History of northern Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, growth, development, and resources; an extensive sketch of its counties, cities, towns and villages, their improvements, industries, manufactories; biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers; views of county seats, etc., Part 203

Author: Western historical co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 1052

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Miles Durand Prindle was the first American to settle in what is now Durand. The village is named after that gentleman's middle name. He arrived in the Summer of 1856, and found a German family by the name of Babberts living there. The first house was built on the bank of the river by Charles Billings. This was merely a board shanty, where Mr. Billings used to put up on his way up and down the river. The first nail was driven for the town of Du- rand on the 4th of July, 1856, and a board hung out with the name of "Durand " upon it. Peter Carver built the first dwelling house in the village, in 1856. Mrs. Babberts was the first white woman in the village, and the first white child born in Durand was that of Mrs. Babberts. The first death in the village was Charles, a son of W. F. Prindle.

This occurred in 1857. The first marriage was celebrated in August, 1856. We failed to learn the names of the happy couple.

The first hotel and boarding house was kept by Peter Carver in 1856. A. W. Grippen built the first hotel proper and ran it, in 1857.

The first store was opened by M. D. Prindle and Charles Weatherbee, in 1856. The first blacksmithing was done by Alonzo Allen, who built a shop and commenced work in 1856.

In 1856, a keel boat was built by M. D. Prindle, called the "Dutch Lady." This was run for a number of years between Read's Landing, Durand and Eau Claire, carrying the freight between those places.

The first religious services were held in a house owned by William Seely, by a Rev. Mr. Webster, a Methodist, in 1856. The first school was taught in a building owned by Caspar Hugg, by Emma Ide, now Mrs. H. R. Smith, dur- ing the Summer of 1857.

The first saw-mill was built in 1857 by W. F. Prindle, George Ellsworth and W. E. Hays, with a capacity of 15,- ooo feet of lumber per day. A ferry across the Chippewa River was also started during that year, by Jacob Kuhn and John Schell. This was a pole ferry, and was run as such until 1860, when it was changed to a horse ferry, and subsequently to a steam ferry, now owned and operated by H. R. Smith.

The Post-office was first established in the Spring of 1858, with D. C. Topping as Postmaster. He was suc- ceeded by W. F. Prindle in 1861, and he in turn by P. J, Smith; he by Myron Shaw, and then the present Post- master, H. D. Dyer.

The village was laid out and platted by M. D. Prindle and Charles Billings in the Summer of 1856. L. G. Wood did the surveying. As the agricultural resources of the coun- ty became developed, Durand was found to be the nearest market to a large wheat-growing country and quite a flour- ishing business was soon established in whipping that ce- real to Eastern markets. It was not a place that held out great inducements for the investment of capital, but by in- dustry and economy the people of Durand have achieved reasonable success and surrounded themselves with a fair amount of the comforts and elegancies of life. In 1860 Durand laid claim to the county seat by virtue of a major- ity of the voters of the county, since which time an elegant court-house has been built at a cost of $7,000 and the bit- terness caused by the removal is fast disappearing.

By a special act of the Legislature, approved in March, 1871, Durand was incorporated as a village, since which time it has maintained a separate municipal existence. The following is a list of those persons who have been honored with the presidency of the village since its organization : 1871-2, I). C. Topping; 1873, Alfred Calvert; 1874-5, George Tarrant ; 1876, H. W. Carlisle; 1877, E. B. Park- hurst ; 1878-9, A. W. Hammond ; 1880, A. R. Dorwin. The present officers are: D. W. Phelps, President ; Martin Maxwell, George Hutchinson, Trustees ; J. D. Eldridge,

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Clerk ; Richard B. Goss, Treasurer ; A. W. Hammond and W. H. Huntington, Justices of the Peace ; Miles D. Prindle, member of the County Board.

A high school was established under the Free High School law of the State, and in 1876 a commodious school- house was built at a cost of $4,000, and which the village has just cause to be proud of.

Churches .- The Methodist Church Society was organ- ized at the house of John Stafford in 1856, by Rev. Monroe Webster. In 1866 they began the erection of a church which was completed and dedicated in 1870. The church build- ing is 40x60, of frame, and cost $6,000. It now numbers about seventy members, and has in connection a flourish-

factory, which consumes the milk of about 100 cows, from which an excellent quality of cheese is made.

