History of Iowa County, Wisconsin, Part 146

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

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DANIEL JONES, one of the most extensive and successful farmers in the town of Highland, is a native of Wales ; was born in Dembyshire, about thirty miles from Liverpool, England, Feb. 5, 1819. In 1848, he came to America and located in Iowa Co., Wis., the same year, making it bis home ever since. In 1850, he married, in Hazel Green, Wis., Miss Elizabeth Roberts; she was also a native of Wales, who came to Columbia Co., Wis., with her parents in an early day, becoming pioneer settlers of that county. Mr. Jones and wife have been continual residents of the town of Highland since their mar- riage. Their children are Thomas, who married Elizabeth Krammer, and is now a resident of the town of Eden; William, married Mary Johnson, and resides at Belmont Station ; John, Daniel, Robert, Charles, Henry, Mary A., Jane and Clara, reside at home. Mr. Jones owns nearly 800 acres of land, much of it being well loeated and improved. He has filled several local offices, ineluding that of Town Super- visor.

MICHAEL KASPER, of Highland, was born in Nassau, Germany, Sept. 12, 1839, where he remained until 1866, when he came to the United States. He first located in Milwaukee, Wis., living there until 1868, in the spring of which year he came to Highland, Iowa Co., Wis., and there married, in

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1869, Miss Mary Wenkes, a native of Hanover, Germany. They have six children-Mary A., Theresa, Anna M., Josephine, Katie and Lena. Mr. Kasper has been engaged in business in the village of High- land since 1874. He is an energetic citizen, and takes an active interest in everything tending to pro- mote the various interests of the town and village of Highland.

RICHARD KENNEDY, a prominent citizen and an active business man of the village of Highland, Iowa Co., Wis., was born in Minersville, Schuylkill Co., Penn., Jan. 5, 1842; the following year (1843) his parents came to La Fayette Co., Wis .; thence, to Highland in 1850, the subject of this notice accompanying them. In early life, Mr. Kennedy received a liberal education. His school days were scarcely passed when the war of the rebellion came on, in which he became one of the actors, by cnlist- ing in Company G, 27th W. V. I., in which he served as First Sergeant, and participated in the siege of Vicksburg, and took an active part in all of the battles and skirmishes the regiment was in, up to Nov. 2, 1864, when he was wounded, while guarding a bridge on the Little Rock & Memphis Railroad. His wounds were such as to unfit him for further service in the field, and led to an honorable discharge from

the service. In 1871, he was Town Treasurer and Collector, and, in 1880, was a member of the Wiscon- sin Assembly, the duties of which position he discharged with signal ability, and entire satisfaction to his constituents, and the people, in general. Mr. Kennedy married, in Mineral Point, Wis., Miss Emma McCrady ; they have five children-Gracie, William M., Maimie, Thomas and Richard M. Mr. Ken- nedy owns large mining interests in the town of Highland, and, also, is engaged in the drug business.

WILLIAM KINEAR, of Highland, who was born in Kings Co., Ireland, in the year 1842. He came to this county in 1860; resided in the city of New York until 1868, then came to Wisconsin, locating in the village of Highland, and, shortly afterward, engaged in the mercantile business, in which he continued for several years. He married Susan Cary, of Highland ; a most estimable woman, and, for a number of years, a resident of Iowa Co.

