The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, containing a history of Dodge County, its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc, Part 120

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

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ODEY W. TRAYNOR, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Columbus ; son of Philip Traynor, who came from Ireland to Dodge Co., Wis., June 1, 1849, and settled on the farm now owned and occupied by his sons ; he died in the fall of 1875; O. W. Traynor was born in County Kildare, Ireland, in 1838; his parents had eleven children, seven of whom are living; Odey, Michael, Philip and their youngest sister, Lizzie, reside on the homestead. Their farm contains 175 acres of land, with good improvements. O. W. entered the army in 1863, as Second Lieutenant in the 4th Iowa V. C .; was promoted to a first lieutenancy in 1865 ; served till June, 1866. He was City Treasurer of the city of Columbus for two years, and County Treasurer of Dodge Co. for the years 1875, 1876, 1877 and 1878. His brothers Michael and Philip were also in the Union army during the rebellion; Michael enlisted in 1861, and served until the close of the war; James entered the service with his brother Odey W., and died in 1866, of disease contracted in the army.

JAMES WEBSTER, proprietor of Elba Center Stock Farm and stock-raiser, Sec. 16; P. O. Danville ; was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., May 1, 1814, where he lived until he was 20 years of age,

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when he went to Hartford, Conn., where he lived four years, and learned the trade of brickmaking, which business he followed for about sixteen years ; he returned to Oneida Co. and engaged in the manufacture of brick ; also kept hotel near Rome for about two years. He was married, in 1837, to Maria Peetman, born in Montgomery Co .; they came to Oakland, Jefferson Co., Wis., in November, 1843. In 1845, Mr. Webster purchased a farm of ninety-six acres in Lowell Township, also forty acres in Elba Township, Dodge Co., and located on the forty acres in the fall of that year; he purchased his present farm in the spring of 1851, where he located in the fall of that year ; his farm contains over four hundred acres. Mr. Webster is numbered among those early settlers of Dodge Co. who began life poor, but by hard work, economy and good management, have secured an independence. He deals quite extensively in thorough- bred stock, making a specialty of Spanish Merino sheep and short-horn cattle. Has had seven children, three of whom are living-Jennie (now Mrs. A. M. Watson, of La Crosse), Samuel R. (married Miss Hattie Chamberlain, of Kilbourne City) and John P .; has lost four sons-Henry, Spencer and Chester H .; another died in infancy. Mr. Webster was President of the Elba Farmers' Insurance Company for three years ; is now President of Columbus Union Agricultural Society. He is a Republican in politics ; he and wife are members of the Congregational Church.

EDWARD J. WILLIAMS, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Danville; was born in Rome, Oneida Co., N. Y., Aug. 15, 1819. His father, John W. Williams, was also a native of Oneida Co., his grand- father, John Williams, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and two brothers-Solomon and David Will- iams, having settled there in about 1780 ; his father removed to St. Lawrence Co., thence to Ohio, thence to Michigan, where he died Aug. 13, 1847 ; Mr. Williams came to Dodge Co. from Cleveland, Ohio, May 1, 1846, and entered eighty acres of the farm where he now resides; in early life, he was engaged in the woolen manufacturing business ; he dates his farming experience from the time he settled on his present farm ; he came to the county poor ; when he had paid the entrance fee of his first eighty acres of land, he had but 50 cents remaining ; his farm now contains 184 acres ; his improvements are among the very best in the township. He has held various offices during his long residence in the county ; was elected to the Legislature in the fall of 1857; was Highway Commissioner for 1848; Town Clerk about 1849; was Justice of the Peace for ten years; Assessor of the Township for five years; was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for the years 1845, 1846 and 1847 ; has been Secretary of the Elba Mutual Insurance Com- pany for the past three years. He was married in 1843 to Lucia P. Howe, who was born in Vermont ; she died Aug. 5, 1847 ; his present wife was Mrs. Mary J. Ensign, formerly Miss Johnson, born in Hamil- ton Co., Ohio ; Mr. Williams has three children by his former marriage-John W., E. E. and Helen M. Mrs. Williams has one daughter by her former marriage-Mrs. Arabella Ensign Pease.

