he has built a fine barn, 32x42, 18-foot posts, with basement stable ; a house 16x24, two stories, and has a very fine place ; his wife was Mary MeCready, born in town of Highland, Iowa Co , in 1852. Married in 1870; they have three children-Jennie, Annie and Clara Mabel. He was brought up as a Lutheran.

CHARLES LIVINGSTON, farmer, See. 30; P. O. Livingston ; was born in Wieklow, Ireland, March 18, 1827 ; eame to America May 1, 1849, and settled in Iowa Co., and entered 67 aeres of land, and now owns 309 acres. The new village of Livingston is named from the family on whose land it is situated. His wife, Jane Gvooell, born in Dublin, Ireland, 1837, married July 4, 1855; they have seven children-Mary J., Hannab, John, Robert, David, Annie and Hugh. In polities, Republican ; in relig- in, Episcopal ; has been Town Treasurer for ten years, and Pathmaster; member of the I. O. O. F., and A., F. & A. M. Lodges at Mifflin.

H. W. McREYNOLDS, dealer in general stock; was born in Bond Co., Ill., in 1825; came to Wisconsin when quite small with his parents, who are both dead ; when old enough, he worked in the mines ; then went to Grant Co. in business; then to Rewey in October, 1880; he owns 160 acres of land in See. 31, finely improved ; his wife, Jane Sparks, was born in Wisconsin, in 1845, daughter of an old settler ; they married in 1861, and have five children-Celista, Ulysses, Eva, James, Syrina ; a member of I. O. O. F. and A., F. & A. M.

JOHN E. MORGAN, farmer, See. 10; P. O. Rewey; was born in South Wales in 1807 ; eame to America in 1836; settled in Pottsville, Penn., near the mines ; then to Wisconsin in 1850; owns 120 acres of land; made the improvements. His wife was Elizabeth Jenkins, born in Wales in 1812; maried in 1837 ; died Nov. 1, 1876 ; they have two children-John, born 1848; E. J., 1843, enlisted in the 43d W. V. I, died at Louisville, Ky., in 1863. In religion, Presbyterian ; In polities, Republican ; has beld most of the school offices.

David Morgan, a brother of the above, was born in South Wales in 1824; eame to America in 1843, and remained seven years ; then returned to Wales and London; then to Russia as engineer to set up iron works ; he then returned to Wales; remained a year ; then to America in 1879, farming with his brother. He is a Presbyterian and Republican.

D. H. MURDOCK, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Livingston; a son of Stephen Murdock, who was born in Washington, N. Y., in 1815; came to Wisconsin in 1846; settled in Waukesha Co. and engaged in farming ; then came to Iowa Co. in 1856; bought 480 acres of land, and inade the improve- ments ; now resides in Milwaukee. His wife was Catharine Jane Sherman, who was born in Vermont ; married in 1838, and died in 1877 ; they had five children-Sherman S., born Dec. 7, 1840 ; D. H. born July 23, 1842, in New York, and came to this place with his parents, and now owns 321 aeres of land and well improved ; has been School Director six years, and Constable several terms; Charles A., of the

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firm of Jewett, Sherman & Co., of Milwaukee, spice mills ; Lafayette, in business in Milwaukee ; Fred J., a clerk in Milwaukee.

CHARLES S. MILLARD, farmer, Sec. 20 ; P. O. Mifflin ; was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., April 22, 1813 ; left his father at the age of 9 years, and went to work on the canal, and, at 19, went to lumbering, from 1832 to 1837; then went to Missouri, and on to the Mississippi and Des Moines Rivers, rafting and keel-boating; then built a wharf-boat at Keokuk, Iowa in 1844, which was sunk by a steamer ; he then went to Louisiana and engaged in chopping wood; then on to a plantation as over- seer ; then returned to the North ; and, in the fall, again went South as overseer; and, in the spring of 1846, he came to Grant Co. and pre-empted a claim of 160 acres of land and built the old cabin ; he now owns 480 acres of land, 60 acres of which are timbered, in Grant Co. In 1852, he planted a locust grove, and bas since cut from it 3,000 posts, besides firewood. In the year 1870, he went to Colorado, and also two trips to New York. His wife, Betsey Ann Root, was born in Utica, N. Y., May, 1819. They were married Sept. 18, 1837 ; they have five children-Albert, born January, 1842; was in the 19th W. V. I., and was killed at Norfolk, Va., March 9, 1865 ; Edwin, born March 29, 1847, in Grant Co .; Emily H., born in New York in 1842, and died the same year (this was the oldest child) ; Myron, born April 20, 1849; Harrison, born July 15, 1851, in Belmont, on a farm. In politics, he is a Republican ; in religion, he is a Free-Thinker; member of A., F. & A. M .; was J. W. twelve years, and is S. W. at present; has been School Clerk and Treasurer; Chairman of Town Board one year ; has been Path- master.

