The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, containing a history of Dodge County, its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc, Part 103

Author: Western Historical Co
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical Co.
Number of Pages: 774

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JOACHIM ALWART, farmer ; P. O. Watertown; born in Germany in 1831; he came to America in 1851. Married Miss Albertena Betow, of Johnstown, Rock Co., Wis., and lived there till 1866, when he moved to Watertown, bought a farm of 144 acres within the city limits and upon which he now lives ; he has five children-John, Bertha, Herman, George and William. Mr. Alwart has been a prominent member of the Lutheran Church and has been a Trustee of the same for five years.

JAMES AMES, butcher ; born in the town of Macedon, Wayne Co. N. Y., July 4, 1844 ; the year of his birth his parents, with their family, removed to Wisconsin and engaged in farming ; located on Section 22, in town of Emmett, Dodge Co; James was engaged in farming pursuits until he com- menced his present business in 1878. He married Lizzie Darling Feb. 8, 1874; she was born in town of Emmett, Dodge Co., Wis. They have two children-Mary and Lizzie. Mr. and Mrs. Ames are mem- bers of the Catholic Church ; Mr. Ames was Town Clerk in Emmett Township, Dodge Co., for two years ; he was President of St. Bernard's Temperance and Benevolent Society of Watertown ; he was a delegate to the Catholic Total Abstinence Convention, of America, which was held in Chicago in October, 1874.

HERMAN BENTERT, farmer, Secs. 35 and 36; P. O. Watertown ; born in Prussia Nov. 6, 1840 ; came to America with his mother and uncle, Peter B., in 1844, they settling in July on the Emmet, homestead of 320 acres, which was then heavily timbered Government land; the family was in fair circumstances, Peter Bentert owning one of the first farm-wagons brought into the town ; the Benterts saw much of pioneer life, roads and bridges being poor and primitive; Herman attended school two years in Cedarburg, Wis., and one year in Milwaukee; Mr. B. is a leading and successful farmer, and is also well known as a thrasher, owning at present three machines and two engines; on his large farm he has a lime-kiln, from which he annually sells from 15,000 to 18,000 bushels. Married Miss Minna Shank, of Prussia, in January, 1865; they have five children-Laura, Alexander, Isabel, Herman and Oscar. Mr. B. is a Democrat ; was Supervisor two years, and Treasurer one year, in his township; the family are Lutherans.

JOSEPH BROOKS, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Watertown ; born in Emmet, Dodge Co., Wis., April 23, 1845 ; son of Joseph B., who came to Wisconsin in October, 1844, and settled in Emmet with his family soon after on wild Government land; his son (the subject of this sketch) attended common school in Emmet, and afterward the Northwestern University. Married, Sept. 14, 1875, Miss Maria, daughter of Michael McDonough, who settled in Shields about 1851; Mrs. Brooks was born in Shields, and educated in St. Bernard's Parish School, Watertown; three children-Annie M., Agnes and John, is the fruit of their union. The young couple settled on their farm of 165 acres in fall of 1875; in religion, they are Catholics ; Mr. Brooks is a Democrat, and has been Supervisor.

JOHN BIRD, Fifth Ward, with S. E. Randaall, agricultural implement business; born in Canada Sept. 29, 1831 ; son of Isaac and Hannah (Hodgson) Bird, both natives of Westmorelandshire, England ; they came to Canada in 1831. Mr. John Bird has been a resident of Wisconsin since January, 1867 ; he has been engaged in pork buying, packing and shipping, and dealing in farm implements ever since he came here, except two years that he devoted to farming; he was married Dec. 24, 1870, to Eliza Raison, a native of England; they have five children-Louisa Hannah, Harry Hodgson, Hattie May, Wilber Howard, and an infant son. Mr. Bird has been Supervisor of Fifth Ward, Dodge County.