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M. S. BARRETT, farmer, Sec. 16 ; P. O. Burnett Station ; born Feb. 17, 1825, in Jefferson Co., N. Y., at Ellisburg ; son of Enoch and Pamelia Barrett, natives of New Hampshire ; came to Wiscon- sin in June, 1848, and pre-empted a half-section in the Rock River land grant ; the next spring he came to Dodge Co., and worked for George Smith, on Rolling Prairie, for two or three summers, teaching school in winter. April 10, 1851, he married Genevieve H. Church, who was born Sept. 2, 1831, daughter of Silas and Fanny Church, who came from Jefferson Co., N. Y., in the spring of 1849, and settled in Bur- nett Nov. 1, 1856. Mr. Barrett bought an eighty-acre farm at Burnett Corners, and lived there till the spring of 1868; he then sold out and bought a farm at Burnett Station, where he now resides, and has eighty acres of land which he values at $8,000, a part of the village plat of Burnett Junction being on his farm. In the fall of 1867, he built an elevator at Burnett Station, and engaged in wheat-buying, which he continued till the fall of 1871 ; then sold out elevator to John M. Sherman. In 1869, he built a cheese-factory at the station, and made cheese every summer till the fall of 1875. He was Superinten- dent of Schools for seven years in succession till 1861 ; was elected Justice of the Peace in 1858, and has held the office most of the time since.

W. P. CLIFFORD, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. O. Burnett Station ; was born Feb. 16, 1820, in Canada East, son of Samuel and Deborah Clifford, natives of New Hampshire ; he came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1844, and located in Burnett, Dodge Co., on his present farm in which he has 185 acres of land, worth $60 per acre. He was married, June 20, 1853, to Mary Jane Voorhees, who was born March 22, 1834, daughter of Tunis and Sarah Voorhees, natives of New York, who came to Burnett in the summer of 1845 from New York State ; Mr. Clifford has four children living-Gertrude Maria, now Mrs. William

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M. Larrabee, of Burnett Junction, born Nov. 10, 1853; Sherman, born May 2, 1856; Charles Sumner, born Jan. 11, 1858, and Alfred L., born March 8, 1860 ; has lost one, James V., who was born Sept. 8, 1866, and died Dec. 6, 1871.

ORVILLE BURGIT, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Rolling Prairie. The subject of this sketch is a son of Isaac and Lydia Burgit ; was born in Tioga Co., N. Y., in 1824; when 10 years of age, with his parents, he immigrated to Livingston Co., Ill., which was their home for sixteen years, and removed from there to La Salle Co., Ill., where his parents both died ; he followed farming here till 1859, and then came to the town of Burnett, Dodge Co., Wis., where he has followed the same vocation, and has a farm of 282 acres in Secs. 31, Burnett, 25 and 36, town of Beaver Dam, 1 and 6, town of Oak Grove. In Livingston Co., Ill., he married Miss Francis, daughter of Daniel and Harriet Madison, a native of Tioga Co., N. Y., but emigrated to Illinois, with her parents, in 1834 ; they have had nine children, as follows- George, deceased, Lydia, Eveline, Elisil, Idella, Henrietta, Emily, Clara, Esther. Mr. and Mrs. Burgit are members of the Methodist Church.

JESSE B. COLE, station agent, Burnett Junction ; born Aug. 10, 1844, in Jefferson Co., N. Y. ; son of Willis S. and Sophronia Cole, both natives of Jefferson Co., who went to Canada when he was an infant ; lived there three years, then came to Wisconsin and lived in Beaver Dam a few months, thence to Woodland, Dodge Co., where they lived about twenty years; in the spring of 1849, came to Burnett, where they still reside; Jesse B. attended the High School in Horicon, from the fall of 1858 till the close of the June term in 1861 ; the next fall, after leaving school, he worked in the railroad yard in Milwaukee about three weeks, then ran as brakeman on the old Milwaukee & La Crosse Railroad about a month, when he was obliged to leave the road on account of poor health; the next spring (1862), he learned telegraphing of his brother, in New Lisbon, Wis., operated a short time at Mauston, Wis., then back to New Lisbon about a month, and was then appointed operator at Sparta, Wis; May 20, 1863, was appointed joint agent at Burnett Junction of the Chicago & North-Western and Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroads, and has held that position ever since ; has also been agent for the American Express Company since May 1, 1868. Was married, Nov. 26, 1868, to Sarah J. Merrill, daughter of Lorenzo and Mary Ann Merrill, of Burnett ; has two children-Frederick M., born Aug. 16, 1871, and Jessie Winnefred, April 22, 1878.

