The History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Containing an account of its settlement, growth, development and resources; an extensive and minute sketch of its cities, towns and villages etc, Part 130

Author: Western Historical Co., pub
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Company
Number of Pages: 1050

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WILLARD M. FARR, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Waukesha ; was born in the town of Scroon Lake, Essex Co., N. Y., Sept. 10, 1843; he is a son of George W. and Esther ( Day) Farr, who removed to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1856 ; Willard M. was educated at Shaw Academy, and made Cleveland his home until July, 1861, when he enlisted as a private in Co. G, 42d O. V. I .; his Colonel was James A. Garfield-the present Republican nominee for President, whose election will verify Capt. Farr's pre- diction, mado while in the service ; his regiment was engaged at Mill Creek, Pond Gap, Cumberland Gap, etc., and took part in Sherman's first abortive attack on Vicksburg, helped capture Arkansas Post, engaged in the battles preceding the investment of Vicksburg, its siege, and on its surrender, our subject was commissioned Lieutenant ; after Herron's Red River raid, Lieut. Farr was transferred to. the Virginia army, and, in the fall of 1863, was commissioned Captain of Co. I, U. S. Artillery; he also served as Brigade Quartermaster and as Ordnance Officer ; after a most honorable military career of over four years, having engaged in fourtcen battles, he was honorably discharged in July, 1865; soon after, he located on and for three years owned the farm of Mr. N. Shultis, Genesee. He married, in October, 1866, Miss Susie E., daughter of A. C. Nickell. From 1868 to 1878, the Captain was in the lumber business in Michigan ; his farm of 115 acres is part of the old Nickell estate, and on this he has built a new and tasteful residence ; the Captain and wife have a daughter, Alice N., born in 1868, in Waukesha Village ; he is an ardent Republican, and was once Postmaster of Onekama, Michigan.

SAMUEL FOX, farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. O. Waukesha; born in Wroxton, Oxfordshire, England, April 7, 1814; he is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Hays) Fox ; his mother died when he was a child ; he was a farmer in England; he was married in Wroxton to Miss Jane, daughter of William and Mary (Gardner) Carpenter ; they had four children, all born in Wroxton-Mary A., S. Albert, Sarah and Cymbreanne. The family came to America, and 10 the Waukesha homestead in 1854; the 95 acres

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were then almost in a state of nature; living in a log house, Mr. Fox did good work, and is rewarded with a good home. Mrs. Fox died in December, 1878; Mary A. (Mrs. William Stillwell ) died in July, 1868, leaving five children ; Sarah (Mrs. John Sleep) died March 31, 1880, leaving eight children ; S. Albert married Miss Eliza, daughter of Richard Smart, and is a substantial farmer in Pewaukee; Cymbreanne (Mrs. William Pratt) is a resident of Detroit. Mr. Fox is carrying on the homestead, assisted by his grandchildren; he is an attendant of the M. E. Church ; a Republican, and has held minor offices.

ISAAC GALE, farmer and stock-breeder, Sec. 18; P. O. Waukesha ; born in the town of Ben- nington, Bennington Co., Vt., June 2, 1832 ; son of Isaae and Lydia (Gardner) Gale, born near the historic old battle-ground at Bennington; he was educated at Bennington, and married there, March 1, 1854, to Miss Julia, daughter of Elihu and Sarah ( Ploss) Dutcher; she was also of Bennington. In the fall of 1855, Mr. G. and wife, with Mr. Duteher, came to Waukesha, Mr. Dutcher buying the Gale homestead of Jabez Burchard, to own it but a few hours, however, as he fell a victim of cholera on the third day of his residence in Wisconsin. Mr. Gale bought the 146-acre farm of the heirs, has brought all but 25 acres under cultivation, and erected a tasteful farm house for his home; originally a timbered farm, his care and management have brought it to a state of improvement excelled by but few farms in the county. A Republican, he is now serving his third term on the Town Board of Waukesha ; is also President of the Waukesha County Agricultural Society. Is a member of the Baptist Church, and has for ten years superintended the Union Sabbath School, at South Genesee. Mr. and Mrs. Gale have two living children-Alfred J., and Mary F., who is now attending school at Waukesha. The eldest, Martha D., was educated at the Whitewater Normal School, married J. K. Randle, and died in July 1876, aged 19. In regard to Mr. Gale's record as a stock- breeder, we are authorized to state that about fifteen years ago he bought of J. C. Clark, New York, ten pure-bred Spanish Merino sheep, and has since dealt with other noted New York and Vermont breeders ; his ram, Allright, a pure Atwood, sheared just thirty pounds in 1880; he was bred by De Long, of Ver- mont, and is registered as De Long's 100 ; Mr. G. regards him as the best animal in the State for wool and stock, and keeps him at the head of his flock of 190 as good sheep as need be seen ; his dealings with Western sheep men extend through Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Minnesota, and all parts of Wisconsin ; he selliog in 1879, thirty-five rams from his flock. His first Jersey cattle, bought in 1876, of J. M. Cobb, have likewise proven a successful adventure, he now owning three thoroughbred and four grades ; his last sale, that of a yearling bull, was to E. Enos, the popular Postmaster of Waukesha. Mr. Gale is also a most successful breeder of Poland China hogs, his first purchase, eight or ten years ago, being made of O. P. Clinton, Pewaukee.

