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 143

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

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(appointed) then elected Justice of the Peace several years; elected Chairman in 1865 and held that office eight successive years ; in 1874 he was elected Register of Deeds and held that office two years. He has the best of stock on his farm ; high-grade Durham cattle, Cotswold sheep and a Clyde stallion, Netherby Jock, Jr., weighing 1700 pounds, and a young stallion sired by the famous Johnny Coope, the heaviest horse in America, which weighs 2450 pounds, now owned by Col. Holloway of Monmouth, Ill.

JAMES McENENY, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Muskego Center ; born June 17, 1821, in County Monahan, Ireland ; his parents, Bryan and Margeret, emigrated in 1823, located in New York City, where the son engaged in the coal business until 1859, when he settled on Sec. 23, Muskego, where his wife (formerly Anne Dillon), and his mother, died early in 1860; he removed, in 1861, to his present farm of 107 acres. Married, in 1862, Miss Mary Conroy, who was born in County Louth, Ireland ; they have ten children-Margaret, Thomas, John, Hugh, William, Barney, Redwin, Patrick, Mary and Cath- erine ; the first wife left two sons-James and Edward. The family are Catholics. Mr. McEneny is a Democrat, and has been for fourteen years Treasurer of District No. 2; he has done good work as a farmer, having cleared about 45 acres, and built a good frame house, in place of the log one of nineteen years ago.

JOHN McSHANE, farmer ; Sec. 12; P. O. St. Martin's, Milwaukee Co. ; was born in Sep. tember, 1836, in New York City ; his parents, Michael and Rosanna, natives of Ireland ; came to New York in 1828 and settled in Muskego in 1842; Mr. McShane bought ont the heirs and has owned the 92-acre homestead since 1861. Married Miss Catherine Hackett, who was born in Milwaukee; they have eight children-Mary E., James, Maggie, John, Bernard, Katie, Edward and Ellen, all born in Muskego. Mr. McShane is a Roman Catholic and a Democrat ; was town Treasurer in 1865 and 1866. His father died in 1843; his mother married Owen Carey, and lives near him ; Mr. McShane is a noted breeder of horses ; his first horse, Young Plow Boy, sired by old Blackhawk ; was owned by him from 1862 to 1867; in 1866 he bought Young Robin Hood, sired by imported Old Robin Hood ; in September, 1878, he bought, near Ottawa, Canada, the splendid imported horse, Honest Sandy ; this horse is a beautiful dapple brown, seventeen hands high and weighs 1,800 pounds ; his stock, found among the best breeders of Washington Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth and Waukesha Counties, prove him to be the best horse in the State. Honest Sandy took three prizes at the Centennial, viz. : the International, the United States and a special award, and never fails to carry off the prize he competes for ; his owner now has a belt on which are seventeen medals and cups, won by this noble horse, as prizes.

HENRY M. PECK, farmer; Sec. 16 ; P. O. Muskego Center ; born near Whitehall, New York, May 5, 1827 ; his parents, Romanta and Polly (Durgin) Peck, both Vermonters, settled in 1835 in Mendon, Monroe Co., N. Y., where Henry M. lived until 1837 ; his brother, Rufus C., made claims for himself and a brother, W. D., in Muskego during 1836; and in May 1837, R. C., and Henry M. Peck set- tled on Sec. 8; here the pioneer brothers worked together nine years; the first summer was spent in a 12x13 claim-shanty ; in this, were R. C. Peck, wife and two children, besides Henry M. Peck ; they lived under a bark roof on a puncheon floor ; cooked in a small tin " baker," and in kettles hung on poles over a fire-place, backed up with mud and stones ; only blankets hung in the door and window- openings to separate them from the wolves howling outside ; in 1846, Mr. Peck bought eighty acres of the very heavy timber on Sec. 16; one tree cut by him here was eighteen feet in circumference; he now owns 150 acres, of which 90 have been literally chopped out; the timber at first burned in " log heaps," was at a later day sold as cordwood and lumber ; the log-house of early days was replaced in 1873 by e tasteful brick farmhouse, and a good barn, etc., built. He married Miss Harriet, daughter of John and Lucy Post ; Mrs. Peck was born in England, her parents coming to America when she was three years old, and were early settlers in Muskego, where they began with just five cents and made a good record. Mr. and Mrs. Peck have nine children-Josephine, Oscar, Henry F., Eva, Michael, Nellie G., Hazen, Dora and Ada, all born in Muskego; Mr. Peck is an attendant of the local churches; a Republican and was town Treasurer once, and Supervisor twice.

