History of Walworth County, Wisconsin, Part 128

Author: Western Historical Co
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 998

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The next year Peter Campbell, the brother of Daniel, Seth Hamlin, and William F. Lyon, all emigrated from New York. The former located upon Section 10, and with Z. B. Burk, who came in 1842, purchased land which became the site of Lyonsdale. In the summer of 1844, the property was surveyed by Mark Morris, who had been laying out roads in that vicinity. When the railroad gave " The Dale" " the cold shoulder" and the settlement moved down to what is now Lyons, the village was platted by Mr. Burk and Mrs. Campbell, her hus- band having died.

Details of the settlement of the villages of Lyons and Springfield will be given further on, in the space devoted to these topics. Following is a list of persons who settled in the town of Lyons from 1837 to 1848, inclusive :

1837-Thomas Lyon. Sr.,* Fletcher Lyon and Thomas Lyon, Jr., Section 10; Allen Perkins, Section 10; John Brown, Section 35; James Curran, * Section 27; Daniel Campbell,* Section 4.

1838-Peter Campbell,* Section 10; William F. Lyon, Section 10.

1839-Thomas Fowlston, * Section 3: John Stacy,* Section 15; M. Farley, Section 8 ; T. Matteson, Section 6; Edward Warren,* Section 7; E. Dayton, Section 15; Sidney Wait,* Section 17; Daniel Campbell,* Section 4; William Sherman, Section 35.

1840-John Pratt, Section 6; H. Hand, Section 10; Hiram Taylor,* Section 6; Samuel Gott,* Section 6; Joseph Host, Section 1; Nelson Moon, Section 10; L. Ferris,* Section 17 ; C. F. Cowles, Section 5; J. C. and H. B. Lock, Section 36; Joseph Willcox,* Section 19; Thomas Delaney, Section 33 ; J. G. Miner,* Section 1; Stephan Hefnon,* Section 26; Daniel Finn,* Section 27; E. W. Miner,* Section 1; S. Amend, Section 1; N. B. Hand, Section 11; N. W. Gott,* Section 6; H. Curran, Section 20; Russell Wait, Section 5; B. Goodwin,* Section 9.

1841-H. B. Lock, Section 36; Francis Minehart,* Section 11; W. Hatch, Section 32; Abraham Dayton,* Section 15; C. L. Gillett,* Section 18; James Cowles, Section 8; Bethere Stoks, Section 19; N. Starke,* Section 2; Orville Hand* and J. S. Hand, * Section 9.

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1842-George Brown, Jr., Section 27; Cyrus Potter, Section 25; Robert Potter, Section 25 : James Kelley, Section 28 ; William Balcom. Section 22 ; Samuel Potter, Section 25; Nathan Cole, * Section 2; H. Blodgett,* Section 36 ; A. S. Northrop,* Section 13 : Edwin Booth, * Section 8; G. T.Griffin, Section 10; George C. Smith, Section 10; William Marshall, Sr., Section 17; Luther Farnum,* Section 36; A. Hall, * Section 24; E. Dunn,* Section 34; Reuben Rockwell,* Section 19; Richard Fagan, Section 36; William P. Lyon, Section 10; George Brannan, * Section 33; Anton Cook,* Section 1; Morris Hickey, Section 27; E. Johnson,* Section 17; James Ilickey, Section 22; T. Burns, * Section 23; William Marshall, Section 17; Lewis Brown,* Section 36; David Lyon,* Section 10; Z. B. Burk, Section 10; P. Carey, * Section 27; John S. Spoor,* Section 12; George Martin,* Section 21; W. S. Brown, Section 35.

1843-Joseph Geese, * Section 23; L. Geese, * Scetion 23; ; G. Spoor, Section 15; R. Gard- ner, Section 35; James Spoor,* Section 15; William B. Rose, Section 7 ; Jesse Balcom, * Section 27 ; J. Lilly,* Section 10 ; S. Sherman, Section 22; D. W. Derby, Section 10; Stephan Hough- ton,* Section 2 ; Spencer Wecks, * Section 4; Charles Phinney,* Section 17 ; Sela Reed, * Section 27 ; Joseph Burto, Section 34 ; H. B. Reed,* Section 27; James Ashley, Section 24 ; T. S. Bar- tholamew, Section 15; Hugh Reed, Section 27; F. S. Farnham, Section 36; T. W. Hill, * Section 18; Theo Humphrey, Section 9; P. Quigley,* Section 23; D. T. Gardner, * Section 14; E. Humphrey,* Section 9; L. S. Weeks, Section 4.

