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 146

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


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Alice J .; married again, Miss Mary, daughter of John Jones (deceased), by whom he has four sons- John A., Thomas D., Richard C. and Arthur J .; Mr. and Mrs. Edwards are members of the Welsh Pres- byterian Church, of Genesee ; politics Democratic. Probably no man in Waukesha Co., to-day, has had the forty-three years' experience in mercantile pursuits that Mr. Edwards has, which experience enables him to buy judiciously.


WILLIAM H. HARDY, farmer, Genesee ; born Oct. 16, 1832, in Ovid, Seneca Co., N. Y .; his father, George Hardy, born in Bath, England, learned the tailor's trade when but 8 or 9 years old ; when quite young he emigrated to America, made a trip through the South and East, and located as a tailor in New York City, where he married Miss Mary McIntosh, of Scotch ancestry ; with his wife and eight children he located in Genesee in 1846, and engaged in tailoring for many years. William H., at 18 began as a clerk in Waukesha ; his education then being most meager, he resolved to improve it; the first step was to learn daguerreotyping, which he did in three and a half days, of R. Radway ; some unknown friend of Mr. Hardy had spoken a good word for him to J. J. Jones, of Lynd, Wis., who had a picture car to dispose of, and who now trusted Mr. H. for every dollar of its value ; for the ensuing Ihree years he followed the picture business in Waukesha, Jefferson and Walworth Counties, earning a snug sum of money, every dollar of which was spent by him in attaining his education in Carroll College and Law- rence University, Appleton, meanwhile teaching five terms of school, thus earning enough to huy a stock of goods, of which his father, then Postmaster here, had charge; the first term taught in the stone school- house, Genesee, was by Mr. H .; feeling more able to buffet with the world, he continued mercantile busi- ness in Genesee until 1863 or 1864; while assisting to take the State census in 1865, he began buying wool, which led to his engaging in the produce and lumber business in Genesee depot, where he built the elevator in 1867, at the time Chicago was made an ash heap; he had $100,000 worth of lumber on hand, which rapidly advanced ; after a most prosperous business career at this point, he sold out in 1873 to the Stewart Brothers; that summer, he and partners bought 100,000 pound of wool, and he has bought ever since, also doing much legal business as Notary Public, which office he has filled many years ; in 1877, he bought his homestead place of 55 acres, and in 1878 the old Stewart farm in Mukwonago, of 200 acres, his farming operations being carried on with the same energy and success which has characterized all his life work; his 160-acre farm in Trempeleau Co., Wis., was bought with his earnings as a teacher; Mr. Hardy has recently bought a flock of fine-wool sheep, of J. H. Paul, and will try the stock business; although no man has led a husier life, Mr. H., as a stanch and loyal Democrat, was called to represent his district in the Legislature, 1874 and 1876; was also Chairman of Genesee in 1873, Justice of the Peace, Town Clerk, etc .; one of the most pleasurable of the recollections of this gentleman, is his Southern trip in 1876, at which time he was one of a large party invited to make the trip as representative men of the Northwest, he also being one of the visitors at the exposition of that year. Married in Palmyra, Wis., Nov. 14, 1860, Miss Asenath Hill, of Franklin Co., N. Y., by whom he has had five children-William H., Clarence F., Manning J., Freddie (died 1876) and Floyd M. None of the self-made men of this county have worked h rder, and to more purpose than William H. Hardy; during his student life he often rose and began saudy at 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning, and many an odd hour was spent over his books in the picture car; his father died at 64, his mother at 76, now living in the State of New York.


