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 140

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

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ELISHA MORRIS, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Oconomowoc ; was born in Madison Co., N. Y., June 6, 1817 ; his father, Mathias Morris, was a native of New York, and his mother, Sarah Lathrop, was a native of Connecticut ; in June, 1837, the family emigrated to Wisconsin, and were the first, as a family, to locate in the town of Oconomowoc, his mother and sisters being the first women in that town. His father making his home here for about fifteen years, removed to Winnebago Co., where he afterward died. Elisha, our subject, removed four years later to Sec. 4, town of Summit, where he lived nearly two years, and then removed to his present home, on Sec. 7, where he now owns 50 acres ; he enlisted, in 1861, in Co. H, 1st W. V. C., under Col. Daniels, and was with his regiment in the Army of the Tennessee and South until February, 1865, when he was mustered out of service at Nashville, Tenn ; he then returned to his home in Summit, and has since followed farming. He was married in 1842, to Martha, daughter of Eleazer and Susan Scripture, a native of New York, who died about 1847, leaving two children-Eugene, now in Harper Co., Kan .; Imogene, now the wife of James Chapin, of Chicago ; his second marriage was to Mary Harmon, widow of Benjamin Harmon, and daughter of Hiram and Sarah Howard, a native of Ver- mont ; they have two children-Byron, now in Chicago, and Alice, at home.

ANNIS NELSON, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Golden Lake; was born in Norway in 1835, and came with bis parents, Nels and Tullena Nelson, to Waukesha Co., Wis .; they were the second settlers in that part of the town of Summit ; arriving in July, 1843, they slept out doors till a pen of ironwood poles was substituted for a house, in December; their first house was logs, and built on the Norwegian plan, which was their home for a year or two, when their present home was erected; his father died here in 1871 ; his mother in April, 1879, leaving four sons-Annis, our subject, who now owns 100 acres in this town and in Jefferson Co. ; Marshall and Louis, in Oconomowoc, and Morten in California.

CAPT. THOMAS L. PARKER was born in the county of Kent, England, 1814; at the age of 13 years, he began spending his vacations at sea, and by the time he reached his 16th year, he had vis- ited the Azores and other Western Islands; when 16, he sailed up the Mediterranean on a two-year's voyage, visiting Greece, Turkey and other European countries; leaving his native country in the autumn of 1832, he sailed for America, and in the spring of 1834 went to Oswego, N. Y., where he was master of a vessel till 1841 ; removing then to Chicago, where he actively engaged in grain, warehouse and lake marine for many years ; coming to this city in August, 1874, on a visit, and finding the property which he now

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owns, about three miles east from the city, on Oconomowoc Lake, for sale, he purchased it about three months later, and now has one of the finest estates, if not the first, in Wisconsin.

JACOB REGULA, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Summit; was born in the Rhine Province, in Bavaria, in 1806 ; he began the wagon-maker's trade at the age of 15, and continued at this till 1832. He was married in 1831, to Philippine Voos, with whom, July, 1832, he sailed for America, landing at New York in August following, and soon after settled at Rome, Oneida Co .; here he continued his trade till 1838, when, September 1, of that year, he arrived in Milwaukee; leaving his wife at the last-mentioned place he proceeded to Summit, Waukesha Co., to find some friends who had gone before; while here he purchased a claim, being the southwest quarter of Sec. 14, and made improvements for his future home ; here he plied his trade for several years in connection with that of farming; he made the cradle that cut the first wheat in the town of Summit; he made the first well-buckets that were made in the town, and the coffin for the second burial that took place in Summit. Of later years he has devoted his time to farming. They have had children as follows, namely, Nicholas, Lovina and Lena deceased ; Elizabeth, now the wife of Charles Churchill ; Harriet, the late wife of Martin Coon, of Monroe Co., now deceased ; Lovina, wife of Theodore Hines, and lives in Nebraska; Eliza, wife of Frank Standard, and lives in Nebraska ; Jennie, now Mrs. Joseph Severling, and lives in Iowa; Jacob, now married and at home ; Charles at home.

