The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 151

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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JOHN TOPP, of the firm of John Topp & Bro., general merchants, Columbus; was born in Mecklenburg in 1840 ; he came to America with his parents, John F. and Anna Topp, and located at Columbus, Wis., in 1852, where his father afterward died ; his mother now lives with him. Mr. Topp was educated at the public schools of Columbus; he devoted two summers to farming near this city, and, in 1859, began clerking in a general store in Columbus for B. Stern, continuing as such four years ; he was then placed in charge of the business at this place by Mr. Stern ; two years later, he formed a copartnership with his proprietor in the firm, John Topp & Co .; in April, 1866, his brother Charles, who had been managing the farm, formed a copartnership with him in the place of Mr. Stern, and they have since continued the business as John Topp & Bro. Mr. Topp has been a member of the City Council for one term. He was married in 1864 to Miss Mona, daughter of Henry and Louisa Schwieson, of Columbus, but anative of Mecklenburg ; their children are Charles J., Henry J., Rudolph O. They are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Topp is also a member of the Masonic Fraternity.

WILLIAM T. TURNER, farmer and stonecntter; P. O. Columbus; was born in the town of Leeds, Yorkshire, England, in 1819; when 12 years of age, he entered upon an apprenticeship at the stonecntter's trade, which he afterward followed in Scotland, the Island of Jersey and other British possessions till 1847, emigrating then to America and landing in New York in March, 1847 ; he worked at his trade in Lockport, N. Y., for a short time ; he came to Wisconsin in December following, stopped for the winter in Milwaukee, and, in the following spring, came to Columbus, Colombia Co .; he entered a farm of 160 acres, part of which lies in the town of Fountain Prairie, and part in the town of Courtland, Columbia Co., and devoted his time exclusively to farming till 1870; removing then to the city of Columbus, he opened a marble-shop and resnmed his trade, which he has continued most of the time since. He was married in 1847 to Anna Marston, of Yorkshire ; they have seven children-John, now a farmer in the town of Courtland ; Joseph M., now Principal of the High School at Watertown, Wis .; William R., now in marble-shop in this city ; Alice A., at home; Mary A., a teacher in Dodge Co .; Ange- line D., a teacher in Columbia Co .; Emily M. The family is connected with the Universalist Church.

RICHARD D. VANAKEN, architect and builder, Columbus; was born in Ulster Co., N. Y., in 1830; at the age of 15, he became apprenticed to the carpenter and joiner's trade at Kingston, Ulster Co., and continued there until his removal to Wisconsin in 1856 ; locating at Columbus, he has since devoted his time to the business of an architect and builder, and has had the contracts for the

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erection of many of the most prominent buildings of this city and surrounding country ; among them are the Lutheran, Episcopal and Universalist churches, three store buildings for Lueders & Krause, two for John Topp & Bro., two for C. Leitch, two for E. S. Griswold, one for H. Brown, the Union Bank; among the dwellings are those of F. Farnham, A. Sexton, L. Fuller, D. Fuller, - Fay, Allen, Mr. Erbart, Mr. Brinkers and many others of the city, several fine farm residences of the town of Columbus-not less than two hundred and sixty in all. Mr. Vanaken has been and is at this time a member of the City Council. He was married in 1851 to Miss Charlotte Echert, a native of Ulster Co., N. Y .; their children are Wilson, now at the trade with his father ; Mary, now the wife of Jefferson Smith, and lives in the town of Columbus ; Richard, a student at telegraphy. Mr. and Mrs. V. are members of the Uui- versalist Church.

REV. HENRY VOGEL, Pastor of the Lutheran Church, Columbus ; was born at Hof, Bavaria, April 2, 1842; he came with his parents, George and Christiana Vogel, to America in 1855, and located at Duhuque, Iowa ; in the following year, be entered the Wartberg College, of Strawberry Point, Clayton Co., Iowa, from which, as a theological student. he graduated in 1863; he was ordained to the holy ministry at Toledo, Ohio, in February, 1864, and entered upon the work as Assistant Pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, of Toledo, soon after his ordination ; in the fall of 1864, he was ealled to the Lutheran Church, at West Bend, Iowa, where he remained till 1867, when he accepted a eall and removed to Madison, Wis .; remaining there till 1875, he was called to the church of Charles City, Iowa, whence, in 1876, he came as Pastor of Zion's Church, of Columbus. He was married in 1865 to Miss Augusta Gropp, of McGregor, Iowa ; their children are Herman, Sophia and Leonard.

