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 132

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

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FREDERICK BLAKE, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Oconomowoc; was born in the town of Camden, Oneida Co., N. Y., 1811; when quite young, he began the tanner and shoemaker's trade, with his father, Jesse Blake; after following that trade for some time, he took the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he then followed until 1847, emigrating then to Wisconsin he located in the town of Lagrange, Walworth Co. ; in February, 1848, he removed to the town of Oconomowoc and bought eigthy acres of land, where he has since resided. He was married in Oneida Co., N. Y., in March, 1837, to Emily, daughter of Ephraim and Temperance (Dunbar) Sanford, a native of that county, born April 19, 1813; they have three children -Mary M., the late wife of Jonas Stabe, of Watertown, Wis., left one son Frederick (also dead) ; Aurelia T., the late wife of Dr. S. S. Smith, of Eagle, Waukesha, Co., who died, leaving one daughter, Mary E., now with her grandfather, William L., now in Monroe Co., Wis, Mrs. Blake died Aug. 30, 1871. Mr. Blake married the second time Dec. 17, 1873, Zipporah, daughter of Athol and Anna ( Avery) Spoor, a native of Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y., born 1822, removed at the age of 4 years to Cattaraugus Co., where she was afterward married. Mr. Blake and wife are members of the M. E. Church.

FREDERICK A. BOYER, carriage painter; was born in Newtown, Fairfield Co. Conn., in October, 1835 ; he is the son of James and Betsey Boyer, the latter of whom died when he was about a year old. He began the carriage painter's trade at New Haven in 1850, and continued there thirteen years ; removing to Troy, N. Y., in 1863, he worked at his trade there till 1865, when he came to Oconomowoc, Wis., and after a visit with his brother here went to Chicago and there continued his trade till 1872, when he returned to Oconomowoc; he worked in the employ of G. A. Ludington four years ; in July, 1876, he opened a shop over Mr. Young's carriage shop, on Milwaukee St., and, has since carried on the business there. He was married in 1863, at Madison, Conn., to Ellen M., daughter of Samuel K. Dowd, a native of that place ; they have had three children, as follows-Frank A., born in Chicago, March 4, 1868, died there at the age of 7 months; Charles, born July 19, 1871; Carrie, born August 16, 1874. Mr Boyer is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

PETER BRIERTON, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Mapleton; is a native of Connty Kildare, Ire- land; he is the son of James and Ann Brierton, born July 1, 1816; emigrating to America in 1850, he settled on Sec. 16, township of Oconomowoc, Wankesha Co., Wis., in October of the same year ; continu- ing the vocation of a farmer there till 1865, he then removed to his present farm on Sec. 16, where he now owns 110 acres. He was married in 1841 to Miss Bridget, daughter of B. and Maria (Ennas) Connor, a native of County Kildare, born in 1815 ; they have two sons-James, born Dec. 3, 1844, and Brinay, born June 2, 1846. Mr. Brierton's family is connected with St. Catherine's Catholic Church.

CURTIS B. BROWN, Secs. 22 and 23; P. O. Oconomowoc; was born in the town of Hanover, Grafton Co., N. H., in March, 1806; when he was about 12 years old, his parents, Edward B. and Lucy Brown, removed with him to Washington Co., Vt., where they settled on a farm. He was married in the town of Berlin, Washington Co., Vt., in 1828, to Miss Betsey M., daughter of David and Betsey Johnson, a native of that town, born Sept. 15, 1808, they emigrating the spring of 1834 to Kalamazoo, Mich., and kept tavern there till the spring of 1837, when in April they arrived as the second settlers in the town of Summit, Waukesha Co., Wis. Mrs. Brown is now the only woman living of those who arrived that year; they made that their home till the spring of 1844, when they came to the town of Oconomowoc and located on Sec. 26, where they lived a year, then removed to his present farm on Secs. 22 and 23, where he now

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owns 280 acres. Mr. Brown has been Chairman of the Town Board two terms, also Assessor two or three years. They had nine children, as follows : Martha G., now the wife of Jacob Miller, and lives in the town of New Berlin, Waukesha Co., Wis .; Gustavus L., who died in 1878, leaving a wife and three children, Martha, Clara and Fred; Swain, now living in Russell Co., Kan .; Charles, who died in 1875; Nelson, now living at Leavenworth, Kan .; Mary, now the wife of John Richardson, and lives at Green Bay; . Lyman, now in Leavenworth, Kan .; Frank, who is now married and lives with his father ; Clement, now at Medford, Taylor Co., Wis. ; Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members of the M. E. Church.

