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N. O. NEWHOUSE, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Clinton; born in Norway in October, 1841, and came to Clinton in July, 1859, and settled on 160 acres in Sec. 20; now has a fine farm under good cultivation. Married Helen Stabeck, daughter of C. Stabeck, of Durand, Ill., Jan. 2, 1866 ; children are Wm. O. (born Oct. 13, 1866), Clement L. (March 25, 1868), Christine T. (Sept. 16, 1869, and died August 4, 1870), Anna L. .(born Feb. 8, 1871, and died Sept. 15, 1872), Oliver T. (born Aug. 13, 1872), Louisa C. (Feb. 8, 1874), Henry J. (July 5, 1875), Martha C. (born Jan. 10, 1877). In 1876, he was chosen Supervisor of Clin- ton, and served three years. Himself and family are members of the Lutheran Church.
B. B. OLDS, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Clinton ; son of Calvin Olds; born in 1822 in Marl- boro, Windham Co., Vt., in the house where the family, from his great-grandfather down, were born, lived and died. The family came West and to Beloit Oct. 24, 1843 ; his uncle kept the old Beloit House at that time ; stopped with him; his name was A. M. Pratt. They came by teams from Vermont; his
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father, by a contrivance attached to the wheels of one of the wagons, measured the distance as they went along. After leaving Beloit, they bought a farm near Shopiere, in the town of Turtle, and remained there a few months; then moved to Clinton, Sec. 5; settled on 160 acres, and have been here ever since ; there were no fences, and only one road staked off in the vicinity of this farm at that time. Mr. L. I. Olds, a brother, about this time went to Beloit, and went into the carpentering business, and is now in Minnesota, in the lumber business. The father died in 1862 at the age of 63. Mr. B. B. Olds married, in the spring of 1845, Sarah Westly, of English descent ; had two children ; one died in infancy ; Anna, born in Feb- ruary, 1859, is now in Florida for her health. Wife died in April, 1860; married, in 1861, Miss D. Curtiss, daughter of Rev. O. S. Curtiss, a prominent minister ; have had seven children-Otis C. (born Aug. 16, 1863), L. Lincoln (Jan. 7, 1865), Carrie (April 26, 1867), Joseph I. (April 20, 1870), Chas. B. (March 13, 1872), Wm. B. (June 3, 1874), Alice L. (Aug. 17, 1876). Himself and wife are mem- bers of the Congregational Church ; he has been Clerk of the Church for many years. Mr. Olds has paid a good deal of attention to the nursery business, and has one of the finest orchards in the State; has over one thousand fine bearing trees. Is known at the fairs through the country as the " apple man."
CALVIN PRATT, grain-buyer, Clinton Junction; born in Madison Co., N. Y., July 5, 1816; son of Moses Pratt, a prominent and respected farmer ; he died in 1871, at the age of 75; his . father and his father's brother were brave soldiers in the Revolutionary war; Moses Pratt was in the war of 1812 ; his widow is now receiving a pension. Mr. Calvin Pratt started out for himself when 11 years old; worked on a farm three years; then connected himself with Isaac Sherwood, the great stage pro- prietor of New York ; was with him about three years; was with Greenleaf & Co. two years; then went to Pennsylvania and engaged with David Searls. Married, Aug. 3, 1836, Fannie Irish, daughter of J. T. Irish, a prominent farmer in Onondaga Co., N. Y .; have had two children-John (died in 1853, at the age of 16 years), Fannie E. (married C. O. Warner, and is living in Jeffersonville, in the southern part of Ohio. Her first husband was Henry Champlin, of Massachusetts, of Old Bay State aristocracy ; he was a young man of exemplary character, and a prominent bridge-builder, doing business in Chicago ; he died about 1860). After marriage, Mr. Pratt worked a farm on shares awhile; then went into the store busi- ness, and, in the fall of 1846, came to Clinton ; remained that winter, and then went to La Fayette Co., Wis .; in the spring of 1848, took family of two children and effects in ox team ; was six days going sev- enty-five miles ; the roads were on a terrible condition. The last day of his journey had to cross Pecatonica River; it was very high, and not being acquainted with the ford, they stuck fast in the middle of the stream, and he had to take his wife and family across on his back ; while up to his neck in water, he suggested to his better half that they had better give up and go back ; she replied, with spirit, " Never !" and they didn't until they succeeded, after many hardships, in building up a comfortable home; was one of the pioneers of that county and town of Center; was one of the Board of Supervisors there eight years, and laid out most of the roads in that part of the country ; settled on 160 acres, and, through industry, accumulated 400 acres; then went to Rockford, Ill., and was engaged in the lime busi- ness extensively, and was successful; then went to West Virginia oil regions, and was Superintendent of the Warner Petroleum Co. three years; lost and made fortunes there ; in the end, was successful ; came to Clinton about 1870, and has been carrying on a grain, coal and seed business extensively. Mr. Pratt and wife have lived many happy years together; have celebrated their silver wedding. Both are honored members of the Baptist Church ; have been for forty-three years; Mr. Pratt has been Deacon many years.