ENST VON BRIESEN, attorney at law, Columbus ; was born at Bromberg, Prussia, in 1841. He was a soldier in guard artillery of the Prussian army from 1860 to 1868, and was com- missioned First Lieutenant of his company io 1866, and served as such till his resignation in 1868. He sailed from Bremen for America in April, 1868, and landed in New York City the same month ; six months later (September, 1868), he went to Chicago, where he followed clerking, and various kinds of business, till June, 1869; he went thence to La Salle, Ill., where he was foreman of the rolling mills till December of that year ; returning then to Chicago, he continued elerking till 1871, when he removed to Cambria, Columbia Co., Wis .; there was engaged in merchandising till April, 1873; June following. he removed to Columbus, where he has since resided. In April, 1874, he was elected Justice, an office which he has since held. He was elected City Clerk in April, 1875, and has been re-elected to that office every year since that time. In February, 1879, he was appointed one of the Court Commissioners of Columbia County by Judge Alva Stewart, and in May, 1879, he was admitted to the bar. He was married in 1872, to Miss Margarethe Klappenbach, of Chicago, but a native of Texas; their children are Elizabeth, Henrietta, Ernst, and Richard. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

ORIN D. VOSBURGH, farmer, See. 29; P. O. Columbus ; was born in the town of Ancram, Columbia Co., N. Y., in 1816; is the son of Richard A. Vosburgh and Catharine Thompkins, both of whom were natives of Columbia Co., N. Y., and both died there. Mr. Vosburgh was brought up as a farmer's son, and spent his time at that vocation in that county till 1846. He then emigrated to Lake Co., Ill., where he leased a farm for four years; though soon after he arrived there, he came to Columbus, Columbia Co., Wis., and entered his present farm of 160 acres on Sec. 29; then returned to Illinois, and in 1850, came again to Wisconsin, and located on his farm. He was married, April 8, 1846, to Miss Mary, daughter of Arthur and Sarah (Jennings) Holmes, a native of Greene Co., N. Y; her parents were natives of Massachusetts; her mother died in Clark Co., Wis .; her father now lives in Columbus, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Vosburgh have eight children-Henry, born June 7, 1847, enlisted in Co. C, 51st W. V. I., in 1864, under Col. Martin, was with his regiment in all its principal movements and battles till the close of the war, and is now at home; Charles F., born in Lake Co., Ill., Feb. 22, 1849, and now at Copake, Columbia Co., N. Y .; William, born Mareh 28, 1851, died Nov. 18, 1869 ; Cornelia, born April 8, 1853, married Mr. Daniel Bath, died Ang. 23, 1878; James E., born March 10, 1855, now in Dane Co., Wis .; Edgar M., born Jan. 21, 1857 ; Fannie, born Feb. 3, 1859; Martin H., born July 10, 1861; Frank, born July 4, 1863 ; Everett, born Nov. 22, 1868, died Dec. 23, 1869; George W., born Nov. - , 1871.

HENRY A. WHITNEY, hardware merchant, Columbus ; was born in Windham Co., Vt., April 20, 1819; is the son of Warren and Caroline Whitney, both of whom died in Windham Co .; Mr. Whitney was educated in the common schools of his native State, and at the age of 14 years, began peddling Yankee notions, which he continued a few years through that State; emigrating to Illinois in 1839, he located on a farm near Peoria, and there devoted his attention to agriculture for two years; removing then to Rockford, Ill., he continued farming another year; he came to Columbus, Wis., in 1844, built a small frame house where the Fox Honse now stands, and began merchandising in one part of it, and keeping

