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 134

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

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Elizabeth, daughter of Lewis and Susannah (Hooper) Chamberlin, a native of Stockbridge, Mass., born Aug. 11, 1820. Their children are Ellen M., born at Ashfield, Mass., Dec. 1, 1841; married to Calvin W. Burns, of Watertown, Wis., Sept. 26, 1860; lives now at Lime Springs, Howard Co., Iowa; Olive A., born at Oconomowoc, Wis., June 26, 1844; mirried at Watertown, Wis., Jan. 1, 1861, to William E. Duerdin, and now lives at Ripon, Wis. ; Lewis J., born in Ixonia, Jefferson Co., Wis., May 29, 1846 ; married Miss Josie, daughter of David Smith, of Rock County, Wis., in August 1866, and now resides in York County, Neb.

ANTHONY HOUSER, merchant and Postmaster at Mapleton; was born in Baden 'in 1839. He emigrated to America in 1854, and located in Milwaukee and engaged in clerking until February 1855 ; from Milwaukee, he came to Mapleton, and continued clerking until 1857, after which he spent a year in the same business in Oconomowoc. In 1858, he returned to Mapleton, and has been since engaged in merchandising. He was married in 1861, to Miss Kate Riggs, a native of Canada, who died in 1869, leaving five children, as follows : John F., now a clerk in Milwaukee ; Anna S., now a student in Mil- waukee ; Mary A., deceased ; Ambrose E., a student at Watertown ; Joseph, deceased. His second mar- riage was in 1876, to Kate Snyder, a native of Pennsylvania ; they have two children-Herbert A. and Walter. The family is connected with the Catholic Church.

ORVILLE HATHAWAY was born in Homer, N. Y., April 13, 1819; he lived there until September 1846, when he came to Milwaukee and engaged in millwrighting there until April, 1847, when he returned to Homer, there remained until the fall of 1847, and then went to Groveland, near Mt. Morris, N. Y., and built a mill for the society of Shakers, and continued there until 1849. In July of the same year, he came to Oconomowoc and engaged in millwrighting and carpenter and joiner's work, until 1863, then purchased an interest in a mill here, which he sold out in October 1879, and since then has retired from business. Mr. Hathaway was married in Homer, N. Y., in 1844, to Maria A. Core ; she was born in Homer ; they have two children -Orville H., born in Homer, and Thomas Wilber, born in Oconomowoc ; they have lost one daughter, Mercy P., died at the age of 11 years. Mr. Hathaway has been Assessor, Justice of the Peace and President of the Council.

RUFUS C. HATHAWAY was born May 24, 1816, in Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y. came to Wisconsin in August, 1842, and located at Beloit, Rock Co., where he remained one year, and then returned to his native town, where he remained until June 1, 1848 ; he commenced the study of law in Beloit, and afterward continued it in New York State. He was educated at Cortland Academy. He engaged in carriage-making in Milwaukee, having commenced to learn carriage-making when 17 years of age ; he was one year in Milwaukee. May 25, 1849, he came to Oconomowoc, bought a farm in Ashippun, Dodge Co., but did not run it, being in ill health for the first five and a half years, having ague all the time ; he taught music, and played for parties, etc. Mr. Hathaway educated himself as an engineer and surveyor ; laid out the old stone mill, in 1857. In December, 1857, he returned to New York State, and engaged in settling up his father's estate, and returned, March, 1859, to Oconomowoc; has since been engaged in the practice of law ; has been Town Clerk, Chairman Town Board of Supervisors, Assessor and Justice of the Peace, at present holding the latter office; he has been District Attorney and County Surveyor. Mr. Hathaway was married in Homer, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1845, to Flavilla J. Hobart; she was born in Homer; they have four children-Emma J., born June 23, 1850; Lizzie M., born Dec. 15, 1851; Edward Clark, born March 8, 1856, and Arthur C., born June 14, 1869; they have lost three children-Polk H., born June 7, 1846, died May 17, 1850; Helen, born Nov. 8, 1848, died Oct. 9, 1849, and Hobart M., born Feb. 13, 1859, died Oct. 7, 1865.

