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 78

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

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WALTER CROCKER, M. D., born Sept. 5. 1808, at Augusta, Oneida Co., N. Y., moved to Ohio when young, locating in Amherst. Afterward in Madison, Lake Co., where he married May G. Curtis, in April, 1829, who lived with him one year after their golden wedding, when he died, in January, 1880. After his marriage, he lived in Jack- son, Miss., where he practiced dentistry. Afterwards he went to Mead- ville, Pa., and began the practice of medicine, having graduated in 1845. In 1854, he came west, and was two years in Illinois and lowa, and finally, in 1856, came to Dunnville, where he remained in business as a physician and surgeon until a few days before his death. He was a Mason of forty years standing, and his life was active and full of adven- tures. The rattle of his buggy could often be heard long distances from home on stormy nights, and he always brought comfort and con- solation to the afflicted. He was sadly missed when taken away.

WILLIAM McKAHN, with his interesting family of four daugh- ters and three sons, came from Washington, Pa., in 1857. IIe was em- ployed as lead clerk in the company's store. While still with the com- pany, he procured a tract of land six miles from the city, and improved, creating a home, where he lived a year. Finding farm life too arduous, he returned to the village, and for a time owned a livery stable, and for two years kept the Menomonie House. He died Oct. 10, 1872, having been confined to his room by paralysis for two years.

DR. DAVID HELLER was born in Northumberland Co., Pa., July 20, 1810. He was married to Sarah Wilson on the 5th of January, 1836, in Salina, Clinton Co., Pa. He early learned the saddlery trade, but subsequently studied dentistry. He came to Menomonie in 1858. Mrs. Heller having been here in 1856, on a visit to her brother, Capt. Wilson. He practiced dentistry until his death, Sept. 3, 1868. He was County Treasurer for two terms, one of his sons performing the duties the second term. Of their seven children, three sons are now living.

CAPT. J. M. MOTT, born in Oneida Co., N. Y., Feb. 15, 1818, came to Menomonie in 1860, and was in the employ of Knapp, Stout & Co. until the war of the Rebellion, when he raised a company and was commissioned captain, going to the front and gallantly leading his men up to the time and through the battle of Gettysburg. in July, 1863, when, completely exhausted, he had to relinquish his command, and soon after- ward died, in Frederick, Md., at the age of forty-five.

FRED. R. CHURCH was a prominent man, who came to Menom- onie in 1854. Ile was l'ostmaster at one time, and had hosts of friends, especially among the soldiers, for whom he did a large amount of work. Ile had a wife and one son. They came from Iowa. Ile died in 1865, on Nov. 22d, and was buried with Masonic honors.

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LEVI VANCE, an Indian trader, and one of the early settlers of the State. He was an upright, capable man, who secured the esteem of the whole community. He built the first hotel here. He was pro- prietor of the Vance House and Sheriff of Dunn County at the time of his death, which occurred Sept. 22, 1864.

HENRY GROB, an estimable and public-spirited citizen, was born in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1828. Came to America in 1858, and by energy and enterprise and economy, secured a fortune. He died 13th of February, 1872.

PETTIS TIFFANY died on the twenty-fifth day of January, 1873, aged eighty-nine years. He was an early settler, having come to the county in 1840. He conducted the first operations on Tiffany Creek. It is not known where he came from, or that he had any relatives.

FRITZ PAULE died April 20, 1874. He was born on the Rhine, at Strausburg, in 1809. Came to America in 1838, and was an inmate of Capt. William Wilson's family for twenty-three years. He was familiarly called " Little Fritz," on account of his diminutive stature.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

W. H. ALLEN, Menomonie. Born in the State of Maine. Re- moved with his parents, when nine years of age, to Lawrence, Mass., where he lived about three years, and thence to Saginaw, thence to Byron, where he enlisted August, 1861, in the 5th Regiment, Mich. V. I. He served till the close of the war, and was in active service during the whole time. He was in McClellen's Peninsula campaign, second Bull Run, battle of Gettysburg, and in Grant's final campaign of the war. After the close of the war he went to Detroit, where he remained till 1874, when he came to Menomonie and engaged with Knapp, Stout & Co. He now has charge of the land department of that firm. He was married to Helen Barber, a native of Michigan, January, 1865. They had one daughter, Grace, born Aug. 29, 1866, and died June, 1880.