H. H. ELKINS, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Rolling Prairie ; one of the pioneers of Dodge Co .; was born March 31, 1813, in Grafton Co., N. H .; son of Josiah and Nancy Elkins; he came West in 1834, reaching White Pigeon, Mich., on Sept. 28, where he remained till May, 1835, when he came to Milwaukee, Wis., arriving on the 10th, and, in about ten days after his arrival, commenced work on the Government survey of Wisconsin, continuing nine months without intermission, and most of the time for a year and a half after that; in February, 1837, he returned to White Pigeon, Mich., and, on the 12th, was married to Emily Rollins, who was born Dec. 5, 1819, in Haverhill, N. H., daughter of Daniel and Emily Rollins ; soon after their marriage, they went to Chicago and resided there till the next fall, then removed to Southern Illinois and lived about two years in Schuyler Co .; in the fall of 1841, he again came to Wisconsin, and, in 1842, settled in the town of Burnett, where he has since resided ; at the time he came to Burnett, there were only four houses in the town, including his own, and he attended the first caucus ever held in Dodge Co., which was at Hyland Prairie; from 1850 to the fall of 1863, he was engaged in the mercantile business in Horicon, buying wheat and wool, and running his farm at the same time. Has lost four children-David, Ellen, Edmund and Hattie ; has three living-Emily (now Mrs. Edwin Barnard, of Mower Co., Minn.) ; Harry, of Wabash Co., Minn., and John, who is in the jewelry business in Waupun. He was married, May 6, 1868, to Miss M. E. Collier, who died Jan. 9, 1875 ; he then married Miss Eva Heath March 25, 1876 ; has three children-Mabel E., Mary H. and Emily D.

ALFRED FARLOW, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Minnesota Junction ; was born in Kentucky, near Lexington, Sept. 1, 1821; son of Uriah and Phebe Farlow, natives of Kentucky; his father died when he was an infant, and when he was 6 years old, his mother removed to Indiana; at the age of 15, he left home and went to learn blacksmithing in Cass Co., Mich., where he remained two years, then went to McHenry Co., Ill., and followed the same business ; in the fall of 1845, he came to Wisconsin and set- tled in Burnett, on his present farm, having bought it the July previous. Has now 240 acres of land, worth about $15,000 ; in connection with his farming, he is engaged in breeding and dealing in hor ses ; has now two imported Norman stallions, that cost him $4,500. Oct. 6, 1839, Mr. Farlow was married to Maria Taylor, who was born Dec. 15, 1819, in the State of New York, and was the daughter of Eldad and Louisa Taylor, natives of New York. Mrs. Farlow died Oct. 6, 1879, of typhoid fever, after only one week's illness ; has five children living-Simeon A., born Feb. 14, 1846; Nancy M., June 8, 1849; Wright C.,

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May 22, 1855; Belle, March 20, 1858, and Mary M., May 22, 1860; has lost three children-Viola, born Dec. 17, 1844, died May 6, 1850; Stanly, born June 8, 1852, died Aug. 8, 1853 ; Perry C., born Dec: 10, 1842, enlisted in 1862 in Co. K, 29th W. V. I., and died Feb. 5, 1863, of typhoid fever, at Helena, Ark.

WILLIAM FOLSOM, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Burnett; born March 21, 1830, in Windsor, Vt .; son of Enos and Mary Folsom ; came to Wisconsin in November, 1853, and settled in the town of Burnett, on Section 16, in March, 1866 ; removed to Section 29, where he now resides. Has 1662 acres of land, valued at $45 per acre. Was married, in Vermont, March 16, 1860, to Fanny Lougee, who was born April 26, 1833, in Washington, Orange Co., Vt .; daughter of Abraham F. and. Clarissa (Giles) Lou- gee ; when Mr. Folsom was 21 years of age, he went to New York City, and worked about eight months for Ensign & Thayer, mounting maps, then returned to Vermont and stayed with his father nearly a year, and from there, in company with his brother Charles, to Southern Ohio, remaining there till November, 1853, when they came to Wisconsin as before stated, and bought the farm on Section 16 together. In the spring of 1853, William Folsom, in company with Charles and Stephen Woodward, started from Burnett (April 14) with ox teams, drove to Omaha, and from there to Kansas, locating on some land about ten miles north of Fort Scott; they remained there from the middle of July till the middle of August, then gave up their claims and returned to Wisconsin. Mr. Folsom was Town Treasurer two years, Super- visor a number of years, and Chrirman for the last three years. Mr. and Mrs. Folsom are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church ; have four children-Clara C., Charles R., Bertha F. and William H .; oldest 16, and youngest 9 years of age. His brother, Charles, born March 11, 1826, came with him to Wiscon- sin. Was married, in the fall of 1857, to Caroline Woodward, of Burnett, who died in February, 1862. In the spring of 1863, he married Lorissa Curtis, also of Burnett, who survives him ; lost two children, all they ever had. He held the office of Town Clerk from the spring of 1857 till his death, which occurred April 4, 1867, of typhoid fever.

