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REV. ERNEST FITZNER, Pastor of the German M. E. Church, Columbus ; was born in Prus- sia in 1839 ; he came with his parents, Charles and Christina Fitzner, to America in 1850, and located on a farm at West Bend, Washington Co., Wis., and made that his home for eleven years ; Mr. Fitzner pre- pared for the profession of a teacher in the Academy of West Bend, Washington Co., Wis., from which institution he graduated in 1861. In October of that year, he enlisted in Co. D, 12th W. V. I., under Col. Bryant, of Madison, and was with his regiment in all its principal movements and battles for one and a half years ; he was then detached and placed as member of the board, at the headquarters of Maj. Gen. Howard, where he remained until the close of the war, and was mustered out of service at Louis- ville, Ky., in 1865. Returning then to West Bend, in August, where he soon entered upon the work of the ministry, he was assigned to the Charleston Mission, and at the division of the mission, 1866, he removed to Green Bay, which was then added to the portion assigned him; joining the Northwestern Conference at St. Paul, in the autumn of 1867, he was then ordained Deacon, and appointed to the charge at Oconomowoc in 1868, of the German M. E. Church. During his stay at Oconomowoc, he was married, in 1868, to Miss Lizzie Horst, of Green Bay, and in the fall of that year he was sent to New Bremen, Cook Co., Ill., where he remained in charge of the church for three years ; he was next at Plattville, Wis., for two years ; in 1873, he removed to Galena, Ill., and by the Bishop was appointed Vice Presi- dent of the Northwestern German M. E. Normal School, which position he resigned at the expiration of one year ; in 1874, he was appointed to the charge at Fond du Lac, Wis., and, in 1877, to Madison, Wis., and, iu 1878, to Columbus, where he now resides. Their children are Edwin, Charles, William Ernest, John and Robert Philip.
WILLIAM FRANZ, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Columbus ; was born in Prussia in 1831, and is the son of Martin Franz, with whom he came to America in 1848, and located on a farm in the town of Lowell, Dodge Co., Wis .; eight years later, he purchased a farm of 80 acres in Sec. 17, town of Colum- bus, Columbia Co., and, in the fall of 1864, disposed of that and secured his present one of 208 acres in Sec. 7, of this township, and has since made it his home ; he devotes his time to farming and stock-raising, making a specialty of sheep and cattle. He was married in May, 1855, to Miss Christina Schank, a uative of Prussia ; their children are Louisa, now the widow of the late John Boskil, deceased ; Carrie, now Mrs. Rudolph Bankie, and lives in Lowell, Dodge Co .; Charles, Matilda, Fredrick and Mena, at home. They are members of the Lutheran Cuhrch.
JULIUS FOX, proprietor of the Fox House, Columbus ; was born in Prussia Nov. 19, 1827 ; his father, William Fox, was a tailor in that country ; his mother, Wilhelmina Kazloskie, was of Polish descent, her father, Carl Kazloskie, having escaped from Poland when he was a young man, and afterward made his home in Prussia. At the age of 14, Mr. Fox entered upon a four-years apprenticeship at the shoemaker's trade at Reetz, and after serving his time at the trade, he traveled in the interest of the trade
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for eleven years over various parts of Europe. Jan. 26, 1855, at Reetz, he was married to Miss Wil- helmina, a daughter of Gotlieb and Caroline Breuning, a native of Prussia, born July 26, 1830 ; May 15, 1856, they sailed from Hamburg for America, and landed in New York Aug. 2, following ; they came thence to Watertown, Wis., where they stopped a short time and then came to Columbus, where he began and carried on his trade for nine years, as a manufacturer and dealer ; he next engaged in farming for a year ; then in the grain trade for a short time ; he bought the Whitney House in 1868, changed its name to the Fox House and has since been its proprietor ; he also owns a farm of 400 acres in the town of Columbus. He has been a member of the City Couneil for two years. Their children are Charles (deceased), Clara, Robert (deceased), Henry, Bertha, Laura (deccased), Hobart and Ozisia. They are members of the Lutheran Church.