B. H. KREUL, of the mercantile firm of Kreul & Nondorf, Highland; was born in 1848 in Westphalia, Germany ; in 1851, his father, Bernard Kreul, came to this country, locating in Highland, Towa Co., Wis. ; the following year (1852), he sent for his family, then consisting of his wife and one son, B. H. Kreul, who was the only child born to them in Germany ; they are still residents of Highland, and are held in high esteem by a large circle of friends and neighbors; their children, born in Iowa Co., are Mary, now M. Josepha, a Sister of Mercy at Roxbury, Dane Co., Wis .; Katie, wife of B. Berneman ; Rosina, wife of Albert Haschhoof; Joseph and John, all residents of Highland, excepting Sister Josepha. B. H. Kreul, whose name heads this sketch, is the oldest of the children ; he has been identified with the business interests of the village of Highland since 1869, and has added much to the prosperity of the mer- cantile interests of the village. He married in Highland, in October, 1870, Miss Christine Potter ; she was born in Highland in 1853; her father, Albert Potter (deceased), was an early settler of Iowa Co., and well thought of by all; after his death, her mother married John Nondorf (who is also now dead), father of J. Nondorf, Mr. Kreul's present partner in business ; he was in the mercantile trade for several years prior to his death, and was very successful, having the entire confidence of all. Mr. Kreul and wife are members of the Catholic Church; their children arc John, Bernard, Mary, Stephen and Joseph. The firm of Kreul & Nondorf carries a large stock of general merchandise, and are doing a large business.

ANTHONY KROLL, of the firm of Kroll & Pierick, dealers in general merchandise, Dry Bone ; was born in Germany in 1830 ; he came to the United States in 1856, locating the same year in the town of Highland, Iowa Co., Wis., in which town the post village, Dry Bone, is located, of which he has been Postmaster since 1878; he has been in the mercantile business since 1868. He married in Potosi, Grant Co., Wis., Christine Nondorf, of Highland; they have six children-Lizzie, John, Katie, Francis, Cynthia and Anthony.

B. H. LAMPE, a leading merchant in the village of Highland ; was born near the city of Fre- ren Kries Amt Lingen, Germany, Sept. 21, 1820, where he remained until his coming to this country in 1839; from 1840 until 1850, he lived in Galena, Ill., and there married Miss Katrina Wulweber; in 1850, they came to the village of Highland, where she died May 21, 1875 ; she was a most exemplary and Christian woman, highly esteemed by all ; their children are Mary, now the wife of Henry Imhoff, of the town of Highland ; Theodore, now in Centreville ; Christine, wife of Garrett Vonder Haar, of West Point, Lee Co., Iowa ; Eliza, wife of Jacob Fecht, of the village of Highland ; Maggie, Rosa, W. Henry, Annie and Stephen ; the younger children are all home. Mr. Lampe has been engaged in the mercantile business in Highland since 1859, always having a prosperous trade. He has been Treasurer of the town of Highland two terms, and four terms a member of the Village Board of Highland, serving as President two of the terms. He is still actively engaged in the mercantile business, and has a Incrative trade.

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DAVID MCFARLAND, a prominent and well-known citizen of Iowa Co., and a resident of the town of Highland since 1846 ; is a native of Bovina, Delaware Co., N. Y. ; was born June 7, 1822 ; he came to Wisconsin in 1846, and, as heretofore stated, has been a resident of the town of Highland since ; in 1853, he carried the first mail from Highland to Richland Center, and continued in carrying the mail on that route until it was discontinued in 1857. He has been repeatedly elected Chairman of the Town Board of Supervisors, Justice of the Peace, Assessor and School Superintendent, and was a member of the Board of " Fund Commissioners " appointed by the County Board, in 1873, to settle the railway indebtedness of Iowa Co .; in 1863, he was a member of the Wisconsin Assembly, and in 1875 and 1876 was a member of the Senate. Mr. McFarland married, in 1847, Miss Eliza Johnston ; she was also a native of Delaware Co., N. Y .; they have four children-Robert, Andrew, James H. and Margaret J. Mr. McFarland is a farmer by occupation ; his home farm is desirably located a short distance northeast of the village of Highland, and is well improved.

THOMAS MAGUIRE, dealer in general merchandise, Highland ; was born in County Mon- ahan, Ireland ; he came to this country in 1847, and to Highland, Iowa Co., Wis., in the spring of 1848, and engaged in lead-mining; in 1854, he became possessed of mining interests, which he continued to manage until August, 1862, when the war of the rebellion was assuming proportions of a magnitude that made it necessary to again call on Wisconsin for more of her sons to follow those already in the field, and were doing noble service in defense of the Union. Aug. 15, 1862, Mr. Maguire enlisted in Co. G., of 27th W. V. I., which was afterward assigned to the Eastern division, and did good service on the Poto- mac, participating in numerous sieges and battles, in all of which Mr. Maguire was in active service ; he went all through with the command, and was mnstered out with the regiment. He married in Highland , in 1879; maiden name of his wife was Rose A. McEntee; they have one child-Thomas F .; by a former marriage, Mrs. Maguire has two children-Cassie and Maria Smith; their father, Mrs. Maguire's first husband (Patrick Smith), has been dead several years.

