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JOSEPH BOWKER, son of Silas, was born at Locke, Cayuga county. New York, October 9, 1797; married Eliza Maynard. October 19, 1817: came to Geneva in 1844 and soon after to Delavan, where he went into retail business. He was a member of the first constitutional convention. lle died at Delavan, March 26, 1856. He left a son, Silas W. Bowker, who was for some years in retail trade as member of the firm of Bowker & Staley.
JOHN WILLIAM BOYD, son of John Logan Boyd and Electa Bacon, was born at Solon, New York, September 15, 1811 ; was academically educated ; married Elizabeth Lee, who died within a year ; married November 10, 1842, Wealthy A., daughter of Gen. Samuel G. Hathaway, at Solon ; came in 1844 to Linn and bought a large farm: was one of Governor Dodge's major-gen- erals : in first constitutional convention was of the committee on state execu- tive: in 1848 was first state senator for Walworth, and served again, 1858-9. having been elected over Perry G. Harrington : married third wife, September 9. 1858, Mrs. Persis Annette, widow of Abram Mudge, daughter of Ira Buell
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(second wife had died June 14, 1855) ; in 1874 was chairman of the county board of supervisors: between 1860 and 1876 served the Madison Mutual Insurance Company as director and part of that time as president : died Janu- ary 28, 1892. Mrs. Persis A. Boyd died June 27, 1906. General Boyd left six daughters. He had at times hoped to be his party's nominee for repre- sentative in Congress, but the other counties of the district willed it otherwise.
HENRY BRADLEY (Daniel Edwin3, Ezekiel+, James3, Daniel2, Francis Jr.1) was son of Daniel E. Bradley and Betsey Sturges, born at Sidney. Dela- ware county, New York, in the valley of Ooleout creek, an affluent of the Sus- quehanna, December 26, 1823 ; came with parents in 1837 to section 7 Geneva (near Elkhorn), married, April 17, 1847, Nancy Jane Mallory (Samuel6. David5 4. Benjamin3, Joseph2, Peter1), whose mother was Jane Frances Hart. He went overland to California with his wife in 1852, and alone in 1859. In 1861 he succeeded Lot Mayo as postmaster at Elkhorn, retiring in 1886, and returning in 1890 for four more years. He was for many years a village officer, and member of the school board .- always for the good of the village and its schools. He died at home August 17. 1909. He was not a money maker, but he owned a substantial house, with valuable lot, and a three-story brick store in Walworth street. He loved justice and square dealing, and had courage to speak truth though it might lay himself in the wrong. He was an early and serviceable friend of the free library. to which he contributed fifty volumes.
WILLIAM WALLACE BRADLEY, son of Dr. Enos Bradley and Ada Hoyt, of Groton, New York, was born May 20, 1826; came about 1846 from Darien. New York, to Kenosha and thence in 1848 to Delavan, where he was the first dealer in men's ready-made clothing. His business expanded and he became one of the best known drygoods dealers of the county. He drew trade from afar, and he left his name to the knitting works now owned mostly by his heirs. Ile married July 23. 1850, Cynthia. daughter of Peter Millspaugh Keeler and Prudence Sturtevant. She died December 31, 1853. He married April 21, 1855. Esther, daughter of Elisha Larnard and Nancy T. Wilson. He left two daughters: Alice ( Mrs. William H. Tyrrell) and Eva (Mrs. John J. Phoenix).
ABEL BRIGHAM, son of Joel" Brigham and Elizabeth Brown, had earlier ancestors, Thomas1 and Mercy ( Hurd) of Watertown in 1635. John2 3, Sam- uel'. Joel". Abel was born at Sudbury, Massachusetts, January 11, 1814: died at Troy, February 14, 1884. His wife. Emeline, daughter of George and Susan Hibbard, was born at North Hadley. August 23, 1824: died at Troy June 2, 1902. Their children were : Maria, Truman Elbridge (married Har-
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riet Newell Hibbard), Emma Salina (Mrs. James Hooper), Emerson Abel (married Rose Meacham), Susan Emeline (Mrs. Emery T. Atkins), Clara Levina (Mrs. Charles Finch), Allen C., Frank M.
Rev. George F. Brigham, of Sharon, is also a descendant of Thomas and Mercy, in a differing line.