JOSEPH M. BROWN, produce dealer ; was born in the town of Nelson, Madison Co., N. Y., Jan. 7, 1816, and is the son of Jabez and Eunice Brown. When 16 years old, he began the car- penter's and joiner's trade, and worked at it there till 1849, when he came to Oconomowoc in September of that year and continued his trade for nine years; he began the butcher trade in 1860, and was inter- ested in that business till 1877, when he went into the commission and produce business. Mr. Brown has been a member of the City Council for two years. He was married in 1840 to Miss Sevilla, a daughter of Edwin Edgerton, a native of Madison Co., N. Y .; they have two daughters-Dorleskie W., the widow of the late David Wilsey, deceased ; she has two children, Joseph and Jessie Wilsey ; Florence, now a teacher of this county.

THOMAS BURNS was born in County Leitrim, Ireland, in 1823, and came to America in 1848; he located in the town of Bristol, Hartford Co., Conn., where he was employed by a railroad com- pany and placed in charge of the storehouse, freight, etc. He was married in 1850 to Mary Kennedy, a native of County Leitrim, Ireland ; they emigrated to Wisconsin in 1854, and located at Oconomowoc, where he has since been employed by the C., M. &, St. P. R. R. Company to take charge of freight, etc., etc .; they have had seven children ; Charles now in Iowa; John in Kansas ; Ellen deceased ; Mary A .; Patrick deceased ; Thomas ; Francis. They are members of St. Jerome's Catholic Church.

MICHAEL M. BUSH, of the firm of Ira Rowell & Sons, is a son of German and Huldah Bush, natives of Vermont, but removed to York State about 1815 or 1816; Mr. Bush was born in Niagara Co., N. Y., in 1832, and spent his earlier life with his parents, on a farm in his native county, till 1854, when he came to Waukesha Co., Wis., and located in the town of Merton, where he followed farming, clerking and teaching for six years ; returning, in 1860, to Niagara Co., N, Y., he lived with his father, on the farm, till 1873, when he came again to Waukesha Co., and became a partner in the firm of Ira Rowell & Sons, in the manufacture of farming implements, etc., etc. He was married in Jan . uary, 1866, to Miss Matilda, a daughter of Ira and Maria Rowell, now of the town of Lisbon, Waukesha Co., Wis., formerly of Livingston Co., N. Y. ; their children are Gertrude and Ira. Mrs. Bush and chil- dren are members of the Episcopal Church.

JOEL R. CARPENTER, attorney at law; was born in the town of Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y., April 3, 1819, and is the second of a family of eight children, five sons and three daughters, seven of whom are now living. His father, Dr. Joel R. Carpenter, was born at Orford, Grafton Co., N. H., Dec. 4, 1788, and settled in the practice of his' profession at Cortland village in 1814, and died there Sept. 16, 1852 ; his mother, Beulah Butterfield, was born at Canterbury, Conn., May 5, 1799, and died in Chicago, Oct. 14, 1878. Mr. Carpenter received an academic education at Homer, and at the age of 17 began teaching, which he continued for three winters, and attended school during the summers. He began the study law in his native town in the winter of 1839-40, and was admitted to the bar in Mil- waukee, Wis., in the summer of 1842, shortly after his arrival there in June of that year; he located at Racine in July, 1842, and engaged in the practice of law there till the winter of 1844-45 ; removing from there in the spring of 1846 to the town of Franklin, Milwaukee Co., he engaged in farming till the autumn of 1848 ; he then removed to the village of Oconomowoc, where he has since engaged in the practice of his profession. Mr. Carpenter was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace in Oconomowoc in 1850, and was re-elected to that office for several years ; he was also City Clerk for a number of years, and in 1863-64 was at one time a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from the Second Assembly District, of Waukesha Co. He was married June 8, 1846, at Toledo, Ohio, to Miss Paulina M. Gibbs, a native of Blandford, Mass., born Dec. 25, 1819; she died at Oconomowoc, 'Wis., Feb. 20, 1849, leaving two daughters-Paulina, now wife of Dr. A. L. Corey, of Chicago, and Mary A., now Mrs. J. H. Williams, of Chicago. His second marriage was Dec. 25, 1849, to Miss Hannah B., daughter of Levi Stearns, of Oak Creek, Milwaukee Co., Wis., though a native of Goshen, Mass., born July 10, 1830; she died Dec. 2, 1865, leaving six children-Abbie A., now Mrs, James H. Starr, of Chicago ; Delford E., now married and lives at Chicago ; Marshall W., a printer in Chicago; Irving, clerk in a railroad office of Chicago ; Esther R. and George G., at home. He was married again in 1868 to Miss Sarah M., daughter