J. F. HOPKINS, M. D., physician and surgeon ; was born in Erie Co., N. Y., in 1827 ; he began the study of medicine in his native State, hut graduated from the Chicago Medical College, in the winter of 1859-60; he at once entered upon the practice of his profession in Chicago, and in 1862 removed from there to Oconomowoc, where he has since practiced his profession. He was married in 1865 to Miss Elizabeth M. Woodcock, a native of Maine ; their children are, Forest, Mary L., Elizabeth (deceased ) and Glen A. The doctor and his family are connected with the Congregational Church.

JAMES C. HITCHCOCK, hardware merchant, is a native of the town of Augusta, Oneida Co., N. Y .; born in the year 1828; his father, Eben Hitchcock, was a native of Hartford Co., Conn .; his mother, Nancy Baker, was born in the town of Augusta, Oneida Co., N. Y. At the age of 18 years, he began the tinner's trade, at Clinton, Oneida Co., which he continued there and at Utica, for nearly five years, and from 1851 to 1856, he carried on the trade at Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y .; going thence to Davenport, Iowa, he stopped a short time and returned via the Mississippi River and St. Louis, Mo., to Albion, N. Y., where he was married Aug. 27, 1856, to Miss Lconora E., daughter of Gilbert and Nancy

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Close, a native of that town. Soon after marriage, they removed to St. Louis, where he engaged as sales- man in a wholesale house-furnishing hardware store, for John J. Lock & Co .; it being a branch of their New York house; coming to Oconomowoc in 1861, he opened a hardware store, and has since con- tinued that trade. Mr. Hitchcock is the proprietor of the La Belle Spring, the oldest in the city, and known in an early day as the Cold Water Spring. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the Episcopal Church. He has been a member of the I. O. O. F. for more than twenty-five years, and of the Masonic fraternity for twelve years ; be is also a member of the Knights of Pythias.

D. O. HIBBARD, Principal of Oconomowoc public schools, was born at Brookfield, Madison . Co., N. Y., Feb. 17, 1851; he received the earlier part of his education in the public schools and the DeRuyter Institute of Madison Co. He came to Wisconsin in 1868, and located at Milton, Rock Co., where he followed teaching during the winters, and attended school during the spring and fall terms, at Milton College, from which institution he graduated in 1875; in the fall, after his graduation, he was elected Principal of the Oconomowoc public schools, remaining one year, and in the fall of 1876 was elected Principal of the Lodi school of Columbia Co. Returning to Oconomowoc in 1877, has been re-elected to the position of Principal each year since that time. He was married July 13, 1876, to Miss Ida F., daughter of Addison and Clarissa Brightman, of Milton Junction, Rock Co., Wis .; they have one son, Carlisle V. They are members of the Seventh-day Advent Church. He is also a member of the T. of H. and Council of Select Templars.

MAGNUS HILDAHL, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Oconomowoc; was born in Norway, in 1835 ; he began the life of a sailor at the age of 15 years, and in 1851, with his parents, T. and Caro- line Hildahl, came to Wisconsin, and located on a farm at Pine Lake, Waukesha Co. In the spring of 1852, he resumed his sailor life, at Milwaukee, on board the " Industry," then plying between Michigan City and Milwaukee ; this he followed, during the summers, till 1864, when he enlisted in Co. D, 47th W. V. I., and was with his regiment in the Army of the Tennessee; was stationed at Nashville and Tulla- homa, Tenn., and was mustered out at Madison, Wis., in September, 1865. Returning then to Wiscon- sin, he continued sailing, as mate on a Chicago vessel, till 1870, when he located on his present farm of 105 acres, on Sec. 35, town of Oconomowoc, which he had purchased in 1862. He was married in the spring of 1871 to Miss Maria, daughter of Ole Nelson, of this town, born in 1849 ; their children are Josephine C. and Orelia T. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

