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 267

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

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CHARLES M. FENELON, Weyauwega ; born Aug. 4, 1830, in Montgomery Co., Md., is a son of W. W. and Eunice (Bostedo) Fenelon ; was reared in Central New York. In June, 1852, he left Cayuga Co., N. Y., for California via Nicaragua route ; was in the gold mines until February, 1855, when he re- turned, and, in August, 1855, came to Weyauwega ; settled here permanently in December of that year, clerking during the winter for Weed, Birdsell & Co .; afterward he engaged in farming and at sealing logs for the boom company. In 1858, he began mercan- tile business with David Robinson, continuing it until 1861. In the spring of 1862, he began elerking for Rueben Doud, at Gill's Landing. In the fall of 1862 was elected County Sheriff; admin- istered the duties of his office in Weyauwega during his first year in office, then appointed G. W. Taggert, Deputy, and returned to the office of Captain Doud at the Landing. In 1846, he was Chairman of the Weyauwega Board of Supervisors, and again in 1871; was in the employ of Capt. Doud four years, and engaged in lumbering for himself till 1872; was elected County Treasurer in the fall of 1871, and, at the expiration of his term, resumed bis lumbering operations, which he kept up until 1878. He then built a warehouse near the Weyauwega depot, and has since dealt in hay, grain, lime, salt, ete .; he buys, presses and ships about 600 tons of hay per annum. Mr. Fenelon owns one-quarter of an undivided 3,400 acres of pine land in Lincoln Co., Wis., and 160 aeres in Royalton, which was at one time a pseudo cranberry marsh. He married Janet Moodie, of St. Davids, Ont., Ang. 31, 1850. Their four children were born in Weyauwega.

WILLIAM G. GUMAER, manufacturer and banker, Weyauwega ; born July 26, 1818, in Maulius, Onondaga Co., N. Y. ; is a son of Elias Gumaer, who was a contractor on various Eastern railroads and canals. W. G. Gumaer spent twelve years in Washington, D. C., and came West from Maryland. In 1846, be settled on a farm in Vineland, Wis .; soon after entered the employ of Weed & Baldwin, Oshkosh ; while working for them in Poygan, Wis., in 1848, he sold goods to outfit the company of men who came to Weyauwega and claimed the water power ; while in Oshkosh about 1848, he formed a partnership with Ja- eob Weed (see sketch of Weyauwega Mills); the firm of Weed, Gumaer & Co. established the Bank of Weyauwega, in 1870, having previously done private banking in their mill. Mr. Gum- aer is an old-time Odd Fellow, having been a member of Wash- ington Lodge, No. 6, and a charter member of Weyauwega Lodge. He is also a Freemason, member of Weyauwega Lodge.

E. HENING, hardware merchant, Weyauwega; born Aug. 17, 1838, in Samoezin, Province Posen, Prussia ; worked seven years at blacksmithing in his native land; came to America in 1864, and to Weyauwega the same year; for sixteen years he worked at his trade in a shop next to the Tarbell House, when his shop burned ; Nov. 25, 1880, he went into trade, buying the stoek and renting the store of A. Gardner; began Jan. 1, 1881 ; carries a large and very complete line of hardware, stoves, etc. ; also sells the Oliver plow, the Champion reapers and mowers, with all kinds of farm machinery. Married Mary Schnetze ; they have seven children-Louis, Agnes, Hedwig, Martha, Louisa, Alma and Ernest. Mrs. Hening was born Aug. 29, 1848, in Prenzlow, Prussia. Mr. H. has been Supervisor and Trustee of Weyauwega.

J. C. KEENEY, editor and proprietor of the Weyauwega Chronicle ; is the veteran journalist now resident of Waupaca Co. ; his career as a printer began in the office of the Skaneateles, (N. Y.) Columbian in 1838 ; since 1844, he has been continu- ously in newspaper life; in 1847-48-49, he published the Skan- eateles Democrat ; came to Wisconsin in 1856, and began work in

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the office of the Wisconsin Chief at Fort Atkinson ; in August, 1860 he began publishing the Fort Atkinson Standard; three years later he sold out, and for several years worked as a journey- man in Milwaukee and other points in the Northwest; in 1871, he purchased the Fort Atkinson Herald, and edited it two years ; he then published the Sharon ( Wis. ) Inquirer until he came to Weyauwega in 1877 : the Chronicle was founded March 17, 1877. Mr. Keeney was born in 1822, in Truxton, Cortland Co., N. Y. He married in Skaneateles, N. Y., Miss Caroline N. Pea- cock ; they have two children-Herbert S., born in Skaneateles, and Ida M. in Fort Atkinson, Wis. Mr. Keeney was made an Odd Fellow in Skaneateles. and is now a member of the Weyau- wega Lodge.