JOHN BURKE, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Watertown; born in Richmond, Ont., Oct. 27, 1850 ; son of Richard and Catherine Burke, who settled in Emmet in July, 1864; Mr. Burke, Sr .. sold his

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Canada farm for gold, and selling this at $2.50 premium, bought 160 acres, which he again sold in 1866, and bought 280 acres, owning this latter tract at the time of his death, in 1871; his wife died in 1873, thereby leaving nine children ; John B., the third son, received a good common-school education, and now owns 120 acres of the homestead ; he built a new farm residence in 1877, also a large basement barn, and made many substantial improvements. Nov. 27, 1876, he married Miss Margaret, daughter of Michael Ames, a pioneer settler of Emmet ; they have two children-Richard and William. Mr. B. is a Demo- crat, and, with his wife, a member of the Roman Catholic Church. He is both a grain and stock grower.

MICHAEL CARROLL, farmer, Secs. 6, 5 and 7; P. O. Richwood; born in Albany, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1835 ; attended school in his native city; came to Emmet in 1845 with his father, Michael Car- roll, who bought Government land on Sec. 7; their cabin was farther west than any in Emmet at that time, as father and son spent much time hunting in the woods, and found no settlers west of them; fear- ing the Indians, Mr. Carroll hauled two-inch oak plank from Watertown, with which he inclosed his frame house ; this is thought to be the first frame house in the township, and stands stanch and firm at this writing; a molder by trade, Mr. C. was a very green backwoodsman, not knowing how to fell a tree properly ; a native of Ireland, he came to America when 18; spent two years in New York City, then located in Albany, where he learned his trade, and married Miss Alice Fox, the mother of his only son ; she dying in 1836, he married, in 1843, Miss Bridget Gill ; he died Jan. 17, 1879. Michael Carroll, Jr., married Miss Mary Burke in 1855 ; she died Aug. 9, 1875, leaving three children-Alice, Michael and John. Mr. C. is a Democrat and a Roman Catholic, as was his father. He owns 480 acres, and a house and lot in Richwood; has a large flock of Cotswold, Southdown, Leicester and Merino sheep, beside Cloud horses, etc.

CONRAD DIPPEL, Sixth Ward, Dodge Co; born in Saxony Nov. 2, 1831 ; came to America in 1849; located on Staten Island; there and in New York City he learned the trade of plasterer and stone and brick mason ; resided on Staten Island, New York City and New Jersey until 1855, except a few months spent in Indiana and St. Louis in 1852 and 1853; in May, 1854, he married Louise Hoerger ; she died in Cottage Grove, Dane Co., Wis., in October, 1861 ; by this marriage he had three children, two of whom are now living-Louis and Caroline ; one son, John, died when only about 6 months old. Mr. Dippel's present wife was Mrs. Wilhelmina Niemann; they were married in April, 1862; she had one daughter by a former marriage-Augusta (now Mrs. Wendtland of Watertown). Mr. Dippel came to Watertown in 1855 ; lived here until March, 1861, then he removed to Cottage Grove, Dane Co., where he resided until April, 1862, then returned to Watertown; he served one year and one month in Co. I, 37th Wis. V. I .; was wounded and lost right arm, near Petersburg, Va., June 17, 1864; discharged and pensioned in December, 1864; since that time he has lived in Watertown. He was educated at the Polytechnic Institute of Dresden, Saxony. For six years, he taught in the Sixth Ward Public School of Watertown ; he is a member of the German Reformed Church ; he is Secretary and Treasurer of the Bible Society, and is a member of the Northeastern Wisconsin Bee-Keeper's Association. Mr. D. is a bee-keeper of considerable prominence, being a producer to quite an extent.

WILLIAM DOWLING, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Watertown ; born in County Wexford, Ireland, in 1820 ; came to America in 1838, locating in New Brunswick, where he worked at anything to which he could turn his hand until 1848, when, after spending one year in Chicago, he settled on his present farm of 179 acres, a wild tract in the openings ; he broke the first furrow on it; lived with his brother-in-law in a rude shanty for a time, then built part of his present farmhouse. Mr. Dowling came to Wisconsin with only a few hundred dollars, kept steadily at his work of clearing and breaking, the result of which is a well-improved farm, roomy farmhouse and several good barns. Married Miss Eliza- beth Dunn in 1845, in Chatham, N. B .; they have five children-Mary, Amelia, Elizabeth, Ellen and John P. ; Mary and John are still on the homestead. Mr. D. is a Democrat, and was Chairman of his town seven or eight years. The family are members of the Holy Assumption Catholic Church. Mr. D. and son have on the farm thorough-bred and grade Durham and Devon cattle, Cotswold sheep, besides other stock and the usual crops.

