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CHRISTIAN ZICKART, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Watertown ; born in Mecklenburg, Germany, Oct. 18, 1827 ; son of Christopher Zickart; came to America in 1857 ; same year he came to Wisconsin, and located in Jefferson Co., where he lived two years; in 1868, bought his present homestead of 100 acres. Married, July, 1836, Mary Wesdorf, a native of Germany, who died leaving one child-Christiania. Married, Nov. 23, 1860, Mary Stooshae ; they had seven children-Josephine, Bertha, Emma, Frank, Bernard, Edward, Richard. Mr. Z. is a member of the Lutheran Church; was elected School Treasurer four years ; in politics, Independent.
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J. W. BAKER, farmer, Sec. 36 ; P. O. Lowell ; is a native of Prussia ; born July 25, 1842 ; in 1854, emigrated with his parents to this country ; they settled in Lowell Township, Dodge Co., Wis., May 20, 1870, he married Caroline A. Feahling; she was born in Clyman Township, Dodge Co., in 1851 ; they have five children-Calvin E., John A., Louis H., Albert C. and Ella A .; Mr. Baker owns ninety- five acres of land. In politics, he is Independent ; himself and family are members of the Reform Church. His father, Martin Baker, married in his native country (Prussia) Miss Anna M. Young ; they emigrated to Dodge Co. in 1854 ; he died Nov. 10, 1878 ; she is still a resident of Lowell Township ; their children
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are William, Katrine (now wife of Nelson Stam), Emma (wife of Machtle), Maria (wife of Charles Liebing) and Charles ; August Feahling, father of Mrs. J. W. Baker, was born in Prussia in 1825 ; emi- grated to Dodge Co. in 1848. Married, Aug. 25, 1850, at Oak Grove, Mary E. Huebner; they now reside on Sec. 35, Lowell Township, where he owns 190 acres of land; their children are-Caroline A. (wife of J. W. Baker), Ettie, M. E., Albert A. and John A.
M. D. BENEDICT, farmer, Sec. 6 ; P. O. Lowell ; was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., in the year 1827 ; in 1836, he removed with his parents, Lewis and Lydia Benedict, to Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, where he remained until his coming to Lowell Township, Dodge Co., Wis., in 1846. In 1855, he married Miss Melissa Round, a native of Herkimer Co., N. Y .; born in 1838 ; they have three children-Florence A., Bertha L. and Lena B .; Mr. Benedict owns 150 acres of land, well located and finely improved. Politically, he acts with the Republican party; he was Justice of the Peace at one time, and has filled other local offices, and has always been identified with the educational interests in the district wherein he resides ; his father, Lewis Benedict, is a native of Litchfield Co., Conn .; born June 28, 1799 ; when he was about 3 years old, his parents moved to Chenango Co., N. Y., where he married, Jan. 11, 1825, Miss Lydia Packard, a native of Delaware Co., N. Y., born June 3, 1801 ; they emigrated to Cuyahoga Co., Ohio ; thence to Lowell Township, Dodge Co., Wis., in 1846, thus becoming pioneer settlers ; in 1867, they went to Floyd Co., Iowa, where they remained until 1878, when they returned to Dodge Co. ; they now reside on Sec. 6, Lowell Township. He has acted with the Republican party since its organization ; their children are M. D. (whose name appears at the head of this sketch), Lydia A. (now wife of M. O. Snow, Floyd Co., Iowa), Henry L. (married Sarah Blair; they also live in Floyd Co.), Augusta A. (wife of E. A. Colton, Lowell Township). Nelson Round, father of Mrs. M. D. Benedict, was a native of " York State." He married Catherine Vosburg; they settled in Lowell Township in 1850; she died in 1851, and he in 1874; their children are Melissa, wife of M. D. Benedict ; Charles M., who served in Co. C, 16th W. V. I. all through the war of the rebellion, and who is now married and lives in Dodge Co., Minn .; Allen A., who was also a soldier in Co. C, 16th W. V. I. during the war of the rebellion, is married and lives in Dodge Co., Minn .; Chlotilda, wife of William M. Waddell, Beaver Dam; Mary A., wife of Leroy McCallister.
