The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 145

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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29, 1863, and died Dec. 16, 1863; Alvin Eugene, born Feb. 11, 1872, and died April 1, 1874. He has 120 acres of land, and is a Republican.

WILLIAM HERREMAN, merchant, Marcellon; he was born March 21, 1803, in Liv- ingston Co., N. Y .; his parents removed to Meadville, Penn., when he was 16 years old, and he started out at that age to do battle.with the world on his own account ; spent about five years on the St. Lawrence River and in Canada; then went to Meadville and stayed three years; then went to Ohio and lived in Grauga Co. till 1849, and in May of that year, came to Wisconsin ; lived two years in Jefferson Co., and in the spring of 1851, came to Columbia Co. and settled in the village of Marcellon, where he has since resided ; learned the blacksmith's trade in Ohio when 27 years old, and worked at that business till 1870, since which time he has been engaged in farming and selling goods ; had the post office in Marcellon from 1864 to 1879, and then resigned the office. Was married, June 12, 1828, in Geauga Co., Ohio, to Caro- line Parsons, who was born June 27, 1811, in Hartford, Conn., daughter of Warhem Parsons ; have nine children living-William L., Oscar H., Celia M., Dwight B , Orlando A., Cassius M., Irvin T., James F. and Alice L .; have lost three-Chloe M., Myron S. and Alonzo A .; had five sons in the army during the rebellion. Alonzo A. was in the 2d W. V. C. about two years, and died July 25, 1865, from the effects of a wound received at Vicksburg, while in a scouting party ; Dwight B. and Oscar H. were in the 49th W. V. C., Co. I .; the last nine months of the war, Myron S. was in a New York regiment; Orlando A., in Gov- ernment service in Nashville, Tenn., and Cassius in the permanent corps, in Madison ; also had a son-in- law, T. M. Lockwood, in same corps as Cassius; Alonzo was a prisoner about two mouths, being taken April 21, 1864. Mr. Herreman is a Republican and held the office of Town Treasurer five years ; reads without glasses at the age of 77 .; has a farm of 120 acres adjoining the village.

JAMES HODGMAN, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Bellefountain; born in Rutland Co., Vt., Oct. 5, 1825; sou of Latt C. and Mary Hodgman ; he came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1850 and settled in Lowville, Columbia Co .; remained there till the spring of 1866; then sold out and purchased the farm he now owns, and where he has since resided. Was married, March 16, 1856, to Sarah Jane Evarts, who died May 16, 1857, leaving one child-Frederick Lorenzo, now living in Lowville, Wis. Was married the second time, July 4, 1864, to Fanny Lucina Jerome, who was born in the State of New York, Feb. 7, 1852, daughter of Daniel Jerome ; has three children by the second marriage-James W., born Jan. 1, 1867 ; Emma Viola, born Nov. 15, 1872, and Charles Nelson, born Aug. 26, 1875 ; has 160 acres of land. Republican.

W. H. HORTON, farmer, Secs. 5 and 6; P. O. Portage City ; was born May 17, 1835, in Ashtabula Co., Ohio ; son of Loren Horton, who came to Wisconsin in 1847, and lived in the town of Herman, Dodge Co., till his death, in April, 1839; was killed by a falling limb from a tree he was chop- ping. Mr. Horton was married, Oct. 8, 1857, to Sarah Whittaker, who was born Oct. 7, 1837, in Wor- cester Co., Mass., daughter of Robert Whittaker, a native of England ; have two children - William, boru Oct. 2, 1858, and Mamie, born Aug. 9, 1866; the maiden name of Mrs. Horton's mother was Mary H. Cheney, and she was a native of Massachusetts. Mr. Horton's parents were both natives of Washington Co., N. Y .; his mother's maiden name was Lucy M. Kingsley. Mr. Horton is a Republican and has 153 acres of land.

DANIEL JEROME, Jr., farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. O. Bellefountain ; born Aug. 23, 1844, in Livingston Co., N. Y .; son of Daniel Jerome, who came to Wisconsin in 1847, and came into the town of Marcellon in the fall of that year, and is still living in the town, aged 80; Mrs. Jerome is also living. at the age of 71. Mr. Jerome was married, Feb. 22, 1866, to Katie Ann Cobb, who was born Feb. 10, 1847, in Canada ; daughter of Leonard Cobb, who settled in Wisconsin when she was a child ; have two children-Nellie, born June 29, 1869, and Wallace S., born Feb. 6, 1877 ; he is Republican. and has held the office of Constable ; has 160 acres in his home farm, and 160 acres in Waushara Co. He enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, in the 23d W. V. C. Co. C; was with his regiment one year, participating in four battles during the time; was then transferred to the 5th V. R. C., stationed at Indianapolis, Ind., and was discharged July 5, 1865.