JOHN HOOD, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. North Prairie ; horn March 30, 1818, in Abernethy Perthshire, Scotland; has made farming his life-long occupation ; in 1846, he removed to Durham,, England, and resided there as a farmer fifteen years; here he married Miss Catherine Reid, a native of Auchtergaven, Perthshire ; the family came to America in 1861, Mr. Hood buying his 160-acre farm of Mr. Murray ; the buildings were a poor frame house and poorer sheds ; eighteen years of well-directed toil and calculation on the part of this sturdy Scotch couple have wrought many changes ; the elegant two-story farmhouse, with hip roof and modern fixtures, and substantial barns, tell the story better than we can ; no more homelike place can be found in the county. There are four living children, all born in the County of Durham, England-Francis, Peter S., Catherine, Jennie A. and Marjory W. (Mrs. William Perry), died Dec. 27, 1877; Peter S., married Miss Sally Drew, of Milwaukee, and is a practical engineer in that city ; Catherine is the wife of John Burnell, Jr., of Mukwonago; the eldest and youngest of the children are on the homestead ; the family belong to the Genesee Congregational Church; father and sons heing steadfast Republicans ; the second reaper (an Esterly) used on North Prairie was by Messrs. Hood & Shultis, 1862.


WILLIAM HORNE, blacksmith, Genesee; born Aug. 29, 1817, in Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland; at seventeen he began at his trade, working in Scotland until 1842, when he came to America and to Milwaukee, being the third or fourth blacksmith to locate there, doing much work for Byron Kilburn,


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a personal friend. Married in Milwaukee Jan. 1844, Miss Mary, daughter of David Johnston (see biog- raphy of William Johnston) ; her mother died in Scotland, leaving her in charge of several younger brothers and sisters; her father, one of Wisconsin's best-known pioneers, died in Madison, Wis., about 1857. Mr. and Mrs. Horne settled in Genesee, 1852, building the first large frame house in the village, then known as "the house with the green hlinds," and which, with its recent improvements, is a most pleasant home; Messrs. Horne and William Johnston built the large stone shop at this time, where the sturdy old Scotch blacksmith has, by honest labor with his hammers, earned the means so usefully spent in educating his children-M. Jennie, the oldest, is now Mrs. John McVickar ; M. Elizabeth is now in Iowa, William H., one of Nebraska's live farmers, while John F., a graduate of Beloit College, has since spent a year at Yale, and one at Andover, Mass., from which theological school he will soon graduate ; he is the first native of Genesee, to enter the Christian ministry ; Annie I. will also graduate from the State University of Wis .; Alice, the youngest, is with her parents ; the family are members of the Congrega- tional Church of Genesee ; Mr. Horne always refusing office, is a Republican.


ALFRED JACOBS, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. North Prairie ; born in Hornblotton, Somer- setshire, Eng., April 14, 1824, immigrated to the United States in 1845, and at once came to Ottawa, buying 40 acres, which he sold ; in 1849, he went via the Isthmus to California, remaining two and a half years in the Golden State ; returned to Wisconsin the same route, and in 1852, visited his native land ; in May 1853. he again settled in Wisconsin, remaining there until fall, then visited Chautauqua, Co., N. Y., where he married, Feb. 14, 1854, Miss Mary Hayes, who was born April 21, 1831, in West Pennard, Somersetshire ; her parents and eleven children settled in C. County, 1850 ; here her father died, and her mother still lives at the age of 73. Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs settled on the old " Silver Lake House " farm in Ottawa, and nine years after, bought the old " Half Way House" in the town of Eagle, where they kept store three years ; at the end of this time, Mr. Jacobs bought his present 140-acre farmi of Thomas Sugdeo, it being well-improved, with good buildings; Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs have nine living children- George E., Clyde, Hattie, Fred, Herbert H., Altamont A., Sydney R., Ralph D., and Minnie A .; the firstborn, Fannie H., died when ten years old; in 1879, Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs made a visit to his father in England, who is hale and hearty at the age of 84; in 1878, Mrs. Jacobs attended a reunion of her family at her mother's home ; fourteen of her relatives meeting from Oregon, Kansas, Illinois, Wisconsin and New York ; her brother Henry, a New York Volunteer, died in the service at Fortress Monroe, Va. ; Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs are members of the Episcopal Church ; he is a Republican, and, while he has served on the town Boards of both Ottawa and Genesee, has refused many town offices.


