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 131

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

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WM. A. NICKELL, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Waukesha ; eldest son of A. C. and Eliza (Coro- wall) Nickell, both of whom were born and educated in Monroe Co., W. Va. In June, 1835, A. C. Nickell and Dr. Madison W. Cornwall made their first visit to Prairie Village, the two claiming the entire Sec. 9, and 200 acres adjoining. They spent the first summer in their wagon; then built a small log shanty near the present Industrial School, Mr. Nickell building a shanty nearly opposite the Sanborn residence soon after. His final settlement was made in a log house built near the present residence of Capt. W. M. Farr. Returning in the fall of 1837, he married, the young couple making their wedding trip to Wisconsin in an old boat-like Pennsylvania wagon; it being, on the whole, with visiting done on the way, a most pleasant trip, occupying seven or eight weeks, at the end of which they began life as genuine pioncers in the log house. Here six of the children were born-Mary J., (Mrs. W. L. Rankin), Cbas. C. (deceased), Wm. A., Susan E. (Mrs. W. M. Farr), Carrie M. and James M .; the youngest, A. C., was born in the stone house built by his honored father in or about 1850. At the death of A. C. Nickell, Feb. 16, 1877, it was felt on all sides that one of the first settlers of the county was gone, not only among the first to locate here, but first in all energetic, progressive and kindly deeds. His widow, a fresh, vigorous, matronly looking pioneer woman, now enjoys the comforts of an elegant home in the village. Wm. A. Nickell attended one of the very first private schools, taught by Mrs. Goodwell, afterward taking a course under Dr. Savage, at Carroll College. He has been a life-long farmer, now owning the home- stead of 240 acres, living in the stone house built thirty-five years ago, and still a most pleasant home; he married, in December, 1876, Miss Susie E., daughter of L. F. and Mary (Willey) Baker; she was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, and spent her younger life in South Bend, Ind .; their little daughter, Marie B., was born on the home farm. Mr. N., like his pioneer sire, is a Republican and a member, with his family, of the Wankesha Presbyterian Church; he has been officially identified with the County Agricultural Society since its organization,and was its President in 1875 and 1876; he has also been a member of the Board of Supervisors.

M. L. SANBORN, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Waukesha ; born in New Chester (now Bristol), Grafton Co., N. H., on New Year's Day, 1803; his mother, formerly Sally Worthen, had two children by Mr. Sanboro-Martin L. and Laura W. ; Mr. S. died when M. L. was 4 years old, the widow marry-

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ing Moses Merrill, by whom she had five children-Sherburn S. (now Supt. of the C., M. & St. P. R. R.), Marian (deceased), Narcissa, Chastina, and Moses. Dec. 17, 1829, Mr. S. married Miss Emeline, daughter of John and Ruth (Wicks) Smith; she was born Oct. 23, 1811, in Bath, N. H. ; after the wedding, they settled on a farm two miles north of Bath, where they lived nineteen years; their five sons were born here- Geo. W., Sept. 25, 1832; Sherbarn, Sept. 15, 1834 ; James S .; Nov. 14, 1837 ; Frank L. Aug. 27, 1848, and Fred A., April 12, 1852. The eldest, now Assisant Superintendent of Iowa and Dakota Division of C., M. & St. P. R. R., resides at Mason City, Iowa ; Sherburn, Superintendent of the W. & St. Peter R. R., resides at Winona, Minn .; James S. is in the ice business in Milwaukee, also owning a large brick-yard in Portage, Wis., of which Frank L. has charge ; the five brothers own an equal interest in an extensive herd of cattle in Kansas, overseen by the youngest brother, who is at Madison Lodge, Kan. In 1868, the old couple settled on their present farm of 180 acres, living for the first seven years in a small house, minus cellar or closet ; their present home, built of Cream City Brick, in 1875, is doubtless the finest farmhouse in Waukesha County ; in this, the golden wedding was celebrated, Dec. 17, 1879 ; the sons met here together ; a special train brought S. S. Merrill and twenty-eight guests from Milwaukee, and it was made an occasion never to be forgotten by those enjoying it. A poem, elegantly written by a neice, Miss H. M. Blanchard, was read, and contained a feeling and most ,fitting allusion to the kindly care of the old couple over several foster- daughters. Mr. Sanborn is a Democrat and a lifelong member of the M. E. Church ; his wife, respecting her mother's wishes, has remained with the Congregationalists.

