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 156

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

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FRANK A. WOOD, merchant, Mukwonago ; born, 1851, in Vernon, Waukesha Co., Wis., his parents, John and Mary Wood, removing to Mukwonago when he was an infant; after a course of study in the village school, he entered the store of Clark & Andrews, in 1868, and clerked for this and other firms, up to the time of his purchase of an interest with Mr. Andrews, in 1873. He married Miss Lillian, daughter of Edgar and Sarah Meacham, of Mukwonago; Mr. Wood is a Republican.

H. A. YOUMANS, M. D., Mukwonago; born in the town of Coeyman, Albany Co., N. Y., May 22, 1816 ; son of John and Almira ( Hamilton) Youmans, who removed two years later to Genesee Co., N. Y. ; our subject received a common-school education in the town of Java, and took an academic course in Wyoming Academy ; hegan the study of medicine under the noted Dr. B. H. Colgrove, of Sardinia, N. Y., and attended lectures in the Geneva (N. Y.) Medical College, graduating as physician and surgeon in Jannary, 1843; in June, 1844, the Doctor came West, visited various parts of Wisconsin, settled in Mukwonago, and has been in active practice here since; he relates that in an early day he was called to see a young man who had been crushed in a thrashing-machine, on Melendy's Prairie; Dr. Youman's improvised surgical instruments, comprised in a dirk-knife and a common buck-saw, were not needed, as the young fellow sank and died in spite of the fact that the Doctor stopped the flow of blood most effectually by a home-made tourniquet, i. e., a stout cord and stick; this is a sample of the desperate cases, showing how little the pioneers had to do with, and how much to contend with. The Doctor mar- ried, Feb. 18, 1846, Miss Lucy S., daughter of John and Betsey (Smith) Andrews; she was a native of Andover, Vt., and they have four living children- Henry M. (editor of the Freeman), Annie (Mrs. T. W. Haight), Laurel E. and L. Mabel; Augustus, the eldest, enlisted at 16 in the Union army, served out his term of enlistment, came home sick, and died a week later. Dr. Youmans is a genuine type of the old settler, and has had a longer term of practice than almost any other physician in the State; he is an old-line Whig-Republican ; was formerly Chairman, etc., of his town, and was a member of the hard- working, historic and fearlessly patriotic Legislature of 1861; the Doctor is also an old and tried Odd- Fellow.

TOWN OF LISBON.

SILAS AINSWORTH, farmer, and breeder of fine-wool sheep, Sec. 30 ; P. O. Merton ; was born in Stafford, Genesee Co., N. Y., April 27, 1817. He married in the town of Elba, N. Y., Rox- ana Robe, a native of Simsbury, Hartford Co., Conn .; in 1839, he went to Cook Co., Ill., and the following year (1840) moved his family there; in 1844, they removed to their present home ; their children were Henry N., who was born in Batavia, N. Y., April 2, 1839 ; during the war of the rebellion, he enlisted in Co. F, 1st W. V. I .; he died in the service, at Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 2, 1862; the records of his regiment show that he was a gallant soldier and a genial comrade ; Roderic was educated at the State Nor- mal School, at Bloomington, Ill .; he married Miss H. M. Phillips ; they have one child, May C .; Clara A., wife of Dr. G. T. Loomis, Cascade, Sheboygan Co., Wis .; Everett, deccased. Mr. Ainsworth and his son Roderic are largely engaged in farming and stock-raising ; they make a specialty of raising fine-wool shecp ; they have an extensive knowledge of the business, and are among the most successful and promi- nent growers in the county ; their farm is well improved, most desirably located, and well adapted to agri- culture and stock-growing. Mr. Ainsworth has been elected to various town offices, and is an active citizen.

JOHN ANDREWS, retired farmer; P. O. Sussex ; is a native of Somersetshire, Eng .; he was born Oct. 1, 1815 ; in 1819, his parents emigrated to America, settling in Belmont, Ohio, where they resided during their life. April 27, 1842, he married, in Richland Co., Ohio, Ann Read ; she was born in Somersetshire, Eng .; immediately after their marriage, they came to Wisconsin and located on a farm on Sec. 5, town of Lisbon, Waukesha Co., where they resided until 1858, when they moved to Menomonee Falls, remaining nearly two years, at the end of which time they moved to Sussex, where she died, Feb. 6, 1879 ; she was a member of the Episcopal Church, and an earnest and Christian woman ; Mr. Andrews is a member of the Episcopal Church ; he has been very successful in life, is a generous supporter of every interest that gives promise of general good.