A. D. COAPMAN, telegraph operator and station agent, Reeseville ; was born in the town of Minden, Montgomery Co., N. Y., in 1837 ; in early life he received a liberal education, and learned car- riage-making in his native town ; in 1855, he went to Herkimer, and there worked at his trade until 1856 ; in the latter year, he came to Wisconsin, and lived in Wyocena, Columbia Co., until some time in 1857, when he went to Omaha, where he remained about a year, at the end of which time he returned to Wis- consin, lived in Portage a short time, then returned to'Wyocena, where he remained until 1874, in which year he commenced railroading on the Milwaukee & St. Paul, now the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul R. R .; in 1876, he came to Reeseville, and has been engaged in the capacity of depot, telegraph and express agent there since. He married, in Wyocena; Wis., Miss Velaine Kellogg, a native of Summit Co., Ohio ; they have two children-E. Herbert and Frank A. In politics, Mr. Coapman is a Republican, being an earn- est supporter of that party and its principles since he attained his majority. His father, John Coapman, a native of Rensselaer Co., N. Y., held a commission as an officer in the New York State Light Horse Cavalry a number of years, and was, for a long period, Postmaster of the town of Minden, N. Y. He married, in his native State, Miss Hannah Cronkhite; they had five children-Norman, who served in the 8th Wis. Regi- mental Band during the war of the rebellion, was honorably discharged, and died at Wyocena, Wis., in April, 1878; Anson, now a leading farmer, near Wyocena ; Abram D., whose name appears at the head of this sketch ; James W., who studied law, and was admitted to the bar at Portage, Wis., when 19 years of age; he served all through the war of the rebellion as a soldier, being in active service most of the time, and received an honorable discharge at the close of the war; he is now District Attorney at Kewanee, Wis., a position he has filled with credit to himself and satisfaction to the people for over three years ; Mary E., now wife of Charles Easton, Moravia, N.Y. Jacob Coapman, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was commissioned First Lieutenant of Co. in 2d Battalion, 5th Regiment N. Y. Artillery, April 6, 1807, and was promoted Captain during the war of 1812, in which capacity he served with distinction. Abram Coapman, great- grandfather of our subject, was commissioned Captain August, 1778, and was in active service during the war of the Revolution. Mrs. A. C. Coapman's parents, Eleazer S. and Catharine Kellogg, and family, settled in Wyocena, Wis., in 1855, where he resided until his death, in 1866 ; Mrs. C. is still living at Wyocena.
HON. D. M. COLEMAN, Sec. 1; P. O. Lowell ; was born in Hector, Tompkins Co., N. Y., Sept. 16, 1816; in early life he received a liberal education ; in 1849, came to Dodge Co., and settled in Lowell Township, which has been his home since; he owns 200 acres of land. He was elected to the
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Assembly of Wisconsin one term, and performed eminent service ; he has also been elected by his fellow- citizens to various local offices of trust. In politics, he is a consistent and active Republican. He is a truthful and capable man, both in public and private life, attached to those things which are true and just, and ever ready to rebuke meanness in any form.
JOHN B. COLEMAN, retired farmer, Lowell; was born in Hector, Tompkins Co., N. Y., March 7, 1830 ; he was educated in his native town ; in 1851, he came to Lowell, Dodge Co., Wis., where he married, in 1856, Miss Jessie Bruce, who was born in Perthshire, Scotland, April 28, 1831, and came to Dodge Co. in 1851 ; they have one daughter, Anna, now the wife of F. W. Benson, of Lowell. Mr. Coleman owns eighty-five acres of land. In politics, he is a stanch Republican ; he takes an active inter- est in public affairs ; is public-spirited, and any enterprise that gives promise of general good meets with his hearty co-operation. His father, Joshua Coleman, was a native of Morris Co., N. J .; he married, in his native county, Miss Betsy Budd ; both died in Tompkins Co., N. Y., of which county they were honored and respected citizens for a number of years.