AUGUST FRITZ, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Columbus; was born in Prussia in 1841 ; his parents, Christian and Regina Fritz, emigrated with their family to America in 1857, and located at Watertown, Wis., where his father died in 1862; August, the subject of this sketch, enlisted in Co. E, W. V. I., in 1862, under Col. B. Pinkney, and partook in all the principal battles and movements of his regiment during the war ; was mustered out at Galveston, Tex., in August, 1865 ; returning then to Watertown, Wis., he made his home on the farm till 1866, when he sold there and bought his present one of 124 acres, on Sec. 34, town of Columbus, where he has since resided. He was married, March 20, 1866, to Miss Mary Holsten, of the town of Farmingham, Jefferson Co., Wis., though a native of Germany, and an emigrant with her parents to Jefferson Co., Wis., in 1849; their children are Edwin, Annie, Eleanora and William. Mr. Fritz and family are members of the Lutheran Church. His mother resides with him.
DANIEL S. FULLER, of the firm of Fuller Bros., dry-goods merchants, Columbus; was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., June 13, 1834; with his parents, L. and Rachel Fuller, he came to Wisconsin in 1857, and located at Columbus; he soon went to Berlin, Wis., where he spent one year, returning to Columbus in 1858, and in January, 1859, with his father, in the firm of L. Fuller & Son, he began mer- chandising, and continued the business under that name till July, 1866, when his brother, Mark R., took the place of his father, and the firm was changed to Fuller Bros. In the fall of 1866, he was married to Miss Frances, daughter of Frederick Ingersoll, and a native of Attica, N. Y .; they had three children- Agnes V., Alfred H. (deceased), and M. Roosevelt. Mrs. Fuller is a member of the Congregational Church.
LUSCIUS FULLER, retired, Columbus ; was born in the town of Kirkland, Oneida Co., N. Y., in July, 1810; is the son of' Daniel and Cynthia Fuller, who were natives of Connecticut; Mr. Fuller devoted his time to farming in his native county (excepting five years which was devoted to saw- milling), till 1857; emigrating then to Wisconsin, he located at Columbus, March 31, 1857; the first year after his arrival here was given to saw-milling at Berlin, Wis .; returning to Columbus, he began merchandising during the winter of 1858-9, and continued that business for several years; disposing of his merchandise in 1866, he has since spent his time looking after his farm of 170 acres in the town of Columbus. He was married in 1833 to Rachel Sanford, a native of England, who died in Columbus, Wis., in 1873, leaving three children-Daniel S., now a merchant of this city; Mark R., a merchant at Augusta, Wis .; and Alice V., who died in September, 1877; they had one son (Alfred E.), who enlisted in Co. G, 23d W. V. I., in August, 1863, and was with his regiment in all its principal movements, till March, 1864, when he died at Milliken's Bend, La. His second marriage was in February, 1875, to Mrs. Mary D., widow of the late E. Grover, of Madison, Wis .; Mrs. Fuller is a native of Monroe Co., N. Y., but came with her parents, C. H. and Mary A. Williams, to Dane Co., Wis., in 1846. She is a member of the Congregational Church.
ROBERT GARNIDGE, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Columbus; is a native of England. His parents, William and Jane (Richardson ) Garnidge, were natives of Northampton Co., England ; his father was born in 1777, and died there in 1860; his mother was born in 1787, and died in 1836; they raised a family of four children, of whom Robert, the second and subject of this sketeh, was born at Spratton, Northampton Co., in 1816, and removed with his parents, when 4 years old, to Ravensthorpe, Northampton Co., where he lived till 1845, whence he emigrated to America ; he stopped first at Avon, Lorain Co., Ohio, where he was employed at farm labor for about a year ; April 2, 1846, he started for Wis- consin, and reached Columbus, Columbia Co., the 13th day of that month; he at once entered a farm of 40 aeres on Sec. 22 of this town, made a few improvements, and sold it; he next bought 80 acres of his present farm on Sec. 23, in 1848, and has since made it his home; he now owns 200 acres in that section. In 1849, be was married to Miss Sarah E., daughter of John and Sarah Adler, a native of Northampton, England, but emigrated to Wisconsin with her parents in 1846, where they afterward died.