CHARLES M. HUBBARD, cooper ; was born at Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1827; he began the cooper's trade with his father, Stephen Hubbard. when quite young. When 4 years old, his parents removed with him to Waterford, Saratoga Co., N. Y., where they spent seven years, then lived a year at Kingston, and afterward removed to Troy, for three years, and later still to Saratoga, where he lived till 1855, when he removed to Oconomowoc, Wis., built a cooper shop on the south side of La Belle lake, and began coopering here for Rockwell & Luck, then proprietors of the mill ; he ran a force of twenty- five men and shipped his barrels to Milwaukee and other points for several years. He was a member of the Village Board one term, and was a member of the Street Committee during that time ; he has been Street Commissioner one term. He was married in Saratoga, N. Y., in 1846, to Mary M., daughter of Harmon and Mahitable (Scofield) Craw, a native of Ulster Co., N. Y., born 1827 ; their children are ; Stephen ; Charles H., who served 100 days during the war, is now a printer of Milwaukee; Mary M., now the wife of E. J. Ferry, and lives at Postville, Iowa; Ida, now the wife of H. M. Jay, and lives at St. Paul ; Hattie, now Mrs. Frank Boyce, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mr. Hubbard was the first man initiated in the Elsworth Lodge of Oconomowoc. Mrs. Hubbard is a member of the M. E. Church.

ORRIN HUNGERFORD was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1822, and spent his time at farming in his native county till 1854, whence he emigrated to Wisconsin and located at Kewaunee, Kewaunee Co .; a year later, they removed to the town of Holland, Sheboygan Co., and there followed farming for sixteen years, af er which they went to the town of Farmington, Jefferson Co., and made that their home till 1877, whence they remoued to this city ; he now owns a farm of 60 acres in the town of Farmington. He was married in Jefferson Co., N. Y., June 1, 1853, to Miss Julia A., daughter of Salma D. and Belinda Blanchard, a native of that county ; their children are, A. Elizabeth, now the wife of Benton Woodman, and lives in Farmington, Jefferson Co , Wis. ; Benjamin F., at home; Mary J., now Mrs. H. Lyman, and lives in Baraboo, Wis. ; Abbie B., born May 11, 1867, and died Aug. 15, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Hungerford are members of the M. E. Church. 1

FERDNAND HUBNER, Street Commissioner ; was born in Prussia in 1838, and emigrated with his parents to America in 1846; they located in the town of Ixonia, Jefferson Co., Wis., which was his home till 23 years of age. He enlisted in August, 1861, at Oconomowoc, in the 28th W. V. I., and

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was assigned at Milwaukee to Co. B, 26th W. V. I., with which he served in the Army of Virginia and Tennessee till the battle of Burnt Hickory, Ga., May 25, 1863; he came home in August, 1863, from Nashville, Tenn., on a furlough, and was transferred to the hospital at Milwaukee, where he was dis- charged in July, 1865, returning to his farm in Jefferson County in 1866; in the spring of 1869, he removed to Milwaukee, and in December following came to Oconomowoc ; he engaged in the commission business for two years, and in 1871 he began teaming and sprinkling the streets, which he has since fol- lowed; he began the foundry and machine shop in 1879, under the firm of Hartmann, Hubner & Co. ; he was elected Street Commissioner in 1873, re-elected in 1874 and 1880. He was married in November, 1865, to Miss Lesetta, daughter of F. and Dorothea (Raash ) Hartmann, a native of Jefferson Co., Wis., born in the town of Ixonia in 1845; their children are Otto, Amanda, Eddie, Ernst, Minnie, John. They are members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church.

