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A. M. COLE, farmer, Secs. 14, 13, and 22; P. O. Hustisford ; born in Lamoille Co., Vt., April 10, 1829 ; is the only child of Asa and Ruth Cole, who settled in Hustisford, June, 1847; Asa Cole bought 160 acres, which he soon sold to William Lehman, buying his present farm of 120 acres ; father and son cleared this of the heavy timber, and in 1855, A. M. Cole bought his present farm of 120 acres, which he has cleared, erecting all buildings except his house ; he owns besides, 80 acres of marsh. Nov. 29, 1854, he married Miss Susan, daughter of James Spear, who came from Maine to Dodge Co., Wis., in 1847 ; Mr. and Mrs. Cole have six living children-John A., Susan R., Allie M., Jennie J., Della K. and Mary. The Coles are all Republicans; A. M. Cole and son are noted breeders of full-blooded Poland-China hogs and short-horn cattle ; in 1876, A. M. Cole bought a pair of full-blood Poland-Chinas of William Bloor, of Rubicon ; in 1877, J. A. Cole bought another of Shepard and Alexander, Charleston, Ill., and has since purchased of the D. M. Magee Co., Oxford, Ohio, A. C. Moore, Canton, Ill., and W. W. Ellsworth, Woodstock, Ill .; John A. Cole is now the owner of about sixty Poland-Chinas ; the Coles bought the full-blooded bull, Duke of Burnett, 9th of H. B. Sherman, 1872, of whom they have since bought Springbrook Lass, 25th and 27th ; they also bought four thoroughbreds of Dr. W. M. Ormond, Milwau- kee and Mayflower, 2d of ex-Governor Ludington ; the Messrs. Cole now own seven full bloods and twenty-four grades, besides 110 grade American Merino sheep.
PATRICK CURLEY, farmer, Sec. 30 ; P. O. Hustisford; born in County Roscommon, Ire- land, 1815 ; came to America in 1838, and worked at his trade as tanner, in Greene Co., N. Y., until 1850 ; settled on eighty acres of wild land in Hustisford, April, 1850 ; the family saw much of pioneer life, living many years in a shanty ; clearing the land of timber and a dense growth of brush, Mr. Curley added to it, and as a result of his labor, has a well-improved farm of 208 acres, a large farmhouse, built in 1863, good barns, etc .; he has made a good record, as he came to America penniless. Married Miss Elizabeth Flynn, of his native county, June, 1846 ; they have five children-Joseph, Elizabeth, Ellen, John and Mary. The family are Catholics, and Mr. Curley is Independent in politics ; has on his farm, grade Leicester and Cotswold sheep, Black Hawk and Morgan horses, besides cattle and hogs, and usual crops.
CHARLES ERDMAN, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Hustisford ; born in Prussia Jan. 23, 1841 ; spent his early life and was educated in the Fatherland ; came to America in 1857, and settled in Hustis- ford, where he worked ten years as a farm laborer to get a start ; located on his present farm of 112 acres in 1867 ; as it was only partially improved, he has done good work in fencing, clearing the land of stones, etc .; has earned this farm by his own labor and management. He married Miss Emma Bolsey May 9, 1867, who was born Aug. 23, 1849, in the town of Emmet ; they have three living children-Louis, Obed and Charles ; Amos died Nov. 2, 1879. Mr. Erdman is a Republican, and is in accord with the Lutheran Church of his boyhood ; has the usual stock and crops on his farm.
CHARLES N. FLETCHER, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Hustisford ; born in Hustisford, Dodge Co., Wis., March 4, 1850 ; son of Daniel and Emily Fletcher, who came from New York State to Hustisford in 1845 ; he has spent his life and been educated in the county, working on the old homestead until 1873, when he settled on his present farm of 120 acres ; has rebuilt his house, built a basement barn, and is a fair type of the enterprising young farmers of the county. Married Miss Abbie A., daughter of F. C. Ryder, Dec. 25, 1873 ; they have two children-Gracie A. and Harry E. Mr. Fletcher is an Independent Republican ; has 130 full-blooded and. grade Merino sheep, also Cloud horses, Poland and Berkshire hogs, and grade cattle.
