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CHARLES ABRAHAM, M. D., Fayette; born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., April 27, 1829, where he remained until 1852; he then attended medical college at Worcester, Mass .; after finish- ing his collegiate course, he remained practicing medicine until 1864, when he removed to Wisconsin and located at Hatch Grove, Grant Co .; in 1872, he opened his office in the village of Fayette, and has re- mained since. He married Miss E. Oothout in 1854, who died in 1875, when he married again, May 29, 1876, Mrs. Sarah A. Worrell; their only child is Lee Worrell. Mr. Abraham is now Postmaster; is a Republican, and Steward in the M. E. Church.
CHARLES ANDREWS, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Argyle; born June 14, 1833, in Craw- ford Co., Penn .; in August, 1853, he started for the Wisconsin pineries and worked some time near Grand Rapids, leaving for La Fayette Co., where he bought, in 1857, his present farm of David Jolly, which he has improved since, owning now 410 acres here and 120 in Iowa, besides buildings and lots in Argyle ; he lived in the village of Argyle from 1872 to 1880, then returned to the farm. In 1859, he married Miss Jane McManus, of Pennsylvania ; they have four children-George W., John, Willard and Lizzie ; Mrs. Andrews' mother is living with them, aged 81. He has held school offices, and is a Greenbacker.
B. F. BUCKMASTER, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Fayette ; born Jan. 26, 1825, in Calvert Co., Md .; with his father and mother he moved to Vandalia, Ill., in 1829, where they stayed till 1846; on the 25th of April of that year, he packed his trunk and started for the Galena lead mines ; here he en- gaged at farming, and, in the early spring, rafting, till 1849, when he bought this farm of William M. Turgee ; he now owns 300 acres. In 1857, he married Miss A. Cook, of Vermont; they have had nine children, seven now living-Randall Ina, Albert, Emma, Mary, James, Clarence and Luella ; Jane and an infant are deceased. Mr. Buckmaster has held school office, and is a Republican in politics.
JOHN CLINE, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. O. Fayette ; born Feb. 24, 1818, in Crawford Co., Penn. ; remained there till 1839; moved to Mercer Co. and learned the cabinet trade ; started West, in 1851, and bought a farm of Nathan Woodbury in the town of Fayette, where he now lives ; he now owns 200 acres. In 1839, he married Miss Mary Ann McManus, of Pennsylvania ; have seven children living-Margaret J., now Mrs. J. Riley ; Sarah was Mrs. S. Worrell, her husband died and she is now married to Dr. Abrahams; George, now deceased ; John T., George D., Melvina, now Mrs. E. A. Loffswold ; Fannie L. and Melissa. Mr. Cline has been Justice, Assessor and Chairman of the Township. Is a Republican, and belongs to the M. E. Church, of which he is Steward ; his brother Adam was a soldier, having enlisted in the 38th W. V. I .; he was killed in the battle of Petersburg.
JAMES CLINE, farmer, Sec. 15 ; P. O. Fayette ; born Dec. 24, 1837, in Crawford Co., Penn. ; in 1852, he came to La Fayette Co., and stopped at his brother John's house, on Sec. 21, and then pur- chased a farm of Jesse Wilson ; he now owns 220 acres ; he came out West in company with his brothers Noble and Jacob, his mother, sister Fannie and two others, Timothy De Mars, a cousin, and Robert Roberts, a brother-in-law to Noble Cline ; James' family consists of his mother, now 83 years of age, and self and sister ; they attend the M. E. Church, and James is a Republican.
JACOB CLINE, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. O. Fayette ; born May 1, 1829, in Crawford Co., Penn .; came West on a visit to Galena in 1849, but returned to the East and, in 1852, came to La Fayette Co., Wis., and bought a farm of C. Higgins and now owns 220 acres of land. In 1854, he married Miss Eliza George, of Wisconsin, who died in 1861, when he married his present wife, Miss Elizabeth Jeffreys, of England ; they have three children living-Wilbert, Lottie J. and Westley. Mr. J. Cline carries on a stock farm ; has held school office ; is a Republican; and is Leader in the M. E. Church at Fayette.