MARTIN H. BRIGHAM, son of Jabez and Elizabeth, earlier ancestors un- known, was born at Perry, New York, August 29, 1821 : came to East Del- avan in 1842; married Elizabeth Richardson. May 7. 1847: died October 25. 1894.
JOHN BRUCE was born in 1788; came from western New York in 1837 to section 22, Darien, and also bought land in section 27, where he built a house which was temporarily an inn and also a postoffice. He built a grain- house at the station in 1858, and also added a few lots to the village plat as it was laid out in 1856. This addition lies between Beloit street and the rail- way, and at the west end of the village. His first wife was Fear H. ( 1776- 1832) ; second wife was named Cornelia ( 1822-1870). He died April 17. 1870, having outlived his wife by five weeks. His son James R. Bruce built the first hotel in 1843 and died July 23, 1845, aged thirty-one years. His sister Lydia was wife of Cyrus Lippitt, and his sister Susan was Mrs. William Phoenix.
FRANCIS A. BUCKBEE ( Jesse+, Russell3. Elijah2, John1) was son of Jesse Buckbee and Mary, daughter of John Secor. He was born in the town of Chili, Monroe county, New York, June 18, 1828; went in 1845 to Rockford. After some experience as farmer, retailer and produce-buyer he came in 1863 to a farm in Lyons. He married, February 18, 1863, Abbie Jane. daughter of Salmon Hubbard and Abbie Jane Sears, and adopted daughter of Dr. Alex- ander S. Palmer. He was member of Assembly in 1867, elected over Charles Wales, and in 1874. elected over Ethan B. Farnum. He served several terms as justice of the peace at Lake Geneva. He died May 24, 1907. Mr. Buck- bee was a fine looking man of very pleasing address and intelligent conversa- tion, and a nearly perfect Masonic workman in lodge and chapter.
JOSEPH SIDNEY BUELL Was eldest child of Ira Buell and Chloe Holcomb. His father's ancestors were William1. Samuel2 3, Joseph', Thomas". Ira's other children were Harriet A. ( Mrs. George Allen), Persis A. ( Mrs. John WV. Boyd), Wallace J., William Ira, Henry C., Charles Edwin. J. Sidney Buell was born at Plymouth, New York, March 7, 1819: married Mary L., daughter of Rufus Maynard and Chloe Wheat, September 7, 1847 ; she died April 24, 1855; he married June 13. 1856. Marie Antoinette, daughter of Abner Holcomb and Susan Hubbard. llis father and all or most of the fam-
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ily came in 1849 to Linn, where they bought an almost lordly domain on and near Bloom Prairie. He died at Lake Geneva in December, 1895. Of his children, Ira MI. has gained some distinction as a geologist. J. Sidney Buell was a capable farmer, an intelligent and excellent citizen, and was one of a notable group of men who were faithful working members of the County Agricultural Society.
ALEXANDER FRANCIS BUNKER was a son of Francis and Eunice, and grandson of Shubael and Lydia. Francis was born at Nantucket, July 30, 1758. and Eunice was born January 19, 1759. They were married in Dutchess county, New York, April 22, 1779. Their children were Susannah, Eliza- beth, Mary, Robert, Alexander F., Shubael, Gorham. The last three, with Simeon, son of Robert, came early to the Troys. Alexander F. Bunker was born in Columbia county. October 28, 1793 ; married Sarah Meade, December 22, 1814; died at his home in Troy, April 10, 1872. Sarah was born in 1791; died March 25, 1871. Their children were Samantha, Nathaniel M., Mary, Richard M. (married Jane Chapman ), Phoebe S. ( Mrs. Charles D. Baldwin), Hannah ( Mrs. George Worth) Louise M. ( Mrs. Charles B. Ackley), Ann E. (Mrs. John G. Watrous), Sarah Y. and Helen M. (in succession Mrs. Colla- more Severance ).
GORHAM BUNKER, son of Francis and Eunice, was born in Columbia county, New York, April 4, 1798, and died September 20, 1874. He was a farmer and a blacksmith. Rachel, his wife, was a daughter of Mrs. Cynthia Russell. She was born June 13, 1800, and died November 28, 1869. at East Troy. Their children were, as far as here known, George. Henry, William. Clarissa.
