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WILLIAM WILLARD ISHMM, son of Enoch and Mary, was born at Smyrna. March 24. 1820; was apprenticed to a carriage maker : in 1842 was master of a shop at Earlville : married March 1, 1843, Eluah Newcomb Francis, daugh- ter of Levi and Hannah Francis, and had six children, of whom Francis Devillo was a soldier of Company K. Forty-ninth Infantry, and Charles Trumbull was for many years a railway postal clerk. In 1845 Mr. Isham. with Charles H. Sturtevant, and later with Joseph Walton, began a steadily increasing business of wagon making, and found distant markets for their products. In 1869 he became a hardware dealer. In 1855 he was assembly- man elected over Josiah Dodge: was a trustee of the school for the deaf ; and a town officer. He died November 26. 1876. Mrs. Isham was born in Wash- ington county. New York, November 30, 1822, and died June 15, 1901.
THOMAS JAMES, of an old colonial family, was born in the town of Rich- mond, Rhode Island, June 9. 1782; married Dorcas Perry ( who died in . April. 1843) : served as sheriff of Washington county and as a member of the Legis- lature ; came from Providence early in 1838 to township 3. range 15, and was
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one of a group of Rhode Islanders who named the town Richmond ; married June 22, 1847, Mrs. Sarah Stowell ( who died July 30, 1867) ; moved to Delavan in 1854: died June 17. 1858. Children of Dorcas : Fanny ( Mrs. Gardner Kenyon) : Nancy ( Mrs. Joseph Barber ) ; Hannah ( Mrs. Robert Sher- man) : Susan ( Mrs. Asa Congdon) : Thomas P .; George E. (married first, Elizabeth Odell, second, Ellen Delaney) ; Doreas ( Mrs. Jonathan Church ) ; Mary ( Mrs. Elijah Belding ) : Robert H. ( married Mary R. Paul ) ; Sarah T. (Mrs. David Irish ) ; Elizabeth ( 1830-1891), wife of Earl M. Irish ( 1829- 1891).
THOMAS PERRY JAMES, son of Thomas and Dorcas, was born June 15. 1816; came with parents to Richmond in 1838; married Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel McClary, November 25, 1852: died in October, 1896. He was one of the "solid men" of his town, was one of the organizers of the Citizens Bank of Delavan, and in general terms, was a worthy representative of an old and honorable American family. Mrs. James died January 9, 1903, leaving her six children: Dorcas Perry ( second wife of Rev. Charles Albert Hobbs ) : Thomas ; Daniel M. : Susan (Mrs. Charles II. Barker ) : Eliza S. ( a teacher) ; Fanny Louisa (Mrs. Rev. Ralph Waller Hobbs ). Charles A. and Ralph W. Hobbs are respectively father and son.
JOIN JEFFERS was born in Lisburn parish, county Antrim, Ulster, in IS22 ; came in infancy to Oneida county, New York ; married Flora Ann Arm- strong ; came in 1852 to Sharon, where he proved himself a useful addition to the muscle and the mind of the town. He was a zealous member of the Agri- cultural Society, ready and able to talk, write and work in its interest. In 1864 he was member of Assembly, elected as an independent candidate against Alanson H. Barnes. In 1871 he served for another session, having beaten A. W. Cole. In 1872 he supported the Greeley ticket, and soon afterward became an out-and-out Democrat. He died February 22, 1890. He was a member of the Methodist church at Darien, a cheerful Christian, tolerant of many differences of belief, and kindly disposed toward all mankind.
TRUMAN JONES ( 1783-1833) was son of Amasa and Azubah. He mar- ried Elizabeth (born 1789), daughter of Stephen Kinne (or Kenney), who was son of Gideon Kinne and Thankful Hewitt. Truman died in Cortland county, probably, for his widow came with part of her eleven children fromn that county to Darien in 1838, and she was living in 1860. These sons and daughters, as here known, were: 1 .- Loren Kenney ( 1812-1861), married Laura H. ( 1814-1883), daughter of Homer and Rachel Greenman. 2 .- Lyman ( 1813-1889), married Mary Bean. 3 .- Parley W. 4 .- Rowena (1815 -- ), wife of Newton McGraw. 5 .- Mary M. ( 1816-1873), wife
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of Israel Stowell. 6 .- Sanford ( 1820-1864) (wife Levina), soldier of Company F, Thirty-fifth Infantry, and captain of Company A, Thirty-seventh Infantry; died in service. 7 .- Arimathea ( 1827-1872), wife of Joseph F. Lyon. 8 .- Horatio.