E. BOOTS, proprietor of the Sussex Brewery ; P. O. Sussex ; is a native of Sussex Co., Eng .; he was born Jan. 7, 1831 ; in 1850, he came to this country and located in the town of Lisbon, Waukesha

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Co., Wis., where he married Eleanor Weaver, daughter of William Weaver, Sr., ao old settler of Lis- bon. Mr. Boots and wife are members of the Episcopal Church ; Mr. Boots is an enterprising citizen and a good business man ; he became proprietor of the Sussex Brewery in 1861, and has done a suecessful busi- ness since that time.

HENRY BOOTS, Sussex, was born in the County Sussex, Eng., in 1832 ; he came to the United States in 1852, loeating in Lisbon, Waukesha Co., the same year. He married, in Lisbon, Esther Munn, a native of the County Kent, Eng .; they have three children living-Henry, Frederick and Eugene ; Mr. Boots and wife are members of the Episcopal Church.

WILLIAM BROWN, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Sussex ; he was born in the County Kent, Eng., June 21, 1829 ; he came to this country in 1841, and lived at Rochester, N. Y., until 1845, then came to the town of Lisbon, Waukesha, Co., Wis., where he married on the 28th of March, 1852, Sarah Russell, who was born in the County Kent, Eng., May 3, 1831, and is the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Russell, who settled in Lisbon about 1850; Mr. Brown and wife are members of the Episcopal Church ; their children are Sarah, born July 24, 1853 ; she is the wife of Robert Bates, Clark Co., Wis .; William J., born March 28, 1856 ; George R., born Sept. 2, 1858; Harriet M., born April 20, 1861, is the wife of Wilfred Snyder, Milwaukee ; Mary Jane, born June 23, 1863 ; Charles A., born Sept. 12, 1865 ; Lydia A., born July 15, 1868 ; Mr. Brown owns 70 acres of improved land well located.

WILLIAM BUTLER, farmer ; See. 1; P. O. Sussex ; is a native of Yorkshire, England ; born in 1826; in about 1843, he came to this country with his parents, William and Sarah Butler ; they settled in Lisbon, where he died; she is still a resident of Lisbon, aged 80 years. Dec. 4. 1849, William, the subject of this sketeh, married, in Milwaukee, Agnes Davidson, a native of Blackburn, Scot- land ; born in 1825 ; she was the daughter of James and Marian Davidson, who settled in the town of Lisbon in 1849; they have twelve children, viz. : William, Jr. ; Marian, wife of Robert Booth ; Sarah, James, Agnes, Georgiana, John, Lizzie, Andrew, Maggie, Harriet and Jane. Mr. Butler is one of as suc- eessful farmers as there is in Waukesha County; he owns 250 acres of land, all well improved and finely located, containing almost every natural advantage.

HON. GEORGE CAIRNCROSS, a resident of Waukesha Co., Wis., for more than thirty eight years, is a native of County Midlothian, Scotland; was born near Edinburgh, July 1, 1812. He received a liberal education in his native country, and, in 1842, emigrated to America, located in the town of Lisbon, which has been his home since. In 1857, he was a member of the Wisconsin Assembly, and was, for a period of over thirteen years, a County Superintendent of the Poor, and for several years a member of the Town and County Boards of Supervisors ; all of those offices he filled with credit to him- self and satisfaction to his constituents. Politically, he has been identified with the Republican party since its organization; was at its birth in Madison, Wis., and is a firm and consistent supporter of its principles. In October, 1845, he married, in the town of Merton, Waukesha Co., Wis., Amy M. Allen ; she was born in Conneaut, Ohio; eame to Wisconsin in 1843, and died in the town of Lisbon, in 1870, aged 48 years. She was a member of the Congregational Church, a sincere and Christian woman. Their children are Clara A., wife of John Ross. of the village of Pewaukee; George A., traveling salesman for a Milwaukee firm ; James W., a physician at Mukwonago, he married Mis+ Ellen Smith of Pewaukee ; Andrew D., now in Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Cairncross' farm is located on Sec. 32, is finely improved, and is known as the " Forest Home." He has been very successful in life, and now has retired from active business, and is living in ease and comfort. P. O., Pewaukee.