HAZEN PECK, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Big Bend ; born April 21, 1817, in Starksboro, Vt., in 1823, his parents, Romanta and Sarah Peck, settled in Washington Co., N. Y., where he resided until he was seventeen, thence to Genesee Co., N. Y., where he remained until October, 1848, when he came to Muskego ; a month later he bought his present farm of seventy-six acres ; forty were broken ; the barn built, a good log honse, and part of the house he has since enlarged and made so good a home ; he has also cleared twenty acres of the original heavy timber ; improved the land, re-sided the barn, etc. Married Eliza Allen, who was born March 26, 1820, in Mendon, Monroe Co., N. Y. Their oldest son, Allen, born in Mendon, came West with them. enlisted in Co. G. 28th W. V. I., served a year and

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died at Duvall's Bluff, Ark. The four living sons are all Badger born ; Harvey, born June 27, 1850, Hiram, May 9, 1854, Edgar, June, 12, 1856, George, April 9, 1861. Mr. Peck, like all true Green Mountain Boys, is an old Whig Republican ; was a supervisor one year and lacked only one vote of a re-election at the advent of the Democratic power in Muskego, and has since refused all nominations.

C. L. PELLMANN, farmer, Secs. 2 aud 11; P. O. Tess Corners ; born Sept. 30, 1813, in Prussia ; came to America in June, 1846, and settled in the woods of Milwaukee Co., having made a visit to Illinois, during the heated season, and become homesick ; he lived seven years in Milwaukee Co. with Indians for neighbors ; a little daughter (since dead) was stolen by the Indians. Mrs. Pellmann, warned by a white man, gave chase, overtook the Indians and rescued the child ; as young Pellmann says, " The Indians had red babies enough, and wanted a white one." In early times Mr. Pellmann used to travel by the aid of blazed trees ; he began in Muskego on 40 acres, in a small log house (still standing) then shut in by the woods, through which were only tracks, no roads laid out near him ; his 40 acres, with some stock and tools, cost him $700; the farm contains now 106 acres, well improved, a good brick house, and a 30x86x24 basement barn has been built and great changes made since 1846. He mar. ried Miss Jane Ludwig in 1838 ; they have six children-Freidericka, Frederick, Minnie, born in Ger- many, Richard, Paul and Louis, born in this country. Richard and Paul are on the homestead, Paul having married Minnie Bluhm ; Lonis is with the old folks at Tess Corners, where they have lived since 1877. and own 22 acres. The Pellmanns are liberal in politics.

HENRY ROSENBERG, merchant and Postmaster, Tess Corners ; born in 1830 in Bavaria ; his parents, Christian and Margaret, emigrated in 1835, and lived twenty years in New York City ; here Mr. R. learned his trade of brass finisher ; lived three years in Albany and two in Troy, N. Y .; came to Tess Corners in 1861, bought his store, and did business until Sept. 13, 1864, when, as one of the 6th W. V. I., he went South ; was with his regiment at Hatcher's Run, Five Forks, Gravel Run, etc., in the fights on the Weldon Railroad, and with Sheridan when he overhauled Lee and held him at bay at Appomattox ; since the close of the war, Mr. R. has done a mercantile and saloon business at Tess Corners, having rebuilt and improved the old store ; has been Postmaster since January, 1867. Married April 6, 1856, Miss Caroline Seasongood ; she was born in Saxony, and came to America in 1854; they have three children-George S., Henry and Augusta; the eldest son has been Town Clerk two years, and took the United States census in Muskego in 1880 ; he was born in 1858, in New York City ; the other children were born in Muskego; Henry is now a bricklayer in Milwaukee. The family are Lutherans and Democrats.