ORSON TICHENOR, farmer, Sec. 11 ; P. O. Waukesha; born May 8, 1820, in Galway, Sara- toga Co., N. Y., son of Moses and Abby ( Paul) Tichenor; his father, a scythe maker, resided thiry-six years in Amsterdam, N. Y. Moses T. spent most of 1838 looking for a location in Ohio and Illinois ; resolved upon joining relatives of his wife in the latter State, he boxed up his worldly goods for Chicago; a letter from a Wisconsin friend gave so good an account of Badgerdom as to leave Mr. T. in an undecided frame of mind, which resulted finally in his landing July 7, 1839, in Milwaukee; leaving his family here, he made his second trip to Illinois; on his return, he bought of Robert Love the farm on which is the now fanious Bethesda Spring, then overgrown with willows; a spring a few yards distant (now filled ) was environed by noble trees, under which the young people of old times used to gather for many a social frolic and song; kind and friendly interest in each other then took the place of the modern broadcloth, kid gloves and spring hats; selling the Bethesda farm after eighteen months, Mr. T. made a third trip to Illinois, and on his return sent Orson to "spy out the land " of his mother's relatives; neither were able to buy to suit them, and the settlement of the family on the present homestead, in 1841, is the result; it was a timbered farm, and Mr. Tichenor has speot forty long years of honorable toil in making of it a most pleasant home ; part of his tasteful residence was built by H. N. Davis, the former owner, and is over 40 years old; curious Indian relics have been found in reclaiming the 240 acres comprising the farm. Mrs. Tichenor was Miss Cynthia Owen, of Sullivan, Madison Co., N. Y .; they have three children-Maria E., Lottie B. and Martha K., all born on the homestead. The family belong to the Waukesha Congregational Church, Mr. T. with two others, now being the only members who united in 1840. He is a stanch old-time Aboli- tionist Republican, advocating temperance and opposing secret societies. His father proposed " Bethesda" as the fit name for the world-famous spring which he once owned, saying the pool and surroundings sug- gested the name to him; he died April 12, 1872, aged 84 years, his wife following him to the grave Oct. 12, 1872. Both were full of years and honors, kindly remembered by all who knew them.

WILLIAM S. TURNER, Secs. 25 and 26; P. O. Waukesha; born in Orange Co., N. Y., Sept 30, 1845, son of William and Margaret ( Porter ) Turner. The parents and seven children settled on 80 acres of the homestead, in 1848; it was bought of one Manderville, and was timbered; about 20 acres were cleared on which were no buildings of value; William Turner did good work here, clearing and adding to the farm and erecting a house and barn; he was born in Belfast, Ireland, and died May 16, 1862, one of the honored old residents of his town; was a prominent member of the R. P. Church of Vernon, and one of its original Trustees. His son has proven himself worthy of his heritage, having added 25 acres, which gives him an improved farm of 140 acres; he has also built a 30x40 foot barn on the modern plan, and erected other needful buildings. Married Miss Margaret Loughridge, a native and resident of New Berlin, by whom he has a son, Ira Wallace Turner, born Aug. 31, 1876, and a daughter, Sarah May Turner, born May 20, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. T. are members of the R. P. Church. A brother, Samuel R. Turner, now a resident of Minnesota, enlisted in Co. G, 28th W. V. I., serving with the Western army for three years.

