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JOHN SOLON, County Clerk Dodge Co., Juneau ; born in Ireland April 11, 1842 ; son of Pat- rick Solon ; family came to this country in 1847 ; mother died in Buffalo ; his brothers, Michael and Patrick, died same year ; father and only remaining son, John, settled in Shields Township, Dodge Co., Wis., June, 1847 ; bought farm of 80 acres, through. his industry and perseverance accumulated 160 acres. He again married in 1849 ; had two sons-James is working the farm ; Thomas is traveling for the Cook Car- riage Works of Cincinnati. John commenced for himself by buying and working thrashing machines ; his father died in the fall of 1863, at the age of 54; John had to fill his place; his father, Patrick, had been Treasurer of town of Shields for twelve years ; John was appointed to fill the vacancy, and was elected to that office the following year, 1864; was elected Supervisor in 1865, and, in 1866, was elected to fill a vacancy in office of Town Treasurer; was then elected Town Assessor and Chairman of Town Board in 1870 and 1871; in the fall of 1871, was elected to the Legislature from the Sixth District, Dodge Co .; in 1873, was elected member County Board of Shields, served four years, and fall of 1879, was elected County Clerk of Dodge Co. He married, May 20, 1863, Margaret Boulton ; their children are Patrick H., died in infancy ; Margaret Ann, born April 18, 1865 ; Thomas F., born Feb. 26, 1866.
JOSEPH E. SPAULDING, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Juneau ; born in the town of Nor -. ridgewock, Somerset Co., Me. (on the Kennebec River), Aug. 18, 1817 ; son of Otis Spaulding, who was also born in Maine, and was in the war of 1812; he died in 1848, at the age of 58, and his widow, Betsy Emery, drew a pension ; he was an old and respected farmer ; taught school in the winter ; his father came from Massachusetts, and was a Revolutionary soldier; was wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill; his ancestors came with the Pilgrims. Joseph came to Oak Grove, Wis., Aug. 12, 1844, and built the red store in the fall of 1844, and started in business; it was the first store between Watertown and Beaver Dam-none at Horicon or Mayville; it was the only store for many miles around ; there were no inhabitants between Atwater and Watertown, none between Oak Grove and Beaver Dam, and but one or two families at Horicon ; Government troops and Indians were constantly passing ; after two years, Mr. ·Spaulding sold out his store and purchased 160 acres in Sec. 29, and now has, through his honest industry, 250 acres, a fine home and all improvements, and is in comfortable circumstances. He married Juliet Chase, daughter of Joseph Chase, who was from Painesville, Ohio, in September, 1846; they have had ten children-Charles is living in New Hampton, Iowa; Otis and Mary Ann died in infancy ; Harriet is living in Iowa, and Nelson is in the same county ; Samuel is living at Oak Grove ; Edward, William, Nellie and Dolly are living at home. Mr. Spaulding has been Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, and has held office many times.
J. B. SPENCER, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. O. Juneau ; born in East Haddam, Conn., Jan. 31, 1809 ; son of Amzi Spencer, who was born and brought up in Connecticut ; his father, Isaac, was in the
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Revolutionary war, and was at the battles of King's Bridge and White Plains ; Stephen Beckwith, J. B.'s grandfather on his mother's side, was at the battle of Hoyt Plains; Amzi died in New York in 1844, when about 65 years old ; J. B. Spencer moved from Whitestown, Oneida Co., N. Y., to Wisconsin in 1851, and arrived at Fond du Lac July 12, and went to the Lewis House ; then went to Spring Vale and settled on eighty acres, then bought eighty acres more, and in March, 1852, started for California ; went across the Plains in 107 days ; got to Yreka, in the northern part of California Sept. 7, 1852; had many adventures with Indians and narrow escapes ; was engaged in farming and mining; started back Jan. 6, 1855; made the trip to Council Bluffs in fifty-one traveling days, and finally to Spring Vale; came to Oak Grove in 1865, and settled on sixty-three acres near Juneau ; has a house and lot in Juneau ; through his industry and good management, he has a competency. He married Sarah Horton, of New York, in 1837. Mr. Spencer was Town Clerk in Spring Vale two years, and Supervisor, and was in the Town Board in Juneau. He voted for Jackson, and is a war Democrat ; himself and wife are members of the Methodist Church.