E. O. Baker ".

EDWIN O. BAKER, M. D., Menomonie. Was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1831. He began the study of medicine at Lee Center, Oneida Co., in 1852, with Dr. Henry N. Porter, of that place. He graduated at Castleman Medical College, Vt . in 1856. He began the practice of his profession in the State of New York. Removed to Durand in the Summer of 1858. Was the first physician of Pepin County. In 1862. he joined the 30th Reg., Wis. V. I., as assistant sur- geon. During the last year of the war, he had charge of the hospital at Frankfort, Ky. He returned to Durand at the close of the war, and re- sumed practice, where he remained till 1875, when he located at Lake City, Minn. He came to Menomonie in 1878. He has been twice mar- ried. He has one son by first marriage-Edwin J., a practicing physician at Wilson, St. Croix Co. Has one son by second marriage, Norman H.

ROYAL C. BIERCE, attorney, Menomonie. Born in the town of Cornwall, Litchfield Co., Conn., Oct. 3, 1818. When he was seven years of age, he removed with his parents, to what was known as the Western Reserve, Portage Co., Ohio, where he lived till twenty-two years of age. He studied law in Portage County, and qualified himself for admission to

the Bar. He went to Iowa in 1844, and taught school one year near Burlington. In the Spring of 1845, he came to Grant County, and was admitted to the Bar at Lancaster in the same year. He lived in that county till 1853. Engaged in the practice of law, and in teaching. He then went to what is now Vernon County, and located at Viroqua, and engaged in the practice of his profession. He was elected District At- torney of Vernon County in the Fall of 1853. He came to Menomonie in 1871 ; was elected District Attorney in 1872, which position he held for six years. His wife was Emily A. Green, of Mt. Holyoke, Mass. She died in 1874. Had three children, only one of whom, Arthur, the youngest child, is living. He resides at Madison.

GEORGE R. BREWER, Menomonie. Is engaged with Knapp, Stout & Co. He has charge of the clothing and furnishing department, in the store of this company, at Menomonie. He was born in Canada, in 1852, and came to Menomonie in 1867, and has been constantly in the employment of the company since that time, connected with the mercan- tile branch of the business. His long continuance with one house is evidence of his faithfulness and ability as a business man. He has had charge of his present department for ten years. His wife was Miss Alice French, daughter of S. B. French, Esq., of Menomonie.

THOMAS J. BRYAN, harness maker, Menomonie. Born in Shelby Co., Ohio, in 1830. When six years of age, his parents removed to Indiana. He learned his trade at Niles, Mich., and came to Wisconsin as early as 1856; but first settled in the State at Durand, where he was engaged in business for ten years. He came to Menomonie in May, 1875. He married Vienna A. McCarty. They have three children- Julia A. Charles H. and Earnest B.

JUDGE E. B. BUNDY, attorney, Menomonie. Born in Windsor, Broome Co., N. Y., in 1833. He began the study of law in his native county, but removed when twenty-one years of age to Deposit, Delaware Co., where he continued his study. He was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court, at Courtlandville, Courtland Co., N. Y., in 1856. He came to Dunn County in 1857, and located at the then county seat, Dunn- ville. He was elected County Judge in the Spring of 1862, and filled that office until the Spring of 1866, when he resigned. He came to Menomonie on the removal of the county seat to this village. He was elected Circuit Judge, to fill a vacancy, in the Spring of 1877, and re- elected for a full term the following year. A brother of the Judge, C. S. Bundy, came to Menomonie in the Fall of 1856. He was editor for a time, of the Dunn County Lumberman, now the Dunn County News. He is now a resident of Washington. Judge Bundy is a Democrat in politics, but popular with all political parties. His wife was Reubena Macauley, a sister of Robert Macauley, Esq. They have eight children, six sons and two daughters.