D. F. ELDRED, wagon-maker and blacksmith ; P. O. Lowell ; was born in Murray, Orleans Co., N. Y., Sept. 6, 1820; in 1833, he moved with parents, Holden and Polly Eldred, to Medina Co., Ohio ; in 1841, he came to Wisconsin, and put up the first saw-mill in that place, and sawed the first lum- ber ; he worked in Jefferson until 1842, when he went to Ashland, and, in December of the same year (1842), he came to Lowell, and built a log house on Sec. 22, this being probably the first house in that portion of Lowell Township. He married in Oak Grove, Feb. 22, 1846, Miss Sarah Deits ; they have three children-Emmett D., now Postmaster at Minnesota Junction ; Eldora and Charles. Mr. Eldred has resided in the town of Lowell and vicinity since 1842, with the exception of years 1847-48, when he was in the town of Burnett ; in 1855, he engaged in wagon and carriage making, and since that time he has done a good business ; he has been Justice of the Peace in Lowell for over sixteen years, and has . been chosen by his fellow-citizens to fill various other offices of trust. His father, Holden Eldred, was born in Hampden Co., Mass., Oct. 16, 1796 ; he was a soldier in active service during the war of 1812, and was in the battles of Plattsburg, Lundy's Lane and the storming of Queenstown, May 9, 1819. He mar- ried Polly Tryon, a native of Canada, born May 3, 1804; they came to Lowell, in this county, in 1842, thus becoming pioneer settlers of Dodge Co .; she died in Lowell Sept. 8, 1860; he went to Pine Island, Minn., in 1876, where he has since lived ; they had thirteen children, seven of whom are now living. David and Patience Deits, parents of Mrs. Eldred, settled at Oak Grove, Wis., in 1845, and were about the first settlers of that town.
J. W. GIBSON, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Lowell ; was born in Clifford, Susquehanna Co., Penn., Dec. 31, 1827 ; in 1836, he moved with his parents to White Pigeon Prairie, thence to Michigan City, Ind., in September of the same year, from which place they removed to Racine, Wis., in 1843, and in June of the following year they came to this (Lowell) township, and settled on Sec. 18. Sept. 30, 1855, he married Miss Rosetta Nickerson ; they have seven children-William C., Josephine, Anna E., Joseph, Ulysses G., Ursula, Celia E. Politically, in early life, Mr. Gibson acted with the Whig party; on the organization of the Republican party, he joined its ranks, and has remained a firm supporter of that party and its principles. In October, 1847, he was commissioned Lieutenant of Co. 5, Militia, by Henry Dodge, then Territorial Governor. He has taken an active interest in educational interests, and has been called on to fill various school offices. He owns 147 acres of land, well improved. His father, William
Gibson, was born in England in 1790; he married, in his native country, Miss Lydia A. Whiting; they emigrated to Philadelphia, Penn., in 1817, where they lived until 1836, when they moved to White Pigeon, Mich .; thence to Michigan City, as before stated, in the autumn of the same year, where she died in 1837, and he married, in the same city, Mrs. Julia Ann Rose, and moved to this (Lowell) town- ship in 1843, having lived the year prior to that in Racine, Wis. ; he died in 1872 and she in 1871. By William Gibson's marriage with Lydia A. Whiting, there were ten children, viz., Elizabeth (who married William B. Smith-he is now deceased), Jabez (now deceased), Richard (now a resident of Floyd Co., Iowa), Mary J. (now wife of Joseph Winters), Joseph (now a resident of Beaver Dam), J. W. (whose name heads this sketch), Caroline (wife of G. W. Boland), Charlotte (now deceased), Hannah Ann (wife of D. South) ; by second marriage there were no children.