. DANIEL KEENEY was son of Ebenezer Keeney and Lois Locke, probably from Connecticut to St. Lawrence county, New York. Daniel was born De- cember 29, 1799; married at Lisbon, April 17, 1822, Margaret, daughter of Robert Lytle and Esther Lytle (probably cousins) ; came to this county before 1847 ; lived in Geneva, Delavan, and Elkhorn; died March 27, 1884. Mar- garet was born May 6, 1803: died July 27, 1881. Of their children were : Laura (Mrs. Nelson Fairchild ) ; Mary Jane (Mrs. Leander Waffle ) ; William Ebenezer (married Ann Goldthorp) ; Alvira ( Mrs. Alfred Sherman) ; Esther ( wife of Loren Latham, a brother of ITollis) ; Lucy Ann ( Mrs. Alvin Emory Beals) ; Margaret Maria (Mrs. Joseph Goldthorp) ; Daniel Wilson (married Mary Hall) : Loania ( wife of Aaron Hickock and of George Taylor).
ALBERT KEEP was son of Chauncey Keep ( 1784-1853) and Prudence (1789-1863), daughter of Parmenio Wolcott and wife Mary. The older Keep ancestors were John1, Samuel, John3, Capt. Caleb1, and were of Con- necticut. Prudence was a descendant of Roger Wolcott. Mr. Keep was born at Homer, New York, April 30, 1826; came from Fredonia with Henry ( 1820-1897), his brother, to Whitewater in 1847 and formed a partnership in retail business with Philander Peek. In 1851 Peek & Keep went into the wholesale trade in dry goods at Chicago. About 1856 Mr. Keep turned his attention to city real estate. Among his affairs was to secure the right of way through the city for the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Co., of which he became a director in 1865 and its president in 1883. His administration was vigorous and up-building. He died at Chicago about 1908. His consin, John Martin Keep ( 1813-1861), of Beloit, was judge of the first circuit 1856- 8, and was accounted one of the ablest men on the bench of the state.
ALPHONSO G. KELLAM, son of Harvey and Julia ( Davis), was born at Scottsville, near Rochester, New York, December 7, 1840: came to Elkhorn about 1857 and studied law in the office of Winsor & Smith. He was an unusually bright student and readily digested whatever he learned. He was admitted to the bar in 1859 and practiced at Delavan until 1862, when he re- cruited Company D. Twenty-second Infantry, and became its captain; in 1864 he was commissioned as major ; was mustered out of service in June, 1865, after an active and most creditable service of nearly three years. He married at Smithville, New York, October 23. 1865, and returned to law practice at Delavan with Alfred S. Spooner as partner. In the earlier seventies
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he went to Chamberlain, Dakota, and became the first chief-justice of the state of South Dakota. Several years later he resigned and went to Spokane. where he died June 15, 1909, leaving his wife and a son, Fred W. Kellam, a lawyer of that city.
AUGUSTUS CAESAR KINNE was son of Elias Kinne and Lydia, daughter of Jesse (son of Abraham) Rundell. His father, who died at Sugar Creek. June 29, 1854, was son of Nathaniel, son of Stephen, son of Jolin, son of John. son of William, of New London. Augustus C. was born at Norwich, New York, December 3, 1808; came in 1838 to Troy and later to Sugar Creek, for which town he was a member of the county board in 1843. In 1854 he married Cecilia, daughter of James Oliver Rosencrans (Dr. Simeon4, Col. John3. Alexander2, Harman Hendrick1) .. He was a teacher and a farmer. He was a member of the second constitutional convention ; and in 1848, 1857, 1861 he was defeated Democratic candidate for assemblyman against Enos J. Hazard. Butler G. Noble, and Sylvester Hanson. He died January 23, 1863. His wife was born at Walpack, New Jersey, May 12, 1832, and died at Irwin. Virginia, May 18. 1892. His children : Mary ( Mlrs. Walter E. Lauderdale ) . Dr. Edward, of Elkhorn : Herbert. a lawyer of Milwaukee.
