USA > Wisconsin > 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 218
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137 | Part 138 | Part 139 | Part 140 | Part 141 | Part 142 | Part 143 | Part 144 | Part 145 | Part 146 | Part 147 | Part 148 | Part 149 | Part 150 | Part 151 | Part 152 | Part 153 | Part 154 | Part 155 | Part 156 | Part 157 | Part 158 | Part 159 | Part 160 | Part 161 | Part 162 | Part 163 | Part 164 | Part 165 | Part 166 | Part 167 | Part 168 | Part 169 | Part 170 | Part 171 | Part 172 | Part 173 | Part 174 | Part 175 | Part 176 | Part 177 | Part 178 | Part 179 | Part 180 | Part 181 | Part 182 | Part 183 | Part 184 | Part 185 | Part 186 | Part 187 | Part 188 | Part 189 | Part 190 | Part 191 | Part 192 | Part 193 | Part 194 | Part 195 | Part 196 | Part 197 | Part 198 | Part 199 | Part 200 | Part 201 | Part 202 | Part 203 | Part 204 | Part 205 | Part 206 | Part 207 | Part 208 | Part 209 | Part 210 | Part 211 | Part 212 | Part 213 | Part 214 | Part 215 | Part 216 | Part 217 | Part 218 | Part 219 | Part 220 | Part 221 | Part 222 | Part 223 | Part 224 | Part 225 | Part 226 | Part 227 | Part 228 | Part 229 | Part 230 | Part 231 | Part 232 | Part 233 | Part 234 | Part 235 | Part 236 | Part 237 | Part 238 | Part 239 | Part 240 | Part 241 | Part 242 | Part 243 | Part 244 | Part 245 | Part 246 | Part 247 | Part 248 | Part 249 | Part 250 | Part 251 | Part 252 | Part 253 | Part 254 | Part 255 | Part 256 | Part 257 | Part 258 | Part 259 | Part 260 | Part 261 | Part 262 | Part 263 | Part 264 | Part 265 | Part 266 | Part 267 | Part 268 | Part 269 | Part 270 | Part 271 | Part 272 | Part 273 | Part 274 | Part 275 | Part 276 | Part 277 | Part 278 | Part 279 | Part 280 | Part 281 | Part 282 | Part 283 | Part 284 | Part 285 | Part 286 | Part 287 | Part 288 | Part 289 | Part 290 | Part 291 | Part 292 | Part 293 | Part 294 | Part 295 | Part 296 | Part 297 | Part 298 | Part 299 | Part 300 | Part 301 | Part 302
for some time, and in the Spring of 1881, was elected City Attorney. He was married in the town of Douglas, Marquette Co., in June, 1857, to Lydia A. McMillan, who was born in Crawford Co., Pa. They have seven children-Eliza A., Ada, Fred T., Clara L., Grant R., Anna L. and Harry H.
CHRISTIAN OLESON LOBERG, proprietor saloon and board- ing-house, Stevens Point. Mr. L. first settled at Stevens Point with his family in 1870. He began keeping a boarding-house on Brown street, and a saloon on Main street, which he continues at present writing. He was born in Norway, June 7, 1842. He was married Feb. 13, 1871. His wife's maiden name was Johanna Johnson, she was born in Nor- way, Ang. 2, 1854. They have four children, named Oscar G., Anna G., Carl J., and Martin J. Loberg.
ANDREW LUTZ, brewer, Stevens Point, came to Wisconsin in 1851. He was in Racine County one Summer, and then in Almond, Portage Co. Engaged in farming until about fifteen years ago, when he came to Stevens Point (?), purchasing a one-half interest in a brewery with his brother ; continuing with him until 1880, when he purchased his brother's interest ; since then, managing the business himself, with the assistance of his sons. He manufactures the beer and his son George manufactures soda water. Mr. Lutz was born in Baden, Ger- many, Nov. I. 1822, and was in New York City one Summer before coming to Racine County. He was married in Baden, Dec. 25, 1844, to Elizabeth Gepper, who is also a native of Baden. They have seven children-Andrew, John, August, George, Jack, Elizabeth and Mary.
JOHN LUTZ, Stevens Point, was born in Baden, Germany, Sept. 8, 1833, and came to America in 1849. He was at Williamsburg, L. I., for a year and a half; then in Almond, Wis., in Grand Rapids, in Ber- lin, in Ripon, then back to Berlin, and from there to Stevens Point, about fifteen years ago. Remaining here about six months, he went to Missouri and lived for eight years. Then, returning to Stevens Point, he engaged in saloon business. For the last three and one-half years he has kept hotel, the Lutz House. Mr. Lutz was married at Williamsburg, L. I., in April, 1860, to Elizabeth Baas, who is a native of Baden, Germany. Their children are Charles, Elizabeth, Ida, Lena, Albert and Robert. Mr. Lutz is a member of the I. O. O. F.