JOHN WAGNER, farmer, Secs. 9, 16 and 17 ; P. O. Waukesha ; born in New Berlin, Che- nango Co., N. Y., 1817 : his father, John Wagner, was born in Worcester, Mass., and married Anna

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Farnsworth, a native of Halifax, Vt. The parents, John, Jr., and two sisters came to Wisconsin in 1844, the father buying the homestead, then in its natural state, of A. C. Nickell ; a 16x20 balloon- framed house, with a log addition, was the family home for about nine years ; to-day, the splendid 300- acre farm, with the capacious barns and roomy and substantial farmhouse offer a striking contrast to the surroundings of thirty-six years ago, and is mainly the result of the management of the present owners ; his father died in February, 1858, his mother in March, 1864 ; his wife was formerly Miranda Johnson, born in Preston, Chenango Co., N. Y. ; her parents removed to Steele Co., Minn., where her father died in 1857, her mother ending her life at her daughter's home in April, 1867; a sister of Mr. Wagner, Relief, married Delos Vail, of Jefferson Co., Wis., and their daughter, Leoline, is as a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Wagner. Mr. W. votes for men and principles, instead of political parties, though voting with the Republicans up to the nomination of Tilden ; is an energetic and successful breeder of fine-wool sheep and fine horses ; in 1844 he bought a Kentucky mare, which he kept until she was 30; he has bred con- stantly from her stock since, and made only one purchase, that of " Briggie Lee," a noble Kentucky mare, bred by Gen. Gano, of Bourbon Co.

J. MARCELLUS WHITE, Sec. 8; P. O. Waukesha; born in the town of New Berlin, Chenango Co., N. Y., April 8, 1836 ; his father, Ira A., was born in Rhode Island ; married Miranda, daughter of John and Anna (Farnsworth) Wagner; she was born in Chenango Co., and they have two sons, Ira M. and J. M. ; the family settled in a log house, on the Waukesha homestead, in May, 1845 ; a few acres were cleared and a peach orchard set out by former owners; the 137 acres has been reclaimed and made valuable, a good home built, also a 35x45-foot basement barn. The old couple have resided in Waukesha Village since 1864, the son owning the farm. He married Miss Mary, daughter of Erastus and Almira (Oxford) Churchhill; her parents settled in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee Co., six weeks prior to her birth, in 1843. Mr. and Mrs. White have one daughter, Ida M .; the family belong to the Waukesha Baptist Church. Mr. White is alive to the stock interests, owning 100 fine-wool sheep, with other stock ; politics Republican.

J. W. WILLIAMS, Secs. 30 and 19; P. O. Waukesha ; horn April 12, 1822, in Chester, Rutland Co., Vt. ; son of James and Martha (Taylor) Williams; his father was born in Cranston, R. I., and his mother in Hillsboro, N. H. ; the family settled on the Waukesha homestead in 1840, buying the claim of one Thompson, and the land, on its coming into market; it was then part timber (openings), marsh and prairie ; more land of a similar character has been added, and the whole well improved, the 290 acres, with the capacious barns, making it a valuable stock farm ; a substantial frame house supplants the log one in which the family spent the first few years; the father of Mr. W. died here in 1872, and his mother in 1874. He married Betsy M. Warner Nov. 8, 1852; she was a native of Hillsboro, N. H., and at her death, in 1874, left three children-William C., Fannie M. and Harry T., all born on the homestead ; the eldest is now a resident of Wauwatosa. Mr. Williams is now an Elder in the Waukesha Presbyterian Church, of which his wife was also a member ; politics, like most " Green Mountain Boys," Republican. Mr. Williams in former years devoted much attention to the breeding of superior fine-wool sheep ; he now has 200 of these and a herd of thirty milch cows, with other stock and the usual crops.

JOHN WRIGHT, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Waukesha; born Aug. 26, 1820, in County Antrim, Ireland ; son of James and Jane (Logan) Wright; he came with them to Geneseo, N. Y., in 1839, and to Waukesha in 1845; in 1854, Mr. Wright bought a farm in Vernon; he sold this, and, in 1858, bought his farm of 226 acres, then covered with timber and grubs; he has cleared the farm, fenced it, and erected all the buildings except the house; few farmers have more or better barns, one being 78x34x16, one 26x80x16, besides barns, granary, etc., about 140 acres are cultivated. Mr. Wright has four children-Lemuel A., Isabella Alice, Sarah Jane and Herman W .; the two eldest were born in Vernon, and the two youngest on the homestead. Mr. Wright is a member of the Reformed Presby- terian Church. He has sixteen head of Ayrshire cattle, twenty-two milch cows, and a herd of nearly fifty in all ; he formerly kept sheep instead.