In 1857, a saw-mill was erected by W. F. Prindle, George Ellsworth and W. E. Hays, with a capacity of 15,000 feet of lumber per day. This, subsequently, passed into the hands of William Dorckendorff, who operated it for a few years, doing a thriving business. It has since been owned and operated by William Kinney and the Eau Claire Lum- ber Company, from whom it was purchased by its present proprietor, Frank Griffin. It now has facilities for sawing both soft and hard wood lumber, which is mostly used in the manufacture of wagons, carriages, etc., in Durand.

Besides these manufactories, are a number of repairing

BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF DURAND, WIS. 1881.

ing Sabbath school. The pulpit is occupied by Rev. Will- blacksmith and wagon shops, all of which do a thriving and iam C. Ross.

The German Catholic, or St. Mary's Church was organ- ized about twenty years ago. It now numbers about one hundred familes. The church building, built in 1875, is of frame, 22x50, and cost about $2,000. The pastor is Rev. Joseph M. Bauer.

The Congregational Church Society was organized in September, 1874, by Rev. A. Kidder. They worshiped in the court-house building for six years. In 1879 they began the erection of a church building which was finished and dedicated in 1880. It now numbers about forty members. The building is 33x66 and cost about $5,000. A. Kidder is the pastor.

About four miles east of the village of Durand, is a grist mill, a carding mill and a cheese factory, the property of Vivus W. Dorwin. He built his grist mill in 1857, with two run of stone, and it now has three. He manufactures an excellent quality of flour, which is mostly retailed to merchants. He built his carding mill in 1865, and that is now doing a thriving business. In 1872, he built a cheese

prosperous business.

Societies .- Durand Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 157, was in- stituted November 10, 1869, with five chartered members. The first officers were: Walter Greenwood, N. G .; George Hutchinson, V. G .; L. G. Wood, treasurer ; H. E. Hough- ton, secretary ; Seth Scott, P. G. They have fitted up a hall, at an expense of about $500. The order now numbers sixty-one members. The present officers are: W. H. Huntington, N. G .; H. C. Page, V. G .; R. Morsbach, re- cording secretary ; W. L. Bachelder, Per. Sec .; Jacob Fritz, treasurer ; R. R. Root, warden ; N. M. Brown, Condr.

Durand Lodge, A., F & A. M., No. 149, was granted a dispensation May 7, 1864, and their charter is dated June 15, 1864. The first officers were : A. Vantrot, W. M .; C. J. Smith, S. W .; Miles D. Prindle, J. W .; John Lane, S. D .; E. C. Hopkins, J. D .; P. Vantrot, Treas .; D. C. Topping, Sec .; Stephen Davenport, tiler. The present officers are : A. J. Wallace, W. M .; A. W. Miller, S. W .; L. Schell, J. W .; A. W. Hammond, S. D .; A. R. Dorwin, J. D .; George Tarrant, Treas .; C. Bruerin, Sec .; George Gerber, tiler.

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HISTORY OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN.

Durand Lodge, I. O. G. T., No. 284, was instituted in February, and their charter is dated February 3, 1877. It numbered fourteen chartered members. The first officers were: William Boyd, W. C. T .; Mrs. B. M. Scott, W. V. T .; Seth Scott, Chap .; C. D. Bon, Sec .; Maggie Dyer, A. S .; Jennie Henry, F. S .; Mrs. Hutchinson, Treas .; Charles Noyes, M .; Mattie Lewton, D. M .; Field Fraser, I. G .; W. E. Atkins, O. G .; Lucy Hammond, L. H. S .; Henry Doughty, P. W. C. T. The present officers are: Miletus Knight, C. T .; May Babcock, V. T .; W. Galloway, R. S .; Mrs. George Dunlap, F. S .; Mrs. C. B. Ford, T .; Bert Scott, M .; Anna Gazeley, D. M .; Henry Doughty, C .; George Tarrant, Jr., G .; C. M. Storey, S .; Lizzie Hillie, R. H. S .; May Goss, L. H. S .; Clara Smith, O.