H. D. McCULLOCH, banker, Stevens Point, was born in Brock- port, N. Y., in 1830. Resided in New York State until he came to Por- tage, Wis., in 1854. Lived there until 1857, when he came to Stevens Point. Engaged in drug, book and grocery business when he first came to this point, and still continues the same business. In the Summer of 1866, he established his present banking house. He had previously been doing considerable exchange business. During the year 1880, dis- bursements made by his bank amounted to $750,000.
JOHN R. McDONALD, County Clerk, Stevens Point, was born in the Island of St. Helena, July 16, 1838. Came to Canada in 1856. He was married in Stratford, Ontario, Dec. 25, 1868, to Ann Kay, a native of that place. They have three children-Barbara I., Ann E. and George K. In 1874, Mr. McDonald first came to Wisconsin. In the Spring of the following year, he came to Portage County to become a resident. Was Town Clerk of Auburndale prior to coming to Stevens Point to reside, in 1876. Was for some time engaged in compiling ab- stracts, prior to his appointment to the position of County Clerk, in November, 1879. In 1880, he was elected to the office which he now holds. While living in Canada, he was employed in the Register's office, and became very familiar with his work. He is now proprietor of a complete "Abstraet Index " to property in Portage County.
WILLIAM W. MITCHELL, druggist, grocer, and dealer in boots and shoes, was born at Woodside, Aberdeen, Scotland, Jan. 31, 1845. Came to Waupaca, Wis., with his parents in 1848, resided there until 1859, then removed to Little Bull, where he remained for several years engaged in milling, lumbering and mercantile business. In the Spring of 1870, he came to Stevens Point; since coming here, he has given his attention al- most entirely to mercantile business and produce trade, lumbering some for a few years. In August, 1861, he entered the army, in Co. I, 7th Wis. V. I. At the second battle of Bull Run, he was wounded, and was mustered out of the service, in December, 1862, in consequence of disa- bility, caused by his wounds. September, 1865, he was married at Mosi- nee, Wis., to Miss C. Z. Blake, a native of Vermont. Mr. Blake has been Treasurer of the City of Stevens Point.
GEORGE S. MITCHELL, Stevens Point, son of George W. and Lucy Pierson Mitchell, was born in the town of Plover, Wis., July 21, 1849. Ilis parents moved to Ripon when he was about five years old, living there nine years, then going to Dubuque and living there ten years, from Dubuque they went to Milwaukee, where his parents still reside. Mr. Mitchell lives at Stevens Point, and has been in the lumber business for fourteen years. He was married at Mishawaka, Ind., May 26, 1874, to Flora M. Smith. They have one son, Howard E., born Sept. 22, 1875, in Mishawaka, while his parents were there temporarily. Mr. Mitchell was engaged in the manufacture of carriages in Ripon for two years, and still owns shops and an elevator there,
LUDWIG P. MOEN, merchant, Stevens Point. Came to Stough- ton, Dane Co., Wis .. in the Spring of 1872, and remained there until
47
754
HISTORY OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN.
December of that year, when he came to Portage County, working on a farm, in the town of New Hope during the Winter, and in the Spring go- ing as cook on a lumber fleet. The following Fall, he began the clerking for Hoeffler & Andrae, and afterward with G. F. Andrae, continuing as clerk until Aug. 16, 1879, when he established himself in mercantile busi- ness, in partnership with Christian Haagensen. They deal in general merchandise, and sell passage tickets to and from Europe, via the " State Line" of European steamers. Mr. Moore was born in Konigsberg, Norway, Nov. 10, 1858, and came to Wisconsin, when he first came to America.