NATHAN F. GOODRICH, farmer, Sec. 30 ; P. O. Rolling Prairie; has resided on the farm he now owns twenty-five years, having come to Wisconsin from Enfield, Grafton Co., N. H., in the spring of 1854, and settled where he now lives; owns 159 acres of land, worth about $60 per acre; Mr. Goodrich was the son of Abial and Betsey Goodrich, natives of New Hampshire. Married, April 2, 1851, Sarah F. Purmort, who was born June 12, 1830, daughter of John and Betsy Purmort, also natives of New Hampshire. Mr. Goodrich has always followed farming and is now paying a good deal of attention to sheep raising. Has five children living-Marian Eulettie, born March 5, 1856; John B., April 9. 1859; Charles F., Feb. 15, 1865 ; Gertrude Florence, April 21, 1868, and Purmort F., June 29, 1872 ; has lost five-Sarah E., born Jan. 19, 1852, died June 29, 1863; Mary L. W., born Oct. 12, 1853, died July 14, 1863; Catharine M., born Feb. 14, 1858, died March 12, 1858; George E., born Aug. 26, 1861, died Sept. 30, 1863, and Emma E., born Oct. 13, 1863, died Dec. 22, 1863. Marian Eulettie is now Mrs. W. A. Lockwood, of Rock Rapids, Iowa.

O. F. GREENFIELD, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Minnesota Junction ; was born in Erie Co., N. Y., March 14, 1838 ; his parents removed to Wisconsin in the spring of 1844, when he was only 6 years of age, and lived about six months near Milwaukee, then located on a farm, a part of which he now occu- pies, in Burnett, where he has 103 acres of land, valued at about $50 per acre. May 30, 1866, he mar- ried Mary J. White, who was born April 4, 1838, daughter of James and Mary White, of Burnett, who were among the first settlers of Burnett ; has lost one child-Georgie, born Aug. 25, 1869, died Sept. 23, 1870 ; has no children living. His father, William Greenfield, one of the first settlers of Dodge Co., was born March 27, 1813. in Saratoga, N. Y., and died Dec. 21, 1876, in Burnett; his mother, who is still living in Burnett, on Sec. 34, was Susannah Hunt, also born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., April 1, 1819.

FRANKLIN B. GROVER, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Rolling Prairie ; was born in Living- ston Co., N. Y., May 10, 1833; was the son of Lyman H. and Lucy Ann Grover, natives of New York State, who removed to Wisconsin when Franklin was 10 years of age, and settled in Milwaukee Co., on the banks of "Lake 5," in October, 1843; in the fall of 1845, located in Burnett, Dodge Co., and removed there in January, 1846, on the farm now owned and occupied by Franklin B .; Lyman Grover died in Bur- nett May 16, 1860, aged 59 years and 3 months ; Mrs. Lucy Ann Grover died Sept. 28, 1856, aged 62 years years and 8 months; F. B. Grover had two sisters-Welthy, born Feb. 1, 1826; married Hezekiah Gilbert March 2, 1843; died July 25, 1861; Olive L., born March 1, 1829; married Frederick Cox, July 3, 1875 ; both are in Livingston Co., N. Y. Mr. Grover was married, Dec. 5, 1854, to Arvilla D. Wyman, who was born Oct. 9, 1835; daughter of James and Nancy Wyman, who came to Wisconsin in 1844, from Canada, and settled in the town of Oak Grove, Dodge Co .; Mr. Wyman was a native of Vermont ; Mr. Grover has three children-Lauella, born July 18, 1856, now Mrs. John