JOHN SCHMIDT, farmer, Secs. 1, 4 and 33; P. O. Tess Corners ; born April 23, 1833, in Wirschweiler, Prussia ; his parents, Peter and Katrina Schmidt, settled in Muskego in June, 1846, the second German family in the town ; Mrs. S. died April 16, 1869, and her husband Oct. 6, 1874. John Schmidt attended the schools of both Prussia and Muskego ; has been a lifelong farmer; owns 260 acres and a good home; is a stanch Democrat ; was Town Treasurer in 1857 and 1858; Assessor from 1865 to 1878 ; has been Chairman since for three years, and was a member of the State Legislature in 1864 and 1880 ; his official record is most satisfactory to the people of Muskego, and one of which he may be proud. He was married Sept. 25, 1857, to Mary Wollman ; she was born in German Bohemia, and accompanied her parents, Franz and Barbara Wollman, to America, in 1852. Mr. and Mrs. S. have eleven children-Emilie, Mary, John, Henry, Christian, Leda, William, Jacob, Ella, Peter and Frank, all born in Muskego. The family are Lutherans. For the past twenty-eight years, Mr. S. has been a breeder of excellent horses ; Netherby Jock, purchased by him in 1872, in Canada, was the best Clydes- dale ever imported ; he died in Waukesha, in 1874; Mr. S. has owned many others of wide repute as stock getters, but has been very unfortunate, having lost five by death ; he now owns Young Princeton, a Norman weighing 1,600 pounds, and Netherby Jock, Jr., sired by the old horse, and weighing 1,300 pounds ; he also owns the pure bred Durham bull Nonesuch, bought of and bred by Gov. Ludington, and a herd of grade cattle ; is also agent for J. I. Case and other leading manufacturers of first-class machinery.

JOHN C. SCHUET, merchant and Postmaster, Muskego ; born Jan. 5, 1840, in Mecklenburg, Germany ; he attended school in youth as do all Germans, and was two years a student of the Dargun high school ; his parents, Christian and Mary Schuet, emigrated in 1857, locating at Tess Corners, where his father followed his trade of stonemason. John C. clerked two years in Milwaukee; was a year in charge of the store at Tess Corners, then went to St. Louis and remained eighteen months in busi- ness ; he returned to Muskego in 1860, and the next spring opened the store, hotel and saloon, which he has since enlarged to keep pace with his growing business; he has the only hotel in the town, and

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carries a very complete general stock of goods ; has been Postmaster since 1861. Enlisted in 1864 in the 6th W. V. I., and served through with Grant, fighting at Hatcher's Run, Five Forks, Gravel Run, on the Weldon Railroad, and was with Sheridan when he grappled Lee at Appomattox. Mr. S. is a Repub- lican ; was elected County Clerk in 1871 and 1872 ; Register of Deeds in 1873 and 1874, and Chairman of Muskego in 1877. He married Carrie Horn, a native of Franklin, Milwaukee Co .; they have three sons-Otto, George and Frank-all born in Muskego.

ARNOLD STALLMAN, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Muskego Center; born in Bassom, Hanover, 1828; his father, Ernest S., was in public office in the hardware business, and an extensive farmer ; his wife dying in 1847, he married again, and in 1849 brought his family to America, bought a farm in Greenfield, Milwaukee Co., Wis., where Arnold lived four years ; he is a tinsmith by trade, and made a trip through Illinois, Missouri, Louisiana and Indiana; returning, he worked at his trade two years for the Nazro Bros., Milwaukee ; farmed it seven years in Waterloo, Jefferson Co., then settled on his present farm of 80 acres ; the former owners were Gutherie, Garvin and Christie, and only 40 acres were poorly cleared ; the buildings were a wreck ; land full of stones, etc. Mr. S. has worked here fifteen years, has 66 acres cleared of all obstructions, over which he can run a reaper ; has rebuilt the house, built a 30x46 basement barn and made a good record. He was married Feb. 4, 1856, to Johanna Roemer, a Prussian by birth, who came to Milwaukee Co. in 1847 ; of their eleven children, Arnold was born in Milwaukee ; Eliza, Frances, Charles and Pauline were born in Waterloo; Anna, Louis, Adolph, Emma, Julia and Laura were born in Muskego. The Stallmans are an historic old German family, as may be seen by a record now in Mr. Stallman's house ; probably an older record cannot be found in Waukesha Co. Mr. S. is a Republican and a member of Bismarck Lodge, No. 193, I. O. O. F.