GEORGE A. HINE, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Waukesha ; born July 22, 1811, in Canfield, Trumbull Co., Ohio ; his father, born in Connecticut, was a carpenter and joiner, and married Freelove Bunnell, also of Connecticut. G. A. Hine spent his early life in Portage Co., Ohio, and at 21 bought a small furnace and plow factory at Shalerville, Ohio. Dissatisfied with this, he left for Wisconsin, and reached Prairieville in June, 1837, in company with E. D. Clinton ; together they claimed over 400 acres on Sees. 4, 5, 6 and 7; both worked at blacksmithing and plow-making, and are well-remembered pioneers. In 1839 or 1840, they built a grist and saw-mill on Sec. 7, selling the mill and about 300 acres of land two years later. Mr. Hine then settled on his present farm, which, containing 161 aeres, is now among the best in the town ; it was, forty years ago, openings and low prairie ; Mr. Hine with his own hands breaking and fencing it, building two good houses, and several substantial barns upon it; a spring of running water supplies the stock in the yard, and none of the settlers of 1837 have a better home. Mrs. Hine, formerly Maria Clinton, was born in Vermont, and died October 18, 1874, leaving two sons-Morton O., who married Miss H. S. Taylor, and lived in Waukesha, and Clifton A., who married Miss Addie Smith, and now manages the homestead. He devotes much attention to the culture of berries for the local market ; fifty bushels of the different kinds raised in 1880. Father and sons are Republicans, the father having been Assessor, ete.

JOHN HILLE, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Waukesha ; born Feb. 20, 1811, in Bremka, near Got- tingen, Hanover ; his parents both died when he was a lad ; he was educated in his native town, and learned cabinet- making in Gottingen ; followed this until 1837, when he emigrated to America, locating in New York City, where he did business on his own account until he came to Wisconsin in 1848. He married, 1842, in New York, Miss Magdalena Jaquiltard ; she was born in the department of Strasbourg France, and reached New York in June, 1837 ; this was the only family of that name in France during the Huguenot persecutions. Mr. Hille bought 140 acres of his present farm of 215; began in a log house, and did good work among the timber, as is attested to-day by the cultivated farm, farm buildings and the

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spacious stone farmhouse, built two stories high, and built to stay. Mr. and Mrs. Hille have eight chil- dren-Charles, Elizabeth, Edwin, Anna, Huldah, William, Lillie and Oscar ; all except the eldest were born on the homestead ; Michael Hille died in childhood, and John when he was about 30. Mr. Hille is Independent in politics.

EDWARD W. KING, Sec. 19; P. O. Waukesha; born in Devonshire, England, Aug. 18, 1811; he learned the trade of a carpenter and joiner in England, and in 1838, emigrated to the United States, coming at once to Waukesha Co .; he spent a few months with Mr. A. F. Pratt, and then bought a claim-which is a good farm and home to-day-then a part of the timbered openings covering the country around it; for three years his home was with his brother, James King, and, during the summer of 1843, he built part of his present house ; on Christmas Day, 1843, he married Elizabeth Hurst, who died three years later, leaving him one son-Richard. In July, 1847, Mr. King married Miss Esther Horel; she was born May 12, 1822, in Somersetshire, England ; her parents, with seven children, came to America in 1837 ; her 15th birthday being spent in mid-ocean ; after seven years spent near Auburn, N. Y., the family settled in Erin, Washington Co., Wis. Mr. and Mrs. King have five children-John H., Edward, George W., William G. and Martha A., all born on the homestead. Richard King served in the 39th W. V. I., in war times, and now lives in California ; their son, Samuel, accidentally shot him- self, when abont 19 years of age, and they also lost an infant. Mr. King is in unison with the Church of England, and his wife with the M. E. Church ; he is a progressive farmer, and has erected most of his buildings himself; has 144 acres at home, and 81 in Genesee. Polities, Republican.