JESSE RUNDELL KINNE, son of Elias and Lydia ( Rundell), was born at Norwich, Novmeber 26, 1803 : married January 14. 1829. Sarah, daughter of Isaac U. Wheeler and Lavina Duncan; came in 1843 to Sugar Creek, where he owned more than three hundred and fifty acres of land, and knew how to thrive by good farming : died March 24. 1886. Mrs Kinne was born Janu- ary, 1809: died November 1, 1873. Children: Charles (married Jane. daughter of Daniel Bigelow) : Lavina ( Mrs. Ezra Resolved Day) : George (married Mary E., daughter of James W. Field). Mr. Kinne was one of the ancient county Democracy,-often seen in conventions, but never in official places, excepting when his Republican neighbors did not like all of their ticket for town office.
WILLIAM ALLEN KNILANS, son of Daniel and Sarah Allen, was born in northern Ireland, November 22. 1833; came with parents and brothers to Richmond in 1849: in 1861 enlisted in Company I. Thirteenth Infantry, and was successively first sergeant, second and first lieutenant and was transferred to Company G as its captain : mustered out late in 1865 at San Antonio, Texas. He served at Huntsville. Alabama, as provost-marshal and was in all ways a capable and trustworthy soldier. He married February 20. 1867, Eleanor Frances, daughter of Samuel Stewart and Margaret Mitchell, became a farm owner and prospered steadily. In his turn he was president of the Agricul-
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tural Society, of which he was a working member. He was seven terms a member of the county board for Richmond. His clerical and business quali- fications were good, and he was often appointed executor of wills or admin- istrator of valuable estates. Like Messrs. Bell, Coon, Curtiss, Kinne, Latham, Oatman, Page, Stebbins, Treat, Willis and others, he reckoned it honorable to be often a defeated candidate on Democratic legislative and county tickets. He was for several years a member of the county soldiers' relief committe. About 1883 he moved to Whitewater. In 1893 he went to Sligo to administer an estate of something like twenty thousand pounds value, having been named in an aunt's will as her executor. In the second Cleveland administration he had much influence with Senators Vilas and Mitchell in the distribution of postmasterships within the county. He moved to a farm near Beloit in 1894, where he died June 25, 1909. His children were William Arthur, Alice Elizabeth, Daniel Amos.
PHIPPS WALDO LAKE was born at Hoosick. New York. April 30. 1789; was a soldier of the war of 1812 ; married Rebecca, daughter of John Beards- ley ; came about 1839 to Big Foot Prairie, where he bought about six hundred acres of land. He was a member of the Assembly of 1854, having been pre- ferred by his district to Capt. Albert T. Wheeler. He died August 17. 1860. Mrs. Lake was born at Richfield, New York, May 5, 1892: died May 22, 1884. Mr. Lake turned in early life to the service of religion, and was or- dained as a Baptist clergyman. He was one of the earliest in the work of religious organization in the southern half of the county.
IRA PRATT LARNARD, son of Elisha Larnard and Nancy Wilson, had ancestors William1. Isaac", Benoni", Thomas', Jonathan3. Fanning". Moses7, who married Sarah Pratt. Ira was born at Waverly, New York, January 20, 1821 : came to Delavan in (841 ; two or three years later he bought a wagon- shop in which he worked about eight years. In 1845 he became head of the dry-goods firm of Larnard. Bailey & Company, with Enoch 11. M. Bailey as working partner. In 1850 he went to Pike's Peak and returned. From 1869 his business was that of insurance agent, and from 1870 to 1800 inclusive, he was town clerk of Delavan and was treasurer of the Baptist society. He mar- ried September 6, 1868, Hannah Alida, daughter of Dr. Benoni Bradway and Althea Vanderveer. She is yet living with one of her four daughters. Mr. Larnard died May 2, 1912. He was of sound mind and clear memory to the end of his life, which was useful. well ordered. exemplary.
