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 138

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

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J. A. WELCH, proprietor of livery stable; was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., in January, 1843, and in 1850 came with his parents to Wisconsin ; he located on a farm in the town of Sugar Creek, Walworth Co., and made that his home till 1868, when he removed to Johnson, Mo., and followed farm- ing till 1877; he then returned to Walworth County, and in January, 1878, formed a copartnership with A. Kinney in the livery business in this city ; the firm was disso.ved Sept. 4, 1879, Mr. Welch buying out Mr. Kinney at that time, and has since continued the business alone. He was married in 1861 to Miss Lucy A., daughter of Robert Bentley, of the town of La Fayette, Walworth Co., Wis .; their children are Halbert E. and Royston. They attend the Congregational Church.

JACOB WELTNER, carpenter and joiner ; was born in Charles City Co., Va., in January, 1839. He began the carpenter and joiner's trade when 17 years of age, and after following that a short time, became a contractor and builder, which he continued for some time along the line from the Rappahannock to Richmond ; in 1859 he went to Lexington, Mo., whence in 1861 he came to Ocono- mowoc, where he has since followed his trade has been connected with the erection of some of the most prominent buildings, among them the Townsend House, Captain Parker's, Dr. Henchal's, Shufeldt's residences, besides many others. He was appointed Deputy Sheriff by John Porter in 1878, and has held

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that position for two years. He was married at Lexington, Mo., in Oct. 1859, to Miss Emily, daughter of Mr. Meyer; they have one daughter, Emily ; they lost a son (Herman) at Oshkosh in Nov. 1879, aged 18 years and 4 days. Mr. Weltner's family are connected with the M. E. Church. He has been connected with the I. O. O. F. for sixteen years, and is now Deputy Grand Master of that order in Wau- kesha Co. He is also Master of the A. O. U. W. for this county.

WILLIAM WENTWORTH, retired; was born in the town of Peru, Berkshire Co. Mass., in 1815, and at the age of 4 years, with his parents, Sylvanus and Sally Wentworth, he removed to the town of Lee, Oneida Co., N. Y., and located on a farm, where his father died, at the age of 92 years; his mother the year before his father. Mr. Wentworth came to Milwaukee, 1836, and in the spring of 1837, located on a farm in the town of Summit, Waukesha Co., where he lived till 1857 ; he then moved to Winnebago County for a short time, and then returned to the town of Summit, which was his home till 1865, when he removed to the village of Oconomowoc. He was married in Summit, Jan. 23, 1842, to Miss Olive, a daughter of William and Abagail Merickle, a native of the town of Lobo, Can., West ; born in 1824.

EDWARD WHALEN, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Monterey ; was born in County of Wexford, Ireland, March 18, 1818; he followed farming there until 1850, when he emigrated to America and located in Herkimer County, N. Y., whence, in October, 1853, he came to Oconomowoc and located where he now is, and owns 160 acres of land. He was married in Herkimer County, N. Y., in 1852, to Elizabeth, · daughter of James and Ann Sullivan, a native of County Lowth, who came to America, 1849. Their children are Ann, born October, 1853; Edward, born April 25, 1855 ; Thomas, born July 13, 1857; William, born Dec. 5, 1859, died Sept. 29, 1865. Mr. Whalen is a member of St. James' Catholic Church, Oconomowoc.

O. H. WILBUR, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Oconomowoc; was born in the town of Kingsbury, Washington Co., N. Y., in 1811; when 18 years old he began the tanner and currier's trade, at Ft. Ann, Washington Co., and after working two and a half years at his trade there, he went to Troy, N. Y., where he finished his apprenticeship and continued his trade a year longer; he went then to New Brunswick, N. J., and to Albany, N. Y., continuing his trade at the latter place two years, and afterward returned to' Ft. Ann, and later still he went to Granville, N. Y., where he run a tannery a year ; he next moved to Hebron, N. Y., where he carried on the business fourteen years; he came to Oconomowoc, Waukesha Co., Wis., in 1854, and located at Okauchee, where he made his home till 1865, when he removed to his present home of 80 acres, on Sec. 34, town of Oconomowoc, having bought it the previous year. He was married at Albany, N. Y., in 1836, to Miss Abagail L., daughter of Loami Carter, a native of Lyon, Essex Co., Mass. ; she died at her home in Oconomowoc, in 1873; they had eight children, as follows : Clarrinda, deceased, Albert, Orrin , David, at home, two infant daughters (twins), deceased, Mary, deceased, Melvin, deceased. Mr. Wilbur was a member of the Town Board one term; Assessor of the town eight years.