Temple of Honor, No. 182, was organized in February, and their charter is dated February 22, 1878. It numbered twenty-eight chartered members. The first officers were : V. W. Dorwin, W. C. T .; George Hutchinson, W. V. T .; Alex. G. Coffin, W. R .; William Boyd, Jr., W. F. R .; R. B. Goss, W. T .; W. H. H. Matteson, W. U .; C. M. Storey, W. S .; C. C. Livarz, W. C .; William Bachelder, W. G .; Harvey Houghton, P. W. C. T. The present officers are : D. W. Phelps, W. C. T .; Henry Doughty, W. V. T .; Alex. G. Cof- fin, W. R .; R. B. Wood, W. A. R .; M. Knight, W. F. R .; C. M. Storey, W. T .; James Rhodes, W. U .; George Moore, W. A. U .; M. Moore, W. S .; Allen Goben, W. G.

Durand Lodge, A. O. U. W., No. 59, was organized by A. H. Taisey, March 10, 1879, with thirty chartered members. The first officers were W. H. Huntington, P. M. W .; A. W. Hammond, M. W .; M. D. Prindle, G. F. ; George Tar- rant, financier ; Philo Goodrich, guide; William Boyd, recorder; D. C. Topping, receiver; S. M. Scott, Over- seer ; Hadley Thomas, I. W .; L. L. Briggs, O. W. It now numbers thirty-nine members. The present officers are Miletus Knight, P. M. W .; Andrew J. Wallace, M. W .; A. W. Hammond, G. F .; George Tarrant, financier; John Foster, guide ; W. H. Huntington, recorder ; D. C. Top- ping, receiver; Hadley Thomas, overseer; Truman Smith, I. W .; Seth Scott, O. W.

The rise of Durand has been steady and permanent, taking into consideration that there has been no railroad communication. All merchandise has to be brought up the Chippewa River by steamboat in the Summer, or by teams from Menomonee and Read's Landing in the Winter. The enterprise of the citizens of Durand is noted, and when they are in possession of railroads, we anticipate finding a village abounding with manufactories of all descriptions.

In about 1863, Harstoff & Stending erected a brewery. This was purchased, in 1866, by its present proprietor, P. Lorenz. It burned down in 1874, but was shortly after- ward rebuilt. It is 26x52, two stories high. Mr. Lorenz manufactures between 500 and 600 barrels per year, which is mostly sold in the immediate vicinity.

A terrible tragedy was enacted in the village of Durand, on Sunday, July 10, 1881, by which two brave and good men lost their lives. Ex-Sheriff Charles G. Coleman, of Durand, and Milton Coleman, Deputy Sheriff of Dunn

County, were shot and instantly killed by Edward and Alon- zo Maxwell, alias "Ed." and "Lon." Williams, two des- peradoes who had been prowling about this part of the State. The Williams brothers had recently stolen a couple of horses from Illinois, one of which had been captured by Deputy Sheriff Miletus Knight, of Durand, and from inquir- ies it was supposed they had come to town with a view of obtaining the horse. A reward of $200 was offered for their capture by the authorities of Henderson Co., Ill., and Mil- ton and Charles Coleman, knowing they were the parties from descriptions given of them by persons who saw them, started in their pursuit. They overtook and went ahead of the desperadoes in the upper part of the village, and turn- ing back, met them face to face, when Milton called upon them to halt, but before he could get the words out of his mouth or raise his gun, the Williams's fired, Milton falling dead from the spot, and Charles staggering a few feet, when he also fell and soon expired. Both of the Colemans were dead before any one could reach them. During the excite- ment that immediately followed the shooting, the Williams brothers escaped to the woods back of the cemetery, where they are supposed to have remained several hours, and evi- dently crossed the Chippewa River before daylight. Sher- iff Peterson immediately headed a party of men and crossed the river in pursuit. A detachment of the Ludington Guards went from Menominee on Monday, and was en- gaged in the search about a week. Fresh bodies of men constantly arrived, and it was estimated that at one time fully four hundred persons were engaged in the search, which was kept up for about a month. The Williams broth- ers were seen a number of times on the west side of the river in the Eau Galle woods, which are so thickly studded with timber, and the underbrush so thick and heavy that they escaped capture. Up to the present writing their ar- rest has not been effected.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