NATHANIEL MEADE BUNKER, son of Alexander Francis and Sarah Meade, was born at Milan, Dutchess county, New York. August 31, 1817 ; mar- ried. first. Phoebe E. Prescott in 1840; she died in 1853; in 1854 he married Phoebe Stratton. Coffin and came the next year to section 10 of Troy. In 1871 he was defeated by Judge White at the election for member of Assembly, and in 1875 he defeated Henry Oreb Montague for the same post of honor. In that year he went into warehouse business at Troy Center with Capt. Lindsey J. Smith as partner. He died March 25, 1889. His children were Nathaniel. Net- tie. Sarah ( Mrs. Charles B. Babcock ), Carrie. Ward Smith, and George Worth. Mrs. Bunker is yet living at Troy Centre.
SHUBAEL BUNKER, son of Francis and Eunice, was born in Columbia county, January 14, 1896 ; married Edith Russell, his sister-in-law ; died Sep- tember 17, 1858. Their children were Charles, John Russell, Hiram Shubael. Cynthia ( Mrs. H. C. Mincer ), Eliza M. ( Mrs. William Alexander ).
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SOLOMON CHAMPLIN BURDICK ( 1812-1891) and wife Martha M. Cran- dall (born 1812), came in 1845 to section 10, Lyons ; then to section 29, Linn. He died at Lake Geneva. He was son of Peleg C. and Olive Burdick, who also came to the county. One of his sons, Charles Herbert ( 1820-1903), was a soldier, editor and poet, whose second wife was Almina Maria, daughter of Kiah Bailey and Emily Ward. A grandson, Hugh Abram Burdick, was district- attorney.
WILLIAM BURGIT, son of Jacob Burgit and Mary Gardner, was born at Richford, Tioga county, New York, December 6, 1818. He came with his parents in 1837 to sections 29, 30, East Troy. The claim included a good water power, near the village site. His father, a prosperous and respected citizen, was born in 1796; died March 21, 1870. His mother was born in 1790 ; died June 4, 1858. William Burgit married Maria Jane, daughter of James Burleigh and Dorcas V. Carr, January 14, 1862. Their child, Edith F., is wife of Hubert Stephen Bovee. Mr. Burgit died September 23, 1892. Mrs. Burgit was born September 17, 1833; died January 21, 1911. Mr. Burgit served eleven terms as member of the county board. In 1860 he con- tested with Judge Spooner the nomination for assemblyman and, losing, ran independently, only to lose again. In 1870 he was elected to the Assembly over James D. Merrill and in 1874 over Perry G. Harrington.
ZENAS BAKER BURK, grandson of William and son of David Burk and Mary, daughter of Andrew Springer and Desire Baker, was born at Moscow. Maine, December 9, 1814 : came in 1842 to section 10 of Lyons : married, June 23, 1844. Mary W., daughter of Amos Cahoon and Mary Williams, of North Geneva. He had two sons and three daughters. Of the latter Flora M. (Mrs. Charles D. Winsor ) lives at Lyons. Mr. Burk was town clerk twenty- two years. on county board six years, justice of the peace thirty-five years. He was also a trustee of the Methodist church. In all his life his fellow citizens had but to think and act on the right side to find Squire Burk already with them.
DAVID WARD CAREY, son of Amos E. Carey, a soldier of 1812-15, was born in Columbia county, New York, November 26, 1808. He married Jane E. Rann, and in 1844 came to Bloomfield. He was for some years in business at the Junction, and once had for his partner William Youlen, a bright young man whose record-book, as town clerk in 1850, was kept admirably. Mr. Carey's abilities were practical rather than showy and were useful to himself and his community. Of his six children, Julian Marcellus was a soldier in active service, and has since served his town in various ways. The father died December 1, 1880. Mrs. Carey was born at New York, May 17, 1817. and died March 12, 1855.
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NATHANIEL HENRY CARSWELL, son of Nathaniel and a daughter of John Armstrong, of Revolutionary service, was born at Hebron, New York, Novem- ber, 1815; married Harriet Louisa, daughter of Joseph Gillis Taylor and Jane Todd, January 7, 1841 : came to Yorkville, Racine county, in 1843 : to Spring Prairie in 1853 and in same year to Elkhorn, where he owned a blacksmith shop. Mrs. Carswell died March 24, 1868. At her funeral "The Sweet By and By," then but newly composed, was sung publicly for the first time. Mr. Carswell was a close friend of Prof. Webster, and. having been himself a singer, he as well as Mr. Pip might have been called the "Harmonious Black- smith." He died November 11, 1874. Of three sons, one is living : Orland. Nathaniel and Charles.