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of Alfred Harden, of Oconomowoc, though a native of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. Mr. Carpenter is a mem- ber of the Episcopal Church ; his wife of the M. E. Church.

WILLIAM CHAFFEE, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Oconomwoc ; was born in the town of Attica, Wyoming Co., Nov. 16, 1817; his parents, William and Rachael Chaffec, were natives of Massachusetts. Mr. Chaffee followed farming in Wyoming Co., N. Y., till 1842, when he cmigrated to Wisconsin and located on a farm in the town of Oconomowoc, Waukesha Co., near Okanche Lake, mak- ing that bis home one and one-half years, he then removed to his present farm of about fifty acres on Sec. 32, where he has since lived. He was married at Attica, N. Y., in 1842, to Miss Caroline Genett, a daughter of Nelson and Oril Beaman, a native of that place ; their children are as follows : William H., deceased ; Wallace W., now in Chicago ; Charles L., now in Lincoln Co., Minn. ; Elbert D., now a conductor on the West Wisconsin Railroad ; Rosa, now the wife of M. Tuttle, of Oconomowoc; George B., at home. They are members of the M. E. Church.

GILBERT CLAFLIN (deceased) was born in the town of Sandesfield, Berkshire Co., Mass., Sept. 19, 1822 ; his father, Joshua Claflin, died when he was quite young; his mother, Maria Kibbie, moved with her infant son to a farm belonging to his uncle, where they made their home till the spring of 1844, whence in June of that year he, with his widowed mother, emigrated to Waukesha Co., Wis. ; they located on Sec. 4, town of Summit, where his mother died October, 1878. Mr. Claflin devoted his time to farming, from the time he was old emough, in his native State, and bore his proportion of the hardships in the improvement of Waukesha Co., Wis. He was a member of the Congregational Church for thirty years, and deacon in the same for many years. He was married in 1845 to Miss Esther, daughter of James and Abigail (Metcalf) Colby, a native of Geanga Co., Ohio, born in 1830 and moved with her parents to Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., when quite young, and to Oconomowoc, Wis. in 1843, where her father died in 1869 ; her mother now lives in Wesley, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Claflin had three children-Elton A., born 1847, at home; Pierce C., born October, 1849, and married to Miss Libbie Mon- tague Oct. 18, 1872; their children are Gilbert M., Harry E. and Mabel; Alice M., born March, 1866.

