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JOHN REESE, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Jennieton; son of David Reese ; was born on his farm in 1851 ; his father owns 420 acres of land, valued at $10 per acre ; was born in Wales; settled on bis farm in 1847. Married Sarah Jones, a native of Wales ; they have six children-Margaret, David, John, Sarah, Joseph, Evan. Members of the Congregational Church. Is a Republican.
SAMUEL ROBERTS, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Ridgeway ; owns 200 acres of land, valued at $20 per acre ; born in Cornwall, Eng., in 1835; came to America in 1840, and settled in La Fayette Co., and, in 1845, removed to this county, and settled on his present farm. Was married to Elizabeth Eden, a native of Cornwall, Eng .; they have four children-Joseph, Samuel, Lettie and Oscar.
WILLIAM P. RUGGLES, farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. O. Hyde's Mills ; owns 426 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre ; born in Worcester Co., Mass, Feb. 11. 1807; came to Wisconsin in 1836, and
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located in Grant Co .; was engaged in various businesses until he settled on his present farm in 1843. Oct. 30, 1841, he married Lucinda Scott ; she was born in Essex Co., N. Y., Sept. 15, 1808; they have two children-Lydia P., born March 30, 1849; William G, Nov. 13, 1850.
ANTON O. RUSTE, Sec. 25, Postmaster at Barber ; appointed in 1876 ; owns 120 acres of land, valued at $20 per acre ; born in Dane Co. in 1851; in 1876, he settled on his present farm. He married Annie Sophia Klevegaard, a native of Norway ; they have one child by adoption-Martin. Is a Republican.
JAMES RYAN, farmer, Sec 22; P. O. Ridgeway ; owns 280 acres of land. valued at $30 per acre ; born in New York City in 1836 ; came to Wisconsin in 1844, and located, with his parents, in La Fayette Co .; came to this county two years after, and settled on his present farm ; he is the son of Thomas Ryan, a native of Ireland. Mr. Ryan has held important county offices, having been Sheriff of the county two terms and Register of Deeds one term. Is a member of the Roman Catholic Church. Is a Demo- crat.
SEVER O. SEVERSON, farmer, Sec. 36 ; P. O. Barber ; owns 160 acres of land, valued at $18 per acre ; born in Norway in 1842; came to America in 1852, and settled in this county ; in 1862. he settled on his present farm. Married Mary Knudson in 1866; she was born in Norway; they have one child, Ole. Members of the Lutheran Church. Is a Republican.
JAMES SHORT. farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Ridgeway ; owns 200 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre ; born in Ireland in 1815 ; came to America in 1843, and settled in Brooklyn, N. Y .; came to this county in 1863, and settled on present farm. Married Ann Carroll, a native of Ireland, in 1842 ; they have seven children-Mary Ann, Catharine, Thomas, Ellen, Sarah Jane, Julia and James. Members of the Catholic Church.
E. C. SIMPSON, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. West Blue Mounds; owns 240 acres of land, valned at $30 per acre ; born in Prince Edward Island, in 1853. and, in 1854, his parents removed to this State and settled on his present farm. He married Annie Ostenberg, a native of Dane Co .; they have two children-Minnie and Tillie. Mr. S. is a son of David Simpson, a native of Prince Edward Island, who married Mary McKenzie; they had twelve children-eight sons and four daughters.
BERNHARD STAGNER, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. West Blue Monnds ; owns 629 acres of land, valued at $15 per acre ; born in Germany in 1839 ; came to America in 1857, located here. Mar- ried Salissa Louck. a native of Pennsylvania ; they have nine children-Emma, Mary, Eliza, Rosa, Frank, Ann, John, Joseph and Charles. Mr. S. has been a member of the Town Board one term. Is a Democrat.
CHARLES M. STEPHENS, Sec. 15 ; P. O. Ridgeway ; owns 80 acres of land, valued at $20 per acre ; born in Connecticut in 1852; came to Wisconsin in 1855, and settled with his parents in this township ; settled on his present farm in 1877. In the same year he married Willette Harrison, a native of England, born in 1854; they have two children-Erwin R. and an infant. Members of Prim- itive Methodist Church. Is a Republican.