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DANIEL FLETCHER, farmer, Sec. 11 ; P. O. Hustisford ; born near Toronto, Canada, Oct. 15, 1812 ; he received a common school education, and lived there until 1839, when he removed to Chautauqua Co., N. Y .; in the fall of 1845, he settled on his present farm, which he bought of the Govern- ment ; a few acres had been chopped, and a log shanty built; Mr. Fletcher had money enough to pay for his land and a team, and went at the work of clearing up; built the first frame barn in the town, in 1847, and a good frame house in 1849; to reach Watertown he was obliged to unyoke his eattle, and draw his wagon over the river by hand ; he cleared and added to his farm ; has given each of his sons a farm, still owning 140 acres, where he built a large brick house in 1874. He married Miss Emily Morgan, of Chau- tauqua Co., N. Y., May 22, 1845 ; they have four living children-David J., Sarah C., Charles N. and Ruth B., all born in Dodge Co., and all residents of it, except Sarah C., now Mrs. W. C. Lyman, of Wau- kesha Co., Wis .; David J. owns a farm adjoining the homestead, where he is breeding grade Merino sheep and other stock ; Daniel Fletcher is now enjoying a well-earned rest. He is a Democrat; was Assessor and Supervisor several terms, and a member of the Wisconsin Legislature in 1856, attending the extra session.
FREEMAN GATES, farmer, Sec. 7 ; P. O. Hustisford ; born in Oneida Co., N. Y., Sept. 26, 1822; spent his early life and attended school in Oswego Co., N. Y .; came to Hustisford in 1847, and settled on eighty acres of Government land ; only five or six houses stood in the township, east of the river ; he built a shanty, and went at the work of clearing the land and making a home ; he has owned and improved several farms in the town, and settled on his present farm of 140 acres in 1864; has improved and fenced this farm in various ways ; he began with little or nothing, and has thus acquired his own property. He married Miss Dora Erdman in 1861; they have three children-Charles, Emma and Mau- rice. Mr. Gates is a Republican ; as a farmer, he has the usual stock and crops.
JAMES HALL, merchant and Postmaster, Hustisford; born in Washington Co., N. Y., Dec. 5, 1821; in 1826, his parents settled in Lockport, N. Y., where he was educated and lived until 1848, when he removed with his family to Hustisford ; he bought forty acres of Government land and forty acres of a settler, working as a pioneer farmer until 1855, when he began business in Hustisford with J. McRae, and is thus the oldest resident business man of the place; has carried on business alone since 1857; Mr. Hall has a general stock of goods for country trade, owning the building in which the stock is located. He is a Republican ; was Town Clerk several years, and was appointed Postmaster in June, 1868. Married Miss Elizabeth Wilson, of Lockport, N. Y., in January, 1848 ; they have two daughters -Emily E and Mary J.
E. B. HART, farmer, Secs. 21 and 22; P. O. Hustisford ; born in Oswego Co., N. Y., Nov. 11, 1814; when he was 8 or 9 years of age, his parents settled in Monroe Co., N. Y., where he lived until 1836, when he settled on Government land in Milwaukee Co., Wis .; reached his claim by the aid of marked trees ; lived with two other pioneers in a small shanty, bringing out his family the same fall and building a log house the next spring ; he saw his full share of pioneer adventures and hardships ; carried mail about a month between Port Washington and Sheboygan, traveling the thirty-mile route by blazed trees and Indian trails and fording the streams ; in 1855, he bought his present farm of 185 acres; paid $1,700 for 160 acres, only twelve or fifteen acres of which were improved; has cleared a great part of this himself, and made all the improvements ; Mr. Hart has a good record, as he began in the State with $42, and has carved out his farm and home. He married Miss Amret Nichols, of Monroe Co., N. Y., in 1835 ; they have eight living children-Clement L., Olive, Mary H., John R., Melvina, Amanda, Emma and Eli. Mr. Hart is a Republican, and served as Assessor in Milwaukee Co .; is a member with his wife of the M. E. Church. Has Cloud horses and other stock, with the usual crops of the county.
