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 153

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

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CHRISTOPHER GAYNOR, farmer, See. 21; P. O. Brookfield Center; was born in County Meath, Ireland ; immigrated to Canada with his parents, James and Bridget Gaynor; thenee to Kewaunee Co., Wis., in 1858, where his father died; his mother is still a resident of that county. He married in Kewaunee County, in January, 1868, Mary Newman ; she was born in the town of Menomonee, this county, and was the daughter of Michael and Mary Newman, early settlers of that town ; they have four children living-Margaret, Mary E., Elizabeth and Christopher; two children deceased-Thomas and Joseph. Mr. Gaynor was Chairman of the Brookfield Board of Supervisors in 1876-77, 1879-80 ; four terms ; owns finely located and well-improved farm.

JOHN GEBHART, farmer, See. 27 ; P. O. Elin Grove; was born in the town of Brook- field, Waukesha Co., Wis., in 1850 ; his parents are George and Maria Gebhart, old settlers and still residents of Brookfield. He married on the 20th of January, 1874, Susanna Naurths; she was also born in Brookfield, and is the daughter of Christian and Susanna Naurths, early settlers of that town ; they have three children-Lena, Mary and Elizabeth. Mr. Gebhart is town Treasurer at present writing, and has filled various other local offices ; he is extensively engaged in farming.

HENDRICK GREGG, See. 25 ; P. O. Elm Grove ; was born in Smithfield, Madison Co., N. Y., December 21, 1807. In 1831, he married, in Oneida Co., N. Y., Clarissa M. Leland, a native of Grafton, Mass., born November 28, 1810; they came to Wisconsin in June, 1836; located on a farm in Milwaukee Co., where they resided a number of years ; the farm they first settled on they sold to Milwan- kee Co., and the county poor buildings now are located on it; in 1855, they moved from Milwaukee Co. to this county and settled in the town of Brookfield, where they have sinee resided ; their oldest son, Jefferson, now a leading farmer of Brookfield, was the first white male ehild born in Milwaukee; was born on Aug. 15, 1836, he married Rhoda J. Parker ; their oldest daughter, Helen M., is deceased ; their second oldest daughter, Mary, is also deceased ; Harrison M., their second oldest son, married in California, Dora Pateh ; they reside in Central City, Dakota ; Sarah E., the third oldest daughter, is the wife of A. W. Coe, of Milwaukee Co. ; third oldest son, George, enlisted in Co. D, 24th W. V. I., during the war of the rebellion, was killed at the battle of Stone River ; the records of his regiment show he was a brave soldier ; fourth oldest daughter, Sarah E., is the wife of J. Hanks, of Granville, Wis .; fourth oldest son, Lewis H., married Hattie Hanks, and resides in this town ; fifth oldest daughter, Ella P., is deceased ; sixth oldest daughter, Katie, is the wife of J. D. Warren, of Wauwatosa, Wis. Mr. Gregg owns 240 aeres of land ; in polities he acts with the Democratic party ; in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee Co., he was elected to various offiees.

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HON. AARON V. GROOT, Sec. 2; P. O. Butler, Milwaukee Co .; was born in Schenec- tady, N. Y., on the 18th of September, 1799. He married in 1820, at Cohoes Falls, N. Y., to Margaret Paulding ; she was also a native of Schenectady; born Nov. 20, 1800 ; in 1824, they moved to Utica, N. Y .; thence to Salem, Washington Co., where they resided the greater part of the time until their coming to Wisconsin in 1842 ; they first located in New Berlin, but remained only one year ; they then moved to Brookfield, where they have resided since. Mr. Groot has been elected to several offices; was Chairman of the Brookfield Board of Supervisors several terms ; was Assessor about ten years ; Justice of the Peace a number of terms ; and was a member of the Wisconsin Assembly in 1851. Mrs. Groot is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; their children are John, Abraham, Simon, Robert, Catherine, Cornelius, Helen, Emory, Esther and Lydia ; the oldest son, John, lives in Tipton Co. ; Abraham, the second son, died in 1854 ; Simon, the third son, died in 1876 ; he served in the O. V. I., during the war of the rebellion ; was a good soldier ; Robert, the fourth son, served all through the Mexican war ; also was a soldier in active service during the war of the rebellion ; he lives in Pierce Co., Wis .; Catherine, the oldest daughter, is the wife of E. R. Colton, attorney at law, Oshkosh, Wis. ; Cornelius is deceased ; Emory is deceased ; Esther was the wife of Robert Dunn, a soldier in a Kansas regiment during the war ; she is deceased ; Helen is the wife of H. N. Barnes of this town, Brookfield ; Lydia is the wife of Abel Kay, of Oshkosh, Wis. Mr. Groot owns 150 acres of land ; he is an old citizen and is highly esteemed by all.