WILLIAM JOHNSTON, proprietor of the Genesee Quarry, is a native of Glammis, Forfar- shire, Scotland ; from 1818, began life at 18 in serving a four-year's apprenticeship as a stone-cutter ; emigrated to the United States in March, 1842, reaching Milwaukee in November ; while on the road west of the town one morning in January following, he met Silas Remington, with a cart and four oxen, drawing a load of limestone ; conversation ensued, by which he learned that the stones were from Mr. R.'s farm in Genesee ; this was the first load of building-stone drawn into that town; Elisha Starr, having established a newspaper there, made inquiries about a suitable imposing stone, and was referred by Messrs. William Sevier and Johnson, to the Genesee stone ; in search of such a stone, Mr J.'s first visit was made to the quarry in company with Mr. S. that month ; they found a bluff or ledge of limestone, at the top of which Mr. Remington had taken out a few loads of stone ; the gray, moss-grown edges of which peered through the side of the bluff here, about 18 feet high ; a stone was selected and made a part of Mr. R's. second load to Milwaukee ; Mr. Johnston and his father cut and polished the imposing-stone, and cut the remainder of the load into grave-stones ; it is thought that the stone spoken of was the first one used in the Sentinel office ; during the next two years Mr. J. bought stone of Mr. Remington, part of which were used in the construction of the first stone buildings in the town. In 1844, Messrs. Johnston and Thomas Cook, an Englishman, bought the quarry, doing business a number of years ; Mr. Cook selling his interest, removed to Waukesha, and finally to Milwaukee, where, as senior member of the firm of Cook & Hyde, he is doing the best stone business in the city ; Mr. Johnston has sold this famous stone in all parts of Southeast Wis- consin, and thousands of bushels of lime, it being for years the only one open in that part of the North west, and no man is better or more favorably known here than he; a Republican, he has ever refused office or honors ; married Miss Margaret Kidd, of his native parish ; by whom he has seven children ; William K. Agnes L., Anne, Mary J., David, John F. and Nellie E. The quarry is now in charge of the eldest son, his brothers working the 140-acre farm owned in connection with it.


DAVID JONES (Park), farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. box 428 Waukesha ; born July 27, 1805, in Llodwyn, Cardiganshire, S. Wales ; was born and bred a farmer, receiving an excellent education ;


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married Miss Mary Evans, of the parish of Nantcuville, they coming to the United States, and to Genesee, in 1846, Mr. J. buying his 160-acre farm of David Hyde, about 15 acres were broken and fenced ; the ยท frame house being then a rare acquisition, as there were but few in the town ; as a result of these 34 years of useful and honorable life, Mr. Jones has an improved farm, several substantial barns, and was enabled to celebrate the oentennial by building a spacious and elegant residence ; Mr. Jones is a member of the Welsh Calvinistic M. E. Church, and a stalwart Republican ; was in an early day Assessor of Gencsee ; his wife died Nov. 1, 1863, leaving nine children ; Elizabeth, Jane, David, John, Evan, Margaret (deceased), Rees, Mary and Anne, the three latter are natives of Genesee ; Mr. and Mrs. Jones had previously lost four children.


MORGAN JONES, farmer, Secs. 11 and 12; P. O. box 415 Wankesha ; is a son of R. W. and Mary (Williams) Jones, and was born June 17, 1847 in Brecon, Breconshire, S. Wales ; the family came to America and to Genesee in 1854, Mr. Jones buying the homestead of 140 acres of John Hughes, it being then in a semi-cultivated state; R. W. Jones did good work here with good results, as may be seen by the substantial buildings he erected, and the well cultivated and fenced farm; his wife died in 1869, leaving him ten children ; of these Morgan, the eighth, was educated in the common schools and in Carroll College, teaching one term each, in districts No. 1 and 4, in Genesee ; his wife was Miss Hattie Hopperton, a native of Genesee; they have three children, Sarah B., Mary E. and an infant as yet un- named; he is a Republican ; his father sold the farm to him in 1874, spent two years in Wales and has since been a resident of Waukesha.