NEWELL BURCH, of the firm of Burch & Clark, merchants, Menomonie. He was born in Westfield, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., in 1842. He enlisted in August, 1862, in the 154th Reg., N. Y. V. I. He was taken prisoner near Gettysburg, July 1, 1863. He was a prisoner for a greater length of time than any other Union soldier, whose time is recorded in the history of the rebellion. He was in the hands of the confederates, a period of 661 days. He was first imprisoned at Belle Isle, removed to Richmond, and thence to Andersonville. He was at the latter prison thirteen months, or during the whole existence of the stockade. That he survived the terrible sufferings and privations for that long period of time of prison life, is indeed marvelous. After the close of the war, he went to Pittsburgh, Pa., where he attended a commer- cial college for a time. He then went to Cincinnati and engaged in teaching. He came to Wisconsin in the Spring of 1868, and engaged in keeping hooks for H. T. Rumsy. Ile came to Menomonie and engaged in the dry goods department of Knapp, Stout & Co. He was employed there for twelve years. Engaged in present business with Mr. Clark, in May, 1878.

NEWTON F. CARPENTER, Justice of the Peace, Menomonie, was born in Rehobath, Bristol Co., Mass., 1831. His parents were born in Bristol County, and resided there till their death, which occurred in 1880. Ilis father died at the age of ninety-two and his mother at the age of ninety. Mr. Carpenter lived for several years with an uncle in the State of Rhode Island. He went to Chicago in the Spring of 1849 ; he lived about thirteen years in the counties of Bureau and Henry, Ill., although he was in Kansas in 1856 and 1857, during the border war in that State. Ile returned to Illinois and was elected Deputy Sheriff of Henry County. He removed to Vernon County, Wis., in 1860, and set- tled in the town of Wheatland. Ile was Treasurer of that town, and Deputy Sheriff of the county, and was elected to the Legislature in 1866. He went to Kansas again in 1863. Came to Menomonie in the Spring of 1875. 1Ie lost his first wife in Illinois. Ilis present wife was Esther Rowe, born in New York. Has one daughter by his first wife, Mrs. Mary Walker; resides at Holden. Jackson Co., Kansas. Ilas two boys by second wife, Fred and Charles. Mr. C. has been Justice of the Peace since 1877.

J. J. CARTER, firm of Carter & Jungck, general merchandise, Me- nomonie, was born in Cambridgeshire, Eng., in 1833. He came to the United States in 1851, and located at Rochester, N. \'., where he engaged

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at the business of milling, having learned the trade of a miller in En- gland. He lived in Rochester about ten years. Came to Menomonie in 1861, and took charge of flouring mill of Knapp, Stout & Co. He continued in charge of this mill till 1866, when he engaged in the mer- cantile business with his present partner, Mr. Jungck. Mr. Carter has been twice married. Ilis first wite was Mary Jane Langham. She died in 1866. His present wife was Jane Yoe. He has two children by his first wife, Frank and Benjamin, and two by his present wife, Jennie and John.

DANIEL P. CHAMBERLIN, Menomonie, has charge of the warehouse of Knapp, Stout & Co. He was born in the town of Briggs- ville, Marquette Co., in 1853. He removed with his parents to the town of Rock Creek, Dunn Co., in 1856. His parents are G. H. and A. Chamberlin. They still reside where they settled in 1856. Mr. Cham- berlin assumed his present duties in the Spring of 1881. He married Miss Belle l'arker. They have two children, Henry H. and Daniel W.