JAMES HOOKER, farmer, Secs. 28, 29 and 33; P. O. Hustisford ; born in Heytesburg, Wiltshire, Eng., July 1, 1816; came to America in 1836, and spent three years in Ohio as a laborer ; was a short time in Illinois, then settled in Milwaukee, where he worked about six years, most of the time for Dr. Herriman ; settled on his present farm in the fall of 1847; began with eighty acres of Government land, building a log house and doing his full share of genuine pioneer work in clearing and improving his farm ; he now has 147 acres, well improved, a large farmhouse, built in 1858, large and convenient barns, etc .; Mr. Hooker is a fair type of the successful pioneer of the county, as he began with a pair of oxen and a few dollars ; his first load of club wheat was drawn to Milwaukee by oxen and sold for 51 cents per bushel. He married Miss Lois Jewett, of Erie Co., Penn., in 1845; they have two sons-William H., now on the homestead, and George W., now in New Co., Wis. Mr. Hooker is a Republican, and was Treasurer of School District No. 4, twenty-one successive years, declining re-election. He has on the farm 150 grade Spanish Merino sheep, Poland-China hogs and other stock, with the usual crops of the county. Mr. H. is now enjoying a well-earned rest, looking back with pleasure to the early days, having since those days seen trees grow on his farm to more than a foot in diameter.
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JOHN HUSTIS, retired, attorney and counselor at law, Hustisford ; born in Philipstown, Put- nam Co., N. Y., Oct. 22, 1810; son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Knapp) Hustis. He fitted for college at the Fishkill Academy, taught by Rev. Dr. C. Westbrook, and entered Yale College in 1829 ; he graduated among the foremost of his class in 1833 ; with him were such men as James D. Dana, LL.D., now Pro- fessor of Geology and Natural History in that historic institution ; Mr. Hustis then studied law a year in the Yale Law School, and afterward in the office of J. Hine, Mount Carmel, N. Y .; was admitted to the bar in 1836, and came to Milwaukee November, 1836; here he speculated for a time in real estate, building the first brick block in the city, 1840; this was known as Hustis' Block, and stood on the corner of Third and Chestnut Streets until a recent date. In August, 1837, he cncamped sixteen miles from any house, built a log shanty, and bought 320 acres ; on this he sowed the first wheat in Dodge Co. the same fall ; in 1846, Hustisford was laid out by him, and named, as was the township, for him ; during 1845 and 1846, he built the first dam across the Rock at this point, and also a saw-mill, built the first flouring-mill, 1851, and brought his family to the village the same year. Mr. Hustis is one of the, historic pioneers of the State, as he delivered the first Fourth of July oration in Milwaukee, in 1839, and was associated with Juneau, Walker and Kilbourn ; was re-admitted to the bar during the session of the first court held in the city, June, 1837, with J. H. Tweedy, J. Arnold, Col. Crocker, and others ; he was elected one of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal Commissioners by the Territorial Legislature in 1840, and went to Columbus, Ohio, with $100,000 of Territorial bonds. Failing to make the loan, the enterprise was given up, although the Milwaukee dam and two miles of canal were built, giving the town a water power and a fresh impetus. Mr. Hustis married Miss Laura A. Ludington, Aug. 29, 1839, in Carmel, N. Y .; Mrs. Hustis was born in Kent, Putnam Co., N. Y., and is a cousin of ex-Gov. Ludington; the family- consisting of three daughters-Mary E., Josephine L. and Florence L., and a son, Charles J .- has resided in Milwaukee since 1868, though Mr. H. spends. most of his time in the village. He is an old-time Republican in politics, has a residence and about 300 acres of land in Hustisford.
