The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, containing a history of Dodge County, its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc, Part 69

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

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The Catholics .- In 1855, the German and Irish Catholics co-operated in organizing a parish, and together built a small frame church edifice (the structure now occupied as a resi- dence by the Sisters of St. Peter's Church), where for a time, the spiritual welfare of both nationalities seemed to prosper, but in 1860 a split occurred, and the Hibernian element quit the fold. The Germans then re-organized and commenced the erection of a church building,

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which was dedicated as St. Peter's Church November 17, 1862, by Archbishop Henni. The structure cost $4,000. The Pastors have been : The Revs. Martin Kundig, Matthias Gern- bauer, James Stehle, Sebastian Seif, Fr. Shroudenbach, P. De Berge and F. Fusseder. Father Fusseder was a Chaplain in the Union army, and accompanied Gen. Sherman on his famous march to the sea. He has been in charge of St. Peter's parish since July, 1866. His congre- gation consists of 150 families.

St. Mary's Church .- When the proposition to build St. Peter's Church was first advanced, in the early part of 1861, quite a number of those interested were in favor of locating the structure in the southwestern portion of the city, but the majority insisted that the elevation east of the river, near the site of the original place of worship, be retained and built upon. This difference of opinion caused a serious rupture, and those in favor of a new location rebelled to the extent of leaving the fold and erecting a structure of their own, at a cost of about $2,000. The question had been submitted to Bishop Henni for his decision, which he gave in favor of retaining the old site, and he, therefore, for some time, refused to recognize the recalcitrants. Father Fusseder was finally deputized to effect a reconciliation, which he did, on the 19th of March, 1867. He now preaches to both congregations. St. Mary's parish comprises about forty families.

St. Michael's Church .- Society organized in 1875, by a number of Polish Catholics who had previously worshiped with their German brethren. Hippolite Gurski was the first Pastor. He was succeeded by C. Rogozinski. F. Dombrowski is the present Pastor. The congrega- tion comprises between seventy and eighty families. The church and parsonage buildings cost $7,000, about $3,000 of which is yet unliquidated.

St. Patrick's Catholic Church .- The church edifice was erected under the supervision of Rev. P. De Berge, in 1858. Among the original members of the congregation when first organized were John Malone, P. Brennan, M. Kelly, John Kelly, W. Baskfield, W. McGill, John Moylan, James Guilfoyle, John Sullivan, P. Lillis, James Anderson, P. Ring and James Kennedy.

The first resident Pastor was Rev. P. Allen, from 1868 to 1869, followed by the follow- ing named : Rev. J. Vahey, Rev. D. Tierney, Rev. John J. Buckley, who took charge of the parish in September, 1871, and has since continued in charge. The church property is now valued at $3,500, but the congregation has lately purchased property on which they intend to build a handsome brick church in the near future. Number of families represented in the con- gregation is about eighty, with a membership of some four hundred and fifty.

Evangelical Lutheran Church .- Society organized in 1860, under the Wisconsin Synod (the unaltered Augsberg faith). Occasional meetings had been held prior to the organization, in the First Ward Schoolhouse. The German Singer Society Hall, on the east side of the river, was then purchased for $300, and converted to the uses of a church. The first officers of the society were F. W. Menkey, E. Seibold, Ed. Leibig, John Sherman, Theodore Huth and Henry Weaver. The different Pastors who have preached to the society are the Revs .. Duberg, F. Bochner, Adolph Rehim, Philip Springling, Paul Lucas and Edward Jonas. Present Trustees -F. W. Menkey,. Charles Dusel, John Harre, George Elser, Philip Weaver, William Kluge, August Butterbrod, Carl Kuhnke and John Winning. The society comprises about eighty families.

Second Evangelical Lutheran Church .- This society was organized December 5, 1875, by Rev. Philip Lucas, with about twenty families who had formerly held membership in another organization in this city, and who felt it their duty, in consequence of a violation of one of the rules of the Synod with respect to church membership by some of their number, to go out from them. After organizing, they appealed to the Synod to sustain them in their action, and, after hearing the case, the Synod recognized and admitted them to membership in that body. Immediately on perfecting their organization, they proceeded to purchase property as a home for their Pastor, and a lot on which to erect a church. In the summer of 1876, they completed and dedicated to the service of Almighty God a small house, in which they yet

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assemble from week to week for worship. Rev. Mr. Lucas continued to serve as Pastor of this Church until March, 1878, when he resigned, and was succeeded in April following by Rev. Christian Probst, who yet remains with them. The congregation has increased steadily though not rapidly in membership, and now numbers forty-five families. The Pastor's salary is $350 per year. Value of church property, including parsonage, $1,500.