1844-Henry H. Torry, Section 15; Daniel Pierce, Section 28; Tobias Van Slyke,* Section 11; Philip Prasch, * Section 1; John and Jacob Prasch, Section 12; Robert Holly,* Section 18; John S. Scott, Section 6; C. Cummings, Section 36 ; M. O. Pulver, Section 10; George K. Deming, Section 24; Z. Houghton, Section 15 ; E. Neil,* Section 7 ; P. L. Purdy, Section 16; Chris. Healy, Section 10; L. Lockwood,* Section 30; A. B. Cole,* Section 24 ; Andrew Mack, Section 10; C. H. Smedley,* Section 18; A. C. Goodrich,* Section 15; Patrick Carlin,* Section 33; John Wagner, Section 24; C. S. Duncham, Section 10; Emos Kinney, Section 20 ; L. S. Vantine,* Section 4 ; S. Barnes,* Section 20; C. T. Griffin, Section 10; Luman Kinney* and Amos Kinney, Section 21; Jonas Pulver, Section 10.

1845-0. C. Kendall, Section 10; A. Gega, Section 1 ; George Nichisel,* Section 13; Philip Emser, * Section 23 ; S. Spoor, Levi Cole, Section 13; John Radly,* Section 8 ; L. W. Berbo, Section 34; William Turner, Section 8; Ellis Hand,* Section 11; William Sherman, Section 33 ; Joseph Dykeman, Section 7; L. Taylor,* Section 6; J. Vanness, Section 7; Arnold Weeks, Section 7 ; Daniel Whalen,* Section 35; Peter Van Slyke, Section 11; Curtis Goodwin, Section 10; C, A. Butter,* Section 6; Joseph Helt, Section 23; Michael Brady, Section 26 ; William Snyder, Section 24; John Tracy,* Section 28; Enoch Webster, Section 10 ; J. F. Hand, Section 12; Elias Cole, Section 13 ; C. H. Pelton, Section 35; Peter Orrell, . Section 7 ; John Neil,* Section 7; C. P. Taylor, Section 6; A. D. Goodwin, Section 10; H. Van Slyke, Section 11; S. C. Burdick, Section 10; A. C. Wilcox, Section 9; James Garter, Section 20.

1846-William Cleveland, Section 30 ; J. L. Taylor, Section 12; William Forbes, * Section 27 ; R. E. Maynard, Section 32; Thomas West,* Section 15; Jesse Rowley, Section 3; George W. Ferris,* Section 17; Lorenzo Spencer, Section 10; Reuben Kipp, Section 20; Patrick Powers, Section 33; John Marshall, Section 10; V. Daylor, Section 23; Joseph Downes, Section 6; J. Whittaker,* Section 21 ; A. A. Whittaker,* Section 21; J. H. Hudson, Section 10; F. Twentyman, Section 10; E. B. Towlston, Section 3.

1847-Frank Leity, Section 13; Phillip Pruck, Section 16.

Thomas Fowlston, born in Yorkshire, England, May 4, 1795, came to Lawrence, Ostego County, when ten years old. At the age of twenty-one, he went to the Town of New Lisbon, same county, and remained there until 1839. Then he came to Lyons, Wis., and remained there until the time of his death, August 2, 1878, aged eighty-three years.

Those settlers of 1837, 1838, 1839 and 1840, who still reside in the county, are: Allen Perkins, John Brown, M. Farley, F. Matteson, E. Dayton, HI. Hand, Joseph Host, C. F. Cowles,

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Thomas Delaney, S. Amend, N. B. Hand, H. Curran, Russell Wait, Z. Lockwood, William Smith and William Sherman.

The first settler in the town was Allen Perkins, as stated, who came in 1837. He broke the first land, and raised the first crop.

The first regular religious services were held in Fletcher Lyons log house in 1839, Rev. Mr. Worthington conducting them. He was a Methodist.

Dr. Jolin Stacey, the brother-in-law of E. Dayton, was the first physician. He came with Mr. Dayton in 1839, and settled on Section 15. It was his intention to give himself strictly to agricultural pursuits, but when his neighbors discovered that he was a professional man and the nature of his profession, he often was obliged to drop the spade and take up the medicine case.