ORANGES CARTER ( Ebenezer+, Thomas3 2. Rev. Thomas1) was son of Lieut. Ebenezer Carter and Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca Buell. He was born December 21. 1774, probably at Warren, Connecticut. He mar- ried in 1797 Elizabeth Rumsey, at St. Albans, Vermont. She was born at Danbury. Connecticut, July 20, 1777; died at Darien, January II. 1847. He came from Darien, New York, to Darien, Wisconsin, where he died September 9, 1855. Ten of his eleven children, or most of these, came early, already or soon thereafter so intermarried with several pioneer families of Darien as to make the Carter family record of unusual genealogical interest. These chil- dren, born between 1798 and 1818, were: 1. Ann (Mrs. John Williams, Jr.) ; 2. Orra (Mrs. Price Matteson) ; 3. Daniel married Maria Matteson ; 4. Sabra ( Mrs Zebulon T. Lee ) ; 5. Harriet ( Mrs. Leander Dodge ) ; Ackley married Melissa Ilough; 7. Lucy ( Mrs. Asa Foster ) ; 8. William Thurston married Adeline M. Seaver; 9. Orange Walker married twice; 10. Betsey Irena (Mrs. John L. Ward). It is not known that Daniel Carter came westward.
ACKLEY CARTER was born April 16, 1808. (His grandmother's second husband. Maj. Benjamin Ackley, of Castleton, Vermont, was his namesake.) He married Melissa Hough ; a son. Edwin Buck Carter, married Sarah Maria, daughter of Jonathan Hastings and Almira Slocum. Ackley Carter died April 3, 1893.
ORANGE WALKER CARTER, born September 10, 1815, at Darien, New York, and came to this county in 1838. ( His father and William T. Carter, his brother, bought government land in section 21.) His first wife, Elvira ( 1815-1880) was daughter of Samuel Matteson, Jr., and Electa Mead. His second wife. Harriet ( 1827-1899), was daughter of James G. Tiffany and Martha, daughter of Samuel Matteson, Sr., and was widow of Manuel Taft. James, son of Orange W. and Elvira, married Nellie, daughter of William Hollister and Sarah M. Van Aernam. Lewis, another son, married Bettie C., daughter of David Williams and A\delia Phelps.
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CHRISTOPHER PAGE FARLEY CHAFIN, son of Samuel and Elizabeth, was born at Weston, Vermont, April 9, 1819: came with his mother and brothers Samuel and Wilder C. Chafin to East Troy in 1837: married Parthenia, daughter of Gaylord Graves, September 26. 1849. ( His brother, Wilder C., had married Amelia Graves. January 29, 1845.) Mrs. Chafin was born at Fowler, St. Lawrence county, New York, September 23, 1826; died at Sugar Creek May 29, 1908. Mr. Chafin died at East Troy August 25, 1893.
WILLIAM DENSMORE CHAPIN (John3, Jacob", John1), son of John Chapin and Clarissa Patterson, was born at Heath, Massachusetts, April 28. 1814. He came to Bloomfield in 1837, and the next year he with his parents and his brother, Jonathan Patterson Chapin, bought land in sections 5. 6, 22. of that town. His father was born March, 1790, and died December 29, 1865 : his mother was born in 1794 and died April 23, 1873. He married Septem- ber 29, 1847, Loretta, daughter of David Walker Hyde and Dorothy Church. She was born in Bennington county, in 1824; came with her parents to Linn in 1846; died August 26, 1894. Mr. Chapin served eight times on the county board and in 1856 as assemblyman, having been elected over Dr. Ezra A. Mulford. He died April 20, 1904. His second wife, Lucina Hotchkiss, died November 18, 1905.
SILAS BARNUM CHATFIELD, son of Levi Chatfield, Jr., was a cousin of that Levi Starr Chatfield who, for a term of office between 1845 and 1851 was state treasurer of New York, and for whom a Minnesota county was named. Silas was born in Connecticut, October 21, 1822; lived as a boy in Chenango and Madison counties ; came to Troy from Ohio in 1846; married Mary E. Holcomb, December 22, 1849. She died December 31, 1854, leaving two children. In 1857 he married Catharine L. G., daughter of Jacob Kling and Dorothy Gasper. There were seven children of this marriage. He died February 8, 1908. Mrs. Chatfield was for nearly thirty years a contributor of "items" to the newspaper at Elkhorn, relating to the families within the Adams post office delivery.
