The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, containing a history of Dodge County, its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc, Part 86

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

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A. F. BURGESS, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Beaver Dam; born in Windham Co., Conn., Aug. 29, 1818 ; came to Wisconsin in 1845; located at Beaver Dam Township, at his present place of residence, where he has since continued farming; he has been Assessor several years, also, Town Treasurer and Supervisor ; is a member of the I. O. O. F., and of the Grange ; married in the State of New York, Sept. 22, 1846, Miss Rebecca Beackus, a native of Chenango Co., N. Y .; has family of five children- Jay, Frank, Ruth A., Sarah J. and Ralph ; is owner of 320 acres.

MRS. AFFIA BURNS, physician ; was born in Deposit, Broome Co., N. Y., on May 27, 1839, and came to Wisconsin in June, 1876, locating in Janesville. From Deposit she moved to Luzerne Co., Penn., where, at that place and Philadelphia, she received her literary education. In 1861, she com- menced to read and study medicine; in 1863 to 1865 attended medical lectures at the Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania, graduating in June, 1865 ; her specialty being the diseases of woman ; in June, 1867, she commenced the practice of medicine and has practiced in the following places : Mount Pleasant, Henry Co., Iowa ; St. Paul, Minn .; Janesville, Wis., and in December, 1878, moved to Beaver Dam, and has since continued her practice with marked success. Mrs. Dr. Burns married, Sept. 20, 1860, Dr. J. J. Ely, of New York ; second marriage at Dixon, Ky., April 5, 1871, to C. R. Burns. She is a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Beaver Dam.

A. M. BURNS, painter, Beaver Dam ; was born in Curllsville, Clarion Co., Penn., Nov. 24, 1847, and came to Wisconsin in April, 1856, locating in Plattsville, Grant Co., Wis., where he received his edu- cation at the Normal School; after leaving school, he, in connection with Mr. Ayres, under the firm name of Ayers & Burns, went into the grocery business, which he carried on for about eighteen; months, when, in May, 1867, he moved to Beaver Dam and engaged with the Beaver Dam Agricultural Works as foreman in the painting department. Mr. Burns was Adjutant General and Inspector in the Order of the Grand Army of the Republic of the State of Wisconsin ; he is also one of the Trustees of the Red Ribbon Club of Beaver Dam. He enlisted in the army in September, 1861, in Co. I, 10th W. V. I., Col. A. R. Chapin, and was in the battles of Bridgeport, Ala., Perryville, Ky., Stone River, Tenn., Chickamauga, siege of Chattanooga, Dallas, Ga., Burnt Hickory, Peach Tree Creek and siege of Atlanta; he was wounded in the knee at the battle of Chickamauga; was mustered out in 1864; he was the youngest soldier in the State, having enlisted when but 13 years of age. He married, March 31, 1870, Betsy L. Whitaker, of Beaver Dam ; he has three children-Nellie, Nettie and Luvia. Mr. Burns is a member of the M. E. Church at Beaver Dam.

GEORGE S. CAMPBELL, miller, Beaver Dam; was born in Kenosha, Wis., Jan. 7, 1842; from Kenosha he moved to Columbus, Wis., and was, with his brother-in-law, in the milling busi- ness ; in 1873, he moved to Beaver Dam and engaged with the Beaver Dam Flouring Mill as Superintendent. He enlisted in the army in August, 1862, in Co. G, 23d W. V. I., Col. J. J. Guppy, and was engaged in the battles of first Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, siege of Vicksburg, Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Black River" Bridge, Fort Morgan, Ala., second Fort Morgan, and also in a number of skirmishes; he received his discharge July 4, 1865. He married, Jan. 22, 1867, Harriet E. Butterfield, of Smith's Basin, Washing- ton Co., N. Y .; he has one child-James Franklin. Mrs. Campbell is a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Beaver Dam.

