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HON. WILLIAM H. THOMAS, District Attorney, Pewaukee; was born in Clinton Co., N. Y., Sept. 25, 1821. In early life received a liberal education, came to Wisconsin in 1838, and has resided in Waukesha Co. since. He was a member of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature in 1846, and was a member of the State Assembly in 1849 and 1861; was elected District Attorney in 1879. During the war of the rebellion, Mr. Thomas served as a Captain in the 3d W. V. C. He is in the active practice of law ; is a well-read lawyer, and has but few superiors in the management of law cases, and presents his cases to a jury with great energy and effectiveness.
RUSSEL WAITE, farmer, Pewaukee ; is a native of Solon, Cortland Co., N. Y. ; was born May 4, 1818 ; when he was 18 years of age he went to Honesdale, Penn., where he learned the carpen-' ter's and joiner's trade ; continued it at that place until 1840, when he went to Ohio; worked at his trade in various towns in that State, then went to Natchez, Miss., where he remained but a short time ; in 1842 he came to Wisconsin, located in Elk Grove, Lafayette County, where he married on the 4th of May, 1848, Elizabeth Small, a native of Perthshire, Scotland, born near the city of Perth Aug. 16, 1828, and immi- grated with her parents, John and Isabel Small, to the town of Lisbon, Waukesha Co., Wis., in 1841. They have had seven children ; Ira W., married Josephine Jerenson in Dodge Co., Wis .; they reside in Eagle, this county ; John J., lives in Exeter, Neb. ; Isabel E., dead; Lizzie M .; Amy, deceased ; Lina, William R. Mr. Waite went to California in 1851, remaining there until 1853; then returned to Wis- consin, lived in the town of Lisbon, this county, until 1875, when he removed to the village of Pewaukee, where he has since resided. He owns a pleasantly located farm on Secs. 5 and 8, town of Pewaukee ; is at the present time Treasurer of Pewaukee, and is active in public affairs. .
HON. WILLIAM HENRY WASHBURN was born in Canadaigua, N. Y., June 15, 1842 ; his parents removed the same year to Pewaukee, Wankesha Co., Wis., where he re- ceived a liberal education. Feb. 1, 1871, he married in Appleton, Wis., Miss C. Heath, daughter of J. N. Heath, a pioneer settler of Pewaukee, and now a resident of Appleton ; they have one son, Holland F. During the war of the rebellion Mr. Washburn enlisted as a private in Co. G, 28th W. V. I .; served in the Western army about one year, and was discharged on account of sickness. He spent three years in California (1864-66) ; was a Supervisor of the town of Pewaukee in 1868 ; one year in Europe (1874). He was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly in 1879, a position he filled with credit to himself and honor to the State.
REV. JAMES H. WATERMAN, Pewaukee; was born in the town of Lee, Oneida Co., N. Y., where he attended the district schools for several years ; afterwards attended the High School at Rome, N. Y .; completed his education at the Casenovia Institute, in Casenovia, Madison Co., N. Y .; in 1839, he engaged in manufacturing in Annsville, N. Y., and continued therein until 1842, when he came to Wisconsin and located where he now lives ; after his coming to Wisconsin, he was ordained a minister of the Congregational Church ; had pastoral charge of that church at Pewaukee about cight years, and has been Secretary of the church for a period of over a quarter of a century. He married Miss Mary M., daughter of Nathaniel and Permelia Goss, who were early settlers of Pewaukee; she was born in Greenland, N. H .; they have three children living-Martha S., wife of Charles G. Law, of Milwaukee ; Charles W., of Neosho Falls, Kan., and Frank S., at home. Mr. Waterman has been elected to various local offices ; he owns 108 acres of land in Sec. 5, finely located and well improved, and adjacent to the village of Pewaukee, and lake of that name.