SOCIETIES.

Dodge County Lodge, No. 72, A., F. § A. M., was organized in June, 1856. A. B. Manzer, Sewell Haskell, Abner Remington, J. W. Robinson, D. A. Stevens, A. Hyde, Paul Kribs, John Robinson, Charles E. Manzer and I. V. Shaw, charter members. John Robinson, W. M .; I. V. Shaw, S. W .; A. B. Manzer, J. W .; John W. Robinson, Sec., composing the first officers. The Lodge has continued steadily to grow, and January, 1880, it reports a membership of 119. Officers elected at that time were R. E. Thomas, W. M .; John Fergu- son, S. W. ; J. E. McClure, J. W .; J. H. Barrett, Sec. Meet first and third Wednesday evening of each month.

Beaver Dam Chapter, No. 26, R. A. M., organized September, 1864, with twelve char- ter members, as follows: John McCullough, S. H. Bailey, O. M. Warren, T. L. Newton, Michael F. Lowth, A. B. Chamberlain, P. W. Thompson, Ben. Ferguson, Arie Banta, L. P. Converse, H. C. Wing, G. F. Hartwell. Its first officers were John McCullough, H. P .; J. H. Barrett, Sec. At their first meeting in 1880, the following named were installed : W. H. Ford, H. P .; R. E. Thomas, K .; Rev. George F. Hunting, S .; J. H. Barrett, Sec. Meets first and third Friday in each month.

Beaver Dam Lodge, No. 117, I. O. O. F., was instituted December 20, 1866, with the following named charter members : James Monroe, Edwin E. Holt, S. T. Canoll, Andrew Willard, S. F. Smith, L. D. Livermore, H. R. Hawks, Thomas Turton, George Foote. First officers : James Monroe, N. G .; E. E. Holt, V. G .; L. D. Livermore, R. S. ; Andrew Willard, P. S .; S. F. Smith, Treas. At their first meeting in 1880, were installed the follow- ing : George Egglesfield, N. G .; Joseph Bowes, V. G .; E. A. Crane, R. S .; Andrew Willard, P. S .; John P. Brown, Treas .; M. G. Howard, R. S. N. G .; A. P. Partridge, L. S. N. G. ; Jacob Martin, J. W. ; James H. Messenger, Con. ; Charles E. Dickinson, R. S. S .; Edward Flanders, L. S. S .; James H. Conlon, O. G .; W. D. Hambright, I. G .; James E. Flanders, R. S. V. G .; A. Farrington, L. S. V. G .; George F. Hunting, Chap. ; J. D. Brooks, P. G. Regular meetings Tuesday evening of each week. Present membership 128.

William Tell Lodge, No. 162, I. O. O. F., was instituted March 1, 1869, with sixteen charter members, as follows: G. Hebgen, John Wurster, William Beimdieke, Philip Binzel, George Hofferbert, Joseph Caspari, Charles Groling, Andrew Schluckebier, Henry Harder, Andrew Mirlach, Fred Lehrkind, William Gallun, Ferdinand Krueger, Henry Grams, John Sherman, Charles Schutte. First officers : G. Hebgen, N. G. ; John Wurster, V. G .; Will- iam Beimdieke, R. S .; George Hofferbert, P. S .; Philip Binzel, Treas. For the term beginning January, 1880: G. Stolz, N. G .; G. Hebgen, V. G .; Lewis Frank, R. S .; H. Lambeck, P. S .; John Sherman, Treas .; Fred Osterthun, R. S. N. G .; Gust. Iauch, L. S. N. G .; C. Gensen, W .; John Wurster, Con .; Robert Kolb, O. G .; Charles Hopf, I. G .; Jul. Konke, R. S. S .; Jul. Miller, L. S. S .; Jacob Ertl, R. S. V. G .; Charles Hinig, L. S. V. G .; John Winning, P. G.