RICHARD JONES, retired farmer, Genesee Depot; was born March 5, 1805, in Aberyst- with, Cardiganshire, South Wales ; is a son of John and Ann ( Williams) Jones ; was fifteen years in the mercantile business, and came to the United States in 1842, with his wife and seven children, buying, at $1,800, 240 acres on Sec. 3, in Genesee; himself and William Evans now being the fourth of the Welsh settlers ; the first was John Hughes, 1840; next, Thomas Jones and Richard Jarmon, in 1841 ; none except Messrs. Jones and Evans are now living ; Mr. J. began in a log house and cleared up his farm, erected a good stone house and several substantial barns; renting his farm in 1863, he bought 9 acres of the village plat, which, with the depot building, he still owns; was Station Agent here nine years, from 1863, which position he turned over to his son, Charles R. ; about ten years ago he sold his farm, built a pleasant home, and has given up active business. Married Miss Charlotte Jones, in Wales, who died in 1857, leaving eight children- Avarina, deceased ; Thomas R., deceased ; John R., Anne, deceased ; Will- iam R., Mary, Richard, Jr., deceased, and Charles R .; the sons all take the initial of their honored sire's given name. In 1858 Mr. J. married Mrs. Catherine Jones, by whom he has a son, Daniel. Mr. Jones and family are members of the Welsh Presbyterian Church ; he is a Republican, whose active business life has never allowed him to hold office; he, with his wife and youngest son, spent 1871 and 1872 in Wales, but so completely Americanized had he become that he was glad to return. Mr. J. is most kindly remem- bered by his early Welsh neighbors, as no man could, or did, assist them more in making locations in former days; one of these, a Mr. Joseph Williams, in speaking of this to a party of Welsh, years ago, exclaimed : " He is your King," and the title, so wortbily bestowed, has since clung to hiin, and he is best known as King Jones.


THOMAS D. JONES, farmer, Secs. 9, 5 and 6; P. O. Genesee Depot ; born Nov. 6, 1834, in Llandysil, Cardiganshire, South Wales ; son of David R. and Sarah Jones, and is the youngest of twelve children ; the mother died in Wales, the father and five children coming to the United States in 1842; after two years spent in Licking Co., Ohio, the family settled, in May, 1844, on the 40-acre home- stead in Genesee; the trip was made with a team through the marshes and rivers of Michigan, Indiana and Illinois ; the land was bought of " Uncle Sam," and a log house built, where Mr. J. and his two youngest children lived, during the first summer, on bread and milk for supper, dinner and breakfast, it being eaten on a dry-goods box, brought from Ohio ; their coffee was distilled from a berry growing wild in the woods, where deer and wolves were plenty, yet Mr. Jones now avers that some of the happiest days of his life were spent there; the oak shakes for the roof of the house were split with a curious instrument called a fro, still kept by him as a relic; he attended the district schools under the tuition of such pioneer teachers as W. R. Williams, I. H. Castles and the Rev. Mr. Morris, completing his education in Carroll College, Waukesha ; after this he operated a threshing machine and a breaking team for a number of years, but did not carry out his intention to resume school ; he has owned the homestead of 80 acres since the death of his father, Aug. 19, 1863 ; a capacious barn was built here in 1859, and a handsome resi- dence in 1862 ; in 1879, Mr. Jones bought the old Davenport estate of 470 acres, this giving him the position of the largest land-owner in his town ; it is worthy of remark that the Davenport estate is now


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unencumbered for the first time in forty-two years; few men can show as good a record as Mr. Jones, as he began in '62 with hardly a dollar. Married, Jan. 17, 1862, Miss Margaret, daughter of Griffith Roberts, and a native of Carnarvon, North Wales, by whom he has four children -- David, Anne, Griffith and Sarah, all born in Genesee. The family are members of the Welsh Calvinistic M. E. Church, of which Mr. J. was Secretary sixteen consecutive years; a steadfast Democrat, he was first elected Town Superintendent of Schools, was Justice of the Peace for many years, Town Clerk, and in 1870, Chairman of the Board; in 1871 and 1872 he was Assessor, and again Chairman in '74 and '75, and has held. the office constantly since 1877. Mr. Jones is a stirring and able business man, worthily representing his town, in which few men have done more legal business in settling estates and in probate cases.