WILLIAM L. WRIGHT, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Waukesha; born Aug. 27, 1817, in County Antrim, Ireland ; his parents, James and Jane (Logan) Wright, were of Scotch descent; the family came to America in 1839, and resided in Geneseo, N. Y., until 1845, when they came to the town of Waukesha : the father bought 160 acres (afterward the town and county poor-farm), and built the 26x36- foot house where the first Covenanters' meeting was held, and where he died July 22, 1850; he left a wife and seven children-James, Edward, William L., John, Matthew, Sarah J. and Alexander ; the mother died in 1855. William L., in 1849, bought his present farm of 240 acres; on this he has built a large and pleasant two-story house, 23x37, wing 20x40, a main barn 34x55, and other farm buildings;

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on a small creek crossing his farm, he, in 1852, built a dam and saw-mill, which is still in active opera- tion ; has since built a feed-mill. In 1875, Mr. Wright married Miss Martha B., daughter of William and Margaret (Porter) Turner ; Mr. Turacr was a native of Belfast, Ireland ; his wife and all but one (Mary E.) of the children were born in Orange Co., N. Y .; these were Robert C., Samuel R., Martha B., Drusella, Anna L., William S. and Margaret ; the family settled on the homestead in Waukesha in 1848; here Mrs. T. and William S. reside, Mr. Turner dying May 16, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, of which he was one of the first Trustees, and is now an Elder. Believing that the Constitution of the United States indorsed slavery up to 1866, and that it contains no recognition of God or Christianity, Mr. Wright has never sworn to support it, and is in con- sequence an alien. Mr. and Mrs. Wright have two children-Margaret J. L. and William James.

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HENRY M. ACKLEY was born in Ellisburgh Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1828 ; his father, Gen. Gad Ackley, was a commander of a New York State militia brigade; he was also a captain in the war of 1812 ; he died in March, 1865 ; his mother, Mary Pond, was a daughter of Maj. Pond, of Clinton, N. Y .; she died in the spring of 1856. Mr. Ackley came to Wisconsin in January, 1857, and located on a farm at Oconomowoc; in 1860, he removed to Nashotah Mission, where he was connected with the man- agement of the " Mission " for five years; coming thence, in 1865, to Oconomowoc, he engaged in the drug business, and in 1874 he engaged also in the lumber trade, which he has since continued in connec- tion with his drug trade. He was married Dec. 29, 1856, in Ellisburg, N. Y., to Miss Permelia Reynolds ; she died in 1864, leaving two daughters-Annie and Evangeline. His second marriage was in 1865, to Miss Josephine, daughter of Samuel and Jane (Edwards) Breck; their children are-Samuel B., Gabriella J. D., Mary E. and Charles B. Mr. Ackley and family are members of the Episcopal Church.

REV. DONALD R. ANDERSON, Pastor of the Congregational Church, was born at Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., in September, 1839; his parents, Austin and Rachel Reed Ander- son, were natives of Vermont ; they removed from St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., to Allegan Co., Mich., in 1848, and located on a farm, which his father afterward improved, and made his home till his death, which occurred in March, 1877, his mother having died there in December previous. The Rev. Mr. Anderson received an academic education at Otsego, Mich .; in 1860, he went to Illinois City, where he engaged in teaching for one term, then returned to the Academy at Otsego, and completed his studies there in 1861. He enlisted in Co. B, 19th M. V. I., Aug. 9, 1862, and was with the Army of the Cum- berland till the spring of 1863, when he was taken prisoner at Thompson's Station, near Franklin, Tenn., and was taken via Columbia and Tullahoma to Richmond, and was held as a prisoner for a month ; then paroled in April, 1863, when he returned to his home, and was exchanged about the 1st of June ; return- ing then with his regiment to Nashville; they went thence to Murphysboro, where he had a fever, and after lying there in Post Hospital, No. 2, till February, 1864, he came to Kalamazoo, Mich., where he stopped six weeks; April 1, 1864, he reported to Gen. Smith, and was placed in St. Mary's Hospital at Detroit, where he remained till discharged, when he returned to his home broken down in health. He engaged in teaching, during the winters, till his marriage in November, 1867, to Miss Mary L., daughter of Robert and Roxey Averill, a native of Genesee, Ill. In 1868, he engaged at photography at Dowagiac, Mich., and later at Paw Paw, Mich .; thence he came to East Troy, Walworth Co., Wis., in the spring of 1872, where he began the study of theology, and in the autumn of that year began preaching at Rochester and Waterford, Racine Co. In September, 1873, he entered the Chicago Theological Seminary, and graduated from that institution in May, 1876. During his studies in 1874-75, he prcached at Oak Creek, Milwaukee Co., Wis., and after his graduation he was called to that charge, where he remained till December, 1878, when he came to Oconomowoc. Their children are Leora and Burdis ; they lost a son Rob- ert, in August, 1874, aged 6 months, and a little daughter Ethel, Dec. 15, 1879, aged 23 years. They are buried at East Troy, Walworth Co.