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tavern in the other ; after conducting his business in these somewhat cramped circumstances for a few years, he sold out his hotel and erected another building near the first one, and continued his mercantile trade and livery business ; about a year later, he began buying produce and drawing it to the lumber regions of this State, and taking in exchange therefor lumber, which he would raft down the Mississippi to St. Louis, losing nearly all his lumber by the breaking of his raft, one day, at Alton, Ill., where he beheld all he had in the world floating down the river, with no apparent destination; returning theo to Columbus, he began drawing provisions to Green Bay, and trading with the Indians, he next bought back the hotel, and was again proprietor of the same for nearly three years, after which he turned his attention to buying wheat and hauling it to Milwaukee, returning either with his wagons loaded with goods for the merchants of his village, or emigrants for this section of the country; much of his travel being done with ox teams, it would require from ten to fourteen days to make a trip to Milwaukee and return ; a few years later, he began dealing in live stock, and shipped the first car load from this part of the country ; after filling Gov- ernment contracts for stock two or three years, he then took up the hardware trade and livery business ; be also built the Whitney House (now the Fox House), the roof of which was put on just eighteen days after the foundation was laid, and he was its proprietor for the next eight years; disposing of the hotel at that time, he has since continued the hardware trade. Mr. Whitney was Postmaster at Columbus in an early day ; he has several times been a member of the Village Board and City Council. He now owns a farmi of 300 acres in the town of Columbus ; four farms in the town of Fountain Prairie-one of 280 acres, another of 308, a third of 130 acres, and the fourth of 120 acres ; he also has three farms in the town of Otsego-the first contains 300 aeres, the second 260, the third 130 acres ; two in Dodge Co .- one of 200 acres, near Loss Lake, the other of 180 acres, in the town of Calamus ; he also has two farms, of 120 acres each, ncar Augusta, Eau Claire Co., Wis., and one of 160 acres at Fairmount, Minn. Mr. Whitney was married to Miss Helen M., daughter of John and Nabby Pierson, of Rockford, Ill., but a native of Vermont. Their children are Alonzo and Orlina (now the wife of Mack Lee). Mr. W. has been a member of the Masonic Fraternity for twenty-five years.

JOHN WARNING, farmer, Sec. 28; P. (). Columbus; was born in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, in 1828, and eame to America in 1854; located in the village of Columbus, where he worked four years for Mr. Edson; he then bought 45 acres on Scc. 8, where he lived till 1875, when he bought his present farm of 80 acres on See. 28, and has since made his home. He was married, in 1857, to Miss Mena Reilkneck, a native of Germany ; they have one daughter-Eliza. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

JOHN WILLIAMS, druggist, Columbus; is a native of Breconshire, South Wales, born in 1842 ; his parents, John and Mary Ann ( Davis) Williams, had a family of sixteen children, of whom he is the sixth ; his father was a farmer in Wales, but John early turned his attention to the drug trade, and has since continued in it ; in 1860, with his brother Thomas, he emigrated to America, and located at Adrian, Mich., for a short time, and in 1861 they came to Columbus, Wis., where he has since lived and continued the drug business ; his brother afterward went to San Francisco, where he died March 17, 1880. Mr. Williams was married in 1863, to Miss Martha B. Smith, a native of Yates Co., N. Y., born in 1841, and came to Columbus, with her parents, in 1843. Their children are Sidney H., George E., and Charles H. They are members of the M. E. Church.

JOEL WINCH, retired; Columbus ; was born at Bethlehem, Grafton Co., N. H., March 28, 1808; he is the son of Joel Winch and Sarah Sessons, natives of Massachusetts, but emigrated to Betb- lehem, N. H., shortly after their marriage, at Boston, which occurred about 1806. Mr. Winch, our present subject, was the oldest of a family of eight children ; he received an academic education, after which he devoted a part of his time to teaching, from the time he was 20 until 30 years of age; the remainder of the time he devoted to farining there until 1847 ; emigrating then to Wisconsin, he located on a farm in the town of York, Dane Co., where he lived until 1872, when he disposed of his realty, and removed to the village of Columbus, where he has since lived a more retired life. Sept. 29, 1835, he was married to Miss Louisa Moore, of Lunenberg, Essex Co., Vt ..; they have three children-George D., born May 19, 1837 (studied medicine with Dr. Earl, of this city, and graduated from the Rush Medical College, with the class of 1863-64, but during his course he was commissioned and was Assistant Surgcon of a Wisconsin regiment ; he subsequently returned to college, completed his studies, and was commissioned, by Gov. Lewis, Surgeon of the 36th W. V. I., with which he served until the close of the war; returning to his home, he removed in 1865, to Blue Earth Co., Minn., where he successfully practiced his profession until his death, which occurred July, 7, 1877 ; he was a man whom all held in the highest esteem professionally and as a citizen) ; Harriet, now the wife of Dr. E. Churchill, of this city; Mary, born Dee. 13, 1853, and died Sept. 24, 1868. Mr. Winch was Justice of the Peace and School Superintendent, in the town

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of York, Dane Co., for ten or twelve years. Mr. and Mrs. Winch are members of the Presbyterian Church.