F. B. LANGDON, or " Uncle Frank," as he is called, was the first permanent settler in the town of Marcellon ; he came here from Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, in the fall of 1845, arriving with his family on the 3d day of November, having selected his land about ten days before ; he took off his wagon-cover and used it for a tent, living in it till he got his house built; his nearest neighbors at that time were Samuel and John McConochie, of the town of Scott; has lived on the same farm ever since ; helped to organize the town of Marcellon, and was a member of the first Town Board ; he was born Jan. 27, 1810, in the town of Wilbraham, Hampden Co., Mass .; son of Christopher Langdon, who removed to Geauga Co., Ohio, in 1814, and died there in 1822. Mr. Langdon was married in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, on Sept. 1.

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1833, to Lydia Hamblin, who was born Nov. 9, 1812, in Grand Isle Co., Vt .; daughter of Asa Hamblin, who removed to Ohio when she was 7 years old. Mr. and Mrs. Langdon have had four children, but the only one living is Rosellia, who was born June 11, 1834, and married to John Braden, who died in the army from a gun-shot wound, received in battle in Missouri ; he belonged to the 14th Iowa V. I., and his death occurred Oct. 31, 1864; he left five children-Alma, Julia, Erwin, Datus and Herbert ; she is now the wife of S. R. Peek, and has one child by the second marriage-a daughter, named Mandania. Mr. and Mrs. Langdon have lost three children-Christopher, enlisted in the 32d W. V. I., was under Sherman, and died in North Carolina in the 27th year of his age; Asa, died Jan. 10, 1862, in his 24th year, and Marinett, died Dec. 20, 1841, aged 1 year. Mr. Langdon has 191 acres of land on Sec. 24 ; P. O. Mareellon ; is a Republican.

BARNEY LOVELL, farmer, Sec. 10 ; P. O. Bellefountain ; born Dec. 2, 1820, in Cayuga Co., N. Y. Was married Sept. 11, 1842, in Livingston Co., N. Y., town of Sparta, to Elizabeth Spicer, who was born May 3, 1826, in Sparta, daughter of Asa Spicer; Mr. Lovell came from New York to Michigan in 1851, and lived in Cass Co. till August, 1865, then sold out, came to Wisconsin and bought the farm he now owns and occupies ; have four children living-Nathan V., lives in Berrien Co., Mich., Henry C. and John T. are living on Sec. 11, in Marcellon, and Mary Elizabeth is now Mrs. Alman Inglehart, of Cambria, Wis .; have lost one, Frances Adel, died March 6, 1875, aged 16. Nathan V. spent four years in the army; belonged to the 7th Mieh. V. I., Co. B, almost a year ; was taken prisoner at Murfreesboro and taken to McMinnville, Tenn., where he escaped, and reported at Camp Chase, Ohio; his regiment being badly cut up, what there was left of it was disbanded, and he re-enlisted in the 7th Mieh. V. C., Co. B; spent three years with Sheridan and Custer ; was with Grant when he took Rich- mond, and was discharged at the close of the war; had nine horses shot under him, and was once shot through the heel, but never left his regiment, and never spent a day in the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Lovell were both members of the Christian Church, in New York, but are not members of any church at present ; he is Republican, and has 80 acres of land.

PELEG L. PECKHAM, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Bellefountain; born May 24, 1819, in Madison Co, N. Y .; his parents removed to Monroe Co. when he was in his 16th year; he remained at home till he was 21 years old ; came to Columbia Co., Wis., in August, 1844; lived near Columbus till January, 1846, then came up and located the land he now owns in the town of Marcellon, and has lived on it ever since. Was married, April 19, 1846, to Minerva Austin, who was born Oct. 4, 1825, in Mexico, N. Y .; daughter of Lyman Austin, who came to Wisconsin in 1845, and settled near Lake Maria, then in Marquette Co. Mr. and Mrs. Peckham have five children-John lives in Harrison Co., Dakota ; Lucretia is now Mrs. Thomas Vining, of Faribault Co., Minn., and Elizabeth, Charles and William are still living with their parents; lost one child, which died in infancy ; has 280 acres of land.