DAVID CHAPIN, Menomonie. Born at Crown Point, N. Y., in 1828, where he lived till twenty-five years of age, when he went to St. Lawrence County. In 1868, he came to Black River Falls, where he engaged in lumbering and milling. in fact, has been engaged in lumber in different capacities, since he was a boy. He came to Menomonie in 1870 and engaged as filer for Knapp, Stout & Co. He was engaged for this firm for several years as filer, during the sawing season, and as a scaler of logs in the woods, during the Winter. Is now employed by the lumber company of Cedar Falls. He lost his first wife in Menomonie. His present wife was Mrs. Elnora E. Morgan, whose husband, Evan M. Morgan, was killed in the army during the war.

WILLIAM J. COWAN, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Menomonie, was born in Princeton, Ill., in 1840. His father, William Cowan, was a native of Kentucky, but was brought up in Ohio. He was a pioneer in the fullest sense ot the term. During the exciting times of the Black Hawk War, he was located at Ft. Crawford, where, with Mr. Ephraim Tainter, the father of Mr. Andrew Tainter, he was engaged in furnishing supplies to the army. He settled in Princeton, Ill., in the Winter of 1834-5. He now lives in Kansas. Mr. Cowan's mother was formerly Miss Emeline Kirby, born in Rome, N. Y. She died in Kansas in 1876. W. J. Cowan was born in 1838 and was brought up in Northern Illinois, and has resided in different counties in that part of the State. He was at one time Deputy Sheriff of Bureau County, and at another time act- ing Sheriff of Du Page County. lle came to Menomonie in 1871, and engaged with Knapp, Stout & Co., with whom he remained three years. Was afterwards engaged with other firms in different capacities ; was ap- pointed Deputy Sheriff in 1876. Was elected to the office of Clerk of the Circuit Court in 1878, and again in 1880. Lost his first wife in Illi- nois. llis present wife was Miss Jennie Chapman, daughter of David Chapman. She was born in the State of New York. He has two chil- dren by first wife, Carrie and William.

S. G. DEAN, dealer in musical instruments, and proprietor of rest- aurant, Menomonie, was born in Steuben County, N. Y., in 1833. He went to Illinois in 1856. He worked for several years at the trade of millwright ; came to Wisconsin in 1860. He was engaged in teaching for several years; taught the public school at Durand, Pepin Co., for three years. lle came to Menomonie in 1864. He has been engaged for many years in the sale of musical instruments. His wife was Eunice S. Morris, a native of Illinois. They have four children.

COL. E. L. DOOLITTLE, Menomonie ; born in Ontario Co., N. Y., in 1826; he came to Wisconsin in 1846, and settled at Madison, where he lived ten years ; engaged in the business of shoe making. lle came to Dunn County in 1856, and settled in the town of Dunn, and en- gaged in farming. lle enlisted in 186t in the 37th Reg. Wis. V. I. lie enlisted as a private ; was made a third sergeant at the organization of the regiment. lle was engaged in the assault on Petersburg, which fol- lowed the explosion of the mine, when that city was being invested. He was wounded and taken prisoner in this assault ; was a prisoner about thirty days, when he was released on parole ; came home on a furlough ; was at home several months, and then returned to the front, and was promoted to orderly sergeant. Was in most of the battles in front of l'etersburg. lle was promoted to a lieutenantcy about the time the war closed. He has been Sheriff of Dunn County for one term, and Under Sheriff for many terms. He was, for a time, colonel of the Old Veterans Association, ol Dunn County. Ile was married in Madison to Naomi, daughter of Martin 1.affelmire, an early settler of Dane County. They have five children-Myron F., Edgar S., Lida E., Milton O. and Sarah A.