ADELBERT G. STOCKING, station agent, Rolling Prairie; born in the town of Ken- dan, Orleans Co., N. Y., Sept. 26, 1845 ; son of George Stocking, a native of Massachusetts ; the family came to Winnebago Co., Wis., in 1847, and settled on 160 acres of land; they were among the first and most respected settlers in that county ; there were no roads nor fences, and Indians and all kinds of game abounded ; Adelbert came to Rolling Prairie in May, 1873, and has been agent for the Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. and telegraph operator here ever since. Married, in October, 1875, Kate A. Phelps, from New York; have one child-Charles Ray, born Sept. 10, 1876. Mr. Stocking has a fine residence and a pleasant home, and is a man of public spirit.
DANIEL H. THROOP, retired, Juneau; born in New York, thirty-five miles southwest of Albany, Dec. 9, 1811; son of William Throop, who came from Connecticut with his father when he was 18 years old, one of the first settlers in that part of New York ; it was a wild, heavily timbered coun- try at that time, and full of Indians; William moved to Oswego Co. about 1828, and then to Tioga Co. and was there till his death, which occurred about 1843; Daniel remained on the farm three years after his father's death; came to Oak Grove about 1846 and bought eighty acres in Sec. 28 and carried on farming successfully ; he came to Juneau in March, 1875; when Mr. Throop came to Oak Grove there were no buildings in Juneau ; voted for Wisconsin to become a State. Married Sarah M. Owens, daugh- ter of Abraham Owens, of Orange Co., Feb. 20, 1840; was married in Candor, Tioga Co., by the Rev. Riggs. . Himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.
C. B. TOZER, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Juneau ; born in Tioga Co., N. Y., Sept. 18, 1816 ; son of John R., whose father, Elishma, was a Captain in the Revolutionary war and was with Gen. Wolf in the French and Indian war before Quebec ; he died at the age of 88 in 1833; John R. died in Waverly in 1871 at the age of 91 ; he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. C. B. Tozer came to Fond du Lac Co. in April, 1855, and then to Oak Grove and settled on forty acres ; through his industry and good management he has a good home and is in comfortable circumstances. Married Cordelia Southwick Oct. 20, 1846, daughter of Orange and Rebecca Southwick, of New York State; had four children-Charles H., born July 28, 1846, in Tioga Co., he is in Leadville, Colo., married Florence Yockey ; Orange S., born Feb. 4, 1850, he is in Leadville, Colo .; Emma, born Oct. 25, 1857; Albert, born May 12, 1863. George B. Southwick, a brother of Mrs. Tozer, is in business in Chicago and lives at 257 Robey street. Mr. Tozer is a carpenter by trade and built his own house and barn, and has built many of the houses and barns in the neighborhood. Himself and family are members of the Methodist Church.
E. J. TYLER, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Juneau ; born Feb. 7, 1845 ; son of Samuel Tyler, who , came with his family from Herkimer Co., N. Y., to Oak Grove in 1846, one of the first settlers ; he died on Feb. 17, 1866. His son, E. J. Tyler, enlisted Aug. 13, 1862, in the 29th W. V. I., Co. K ; was wounded three times at the battle of Champion Hills, in the shoulder, right side and hand, but fought bravely through the battle despite of wounds; was in many other engagements-Grand Gulf, mouth of Black River, Magnolia Church, May 1, Edwards' Depot, May 15, Champion Hills, May 16, Black River Bridge ; was in the charge (23d of June) before Vicksburg, and at the siege of Jackson, Miss., up the Red River with Gen. Banks, and at the taking of Mobile, and was mustered out at Shreveport, La. Married Amy L. Bennett, daughter of Rev. Olney Bennett, who was a native of Rhode Island, and died in 1874, in Juneau. He was a much beloved and respected man. Mr. Bennett married, Jan. 1, 1828, Elizabeth Place, daughter of Enos Place, of Rhode Island. Mr. Tyler is the father of three children- Samuel L. (born in 1870), Emma (born in 1873), Bruce (born in 1878). Mr. Tyler went to Texas and took up a homestead in 1867 ; returned to Juneau in fall of 1875. Mr. Tyler met with a serious accident Jan. 17, 1878, lost his hand while at work with thrashing-machine at David Barber's.