E. R. PERRY, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Pardeeville ; born Dec. 28, 1830, in Riga, Monroe Co., N. Y .; son of W. L. Perry, who came to Wisconsin in 1845, and lived in Dodge Co., town of Clyman two years, then came to Columbia, and lived in Randolph ten or twelve years, and died in Marcellon May 30, 1874, aged 73 years ; Mrs. Perry died in June, 1835, in Riga, N. Y., aged 34. E. R. Perry was married, Sept. 17, 1856, in Monroe Co., N. Y., to Mary Richmond, daughter of Joshua Richmond (see biography of H. J. Richmond) ; she was born in Ogden, Monroe Co., N. Y., and died March 26, 1876, aged 43 years, leaving two children-Charles E. and Ella D. Was married the second time, Nov. 27, 1878, to Mrs. Maria Brown, daughter of Killian Hepler, of Pardeeville; she was born in Medina Co., Ohio, April 28, 1845 ; had one daughter by her first husband, Addie E. Brown. Mr. Perry is a Demo- crat, and held the office of Constable in Randolph, and Justice of the Peace in Marcellon ; has 160 aeres of land.

A. W. RESSEGUIE, farmer, Secs. 1 and 12; P. O. Bellefountain ; born Oct. 30, 1848, in Susquehanna Co., Penn .; son of Lewis Resseguie, who came to Wiseonsin, and settled in Berlin in the spring of 1850; he died Jan. 15, 1879, aged 69; Mrs. Ressequie died in 1151. A. W. Resseguie was married, Oct. 29, 1872, in Berlin, to Miss Lutie Leonard, of that place, and followed farming three and one-half' miles southeast of Berlin till March, 1877, then sold out and removed to his present location ; has 216 aeres in his farm, with good brick residence. En politics, Republican.

H. S. RICHMOND, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Marcellon ; horn Aug. 20, 1838, in Monroe Co., N. Y .; son of Joshua Richmond, a native of Vermont, who raised a family of fifteen children, three boys and twelve girls ; all grew up to maturity and all married and raised families except one girl ; his first wife was a Miss Sprague, the second, Nancy Creasey, and the third, Nancy True, all of Monroe Co., N. Y .; he died Dec. 13, 1868. H. S. Richmond was married in Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1858, to Mary Rob- bins, who died Aug. 16, 1870, aged 35, leaving three children-Harriet, Nona and Riley. Was married

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the second time, March 19, 1872, to Mrs. Maria Gibbs, widow of Almon Gibbs, and daughter of R. P. McGlashan, a native of Scotland ; Mrs. McGlashan, whose maiden name was Sarah Holmes, was a native of Connecticut ; they came to Wisconsin in 1845, and settled in Trenton, Dodge Co .; he died in 1848, and Mrs. MeGlashan died May 12, 1877 ; they left seven children-James, living in Beaver Dam ; Mary Ann, now Mrs. John Brown, of Beaver Dam ; Sarah, now Mrs. Ezra Parker, of Dartford ; Edwin, living in Beaver Dam ; Catharine, now Mrs. Hiram Hubbard, Dakota; Maria, now Mrs. H. S. Richmond, and Frances, who married Mortimer Clark, and died April 16, 1878; Mrs. Richmond was born Aug. 3, 1839, in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. Mr. Richmond is a Democrat ; has 160 acres of land.

MERRILL H. SMITH, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Portage City ; was born in Danbury, Grafton Co., N. H., May 5, 1823; son of James and Rachel (Hoyt) Smith ; in 1852, went to California, and was gone between two and three years; then returned to New Hampshire. Feb. 24, 1854, was married to Rosanna Sanburn, who was born Aug. 25, 1824; daughter of Jonathan and Mary C. Sanborn ; in the fall of 1855, he came to Wiseonsin with his family, and settled on his present farm in Marcellon, and has since resided there ; was a locomotive engineer and followed railroading while in New Hampshire ; went South during the rebellion and ran an engine in the Government service during the last year of the war ; altogether followed that business about fourteen years. Has five children-Leonora (now Mrs. Daniel Damuth, of Fort Atkinson, Wis.); Viola, Winfield S., Ulysess Grant and Minnie Eva ; all at home except Leonora. He is a Republican, and has held the office of Assessor and Justice of the Peace. Has 615 acres of land in Secs. 20, 21, 28 and 16.