J. M. GREEN, farmer and manufacturer of brick, Sec. 1 ; P. O. Lowell ; was born in Lowell Township, Dodge Co., Wis., March 23, 1845. Aug. 21, 1873, he married, in Columbus, Wis., Miss Ella M. Cramer, daughter of Marcus and Eliza Cramer, early settlers of this (Dodge) county ; they have two children-William H. and Clarence M. In politics, Mr. Green is a Republican. He owns a large and finely improved farm ; in addition to managing his farm, he is extensively engaged in the manufacture of brick, which are widely known for their excellent qualities. He has been Chairman of the Township
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Board of Supervisors two terms, and has also filled other local offices. His father, William H. Green, was a native of Hampton Co., N. H. ; he married, in his native county, Eliza Grout; in the spring of 1844, they emigrated to Watertown, Wis .; thence to this (Lowell) township in the autumn of the same year ; he died March 14, 1876; she is still living, and a resident of Lowell Township. Mrs. J. M. Green's father, Marcus Cramer, at the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion, enlisted in Co. K, 11th W. V. I .; he was wounded at the siege of Vicksburg, and died from the effects shortly after; the records of the regiment he served in show that he was a genial comrade and a brave soldier.
W. R. HANLEY, grocer, Reeseville; was born in the city of New York in 1847; in 1850, his parents, Patrick and Mary Hanley emigrated to Watertown. Mr. W. R. Hanley attended the public schools at Watertown, and acquired a good education ; after he completed his education, he engaged to travel for S. L. Sheldon, of Madison, general dealer in agricultural implements ; at the expiration of the term he was employed for by Mr. Sheldon, he engaged as salesman for the Harris Manufacturing Co., Janesville, which company he remained with until he was tendered the general agency of the Williams Mower and Reaper, which he successfully introduced until 1874, when he came to Reeseville, and engaged in the grocery trade. He married in Richwood, Dodge Co., Miss Katie L. Demsey ; they have four children-Mary, Magnite, Anna and Willie. In politics, Mr. Hanley is a Democrat ; he is at present writing, Justice of the Peace, an office he has been the incumbent of two years; his parents, Patrick and Mary Hanley, as before stated in this sketch, settled in Wisconsin in 1850; they lived at Water- town several years previous to their coming to Reeseville, where he still lives, actively engaged in business, having a large money capital; she died in 1873.
WILLIAM C. HILLIKER, farmer, P. O. Reeseville. This gentleman, a leading citizen and pioneer settler of Lowell Township, Dodge Co., Wis., is a native of Herkimer Co., N. Y .; was born at Little Falls May 12, 1815. He married in his native town, his first wife, Miss Nancy Hall; she was also a native of Herkimer Co., born in 1813; they were married in 1834, and in 1835, they moved to Onon- daga Co., where they lived until their coming West in 1846 ; in the latter year, they settled in Lowell township, Dodge Co., Wis., where she died in January, 1847; they had five children, three of whom are now living, viz., Thomas, who is married and lives in Sioux City, Iowa ; Alexander, married and lives in Nebraska ; Lois J., lives in Onondaga Co., N. Y .; John J., died in the service of the Union, at George- town, during the war of the rebellion ; maiden name of Mr. Hilliker's present wife was Lucretia Reese, a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Reese, natives of New York, who settled in Lowell Township, ( near the town which perpetuates his name-Reeseville) Dodge Co., Wis., in 1845; he died in 1875; his wife, Elizabeth, nee Bell, still lives and is passing her old age in ease and comfort, at the home of her son-in-law, William C. Hilliker, the subject of this sketch; the children of Mr. Hilliker's second marriage are Ellen, now the wife of Byron Cramer, of Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., Wis .; Eveline, wife of Lorenzo Snow, Fill= more Co., Neb .; Frank, who is married and lives in Kansas ; Charles, William. Mr. Hilliker has never been ambitious for office, but he has frequently been selected by his fellow-citizens to fill positions of trust, upon which he has always reflected the highest credit ; in the early history of Dodge Co., he was one of the Board of Road Commissioners, appointed for the purpose of laying out roads ; he was Chairman of the Board of Township Supervisors, for several terms; Assessor one term, and has held various other local offices. In politics, he is a consistent and active Republican ; he ever held that all men should be unfet- tered in running the race of life; hence, he has ever been an enemy of human slavery. When Mr. Hilli- ker began life, he had nothing, and owes his success in life to his own efforts; his father, Benjamin Hilliker, was a soldier in active service during our second war with England, in 1812, and his father served with distinction in the war of the Revolution ; thus it will be seen that Mr. Hilliker's ancestors rendered their country service in her years of peril.