BENJAMIN RISING, farmer, Secs. 23 and 24; P. O. Delafield; was born in Hampshire Co., Mass., in 1840; came to Milwaukee in 1860, and there engaged in the wholesale drug business till 1875, when he disposed of that, and bought his present farm of 145 acres, in the town of Summit. He was married at Berlin, Wis., to Lucy L. Ward, a native of Ohio ; their children are Benjamin, Grace, Arthur and Jessie.

ERNEST SCHWARGER, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Golden Lake; was born in Prussia in 1820 ; he emigrated to America in 1853, and located in Milwaukee, Wis., whence, in April, 1854, he settled on his present farm of 101 acres, in the town of Summit, Waukesha Co. Mr. S. was appointed Postmaster hy President Johnson, in November, 1865, and has been retained in that office at Golden Lake since that time. He was married in Prussia, in 1843, to Amelia Engelmann ; their children are Frank, who married Bagena Hauson, a native of Wisconsin-they now live on Sec. 31, Amelia ; Mina, the late Mrs. Michael Andrews, is dead.

FREDERICK SHEARSMITH, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Delafield; was born in Prussia in 1823, came to America in 1853, and stopped a short time in Milwaukee, when he came to the town of Summit, where he worked one and a half years for Mrs. Wieman ; he then went to the town of Sullivan, Jefferson Co., where he made his home till 1867, and after this returned to Summit, and located on his present farm of 87 acres. He was married in February, 1856, to Elizabeth Poller, a native of Prussia; their children are John, Frank, Annie, William, Louisa, Emma, Eddie and Mary Jane, who at this time reside with their parents.

SIDNEY F. SHEPARD, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Golden Lake; is a native of Rensselaer Co., N. Y .; born in 1821; he spent his time with his parents, Charles and Mercy Shepard, till 1842, when, in the autumn of that year, he emigrated to Wisconsin, and located in the town of Lagrange, Wal- worth Co. ; there he spent five years at the carpenter and joiner's trade. He was married in the town of Vernon, Waukesha Co., Feb. 1, 1849, to Hannab, daughter of Asher and Jane Stillwell, who was a native of New Jersey, and came with her parents to Waukesha, Wis., in 1839, where her father afterward died; her mother now lives in Kilbourn City. Soon after marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Shepard settled in the town of Vernon, where he followed farming till the spring of 1872, when he removed to his present farm of 200 acres in the town of Summit. Mrs. Shepard died Dec. 15, 1865, leaving five children, having had six- Elliot W., who died at the age of 10 years ; Isadora J., now Mrs. William Boundy, and lives in Oconomowoc ; Theron, now in Iowa ; Elmore, Sidney L. and Florence M. are at home. His second marriage was June 15, 1866, to Armatha, daughter of William and Catharine Stillwell, a cousin to his first wife; their children are Ada H., Myra M., Eva A., Catharine F. and Charles.

HENRY STOHMANN, proprietor of the Golden Lake House ; was born in Hanover in 1813; he emigrated to America in 1840, and spent two years as coachman in New York City ; he then came to Waukesha Co., Wis., and located on Sec. 28, town of Summit, where he engaged in farming till 1874; he then became proprietor of the Golden Lake House, which he has since managed. He was married in New York City, in 1842, to Mary Berns, a native of England, who died in 1870 ; his second marriage was to Miss Catharine Meyer. a native of Germany, she having one son, Henry Meyer, now in Nebraska.