JAMES KING, farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. O. Waukesha ; born Sept. 1, 1816 or 1817, in Devon- shire, England ; he is a son of James and Mary A. (Lowery) King, who died in England; bent upon improving his lot, Mr. King, in 1844, came to the New World; he reached Milwaukee via the Erie Canal and the lakes ; he settled in Genesee, and worked a few months at his trade (wagon making) ; gave it up, and for a number of years worked on farms, earning enough to buy his present farm of 120 acres ; it was timbered, and a log house was all the shelter the bachelor-settler had ; the first manful blows struck there with his ax have been pluckily followed up, and a good farm and home secured. He married, Jan. 2, 1858, Miss Catherine, daughter of Paul and Vianna (King) Wheeler ; Mrs. King was born in Salem, Washington Co., N. Y., and her people came to Waukesha in the fall of 1844. Mr. Wheeler bought a farm, and spent the winter with Mr. William Me Whorter; to use her words, "they lived in the trackless woods, in a log house; Mr. and Mrs. King lived a year with Mrs. Wheeler, then a widow ; she died in 1860. Mr. King's record here is one of which no man who begins as a farm laborer need be ashamed. He is a Demoerat.

CAPT. GEORGE LAWRENCE, one of the historie men of the county, was born Oct. 31, 1812, on Martha's Vineyard, or Dukes Co., Mass ; his father, George Lawrence, a native of Norway emi- grated to the United States, when he was 19, and, with Martha's Vineyard for his home, followed the sea over fifty years, as master of a ship for thirty years. His son, our subject, began as a lad by sailing on the small coasters ; at 16 he shipped with his father on a whaling voyage, harponning two whales before he was 17; on this voyage he visited Japan, the Sandwich Isles, etc., and was promoted to boat steerer ; his second voyage was made as third mate, under Capt. Marchant ; after a most successful cruise of forty- five months, during which time, young Lawrence killed half the whales taken, he returned as second mate. Again sailing as mate, his ship was cast away off Cape St. Lucas ; reshipping at Mazatlan, Mexico, he went to Valparaiso, where he was made master of a merchantman (the Crawford), and sailed her to Swansea, Wales, thence to New York, where he took his discharge. His early dream was to marry a farmer's daughter and to die a farmer, and just prior to his third voyage, August 16, 1835, he married Miss Mary Clarke, who was born on a farm in Washington Co., R. I. Capt. L. has made in all six voyages, and passed thirty years on the sea, sailed round the globe in command of the Champion, of Edgartown, has seen all the islands of the Pacific, cruised in the Japanese and Chinese seas, and visited both those strange countries, bringing with him as relics a houseful of quaint cabinets, fans, workboxes, shells, &c., besides the weapons of the Islanders In the fall of 1846, he made his settlement in Milwaukee ; in 1847, he built the schooner Lawrence, at a cost of $12,000; the following year, he exchanged one-third of her for his present homestead, and sold the other share to Daniel Newhall. Capt. Lawrence settled here in Septem- ber, 1848, began to work as farmer, became disgusted with the raising and selling of the splendid wheat of those days at 30 cents per bushel, and resolved to try his fortunes again at sea. In May, 1851, he started on a four years' voyage, which was his last and most successful, netting him a small fortune, which, as he says, " came easy and went easy, as is the way with all sailors." Capt. and Mrs. Lawrence have had six children, of whom George, Jr., is the only one living. He was born Nov. 16, 1839, in Washington

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Co., R. I., married March 5, 1857, Miss Virginia Hall, a native of East Wareham, Mass. They have two sons-George Jr. and Harry H., both horn on the homestead. A picture, priceless in the possession of the Captain, gives an excellent likeness of the four Georges in a group. It was taken before the death of the great-grandfather, in his 88th year. The early dream of the Captain is in a fair way of realization, as he, with his son, owns this splendid homestead farm of 330 acres, upon which each has a pleasant and. even elegant home. To sustain the reputation of Rose Glen Factory, a herd of seventy cows is kept These gentlemen for many years were among the most noted of Wisconsin sheep-breeders, but, since the founding of the butter and cheese factory in 1877, have given their entire attention to it. They were awarded a pair of nickel-plated scales as a special premium, at the Industrial Dairy Fair, held in New York City, 1878; these scales, worth $100, were awarded for the best tub of butter. The factory was the first established in the county, and is a most gratifying success.