CHARLES HART, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Brookfield Center ; was born Nov. 2, 1820, io Lincolnshire, England ; he came to this country in 1843, and in 1844, settled in the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co., Wis., where he married in 1850, Ann Taylor, also a native of England ; seven children- Sarah A., their eldest daughter, is the wife of W. Bingham, a commission merchant of Omaha; John W., their oldest son, is in Rising City, Neb .; Mary E., Charles B., Martha M., Theresa and Lotta are at home with their parents. Mr. Hart has held various school offices ; he erected the first saw-mill in the town of Brookfield ; also erected and ran a flouring-mill several years; he owns 110 acres of land ; his father, Charles Hart, came to Brookfield in 1844, and lived there several years.

JAMES HYLAND, farmer, Sec. 1 ; P. O. Butler; was born in Queens County, Ireland, in 1824 ; he came to this country in about 1839. Married, in the city of New York, Mary Farrell ; they came to Wisconsin in 1842, and settled in the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co., which has been their home since ; their children are Margaret, John, Michael, George W., Mary and Lizzie; the oldest of the children, Margaret, is the wife of James O'Connor; at the breaking out of the war of the rebellion, he raised a company in Prairie du Chien, Wis .; was made Captain, and served in that position until the close of the war; he is now engaged in the hardware business in Maryville, Mo. John, the oldest son, married Katie Foley ; she is deceased ; he is a farmer in the town of Menomonee ; Michael, the second oldest son, married Mary Dockery, daughter of Hon. P. Dockery, of Milwaukee Co., Wis .; they live in this town ( Brookfield) ; George W., the third oldest son, married Rosa McMahon of this town ; he is engaged in farming on Sec. 11; Mary, the second oldest daughter, is at home ; Lizzie, the youngest of the children, is the wife of James Foley ; he was a soldier in active service during the war of the rebellion ; is a leading farmer in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee Co. Mr. Hyland owns a finely improved farm; has been very successful in life.

A. F. JANSSEN, proprietor of the Brookfield House, Sec. 26; P. O. Elm Grove ; was born in Hanover, Germany, on the 23d of July, 1831 ; in 1851, he came to this country ; lived in the city of New York until 1854, then went to Chicago, Ill., where he remained about three years, at the end of which time he came to Milwaukee, Wis., where he engaged in keeping hotel; in 1879, he purchased the Brookfield House. He married, in Chicago, Ill., Louisa Flenji, a native of Mecklenburg, Germany ; they have five children-Henry, Fredrick, Charlie, Herman and Louis. In Milwaukee, Mr. Janssen was engaged for several years in keeping a retail notion store, and did a good business.

FRANK LUTTER, manufacturer, Plank Road Junction; P. O. Waukesha; was born in Prussia, on the 5th of October, 1843; he learned the blacksmith trade in his native country ; came to America in 1860. He married, in Brookfield, Christine Lamp ; they own a finely improved and pleasantly located farm ; he has been engaged in the manufacturing business at the Junction for several years; the wagons, buggies, etc., of his make are widely known for their durability and the superior quality of timber used in their manufacture ; he also makes the Miller Patent Roller, which has been granted the first premium at every agricultural fair where it has been exhibited. Mr. Lutter is the principal manufacturer there is in the town of Brookfield ; he is a thorough mechanic, employs none but experienced workmen, and uses only the best of material, and therefore has built up a large and constantly increasing trade.

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PETER J. MITCHELL, station and telegraph agent, Elm Grove, was born in county of Galway, Ireland, June 27, 1846 ; in 1851, he came to this country with his parents ( Patrick and Mary Mitchell) ; they settled in Milwaukee County, where they still reside ; he received an academic education in Milwaukee. Married, in Waukesha, Wis., Sarah Tague ; they have five children-Sarah A., Peter F., Thomas A., Margaret E. and Robert E. Mr. Mitchell owns 150 acres of land ; he has been telegraph and station agent about sixteen years, Justice of the Peace for several terms, and has also filled the posi- tion of Treasurer.