N. D. CLINE, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Fayette ; born in 1822, in Crawford Co., Penn .; when he was 21 years of age, he went over into Mercer Co. and learned the cabinet trade ; returned and worked at it till 1850, when he paid a visit to the West, landing in Galena, Ill., and going on into Fayette, La Fayette Co., Wis., and returning to his home in the East, where he settled his business and came West with his brother James' party in 1852 ; he now owns 220 acres of land in Fayette Township and 105 in Wiota. In 1845, he married Miss Mary Roberts of Pennsylvania, who died in 1847; he afterward married, in 1848, her sister Susan, who is his present wife ; they have three children -- William Orlando, George R. and James A. Mr. Cline has held school office ; is a Republican, and Leader in the M. E. Church.
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JOHN K. COCKINGS, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Mineral Point ; born Nov. 6, 1823, in Devonshire, England ; worked in the woolen mills there and, in 1848, crossed the Atlantic to New York ; in 1849, came West; stopped in Chicago till 1850, then went to Mineral Point ; he returned to Indiana to get his family in 1851, bringing with him several other families ; he then settled on his present location ; pre-empted the first 40 acres; then bought it when it came into market ; now owns 199 acres of land. In 1844, he married Miss Margaret Leeworthy, of England; they have six children living -- Annie L., now Mrs. Whitford ; Mary J., now Mrs. J. Stevens ; Minerva C., now Mrs. C. Martin ; Sarah F., now Mrs. J. Heath, a widow ; Newton H. and Vestas J. ; he has lost six children. In 1877, he was Justice, and is now District Clerk, and is chorister in the M. E. Sunday school, and a Republican.
ROBERT CRAGG, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Fayette ; born Jan. 21, 1813, Westmoreland Co., England ; emigrated to America in 1835 ; landed in New York, went to Canada, returned to New York, and in 1839 came West to Rockford, Ill., then to the Galena Lead Mines, where he worked for old Capt. Gear, also, for Elias Pilling, in Willow Springs, and others; in 1846, owned a farm near Darlington, which he sold to Samuel Ingersoll, and in 1854 came to his present farm ; now owns 160 acres. In 1845, he married Miss Angeline King, of Wisconsin ; they have a family of six children-Robert, Joseph, William, James, Clara, Belle and Charles. Mr. Cragg has been earnest in the public school work, and now holds the office of Treasurer of the district ; he is a Greenbacker in politics.
WILLIAM M. CURRY, farmer, Sec. 25 ; P. O. Darlington ; born April 3, 1823, in Adams Co., Ohio ; came West in 1853; has been teaching and farming ; he rented of different ones until he settled on a farm of his own on Sec. 26, where he lived until 1877, when he moved to the city of Darlington and sold out to his son, Irwin ; he returned to the country, however, and has put up valuable improvements on Sec. 25, where he now lives. In 1844, he married Miss Sarah Close, of Pennsylvania ; their family are Henry C., Mary, now Mrs. Schockley ; Irwin G. and Caroline, now Mr. Armstrong. Mr. Curry is a Re- publican and a leader in the M. E. Church.
PETER ETHRIDGE, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Darlington ; born March 1, 1822, in Smith Co. Tenn. ; in 1830, moved to Illinois with his father John Ethridge, and a family of seven children, of whom he was the youngest ; they lived in Madison Co., and Peter then struck out for La Fayette Co., Wis .; in 1839, worked for Peter Parkinson, Sr., and then learned the mason trade, at which he has worked since ; in 1851 and 1852, got possession of his present farm, and now owns 139 acres. He married Miss Abigail Rawdon, of Ohio, in 1844; their children number ten-Mary Jane, now Mrs. A. Eaton ; Martha M., now Mrs. J. Mattig ; Margaret E., now Mrs. H. Andrews; James H., deceased ; Adelphia L., John S., Emery F., Emma R., Hattie A. and William A. Mr. Ethridge has held school office, and is a Re- publican.
HENRY GOODMAN, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Darlington; born May 31, 1835; came to America in 1856, from Cornwall, England ; stopped at Chicago, then came out to Wiota Township, La- Fayette Co., then came to Wiota and bought of Ellis Holloway ; sold out and came to his present farm in 1872, and bought of E. McManus ; he now owns 80 acres, and in 1856 he married Miss Lavinia Martin, of England ; their family consists of one child, a daughter, Luella Jane ; his wife's father lives with him, now 87 years of age. Mr. Goodman is a Republican and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church ; has held township offices and was a member of the 5th W. V. I .; was wounded in the battle of the Appomottox ; now draws a pension.