WILLIAM MANNING, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Highland ; is a native of County Kilkenny, Ireland ; he came to the United States in 1841, and, in 1842, settled in the town of Highland, Iowa Co., Wis. In 1853, he went to Placerville, Cal., there remaining nearly two years, at the end of which he returned to Highland, where he has resided since. Mr. Manning has been married twice ; first in Buffalo. N. Y., to Rachel Powers; she died in Highland ; his present wife was Katic Griffin; their children are Mary, Bridget, Lucy, Andrew, William, Dennis, Katie and Judea. Mr. Manning owns a valuable farm of 340 acres ; with the exception of the two years he spent in California, Mr. Manning has been a contin- ual resident of the town of Highland; he is one of the oldest settlers of the town now living, and has a vivid recollection of the early history of Iowa County.

MARTIN PHELAN, an old resident of the village of Highland, Iowa Co., Wis .; was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland, in the year 1825; in 1847, he came to America, locating in the town of Highland the same year, where he remained until 1851 ; then, hearing the glowing reports of California, he determined to try his luck in that El Dorado of the Pacific Slope ; he crossed the plains with a company of others, arrived in California safely, and followed mining, principally in El Dorado Co., for eight years, at the end of which time he returned to Wisconsin, and lived in the town of Highland until August, 1862, when he enlisted as a private in Co. G, 27th W. V. I .; was commissioned Sergeant Oct. 22 of the same year, and was in active service all through, participating in every battle and siege his command was in; he was honorably discharged, came back to Highland, which has been his home since, and where he owns large mining interests. John Phelan, a brother of the subject of this, came to Wisconsin in 1848, resid- ing in Highland until 1852, when he started for California, but never reached his destination ; death overtook him on the way, and his remains rest on the North Platte, about seventy miles from Fort Lar- amie ; he was a genial comrade, and had many warm friends.

HERMAN PIERICK, of the firm of Kroll & Pierick, dealers in general merchandise, Dry Bone; was born in Germany in the year 1840 ; he came to this country in 1868, and has been a resident and business man in the town of Highland since. He married, in the village of Highland, Katie Non- dorf; they have five children-Anthony, Herman, Albert, John and Mary.

REV. VALENTINE RADEMACHER, Pastor of St. John's Church, Highland, is a native of Prussia ; was born in Posen June 12, 1836. He was educated at the universities at Posen and Munster, in his native country, and in the university in Paris, France. He was ordained in Posen in December, 1861; afterward, he was professor in a theological seminary at Krakau for five years. In 1866, he came to America, and immediately was given pastoral charge of St. Henry, Parish of New Orleans,

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where he continued six years, at the end of which time he returned to the land of his nativity for a short time, when he again came to this country. His first pastoral duties were in Jefferson, Wis., where he remained two years; then was changed to Berlin; afterward to Theresa; thence, to Muscoda; from the latter place he was transferred to Highland in August, 1877. In all these places, Rev. Rademacher labored earnestly among his people, and with good success. In Highland, his church has a large member- ship, and exerts an extensive religious influence on the community.

BERNARD TERNES, attorney at law and Notary Public, Highland ; was born in Nieder- donwen, Luxemburg, in 1850 ; was educated in the normal school of his native country, and, in 1868, he came to America. After his coming, he followed teaching school for a short time in Muscoda and in Mineral Point, Wis. ; afterward, entered the Pio Nono College, at St. Francis Station, near Milwauk.c, from which he graduated in 1871 ; he then engaged in teaching school in various places in Illinois, until 1875, in the meantime, reading law. In 1876, he commenced giving his whole attention to the latter, and was admitted to the practice thereof in October, 1878, immediately locating in Highland, where he is meeting with good success and practice. Mr. Ternes speaks the English, German, French and Latin languages with fluency. He represents the village of Highland in the County Board, and takes an active part in public affairs.

