The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 142

Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899, [from old catalog] ed; Western historical company, chicago, pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 1104

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REV. MATTHIAS WITTENWYLER was born in Switzerland Ang. 9, 1840 ; came to America in June, 1853. locating in the town of Washington, Green Co., Wis .; resided there until 1862 ; then entered the holy ministry ; was ordained in 1864 ; his first charge was the church at Lomira. Dodge Co .; remained there for five months and was then stationed at Waupaca Mission, embraeing five counties ; while in charge there, he traveled every day and had to preach about every other day ; remained until 1863 ; the conference then sent him to Fox River Circuit ; was one year connected with that ; in 1864. was sent back to Waupaca Mission, where he remained two years ; in 1866, was sent to Two Rivers Mission, and was located there two years ; in 1868, came to Win- nebago Circuit, was also two years in that place ; then sent to Dunn Co. Cireuit and was there three years : then. in 1873. to Buffalo Co. Circuit ; was Pastor there for two years ; then, in 1875. appointed Presiding Elder for four years, and now has charge of Portage Church, and has a number of other appointments ; has made this city his residence since 1875. Mr. W. was married in Portage Oct. 17, 1865, to Angusta M. Mellea ; she was born in Prussia ; they have eight children-A. R., Lydia W., Martha M., Hulla S., Eddie E., Julia E., Fredrick F., and Henry H.

EDWARD L. WILCOX, foreman of the round-house, C., M. & St. R. R .. at Portage, Wis .; born Nov. 6. 1829, in New Hartford, Oneida Co., N. Y .; is a son of Samuel W .. who built the arsenals for the Government at Batavia. N. Y .; the mother, Abagail (White) Wilcox. still lives in Whitestown, Oneida Co., N. Y., which was named after her grandfather, who was the founder of the town ; she is aged 91, in 1880. The subject of this sketch learned the trade of machinist at Willow Vale. N. Y., of the firm of Rogers & Spencer; about 1850. he began work for N. Y. C. R. R .. at

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Schenectady, where he remained three years ; then was at La Porte, Ind .. for the M. S. R. R .; after- ward at Chicago, with the C. & R. I., and then at Bloomington, in employ of (., A. &. St. L. R. R .; was for some time in charge of the round-house. at North Milwaukee ; was afterward foreman of the round-house at Davenport, lowa, on the M. & M. R. R .; he ran an engine nine years between Mil- waukee and La Crosse ; and he has been in continuous charge of the round-house at Portage for the past ten years ; there may be several other railroads with which he was at some time connected, as he could at any time procure work on any railroad ; in various capacities he has served the C., M. & St. P. Co. twenty-five years. He was married in 1863 to Miss Mary McCauley, a native of Milwaukee ; they have had five children. four of whom died in childhood ; have one son-William Henry, born Nov. 21, 1870 ; his residence is on Emmet street ; is a member of A. O. U. W .; he is President of the Wisconsin Milling and Mining Co., of the Black Hills. D. T .; they own four elaims together with a water-right and a mill-site ; when the balance of their stoek is sold, the company will enlarge their facilities for developing the mines.

JOHN A WITTER, photographer ; was born in Manchester, Boone Co., Ill., April 20, 1857 ; resided there until 18 years of age, when he moved to Janesville, Wis., and to Portage Oct. 1. 1878. Mr. W. learned the photographie art at Janesville, and began business Oet. 28, 1878. He is a Good Templar and a member of the Presbyterian Church.

ADDIS L. WITTER was born in the town of Manchester. Boone Co., Ill., Sept. 19, 1859 ; removed thenee to Clinton Junction, Wis., in 1876 ; removed to Janesville for a few months in 1878, and to Portage Oct. 1, 1878, where he has since resided ; and is associated with his brother, John A., in the photographing business.