ANDREW MACK, farmer, See. 21; P. O. Evanswood ; was born about eight miles from Ithaca, N. Y., in 1804; he remained there till he was seventeen years old ; he then learned the tanner's trade, and worked at it for four years in Ithaca ; from there he went to Orange Co. In 1825, he was married at Ithaca ; his wife was born in 1803 in New York ; he then went to farming, and, in 1850, came to Waupaca Co .; he was here before the town was surveyed; he soon secured 160 acres, his present home ; in 1861, he built the present saw-mill at Elm- wood and run it for several years, and finally turned it over to his sons, who disposed of it a short time ago; have had twelve chil- dren, six of whom are living ; had two sons in the 14th W. V. I., who served nearly four years in the last war; in 1875, Mr. and Mrs. Maek celebrated their golden wedding; they are now hale and hearty, and it is hoped they may live to celebrate their dia- mond wedding also; his present farm contains 221 aeres, of which 100 acres are under cultivation.

HON. L. L. POST, druggist, Weyauwega ; born Jan. 3, 1821, in Thetford, Orange Co., Vt .; leaving his native State in 1835, with his father, Seth Post, and his brother Joseph, he spent two years in Allegany Co., N. Y .; they then proceeded to Illinois, passing through Chicago when it was no larger than the Weyauwega of to-day ; journeying on to the present site of Free- port, Ill., a elaim was made for L. L. Post, which he abandoned, and which 160 acres is now covered with the substantial business blocks of that thriving city ; locating on Apple River (Jo Daviess Co., Ill.), the elder Post, who was a practical millwright, built several mills; returning for the rest of his family, he brought them in safety as far west as Cincinnati, Ohio; here they took passage on the Moselle, and were blown to eternity in a second by the explosion of the boilers of the ill-fated steamer ; thus the brothers were left alone to face their grief, loneliness and future hardships ; they remained in Jo Daviess Co., Ill., until 1849, then opened a store in Shullsburg, Wis .; two years later they loaded their goods upon three wagons and left for Northern Wisconsin ; arrived at Berlin, two of the teams were left ; L. L. Post and family reached Weyauwega in time to make the first wagon track on what is now Main street ; not a building faced them, the new street having been just cut through the brush and timber ; all the buildings in the place were clustered around the mill ; the Post brothers began business in a shanty on the site of the present Tarbell House, and soon after built the Potter & Co. store opposite ; in 1857, L. L. Post began the drug business in the same store where he is to be found to-day ; he is the veteran business of Weyauwega ; the brother, Joseph Post, who was his partner until 1854 ; enlisted in the 14th W. V. I., and was killed at Pittsburg Landing. L. L. Post has served as Justice of the Peace and Chairman of his town, and was a member of the Assembly of Wisconsin in 1878 and 1879 ; he is a prominent Freemason. and served eight years as Master of Weyauwega Lodge, No. 82, A., F. & A. M. ; is a member of the Baptist Church. Ile married, in 1846, in Lena, Jo Daviess Co., Ill., Elizabeth Simmans, of Cato, N. Y. ; they have two children -- Lorenzo D., now a druggist who is with his father, and a daugh- ter, Ella, now the wife of the Rev. A. C. Watts, of Sun Prairie, Wis. ; a son, Albert Post, died in Chicago only four days prior to

his graduation from Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College Mr. and Mrs Post have lost in all four children.