GEORGE A. LOVE, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Waukesha ; born Sept. 20, 1828, in Oneida Co., N. Y. ; his grandfather, Robt. Love, was the father of eleven children, of whom Levi Love was the eldest son ; he and a younger brother, Robert, made their first visit to Prairieville in 1836, Robert claiming and settling upon the present Bethesda farm, which he sold to the Tichenors. Levi returned to New York State, and removed his family to Long Point, Can., where he engaged in farming until 1843; that year he settled on Sec. 19, Pewaukee, with a wife (formerly Emma Waldo) and eight children ; a residence of twelve years here gave him an improved farm, though he began pioneer fashion, in a log house among the timber ; he next settled on Sec. 1, in Genesee, and, after seven or eight years, removed to Sec. 6, in Waukesha, where he died, in November, 1876, at the advanced age of 85. His son, our subject, settled in 1858, on a farm on Sec. 36, in Delafield, and, in 1874, on his present farm of 283 acres; the first owner was Norman Clinton; Col. Marshall and James Davis were also previous owners, the latter calling this beautiful and fruitful farm Pleasant Valley. In 1852, Mr. Love married Miss Mary, daughter of Samuel and Eleanor Breese; she was Welsh by birth, her parents settling on Sec. 1, in Genesee, in 1847; his younger brother, Julius C., who was born Jan 26, 1835, in Hartland, Niagara Co., N. Y., married a sister, Hannah Breese, and resides on an adjoining farm of 373 acres, the two considered by good judges to be the best stock farms in Waukesha County. This fact, however, is but little consolation to the heart-sore brothers, as their faithful and loving helpmeets are hidden from their sight forever, both falling victims to that dread disease, typhoid fever, in the fall of 1879, as did S. Lorenzo and Harriet E., children of G. A. Love, all dying within a few weeks of each other at his house, he being the only one of his family to escape the sickness. He has now eight living children -Mary E. (Mrs. H. Putney), Hannah J., Chas. D., J. R., Fannie M., Sophia L., A. G. and Addison N. The family belong to the Waukesha Congrega- tional Church. Mr. Love is a Republican ; served as Justice of the Peace and Supervisor in Delafield, and Supervisor in Waukesha.

WILLIAM LOWRY, farmer and carpenter, Sec. 33; P. O. Waukesha ; born in County Antrim, Ireland, May 1, 1813 ; is of Scotch descent ; learned his trade in boyhood ; his father, grandfather and sons, with him, represent four generations of carpenters. He married, in 1838, Miss Molly Smith, of his native county ; their five children were all born in Ireland ; of these, John, Mathew H. and Eliza (now Mrs. James Knowles) are dead ; William is with his father, and Anna (now Mrs. Mathew Young,) resides in Iowa. The family came to America in 1854 or 1855, and resided four years in West Chester, Penn., and four in Sandusky, Ohio ; they then settled in Chicago, where Mr. L. earned $3.50 per day at his trade ; for, a long time, his sons William and John earned $3, at the same trade; Mathew being employed in a store. In the fall of 1867, when Mr. Lowry settled on his present farm of 160 acres, only a part was cleared, on which was a log house, which still stands beside the substantial frame one built in its stead. The main barn, 34x46x16, with the horse-barn, stables, etc., were all erected by Mr. L., who has done good work in clearing the land of timber, stumps and stones. Mr. and Mrs. L. are members of the R. P. Church. Mr. L. is a Trustee.