JOIIN 11. EDWARDS, firm of J. F. Edwards & Son, Menomonie, was born in Boston, Mass., in 1833. lle came west in 1853 ; from that time till 1868 was engaged as civil engineer on the Chicago & North- western Railroad. Came to Menomonie in 1868. lle married Sophia Kingsley, born in Pennsylvania. They have two children, Susan and George. J. F. Edwards, of the above firm, and father of John Il., was born in New Hampshire, in 1806. Ile lived in that State till sixteen years of age, when he went to Boston, where for many years he was en- gaged in architecture and building. lle, in 1860, went to Ft. Madison, lowa, and was the architect and resident superintendent in the construc-

tion of the penitentiary at that place. He returned to Boston in 1865. In the Fall of 1866 he came to Menomonie, and engaged in the manu- facture of sash, doors, blinds, etc .; was burned out in 1870, and en- gaged in the hardware business. The firm of J. F. Edwards & Son do an extensive business in hardware, machinery, and building material. Mr. J. F. Edwards lost his wife in 1868 ; he has two sons, John H. and James M.

OLE EGDAL, Menomonie, has charge of the water saw-mill of Knapp, Stout & Co. He was born in Norway, in 1835 ; he came to this country in 1868. Has been in the employ of this firm since that time, and he has had charge of his present department since IS73. He is a millwright by trade, and followed that branch of business for a number of years. His wife is a native of Norway. They have one son, Aufen.

MRS. MARY R. FOWLER, millinery and dealer in furnishing goods, Menomonie, was born in the State of New York. She came to Wisconsin with her husband, Mr. G. M. Fowler, in 1856. Mr. Fowler was a surveyor by occupation, and engaged in that business for many years. They were several years in the eastern part of the State ; went to Minnesota for a time, and came to Menomonie in 1858. Mrs. Fowler established her present business in 1860. This was the first millinery store, and the second store of any kind, established in Menomonie, proper. She keeps one of the largest and finest assortments of millinery goods to be found in the Chippewa Valley. She is also agent for the Victor sew- ing machine. Mr. Fowler was elected Justice of the Peace in 1862, and served three years. He was elected County Surveyor in 1862, which position he held for two years. Mr. and Mrs. Fowler have two children, William D. and Hattie E.

S. B. FRENCH, banker, Menomonie, was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., in 1831, where he lived till the Fall of 1853, when he came to Menomonie, and engaged as bookkeeper for Knapp, Stout & Co. He continued in the employment of this firm till 1867, when he opened a general store on the site of his present bank. He, at the same time, conducted a general banking and real estate business. He was burned out in 1880, and soon after closed out his merchandising business. He built his present bank building, a fine and substantial brick structure, immediately after the destruction of his store by fire. He has always taken a deep interest in educational matters, and in whatever tends to advance the interests of the community in which he lives. He was mar- ried, August, 1855, to Mary V. Bullard, daughter of Lorenzo Bullard, one of the earliest settlers of Menomonie. They have three children-Alice, (now Mrs. George R. Brewer), Fred and Samnel B.

CAPT. THOMAS J. GEORGE, Menomonie, was born in Trum- bull Co., Ohio, in 1842. He removed to Wilmington, Ill., with his parents, when he was a child, and to Racine Co., Wis., in 1855 ; then to New Lisbon, where his father had a trading post with the Winnebago Indians. Here he learned the language of this tribe, which he spoke fluently, and has not yet forgotten. His knowledge of the language served a valuable purpose a few years later, when he was employed as interpreter, when troops were sent to suppress a reported insurrection of Indians. He enlisted, May 8, 1861, in Co. D, 4th Wis. V. I., but was discharged for disability, at Ship Island, April 11, 1862, and returned to Wisconsin. But he still determined to share the fortunes of the army, although incapacitated for service as a soldier. When he had sufficient- ly recovered, he went to Nashville. Here he was pressed into the ser- vice as fireman of a locomotive, and in that capacity went to Louisville. Here he met the 30th Wis., for whom he had acted as interpreter at the

time of the Indian scare. Through the influence of some of the officers of the 30th a position was secured for him in the Government works at Louisville, where he remained till the close of the war. He then re-

turned to Wisconsin, and came to Menomonie in 1874. Was elected Sheriff of Dunn County in the Fall of that year ; was engaged in the sale of agricultural implements for several years ; re-elected Sheriff in the Fall of 1876. His wife was Miss Maggie Long.