DAVID MORRIS, farmer, Sec. 14 ; P. O. Genesee Depot ; born in Merionethshire, North Wales, December, 1826 ; spent his early life as a farmer in his native land, emigrating to the United States in 1847; learned the trade of carpenter and joiner in Oneida Co., N. Y., working there until 1857, when he came to Waterville and worked for a year for E. W. Edgerton ; in 1858, he bought his farm of 87 acres of David Jones, a small house and a 30x30-foot barn comprising the improvements; twenty-three years of active and honorable labor here has met with a substantial reward in the well-improved farm, the 30x46-foot barn and the tasteful 22x28 two-story farm-house; Mr. Morris also owns 20 acres of tim- ber in Delafield. His wife, from the same shire, married him in the fall of 1846; the eldest son, Edward S., was born May 27, 1847, while the parents were on the Atlantic; David J. was born Nov. 19, 1849, in Oneida Co., N. Y., and Chaunsy, Nov. 13, 1858. Mr. Morris and sons are Republicans, David J. serv- ing his county as Deputy Sheriff in 1877 and '78; the eldest son is married, and settled as a railroad man in Milwaukee, the two younger being on the homestead, which is devoted to breeding; among other stock, to grade Durham cattle, Cotswold sheep, Clyde horses and Poland China hogs, pure bred, from Hylett's herd, Menomonee.


JAMES NELSON, farmer, Secs. 23 and 26; P. O. Genesee; born, 1800, in the County of Norfolk, Eng .; came to America, in May, 1849, and, after a short stay in Connecticut, came to Genesee and bought 80 acres of his present farm; here he was joined, on the 2d of August, 1850, by his brother, Samuel Nelson, with his wife and three sons; the brothers did the hardest of work here for sixteen years, buying the 210-acre farm of S. Nelson, and adding 40 to the original 80 acres. Mr. Samuel Nelson married Miss Hannah Herrod, who died in Genesee, in 1851, leaving three sons-Samuel, Jr., James C. and Thomas H. ; Samuel Nelson, Jr., learned the trade of miller, working ten or twelve years in the Sayles- ville and Genesee mills ; he was born, in 1837, in Norfolk, Eng. Married, Oct. 26, 1862, Miss Betsey Johnson, a native of Ferrisburg, N. Y., by whom he has two daughters-Susie and Ida. The farm of 120. acres is now owned by him, his bachelor uncle living with him; the parents of Mrs. N., Edward and Polly Johnson, settled in Menominee, in an early day, and saw much of pioneer life and its hardships ; Mr. J. died, in 1875, his widow still living there; the Nelsons are Republicans, the uncle being a member of the M. E. Church.


JOHN OLIVER, merchant and 'Postmaster ; Genesee depot; born Nov. 24, 1843, in Oneida Co., N. Y .; his parents immigrated from Wales, in 1841 or 1842, and settled in Genesee, carly in 1844 ; the son was educated here, and resided with his parents until 1862, when he went to Chicago, and engaged in the carpenter and pattern maker's trade until 1868, when, in company with John Davis, he began business in his present store, Mr. Oliver conducting the business alone since 1874, and has increased his business from $5,000 to over $12,000, carrying a complete general stock of everything needed to meet a country trade, including farm implements, also deals in butter, eggs, poultry, etc. He married, in Chicago, Miss Jane A., daughter of Moses W. and Sarah (Hughes) Williams ; her father came to America thirty- seven years ago, and her mother fifty-two years, both from Wales ; they located at an early day in Chicago, where Mrs. Oliver was born ; Mr. and Mrs. Oliver have four children-Sarah J., Elizabeth M., Margaret R. and John W .; the eldest is a native of Chicago and the others of Genesee ; they have lost two children -Robert M. and Ida May. Mr. Oliver is a Republican, and has been Town Clerk twice, and Treasurer once; is, with his wife, a member of the Welsh Calvinistic M. E. Church.