N. H. WOOD. The subject of this sketeh was born in Ashfield, Mass., Feb. 21, 1820 ; his father, Nathan Wood, was born in Phillipston, Mass .; he was an orphan at 12 years of age, with only one brother, William, who was afterward engaged in the South American trade, and died in London in 1820, with quite a fortune ; the father emigrated to Ashfield in 1800, and married Lucy Ranney, daughter of Francis Ranney, fifth descendant of Thomas Ranney, who settled in Middleton. Conn., in 1669. From 1838 to 1844, when he married Harriet J. Luke, of Hamilton, N. Y., and opened a store in Little Falls, N. Y., Mr. Wood was a wholesale peddler, supplying the stores with small wares ; his route was from Troy, N. Y., via Syracuse, to Watertown, generally journeying through the Mohawk Valley westward, and returning through Cortland, Madison, and the counties along the Cherry Valley turnpike ; in 1848, Mr. Wood visited Wisconsin, and, with a bundle of land warrants, located lands about Portage City, then Ft. Winnebago ; in the spring of 1849, he shipped a considerable stock of goods to Chicago, as a venture; he arrived there about June 1, with the cholera raging and the population very quiet ; most of his merchandise arrived in a single vessel, a perfect avalanche of goods, which obstructed the sidewalk, resulting in a fine imposed by a petty magistrate, complaint having been made by a jealous competitor in trade ; the fine was placarded on the door, and brought him both sympathy and notoriety ; having only two younger brothers with him, and disliking to employ those who would offer their services most readily, he adopted, from necessity, the novel plan of handing out goods to the customer who would first reach up his money ; the plan took like wildfire, and in this manner he disposed of his whole stoek of general dry goods, fancy goods, and many articles in the grocery line, which included 100 chests of tea and 300 boxes of raisins ; the next arrival brought an immense stock of books, stationery and engravings, bought at the New York trade sales, obliging him to close his store for three days to examine ; the opening hour of 10 o'clock, which had been placarded, brought a throng of people which filled both sidewalk and street for a block : the openings of the counters were barricaded and the merchandise placed beyond reach ; on opening the doors, the rush of the crowd was like a stampede of Texan steers ; jumping upon the counters, they commenced handing books to the first man who got the money up ; lawyers and business men came in by scores ; book after book accumulated in their arms, until, loaded, they would journey home, to return again ; a clearance of the room for dinner was facili- tated by the sale of thirty medium-sized mirrors, which reflected the suggestion of the propriety of improving the appearance by journeying home for ablutions and dinner ; the afternoon so far exceeded the morning, that we lost all knowledge of time, forgot our supper, soll thicker and faster. until we observed the room was thinning; they were easily dismissed-it was past 11 o'clock ; they had sold that day, stationery in small parcels and books in single volumes, mostly, $1,461, a feat which retailers of books and stationery-the slowest of all merchandise-will appreciate ; the stock was soon exhausted, and Mr. Wood must replenish at the seaboard ; no one could keep up the system he had introduced, nor did he ever attempt it himself again. He sent to Little Falls for

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George S. and Chauncey T. Bowen, aged 16 and 18 years : they succeeded him in 1853, and, as the firm of Bowen Brothers, were for many years one of the leading wholesale firms of Chicago, and known throughout the United States ; Chauncey T. Bowen was afterward one of the City Fathers of Chicago : George S. Bowen is the celebrated railroad President and dairyman of Elgin. Ill., and is interested in its extensive watch manufactory ; their wisdom and ability have increased with years. but they were " beautiful in their youth :" so thought Mr. Wood when C. T. Bowen. at 16. took his books in charge ; in a week he knew the cost and price of every article in the store : in three weeks he knew the amount of credit each customer was entitled to, and in a month he was authority on the amount of credit every Jew in the clothing trade of Chicago might have, and the management of collections ; and so wisely and well did he do all these things. that he maintained his position ; Mr. Wood never had the least idea of failing in business : his bark was always near shore ; he would never owe, or suffer others to owe him, more than he was worth : with his caution. he would never enter the lists of a large and hazardous wholesale trade. The miasma of Chicago in those days was disagreeable to him, and he determined upon the economical life of a tax-payer upon unproductive property in Wisconsin ; perhaps thirty years of this experience has tried his ever-hopeful nature. but the future of Portage City is assured, and his last days may brighten.

J. D. WOMER was born in Philadelphia, Penn., March 8. 1848; resided there until 13 years of age : lived then in Pittsburgh until enlisting in February. 1863, in Co. B. 100th Penn. V. I .. in which he served from the battle of the Wilderness to Lee's surrender ; was mustered out at Har- risburg, Penn., in August, 1865. On leaving the army, Mr. W. went to New York City. where he remained until 1872 ; moved from there to Springfield, Ill .; two years later, he went to Grand Rapids. Wis., and in December, 1876, removed to Portage, which has since been his home. Mr. W. was mar- ried at Jamestown, N. Y., March 16, 1869, to Sarah A. Wood, born near Westfield, Chautauqua Co .. N. Y. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and Captain of the Guppey Guards.