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CAPT. E. S. STONE, Secs. 9 and 16; P. O. Oconomowoc ; is a native of Wayne Co., N. Y., horn in 1825 ; his parents, Hinman and Mary (Stevens) Stone, were natives of Connecticut, and removed soon after their marriage as early settlers to Wayne Co., N. Y. Our subject spent the first fourteen years of his life with his father on the farm, and then began sailing on Lake Ontario, which he continued dur- ing two summers ; in Sept., 1842, he landed in Milwaukee, then a lad of 17 years, to seek his fortune in the wilds of Wisconsin ; with his wardrobe carefully done up in a bandaona handkerchief, he came on foot to the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co., where he found employment with Jacob Suttin at rail-making ; during his stay at this place he made a claim, but by reason of his minority he was unable to hold it. In the spring of 1843 he returned to Milwaukee and began sailing with Capt. Calvin Ripley, whose vessel was engaged in the lumber trade between Milwaukee and Manistee, Mich., which he followed for two seasons ; with the first fifty dollars he earned he bought 40 acres of land in the town of Brookfield and built a house on it ; he afterward sold the above and bought the farm of Capt. Ripley in the town of Greenfield, Mil- waukee Co., though at this period he spent most of his time on the lakes ; in 1853 he removed to Milwau- kee, where, still being interested in sailing, he was one of the first members of the Board of Trade, and has ever since been connected with that body ; in 1857 he bought his present farm, " Cedar Beach," of 160 acres, on Secs. 9 and 16 on the east bank of Silver Lake, town of Summit, which has been the home of his family. Capt. Stone has been a member of the Town Board for three terms; a member of the Wis- consin Assembly in 1873 from his district in Waukesha Co. He was married in 1852 to Nancy, daughter of Deacon George McWhorter, a native of Salem, N. Y., who emigrated to Wisconsin with her parents io 1836 ; their children are Percy F., a commission merchant in Milwaukee; Ella, now the wife of Theo- dore F. Leavitt, lives at Sioux Falls, D. T. ; Jennie L., at home ; F. Paul, in railroad business in Milwau- kee ; Louis J. and Alice, now at home.

G. W. VAN BRUNT, farmer, Sec. 34 : stock-raiser and proprietor of the Springdale Summer Resort ; P. O. Waterville ; was born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., in July, 1830, and with his parents immigrated to Wisconsin in May, 1846. They located on a farm in the town of Burnett, Dodge Co., where our subject followed farming till 1861; he then removed to Horicon, where he was engaged in the manufacture of the Van Brunt Seeder, of which he was the inventor and patentee; in 1870, he sold out his interest in the Seeder works, and in 1873 bought his present farm of 320 acres. He was married in Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1853, to Miss Jane Head ; they have two children, Elvie, now Mrs. E. V. Beals, of Milwaukee, and Charles B., who is now married and lives on the farm with his father.

GEO. H. WATKINS, farmer, Secs. 8 and 9; P. O. Oconomowoc; is a native of Philadel- phia; was born in 1840; he came with his father, William Watkins, to Milwaukee in 1855, and was there engaged in the manufacture of brick from 1869 till August 1878, when he purchased the Highland farm of 80 acres, on Secs. 8 and 9, town of Summit, Waukesha Co., and has since engaged in farming. He was married in Milwaukee, in 1876, to Miss Jessie, daughter of John Roberts, of that city.

DR. L. W. WEEKS, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Oconomowoc; was born in Caledonia Co., Vt., in 1805 ; his father, Lemuel Weeks, was a native of Massachusetts, and removed to Hardwick, Caledonia Co., Vt., in 1802, and followed farming till his death ; his mother, Fannie Wheeler, was also a native of Massachusetts, and was connected with a family that was prominent in the Revolutionary war ; the Dr. received an academic education, after which he took up the study of medicine and graduated from the Medical Academy of Castleton, Rutland Co., Vt., in 1828; he immediately entered upon the practice of his profession at Ticonderoga, N. Y. ; a year later he removed to Keysville, N. Y., and continued the practice of medicine till 1836 ; in June of that year he arrived in Milwaukee, then a small hamlet, and where he afterward made his home till 1875. In 1838 or 1839, he was appointed deputy U. S. Marshal at that place, in which position he was retained for several years ; he was one of the Rock River Canal Commissioners in 1838-39 ; was a member of the City Council of Milwaukee for many years, serving several terms as President of the same body. In July, 1836, he, in company with a party, came on foot through this part of the country, going to Hustisford, Dodge Co., looking for a fall in Rock River. Thence they went to Madison, and while there he entered 1,000 acres of land in Dane Co; he returned then to Milwaukee, and afterward became one of the most extensive dealers in real estate in that city ; in 1875, he bought his present farm of 50 acres in Sec. 10, town of Summit, Waukesha Co., where he has since engaged in breeding the Jersey stock. He was married in Montpelier, Vt., in 1829, to Mary, daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Bradbury ) Sands, a native of Maine ; their children are Horace S., now mer- chant in New York City, and Mary, now the wife of George Jones, of Pine Lake, Waukesha Co.