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Mr. and Mrs. Garnidge have three sons and two daughters, as follows : Byron R., now in Mason City, Iowa ; Jennie, at home with her parents; William II., now at Albion, Boone Co., Neb .; Charles R., at home ; and Anna V., at home. Mrs. Garnidge is a member of the Congregational Church.
ROBERT GRIFFITHS, dealer in furniture and undertaker, Columbus ; was born at Holy- head, Anglesea, North Wales, in 1829, he began the carpenter and joiner's trade when 18 years old; in 1856, he came to America and located in New York City, where he continued his trade for nearly nine years ; he came to Columbus, Wis., in 1864, formed a copartnership with J. Colville in the furniture and undertaking business, and continued with him till his death ; since that time, he has carried on the business alone, and now has the most extensive business in the city. In 1864, he was married to Esther Jones, of New York City, a daughter of the late Richard P. Jones, of Columbus, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. G. are mem- bers of the Welsh Calvinistic Church.
EUGENE S. GRISWOLD, dry-goods merchant, Columbus ; was born in Salisbury, Her- kimer Co., N. Y., in 1833; is the son of Amos and Phebe (Sherwood ) Griswold, natives of Connecticut, but Mr. Griswold was educated at the Academy of Fairfield, N. Y .; completing his studies there in 1853, he went to New York City, where, for the next two years, he was connected with the Mercantile Library Association ; he came to Columbus, Wis., in 1855, and was employed as clerk by his brothers in the mer- cantile trade for eighteen months ; in 1861, he began dealing in grain, which he afterward followed for two years, and then began the dry-goods business, which he has since continued. He was married to Miss Hattie, daughter of Dudley Tyng, a native of Augusta, Me. They have three children-Florence, Ada and Edith.
WILLIAM M. GRISWOLD, Columbus, was born in Salisbury, Herkimer Co., N. Y., in 1823. His parents, Amos and Martha Munson Griswold, were natives of Connecticut. Mr. Griswold was educated at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., from which institution he graduated in 1844; he studied law with A. Loomis, at Little Falls, Herkimer Co., N. Y., and was admitted at Schenectady, N. Y., in 1850 ; he at once began the practice of his profession with Judge Loomis, the father of the code, and continued with him for three years ; he came to Wisconsin in 1853, located at Columbus, and for the first few years he was engaged in the mercantile trade ; he next devoted his attention to farming for seven years, and since that time has lived more retired from active life. He has been Town Supervisor several terms; was elected a member of the Wisconsin Assembly in 1858, re-elected in 1859 and 1860; in 1868, he was elected to the Senate from Columbia Co., and filled that position so faithfully that he was again re-elected to the same in 1870. In July, 1868, he was married to Miss Mary, daughter of Alfred Scofield, of Yates Co., N. Y .; their children are William E. and Mary M. Mrs. Griswold is a member of the Universalist Church.
GEORGE GRISWOLD, Columbus, was born in Salisbury, Herkimer Co., N. Y., in 1816; was educated at Union College, of Schenectady, under Dr. Nott ; read law with A. Loomis, at Little Falls, and later with Michael Hoffman, of Herkimer, N. Y; he came to Columbus in the fall of 1850, and for nine years was engaged in merchandising ; since that time he lived a more retired life.
HARMAN R. HANCOCK, farmer ; Sec. 4; P. O. Columbus ; was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1833; son of Isaac B. and Sally Hancock, with whom he emigrated to Columbia Co., in the spring of 1846, and located on a farm in the town of Columbus, where they lived for three years ; his father then removed to Fall River, where he now resides. Mr. Hancock was married in 1856, to Miss Mary R., daughter of Danforth W. and Emily Stiles, a native of Vermont, but an emigrant to Wisconsin, in 1847, and located on the farm where she now lives and where her father afterward died with the cholera. Mr. and Mrs. Hancock have eight children, as follows : Nellie, Lydia, Edwin, Cora, Matilda, Herbert, Willis and Laura.