ABEL STRONG, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Bellefountain ; was born Dec. 17, 1822, in Nova Scotia ; son of Stephen Strong ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1845, and worked out in Walworth Co. four years ; came to Columbia Co., in November, 1847, and bought 160 acres of land in what is now Mar- cellon ; then returned to Walworth Co .; and in the fall of 1848, eame up and commenced fencing his land; returned to Walworth Co. again in the spring; in the fall of 1849, located on his land, and has resided on the same farm ever since. Was married in Portage City, Aug. 31, 1862, to Julia Dee, who was born May 1, 1844, in County Tipperary, Ireland ; daughter of Lawrence Dee, who came to America in 1847, and settled in Milwaukee; lived there one year ; then Portage City one year ; then five years in Marcellon ; then removed to Fort Winnebago, where he died Aug. 18, 1865, aged 73. Mrs. Dee is still living at the age of 68. Mr. and Mrs. Strong have three children-John Gaylord, born Aug. 14, 1863; Stephen Eaton, born April 3, 1865, and Sarah Jane, born March 11, 1867 ; all at home. Mr. Strong enlisted March 8, 1865, in the 194th N. Y. V. I., Co. B, and was discharged about the middle of May. Is a Republican. Has 320 acres of land. Mrs. Strong is a member of the Catholic Church.

HIRAM J. STRONG, carpenter, Sec. 7; P. O. Portage City ; born March 9, 1827, in Livingston Co., N. Y .; son of Amos Strong, who came to Michigan in 1831. Hiram Strong was married in Michigan, Aug. 28, 1851, to Mary Morgan, who was born July 10, 1830, in Miami Co., Ohio. Mr. Strong worked at carpenter work in Michigan; was on the Michigan Central R. R., three years, and was division foreman on the N., L & S. M. R. R., two years ; in August, 1855, he came to Wisconsin and located in the town of Buffalo, Marquette Co .; lived there seven years working at carpenter and joiner and millwright work; in March, 1862, removed to his present location, where he has since resided, except one year in Sparta, Monroe Co., Wis., in 1863; still works at his trade. Has only one child-Carlton Delos, born April 13, 1859; now living at home ; one daughter, Emma Amelia, was born Feb. 19, 1855, and died Sept. 2, 1863. Mr. Strong is a Republican, and has held the office of Justice of the Peace two terms, and some school district offiees. Has 17 acres of land.

CASPER TURK, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Portage City; born June 6, 1837, in Nassau, Germany, son of Joseph Turk, who came to America in 1845, or thereabouts, and settled in Utica, N Y. He died Sept. 10, 1854, aged 54; was run over by a train on the New York Central Railroad, and died a few hours after the accident. Mr. Turk learned the machinist trade in Utica, of " Hart & Munson," and worked at the business twelve years; before that, had worked for the same company about eight years, running a stationary engine six years of that time. He was married Feb. 3, 1861, to Mary Harny, who was born Jan. 8, 1835, in France, daughter of Sabastian Harny, who came to America in 1836, and now lives in Utica, N. Y. Mr. Turk came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1869, and settled in the town of Mareellon, where he still resides ; has ten children-Mary, Frank, Samuel, George, John, Louisa, Clara and Clarissa (twins), Joseph and William, all at home. Members of the Catholic Church, and in politics ,

Republican. He has 160 acres of land.

ANDREW WAITE, farmer, Sec. 1 ; P. O. Bellefountain ; was born June 25, 1831, in the town of West Hawksbury, Canada; son of William Waite, a native of Boston, Mass. Mr. Waite came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1857, and lived in the town of Buffalo, Marquette Co., about three years,

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then came to his present location in the town of Mareellon. He was married in September, 1862, in Port- age, to Mary Jane Smith, daughter of Harry Smith ; she died Nov. 27, 1866, aged 24, leaving three children-Rachel, born Ang. 7, 1863 ; Abigail, born Dee. 21, 1864; and Mary Jane, born Nov. 27, 1866. He has 160 aeres of land. Republican.