GEORGE HELM, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Darlington ; born in March, 1802, in Grayson Co., Va .; moved to Tennessee where they stayed till 1829, then moved to Illinois, and in 1834 came to his present farm ; now owns 200 acres, and in 1825 married Miss Nancy Pile who died in 1840; in 1842, he married Miss Margaret Davis, who is his present wife; they have. five children-James K., George M., Nancy, now Mrs. McGranahan ; Mary, now Mrs. Joe Davis ; Alivia, and Elizabeth, now Mrs. F. Putnam. Mr. Helm is a Greenbacker and belongs to the Baptist Church.
HON. WILLIAM McGRANAHAN, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Fayette ; born March 22, 1818, in Mercer Co., Penn .; moved to Illinois in 1842, stayed there, engaged in his trade as blacksmith ; in 1843, he went to Willow Springs, La Fayette Co., Wis., and from there to the Point, where he worked for William Young until 1845, then settling in Fayette bought a farm of John Strong ; now has 200 acres and 60 of timber. In 1849, married Miss Margaret Shockley, of Ohio ; had twelve children, nine living-Smith, Thomas B., John, William B., David, Nancy, Clara, Charles and Rosa ; three dead-Mary J., Caroline and Netta. In 1854, Mr. McGranahan was elected Justice; was a member of the State Legislature in 1858-59, was County Treasurer from 1862 to 1864, and Chairman of the Board of Supervisors in 1876 ; he is a Democrat, and attends the M. E. Church.
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A. D. MARCY, farmer, Sec. 9 ; P. O. Fayette ; born June 21, 1839, in Cortland Co., N. Y .; in 1846, came West to Wisconsin, with his father, and located in Willow Springs, La Fayette Co., where he stayed till 1857, and in 1858 was married, in Fayette Township, to Miss S. L. Parkinson, Oct. 28; after living on the homestead awhile, he, in 1866, settled down on Sec. 9, where he now lives, owning 238 acres. His father died in 1869, Jan. 6. They have two children-Orvill, born Sept. 15, 1859 ; and Wilfred M., born Nov. 15, 1864. Mr. Marcy has held the offices of Justice and Assessor ; is a Democrat, and a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church.
PETER PARKINSON, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Fayette; born Feb. 18, 1805, in Carter Co., Tenn .; moved to West Tennessee, and from there to Illinois, in 1817, with his father, William, who was accompanied by his brother, known among the pioneers as " Colonel Parkinson." Peter came to Wiscon- sin in 1836, not coming with the rest of the Parkinson family ; when he landed in the State, at once entered and bought land on which he now lives, owning 160 acres. In 1829, Sept. 29, he married Miss Belinda Barber, who died in 1846, Jan. 23; married again to Margaret E. McKee, Dec. 1, 1846; she died Aug. 4, 1870, when he married his present wife, Mary Lucinda Thomas, April 6, 1874; he has had thirteen children-Margaret, deceased ; J. B. ; Harriette, deceased; Sarah L., deceased ; William, deceased ; James, deceased ; Alfred C., who was member of the 31st W. V. I. ; Valinda, deceased; Eugene D. ; Jason M., deceased ; Miriam L., now Mrs. William Stephens, and Mary B. Mr. Parkinson is a Democrat.
JOHN ROBERTS, farmer and proprietor hotel, Fayette ; born in Somerset Co., Penn., March 8, 1817; in 1818, was moved to Mercer Co., on horseback ; he afterward learned the carpenter's trade here, and in 1845, moved West to Wisconsin, and stopped at Hazel Green, coming to his present home in 1846 ; bought his land of John P. Sheldon ; now owns 1572 acres on Sec. 9. In 1841, he married Miss Emily A. Miller, of New York, who died Nov. 4, 1870; he married again to Mrs. Thomas Woods, of Covington, Ky., in 1871, Nov. 8; there are four children-J. S. Roberts, S. M. E. Roberts, S. E. and Carrie C. L. Mr. Roberts has been Justice of the Peace ; is now a Republican, and belongs to the M. E. Church, of which he is Trustee.
