The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 144

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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WILLIAM C. ALBEE, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Bellefountain ; born Ang. 1, 1840, in Ful- ton Co., N. Y., son of fliram Albee, who came to Wisconsin in 1847; lived one year in Jefferson Co., and came to Marcellon in the fall of 1848; was the first Town Superintendent of Mareellon ; was Chair- man six years, and was Deputy Provost Marshal during the war ; taught school twenty-five terms or more ; he died May 8, 1878, aged 66. William C. was married, Feb. 11, 1866, to Clarissa S. Dean, who was born Aug. 26, 1842, daughter of Hiram Dean, who died in 1865. Mr. Albee enlisted in the fall of 1861, in the 2d W. V. C., Co. E, and was in the service four years and three months; was with his regiment most of the time, except three and one-half months he was a prisoner in Alabama ; was captured near Yazoo City ; was with Custer in Texas and Louisiana. Has three children-HIiram, Alice and Eliza; has 80 acres of land. He is a Republican in politics. Mrs. Albee is a member of the Free- Will Baptist Church.

GEORGE W. ALLEN, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Bellefountain ; born July 4, 1862, in Otego, Otsego Co., N. Y. His parents removed to Erie Co., Penn., when he was only 18 months old. He was first married in Genesee Co., N. Y., Nov. 2, 1842, to Jane Van Dusen, who died in December. 1855; in Wisconsin, aged 34, leaving three children-Emily (now Mrs. Emmet, west of Marcellon), Lawrence (., who died Oct. 10, 1874, in his 28th year; and Susan J. (now Mrs. George Mahaffey, of' Fillmore Co., Minn.), Feb. 3, 1856. He was married to Paulina Smith, who died Feb. 6, 1862, leaving one daughter-Prudy (now living at home). Was married the third time, Aug. 27, 1862, to Permelia E. Cook, who was born April 9, 1843, in Trumbull Co., Ohio ; have five children by the third marriage --- Arthur, Addie, Clother, Esther and Edmund ; have lost two-Nettie, died at 10 months old, April 6. 1864; and Lester, died March 19, 1873, aged 2 months; also lost two children of the second wife- Mary, died June 12, 1857, 2 days old ; and Luman, died Jan. 27, 1862, aged 14 months. Mr. Allen came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1851, and came on his present farm on the 1st day of May, in a fearful snowstorm ; he learned the shoemaker's trade before he was 21, and followed that business till he came West ; has worked at it some in Wisconsin ; has held the office of Supervisor three years, and in polities is a Reformer. Mr. and Mrs. Allen, and his daughter, Prudy, are members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church ; they believe (as the name indicates) that the seventh day of the week should be kept as the Sabbath ; also in the personal coming of Christ, and the total annihilation of the wicked. Has 140 acres of land.

WILLIAM BARRY, carpenter and farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Portage City ; born May 15, 1821, in Paisley, Scotland ; son of John and Jane Barry ; came to America in 1841, and lived in the city of New York fourteen years ; learned the carpenter's trade in New York, and followed it while living there. Was married in New York in the fall of 1846, to Jsabella Smith, who was born July 9. 1830, in MeDuff, Banffshire, Scotland ; daughter of William Smith, who came to America in 1839, and settled in New

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York; came to Wisconsin when 60 years of age, and died Sept. 1, 1879, aged 87 years; her mother, whose maiden name was Margaret McIntosh, died March 27, 1866, aged 73. Mr. Barry went to Wash- ington in the spring of 1847, and worked on the Smithsonian Institution three years, then returned to New York, and in June, 1855, came to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Buffalo, Marquette Co. ; lived there five years, then went to Portage City and worked at his trade there till the spring of 1864, then bought his present farm and has since resided on it; has three children-Angus (lives in Plattsmouth, Neb., married to Mary Heley, of Marcellon), John and Henry (both at home). Mr. Barry is Supervisor, now on his second term, and has been Clerk of the School District three years, and is a Republican ; was in the Quartermaster's Department ten months, at Helena, Ark .; in Gen. Buford's command during the last of the war. While in Portage he worked for Alexander Carnagie, and was employed on the court house and jail, high-school building and Fox House. Has 140 acres of land. Mrs. Barry is a member of the Baptist Church.