OLE WILHELMSEN, Pastor of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Ocono- mowoc; was born in Norway, in 1844; he received his early education in the schools of his native parish ; in 1862, he entered the Seminary of Stovd, Norway, where he continued his studies till 1864 ; he then began teaching there, and, in the spring of 1865, emigrated to America ; locatiog in Worth County, Iowa, he taught in the parish schools of his church there, and in Winnebago County, till 1869; he then entered upon the study of language at Lutheran College, at Decorah, where he pursued his studies a year, then entered the Theological Seminary, and continued his studies for two years ; he came then to La Crosse, Wis., in the summer of 1872, and in June passed his examination before the Synod, and was ordained to the Holy Ministry ; he went then to Eureka, Greenwood Co., Kan., where he was Pastor of a church till 1875 ; returning then to Wisconsin, he located in the Town of Ixonia, Jefferson Co., and has been Pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran Churches at Rock River, Ashippun, Stone Bank, and Oconomowoc. He was married in Winnebago Co., Iowa, in 1868, to Rachel, daughter of H. Hal- verson ; their children are Stina, Hartwick, Anna Valburg, Mary A.

WILLIAM WILKE, mason; was born in Prussia in 1223; he began the stone and brick mason trade in his native country in 1847, and followed it there till 1855, when he emigrated to America; stopping a short time at Milwaukee ; he went thence to Watertown, Wis., where he continued his trade till the autumn of 1856; he then came to Oconomowoc, where he has since resided and devoted his time to his trade. He was married in Berlin, Prussia, in 1852, to Augusta Flade, a native of that country; they have one daughter-Emma. Mr. and Mrs. Wilke are members of the Lutheran Church.

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GEORGE W. WILLIAMS, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Oconomowoc; was born in the town of Russell, Hampden Co., Mass., in 1810; at the age of ten years, he, with his parents, Dudley and Mary Williams, removed to Portage County, Ohio, where he engaged in farming for a few years, and after- ward began dealing in " mora multa caulis," or silk worm-food, by which he lost all he had ; in May, 1841, he, with his wife and daughter, emigrated to Wisconsin, and, the 19th day of that month, landed at Oconomowoc, where he traded his horse and wagon for a claim of 160 acres in Sec. 28; he built his shanty on the old Indian trail from Milwaukee to Fond du Lac, and has since made his home on that quarter-section ; his shanty has, however, long since been exchanged for a more comfortable residence. He was married in 1833, to Nancy M. Ferry, a native of Ohio ; they have one daughter-Mary E. (now Mrs, Hadley), who has two sons-one, George W. Munger, by her first marriage, and Dudley A. Hadley by her second marriage ; Mrs. Hadley and her sons live with Mr. Williams.

LOUISE C. WILLIAMS, Notary Public; was born in Manlius, Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1837 ; her father, Deacon F. H. Westover, was a native of Massachusetts; her mother, Phebe Miller, was born in Oswego County, N. Y .; Mrs. Williams came with her parents to Milwaukee in 1846, where she received her earlier education in private schools, and completed her studies at the Female College of that city in 1855. She was married January 14, 1862, to Mr. James Willliams, then First Lieutenant of Company A, Fourth Wisconsin Cavalry; the regiment being encamped, at that time, at Baltimore, Miss Westover met Mr. Williams there, and the marriage ceremony was performed by Chaplain A. C. Bory, at the Major's tent; she remained there with her husband three weeks, when orders came for the regi- ment to march, when she returned to her father's, in Summit, Wis .; Mr. Williams was killed at the battle of Baton Rouge, La., March 4, 1864 ; Mrs. Williams came with her parents to Oconomowoc in Septem- ber, 1866, and, in 1871, became a student and book-keeper in the law-office of her brothers, George F. and J. Henry Westover, and, in 1874, she was appointed, by Gov. Taylor, Notary Public-the first lady Notary Public in Wisconsin, if not the first in the United States; she remained in the office with her brothers till 1877, and, since that time, she has been collecting claims, loaning money and making trans- fers of real estate ; her father died at Oconomowoc in 1874; her mother, now 77 years old, lives with her.