RICHARD COOLING, retired, Sussex ; is a native of England ; born in Dorchestershire, Aug. 19, 1813 ; learned the blacksmith's trade in his native country, and in 1838, crossed the Atlantie and worked at his trade in Geneseo, Livingston Co., N. Y., where he married, on the 3d of February, 1838, Mary E. White, a native of Vermont, born April 4, 1820; they came to Wisconsin in 1842; located at Sussex, Waukesha Co., where she died, Oet. 27, 1874 ; their children were Emily F., born April 14, 1839 ; was the wife of W. Davidson ; she died April 22, 1876; John T., born Nov. 16, 1846, died April 12, 1847 ; Esther Ann, born March 28, 1848; is the wife of James Templeton, Sussex ; Henry C., born Dee. 15, 1851 ; died Nov. 7, 1854; Mary E., born Dee. 4, 1857 ; died Jan. 20, 1858; Susan A., born Aug. 12, 1866 ; resides with her father. Mr. Cooling is a leading man in the Episcopal Church; was Chairman of the Town Board of Supervisors two terms, and has filled various other local offices. He was the first appointed in the village of Sussex, and was in the mercantile business in that village over fifteen years.

RICHARD CRAVEN, Jr., farmer : P. O. Sussex; was born in the town of Lisbon, Waukesha Co., Wis., Feb. 3, 1845 : his parents are Richard and Margaret Craven, who settled in Lisbon

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in 1837. February 14, 1866, he married, in Lisbon, Mary E. Ottawa; they have seven children-Will- iam R., George E., Everett A., Margaret E. , Ida E., Myron J., and Homer W. Mr. Craven is exten- sively engaged in farming, and is very successful.

ANDREW L. DAVIDSON, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Sussex; was born in Scotland Sept- 8, 1872. He married, in his native place, Margaret Gray; in 1850, they came to this country, and set- tled in the town of Lisbon. Waukesha Co., Wis., the same year; their children are James, who served in Company B, 48th W V. I., in the war of the rebellion. He married Sarah Frost, of Lisbon; Andrew, his second son, has been married twice; his first wife was Eliza Stone; his present wife, Rosdelia Rosier ; Jane G., oldest daughter, is the wife of John Temper; John, the third son, lives in Mil- waukee; Thomas, the fourth son, married Phebe Rosier ; Marian, second daughter, is the wife of Walter W. Gourlee; Margaret, Walter, Alexander, William, Agnes, and Emma live at home. Mr. Davidson owns a finely improved farm. In early life he learned the stonemason trade, which he worked at for over forty years, being a skillful workman. He always commanded good wages.

SAMUEL DAUGHERTY, Sec. 29 ; P. O. Pewaukee ; was born in Belchertown, Hamp- shire Co., Mass., March 25, 1814; in 1837, he came to Wisconsin, and established the first bakery in what is now the city of Milwaukee, running it but a short time. He came from Milwaukee to Lisbon, Waukesha Co .; remained a few months, then returned to his native State. Sept. 9, 1840, he married, in Boston, Mass., Caroline C. Vanevar, a native of Boston, born Sept. 9, 1817; after their marriage, they lived in Hadley, Mass., until 1851, in which year they moved to the town of Lisbon, Waukesha Co., Wis., where she died on the 16th of June, 1878; she was a most exemplary and Christian woman ; their children are Edward, who was a soldier in the 28th W. V. I. during the war of the rebellion; he married Miss Martha Haskins, of Pewaukee; Alexander R., lives in Boston, Mass .; he married Frances Burns of that city ; Corrine A., wife of Arthur J. Pierce, of Boston, Mass. ; Caroline E., and Ella M. reside with their father. Mr. Dougherty has a nicely improved farm. In early life, he learned the painter's trade, which he has followed for a number of years in Massachusetts and in this State. His father, Samuel Dougherty, was one of the first settlers of the town of Lisbon; and was an honored and respected citizen.

