The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 153

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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JOSEPH M. BARTHOLOMEW, express agent, Lodi ; son of M. C. Bartholomew, one · of the early settlers of the town of Lodi ; he was born in Lexington, McLean Co., Ill., Dec. 26, 1837; he enlisted at Lodi, June 12, 1861, in Co. A, 7th W. V. I., enlisted for three years, but was discharged on account of disability Oet. 30. 1862 ; he re-enlisted Feb. 8, 1865, served till April, 1866. He was mar- ried to Miss Sarah C. Rathbun ; they have three children-Harlow L., Marston A. and Molly. Mr. Bartholomew has been express agent since 1870.

R. N. BARTHOLOMEW, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Lodi ; son of M. C. Bartholomew, who came to the town of Lodi in the spring of 1845. He (M. C.) was born in Clarke Co., Ind., in 1806; removed to Illinois in 1830; then to Columbia Co., Wis. His wife was Mary Hopkins, born in the State of Delaware. R. N. Was born in McLean Co., Ill., October, 1834. He was married to Priscilla Eells, born in Hanover, Mass. ; they have seven children-M. C., Martha E., Mary D., Ransom G., Albert G., Nellie M. and John B. ' Mr. Bartholomew now resides on farm of T. U. Warren ; owns farm in Sec. 22, now occupied by Mr. S. Wells.

W. M. BARTHOLOMEW, druggist, Lodi ; born in Indiana in 1821 ; he removed to Illinois in 1831 ; came to the town of Lodi in February, 1849, and purchased a farm of M. C. Bartholo- mew in Sec. 22, which was the first farm improved in the town of Lodi; this farm Mr. Bartholomew still owns. He was married to Frances M. Goddard, born in Cincinnati, Ohio ; they have six children, one son and five daughters-Frances E., born Oct. 7, 1843; Julia B., Feb. 13, 1848; William A., Nov. 8, 1851 ; Annie M., April 27, 1854; Eva L., July 17, 1856, and Angelia D., March 5, 1860. Mr. Bar- tholomew engaged in business in Lodi in 1864.

REV. A. CONSTANTINE BARRY, Pastor of the Universalist Church, Lodi, was born in Delaware Co., N. Y., July 15, 1815. His parents removed to Victor, Ontario Co., when he was 2} years of age, where he resided until 1836; his preceptor was the Rev. Jacob Chase, of Geneva ; he began his labors in the ministry at Gaincs, Orleans Co .; thence to Homer, Cortland Co., where he preached four years ; thence to Fort Plain for five years ; thence to Racine, Wis., in 1846, which was his home for many years. Although actively engaged in the ministry of the church with which he is identi- fied, yet Dr. Barry has long been engaged in scientific pursuits, and prominently identified with. the edu- cational interests of the country ; he was State Superintendent of Public Instruction during 1856 and 1857 ; he entered the army as Chaplain of the 4th W. V. I., in which capacity he served about one year ; was then engaged in the recruiting service for about two years, and during this time was elected to repre- sent Racine Co. in the Legislature of Wisconsin ; he served as Chaplain of the 19th W. V. I., from the spring of 1864 till Feb. 10, 1865, when he was made Chaplain of the United States Hospitals by Presi- dent Lincoln ; was mustered out of the United States service Aug. 15, 1865. In the spring of 1864, Dr. Barry removed his family to Fond du Lac, which was his home for four years ; he then went to Elkhorn, Walworth Co., where he established a church ; he came to Lodi, in April, 1878. He was married in the fall of 1836, to Adelia Robinson, of East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., N. Y., and she died at Elkhorn, in May, 1877 ; his present wife was Helen Peterson, of Fond du Lac. He has three children by his first marriage-Malon P., who is in the service of the N. W. R. R. Co., at Chicago ; Melville A., resides in Lodi ; Bella B., now Mrs. Frank Warner, of Chicago. He has one child by his present marriage- Jennie A. Dr. Barry is well versed in the natural sciences, and enjoys the acquaintance of the most eminent naturalists of the State ; has been for many years corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences, of Philadelphia, of the "Boston Natural History Association " and the Buffalo Scientific Association. Dr. Barry and wife were victims of the "National Hotel" poisoning on the occasion of the inauguration of President Buchanan, from the effects of which he has never fully recovered. He is still actively engaged in the ministry, where he has long labored to make men better, to prepare them more fully for the present and the higher life."