CHARLES N. AVERILL, farmer, Durand, Sec. 31, 280 acres. Came with his family into Pepin County, in the Spring of IS55, the first that came through in a wagon from Osseo. There was no road, no track, no bridges, these he had to make as he went along. One McGuinn had entered an So in the Fall of IS54, but had not yet settled on it, and Mr. A. was the second to enter land, and the first to settle upon it, in the whole Bear Creek Valley. He was born in Bethany, Genesee Co., N. Y., Nov. 1, 1825. His father moved to Indiana in IS37, where his father and mother have since died. In the Spring of 1852 he moved to Oregon, Dane Co., Wis., and remained there nearly three years, then moved to Lima, Pepin Co., as before slated, He has been County Clerk, County Treasurer and County Commissioner three terms, and Chair- man of County Board many years. He was married in Dane County, Nov. 1, IS4S, to Miss Fanny Keenan. They have four children living- Kattie, Mrs. Black, of Fairfield, Iowa; Caroline, Fanny and Charles.

WILLIAM L. BACHELDER, photograph artist. Durand. Was born in Darien, Genesee Co., N. Y., Jan. 30, IS50; remained at home until sixteen years of age, when he came to Crawford Co., Iowa, learned photographing with his brother there, and in IS71 came to Durand. He was married, Dec. 25, 1873, to Miss Martha Bowman, daughter of Nicholas and Olive Bowman, of " Round Hill." They have two chil- dren, Frank and Clair. Ilis father, Hilliard Bachelder, was a native of Vermont. His mother's maiden name was Sophia Mapes.

REV. JOSEPII M. BAUR, pastor of the Catholic Church, Durand. Was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 26, 1853. He was for four years a student of Calvary College, in Fond du Lac County, and for six years of St. Francis College, near Milwaukee. He was ordained October, 1877. Hle was at Sparta one year, thence lo Hammond, St. Croix Co., for Iwo years, thence to Arcadia. He assumed charge of the church at Durard in 1881.

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HISTORY OF PEPIN COUNTY.

CHRISTIAN BRUENN, carriage maker, Durand, son of Henry and Lisette Bruenn. Was born in Hirschburg, Germany, Oct, 8, 1836, he lived there until he was sixteen years of age, when he came to the United States and lived in Buffalo, N. Y., for two years; then came to Milwaukee, where he learned the trade of carriage maker. In 1857 he traveled through several of the Western States, then worked at his trade about two years in Jefferson City. Mo., after which he visited his home in Germany. Returning to Jefferson City, he worked there until he came to Durand in 1861, where his brother Henry had already settled and was engaged in the furniture and cabinet-making business. Here he con- cluded to settle and started a carriage and wagon shop which he still carries on. He was married in 1859 to Miss Henrietta Panzer, of Wunseidel, Bavaria. Mr. Bruenn has been Town Clerk of Durand since 1871.

HON. VIVUS W. DORWIN, miller and farmer. Was born in Champion, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Jan. 15, 1832. He came West in the Spring of 1854, and settled in Jackson, Adams Co., Wis. In the Spring of 1856 he came to Pepin County, and selected land for a farm, and set- tled on it, on Bear Creek, near Durand, where he hassince resided. In 1857 he built, on Sec. 23, the first grist-mill in all this section of country. It contained two run of stone, to which he has since added another run. In 1865 he built a carding-mill, and in 1872 a cheese factory, which uses the milk of over a hundred cows, about one-half supplied from his own farm. He enlisted September, 1862, as captain of Co. G, 25th Wis. Vol., and continued in active service until he was compelled to resign, on account of ill health, September, 1863. He is now Chairman of the Town Board of Durand, and has been for many years. Twice elected member of the Assembly, in 1877 and 1878. He was married, March 15, 1854, to Miss Helen Van Hoesen, of Jefferson Co., N. Y. They have had eleven children, all living, and none of them have ever been seriously sick. Their names in the order of their ages, are as follows: William V., Helen Inez, Hattie Marietta, Marcellus, John, Lillian, Edward S., Laura, Ella Cora, Mary, and Roscoe.