WILLIAM FLEMING, farmer and teacher, Sec. 24; P. O. Watertown; born in the town Emmet, Dodge Co., Wis., Feb. 6, 1851 ; son of John and Catherine F., who settled on their present homestead in Emmet in 1844, thus being one of the pioneer families of that township. . Their third son, the subject of this sketch, received a common-school education, which he completed at the Northwestern University, Watertown ; began teaching at 19, teaching nine winters. Was elected to and served in the Wisconsin Assembly of 1879, and was re-elected over three competitors for the session of 1880; a Democrat in politics, Mr. Fleming has held various town offices; the family are Roman Catholics in religion.

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C. H. GARDNER, attorney, residence in the Sixth Ward, Dodge Co .; born in St. Petersburg, Russia ; came to Wisconsin in June, 1846 ; was a resident of the town of Emmett, Dodge Co., until 1862 ; from 1868 to 1870, he was a student at the State University at Madison ; graduated from the Law Department of that institution in June, 1870. Mr. Gardner is now serving as City Attorney.

HARMAN GRUBEE, farmer, Sec. 36 ; P. O. Watertown ; born in Hamburg, Aug. 6, 1807, spent his early life and was educated in Germany, where he was in the mercantile business; landed at New York City Aug. 4, 1843, and reached the German settlement in Lebanon Sept. 22; the company of twelve families stayed the first night in a rude shed of poles and marsh hay ; in a few days Mr. Grubee left for Watertown ; fording the river, and seeing a few small houses, he inquired, " Where Watertown was ?" on finding himself really " in town," he sought and found employment, in the store of J. W. Cole, at $8 per month and board, afterward working for $4; in July, 1844, he pre-empted 40 acres, which is now his homestead. Married Miss Wilhelmina Pankow Dec. 4, 1844, and settled on his claim Jan. 6, 1845 ; they lived with a neighbor ten days while he built a flat-roofed shanty, then began the clearing of the heavy timber, doing good pioneer work ; as a result of years of toil and privation, he now has 80 acres in the homestead, 66 in Lebanon, 63 in Ixonia, and 20 in the town of Watertown; owns 210 acres in one body, under good improvement ; built an elegant brick farmhouse in the summer of 1878. Mrs. Grubee died July 7, 1858, leaving four children-Erdman G., Mary M., Luther E. and Herman G. Mr. Grubee is a Democrat, and was many years Assessor, nine years Supervisor, County Poormaster in 1853, seven years President of the now discontinued Farmers' Insurance Co., and was a member of the Wisconsin Legis- lature in 1875 ; he has been a citizen of the United States since 1848 ; and is, with his family, a Lutheran.

U. HABHEGGER, grocer, Sixth Ward, Dodge Co .; born in Switzerland March 12, 1834; came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1853; engaged in farming until 1861 ; he then engaged in mer- cantile business, which he continued until 1867, when he again went on a farm and remained until 1869; since 1869, he has been carrying on mercantile business and also giving his attention to his farming interests. He has held various city and town offices ; he is now serving as Supervisor. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge and Concordia Musical Society. Dec. 31, 1857, he married Lena Gfeller, a native of Switzerland ; they have six children-Sophia, Lizzie, Emil, Lena, Albert and Lillie.

WILLIAH HERBST, tailor, Fifth Ward, Dodge Co .; born in Mecklenburg, Germany, Jan. 5, 1837 ; came to America in 1851; located in New York City; remained there until 1852; then came to Watertown ; commenced learning the tailor's trade in Germany when only 14 years of age; has continued to work at the same business ever since. He was married in Watertown to Paulina Roder March 5, 1856 ; she was born in Silesia ; they have had nine children; lost five; the living are Paul, Robert, Priscilla and Emma ; those who have died were named William, Calvin, Emil, Willie and Eddie. Mr. Herbst has been a member of the School Board; he is a member and one of the Trustees of the Evangelical Reformed Church.