GEORGE STEPHENSON, stock farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Darlington; born Nov. 26, 1820, in Durham, England ; was a farmer in England; emigrated in 1848; landed in Philadelphia and started for the West ; went to work near Galena, Ill., and moved from there to Elk Grove, where he stayed till 1868, when he moved here and bought this farm of the McIntosh heirs; he now owns 240 acres. In November, 1858, he married Miss Margaret Drummond, of Scotland; they have but one boy, named John, now at home. Mr. Stephenson has as fine imported Cotswold sheep and short-horn cattle as can be found in the West ; he is a member of the M. E. Church, and a Republican.
WILLIAM TROUSDALE, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Fayette; born Sept. 16, 1803, in Mont- gomery Co., Tenn .; moved to Illinois in 1812, and then to Madison Co., Wis., coming to La Fayette Co. in 1845 and settling in near Wiota, where he stayed till locating on his present farm, in 1854, where he owns 180 acres, and has built and improved since. In 1822, he married Miss Polly Harris, of North Carolina, who died in October, 1854, when he married his present wife, Miss Mary Ann Bashford, in 1855 ; the children are Polly Ann, now Mrs. William Perigo, on Sec. 19; George N. D., now an M. D .; amuel Whitney, now studying for the ministry in Boston. Mr. Trousdale has held school office ; he be- longs to the M. E. Church, and is a Republican.
T. J. VAN MATRE, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Fayette; born Jan. 20, 1839, in La Fayette Co., Wis .; his father, John Van Matre, was born in Ohio and came to this county in 1827, being now re- garded as one of the early pioneers, and now deceased, having died on the homestead, which is T. J.'s, in 1880, aged 77. The subject of this sketch was born in an old log cabin and raised on the farm, provided with a good education, however, having finished in the university at Madison ; he has now one of the finest farms in the county, and owns 450 acres. In 1862, he married Miss Betsey H. Cox, of Long Island, N. Y .; their family numbers four children -Minnie H., Walter, Clarence and Mary. Mr. Van Matre has been County Superintendent ; in 1874 to 1875, was nominee for the Assembly ; is a Democrat, and at- tends the M. E. Church.
ANAH WEST, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Darlington ; born Oct. 20, 1823, in Tolland Co., Conn .; in 1854, he came West and went to farming; bought a farm of James C. White and settled down; now owns 151 acres. In 1849, he married Miss Smith, of Connecticut; they have no children. Mr. West is a Republican. Mrs. West's brother came West with them, and is now married to Miss Tressnor ; Miss Ursula West married Mr. Samuel Smith ; James E. and A. P. Smith are also farming here in this town- ship ; A. P. Smith enlisted in the 31st W. V. I., and was with Sherman in his march to the sea.
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TOWN OF WIOTA.
TOWN OF WIOTA.
CARL C. AAS, preacher, Sec. 16; P. O. Wiota ; he was born in Norway Oet. 9, 1843; came to America in 1867 ; came to Wisconsin in 1871 ; came to La Fayette Co., in 1876. His wife, Louesa M. Rockstad, was born in Norway Sept. 4, 1848. They were married Nov. 23, 1871 ; they have had four children-Carl R. C., Joseph N. (deceased), Petra O. L., Selma S. A. He now owns 100 acres of land. In politles, Republican. In religion, Lutheran.
JOHN BERGET, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Wiota ; born in Norway Dec. 5, 1840; came to America in 1868; settled in Wiota Township in 1869. His wife, Betsy Svensted, is a native of Norway. They were married in 1869; they have had six children-Clara, John, Henry, Isiae, Manda, Sina. He now owns 150 acres of land. In politics, he is a Republican. In religion, a Lutheran.
CHARLES R. BRIDGMAN, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. O. Darlington ; born in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, in 1839 ; came to La Fayette Co., Wis., in 1849; lived in Fayette Township four years ; settled in town of Wiota in 1853. His wife, Ellen A. Williams, was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1841. They were married in 1865 ; they have had six children-Wilber H., Haleyone B., died April 15, 1876 ; John C., Benjamin W., Carlotta E. and Rhoda Saloma. He has been Assessor, and has been Justice of the Peace for the last eight years. When the rebellion broke out, he enlisted on the 11th of August, 1862, as private in the 31st W. V. I .; was promoted to 2d Lieutenant; was mustered out on the 26th of June, 1865. He now owns 241 acres of well-improved land. In politics, he is a Republican. In religion, a Baptist.