FREDERICK THEOBALD, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Middlebury ; owns 880 acres of land, valued at $20 per acre ; born in England in 1821 ; came to America in 1829, and settled with his parents in Prince Edward Island ; in 1848, he came to this county, and settled on his present farm. In 1846, he was married to Mary Goldsmith ; she was born in England ; they have nine children-Eliza. Elizabeth, Robert William, Sarah, George, Francis, James Henry, Harriette Martha and John Sherman. Mr. T. has been one of the Town Supervisors six years ; he is also proprietor of the Middlebury Flouring Mill, which has a capacity of twelve barrels per day. Are members of the Primitive Methodist Church. Is a Republican.
GEORGE THEOBALD, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Middlebury ; owns 320 acres of land, valued at $15 per acre ; born in England in 1830 ; came to Prince Edward Island in 1831, and to Wis- consin in 1851, and settled on his present farm. Married Rosanna Powers in 1853; she was born on Prince Edward Island : they have four children-Margaret, Clara. Lydia and William. Members of the Primitive Methodist Church. Is a Republican.
JAMES THEOBALD, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Middlebury ; owns 140 acres of land, valued at $19 per acre ; born on Prince Edward Island in 1838 ; came to America in 1848. In 1866, he mar- ried Mary Blair, a native of New York ; they have six children-Eleanor Jennette, Frederick, William, Le Roy, Archibald and Annie Laurie. In 1870, he settled on this farm. Is a Republican.
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ROBERT W. THEOBALD, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Middlebury ; owns 160 acres of land, valued at $15 per acre ; born on this, his present farm, in 1849. Married Lousia Kastner, a native of this State, in 1871 ; they have three children-Minnie, Effie and Adell. Is a member of Primitive Methodist Church. Is a Republican.
THOMAS B. WATKINS, farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. O. West Blue Mounds ; owns 517 acres of land, valued at $15 per acre ; born in Wales in 1824; came to America in 1833, and settled in Luzerne Co., Penn .; came to Wisconsin in 1845, and located at West Blue Mounds, where he was engaged as hos- tler for Ebenezer Brigham. In 1863, he married Hannah B. Davis, a native of Wales, who was born in 1842 ; they have five children-Azle L., Mary C., Barbara, Elizabeth and John B. Mr. Watkins has held several town offices ; he assessed the town in 1849. He has also been a clergyman in the Congregational Church since 1843.
R. C. WILLIAMS, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Jennieton ; owns 400 acres of land, valued at $7,000 ; born in Wales in 1836 ; came to America in 1842, and settled in Racine ; removed to this town in 1845. Married Margaret Reese in 1869 ; they have five children-Edward, David, Thomas, Sarah and Jennette. Mr. W. has assessed this town once, and has been Justice of the Peace thirteen years. Mem- bers of the Congregational Church.
T. E. WILLIAMS, dealer in drugs and medicines, West Blue Mounds; born in Wales in 1842; came to America in 1871, and located in Milwaukee ; came to this county in 1876, and engaged in his present business. In 1879, he married Henrietta Evers, a native of Germany ; they have two chil- dren-Lizzie J. and Carl. Is a Republican.
THOMAS H. WILLIAMS, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Ridgeway ; born in Wisconsin in 1851. Married in 1871, Mary A. Oliver, a native of this State ; they have three children-Benjamin F., George Henry and Thomas. Is a Republican.
WILLIAM L. WILLIAMS, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Middlebury ; owns 240 acres of land, valued at $20 per acre ; born on Prince Edward Island in 1840 ; came to Wisconsin in 1848, and settled on his present farm. In 1866, he married Ella Sweet, a native of Maine ; they have four children-John A., Maud A., Belle and Williard A. In 1862, Mr. W. enlisted in Co. B, 30th W. V. I., and was dis- charged in 1865. Is a Republican.