FREDERICK R. LYONS, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Waukesha ; was bron May 19, 1798, in Colerain, Franklin Co., Mass. ; his father, Jesse Lyons, was born in Dedham, Mass., was a cabinet maker, and married Miss Nabby Ransom, who was a native of Colerain. F. R. Lyons lived on his father's farm until he was 22 or 23, then engaged in farming in Greenfield, Mass. He was married, March 15, 1821, to Miss Martha B. Stebbins, of Greenfield. In 1840, Mr. L. and family settled on 40 acres of the present homestead; he had $300 and the land in a state of nature. None of Waukesha's honored pioneers have done better or more successful work than this sturdy son of New England. His first crops of winter wheat were sown on a neighbor's farm, he, mean while, chopping out a farm of his own ; many a moonlight evening has he spent felling the giant trees, which

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were cut up the next day. Such men should and did succeed, as may be seen by the splendid 220-acre farm, with its roomy frame house, replacing the log house of pioneer times, and the substantial barns. Mrs. Lyons died November 12, 1873, leaving seven children. Frederick R. (of Riceville, Ga.) ; Martha A. (Mrs. Eli Welch) ; Asenath B., Lucius, Seth, Sophronia J. (now Mrs. John Gaspar) ; and Eli W. The homestead is now divided between Lucius and Eli W., the latter having the home proper, where his aged father is passing the last days of a well-spent life. The Lyons family are Democrats ; Mr. Lyons, Sr., was in old times one of the town board ; he is in unison with the Baptist faith.

JOHN McNAUGHTON, Sec. 36; P. O. Prospect Hill ; born in the town of Alabama, Genesee Co., N. Y., December 29, 1829. His parents, Duncan and Margaret (Dewar) McNaughton, moved soon after to Pendleton, Niagara Co., and eight years later to the town of York, where the father died. His mother, himself and grandmother left Caledonia, Livingston Co., for Wisconsin, in the fall of 1842 ; spent the winter with Duncan Cameron, in Vernon, and the next spring bought, with their little means, 80 acres of the present farm ; three acres were then broken, and on this they raised enough to supply their frugal wants. They lived in a log house surrounded with a dense forest, but as John grew up a sturdy, healthy boy, he began to chop and clear ; kept at it, and to-day his 200-acre farm, of which 150 are cleared, tell of good work well done. Mr. McNaughton also owns 20 acres on Sec. 7, Vernon ; has built a large farmhouse, with good barns, etc. His pioneer mother, now 74, is still with him. On the 24th of February, 1859, he married Miss Margaret Miller, a native of Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland; they have six children-Christie E., Alexander, Janet, Susan, Margaret and Ellen ; they lost three children- Margaret, John and Mary May ; all the children were born on the homestead, which was a wilderness thirty-eight years ago. Mr. McN. and family belong to the U. P. Church of Vernon. Politics, Republican ; he is not only a farmer but a thrasher, having owned an interest in a machine for a number of years.

GEORGE McVICAR, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Waukesha; born near Inverary, Argylshire, Scotland, in 1794; he married Miss Christina McVicar; she was six months his junior, and was born in Inverary; they came to America in 1822, and lived until 1843 near St. John, N. B., engaged 'in farming, lumbering, etc .; in 1843 they removed to Waukesha, Mr. McVicar buying the claim of John Wilson, who had built a shanty; several of the family were stricken with agne, which compelled them to pass a winter of discomfort in the shanty; then a log house was built, and, with Indians for their neighbors, the work of reclaiming the land was begun, and that it was well done we may now see by the well-improved 243-acre farm, of which 55 are woodland, and by the substantial farmhouse built in 1858, the roomy barns, etc .; there were six children born in New Brunswick, viz .: Angus, Catherine, Janet, Peter, John and Margaret ; Angus is a leading farmer of Dane Co., Wis .; Catherine, now Mrs. A. Sutherland, lives in Eau Claire, Wis .; Janet dicd as the wife of Thomas McGill, and left four children-Peter, a Congregational minister, is now President of Washburn College, Topeka. Kan .; Margaret is Mrs. Andrew Watson, now a missionary in Egypt; John Mc Vicar married Miss Jane Horn, of Genesee; they have four children-Mary, Catherine, Agnes and Margaret. The homestead of 243 acres is well improved, with the exception of 55 acres of woodland; the log house of early times was replaced about 1858 with a roomy frame one, which makes a good home for the old couple in their declining years, and for the youngest son and his family; all needed barns, etc., are here, to shelter the flock of fine-wool sheep and other stock. The entire family are mem - bers of the Congregational Church ; politics Republican.