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F. UEBEL, farmer, Sec. 10 ; P. O. Minnesota Junction ; born in Germany April 1, 1819; came to America in 1850, and to Oak Grove in 1851, and settled on eighty acres, and through his industry and steady perseverance has now a fine farm of 120 acres under good cultivation ; came here with only 50 cents in his pocket; has now a fine brick residence and good, general stock, and everything pertaining to a first- class farm. Married, in the fall of 1854, Eliza Walter; have had three children-Charley J. (born July 21, 1855), Ernest (born in 1856), Maretz (a child at home). Mr. Uebel gave his aid and support to the war. He was educated and brought up in the Presbyterian Church in the old country.
A. VESPER, farmer and stock man; Sec. 5; P. O. Rolling Prairie; born in Windsor Co., Vt., January, 1834; son of George W. Vesper, old England stock; he died in 1858, at the age of 60; family came to Oak Grove in 1853, and settled on Rolling Prairie. A. Vesper started for himself in 1853; hired out for $10 per month; then worked in Pine River till about 1857; then went to Barton, Mo., and ran a steam saw-mill; he carried a "buck-saw" for awhile, and earned 18 cents per day sawing wood ; after his father's death, came to Oak Grove, and engaged in farming with his brother for one year ; then bought twenty acres for $50 per acre, the first time such a price had been paid for land in the neigh- borhood; afterward, had about one hundred acres; Mr. Vesper has been engaged in stock-dealing for many years ; ships from fifty to one hundred and seventy-five cars per year; through his industry and good business management, has now a competency and a fine home and residence in Rolling Prairie. Married Sarah A. Caldwell, daughter of Samuel Caldwell, of Oneida Co., N. Y. Children are, Minnie, born Aug. 17, 1857 (married Albert Cady, and are living in Oak Grove; they have one child, Hattie, born March 27, 1878); Arthur E., born Jan. 17, 1861 (he is in Minnesota) ; Charles R., born March 11, 1864; Harry, born Sept. 7, 1867 (just come from Minnesota with a car-load of hogs; he is only 12 years old). Mr. Vesper is a public-spirited man, and has been on Board of Supervisors and Assessor.
GEORGE W. WARREN, farmer; Sec. 28; P. O. Juneau; born in Otsego Co., N. Y., June 13, 1831 ; son of John Warren, who was a descendant of the old Warren family of Massachusetts ; John Warren was in the war of 1812; he died in March, 1860, at the age of 77. Family came to Oak Grove in the fall of 1844; settled on eighty acres, and built a log house; Winnebago Indians outnum- bered the whites; fences and roads were scarce; Mr. Warren now has a fine residence and farm of 120 acres, and, through his industry and frugality, has accumulated a competency. Married, February, 1867, Hattie C. Loomis, daughter of J. B. Loomis, of New York; have had three children-one died in infancy ; Arthur John, born April 24, 1870, a very promising and much beloved boy, died in Janesville, Wis., of scarlet fever, Nov. 26, 1876, aged 6 years and 8 months. Their only living child is Anna Mabel, a pretty black-eyed miss, born May 22, 1874. Mr. Warren and wife are members of the Episcopal Church.