JOHN HASEY, Columbus ; was born in the town of Londonderry, Windham Co., Vt., in 1817 ; is the son of John and Rhoda Hasey, who emigrated to Genesee, N. Y., about 1828, and to Wisconsin in 1844, and afterward died in Columbus, Columbia Co., Wis. Mr. Hasey came to Dodge Co., Wis., in 1845, and located in the town of Elba; two years later, he removed to the town of Columbus, Columbia Co., where he entered a farm of 160 acres, and made that his home till 1856 ; removing at that time to the city (then village) of Columbus, he began dealing in produce, and continued that line of business for nearly 20 years. Mr. Hasey has been a member of the City Council of Columbus since its charter as a city. In 1843, he was married to Miss Albina S., daughter of F. C. Farnham, of Alexander, Genesee Co., N. Y. They are members of the Universalist Church.
SAMUEL HASEY, P. O. Columbus ; was born at Londonderry, Windham Co., Vt., in 1822. His parents, John Hasey and Rhoda Emmons, were also natives of Vermont, but were among the carly settlers of Genesee Co., N. Y .; they came with their family to Dane Co., Wis., in 1844, and later, to
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Columbus, where they afterward died. Mr. Hasey, our present subject, came with his parents to Dane Co., Wis., in 1844, and in the following year, removed to the town of Elba, Dodge Co., where he followed farming till 1866, returning then to Dane Co., and, in 1868, removed to Columbus for a short time ; thence to a farm of 240 acres on Secs. 9 and 10, town of. Hampden, and made that his home for eleven years, and, in November, 1879, returned to the city of Columbus, where he has since lived. He was married in 1852 to Miss Mary E. Anderson, a native of Genesee Co., N. Y .; their children are James HI., who was born at Danville, Dodge Co., Wis., in 1853, and lived with his parents till his marriage in 1879, to Miss Alice, daughter of Robert and Alice McBurnie, a native of the town of Hampden ; they now live on the farm in that town; George E., also on the farm ; Mary R. Mr. Hasey was Chairman of the Town Board of Hampden for three terms, and was elected a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from the Second Assembly District of Columbia Co., in 1874.
WILLIAM K. HOSKEN, photographer, Columbus; was born in London in 1836; is the son of James and Mary Hosken ; when about 7 years old, he began the study of drawing and art in his native city, and devoted his attention to that study more or less of the time there till 1857; emigrating then to America, he located at Altoona, Penn., and there followed various kinds of business for awhile ; he next resumed his travel, which he continued over many of the States; in 1862, he located at Madi- son, Wis., and there, in 1865, began work at photography; in the latter part of 1866, he removed to Oconomowoc and continued this business there till 1869, when he removed to Milwaukee; he came thence to Columbus in 1873, opened a studio and has since continued his profession in this city, doing work also in crayon, water-colors and pastel. He was married in 1866 to Miss Angeline Stowe, of Sun Prairie, Dane Co , Wis .; their children are Charles L., Edith A. and Emma J. They are connected with the Universalist Church.
CHARLES HOTON, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Columbus; was born in Yates Co., N. Y., in 1833; is the son of Aaron and Nancy Hoton, with whom he came to Wisconsin in 1843, and located on a farm on Sec. 3, town of Columbus, Columbia Co., where his father afterward died. Mr. Hoton spent most of his time with his mother on the farm til! his marriage in September, 1874, to Miss Alice McBurnie, of the town of Hampden, this county; after marriage, he located on a farm of 120 acres on Secs. 3, 9 and 10, town of Columbus, which he bought in 1859, and has managed and controlled since that time; they have one son-Clarence.