E. J. S. WRIGHT was born at No. 2 Phoenix Court. Newgate street, London, England. July 26, 1848 ; came with his parents, Edward and Tamar (Kay) Wright, to Wisconsin in Jan- uary, 1855, and located in the town of Moundville. Marquette Co .; resided there one year : removed with his parents to Portage in 1856. Mr. Wright. Sr., was engaged in the mercantile busi- ness in Portage for several years previous to his death, Sept. 26, 1875. Mrs. W. died April 8, 1877. E. J. S. Wright has been engaged as clerk in the dry-goods business since 1861 ; was four years with A. D. Forbes, and for the last fifteen years with the present firm of Parry & Muir, and its pre- devessors. Mr. W. was married at Portage, in St. John's Episcopal Church, by Rev. Walter F. Lloyd. Dec. 17. 1868, to Jennie M. Taylor, a native of Tillicoultry, Clackminningshire, Scotland, born Sept. 19, 1847 ; they have two children-Nellie Margaret, born Dec. 5 1869, and Collette, born July 13. 1879, both born on Cook street in city of Portage. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are both members of the Episcopal Church, of which Mr. W. is Vestryman, and has been Treasurer for ten years (with an intermission of ten months). He has been Secretary of the Columbia County Bible Society for the last two years ; he is a member of Ft. Winnebago Lodge, A., F. & A. M., No. 33; Ft. Winnebago Chapter, No. 14 ; Ft. Winnebago Commandery of Knights Templar, No. 4. and is Secretary of Ft. Winnebago Lodge at the present time ; he has held the office of Senior Warden of the same lodge. and is one of the Stewards of the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin. Mr. Wright's father was born in London, England, Ang. 4. 1814 ; his mother was born at St. Noets. Huntingtonshire, England, July 5. 1824 ; her father, Thomas Kay, was born at Barnard Castle. Durham, England ; her mother. Ann Shrives, was born in St. Noets, England.

FRANK YANKO, grocer ; was born in Bohemia March 14, 1844 ; came to Chicago in 1854 ; one year later removed to Portage, where he resided until 1865, when he removed to New Lisbon and engaged in clerking ; in September, 1877, Mr. Yanko returned to Portage, and engaged in the grocery and liquor business. He was married in Portage, May 16, 1870, to Amelia Hanule, born in Bohemia : they have four children living-Edith, Anna, Louis and Clara, and have lost two-Willie and Emma. Mr. Y. is a member of the German Catholic Church ; was elected Aklerman of the First Ward in April. 1880. Ilis father, Frank Yanko, died at Kilbourn June 27. 1858, and his mother is now a resident of Portage.

GEORGE YULE was born in Northumberland County. England .. May 3, 1837 ; he came to America in the spring of 1853. with his parents. George and Elizabeth Yule, who settled at West Point, in this county. on Sec. 18, where he lived until 1877, when he was elected Register of Deris, and was re-elected in 1979; he had been Chairmm of the Town Board and Assessor prior to his election to the present office. He married Isabella Summers, at West Point. Dec. 25,

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1861 ; she was born in Northumberland Co .. Eng .; they have seven children-Albert, Willie. Anne J., Fred., Addison E., George, Jr .. and an infant son.

REV. JOHN IGNATIUS ZAWISTOWSKI was born in Russian Poland. Aug. 11, 1822 ; he was educated at the University at Warsaw ; he finished his theological education in Paris, France, remaining there from 1841 to 1845 ; his first ordination for minor orders wa's at the Polish capital. in 1840 ; he frequented the University at Paris, and repeated, also, his studies to a private instructor there ; he left Paris July 27, 1845; and went to Bavaria ; was ordained priest Dec. 19, 1846; was in the convent at Wurzburg. In 1847, he was called to the convent at Rattz- burn, Bavaria ; he went to Rome in 1851, and was sent to the East Indies as an apostolic mission- ary, by the Propaganda ; he arrived at Bombay, E. L., April 4, 1851 ; he remained there until June 13, 1855, when he returned to Bavaria, and remained there until 1857 , he then came to Buffalo, N. Y., and remained there until May. 1866, then removed to Long Island, N. Y .; he came to Wis- consin Sept. 21, 1869 ; he lived in various places in this State before locating at Portage. which he did July 12. 1879.

