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 147

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

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HERMAN V. PRENTICE, retired merchant; Genesee; is a native of Bethlehem, Litch- field Co., Conn .; born March 17, 1799; is the youngest of eleven children of John and Martha (Clem- ans) Prentice ; he taught district school in Litchfield at 16, and took a three-years' medical course. Mar- ried Feb. 10, 1819, in her native town of New Marlborough, Ulster Co., N. Y., Miss Jane, daughter of Cornbury and Mary (Quimby) Dayton, she being twenty-four days his junior; he then taught in New Marlborough, and during the next two years in Essex Co., N. J .; in November, 1822, he engaged in mer- cantile business in Woodbury, Conn., going from there in August, 1826, to Clockville, Madison Co., N. Y., where he built a large combined store and residence, and carried on an immense mercantile and grain busi- ness, owning several canalboats; removed to Albion, N. Y .; he erected two brick blocks which still do credit to the town, and a palatial residence still known as the Prentice Mansion ; his mercantile, real estate and shipping interests here were very great, he owning thousands of acres of land there, and large tracts in Michigan ; a canalboat, loaded with all his household and other costly goods, started for Milwaukee, but sunk in the Erie Canal, thus entailing a loss of thousands of dollars, and crippling his operations in the West ; however, he and his devoted wife reached Milwaukee in September, 1848, but left in fear of chol- era, settling in Genesee in April in 1849, on the S. S. Case farm; since this time he has dealt heavily and lost heavily in the grain and produce business, at one time owning the elevators at Genesee and North Prairie. Mr. and Mrs. P. have had six children-Mary J., widow of Gen. J. B. Lee, is a resident of Albion, N. Y .; Martha C. (Mrs. H. J. Van Dusen) died Nov. 2, 1877 ; Herman V., died March 17, 1831; D. Homer, died Aug. 14, 1874; F. Eliza ( Mrs. Horace Smith) resides in Genesee ; Ruth, died March 12, 1844. Mr. and Mrs. P. united with the Congregational Church in 1818; Mr. P. is a Democrat, has been

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Justice of the Peace, and Town Superintendent of Free Schools in Genesee, and is a Mason, joining the order fifty years ago in Madison Co., N. Y. In their pleasant village home the old couple, in their 82d year, look back over a long, active and exemplary life, and, though Herman V. Prentice has met with many misfortunes during his wearing business life, during the past sixty-four years, no man in Wisconsin is better known, or more universally respected.

JAMES PROCTOR, proprietor of the Genesee Woolen Mills ; was born December, 1823, in the West Ridings of Yorkshire, England ; emigrating to America, with his brother, when 12 years old, he worked six or seven years in a woolen-mill in Clarkstown, N. Y., and abont as long in the Middletown Mills ; he next worked a few years with his brother Mathew, in Bushkill, Pike Co., Penn .; in 1854, he located in Janesville, Wis., and, in 1855, in Madison ; during the next few years, he engaged in farming, and in the factory at Monticello, Green Co., Wis., also setting in operation the Freeport Mills; in 1868, be bought the Genesee Mill of William Holloway ; this was built over thirty years ago, by Daniel Hickox, who operated it, in 1847 and 1848, as a carding mill ; in 1849, he and Lyman Holt put in machinery and operated it ; Mr. Holt retired, and, on the death of Mr. Hickox, about 1860, his widow sold to Mr. Steller, Mr. Holloway being the next owner; Mr. Proctor has added twenty feet to the length of the mill, and put in new machinery ; it is a " one set " mill, with six looms, run by water power ; eight hands are employed ; fine flannels are the specialty here, made for the Chicago market, Mr. P. buying from 25,000 to 30,000 pounds of wool per annum. He married Miss Sarah Tittle, of Monroe Co., Penn., by whom he has ten children-Eugene, Frank J., Milton, Ellen, Hannah, Emma, James, Hettie, Lillie and William. Mr. Proctor is a Republican.