G. W. CHANDLER, woolen manufacturer, Beaver Dam; was born in Warren Co., N. Y., Nov. 9, 1826, and came to Wisconsin May 22, 1853, locating in Beaver Dam; he learned the trade of woolen manufacturer in Amber, Onondaga Co., N. Y .; in 1850, he engaged in the manufacture of woolen , goods in connection with Mr. G. H. Stewart, under the firm name of Stewart & Chandler, and after, in partnership with his two brothers-in-law, bought a farm of 280 acres in Oak Grove and continued farm- ing for eight years ; he then returned to Beaver Dam and for three years was business manager for G. H. Stewart & Co., woolen manufacturers, after which, in connection with Mr. G. B. Congdon, he bought out the interests of Stewart & Co., since which time he has been engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods under the firm name of Chandler, Congdon & Co. In Clyman, he was Supervisor for one year. He mar- ried, Jan. 10, 1852, Marcia Griffin, of Amber, N. Y., who died March 18, 1860. He again married, Feb. 3, 1863, Møriah Hambright, of Oak Grove; he has six children living-Jenevieve, Mabel, Charles, William, Arthur and Harley.

DR. A. S. CHILDS, Beaver Dam, was born in Moretown, Washington Co., Vt., May 6, 1843, and came to Wisconsin Oct. 10, 1855, locating at Omro, where he received his common school education ;

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in 1868, he published the Omro Union, a weekly newspaper ; this he continued for one year and then sold it out ; in the fall of 1868, he went to St. Joe, Mo., and afterward to Shelbyville, Mo., where he pub- lished the Shelby Co. newspaper ; he also commenced the study of medicine to prepare himself for a course in the medical college, which course he afterward took at the Hahnemann Homoeopathic College at Chi- cago, in 1874 ; he then removed to Beaver Dam in 1878 and has since been engaged in the practice of medicine. He enlisted in October, 1861, in Co. C, 14th W. V. I., Col. Wood, and was engaged in the battles of Shiloh; Iuka, Miss .; Corinth, Miss .; Vicksburg, Natchez, Red River expedition ; Augusta, Ark .; in the Missouri campaign after Price, and at Nashville, Mobile, and also in about fifteen skirmishes ; during all these battles, he was wounded but once, and that but slightly in the scalp. Dr. Childs enlisted as a private and gradually rose through the grades of his company until he reached the position of Cap- tain ; he was mustered out Oct. 9, 1865, at Mobile, Ala. In Omro, in 1866, he was City Marshal for two terms. He married, Dec. 21, 1865, Harriet A. Hamilton, of Cambridge, Me .; he has two children -Myrtle and Ralph.

GEORGE B. CONGDON, woolen manufacturer, Beaver Dam; was born in Otisco, Onon- daga Co., N. Y., April 9, 1835, and came to Wisconsin in May, 1853, locating at Beaver Dam ; from Otisco he moved to Beaver Dam and engaged in the woolen-mills as spinner ; then as book-keeper in Coe & Schuyler's dry-goods store, and also as book-keeper with Hoyt & Smith, dry-goods merchants, and after, in George Smith's warehouse as book-keeper; he then took the position of teller in the Dodge County Bank and afterward cashier of the same; in 1859, in connection with Mr. Bogert, started a bank in Wau- shara, called the Waushara County Bank; in 1861, he moved to Madison, Wis., and was employed in the Quartermaster General's office as assistant book-keeper; then as clerk in the U. S. Marshal's office at the same place ; in May, 1863, he was appointed Paymaster in the U. S. army, which position he held until October, 1865, when he entered as partner in the woolen-mill in connection with Mr. Chandler and S. P. K. and C. E. Lewis, under the firm name of Chandler, Congdon & Co. Mr. Congdon married, July 11, 1859, Celia Flanders, of Copenhagen, Lewis Co., N. Y .; he has two children-Frank F. and George C. Mrs. Congdon is a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Beaver Dam.

J. H. CONLON, harness-maker, Beaver Dam; was born in County Clare, Ireland, Feb. 21, 1838, and came to Wisconsin Nov. 7, 1855, locating at Wyocena ; he received his early education in Owego, N. Y .; he was engaged in farming at Fountain Prairie for four years ; was one and a half years in the restaurant business in Owego ; he then for one year carried on a saloon in Columbus, Wis., after which he went to Madison and served an apprenticeship with G. V. Ott, harness-maker ; then as journey- man in Oregon, Wis., and Columbus, Wis .; in 1870, he came to Beaver Dam, where for four years he worked as journeyman, and since that time has been engaged on his own account in the harness business in the store on Center street, south side of the bridge. Mr. Conlon enlisted April 10, 1861, in Co. B, 5th Wisconsin Milwaukee Zouaves, Col. M. C. Cobb, and was engaged in the battle of Williamsburg, Va., on May 6, 1862, where he was wounded in the thigh so severely that it was found necessary to amputate his leg June 20, 1862, at David's Island, N. Y .; he received his discharge July 8, 1863. He married, February 13, 1871, Mary M. Winebrener, of Beaver Dam ; he has one child living. not named.