WILLIAM H. REAS, liveryman, Weyauwega, was born in Cortland Co., N. Y., April 12, 1841, and is the son of Frede- rick and Eliza (Dockstader) Reas, who came to Southport (Keno- sha), Wis., in 1851. In 1855 William H. came to Weyauwega and began the livery business, owning the first stable ever started here. In 1861 he began farming. In the spring 1864, he en- listed in the 44th W. V. I .; was Clerk in the Nashville, Tenn., Post Office about six months, serving until the war elosed, when he was discharged at Madison. In 1866 he resumed the livery business ; has the largest barn and best outfit in Waupaca Co .; is the owner of a dozen horses, among them some notably fine teams. Mr. Reas is an Odd Fellow and is now a Deputy Sheriff. He married Margaret M. Howe in Weyauwega. They have four children.

ARTHUR A. RICE, merchant, Weyauwega, is a native of Silver Creek, Chantauqua Co., N. Y., and came with his parents to Weyanwega in 1859. Mr. Rice is, like his father, an accomplished musician, being especially proficient on the violin. He is also a player of the piano and most other instruments. For many years he followed piano tuning most successfully. Mr. Rice is now the leader of the brass and string bands, both organized here in 1881. He began business as a clothing merchant in April, 1877; was married in Waupaca, to Miss Alice Sherman, a native of Royal- ton, Wis.

CHARLES A. RICE, gunsmith and cabinet-maker, was born in Claremont, N. H., April 6, 1822; settled in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., in 1830. At eighteen years of age his musical at- tainments were such as to enable him to earn a livelihood through them. He formed and instructed numerous bands in Western New York. Mr. Rice is a skillful performer on most stringed, wind or bowed instruments. He has resided in Weyauwega since September. 1859. By his first wife, nee Helen Tew, he has a son, Arthur A .. The present Mrs. Rice was Clarissa Lillie. They have a son, Orrin, and a daughter, Mundie.

O. A. RICH, farmer, Sec. 10, P. O. Weyauwega, was born in Washington Co., Vt., March 4, 1828, and remained there till he was seventeen. He received his education at the People's Academy, Marrionville, Vt .; worked in a weaving factory one year ; then taught school in one of the largest schools near Mont- pelier, Vt., having over seventy scholars. On March 4, 1851, he married Miss Martha Colburn at Nashua. She was born June 27, 1827. In October, 1851, he came to Wanpaca Co., but re- turned to Vermont. On July 4, 1852, he made his first clip on his new place on Sec. 8, town of Royalton, Waupaca Co., having pre-empted 160 acres. He remained upon it till 1875, when he sold it. With his family he went to Minnesota with the intention of making it his home, but not being suited there, returned and bought his present place of 100 acres. In September, 1864, he enlisted and was assigned to the gallant 8th W. V. I., " the Eagle Regiment," and shared in all its glories, having been in the bat- tle of Nashville, then went to New Orleans, thence to Mobile, and on March 24, 1865, while in action at Spanish Fort, he was wounded in the head, losing his right eye. He has held nearly every office in his town and filled them creditably. He has three children-Albert (in Minnesota), Nellie (now Mrs. Colborn, in Iowa) and Anna Dasie May, at home. Mr. Rich's father was born in Montpelier, Vt., in 1801, and is still living with his son.

ALBERT SMITH, farmer, Sec. 8, P. O. Weyauwega, was born in Pennsylvania, March 28, 1838, of the old Pennsylvania Dutch stock. In 1858 he married Miss Betsy Morris, a native of New York. She was born in 1838. In 1856 he came to Wanpaca Co., and settled in Weyanwega. In 1861 he enlisted in the 14th W. V. I., and was engaged in the battles of Shiloh, Inka, Corinth, Holly Springs, and through the Vicksburg campaigns and shared all the hardships of that gallant regiment. Ile re- ceived a gun-shot wound in the left hand while on picket, which renders bim a pensioner for life. After the war he settled on his

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present farm of 80 acres, and has made for himself and family a comfortable home, having a large comfortable frame house and a large barn. He has seven children, all at home, except the oldest son, who is working at Green Bay.