REV. STEPHEN TRANT, Pastor of St. Phillip's Church, Highland, was born in Kenosha, Wis., Dec. 26. 1844. At a very early agehe displayed an earnest desire for knowledge, and a perseverance in its pursuit that stops at no trifling obstacle. He subsequently entered the Seminary of St. Francis of Sales. an ecclesiastical school at. St. Francis Station, near Milwaukee, where he was ordained Dec. 19, 1868, to the priesthood by Archbishop Henni, of Milwaukee. June 27, 1869, he began his ministry of St. Phillip's Church. Highland, where he has since continued, having the esteem and confidence of the church and community. His pastorate has been marked in an unusual degree of success. During the first years of his administration, he found the building too small to accommodate his increasing congregation. So. in 1871, he had erected, at a cost of $18,000, the present church edifice, which is a fine stone structure, built on the Gothic plan, and capable of comfortably seating five hundred persons. Rev. Trant is untiring in his devotion to the interests of his church and the community, and, under his superintendency, much has been effected that has proved of the utmost benefit to his church.

WILLIAM H. UNDERWOOD, farmer; P. O. Highland; was born in Pulaski, Iowa Co., Wis. His father. Madison Underwood, was a native of Delaware Co., New York, and a son of Parker C. Underwood, who came to the Northwest in 1834, and is now an esteemed citizen of the town of Pu- laski, this county. Madison Underwood married, in this (Iowa) county, Miss Charity (daughter of Will- iam Booth, who was an active participant in the Black Hawk war, after ward was one of the first settlers of Pulaski, this county, and, during the war of the rebellion, was in active service in the Union army). She is still living, and resides in affluent circumstances on the homestead, a short distance northeast of the village of Highland ; her hushand, Madison Underwood, died in 1879; he was active in defense of the Union in the late war, and was held in high esteem by his fellow-men. Their children are William H. (whose name heads this sketch ) and Mary J.

THOMAS WALL. farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. O. Highland; was born in County Kilkenny, Ire- land, in the year 1826 ; in 1848, he came to America, locating in the town of Highland, Iowa Co., Wis., in the same year. He married, in the village of Highland, Miss Ellen Kent; their children are Ann- (now the wife of Philip Powers), John ( now in Colorado ; he married, in Highland, Miss Ellen Cullen), Robert (now at St. Francis of Sales, an ecclesiastical school near Milwaukee), Thomas (proprietor of har- ness-shop in the village of Highland ), Katie and Walter (at home). Mr. Wall owns 200 acres of land, desirably located and well improved.

THOMAS F. WALL, manufacturer and dealer in harness supplies, Highland; was born in the town of Highland, Iowa Co., Wis .. Nov. 12, 1860. He learned harness-making in Dodgeville. In June, 1879, he established in the manufacture of harness in the village of Highland, and, by close atten- tion to business and excellent workmanship, he has succeeded in building up a good trade, which is con- stantly increasing. He always has on hand a good stock of light and heavy harness, as well as a large stock of supplies, consisting of bridles, collars, blankets, whips, etc. Mr. Wall also gives prompt atten- tion to repairing. He warrants all work of his make.

THOMAS B. WALLACE, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Highland ; was born in County Kil- kenny, Ireland, in the year 1807. He married, in his native county, Miss Margaret K. Loy ; they came to the United States in 1845, and resided in Cincinnati, Ohio, and in St. James Parish, La., until

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their coming to the town of Highlaod, Iowa Co., Wis., in 1847, which has been their home since. Their children are Margaret (who is now the wife of P. P. Herbert, Colorado), Mary (wife of John Dennis, of Mineral Point, Wis.), John, Bridget, Lizzie and Thomas. Since his coming to Wisconsin, Mr. Wallace has been chiefly engaged in farming and mining, in which he has met with fair success and is now in com- fortable circumstances.