DANIEL WILLIAMS, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Summit ; born in the town of Exeter, Otsego Co., N. Y., June 22, 1829. His father, Sherman Williams, was a native of that town and

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county, and followed farming there till his death, which occurred in November, 1857. Our present subject spent his summers at farming and winters at teaching, till he was 28 years old ; in 1857, he came to Wisconsin, purchased a farm of 161} acres on Sec. 27, in the town of Summit, Waukesha Co., to which he, with his father, expected to remove at once, but the death of the latter prevented his return to Wis- consin for two years. He was married iu 1857, to Lucy C. Beach, with whom he came to Wisconsin in 1859 ; in August, 1869, his wife died, leaving three children, Esther, Amanda and Mary. Mr. Williams was town Superintendent of schools in 1862 ; he has been a member of the Town Board for three years ; Chairman of the same for two years ; Town Clerk eleven years ; Assessor one year ; Census enumerator for three terms, 1865, 1875 and 1880 ; Justice of the Peace in his town for twelve years, and Secretary and Treasurer of the town Insurance Company since its organization in 1874. His second marriage was June 11, 1879, to Lovina, daughter of O. W. Thornton, town of Medina, Dane Co., Wis.

JOHN WILLIAMS, farmer, Sec. 23, 148 acres; P. O. Summit; was born in Cardigan- shire, South Wales, in 1815; he is the son of John and Elizabeth Williams, with whom he spent his time at farming till 1841, when he was married to Catharine Jones; May 31, 1847, they sailed for America; landed at Quebec July 29 following ; August 11, they reached Milwaukee, and the 15th day of the same month, they came to the town of Genesee, Waukesha County, and on the 7th day of October of that year settled on Sec. 29, town of Ottawa, where he made his home till 1859, when he removed to the town of Sullivan, Jefferson Co., and ten years later, came to his present home in the town of Summit ; Mrs. Williams died in 1866 ; his second marriage was in 1867, to Martha, daughter of John and Elizabeth Williams, a native of Wales, and emigrated to Wisconsin with her parents in 1854 ; her first marriage was to John R. Williams, who died in Milwaukee in 1861, leaving her with two children-John R. and Margaret.

ROBERT WILLIAMS, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Waterville ; was born in Caernarvonshire, North Wales, October 1816 ; he emigrated to America in 1846, and located in the town of Genesee, Waukesha Co., Wis., where he followed farming till 1873; he then bought his present farm of 220 acres in the town of Summit. He was married in Caernarvonshire, Wales, in 1840, to Sidney Jones; their children are Sydney, now the wife of Robert Edwards, of the town of Delafield, Waukesha Co .; Catharine and Jane at home ; the above three were born in Wales ; John, Ann and Owen born in Wisconsin and now at home.

TOWN OF EACLE.

C. B. BANNISTER, homoeopathic physician, Eagle; born in Pownal, Bennington Co., Vt., April 6, 1817; after graduating at Union Academy, Bennington, he managed his mother's farm a few years, and in 1839, went to Madison Co., N. Y .; began the study of medicine with Dr. Samuel Fuller, but, owing to impaired health, gave it up and bought grain for a short time in Fayetteville, N. Y .; returning to his native State, he farmed it there two or three years, and, in April, 1845, settled in Mukwonago on a farm ; resumed his medical studies with Dr. L. Nash and practiced while owning the farm, which he sold in 1866 and, at the request of several residents, settled in Eagle, where he has since resided in active and successful practice. Married, 1841, Miss Maria W. Lawrence, of Saratoga Co., N. Y., who died June 20, 1878, leaving two children-Charles, who enlisted in February 1865, in the 46th W. V. I., serving until the close of hostilities ; he married Miss Esther Morrow, of West Troy, Wis., and has three sons-Harvey, Byron C. and Charles, Jr .; is now a railroad man in Troy Center, Wis .; his only sister, Venora, died Aug. 23, 1878. The Doctor married Miss Mary P. Rowland, of Chester County, Penn., July 9, 1879. In politics Democratic, he was Superintendent of Schools and Town Commissioner under the old system, besides serving on school boards,, juries, etc. Dr. Bannister well represents the energetic type of the pioneers from New England.