SAMUEL M. BLAKE, M. D., Lodi, born in Vermont, Feb. 15, 1835; he began tlie study of medicine with Dr. Ralph Rugg, of Compton, in the Province of Quebec ; entered the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio, in the fall of 1859 ; he attended a course of lectures, then returned

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to the town of Cannon, Vt., where he practiced medieine for six years ; he then went to Eaton, Canada, where he remained two years ; he returned to Cincinnati in the fall of 1867, and graduated the following spring ; he then returned to Eaton, and practiced six months ; in October, 1868, at the solicitation of Dr. A. P. Cummings, he came to Prairie du Sac, Wis., and practiced with Dr. Cummings for some time ; he came to Lodi in the summer of 1877. He was married to Miranda J. Haynes ; they have two sons- Wilbur F. and Austin M.

REV. JOSEPH BOWMAN, retired Baptist clergyman ; resides in Sec. 4, in the town of Dane, Dane Co .; thoughi a resident of Dane Co., yet Mr. Bowman has long been identified with the interests of Columbia Co., and especially of Lodi, which has been the field of his labors, for many years, in the ministry ; he was born in Leicester, the county seat of Leicestershire, England, in 1816 ; he began his theological studies under Rev. S. W. Wigg and Rev. W. Finn, of his native town; he began his ministry in England ; came to the United States in May, 1845, and settled in the town of Berry, Dane Co. ; a Baptist church was organized in that town, in 1847 ; Mr. Bowman was called to the pastorate of this church in 1848; he was ordained 1849; he continued as Pastor of the church in Berry till about 1852, when he received a call from his Baptist friends of Lodi, to organize a church at that place and become their Pastor ; he accepted this call, and remained the Pastor of the Lodi Baptist Church for about nine years; afterward, for three or four years, was Pastor of Middleton Baptist Church. Mr. Bow - man was married in England, in 1814, to Miss Ann Sharman; she died Jan. 15, 1873; in May, 1874, Mr. Bowman visited his native land, where he was married to Miss Sarah S. Jordan ; returned to his home in September of that year; he had eight children by his first marriage, only three of whom are living, viz., Mrs. Elizabeth A. Thomas, Mrs. Mary Riddle and Joseph J. ; in 1875, Mr. Bowman became Pastor of the Baptist Church at Mazo Manie, Dane Co., which charge he held for two and a half years.

JOSEPH BROWN, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Lodi ; was born in the State of New Jersey in 1817; when he was a child, his parents removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he lived till manhood ; he was engaged in steamboating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers for about nine years. He went to the State of Illinois, where he was married to Miss Emeline Newburry ; she was born in New Jersey ; her parents died when she was quite young ; she lived a number of years in New York City ; then returned to New Jersey, thence to Illinois, where she was married to Mr. Brown ; after he was married, Mr. Brown removed to Missouri; returned to Illinois, and came to Columbia Co. in May, 1846 ; lived on Sec. 25, town of Lodi, for two years; settled where they now live in July, 1848; have six children-Cornelius, Richard K .; Maria, now Mrs. John Porter; Edwin ; Emma, now Mrs. Milton ; Freeman and Sylvester. Farm contains 100 acres.

REV. N. E. CHAPIN, Pastor of Baptist Church, Lodi ; was born in Washington Co. N. Y., in 1815 ; in 1833, removed with his parents to Wayne Co .; he attended Florence Manual Institute ; began his ministry in Randolph, Cattaraugus Co., in 1837; settled in Bradford, Mckean Co., Penn .; was ordained in 1839; removed to Belmont, Allegheny Co., in 1840, where he remained three years ; thence to Bennington, Wyoming Co., for two years ; he came to Wisconsin in 1845 ; settled in Lancaster, Grant Co., where he remained till 1851; he settled in Beaver Dam in the spring of 1852; in the fall of 1857, went to Darlington, La Fayette Co .; thence to Aztalan, Jefferson Co .; in 1867, settled in Merton, Wauke- sha Co .; thence to Lanark, Carroll Co., III .; came to Lodi in the spring of 1877. Mr. Chapin was mar- ried to Miss Sara L. Goiny, born at Rushford, Allegany Co., N. Y .; have two children-Mary L. Lindlay and George B.

JACOB CHRISLER, blacksmith and machinist, Lodi; was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., February, 1837 ; his parents removed to Chenango Co .; thence to Madison Co .; they came to Wisconsin and settled in the town of West Point, Columbia Co., in 1856 ; Jacob came to the town of West Point the following year, where he worked at his trade about twelve years ; he settled in Lodi in the spring of 1874. He was married to Mary H. Leigh, born in the state of New York ; they have had eight children, five living-Alberta L., Harriet E., Margaret E., Minnie T. and Jesse J .; lost three daughters.