S. A. GILLEY, firm of Gilley & Spalding, grocers, bakers and con- fectioners, Menomonie, was born in Allegany Co., N. Y., in 1845. He enlisted in the Spring of 1863 in the 13th N. Y. Artillery, afterward, served in the 6th Veteran Artillery. After the close of the war he be- came a student ol the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, at Lima, N. Y. He began preaching in 1867, in connection with the Free Methodist Church. Went to Chicago in 1868 ; was a resident of Illinois for several years, engaged in preaching. He came to Wisconsin in 1873. Had charge of churches in Grant and Lafayette counties. Ile went to Eau Claire in 1875. le came to Menomonie in 1878. Ile is now pastor of the Wes- leyan Methodist Church in the town of Sherman. Is also with his father-in-law, Mr. Spalding, engaged in business in Menomonie. Mar- ried Nellie M. Spalding ; born in Illinois. They have three children - Emma, Amy and Cora.

W. F. GOULD, dentist, Menomonie, was born in Madison Co., Ohio, Oct. 25, 1850. lle enlisted in an Ohio regiment in March, 1863, when only thirteen years of age. Ile served in the ranks about four months, and was on detached duty during the balance of his term of service. After the close of the war he went to Monmouth, Ill., where he attended school for one year. In the Fall of 1869 he went to Eau

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Claire, where he engaged in the study of dentistry with Dr. Sherman of that city, with whom he remained four years as a student ; he then be- came connected with his preceptor in the practice of his profession. In 1877, with Dr. Sherman, he went to Lake City, Minn., where he re- mained two years. He located in Menomonie in August, 1879. He married Miss Annie, daughter of Dr. E. O. Baker, of Menomonie.

STEPHEN G. GOULD, JR., a brother of the above, has charge of the extensive dry goods and jewelry department in the store of Knapp, Stout & Co., at Menomonie. Ile was born in Ohio in 1855, and was educated at Monmouth, Ill., at St. Louis, Mo., and also attended school for a time at Mount Morris, N. Y., where he was also engaged as clerk in a dry goods store. Has been in the employ of Knapp, Stout & Co., since September, 1878. Was advanced to his present position in 1880.

E. H. GRANNIS, M.D., homeopathic physician and surgeon, Me- nomonie; born in the State of New York, from whence he removed with his parents to Red Wing. Minn., in 1854. where his parents still reside. He began the study of medicine in 1872, with Dr. A. E. Higby of Red Wing. He took his first course of lectures at the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital College, and graduated at the Hahnemann Medi- cal College, Chicago, February, 1875. He began practice at Chatfield, Minn., in June of that year. He came to Menomonie, December, 1877, and succeeded Dr. J. M. Yates, who had died a short time previous. His wife was Gertrude Van Vliet, of Lake City, Minn. They have one child, Gertrude.

N. W. GREENE, dealer in flour and feed, firm of Greene & Co., Menomonie, was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., August, 1855. Removed with his parents to Pennsylvania in 1868, where he lived till May of the present year, 1881, when he removed to Eau Claire. He has had con- siderahle experience in milling and in flour and feed. The business of this firm was established in Menomonie, July, 1881.

JAMES GROVER, merchant, Menomonie. Born in Maine in 1826. He came to Dunn County in the Summer of 1857. His brothers, Mil- ton and Alexander, came at the same time, and his parents the following Autumn. He worked for Knapp, Stout & Co., for three years, was afterward engaged in logging for one season ; he purchased a farm in the town of Red Cedar, and engaged in farming till 1872, when he sold his farm and removed to Menomonie and built the store he now occu- pies. He engaged in the mercantile trade in 1876. He is also engaged in selling farm machinery. He was married to Miss Henderson, who came to Dunn County about 1853. They have five children - Agrippa H., James, Steven, Ezra and May.

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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