G. G. WHITE, farmer, Sec. 19 ; P. O. Juneau or Beaver Dam ; born in Madison Co., N. Y., Aug. 31, 1824; son of Rev. W. W. White; he was a prominent and much-respected preacher in the Methodist Church in New York State; he came from old Connecticut stock ; came to New York as early as 1806 ; his father was in the war of 1812. A grandfather of Mr. G. G. White, on his mother's side, (Sawyer by name), was with Ethan Allen at the battle of Ticonderoga and all through the Revolutionary war; another ancestor was a Major and was at the battle of Bennington, Vt. Mr. G. G. White came to Dodge Co. by way of Chicago, in 1846; Chicago was deeply in mud, and the sidewalks were like elevated railroads. Mr. White now has one of the finest farms in the' county 260 acres under good cultivation ; this has all been attained through good management and hard work. Married Harriet Birdseye, daughter of Levi Birdseye, who came up the Mohawk with a pole-boat and landed at Utica when there were but four houses there; Mr. White's children are Arvilla and Thomas, at home; Bennett, married Artell Osman and is living in Beaver Dam ; George graduated at the Northwestern University, Chicago, June, 1879 ; Esther, Charlie, Nellie and Archie are at home ; one died in infancy. Himself and family are members of the Methodist Church.
REV. HARRY HOLMES WIKOFF, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Juneau ; born in New Jersey Oct. 26, 1853 ; son of William H. Wikoff; graduated at Princeton College in 1874, and, in April, 1877, at Princeton Theological Seminary, and settled in Juneau, August, 1877, as Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, the leading church of the town ; has a membership of about ninety ; the roof of the church was torn off by the terrific wind-storm of July 9, 1878.
O. B. WILCOX, farmer, Sec. 23 ; P. O. Juneau ; born in Farmington, Conn., Sept. 20, 1827 ; son of Willis Wilcox, who was in the war of 1812; he was born in Granby, Conn., and his father was Amos Wilcox, of English descent. The father of O. B. Wilcox died in 1872; he was 80 years old. Owen B. engaged in the mercantile business in Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 1849, in Hester; carried it on successfully until 1856, when he came to Oak Grove and settled on eighty acres ; through his good man- agement, now has 160 acres under best of cultivation and all improvements. Married, in 1855, Sarah A.
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Potter, daughter of Mathias Potter, of Tompkins Co., N. Y .; have had four children-Ida, living in Hor- icon ; Arthur is with Allard & Martin, in Juneau ; Lyman died in infancy ; Carrie is living in Horicon.
C. S. WINTER, farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Horicon ; born in Warren Co., N. J., Aug. 27, 1833; son of Henry J. Winter, who was born in same place ; he was in the war of 1812, and his father was in the Revolutionary war ; he was employed in teaming for the Government, and took pay in Continental money ; had $2,000 which depreciated on his hands ; Henry lived to be 88 years old ; the family came to Horicon, Dodge Co., fall of 1848; Henry built a distillery and ran a store, and carried on a successful business ; C. S. Winter bought 150 acres in Oak Grove, and through good management has a fine farm and home. Married, in 1861, Alice Hazen, daughter of Thomas Hazen ; she was from New York. Lydia, formerly an old slave of Henry J. Winter, is now comfortably provided with a home, with his son, C. S. Winter ; she has attained the remarkable age of 100 years and appears good for 10 more; she has been with this family since she was 15 years old.