WILLIAM CROSS, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Lodi; was born in England, March, 1843; he came to this country with his parents in 1848; they lived two years in Racine, Wis .; came to the town of Lodi and settled on the farmu where Mr. Cross now lives, in 1850; his father now resides in Walworth Co., Wis. Mr. Cross enlisted in February, 1864, in the 50th W. V. I .; served till the close of the war. Married Miss Mary Atkinson, born in Wisconsin ; has one child-Thomas F.

JOHN COLLINS, harness-maker, Lodi ; was born in Wales, January, 1846 ; he learned the trade of a tanner and currier, which business he followed for several years ; he came to the United States in the spring of 1866 ; he lived in Albany, Green Co., Wis., for about one year ; then went to Madison, where, for several months, he was engaged in driving stage between Madison and Fort Atkinson ; came to

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Lodi in October, 1867 ; was engaged in driving stage till October, 1870 ; visited his native land in 1871, returning in the spring of 1872; served an apprenticeship to the harness-making business in Lodi ; engaged in the business of harness-making in the fall of 1876. He was married to Miss Anstis A. Simons, daughter of Freedom Simons ; they have three children-Mattie E., John F. and Richard J.

EVERET DAVIS, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Lodi; was born in Massachusetts in 1830; he removed with his parents to the eastern part of the State of New York ; he came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1859 ; he lived in Vienna, Dane Co., for six years; located on his present farm in 1865. He was married to Elizabeth Haggard, danghter of William Haggard. They have three children-Amelia J., Edwin N. and William. Mr. Davis' farm contains 180 acres.

WILLIAM DUNLAP, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Lodi; was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, Dec. 6, 1806 ; he came to Dane Co., Wis., in 1846, and settled in the town of Dane, in 1847, where he lived until 1853, when he came to the town of Lodi, and engaged in the lumber business, at Okee; in 1858, returned to his farm in Dane Co., which he sold in 1860, and purchased farm in Sec. 22, Lodi ; bought farm where he now lives, September, 1865 ; he still owns his farm in Sec. 22. He was married to Phoebe Blachly, born in Ohio March 6, 1807, they have five children-Eben, Oscar, Sarah, James and William M .; lost one daughter, Melissa.

JOHN B. DWINNELL, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Lodi ; was born in Worcester, Mass., in 1827; he came to Wisconsin in 1850, and settled in the village of Lodi ; he established a stage route between Madison and Baraboo, via Lodi, in 1853, which he conducted for one and a half years ; this was the first public conveyance running between Madison and Baraboo ; since that time he has been engaged in farming ; he bought his present farm in August, 1856, where he located in 1868. He was married to Maria C. Stanley, daughter of W. D. Stanley, who settled in Vienna, Dane Co., in 1847; they have six children-Lizzie I., George W., William S., John L., Mary L. and Bessie Y .; lost one son, Henry, who died July 17, 1879. Mr. Dwinnell was elected to represent the Third District in the Legislature, in the fall of 1874 ;. has been Chairman of the Town Board for two years, and has held other local offices. Is a Republican politically. Farm contains 280 acres.

ADDISON EATON, merchant, Lodi; was born in Auburn, Mass., in 1821; he went to Ohio in 1844, where he lived three years, when he returned to Massachusetts; in 1856, he came to Lodi, and engaged in the mercantile trade. He was married to Miss Emily Garfield ; she died February, 1869 ; his present wife was Miss Julia Palmer, daughter of Judge Palmer, of Lodi. Mr. Eaton was Chairman of Town Board from 1872 to 1875 ; has been County Supervisor since 1876, and was elected to the Assembly, in the fall of 1879.

JAMES O. EATON, Lodi ; was born in Sutton, Mass., in 1818. He came to Walworth Co., Wis., in 1842, and engaged in the mercantile trade. He went to Racine in the fall of 1845, where he also engaged in the mercantile business. He came to Lodi in December, 1848, where he also entered the mercantile business, which he continued till 1860. Mr. Eaton was Postmaster at Lodi, during the administration of Presidents Taylor and Filmore, also during the first administration of President Lincoln ; was assistant U. S. Assessor for about five years. For the last thirteen years, has been engaged as a commer- cial traveler. His first wife was Miss Mary M. Dwinnell, born in Massachusetts; she died in March, 1862. His present wife was Mrs. Judith Fisk. Mr. Eaton has two children by his first wife-Mary E., now Mrs. B. S. Lewis, and Harlow. - The latter was born May 24, 1854; he graduated at the Wisconsin State University in 1878; he is now a student of the University of Leipsic, Germany. Lost his oldests on, Herbert E., born June 3, 1844, died July 17, 1849.