HIRAM M. BRIDGMAN, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Darlington ; born in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, July 3, 1840 ; came to La Fayette Co., Wis., 1849. His wife, Margaret Duff, was born in La Fayette Co., Wis., in 1848. They were married in 1869; they have had three children-Agnes (deceased), Edith May, Maud Estelle. When the war broke out, he enlisted in the 31st W. V. I., Co. E, Aug. 11, 1862 ; was mustered out on the 26th of June, 1865. In politics, he is a Republican. In religion, a believer. He owns 111 acres of well-improved land, and has a pleasant home.
JOHN J. BRIDGMAN, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Darlington ; he was born in New Hampshire Nov. 5, 1815 ; came to La Fayette Co., Wis., in 1849; settled in town of Wiota in 1853. His wife, Rhoda Cone, was born in New York State in 1815. They were married in 1838; they have had eight children-Charles R., now living in town of Wiota; Hiram M. is farming in same town; Elizabeth, now Mis. Cook, living in Iowa; Julia Ann, now Mrs. McConnall, living in Iowa; Henry (deceased) ; James S., living at home ; Hannah R., living at home ; William M., now in Iowa. Charles and Hiram enlisted in the 31st W. V. I., in the fall of 1862; they were mustered out in June, 1865 ; were with Sherman in his march to the sea. Mr. B. now owns 240 acres of land. He has been Assessor, and is now Chairman of the Town Board. In politics, he is a Republican. In religion, he is a Baptist. His father and mother were drowned on the 13th of February, 1867, in trying to ford the West Pecatonica at high water.
T. H. DICKSON, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Argyle; born in Berwiekshire, Scotland, in 1828; came to America in 1831 ; came to Wisconsin in 1849, and settled in the town of Wiota, La Fayette Co., where he now resides. His wife, Sarah S. Gierhart, was born in Ohio in the year 1839. They were mar- ried in 1861; they have had seven children-Peter (deceased), Henry, Kate, Charley, Charlotte, Sarah and Alice. He enlisted in the 50th W. V. I., February, 1865 ; discharged October, 1865 ; disabled while in service, by a vicious mule. He now owns 80 acres in Wiota, and 140 acres in Argyle. In politics, he is a Rephblican. In religion, believer.
JOHN HARKER, deceased ; he was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1823 ; came to America in 1854 ; settled in Wiota the same year. In 1857 he married Eden Robinson, a native of the same county where he was born, by whom he had two children-John W. and James R. When the war broke out, he enlisted in the 31st W. V. I., on the 8th of August, 1862, as Sergeant, and died in the hos- pital at Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dee. 16, 1863. In politics he was a Democrat; in religion, a Methodist. Wife has a farm of 160 acres of well-improved land.
GEORGE HAWLEY, deceased; he was born in Sangamon Co., Ill., 1824; came to La Fayette Co., Wis., in 1827, and was one of the earliest settlers in this county. Ilis wife was Hannah J. Vanmeter, a native of Warren Co., Ohio; was married in 1847; have had ten children-George E., James F., Robert C., Lily B., Eugene A., living ; five deceased-Louie V., Mary H., Alice C., Anthony
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M., Lenna M. Mr. Hawley died in 1880, the owner of 240 acres of land. He was in politics a Repub- lican, and in religion a believer. Aaron Hawley, George Hawley's father, was supposed to have been killed by the Indians in 1832. Family reside on Sec. 13; P. O. Wiota.
JOSEPH R. JACKSON, farmer, Sec. 10 ; P. O. Darlington ; he was born in Yorkshire, England, 1827 ; came to America, 1835 ; came to La Fayette Co., in 1853; settled in the town of Wiota in 1870. His wife was Catherine March, a native of England ; they were married in 1854; they have had three children-C. J., Sarah Jane and J. W. He owns 250 acres of land. He is in politics a Democrat, and in religion a Universalist. He has been Chairman of the Town Board.
ELIF JOHNSON, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. O. Skinner ; he was born in Norway April 25, 1821 ; came to America in 1848, and settled in Wiota Township. His wife, Anna Saeven, was born in Norway in 1841 ; they were married in 1868, and have had five children-Anna S., Martha, Martin, Albert and Louisa. He now owns 127 acres of land. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion a Lutheran.