RICHARD YAPP, farmer, Scc. 12; P. O. Ridgeway ; owns 200 acres of land, valmed $25 per acre ; born in England in 1814; came to America in 1850, and located in Ohio; in 1855, he came to Wisconsin. Married Elizabeth Richards in 1838 ; she was born in England in 1807; they have two children living-Samuel and Mary; lost one son, Richard, who was shot in his own house by unknown assassins. They are members of the Primitive Methodist Church.
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P. M. BAKER, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Moscow ; owns 185 acres of land, valued at $15 per acre ; born in Vermont in 1824; came to this county in 1862, and located on his present farm. In 1850, he married Mary Stevens, a native of Canada ; they have five children-Dwight E., Mary, Jennette, Wilson F., Ella M. and Nellie. Politics, Republican.
JOHN HANSON BOLLERUD, Sec. 34 ; P. O. Moscow ; owns 280 acres of land, val- ucd at $10 per acre ; was born in Norway in 1830; came to America in 1853, and located on his present farm. Married Betsy Hanson in 1854; she was born in Norway; they have cight children-Ingaborg, Edward, Hans Antin, Annie, Theodore, Josephine, Bernhard and Martin. They are members of the Lutheran Church.
CHRISTOPHER O. BRAGER, miller, Moscow; was born in Norway in 1853; came to America in 1869, and located in this county ; engaged in his present business in October of this year. Was married in 1879, to Miss Christina Thompson, a native of Dane Co. in this State.
JOHN E. BURRETS, clerk for Holland Bros., Adamsville ; was born in Norway in 1857; at the age of 16, he sailed on board a frigate for Russia, thence to England and other points, making a seven months' voyage ; his longest voyage was thirteen months ; on the 11th of May, 1875, he landed in New York ; he has been in Iowa and Minnesota since he arrived in America ; he engaged with Holland Bros. in the spring of 1878. In politics, he is a Republican.
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GEORGE DAY, blacksmith, Moscow ; established his present business in 1879; was born in England in 1858, and, in 1861, his parents immigrated to America and settled in Mineral Point. His father, William Day, was born in England, and was married to Miss Fannie Currie, a native of the same place. They have ten children, six daughters and four sons. Mr. George Day learned his trade in Min- eral Point, with his father and uncle. In politics, he is a Republican.
PETER DEMUTH, Sec. 32; P. O. Mineral Point ; owns 520 acres of land, valued at $12 per acre ; was born in Germany in 1820 ; came to America in 1854, and located at Mineral Point ; the following year he removed to his present farm, and has been here since. He married Margaret Kime, a native of Germany : they have eleven children-Mary, John, Jane, Peter, Margaret, Henry, Paul, Jo- sephine, Matthew, Michael and Nicholas. In politics, he is independent.
C. S. HOLLAND, dealer in hardware, drugs and medicines ; established his business in 1879; he was born in Norway Aug. 11, 1836, and came to America in 1846 with his parents, who located in Walworth Co., Wis., in 1869 ; he settled in this village, where he engaged in business ; in 1872, he sold out to his brothers, and removed to Lisbon, Kendall Co., Ill., where he lived until 1878; he then re- turned to this village. He married Miss Julia Hemmerson Boc, a native of Norway; they have six children-Mattie, Annie M., Harmond E., Rachel Syverine, Haldor Malichias and Inga Amiala. They are members of the Lutheran Church. In politics, he is a Republican.
BJORN AND SYVER HOLLAND, proprietors of Moscow Mills and dealers in gen- eral merchandise; they also have a general stock of goods at Adamsville; have a farm containing 160 acres of land, in Sec. 29, town of Moscow, valued at $15 per acre ; they are both natives of Norway ; Bjorn was born in 1842, Syver in 18- ; they cameto America in the year 1846, and located in Walworth Co., Wis. In 1865, Bjorn married Comelia Johnson; she was born in Norway ; they have five children -Gustav S., Oliver S., John A., Mattie, Henry Garfield Smith ; in the same year, he removed to this town and engaged in his present business. In 1868, Syver, the younger brother, married Martha John- son, a native of Walworth Co., Wis .; they have four children-Syver R., Julia C., Lillian S. and Hal- dora. In 1869, he joined his brother in this village, and they have continued their business together since ; the Moscow Mills are owned hy them, and have a capacity of seventy-five barrels per day ; also have the best water-power in the State. They are members of the Lutheran Church, and, in politics, are Republicans.