H. M. REIGART, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Clinton ; born in Lancaster, Penn., Aug. 19, 1824 ; son of E. C. Reigart, a prominent lawyer in that part of the country ; Mr. H. M. Reigart came to Clin- ton, Wis., in 1856, and settled on 212 acres; now has a fine residence and one of the best of farms ; there is a very fine spring on the farm. Married Catherine G. Chambers, of Lancaster City, Penn., daughter of John and Ann Chambers, May 18, 1854; have had six children; James is in the tobacco business in Clinton ; E. C. Reigart is at home and has charge of the farm; Anna, Nellie, Susie and Kittie are at home.
A. B. ROGERS, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Clinton; born in Cortland Co., N. Y., June 27, 1837; son of Hiram R. Rogers, who was a carpenter by trade, and afterward engaged in farming; the family was originally from Connecticut, and his father was s soldier in the Revolutionary war; Mr. Hiram Rogers died Feb. 16, 1852, at the age of 46; about 1854, the family went to Beloit; was in that vicinity three months ; then went to Delavan, Wis .; was there about two years; came back to Rock Co., and settled on ninety-three acres on Jefferson Prairie; sold out and went into general merchandise business in Clinton ; was successful, sold out and bought 200 acres in Clinton ; have a fine farm under good cultiva- tion. Married, July 3, 1863, Lucinda Jones, daughter of Mr. Loren Jones, a farmer in Walworth Co. ;
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have had six children-Minnie, born Sept. 28, 1863; Frank, Oct. 6, 1864; Mary, March 5, 1866; Fred, March 11, 1867, and died Dec. 27, 1870; Hermie, born Jan. 30, 1870; Nettie, June 30, 1872.
L. D. SALISBURY, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Clinton; born in Madison Co., N. Y., Jan. 10, 1815; son of George Salisbury, a popular hotel-keeper at Erieville and also at Woodstock in same State; he died in 1841, at the age of 55; Samuel, his father, was a soldier in the Revolution ; Mr. L. D. Salis- bury was with his father until about 1839. Married, March 28, 1841, Christine Haynes, daughter of Deacon John Haynes, a prominent farmer in New York; have had two children-Lorenzo A. (married Mary Ann Hazelwood, and is living in Boone Co., Ill.), Charles A. (married Martha E. Fulkerson, daughter of Benjamin Fulkerson). Mr. L. D. Salisbury was successfully engaged in hotel business in Preble, Cortland Co., N. Y., seven years, and then in Oswego Co. till fall of 1855, when he came West, and finally bought 280 acres in Clinton, and moved on to the farm in spring of 1856; now has about 85 acres under best of cultivation. Mr. Salisbury gave his aid and support to the Union army. Hae been Chairman of Town Board of Supervisors several times. A brother, Frank Salisbury, is one of the oldest and best-known hotel men in the State; kept hotel at Syracuse and Beloit most of the time for thirty years ; George, his son, is connected with a Chicago paper-house; he was the champion billiard- player of the State of Wisconsin at one time.