WM. DUNN, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Merton ; was born in County Limerick, Ireland; he emigrated to this country in 1844. Married, in Lockport, N. Y., in August of that year, Rosa A. Brady, imme- diately after their marriage they came to Wisconsin, settled in the town of Lichfield, Washington Co., where they resided until 1868, in which year they moved to their present home ; their children are John, now in Hall Co., Neb .; Michael, a farmer, Sec. 6, town of Lisbon; Mary, deceased; William, deceased ; Thomas, J., a teacher, was educated in Carroll College, Waukesha, and in the Wisconsin University ; has taught school several terms; Catherine, deceased; Rose A., home with parents ; Bridget E., wife of Charles Flem- ing, Washington Co., Wis. Margaret, Catherine, Agnes and William F., Mr. Dunn and family are mem- bers of the Catholic Church. In politics he acts with the Democrat party. He owns a well-located farm of 110 acres. His oldest son (John) married in Nebraska, Miss McNeill. Michael, the second son, mar- ried Sarah Tilly of this town (Lisbon.)

JAMES GAYNOR, Sr., Sec. 25 ; P. O. Sussex ; was born in County Longford, Ireland, in 1812. He married in his native County, Ann Brown; they came to this country in 1849, and the same year settled in the town of Lisbon, Waukesha Co., Wis., where they still reside; their children are Johu, James, John A., Mary, and Margaret ; the second oldest, James, was born in County Longford, Ireland, in 1849; he has traveled extensively, and has visited nearly every place of importance in the Northwest and on the Pacific slope; he is now engaged in farming, and is also proprietor of saw-mill located in the village of Sussex ; he has 280 acres of land ; has on his place a deer park, well stocked with deer. The youngest of the boys, John A., is a graduate of the Wisconsin University, is now District Attor- ney in Grand Rapids, Wis. Mary the oldest daughter, is the wife of James Madden, of Lisbon. The youngest, Margaret, is the wife of Alexander Caldwell, of Pewaukee.

JOHN JEFFERY, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Sussex. This gentleman, one of the first settlers in the north part of Lisbon, was born in County Kent, England, May 22, 1818; in 1844, he came to this country. Married in Oneida Co., N. Y., Mary A. Callow; she was also born in England; in 1843, they moved to Wisconsin, settling in the town of Lisbon, Waukesha Co., which has been their home since; their children are William H., Ann, wife of Myron Oliver; Jane, wife of Franklin Oliver; Mary, wife of Albert Crouch ; Emily Louise, Alice and Albert; all of the above live in Lisbon, except the Mrs. Olivers, who live in Verona, Minn. There are three children deceased, viz., George, who was a soldier in the 28th W. V., I.,during the war of the rebellion, and died in the service at Helena, Ark ; he was a good soldier.

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Elizabeth and George died in Lisbon. Mr. Jeffery has witnessed the trials and privations of pioneer life in North Lisbon, and has a vivid recollection of it as a vast forest. He owns 130 acres of land.

WILLIAM JEFFERY, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Sussex ; was born in 1820, County Kent, Eng- land. He married in his native county, Mary A. Wildish; they crossed the Atlantic in 1852 ; purchased a farm in the town of Lisbon, Waukesha Co., Wis., the same year, and have been residents of that town since ; their children are George, Fannie, Jane, Mary Laura and Clara A; the second oldest, Mary. is the wife of J. A. Griswold of Pewaukee; the third oldest, Jane, is the wife of Rev. Samuel Jolliffe, M. E. minister, North Prairie, Wis. Mr. Jeffery owns 105 acres of land; is a most successful farmer; the improvements on his farm buildings, etc., are of the best.

WILLIAM LEADLEY, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Sussex ; was born in Yorkshire, England, July 15, 1823; in 1851, he came to the United States ; shortly after his arrival, he came to Waukesha, Wis., where he lived about three years, then went to the town of Delafield, where he married Alice Chambers, also a native of Yorkshire, England ; they resided in Delafield about three years, at the end of which time they moved to their present home; their children are Thomas, Margaret A., Alice M., Elizabeth M., John R., Ruth A. and Dora E. Mr. Leadley and wife are members of the Bible Christian Church. In politics he is a Republican ; owns a well-improved farm of 88 acres ; he is an upright man, a good citizen, and liberally supports every enterprise that he believes beneficial to the public in general. Mr. Leadley's daughter Margaret A. is the wife of Herbert Stone; his daughter Alice M. is the wife of Charles E. Tempest.