A. W. WILL,IS, telegraph operator ; was born in the town of Canaan, Grafton Co., N. H., in 1850; his parents, Nathan and Edna Willis, were also natives of New Hampshire; his father was a car- penter and joiner by trade ; he began the study of telegraphy at Enfield, N. H., in 1869, and, in 1871, came to Wisconsin and engaged as operator for the C., M. & St. P. R. R. Co. at Prairie du Chien, Wis. ; he was stationed there two years, then at Dekorra one year, thence called to Milwaukee, whence, in 1875, he was sent to Oconomowoc, where he has since remained. He was married in 1877 to Miss A. May, daughter of Josiah and Sarah (Calkins) Streeter, a native of Gasport, Niagara Co., N. Y .; their children are Edna L. and Annie; they attend the Congregational Church; Mr. Willis is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

THEODORE WORTHINGTON, deceased ; was born in Northfield, Washington Co., Vt., in 1817, and is the son of Daniel and Polly (Fisk) Worthington ; he, with three brothers, Elijah, David and Daniel, came to Wisconsin in 1836 ; Elijah settled on a farm in Walworth County, and was also a local preacher there for a number of years before his death ; Theodore settled there with his parents, who came two years later ; David went to St. Louis, Mo., for several years; then removed to Chi- cago and made a purchase near Union Park, where he now resides ; David lived in Milwaukee for a few years, and became in later years a prominent M. E. minister ; was stationed at Rock Island, Ill., Dubuque, Iowa, and afterward at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, where he died ; Theodore made his home on the farm with his parents in the town of La Grange, Walworth Co., till 1844, when he came to Oconomowoc, Waukesha Co., and bought a claim to 160 acres now within the city limits, where he followed farming for many years, but later dealt in real estate; he died April 15, 1875. He was married in 1845 to Miss Orilla, daughter of Zaddoc and Polly ( Muzzy) Williams, a native of Genesee, now Wayne Co., N. Y., but came to Oconomowoc in 1845. Their children are : James, deceased; . George, deceased ; Henry, de- ceased ; Frank, who married Rosa Martin in June, 1876; they have had two daughters, Edith, de- ceased ; Ora Belle ; and Mrs. Worthington is a member of the M. E. Church.

CHARLES W. WOOD, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Oconomowoc; was born at Attica, N. Y., in 1840 ; his father, James K. Wood, was born in Massachusetts, and removed to Attica, N. Y., when about 8 years old, and afterwards made his home in New York, till 1842 ; his mother was a native of York State. They emigrated to Wisconsin in 1842, and located in the town of White Water, Walworth Co., where his father followed the blacksmith's trade till 1844, when they removed to their present home on Sec. 31, town of Oconomowoc, where he now owns 662 acres. Charles W. began the painter's

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trade when ten years old, with his father, who was also a painter, as well as blacksmith, and has followed it more or less of the time since, in connection with farming. He was married in 1872 to Miss Caroline,

daughter of John and - - Younker, a native of Germany. They have one daughter, Caroline C. WILLIAM H. YOUNG, manufacturer of wagons and buggies ; was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1826, and when 7 years old, with bis parents, Jacob and Ruth Young, he removed to the town of Litchfield, Hillsdale Co., Mich., where he worked on a farm till nearly 21 years old; he began his apprenticeship at the wagon and carriage maker's trade in Jonesville, Mich., and finished at Ashtabula, Ohio, in 1850; after which he continued his trade there a short time; be came to Oconomowoc in 1854, and established a manufacturing and repairing shop, where he has since carried on that business. He was married Nov. 1, 1849, to Miss Hannah M., a daughter of Luther and Hannah Hatch, a native of Penn- sylvania, but her parents of Vermont; they afterward removed to Ohio. Their children are : Alice, now the wife of D. Hatch, and lives in Oshkosh, Wis .; Lewis M., now of the firm of Kern & Young, of this city ; Eva I., deceased ; Charles M., at home. Mrs. Young is a member of the Congregational Church.