STEPHEN WEAVER, Pewaukee; was born in County Sussex, England, June 25, 1810; in 1830, he emigrated to Oneida Co., N. Y .; moved thence to Kingsbury, Broome Co., N. Y., where he married his first wife, Elizabeth Maxon, a native of Delaware Co., N. Y .; she died in Oneida Co., N. Y., in December, 1832 ; his second wife was Phoebe Maxon ; he married her in Delaware Co ; after their marriage, they lived in Chenango Co., N. Y., until 1855, in which year they came to Wisconsin and loca- ted in the town of Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., where they have resided the greater part of the time since ; their children are four living, viz .: Martin, he married Adeline Bartlett ; Alson M., married Jane Smith ; Mary S., wife of James Moyes ; James B., married Lucinda M. Pratt. Mr. Weaver learned the black- smith trade in early life, and continued in it many years; he came to Wisconsin in 1837, but remained at
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that time only a few months; he owns valuable property in and around Pewaukee; himself and wife are leading members of the M. E. Church ; his home is most pleasantly located.
JOSEPH WHITE, of the firm of Joseph White & Son, contractors and builders, also manu- facturers of medicine cases, Pewaukee ; was born in the town of Perth, Canada ; his parents, Joseph and Mary White, were natives of Edinburgh, Scotland; moved to Lockport, N. Y., where Joseph remained until he was ten years of age ; he then came to Milwaukee, Wis., where he lived about three years; at the end of that time he came to Waukesha Co., learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, in the city of Waukesha ; lived in the town of Lisbon (where he had married Eliza Greengo, daughter of Jesse and Mary Greengo, pioneer settlers of that town) most of the time until 1862, when he went East, and enlisted in Lockport, N. Y., in the 23d Independent N. Y. Battery, in which he served until the summer of 1865, when he was honorably discharged ; after his discharge, he worked as pattern maker in a manufacturing shop in Lockport, N. Y., until 1871, then went to Chicago, Ill., where he lived until 1876, when he moved to Pewaukee, and since that time has been engaged in building, etc., and has built up an extensive business. Their children are-Jesse, who is in partnership with William in business; Mary, Addie, Fannie, Lizzie, Kittie, Charlie, Hattie and Ernest. The firm Joseph White & Son is a leading one in their line in Pewaukee.
JAMES WILDISH, retired farmer, Pewaukee ; was born in County Kent, England, Oct. 17, 1816. In 1842, he married in his native country, Eliza Potter ; she was born in County Kent, England, in 1822; they immigrated to Oneida Co. N. Y., in the spring of 1843, and in the autumn of the same year, came to Wisconsin, and settled in Sec. 1, town of Libson, Waukesha Co., where he entered 160 acres of land ; they resided in Lisbon several years, then purchased a farm of 280 acres in the town of Pewaukee, where he moved and lived on his farm until 1867 ; about which time he sold his lands and moved to the village of Pewaukee, which has been his home the greater part of the time since. Their children are-George, born in North Libson, April 27, 1844 ; being the first white child born in that portion of Libson ; he is now attorney at law, and President of the Hamilton County Bank, Hamilton, Neb. ; James, born in Libson, in 1846; now a farmer, in Andrew Co. Mo .; Myron, born in 1857, now attending school at the State University, Madison. In 1867, Mr. Wildish engaged in the lumber business, being the first to engage in that business in Pewaukee.
J. W. WILKINS, an enterprising farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 31; P. O. Waukesha ; was born in Pittsburg, Penn., Aug. 2, 1848; he came to Wisconsin in 1871; lived in the city of Waukesha, until about 1873, when he moved into the town of Pewaukee, where he married, in January, 1876, Fannie Kendall, a native of London, England; they have had two children, viz., Edmund R., and Joseph W. ; the oldest of these children (Edmund R.,) is now deceased. Mr. W. is a member of the Town Board of Supervisors ; he owns 160 acres of land; he is extensively engaged in farming and stock- raising, and has on his farm every facility for being eminently successful in the business ; his farm is pleasantly situated, and finely improved.