WILLIAM HYLAND, Sec. 34; P. O. Reeseville ; was born in Monroe Co., N. Y., Dec. 10, 1842 ; in the year 1847, his parents emigrated to Wisconsin, and settled in Lowell Township, Dodge Co .; in his early life, William learned the shoemaking trade and worked at it several years ; his father, William Hyland, married, in New York, Miss Mary Murry; as will be seen by the date indicated above, they were pioneer settlers of Lowell Township, where they resided until their death, which occurred, hers in 1872 and his in 1874; their children are Thomas, who is now married and resides in Colfax Co., Wis .; William, whose name appears at the head of this sketch ; John, is married and lives in Davenport, Iowa; Mary, wife of Patrick H. Gara, Reeseville ; James, married Margaret McDonough, and have one child-Lizzie ; they live on Section 34, this (Lowell) township. William and James Hyland own eighty acres of land in the vicinity of Reeseville ; in politics they act with the Democratic party.
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PATRICK KEAVENY, grocer, Reeseville ; was born in County Mayo, Ireland, in 1825, where his early life was passed in attending school and assisting his father on the farm ; in 1849, he emi- grated to the city of New York, where he lived two and a half years; at the end of that time, he went to Lorain Co., Ohio, where he married, Aug. 27, 1854, Miss Ann Mulany ; in the spring of 1855, they came to Wisconsin and located at Reeseville, which has been their home since; they have five children living-Michael H., Catherine A., Peter, Patrick J. and Margaret E. Mr. Keaveny engaged in the grocery business in 1863, and has a large custom ; in politics, he is Independent, voting for whomsoever in his judgment will serve the interests of the country best ; himself and family are members of the Catho- lic Church. His father, Peter Keaveny, was born in County Mayo, Ireland, in 1786. He married, in his native county, Miss Mary Haran ; they emigrated to America in 1849; settled in Lowell Township, Dodge Co., Wis., in 1855 ; they both died about 1864, and were buried in the cemetery at Elba, Dodge Co .; their children are Patrick, whose name heads this sketch ; James, now a resident of Clark Co., Wis., Ellen, wife of Thomas Hughes, Lowell Township, and Peter, now a resident of Randall Co., Minn.
JOHN H. KOCH, tailor, Lowell, Dodge Co .; born in Hanover, Germany, Aug. 9, 1827; came to America in 1847 ; spent six months in Buffalo, N. Y., then went to Canada and spent one winter, when he returned to Buffalo, where he remained a few weeks, and then resided in Cleveland, Ohio, about. six months ; afterward, one winter in Dalton, Wayne Co., Ohio ; returned to Cleveland for three months, then came to Watertown, arriving here in the summer of 1849 ; resided in Watertown until 1877, when he removed to Lowell, where he now resides ; Mr. K. was Alderman of his ward in Watertown in 1854; in August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. E, 20th W. V. I; mustered out at Cairo, Ill., May 13, 1865 ; he was two years Constable in Watertown ; he is a member of St. John's Church. Aug. 20, 1850, he married Rosalina Schar ; she was born in Prussia; they have had eleven children; the living are: Albert, Fred Henry, Caroline, Anna, Rosaline and Adelia; they have lost four sons-Ferdinand, Martin, Gustav and William.
J. W. LEMBGEN, a leading citizen of Lowell, was born near Newied, Russia, Jan. 1, 1830 ; he received a thorough education in his native country ; in 1853, he emigrated to Lexington, Richland Co., Ohio, where he clerked in a mercantile house until 1864, in the spring of which year he came to Lowell, and there engaged in the mercantile business, in which he continued until 1876, meeting with merited success. In 1865, he married, in Lowell, Miss Anna C. Rienhard, daughter of Peter and Anna J. Reinhard ; they have three children-Willie P., Amelia and Albert F. Mr. Lembgen owns a farm of i 20 acres of well-improved land, on Secs. 14 and 21. In politics, he is a Republican. He is a man of both independent thoughts and actions, and of strong personal convictions, and is a strong defender of whatever he believes to be right. He is an active participator in the Lowell school interests, and is the Clerk of the School Board at that place ; he was Postmaster of Lowell post office several years, and filled that position with general satisfaction to the citizens. He has a pleasant home in the village of Lowell, where he and his family are surrounded by all modern comforts.