JOHN FRASER, attorney and counselor at law, Durand. Was born on one of the Orkney Islands, Scotland, May 18, 1826. His father, James Fraser, came to the United States in 1839, and settled in East Troy, Walworth Co., Wis., where he resided until his death in 1876. Mr. Fraser studied law with A. O. Babcock, of East Troy, and was admitted to the Bar in Walworth County, in 1855. Ile moved to Durand in 1862 and continued in the practice of law. He has been District Attorney for the county of Pepin several terms ; Village Supervisor, and member of the County Board. He was married, Nov. 3, 1844, to Miss Jessie Dravier, daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Dravier, of East Troy. They have five children living-Sarab, now Mrs. A. J. Wallace, of Durand; Frances, now Mrs. E. D. Page. of Honey Creek, Walworth Co .; Lila, now Mrs. E. D. Bon, of Blakeley, Neb .; Anna and Horace.

JACOB FRITZ, furniture dealer, Durand. Came to Durand in 1864, and has followed the business of making and selling furniture here ever since. He was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, July 23, 1823. He learned his trade in Bloes, France, commencing at the age of fourteen, and continuing through a six years' apprenticeship. Afterward worked at Stuttgart, Germany, and in 1855 came to the United States, and worked about two years in Philadelphia ; then came West, and worked at Plum City and Menomonee, and as ship carpenter on a steamer for a while; then came to Durand, and entered into his present business. He was married, May 9, 1865, to Miss Caroline Hernann, of Downs- ville, Dunn Co., formerly of Baltimore, Md. Her parents came from Wurtemburg, Germany. They have eleven children-Amelia and Louisa, twins ; Frank, Caroline, William, Louis, Albert, Rosetta, Jacob, Henry, and Martha.

RICIIARD B. GOSS, merchant, Durand. Son of Philip and Ilul- dah Goss; was born in Iluntington, Luzerne Co., Pa., Sept. 30, 1826. lIe was employed as cleik in a store at Tunkhannock, Pa., for a few years, and then came to Springfield, Ill., and engaged in railroad bridge building for about a year ; then returned to Wilkes Barre, Pa .; engaged for a while in a store ; then went to farming and hotel-keeping, until he came to Wisconsin, in 1864, and settled in Durand. Here he was em- ployed a short time as clerk, by George Tarrant, until he commenced in the mercantile business for himself. He was married, Aug. 11, 1861, to Miss Rosina Ilille, of Wilkes Barre, Pa., formerly from Wurtemburg, Ger- many. They have five children living, one deceased.

GRIFFIN & SINCERBEAUX, wagon manufacturers, Durand. This firm carry on wagon-making, blacksmithing, planing and sawing of both soft and hard wood ; also have commenced the manufacture of hubs and spokes. Francis V. Griffin was born in Whitingham, Wind- ham Co., Vt., June 17, 1834. At the age of nineteen went to New York. Was a machinist by trade. Also worked in Worcester and Ashburnham, Mass. Then engaged in the furniture business, at Clinton, Oneida Co., for seven years. Came West in 1869, and settled in Durand in 1871. Hle was married in 1860, in Keene, N. II., to Miss Sarah Win- ship. She died in 1868. In 1871 he married Miss Ilattie Gilbert, of East Troy, Wis. Ira Sincerbeaux was born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., July 19, 1847. His father moved to Auburn, N. Y., in 1848. Here he

lived until 1875, when he came to South Bend, Ind., and lived there three years. Then came to Durand. He learned the trade of wagon- making; then went into the army. He enlisted in the 9th Heavy Artillery, Co. F, Sept. 15, 1862. Was mustered out September, 1865, and returned to Auburn. He was married, Sept. 11, 1867, to Miss Hattie M. Post, of Auburn, N. Y.

JOHN HALVERSON, merchant, Durand, was born in Tins, near Christiana, Norway, Oct. 17, 1826. His father came to the United States and settled in La Salle Co., Ill., in 1837, and followed farming. In 1846, he commenced to learn the carpenter trade, at which trade he has since worked, until about a year ago. He came to Pepin County in 1855, and located at the mouth of Bear Creek, about a mile above the present village of Durand. In addition to working at his trade, he helped settlers to select lands, and followed surveying. Mr. H., in 1864, went overland to California, where he worked most of the time, at his trade, in the San Jose Valley. At the end of two years, he returned by the Nicaragua route and New York to his home in Durand. In 1873, he paid California a second visit, this time by railroad. He was mar- ried, Oct. 7, 1879, to Mrs. R. J. Haman, of Durand. Mr. Halverson has been Town Clerk eleven years; Chairman of Town Board, one year ; County Clerk, one term, and Deputy County Clerk, one term.