WILLIAM C. HOSKINS, blacksmith and wagon-maker, Adamsville; was born in En- gland in 1854, and, in 1855, his parents came to America and settled in Mineral Point; he has lived in this county since. In 1875, he married Elizabeth Ingelbrightson, a native of this State; they have two children-Henry and Grace M. Mrs. H. is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politics, Republican.
RICHARD IVEY, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. O. Moscow ; owns 340 acres of land, valued at $15 per acre ; born in Cornwall, England, in 1818; came to America in 1841, and located in Galena; in 1843, he removed to Mineral Point, and lived there until 1847, when he entered his present farm, and has been a resident of this town since; there were six families in the town when he settled here. In 1841, he married Sarah G. Pascoe, a native of England ; they have seven children-James, Catharine, Richard, John, Sarah, Henry Franklin Pierce and William. Mr. Ivey has been Assessor of this town eighteen years, and has also held the office of Justice of the Peace several years. Politics, Republican.
KARINUS KNUDSON, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Moscow ; owns 240 acres of land, valued at $20 per acre ; born in Norway in 1851; came to America in 1870, and located in Moscow ; he en- gaged in blacksmithing for a number of years, and, in 1879, he settled on his present farm. In 1875, he married Susan Johnson, a native of this county ; they have two children-Ellen Sophia and Karl Gustas. Mr. K. is a member of the Town Board, which office he has held for the past three years. Are members of the Lutheran Church. Politics, Republican.
PATRICK McDONNELL, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Mineral Point ; owns 120 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre; born in Ireland in 1817; came to America in 1837, and settled in New York ; in 1855, he removed to this county and located on his present farm, where he has since lived. In 1840, he married Mary Sheeren, a native of Ireland ; they have eleven children-Ellen, Alexander, Mary Ann, Michael, Margaret, James, Catharine, Celia, Elizabeth, Agnes and John. Members of the Catholic Church. Is a Democrat.
MICHAEL McKENNE, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Moscow ; owns 80 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre ; farms a farm containing 800 acres of land ; born in Ireland ; came to America with his par-
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.ents in 1841 ; he settled on his present farm in 1875. He married Mary L. Eddy, a native of Benton, La Fayette Co., Wis .; they have four children-Francis J., Hugh C., Charles M. and Mary L. Are members of the Roman Catholic Church. Is a Democrat.
JOHN McKENNA, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Moscow ; owns 500 acres of land, valued at $10 per acre ; born in Ireland in 1837 ; came to America with his parents in 1841; in 1846, they settled in this town. He married Ann McNeil in 1864; they have five children-Mary Jane, Francis Eugene, Lucy, Ellen and John Charles. Are members of the Roman Catholic Church.
ALEXANDER McKINZIE, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Adamsville ; born in Prince Ed- ward Island in 1828; in 1849, he came to America and settled in this county ; in 1867, he removed to his present farm. In 1850, he married Kate Ward, a native of Nova Scotia; they have five children - Clara, Minnie E., Edna A., John and Grant. Mr. M. has been Postmaster for the last five years. Are members of the Congregational Church. Politics, Republican.
JOHN McWILLIAMS, Sec. 27; P. O. Moscow ; owns 260 acres of land, valued at $20 per acre; born in Ireland in 1815, and came to America in 1837; settled in Madison Co., N. Y., where he worked at his trade (shoemaking) some eight years; in 1846, he emigrated to this county, and has been a resident since 1848 ; in 1858, he married Mary O'Kane, a native of Ireland. Mr. M. learned the shoemaking trade at Clough Mills, Ireland, which business he followed until he settled on his present farm.
GEORGE PAULSON, Sec. 13; P. O. Perry ; owns 220 acres of land, valued at $10 per acre; born in Norway in 1835; came to America in 1853, and located in Dane Co .; removed to this county in 1855, and settled on his present farm. In 1867, he married Margaret Gullickson ; they have four children-Henry, Albert, Carl, Edward. Mr. Paulson has held different offices ; at present is Chair- man of Town Board. Are members of the Lutheran Church. Politics, Republican.