F. W. MAECHLER, farmer ; Secs. 16 and 17; P. O. Lowell ; was born in Prussia Dec. 13, 1839 ; in 1847, he emigrated with his parents to Clyman Township, Dodge Co., Wis., thence to Lowell Township, in about 1856, where he married, in 1873, Miss Carrie C. Tenney ; she was born near Concord, N. H., in 1849 ; they have two children-Dora E. and Alice Gertrude. Mr. Maechler owns 140 acres of land where he lives, and 160 acres in Wilkin Co., Minn. Politically, Mr. M. is a Republican, being a firm supporter of that party since its organization in Wisconsin. His father, Martin Maechler, was a soldier in the Prussian Army. Married, in his native country (Prussia) Dora E. Furstenburg ; they emigrated to Wisconsin in 1847; settled in this (Lowell) township in 1856, where they resided highly respected citizens until their deaths ; their children are Augusta, now Mrs. Pithy ; Wilhelmene, now wife of M. Richardson, Lowell Township; Amelia, wife of Carlos Church, Wilkin Co., Minn., the parents of Mrs. F. W. Maechler ; John P. and Jane Tenney, are both residents of Concord, N. H., where they have resided a number of years.
HENRY MILLER, physician, Lowell; was born in Auburn, N. Y., in 1824; his father, Elias Miller, was a soldier in active service during the entire war of 1812, and was for many years a lieutenant in N. Y. State Militia ; he died Sept. 15, 1864. The mother of Dr. Miller was Hannah Southard ; she married Elias Miller ; she was a woman of rare Christian virtues, and is still living. Dr. Miller's early education was acquired at the common schools; having a decided literary taste, at the age of 17 years, he began an academic course at the Auburn Academy, wherein he continued until he was 21 years of age, when he was fully prepared to enter the Vermont Medical College at Woodstock, where he remained two years ; he then went to Pittsfield, Mass., and entered the Berkshire Medical College at that place, and graduated in the fall of 1848; he commenced the practice of his profession in Busti,
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Chautauqua Co., N. Y. In 1850, he came to Wisconsin ; located at Oak Grove, where he practiced until June of the following year, when he permanently located at Lowell. The Doctor is a member of the State Medical Society. Politically, Dr. Miller acts with the Republican party, though being in no sense a politician, and ever avoiding anything like political preferment. In his professional capacity, he is justly entitled to a prominent place among the best American physicians. Socially, he is highly esteemed, and, in every relation of life, he has earned the sincere respect and perfect confidence of all with whom he is acquainted. Dr. Miller was twice married; his first wife was Delia E. Weed (deceased) ; had two chil- dren by this marriage-Charles S. and Oscar Eugene. The maiden name of his present wife was Mary Coleman ; she is highly esteemed by all who know her, for her sociability and cheerfulness.
JOHN C. MILLER, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Reeseville ; is a native of Prussia; was born near Coblentz July 15, 1840; in 1856, he emigrated with his father to Wisconsin, and settled in Lowell. He married, in the town of Lowell, Miss Sophia Runkel; they have three children-John W., Ella Othelia and Louis Alfred. Mr. Miller owns 160 acres of land, finely located, well improved and possess- ing all the natural advantages native to Dodge Co. In politics, he is Independent. His father was twice married ; his first wife was Elizabeth Polifka ; she was the mother of John C., whose name heads this sketch ; she died in Prussia. His second wife was Katie Muchat, who died in Lowell. Mr. Miller, Sr., is still living. George Rumkel, father of Mrs. J. C. Miller, was also a native of Prussia ; he married, in his native country, Miss Louisa Reinhard ; they emigrated to Wisconsin in 1855; she died shortly after their settling in Lowell Township, and he now resides with his son-in-law, the subject of this sketch.
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