CHARLES M. CROSS, gents' furnishing goods ; was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 17, 1851, and came to Wisconsin March 16, 1855, locating in Sheboygan; he received his early education at Rosedale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and spent five summers in learning the carpenter's trade with his father. On Sept. 16, 1870, he commenced clerking in Ripon, Wis., with Evers & Weller, dry-goods merchants, for one year ; in 1871, he engaged in the manufacture of the Wheeler Windmill; this he continued for about one and a half years ; in 1872, he went to Waupun and engaged as clerk for Silber Bros'. general store for one year ; in 1873, he came to Beaver Dam and engaged with Crueger & Lehrkind, general store, as clerk ; from there he went to Milwaukee as traveling salesman for Rich & Silber, ladies' furnishing goods ; he then returned to Beaver Dam and engaged as clerk with A. P. Lawrence & Co., for one and one-half years; he then, in connection with Mr. Hambright, purchased the stock of gent's furnishing goods, etc., of E. L. Hall, and under the firm name of Cross & Hambright, located at 74 Front street, between Spring and Center streets ; their specialty being custom work in clothes and suitings; they are doing a successful business.

O. H. CROWL, retired, Beaver Dam; born in Smithfield, Madison Co., N. Y., Oct. 30, 1820 ; came to Wisconsin in June, 1847 ; located in Lowell Township, Dodge Co., engaged in farming ; 1849, went to Whitewater, Walworth Co., entered the employ, as salesman, of Pratt Bros., distillers ; 1850, had his leg broken, and resided in Milford, Jefferson Co., until 1851, when he went to hotel keeping at that place ; in the summer of 1852, began keeping the Green Mountain House at Oak Grove, Dodge Co .; 1856, re- turned to his farm in Lowell Township, remaining there until September, 1867, following, also, the occupation

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of auctioneer ; 1867, went to Oak Grove, from there to Rolling Prairie; 1859, went to Fall River, Columbia Co .; went into mercantile and lumber business with O. B. Prime; 1871, sold out to his partner and moved to Columbus, Columbia Co .; 1872, returned to Beaver Dam where he has since resided ; 1878, bought farm of 1433 acres in Fountain Prairie, Columbia Co. ; was Deputy Sheriff four years ; 1853, was . Justice of the Peace of Oak Grove; was Town Assessor of Lowell, 1857-58 ; has been member of City Council and Senior Alderman ; was member of State Central Committee of Prohibition Party of the State of Wisconsin ; is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and Temple of Honor, of the Red Ribbon Club, and the Universalist Society. Married at Smithfield, Madison Co., N. Y., March 31, 1847, to Miss Elizabeth A. Sanders, a native of the place ; have four children-three sons and one daughter.

ANDREW CROWL, father of O. H .; born at Brattleboro, Vt., Aug. 27, 1794; moved with his parents to Otsego Co., N. Y., 1804, to Peterboro, Madison Co., 1807. In 1813, entered the U. S. A. in an independent company ; served to close of war ; in October, 1815, had conferred upon him the Degree of Master Mason in Western Star Lodge, is, therefore, probably the oldest Mason in the State, as this October will be the sixty-fourth anniversary of his initiation into the Order. He married, Dec. 25, 1815, at Peterboro, N. Y., Miss Lucy Wilber, who died in May, 1862.

DE WITT C. DAVENPORT, finisher in the Beaver Dam. Woolen-Mills; was born in North Hoosick, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., and came to Wisconsin April 10, 1867, locating in Beaver Dam. He received his early education in Utica, N. Y .; he has worked in the following mills: Globe Mills, Utica, N. Y. ; the Little Falls Woolen Mills, and with Chandler, Congdon & Co., and McFetridge, Smith & Co., as finisher, with which latter firm he is now engaged. He married in March, 1867, Adeline Teller, of Little Falls, N. Y., and has five children-Carrie, Kezziah, Adeline, Alma and Arabel.