WILLIAM STEWART, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Clinton; born in New York June 1. 1836; son of William Stewart, a Colonel in the old New York Militia; he was born in Massachusetts Dec. 10, 1798, and died Nov. 28, 1865; was of Scotch descent; the family came to Clinton and settled on 260 acres in 1838 ; his son William took the farm after his father's death. William married, Sept. 29. 1859, Susan L. Latta, daughter of Benjamin Latta, a prominent farmer in Bradford; have had nine chil- dren-Jane E., born Aug. 17, 1860; William E., March 20, 1862, died Oct. 27, 1872; Frank B., born Oct. 18, 1864, and died March 13, 1867; Charles K., born Feb. 14, 1866; Edward W., Dec. 20, 1868; Hayden L., June 11, 1870; Albert, Jan. 18, 1872; Ray, Dec. 1, 1874; Susie, Aug. 26, 1877. Col. William Stewart was the first Supervisor in the town of Clinton ; a man generally honored and respected.
P. H. SWIFT, editor of the Independent, Clinton Junction ; born in Topsham, Orange Co .. Vt .; son of S. H. Swift ; grandfather on father's side was Captain in the war of 1812, and grandfather on mother's side was a soldier in the Revolution ; family moved to Edgerton, Rock Co., Wis .. in 1854; P. H. Swift was educated at Albion Academy and Teachers' Institute; enlisted in Co. C, 11th Wis. Regt. V. I., June, 1861, the second enlisted man in the place; promoted to lieutenancy in fall of 1862, in the 33d Wis., for meritorious conduct in the field; was promoted to captaincy during the siege of Vicksburg ; was wounded at Tupello, July, 1864, by a piece of shell, while leading the company ; was honorably dis- charged, November, 1864 ; in 1865, was appointed Lieutenant in 3d U. S. Regular Infantry ; resigned and studied law and was admitted to the bar in Rock Co., in 1867; removed to Minnesota and settled in Waseca, Waseca Co .; was elected Police Justice ; went to Beaver Falls, Renville Co .; was Prosecuting Attorney there three years ; went to the Legislature in winter of 1870; was Chairman of the Committee on Federal Relations and a member of the Committee on Judiciary and Towns and Counties; was the youngest member of the House. Moved to Michigan in 1872; was supply clerk of the celebrated Cal- umet & Hecla Copper-Mining Co; was in their employ till 1878, then moved to Clinton, having purchased the Clinton Independent, which he is now carrying on successfully ; will undoubtedly make it an import- ant paper of Southern Wisconsin. Married, May 25, 1865, Mary C. Swift, daughter of Nathan Williams. a native of Allegany Co., N. Y .; have had two children-Dean and Ward ; his step-son, Henry S. Swift. 18 years old. is junior partner in the business and is Freshman at Oberlin College. Mr. Smith is a mem- ber of Masonic Order and a member of the Blue Lodge; self and family members of Congregational Church, and he is a strict temperance man.
DR. JOHN TINKER, nursery, Sec. 16; P. O. Clinton ; born in Delaware Co., N. Y., March 15, 1822; son of Samuel Tinker, who was a descendant of the Tinkers that came over in the Mayflower and settled in Connecticut. Samuel Tinker died in 1860, at about the age of 70. John started out for himself at the age of 18; at the age of 22, went to sea; sailed from New London in the ship Dover (June, 1844) for the Pacific Ocean, by way of the Cape of Good Hope, on a whaling voyage; was gone about three years; brought home four thousand barrels of oil; he shipped as physician and cooper's mate ; then went to Castleton, Vt., and attended a course of lectures and graduated there; imme- diately after this, went to California in schooner Olivia, a vessel of one hundred tons ; was gone three years; landed in San Francisco in July, 1849; there was hardly a decent building there then ; left there in June, 1852, and returned by way of the Isthmus. Married, Nov. 6, 1852, Phebe C. Nash, daughter of Isaac Nash ; have one child, Lizzie, born Aug. 6, 1866, now attending school. After marriage, came to Clin- ton and practiced medicine two years; then engaged in fruit-culture and nursery business; has one of the
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best orchards in the State, and keeps a stock of about ten thousand trees. Mr. Tinker has a Congrega- tional Church attached to his house.