ISAAC BEACH, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Marcellon ; boru April 9, 1835, in Saratoga Co., N. Y .; son of Nathan and Sarah Beach, who came to Wisconsin in 1846; lived one year in Walworth Co .; then came to Columbia Co. in the spring of 1847 ; settled in Marcellon, and started the first black- smith-shop in the town. Mr. Beach was married March 18, 1956, to Clarissa Lipe, who was born Feb. 22, 1835, in the State of New York ; daughter of Abram Lipe, a native of New York State ; her mother was a native of Vermont ; maiden name, Clarissa Richmond ; they came to Wisconsin in 1854, and settled in Marcellon ; he died July 20, 1871. aged 64 years, and Mrs. Lipe died Aug. 21, 1867, aged 53; in the fall of 1872, Mr. Beach went to California, an I spent about six months visiting friends and looking over the country ; his father, three brothers and one sister, are living in that State, and one brother, Frank, is railroading in Oregon ; his brother, Cormi, lives in Oakland ; Tyler and his father at San Jose, and Geo. D., in San Francisco ; Mr. and Mrs. Beach have had two children, and lost both of them-Maria was born April 22, 1859, in Marcellon, and died in January, 1868; Roland was born Oet. 31, 1866, and died in January, 1872. Mr. Beach is a Republican, and has held the office of Supervisor one term; has 360 acres of land.

JOHN CAMPBELL, farmer, See. 1 and 2; P. O. Portage; born Jan. 29, 1848, in Dane . Co., Wis .; son of John Campbell, who died when John was only about 1 year old ; his mother afterward married John Bryan, of Portage City, and went to Iowa; lived there seven years; then came back to Cross Plains, Dan- Co., Wis., and for the last eleven or twelve years has lived in Portage. John Was married, Aug. 5, 1875, to Jane Smith, who was born March 16, 1850, in New York City; she was a daughter of Daniel Smith, who came to Wisconsin with his family in 1855, and was killed in January, 1864, in Chicago, by a boiler explosion ; her mother is still living in the town of Buffalo, Marquette Co. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have two children-John, born Dec. 20, 1876, and Nina Belle, born Nov. 4, 1877. Has 80 acres of land ; is a Republican.

LEWIS H. CASS, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Bellefountain ; born April 2, 1836, in Belknap Co., N. H .; son of Moses F. Cass, who came to Wisconsin with his family in 1850, and lived one year in Walworth Co., and in the spring of 1851, came to Columbia Co. and settled on the farm now owned by his şon ; he died Dec. 7, 1861, agad 57; Mrs. Cass, whose maiden name was Nancy A. Smith, died Sept. 1, 1879, lacking only 17 days of being 70 years old. Mr. Cass was married, Dec. 26, 1865, to Ellen Haynes, who was born Nov. 7, 1840, in Walworth Co., Wis., town of East Troy, daughter of William and Caroline B. Haynes, natives of New Hampshire, who came to Wisconsin in 1838, now living in Par- deeville, Wis .; Mr. and Mrs. Cass have only one child, Nancy Evalene, born Aug. 22, 1870. He enlisted March 3, 1865, in the 52d W. V. I., and was discharged May 20, for disability. Is a Republican, and has held the office of Supervisor ; has 160 acres land.

O. D. COLMAN, M. D., Sec. 13; P. O. Pardeeville ; was born Aug. 1, 1821, in Otsego Co., N. Y., town of Springfield ; son of Franklin Colman, who was a farmer ; spent his early life on his father's farm ; read medicine with Dr. Menzo White, of Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., N. Y .; his father, Dr. Joseph White, was an eminent physician and surgeon, and had a reputation second to none in the State; he was the father of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of Western New York, located in Herkimer Co., and had a more extensive personal acquaintance than any other medical man in the State. Dr. Col- man came West in 1848, and located in the village of Marcellon April 1, 1849; he received his diploma in 1850, at Rush Medical College of Chicago; he remained in Marcellon till 1857, then went to Pardee- ville, where he practiced about twenty years, then located on his farm in the town of Marcellon in 1877, where he continues to practice his profession, his farm being carried on by his son. He was married, April 23, 1851, in Marcellon, to Miss Kate Sheffield, who was born Oet. 3, 1831, in Warren Co., N. Y., daughter of Simon Sheffield ; they lost their first child, Florence, who was born July 25, 1854, and died