FRANZ MILLER. farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Mifflin ; was born in Saxony, Germany, Oct. 8, 1834; came to America in 1855 ; settled in Iowa Co., at Mifflin, in the business of brick-making, he hav- ing learned that trade in the old country. He now owns 120 acres of land, and has made the improve- ments. His wife was Amelia Gundlach, who was born in Peoria Co., Ill., in 1837 ; they married in 1857, and she died in 1876; they had seven children-Rudolph (died in 1878), Bertha, Oscar, Sidonie, Earnest, Herman, Frank, and two children belonging to a deceased sister-Isabell and Minnie.

JOHN NEWMAN, farmer ; Sec. 6; P. O. Washburn ; was born in Madison Co., Ill., April 6, 1832; came to Wisconsin, in 1836, with his parents, who were early settlers of Iowa Co. He bought 200 acres of land and made good improvements thereon-barn 30x30, house 18x24, two stories. Hlas been Director of Schools, and is a member of A., F. & A. M. Lodge. His wife, Sarah Jane Kimball, was born in Madison Co., Ill., Oct. 30, 1831; came to Wisconsin in 1834; married, in 1855, to William Mundor, who died in 1865, and by this marriage there were three children-James, Carrie (now Mrs. Bonriett) and William ; was married to Mr. Newman in 1868, and have two children-Minnie M., born June 28, 1869 ; Izera, born Nov. 19, 1871. Mr. Newman went to California in 1857, and returned in 1867. In politics, he is a Republican ; in religion he is a liberal believer.

GEORGE NICHOLSON, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Mifflin; was born in Westmoreland Co., England, April 4, 1814 ; came to America in 1840; settled in Pittsburgh. near the coal mines ; in 1846, came to Black Jack Mines, lowa Co., Wis. He then bought 160 acres of land, on which he made the improvements ; he now owns 280 acres. His wife, Hannah Brown, was born in Westmoreland Co., England, in 1815 ; they were married in 1845 ; they have eight ehildren-Joseph (scalded to death while killing hogs), Joseph, George (in Lost Grove), Barbara A. (now Mrs. Holmes, in Lost Grove). Hannah (deceased), Mary Jane (now Mrs. Johns, in Linden), Elizabeth (now Mrs. Johns, at home) and William (butcher in Mifflin). In politics he is a Republican ; in religion a Methodist ; has been Pathmaster and Clerk of School District; member of the Grange. John A., born April 11, 1856, and now at home ; his wife, Hannah Livingston, was born in Mifflin in 1856; married March 19, 1879; they have one child-Barbara Luella, born June 11, 1880. Elizabeth was married, in 1874, to George W. Johns, who was born in Grant Co., and now lives in Colorado ; they have one child-Annie, born March 15, 1875.

JOHN T. NOLAN (deceased); was born in Wilkesboro, N. C., in 1796; emigrated to Tennessee ; then to Green Co., Wis. ; then to Iowa Co., and died in 1875. His wife was Lucindia Shreck- enghaust ; married in 1840 ; they had seven children-Melissia, John, Pierce, Margaret, Mary, Emma and Susan. Pierce Nolan, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Mifflin ; was born in Wisconsin Dec. 25, 1851 ; married in 1873 ; owns 80 acres of land ; was Pathmaster in 1880. His wife, Sarah McCord, was born in Mifflin, Wis., Jan. 21, 1852; they have three children-Joseph, boro Sept. 4, 1873; Jessie, born March 5, 1875; died in March, 1875 ; Charlie, born Oct. 23, 1876.

JOHN W. OWENS, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Rewey ; born in Anglesea, North Wales, in 1836; came to America in 1856; was a short time in New Jersey; then went to Wisconsin in 1857 ;

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bought 120 acres ; made most of the improvements ; enlisted in 1862, in the 30th W. V. I., Co. E; dis- charged in November, 1865. His wife, Jane R. Jones, was born in Morganshire, South Wales, in 1839; came to America in 1842; was married in 1861 ; they have no children. He has heen Pathmaster, and held offiee most of the time. In religion, Congregational ; in politics, stalwart Republican ; owns property in Dodgeville.