WILLIAM K. HURD, farmer, Secs. 7 and 18; P. O. Columbus ; was born at Bridport, Addison Co., Vt., in 1820. His father, William Hurd, was a native of Connecticut, but his mother, Mary Kendall, was born in Vermont. William K., the subject of this sketch, spent his early life on a farm in his native State, and, in 1839, removed to Akron, Ohio, where he was engaged in a flouring-mill for seven months, and then clerked in boatyard there for five months. He was married at Akron in 1840, to Miss Jane L., daughter of Calvin May, with whom, in the autumn of that year, he returned to his home in Vermont; after spending a year on his father's farm, they removed to Randolph, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., where he worked at the carpenter and joiner's trade for four years ; in 1845, they removed to the town of Richmond, Walworth Co., Wis., where he bought a farm, built what was known as the old " Gravel House" and kept tavern in connection with farming for three years, removing then to the town of West Troy, Walworth Co., where he kept tavern a year, after which he continued the carpenter and joiner's trade till 1854; while there, he built twenty miles of railroad fence for the M. & M. road, it being the first for that company in the State ; in the fall of 1854, he bought a farm of 120 acres in Sec. 7, town of Columbus, Columbia Co., Wis, which has since been his home, and where he now owns 196 acres in Secs. 7 and 18; here his wife died in Mareh, 1855 ; their children are James E., who now resides in Schuyler Co., Mo .; Helen, now Mrs. Alonzo Chase, and lives at Wells, Faribault Co., Minn .; Achsa L., now the wife of Monroe Phillips, and lives in Brookfield, Waukesha Co., Wis .; Arthur C., deecased; Charles M., deceased; Reuben S., living now at Kasson, Minn .; Oscar A., who now lives in Iowa ; his second marriage was in August, 1855, to Mrs. Mary A. Murphy, nee Curtis, of the town of Hampden, Columbia Co., Wis .; she had two daughters by her first marriage-Frances M., the late Mrs. J. J. Sutton, now deceased ; Sarah A., now Mrs. Isaac Thompson, and lives in the town of Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Hurd have two children by their second marriage-William F., who married Miss Eliza Baker in March, 1879, and lives on his father's farm, and Fred W., at home; they have an adopted daughter-Mary. Mr. H. has been Justice of the Peace and Notary Public for several years.
ADOLPHUS W. INGALSBE, Columbus; was born in Washington Co., N. Y., in 1822; he was educated in the common schools of his native county ; he went to California in 1849, and spent three years in the West; returning to his home in New York, in 1852, whence, in the fall of that year, he emigrated to Wisconsin, and located at Columbus in February, 1853, where he has since devoted his time
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to farming and stock-raising ; he now owns a farm of 600 acres in the towns of Columbus, Columbia Co., and Elba, Dodge Co. Mr. Ingalsbe was a member of the Town Board for several terms, and Chairman of the same two years. In October, 1853, he was married to Miss Maria Butterfield, of Washington Co., N. Y., who died at her home in Columbus, Wis., in July, 1876, leaving three children, as follows: Burr, now living in Nebraska ; Nora and Millie at home with father. Mrs. Ingalsbe was a member of the Baptist Church; Mr. Ingalsbee is an Ancient Odd Fellow.
E. E. JONES, Columbus; was born in Flintshire, North Wales, in 1828; is the son of Edward and Arabella Jones; he was educated according to the school system of his native country, and, at the age of 14 years, was apprenticed to the mercantile trade, which he continued there and in Liverpool till 1848, his father having died when he was not yet a year old ; in 1848, he with his mother emigrated to Amer- ica, and located at Columbus, Wis .; he engaged in teaching for a year, and then began clerking for Mr. Bassett, in the mercantile trade; after continuing with him for some years, he next became a partner with Mr. Hazelton, in the business, and, in 1861, he and Mr. Johnson bought out Mr. Hazelton, and continued the business for three or four years ; disposing of his business, he soon became employed by Bassett & Davies, in the dry-goods and general merchandise store, and has remained with them since. He was mar- ried, in 1853, to Miss Elizabeth Jones, of the town of Elba, Dodge Co., but a native of Caernavonshire, North Wales, and an emigrant to Wisconsin with her parents, about 1845; they have one daughter- Katie. They are members of the Welsh Calvinistic Church ; Mr. Jones is a member of the Temple of Honor.