WASHINGTON W. COLLINS, agent of the C., M. & St. P. R.R. Co., came to Milwaukee, in October, 1843; he engaged in the mercantile business as a clerk, until he came to Oconomowoc in Sep- tember, 1844; he then commenced business as a general merchant continued in that business until 1852; since then he has been agent of the C., M. & St. P. R. R. Co .; at this point he was School Commissioner and Town Clerk under the old system; he was Postmaster five years, Supervisor one year, and Mayor two terms. Mr. Collins was born in the town of Craftsbury, Orleans Co., Vt .; he was employed as a clerk in Boston for several years, and also resided in Lowell, Mass., before coming to Wisconsin. He was mar- ried March 17, 1847, to Julia A. Campbell, daughter of William Campbell, who came to Oconomowoc in May 1841 ; she was born in Machias, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., April, 28, 1824 ; her people moved to Frank- lin Co., Ohio, when she was 9 years of age, and came from there to Oconomowoc; they have six children -- Sumner J., now of Milwaukee Train Dispatcher of the Prairie dn Chien Division of the C., M. & St. P. R. R. Co; Wallace G., of Milwaukee, Train Dispatcher, La Crosse Division of the same road; William W . of Milwaukee, Assistant Train Dispatcher of the Chicago Division of the C., M. & St. P. R. R. Co. ; Julia, Kate and Nellie M., reside with their parents ; Charles H., is a brakeman on the C., M. & St. P. R. R. Mr. Collins is a member of Blue Lodge A. F. & A. M., he being a charter member of the first Masonic Lodge instituted at Oconomowoc, and has been a member of the Masonic order ever since.

FRED. W. COON, the founder, present editor and publisher of the Oconomowoc Local, was born in the town of Christiana, Dane Co., Wis., June 14, 1850 ; his parents removed from Madison Co., N. Y., while this State was yet a Territory, in 1846, and settled upon the best section of farming lands that could at that early date be found. At that time the wildeness of the county was unbroken save but by the well-worn Indian trails which led from the four lakes at Madison to Lake Koshkonong, which, a few years previous, had been the camping-ground of the famous Indian chief Black Hawk. His earlier days were employed in attending the district school and work upon the farm, until he had attained the age of 13, when he entered Albion Academy for a three years' course. In the winter after attaining his

16tb year, he taught a district school, and two years later the winter term of the same school. In the summer of 1871, he attended the State University, at Madison, and in the following fall was duly admitted to the Junior class of that institution ; he graduated with his class in 1873, receiving the degree of B. S. While a student at the University, he was an active member of the Hesperian Society, represent- ing it at two of its public exhibitions, both as poet and orator. The year following his graduation was spent in teaching and upon the farm. In September, 1874, he removed to Oconomowoc and established

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the Local, being both editor and publisher. May 3, 1875, he was married to Miss Clara McDougal, a daughter of Goo. W. McDougal, of Madison, Wis.

ALEXANDER COYLE, farmer, Secs. 10 and 11, was born in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, June 3, 1819 ; his father, William Coyle, was a native of Ireland, his mother, of Scotland. At the age of 20 years, he, with his parents, came to America, and located in County Bathurst, Canada West, where he made his home till 1843, when he and his brother James came to Waukesha Co., Wis., and, cutting their way through the woods from Okauchee to Mapleton, made a claim to his present farm of 320 acres, and also to the 200 acres in Sec. 2. They had considerable trouble with one Richardson about jumping their claim and getting others to claim that in Sec. 2, but in the spring of 1844 Mr. Coyle returned to his father's, in Canada, and got money, with which to enter the land, which after much annoy- ance, settled the case in court. Mr. Coyle has since lived on his farm in Secs. 10 and 11, and now has 210 acres. He was married Sept. 6, 1847, to Catharine, daughter of James and Mary Butler, a native of Canada, but her parents of County Wexford, Ireland ; their children are Helen, born July 2, 1848, now the wife of John Quissee, and lives in Concord, Jefferson Co., Wis .; Mary, born Feb. 7, 1850, now lives in Minneapolis, Minn. ; William, born May 6, 1852, now in Oconomowoc; Anna, born May. 24, 1854, now the wife of John Fay, and lives in Vernon Co., Wis .; Alexander, born April 10, 1856, now in Leadville; Charlotte, born May 7, 1858, still at home; Peter, born Ang. 2, 1860; Mr. Coyle died Dec. 10, 1865. His second marriage was Dec. 26, 1866, to Miss Jane, daughter of Bernard and Jane Dugan, a na ive of County Antrim, Ireland, born Feb. 1, 1838; she came to Philadelphia in 1859, and to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1861; their children are Josephine, born Dec. 6, 1869; Elizabeth, born July 6, 1871, died March 13, 1872 ; Joseph, born Dec. 22, 1872 ; Catharine, born Dec. 11, 1874, died April 6, 1878; Elizabeth, born July 20, 1878 ; Catharine, born Dec. 7, 1879. Mr. Coyle's family are members of the Catholic Church.