Wendall Lyon, the son of Fletcher, was the first child born in town-date of birth, 1840.

The first marriage was that which joined Norman Dyer to Mary Lake, of Lyonsdale, in 1841. In 1842, L. R. Smith was married to Melissa Campbell and Amos Brand to Catharine Campbell.

In 1842, Harriet Lyon, the daughter of David and the niece of Fletcher Lyon, taught the first school-a private one-in Spring Valley.

The first blacksmith-a blacksmith clergyman-came from Elkhorn and located in 1843 upon a piece of land which E. Dayton donated for the purpose. His name was T. S. Barthola -. mew. Besides following his trade, he preached Universalist doctrine, and it is stated on good authority that while he lived in Lyons his time was fully occupied, either at his anvil or in pounding away at the orthodox beliefs of Brother Worthington.

Joshua Applebee opened the first store in the village of Lyonsdale in 1844.

William P. Lyon, now on the State Supreme bench, was the first lawyer to commence practice in town. This was about 1846, and his shingle first saw the light of day in Lyonsdale. While he lived here his practice was neither remarkably lucrative nor successful.

George B. Smith kept the first tavern near the Lyons mill-dam. It was built by Ben- jamin Goodwin in 1843, and burned in the spring of 1852. Soon after the railroad passed through the town, a Mr. Richardson erected one at Lyons Station, the first one built in that village.

THE VILLAGE OF LYONS.

The village of Lyonsdale sprung from the improvement of the water-power by the Lyon brothers. In the winter of 1839, before the work had much progressed beyond the mud-sills, Ebenezer Dayton, with his three children, and Dr. John Stacy (his brother-in-law) arrived at the settlement, and were " shown around" by Thomas Lyon. They finally decided to locate on Section 15. Mr. Dayton relates that on Christmas Day of that year his log cabin received its " warming" in the shape of a fine deer which Mr. Lyon brought to him and helped him to drag into the house. The completion of the mill during the next year caused quite an influx of emigration. By 1843, it had assumed so much the character of a village that a post office was established and Thomas Lyon, Jr., appointed Postmaster. For some reason, Mr. Lyon was not very popular, and when the settlers found that he had received the appointment, a peti- tion was forwarded for his removal. The first batch of mail which the newly appointed P. M. received contained an order for his removal. Dr. John Stacy was appointed in his stead. Before the office was removed to Lyons Station, Fletcher Lyon and Lathrop Bullen both served as Postmasters.

When it became evident to the Lyons that the village which they had founded would eventu- ally be deserted for a point on the railroad further to the north, they departed from the town. Thomas started for California, but died on the way. Fletcher Lyon sold out his property to John Bullen in exchange for a stock of goods and removed to Kenosha. He afterward went to California, but subsequently returned and is now in Chicago, engaged as an author on Spiritualism. As an item of more than common interest in connection with the Lyon family. it is stated by one employed in driving the horses who were dragging the scraper which was cleaning out the grist-mill race, that young Lyon (now on the bench of the Supreme Court) had

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supreme control of the scraper. He was a wide-awake young man, and a great favorite in the town, but was never above work of any kind which was honorable. He taught school, he studied law, he was elected Town Clerk and Justice of the Peace, and gradually mounted from, lower to higher trusts.

In 1856, the Western Union road was put through the town, and there was a general stampede from Lyonsdale to Lyons. As it stands now, it is a pleasant little village of about three hundred people, situated in the northern part of the town. It contains one hotel, owned by P. Strassen, one grist and feed mill, one cheese factory, one wagon shop, one farm implement depot, three blacksmith shops, two general stores, two hardware stores, two shoe shops, two harness shops and one meat market. It contains three churches. The village possesses no lawyer, and but a single doctor. The village being unincorporated, the good district school, whose privileges it enjoys, is a portion of the town system. The school is taught by the Misses Melvina Arnold and Anna Rooker.

The regular platting of Lyons took place in February, 1868, the proprietors being R. B. Winsor, R. Openshaw, Julius Host, Joseph Host, Z. B. Burk, Ann Campbell, Nathan Hazen, A. C. Goodrich, Charles Phinney, T. T. Pendleton, Alma Taylor, John Strassen, Peter Stras- sen, Thomas K. Hudson, James Morin, J. Robilliard, E. Dayton, J. P. Frazer, Ela Cone, Isaac B. Merriam, and Summer Chapin.