THOMAS H. McDILL, proprietor of saw mill at McDill, two and one-half miles south of Stevens Point. His saw mill was erected in 1852, but has since been rebuilt. The capacity is 30,000 in eleven hours, also 25,000 shingles and from 5,000 to 10,000 lath. Mr. McDill first settled at Mill Creek in the Fall of 1840. At that time there were about 300 inhabitants north of Portage City in Columbia County all told. There were no buildings in what is now Stevens Point, or any- where in that vicinity. He followed lumbering on Mill Creek until the Winter of 1842, at which time he went to the Eau Claire River in the vicinity of Wausau, and built a saw mill and operated the same until 1844. then sold out and went to Plover; bought a hotel and kept it in company with John R. Mitchell, and during the time Mr. McDill was appointed Sheriff of Portage County. IFe remained at Plover until 1870, but had been running his mill at McDill since 1864, and in IS70 he moved to McDill and has lived there since. He was elected County Judge in 1852, and resigned some time afterward. In 1854, he was elected County Treasurer, and re-elected in 1856. lle was a member of the Legislature in 1867, 1871, 1879 and 1880. He was born in Crawford Co., Pa., July, 1815 ; he was married in Plover, Wis., in 1849. His wife's maiden name was Mary IFarris. She was born in Richland Co., Ohio, February, 1826. They have four children - C. Helen McDill, married to Dr. D. J. Boughton, and living at Racine, Wis., George E. McDill, married and living in Madison, Wis., Kate A., living at home, and Charles W., also living at home.
ROBERT NESBITT, retired merchant, Stevens Point. Mr. N. first settled at Stevens Point in the Fall of 1855, and has lived there since. He first worked for Mr. H. Martin, remaining in his employ one
year, in the capacity of clerk in a drug store, from there he engaged with Mr. Masterson, as clerk in general grocery store, where he worked about two years. His last employer died and Mr. N. was employed by the ad- ministrator, Mr. Walton, to finish selling the goods. He went in part- nership with Mr. William Walton in 1862, and continued two years in general line dry goods and groceries, after dissolving business with Mr. Walton, he embarked on his own account and continued from 1864 until 1880, after which he sold out and quit the business. Mr. N. was born in County Down, Ireland, in IS22. He was married in New York City. August, 1858. His wife's maiden name was Deborah A. Brown; she was born in County Down, Ireland, in December, 1829.
MICHAEL O'KEEFE, of the firm of Brinker & O'Keefe, general blacksmiths, Stevens Point. He first settled in Plover, Wis., in the Spring of 1855, and lived there until the Fall of 1875, followed his trade of blacksmithing, after which he moved to Stevens Point, and began in the same business, which he has since continued. Mr. O'Keefe was born in Upper Canada, Dec. 25, 1831. He was married in Detroit, Mich., May 1855. His wife's maiden name was Catharine Monroe ; she was born in Goderich, Canada, March 30, 1839. They have six children, named Jane A., John, William W, Margaret E., David, and Francis O'Keefe.
ALLEN O. PACKARD, manufacturer wooden pumps and dealer in all kinds of suction, force, lift and iron pumps, Stevens Point. Mr. P. first settled in Waukau, Winnebago Co., Wis., in 1858, where he lived twenty- two years. He first followed farming and carpenter and joiner work. He enlisted, in 1862, in Co. B, 2Ist Reg. Wis. Vol. Inf., serving about eleven months, then he got a discharge ; went home, and remained until 1864, and re-enlisted in Co. K., 5th Reg. Wis. Vol. Inf., and served about same length of time, and was mustered out at Madison, Wis., June, 1865. He returned to Waukau and followed farming three years, then worked at carpenter trade a number of years, after which he went into the pump business, and has followed it since, moving to Stevens Point, Nov. 12, ISSo, and is engaged as above noted. He was born in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, Oct. 6, 1843. He was married in Waukau, Wis., November, 1866. Ilis wife's maiden name was Katie E. Wines ; she was born in Coneaut, Ohio, Aug. 20, 1849. They have six children, named Lora P., Lizzie H., Sarah E., Kate M., Caston J., Packard and an infant, not yet named.
GEORGE A. PACKARD, of the firm of R. A. Cook & Co., proprie- tors of foundry and machine shops, Stevens Point, was born in Stevens Point, Wis., March 8, 1854. He was engaged in insurance business for several years, prior to March 15, 1881, when he entered into partnership with Mr. Cook, in present business. He was married, in Stevens Point, April 4, 1875, to Addie J., daughter of David Fitch. She was born in Pennsylvania. Mr. Packard is now (ISSI) Alderman of Third Ward.