EDWIN HURLBUT, journalist and attorney ; was born at Newtown, Conn., Oct. 10, 1817, at the age of 7, he moved with his parents to Bradford Co., Penn., from where, after attending school about seven years, he struck out for himself, going on foot to Newark, N. J .; after residing there one year, he emigrated to Michigan, but soon after returned East and began the study of law ; at the age of 24 he had saved $1,400 and paid $1,200 for a home, and the balance for books, only to be bitterly disap- pointed by finding a mortgage on the house. He was now living at Lodi, N. Y., having married Catherine Chandler on Oct. 10, 1840-his 23d hirthday. After losing his home by the unknown mortgage, Mr. H. moved to Towanda, Penn., and commenced the study and practice of law, and after finishing his sixth year, in 1847, he was admitted to the bar ; in the same year he returned to Michigan. was admitted to practice at the bar, and received the appointment of Postmaster; was also appointed District Attorney ; also received from Gov. Ransom the appointment of Judge Advocate in the State militia, with the rank of Colonel; in 1850, he came to Wisconsin and settled in Oconomowoc, where he has since resided, and was admitted in the Circuit Court, also in the Supreme Court and United States Court. In the first year of his residence in this State, he was appointed the attorney of the Milwaukee, Waterloo & Madison Plank Road; and, at another time, Chairman of the Democratic County Committee; in 1854, he was Chairman of the Senatorial and Assembly Committee, from which time he has figured conspicuously in the political affairs of the State. In Madison, at the People's Convention, where the Republican party of this State, was organized, he opposed the further extension of slavery ; in 1856 he was elected District Attorney. and in 1858, he was appointed attorney for the M., B. D. & B. R. R., now C., M. & St. P. R., R., holding the position several years ; in 1860 and 1864, he supported Lincoln for the Presidency ; in 1861, he was appointed Colonel on Gov. Randall's staff; took an active part in getting recruits for the army, contributing largely in bounties to the families of those who enlisted and pledged his services gratuitously for procuring their pensions and bounties-a pledge which he has faithfully kept. He was sent to Washington with the 4th Wisconsin Regiment, receiving an appointment in the State Commissary Department ; was appointed to the duty of inspecting troops and study . ing the qualifications of officers for promotion; in the same year, he was appointed aide to the Commander-in-Chief, with the rank of Colonel, by Gov. Randall ; in 1862, he was appointed Deputy United States Marshal, with Provost-Marshal power, to issue passes and superintend military affairs in his district ; was also tendered a position, by the Governor, of Colonel of one of the regiments, but declined, because the army was being officered by politicians, rather than soldiers ; in 1868, he gained an election to the Legislature by the Republicans ; while there he introduced a bill for the repeal of the law which deprived deserters of the right of franchise ; in 1869, was appointed one of the managers of the State Industrial School at Waukesha; in 1870, was appointed by Gov. Fairchild, to represent him at the International Congress, on penitentiary and reformatory discipline; was elected one of the Vice Pres- idents ; in 1872, was appointed a delegate to the International Penitentiary Congress in London, England ; in the same year, he indorsed the nomination of Horace Greeley for the Presidency, and has been identi- fied with the reform movement since then ; in 1873, was elected District Attorney for Waukesha Co., on the Reform ticket. In May, 1874, he was a member of the National Prison Congress, held at St. Louis, and elected one of its Trustees, and appointed on the Committee on Criminal Law Reform ; in 1875, was appointed a member of the Board of Managers of the State Industrial School for three years; the same year, he was elected a Trustee of the National Prison Association at New York, and also one of the Committee on Discharged Convicts ; he has held the positions of Trustee and President of the village of Oconomowoc, and has zealously devoted himself to its prosperity. In religious belief he is a Baptist; is strictly temperate in his habits; is a member of Waukesha Chapter No. 37, A., F. & A. M. He has children-daughters now living. The death of his first wife occurred April 6, 1864; was married,

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December following, to Mrs. M. H. Farner, of Waukesha, Wis. . Mr. Hurlbut is a man of positive char- acter ; is a self-made man ; has worked his own way through life; is self-reliant ; as a lawyer, ranks among the best talent in the State ; has an extensive practice in the several courts of this State, and in the United States Courts; he has attended every session of the Circuit Court for Waukesha Co. for the past twenty- five years. Mr. H. is owner and publisher of the Wisconsin Free Press.