MILTON ANDREWS, of the firm of Young & Andrews, manufacturers of wagons and bug- gies, was born in Wyoming Co., N. Y. in 1835; when he was about 4 years old, his parents, Lyman H. and Mary J. Andrews, removed with him to Plymouth, Ind., where he began his trade in 1850,

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and afterward continued it in Indiana, Illinois and Michigan till 1859, when he went to Colorado and engaged in mining for a year, returning to Plymouth in the autumn of 1860, where, in the following year, he enlisted in Co. D, 9th Ind. V. I., for ninety days; he came to Oconomowoc in the fall of 1861, and ro-enlisted in Co. I, 29th W. V. I., in which he was color bearer, and was with his regiment in all its principal movements till the close of the war ; was mustered out at Shreveport, La., in 1865 ; he returned then to Oconomowoc, and worked at his trade for George A. Ludington for ten years ; he then engaged in various kinds of business till the spring of 1880, when he formed a copartnership with Mr. Young. He was married in September, 1868, to Miss Elizabeth Jenkins, a native of Waukesha Co., Wis; their children are Mary J. and Frank.

CHAUNCY L. ANNIS, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Oconomowoc ; was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., 1819 ; when 11 years old, he removed with his parents to Cattaraugus Co. Here he remained on the farm until 24 years of age. In September, 1843, he came to Wisconsin, stopped a short time, and then went to Rockford, Ill., where he spent the winter ; in the spring of 1844, he returned to Wau- kesha Co., and entered 123 acres on Secs. 5 and 8, in town of Oconomowoc; a year later, he disposed of this land, and entered 170 acres on Sec. 6, and lived there till the spring of 1847. He then traded his farm for hotel property, at Summit Corners. Here he was engaged in hotel-keeping for eight years. In 1855, he returned to town of Oconomowoc and purchased a farm of 115 acres on Sec. 8; he now owns a farm of 195 acres on Secs. 8 and 9. He was a member of the Town Board for two terms, and has held the office of Justice of the Peace for twelve years. In 1840, he married Lydia, daughter of Cheney and Sally A. Allen, a native of Erie Co., N. Y. ; their children are Elizabeth, now the wife of M. Comstock, at Alzona, Iowa ; George M., now a farmer at Alzona, Iowa; William W., now a farmer in Kossuth Co., Iowa; Myron A., at home. Mr. and Mrs. Annis are members of the Congregational Church.

HENRY J. BAKER, farmer ; was born in Somersetshire, England, March 2, 1822, and is the son of John and Elizabeth Baker. He emigrated to America in 1842, and located in Oneida Co., N. Y .. where he engaged in farming and attending school till the spring of 1843 ; he then came to Wisconsin and located on Sec. 1, town of Oconomowoc, where he made his home as one of the pioneers till 1875; he then removed to the city of Oconomowoc, where he has since lived, though he still retains his farm of 244 acres on Secs. 1 and 2 of the town. He was a voter at the first town elections of Oconomowoc, and was a member of the Town Board in 1863-64. He was married Feb. 14, 1846, to Miss Ann, danghter of James and Ellen Lawson, a native of the Isle of Man, born Aug. 9, 1823, and came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1845 ; their children are George J., born Dec. 21, 1847, now a farmer in Kossuth Co., Iowa ; Ella J., born May 3, 1849, now wife of William Goodyear, lives at Kerwin, Kan .; William H., born April 8, 1851, now on the farm in this town; Eunice A., born Nov. 17, 1852, also on the farm in Oconomowoc ; Elizabeth C., born Sept. 25, 1854, now the wife of John D. Carlott, and lives at Chicago, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Baker and family are connected with the M. E. Church.