AUGUSTUS JACKMAN CHENEY, son of Moody Chency and Susan Bur- bank, daughter of Paul Jackman, was born at Byfield, Massachusetts, March I, 1837; was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1857; came to Racine in 1858 and the next year to Delavan as principal of the high school. In 1862 he was chosen county superintendent of schools,-the first to hold that office. for Walworth county, and was re-elected in 1864. In May, 1864, he raised a company of which he was captain-Company F, Fortieth Infantry, for one hundred days' service. On his return he raised Company K, Forty-ninth Infantry, for one year's service, and was successively captain and major.
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While in this later service he was detailed for various duties requiring tech- nical knowledge and sound judgment. These military services took him away from his duties as a school officer, and his second term was served by Osmore R. Smith. He was among the earlier members of the State Teachers' Associa- tion, and one of the most intelligent and active among them. He was western manager for various school-book publishers, among them G. & C. Merriam. He made his home, several years ago, at Oak Park, Illinois, but his business was largely in Wisconsin, and there were few great soldier-meetings in this county or state that he failed to attend. To the end of his life he seemed to his old friends of the sixties as still one of "Old Walworth"; while between him and such of his pupils as had obeyed him as captain the bond was two- fold and not to be broken. He died at Oak Park, February 27, 1907. He had married at Racine, August 5, 1862, Sybil Ann, daughter of Duncan Sin- clair and Lucretia Ashley, who, with an adopted son, lives ( 1911 ) at Oak Park. Major Cheney's ancestors were John1, Peter2, John3, Edmund4, Moses5, Jona- thanG, Mark7, Moodys. Rufus Ellis Cheney, of Whitewater, had only the first of these ancestors, and thus was the major's fourth-cousin twice removed.
EBENEZER CHESEBRO, son of ChristopherG (Elisha5 43, Samuel2, Will- iam1) and Abigail Williams, was born June 27, 1784, at Stonington, Con- necticut ; married Anna Griswold ; moved to Berne, Albany county ; came early to Darien, with Christopher Columbus and Jabez Brooks Chesebro, his sons, where they bought land in sections I, II, 14, 15. 19. One of his children, Ariadne P., was born or became deaf. This misfortune gave him a quick- ened interest in mute-instruction, and for a few years his house became a schoolhouse for her and a few others like afflicted. As if for him it was a logical conclusion from his first step he moved effectively about the county and at Madison to secure a state school for the deaf at Delavan. Another daugli- ter, Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. Nelson Lee), made her name memorable by her service in federal military hospitals. He died February 10, 1867. Mrs. Chesebro was born May 15, 1784; died September 18, 1866. Their children were Eliza Ann ( Mrs. John Martin), Jabez Brooks ( married Mary Simpson) ; Edwin I. married sisters, Jane and Clara Nessle; William D. (married Mary Jane Chase ) ; Mary Elizabeth : Christopher Columbus (married Maria John- son ), Wickham Ebenezer (married Almira J. and Charlotte E. Whiston) ; Washington (married Caroline A. Hastings) ; AAaron (married Lydia Gardi- ner ) ; Abigail Isabella : Samuel (married Adelia Ives ) : Ariadne P., born 1829 and died April 26, 1858.
JAMES CHILD was son of William Child and Susan Deake. His colonial ancestors were Ephraim1. Benjamin", Ephraim3 4. Increase". Salmon6 and
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wife Olive Rose. Hon. Salmon Child was a soldier of the Revolution, who was born at Woodstock, Connecticut, September 19, 1765, died January, 28. 1856. William Child was born January 4, 1798: died April 24, 1865; Susan was born December 26, 1796; died April 17, 1865. James Child was born August 23, 1823, at Greenfield, Saratoga county ; died near East Troy, Novem- ber 24, 1901. He, with his parents and grandfather are buried at Hickory Grove, Spring Prairie. This family came to section 1 of Lafayette in 1847. from Gorham, New York. September 15th of that year James married Esther, daughter of Melzer Dinsmore. She was born March 4, 1827, and now lives at East Troy. In 1860 Mr. Child was a member of Assembly, chosen over Gregory Bentley. From 1877 he served twelve years as county surveyor, but derived small revenue from that office. He was well taught in geometry and trigonometry, and was skillful in the use of his professional in- struments. Mr. and Mrs. Child were for long members of the Baptist church at East Troy. Outside of the church James Child was evenly just and kind, and was a man with whom to talk on matters in general was not a waste of his hearer's time. Of eleven children four are living, one of whom is of his father's profession.