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in October. 1856; have one son living, Charles D., born July 13, 1356, and married Aug. 12, 1877, to Miss Eva Cook, now living on the homestead, which consists of 450 acres of land, with first-class farm buildings ; the Doctor came into this county when there was plenty of hard work, long rides and poor pay, his nearest neighbors in the medical profession being at Portage City, Kingston and Fox Lake. He is a Democrat, and has held the office of Town Superintendent of Schools, and Chairmin of the town, and was a member of Assembly in the Legislature of 1853.

RUFUS COMSTOCK, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Bellefountain ; born May 2, 1818, in Ontario Co., N. Y., town of Gorham; came to Wisconsin in September, 1845, and lived in Rock Co. till the next March, then went to Marquette Co. and from there to Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Appleton and Green Bay, then returned to New York, and was married, Feb. 10, 1848, to Irene Blodgett, who was born Feb. 27, 1823, in Gorham, N. Y., daughter of Benjamin Blodgett ; in the fall of 1848, again came to Wisconsin and lived in Brookfield, Waukesha Co., two years, then went to Green Lake Co., and lived near Little Green Lake one year, then sold out and removed to his present location ; has six children-Charles, Edwin, Rosa, Adelia, Mary and Alice ; Charles is at Warren's Mills, Wis., and Edwin in Miner Co., Dakota. Mr. Comstock is a Republican, and has been Town Clerk two years, and Assessor and Treasurer one year, and has 1163 acres of land. Mr. and Mrs. Comstock and all the children are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church, except Charles, and he is a Methodist.

WALTER W. COMSTOCK, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Bellefountain ; was born June 17, 1822, in Ontario Co., N. Y., town of Gorham ; son of Jonathan Comstock; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1849, and stayed through the winter near Milwaukee, and in May, 1850, located land in the town of Marcellon, where he remained till the next September ; then returned to the State of New York, and stayed there till the spring of 1852; then came back to Wisconsin, and has resided on the same farm ever since. He was married, Sept. 28, 1858, in Marcellon, to Susan H. Dean, who was born Oct. 5, 1839, in Livingston Co., N. Y., daughter of Harvey Dean. (See his biography.) Mr. and Mrs. Comstock have seven children-Truman O., Clara E., Ettie L., Wallie, Phebe S., Frank C. and Edith May. Mr. Comstock is a Republican, and has held the office of Supervisor several years. Mr. and Mrs. Comstock and the three . oldest children belong to the Free-Will Baptist Church. He enlisted in February, 1865, in the 49th W.V. I., Co. I, and was discharged on account of sickness, the Ist of the next August; was stationed at Rolla, Mo., all the time he was in the army. He has 200 acres of land in his farm.

MARTIN A. COOK, farmer, See. 27 ; P. O. Pardeeville ; was born in Rodman, Jefferson Co., N. Y., July 14, 1822 ; spent his time on a farm till he was 21 years old. then followed a sailor's life on the lakes about ten years. He was married, March 19, 1848, in Jefferson Co., N. Y., to Emeline C. Griffin, who was born Oct. 12, 1828, in Columbus, Chenango Co., N. Y., daughter of Dr. John W. Griffin. After marriage, Mr. Cook concluded to settle down to a more quiet life, and in November, 1848. came to Wisconsin and settled in Burnett, Dodge Co .; lived there three years, then returned to New York, and lived six years in Rushford, Allegany Co. In the spring of 1858, he again came to Wiscon- sin, lived one year in Metomen, Fond du Lac Co., and one year in Buffalo, Marquette Co. He then came to Columbia Co .; lived two years in the town of Scott, then came to Marcellon, where he has since resided ; bought his present farm in 1862. He enlisted in September, 1864, in the Ist Wis. Heavy Artillery, .Co. F, and was discharged at the close of the war. Have had five children, three of whom are still living- Ada, is now the wife of George Clark, of Rockford, Floyd Co., Iowa; Anson Wirt and DeForrest Grant, are living at home. Georgiana Gertrude died in Burnett, Dodge Co., Sept. 29, 1851, aged 2 years 5 months and 14 days; Adelbert Eugene died in Marcellon, Aug. 25, 1859, aged 7 years 3 months and 2 days. Mr. Cook is a Republican, and owns 80 acres of land.