S. S. KELLEY, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Darlington; born in Washington Co., Ind., 1813; came to Wisconsin in 1829, one of the first pioneers of La Fayette Co .; settled in Wiota Township in 1851. His wife, Emily Lewis, was a native of Wayne Co., Ind .; they were married in 1841, and have had six children-Martha E., Thomas L., Melissa A., Isaac L., and Matilda M .; one, Eliza Jane, deceased He owns 230 acres of land. In politics, he is a Democrat, and in religion a believer.
J. W. LEMONT, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Gratiot ; he was born in Bath, Maine; came to Wisconsin in 1855 ; settled in La Fayette Co. in 1862. He married Eliza Ann Bridge, a native of Bow- doin, Me. ; have had five children-Stephen W., Mary E., Charles W., Emma M., and one, Sarah F., who died April 30, 1877. S. W. Lemont served in the 22d W. V. I. ; he owns 540 acres of land ; in politics, he is a Republican ; in religion, a believer.
STEPHEN LIEURANCE, deceased ; born in Warren Co., Ill., in 1840; came to La Fayette Co., Wis., in 1848. His wife, Esther Schellenger, was a native of La Fayette Co., Wis. ; married, 1864 ; they have one child-Clara Louellin. Mr. Lieurance enlisted, in April, 1861, as private in the 3d W. V. I., and was promoted to Captain ; was wounded at Dallas, Ga., on the 25th May, 1864; died from the effects of the wound on May 5, 1875; owns 80 acres of land ; in politics, Republican ; in religion, a Campbellite.
JOHN LUTTER, retired ; P. O. Wiota ; he was born in Maryland Oct. 2, 1813; came to Wisconsin in 1844 ; settled in Wiota and engaged in tailoring five years; then set up a store, which he run fifteen or twenty years. His wife, Sarah Ann Zeigle, was born in York, Penn., in 1819; they were married in 1842; they have had seven children-Alice M., now Mrs. Beeby ; Clara, now Mrs. G. W. Stephenson ; Manzello, now Mrs. Lemont, of Gratiot; Eugene and Charles, both living in Illinois ; Retta, now Mrs. Reed, of Gratiot ; Arabella, deceased. He has held the offices of Town Treasurer and County Sheriff two years ; he owns 225 acres of land ; in politics, a Democrat ; in religion, a believer.
DANIEL W. LYCAN, deceased ; born in Greenbrier Co., Ky., 1817 ; came to La Fayette Co., Wis., in 1836. His wife, Cynthia U. Carter, was a native of Clinton, Middlesex Co., Conn .; was married in 1867 ; have had seven children-Curtis P., John D., Daniel W., Cora May, Rebecca V., Whitley R. and Seaver I., who died in 1863. He owns 260 acres of land; in politics, a Democrat; in religion, a Free Thinker.
A. D. MILLER, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Wiota; born in Ontario Co., N. Y., in 1807; came to Wisconsin in 1827, and settled in this county. His wife was Melissa Hawley, a native of Illinois; was married in 1834 ; have had thirteen children-Eliza, now Mrs. Higgins ; Mary, now Mrs. Barnes; Harry ; Lucy, now Mrs. Mayne ; Dick ; eight deceased-John, Alfred, Morgan, Sarah S., Alice, George, Sarah H. and De Witt. Mrs. Miller died Sept. 6, 1877. Morgan H. Miller served in the 5th Wisconsin Battery ; died in Hospital. Mr. Miller is a Republican ; in religion is a Liberal ; he now owns 198 acres of land ; he served all through the Black Hawk war.
ALEXANDER MURRAY, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Darlington ; was born in Scotland, Aug. 6, 1806; came to America in the spring of 1844; came to Wisconsin in 1849 ; came to La Fayette Co., in 1850 ; settled in the town of Wiota in 1854. His wife, Elizabeth Kennedy, was born in England ; they were married Oct. 23, 1839. Robert, their eldest son, enlisted in the 31st W. V. I., Aug. 1862; was mustered out July, 1865. Thomas, their second son, enlisted in the 50th W. V. I., Feb. 17, 1865 ; mustered out June 1866. They have another son, John, and have lost two children-Thomas and Helen M. Mr. Murray has been Justice of the Peace two years ; he now owns 270 acres of land ; in politics, he is a Liberal ; in religion, a Protestant.
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