TOWN OF PULASKI.

JOHN BARNARD, retired merchant, Avoca; was born in Paris, Ky., March 5, 1805. In 1828, he married, in St. Charles Co., Mo., Miss Nancy Baldridge, a native of that county, born in 1811. Her parents, Daniel Baldridge and Christine Hoffman, were the first couple married under American laws in Missouri. After their marriage, Mr. Barnard and wife remained in St. Charles Co. until 1844 ; they then came to Wisconsin, locating in the village of Highland, Iowa Co .; from there they went to Arena, in 1847, where he engaged in the mercantile business, and also dealt in grain and stock until 1866; then removed to Avoca, and there he continued his former business until about six years ago, when he retired with a full competence, having met with more than ordinary success throughout bis long business eareer. They are now passing their declining years amidst that peace and plenty which a well- spent life alone insures. Their children are Sophronia, now Mrs. McFarland; her husband, Andrew McFarland, is deceased ; Lovisa, wife of G. C. Meggs, a retired merchant of Arena; he was twice Sheriff of Iowa Co. and once Treasurer ; Mary, wife of E. P. Robinson, of the town of Eden; Henry C., now a commission merchant in Milwaukee, was twice a member of the Wisconsin Assembly, and filled vari- ous local offices in the village of Avoca; Eliza, wife of Leman Bartlett, a commission merchant in Mil- waukee; John T., farmer and stock-dealer, Spring Green, Wis .; James J., of this town, who was for several years a partner in business with his father; Grace, wife of H. E. Lindsay, a physician at Whitewater, Wis .; Zachariah T., who is engaged in mercantile business in Arena, this county. MIr. Barnard has held various local offices, and is a public-spirited and enterprising citizen.

MINOR BENNETT, farmer ; P. O. Avoca ; was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, May 16, 1819, where he remained until the year 1839 ; then came to the Northwest and followed mining in Jo Daviess Co., Ill., and in Iowa and Grant Cos., Wis., about three years, at the end of which time he returned to his native county. In the spring of 1844, he again eame to Wisconsin, and located in the town of Pulaski, Iowa Co., and married there, in the following year (1845), Miss Maria Heath ; she was born in Medina Co., Ohio ; her father, Dr. John A. Heath, was one of the first settlers of La Salle Co., Ill., from which county he came to Pulaski, Iowa Co., Wis., in its early history, where he resided several years, engaged in the practice of medicine. Since their marriage, Mr. Bennett and wife have been continual residents of the town of Pulaski, and are now in affluent circumstances, owning over 400 acres of land. Their home farm is pleasantly located a short distance east of the village of Avoca, and is finely improved. Their children are Elijah, who married Adelaide Thurber; John E., married Lillis Buchanan ; she died in 1SS0 ; George L., married Clara Thurber ; Fred W .; Rachel, wife of D. H. Ryan ; all are residents of Pulaski, excepting Fred W., who is now in Kansas. Mr. Bennett has been elected to several offices in the town of Pulaski, including those of Town Supervisor and Treasurer ; has filled the former office about twelve years. His father, Elijah Bennett, died in Pulaski ; he was a soldier in the United States Army in the war of 1812.

H. P. DIETRICH, a leading citizen of Avoca ; was born in St. Joseph Co., Mich., Nov. 11, 1835 ; he was educated in common schools in his native county, and at Cedar Park University, School- craft, Mich., and the New Columbus Academy, Luzerne Co., Penn .; in 1855, he commenced teaching in Columbia Co., Penn., and since that time, has taught school in three other States, Michigan, Missouri and Wisconsin, for a period extending over twenty years; in the autumn of 1860, he came to Mifflin, Iowa Co., Wis., teaching the school at that village two terms, then went to Michigan and taught in Kalamazoo Co., a county he had spent a great part of his early life in, unti! 1862 ; then returned to Mifflin, marrying there on the 24th of October of the same year, Miss Lydia Patefield; she was born near Macclesfield, Cheshire Co., England, June 7, 1841 ; after their marriage, they remained in Mifflin until 1868, when they removed to the town of Linden, there remaining until 1872, in which year he engaged in the mer- cantile business in Mifflin ; in October, 1873, they came to Avoea, which has been their home since. They have four children-Amanda R., born April 25, 1865; Hervey W., March 28, 1867 ; George E.