HENRY ZIMMERMANN, tailor; was born in Prussia, March 31, 1823, and at the age of 18 years began the tailor's trade, which he has since followed; he emigrated to America in 1856, and located at Oconomowoc, where he has since continued his trade; he has been with Mr. Peters for the past nineteen years. He was married in 1851 to Miss Ernestina, daughter of John and Sophia Wolfgram, a native of Prussia, born May 4, 1827. Their children are Matilda, now the wife of A. Krause, and lives in Algona, Iowa; Ernestina, who died at the age of 1 year and 10 months; Albertina, the late wife of Adolph Genrich, now deceased ; Henry, deceased ; Martha, now Mrs. Joseph Dusse, and lives in Kansas ; Henry, and Laura, at home. Mr. Zimmerman and family are members of the Lutheran Church.

TOWN OF SUMMIT.

JOSEPH ADAMS, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Summit Center; was born in Cambridgeshire, England, in 1840 ; emigrated with his parents, Robert and Ann Adams, to Wisconsin in 1855 ; they located in Racine County, where his father died in 1866, and where he spent his time at farming till 18 years old ; he then went to Milwaukee, where he was engaged in various kinds of business till 1870, when he came to the town of Summit, and located on the Putney farm, which he managed for three years ; then removed to the " Jimmy Stewart " farm, in the town of Ottawa, for a year ; whence he went to the town of Oconomowoc, and in 1875, bought his present farm of 140 acres. He was married, in 1858, to Sarah E., daughter of James and Lucinda Ash, a native of Green Co., Wis .; their children are Silas E., Thomas W., Robert L., Lucinda A. and Sarah R. Mr. Adams' mother now lives with him, and is in her 83d year.

REV. WILLIAM ADAMS, D. D., graduate of Trinity College, Dublin; born in 1813; arrived in the United States in 1838, immediately after his graduation; he is a graduate of the General Theological Seminary of New York City; author of " Elements of Christian Science," " Mercy to Babes," " A Treatise on Infant Baptism," and other works. He has been a resident of Wisconsin since 1841, and professor of Systematic Divinity at the Nashotah House since 1842.

JAMES M. BAILEY, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Oconomowoc ; was born in Addison Co., Vt., in 1808 ; removed with his parents, Belah and Betsey Bailey, to Ticonderoga, Sussex Co., N. Y., when young; here he made his home on a farm until the age of 30, working a portion of the time at the wagon- maker's trade; he then went to Plattsburg, Clinton Co., where be followed the carpenter and joiner's trade till 1855; he then emigrated to Wisconsin and located at Summit Corners, and worked at bis trade until 1857; he was then appointed Postmaster, which position he held for six months; after which he continued at his trade till 1863, when he was re-appointed Postmaster for a time; after the expiration of this time as Postmaster, he resumed his vocation of carpenter and continued it until 1868, when he moved onto his farm of 80 acres, where he now resides. He was married in Worcester Co., Mass., Jan. 15, 1837, to Miss Alice Dwinnel, a native of Oxford; she died in Ticonderoga in 1839, having had two children, one dying April 7, the other the 18th, and she the last day of the same month ; his second marriage was Feb. 23, 1842, to Mary Hammond, a native of Ticonderoga ; she died in the town of Summit Jan. 21, 1858 ; his third marriage occurred Sept. 22, 1858, to Julia Burt, of Montgomery Co., Vt .; their children are Mary I., Wm. J., and Charles I. They are members of the M. E. Church.

WAUKESHA.