WILLIAM II. PACKARD, District Attorney, Stevens Point, was born in Springfield, Mass., Dec. 24, 1828. When he was seven years of age, his parents removed to York, Medina Co., Ohio, where he resided until May, 1850, when he came to Southern Wisconsin where he remained until he came to what was then Washara County, in December of the same year. In June, 1853, he came to Stevens Point, to reside. In the Fall of 1854, he went to Marathon County, and was engaged in building mills in that region until the Spring of 1856, when he returned to Stevens Point and continued to be engaged in the construction of mills, in this section, for some time. In the Spring of 1858, an accident befel him, while rafting lumber down the river, which resulted in the loss of a leg. In the Fall of 1858, he was elected Register of Deeds for Portage Coun- ty, and was re-elected several times, holding that office until Jan. 1, IS67. He was appointed Clerk of the Circuit Court, in January, 1867, and served in that position until 1872. In the Fall of IS70, he was again elected Register of Deeds, and held both offices until 1872. In that year he was re-elected Register. While serving first time as Register, he was also City Clerk and Under Sheriff, virtually performing all the duties of Sheriff, and in 1861 and 1862, he was also Deputy County Treasurer. During most of the time he was last Register and Clerk of the Court, he was Deputy Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. While he resided at Plover, before the removal of the county seat, he was Assessor and Chair- man of the Board of Supervisors of that town. He commenced the practice of law in June, 1872, and was in partnership with J. O. Ray- mond, four years. Was first elected District Attorney in 1874 ; again elected in 1878, and re-elected in ISSo. Mr. Packard was married in the town of Oasis, Wis., Feb. 28, 1853, to Elizabeth A. Beach, who was born near Burlington, Vt. They haue seven children - George A,, Charles H., James L., Hattie J., Addie E., Mary and William.
HON. GILBERT L. PARK, Circuit Judge, Stevens Point, was born in the town of Scipio, Cayuga Co .. N. Y., Aug. 31, 1824. He read law at Kalamazoo, Mich., and was admitted to the Bar there ; came to Grand Rapids, Wis., in November, IS51 ; after one year's residence there, he removed to Plover, where he resided three years ; then he came to Stevens Point. 1Ie was District Attorney of Portage County for three or four years, when it comprised its present territory, and what is now Wood County. In November, 1861, he entered the army, serving as adjutant of the 18th Wis. Vol. Inf. ; he was in all the engagements of his regiment, from the battle of Shiloh to the time he was mustered out,
785
HISTORY OF PORTAGE COUNTY.
in March, 1865 ; early in 1875, he was appointed Circuit Judge, and in April of the same year, was elected to the same position, and re-elected in 1879. Feb. 25, 1856, he was married to Mary B. Beach, a native of Climax, Kalamazoo Co., Mich. They have three children-Byron B., Gilbert L., Jr., and Anna.
OREN PARMETER, grocer, Stevens Point, came to Wisconsin and located in Plover, Portage Co., Wis., in the Spring of 1867 ; after re- maining there a few months, he came to Stevens Point, and two years later went to Wausau, residing there until September, 1876, when he re- turned to Stevens Point, and engaged in building business, until four years ago; since then he has been in mercantile business. Mr. Parmeter was born in the town of China, Kennebec Co., Maine, Sept. 22, 1847. He enlisted, Nov. 27, 1863, in Co. I, 29th Maine Vol. Inf., and served until March 20, 1865, when he was discharged on account of disability, caused by illness. He returned to Maine, after leaving the army, and was there and in Massachusetts until he came to Wisconsin. He was married, in Troy, Maine, April 6, 1865, to Elzura Stone, a native of Troy, Waldo Co., Maine. They have two children, Etta M., and An- nie F.
FAYETTE PATTERSON, dealer in general line groceries. provi- sions, flour, feed, and meat market, Stevens Point. He first settled in Grand Rapids, in the Spring of 1864, and worked at the lumber business about eleven years, or until 1875, at which time he went to Stevens Point, and engaged in the butcher business, and has followed it since, in connection with his other trade, as above noted. He also has been con- nected with the lumber business since 1878. He was born in Norwich Township, Mckean Co., Pa., Ang. 16, 1842. He was married, at Grand Rapids, in 1867. His wife's maiden name was Margaret O'Brien, she was born in Ireland, May 4, 1840. They have one daugh- ter, Ellen A. Patterson.
John Phillips Mich
JOJIN PHILLIPS, M. D., Stevens Point, was born in Richmond, Vt., Nov. 4, 1823 ; resided in Vermont until he came to Wisconsin in the Spring of 1846 ; spent two years teaching school and studying medicine at Wyota, Lafayete Co., Wis. Came to Stevens Point in the Fall of 1848, and has been engaged in the practice of his profession here ever since, also dealing considerably in land since he came to this point. He represent- ed his district for two years in the Wisconsin State Legislature. He has also been a member of the Board of Supervisors, Board of Educa-
tion, etc. For several years he has been one of the Regents of the State Normal School. The doctor was married at Brownington, Vt., Oct. 5, 1854, to Ellen E. Hall. She was born in Massachusetts, and died in the city of Stevens Point, Aug. 26, 1877. Mrs. Phillips was a lady of culture, and attained considerable literary distinction. The book of poems, issued under the title of " Under the Pines," being among hier productions, which was most favorably received by literary critics. The doctor has three children-Florence D., now Mrs. L. J. Rhoades, Carl F. and Hattie May.