JONATHAN BETTS, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Eagle; born in Elsen, Norfolk, England, September 1813; came to America in 1830, and, after four years spent in Rome, N. Y., removed to La Salle Co., Ill. ; engaged in stage-driving in Illinois and Indiana about three years; settled in Eagle July 12, 1838, in company with F. Draper, they buying and farming 240 acres together till 1841, when Mr. Betts, took eighty acres on the east side of the road; he has since bought eighty acres of Government land. These were about the first men to locate in these parts, and, as they had six yoke of cattle, soon became known throughout the town, Mr. B. driving breaking team about five years and turning over thousands of acres of Wisconsin virgin soil; his first furrow turned on Sec. 28, and his first twenty acres of wheat

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sown among the burr oaks which sparsely covered their claim. Feb. 17, 1844, he married Miss Lucina Ewer, a native of Marcellus, Wayne Co., N. Y., he having previously lived with the Draper family in their log house. When Mr. Betts built his barn, he bought the lumber from the first large consignment, ever sent over the M. & P. du C. R. R. Mr. and Mrs. B. have seven living children-Mary J., Susan A., Alice M., Melissa A., Charles M., Fremont A. and Daisy L. ; the elder son, a carpenter by trade, married; Dec. 30, 1879, Miss Jennie Coulter, a native of the State of New York and a resident of Troy Center ; the younger son is also on the old homestead, and all are Republicans in politics.

E. L. BOVEE, merchant, Eagle ; born in Amsterdam, Montgomery Co., N. Y., in 1833 ; son of M. J. and Elizabeth M. Bovee, who settled in Mukwonago, June 8, 1843, locating on a farm now owned by Joseph Sprague, in 1844; there were nine children-Sarah J., Emily M., Benedict A., William .R., Marvin H., Elizabeth, Holsey W., Edward L. and Hattie M. Mathias J. Bovee was one of the historic pioneers of Waukesha Co .; a staunch Democrat he had held many positions prior to his election to the U. S. House of Representatives, during Jackson's administration ; selling his farm he finally settled in the village of Eagle, where he died Sept. 12, 1872, aged 79; his wife still lives to furnish this sketch, in good health, at 87. E. L. Bovee resided on the farm until Nov. 4, 1876, when he began business in Eagle, dealing exclusively in groceries, and doing a good business at the manufacture of sausage during the winters. Married in Eagle, Nov. 4, 1859, Miss Elizabeth B. Hellier, a native of Bradford, England ; they have five children - Dewit C., Herbert and Halsey twins, Marvin and Emily L. Mr. Bovee is a Democrat.

M. F. BRADY, farmer, Secs. 9 and 10; P. O. Eagle ; born in Leahary, County Cavan, Ireland Nov. 1, 1818; came to America in 1842, locating in Kirkland, Oneida Co., N. Y .; during his first harvest hiere he worked for $8 per month, taking " store pay ;" from this time until 1855, he worked for three dfferent men, but on the same section, a slow and hard but sure way to get his start in life; reaching Eagle in the fall of 1855, Mr. Brady bought 160 acres, which is still his; on this was a 12x12 log house, where he and wife lived several years, doing the honors of a new country to the many " Down East " friends who called upon them in looking out homes for themselves, often keeping ten or a dozen over night in this narrow house with its leaky rouf of warped oak shakes ; as a result of this lowly beginning, Mr. B. has his farm well improved, several good barns, one costing $600, and a large and well-built farm house; not a bad showing for the young man who reached America penniless. Married in Kirkland, in 1852, Miss Catherine McCabe, of his native town; they have six children-Thomas J., John J., Peter, Mary A., Katie and Maggie J. The family are Roman Catholics, Mr. Brady having served as Supervisor twelve or fifteen years, also serving on Grand and Petit Juries, and as Justice of the Peace; in politics votes independently.