THOMAS REES. farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Genesee depot ; born in Llandysil, Cardiganshire, South Wales, Feb. 7, 1818; began at 16, and served a seven years' apprenticeship to a shoemaker ; in 1841, he came to America, and located at the beautiful village of Granville, Licking Co., Ohio; settled, in May, 1846. in a 12x16 slab shanty in Genesee ; this was built near the residence of T. W. Jones, the slabs costing him a shilling each, and it required a day, as the roads were then, to draw a load from the Genesee saw-mill, with oxen ; a load of 400 feet of lumber, drawn from Heath's mill in Sullivan, did not arrive until midnight; when completed, the shanty cost $45; for four years after, he worked here at his trade, saving $1,200 in that time; his first work was to mend a poor old harness for T. H. Evans, who was so well pleased as to encourage others to patronize Mr. Rees ; his coarse boots were sold at $3; ladies' shoes at $1.75, and fine work at $5; in September, 1850, Mr. R. bought and settled upon the first 120 acres on the School Section, beginning in a log honse, working well and honestly as ever, and now is rewarded by owning 200 acres of land, a substantial brick house, all needed barns and stock, and owes no man a dollar ; he was the first Welshman to rally his party to the Democratic standard in Genesee, and a good representative pioneer. His is the only Welsh Episcopalian family in the town. He married, in Wales, Miss Mary Davis, of the same parish, by whom he has had six children-Margaret, born in Wales ; David and Anne (deceased), born in Ohio ; John T., Jane and Mary, born in Genesee ; Margaret is Mrs. Owen Olive, of Genesee; David married Miss Anne Felix, and is in a Watertown sash-factory ; John T., the second son, was born August 25, 1849; was educated in Stewart's Academy, Waukesha, and has taught seven terms of school in Genesee and Ottawa. Is a Democrat, and is now Justice of the Peace. He married Jane Jones, of Genesee ; their only daughter, Jennie L., died July 17, 1879, at the age of 2} years.

JOHN REMINGTON, retired farmer ; born in Rupert, Vt., in 1805; he left his native State when 13 years of age, and located in Western New York ; when the Erie Canal was building, he helped dig stumps and do grading, in what is now the heart of the city of Rochester, being one of a few living men engaged in this work. He married Miss Lucinda Marble, of Casenovia, Oneida Co., N. Y., they coming to Genesee and settling on a wild farm in 1842; began a poor man and disposed of a small stock of cloth and leather as best he might, to settlers as poor as himself ; Mr. and Mrs. Remington kept open house for travelers in early days, and many a night their floor would be covered with the prostrate forms of sleeping frontiersmen. In his honse the first Methodist Episcopal sermon was preached, by the Rev. Mr. Moulthrop, in the fall of 1842, the first prayer meeting having been held there that summer ; Mr. Remington was also a pioneer merchant, and relates that he met with " business reverses, " his store having been broken into and robbed one night, about thirty years ago, by a band of (supposed ) Mormons. In 1859 he built, and placed his son in charge of a warehouse and store in North Prairie; sold ont bis business here, and in 1870, sold his farm ; built, and for three years lived in, a new house in Genesee village ; removed again to a farm, which he exchanged with Thomas Sugden, thus obtaining the building where he now lives. Mr. and Mrs. Remington have had nine children-Emily, Daniel, Harriet (de-

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ceased), Mariette, Stephen (deceased), Alva, John, Lucinda and Mary ; Emily is Mrs. D. D. Gross, of Friendville, Neb., Daniel has a hotel in Northern Wisconsin, Mariette is the wife of the Rev. T. M. Ross, Alva is in business in Milwaukee, John is a civil engineer, and the two youngest daughters are in North Prairie, Mary being the wife of W. E. Swan, Jr., who is one of the prosperous and live young business men of his native county ; for the past six years he has carried a large and complete stock of general ner- chandise, including dry goods, groceries, drugs, boots and shoes, hardware, farm implements, notions, etc .; is doing and means to do a good and satisfactory business. Mr. Remington is an old-school Whig-Repub- lican, and- was, for six years, Town Treasurer ; is, with his wife, a Methodist.