Since 1856, E. N. White, H. P. Brown, W. J. Campbell and G. G. Reeve, have been Postmasters at Lyons Station, the latter having been in office since 1875. The town hall was erected in 1877. It is a neat, two-story frame building, costing $2,500.

M. E. Church .- In 1840 a class was organized, and in 1857 the society built a church on Section 9, at a cost of $2,700. This was the first religious organization, and the first church in town. Revs. Parks, Calender, Walker, Grant, Smith, Merrill, Mead, Salisbury, Shepard, Thomas, Parsons, Bullock and Brooks have served the society at different times. Rev. J. H. Brooks, who also has charge of the society in Spring Prairie. He resides at Lyons. The mem- bership of his circuit is 117, and the value of the church property, in Lyons, $5,000.

Catholic Church .- In 1867, the Catholic society was formed, and a church building was erected the next year at a cost of $1,700. The society is now in charge of Rev. Francis Pfaller. It contains a membership of about eighteen families, and possesses property valued at $2,500.

German M. E. Church .- A society was formed in 1868, and the schoolhouse transformed into a church building the next year. A mission was formed in 1870, and Rev. Charles Becker engaged as pastor. Then came in succession Revs. John Walter, Conrad Steiner, F. Grube, Cristian Wenz, Sebastian Weckerlin and J. C. Rinder. The latter now has charge of the mis- sion, which embraces Lyons and Burlington, with a membership of seventy. The cost of the church property in Lyons is $1,000.

The Temple of Honor and Sons of Temperance are the only civic societies in the place. Together they rent a hall, and are quite prosperous.

Lyons' Mill .- John Bullen was the next owner of the mill property after it passed from the hands of Fletcher Lyon. It was afterward purchased by Frank Holborn, Waughan & Merrick, W. W. Waughan, and Messrs. M. Schenk and P. Strassen. The latter gentlemen formed a partnership in 1880, and now control the water-power and operate the mill. From two run of stone, the capacity has increased to four run and one patent roller. Building and machinery have been enlarged and improved, so that everything is first-class-up with the times. The capacity of the mill is 50 barrels of flour and 250 bushels of feed per day. The brands are " Lyon's Mill " and " Liberty Mills." the former being the No. 1 grade. Connected with the mill, as part of its property, are two warehouses and a dwelling house, the entire value of which is $15,000. It is the only mannfactory of the kind in town. Mr. Strassen is also owner of the Lyons Hotel, erected in 1866, but since greatly increased in size, and improved. The main building is 26x76 feet, two stories.

Cheese Factory .- A building for a cheese factory was erected in 1879. It has been idle one season, but is now in operation. The property is in the hands of a stock company, the factory being operated by H. Erdley. It turns out 300 pounds of cheese per day.

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SPRINGFIELD.

A few miles west of Lyons on the Western Union line is the little village of Springfield, containing about one hundred and twenty-five people. It owes its existence to the building of that road, although a number of early settlers located near its site years previous.

In 1839, Edward Warren came from the East with his family and settled on Section 7, about a mile northwest of the village. After living here a number of years he moved away. Soon after William B. Rose visited the vicinity of the village site, and employed Charles Gillett to break land for him. He did not come to settle himself until 1843. In that year he arrived with his wife from New York, and purchased four "eighties" of land-the site of the present village. When it became evident that the railroad was to make a village he sold two "eighties" and a "forty" to Herrick, Fuller & Company, of Racine, who had the land surveyed and platted. This was in October, 1855. He had previously sold one "eighty" and a "forty" to Arnold Wecks. The village was surveyed by S. C. Kelsey ; proprietor, Henry T. Fuller.

Arnold Weeks came to Geneva in 1842, accompanied by his wife and four children. They emigrated from New York. In 1845, they came to Springfield, locating upon Section 7, just west of the village. Of his sons, Levi, Martin and Theodore are in the town, James H. is in Colorado and John is in Michigan.

J. Vanness came also in 1845.

John Neil and Peter Orell came together during this year. The former was an English- man, not long a resident of this country. His daughter was Mrs. Peter Orell.

During 1845 also, Joseph Dykeman, now a resident of Elkhorn, located on Section 7, with his family.

This completes the list of the most prominent of those who located near the village or upon its present site previous to 1847.

At present Springfield contains a well-conducted district school, an Episcopalian society, one hotel, a cheese factory, a wagon shop, general store, hardware store, blacksmith shop and shoemaker shop.