SYLVESTER WALKER, farmer, See. 11; P. O. Bellefountain; was born in the town of Truxton, Cortland Co., N. Y., June 20, 1821 ; son of Phineas Walker ; came to Wisconsin in 1844, and lived in Kenosba Co. till the fall of 1850, then came to Columbia Co., and has lived in Mareellon ever sinee. He was married Dee. 31, 1848, in Raeine Co., Wis., to Magdelan A. Vandy. Mr. Walker was in the 220 Wis V. I., Co. C, about four months, in 1865. Have two children-Clarence D., born April 18, 1861, and Minnie, born Feb. 18, 1864, both at home. He has 120 acres of land and is a Republican.

ZADOCK WAITE, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Portage City ; born Aug. 1, 1825, in Canada West ; son of William Waite, a native of the State of New York. Mr. Waite left home when 19 years of age, eame to Wisconsin and lived five years in Walworth Co .; then went to Marquette Co. and bought land in the town of Buffalo ; lived there till the fall of 1874, then sold out and removed to his present location ; was married in Walworth Co., in 1858, to Emily Jane Carpenter, who was born July 8, 1831, in Chautauqua Co., N. Y .; daughter of William Carpenter. Have only one ehild-Sarah Jane, born Jan. 1, 1850, married to John Cuff, and living in Butler Co., Iowa. She has six children-Justin, Ernest, Osear, Lillie, Mertie and Elsie Jane. Mr. Waite is a Republican ; was Supervisor of Mareellon two years, and has been District Clerk and Postmaster several years. He has 200-aere farm in Mareellon, and a 120-aere farm in Butler Co., Iowa.

DANIEL S. WOODWORTH, farmer, See. 5; P. O. Portage City ; born July 9, 1827, in the town of Essex, Chittenden Co., Vt .; son of Jabez and Mehitable Woodworth, who removed to Niagara Co., N. Y., in 1849 ; lived there two years, then came to Wisconsin and lived nine years in Raeine Co. (now Kenosha), then in July, 1854, came to Columbia Co., where they both died-Mr. Woodworth, May 3. 1867, aged 83 ; Mrs. Woodworth, May 15, 1868, aged 79. Mr. Woodworth has lived on his present farm ever since he came to the county in July, 1854. He married in Mareellon, Feb. 18, 1859, to Melissa Hart, who was born Jan. 6, 1841, in the town of Forestville, county of Norfolk, Canada West, daughter of George and Eliza Ann Hart, who came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1856. Mrs. Hart died July 18, 1864, aged 15; Mr. Hart is still living in Lineoln Co., Dakota, aged 64. Mr. and Mrs. Woodworth have five children- Emma, Albert, Eliza, Cora and Fannie, all at home. Mr. Woodworth is a member of the M. E. Churel and a Republican ; has 411 acres of land, 150 is in his home farm, 160 acres in Marquette Co., one and a half miles from home farm, and 101 acres in Sauk Co. Mrs. Woodworth is a Baptist.

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JOHN Q. ADAMS, was born in Franklin Co., Mass., in 1816 ; son of Charles Adams, who came to the town of Fountain Prairie, Columbia Co., Wis., in 1846, where his wife, nee Mary Howes, died soon after, and some time during the following year he returned to the State of Massachusetts, where he subsequently died. John Q., onr present subject, received his education in the common schools and academies of his native State. He came to Wisconsin in 1844 and located on a farm, in the township of Fountain Prairie, Columbia Co., and made that his home for about twenty-three years. He then removed to the city (then village) of Columbus, where he has since resided, retaining, however, his farm of 350 acres. Mr. Adams was elected one of the first County Commissioners of Columbia Co., in 1846, and was re-elected in the fall of 1847, serving in 1848. He was elected Chairman of the Town Board of Fountain Prairie in 1851 and 1852 and has several times been re-elected to that office. He also held the office of Town Superintendent of Schools of that town in 1849-50, and was one of the organ- izers of the town in 1849. Mr. Adams represented his district in the Wisconsin Assembly in 1853, and also his county in the Senate during the sessions of 1854-55-56 ; he was again returned to the Assembly in 1863. In 1858, he was elected Superintendent of the County Poor, and has ever since been kept in that office. He has been President of the Columbia Co. Agricultural Society several terms, and has held the office of Treasurer of the same for eleven years. Was member of the School Board of Columbus for seven years ; was President of the same for three years. Politically, Mr. Adams is a Republican, and was a member of the committee on resolutions at the organization of that party, at Madison, Wis., in 1854. In Massachusetts, in 1846, he was married to Miss Lucy S., daughter of Erastus Pomroy. Their children are Louie P. (now a student at Ripon College) ; Clara and Lily (at home). Mr. and Mrs. Adams are- members of the Congregational Church.