IRA JONES, farmer, Secs. 33 and 28; P. O. Hustisford; born in Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., March 31, 1810 ; spent his early life and married in his native State; came to Wisconsin in 1843, and spent two years in Watertown ; pre-empted 160 acres of his present farm in 1845, when there was not a house between him and Watertown, where he used to buy flour and " back it " ten miles to his home. As he had a pair of oxen and a cow, and was somewhat in debt, he was obliged to get trusted for his first plow, which he also brought from Watertown on his shoulders ; his present well-improved farm of 220 acres, and modern buildings, are the result; he has, besides, given each of his five married children farms worth from $2,000 to $5,000 each, with stock and tools to carry them on. He married Miss Penelope Green Jan. 24, 1830 ; they have seven children-Polly A., Sydney R., Seneca B., Samuel A., Flora E., Florence L. and Lydia M .; the sons all own valuable farms in Hustisford ; Polly A., is in Minnesota, and Flora E. in Iowa, both married and well settled. Mr. Jones is a Democrat ; was County Coroner six years, Justice of the Peace fourteen years, and Assessor several years ; he is both a grain and stock grower, and has probably raised as much wheat as any man in the county ; has at present about 330 grade Spanish Merino sheep, besides horses, cattle, hogs, etc. Few men have done better than this substantial old pio- neer, as he not only raised and educated a large family, but gave his sons such aid that, with their inherited enterprise, they are also classed among the most wealthy and progressive farmers of the township.
S. B. JONES, farmer, Secs. 29 and 32; P. O. Hustisford ; born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., . Aug. 20, 1838 ; is a son of Ira and Penelope Jones, who settled in Wisconsin in 1843 and in Hustisford in 1845 ; he has spent his life and been educated in Dodge Co., living on the homestead until February, 1863, when he settled on his present farm of 195 acres; has enlarged his farmhouse, built a new sheep- barn, and devotes his farm to both stock and grain raising. He married Miss Eliza Baker March 25, 1863; they have six children-Edgar, Eleanor, Sidney, Rachel, Flora and Eliza. Mr. Jones is a Repub- lican ; was Chairman of his Democratic township two years; he is a member of Heine Lodge, No. 152, I. O. O. F., and a progressive farmer ; has a flock of 200 thoroughbred Spanish Merino and Cotswold sheep ; also has Berkshire hogs and Cloud horses ; he is also owner of a Limburger cheese factory, making about forty-five thousand pounds per annum.
S. R. JONES, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Hustisford ; born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., Feb. 24, 1836; son of Ira and Penelope Jones, who settled in Hustisford in 1845 ; was educated in the county and lived on the old farm until he was 24, when he settled on his present farm of 240 acres, beginning with 120 acres ; he has broken up, fenced and improved this farm, erected a modern brick farmhouse, large barns, etc .; Mr. Jones makes a specialty of full-blooded Spanish Merino sheep, now owning about four hundred ; he also has a herd of thoroughbred Berkshire hogs and other stock. In politics, a Republican ; he has been Assessor several terms and is now President of the Town Insurance Company, organized in 1875 ; He married Miss Ann Baker in March, 1860 ; they have two children-William H. and Cora M.
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WILLIAM LEHMANN, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Neosho ; born in Rhenish Prussia, Jan. 18, 1802; was educated in the Universities of Bonn and Tubingen, and was one of the earliest German patriots who formed secret societies with the object of establishing a united Germany ; the society was betrayed, Mr. L. arrested, tried and convicted of " constructive high treasson," in 1824, and sentenced to sixteen years imprisonment in the fortress of Zulich, since razed; in 1826, having been employed as instructor to the son of the commandant of the fortress, the son, in the absence of his father, showed Mr. Lehman the plan of the fortress ; retaining the plan in his memory he drew a map, by the aid of which he made his escape soon after. Resolved to bid the Fatherland good-bye, he landed at New York in November, 1826, soon finding employment in the Berkshire High School, of Pittsfield, Mass., as a teacher of languages, as he is conversant with Hebrew, Latin, Greek, English, French, Spanish, Italian and Ger- man ; after two years, he was called to the chair of ancient and modern languages in the Georgia College, Athens, Ga ; during his professorship here, he numbered among his pupils Messrs. A. H. Stephens, A. L. Yancey, Howell Cobb, Gen. Barteau, and other noted leaders in the late rebellion ; Mr. Lehmann well remembers reviewing and correcting the Latin valedictory of Mr. Stephens. Prof. Lehmann returned with his family to his native land in 1845, spent two years, and, returning to America, settled on his present farm of 160 acres in 1848; on this was a small log house, a striking change from the grand residence occupied by the family in Bonn ; they saw genuine pioneer life, living three years in the log house, which was then replaced by the roomy farmhouse ; Prof. Lehmann's wife, whom he married Nov. 5, 1834, was Miss Harriet M., daughter of A. Van Vechten, in his day one of the leading lawyers of the State of New York, and a descendant of the noted Dutch family which settled there in an early day ; she was also con- nected with the Schuyler family. A. W. Lehmann, the eldest son, married Miss Eveline Van Vechten of Washington Co., Wis., in September, 1876 ; they have two children-Julia E. and Harriet. The younger son, Julius, was a Union soldier, and died in the service Aug. 20, 1864; the only daughter, Catherine T., is with her parents on the homestead. Prof. L. and son are in politics stanch Republican.