DANIEL M. TALLMAN, furmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Clinton ; born iu Delaware Co., N. Y., May 4, 1815 ; son of Charles Tallman, who was a prominent and much respected farmer ; his father was a brave soldier in the Revolutionary war; Daniel remained at home till 1843, when he came to Turtle, Rock Co., and settled on 103 acres, and, in 1854, moved to Clinton ; now has 126 acres and thirty-six acres in Turtle. Married Hannah Willis, daughter of William Willis, of New York, Nov. 3, 1836; have had five children-Elizabeth died when 15 years old ; Alexis was a brave soldier in Co. I, 22d Wis. Regt., and was killed while out scouting in the northern part of Georgia ; was one of Sherman's sharpshooters; Charles B. is cashier of Citizen's Bank, of Delavan ; George B. is.editor of the Delavan Republican ; Ida died in infancy. Mr. Daniel Tallman's wife died August, 1854 ; his second wife was the widow Cornelia Boorman, from Richmond, Wis .; both honored members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Tallman's mother's father, Mr. Daniel Mabie, was a prominent Baptist minister.
LOTE TAYLOR, landlord Taylor House, Clinton Junction ; born in Buffalo, Erie Co., June 16, 1829 ; son of James Taylor, an old settler in New York ; Mr. Taylor came to Walworth Co., Wis., in February, 1849; went to Geneva Lake; was there a number of years; removed to Richmond ; was there two years; came to Clinton in 1864, and commenced keeping hotel in a little building near the railroad track ; that he is fully competent to run a hotel, is proved by the fact that he now is the proprietor of one of the finest and most popular hotels in Southern Wisconsin ; by all travelers, the portly form of the ponderous and ever-welcome landlord is recognized; his weight has never been estimated. He married a daughter of Eliphas Johnson, a native of Ohio, February, 1850. Mr. Johnson settled on 1,000 acres in Walworth Co., at an early date; he was a much estcemed and wealthy farmer, and died Nov. 22, 1855; he had six children ; Spencer E. Johnson is in De Kalb Co., Mo .; Statira married Joseph Cahoon, and is in Appleton, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have had five children-Ella (now Mrs. Resseguic), living in Aurora, Ill .; Joseph died when 2 years old; Adelle died when 1 year old; Jane is now Mrs. Ilette, and is living at home ; Maud is also at home.
ALEXANDER THOM, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Clinton ; born in Scotland Oct. 19, 1830; son of Alexander Thom, and, on the mother's side, was a descendant of the Stewarts; at the age of 16. he learned the carpenter's trade ; the family moved to America and to Huron Co., Ohio, in 1836; Alex- ander, Jr., in 1854, came to Clinton and ran a threshing machine; went to Rockford and worked at his trade, then moved to Turtle and settled on eighty acres; owns a farm of two hundred and forty acres, under good cultivation. He married, July 4. 1854, Mary White, daughter of James White, of Ohio; have four children. H. C. Thom is Principal in one of the schools at Oshkosh, Wis., Lenora is teaching school in Turtle, Emma is at home, and Florence is attending school. Mr. Thom has been Supervisor in Turtle and in Clinton, and Constable many times. His brother, James, served his time faithfully in an Ohio regiment during the war, and William was a brave soldier in the 41st Wis. Battery. His wife had four brothers in the army ; Abraham was in the 22d Wis., and was wounded at the battle of Bull Run ; Ira served his time in a Wisconsin regiment faithfully ; Eli was in the 4th Wis. Battery, and was honora. bly discharged ; C'ark, another brother, was also in the service.