HORACE SMITH, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. North Prairie ; born in Ackworth, Cheshire Co., N. H., May 3, 1816 ; lived in his native State until June, 1836, then removed to Cass Co., Mich ; Mr. Smith reached Eagle Prairie in June, 1837, with two yoke of oxen and a wagon ; remained several weeks with Ebenezer Thomas, then settled on Sec. 32, Genesee; this claim had been made in March, 1837, by his brother, Stillman Smith ; the Smith brothers were the only actual residents of Genesee until Septem- ber, 1837, when Abram Balser settled on the present Holsapple farm ; in October, Almond and Joseph Osborn made a claim (the Bratlay farm), but spent the winter in La Porte, Ind., locating on the claim in the spring of 1838 ; in October, Dr. Weeks, of Milwaukee, and Joseph Marsh, of St Albans, Vt., made a claim on Sec. 24, building a house, where Mr. Marsh " bached it " that winter. The first family to settle in this town was that of Absalom Denny, late in the fall of 1837. Mr. Smith lived a bachelor's life here until March, 1856, when he married Miss Frances E. Prentice, a native of Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y., by whom he has eight children-Jennie M. ( Mrs. T. S. Reynolds), Alta A. (Mrs. Frederick Orth), Martha E., Ada R., Minda A., Charles H. S., Allie L. and Perlie L. Mrs. Smith is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; Mr. Smith is a steadfast Democrat, who has been Highway Commissioner, Justice of the Peace and Assessor many years. He has a homestead of 90 acres, and also a house and lot in the village.

THOMAS SUGDEN, retired farmer; North Prairie ; is one of the first settlers in Waukesha County ; he was a native of Millington, in the East Ridings of Yorkshire, England; born June 12, 1810, and is a son of John and Jane (Rickal) Sugden ; was educated in the common-schools of England, where his younger life was spent; first coming to America in the spring of 1834, he remained at Detroit, Mich., until fall, when he returned to his native land. He married, April 1, 1835, Miss Hannah, daughter of John and Elizabeth Slightam, of his native village ; that same spring, the widowed mother of Mr. Sugden, ' with four of her children, himself, wife, and her relatives, emigrated to and have since been residents of the United States. Mr. Sugden, in May, 1836, came up the lakes on the old New York, the first boat to run from Detroit to Milwaukee that spring; landing at Milwaukee, he made his first visit and his first claim in Waukesha County, in June, 1836, claiming the northeast quarter of Sec. 19, in the present town of Mukwonago, the farm now owned by George Henderson ; this was his residence most of the time until the fall of 1843, when he settled on Sec. 14, in Eagle, remaining here until the fall of 1849, when he located on the southeast quarter of Sec. 29, Genesee, and has since been a resident of this town. In politics, an old-time Whig; Mr. Sugden, since the organization of the Republican party, has been one of its most steadfast and loyal members ; he was appointed Notary Public by Gov. Nelson Dewey, in 1849, and has held the office under every succeeding Governor; also represented his district in the Second Wis- consin Legislature in 1849, in 1853, and again in 1857; has been Chairman of his town six or seven consecutive years, and held many minor offices in Eagle and Genesee. Mr. and Mrs. Sugden have three living children-Elizabeth (now Mrs. Hugh Jones, of Juneau Co., Wis.), and two sons, James and Thomas (both residents of Saline Co., Neb.).

THOMAS STEEL, M. D .; Genesee; born in Inverkeithing, Fifeshire, Scotland, Nov. 9, 1809. Dr. Steel was educated in the public schools of Glasgow, Edinburg and London ; began the study of medicine in London, about 1828, graduating as physician and surgeon from Glasgow University, 1833; the Doctor made his first voyage to America the following year, visited Canada, and went from there to New Orleans, from which city he returned home; the next two years were spent by him as Surgeon on board an East Indiaman ; he also resided six months in China; returning to London, Dr. Steel, in 1843, came to America for the second time, and has since been a resident of Genesee, first locating on land now owned by Mr. Hasler, a mile west of the village; he began as one of the pioneer physicians of Wiscon- sin, was provided with all needed instruments, though his drugs, etc., came from Milwaukee ; Dr. Wright, of Waukesha, and himself, were then the only physicians in Waukesha County. The Doctor married, in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1844, Miss Catherine Freeman, a native of London, England, by whom he has had eight children-James, who died of yellow fever in the United States naval service ; Thomas, a resident

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of Genesee ; Annie and Lillias, teachers in Milwaukee; Catherine, with her parents; John, a graduate of Beloit College and a teacher ; Alfred, now in Beloit College; and Andrew (a student in Milwaukee). Dr. Steel is a Spiritualist in religious belief, and liberal in politics ; served one year, and has since refused all office ; suffice it to say that he has, during his thirty-seven years' residence here, had all the practice he has desired, and, though not seeking it, still continues to minister to the afflictions of his fellow-men.