HENRY R. EATON, Postmaster, Lodi ; born in Massachusetts June 20, 1832. He first came to Lodi in April, 1853, but returned to Massachusetts in August of that year. He settled in Lodi in February, 1857, and engaged in the shoe manufacturing business; was appointed Postmaster Feb. 18, 1875. His wife was Miss Harriet A. Cadwell, daughter of Edward Cadwell, of Sank Co. They have one child-Fred A .; lost their oldest son, Herbert, who was killed by the kick of a horse in 1871; aged 7 years.

JOHN FOOTE, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Lodi ; was born in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, in 1820. Here- moved to Lee Co., Iowa, in the spring of 1844, thence to Hancock Co., Ill., where he taught school during the summer of 1844; in the winter of 1844-45, tanght a school in Dane Co., Ill. ; in the spring of 1845, removed to Dane Co., Wis .; engaged in farming during that summer, and taught school the following winter. In the spring of 1846, he came to Lodi, and entered 80 acres of his present farm in June of that year, where he settled the following antumn, and where he has since resided. His wife was Miss Elmira Fisher, daughter of Willard Fisher ; married October, 1848; wife died Aug. 15, 1868. Mr. Foote has had nine children, five of whom are living-Laura R., John W., Emily B., Frank F. and Agnes M.

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PETER L. FROLAND. farmer, See. 25 ; P. O. Lodi ; was one of the earliest settlers of the town of Lodi. He was born in Norway in 1802, and came to the United States in 1837. He lived near Ottawa, Ill., for nine years, where he was engaged in work on a canal. He came to Columbia Co. in 1846, and settled near Columbus, where he lived three years, when he settled where he now lives. Mr. Froland is unmarried. His farm contains 70 aeres.

EDWIN W. GARDNER, insurance agent, Lodi; was born in Panton, Vt., in 1829; he removed to Madison, Wis., in 1853, where he engaged in work at his trade, that of a carpenter and joiner, where he resided till the fall of 1859; then engaged in farming in the town of Dane, Dane Co., till the spring of 1867, when he came to Lodi. He was married to Miss Lucina Colburn, niece of Zerah Colburn, the mathematician ; the latter was a cousin of the author of Colburn's Arithmetic, ete. Mr. Gardner is Justice of the Peace of the village of Lodi; also Secretary of Lodi Agricultural Society.

GEORGE C. GESELL, miller, at. Lodi Center Mill-, Lodi; was born in the Province of Hanover, Germany, Oct. 17, 1834; he came to the United States in the spring of 1861 ; eame to the village of Lodi in the fall of that year, where he was engaged as miller in the Excelsior Mill for thirteen years and five months ; then went to Wonewoe, Juneau Co., where he conducted a mill for one year. then engaged in the grocery business; came to present location in April, 1879. He was married to Mary Krueger ; they have three children-Hannah, George L. and George C.

W LLIAM GOLDSPOHN, lumber dealer, of the firm of Vanderpool & Goldspohn, Lodi ; born in Germany in 1828 ; he came to the United States in 1849; he settled in the town of Rox- bury, Dane Co., Wis., in the fall of that year, where he was engaged in farming ; in the spring of 1869, he came to Lodi; he engaged in selling lumber for Vanderpool & Clark in the fall of 1872; in the fall of 1877, he bought the interest of Mr. Clark ; since that time has been associated with Mr. Vanderpool. He was married to Frederica Kohlmann, born in Prussia, Germany ; she came to the township of Spring- field, Dane Co., in 1847 ; they have four children-Albert, Mary, Emma and William.

CHARLES GOODALL. farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Lodi; born in Steuben Co., N. Y., in 1830 ; his parents, Nathaniel and Fannie Goodall, removed to Ohio, near Cleveland, io 1836, then to Illinois, in the fall of 1840 ; the family came to the town of Lodi June 20, 1851 ; his father still resides where he first settled, Sec. 26; when the family came to Lodi, it consisted of parents, two sons and two daughters ; youngest daughter now deceased ; another son, L. K., was born in the town of Lodi. Mr. Goodall was married to Miss Caroline Tuller, daughter of John and Laura A. Tuller. Mrs. Goodall taught the first school in the town of West Point; they have two children-William Herbert and Eva C., both of whom are now students in junior class of Wisconsin State University; Herbert was born in 1857; Eva A., March 13, 1860. Mr. Goodall has been Chairman of Town Board two years, and mem- ber of Side Board three years; he resided in Crawford Co. from 1856 till 1861; settled on his present farm in 1861. Has 142 acres of land.