Beaver Dam Encampment, No. 24, I. O. O. F., was instituted April 1, 1868, with Edward Elwell, Andrew Willard, H. B. Phelps, J. S. Rowell, J. C. Roper, James J. Dick, Thomas Hughes, L. D. Livermore and L. C. Gebard as charter members. On organizing, the following named were chosen first officers: H. B. Phelps, C. P .; Andrew Willard, S. W .; E. Elwell, J. W. ; J. J. Dick, H. P .; L. D. Livermore, Treas. ; Thomas Hughes, Scribe. January, 1880, the following were elected and duly installed : George Egglesfield, C. P .; Jacob Martin, S. W .; Andrew Willard, H. P .; E. A. Crane, Scribe; J. H. Conlon, Treas .; J. D. Brooks, J. W. Present membership thirty-eight.

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Beulah Lodge, No. 4, D. of R., was instituted January 21, 1875, with J. C. Roper, William Wade, H. B. Phelps, S. F. Smith, C. W. Russell, John Wurster, William Beimdieke, and Sisters M. A. Roper, E. R. Wade, M. A. Phelps, J. E. Flanders, S. E. Russell as charter members. Present officers : Mrs. E. R. Wade, N. G .; Mrs. George Egglesfield, V. G. ; E. A. Crane, R. S .; Andrew Willard, F. S .; Miss Olive Edgerton, Treas. Membership eighty - eight.

Temperance .- The first temperance organization of which we can find record was that of the Sons of Temperance, who organized a Division in this city in 1849, but disbanded after two years' service. J. E. Hosmer and Daniel Howard are believed to be the only persons now living here who were members of it. But a short time elapsed when another Division was organized, which continued to battle for the cause until 1869. In 1856, the Good Templars entered the field, and for the space of twenty-three years have been in active existence. On Monday even- ing, December 15, 1879, the Lodge held its twenty-third anniversary exercises, on which occa - sion Hon. Andrew Willard read a very interesting history of its work, a synopsis of which we give below: Crystal Lodge, No. 6, I. O. of G. T., was organized by F. A. Artherly, G. W. C. T., December 17, 1856, at the residence of A. Tiffany. The charter members were M. Culla- ton (then editor and publisher of the Dodge County Citizen), William Dean, S. B. Johnson, D. Newman, A. P. Lawrence, Mrs. A. Tiffany, C. R. Swallow, L. J. Gibson, Miss F. M. Tiffany, Miss C. L. Lawrence and Miss M. A. Lawrence. The G. W. C. T. installed the following officers : W. C. T., M. Cullaton; W. V. T., F. M. Tiffany ; W. R. S., A. P, Lawrence; W. F. S., L. J. Gibson ; W. Treas., Mrs. A. Tiffany ; W. M., S. B. Johnson ; W. I. G., C. L. Law- rence ; W. O. G., C. R. Swallow. The W. C. T. made the following appointments: P. W. C. T., D. Newman ; W. Chap., William Dean ; W. R. S., M. A. Lawrence.

The next regular meeting was held December 22, in E. S. Kellogg's daguerrean rooms. At this meeting Henry Shuart was initiated, being the first initiation by the Lodge. The third meeting was held December 29, in the old Masonic Hall. The fourth meeting was held in the same hall, January 5, 1857, and the fifth regular meeting was held in the S. of T. Hall. The hall was over the meat market now occupied by Harvey & Son.

The Lodge, with the Sons, continued to occupy that hall until July 6, 1858, when, with the Sons, it removed to Fring's Block, near the southeast corner of Front and Center streets, and occupied that hall until the great fire of January 17, 1863, when the hall, together with most of the furniture, was burned, the books and regalia being saved. It then, with the Sons, moved to the second story of the furniture shop owned by C. B. Beebe, on the site where J. Wagner's greenhouse is now located. After being there a few months, Mr. Beebe moved the building to the north side of Front street, and it is now occupied by him. He there fitted up a comfortable little hall; but our membership increased so rapidly that we could hardly find stand- ing-room in the hall. The Lodge occupied that hall until Brother Lawrence built this hall, expressly for a home for the two Orders-Good Templars and sons of Temperance. The Lodge removed to this hall January 1, 1864.