DAVID STEWART, farmer, Secs. 11 and 14; P. O. Genesee depot ; born in 1817, in the parish Desert Martin, County Derry, Ireland; has been a lifelong farmer. Married in Ireland, Miss Martha Sloan, born in 1819, daughter of a farmer in his parish; when he was 27 they emigrated to America, landing at New York, and reaching Ottawa in June, 1843"; here he bought 120 acres of the Government, living in a log house and making slow progress; selling out in 1845, he bought his farm of 160 acres of A. J. Cook, it being sold by William Smith; Mr. Stewart built a log house in November, where his family passed a long, cold winter; as it was unplastered, the frost penetrated often; this was a timbered farm, Mr. S. doing good pioneer work with his ax, and selling hundreds of cords of wood to the railway company, thus clearing and breaking 115 acres, and now cultivating it; the log house is now replaced by a very large and well-built residence, and several substantial barns have been built, all helping to show the results of a busy and useful life; Mr. S. has been unfortunate in one respect, having had his ribs broken at different times, and a year ago his leg broken in three places, by the kick of a horse. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have eight children-Sarah (Mrs. Richard Cole), Eliza J. (Mrs. Walter Stewart), Mary M. (Mrs. Thomas Fender), Thomas S., David J., Eva A. (Mrs. M. D. Salter), John and Mattie; the youngest, Benjamin R., died at six months. Mr. Stewart is a Republican and has been school district Treasurer and Overseer of Highways a number of years; is in accord with the Presbyterian Church. Mr. S. has a fine flock of 120 sheep, with other stock.

STEWART BROS., dealers in grain, lumber and stock ; Genesee depot; sons of James and Susan A. Stewart, and were born in New Brunswick, the family removing to a farm in Mukwonago, Wau- kesha Co., in 1846; there were eight children, of which A. G. Stewart, the fourth, was born in 1841 ; educated in the district schools of Mukwonago, and in Beloit College, after which he took a commercial course in Buffalo, N. Y. ; he was also a Union soldier, volunteering in the 24th N. Y. cavalry, served three years ; his regiment doing the usual scouting and guard service of cavalry in Virginia and North Carolina, participating, however, in the desperate battles before Petersburg. He married, April 27, 1871, Miss Sarah J. Rankin, of Genesee, by whom he has one son ; Areli R., is a Democrat, and is now Town Clerk, having prior to this, been Supervisor ; E. J. Stewart, born 1846, was next younger than his brother, and partner ; was educated at Beloit College, which school he attended four years ; is a Republican to the backbone. About thirteen years ago the brothers joined hands in business, were in the grocery and provision business for some time in Oshkosh, and one summer keeping a hotel (as a summer resort) in Frontenac, Minn. ; in the spring of 1873 they bought the Genesee Elevator of W. H. Hardy, who had succeeded H. V. Prattice ; they are dealing extensively here in grain, grass seeds, lumber and fat-stock, also feed of all kinds ; their stock of lumber is large, varied and complete; their farm adjoining the village was bought of J. Davis ; here they have built one of the most substantial and elegant residences to be found in the county ; besides this, they are doing a good business at North Prairie, owning there the best elevator on this line of railway, and also a lumber-yard ; from $200,000 to $240,000 per annum is their regular business.