JOHN S. PIPE, of the firm of Pipe & Cate, proprietors of livery stable at Stevens Point and Merrill, Wis., was born in England, March I, 1848 ; came to America in 1850. His mother resided with her fam- ily for a few years in Rochester, N. Y., and then came to Winnebago Co., Wis .; lived there until 1857, then moved on a farm near Waupaca. From June, 1871, to March, 1872, John S., was engaged in the livery business at Amherst, Portage Co., Wis. Nov. 26, 1873, he engaged in same business in Stevens Point, Frank Pipe, his brother, being associated with him until March, 1881. They had a partner, Geo. Ball, during one year of the time, and during that year ran the omnibus line.
FRANK PIPE, proprietor of restaurant and dealer in confectionery and fancy groceries, Stevens Point, was born in Greece, Monroe Co., N. Y., Feb. 25, 1852, and came to Wisconsin in 1853, living at first in Oshkosh and then in Waupaca County with his mother until the Fall of 1875, when he came to Stevens Point, where he has since resided. He . was in business with his brother, John S. Pipe, until April 17, 1881 Mr. Pipe was married at Stevens Point, Oct. 17, 1876, to Ida May Goff who was born in Bradford Co., Pa. They have one child, Mabel E- Mrs. Pipe is a daughter of Dr. W. W. Goff, the well known and popu lar homeopathic physician of Stevens Point.
JOSEPH F. POTTER, proprietor of a planing mill at McDill. Mr. P.'s mill was erected in April, 1879. The capacity is 40,000 in ten hours, and he employs eight men. Mr. Potter first settled at Appleton in 1868, and took charge of a sash and door factory three years. Then he went to Peshtigo and took charge of the Peshtigo Company's planing mill, sash and door factory, where he remained until the great fire of Oct. 8, 1871, when all was burned. Mr. Potter also met with the sad loss of his oldest child, Luella, perishing in the fire. He then returned to Appleton and took charge of the V. W. Spaulding & Co.'s flour bar- rel factory, where he remained four years, after which he went to Ste- vens Point and built what was called the Central Planing Mill, under the firm name of Wight & Potter. They also built the first and only Ex- celsior lumber dryer at that place. They were in company four years, and in the meantime Mr. P. built his present mill, which he ran about one year previous to his dissolving with Mr. Wight. He moved to his present mill in the Fall of 1880. He was born in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, May 23, 1841. He was married in January, 1865, in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. His wife's maiden name was Mary E. Allen ; she was born in Yarmonth, Nova Scotia, in 1849. They have four children named, Jennie E., Katie W., Nellie M. and Mary M. Potter. Mr. P. was also in company with his brother, Capt. James Potter, in the mercantile business from June, 1880, to May, 1881, when their store burned at Stevens Point.
J. L. PRENTICE, surveyor and farmer, Stevens Point. Was born in Aurora, Erie Co., N. Y., Oct. 17, 1827 ; removed from there to Fox Lake, Wis., in the Spring of 1845 ; after three years residence there lie went to Ft. Winnebago, now Portage, where he remained until he came to Stevens Point late in 1840. For ten years he was engaged in survey- ing most of the time, and for several years engaged in land operations. For ten years prior to 1875 he was in mercantile business. He is now City Surveyor, having held that position several years. He devotes much of his time to farming and the raising of cranberries, having a large cran- berry marsh. For many years he was County Surveyor. After the city organization here he served a long time as Alderman. In October, 1861, he enlisted in Co. A, 3d Wis. Cavalry, and served until he was mus- tered out Sept. 9 1865 ; was sergeant major of his regiment. For about two years he was in the Engineer Corps, and when he left the service he was lieutenant of his Co. Mr. Prentice married at Portage, Wis., July 4, 1850, to Sarah A. Van Dusen, a native of Byron Centre. Wyoming Co., N. Y. They have three children-Anna Kate, now Mrs. Chas. McMillar, Jennie, now Mrs. Charles Conlisk, and Eugene H.