WILLIAM COYLE, of the firm of Nash & Coyle; manufacturers and dealers in boots and shoes, was born in Mapleton, Waukesha Co., Wis., in 1854, and in 1875 he began the shoemaker's trade, with his partner, Mr. Nash, and in August, 1879, formed a copartnership with him in the business. He was married, August, 1876, to Miss Ella Fogarty, of Oconomowoc ; they have two children, Clara and Alex- ander. They are members of St. Jerome's Catholic Church.

R. S. DALE, M. D., homeopathic physician; was born in Seneca Co., N. Y., in 1844; his parents removed with him to Sonora, Steuben Co., when he was only 5 years old, where he afterward received an academic education ; he came to Wisconsin in 1861, and located at Oshkosh, where he began the study of medicine with his brother, then a practicing physician of that city ; returning to New York after a fourteen months' stay at Oshkosh ; he came again to Wisconsin and settled in the practice of his profession at Omro, Winnebago Co .; he joined the State Medical Society, passed his examination and received his diploma from society in 1868; he removed to Eau Claire, Wis., in 1869, and practiced med- icine there till 1874, when he came to Oconomowoc, and has since continued the practice of his profession. He was married at Eau Claire, in 1873, to Miss Ella, daughter of William P. Butterfield, a native of Alle- gany Co., N. Y .; they have one daughter, Edna B. Mr. and Mrs. Dale are members of the Congrega- tional Church. The Doctor is a member of the I. O. O. F.

MARTIN Z. DIBBLE, carpenter and joiner ; was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1830, and came with his parents, Jasper and Harriet Dibble, to Mackinaw Island, whence, in December, 1840, they came to Oconomowoc, Wis., and located in the village opposite the Draper Hall. His father became employed by J. S. Rockwell & Co., and remained in their employ, more or less of the time, till his death, which occurred in 1857 ; his mother now lives at Columbus, Wis. Mr. Z. began the butcher's trade in 1845, and followed that till 1854 or '55, after which he was engaged in various kinds of business till 1864, when he enlisted in Co. C. 43d W. V. I., under Col. Cobb, was with the Army of the Ten neesee and Mississippi, and was mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., and discharged at Milwaukee in 1865. He then returned to Oconomowoc and has since followed the carpenter and joiner's trade. He was mar- ried in 1859, to Eliza Knox, a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Wisconsin in 1854 ; their children are: Adelaide, Minnie, George, Harry, Fred and Blanche. They are members of the M. E. Church.

MARTIN T. DRAPER was born in Uxbridge, Worcester Co., Mass., Aug. 22d, 1814, and lived in Massachusetts until he came to Milwaukee in November 1843 ; lived there eight years, and in Portage nine years, he came to Oconomowoc fourteen years ago. Mr. Draper has been proprietor of Draper Hall, Oconomowoc, for the last ten years, County Commissioner for four years, Mayor three terms, and is now serving as Mayor. He was married in 1835 to Caroline Watson, in Massachusetts, who was born in Lei- cester, Mass. ; she died in 1841, leaving two children-Edward F., now a merchant of Delaware City,

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Cornelia M., now of Worcester, Mass. His present wife was Caroline Calkins, of Milwaukee ; they were married in July, 1844 ; they have one son and a daughter, Mary, and Charles B., son of Frost and Mary Thayer Draper. Before entering into the hotel business, he was agent for capitalists in entering lands and selling the same, and looking after investments for other parties ; while in Milwaukee, this was his princi- pal business. At Portage he sold goods, acted as trustee and assignee for various estates. He is one of the most enterprising and public spirited citizens of Oconomowoc. His grandfather, David Draper, was one of the first patriots to enlist in defense of the rights of the colonies, and fought at Bunker Hill and in subsequent battles. In running for office, Mr. Draper has always polled a large vote ; living in a Republican city, he has been elected by a large majority to serve as Mayor for three terms, showing the appreciation of his ability and integrity as a representative of the people in the important position to which he has so often been elected. In politics, he has always been Democratic. Mr. Draper is as popular as a landlord, as he is a citizen. Oconomowoc has become pupular as a summer resort, and Draper Hall, open during the whole year, is usually crowded during the summer months. The natural attractions of Oconomowoc are unsurpassed, and Mr. Draper has done more than any other man to make it a favorite resort during the summer months ; his house is situated between Fowler and La Belle lakes, his grounds extending to both. Before coming west, Mr. Draper was engaged in trading, sometimes in West India goods, dry goods, and at other times in lumber and coal in different parts of Massachusetts. He received only a common school education, but he had a taste for mercantile pursuits, and consequently engaged quite extensively in the trading mentioned, before coming West.