HOLLIS LATHAM ( James5 43. Chilton2. Robert1) was fifth of fifteen chil- dren of James Latham and Mary, daughter of Amos Robinson and Bethany Jones. He was born March 12. 1812, at Northfield. Vermont ; learned enough
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at home and at district school to make him a plain, good American ; came in 1836 to Milwaukee and early in 1837 to Spring Prairie: joined Mr. Rockwell's party on its way to Elkhorn, and chose his home in the Genevan quarter, sec- tion 6. In April, 1838, he married Mrs. Lemira Lewis, daughter of Capt. Daniel Edwin Bradley and Elizabeth Sturgis. He served the town for many years as justice of the peace. the county as clerk of the board of commissioners and as a superintendent of the poor, the state as trustee of the school for the deaf, the town and county Democracy as its candidate for many defeats, the Republican party when it did not care to send Richard B. Flack to the As- sembly of 1862, the agricultural society for several years as its secretary and several more as its treasurer. In the second constitutional convention he had been a member of the committee on "executive, legislative, and administrative provisions." Like his old friend Mr. Hollinshead, he had the unhesitating confidence of his fellow men, though there were many observable differences between these two "grand old men." Mrs. Latham was born June 21. 1806, and died July 25, 1885. . She left two sons, not now living: LeGrand, first- born of Elkhorn children, and Edward Marshall; also a daughter of her first marriage : Elizabeth Ann Lewis, wife of Phineas C. Gilbert. Mr. Latham died February 22, 1886. Ilis brother Loren ( 1823-1897) lived forty-five years in Geneva and at Elkhorn.
EBENEZER LATIMER, son of Alexander Latimer (died 1867) and Nellie Smith, was born in Ulster county, New York, October 25, 1818. He was bred a carpenter, and in the city of New York was for some years a building contractor. He came in 1847 to Darien, where he bought a large farm. Ile married February 21, 1849. Elizabeth, daughter of Rial N. Weed and Ruth Austin. She was born in 1825 and died August 2. 1895. Their children were Fred E. and Mary L. ( Mrs. Alonzo C. Goodrich ). Mr. Latimer came to Delavan in 1854. built an elevator, and with his brother and Otho Bell was for some years in grain trade. In 1873 he became president of the First National Bank of Delavan, and at its dissolution he opened the private bank of E. Latimer & Co., of which he was at the head until 1968. Ile died March 24. 1910. He was a cool-headed, capable, conservative business man ; and on at least two occasions acted most serviceably as the city's agent in adjustment of its business with the hoklers of its corporate bonds. He was a Jackson- Douglas-Tilden-Cleveland Democrat, and a member of the Methodist church. llis sister. Maria Catharine, was wife of Cyrene. N. Hollister. His brother. James Freer Latimer, was born in 1833 and died October 29, 1904, and was his partner in earlier enterprises.
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JAMES LAUDERDALE, son of Edward and wife Janet Elliott, was born at Cambridge, Washington county, New York, August 29, 1813; married in Livingston county, May 11, 1841, Margaret, daughter of James P. Stewart and Janet McNaughton ; came to Lagrange in 1842; served on county board ; was assemblyman in 1853, chosen over George G. Williams, and again in 1856, chosen over Datus Ensign; died March 13. 1888. Mrs. Lauderdale died October 1, 1909; their children were James Edward, John Henry. Amanda ( Mrs. D. Judson Williams ), Mary Eliza (Mrs. Chester B. Williams ), and Walter Elliot.
MRS. MARY ELIZABETHI LEE, daughter of Ebenezer Chesebro and Anna Griswold, was born in Albany county, New York, July 22, 1815; in 1837 she was married to Nelson ( son of Elon) Lee. He was born at Guilford, Con- necticut, March 1, 1814; his parents went to Monroe county, New York, two years later. In 1847 Mr. and Mrs. Lee came to Darien; in 1848 to Sugar Creek ; in 1868 to a farm near Delavan. Mrs. Lee died at Sugar Creek, Octo- ber 13, 1890. Mr. Lee died at Webster City, Iowa, April 9, 1898. It is told, with much color of truth, that she was hardly second to her father in his efforts to secure a state school for deaf children. Her son, Elon Nelson Lee ( afterward county superintendent of schools), was a soldier of Company A. Tenth Wisconsin Infantry. Ile was sick at Elizabethtown, Kentucky, when she went there in February, 1862. Her ministration was not restricted to him. She came home and pushed the work of the sanitary aid societies, and then went to find further service at the Louisville hospital. After the battle of Chaplin Hills she went to the hospitals at Danville. The next year she re- turned with credentials, letters, or other helpful papers, from Gov. Solomon, Lieutenant Governor Spooner, and the Chicago Sanitary Aid Society, and be- came well known to thousands of soldiers at Louisville, Nashville, and Mur- freesboro. Her son wrote of his parents: "I have said that if I were as truthful and honest as my father, and had the courage, grit and leadership of my mother, 1 would feel satisfied." Yet their son has never been reckoned here as a degenerate. but, on the whole, quite worthy of such parentage. Known ancestors of Elon N. Lee were Nelson+, Elon3. Eber2, Elon1. of Guilford.