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Demedy, of Janesville, Wis .; Lucy E. and Lyman (twins), born Jan.16, 1860; Lucy is now Mrs. William P. Baker, of Ransomville, N. Y., the two sisters having been married at the same time, Oct. 9, 1879. For the last twenty years Mr. Grover has been dealing more or less in real estate and live stock, and from 1868 to 1872, was a member of the manufacturing firm of J. S. Rowell & Co., of Beaver Dam ; he now owns over 8,000 acres of pine and farming lands, worth $130,000, including his home farm in Dodge Co., of 360 acres, and improved farms in Howard and Chickasaw Cos., and Iowa and Mower Cos., Minn .; his pine lands are in the counties of Oconto, Lincoln and New, in Wisconsin.

MRS. LAURETTA T. JUDD (widow), resides on Sec. 27; P. O. Burnett Station ; was born April 28, 1817, in Dorchester, Mass .; maiden name, Lauretta T. Bird; her first husband was Samuel R. Jewett, who was born in Hopkinton, N. H., Aug. 28, 1810 ; when 21 years of age, he went to Dorchester, Mass., to live, and in the summer of 1842, made a trip West, to look at land ; he bought eighty acres, built a log house, broke ten acres, then sold out, and bought forty aeres of timber, near Beaver Dam, also took a quarter-section on Rolling Prairie, in Burnett. He then returned to Massachusetts, mar- ried Miss Bird at her father's residence, in Dorchester, and, October 15, 1842, again started West ; went by rail from Boston to Albany, N. Y., and by canal from there to Buffalo, thence by steamer Chesapeake to Mil- waukee; were nine days making the trip; the steamer was aground three times, and on the rocks once, but no serious damage was done to the boat, and no lives lost ; there were about 1,000 passengers on board, Mr. and Mrs. Jewett then went with team to Burnett, and lived in the house with a Mr. M. Hall, till they could get a log house built ; the family moved in soon after ; he afterward sold out, and bought again north of Sec. 27, and south part of Sec. 22, and in 1858 built a stone house ; Mr. Jewett died in 1860, leaving five children-Sylvia, born Aug. 28, 1844, was the first girl born in Burnett ; Hannah L., born Jan. 15, 1845 ; 'Zelda M., born April 17, 1847 ; Sophronia E., born Dec. 9, 1853; Josiah T., born Dec. 28, 1856. Sept. 11, 1862, Mrs. Jewett was married to George B. Judd, who was born April 23, 1816, in Great Barrington, Mass., and died April 19, 1878, in Burnett ; Sylvia is Mrs L. B. Hules, of Wan- shara Co., Wis .; Hannah L., Mrs. John W. Childs, of Wilkins Co., Minn .; Zelda M., married Robert R. Pinkerton, of Waupaca, Wis., and died Feb. 22, 1873, and Sophronia E. is now Mrs. August Oestrich, of Iron Mountain, Dodge Co., Wis .; the Jewett estate embraces 195 acres, $60 per acre.

GEORGE H. LAWRENCE, stock and grain dealer, Burnett Junction ; born Dec. 4, 1845, in Burlington, Vt .; son of Daniel and Mercy Lawrence, natives of Vermont, who came to Wiscon- sin in the spring of 1856, and settled in Burnett, where Burnett Junction now is. In the fall of 1861, George H. enlisted in the 1st W. V. C., Co. M, and remained with his regiment till the spring of 1863, when he was discharged for disability ; in the summer of 1863, he went to Denver, Colo., thence to Mon- tana and helped build the second house built in Helena ; was engaged in the mercantile business, in that place and Diamond City, till the fall of 1866; then returned to Wisconsin and followed farming three years, since which time he has been dealing in stock and grain, occasionally taking a hand in politics, on the Republican side of the question ; was a member of the State Legislature in 1875, and has been on the Town Board several years. Was married, Feb. 6, 1867, to Ellen Sherman, daughter of John M. Sher- man, of Burnett; she was born June 16, 1845; have three children-Harriet L., born June 10, 1869 ; Georgiana, Aug. 7, 1871, and Luzerne, Dec. 31, 1874.