JOIIN RENNIE, lumberman, Stevens Point. Was born three miles from Glasgow, Scotland, Dec. 20, 1820. When he was fourteen years of age he went to the city of Glasgow to reside and remained there until he came to America in 1843. After stopping a short time at Galena, Ill., he came to Elk Grove, Wis., spent the Winter at Mineral Point, and in 1844 he went to Dodgeville ; after spending a year there he located at Highland, where he remained ahout two years, then re- turned to Dodgeville, and was in that vicinity about fifteen months when he went back to Highland, and remained there until he came to Stevens Point, Jan. 10, 1849. While in the southern part of the State he was quite extensively engaged in lead mining. After coming to the pineries he was engaged in making shaved shingles and logging for four or five years ; since that time he has been continuously dealing in lumber, being a large and responsible dealer.
756
HISTORY OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN.
J. O. RAYMOND, lawyer and Postmaster, son of Edward and Ma- ria Osborne Raymond, came to Fond du Lac in the Spring of 1855, and from there to Plover, Portage Co., Wis., living there until July 4, 1873, when he came to Stevens Point, where he has since remained. Hle was admitted to the Bar in May, 1856, at Plover, where he engaged in practice. He entered the 52d Wis. V. I., in February, 1865, serving until September of the same year. He was elected District Attorney in 1856, for two years, re-elected in 1858 for two years, and elected again,
in 1866, for two years. In the Fall of 1865 he was elected to the As- sembly. He was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, while at Plo- ver, for several years ; was a member of Portage County Board, of Swamp Land Commissoners, and was appointed Postmaster March 22, 1881. Mr. Raymond was born in McDonough, Chenango Co., N. Y., May 30, 1831, living in New York State, until he came to Wisconsin. He studied law in Tioga Co., N. Y. having gone there when about thir- teen years of age. Ile was married in Plover, Wis., to Mary Eliza Har- ris, a native of Ohio. She died in 1864, One child of this marriage survives, Mitchell Harris. Mr. Raymond was married, April 15, 1867, to Lucinda Hanchett, his present wife, a native of Ohio, and daughter of James S. Albans, who came to Plover, Wis., about 1845, and was killed at the battle of Shiloh, being then colonel of the 18th Wis. V. I.
JOHN RICE, of the firm of John Rice & Bros., proprietors of foundry and machine shops, Stevens Point. Was born in Ireland, June 29, 1837. Came to America in 1847, lived one year in Geneva, N. Y., afterward for about one year in Milwaukee ; then resided until 1859 in Winnebago Co., Wis .; then he went to Colorado and remained until 1863 ; was in Montana until 1864 ; then returned to Wisconsin and pur- chased a saw-mill at Oconto, operated it for two years, he then organized the " Wolf River Transportation Co.," in which he is still interested. Came to Stevens Point in 1873. In July of that year he established foundry and machine shops here, prior to that time, for four years, he had been engaged in same business at Weyauwega, Wis. He has also been interested to some extent, at times, in lumbering. Mr. Rice was married in Weyauwega, Dec. 14, 1869, to Elvira Jones, she was born in Cleveland, O. They have two children, Ella Josephine May, and Ada Frances.
THOMAS C. RICE, dealer in agricultural implements, reapers and mowers and threshing machines, Stevens Point. He was born in Win- nebago Co., Wis., Aug. 20, 1855. His parents lived there five years, and moved to Fond du Lac County, and settled in township Eden, where they followed farming two years, and then moved to Oshkosh, where they lived until 1864. They then moved to Outagamie County, and Mr. T. C. Rice followed farming until 1879, after which he went to Stevens Point, February, 1879, and began his present business. He was married, in October, 1876, at Green Bay, Wis. His wife's maiden name was Viretta C. Fuller. She was born on Washington Island, near Washington Harbor, Sept. 6, 1857. They have three children, named Ethel L., Jessie F. and Roy J. Rice.
GALEN ROOD, M. D., Stevens Point, was born in Jericho, Chit- tenden Co., Vt., Jan. 14, 1831, and his parents moved to Chicago in 1838, living there, and in Joliet, Ill., until 1841 or 42, when they located in Madison, Wis., and were there until 1856. Dr. Rood was educated at the Ohio Medical College, in Cincinnati. He was there most of the time from 1849 to 1856, graduating in the latter year. He was married, at Stevens Point, Nov. 25, 1858, to Jane Sylvester, who was born at Green Bay. They have four children-Myron G., who is studying medicine, Katie A., Robert and Price W.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.