The Division surrendered its charter in 1869. At the end of the first year, after the Lodge was instituted, there had been admitted to the Lodge, by initiation, 116; by card, 2; charter members, 11-making a total of 129. Fourteen had withdrawn, leaving 115 in good standing. After two or three years of prosperity, came a re-action, and the membership dwindled down, so that, October 31, 1859, the Secretary reported only nineteen members in good standing-six sisters and thirteen brothers. From that time, the Lodge began to revive and increase its mem- bership. In the beginning of the year 1866, the Lodge numbered 329 members in good stand- ing, and the largest Lodge in the State or in the world ; we were known as " The Banner Lodge of the World." It shows what a few can do, with brave hearts and a determined purpose. We find the following item in the Dodge County Citizen of February 12, 1863: "The Good Tem- plars Lodge of this city has forty-one members in the Union army." From 1866 to 1870, the Lodge nearly kept its membership good. From 1870, we suffered another re-action ; the mem- bership gradually dwindled down, so that for the quarter ending April 30, 1879, we had only

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seventy-eight members ; but at the end of last quarter, October 30, the Lodge reported a net gain of eleven. We now number ninety-eight members in good standing.

The first death in the Lodge was Sister Matilda Loomis, who died March 9, 1858. The funeral service was conducted by the Lodge.

The following shows who was Worthy Chief Templar for the quarter of each year they occupied the chair, the first quarter commencing February 1 of each year :

1856-Fourth quarter, M. Cullaton. 1857-M. Cullaton, A. P. Lawrence, D. Newman, J. M. Hitchcock. 1858-A. P. Lawrence, M. Cullaton, George B. Congdon, J. A. McFetridge. 1859-A. P. Lawrence, A. J. Phelps, J. D. Jennings, J. M. Hitchcock. 1860-J. R. Chapman, B. F. Sherman, J. D. Jennings, J. A. McFetridge. 1861- B. F. Rogers, A. J. Phelps, D. Newman, A. P. Lawrence. 1862-J. A. McFetridge, J. M. Hitchcock, Theodore Wilcox, A. P. Lawrence. 1863-W. A. Mayher, A. P. Lawrence. E. P. Smith, E. P. Smith. 1864-J. M. Walker, G. S. Shepard, J. H. Montgomery, E. P. Smith. 1865-A. P. Catlin, O. F. Hawley, J. M. Hitchcock, A. P. Law- rence. 1866-Allen Andrews, W. B. Hazeltine, John F. McCollum, H. A. Reid. 1867-David Blissett, A. P. Lawrence, J. M. Walker, Theodore Farrington. 1868-John F. McCollum, A. J. Smith, C. E. Carpenter, C. E. Carpenter. 1869-I. D. Goodwin, C. Martin, David Blissett, C. W. Harvey. 1870-A. P. Lawrence, W. B. Hazel- tine, C. W. Harvey. 1871-A. P. Lawrence, J. A. Crague, J. G. Carmody, David Blissett. 1872-A. P. Lawrence, Andrew Willard, I. J. Hibbard, I. J. Hibbard. 1873-F. J. Brobst, J. P. Brown, 1. J. Hibbard, Mrs. A. P. Law- rence. 1874-Frank Snyder, S. W. Thurber, Mrs. A. J. McCoy, S. W. Thurber. 1875-A. P. Lawrence, A. M. Burns, A. M. Burns, C. W. Harvey. 1876-Charles Burchard, Charles Burchard. A. P. Lawrence, C. W. Harvey. 1877-A. Willard, Charles Burchard, W. B. Hazeltine, C. W. Harvey. 1878-A. Willard, Frank A. Traver, Frank A. Traver, C. W. Harvey. 1879-Frank E. Millard, J. P. Brown, A. M. Burns, Andrew Willard.