CHARLES WILLIAM FRED HILGENDORF, grocer and saloon-keeper, Sixth Ward, Dodge Co .; born in Prussia Dec. 29, 1832; came to America and located in Watertown in 1854 ; for six months he was engaged in brickmaking; clerked two months for H. Bellach ; for twelve years, he was with William Buchheit ; afterward, for two years he carried on business as commission merchant at Beaver Dam, Wis .; in May, 1878, he commenced the business he is now carrying on. Mr. Hilgendorf's first wife was Louise Roeber; she died Sept. 16, 1878, leaving two children-Charles and Anna. March 1, 1879, Mr. H. married Mary Roeber, his present wife. Mr. H. is a member of the Sons of Hermann and Workingmen's Societies.

MALACHI AND JOHN HOWARD, farmers, Sec. 31; P. O. Watertown; the brothers were born near Gort, County Galway, Ireland; M. Howard was born about 1841, and came to America in 1849 with his father ; he worked in the Jackson (N. J.) glass works, and then on the B. & O. R. R .; was joined in Pittsburgh, Penn., by John, the family removing to Watertown, Wis., in July, 1854 ; M. Howard worked a number of years in Walworth Co., Wis., going in 1860 to St. Louis, where he worked at engineering and in the employ of the United States until 1863, when he returned to Water- town. John Howard was born in June, 1843, and came to America in 1852; after coming to Wisconsin, he traveled in Kentucky, Missouri, Louisiana and other States, returning to Watertown in 1861; worked one season in Chicago, and a short time in St. Louis ; the brothers settled on their present farm of 305 acres in 1865, their father having died Jan. 20, 1864; they have owned the farm since 1868, are stanch advocates of the greenback, and are Roman Catholics. John Howard is now serving his second term as Chairman of the Town Board.

JOHN JONES, farmer, Secs. 18, 7, and 8; P. O. Watertown ; born in South Wales May 26, 1823 ; spent his early life in Wales; came to America in July, 1845, and settled with his family on forty

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acres of Government land in October ; began almost penniless ; built a log house in the spring of 1846; did genuine pioneer work in chopping, clearing and getting out rails, etc .; by labor and management, he has now 402 acres of well-improved land, a large and handsome residence, which replaced the log house of pioneer days in 1857. Married in Wales, Nov. 12, 1844, Miss Catherine Pugh; they have six children -John, David, Ellen, Catherine, Annie and Thomas C. For about seven years past, Mr. J. has bred short-horn cattle, having previously bred the Devons; now has a large herd of grades and one full-blood ; also has thorough-bred Berkshire hogs from the Sambo, Fat Jo and Swerpool stock ; is also a breeder of Cloud and Percheron horses and Leicester sheep. Politics, Republican ; family belong to the Welsh Methodist Church, and all are stanch advocates of temperance.

STEWART KEES, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Watertown ; born in Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1842 ; son of Marcus and Ellen Kees ; Marcus Kees was born in New York State in 1812, and married in January, 1839, Miss Ellen Roberts, born in 1819 in North Wales, and who came to America in 1831 ; in 1843, the family settled on wild land in Palmyra, Jefferson Co., Wis., removing to Watertown in 1845, and to the present homestead of thirty-nine acres in March, 1849. Marcus Kees enlisted in October, 1861, in Co. D, 17th W. V. I., his son Stewart enlisting in February, 1862, in the same company ; the regiment passed the summer in Corinth, Miss., where Marcus Kees died Aug. 6, 1862; the regiment took part in the great battle of Corinth and the siege of Vicksburg; then fought with Sherman to Atlanta; Mr. Kees was in the battles of Big Shanty, Lookout Mountain, Tallahatchie River, and the bloody battles in July around Atlanta ; he went with his regiment on the famous march to the sea, and through the Carolinas, fighting at Orangeburg, Mill Creek Bend and other points, helping to burn Columbia, S. C .; at the close of the war, the regiment went via Richmond to Washington, and was in the final grand review, being dis- charged at Madison, Wis., in July, 1865. Mr. Kees has since managed the homestead for his mother ; his father left six children-Nancy, Steward, Robert, Gaylord, Diana and Hattie. Mr. Kees was a Repub- lican, as is his son ; he was by trade a stone-cutter, helping to build many historic buildings in Wisconsin and Illinois.