JAMES B. NOBLE, farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. O. Butler ; was born in Geneseo, Livingston Co., N. Y., on the 20th of December, 1811 ; in 1847, he came to Wisconsin ; located in the town of Brookfield, which has been his home since ; in early life, Mr. Noble learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, in the State of New York, and followed it there and in this State for several years. He has been married three times ; his first wife was Caroline Daggett ; she died in Bennington, N. Y. ; second wife was Ellen Hig- gins ; she died in this town (Brookfield) ; his present wife was Mahalia Higgins, a native of Chester- field, N. H. ; born in 1815. Mr. Noble has been Clerk and Treasurer of School District No. 8 for about sixteen years. He also filled the offices of Town Treasurer and Justice of the Peace. He owns a finely located and well-improved farm. His children are William H., now of Pierce Co., Wis .; Caroline, wife of J. C. Wheeler, also in Pierce Co. Mr. Wheeler served, during the war of the rebellion, in a Wisconsin regiment. Thomas J. is in Dakota ; Frank, the youngest of the children, is in Nebraska.

O. J. PATTERSON, a leading farmer, Sec. 11 ; P. O. Butler ; was born in Stratford, Vt. on the 21st of March, 1820; in 1843, he came to Wisconsin ; lived in the town of Lake two years ; then went to Ashippun, Dodge Co., and in 1863 moved to his present home ; during the war of the rebellion, he enlisted in Co. E, 48th W. V. I. ; was in active service on the frontier, and was honorably discharged in June, 1866. Mr. Patterson married, in the town of Pewaukee, Miss A. Perry, a native of Erie Co., Penn. ; born in 1826. He owns a pleasantly located and well-improved farm, and is an ener- getic and enterprising man. His parents, A. B. and Margaret Patterson, were early settlers of the West, and were for a number of years residents of Ashippun, Wis. O. J. Patterson, the subject of this sketch, was for several years a member of the Vermont State militia, and was Captain of a company three years.

ORRIN G. PHILBROOK, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Brookfield Center ; was born in Rushville, N. Y., in 1842 ; he came to Wisconsin with his parents, Samuel and Emily Philbrook, in 1845; settled in the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co., which has been his home since. He married Frances Coburn, daughter of Edwin Coburn, an honored citizen of Tonica, Ill; they have three children- Freddie, Ollie May ; the third is an infant, unnamed. Mr. Philbrook owns 80 acres of land. Is a Republican in politics.

EUGENE PHILLIPS, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Butler ; was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1841 ; in 1844, his parents, Eli and Lavina Phillips, came to this county, aud settled in the town of Brookfield, where Eugene remained until the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion, when he enlisted in Co. A, 24th W. V. I., served until the close of the war and was honorably discharged. He partici- pated in nearly every battle his regiment was in. He married, in Wauwatosa, Wis., Maggie Bassler ; they have three children-Lavina S., Eli B., and Benjamin C. Mr. Phillips is largely engaged in farm- ing, and is very successful. Is a Republican in politics.

E. E. PHILLIPS, farmer ; Sec. 2; P. O. Butler ; was born on the 28th of February, 1831, in Erie Co., N. Y .; he came to Wisconsin with his parents, Russel and Mary A. Phillips, in 1841 ; settled in the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co., Sept. 17, 1857. He married Isabella L. Leith ; she was born in Amsterdam, N. Y .; they have three children ; the oldest, Mary A., is the wife of J. R. Collins. Osh- kosh, Wis .; Nellie and Willie R. are at home. Mr. Phillips owns 125 acres of land ; he has been elected to various town and school offices. Is a Republican in politics.

MONROE PHILLIPS, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Butler; is a native of York State ; he came to Wisconsin in 1844, with his parents, Eli and Lavina Phillips ; settled in Brookfield, Waukesha Co. He married in Milwaukee, in 1863, Axie Hurd, of Columbia Co., Wis .; they have three children living-Florence, Edith and Ethel. Mr. Phillips is extensively engaged in farming. He is a Republican in politics.