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EDWIN W. BARNARD, farmer, Sec. 15 ; P. O. Summit ; he was born at Hartford, Conn., in 1838; when 4 or 5 years old, he removed with his parents to Albany, N. Y. ; whence, in 1845, then came to Waukesha Co., Wis., and located at Waterville, where his father was engaged in merchandising till his death, which occurred April 1, 1857. Edwin, the subject of this sketch, made his home with his mother, at Waterville, till 1862, when, on Dec. 31 of that year, he was married to Emma, a daughter of John D. and Sophia ( Brown) McDonald, a native of the town of Summit ; they settled, soon after marriage, on Sec. 27, which was their home till 1866, and in the year following he bought his present farm of 160 acres, where he has since resided ; they have two daughters-Emma M. and Henrietta R.

HENRY BOWRON, farmer, Sec. 23 ; P. O. Waterville; was born at Champlain, Clinton Co., N. Y., Sept. 1, 1807 ; his parents, Joseph and Mary (Fox) Bowron, were also natives of Clioton Co .; at the age of 21 years, he began clerking in a dry-goods store at Champlain, working for two different mer- chants two years each ; he next clerked for a lumber merchant at that place until the fall of 1836, when he landed in Milwaukee as a pioneer of Wisconsin ; hespent the winter clearing 15 acres of land at Kilbourn Hill, near Milwaukce ; and in the spring of 1837, with his goods in a bandana handkerchief, he started on foot for Waukesha, where he stopped with Cutler, by whose fire he haked his bread for the winter; here he followed the carpenter and joiner's trade and other kinds of business till 1861, when he moved to his present farm of 148 acres, in the town of Summit ; he was Assessor of Waukesha for twenty years, and of Summit one year. He was married in Waukesha to Helen Campbell, a native of Vernon, Oneida Co., N. Y., who died Jan. 8, 1879, leaving three children-Henry C., Niles and Frank W .- at home.

THOMAS BRAKEFIELD, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Oconomowoc; son of Thomas and Mary Brakefield ; was born in County Kent, England, in 1817; in 1830, he emigrated to this country with his parents and settled at Schenectady, N. Y., where they followed farming for awhile, and afterward removed to Utica, N. Y., where his father died ; in 1850, he, with his mother, came to Wisconsin and located at Delavan, Walworth Co., where she died in 1854; in 1856, he removed to his present farm, of 160 acres, in the town of Summit. Mr. B. has been a member of the Town Board for six years. He was married in Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1840, to Mary, daughter of Ebenezer and Abbie (Sheldon ) Ward, a native of Herkimer Co., N. Y .; their children are Maria, now the wife of Ezra Feller, and lives at Plainview, Minn. ; Edward, now at Rising City, Butler Co., Neb. ; Louisa, at home.

ROBERT BRIGHT, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Oconomowoc; was born in Herefordshire, Eng- land, in 1816 ; he is the son of William and Catharine Bright, by whom he was brought to America when 2 years old, settling in Madison Co., N. Y. ; he subsequently lived in Onondaga, Jefferson, Oswego and St. Lawrence Counties, till the age of 20, with his parents ; he followed clerking in hotels in Syra- cuse, Oswego and other places until 1841, when he was married to Miss Louisa, daughter of Thomas and Netty Allard, a native of Sussex Co., N. Y .; in 1843, they came to Milwaukee; Wis., where he engaged in hotel keeping for a time; he afterward followed lumbering and milling in that place for twenty-seven years; in 1875, he came to the town of Summit, Waukesha Co., and settled on 160 acres, where he now lives ; which had been in his possession since 1852; he had three children-Georgiana, died September, 1869, aged 26 years, the wife of George H. Williams, Milwaukee ; Louisa, wife of Albert Ward, of New York City, deceased; Adin, a son, now in Milwaukee.

OSGOOD P. CHUBB, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Oconomowoc; is a native of Windsor Co., Vt., born in February, 1827. At the age of 10 years, he emigrated with his parents, Newman and Cynthia ( Farr) Chubb, to Wisconsin, and located, in December, 1837, on Sec. 36, in the town of Waukesha ; six years later, his father sold his farm in Waukesha and removed with his family to the town of Ottawa, where he and his wife afterward died. Osgood P., our preseot subject, made his home with his father, in the town of Ottawa, till 1851, when he removed to the town of Lomira, Dodge Co., and followed farming there till 1854 ; he then went to California, where he engaged in mining for two and a half years, after which, he returned to his family, in the town of Lomira, and continued farming there till October, 1869, when he bought his present farm of 158} acres, on Sec. 10, town of Summit, Waukesha Co. He was married, in February, 1851, to Lucy, daughter of George M. and Lorena Cobb, a native of Vermont ; she came with her parents to Wisconsin in 1836, and located at Oak Creek, Milwaukee Co. Mr. and Mrs. Chubb have had five children-Theodore, deceased ; Clarence, now in Clark Co., Wis. ; Ernest, deceased, and Lilla and Ernest, at home.