SOLOMON VANDEWALKER, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Big Bend; born in Minden, Montgomery Co., N. Y., Sept. 2, 1830 ; his parents soon after moved to Brownville, Jefferson Co., N. Y., where he grew to manhood, attending the common and select schools; also taught six terms of school ; in 1854, he came to Milwaukee, engaging in the mercantile and livery business until the fall of 1856 ; then, with a few buggies, harness, etc., from his livery, and only $100 in cash, he came to Muskego and bought 40 acres, but would have lost it had not his uncle, Daniel Vandewalker, generously mortgaged his farm to raise means to make the payment; success has since attended him ; he now owns 157 acres as a homestead, which is well improved with excellent buildings ; Mr. Vandewalker also owns 155 acres on Sec. 8, and 10 acres of marsh on Sec. 20; he has taught in the districts around him eighteen terms of school, and as he began in debt and in a log house twenty-four years ago, his record is certainly good. He married, June 3, 1856, Miss Maria, daughter of D. Vandewalker ; she was born in Manlius, Onon- daga Co., N. Y .; they have three children-Charley C., D. Edgar, and Orley S., all born on this farm. Mr. V. is a Republican, and was Town Superintendent of Schools under the old system ; is also serving his fourth term as Secretary of the Vernon Union Protective Society.

HENRY R. WELCH, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. O. Muskego Center ; born in Dexter, Mich.> July 19, 1839 ; that fall his father, John Welch, made his first visit to Wisconsin, with an'ox team, by way of Chicago, and spent the winter in Milwaukee; his wife (formerly Anne Richmond), joined him the next summer, and during the summer of 1840, John Welch, following a line of blazed trees, came into Muskego and bought at Government price the present Welch homestead ; returned to Milwaukee and spent the year in helping grade the first streets with Mat. Galligan, who, with a family, accompanied the Welch family to Muskego for permanent settlement in 1841 ; they began in a log house, and did good work among the giant timber ; hay was cut, cured, and hauled to Milwaukee, and traded for goods the same day, and to reward the pioneer work, the farm of 50 acres is now under cultivation, a good two- story frame house has replaced the log house. John Welch died Oct. 6, 1872, leaving his widow and eight children-William and Stephen (twins), Charles, Samantha, Henry R. and Mary (twins), Thomas and James. Henry R. Welch attended the early schools and lived in Muskego until the fall of 1864, when he enlisted in Co. F, 44th W. V. I .; was engaged in the terrible and decisive battle of Nashville, and served until his honorable discharge, July, 1865; his brothers, Thomas, James and William, were in the employ of the Government, and Stephen was a volunteer in the 12th W. V. I. H. R. Welch married, in St. Paul's Church, Milwaukee, Feb. 24, 1873, Miss Mary Eagan ; she was born in Muskego, and is a daughter of M. and C. (Doyle) Eagan ; they have four children-Edward, William, John and Mary ; the eldest was born at Bay View, Wis., where Mr. W. worked from 1873 to 1876 in the rolling- mills. Mr. W. is a Republican and was one term a Supervisor ; a Roman Catholic in religion.

ADOLPH WOLLMER, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Tess Corners ; born Aug. 22, 1837, near Otterndorf, Hanover ; his parents, Peter N. and Sophia W., emigrated in 1847, locating on a farm in

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Greenfield, Milwaukee Co., where Adolph remained until 1866; he then located on his farm of 94 acres ; has cleared it of the stumps of the original timber, and built, in 1873, a large and pleasant farmhouse ; has also enlarged the original barn, it now being 30x80, and built one 26x30. Married Miss Meena, daughter of C. L. Pellman ; she was born in Saxony ; they have five children-Tillie, Rudolph, Amanda, Edward and Ella, all born on the home farm. Mr. W. is a live farmer; formerly bred horses, but at present is raising grain ; politics, Democrat.