G. W. MARTIN, deceased; born in Luzerne, Warren Co., N. Y., April 28, 1811, where he married Mrs. Eliza A. Prouty Aug. 2, 1840 ; Mrs. Martin was born in Athol, Warren Co., May 9, 1812, and married James Prouty in 1830, who died in 1838, leaving three children-Eunice, Helen M. and Catherine, all of whom have since died. Mr. Martin and family settled on the homestead in Hustisford, in 1846, having bought forty acres, built a log house, and leased a small plat in 1845; a millwright by trade ; he worked in Fond du Lac, Neosho, Hustisford, Waukesha, and other points, for many years ; at his death, Oct. 12, 1873, he left a well-improved farm of 160 acres, and four children-Jennie, Susan, Elizabeth and Julius W. J. W. Martin has spent his life and been educated in the county ; is a Demo- crat, as was his father, and with his mother owns the homestead.
O. D. NIMIS, farmer, Secs. 25 and 26; P. O. Neosho; born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Feb. 19, 1836 ; son of Loyal Nims, who removed to Hustisford in October, 1850, and bought 107 acres of wild, heavily timbered land ; of this only one acre was cleared, on which was a log house ; this wilderness was cleared and made a home. O. D. Nims lived on forty acres on Sec. 25, until Oct. 11, 1864, when he enlisted in the 1st Wis. Heavy Artillery, and was in and about the defenses of the Capitol, until June, 1865, when the battery returned, Mr. Nims being discharged from the Sickles Hospital, Alexandria, where he had been confined two or three months by sickness. His brother, Adolphus, was killed at the battle of Perryville ; William, of the 38th Iowa, died at Memphis, and Frank died at Nashville. Soon after his return from service, Mr. Nims settled on the old homestead. Married Miss Anna Dorward, of Forfarshire, Scotland, Jan. 11, 1858 ; they have six children-Frank L., Alexander W., Anna, Almira, Lillie and Harriet. Mr. Nims is a Democrat, and a member of Neosho Lodge, No. 128, I. O. O. F. He has native cows for dairy purposes, also other stock and the usual crops.