A. T. AUSTIN, farmer ; Sec. 14 ; P. O. Columbus ; was born in Grafton Co., N. H., in 1827, and with parents in 1835 he emigrated to Richland Co., Ohio. Ten years later (May, 1845), he came to Wisconsin and located on a farmu in Jefferson Co. He entered a farm of 220 acres in the town of Elba, Dodge Co., in 1846, and settled there in the spring of 1847. Here he lived for twenty years and devoted his attention wholly to agriculture. Selling his interest in Dodge Co., in February, 1867 ; he bought a farm of 250 acres on Sec. 14, town of Columbus, Columbia Co., Wis .; where he has since residcd. He was married in 1853, to Miss Sarah Hathaway, of Jefferson Co., Wis., but a native of Monroe Co., N. Y. Their children are Thaddeus T. (now in California); Mercy D. (at home); Abraham S., Gracie D., Frank, James W. and Charity S. Mr. Austin's family are connected with the Congregational Church.

CAPT. CALVIN BAKER, was born in the town of Georgia, Franklin Co., Vt., in 1808; when quite young, with his parents, Remember and Cynthia (Stannard) Baker, he removed to Genesee Co., N. Y., where his father devoted much of his time to the trade of millwright, but later removed to Michigan, where they afterward died. The family was composed of seven children, four sons and three daughters-Calvin, the oldest of these, devoted much of his time with his father, to the trade of a mill- wright and at building thrashing machines-but failing health forced him to quit the trade and seek some outdoor employment. He followed buying stock wool for the New York markets for several years. In 1834, he was married to Miss Susanna Blodgett, of Genesee Co., N. Y., who died in 1841. His second marriage was to Mrs. Ann Scofield, of New York City, a daughter of George and Betsey Hague. Her father was a native of England, her mother of France. Mr. and Mrs. Baker came to Wisconsin in 1857, and located on a farm in the town of Fountain Prairie, Columbia Co., where he followed farming for some time. In 1862, he was engaged in the detective business, with his brother, Col. Baker. He was appointed Captain of the Quartermaster's Department at Washington, in 1863, a position which he held till the fall of 1865. Returning then to his farm in Fountain Prairie, he devoted his time to farming till 1872, when they removed to the city of Columbus, where he has lived a more retired life. Mr. and Mrs. Baker are members of the Congregational Church.

HENRY D. BATH, deceased; was born in Schenectady Co, N. Y., in 1843; son of Levy and Agnes Bath. His father was a Baptist minister of New York, and came to Colum- bus in 1861, where he was Pastor of the church for a number of years. He died in this city in April, 1877, leaving four sons and one daughter, one of whom died in June, 1879, one having died in April. 1876. Mr. Bath was educated at the Grass Lake Academy, of Jackson Co., Mich. In 1861, he enlisted as private in Co. B, of the 7th Mich. V. I., under Col. Grovesnor, with the army of the Poto- mac ; was promoted to the positions of Sergeant, Second and First Lieutenant ; was severely wounded at the

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battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862, after which he came home for four months, and early in 1863, he rejoined his regiment and with it was mustered out in 1864. He then came to Columbus and read law two years with Cook & Chapin, and was admitted to the practice at Portage in 1866. He went then to Mil- waukee, and was city editor of the Daily News till July, 1868, when he returned to Columbus, purchased the Columhus Transcript, and converted it into the Columbus Democrat, of which he has since been editor. In March, 1877, he, with his brother, W. E. Bath, established the Portage Democrat, of Portage City, and were editors of the same till the death of his brother, which occurred in June, 1879. Mr. Bath was married in 1866, to Louisa T., daughter of Matthew T. D. and Theodate Nowell, of Colum- bus. Children are Paul T. and Dane. Mr. Bath died June 8, 1880.

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The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 145

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