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ABSALOM BROWN (deceased), died at his residence in Springvale, Columbia Co., Wis., March 23, 1880, 77 years old. He was born in Cecil Co., Md., Nov. 5, 1803, being the third son of Josiah and Margaret Brown ; six years after this, his father and family crossed the Susquehanna River into Harford Co., Md., where he bought a large tract of land lying between Bellair and Abingdon, on the Baltimore road ; his father sickened and died in a few days after he went there, leaving his mother and six children in a part of the country poisoned with slavery ; care and hard work soon wore on his mother, and seven years after his father's death, his mother died; Absalom was then put to the hatter's trade, and, being misused, he left there and went to Brown Co., Ohio, where he had relatives, where he married, at 21 years of age, Miss Abby, daughter of Tobias Woods, of Allen Co., Ohio ; she was born ' Aug. 27, 1810, in Brown Co., Ohio, and died June 6, 1874. They had five daughters and one son, as follows : Mary Ann (married Mr. Leatherman), on Sec. 31 ; Josiah, born Oet. 7, 1828, and died in California thirteen years ago (married there and lost his wife and had no children) ; Maria M., born July 5, 1832 ( married Seth Allen, of Wyocena) ; Adaline M., born Aug. 28, 1837 (widow, with one son, Howard Stokes), and now on the farm; Martha Jane, born Oct. 4, 1840 (now Mrs. Wm. Stokes); Elvira (uu- married), on farm with her sister, who is also sister-in-law. Mr. Brown bought a farm in Brown Co., Ohio, and lived there a few years ; being an adventurous spirit, he sold his farm and moved to Allen Co., Ohio, in a very early day, where he helped lay out a town, built the first house on it, and ealled its name Lima-it is the city of Lima, Ohio, now ; then, thinking he would like to see more of the Far West, he and his family, in the year 1847, came by land with team to Wiscousin, where he again bought a new farm. His son went to California and died there. Mr. Brown was a good husband, a beloved father and a kind neighbor ; always benevolent, he was ever ready to help the poor ; always cheerful and happy, he had a good word for everybody, and he died a sincere Christian. His family reside on the farm, on Sec. 30; P. O. Rio.

ROBERT CLOSS, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Cambria ; was born Feb. 4, 1803, at Llanberis, Carnarvonshire, North Wales ; son of Robert and Ellen ( Hughs) Closs. (Robert Closs, Sr., was born Nov. 12, 1766, and Ellen Hughs was born in 1769.) He came to America in 1845, and was married Feb. 10, 1832, at Llanbeblig Church, near Carnarvonshire, by Rev. Wm. Bailey Williams, to Eleanor Evans, who was born March 10, 1810, daughter of Evan and Eleanor (Evans) Evans. Eleanor Evans was born near Dinorwig, and died March 20, 1861, on See. 11; she had twelve children-Ellen, born Jan. 15, 1833 (and was married Feb. 10, 1860, by Rev. Griffith Jones, to Wm. J. Rowland, who died in May, 1864, leaving three children, namely, John C. Rowland, born in 1860, Nellie Rowland, born in 1861, and Mary Rowland, born in 1863 and died in 1864; she was then married, May 1, 1870, by Rev. Rees Evans, to Robert Thomas, by whom she had one son, Llewellyn; see biography of Robert Thomas ) ; the second daughter, Elizabeth, was born Jan. 18, 1835, and is home (unmarried) ; Robert R., born July 28, 1836 ; John, born Sept. 13, 1838 (married Jane Roberts Jan. 6, 1871), and living on Sec. 11 ; Humphrey, born July 20, 1840 (married Ellen Hughs Nov. 27, 1867), and living at Blue Springs, Neb .; Evan, born Nov. 5, 1842, and died at thirteen weeks of age ; Jane, born Oct. 9, 1845, and died the same year ; Ann and Evan, twins, born April 17, 1847, Evan died in 1853, and Ann is now at home