WILLIAM McDONALD, proprietor of general store and farmer ; P. O. Sussex; is a native of Perthshire, Scotland ; was born in the Parish of St. Martin's Feb. 25, 1830 ; in 1854, he came to the United States, locating in the town of Lisbon, Waukesha Co., Wis., where he married, on the 20th of January, 1866, Elizabeth Cottam, a native of Lincolnshire, England, born Feb. 13, 1844; they have four children-William I., Robert A., Elizabeth A. and Ella E .; one child deceased, Norman A. Mr. McDonald has been engaged in a mercantile business in the town of Lisbon over twelve years, and, by his close application to his business and strict integrity, secured a good trade ; politically, he acts with the Republican party ; has been elected to various local offices ; was Chairman of the Town Board ; also Jus- tice of the Peace four years. His father, Robert McDonald, was born in Duall, Perthshire, Scotland ; he married, in the Parish of Kilspindie, Perthshire, Jennette Moyes ; they emigrated to this country in 1854, settling in town of Lisbon, Waukesha Co., Wis., the same year, where they have resided during their life ; their children were James, deceased ; he was a member of the Wisconsin Assembly in 1869; William, whose name heads this sketch ; Robert lives in New York ; Ann, wife of John B. Melrose, of Lisbon. Mrs. William McDonald's parents were Isaac and Elizabeth Cottam, natives of England, who came to this country in 1845, living in Geneseo, N. Y., until 1850, when they came to this ( Waukesha) county, where he died in 1875 ; she is still living, an esteemed woman.

HON. ELISHA PEARL, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Merton ; was born in Eastford, Windham Co., Conn., March 7, 1819; when he was 14 years old, he went to the town of West Brookfield and learned the cabinet-making trade, continuing in it until 1838, when he went to Hartford, there remaining until the following year (1839), when he came to Milwaukee, Wis., and in copartnership with Lucas Pearl, a brother of his, engaged in the clothier's business, in which they continued about one year; in 1841, he returned to Hartford, Conn. ; in 1842, he again came to Wisconsin and purchased a half-section of land in the town of Lisbon, Waukesha Co., which he still owns. In 1844, he married in Woodstock, Conn., Sarah Trowbridge, a native of Eastford, Conn., born Jan. 13, 1820; their children are Philip H., now in Detroit, Mich. ; Edward S., a leading farmer of Lisbon, was a soldier in a Wisconsin Volun- teer Regiment during the war of the rebellion; he married Louise Eastman, of Merton ; Eugene, an artist in the city of New York. Mr. Pearl was a member of the Wisconsin Assembly in 1853, and has filled various town offices ; in politics, he is a consistent Republican ; he is one of those enterprising and public-spirited men that always take an active part in advancing the public interests.

HENRY PHILLIPS, farmer, Sec. 7 ; P. O. Merton ; was born in Dryden, Tompkins Co., N. Y., on the 12th of November, 1817. In 1841, he married, in his native town, Sarah Miller, a native of Pittstown, Rensselaer Co., N. Y. : the year following their marriage (1842), they came to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Lisbon, Waukesha Co., and it has been their home since; they have had ten children, five of whom are living, viz. : Edmund B., now of Chicago, Ill. ; he married, in Merton, Agnes King; Huldah M., wife of Roderick, Ainsworth, a leading farmer of Lisbon ; William H., now of Chicago, married Lucretia Hayden ; Albert married Lizzie Welch ; and George W. Mr. Phillips owns over 300 acres of land ; he has been Chairman of the Lisbon Town Board of Supervisors several terms, and Justice

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of the Peace a number of years ; is a generous and enterprising man, takes an active interest in public affairs, and does all in his power to promote the public weal of his town and county.