GILBREN JENSEN, grain dealer; was born in Norway January 11, 1823, and emigrated to America in 1853; arriving in Oconomowoc August 14 of that year, he was employed on the railroad then being built through here, and on April 18, 1854, he was employed as miller in the Oconomowoc flouring-mill by Lieck & Rockwell, which position he held till September 8, 1862 ; he then rented the flouring-mill at Stone Bank, of which he was proprietor for nearly two years; returning then to Oconomowoc, he purchased the warehouse of C. M. Birdoe, and has since been dealing in grain. He was married in Norway in January, 1849, to Maria H. Knudstatter, who died in August, 1861 (the first burial in the new cemetery); she left one daughter, Maria, now the wife of William Henning and lives in this city. His second marriage was January 21, 1862, to Martha M. Nilsdatter, a native of Norway, and came to Oconomowoc in 1856; they have two daughters, Margaretta and Nellie M. Mr. Jensen's family are connected with the Lutheran Church.

H. G. JONES, tailor ; was born in Ellifordshire, England, in 1819, but came to America when quite young ; he began the tailor's trade in Wyoming Co., N. Y., in 1833, and three years later (fall of 1837) he came to Wisconsin, and spent the winter in Brownstown, Jackson Co., and in the spring of 1838 he went to West Virginia, and located in Wheeling for a short time. He then visited Lexington, Ky., and many other places in 1844; he settled again in Wheeling, and made that his home till 1850, when he came to Oconomowoc ; locating ou a farm, he devoted his attention to agriculture for one and a half years; then removed to the village, and resumed his trade, which he has since continued. Mr. Jones has been City Treasurer for nine years. He was married in 1844, to Miss E. S. Acton-a native of Virginia; her grandfather, Acton, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War ; their children are Hannah, now the wife of H. Erredge, of this city; William E., who was killed at Memphis in 1864; James F., at home ; Lizzie H .; Edith, now the wife of Frank Densmore, and lives at Granville, Mich. ; Melvin A. ; Mrs. Jones is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Mr. Jones is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

WILLIAM M. JJONES, proprietor of the Jones House ; was born in Monmouthshire, En- gland, in 1849 ; his father, Thomas Jones, was a native of Monmouthshire ; his mother, Esther Morgan, was born in Devonshire. In 1854, they emigrated to America, and located at Skaneateles, Onondaga Co., N. Y., . whence, a year later, they came to Waukesha, Wis. ; living in the city of Waukesha three years, they then removed to Genesee, where his father died about 1859 or 1860; in September, 1861, he with his mother, came to Oconomowoc, where he soon became employed by Mr. G. W. Fay, then proprietor of the La Belle House, and remained with him in that till it burned, then spent some time with him in a hotel at Sarnia, Canada West ; spending five years with Mr. Fay, he next was employed by Mr. Bruce, in the La Belle House, after it was rebuilt, and in 1870 he was employed to work on the Townsend House in its building and after its completion ; remained with the house for eight seasons, spending three winters during that time as conductor on the Northi Chicago City Railway Company. He spent the winter, of 1872 at Riverside, Ill., in charge of W. T. Allen's summer residence, and during the autumns of 1876, '77 and '78, he had charge of the " Caw-caw shooting club," at Marquette, Green Lake Co., Wis. In 1872, he built the Jones house, for a private residence, which was afterwards opened for a hotel, as given in the history of the house. He was married Nov. 13, 1872, to Miss Katie, daughter of Ralph Habernicht, a native of Washington Co., Wis .; they have one daughter, Edna M. Mr. Jones is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