JOHN DAILY, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Pardeeville ; is a native of County Westmeath, Ireland, and came to America in 1847, when about 17 or 18 years old. He settled in Chenango Co., N. Y., where he was married in August, 1855, to Ann Fagan. The next fall, he came to Wisconsin ; lived in Wan- kesha Co. till spring, then went to Illinois and stayed till fall, then his wife returned to New York, and he went to New Orleans, where he stayed through the winter, and went back to New York the next July. In the spring of 1864, he enlisted in the 5th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, and was mustered out at the close of the war. He was in Virginia most of the time, and participated in six or seven battles. After the war closed, he returned to New York, and in October, 1865, again came to Wisconsin, this time to stay, and the same winter bought his present location, where he has since resided. Mrs. Daily died Oct. 10, 1876, aged about 45, after an illness of a year and a half, leaving four children-Thomas, Mary Ann, Jane (now Mrs. William Robert Shaw, of Scott), and Julia. Mr. Daily is a Democrat and a member of the Catholic Church. He has 200 acres of land.

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HARVEY DEAN (deceased ), was born in the State of New York, May 21, 1814; son of Samnel Dean; was married, Sept. 23, 1836, to Eliza A. Wilkins, who was born Feb. 27, 1819, in the town of Sussex, England, daughter of Charles and Susan (Hobden) Wilkins, who came to America in the fall of 1829 and settled in Monroe Co., N. Y .; lived there three or four years, then sold out and went to Victor (same county ), and lived there till May, 1862, then came to Wisconsin. Mrs. Wilkins died in New York State Feb. 9, 1862, in her 73d year, and Mr. Wilkins died April 3, 1878, in Wisconsin, in his 82d year. Mr. Dean came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1850, lived in Racine till the next fall, then came to Columbia Co. and located on Sec. 14, and afterward bought more land on See. 15 and resided on the same farm till his death, Jan. 14, 1865, of pneumonia, after an illness of nine days, leaving five chil- dren-Susan H. (now Mrs. W. Comstock), of Marcellon; Clarissa L. (now Mrs. William Albce), of the same town ; Caroline S , born Dec. 3, 1843, in Monroe Co .. N. Y. (now Mrs. Nelson Thwing, of Wa- seca Co., Minn.); Charles, born Sept. 25, 1847, in Greece, Monroe Co., N. Y., lives in Barron Co., Wis., and Martin H., born March 20, 1863, in Marcellon, Wis., now living on the homestead with his mother ; P. O. Bellefountain. Have 140 acres of land. Mr. Dean worked at the carpenter and joiner's trade in New York, and most of the time after coming to Wisconsin. The sons are all farmers. Mrs. Dean and youngest son are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church.