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(unmarried ) ; Jemina Amelia, born Sept. 16, 1849 (unmarried ) ; Thomas, born Dec. 16, 1851, and died at nine months of age ; Thomas Baldwin, born Sept. 3, 1854, and is at home (unmarried). The Closs estate is very productive and well managed, with one of the finest residences in the town. Mr. Closs was a whole-souled, generous gentleman ; had held, at different, times, all the offices in town, and some of the time, two or three at once; was a Magistrate before the formation of the town ; he had long contemplated publishing a history of the Welsh settlement, which enterprise was necessarily abandoned by reason of his death. The following notice, from the Wisconsin Stute Register, dated Dec. 21, 1872, will be read with interest by surviving friends : " Many will regret to learn of the very sudden death of Robert Closs, Esq., of the town of Springvale, which took place on Sunday, 8th instant. As he was returning home from the afternoon meeting, he was struck with palsy, which terminated his life in less than thirty minutes from the time he first complained. Mr. Closs and his family emigrated to this country in the summer of 1845, and settled in Springvale in the fall of the same year. He at once took an active part in looking after the welfare of his town, took the lead in its organization, and, undoubtedly, great credit should be given him for the strong Republican opinion formed, especially among the Welsh ele- ment therein. He was elected to two, if not three, offices at the first town meeting held in the town, and since, he has filled every office in the town for more or less time, with one exception. He possessed a great stock of what is called " roundabout common sense." Honesty and integrity were his motives in all his dealings. He shared the sufferings of the pioneer without a murmur, and also greatly enjoyed the many funny incidents of the early settlement. A large circle of friends and acquaintances will greatly miss him. He died in the 69th year of his age, leaving quite a considerable amount of property to a family of grown- up children. Peace be to his dust." Mr. Closs' farm consisted of 600 acres.

N. G. COULTER, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Rio; born Nov. 9, 1830, in Delaware Co., N. Y .; came to Wisconsin March 6, 1862; spent nine years lumbering, with home in Fond du Lac ; for some time dealing in real estate, and two years in merchandise ; store on Second and Main streets ; came to this farm in September, 1859. Married, Dec. 30, 1875, by H. B. Moulton, of Empire. Fond du Lac Co., Vina N. Hayes, daughter of Jonathan Hayes and Sarah ( Morrison) Hayes. Mrs. Coulter was born in Aroostock Co., Me .; have two children-Mary Helen and Mattie A. Mr. Coulter has a fine farm, with good buildings; 40-acre grove nicely seeded with grass ; also a half-mile trotting course; farm in good state of cultivation, and well fenced ; will sell for $10,000; 285 acres in Secs. 31, 32 and 12, in Otsego ; 230 acres cultivated.

LEMUEL HASTINGS DOYLE, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. O. Doylestown ; born on Mount Washington, town of Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y., Nov. 26, 1832; at about 6 years of age, went with parents Allegany Co., and, at 20 years of age, to the town of Otsego, this State; June 23, 1853, came to his present home. Married, at Arkport, Steuben Co., N. Y., Dec. 3, 1856, Amanda J. Hall, who was born in South Danville, N. Y., Feb. 13, 1833, and died in Whiting's Valley, Allegany Co., N. Y., Sept. 16, 1857. Married, Sept. 27, 1858, Mary Jane Edwards, at Fountain Prairie, by Rev. Isaac Scarles ; second wife was the daughter of David and Mary H. (Alling) Edwards, of New England ; had two chil- dren by second wife-Edward Joseph Doyle, born at city of Waterloo, Iowa, Nov. 16, 1863; Lemuel Hobart Doyle, born at Doylestown, Wis., June 15, 1868. Mr. Doyle was the son of Joseph Doyle, who was born in Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y., June 4, 1805, and Hannah (Seger) Doyle, who was born in Dry- den. Tompkins Co., N. Y., May 7, 1807, and daughter of German parents from the valley of the Rhine, who were married Jan. 10, 1832, and came to New York in 1837. Mr. Doyle's mother died Oct. 5, 1839, and his father came to Doylestown, Wis., in January, 1866. The grandfather of Mr. Doyle (Samuel Doyle) was born in Providence, R. I., in 1757, and went to Bucks Co., Penn., with his parents. He enlisted in 1776 in the Pennsylvania Rangers, and served until the close of the war, being at Valley Forge during the memorable wioter, and his father was killed by Indians near the present site of Doylestowo, Penn. After the war, he (the grandfather of L. H. Doyle) married Mary Arbor, who was born in Mon- month Co., N. J., her parents having moved to Pennsylvania. In 1790, they went with a colony from Pennsylvania, and founded the village of Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y., where he died in 1817, his wife hav- ing died in 183G, aged 84. The great-grandfather of Mr. Doyle came to Rhode Island with Roger Will- iams in 1636. The father of Mrs. Doyle ( David Edwards) was born in Amherst. Mass., Jan. 12, 1820, and her mother was born in New Ilaven, Conn., Oct. 5, 1821. Mr. Doyle was Supervisor of Otsego in 1868 and 1869 ; went to Waterloo, Iowa, in November, 1859, and returned in 1865, and purchased 235 acres on the present site of Doylestown ; laid out the town in August, 1865; was the first Postmaster in town, and sent out the first mail Ang. 1, 1865; resigned Jan. 1, 1880 ; was railroad and express agent from Nov. 1, 1866, until 1873, and resigned that also, naming successor in both cases ; he also distributed gratuitously 100 lots to induce settlement ; he established a nursery at Doylestown in 1866, and sold