D. S. WOODWORTH, P. O. Oak Grove; was born in Stafford, Tolland Co., Conn., Nov. 5, 1828, and at the age of 2 years, with his parents, three brothers and three sisters, moved to Monson, Mass., where he spent his youth, attending school, and working in the cotton and woolen factories ; his father took pains to give him a good school education, so that besides a good course in the common schools, he gave him one full year in the Monson Academy, which was a popular institution at that time ; in the spring of 1853, after acting as overseer in the weaving-room for four years, his health began to fail, and he felt compelled to change his business ; so, in the spring of 1853, he came to Dodge Co., Wis. His father, Col. Charles Woodworth, was also born and raised in the town of Stafford, Conn., and was a man of strong mind and intellectual power ; in early life he spent his time in teaching school and farming; was a strong politician of the Whig school ; he twice represented his native town in the Legislature of Connecticut; he died near his native place, at the age of 70, honored and respected by all who knew him ; the grand- father of Mr. W. also lived and died in Stafford, Conn., was an honest, upright farmer, and served as a sol- dier in the Revolutionary war; he and his wife both lived to an advanced age; two brothers of Mr. W. served in the late war with credit; the oldest, Rev. Charles L. Woodworth, a graduate of Amherst, after- ward Pastor of Congregational Church at Amherst, now Secretary of the American Missionary Association, Boston, Mass., served as Chaplain in the 27th Mass. V. I., stationed near Newbern, N. C .; the younger brother enlisted as private in a Connecticut regiment, served until close of the war. In spring of 1853, Mr. W. came to Wisconsin, and invested what little means he had in eighty acres of land in Lowell Township, and farmed for two years, meanwhile making substantial improvements on the farm, then traded his farm for a hop-yard at Oak Grove, and for two years raised hops, with only partial success; then traded off his hop- yard for real estate in the village of Oak Grove; he then went to manufacturing small beer and bottled soda water at Oak Grove, and peddled it out in the villages of the surrounding country ; this he followed until the fall of 1860, when he started a little room 12x16 feet, the nucleus of what is now called the standard goods and variety store of Oak Grove, of which Mr. Woodworth has now been the sole propri- etor for most nineteen years, and has by straightforward, honest dealing, industry, pluck and perseverance, built up a trade and a substantial business, of which any man might be proud, and that, too, in the face of an opposition and sharp competition, which would have crushed a man of less energy ; Mr. Woodworth claims to-day to have as great a variety and as choice a stock of goods as can be found in any store in Dodge Co., and is ever willing and anxious to do good to his patrons, by giving them the best bargains that that market affords ; some idea can be formed of the growth of the business from the fact that its start was in a room 12x16, and now requires all the space of a building 364 feet around. Mr. Woodworth supported the Republican party through the war, in its most extreme measures, for the purpose of wiping out the curse of slavery ; he has always been the friend of the oppressed and down-trodden. Though raised under the direct influence of the popular religion of the day, his religion embraces all humanity, and he finds no place for a hell or a vindictive God, except in the human breast; he fully believes that we shall all reap as we sow, and that no prayers, repentance or faith can stay the effect of violated laws. Mr. Woodworth married at Monson, Mass .; they came to Oak Grove, where they lived together until the winter of 1874, when they separated ; they had two children-Francis Edgar, died in January, 1859, aged 6 years ; Frances Emma, is now 19 years old, the wife of William A. Drake, of Oak Grove. He married Mary L., daughter of Gilbert Layton, of Dundee, Yates Co., N. Y., on April 25, 1875.
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CITY OF WAUPUN.
JOHN N. ACKERMAN, retired farmer; born in New York State April 22, 1812; son of Jonathan A. Ackerman, who was born and brought up in Saratoga Co., N. Y .; John N. came to Green Bay, Wis., in 1836, and came to Waupun in 1841; entered eighty acres in what is now the city of Wau- pun ; there were none but Indians here when he came; he was a carpenter by trade, and put up the first frame building in Fond du Lac; there were only four families there then, and about the same number in Oshkosh ; Mr. Ackerman is the oldest of the old settlers in this part of the country, and his stories of ye old times are amusing, and should be preserved. Mr. Ackerman married, October, 1843, Hannah A. Ford, daughter of Chester Ford, one of the earliest and most respected citizens of Wisconsin ; children are George V. (living in Dodge Co.), Marion (married S. J. Sumner, living in Waupun), Charles H. (living at home), Alice (living in Green Lake Co.), Fred (living at home), Edna (living in Dodge Co.), Frank (living in Dodge Co.). Mr. Ackerman has a fine farm of 170 acres, 130 acres in the city of Waupun ; he was for twenty years Justice of the Peace, and twice President of the village, and 'was the first Mayor of the city of Waupun.