BARBER RANDALL, farmer, Secs. 32, 31 and 36; P. O. Hustisford; born in Berlin, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., July 12, 1819; son of Benjamin Randall, who settled with his family on Govern- ment land, in Lebanon, Dodge Co., Wis., 1845 ; Benjamin Randall was intimate with such men as Judge Hiram Barber, and was a member of the first Wisconsin State Legislature, dying in April, 1859; the family used to live in a true pioneer fashion, sawing off the ends of the logs and using them for cart wheels, driving ox teams about the country by the guidance of blazed trees, etc. About 1851, Barber Randall settled on his present homestead ; has added to this until he now owns 800 acres in the towns of Hustisford, Lebanon, Ashippun, and Rubicon ; has several barns, and built a brick farmhouse, in 1869 ; Mr. Randall has lost three wives, by whom he has eight children-Myron, Albert, Charles, Sydney, Earnes, Walter, Lucetta and Franklin. On the 6th of Sepember, 1873, he married Miss Hattie A., daughter of Aaron Goodenough, of Genesee Co., N. Y., who settled in Neosho in 1855 ; they have three children-Hattie B., F. Barber. and Sarah E. Mr. Randall is a Republican ; has been Supervisor, Road
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Commissioner, and was in old times County Poormaster ; he makes a specialty of the breeding of Cloud horses, and Berkshire hogs; has bred Cloud horses for the past twenty years, and has sold horses from Minnesota to Texas ; now owns the thoroughbred stallion Champion Cloud, bred by J. Murray, named by J. B. Hays, of Horicon, and bought by Mr. Randall in 1876; this horse took the first prize at the Wisconsin State Fair, in 1879, and has taken first premiums at the Watertown and Dodge Co. fairs, for the past three years ; has never failed in getting the first prize where exhibited ; Mr. R. also owns a year- ling stallion which took the first State and county prizes, in 1879, he owning in all eleven full bloods and grades ; Mr. R. bought his Berkshire stock of Canada, Ohio and Illinois breeder, also of R. Richards, of Racine Co., Wis .; on this stock he has never yet been beaten, for first premiums, on any class exhibited at the Wisconsin state, central and northern fairs, and the Dodge Co. fair; has about 500 grade Merino sheep, and a drove of native cows, owning a creamery and making large quantities of butter.
HENRY REX, druggist, Hustisford ; born in Prussia July 28, 1842; came to America in 1855, with his parents, and settled with them in the town of Hubbard. Here he attended English school, living on the farm until 1873, when he began the drug business, in Hustisford, with Otto Fehland, a thorough druggist, for a tutor; mastering the profession, Mr. Rex has since successfully continued it, having the only drug store in the place ; he carries a complete line of drugs and medicines, pure liquors for medicinal purposes, paints, oils and varnishes, brushes of all kinds, toilet soaps, perfumery, toilet articles, shoulder braces, trusses, sponges, school-books and stationery, tobacco, cigars, pipes, notions, etc. He began iu debt; has supported a family ; now owns store and stock, owing nothing. Mr. Rex is a stanch Democrat, and belongs to Heine Lodge, No. 152, I. O. O. F. He married Miss Wilhelmina Dowe in 1864; they have four living children-Charles, Emma, Lydia and Hugo.
EDWARD ROBERTS, stonemason, Hustisford ; born April 6, 1836, in Wales, where he attended school and lived until the fall of 1856, when he came to America ; spent ten months in Ohio, having made a trip through the South ; in August, 1857, he settled in Clyman, removing to Hustisford in 1860. Enlisted, in 1861, in the 7th Wis. Battery; was in the siege of Island No. 10, and in many skirmishes in Kentucky and Tennessee; was wounded at Humboldt, Tenn., losing part of his foot by a rebel bullet, in consequence of which he was honorably discharged on Oct. 5, 1863, and is now drawing a Government pension. Mr. Roberts is a Republican ; has served twice as Justice of the Peace; is also a member of the T. of H., and an Odd Fellow. He married Miss Caroline Hable in Juneau, 1870; they have four living children-Margaret A., Amelia S., Gladius T. and a babe.
F. C. RYDER, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Hustisford ; born in Erie Co., N. Y., Aug. 15, 1824 ;_ thrown upon the world at an early age his younger life was a constant struggle with adversity ; he came to Walworth Co., Wis., in 1845, living there as a laborer at $10 and $12 per month for two years ; settled in Hustisford on eighty acres of Government land in 1847, and lived three years with his brother-in-law, Geo. Baker; worked at clearing up his farm and thrashing in summer and fall, and for John Hustis, as sawyer two winters. He married Miss Mary Van Blaricum Dec. 1, 1850, who was born near Belleville, Canada ; they lived for some time in a small, one-story shanty, for which he sawed lumber, building it himself; as a result of years of labor and management he has a well-improved farm of 258 acres, several large farms, and a large and well-built frame house, erected in 1866 ; has 250 gra le Spanish Merino sheep, about twenty native grade cows, Cloud horses, and makes a specialty of Poland-China hogs.
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