FRANK KOENIG, farmer, Fifth Ward, Dodge Co .; born in Germany Oct. 16, 1827; came to Watertown in 1852; until 1874, he was engaged extensively in milling business; operated in that business in Beaver Dam, Hustisford, Watertown, etc., also carried on brewing some; since 1874, he has been engaged in farming. He is Chairman of the Board of Supervisors; has held that position several terms ; he is a member of the A., F. & A. M. May 10, 1855, he was married in Watertown to Sophia Cales ; she was born in Germany ; they have five children-Ferdinand, Edward, Rudolph, George and Ida.

JOHN L. KUBE, Justice of the Peace ; born in Poland Nov. 25, 1816 ; studied jurisprudence in the schools of Berlin for three and a half years, and then went to the Province of Posen, Prussia, for nine months as a student ; then to the Courts of Birnbaum for more than three years. He was then sent to

the town of Frankfurt, on the River Oder, in February, 1848; thence to Koenigsberg as an Associate Judge, where he remained till 1854, when he came to New York State, and thence to Fond du Lac, Wis., where he remained till 1855 ; then he moved to Mayville, where he remained till the year 1858. He moved to Watertown in 1858, where he has since lived, and has been Deputy Sheriff and Justice of the Peace most of the time, and is at present Justice of the Peace. Married Miss Ida Doering in March, 1853, by whom he has had four children-Laura, born Jan. 7, 1861 ; Alfred, Nov. 15, 1863; Ida, July 25, 1867 ; Adolph, May 26, 187I; all of whom are single and with their parents; are members of the Cath- olic Church.

FRANK KUKHAHN, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Watertown; born in Prussia in 1829 ; was educated in the Fatherland ; came to America with his parents and a Prussian Colony in 1842, and settled on Section 24, town of Emmet, in 1843, thus being among the first families to locate here ; in 1844, Frank left the farm and spent three years in Milwaukee ;. was then a few months in Cleveland ; returning to Watertown, he was collector for G. F. Cady four years ; in 1852, Mr. Kees went overland to California, and spent four years in the mines ; on his return to Emmet, he bought seventy acres, his present farm, of which about ten acres were poorly improved; he also cleared the farm, rebuilt the house, built a large basement barn, and has a good home, which he has earned, as he began life penniless. Enlisted during the late war in the 1st Wis. Heavy Artillery, and served one year at Brazos City, La. Married Miss Hannah Letton, of Lebanon, in 1856; they have seven children-Susanna, Lillian, Louisa, Franklin, Leonard, Carl and Theodore. Mr. Kees is a Democrat ; was Town Treasurer about 1872, Assessor in 1875, and is now serving his second term as Supervisor. Is a member with his family of the Lutheran Church.

HENRY A. LUTHER, merchant, Richwood, Dodge Co .; born in Germany April 5, 1832 ; came to America in 1857; located at Shields, where he remained three years ; then he went on a farm in

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the same township; carried that on for seven years; then came to Watertown; resided here until 1875, when he removed to Richwood. He was married, in Watertown, in September, 1857, to Margaret Wether ; she was born in Germany ; they have two children-Lizzie and Emma.

JOHN MASTERSON, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Watertown ; born in County Meath, Ireland, in 1806; came to America in 1827, and lived five years in the State of New York ; in 1836, he removed with his family to Zanesville, Ohio, where he lived until 1843, when he located with his family in Water- town, Wis .; after eighteen months, he settled on his farm of 100 acres, buying the most of it in a state of nature, of the Government ; built a log house, cut, burned and cleared the timber, and broke up his land ; beginning with but little, his labor and management have secured an improved farm and good home. He married, in 1832, in Watertown, N. Y., Miss Rosina Rogan, sister of P. and J. Rogan, the pioneers of Watertown ; eight children have blessed the union-Jane, George, Charles, John, Andrew, Edwin, Addie and Vincent. Mr. Masterson is a Democrat, and is closely identified with the history of Emmet, as he was Treasurer five years, Assessor thirteen years, and Supervisor three years. The family are Roman Catholics.