JAMES MANN, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Waukesha ; born in Craig, County of Antrim, Ireland, Feb. 4, 1813, son of Mathew and Elizabeth ( Anderson) Mann; Mr. Mann spent his early life on a farm in Ireland; married Margeret Lynn, who died in 1853, leaving five children-Eliza J., Mary, Mathew, Joseph and James. In 1854, he married Jane Lockhart, by whom he has three children-Margaret, Samuel L. and William J., all born in Ireland ; Thomas, born in America, is dead. The family came to America in 1863, spent a year in Ohio, and in 1864 settled on the farm of 126 acres, which has been very much improved by them since this time; over 40 acres have been cleared, a barn built, house enlarged, etc .; there are 80 acres under plow, 46 of wood and pasture and 10 of marsh, the latter in Vernon. Mr. M. and wife are members of the R. P. Church, Mr. M. having been Elder of the Vernon Church for several years; his five elder children are in Kansas, where he also has several grandchildren; the three younger are on the farm; S. L. and W. J. are twins. The mother of Mr. Mann died here, aged 86.

DANIEL NEWHALL, one of Wisconsin's best-known business men, is a native of the manufacturing village of Conway, Franklin Co., Mass. ; this was his home from his birth, May 24, 1821, until he was 17; at this time, he settled near Lockport, N. Y., where he worked two seasons on a farm, and taught school for awhile; 1838 found him in business for himself, in Lockport, where he remained until 1844, when he settled in the bustling and "smart" frontier town of Milwaukee, then containing

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perhaps 7,000 people; beginning with a capital of $30, he opened a grocery and provision business on East Water street, and, with the energy and business ability always necessary factors, built up the largest busi- ness of the kind in the place; his trade with the German emigrants was very large, it being no unusual thing for him to take in a peck of Prussian thalers and French coins per day, or to agree to furnish more goods during a day's business than were in the store in the morning. During 1844, he made his first visit to Prairieville ( Waukesha) ; teams then forded the river, and people crossed on large stones arranged for the purpose. In 1850, Mr. Newhall retired from the provision business, bought the Phillips ware- house, and began dealing in wheat; the rapid growth of his business necessitated the building of the well-known Badger warehouse in 1854; it was then the largest in the Northwest; the same year, he built the D. O. Dickinson, Milwaukee Belle, G. D. Norris, L. J. Farwell and the M. S. Scott; these, with the Lawrence, Speed and Robert Burns, gave him the largest line of sailing vessels on the lakes, known as the Badger line; his ambition at this time was to start a vessel-load of wheat for Buffalo every day; 1855-56 witnessed the building by him of the Newhall House, costing, with its site, $252,000; it was then the largest hotel between Albany and the Pacific, and was for years the architectural pride of the city, where its only rival to-day is the Plankington. Up to 1867, Mr. Newhall was the leading grain- shipper of the entire Northwest, his operations in wheat in Milwaukee and Chicago, and in gold and stocks in New York, involving the use of millions of dollars. "Show me a man who has made no mis- takes, and I'll show you one who has never done anything." Mr. Newhall's mistakes cost him his fortune, but not his honor. He married, in 1843, in her native town (Orwell, Vt.), Miss Melissa M. Tenny, who died in 1855, leaving six children-Minerva M., Daniel E., Harriet E., Ella M., Flora R. and Arthur T .; the eldest, born in Orwell, Vt., is now Mrs. Dr. A. M. Hclmer; the Doctor served as a volunteer in the 218th N. Y. V. I. (his native State) ; the five younger children are natives of Milwaukee; D. E. is in Buffalo, N. Y. ; Harriet E. (now Mrs. Charles L. Pierce) is in Milwaukee, as is Arthur T .; Ella (now Mrs. J. M. Whaling) resides in Chicago, and Flora (now Mrs. W. B. Douglas) in Lockport, N. Y. Since 1874, Mr. Newhall has resided upon the old Hanford place; this and Woodside make a most pleas- ant resting-place for him, he having wholly retired from active business ; his sales of milk from the most popular Woodside Dairy are 1,200 quarts per day during the fashionable season in Waukesha. Such is an imperfect sketch of the life of this man, who has held a central place in the world's great life battle for over forty years. His present wife was Miss Roxena B. Tenny, a sister of the deceased wife.

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The History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Containing an account of its settlement, growth, development and resources; an extensive and minute sketch of its cities, towns and villages etc, Part 130

Author: Western Historical Co., pub Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Company Number of Pages: 1050

Author: Western Historical Co., pub
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Company
Number of Pages: 1050