The post office was established in 1856, William Frost being its first Postmaster. E. Moorehouse is the present incumbent.

St John's Mission Chapel .- The Episcopalians of the village organized a society in about 1861, holding services in the old district schoolhouse until the erection of the chapel building in 1865. Revs. Shaw, of Racine, and E. K. Miller, of Oak Creek, officiated at different times before the church building was erected. Rev. R. T. Kerfoot, of Geneva, has charge of the soci- ety, which numbers twelve members. Prof. R. C. Hindley, of Racine, is the lay reader, officiat- ing three Sundays in the month. Connected with the mission is a ladies' aid society.

Cherse Factory .- In 1878, C. B. McCanna erected a building for a cheese factory, the experiment which had been tried the previous year in one of the warehouses, having proved a success. In the season, it turns out 500 pounds of cheese per day. During the cooler months, both butter and cheese are manufactured.

LYONS IN THE WAR.

The town of Lyons came to the front during the war with both moncy and men, as appears from the general war history. At the very first war-meeting held, $2,000 was subscribed. Be- fore the conflict was over the sum was increased to $5,400. Of the seventy men furnished, most of whom joined Companies C, of the Twenty-second and Thirty-sixth Regiments, thirty died either by disease or on the field of battle. E. Dayton, John Spoor, Thomas Hudson, Jesse Bal- comb and others were active in raising money and in other important service to uphold the cause. They sent boys to the front, and lost them. Mr. Dayton mourns the loss of two sons. Robert McMillan, another well-known young man, gave up his life for the Union. If every section of the country had been as faithful-both men and women-as Lyons, the rebellion would not have died so lingering a death.

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LYONS IN 1881.

The population of Lyons, including villages, as enumerated by the census of 1880, was 1,312. The principal farm products of 1880 were : Wheat, 14,544 bushels ; corn, 151,240 ; oats, 43,368 ; barley, 11,222; rye, 1,250 ; potatoes, 9,392 ; apples, 10,750 ; hay, 2.129 tons ; but- ter, 47,350 pounds ; cheese, 42,749.

In 1881, there were 5,541 acres of growing grain ; 255 acres of apple orchard ; 1,864 acres of mowing and pasturage, and 3,142 acres of growing timber. The number of milch cows was 933, valued at $19,283.

There were six whole and five joint school districts. The number of scholars, enumerated between the ages of four and twenty years, was 452, of which number, 303 attended school. There were nine schools taught by ten teachers, at monthly average wages of $27.66 for male, and $24.55 for female, teachers. There were nine schoolhonses, valued at $10,400, including the sites. At the time the town was organized, the valuation of property was $5,300, and the population, 470.

BIOGRAPIIICAL SKETCHES.

ZENAS B. BURK, Lyons. He was born in Somerset Co., Me., Dee. 9, 1814. He lived in the . State of Maine until 1840, when he went West as far as Michigan, and spent about one year in Indiana and Michigan, returning to Maine in 1841 ; he came to Lyons in the fall of 1842, and purchased 100 aeres of land, a part of which is now the village of Lyons ; his chief occupation has been that of a farmer ; no man is better known in the town of Lyons than Mr. Burk ; he was a Justice of the Peace for twenty-eight sue- cessive years, viz., from 1852 to 1880, and was Town Clerk of his town for twenty-three years, viz., from 1856 to 1879, and was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for several years. The long series of years in which the people and the town have insisted on his continuanee in the office, in his ability and integrity, being a careful observer, and possessing a remarkable memory, he has long been the authority on all mat- ters of publie or personal interest in the history of his town. Mrs. Burk was the daughter of Mr. A. Cahoon, who came to Geneva from Ohio January, 1843, settled on See. II ; he died in 1860. Mr. and Mrs. Burk have four children-Amos A. (a resident of Kansas), Ruth E. (now Mrs. Silas A. Ingham, also of Kansas), Martha E. (now Mrs. F. B. Nedall, now a resident of Nebraska), and Flora M. (now Mrs. Charles D. Windsor, now a resident of Lyons). Mr. Burk has a farm of 210 aeres in Lyons.