HENRY BURNELL, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. North Prairie; born in 1832, in Yorkshire, England; son of John and Ann (Walgate) Burnell, who came to America in 1834, and to Waukesha Co. in 1837, his father having bought Government land in Mukwonago, in 1836, where the subject of this sketch resided until 1859, when he began with 70 acres of his present farm of 305; besides enlarging his farm, Mr. Burnell has built the largest basement barn in Eagle, 30x96, besides a spacious and elegant resi- dence; has brought this land to a high state of cultivation, set out shade and ornamental trees and made a most successful record as one of Waukesha County's progressive farmers; is an attendant of the M. E. Church, and a Democrat in politics.

JOHN BURDEN, farmer ; Sec. 24; P. O. Eagle; born in Cornwall, England, Aug. 25, 1816 ; son of John and Sorda (Roe) Burden ; spent his early life in England, and married Miss Mary Ann, daughter of Thomas Mathers, in 1841 ; they came to America in 1857, with a family of seven children- John, Samuel, Mary A., Grace, Edward, William and Susanna (a twin born with William deceased) ; Celia, the youngest, was born in Palmyra, where the family lived for the first two years. Removing to the town of Waukesha, he paid $50 down for 80 acres of land, this leaving him 25 cents ; at the end of nine well- spent years, he exchanged farms with Hy Kipp, and by giving him a $7,000 mortgage, obtained his valu- able farm of 232 acres ; Mr. Burden paid 100 cents on every dollar of this debt, and has just bought 128 acres more of W. B. Sprague; Mr. B. had to borrow $12.50 in order to remove his family from Milwaukee to Palmyra, 23 years ago; his flock of over 200 merino sheep is second to none in the town, their average clip per head in 1879 being seven pounds. Mr. B. is a Democrat, his family attending the M. E. Church, Eagle.

WILLIAM CRANK, butcher and saloon, Eagle; born in Eagle, Waukesha Co., Wis., Dec. 22, 1852 ; is a son of Anton and Agatha Crank, who settled here in 1845 or 1846; having lost both parents at 14, Mr. Crank learned the trade of butcher, and followed it one year in Eagle ; he then spent a year in Chippewa Falls, Wis., and, on his return, was in the employ of W. A. Vanderpool

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one year, and, in 1874, opened a saloon of his own, where he is now located, though he occupied part of the Eagle Hotel about four years; in March, 1879, he built his large two-story saloon ; he also owns a house and lot near it. He married, Oct. 22, 1872, Miss Alsina Marcley, of Eagle, whose parents were also early settlers here.

LAMBERT COLYER, farmer ; P. O. Eagle; born in Sullivan, Madison Co., N. Y., 1819. When of school-boy age, Mr. Colyer was at work in the pineries of his native State, living and working there in Onondaga and Oswego Counties till 1840, when he made his first visit to Wisconsin, buying 120 acres of Government land in Secs, 10 and 15, Mukwonago; returning to New York State that fall, he stayed there until 1843, when he came with his wife to Milwaukee ; his first business in the West was in teaming through Wisconsin and Northern Illinois, with a horse team ; it often required ten hours to drive fourteen miles in the Milwaukee woods, he carrying many a load of supplies to the Indians in the region of Winnebago Lake, and many a family into the wilds to begin pioneer life ; a favorite feeding-place with him used to be the open prairie, now the site of Juneau, carrying his own provisions and horse-feed, and using an open wagon; this was the way in which he earned enough to make a beginning on his land, which he did in the fall of 1845; the hardships endured by a man who left home and began life's battle at 19, nerved him for his work here, and, as a result of this, he has the old Mukwonago farm, every acre of which has been cultivated, with a large house and two good barns, 10 acres of timber in Veruon, and the old Sherman estate, 144 acres; the family residence here is a large two-story hip-roofed house, with wings, fitted up in modern style, besides all needed barns, carriage-house, etc. ; his Pierce County farm was recently sold for $6,000. Few have done better than this man who reached Wisconsin thirty-seven years ago, with just $15. He married, in 1840, Miss Martha Cunningham, who died in 1879, leaving eight children-Francis A., William Lee, Mary J., Charles H., Elgathe. Martha, De Witt C. and Delia E .; on the 15th of March, 1880, Mr. Colyer married Mrs. Sarah Holmes, a resident of East Troy, and a native of Oswego Co., N. Y.

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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 140

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