CYRUS CHURCH, grandson of Uriah and son of Elijah Church and Violet Holcomb, was born in New Haven county, July 27, 1817; came with parents in 1821 to Broome county, and in 1833 to Ohio; thence in 1838 to Walworth, where he built a frame house, the second in that town. He was among the foremost in organizing and developing schools, and had a good citizen's interest in all town and county affairs. Ile married Emeline Russell, Decem- ber 17, 1843 ; she died June 25, 1854, leaving five children. He married, second. Mary, daughter of John Boorman (born at Maidstone, England, June 5. 1828) ; had three children. He died January 7, 1899.
ALVIN DEXTER CLAPP was son of James Clapp and Orilla, daughter of Nathaniel Field+ (Zebulon3, Richard2, John1, of Providence) and wife Sarah Leonard. Mr. Clapp was born in 1814 at Taunton, Massachusetts; in 1840 married Martha Dinsmore Viles, daughter of Joseph Viles and Eleanor Ileald ; came to section 9, Geneva, in 1847: died August 28, 1898. Mrs. Clapp was born in Maine in 1819: died November 18, 1896. Eli ( 1843-1863), their only son, a promising young man, died in military service at Helena, Arkansas. Of their two daughters, Orilla is Mrs. Samuel Decatur, and Mareda is Mrs. Edward M. Waffle, of Elkhorn.
DR. HENRY CLARK was born in the state of New York, July 10, 1793. He came in 1839 to section 16 of Walworth-quite opportunely, since he had there and then but one professional competitor. At the three sessions of the
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last territorial council, 1847-8, he served as member for the county. His wife was Lorinda Coon and their children were twelve, a patriarchal number. Dr. Clark died April 16, 1853. Mrs. Clark was born March 16, 1814; died March 5, 1896.
DR. JOSEPH A. CLARKE was born at Stowe, Lamoille county, Vermont, September 23, 1813; came with his parents in 1831 to Townshend, Ohio; studied medicine at Bellevue, Huron county, Ohio; married Mary Jane Sted- man in 1840 and came to Whitewater. In 1845 became a partner of Dr. Willard Rice. He died in 1873. He was the "beloved physician" of early Whitewater.
EDWIN DELOS COE ( Orris K.7. Seth", Ephraim3 +, John 3, Robert2 1) was son of Orris Kirtland Coe and Paulina Stevens, daughter of Thomas Bushnell and Nancy Blood. He was born at Ixonia, Jefferson county, Wisconsin, June II, 1840; married Emma Ellsworth, daughter of Joseph Spaulding, of Janes- ville, September 26, 1865; had five children, of whom Joseph Spaulding Coe died in 1896, in his twenty-third year. Mr. Coe was educated at the Univer- sities at Beaver Dam and Madison; enlisted and served two years in Company A, First Wisconsin Cavalry; studied law at Watertown and practiced at Janesville ; gained newspaper experience at Watertown and Beloit; bought the Register at Whitewater in 1871 ; was elected to the Assembly in 1878 over Daniel K. Sanford, and to that of 1879 over George HI. Smith; was chief clerk of the Assembly of 1882; defeated in 1890 for secretary of state ; was post- master at Whitewater 1891-1895; chairman of the Republican state central committee in 1896; and was United States pension agent at Milwaukee under Presidents MeKinley and Roosevelt-eight or more years. The congressional district convention of 1886 was held at Elkhorn. The leading candidates were Lucien B. Caswell, with Jefferson and Rock at his back, and Henry A. Cooper, obstinately supported by Racine and Kenosha. Nobody could win without Walworth, and her delegates offered successively Newton M. Little- john, Thompson D. Weeks, and Edwin D). Coe. The choice at last fell again upon Caswell. Mr. Coe died May 5, 1909.
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