JAMES PEDLEY, farmer, Sec. 3; P. (). Mittlin ; was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1833 ; came to America in 1853; settled at New Diggings, La Fayette Co., Wis .; came to Mifflin in 1859, and bought, and now owns, 280 acres of land, with a fine house, 16x28 feet, with wing, 16x20 feet, all two stories, and gives some attention to the raising of bees. His first wife, Mary H. Bowes, was born in Dur- ham, England, and was married in 1857 ; she died April 3, 1868; their children are Elizabeth Ann, now Mrs. Fawcett, in La Fayette Co., Wi -. ; Sarah M., now Mrs. Davis ; James D., Mary, Hannah, William ; his second wife. Henrietta Edlen Davis, was boru in Pennsylvania in 1843; married Oct. 16, 1868; died May 5, 1877 ; left five children-Addie, Harrison, Eliza E., Ellen A. and Ruth. In politics, Republican ; in religion, Primitive Methodist ; was Class Teacher and Sunday School Superintendent ; has been Path- master ; elected Justice of the Peace, but did not qualify.

WILLIAM PATEFIELD (deceased) ; was born in Macclesfield, England, Dec. 8, 1816 ; came to America in 1845, and to Cliftou, Grant Co., in 1852; then to Mifflin, and engaged as a tailor. He held the office of School Director, Clerk and Notary Public, and other town offices; died Nov. 13, 1871. Ilis wife, Rachel Upton, was born in Maeclesfield, England, March 27, 1819; married Jan. 27, 1840, and have eight children-Lydia, Thomas, George, Sarah Ann (deceased), Elizabeth, Mary, Willie (deceased ) and William ; Thomas, attorney at law, collector and insurance agent, Mifflin ; born in England, March, 1844; came to America in 1846; to Mifflin in 1852; attended school, and worked round until he was 16 years of age ; then taught school ; was admitted to the bar in 1875 ; was County Superintendent of Schools from 1871 to 1873, and Justice of the Peace; District Clerk and Town Clerk in 1878-79, and Deputy Postmaster for J. W. Rewey. He is a Republican in politics, and Liberal in religion. His wife was Sarah Jane Hillery, born in Dubuque Co., Iowa, May 2, 1847 ; married June 8, 1870; died Nov. 17, 1875 ; they have two children-John William, born March 26, 1871; George Hillery, born March 21, 1873; died Sept. 24, 1874.

J. W. REWEY. His father, Henry Rewey, is a native of Stockbridge, Mass., who was born July 9, 1805 ; his father, John Rewey, also a native of Massachusetts, born in 1781 ; his mother was Lucy Taylor, a native of Massachusetts, whose uncle George was a soldier of the Revolutionary war of 1776. Mr. J. W. Rewey's mother, Mary Wiltse Rewey, was born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., Nov. 29, 1810, and was the eldest child of James and Nancy (Livingston) Wiltse. James Wiltse was also a native of New York, born in Dutchess Co. Nov. 23, 1787. Nancy Livingston was born in North Carolina, May S, 1788 ; her uncle, Philip Livingston, of New York, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independ- ence. J. W. Rewey, the subject of this sketch, is the second son of Henry Rewey, born at Berkshire, Tioga Co., N. Y., May 26, 1835 ; his father was a mechanic -- a wool carder and cloth dresser-who, see- ing a family of boys coming on, determined to go West, where he could buy cheap land and engage in farming. Accordingly, in the spring of 1844, this determination was put into execution, when, on the 2d day of June of that year, the family bade adieu to their friends and native land, and started for the then Far West, going to Ithaca by teams, thence across Cayuga Lake by steamboat, where they were loaded into a canal-boat and towed by horse-power to Buffalo, thence across the lakes to Milwaukee, which at that time was a mere hamlet. Here more serious difficulties were met, there being no public conveyance for freight or passengers any further west. Finally, some ox-teamsters were found, who had freighted lead from the mines at Mineral Point to Milwaukee to be shipped across the lakes to the East- ern markets. A contract was immediately entered into and terms agreed upon, being that of $1.25 for each 100 lbs. of freight and passengers for transporting the family and their effects to Platteville. The journey consumed fourteen days, and will never be forgotten by those who participated in its hardships or enjoyed its pleasures, while life lasts. On June 26, 1844, the family arrived at the home of Alexander Graham, with whom there had a friendship existed in the State of New York, and whose farm lay adjoining the home- stead which had been selected for the Rewey family, located four and a half miles northwest from the village of Platteville, where they engaged in farming, or rather, in the felling of tall trees, clearing and opening a farm in heavy timber land, which was attended with many hardships, difficulties and privations. Assistance was hired to clear the first seven-acre lot, which was done by cutting and burning the smaller timber and brush and " girdling " the larger trees and letting them remain standing. The limited means brought were soon exhausted in erecting a dwelling, elearing ground and living, and from thenceforward