B. J. YULE, farmer ; P. O. Columbus; was born in Oncida Co., N. Y., in 1832; in 1844, his parents, John and Elizabeth Yule, emigrated with their family to Wisconsin, lauding at Milwaukce, June 1 ; they came thence to Watertown, where they stopped one year ; in 1845, they removed to the town of Elba, Dodge Co., and located on a farm where his parents afterward dicd. Mr. Yule was educated in the common schools of New York and Wisconsin, and has always devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits. He was married in 1856, to Miss Lucy Pomeroy, a native of Ohio, but an emigrant to Dodge Co., Wis., with her parents in 1850; they located in Calumet Co., Wis, soon after marriage, and made that their home until 1860 ; returning then to Elba, Dodge Co., he resided there on a farm until 1877, when hic disposed of that and bought his present one of 213 acres, in Sec. 12, town of Columbus, Columbia Co., where he has since lived. Mr. and Mrs. Yule have five children, as follows : Ella H., William H., Harvey E., Nellie May and Hobart. They are members of the M. E. Church.

TOWN OF HAMPDEN.

ROBERT BELL, farmer ; Secs. 10 and 11; P. O. Columbus; was born in the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co., Wis., in 1845, and is the son of Francis and Mary Bell, natives of Ireland, but emigrated to America in 1838; his father now lives in Waukesha Co .; his mother died there in 1853; Mr. Bell lived with his father on the farm in Waukesha Co. until 1861, when, June 12 of that year, he enlisted in Co. B, of the 5th W. V. I .. under Col. Amasa Cobb ; he was with his regiment in all its movements and battles (losing only one day), until mustered out at Madison, Wis., July 28, 1864 ; returning then to his home, he spent a year on the farm, and in 1866, he went to Nevada, where he engaged in various kinds of businesses until June 28, 1868 ; coming then again to Wisconsin, he with his brother, Stewart C., purchased a farm of 182 acres, on Secs. 10 and 11, town of Hampden, Columbia Co. He was married in February, 1864, to Miss Flora M., daughter of Levi and Hannah Nelson, of this town. They have one daughter-Kittie.

STEWART C. BELL, farmer; Secs. 10 and 11 ; P. O. Columbus; brother and partner of Robert Bell, whose biography appears above, was born in Brookfield, Waukesha Co., Wis., in 1847 ; he went with his brother to Nevada in 1866, and was a book-keeper at Austin and White Pine, Nov., until 1868 ; returned, and, with his brother, bought the farm on which they now live. He was married, Nov. 15, 1869, to Miss Merzia, daughter of Eli Phillips, of the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co .; their children are Francis E. and Alma.

NICHOLAS HENRY BOCK, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Columbus ; was born in Hanover in 1819; his parents, John Peter and Anna Maria Bock, both died in Germany. Mr. Boek was a farmer in his native country, and, in 1854, with his brother, A. T., came to America; they stopped a year in Mil- waukee, and then came to the town of Hampden ; bought a farm of 160 acres on Sec. 16, where they now own 240 acres. He was married in Germany, in 1841, to Miss Anna S. D. Waltmann ; their children are Augusta, the late Mrs. F. Duebore; Christopher Henry; Matilda Sophia, now the wife of Fredrick Duebore, and lives in this town ; Anna Sophia Dorothea, now Mrs. William Ladwig, and lives in Hamp- den, and John Peter ; they are members of the Lutheran Church.