CHESTER DEMING LONG, son of Hugh and Parnell, was born in Pem- broke. New York, February 15, 1819. He came with his father to Darien in 1839, and married November 1. 1843. Laura Ann ( 1826-1893), daughter of Zebulon T. Lce and Sabra, daughter of Orange Carter. In 1851-2 he served a term as register of deeds, and his records show that he was a competent and neat-handed officer. In 1860 he was elected member of Assembly for one session, over Charles A. Hutchins and David Coon, Jr. He died June 15. 1884. Mrs. Long died January 31, 1893.
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ISAAC LYON, son of Thomas Lyon and Benjamina Valentine, had older ancestors. Thomas1 2. Jonathan?, Capt. David+. His father and grandfathers were soldiers of the Revolution. He was born at Nine Partners, Dutchess county, April 4, 1795; served in the war of 1812; married at Chatham, New York. April 2. 1814, Eunice, daughter of Capt. Uriel Coffin. She was born April 2, 1800; died October 3, 1848. Isaac, with brothers David, Thomas and William Fletcher and their father, came in 1837 to Hudson ( Lyons) and were among the founders of the village at the mill. He died December 15, 1884, and was buried at Delavan, whither his father's and his wife's relics were re- moved from Lyons. His son. William Penn, ex-chief-justice of the state supreme court, is living near Sacramento. His daughter, Maria C., was wife of Amos Phelps, of Delavan, son of Jeremiah and Margaret. Volume VI, Wisconsin Historical Collections (1872), mentioned him as the depositor in the Historical Society's cabinet of his large and interesting collection of curios- ities, the labor of years, and as "our venerable friend and benefactor"; and in Volume X it is noted ( for 1884) that he "continues, voluntarily and without recompense to supervise the cabinet department with the same intelligent zeal and interest as in former years."
JOSEPH FOSTER LYON (Isaac", David5, Edward+, Samuel3, William2 1), son of Isaac Lyon and Sarah Blodgett, was born at Harford, Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, April 23, 1825 ; came to Waukegan in 1844 : to Wood- stock in 1850; to Darien in 1854. He married July 26, 1854, at Beloit. Arimathea, daughter of Truman Jones and Elizabeth Kinne. A few years later he went to California and soon returned to Darien, where he studied law and in 1864 was admitted to practice. He served a few terms as justice of the peace, eight terms as member of the county board, and in 1868 as assem- man, chosen over Julius .A. Treat. In 1875 he was appointed clerk of the circuit court, and served a full term by election. From 1875 to his death, December 12, 1902, his home was at Elkhorn. Mrs. Lyon, who was grand- daughter of Amasa and Azubah Jones, and whose mother was daughter of Stephen Kinne and granddaughter of Gideon Kinne and Thankful Hewitt, died November 7. 1872, leaving children, Ari May ( Mrs. C. W. Ferson), Jay Forrest ( now county judge), and Vernette M. ( Mrs. George M. Dunham ). Mr. Lyon married December 10, 1873, Amelia L., daughter of Leander Dodge and Harriet, daughter of Orange Carter. She was born at Darien, May 17, 1840 ; died at Chicago, October 10, 1906. Mr. Lyon was an intelligent student of legal principles, and was an ingenious reasoner. He had also a marvelous memory of the statute books, himself almost a living index to their contents .- often able to stand in court and trace a chapter from its passage in the forties
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through one or more amendments to its repeal in the seventies, he looking back- ward from eighties or nineties. Besides, he was a part of the age in which he lived, in touch with its spirit, and moving forward with its progress ; and, moreover, was one of the kindest of men and neighbors. His brother, Charles Lysander, born September 1, 1829, has been coroner since 1883.