CHARLES WOLLMAN, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Tess Corners ; born in Hannig, German Bohemia, April 26, 1839; his parents, Franz and Barbara Wollman, came to America fn 1852, and located in Muskego. Charles Wollman settled on 86 acres of his farm in 1864; it was covered with stumps and stone-piles, and almost without buildings; during these sixteen years, Mr. W. has built a 35x60 and a 30x36 barn, and a large and tasteful brick farmhouse, the main part of which is 28x30 and two stories high ; the wing is 25x28, one and a half stories ; also built a stone and brick granary and hog-house ; these, with the smaller buildings, make almost a village; his farmyard is inclosed by a solid stone wall five and a half feet high ; his land, in three locations, comprises 126 acres, and is well improved. He married, June 10, 1864, Miss Charlotte Schmidt, daughter of Peter Schmidt; they have seven children-Charles, Louisa, Emma, Frank, Eda, Tilda and Sarab, all born on the homestead made so valuable by the labor and good management of the parents. No one in Waukesha County has done better work in improvements, in the same time, than has Charley Wollman ; politics, Republican.

FRANCIS WOLLMAN, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Tess Corners ; born in Reignberg, German Bohemia, in 1811 ; his father, Anton, was a doctor and a large farmer. Francis attained a good educa- tion, knows four languages, and learned the farrier's profession in Germany ; he fought on the patriot side through the rebellion of 1848, and can show scars of sword, bayonet and bullet wounds then received ; he assessed three Bohemian towns in 1850, and collected the taxes in them ; and served three and a half years as Supervisor, resigning a week before coming to America in 1852, with his wife, formerly Barbara Ehrlich, born 1813, in Reignberg, locating the same year on his homestead of 110 acres; it was then a wilderness of heavy timber, except 15 acres of stumps ; they began in a leaky log house ; were stricken with ague, and we can hardly blame Mrs. W., who had left an elegant home, for being heartsick and homesick ; they kept on, and the large and pleasant home, with a number of large and well-filled barns, is the reward. Mr. W. has prospered well, and has given each of his children $1,000 in land or money ; he has owned over 400 acres ; has also followed the practice of veterinary surgery with the best of success, over a wide range in all adjoining towns, and even in Milwaukee. Mr. and Mrs. Wollman have six children-Frank, Mary, Charles, Annie, Julia and William, all born in Bohemia; Anthony and Emilie (born in Muskego), are dead ; Frank is in a store in Appleton, Wis .; William, only, remains with the old folks ; he married Sarah Baass.

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E. F. BENNETT, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Greenfield, Milwaukee Co., Wis .; born in the town of Onondaga, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Oct. 11, 1816 ; his father, Ezra Bennett, born in Rhode Island, followed the sea for years prior to settling in New York in 1815 ; he was finally lost at sea ; his mother, marrying again, settled and died in Canada. Mr. B. was reared by one J. C. Stanton, came to Wisconsin in 1839, and bought a farm in Greenfield, and spent two years chopping and clearing ; then settled on his present location ; thirty-nine years ago, this was a wilderness of heavy timber, the ax wielded by him clearing over 100 of the 160 acres ; the large and tasteful residence of to-day stands in sight of the humble home where he began in New Berlin. He married, in July, 1843, the widow of' Waterman Field ; she was formerly Amanda M. Rathbone, born in Chenango Co., N. Y., and at her death, Nov. 7, 1874, left four children-Fraok A., Blanche, Ida K2. and Alice, all born on the home- stead, as was the daughter Florence, who died July 19, 1866. Alice Bennett died Dec. 16, 1876 ; Frank A. is in Troy, Walworth Co. ; Blanche (Mrs. J. A. Stapleton), lives in Milwaukee, and Ida E. (Mrs. Frank Korn), is on the homestead, which her husband bought of her father in 1875; Mr. Korn has built a large barn and otherwise improved the place ; his eldest, Alice, was born in Waukesha, and his son Harry was born on the home farm, which Mr. B. still makes his home. Mr. Bennett is a Republi- can, and no office seeker.