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in 1878 about 100,000 trees. Attends the Methodist Church, and is a Republican. Owns 280 acres in Secs. 5, 26, 34, 35; 90 acres improved; balance timber and pasture.

MICHAEL M. GREEN, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Cambria ; born Jan. 23, 1827, in Saratoga Co., N. Y .; son of David H. and Ovandalı (Quivey ) Green ; came here in July, twenty-six years ago. Married, Nov. 25, 1849, at Moravia, N. Y., by Rev. Albert S. Graves, Sophia E., daughter of William and Vovilla (Familia) Wilde, born April 5, 1832 ; have eight children-Charles M., born June 23, 1856 ; Sophia O. R., born April 12, 1858, died May 11, 1859; Mary E .. born Sept. 16, 1860, died Oct. 3, 1862 ; Rosetta A., born Sept. 15, 1862 ; George W., born Dec. 8, 1864; Everett A., born Dec. 12, 1866; Alice M., born Jan. 5, 1869, died Sept. 10, 1869 ; Willie L., born March 20, 1870. He owns 180 acres, 70 acres of which is cultivated.

GEORGE HALL, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. O. Doylestown ; born in Kent, England, March 24, 1826 ; engaged in farming and hop-growing until he left London, Sept. 5, 1848; landed at Hamilton, Canada, Nov. 5, where he remained one year, engaging in farming and milling; came to the town of Lis- bon, Waukesha Co., Wis., and remained fourteen years, farming and hop-raising ; came to this county in March, 1863, where he cultivated about 300 acres of land, balance of land being timber and pasture ; making a specialty of hops and barley. Married about April 1, 1848, Elizabeth Russell, of Maidstown, county seat of Kent, who died in Waukesha Co., March 16, 1859. Had four children-George Edwin, born in 1850; James S., born in 1852; Carrie E., born in 1854; Alfred T., born in 1857 ; his son George married Frances Cowles, of Waukesha, and is now living at that place ; James S. married Florence N. Henry, of St. Louis, Mo., in 1878, and is now practicing medicine at Jamestown, Dakota; Carrie married (in June, 1877), George Williams, who is farming on Secs. 36 and 25; in December, 1860, mar- ried Sarah A Russell (cousin of first wife), in Lisbon, Waukesha Co., Wis., by whom he has five children -John F., born in 1862; Mary I., born in 1864; Laura A., born in 1866; Charles William, born in 1868; Frederick E., born in 1875; all home except one danghter, who is at boarding-school. Mr. Hall is a liberal Democrat ; attends Protestant Episcopal Church. Was one year on Town Board, and Treas- urer of the Farmer's Mutual Insurance Company, of Otsego, Lowville and Springvale, since its organiza- tion ; his father, Thomas Hall, was Register and Relieving Officer in Kent, England, about sixteen years, and died in 1851, at about 60 years of age; he was born in Westmoreland Co., and removed to Kent at 26 years of age. Owns 80 acres on Sec. 2, in Otsego, and 80 acres on Sec. 23, in Wyocena, also 20 acres on Sec. 27, in Courtland.

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The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 142

Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899, [from old catalog] ed; Western historical company, chicago, pub. [from old catalog] Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company Number of Pages: 1104

Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899, [from old catalog] ed; Western historical company, chicago, pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 1104