ALEXANDER BARTLETT, house and sign painter; was born in the town of Meudon, Monroe Co., N. Y., in 1837; his father, John Bartlett, was a native of Vermont, and came to Italy, Yates Co., N. Y., when 16 years old, and later to Monroe Co .; his mother, Mary Price, was a native of New York. In 1848, they came to Wisconsin and located at Milwaukee ; three months later, they removed to Waukesha, Wis., hence, in the spring of 1849, to the town of Concord, Jefferson Co .; in 1862, they came to Oconomowoc, and, in 1864, removed to the town of St. Frances, Waukesha Co., Wis., where his father died in 1871 ; his mother still lives in that county. Alexander began the painter's trade with his father when 14 years old, and has followed it since that time at Oconomowoc, Wis., St. Paul, Minn., and Chicago. He was married Ang. 26, 1863, to Mary, a daughter of John and Ellen Truesdell, a native of Vermont, and came with her parents to Wisconsin, in 1841 or 1842 ; their children are John Wes- ley ; James, deceased ; Alexander, Frank, deceased ; Ella ; Mabel, deceased ; George, William, Mary and Lester.

E. B. BIRCHARD, dry goods merchant; was born at Utica, N. Y., in 1814; his parents, Andrew and Elizabeth ( Frasier ) Birchard, were natives of Connecticut, and both died when he was young. At the age of 16 years, he began clerking in a store at Saugerties, Ulster Co., but afterward removed to Catskill, Green Co., N. Y., where he continued the same line of business till 1845; emigrating then to Waukesha, Waukesha Co., Wis., he engaged in the dry goods trade, which he carried on there till 1860, when he removed to Oconomowoc, opened a store, and has since continued that line of merchandising. He was married at Troy, N. Y., in 1842, to Miss Sophia, daughter of James and Sophia Beem, a native of Catskill, N. Y .; she died at Waukesha, Wis., in 1848, leaving one daughter-Caroline F., now the wife of E. K. Holton, and lives at St. Louis, Mo.

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HENRY BIRDSELL, carpenter aod joiner ; was born in Orange Co., N. Y., Dec. 15, 1822; his father, Morris Birdsell, was a native of Orange Co. N. Y., but his mother, Jane Blanvelt, of New Jersey. When 16 years old, he removed with his parents, to Jefferson Co., N. Y., where in the following year he became apprenticed to the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he has followed most of the time since. He was married in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Aug. 19, 1845, to Miss Sarah A., daughter of Phineas and Phebe Langworthy, a native of that county, born June 20, 1827. October 24, 1849, they arrived as cmigrants at Oconomowoc, Wis., where he at once took up his trade. He enlisted at Neosha, Dodge Co., Wis., in October 1863, in the 7th W. B. L. A., under Capt. Lee, of Milwaukee, and was with his battery in the Army of the Cumberland, till mustered out at Milwaukee, Wis., in the spring of 1865 ; he was wounded at Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 22, 1864, receiving two balls, one through his left lung and pass- ing through his body, the other in the right side and coming out under the collar-bone. Mr. and Mrs. Birdsell have four children-Henry, born in New York, June 14, 1848, now lives in Janesville, Wis ; Mary, born March 20, 1852, now the wife of Alonzon H. Wells, and lives at Neosha, Dodge Co., Wis ; George M., born in the town of Ashippun, Dodge Co., Jan. 21, 1860; Nettie, born Jan. 19, 1862. Mr. Birdsell has been a member of the I. O. O. F. for twenty-eight years. He was one of the charter mem- bers of Lodge No. 48, Oconomowoc.

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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 131

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