GEORGE W. TAGGART, Weyauwega, is one of the veteran settlers of Wisconsin. He was born Feb. 22, 1813, and is yet sturdy and vigorous, talking over old times with the zest of boy- hood. He left his native county (Cortland ) and went to Genesee Co., N. Y., when eighteen years old. In August, 1836, he took passage on the Julia Palmer at Buffalo, and eighteen days later landed at the then village of Chicago. Soon after he visited Racine, Wis., his destination. On the site of the second city of Wisconsin then stood only three frame buildings. Mr. Taggart worked as a carpenter in Racine and Chicago till the fall of 1837, spent the winter East and came again to Wisconsin in the spring of 1838. Settling on a farm at Rochester, Racine Co., Wis., he became the second Postmaster at that point. He also taught the first school in western Racine Co. In 1849 he was one of the six of first visited and made claims in what is now Lind, Waupaca Co., Wis. In the spring of 1850 he settled on Walla Walla Creek in that town with his family ; was the first Postmas- ter at Lind, 1850. He gave the town its name, in 1852, in honor of Jenny Lind, and named Dayton in deference to Lyman Dayton in 1833. Mr. Taggart was the first County Surveyor of Waupaca Co., elected in 1851. In 1852-53, he surveyed the school lands of the county. In 1857 he came to Weyauwega. C. M. Fenelon appointed him Under Sheriff in 1864, and he was re-appointed ; was elected County Sheriff in 1866. Again appointed Under Sheriff in 1868, and has held the office of Special Deputy Sheriff several years since. The substantial brick jail and Sheriff's resi- dence were erected during his incumbency, or in 1867. Mr. Tag- gart has held the office of Justice of the Peace since 1871. He was a charter member of the New London and Waupaca Lodges, I. O. O. F., and is now a member of the Weyauwega Lodge. He was a representative to the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin, in 1849, from Rochester, Wis. During the past five years this hardy old frontiersman has been United States Mail carrier from Weyauwega to Orihula. He was married at Ypsilanti, Mich., Oct. 16, 1837, to Miss Eunice L. Fulton. She was born in Parma, N. Y., and is a distant relative of Capt. Robert Fulton of steamboat fame. Of their four living children-Hannah is now Mrs. Hon. M. B. Patchin, Ida J. is the wife of the Hon. C. Caldwell and Robert F. is a lawyer in Kaukauna, Wis. George W. Taggart, Jr., served during the war in the 1st W. V. C., and is now a resident of Weyauwega.

J. S. WALBRIDGE, M. D., Weyanwega ; is a son of Solon R. and Harriet (Gaige) Walbridge, and was born Nov. 21, 1849, in Avoca, Iowa Co., Wis .; was educated in Avoca, and was for two years a student in Berlin, Wis. ; began the study of medicine in Berlin with Dr. N. M. Dodson; entered the university of Michigan in 1869, and received his diploma in March, 1874. During these five years, he was his own supporter, and worked his way through by teaching, etc .; came to Weyauwega April 19, 1874, and has since resided and practiced here. Dr. Walbridge spent seven months of 1880-81 in the Medical Department of the University of New York at New York City. While there, he attended select lectures in four different colleges. Dr. Walbridge was made a Freemason in Weyanwega in 1875, and has been for four years Worthy Master of Weyauwega Lodge, No. 82, A., F & A. M. He married Miss Addic W. Cone, of Waupaca.

F. E. WALBRIDGE, M. D., Weyauwega; born Sept. 23, 1851, in Avoca, Iowa Co., Wis. ; is a son of S. R. and Harriet (Gaige) Walbridge. At eighteen, he left the paternal farm ; attended and taught school until 1874, then began his medical studies with his brother in Wcyauwega ; entered the University of Michigan in 1875; graduated March 28, 1877, as physician and surgeon. During his last term, he was Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy, and President of the Senior Lyceum ; was also elected historian of his class. He began practice in Fremont ; went from

there to Arena, Wis., and from there came to Weyauwega and entered into partnership with his brother, Dr. J. S. Walbridge, in 1880 ; has since graduated from the Chicago Medical College ( practitioner's course) ; is a member of the Dane County Medical Society, and is now Chairman of the Committee on New Medical Literature and Northwestern Wisconsin Medical Society. Dr. Walbridge married Miss Mary E. Dziewanowski, of Avoca, Wis.