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for many years the only revenue was derived from chopping and hauling cord-wood to Platteville, with a yoke of oxen-old "Jack " and " Charley "-and selling it at an average price of $1.50 per cord. In the summer of 1848, the first pair of horses were purchased, from Pat Conner, trading old " Charley," the only surviving one of the first pair of oxen, paying the balance by note. Upon the advent of a pair of horses in a family of boys came joy unspeakable. They could now ride on horseback, go to church on Sunday, and do as rich folks did. Old " Bill" and "Mike" were the center of attraction with the boys, and were brought into requisition very often to perform errands, cither real or imaginary, as the case might be. Then they could haul wood to Benton and Hazel Green, a distance of twenty miles, where they could get the very satisfactory price of $3 per cord, to do which it was necessary to start very early in the morning and be out until late in the evening, making three trips per week.

The only education was obtained by going to the distriet school two or three months in the winter time ; in the winter of 1854-55, the subject of this sketch was duly installed teacher of the district school in the village of Dallas, in Iowa Co., more commonly known as " Black Jack," receiving therefor the >um of $17 per month and board ; he continued teaching winters, working on the farm summers. until the winter of 1859, when, on the 16th day of February, he was married to Miss Eliza A. Galbraith, daughter of Andrew J. and Melinda Galbraith, and engaged in hotel-keeping in Platteville, succeeding William But- ler, then the " Butler House," which was changed, upon the advent of the new landlord, to the " Rewey House," which occupation was continned until the spring of 1862, when a co-partnership was formed with G. D. Pettyjohn, Esq., for the purpose of engaging in the mercantile business, Mr. Pettyjohn having pre- vionsly bought of Isaac Hodges his store and goods, of which he very generously sold a half-interest to Mr. Rewey, taking his promise to pay therefor, which co-partnership terminated two years thereafter by mutual consent.

In the fall of 1864, Mr. R. removed to the town of Mifflin, in Iowa Co., and engaged in farming, which was continued for three years, when, in the fall of 1867, he sold his farm to H. P. Woods and removed to the village of Mifflin, where he erected a store building with dwelling-house attached, and engaged in the general merchandise business, which was continued with considerable success for nine years, when he sold his stock of goods and leased his building to Thomas Alton, Jr., and J. B. Hnsc, of Mifflin, who had formed a co-partnership for that purpose ; Mr. R. then removed to his present home, where he had purchased quite a large farm, four miles southwest from the village of Mifflin, through which the C. and T. Division of the C. & N. W. Railroad runs, upon which the village of Rewey is located, of which men- tion has been made in this history. Mr. Rewey's father's family consisted of seven sons, all of whom grew to manhood, except John J., who died in infancy, May 12, 1844 : the balance are all living, except Henry, Jr., born Sept. 6, 1841, at Berkshire, Tioga Co., N. Y., and died Nov. 25. 1875, in Cuming Co., Neb., in consequence of wounds received in the late war ; Addison was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., Oct. 26, 1833, and now lives in Lima, Grant Co .; Jasper L. was born Ang. 18, 1837, in Tioga Co., N. Y., and now lives at Platteville ; Milton F. was born Dec. 21, 1847, in Lima, Grant Co., and now lives near Dodgeville, Iowa Co., Wis .; Jay. the youngest, was born in Lima, Grant Co , Dec. 2, 1852. and now lives at Platteville with his father and mother, on their homestead ; the old people arc comfortably situated and enjoy very good health for people of their age. Mr. R.'s family consists of his wife, Eliza A. (Galbraith) Rewey, born Aug. 29, 1838, at Charleston, Ill., and their only child, Oliver, born at Platteville, Wis., April 13, 1863, having had the misfortune of losing their eldest ehild-Mary, born at Platteville, Wis., Nov. 29, 1859, who died at Mifflin., Wis., Jan. 23, 1872. Mr. R. has always taken an active part in public affairs ; was elected County Commissioner of Iowa Co. in 1867, and was re-elected in 1869; was elected Town Clerk of the town of Mifflin in 1865, and held that office for nine years ; was five times elected Chairman of the Town Board of Supervisors, and served three years as Chairman of the County Board ; was a member of the Wisconsin Legislature of 1868 and 1881. In politics. a Republican. Is a member of Mifflin Lodge, A., F. & A. M., of Mineral Point, Chapter, R. A. M., and of Mineral Point Commandery, K. T. In religion, he is liberal, believing in that deep and broad principle underlying all religion-in the existence and providence of God.

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History of Iowa County, Wisconsin, Part 142

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