ROBERT LYTLE married Esther Lytle. Both were of the north of Ireland, and were children of immigrants. They had children : Isaac ( married Nancy Armstrong ) ; Elizabeth ( Mrs. John Armstrong ) : Lucy ( Mrs. William Lytle) ; William (married Nelly Lytle) : James ( married Chloe Haskins, and Eliza- beth Henry ) : Margaret ( Mrs. Daniel Keeney ).
A brother of Robert or of Esther had children : Samuel ( his second wife. Mrs. Harriet Campbell Magee ) : Nelly ( wife of above mentioned William Lytle ) : William ( married above-named Lucy Lytle ) ; James : John.
Samuel Lytle and his first wife had a daughter Mary, wife of James Adam Flack. Of his second wife, Harriet ( Campbell ) Magee, were Samuel, whose wife Arvilla is daughter of James Adam Flack's second wife, Martha Armstrong : Thomas ( married Sylvia Rust ) : Henry ( married Julia, daughter of Richard Potter ) : Louisa ( Mrs. Cyrus Cole ).
THOMAS MORRIS MCHUGH was grandson of Lieut. Stephen McHugh, of the British army, and son of Rev. Stephen McHugh, of the early Episcopal church of Wisconsin. His mother was Elizabeth, daughter of Berry Norris, of county Leitrim, Connaught. Thomas was born in Mohill parish, of that county. November 22. 1822; had academic education ; studied law at Utica. New York: came in 1844 with his father's family to Delavan; admitted to practice. at Elkhorn, in 1849. He was secretary to the Territorial Council in 1847 : a secretary of the second constitutional convention ; was the first secre- tary of state for Wisconsin and gave form and order to the business of that office : chief clerk of the Assembly in 1853 and 1854. He died, unmarried. at Palatka, Florida, March 19, 1856. He has been credited with "a tireless activity, versatile mind. a winning address, a clear head, and a warm heart."
THOMAS MCK MG, son of William, whose wife was named Dawson, was of a Scotch-Irish family of Ulster. He was born at Stewartstown, county Tyrone. December 12, 1812. He crossed the sea in 1831, and five years were passed at Quebec and Detroit, part of that time as a teacher. In 1836 he was employed in the land-office survey of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Hle chose a farm in section 29, north of Duck Lake, and was employed in platting the village of Geneva ; and kept so far in touch with its citizens as to play the trombone in its earliest brass band, and to become a member of its
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division of the Sons of Temperance. He was one of the earliest justices of the county and remained several years in service. From [847 to 1853 he was county surveyor. He married July 25, 1840, \senath, daughter of Robert Dunlap. a soldier of the Revolution, and Mary Letts. He died August 24. 1888. Mrs. McKaig was born at Ovid, New York. December 11, 1811, and died at Elkhorn, March 25, 1906. They had six children, of whom a daughter and three sons are living. Mrs. McKaig, in her old age, joined the Milwaukee Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and in recognition of her now unusual qualification for such membership she received from that body a gold spoon of an appropriate device.
SAMUEL MALLORY (David5 4, Benjamin3, Joseph" .. Peter1), son of David Mallory and Sarah Eldridge, was born at Sharon, Connecticut, April 18, 1798: lived a moving life in Broome. Cortland, Tompkins and Yates counties, as farmer, wool-carder. chair-maker, innkeeper. He married, first, Nancy Hooper, July 28, 1821, at Homer : she was born March 19, 1797 ; died January 17, 1827. He married, second. in Tompkins county, May 2, 1829, Jane Frances, daughter of Amos Hart and Sarah Eldridge-the latter his mother's cousin, perhaps. In 1844 he came to Elkhorn, bought a farm, and for four years kept the hotel at Walworth and Broad streets. In 1846-7 and in 1855-6 he was county treasurer, and was once treasurer of the Agricultural Society. He retired from his farm, within the village, and moved a few rods eastward about 1877. He died April 2, 1897-sixteen days before the end of his ninety- ninth year. His daughters, all of the second marriage, were Nancy Jane ( Mrs. Henry Bradley), Ruth Ann ( Mrs. Stansbury Ogden ), Anstis Almira ( Mrs. William Augustus Barlow), and Betsey Frances (Mrs. Robert Harkness ). Of these the first only is living.
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