KITTEL PAULSON, Sec. 14; P. O. Perry ; owns 280 acres of land, valued at $12 per acre ; born in Norway in 1831; came to America in 1853, and located in Dane Co .; removed to this county in 1855, and settled on his present farm. Married Grose Sanderson in 1857. Are members of the Lutheran Church. Is a Republican.
GEORGE F. PEARCE, wagon-maker, Adamsville; was born in this county in 1855; engaged in his present business in June, 1879; he is the son of Andrew Pearce, a native of Cornwall, Eng., who came to America in about 1833, and his first location was in Canada ; ten years later he removed to Wisconsin, and located where he now resides. He has a family of ten children, four sons and six daughters.
DAVID POWERS, Sec. 16; P. O. Adamsville ; owns 120 acres of land, valued at $20 per acre *; born in Prince Edward Island in 1810; came to the United States in 1850; in 1852, settled on his present farm. Married Elizabeth Barstow in 1832, who was also born on the Prince Edward Island ; they have three children-Rosanna, John and David. Are members of the Congregational Church. Is a Republican.
WILLIAM ROBINSON, Sec. 29 ; P. O. Adamsville ; owns 460 acres of land, valued at $10 per acre; was born in England in 1825; came to America in 1845, and, in 1848, settled on his his present farm. He married Mary Mills, a native of England ; they have seven children-George M., William T., Fred B., Joshua S., Frank L., Warren and Sarah. In 1873. he was elected to the State Legislature, and served two years. They are members of the Primitive Methodist Church. In politics, he is a Republican.
L. L. STATSER, wagon-maker, Moscow ; was born in Moscow in 1858 ; is the son of George Statser, who was born in the State of Pennsylvania; he emigrated to this State in an early day and set- tled in Moscow ; his wife was Miss Littie Moshier; they had eight children-two sons and six daughters. Mr. Statser established his business of wagon-making and repairing in March, 1880; he learned his trade with F. G. Wyman, of Argyle, La Fayette Co.
JACOB C. SMITH, farmer ; P. O Moscow ; was born in the village of Moscow in 1849. In 1874, be married Mary J. Baker, a native of Canada. His father, Chauncey Smith, came to this county in 1847, and settled in this town, where he lived until his death, which occurred Feb. 1, 1855.
WILLIAM R. SPEARS, farmer and butcher, See. 14; P. O. Moscow; owns 90 acres of land, valued at $20 per acre; was born in Ohio in 1838; came to Wisconsin in 1846, and located in Green Co. with his parents ; in 1858, he removed to this county, and settled in this town. In 1864, he
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enlisted in the 37th W. V. I., and served until the close of the war; was in all the battles that his regi- ment participated in. In 1876, he married Caroline Corbin ; they have two children-Ida and Richard R. ; he has three children by a former wife-Jacob B., Polly and George. In politics, he is a Republican.
OLE STEENSLAND, Sec. 4; P. O. Perry (owns 220 acres of land, valued at $10 per acre); born in Norway in 1842; came to America in 1855, and located with his parents in this town ; in 1866, he settled on his present farm ; in the same year, he married Ann M. Isaacson ; they have seven children-Ingaborg, Andriea, Edward Isaae, Caroline, Maria, Arthur, James. Are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. S. has held the offices of Justice and Assessor, and has been Chairman of the Town Board. Is a Republican.
JACOB VAN NORMAN, farmer, See. 12; P. O. Moscow (owns 230 acres of land, valued at 818 per acre); born in Chemung Co., N. Y., in 1840; came to Wisconsin in 1855, and settled on his present farm with his parents. Married Lydia Corbin in 1862, a native of Pennsylvania; they have eight children-Jennie, Mary, Samuel, Frank, Sarah Ann, Lillie. Martha and Jeanette. Polities, Re- publican.
GEORGE W. WADE, miller. Adamsville; born in Lawrence Co., Ill., in 1844. Married Laurisa Hollister, a native of this eounty ; they have one child-Nellie G. Mr. W. enlisted in 1865 in the navy, and was transferred in a short time to the 7th Ill. V. C. and served until the close of the war.