THOMAS JONES, farmer, Secs. 23 and 26; P. O. Columbus ; was born in Merionethshire, North Wales, Oct. 20, 1833 ; bis father, Thomas Jones, was born in Merionethshire, and died in the town of Columbus, Columbia Co., Wis., Nov. 7, 1849 ; his mother, Elizabeth Gittings, was alto a native of that shire, and died in Wisconsin in August, 1862. Thomas, our present subject, is the oldest of five children, with whom his parents landed in New York, as emigrants to America, July 8, 1845; they settled in the town of Macy, Oneida Co., N. Y., for nearly a year, and then removed to the town of Columbus, Columbia Co., Wis., where they arrived June 3, 1846, where they located on a farm on Sec. 27; Mr. Jones made his home on the farm till his marriage in 1861, to Miss Mary J., daughter of Dan and Hannah M. Tompkins, a native of Yates Co., N. Y., but an emigrant with parents to Wisconsin, in 1854, and located in the town of Otsego, Columbia Co., where her father died in 1876; her mother still resides in that town. Mr. and Mrs. Jones located soon after marriage on a farm of 170 acres, on Sec. 22, and made that their home till Feb. 8, 1876, whence he removed to his present farm of 135 acres, on Secs. 23, 25 and 26. He has been a member of the Town Board for two terms.
JOHN A. KITZROW, farmer, Secs. 16 and 21; P.O. Columbus ; was born in Mecklenburg in 1838; he came to America in 1857, and located in the town of Columbus, Columbia Co., Wis .; he now owns a farm of 160 acres, Secs. 16 and 21. In 1866, he was married to Miss Augusta Prien, of the town of Arlington, Columbia County ; their children are Otto, Edward, Charles and Mary. They are members of the Lutheran Church.
ALBERT EUGENE KOENIG, Columbus ; was born May 2, 1848, in Berne, Switzer- land, and came to America in April, 1867 ; located in Fayette Co., Iowa, and was in the law office of Mr. Goodrich for about nine months, and then went to New Orleans, and to Cuba, and was there till Decem- ber, 1870; then he went to California, from there to Shanghai, China, where he contracted the yellow fever, and, on account of ill health, returned to California, and was in the employ of his brother for three years, and then he went to New York, and, in 1876, came to Columbus, Wis., where he still lives, and is now in the employ of J. Fox, Esq .; he has charge of the livery and feed stables at the Fox House.
REV. FREDRICK KLUCKHOHN, retired, Columbus ; was born in North Germany in 1820; he was educated in the common and select schools of his native country ; at the age of 14 years, he became apprenticed to the blacksmith trade, with his father, and continued that, together with farming there, till 1848 ; emigrating then to America, he located at Chicago, where he worked at his trade for nearly a year. There, in 1849, he was married to Miss Charlotte Friday, a native also of Northern Ger- many, after which he soon settled on a farm of 160 acres in Cook Co., Ill .; two years later, he removed to a farm in Lake Co., Ind., where he remained two years ; during the time of his residence in Cook Co., Ill., and Lake Co., Ind., he devoted much of his time to the study of theology ; he joined the Rock River Conference in 1854, and was appointed to the charge of Manitowoc, Wis., for two years, during which time he built the first German M. E. Church there; he was assigned, in 1856, to Fond du Lac, where he also built the first German M. E. Church, and remained there as its Pastor for two years, and, in 1858, to Wheeling, Cook Co., Ill .; two years later, he was appointed to the German M. E. Church, of Clybournc avenue, Chicago, where he remained for two years ; in 1862, he was sent to La Porte, Ind., and, in 1864,
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to Bremen, Cook Co., Ill., where he remained three years, going thence to Peru, La Salle Co., for one year. In 1868, he removed to Galena, Ill., and was Presiding Elder of that district for four years, after which he was Pastor of the church there for one year. At the time of the division of the Northwestern Conference, in 1872, at his request he was transferred to Chicago German M. E. Conference, and by it was again appointed to the charge of Bremen, Ill., for two years. In the autumn of 1875, he came to Colum- bus as Pastor of the German M. E. Church, and remained as such for three years, when failing health forced him to resign. Mr. and Mrs. Kluckhohn have six children-Fred, Louisa (now the wife of L. Hersch, and lives at Lemars, Iowa), Mary (now the wife of H. Blumenthal, of this city), Josephine, Henry, Emma.
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