JOHN M. FRENCH, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Portage City ; was born May 4, 1791, in Essex Co., Vt .; son of Hains French, who was a Revolutionary soldier, and was in the battle of Quebee, when Gen. Montgomery was killed ; was the first Clerk of the Court in Essex Co., Vt .; he was a member of the first Conneil, and remained in both offices till 1813; the county was organized in 1800; in 1812, he helped raise a volunteer regiment in Vermont; took a major's commission, and died in November, 1813, at Chau- tauqna Corners, State of New York. John M. enlisted in July, 1812, in a New Hampshire volunteer regi- ment and served one year; then enlisted in the 4th Regulars and served till the close of the war ; was in seven or eight engagements ; once got shot through the leg below the knee and had two ribs broken; his oldest brother, Homer, enlisted in a Maine volunteer regiment, served one year and then re-enlisted in the 4th Rifle Regiment, in the regular army, and was killed Nov. 17, in the battle of Fort Erie; his youngest brother enlisted in. a Vermont volunteer regiment, served one year, then re-enlisted and served through the war. He is now living in Canada East, aged 85 years. After the war, Mr. French returned to his native place and was married, Dee. 25, 1815, to Tirzah Day; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1844 : lived in Dodge Co. two and a half years, and, in the fall of 1846, built the first saw-mill in the county, on French's Creek, in the town of Fort Winnebago. He removed to his present location in 1868 ; his first wife died April 1, 1863, in the 67th year of her age; she was the mother of eighteen children, only six of whom were living at her death ; had lost nine before coming to Wisconsin, and three died in Wisconsin before her death and one sinee; those who are still living and those who died in Wisconsin are as follows : Ovid, born Nov. 3, 1816; John M., Jan. 3, 1818, and died Jan. 16. 1868; Tirzah, born Feb. 19, 1820, died Sept. 27, 1856; Haines, born April 21, 1822, died April 21, 1842; Olive, born June 9, 1824, died Nov. 3, 1854; Ann, born Sept. 21, 1827; Homer, born June 9, 1829 ; Volney V., Aug. 22, 1832, and William W., Jan. 8, 1824. Homer was in the Mexican war, through the whole of it, and also served in the 32d W. V. I., through the war of the rebellion ; William W. was in the 2d W. V. C., and served three years during the rebellion ; a grandson, William, son of John French, also served during the war, in the 2d W. V. C. Mr. French was married the second time, Sept. 13, 1863, to Malvina Barrows, who was born Oct. 25, 1824, in Oneida Co., N. Y .; was edu- cated at the Wesleyan Female College, of Cincinnati, and graduated June 29, 1849 ; has one daughter by the second marriage-Lillie, born Sept. 9, 1867. Mr. French has had nineteen children ; now has forty grandchildren and fifty great-grandchildren living. Although nearly 89 years old, he retains all his mental faculties, and gives names and dates readily from memory ; he still plays the violin and seems to enjoy it as well as ever, and can dance as well as most of the boys. He was an old-time Jefferson Democrat and still acts with the Democratic party. Has 52 acres of land, which he rents, as his failing eyesight prevents active labor.

FRANK FULLER, farmer, Sec. 10 ; P. O. Bellefountain ; was born Nov. 26, 1827, in Erie Co., N. Y. Was married in Allegany Co., Dec. 31, 1850, to Esther Ann Aldrich ; came West in 1852 and settled on the farm he now owns, and has resided on it ever since ; has eight children living-Albert, William, Homer, Andrew, Edwin, Arthur, Millie and Mina Ann; Albert and Homer live in Lake Co., Dakota ; William in the town of Marcellon, and all the rest at home ; have lost three-Ernest, died May 29, 1877, aged 16 ; Theodore, died in August, 1861, aged 12 years, and one, an infant, dicd in 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church. He is a Republican in politics, and has 200 acres of land.

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WILLIAM GOODMAN, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Portage City ; born Sept. 17, 1819, in Somersetshire, England, son of William Goodman. Was married, March 24, 1840, in Ware, England, to Eliza Carter, who was born in 181G, in Ware, England, daughter of Thomas Carter ; Mr. Goodwin was a farmer in England ; came to America in 1849, and located in the town of Marcellon in July of that year. Has four children living-Jane (lives in Portage), William (lives in Mower Co., Minn. ), Henry and Mary, at home ; has lost two-Robert enlisted in 1864 in the 3d W. V. C., Co. K, and died about two months after his enlistment from an accidental discharge of his own carbine, while passing through some timber in charge of a lot of horses ; the hammer of the gun was caught by some bushes and the gun discharged ; he died two weeks after the accident, aged 24; Ellen died, aged 28, Nov. 25. The family attended the M. E. Church, but are not members; he is a Democrat. Has 370 acres of land, and at the present writing there is a Portage company mining for silver on his farm on Sec. 7.