S. G. M. PUTNEY, a leading farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Brookfield Center ; was born io Madison Co., N. Y .; while he was a child his parents moved to Rushville, Yates Co., N. Y., where he married on the

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5th of October, 1836, Sarah E. Wadsworth, a native of Middlesex, Yates Co .; born on the 9th of August, 1817 ; the same year they were married, he came to Wisconsin and bought a claim near Portage, then returned home ; in the spring of 1840, they moved to Milwaukee, remaining there until December of that year, when they removed to their present home, becoming pioneer settlers of the town of Brookfield; their children were Royal M., Fayette and Clayton L. ; the oldest of those children, Royal M., was born in Rushville, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1837 ; during the war of the rebellion, he enlisted in Co. E, 24th W. V. I., and was killed at Mission Ridge on the 23d of January, 1864; the second son, Fayette, died while a child; Clayton L., the youngest, resides with his parents. Mr. Putney owns 200 acres of land; he has filled various offices of trust. Is a Republican in politics.

TOWN OF MUKWONAGO.

WILLIAM ADDENBROOKE, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. North Prairie; born 1832, in Staffordshire, Eng .; is a son of Hy. and Harriett (Johnson) Addenbrook, who are now residents of Liverpool, Eng. ; Mr. A. studied in the schools of his native land, taking a medical course at the Bir- mingham Hospital ; he practiced medicine on the ocean packet-ships, and in the American and English seaports, until 1852, when he came to Wisconsin and bought his present farm of 120 acres; was for nine years in the grain and mercantile business at North Prairie, selling his store and elevator, in 1875 ; has since devoted himself to his farm and apiary; his first swarm was captured in the woods about twenty years ago ; was for a time in partnership with George Grimm, whose father, Adam G., of Jefferson, Wis., was the most successful apiarian on the continent, and first introduced the Italian bees; the partnership was dissolved in 1879, Mr. Addenbrooke now owning one hundred and fifty swarms of pure and hybrid Italians ; he was the originator of the method of wintering the hives packed in chaff, which is found to to be most satisfactory ; he is now building a very large two-story residence, fitting up the cellar with a view to the wintering of bees ; when he went into partnership, he had fifty-seven swarms, of which Mr. Grimm took half; at the end of two years, they divided three hundred swarms between them, having more than paid expenses. Mr. A. introduced the first ferrets, and also the first African geese, into Wis- consin. Is a Democrat; was Chairman, in 1876 and 1878, and was re-elected in 1880; has also been Supervisor, etc .. in his Republican town. Married, in 1853, Miss Celia, daughter of Isaiah and Emily L. (Harrison) Skidmore, of Staffordshire, who settled in Mukwonago, in July, 1844; Mr. and Mrs. A. have six children-Ellen H. (Mrs. John Sugden), Henry H., William J., M. Louisa, Joseph J. and Harriet R.

F. S. ANDREWS, farmer, Secs. 15, 16 and 22; P. O. Mukwonago; is a son of John and Betsey (Smith) Andrews, and was born in Andover, Vt., March 24, 1826; the family settled on Sec. 22, Mukwonago, in 1844 ; here F. S. Andrews lived till 1850, when he located on his present farm of 195 acres ; has cleared the land of a heavy growth of oak, broken and fenced it, built a large basement barn, in 1861, has added other substantial buildings, and, in 1879, built a large and tasteful farmhouse. Married, Sept. 28, 1848, Miss Emmeline Hollister, of Bafford, S. C., by whom he has eight children-Betsey A., Anginette, Wallace F., Addie J., Alida K., Luella, Ross E., and May A. The mother of Mr. A. died in 1846, his father still residing in Mukwonago, aged 82 Mr. A. is a Republican, and has been twice chairman, and several years Supervisor, of the town. Is breeding full-blooded Spanish merino sheep, from the flock of Jasper J. Brainerd, Attica, N. Y., owning fifty full-bloods and sixty high grades; he also has one full-blood and six grade shorthorns.