A. LOCK WOOD, farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. O. Rolling Prairie ; is a native of Connecticut, and was born April 22, 1820, in Weston, Fairfield Co. His father's name was Ephraim Lockwood, and his moth- er's, Mary Wilkinson, both natives of Connecticut. He was married, Dec. 25, 1844, to Betsy M. Dun- ham, who was born Jan. 7, 1826, in Connecticut. Mr. Lockwood came to Wisconsin in August, 1848, and entered some land near Neenah, but returned to Connecticut the same fall; Jan. 3, 1849, he sailed from New York City for California, via Cape Horn, and spent eight days in Valparaiso, Chili, viewing the city and surrounding country ; landed at San Francisco, Cal., June 20, having been 168 days on the voy- age, including the eight days spent in Valparaiso ; in San Francisco, Mr. Lockwood, with six others, formed a company for the purpose of mining, and went into Butte Co. to work, where he remained about two years, but was able to work only a small part of the time, on account of poor health; four of the company died within three months after their arrival in Butte Co .; regaining his health, he spent about eight months prospecting in the northern part of the State; then returned to Butte Co., where he fol- lowed lumbering and mining about two years, clearing, in that time, $10,000; he then returned to the States, arriving in New York Jan. 7, 1854, having made the passage in twenty-two days, from San Fran- cisco, via the Isthmus of Panama; in April, 1854, he again came to Wisconsin and purchased the farm he now owns; then returned for his family and moved on the farm in June of the same year, where he has since resided ; has 220 acres of land, which was assessed at $50 per acre in 1877 ; in 1859, he spent about two months in the Rocky Mountains, looking over the country ; in addition to his farming, he is

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doing a commission business in agricultural implements, sewing-machines, stoves, etc .; has been Justice of the Peace, Supervisor and Chairman of the Town Board. Has one child-Gertrude M., born Jan. 1, 1846, in Connecticut, now the widow of Oscar T. Shannon, who was a Congregational minister, and was accidentally shot in Emporia, Kan., April 9, 1878.

AARON MARTIN, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Rolling Prairie; was born July 29, 1820, in Somersetshire, England; son of James and Ann Martin. Was married in May, 1842, to Martha Nor- man, who died in England July 2, 1846, leaving two children-Annie E., born March 5, 1843, and Susic, born July 15, 1845. April 4, 1847, he again married, in England, Hannah M. Derrick, daughter of William and Sarah Derrick, of Somersetshire, England. Came to America in 1849, landing in New York the 2d of May ; he first settled in Cuyahoga Co .. Ohio, and worked as a common laborer, some- times at farming and sometimes on the railroad, till April 4, 1851, when he came to Wisconsin and settled in Burnett, on Sec. 10, where he lived till March, 1876, when he removed to his present residence, on Sec. 29, where he has a farm of 120 acres, for which he paid $7,200 ; and still owns the farm on Sec. 10 -184 acres, worth $6,500. At the present time, Mr. Martin and his present wife have had eight chil- dren, six of whom are living-Sarah, born in England June 29, 1848; James H., July 12, 1851; Mary J., Nov. 5, 1853; Martha C., Jan. 18, 1857 ; Albert A., Sept. 16, 1859, and Gertrude H. M., Oct. 16, 1864 ; Mercy was born in August, 1849, and died at the age of 25; Albert William died in infancy ; Anna E. was married to F. C. Curtis, and died in July, 1872, in Iowa; Susie is living at home, having lost her husband, Lyman Sperry.

GEO. R. MAYHEW, hotel keeper, Burnett Junction; born Feb. 19, 1855, in the town of Burnett; son of George W. and Sally Mayhew, natives of Jefferson Co., N. Y., who came to Wisconsin in 1854, and settled in Burnett. When about 14 years of age, Geo. R. commenced clerking in the gene- ral store of S. H. Childs (his stepfather), which he continued ten years, then in February, 1879, be went into the "Burnett Junction House " (a hotel adjoining the railroad depot), which house he is still keeping. He was married in December, 1877, to Mina Ames, who was born Jan. 21, 1857; daughter of Alfred and Martha Ames, of Burnett, natives of Jefferson Co., N. Y. Mr. Mayhew now holds the office of Town Clerk, and is serving his second term. His father died in Burnett April 4, 1856, and his mother married, in September, 1868, S. H. Childs, a native of Ohio, who came to Wisconsin and settled in Burnett, in 1847.

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The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, containing a history of Dodge County, its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc, Part 120

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