EUGENE O'CONNOR, farmer, Sec. 11 ; P. O. Watertown ; born in Brookfield, Mass., Aug. 25, 1838 ; son of Daniel and Johanna O'Connor, who settled on the Emmet homestead in 1844, Daniel O'Connor having bought it of the Government in 1843, when there were no settlers between him and Watertown; the family saw its full share of pioneer life and hardships. Eugene O'Connor was educated in the county, and married Miss Margaret Buckley, of Emmet, Nov. 10, 1870 ; they have six children- Daniel, Eugene, John, Francis, Mary and Edward. Mr. O'Connor is a stanch Democrat and a Roman Catholic ; was Town Clerk two years, Chairman three years, member of the Wisconsin Legislature in 1869, and was Clerk of the Court, in 1877 and 1878, for Dodge Co. The father of Mr. O'Connor still lives, at the age of 97, having never been sick a day, and still reading without spectacles.

JUDSON PRENTICE, surveyor ; resides in Sixth Ward, Dodge Co .; born at Oriskany Falls, Oneida Co., N. Y., March 2, 1810 ; lived in Erie Co., N. Y., from 1813 until he came to Wisconsin, in 1844 ; located in the town of Trenton, Dodge Co .; engaged in farming there for six years ; since then, he has served as County Surveyor and Deputy Surveyor of Dodge Co. nearly all the time (except three years, from 1864 to 1867, that he spent in Virginia City, Nev., and in the Western mining country of that sec- tion). Mr. Prentice has filled various important positions-State Senator, Supervisor, Justice of the Peace, Alderman, etc. He resided in Juneau from 1852 to 1854; in the latter year he came to Watertown. His first wife was Almira Woodruff, married at Aurora, Erie Co., N. Y .; she died in Milwaukee in July, 1844, leaving two children-Lawrence J. and Elizabeth. Mr. Prentice married his present wife in Tren- ton, Dodge Co., in October, 1848 ; her name was Olive Thompson, and is a native of Riga, Ontario Co., N. Y .; they have three children living-Thomson J., Millard F. and George Clifford ; they have lost two daughters-Lucy, who died at the age of 6 months, and Bertha, aged 12 years at the time of her death. Mrs. Prentice is a member of the Congregational Church.

CHRISTIAN SCHMUTZLER, carpenter and builder; was born in Saxony in 1830, where he lived on a farm with his father till 1851, when he came to Watertown, Wis., learned the carpenter trade and has since followed it. Married Miss Caroline Zeas the same year he reached Watertown ; has five children-Edward, Minna, Ferdinand, Emma and Eleda. All are members of the Presbyterian Church ; Mr. Schmutzler has belonged to the Odd Fellows Fraternity for about fifteen years.

JOHN P. SLIGHT, capitalist and farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Watertown ; born in Loughton, Lincolnshire, England, Aug. 27, 1820; came to America in September, 1837; came up the lakes to Toledo, Ohio ; then traveled on foot up the Maumee and down the Wabash Rivers 300 miles; engaged on the construction of the Wabash & Erie Canal four years; traveled two months for his health, in Ken- tucky and Ohio, accompanied by his brother, Joseph ; stopped in Richland, Ohio, three months; there he was engaged in ditching and doing the heavy dirt- work on the mill-races ; then went 310 miles on foot to his old canal contractor, on the Wabash & Erie Canal; engaged on canal work two seasons (in winters, he was packing pork for the contractor); in the summer of 1841, he returned to England, to visit his parents ; came to America again in 1842, and was engaged in extensive ditching operations in Ohio until the spring of 1845 ; in June, 1845, he came to Emmet, Dodge Co., Wis .; purchased lands on Secs. 15, 10 and 21; engaged in ditching for the first nine years after coming here ; then he engaged extensively in the manufacture of lime, which business he carried on for twelve years; he still owns the property (having added considerably to the original land), but has rented the kilns, etc. ; in 1846, he sold his farming land in Secs. 10 and 15; now his farms are located on Secs. 16, 20 and 21 ; he also has large property interests in the city of Watertown ; he has held various offices in his township; has been Justice of the Peace, many years member of the School Board, etc. He was married in Clyman, this county, March 1. 1852.

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The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, containing a history of Dodge County, its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc, Part 103

Author: Western Historical Co Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical Co. Number of Pages: 774

Author: Western Historical Co
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical Co.
Number of Pages: 774