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March 29, 1870 ; and Charles H., Oct. 4, 1874. In May, 1874, Mr. Dietrich was appointed Village Clerk of Avoca, and was elected Town Clerk of Pulaski in 1870; both those positions · he has been con- secutively returned to since, and has discharged the duties pertaining to them, to the entire satisfaction of all.

W. S. DIMOCK, Sec. 16 ; P. O. Avoca ; this gentleman, a leading farmer of the town of Pu- laski, a native of Susquehanna Co., Penn., was born March 24, 1819; in 1855, he came West, settling in the town of Pulaski, Iowa Co., Wis., and since that time, has been eminently identified with the official history of the town, being Chairman of the Board of Supervisors from 1871 to 1878, inclusive, and Town Assessor from 1860 until 1870, inclusive. Mr. Dimock has been twice married, his first wife, Julia A. MeKune, he married in his native county ; she died in the town of Pulaski, leaving one child, Ella, who is now the wife of Charles T. Rudolph, of Wingville, Wis .; his present wife was Lucy J. Munson, a native of Susquehanna Co., Penn .; they have five children-Warren, Harry, Minnie, Asa B. and Bertha R. Mr. Dimock's farm is desirably located, and contains nearly 500 acres.

VINCENT DZIEWANOWSKI, Secs. 22 and 23; P. O. Avoca ; was born in Pedolia, Poland, April 5, 1804 ; his parents were of the first families, and were of high rank ; at the age of 16, he entered the cadet service, and in the uprising of the Poles for freedom in 1832, he took a distinguished part on several battle-fields in their cause, and was promoted to the rank of Major for meritorious services rendered the Polish Government; the efforts of the Poles to obtain freedom proving futile, he had to flee his native country ; escaping to Vienna, Austria, he was assisted by the court of that country in a manner which enabled him to reach America; he arrived in the city of New York in 1834; then for a few years he was in several cities of the United States ; in 1837, he came to Muscoda, Wis., and, in 1838, made a claim and settled in what is now the town of Pulaski, thus becoming the first actual settler of that town, which has been his home since Feb. 7, 1843. He married at Walnut Grove, Wis., Miss Mary J. McKowan ; she was born near Martinsburg, Va., Nov. 10, 1810; her father was a leading merchant in Pittsburgh for a number of years, and, in 1840, removed to Davenport, Iowa, continuing in the mercantile business there; he died Oct. 16, 1861 ; he was a member of the old settlers' association at Davenport, and was highly estecmed by all. The marriage ceremony took place at the house of Charles Bracken, Esq., an uncle of the bride; he was a pioneer in the Northwest ; had been a soldier in the Black Hawk war, and was a General by brevet. Since their marriage, Mr. Dziewanouski and wife have been continual residents of the town of Pulaski. and are old and esteemed citizens. Their children are Mikolay, who served four years in the Sixth Wis- consin Battery in the war of the rebellion ; he married J. Elizabeth Wood; they are residents of this town; Gilbert, who married Mary Stanley, daughter of Dr. Stanley, a pioneer physician of Mifflin, this county ; Mary E., wife of F. E. Walbridge, a leading physician at Wanpaca Co., Wis. Mr. Dziewanowski owns over 300 hundred acres of land ; Mikolay, the first of the children above named, was the first white male child born in the town of Pulaski. Mr. Dziewanouski entered the first land, and did the improving in the town; therefore it will be seen that he has been identified with the history of Pulaski from its infancy to the present time.

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History of Iowa County, Wisconsin, Part 146

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