H. R. ELDERKIN, M. D., was born at New Albany, Ind., in 1833, and is the son o Lathrup (a lawyer) and Martha E. Elderkin. The doctor began the study of medicine with Dr. William Cooper, of New Albany, in 1853, and after pursuing his studies there for three years lie entered, in 1856, the medical department of the University of Louisville, Ky., from which he graduated in 1858; he came, shortly after completing his studies, to Oconomowoc, Wis. Having been a student at Nashotah Mission when a boy, he was favorably impressed with this country. He formed a co-partnership with Dr. H. H. Warner, in the practice of medicine, and in the drug business-Dr. Warner having opened the first drug store in the village some years before that time. After practicing in this vicinity for a few years, the doctor removed to Waterville, where he continued practice till the winter of 1866-67, except a part of the years of 1864-65, when he offered his services to the United States Government, and was placed in charge of Hospital No. 11, at New Albany, Ind. He spent the winter of 1866-67 as a student at Belle- vue Hospital, of New York, and in June, 1868, he settled in the practice of his profession at Fort How- ard, Brown Co., Wis. Ten years later, he removed to Milwaukee, whence, in February, 1880, he returned to Oconomowoc, where he has been engaged in the general practice of his profession. He was married Oct. 21, 1862, to Miss Ann E., daughter of Samuel and Martha J. Breck, of Oconomowoc ; their chil- dren are Laura P., born Jan. 8, 1865 ; Anna R., born Sept. 17, 1868; Philazamia H., born Jan. 25, 1876. The doctor and his family are members of the Episcopal Church.

E. E. ELY, retired ; son of Joseph and Annie Nicholson Ely, was born in Bucks Co., Penn., in 1837. He came to Oconomowoc in 1856, and began clerking for J. S. Rockwell in a general store, and continued with him as clerk till his death, after which he remained with the stock of goods then on hand for a time ; he began the hardware trade in 1863, and continued that business till the spring of 1879. Mr. Ely was City Treasurer of Oconomowoc in 1879. He was married in 1869, to Miss Eleanor, daughter of B. B. Franees Babcock, a native of Pennsylvania, who died Sept. 22, 1879, leaving one son, Edward E., born Jan. 4, 1871 ; they had a daughter, Mabel-she was born and died in 1873. Mrs. Ely was a member of the Episcopal Church.

HENRY ERREDGE, proprietor of blacksmith shop; was born in the city of London, July 10, 1828; son of George and Sophia (Reed) Erredge. He sailed for America in 1845, and landed in New York City, May 22, that year ; in June following, reached Waukesha, Wis. ; thence, after a short stay, he went to Lake Five, where he stopped with an uncle on the farm till fall ; returning then to Waukesha, he was employed a few weeks, by Bacon & Block, wagon manufacturers, after which he worked at the baker's trade, with George Head, of that place, for about a year ; going again to Lake Five, for a short time, he then went to Milwaukee, where. in the spring of 1847, he joined the 15th U. S. R. A., under Col. Morgan. They were soon ordered to Newport, Ky. ; thence, via New Orleans and Vera Cruz, to the City of Mexico ; was discharged at Covington, Ky., Aug. 4, 1848. Returning then via Milwaukee and Lake Five to Waukesha, in the fall of 1848, he became apprenticed to the blacksmith's trade, with Clinton & Poole, and remained with them till the spring of 1850, when he came to Oconomowoc, and, with Henry Merwin, rented a shop and carried on the blacksmith trade here, till November, 1850; he then

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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 132

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