DANIEL CAMPBELL (deceased), Lyons ; he was one of the pioneers of Walworth Co. ; he was born in Clinton Co., N. Y., and came to the Territory of Wisconsin in 1836 ; he came to Walworth Co. the same year, and made a claim in the town of Spring Prairie. He sold his claim before the land eame into market, and in 1839 he settled on Sec. 4, in the town of Lyons; he died July 23, 1879; his wife, Mary Campbell, died Feb. 27, 1872. Mr. Campbell had five children, all of whom are living-two sons, Wesley J. and William R., resides in Lyons ; the former was born in Franklin Co., N. Y., in 1835 ; married Harriet A. Spoor, daughter of John S. Spoor, one of the early settlers of the town of Troy ; his present wife was Marie Moran, born in the town of Lyons. Mr. Campbell has two children by first wife-Lewis A. and Harriet A .; has two by present marriage-Mabel and Ethel. Mr. Campbell has been a member of the Town Board for several years ; is also Justice of the Peace and Town Clerk, posi- tions that he has filled for several years. William R. was born in Franklin Co., N. Y., in 1827 ; he also resides in Lyons.

L. S. CARY, station agent at Springfield. Mr. Cary was born in Addison Co., Vt., in 1809, where he was brought up on a farm. Mr. Cary is one of the pioneers of Wisconsin ; he came to Raeine Co. in September, 1837 ; he came to Springfield to take charge of the station here in 1859, and, exeept an interval of five years, has occupied that position sinee that time. His long continuance in this position is evidence of his faithfulness, and the confidence placed in him by his employers.

SUMNER CHAPIN, carpenter and joiner, Lyons. He was born in the town of Darien, Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1823, where he lived until May, 1849, when he came to Walworth Co., and has been a resident of this town most of the time since, engaged in work at his trade, that of the carpenter and joiner. He was married in Genesee Co. to Miss Harriet Spencer. They have two sons-Spencer A. and Eddie A.

EZRA CLARK, farmer, See. 4; P. O. Lyons. Mr. Clark came to the town of Lyons from Da- rien, Genesee Co., N. Y., October, 1848 ; he was born in Genesee Co., where his father, Ezra Clark,

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resided till his death. Soon after he eame to Walworth Co., he built a store in the village of Lyons. During the following season, he worked for Mr. David Williams, and the next year for Mr. C. K. Phelps. He settled on 80 aeres of his present farm in 1851, which he bought of Thomas Fowlston, and afterward purchased another 80 acres of Mr. Fowlston. His wife was Deiadama Coleman, daughter of John Coleman, who settled in the town in 1848, and died in 1866; she was born in Genesee Co. in 1827. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have four children-Albert E., Mary J., Helen and Jesse.

C. F. COWLES, farmer, See. 5 ; P. O. Lyons ; was born in Columbia Co., N. Y., in 1820, where he was brought up ; he came to Wiseonsin in the fall of 1840, and has been a resident of the town of Lyons since that time. His father, Moses Cowles, eame the following year, and settled in Geneva, where he resided till his death. Mr. Cowles married Louisa Lytle, a daughter of Samuel Lytle. They have four children-Harriet, Augustus, Orsborne and Ullysses. Mr. Cowles' farm contains 160 aeres.

EBENEZER DAYTON, retired farmer, Lyons, is one of those pioneers of whom there are but comparatively few remaining old settlers who had reached mature life, whose memory now in the decline of life goes back vividly to the events of more than twoseore years ago. He was born in what was then Genesee, now Livingston Co., N. Y., May 15, 1810. He removed to Allegany Co. with his parents when 7 years of age, where he lived until the fall of 1839, when he eame to the town of Lyons, and set -. tled on See. 15, on a farm which he purchased of the Government; he sold his farm and settled in the village in 1867. Mrs. Dayton, formerly Miss M. West, was born in the town of Victor, Ontario Co., N. Y., December, 1813. Mr. and Mrs. Dayton have had seven ehildren, three of whom are living-Henry (who lives in Chieago), Laura (wife of R. W. Taylor, lives at Stevens Point, Wis.), and Emily Isadore (wife of Hilary Heek ). Two sons of Mr. Dayton, John S. and William W., lost their lives in the service of their country during the rebellion. John W., a member of Company C, 22d W. V. I., was killed near Atlanta, Ga .; William W. was mortally wounded at Gaines' Mills; he was a member of Com- pany C, 36th W. V. I.

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History of Walworth County, Wisconsin, Part 128

Author: Western Historical Co Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company Number of Pages: 998

Author: Western Historical Co
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 998