CHARLES TUTTLE, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Clinton ; born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Oct. 15, 1811 ; son of Thomas Tuttle, whose father, Solomon, was a brave soldier in the Revolutionary war; the family were of English origin ; first settled in Connecticut, and, at an early day, moved to New York. Mr. Thomas Tuttle was a well-to do farmer in New York, owing 200 acres of fine land; Charles was at home till he became of age, and, in 1835, went to Ohio; was there till the spring of 1836, then went to Michigan and claimed a farm ; that summer, went to Chicago, where Fort Dearborn stood, and a garrison was posted there ; was only one bridge; Beaubien kept a hotel there then ; stopped with a cousin named Kimball, who was keeping a store on Lake street; that fall, went back to New York ; returned the same full to Chicago. and spent the winter teaming; used to go to Milwaukee, Rockford, Michigan City and other places ; in spring of 1837, several New York men, Mr. Tuttle among the number, started out pros- pecting ; first went to Beloit, April, 1837, and, in the same spring, he made a claim in Clinton ; entered 320 acres ; there was not a house on Jefferson Prairie; the first house on the Indian trail to Chicago was at the head of Geneva Lake; frames of Indian wigwams were standing on his farm. Married, September, 1838, Elmina Gilbert, daughter of Roswell Gilbert; her mother's maiden name was Wheat; she came from a notable family of that name that settled in Connecticut at a very early day ; have had six children -Eugene H. (enlisted in the Thirteenth Wisconsin, and died in Kansas, at Fort Riley), Egbert (died when about 11 years old), Volney C. (married a Chamberlain, and is now in Clinton), George F. (is in Dakota, he graduated at Milton), Marietta (married Dr. S. M. Jenks, and is living at Grand Meadow,
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Moore Co., Minn.), Thomas W. (is in the lumber business in Clinton). Mr. Tuttle and wife are mem- bers of the Congregational Church. Mr. Tuttle helped to survey what is now called West Side, Chi- cago, where there are now over two hundred thousand inhabitants; it was then mostly under water.
M. G. WEAVER, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Clinton; born in Clinton July 9, 1842; son of Griswold Weaver, who came to Clinton in 1837, from Utica, N. Y .; settled on what is now the northwest part of the town of Clinton ; he was one of the founders of that town ; he kept hotel at Clinton Corners; was there till the railroad was built, then moved to Clinton proper and went into lumber business and buy- ing grain ; was successful ; he died December, 1872; was one of the most respected and liberal of citizens. Mr. H. G. Weaver commenced his business career by working for Simmons & Snyder, and then com- menced on his own account, buying grain and stock ; in 1879, bought the Alexander Case fart, of 128 acres, which he has under fine cultivation and is working to advantage. Married, July 8, 1863, Mary A. Rogers, daughter of Hiram Rogers, of New York ; have had three children-Arthur E. (is attending school in Clinton), Floy Luella and Roy (are at home).
HANS WILLIAMSEN, farmer, Secs. 28 and 29; P. O. Clinton; born in Norway Dec. 26, 1832; learned the trade of blacksmith; then came to Quebec, Canada, in May, 1857, and then to Chicago and to Clinton the same year; worked at his trade for five years. Married Betsy, Gilbertson, September, 1863; have had five children-William, Rachel, Henry, Matilda and Lewis. Self and family belong to Lutheran Church. Mr. Williamsen has a fine farm of 160 acres under good cultivation; also has a fine residence and barns and everything pertaining to a first-class farm.
D. D. WINKLEY, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Clinton; born in Dover, N. H., Aug. 16, 1847; son of Darius Winkley, whose father was a sea captain who sailed out of Portsmouth, N. H., and who came of old English stock ; Darius was a cloth and wool merchant and carried on the business very suc- cessfully ; he died in 1862, at the age of 56; Cyrus, his brother, came to Clinton in 1844, and settled on 240 acres ; he carried on farming till his death July 15, 1876; Mr. D. D. Winkley bought this farm June 1, 1877, and now has a good farm of 240 acres in Clinton; pays particular attention to raising stock -short-horus, etc. Married Nov. 22, 1876, Nellie Griswold, daughter of Cyrus Griswold, a prominent farmer and neighbor ; have one child-Elsie, born April 12, 1878.