M. J. ALTHOUSE, of Althouse, Wheeler & Co .; born in Pennsylvania Aug. 10, 1828; was most of his early days in Tompkins Co., N. Y., where he used to work out part of the day, and run a saw- mill all night ; in this way he earned enough money to start for the Great West, and came to Waupun in the fall of 1849; had 50 cents in his pocket when he reached here ; he worked at 50 cents per day at any work he could get hold of; took land on shares, sat up nights making baskets, and turned the baskets over for labor on his farm ; the first winter he lived here, he walkad miles every morning to chop wood for three shillings a cord ; used to work into the night sometimes, and pile the wood by moonlight ; he was " pegging away " while other men slept. Mr. Althouse owes his success in a large degree to his own hard exertions; he always was busy, no time was wasted; in 1852, he went to drilling wells and running thrashing machines, and, in 1855, made his first pump ; wentout into the woods and cut his own timber, and worked away and improved it, till now he has the finest wood pump manufactured in the United States ; in 1873, he commenced making windmills; this branch of the business has grown to an enormous extent; these windmills are superior to any manufactured, and are shipped to all parts of the United States, and to foreign countries ; 300 were annually sent to India, and were transported to different places on mules' backs; they have also made large shipments to New Zealand. As business increased, Mr. Althouse had to look around for suitable men for partners, to assume a share of the cares and responsibilities, and the business is now eminently successfully carried on, under the firm name of Althouse, Wheeler & Co. Mr. Althouse's suc- cess is a brilliant example of the fruits of persistent effort, strict attention to one line of business, and sturdy integrity. There was no loafing in his younger days, and there is nothing in the nature of the gen- tleman to indicate that he will ever depart from his first and well-fixed principles ; thus true merit gains its own reward.
EDGAR M. BEACH; born Aug. 3, 1839, in Medina Co., Ohio ; parents of the old Puritan stock from New England ; at the age of 5 years, lost his father, who was instantly killed by the fall of a tree ; in 1854, came to Wisconsin ; attended school at Lawrence University at the city of Appleton four years, when, his health almost entirely giving away, he spent several years traveling in most of the Western and some of the Southern States; in the fall of 1860, cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. The war of the rebellion found him teaching in Missouri in a district composed entirely of slaveholders ; making his way North, he enlisted in the Federal army, but on account of ill health was rejected ; still desiring to take some part in the national struggle, spent- the spring and summer of 1863 at Nashville, Tenn., where he belonged to the Ordnance Department under Gen. E. D. Townsend of the regular army. On the 10th day of November, 1864, was married to Miss Cecelia E. Tichenor, daughter of Charles O. Tichenor, Esq., of Appleton. Studied law with Judge N. C. Giffin, of Fond du Lac, at which place he was admitted to the bar in July, 1866 ; came to Waupun in December, 1866, where he has spent an active business life in the practice of his profession, which has been crowned with more than ordinary success ; coming to Waupun without means or friends, he has found many friends and abundant means. His fellow-citizens elected him Justice of the Peace for eight years in succession ; at one time a Postmaster under Abraham Lincoln. "A high private in the Kekoskee war." Village Clerk ; Super- visor ; in politics a Republican ; an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which he has belonged since 1864 ; many years a Sunday-school Superintendent ; thirteen years a Class Leader, Trustee and Steward. Always a liberal contributor to all good objects.
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J. H. BRINKERHOFF, Postmaster ; born in Seneca Co., Ohio, April 14, 1835; son of Hezekiah Brinkerhoff; he was from Adams Co., Penn., and was a brave soldier in the war of 1812; the family came to America when Peter Sturtevant was Governor of New York; were of that good old Dutch stock that settled along the Hudson and Mohawk; Hezekiah moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio and settled in Seneca Co., and died in 1846 at the age of 54; John, in 1853, went to work in a printing office in Milan, Ohio ; then went to Watertown, Wis., and afterward to Jefferson and Beaver Dam, and came to Waupun in 1857 and established the Waupun Times; carried that on nine years and was appointed Postmaster in 1861; was elected to the Legislature in the fall of 1864 by 700 majority ; Mr. Brinkerhoff is the present Postmaster and has been since 1861. He married Lucy T. Stoddard, daughter of Theo. Stoddard, who was from New York State; had two children-James Edwin is with Althouse, Wheeler & Co., of Waupun ; Van S. is employed in the post office ; wife died in the fall of 1863. Mar- ried, in 1867, Jennie H. Gillette, daughter of M. S. Gillette, of Fond du Lac; have two children by second marriage-Mary L. and Lula J.
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