MARSHALL WILSON, Pewaukee; was born in Warren Co., Penn., in 1837 ; his parents, Abram C. and Samantha Wilson, moved to Ashtabula Co., Ohio, when Marshall was in the 7th year of his age; thence to Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., Wis., in 1846, thus becoming early settlers ; he was elected to various local offices, and took an active part in public affairs until his death, in 1858; she is still living in Pewaukee, at the advanced age of 74 years. In 1861, Marshall Wilson married, in Pewau- kee, Isabella Currie, a native of Caledonia, N. Y., and a daughter of Dr. Currie, a leading physician ; they have two children, Nettie and Dora. In 1862, Mr. Wilson moved to Minnesota ; returned to Pewau- kee in 1863, and entered the United States service in the Quartermaster's department, serving until the autumn of 1865 ; he has been elected to various offices, and has discharged the duties of every position he has filled with general satisfaction to the citizens; himself and wife are members of the Congrega- tional Church. Mr. W. has followed the carpenter and joiner's trade now for about twenty years ; he does a large business in contracting and building.
REV. W. H. WINDOW, born in Abergavenny, England, Jan. 7, 1814; his parents were members of the first Wesleyan class formed in that borough ; received a liberal education, read medicine in that country and emigrated in 1832. In 1833 was married to Miss Eleanor L. Saunders; in 1834 entered the regular ministry of the M. E. Church, at the Mount Carmel Conference, and was appointed to the Rushville Circuit, Illinois; thence to Jacksonville, thence to Rushville, thence to Quincy, thence to Macomb, where, during his pastorate, the leading physician, Dr. Thompson, dying, he was called to minister to the sick on account of the great scarcity of physicians at that early day ; he furnished a supply for his pulpit, and devoted his whole time to the practice of medicine, and at the ensuing annual
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conference asked and received a location. In 1867 he removed to Wisconsin and supplied the Lowel charge ; was, in 1868, re-admitted into the annual conference and appointed to Randolf; then to Fond du Lac, then to Waupun, then to Allen's Grove, then to Watertown, and last to Shopiere, where, being seized with hemorrhage of the lungs, he was compelled to retire from the regular ministry ; he was ordained Deacon by the venerable Bishop Joshua Soule, and Elder by Bishop Thomas A. Morris; in 1839, in company with the late Dr. George Peck, he dedicated the first M. E. Church in the village of Stephenson, now the city of Rock Island. In 1838 he was called to mourn the loss of his wife, whose last words were, "Come, Lord Jesus;" one of her children survives, Thomas J. Window, of Littleton, Ill., now doing a large business in stock. In 1839 he was married to Miss Rebecca G. Little, of Rushville, Ill., by whom he has five children-Emma, now Mrs. Parrott, whose husband, Thomas P. Parrott, is largely engaged in stock-raising; William H., in business in Rushville; Winnie R., now wife of Prof. A. G. Gibbs, of the same city ; Susan, now Mrs. Van Horn, of Allen's Grove, Wis., and Arthur J., who is car- rying on a successful drug business in Pewaukee, Wis., where father and mother now reside, and all are members of the M. E. Church.
A. J. WINDOW, of the firm of W. H. Window & Son, druggists, Pewaukee, was born in Littleton, Schuyler Co., Ill., Feb. 25, 1826; was educated at the Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis., and graduated in chemistry in Knox College, Galesburg, Ill .; has been engaged in the drug business in Pewaukee since 1876. His father, the Rev. W. H. Window, has been a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church for over half a century. They keep a full stock of pure drugs, per- fumery and fancy goods, and in fact everything that comprises the stock of a first-class drug store ; they are doing a lucrative business, and enjoys the great respect and esteem of a widening circle of friends and patrons.
WRIGHT WOOD, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Pewaukee ; was born in Lancashire, England, Aug. 12, 1816; came to this country in 1842; settled in the town of Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., Wis., where he married, in 1847, Harriet Branch, a native of Surrey, England ; she was born in 1826, and was the daughter of William and Philly Branch, both natives of Surrey, Englaod, who settled in the town of Pewaukee in 1844, and were known as respected citizens ; both are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are members of the M. E. Church ; their surviving children are Deborah A., wife of Eph. Beaumont ; Sarah J., wife of John Williams ; Thomas, William, George and Lizzie. Mr. Wright owns a finely improved and valuable farm, finely located a short distance from the Village of Pewaukee, and overlooking a lake of that name. His parents, James and Ann Wood, were natives of England ; she died in her native country, and he came to this country in 1855, and lived in Pewaukee until his death in 1867. As will be seeo by the date of settlement above, Mr. Wood and wife are early settlers of Pewaukee, and have kept pace with her industries and improvements.