JOHN H. PAUL, farmer and stock-breeder; Genesee; born in Somersetshire, Eng., in August, 1819; he learned the trade of stone cutter, and in 1840 came to the United States, locating in New York State, and in Canada where he was engaged in cutting stone at the enlargement of the Welland Canal. Married in Skaneateles, N. Y., Miss Harriet Foster, of his native shire. Having bought 40 acres of his present homestead a few years previously, he in 1846 settled upon it, a year or so after buying 160 acres, where he lives, at Sheriff's sale, it being part of the Jenkins estate, which fell into the hands of Thomas De Jean, an unfortunate pioneer who built a saw-mill upon it and lost everything, ; Mr. Paul


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operated the mill a number of years ofter this ; he also worked at his trade in Milwaukee, at first walking twenty-eight miles on Monday morning to the town, and back to his wife in Genesee on Saturday night, afterward residing in Milwaukee, working at his trade and improving his farm for twelve years. The land where his spacious house and large orchard stand was, when he bought, a grove of white and burr oaks. Mr. and Mrs. Paul have two children-Samuel F., now a leading wholesale silk merchant of Chicago, and Ida H., now Mrs. Thomas Steel, of Genesee ; Mr. Paul is admitted on all sides to be the leading fine- wool sheep-breeder of the Northwest, and his sheep have often taken premiums over those of Vermont and New York breeders; about thirty years ago he bred native sheep, and then the Southdowns, but not feeling satisified, bought of Victor Wright and Oliver Severns, Middlebury, Vt., and A. E. Douglas, Shoreham, Vt., thirty or forty pure-bred animals from the famous old Hammond and Rich flocks ; this was in 1862, and the increase of this flock, with the admirable selections made by him since, makes it dif- ficult for Eastern men to carry off Western prizes; his purchases since this have been made of such breeders as Lyman Clark, Addison, Vt .; A. Parker and Dr. Wright, of Whiting, Vt .; Meriner & Brunson and- Shepard, Canandaigua, N. Y .; P. & G. Martin, Genesee Co., N. Y .; S. S. Lusk, Victor, N. Y .; S. B. Lusk, Batavia, N. Y .; and Townsend, of Pavillion, N. Y .; Mr. Paul has for six years past kept from 100 to 300 of these sheep, and has never failed to win at least one-half the premiums at all State and county fairs, where he has had personal charge of the sheep; at the head of his flock is the noble ram " Wrinkley," an animal considered second to none on the continent as a stock getter, and which has never failed but once to take the first premiums where exhibited, he never yet failing to carry off the sweep- stakes prize for scoured fleece and ten of his get; Mr. P. is also the owner of Modoc, bred by Martin, of Genesee Co., N. Y., and of Golden Gate, Jr., bred by L. Clark, of Addison, Vt .; the committee appointed by the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Growers' Association to attend the Centennial Exhibition were : J. H. Paul, Chairman, J. N. Crawford and P. Humbert ; Mr. Paul was awarded a bronze medal on a pen of yearling ewes and one on a flock of two and three-year-old's, George Lawrence, Jr., taking the only medal beside these awarded Wisconsin breeders; Mr. P. is also Chairman of the committee on registered sheep, and has nearly two hundred registered in his yards ; he has spent more money and time to improve his flock than any man in the State ; his sales are extensive in the Southwest, no breeder in the State having an equal reputation ; in Texas, where he has many personal friends, he has for fifteen years past bred shorthorn cattle, now owning thirty or forty pure-bred animals, among them the bull " Genesee Prince," whose pedigree is second to none in America; beside this he has ten Hambletonian horses, six of which are eligible to register ; his young stallion Swigert, Jr., sired by R. Richard's old Swigert, is now in the hands of Maynard, the noted Waukesha trainer, and at 4 years old can trot inside of 2:50; he is considered the most promising horse in the county, and his time has never yet been equaled by any horse of his age here. Mr. Paul's splendid stock-farm of 300 acres has been cleared and well improved by him, and he doubtless has more barn-room than any man in Genesee. He is an independent Republican, who has ever and always refused political offices, and an attendant with his wife of the Congregational Church.




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