JOSEPH STUBBS, farmer, Sec. 29 ; P. O. North Prairie ; born in Seagrave, Lancastershire, England, May 25, 1826 ; during his boyhood he served as apprentice to a druggist and grocer ; came to America when 19 years of age, and spent three years in Milwaukee. Here, in St. Paul's Church, by the Rev. Benjamin Akerly, Dec. 17, 1846, he married Miss Mary Lilly, who was born March 26, 1826, in Smarden, Kent Co., England; in April, 1848, they came to Genesee and settled on 80 acres of the pros- ent farm ; beginning here in a log house, they had to work and plan well to support, clothe and educate their large family, for they have been blessed with fourteen children-William G., born July 5, 1847, died Feb. 18, 1848 ; Stanley D., born Dec. 4, 1848; Andrew T., born May 20, 1850 ; Orlando, born Feb. 7, 1852; Sidney, born Nov. 6, 1853 ; Orwin, born Aug. 8, 1855; Orson, born Sept. 5, 1857 ; Vincent, born March 13, 1859 ; Amelia, born Nov. 21, 1860; Matilda, born Nov. 3, 1862; Etta, born June 24, 1864 ; George, born Feb. 16, 1866 ; Ida, born Aug. 16, 1867; Mary, Dec. 2, 1869, died Dec. 26, 1869. Honest industry and attention to business always wins, and as his reward Mr. Stubbs has about 400 acres of excellent land, of which 60 are in Ottawa and 8 in Mukwonago ; about 300 acres, or the main farm, is under cultivation ; about fourteen years ago Mr. S. bought the farm of Mr. Gary, and on this he has built a substantial farm-house, barns, etc. ; not a bad showing for a man who began with $25 in Wiscon- sin, and who loaned and lost even that. Mr. S. is a Democrat, and, with his wife, an Episcopalian.

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CHARLES BARTLETT, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Pewaukee; was horn in Portland,' Me., Dec. 28, 1805; when he was 5 years of age his parents moved to Chester, N. H., thence to Greene Co., N. Y., when he was about 15; in early life he learned the carpenter and joiner's trade and followed it for several years; he married in the city of New York, in 1831, to Abbie Smith, a native of Prospect, N. J .; in 1845 they came West and settled where they now live; their children are: Smith, of this town, he married Grace Mill; Adeline, wife of Martin Weaver, Pewaukee; Abbie A., wife of George G. Young; Henrietta, wife of Alfred G. Young; Vena, wife of George Wheeler; Frank, married Julia Horn, and John. Mr. Bartlett owns 320 acres of land, most desirably located and well improved. There are few men more thoughtful and practical than Mr. Bartlett; he has surrounded himself and family with all modern conveniences, and we find him enjoying that good, and in that prosperity and contentment which those who have devoted a lifetime to industry and integrity have a right.to expect.

HENRY B. BIDWELL, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Waukesha; was born in Cantoo, St. Law- rence Co., N. Y., Jan. 29, 1832; came to Wisconsin with his parents Zebulon and Salome Bidwell, now deceased, in 1836; June 9, 1867, he married in Waukesha, Lomira M. Wright, a native of Conway, Mass., and daughter of John C. and Minerva Wright, who settled in the town of Mukwonago, this county, in 1848. They have four children-Emily R., Eliza C., Ida M. and Robert H. Mr. Bidwell owns 128 acres of land, finely located, adjacent to the city of Waukesha. Mr. Bidwell has a vivid remembrance of pioneer life in Waukesha Co., and has seen it changed from a savage wild to a center of civilization, net-lined with fences, and checkered with the fairest fields of cultivation.

S. T. BOLLES, Pewaukee; was born in Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y., Feb. 27, 1821; io 1844, he came to Wisconsin and located in Pewaukee, Waukesha Co .; in 1850, went to California, and was in various places in that State until his return to Pewaukee, in 1851; he married in Chenango Co., N. Y., Miss M. Smith, a native of that county, a most estimable lady. Mr. Bolles possesses large real- estate interest in Pewaukee, and has been ever active in promoting and encouraging, in every possible manner, the progress and growth of the village interests 'and has done much toward placing it in its present prosperous condition. He was elected the first President of the Village Council; was Chairman of the Town Board of Pewaukee several terms, and Justice of the Peace a number of years; is, at present writing, Notary Public, a position he has held for several terms. There is no local enterprise of any con- sideration that Mr. Bolles is not ready to assist in, and everything he undertakes bears the unmistakable impress of his energy and good judgment.

JAMES H. BRAIN, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Pewaukee; was born in the town of Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., Wis., Feb. 21, 1851; his parents were Moses A. and Martha Brain, early settlers of Pewaukee. Mr. Brain is a farmer by occupation, and is very successful; farm consists of 160 acres.