GEORGE W. ANDREWS, farmer, Secs. 22 and 23; P. O. Mukwonago ; born in Andover Vt .; is a son of John and Betsey (Smith) Andrews, who came to Mukwonago in 1844, John A. buying three eighties of Government land and 320 acres of the settlers, living here until 1873, when he located in the village, his wife having died, in 1846, leaving him nine children-John, Lucy, Frederic S., George W., Andrew, Mary A., Ira B., Wesley, and Laurel G., all of whom are now in Wisconsin, except Ira D. and Wesley ; Geo. W. married Miss Roxina Hollister, a native of Canada, by whom he has a son, J. Elmer, born Oct. 30, 1870. Owns 166 acres of the old homestead, well improved, with good buildings; is a well-known stock-grower and dealer, buying pure-bred sheep for Western breeders ; has an excellent flock of Spanish merinos, from the flocks of Perry Craig, Vernon and A. C. Whitmore, East Troy, and has recently paid $100 for a registered ram, from the famous Hammond flock, Shoreham, Vt.

LAUREL G. ANDREWS, merchant and postmaster at Mukwonago; born 1841, in Andover, Vt. His father, John Andrews, settled in. Mukwonago, in 1844; Laurel G. was educated in

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the village school, and in Carroll College. Married Miss Martha, daughter of Jesse Whitney ; she was a native of Rochester, N. Y., and a resident of Mukwonago. Mr. A. is a Republican. His business life began in 1869, his partner and uncle, Sewall Andrews, retiring the next year in favor of his son Clement. L. G. & C. Andrews did business until 1873, when F. A. Wood bought out Clement A., thus constituting the present firm ; they have, since November, 1879, occupied a large and well appointed store, built and owned by S. Andrews, carrying a very large and most complete stock of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, and anything wanted in a farming community. Mr. A. was appointed Postmaster in April, 1875.

SEWALL ANDREWS, the pioneer settler of Mukwonago Village, was born Feb. 5, 1807, in Andover, Vt., son of John and Rebecca (Webber) Andrews ; after he was thirteen he attended school but little, being engaged on the farm of his widowed mother ; at 19 he began peddling tinware in Massachusetts, and after eight years began business in Simonsville, Vt. ; his first visit to Wisconsin was in the fall of 1835 ; Major Jesse Meacham and A. Spoor accompanied him from Chicago to Milwaukee Village, where Milo Jones joined them ; proceeding with a team to the southwest, they tented out on the open prairie, now the site of the city of Janesville ; returning, via Chicago, to his native State, he remained until the spring of 1836 ; came to Milwaukee, met Henry H. Camp, and with him reached the Indian village of Mequenago, in May, 1836; Major Jessie Meacham was one week ahead of them ; a present of two barrels of flour induced the Indians to allow them to build a bark-roofed shanty, 10x12 feet, in their village ; prior to this they built, but did not occupy, a similar hut on Sec. 22; these were the very first buildings ever erected by a " pale-face " in Mukwonago ; the " Los " were removed in 1837 but many returned and staid for years ; the village plot was surveyed by Martin Field and Ira Blood, in the fall of 1836 ; in the spring of 1837 Mr. A. built a store and brought in the first goods from New York City ; this was the trade center for twenty miles around, and the hardy frontier merchant reaped a rich reward ; after relinquishing mercantile business, Mr. A. owned the grist mill five years, but of late has given his attention to cultivating his farm on the outskirts of the pretty village in which he is now the oldest settler ; his substantial brick residence was built in 1842, and was one of the first of that material erected in Waukesha County. He married, Nov. 21, 1838, Miss Sarah Resigue, of Hubbardton, Vt. She died in April, 1861, leaving two sons,-Lorin, born Sept. 3, 1839 ; and Clement, born April 15, 1847. The present Mrs. Andrews was formerly Sarah J. Mason, and was born in Pompey, Onondaga Co., N. Y. ; she married Edgar Meacham, who at his death, in March, 1856, left two children, Clarence and Lillian. Leona, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, died Feb. 27, 1871. Mr. and Mrs. A. are leading members of the Universalist Society of Mukwonago. Mr. A., at this writing, is a ruddy-cheeked, sturdy- looking man, who can follow a team or break in a fractious colt as well as he did forty-four years ago ; he was a prominent figure in the first recorded events of his town and county. Politics, Old Line Whig Republican.