WILLIAM BRADLEY, farmer and stock-dealer, Sce. 16; P. O. Columbus; was born in Yorkshire, England, March 4, 1826 ; his parents, Ralph and Elizabeth Bradley, both died in England. Mr. Bradley spent his time at farming in his native country till .1854, whence he emigrated to America ; he stopped for three months at Utica, N. Y .; he went then to Essex Co., N. Y., where he followed farm labor for a short time, and afterward followed teaming in an ironstone mine for the firm of Lee, Sherman & Welby ; he came to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1858, thence to the town of Columbus, where he made his home with T. Clark Smith for two months, removing then to the town of' Hampden for nearly a year ; he next went to the town of Otsego, where he lived till March, 1866, when he returned to Hampden and located on his present farm of 245 acres on Secs. 16, 17, and 21, where he has since lived. He was mar- ried, Oct. 10, 1859, to Miss Lockey, a daughter of Levi and Lucy (Force) Nelson, of the town of Otsego ; their children are William J., Delbert (deceased ), Martha M. and Elizabeth.

HENRY R. CLARK, farmer, Secs. S and 9; P. O. Hampden ; was born in the town of Springport, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Oet. 5, 1819; his parents, Henry R. and Sally (Craft) Clark, were also

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natives of New York. Mr. Clark is the third of a family of seven children, and with his oldest brother, Albert, came to Wisconsin and located in the town of Darien, Walworth Co., where his brother died in 1847 or 1848. In June, 1846, he came to the town of Hampden, Columbia Co., and purchased a claim to some land on Secs. 6 and 7, where he made his home for a few years ; then removed to his present home on Secs. 7, 8 and 9, where he now owns 600 acres. Mr. Clark has been for several terms and is at present a member of the Town Board. He was married, Sept. 28, 1850, to Miss Lucy J., daughter of Elias and Elizabeth Ives, a native of Cortland Co., N. Y., born March 19, 1832, and came with her parents to the town of Milton, Rock Co., Wis., in 1845, and to Columbia Co. in 1850 ; they now live at Leeds Center. Mr. and Mrs. Clark's children are De Witt C., born May 6, 1852, died Sept. 8, 1862; Harriet F., born May 12, 1854, died Nov. 24, 1854; Elias HI., born April 26, 1858, now married and lives on Sec. 8 of this town ; Hattie M., born June 1, 1863; Albert J., born April 2, 1866; Lucius I., born March 27, 1868; Ezra A., born Aug. 17, 1872.

AM H. CURTIS, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Columbus; was born in the town of Maria, Essex Co., N. Y., in 1840 ; his father, Austin Curtis, was a native of Massachusetts ; his mother, Polly Conn, was born in Vermont ; he came with his parents in 1851 to Columbia Co., Wis., and located on a farm in the town of Otsego, but soon removed to the town of Hampden. Mr. Curtis enlisted in Battery M, of the 1st W. H. A., in August, 1864, and was with his regiment in all its movements till mustered out at Milwaukee in July, 1865; he returned then to Columbia Co., Wis .; in 1869, he went to Bremer Co., Iowa, for a short time. He was married, Jan. 24, 1868, to Miss Emma J., daughter of James Ortha Montgomery, of this town ; their children are Elida M. and Carrie D. Mr. Curtis owns a farm of 76 acres on Sec. 1, town of Hampden, and 38 acres on Sec. 6, town of Columbus, upon which he settled in the spring of 1870.

JOHN DERR, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Columbus; was born in Bavaria in 1828, and came, with his parents, Joseph Derr and Magdaline Schmidt, and eight brothers and sisters, to America in 1845, leaving three in the old country ; they landed in New York in November, and came thence to Detroit, Mich., whence, in the spring of 1846, they removed to the town of Hampden, Columbia Co., Wis., and located ou a farm on Sec. 36, where his mother died in June, 1877 ; his father in Angust, 1879, leaving seven children, three of whom now live in this county. John, the oldest, and subject of this sketch, made his home with his father till 28 years old. He was then married, in October, 1855, to Miss Mary R., daughter of Joseph and Caroline Rinck, a native of Bavaria, but came with her parents to the town of Bristol, Dane Co., Wis., in 1848, where her father died in March, 1874; her mother now lives there. Mr. and Mrs. Derr located on Sec. 36, town of Hampden, soon after marriage ; have since made it their home; he now owns a farm of 260 acres on Secs. 35 and 36. Mr. D. has been a member of the Town Board for several terms and has served as chairman of that body for four or five terms ; he has been elected to various other minor offices, but did not accept them ; their children are John, at home ; Annie, who was married in February, 1879, to Henry Schey, and lives in this town (Hampden). Mr. and Mrs. Derr's family are members of the Catholic Church.