MOSES AARON BRAIN (deceased); was born in Gloucestershire, Eng., April 1, 1815. In 1840, he married a Miss Martha Jefferies; she was a native of the same shire; born Jan. 3, 1812. In 1844, Mr. Brain left his family, consisting of his wife and two children (Clement J., the eldest, was born Sept. 23, 1841, and Francis E., born May 17, 1843), to make a home in America. He settled in the town of Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., Wis., and was joined by his family in September, 1847; in 1854, his wife died leaving two children besides those mentioned-Martha E., born June 4, 1848, and James H., born Feb. 22, 1850. In 1855, he married again, Miss P. Jefferies, a sister of his first wife; she was born March 29, 1818; by this marriage there are two children-Frederick G., born March 3, 1857, and Leonard J., born July 6, 1859. Mr. Brain died Nov. 4, 1876. His oldest son, Clement J., during the war of the rebellion, enlisted in Co. G, 28th W. V. I., and died in the service at St. Louis, July 27, 1863.

ROBERT BRAY, Pewaukee; is a native of Lincolnshire, Eng .; was born in the town of Winterton, Jan. 10, 1853. In his native town he learned the mason's trade; Sept. 6, 1872, he married, in Lincolnshire, Emily Kendall. They emigrated to this country in 1873; located in Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., Wis., where they have since resided; they have three children. Mr. Bray takes contracts in brick and stone work, and, being a thorough mechanic, he is steadily engaged. He was Village Marshal in 1879.

SAMUEL BREESE, an extensive farmer and stock-grower, Sec. 17; P. O. Waukesha; was born in Montgomeryshire, Wales, in 1835; in 1847, he accompanied his parents, Samuel and Elea- nor Breese to this country ; they settled in the town of Genesee, this county, where he married, in 1861,

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Elizabeth Jones; they have eight children-Samuel, Mary E , Richard P., Lizzie A., Margaret H., William J., Sarah J aod Laura B Mr. Breese owns nearly a section of land in this county, also owns land in Howard Co , Iowa Mr. Breese is largely engaged in stock-growing, and owes his success in life to his good management and active industry; his buildings are as fine and commodious as any in the county, and his land is desirably located.

WILLIAM CHAPMAN, farmer, Sec. 23 ; P. O., Waukesha ; was born in Lincolnshire, Eng., Jan. 1, 1822. In 1850 he crossed the Atlantic, came to Wisconsin and located in the town of Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., Sept. 1, 1853. He married Caroline M. Horn, daughter of Solomou and Elizabeth Horn, natives of England, who settled in Wisconsin in 1837; she was born Dec. 28, 1832. They have eight children : William S., George M., Susan C., Esther H., Charles N., Nettie M., Fidelia and Wesley H. Mr. Chapman and wife have resided in Pewaukee since their marriage, with the exception of about four years, when they lived in Shiawassee Co., Mich. They own 140 acres of land, and are mem- bers of the M. E. Church. His farm is finely improved and well located, possessing many natural advantages.

A. M. CLARK, one of the first settlers of Pewaukee, was born in Essex Co., Vt., Feb. 7, 1817. He came to Wisconsin in 1837, and located where the village of Pewaukee now stands, and has made it his home since. In the early history of the village, he was largely interested-in company with his father, Deacon Asa Clark-in real estate and milling, they owning the greater portion of the land that the village was laid out on, and erecting the first saw and flouring mills; he erected the first hotel, and many more of the improvements made in the village in its infancy. Mr. Clark has been married twice ; first, in 1847, to Fidelia Bradley ; she died, leaving two children, Charles B. (now traveling salesman for Green, Button & Co., wholesale druggists, Milwaukee, ) and Martha A. His present wife was Sarah Hard- man ; they have two children, G. Frank and Jennie. Mr. Clark has never been ambitious for office, but has been frequently selected by his fellow-citizens to fill positions of honor and trust. He is, at pres- ent writing (1880), President of the Village Council, a position he is filling with general satisfaction to the people. He has spent a good many years of his life as a farmer, and owns a valuable farm adjacent to the village. He is active in promoting the material interests of the community and business enterprises of Pewaukee, and has always manifested an active interest in the welfare of the village, which he has been identified with from its earliest history to the present time.

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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 147

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