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HOLT BARNES, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. North Lake; was born in Lancashire, England, Jan. 23, 1827; in 1848, he came to the United States and settled in the town of Merton, Waukesha Co., Wis., where he has since resided ; he married in Oconomowoc, Helen Taylor, a native of Ashippun, Dodge Co., Wis., and daughter of Joseph and Alice Taylor, early settlers of Wisconsin ; they have three children-James, Lizzie and Martha. Mr. Barnes owns a finely located farm of 120 acres of land ; he has been at various times chosen to fill the offices of Chairman of the Town Board of Supervisors, Assessor and Justice of the Peace ; his parents were James Barnes and Lizzie Holt ; they were married in their native country (England), and became citizens of the town of Merton, Wankesha Co., in its infancy, of which they were honored citizens during their lives ; she died in 1859; he died in 1867.
THOMAS BARNES, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. North Lake ; was born in Lancashire, Eng., Sept. 13, 1820; he married in his native place, Mary Graham; they came to this country in 1849, settling in the town of Merton, Wankesha Co., Wis., which has been their home since ; they have one daughter, Elizabeth, now wife of Edward Spencer of this town ; he was in active service in a Volunteer Wisconsin Regiment during the war of the rebellion. Mr. Barnes owns a finely improved farm, pleas- antly located a short distance from North Lake ; himself and wife are members of the Episcopal Church ; in politics, he is a Republican.
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EPH. BEAUMONT, farmer, Sec. 26 ; P. O. Hartland ; was born in Yorkshire, England, Feb. 19, 1834 ; received a liberal education in his native country, and in 1851, came to the United States, locating in Waukesha Co., Wis., where he made his home until 1854, when he went to California ; engaged in mining there until 1862, in which year he returned to Waukesha County and purchased his present home, Jan. 1, 1863, he married in Pewaukee, Wis., Deborah A. Wood ; she was born in Pewaukee, and is the daughter of Wright Wood, an old settler and esteemed citizen of that town; they have seven children-Saxie F., Richard H., Hattie C., Charles R., William M., Bessie and Edith. Mr. Beaumont has been chosen to fill various offices ; was Chairman of the Merton Town Board of Super- visors in 1868-69, and County Treasurer during the years 1871-74; was Sheriff in 1875-76; in every position he has filled he has discharged the duties thereof to the entire satisfaction of the people in general ; in 1877, he erected his magnificent brick residence, which is one of the finest in the town, desirably located on the bank of Bark River, half-mile from Beaver Lake, and a short drive from Hartland, surrounded by his pleasantly laid out and improved farm of over 170 acres of land.
W. H. BOLSON, an enterprising citizen of Stone Bank, was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y, in 1840; he learned the trade of engineer in Brutus, N. Y .; in 1858, he came to Wisconsin, located in Ocono- mowoc, where he married in 1860, Miss Aurelia Hatch, daughter of D. G. Hatch, of that town; she was born in Oswego, N. Y .; they have five children-Maria, William, Martha, Clara, and John. During the war of the rebellion, Mr. Bolson enlisted in Co. B., 16th W. V. [. ; served three years, and participated in every battle, siege, and skirmish his command was in during that time; the principal engagements were Shiloh, Corinth, Atlanta, and a series of battles around that place; he was honorably discharged at Madi- son, Wis .; he came to Stone Bank in 1877, since which y ear he has had the contract of carrying the United States mail to Hartland, Stone Bank, North Lake, Monches and Merton ; he also has a steam thrashing machine, and during the thrashing season is busily engaged in that business. Mr. Bolson is a Republican in politics, and is a consistent and active worker in that party.