There have been initiated and admitted by card a grand total of 2,139; on which we have paid a Grand Lodge tax of $1,221.63. From this great number who have taken our pledge there are less than two hundred now living in this city and vicinity. A goodly number of those who have been suspended for non-payment of dues, are yet in our midst. Many of them are keeping their pledge, so far as total abstinence is concerned, but we would remind them of that part of the obligation wherein we promised a life-long fidelity to the Order of Good Templars ! If any of those who have fallen are here to-night, our exhortation to them is, "Prodigals, return ; we will kill the fatted calf, and gladly welcome you home." Of the number who have been expelled for violation of the pledge, some have passed to a drunkard's grave, and others are still following on. There have been fifty-three habitual and confirmed drunkards taken into the Lodge. While many of them, after remaining with us awhile, broke their pledge and returned to the fell destroyer, a goodly number of them have ke their pledge inviolate. There has been paid into the Lodge, from all sources (admission fees, dues, proceeds of festi- vals, etc.), $5,569.52; an average of $242.16 for each year since its organization.

For twenty-three years, not one week has passed without our hall being opened and the lights a-burning. Brother A. P. Lawrence is the only charter member now living in our midst. Three of them are known to have died, viz., Sisters A. Tiffany and Frances M. Tiffany and Brother C. R. Swallow.

Beaver Dam Temple of Honor, No. 18 .- This Temple was organized April 22, 1875, by B. F. Kelsey, G. W. T., assisted by A. Lindon, G. W. R., with nineteen charter members as follows : L. H. Marvin, W. B. Hazeltine, A. P. Lawrence, Allen E. Willard, H. M. McCleary, John Clem, John Manson, A. Hargrave, A. C. Tibbits, L. D. Livermore, S. W. Thurber, A. M. Burns, A. A. Bassett, W. B. Ash, Harry Rogers, Thomas Hughes, J. L. Brown, Charles Ham- bright, D. F. Stoll. At its first meeting, the following named were elected to fill the respective offices : L. H. Marvin, W. C. T .; W. B. Hazletine, W. V. T .; A. P. Lawrence, W. R .; Allen E. Willard, W. A. R .; H. M. McCleary, W. F. R .; John Ciem, W. T .; A. Hargrave, W. Chap .; A. C. Tibbits, W. U .; L. D. Livermore, W. D. U .; S. W. Thurber, W. G .; A. M. Burns, W. S .; A. A. Bassett, P. W. C. T. The Temple has usually been in a very flourishing condition. The present membership is 96, with the following named officers : Allen E. Willard, W. C. T .; Cur- tiss Cass, W. V. T .; L. D. Livermore, W. R .; Charles Hood, W. A. R .; John Manson, W. F. R .; Sylvester Carroll, W. T .; A. Hargrave, W. Chap .; O. H. Crowl, W. U .; J. W. Hampton, W. D. U .; William L. Turner, W. G .; Thomas Hughes, W. S .; L. H. Marvin, P. W. C. T.

Beaver Dam Sunday Institute .- Among the many organizations, societies, clubs, etc., that have existed for a time in Beaver Dam and then dissolved, perhaps none will be remembered

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more vividly than this. It was organized in the summer of 1858, the object being the promotion of universal mental liberty. It flourished for two or three years, or until the war broke out, when many of its members joined the Union army to fight for what they preached -Liberty. D. F. Stoll, R. C. Scovill, Andrew Willard, Ingraham Gould, O. S. Phelps, J. E. Hosmer, H. B. Phelps, John F. Adams and his wife, Frances A. Adams, were the organizers.

Mrs. Adams died in November, 1859, and three days before her demise, she sent for Mr. Willard to bear witness to her "dying testimony " written, at her dictation, by her husband. This testimony was read at the grave of Mrs. Adams, and afterward found its way into the columns of the Boston Investigator. The paper is extremely lengthy, and we have space only for a few excerpts :