HORACE E. HOUGHTON, lawyer, Durand, was born at Alexan- der, Genesee Co., N. Y., April 6, 1835. He received an academic edu- cation at the Genesee, Wyoming Seminary ; came in 1857, to East Troy, Walworth Co., Wis., where he studied law with John Frasier. He moved to Durand in 1862, and was soon after elected County Clerk. He has been District Attorney of Pepin County for the past ten years ; was member of the Assembly in 1873, and of the State Senate for '79 and 'So, during which term he was chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate. He was also connected with the Sanitary Committee, in 1864, at Nashville and Chattanooga. Ile was married, Jan. 16, 1865, to Miss Alice Ide, daughter of F. J. Ide, of Naples, Buffalo Co., Wis. They have two children, Harry and Idell.

D. WINSLOW HUNT, physician and surgeon, Durand, was born in Mason, N. H., June 11, 1845. He is a son of Rev. N. A. Hunt, who moved to Marion, IJ1., and taught the academy there, and afterward, one at Cottonwood, Ill. After the war broke out, he and his father joined the State militia for self protection in that part of the State, and they were finally driven out of the State by the copperheads there, and went to Iowa. He received an academic education under his father ; then went to the University at Michigan, pursued a part classical and part scientific course, then entered the medical department, and was graduat- ed in the class of 1871. He practiced medicine in Fairmount, Minn., and in 1880 moved to Durand. He was married, August, 1871, to Miss Lucy A. Stanton, of Durand. She died in May, 1872. In February, 1875, he was married to Miss Alice E., daughter of Orlando Skinner, one of the oldest settlers of Durand. They have three children.

WILLIAM H. HUNTINGTON, Durand, born May 8, 1848, at Malone, Franklin Co., N. Y. In 1863, entered the Malone Palladium office, and served full three years' apprenticeship at the printer's trade. In '67, worked several months at Barton, Vt. Came to La Crosse in April, 1868, remained two years. Went back to Malone, and came to La Crosse again in December, 1870. In April, '71, secured position as clerk on the " Minuetta," one of Ileerman's Chippewa Kiver steamers, and kept same position through the season of '71 and '72. In June, 1872, married Miss Jennie Ecklor, youngest daughterof George Ecklor, of Frank- fort. August, '72, commenced work in Durand Times office for S. A. Fos- ter, remained until April, '73, when he purchased a half interest in the Wabasha (Minn.) Herald. In October, '73, he bought the Times office, sold interest in the Herald, and returned to Durand, where he has since resided. May, 1876, sold the Times to Matteson & Bon, and devoted his attention to the livery business, in which he had been engaged for a couple of years, in connection with his paper. In December, 1877, closed out the livery business, and established the Pepin County Counter, which he is still running. In August, 1881, purchased the Ecklor House of Durand, which he is now running. Has held several local offices. In 1880, after a warm canvass, was nominated by the Republican Con- vention for member of Assembly, but was defeated by the Independent candidate, who combined the dissatisfied Republicans and Democrats. They have three children-Amelia, Nellie, and Lucy.

GEORGE HUTCHINSON, physician and druggist, Durand, was born at Onondaga Hill, Onondaga Co., N. Y., April 1, 1823. He re- ceived a common school and academic education, and then attended the Medical College at Castleton, Vt., where he graduated in 1851. Alter graduation he practiced medicine in Pike, Wyoming Co., N. Y., until November, 1861, when he came to Manitowoc, Wis., and in September, 1862, went into the 27th Reg. Wis. V. as assistant surgeon, and m Jan- uary, 1864, in the General Hospital at Milwaukee, until the close of the war. He remained in Milwaukee, with the exception of about three months spent in the oil regions, until 1866, when he came to Durand. lle was married, March 30, 1852, to Miss Angeline A. Smith, of Pike, Wyoming Co., N. Y. They have two children living, George S. and Nellie P.

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Author: Western historical co., Chicago, pub Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company Number of Pages: 1052

Author: Western historical co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 1052