ADOLPHUS WALRETH, retired farmer ; P. O. Evans- wood; was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., Dec. 28, 1811. His early life was on a farm, and shared all the hard fare of a hired laborer in the rugged section of his nativity, Dec. 5, 1833. His wife was born July 9, 1814. The young couple commenced empty handed. As an illustration of their hardship, Mr. Walreth started one morning before breakfast to go seven miles for a grist, getting one bushel of grain, and carrying it home on his shoulder, returning before breakfast; then carrying it two miles and a half to mill, then home. In October, 1855, Mr. Walreth came to Neenah, and stopped till January, when he came to Bloomfield, Waushara Co., where he secured from Government 160 acres of land, which he improved, and remained upon till he came to Elmwood in 1874, leaving one of his sons upon it. They have had ten children, five boys and five girls, two of whom were in the army; William was a Lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment, and was killed at the battle of the Wilderness ; John was a member of the First Wisconsin Cavalry, and died in Andersonville Prison.

W. F. WATERHOUSE, attorney at law, Weyauwega ; born Oct. 24, 1820, in Volney, Oswego Co., N. Y. In 1836, he removed to Branch Co., Mich. Here he married, in 1843, Nancy Hewings, a native of Ashtabula Co., Ohio. In 1852, Judge Enos Beal and himself came to Weyauwega, and opened a stock of merchandise in a log store on Main street. In 1856, Mr. Waterhouse removed to Gill's Landing. Here he was associated with H. C. and William Mumbrue in the warchouse and hotel business, Mr. W. having charge of the latter enterprise. Selling out here in 1861 to Reuben Doud, Mr. W. bought an interest in the Waupaca Barrel and Stave Factory; was here two years ; then returned to Weyauwega. Mr. Waterhouse had read law in Michigan, and made a study of it while serving as Justice of the Peace and as Court Commissioner. He has held the former office since 1853, and the latter since 1867. He was admitted to the bar in 1871, in the court of Judge Cate. Mr. Waterhouse has served five terms as Chairman of Weyauwega Town and Village, and was Chairman of the County Board one term. During the county seat war of 1855, Esquire Waterhouse was a county can- vasser for Mukwa. He also indulges his taste for writing as well as legal practice, acting as correspondent for local papers. His work on the early history of Waupaca Co. has proved of inestima- ble value to the compilers of this work. Mr. and Mrs. Water- house have an only son, Will W., now student in the law office of Finch & Barber, Oshkosh, Wis.

W. A. WEISBROD, merchant, Weyauwega ; born June 16, 1831, in Rhine Province, Prussia; eame to America in 1851, and spent several years looking over the West, spending some time in Milwaukee, Chicago and St. Louis; came to Weyauwega in September, 1855; and, in March, 1856, began business for him- self in a store on Main street. This store burned in 1869. Dur- ing 1870, he built his present store, it being 20x60, and part of the block built by A. Gardner, and Weed, Gumaer & Co. Mr. Weisbrod was married June 15, 1856, in Weyauwega, to Miss Augusta Schoeneck, a native of the province of Posen, Prussia. They have six children, all born in Weyauwega. Mr. Weisbrod is a Freemason, and has held local offices.

WILLIAM WOODS, merchant, Weyauwega ; born April 19, 1845, in Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England ; is a son of William and Sarah ( Nobles) Wood. The family came to the United States in 1849, and resided near Rochester, N. Y. The father died in Monroe Co., N. Y .; and, in 1855, the mother and young Woods came to Weyauwega. Here he attended school until he was fourteen ; then hired as chore boy for Bates & Puffer. He

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afterward worked in the store of L. L. Post at 81 per week, board- ing himself. From 1864 until 1867, he was elerk for H. C. Mumbrue. Ile then formed a partnership with Mumbrue & Hunt. Mr. Mumbrue sold out in 1872, and the firm of Ilunt & Woods was dissolved in 1876, Mr. Woods continuing the business. Ile is a Freemason and a Democrat. Married, in Weyanwega, Miss Emma D. Wood, a native of Candor, Tioga Co., N. Y. Mr. Wood served four years as Town Clerk ; has been Village Clerk and Trustee, and is now serving his second term as President of the village ; is also Secretary of the County Agricultural Society. In 1879, he was candidate for the Assembly, and was defeated by a elose vote by S. Phillips, Republican.

LITTLE WOLF.