HENRY E. DAVIS, retired farmer, P. O. Beaver Dam; born in Somersetshire, England, March 2, 1817; came to America June 5, 1830 ; resided at Schenectady, N.Y., three years, then went to Coburg, Can., and remained a few months, when he came to Cleveland, Ohio, remaining in Ohio until October, 1849, when he came to Wisconsin ; in November of the same year, he purchased a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 10, in the town of Burnett, Dodge Co .; resided on his farm until August, 1879, when he removed to Beaver Dam, where he now resides; he still owns the farm which he purchased when he first came to the county, and he also owns considerable additions of land lying in the same neighborhood, which he purchased later. He was married in Brooklyn, Ohio, Dec. 2, 1841, to Clarissa H. Olds ; she was born in Brookfield, Worcester Co., Mass. ; they have ten children living-Persico W., Rosaletta M., Parmenus H., Lillian H. (now Mrs. Chas. D. Andrews, of Fond du Lac), Elbridge C., Delmer E., Elmer E., Clara F., Jessie M., Mary L. Mr. Davis is a millwright by trade, but has never followed that business since he came to Wisconsin.

JAMES J. DICK, lawyer; was born in Westfield, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Sept. 8, 1836, and came to Wisconsin on May 1, 1856, locating in Marquette Co .; Mr. Dick received his academic education in Westfield, and thence moved to Marquette Co., where he engaged in teaching school; in 1858, he moved to Beaver Dam and taught in the High School of that place ; in 1860, he went to Albany, N. Y., and studied law in the Albany Law School and was there admitted to practice in all the courts of that State ; from Albany he returned to Beaver Dam and has practiced law up to present writing. In 1874, he was elected Superintendent of Public Schools in Beaver Dam. Mr. Dick married Aug. 5, 1862, Helen M. Drown, of Vermont. Mrs. Dick is a member of the Episcopal Church at Beaver Dam.

ISAAC DE YOUNG, farmer, Sec. 18 ; P. O. Beaver Dam ; is a son of Joseph and Levina DeYoung; born in Bucks Co., Penn., in September, 1845 ; when 2 years old, with parents, he came to Dodge Co., Wisconsin, where his father bought a farm of 177 acres in Sec. 18, and where he died in March, 1875, leaving a son, Isaac, and two daughters, as the only children; in October, 1876, Isaac married Miss. Lena, daughter of William and Margaret Leisess, in the town of Calamus, Dodge Co., Wis. ; they have one son-John J. Mr. DeYoung has been School District, Treasurer for several terms. He and his wife are members of St. Peter's Catholic Church.

D. DICKINSON, lumber merchant, Beaver Dam ; was born in St. Joseph Co., Mich., April 1, 1843, and came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1866, locating in Milwaukee ; he received his early education in St. Joe, Mich. ; in 1868, he moved to Oshkosh, and engaged for three years in book-keeping; on Jan. 1, 1872, he was admitted into partnership with R. McMillen & Co., lumber merchants, with whom he con- tinued for five years ; in May, 1877, he came to Beaver Dam and commenced the lumber business, corner Spring and Middle streets ; he is also engaged in the lumber business in Leadville, Colo., in connection with R. McMillen & Co., under the firm name of D. Dickinson & Co. He was married, March 6, 1871, to Mary D. Rodgers, of Newark, Ohio; he has one child living, named Jay R. Mr. and Mrs. Dickin- son are members of the M. E. Church.

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REV. FELIX DOMBROWSKI, Priest of St. Michael's Polish Church, Beaver Dam ; son of George and Elizabeth Dombrowski; born in Poland in 1839; began his studies in the Parish Schools of Calis, Poland, where he continued twelve years, after which he completed his preparation for holy orders in the Seminary of Calis in 1862; Dec. 15, 1861, he was ordained priest by Bishop Marske, but did not enter at once upon the work of the ministry. In 1863, he joined the Polish army as Chap- lain of a regiment, in revolution against Russia, and in March, 1864, he was taken prisoner by the Aus- trian army and held as such for eleven months; was released in February, 1865, and soon went to Paris, where he was priest of different churches for four years ; in 1871, he came to America and was priest of Mulberry Church, Notre Dame and Assumption, near Galveston, Tex., whence, in April, 1879, he came to Beaver Dam as priest of St. Michael's Polish Catholic Church.