DEXTER S. HEATH, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Marcellon ; born Sept. 30, 1831, in Cale- donia Co., Vt., son of John Heath, who came to Wisconsin in 1851, and settled in Marcellon on the farm now owned by his sou, and died there Dee. 31. 1876, aged 85; Mr. Heath has lived on the same farm ever since he was 20 years old. He was married, Sept. 18, 1864, to Mrs. Mariette, widow of Asa Langdon, and daughter of Hugh Barker ; she was born June 29, 1837, in Genesee Co., N. Y .; her father came to Wis- consin when she was 7 years old, and died in Packwaukee, Marquette Co., in October, 1857, aged 64 ; MIr. and Mrs. Heath have three children-Allen, born Sept. 10, 1866; Julius, Jan. 29, 1869, and George, born July 17, 1873. Mr. Heath has 255 acres of land, and a first-class farm building.

H. T. HENTON, farmer, Sec. 9 and 10; P. O. Bellefountain ; was born Feb. 24, 1823, in Ripley, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. His parents removed to Erie Co., Penn., when he was 11 years old, and came to Wisconsin in 1850; his father, Thomas Henton, died in 1860, and his mother died in 1832. He sailed on the lakes from 1838 to 1850; commenced, at the age of 15, on the old steamer Thomas Jefferson, running between Buffalo and Chicago. Sept. 14, 1846, he was married, near Cresco, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., to Evaline, daughter of Capt. Francis Dorchester, a native of Chautauqua Co., N. Y., and one of the first settlers in Fond du Lac Co., having located there in 1844. After his marriage, Mr. Henton returned to Erie, Penn., and lived there one year; then came to Milwaukee, where he resided five years. In October, 1852, be removed to Fall River, Columbia Co., Wis., and was engaged in the mercantile business three years; then he went to Ripon, Wis., and July 13, 1855, bought an interest in the Ripon and Gothic Mills, and removed his family to that place in October of the same year; was in the milling and produce business in Ripon until April 1, 1873; then went to Winneconne and bought the " Lake View House," and an interest in the Winneconne flouring-mills; remained there till March, 1878; then removed to his present location. Mrs. Henton died, Oct. 19, 1879, of hemorrhage of the brain, witli- out a moment's warning, leaving one son-Henry Freemont, born Feb. 8, 1856; had lost three sons- Francis D., died Aug. 19, 1869, aged 16 years; Harvey Howard, died in September, 1869, aged 13 montlis, and one died in infancy unnamed. Mr. Henton is a Republican, and was one of the delegates to the convention that organized the Republican party in the summer of 1854, and was one of the committee to appoint permanent officers for the organization ; has been a staneh Republican ever since, and is " de- termined to fight it out on that line;" was nominated and elected Mayor of the city of Ripon in the spring of 1865, while away from home, and, on returning, his first official act was issuing a proclamation calling a meeting of the citizens of Ripon to take action on the death of Abraham Lincoln. He held the offices of Chairman, Supervisor, Superintendent of the Poor, and several other offices in Ripon, and repre- sented the village of Winneconne in the County Board. He has 240 acres of land in his home farm, and a farmi of 146 acres in Clark Co., Wis.

DWIGHT B. HERREMAN, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Bellefountain ; was born Aug. 12, 1835, in Euclid, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio ; son of William Herreman, who came to Wisconsin in May, 1849, and settled in the town of Farmington, Jefferson Co., and lived there two years; then came to Columbia Co., and settled in the town of Marcellon, where he has since resided ; was Postmaster in Marcellon eighteen years, and resigned in October, 1879. Dwight B. lived at home until he was 20 years old ; then went to Rice Co., Minn., and lived there one summer, returning to Marcellon in the fall. He was married, Nov. 11, 1857, to Polly Aldrich, who was born June 29, 1839, iu Allegany Co., N. Y., daughter of Gideon P. Aldrich, who came to Wisconsin in 184!, and now lives in Wyocena, Columbia Co. Mr. and Mrs. Herreman have four children-Warren, Cara, Prudy and Wallace, all at home. He has held the offices of Justice of the Peace and Supervisor ; he learned the blacksmith's trade of his father, when a boy, and now has a shop on his farm and carries on that business in addition to his farming. He enlisted March 13. 1865, in the 40th W. V. I., Co. I., and was discharged at the close of the war; spent most of his time in Missouri hunting " bushwhackers." He has lost two children-Esther Ann, born March

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The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 144

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