I am an unbeliever in either of the many systems of religion founded on pretended revelations from the Deity. I believe all the so-called sacred books which now exist or have ever existed on earth are of human origin, full of errors and productive of much injury to the world. * * * I see no reason to abandon a rational phi- losophy for the superstitions which were taught me in my childhood. * * Why I believe it [Chris- * * * tianity ] to be unnatural and selfish, is because all who believe it must suffer the keenest agony when they think that many, or a great majority of those whom they know and love here, must be eternally damned. How can the mother be happy in Jesus, when she thinks He is the stern judge that will one day sentence her only son, her heart's idol, to the awful flames of an endless hell? Can such a religion yield true happiness to any who love their fellow-creatures. It is immoral in its tendencies, because it teaches that the immoral have as good a chance for salvation as the moral ; neither can be saved but by the blood of Christ, and that can cleanse from all sin. It can cleanse the most vile as well as the most pure, and, as there is more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner that repenteth than over ninety and nine just persons, what an inducement to lead a life of transgression ! for if they can but repent in their dying mo- ments, they can be saved even at the last minute of the eleventh hour, and claim an equal reward with those who have labored and borne the burden in the heat of the day. * * * * I was a member of the Methodist Church ; I was a Sabbath-school teacher, and I have spent much time in the study of the Scriptures, and have earnestly, dil- igently and prayerfully (for I believe in prayer and prayed in faith) sought the truth ; and the result has been, the more I sought the truth the more I became convinced that the Bible is all human (or rather inhuman) and full of errors, the relics of barbarous ages, and that it stands in direct opposition to science and the laws of nature.

Brass Band .- The Beaver Dam Cornet Band, organized in 1860, is believed to have been the first brassband in the place. Jack .Wade was the first leader. This band continued to furnish music for the æsthetic inhabitants of the Garden City until about 1869. During its existence several re-organizations took place, and soon after its collapse the City Band, composed of twelve mem- bers, with Frank Jordan as leader, was founded. Many changes have since taken place in its membership. It is now composed of the following individuals : John Harder (leader), Eb cornet ; Charles Newark, Bb cornet ; Edward Sewell, second B cornet; Adam Caspari, first alto ; Henry Harder, first clarionet ; Theodore Rowell, B clarionet ; Peter Viling, first tenor ; William Viling, solo baritone; Lawrence Sherman, base tuba ; "Ratty " Ward, snare drum ; Robert Kolb, base drum and cymbals. This band also furnishes string music, and its services are frequently in demand in the neighboring villages. It is the "Little German Band " of Dodge County.

THE HOME OF THE DEAD.

The Beaver Dam Cemetery Association was organized in 1847, with Malcolm . Sellers as Secretary. Two acres of ground were purchased, in the northeastern portion of the city, of Rufus Lounsbery, and laid out by the Association for use as a cemetery. It was, for a long time, the only burying-ground for many miles about, and a large number of interments of those residing in the country were made within its sacred precincts, rendering necessary, in course of time, a two-acre addition, which is now almost filled with honored pioneers of Beaver Dam and vicinity. The present officers of the Association are S. P. K. Lewis, President ; John Mayne, Secretary ; A. S. Dominy, Superintendent.

Eleven years ago, the Oakwood Cemetery Association was organized-the act of incorpo- ration bearing date of March 5, 1869-by the following gentlemen : President, George H. Stewart; Vice President, James Ackerman ; Secretary, E. C. McFetridge ; Treasurer, Gustavus Stolz; Superintendent, Ingraham Gould. The plat lies a mile east of the center of the city, on the Juneau road, and contains twenty-one acres. The grounds were dedicated June 24, 1869, an impressive address being made on the occasion, by Judge A. Scott Sloan. The

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present officers of the Oakwood Association are: President, J. J. Williams ; Vice President, Gustavus Stolz; Secretary, B. F. Sherman ; Treasurer, Fred Tippenhauer ; Superintendent, Caleb Perry.

Within the southern limits of the city are four other cemeteries, belonging to the German, Irish and Polish Catholics, and Lutheran Evangelical Churches, respectively. The history of these dates back to about the time the Churches to which they belong were founded.

The citizens of Beaver Dam have exhibited rare taste in the selection of locations for the different cemeteries. Oakwood, both in situation and surroundings, is destined to become the most beautiful spot in Dodge County for the interment of the dead. It is very appropriately named, being situated in a lovely grove of oaks, whose nodding branches softly whisper their mournful melody to the tender daisies below.

" Winds of Summer, oh ! whisper low, Over the graves where the daisies grow. Blossoming flowers and songs of bees, Sweet ferns tossed in the summer's breeze; Floating shadows and golden lights, Dewy mornings and radiant nights- All the bright and beautiful things That gracious and bountiful summer brings, Fairest and sweetest that earth can bestow, Brightens the graves where the daisies grow."

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The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, containing a history of Dodge County, its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc, Part 69

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