LYMAN KELLOGG, son of Horace and Almira (Smith) Kellogg, of the old Puritan New England stock ; was born in the town of Amherst, Hampshire Co., Mass., Dec. 1, 1814; he came to Wisconsin in 1845, and located on a farm two and a half miles from the village of Oconomowoc, Wauke- sha Co., where he built his pioneer shanty, and made his home till 1854. He next began dealing in grain ; at this place followed that line of business for twelve years, when, in 1866, he began dealing in dry goods, and followed merchandising till 1879. At the completion of the C., M. & St. P. R. R., he was appointed express agent at Oconomowoc, and held that position till 1879, when he resigned. Mr. Kellogg was President of the Village Board two terms, and has been a member of the City Council for a number of terms. He was married in 1847 to Miss Emaline, daughter of Seth Leonard, a native of Mass., but came to the town of Ashippun, Dodge Co., Wis., about 1846 ; it, being one of the first mar-

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riages here, was quite an interesting event ; a " democrat horse and buggy " was procured, the best in the village, by the groom, which was to convey him to the home of the bride, and the two to their new home, but, after the ceremony, it was concluded to leave Mrs. Kellogg with her parents till the log house was completed; a few days more prepared the rustic cottage for its mistress, and the happy husband returned, not in the " democrat wagon," but with the ox cart for his bride; loading up with crockery, chickens, cats, etc., they wended their way to their new home; their children are Harriet, now the wife of N. H. Humiston of this city ; Sarah ; Charles, now married, business in this city ; Frank, now in Plym- outh Co., Iowa; Emma. Mrs. Kellogg dicd in Feb. 1865. His second marriage was in August 1871, to Mrs. Maria Wright, of Oconomowoc. Mr. Kellogg and his family are members of the Congregational Church. Mrs. Kellogg is a member of St. Jerome's Church.

GEORGE L. KERN, grocer ; was born in Madison Co. N. Y., in 1831, and came to Wisconsin in 1844 and located on a farm in the town of Ixonia, Jefferson Co., which was his home till 1853 or '54, when he removed to the town of Ashippun, Dodge Co., and engaged in farming there till 1874, when he came to Oconomowoc, and in the fall of 1878 began the grocery trade, and January, 1879, put in a stock of drugs, and took Mr. Young in as a partner. Mr. Kern enlisted in Co. I, 48th W. V. I., in March, 1865, and served till 1866. He was married in 1867 to Miss Phebe A., daughter of Edward Goodell, of the town of Lebanon, Dodge Co., but a native of Fulton, Oswego Co. N. Y., and emigrated to Wisconsin in 1845. Mr. Kern was Assessor of Ashippun three years ; also Assessor of this city for three years; he has also been a member of the City Council. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity for twenty years.

REV. FRANK F. KLEUSKE, Pastor of the German Methodist Episcopal Church ; was born in Prussia in 1844, and, in the spring of 1852, his parents emigrated with him to America, and located in Milwaukee, where his mother died in June following ; removing, in 1856, to Ahnapee, Kewaunee Co., Wis., where he followed farming till 1867, when he spent a year at the ship carpenter's trade at Sturgeon Bay ; in 1868, he entered Wallace College, of Berea, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1872, after which he spent another year at the ship carpenter's trade at Cleveland ; returning to Wisconsin in 1873, he entered the work of the ministry at Forest, Fond du Lac Co., under the Presiding Elder of the Fond du Lac District ; he joined the Conference at Chicago, in 1873, and Sept. 27, 1874, was ordained Deacon at that city by Bishop Simpson, and assigned to the charge at Clayton, Winnebago Co., Wis., where he remained three years ; at the Conference of La Porte, Ind., Sept. 23, 1876, he was ordained Elder by Bishop Merrill, and sent to the church at Brillion, Calumet Co., whence, after a two years' pastorate, he came to Oconomowoc, where he has since been in charge of the German Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married Aug. 4, 1871, to Mrs. Amanda, widow of William Schmidt, and daughter of Charles and Mary A. Wuestenburg, a native of Pittsburgh, Penn. Mrs. Kleuske has two daughters, Mary A. and Ida P. Schmidt.

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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 134

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