H. S. WOOSTER, retired, Clinton ; born in Tully, Onondaga Co., N. Y .; son of Bennett Wooster, who was from Middlebury, Conn; his ancestors took part in the Revolutionary war ; were descendants of the Woosters prominent in English history ; he was born March 4, 1798, in Middlebury, Conn .; afterward moved to New York, and was in Syracuse when there was but one house there; was largely engaged in dealing in stock ; is now living in Beloit, at the good old age of 81; H. S. Wooster was born April 20, 1820, in Tully, N. Y. ; at the age of 12, made his first trip with his father with stock ; they went from New York to Hartford and New Haven in Connecticut; he afterward went with his father to Ohio; engaged in selling clocks, cloths, buggies and Yankce notions, taking in exchange farm products ; often took droves of horses to New York; used to sell common clocks in those days from 85 to $60; in 1844, moved to Jefferson Prairie, Wis. (July 4); bought 160 acres; in the fall of 1844. Henry S. went to Chicago, where then was a sea of mud, and the walks were like elevated railroads ; engaged in auction business ; then traveled through Illinois to Peoria, and, in the spring of 1845, engaged in Coles' distillery ; returned to Clinton in fall of 1845, and, in fall of 1846, married the daughter of Squire Pierce, an esteemed citizen of Summerville; have three children-Clarence (now living in Denver, Colo.), Bennett and Mary (are living at home) ; he went to farming till the fall of 1849; sold his farm and went to Beloit; was there till spring of 1850; had the gold fever and went to California; was there three years, then sent for his wife; was successful while there; kept a botel and was engaged in stock business ; returned to Clinton in 1860, and purchased 440 acres, and amused himself by farming for ten years. In 1865 and 1866, was elected to the Legislature on Republican ticket; was Chairman of Com- mittee on Agriculture; was father of the bill prohibiting minors from drinking whisky and playing billiards ; through his zeal in political matters, was appointed Postmaster at Clinton, and held the office eight years. In 1877, went to Black Hills, and was there through the summer at Deadwood, and then returned home. Mr. Wooster gave the first temperance lecture delivered on Jefferson Prairie, and has been a member of several temperance associations.
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WILLIAM ALEXANDER, farmer; Secs. 9, 10, 15 and 22; P. O. Lima Center; born in Roxbury Co., Scotland, in 1825. At the age of 27, he resolved to seek his fortune in the New World, and landed at New York in 1852; came to Rock Co. the same year and settled on the farm he now owns of 325 acres in 1857. Married Miss Mary A. Goodfellow in 1851; they have five children-William G., John H., Janette I., Mary A. and Thomas. He is a Republican. Has served as Director of the Limatown Insurance Co. since its organization in 1872. He bought his farm unbroken, and has improved it and made it valuable. The family are members of the Lima Presbyterian Church. He brought but little with tim and now owns a large and valuable farm, has an intelligent family and may justly consider his life a success.
ROBERT BACON, farmer; Secs. 27 and 34: P. O. Lima Center; born in Barnstable Co., Mass., in 1814, came to Wisconsin in 1846, and settled on the farm he now owns of 240 acres. Married Miss Harriet J. Knapp in 1845; they have three children-Eliza J., De Witt C. and Orris J. Mr. B. is a Republican, and has served as Supervisor of the town of Lima; is a member of the United Brethren Church of Lima Center. Mrs. B. is a M. E. ; member of Utter's Corners' Church. When Mr. B. first saw Janesville, it had only three stores and two hotels. The old log house is still standing where he lived as a pioneer, in close proximity to his roomy farmhouse.
JASON S. BEACH, farmer ; Sec. 24; P. 'O. Whitewater, Walworth Co .; born in Greene Co., N. Y., in 1814. Married Miss Eliza A. Pardee, of Cortland Co., N. Y., in 1840; came to Wiscon- sin in 1843; first locating in Walworth Co., Sec. 19, town of Whitewater, where his only daughter, Emma M. (now the wife of H. J. Roe) resides. Mr. B. built his present home in the town of Lima about 1855. His politics are Republican, and he with his wife are active members of the First Congrega- tional Church of Whitewater. Mr. B. was elected Deacon about 1850 and still holds the office. He united with the Congregational Church of Homer, N. Y., at the age of 18, and with the Whitewater Church in 1844.
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