E. ELWELL, lawyer, Beaver Dam; was born in Athens, Bradford Co., Penn., Aug. 7, 1816, and came to Wisconsin May 31, 1847, locating at Sheboygan. He received his early education at Athens and then removed to Towanda, Penn., where he studied law with his brother, Judge William Elwell, and afterward practiced two years in that county; from there he went to Wyoming Co., Penn., and for three years practiced law ; he then went to Sheboygan and for eight years continued the practice of law, after which he moved to Beaver Dam and has continued the profession up to the present writing. At Sheboygan, Mr. Elwell was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for one term, and 1853-54, was District Attorney for said county ; from April, 1857, to August, 1861, he was Postmaster at Beaver Dam; the years 1867 to 1870, inclusive, he was District Attorney of Dodge Co. for two terms, and from January, 1874, to 1878, was County Judge of Dodge Co .; in 1878-79 he was Mayor of Beaver Dam. Mr. Elwell married, Jan. 31, 1844, Mary E. Fowler, of Monroe, Bradford Co., Penn .; he has one child living-Edward F.

EVAN EVANS, deceased, was a son of Morgan and Annie Evans; was born in South Wales in 1821. In 1842, he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Mason, of South Wales, and, in 1844, came to Beaver Dam, Wis., where he followed the blacksmith's trade for three years. He died in 1847, leaving her with two daughters-Elizabeth E., now Mrs. Samuel Bonner, of Westford, and Mary A., now Mrs. Tabor Thurston, of the town of Beaver Dam. In 1849, Mrs. Evans married Mr. Owen Roberts, a son of Humphry and Margaret Roberts, of North Wales, but an emigrant to Wisconsin about 1845. He being a resident of Marquette Co. at the time of the marriage, they removed there and made that their home for four and a half years, then returned to a farm of forty acres in Sec. 7, town of Beaver Dam, which she owned prior to her second marriage. Here Mr. Roberts died in April, 1863, leaving her a widow with five children-Adelade (now Mrs. George Knore, of Calamus), Mason T., Maggie E. (now Mrs. Samuel Snowdin, of Randolph, Wis.), Katie N. (now Mrs. Charles Snowdin, of Westford), Abbie J. Mr. Evans was a member of the Baptist Church and Mr. Roberts of the Methodist Church.

JAMES FISHER, farmer ; P. O. Beaver Dam ; born in Vermont March 4, 1818; came to Wisconsin in 1853, locating at Beaver Dam ; engaged at building and carpenter work; in 1860, he took contracts to the amount of $50,000 ; $20,000 in January and February of that year, principally in farm- houses ; in 1870, he took and sold the contract for the union school at Beaver Dam ; in 1875, he built the Baptist Church ; he also, in 1875, engaged in selling milk, having a stock and grain farm of 90 acres inside of the city limits. Married, in New York, in 1841, Miss Lucy Howard, of that State ; he has three children, two sons and one daughter. C. H. graduated at the Wayland University at Beaver Dam and took a commercial course at the college at Chicago, Ill .; J. R. graduated at the State University at Madison, and his daughter is now attending the University at Beaver Dam.

W. H. FORD, dentist, Beaver Dam ; was born in Ashfield, Franklin Co., Mass., Oct. 20, 1840, and came to Wisconsin in April, 1867, locating at Oshkosh. From Ashfield he moved to Plainfield, where he received his education ; he then moved to Greenfield, Mass., and studied dentistry with Dr. Joseph Buals for three years ; in 1862, he moved to St. Albans, Vt., where he engaged in his profession with Mr. McGowan, under the firm name of McGowan & Ford; then to Oshkosh, where he also practiced his pro- fession for about ten years ; from there he moved to Beaver Dam and since has been engaged in his pro- fession with good success. He enlisted Sept. 9, 1862, in Co. A, 52d Mass. V. I., Col. H. S. Greenleaf, and was in the battle of the siege of Port Hudson ; he was mustered out Aug. 14, 1863. Dr. Ford mar- ried, Sept. 22, 1869, Sarah Curtis, of St. Albans, Vt .; he has two children living-Francis Hoyt and Arthur King. Mr. and Mrs. Ford are members of the Episcopal Church.