JOSEPH BOND, farmer ; was born Oct. 10, 1800, in Warrensburg, Warren Co., N. Y., at that time Thurman's Patent, Washington Co., N. Y .; all his schooling was before his 12th birthday, but he grew up a reading, thinking and observing farmer ; his farm in East Hamburg, Erie Co., N. Y., was sold at a profit prior to his coming to Mukwonago, in June, 1839 ; he at once hought his present farm of 280 acres, on Secs. 22 and 27; Mr. B. did the best of work among the oak openings here, splitting rails like a second Lincoln ; made his farm valuable and erected good and commodious buildings upon it. Joseph Bond is one of Waukesha County's best-known pioneers, and formerly took a lively interest in public and political matters; he voted for Andrew Jackson in 1828, and has always supported his Democratic princi- ples; was a member of the Territorial House of Representatives in 1840, 1841 and 1846; and as a member of the first Legislature, in 1848, helped frame the State Government; this honorable and hard-working body of pioneer law makers organized the Judicial and Legislative departments, made the " forty-acre exemption law, and many others, still in force; Mr. Bond was also a legislator in 1855, served on the County Board before and after the division of the counties, was Chairman of the County Board at the building of the court house, and from the evident respect felt for him at this day filled all these positions with credit.

THOMAS BRIMMER, farmer, Secs. 16 and 21 ; P. O. North Prairie; born in Petersburg, N. Y., Oct. 9, 1806; Mr. Brimmer lived near this point until he was 20, then settled in Erie Co., N. Y. ; in 1844, he came to Wisconsin and bought his present farm ; built a rude house of planks, roofed with oak shingles, split out by him in Fox River woods ; this was his home eight or ten years, and was replaced by his now pleasant home ; his barns are 30x52 and 22x30; his 191 acres are cleared, fenced and pro- ductive ; his son is also established near him on a good farm of 80 acres. Mr. Brimmer is a genuine old settler, and a successful one ; his wife, formerly Clarissa Wright, died Aug. 7, 1851, leaving four

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children : Sarah, Orlin, Maria and Emily ; his present wife, formerly Philura Wright, married Noah Brimmer, who died, leaving five children: Homer, deceased; O. Perry, Mary, deceased; Caroline, deceased ; and William. Mr. B. is a Republican, and was Assessor in early times.

ISAAC BRADLEY, farmer, Secs. 18, 19 and 20; P. O. Eagle; born in the West Ridings of Yorkshire, England, May 2, 1822; losing his father when 12 years of age, he made his home with William Hill, a brother-in-law, of whom he learned the trade of stone-cutter; came with him to America, 1842, and worked on Mr. Hill's farm one year to complete the time of his apprenticeship, and the second year to repay his passage money loaned him by Mr. H .; the next two years were spent at work on the farms by the day and month ; Isaac Skidmore then paid him $9 per month for a year and a half, he thus saving his first $100; he then made a trip through South Wisconsin, doing his first stone cutting in America, at Beloit ; returning; he worked three years in the Genesee stone quarry, during this time he had bought a warrant, and located land near Neenah, Wis. ; the next two winters were spent in the pineries of Michigan, working at his trade in summer in Milwaukee; he also worked one summer in Chicago, and one in building a college at Batavia, Ill. ; after this he bought, but soon sold, an interest in the Genesee Stone quarry, also, exchanged his land at Neenah for 80 acres of his present farm ; at this time, 1853, an Indian trail led across it from Mukwonago to the northwest ; about 20 acres were broken, on which was an unfinished house, used as a weaving-room by former occupants ; as a result of twenty-seven years of intelligent labor and care, Mr. Bradley has 300 acres, of which 200 are under cultivation ; his barn is 30x46 feet ; shed addition for sheep, 21x30 feet ; stable, 18x47 feet, etc. ; his house, improved and painted, is 28x36 feet, and a pleasant home; as Mr. B. came here on money lent by a relative, this showing speaks for itself as to the character and energy of the man ; during his life here he has worked at his trade to some extent, being foreman of a bridging gang on the Prairie du Chien Division for three sum- mers ; his last stone work was on the Milwaukee Water Works, 1873-75. He married Miss Jane, daughter of Robert Wilkinson, and a native of the East Ridings of Yorkshire, by whom he had five chil- dren-Henry W., Ella M., Irvin (deceased), Annie J. and Frank D. Mr. Bradley is liberal in religion and politics.

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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 153

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