RICHARD I. WADE, Adamsville. proprietor of Adamsville Mill; was born in Pennsyl- vania in 1814; when he was 13 years old, his parents removed to Ohio, where they lived until he was 9 years old; they then removed to Illinois, where he grew to manhood ; in 1846, he removed to this county ; in 1850, he left for California with a number of others, and was absent about a year and a half; he re- turned to this county and settled in the town of West Blue Mounds, or better known as Pokerville ; he was engaged in the mercantile trade for about twelve years; in 1868, he located on a farm in Waldwick ; he traded his farm there for his present mill property, and took up his place of residence here in 1876 ; he has the largest mill in Iowa County ; it contains three run of buhrs, and has a capacity of seventy-five barrels per day. In 1844, he married Hannah Slawson, a native of Illinois; they have nine children- George W., Mary A., Richard I., William A., Nancy Jane, J. B., Kate A., Rachael A., Sherman T. Politically, is a Greenbacker.
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JAMES BALL, See. 17; P. O. Mineral Point ; owns 163 acres, valued at $15 per aere ; born in England in 1834; eame to America in 1857, and located on present farm. Married Mary Trick in 1856; she was born in England ; have five children-Pearson A., Gilbert. Ella, Ida, Adaline. Are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. B. is a Republican.
THOMAS BURKE, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Mineral Point ; born in Ireland in 1823 ; came to America in 1845, settled on present farm in 1867. Married Mary Kehoe in 1871; she was a native of Ireland; Mr. B. has five children by a former wife; Mary A .. James, John, Margaret, Francis J. Religion, Roman Catholic. Owns 200 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre.
G. G. COX, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Mineral Point ; born in Suffolk Co., N. Y., in 1842; came to Iowa with his parents in 1850, and located on his present farm. Married in 1865 to Sarah Whitford, a native of this eounty ; they have three children-Amelia, Charles and George. Mr. Cox enlisted in 1862 in Co. D, 2d W. V. C., and was honorably discharged in 1865 ; was elected a member of the State Legislature in 1878, which position he now holds.
DANIEL DORNAN, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Mineral Point ; son of Andrew and Margaret Murphy Dornan ; came to Wisconsin May 1, 1844, and located at Mineral Point, where he remained till August of the same year, when he located where he now resides ; owus 782 acres of land ; resides on a beautiful farm of 500 aeres. twelve miles from Mineral Point, east ; farm well-improved ; born June 10, 1816, in Killavery, County Armagh, Ireland, where he remained until May, 1839, when he went to Liv- erpool ; after remaining a short time, returned to Ireland : sailed for America March 17, 1840, and located at Staten Island ; went from there to New Orleans ; remained there till 1842, when he returned to New York ; after spending the summer there, returned again to New Orleans, where he remained till spring ; after spending a short time in St. Louis, and Galena, Ill., eame to Mineral Point, Wis Married Mary Hughes, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Muldoon Hughes, in New Orleans, Dec. 17, 1843; had one
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child-Andrew James ; wife died July 12, 1873, in Waldwick ; married second wife, Mrs. Bridget Mc- Mahon, nee Carroll, daughter of William and Catherine Brennan Carroll, in Highland, Iowa Co., April 29, 1877 ; had two children-Margaret A. and Catharine; Mrs. Dornan had two children by former husband, viz., John and William McMahon, who are living with Mr. Dornan. Mr. Dornan has held the offices of Supervisor and School Treasurer for some twenty years. Mr. and Mrs. Dornan are members of the Catholic Church of Waldwick. Andrew J. Dornan, son of the subject of this sketch, was married to Mary Cullen, daughter of John and Mary Kelley Cullen, June 10, 1873; had two children-Mary and Margaret C .; his wife died Oct. 9, 1875; was married again in November, 1877, to Lizzie Kelly, daughter of James and Bridget Kelly, of Ridgeway, Iowa Co .; had two children-Daniel and James. Daniel Dornan and son Andrew are in partnership in their extensive farming operations.
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