INGERBRIGT EVERSON, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Hampden ; was born in Norway in 1833 ; his father, Ever Johnson, was also a native of that country and afterward died there; his mother, Sarah Halverson, came with him to Wisconsin in 1859, and made it her home till her death. Mr. Ever- son began the life of a sailor at the age of 18 and followed sailing on the North Sea for nine years ; he came to America in 1859, and located in Green Lake Co., Wis., and, in 1860, he came to the town of Hampden, Columbia Co., and located on a farm of 125 acres on Secs. 5, 8, and 9, where he has since lived. He was married, in 1862, to Miss Ingeborg Holstenson, a native of Norway, but emigrated to America in 1857; their children are Hawkin, born in 1863 ; Henry, 1865; Sarah, 1867, now deceased ; Gena, born 1869; Ida, 1871; John, 1873; Elizabeth, 1875; Annie, 1877; Herman, 1879. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

EDWARD FAIRBANKS, farmer, Secs. 24, 25 and 26, 290 acres ; P. O. Columbus. The subject of this sketch is the son of Reuben Fairbanks and Lucinda Fish, natives of Massachusetts, but removed to Clinton Co., N. Y., prior to the war of 1812, where his mother afterward died; his father afterward removed to Iowa, where he died. Mr. Fairbanks was born in the town of Champlain, Clinton Co., N. Y., in 1819, and spent his time on the farm there till 1838; he then secured the position of Over- seer of the Vermont & Massachusetts Railway, and, after serving in that capacity for some time, he became a conductor on the Ogdensburg road. In 1852, he emigrated to Columbia Co., Wisconsin, and located op a farm on Sec. 25, town of Hampden, where he has since devoted his time to agriculture and stock- raising. Mr. Fairbanks has been Chairman of the Town Board for four terms. He was married, in 1850, to Miss Mary J., a daughter of Samuel and Dolly Long, a native of the town of Champlain, Clinton Co.,

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N. Y .; their children are Ellen M., now the wife of H. Hall, and lives in this town ; Calvin J., who mar- ried Miss Ella Leffingwell, and now lives on the farm ; Florence E., now Mrs. David Jones, and lives at home.

IRA H. FORD, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Columbus; was born in the town of Granville, Addison Co., Vt., in 1828; his father, Capt. Caleb Ford, was born in Connecticut ; was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was among the first settlers of Granville, where he died in 1852 ; his mother, Roxina Lamb, was born in Addison Co., and died in 1877. Ira H., our subject, went to California in 1852, where he engaged in mining a short time, then in the dairy business two and a half years ; in October, 1855, he came to Columbia Co., Wis., bought a part of his present farm, and has since made this his home ; he now owns 320 aeres on Sees. 14 and 27. In the fall of 1862, he raised a military company in his neighborhood, which afterward became Co. I, 18th W. V. I .; he enlisted as a private, but was elected First Lieutenant, and was with his regiment in all the principal battles and movements until taken prisoner at the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862, and taken as such to Memphis, Mobile, Montgomery, and to a place in Georgia, where he made an attempt to escape, but was chased down by bloodhounds, and kept in chains five months; was taken to Andersonville, Madison, Ga., Columbus, S. C., and to Libby Prison, where he was paroled in November, 1862, and at onee rejoined his regiment, though did not receive his exchange papers until the following March ; he was promoted Captain of his company, in February, 1863, and served as such until August, 1864, when he resigned, came home and enlisted in Battery M, 1st W. H. A., was elected Captain and served with the Army of the Potomac, until the close of the war, and was mustered out at Alexandria, Va., in June, 1865. Mr. Ford was elected a member of the Wisconsin Assembly, from the Second District of Columbia Co., in 1867, and re-elected in 1868 ; he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the County Board, from his distriet, in 1869, and elected a member of the Board in 1870 ; member of Town Board and other minor offices.

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The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 151

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