A. J. POLER, farmer, Sec. 19 ; P. O. Merton ; was born in Royalton, Niagara Co., N. Y., Jan. 19, 1833 ; in 1845, he came with his parents, Jeremialı and Unice Poler, to Wisconsin ; they settled in the towu of Merton, Waukesha Co., where A. J. assisted his father in making a home in the then new country, and engaged in agricultural pursuits in the town of Merton until about 1869, when he moved to his present home in th etown of Lisbon. He married, in Orleans Co., N. Y., Anna Lane, a native of that county, a most estimable woman ; they have three children-George E., Walter S. and Frank; Mr. Poler and family are members of the Baptist Church at Merton ; in politics he acts with the Republican party ; owns 126 acres of well-improved land, well located, adjacent to the village of Merton. Mr. Poler takes an active interest in religious and educational matters, and has filled several school offices ; his father, J. Poler, resides in the village of Merton, an old and esteemed citizen ; his mother is deceased ; she was an earnest Christian woman, one of those pioneer mothers whom we ever hold in grateful remembrance.

THOMAS S. REDFORD, farmer ; P. O. Sussex ; was born in York, Genesee Co., N. Y. ; when he was 12 years old, his parents, Arthur S. and Mary Redford, moved to Perrysburg, Cattaraugus Co., where he remained until his coming to Wisconsin in 1835 ; he was the first settler in the town of Lisbon, which has now been his home for nearly forty-five years ; he put up the first building (a log cabin) in that town, and made the first improvements, and has been identified with the growth and prosperity of the town from its infancy. Mr. R. has been married three times ; his first wife was Caroline Vanvlack ; she died in 1853 ; they had two children-Adelbert, now of Dorchester, Neb., his wife was Mary Selby ; Sylvester, who married Esther Dale, they reside in the town of Pewaukee ; second wife was Jane Reely, she died in 1864 ; by this marriage there are two children-Emma, wife of William Hodgson, St. Mary's, Kan. ; his present wife was Abagail Newell, a native of Dutchess Co., N. Y .; they have one child, Mabel B., born March 1, 1875. Mr. Redford owns 160 acres of land; is a Republican in politics ; his farm is well- improved and desirably located. Mr. Redford is an active member of the Old Settlers' Society, and takes a deep interest in its meetings.

THOMPSON RICHMOND, farmer, Sec. 29 ; P. O. Merton ; was born in Ashford, Windham Co., Conn., ; Nov. 29, 1817 ; his father, Hon. Michael Richmond, was elected several times a member of the Connecticut Legislature, and was a leading merchant in Ashford a number of years; his mother was Polly Byles, a most estimable woman ; she was married to Michael Richmond in Connecticut ; he is still living ; she died in 1879. Thompson Richmond, the subject of this sketch, was educated in Ashford, and in about 1837, engaged in the mercantile business in Woodstock, Vt., until 1842, in which year he came to Wisconsin, and located in the town of Lisbon, Waukesha Co., where he has since resided ; his first wife was Nancy M. Penniman, a native of Woodstock, Conn .; she died in Lisbon ; present wife was Hannah P. Palmer, nee Dean, a native of Ashford, Conn., her first husband, Chauncey Palmer, died in 1839; she married Mr. Richmond in 1850. By Mr. Richmond's first marriage there was one son, Thompson P., who served in the 28th R. W. V. I., during the war of the rebellion, is now a druggist in Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Mr. Richmond and present wife have two adopted children-Sarah C. and Edna S., the latter is the wife of J. T. Ringrose, Jackson Co., Wis. Mr. Richmond owns nearly a section of finely improved land ; is one of Waukesha Co.'s most extensive and enterprising farmers, and takes an active part in the development and growth of the county.

ARCHIBALD RODGER, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Sussex; is a native of Perthshire, Scotland ; was born Sept. 23, 1809, came to this country in 1841, located in the town of Lisbon, Waukesha Co., Wis., where he has since resided. He married, in Lisbon, Augusta Templeton ; she died March, 1876, they had four children-George, now deceased ; Agnes, now the wife of Alexander Terner, Brandon, Fond du Lac Co., Wis .; Jeanette, wife of James Vance ; they also live in Brandon ; Isabel, wife of George McKer- row, a leading farmer of Lisbon ; they have one child, Jennie B. Mr. Rodger owns 95 acres of well- improved land, and is one of Lisbon's well-to-do and energetic citizens.

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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 156

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