WILLIAM BULL, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Merton; was born near Hilton, Derbyshire, En- gland, in 1833; in 1844, he came to this country, and has resided in Merton, Waukesha Co., Wis., the most of the time since. In early life he learned the blacksmith trade, and worked at it for several years in various parts of the county. He married in Merton, Elizabeth McCormick, daughter of Francis McCor- mick and Melvina McCormick nee Molster, who settled in this town (Merton) in 1837; they have six children-William W., Lilly, Matilda, Seymour, Eunice and Mina. Mr. Bull owns a pleasantly located farm, well improved.
JOSEPH BURG, proprietor of Monches Flouring Mills; is a native of Prussia; was born in October, 1817; in 1840, he came to this country, and located in Luzerne Co., Penn., where he married Sophia Rousser ; they resided in Pennsylvania, until 1855 ; then came to Wisconsin, settling in the town of Polk, Washington Co., where they made their home until 1867, when they came to Monches, Wau- ke ha Co. ; their children are Charles, John, Peter, Joseph, Mary, Katie and Lizzie; the oldest of the absove sons, John, is in Minnesota ; Mary, the oldest daughter, is the wife of William Roth, of Milwaukee. In 1869, Mr. Burg purchased the Monches Flouring Mills; he does a large custom and merchant busi- ness, and to him, the village of Mouches owes chiefly her present business prosperity. The flour made has a goodly reputation for its superior quality. Prior to his coming to this country, Mr. Burg served over three years in the Prussian army. Since his coming to Wisconsin he has been elected to many local offices, and enjoys the confidence of all with whom he has to do.
R. W. CROUCH, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Hartland; was born in Brattleboro, Windham Co., Vt., Oct. 3, 1822, where he remained until 1848, when he came to Watertown, Wis., and there married in 1856, Lucy E. McMillan, daughter of Alexander and Sarah McMillan, pioneer settlers of Watertown. After their marriage they continued to reside in Watertown, until 1867, in which year they came to Waukesha Co., and located where they now reside. Their oldest son is Edward M. ; their oldest daughter, Eunice A., is the wife of Orrin Russell, Kansas ; second oldest son is Lewis H. ; third oldest is Edward M. ; youngest daughter is Bertha L. Mr. Crouch owns 175 acres of land, located on Beaver Lake, one mile from Hartland, and nicely improved.
SAMUEL DARRAH, Stone Bank, was born iu Saratoga Co., N. Y., Oct. 26, 1837; when he was about 16 years of age he entered a hardware store at Schenectady, N. Y., where he remained until 1857, when he came to Wisconsin, and engaged in general merchandizing at Muskego, until 1861, then came to Stone Bank, and was in the mercantile business there until 1865; afterward engaged in the same business at Rio, until 1873. He married in 1863, Margaret Ferguson, daughter of James Ferguson, Sr., an old and esteemed citizen of that place; they have four children. Mr. Darrah is the proprietor of Stone
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Bank Flouring Mills, and has for a number of years been associated with the various business and other interests of the place. His residence is a fine edifice, and is pleasantly located in the village.
ED DRUMMOND, merchant and Postmaster, Stone Bank; was born in Suffolk, Ipswich, England, Aug. 1, 1844; when he was 4 years of age, his parents emigrated to this country and settled in Yorkville, Racine Co., Wis., where he remained until 1862, when he came to Stone Bank, Waukesha Co., Wis .; he shortly afterward engaged in the mercantile business in Ashippun, Dodge Co., which he con- tinued in there with good success for about four years ; in 1872, he commenced business in Stone Bank, and by his strict attention and fair dealing has built up a large trade, and enjoys the confidence of all with whom he is acquainted ; he keeps a full line of general merchandise, and his stock is second to none in the county. He was appointed Postmaster in 1872, Notary Public in 1875; both positions he still fills; was Town Treasurer twice, Chairman of the Town Board of Supervisors two terms, being the Chairman of that body at present writing. April 19, 1870, he married, at Stone Bank, Miss Susan Miles, of that place ; they have three children, Leah A. M., Alice and Archie E.