BERNARD CASPER, farmer, Sec. 20 ; P. O. New Berlin ; born June 29, 1824, in Al- sace, France ; engaged in farming in early life, and in 1845 came to America ; learned coopering in

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Rochester, N. Y., and in 1848 went to Canada ; married, in Preston, Canada, Aug. 14, 1848, Miss Cath- erine Lehman, and the next day they left for Milwaukee, where Mr. Casper worked at his trade three years ; settled on 10 acres in New Berlin, March 25, 1851 ; began coopering ; has since bought more land, now owning 125 acres ; he finished his large brick house in 1858, and in it, on the 4th of July, 1858, opened the saloon which he has since kept ; he also continues his farming and coopering. Is a Democrat ; was Town Supervisor twelve years, and School Clerk three years ; was also one of the leading men in building St. Valerius Church, which, with the school house, were built on his land. Mr. and Mrs. Casper have seven children-Bernard, Aloise, Katie, Lizzie, Andrew, Valentine and John.

BENNETT CHEANEY, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Elm Grove ; born, Nov. 18, 1819, in the town of Big Sodus, Wayne Co., N. Y. ; his early life was spent on a farm ; coming to Wisconsin in 1839, he hired out at $20 per month, and was set at chopping cordwood ; tiring of this, he " struck," and was employed by the same. man at the same work at $1.25 per day ; in the fall, he joined a party of survey- ors, and spent the winter among the swamps on the Wisconsin River ; returning in the spring of 1840, he bought his present farm, and, two years later, built the old log house now standing as one of the old- time relics ; during these thirty-eight years, Mr. C. has cleared his farm of timber, broken and cropped it, built substantial barns, and, in 1871, a handsome brick house-a good home earned by the same spirit which prompted him to cut cordwood in " dog days " forty years ago. He married, in 1844, Miss Sally Harmon, born in Cazenovia, N. Y. ; they have four children-John, Joseph, Andrew J., and Amanda ; Nancy A. died when 12 years of age, and all were born on the homestead ; all are residents of New Ber- lin except Joseph, who married Miss Helen Noble, and lives in Wauwatosa, Wis. ; Andrew J. served a year in the Union army, and was discharged at the close of the war ; his wife, formerly Cynthia Ottawa, died in March, 1879, leaving two children-David and Jennie (since deceased) ; Amanda is Mrs. L. Hines. Mr. Cheaney is an old pioneer, settler, surveyor and hunter. Politics, Republican.

HARRY B. CHENEY, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Prospect Hill; born in the town of Alex- ander, Genesee Co., N. Y., Feb. 12, 1815 ; son of the Rev. Rufus and Pruday (Piper) Cheney (see sketch of John Cheney). Harry B. Cheney married, in Attica, Wyoming Co., N. Y., June 20, 1835, Miss Saloma F. Hamlin, who was born May 14, 1815, in the town of Otisfield, Maine ; during the next few years they resided in New York and Pennsylvania ; Mr. C. made his first visit to Wisconsin in 1840, his father then giving him 80 acres of his New Berlin farm ; returning to New York, he came up the lakes in a sailing vessel in June, 1842, himself and family landing at Milwaukee, June 16; his means were very limited, so that after his settlement on Sec. 32, New Berlin, he was obliged to pay half on a $14 cow by turning in a pair of boots ; his home for a number of years was in a board-roofed shanty, minus chamber floors ; the ax swung by Harry B. Cheney in carly times cleared many an acre of the dense timber around him, though his family saw much of pioneering while living beside the Big Spring on the farm which he cleared ; sixteen years later he sold out and settled in Rochester, Racine Co., where he made a good record and held town offices ; in 1869 he sold again, and went to Ottawa Co., Mich., resid ing there four years ; then spent three years in the village of Rochester, settling on his present farm of 57 acres in 1877 ; on this he has built a most pleasant home, where he overlooks the scene of his pioneer labors ; Mr. C. also owns a 19-acre fruit farm in Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Cheney have an only daugh- ter, Pruday P., who married Allen Marten, a native of England and now a resident of Rochester ; Mr. and Mrs. C. lost two children -Susan A., who died aged 36, and Henry B., died in infancy, from an ac- cidental fall. The old couple are Free Baptists, and enjoy the fruits earned during well-spent lives. Mr. Cheney is a sturdy and outspoken Republican.

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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 143

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