REV. A. S. COLE, D. D., President of the Nashotah House, and Professor of Pastoral Theology ; born in Windham Co., Conn., in 1818 ; his earlier education was in the Plainfield Academy, under the tutorship of John R. Witter, LL. D., a famous teacher of his time; in 1835, he entered Brown Conservatory, of Providence, R. L., and graduated from that institution in 1838, under the care of

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the Rev. Francis Wayland, D. D. ; he graduated from the General Theological Seminary of the Protest- ant Episcopal Church, New York City, in 1841, in the fall of the same year he became Rector of St. James' Church, Woonsocket, R. I., and, in 1845, Rector of St. Luke's, Kalamazoo, Mich. In December, 1849, he became Rector of St. Luke's, Racine, Wis .; in May, 1850, was elected President of Nashotah House, and Sept. 1 following, he entered upon the duties of that office ; in 1851, he was made Professor of Pastoral Theology, in addition to his work as President.

GEORGE COMSTOCK, farmer, Secs. 18 and 19; P. O., Oconomowoc; was born in the town of Woodstock, Windom Co., Conn., in 1812 ; his father, John Comstock, was a native of Rhode Island, and came to Connecticut, where he died, when his son George was about six years old ; his mother, Ruth Sayles, was also a native of Rhode Island, and came, after her marriage, to Connecticut ; when George reached his ninth year, he was hound out to a farmer, and made his home with him till he was 15 years old ; then was bound out to another, with whom he remained till 22; the following year he spent in Massachusetts, after which he returned to Connecticut, whence, in October, 1825, he went to Buffalo, N. Y., hut soon returned again to Connecticut, where, in the spring of 1826, he was married to Eliza, daughter of Daniel Paine, a native of Windham Co; they removed, immediately after marriage, to Oneida Co., N. Y., where he followed farming till 1846, and June 10, of that year, settled in the town of Summit, Waukesha Co., Wis., among its early settlers, locating at that time on his present farm, on Secs. 18 and 19, where he now owns 160 acres. Mr. Comstock has been a member of the Town Board for a number of years. His wife died July 26, 1860, leaving eight children-Mary, now the wife of W. D. Bradford, lives in Minnesota ; Emily, now Mrs. L. M. B. Smith, lives in Algona, Iowa; Margaret, now the wife of Samuel Smith, lives in Minnesota ; John D., deceased ; James, now in Algona, Iowa; Nancy, in Milwaukee ; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Don C. Westover, lives in Kansas, and George E., in Milwaukee ; his second marriage was May 27, 1869. to Esther A., daughter of Reuben Smith.

JAMES M. CRUMMEY, Sec. 35; P. O. Waterville; was born in New York City in 1824; his father, an extensive butcher of that city, kept his son, James M., employed in buying stock for the market. In 1840, the subject of this sketch emigrated to Wisconsin, and located at Milwaukee, where he was employed as ticket agent for a line from Buffalo, via Milwaukee, to Chicago, holding that position for about ten years ; he next engaged in the butcher business, hut was subsequently employed as ticket agent for the railroads then centering in Milwaukee ; the latter part of 1864, he went to Mississippi, and, for two years, was proprietor of a large cotton plantation, near Natchez; returning to Wisconsin, at the end of this time, he settled, with his family, on a farm of 320 acres in the town of Summit, which he had purchased in 1850; here he spent most of his time in farming till 1876, and since that time has been engaged in mining, at Lake City, Colo. He was married in 1850, to Amelia Sexton, of Darien N. Y., who came with her parents to Wisconsin when she was 10 years old ; their children are George P., James M. and Bernard A., now residing at home.

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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 138

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