The first settlement in town-the town of Little Wolf- was made by William Goldsburg, in 1848. George and J. P. More moved in during 1849. The first schoolhouse was built in 1857, the pioneer school teacher being Miss Fortner, who taught in 1853 at the house of P. Meiklejolin. Although the first sermon was preached by Mr. Baxter in the same house three years before (1850), the first church was not built by the Catholics until 1877, at Manawa. The town was organized in 1851, being one of the three first set off from the original county and town of Waupaca. It was first known as Centerville. The village of Manawa is in nearly the center of she town. being a promising vil- lage of 364 people. It has two hotels, one saw-mill and one stave factory, three general stores, wagon and blacksmith shop, etc. P. Meiklejohn was the first town officer (chair- man), he and a Mr. Beal keeping the first store in 1854. George and J. P. More and Goldsburg & Co. erected the first saw-mill. A. P. Jones received the first commission as Postmaster, in 1852. The present standing of the town as regards population, value of property and farming matters can be at once ascertained by a glance at the general history preceding this sketch of the towns, villages and cities. This statement applies generally.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

GEORGE DIRIMPLE, merchant, Manawa, was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, Jan. 12, 1850. He learned the cooper's trade when a boy, and followed it for a number of years in Michi- gan ; in 1873, he came to Wisconsin, and settled in Manawa; he ran a barrel-head turning machine, and worked in the lumbering business for J. M. Rounds & Co. several years. He aspired to be his own master, and accordingly moved a building from the upper part of town to the business part, and stocked it with general merchandise. Finally he removed his stock to the store formerly occupied by Rounds & Co., and later by Moses. Ile now has a large store. well stocked with general merchandise. He is the oldest merchant in Manawa. He commenced at the first round in the ladder of success, and is rapidly climbing. In 1879, he built for himself and family the finest residence in the village. He was married, in 1872, to Miss R. Ensign. of Michigan. He has one boy.

A. P. JONES, farmer, Sec. 35 : P. O. Royalton; was born in Maine, in 1828. He received a common school education ; his father owned a saw-mill and a farm, and our subject's early life was spent in the mill and on the farm. In 1848, he went to Ilinois, and remained abont a year ; in 1849, came to south part of the State, and in 1850 came to Waupaca County, and settled at Little Wolf, and worked in a saw mill for the Moore Brothers, and then for Mecklejohn for about three years. During this time the land in that section eame into market, and he pre-empted 160 acres, a part of which he has improved. After leaving the mill, he started in the mercantile business, and continued in that

business till a short time ago. He is now engaged in farming ; he now owns 480 aeres of land. Mr. Jones has been Chairman of his town several terms, and is now holding that offiee ; has been Town Clerk a good share of the time sinee coming to Little Wolf. In 1865 he married Anna Vinton; they have no children.

MARQUIS WOOD, retired physician, Sec. 32; P. O. Manawa ; was born Dee. 5, 1810, at Slippery Rock, Penn. He is a son of Rev. William Wood, of Pennsylvania, a descendant of the illustrious Wood family, of Wood's Row, London, England. His father's family was somewhat numerous, consisting of eight boys and four girls. The boys were all college educated, exeept a pair of twins, who were mechanics, and died in their twenty-third year. Our subject studied medicine with Dr. Manning; he and his oldest brother, William, studied together, and practiced as a firm two years. M. W. praetieed in Urbana, Ohio, from 1838 to 1852; at this time his practice had become so extensive, and his labor so hard, that he was forced to leave it, owing to ill health. Ilis brother David, afterward Judge of the Fond du Lac Cirenit Court, and Colonel of the 14th W. V. I., was then practicing law at Fond du Lae, and thither he started, being accompanied by some prominent eitizen, who went as far as Chicago to assist and take care of him, as he was not expected to last long. He reached his brother, and remained in Fond dn Lae seven months, at the end of which time he was better. He returned to Ohio, and re- sumed his practice, but failing health compelled him to quit it, and his family persnaded him to move to Wisconsin. He settled on his present place in 1853; he bought land warrants, and se- cured 28 forties of land, and eommeneed to clear it. He was soon called upon to practice his profession, and there being no doctor within ten miles of him, and but three in the county, he soon had an extensive ride. He practically gave it up about five years ago. He has been married twice; the first time, in 1841, to Miss Mary A. Craighead, and who died in 1856; his second marriage was with Jennie Whitman, Sept. 4, 1860. The Doctor had five children by his first wife-four boys and one girl; three of the boys were in the army, one of whom died. He has three children by his second wife ; they are all at home.

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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