REV. F. FUSSEDER, Pastor of the St. Peter's Catholic Church at Beaver Dam, was born in Austria Sept. 3, 1825 ; received his early education in Saltzburg Institute, Germany ; after he came to the United States he studied under Bishop Henni, of Milwaukee, and was ordained Aug. 18, 1850 ; he

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was then appointed Assistant Pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church at Milwaukee; after leaving Mil- waukee, he had charge of the Catholic Churches at Burlington, Wis .; St. Mary's Church at Water- town, Wis .; St. Magdalene's Church at Sheboygan, Wis .; St. George's Church at Kenosha, Wis .; St. Mary's Church at Racine, Wis .; St. Peter's Church at Oshkosh, Wis .; St. Mary's Church at Cas- cade, Wis .; St. Mary's at Fort Washington, Wis .; St. Mary's at Belgium, Wis., and, in July, 1866, moved to St. Peter's at Beaver Dam, which Church he is now Pastor of. He has also been instrumental in building the following churches and schools: St. Alphonse's Church at Wheatland, Wis .; a schoolhouse in Burlington; a church in Walworth Co., near Delavan ; a church in Menosha, Wis .; a church in North- port, Wis .; a church in Buchanan, Wis .; a church for the Germans in Oshkosh, a church in Silver Creek, a church in Port Washington ; Church of the Holy Cross in Belgium, Wis .; a parish house in Cascade, Wis., and the St. Mary's School in Beaver Dam.

JOHN GOEGGERLE, brewer, Beaver Dam; was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, April 30, 1828, and came to Wisconsin in 1853, locating at Madison ; in 1855, he came to Beaver Dam, and bought the Beaver Dam Brewery, and has run it with good success ever since ; Mr. Geoggerle was School Commissioner of the First Ward one term. He married, May 6, 1857, Julia Swant, of Prussia ; has nine children-Mary, Julia, John, Frank, Louis, Henrietta, Edward, Adolphe and Charlie.

C. GERMAIN, Beaver Dam; born in Rush, Monroe Co., N. Y., June 14, 1827, where he received his early education ; came to Wisconsin in 1843, and located at Milwaukee ; his first business was ferrying passengers over the Milwaukee River, at 5 cents ; then worked for Nat. Prentiss two years, learning the trade of carpenter and joiner ; in the spring of 1845. moved into Milwaukee Township, to work on farm, assisting his father, hauling wood with an ox team into Milwaukee; in 1846, went to Fox Lake, and hauled timber with an ox team for the mill-dam at that place ; he rented and worked a farm that year, and everything was killed with frost; in the spring of 1847, came to Beaver Dam ; worked at carpenter-work for Mr. Loomis, and others two years; in 1851, went to Ionia, and helped build a grist- mill at that place ; returned to this county, and for a time worked at his trade, then went to keeping livery stable; in 1857-58, was contractor on the old La Crosse R. R. ; from 1852 to 1856, was Deputy Sheriff ; in 1861, was appointed Under Sheriff ; in 1862, was elected Sheriff, and held the offices of Sheriff and Under Sheriff until 1870, but virtually Sheriff the whole time; in 1871, returned to Beaver Dam ; dur- ing that year was contractor on the Sheboygan & Fond du Lac R. R .; in the spring of 1878, built an ele- vator at Renville Station, Minn., which he ran one year, when poor health compelled him to leave the business and return home ; was Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms for the State General Assembly of 1874, and a member of the General Assembly of 1875; is at present a member of the City Council from the Second Ward. Married, at Fox Lake, in 1851, Miss Emily A. Brower, a native of Rockland Co., N. Y .; has eight children-Lina, Mary E., Jennie L., Nellie A., Polly D., Valbert, Alfred and Henrietta.

J. S. GIBSON, farmer ; P. O. Beaver Dam ; born in Clifford, Susquehanna Co., Penn., April 22, 1825 ; came to Wisconsin in September, 1840, locating at Racine, where he was for two years, engaged in selling the Cole Thrasher, and the Buffalo Pitt's Thrasher; in 1844, he moved to Lowell, Dodge Co., and commenced farming, at first with eighty acres, afterward increasing it to 600 acres; this he continued for twenty-five years, and for about fifteen years of that time was also engaged in selling seeders, thrash- ers, etc. ; in February, 1869, he came to Beaver Dam, and engaged in the agricultural business for seven years, continuing his farming, and has now large farms in Dodge County, Minnesota, Iowa and Kansas; is also engaged in raising cranberries in Monroe and Jackson Cos., Wis .; in 1863, he was Supervisor of Lowell. He married, Dec. 8, 1846, Susan S. Eldred, of Plainfield, Mass .; he has one child-S. E. Gaines.

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The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, containing a history of Dodge County, its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc, Part 86

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