ELI EASTMAN, Postmaster, Merton; was born at Hawkesbury, on the Ottawa River, Canada in 1821 ; when he was 16 years of age, engaged to learn the shoemaking trade in Chneiecarte, and, in 1846, he came to Wisconsin and located on a farm in the town of Merton, Waukesha Co., Wis .; continued farming until about 1851, in which year he moved to the village of Merton, engaged in shoemaking, a business he has since continued in; he was appointed Postmaster in 1867, a position he still holds to the general satisfaction of the people and all interested; was elected Justice of the Peace in 1865, and, with the exception of three years, has been the incumbent of that office since. Mr. Eastman married in Canada in 1844, Electa Waite; she was also a native of Hawkeshury; they have three children living ; Sarah, their oldest daughter, is the wife of J. Burk; he is now Principal of the First Ward School at Appleton, Wis .; Louisa E., their second oldest daughter, is the wife of E. S Pearl, of Lisbon, this county ; Eunice M., their youngest daughter, is the wife of C. J. Medbury, salesman for the Fish Bros. Manufacturing Company.
JOHN FERGUSON, JR., a leading citizen of Stone Bank, is a native of Perthshire, Scot- land, was born in Lonfargan Sept. 4, 1825; in 1842, he came with his father, John Ferguson, Sr., who is still an honored and esteemed citizen of Stone Bank, to this country, locating the same year in Stone Bank, Waukesha Co., Wis. In August, 1850, he married, in Jefferson, Wis., Miss Ann Reynolds, a native of Medina, N. Y .; they have three children, William, Zelman and Josephine. Mr. Ferguson has, at various times, been chosen by his fellow-citizens to fill official positions; he was elected five consecutive terms Chairman of the Merton Town Board of Supervisors, and was a member of the said Board for more than eight years ; he was Town Assessor several terms, and has filled various school offices, and has, at all times, taken a, deep and active interest in the advancement of every public enterprise that gave promise of general good, and is deservedly very popular. He owns a valuable farm of 157 acres, very desirably located and finely improved ; he has been engaged in the mercantile business in Stone Bank, and has been identified with the growth and prosperity of many business enterprises in that village for nearly forty years.
E. H. FULLER, farmer, Merton ; was born in Wyoming Co., N. Y., Jan. 27, 1848; he came to Wisconsin in 1865; located in the town of Merton, Waukesha Co., where he married, on the 4th of February, 1869, Elizabeth Gavitt; she was born in Merton (was the daughter of James and Sophrona Gavitt, who came from Perry Village, N. Y., and settled in Merton in 1843); they have one child, Edna E. Mr. Fuller is very energetic, and is largely engaged in farming; he established the first cheese factory in the village of Merton ; is a prominent member of the Masonic Society.
JOSEPH A. GILLETT, farmer, Sec. 36 ; P. O. Merton ; was born in Clarkson, Monroe Co., N. Y., Sept. 25, 1837; while he was a boy, his parents, Nelson and Esther Gillett, removed to Wis- consin, settling in the town of Vernon, Waukesha Co., thus becoming pioneer settlers. In 1861, the subject of this notice, Joseph A. Gillett, married Adelia Hall, daughter of J. M. and Elizabeth Hall, old and honored residents of Merton ; they have three children-Elmer E., Ella E. and John N. Mr. Gillett owns 120 acres of land, well located and improved; his parents' children were Marietta (now deceased), Phoebe (now living in New Lisbon, Wis.), Joseph A., Marcus D. (who was a soldier in the 37th W. V. I., was wounded at Petersburg and died from the effects at Washington), Emma (deceased), ยท Andrew J. (served in the 30th W. V. I. during the war, and now resides near Neceedah, Wis.), Imogene (wife of A. Cook, New Lisbon, Wis., who served in an Illinois regiment during the war, and was severely wounded), Francina (lives in New Lisbon) and Mary E. (wife of Albert Wood, of Barron Co., Wis.).
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