SAMUEL A. HOLDRIDGE, blacksmith, Lodi ; born in Ithaea, N. Y., in 1847 ; he went to Crawford Co., Wis., in 1854; went to Kansas about 1856; returned to Wisconsin and came to Lodi in December, 1859; he enlisted in September, 1862, in Co. G, 23d W. V. I .; was at the battles of Arkansas Post, Yazoo Swamp, Grand Gulf, Champion IIills, and in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged up to the time of his discharge for disability in the fall of 1864; he returned to Lodi; was sick for two years ; after his recovery engaged for his uncle in the blacksmith business till 1870 ; when he engaged in business for himself. He was married to Miss A. S. Woodley, daughter of John V. Woodley ; has three children-Harry L., Clarence A. and Edith Maud.

E. HOWARD IRWIN, M. D., Lodi; born in Mifflin Co., Penn., July 1, 1833; he studied medicine in Pennsylvania, came to Lodi with his father, Dr. George H. Irwin, in June, 1854 ; he practiced medicine with his father in Lodi till the breaking-out of the rebellion, when his father enlisted as a private in Capt. Mansfield's company, 2d W. V. I .; he was made Hospital Steward, then pro- moted to Assistant Surgeon in the 2d W. V. I .; he was wounded in the first battle of Bull Run, in the charge of the Black Horse Cavalry; he resigned from disability, and died at his home, Lodi, Jan. 31, 1864. Dr. E. H. Irwin, in August, 1862, under authority of Gov. Salmon, raised a company which was mustered into the United States service as Co. II, 23d W. V. I., Ang. 30, 1862; he resigned to take position on regimental staff as Assistant Surgeon, and entered on duty as such Nov. 19, 1862, at Louis- ville, Ky., under orders of Gen. A. J. Smith, but was not mustered as such till Dee. 19, 1862, at Memphis, Tenn .; he resigned on account of disabillity at Milliken's Bend, La., April 25, 1863. His wife was Miss Sarah Pashley, daughter of Samuel Pashley, of Vienna, Dane Co .; they have had six children, five of whom are living-Annie E., now Mrs. Tim E. Lewis ; Harris J., George H., Samuel P., and William Russell.

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ERIK KNUTSEN, merchant, Lodi; born in Norway in 1834; he came to the United now lives in Minnesota ; he resided in Madison for four years, where he was engaged as a clerk ; he came States with his parents in 1851; the family settled in Dane Co., Wis., where his father died ; his mother to Lodi and engaged in business in 1857. His wife was Miss Annie P. Brunserg; they have nine chil- dren, one son and eight daughters ; Mr. Knutsen is engaged in general merchandising.

JAMES McCLOUD, merchant, Lodi ; born in Gallipolis, Gallia Co., Ohio, Nov. 27, 1822 ; his father died when he was about 3 years of age; after the death of his father, his mother removed to Vermillion Co., Ind., where she was married, and removed to Joliet, Ill., in 1830, and to Van Buren Co., Iowa, in 1837; in the fall of 1839, he entered into the employment of the American Fur Co., and was engaged iu trading on the frontier till 1844 ; he came to Mineral Point, Wis., in August, 1844; he came to the town of Lodi in the fall of 1845. He was married to Catherine E. Bartholomew, daughter of G. M. Bartholomew ; they have had five children, fonr of whom are living-James W., Elizabeth, now Mrs. R. W. Jones, of Iowa Co., Wis .; Joseph B. and George; their daughter, Clara J., aged 19 years, a stu- dent of Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis., and just ready to graduate, was drowned in Lake Bnttes des Mortes, on June 10, 1871. Mr. McCloud has been engaged in the mercantile business since 1851 ; he has been very successful in business ; has been in the lumber trade ; is also a large land owner, and has been extensively engaged in farming for many years ; is now engaged quite extensively in stock-raising and fish culture.

GILBERT E. McKEEBY, M. D., Lodi ; born in 1844; his parents removed to Oregon, Dane Co., Wis., when he was 2 years of age, where his father died, and where his mother still resides. The Doctor enlisted in August, 1864, in the 1st W. Heavy Artillery ; served one year ; discharged July, 1865. He began the study of medicine at Evansville, Wis., with Dr. Smith; he was a student of the university at Madison for about three years ; in the fall of 1865, he went to Ann Arbor, Mich., and attended a course of lectures at the medical department of the university of Michigan ; in the spring of 1866, he resumed his studies with Dr. Smith ; in 1867, he entered the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, at New York City, where he graduated in March, 1868 ; he began the practice of medicine in Iowa Co., Wis .; came to Lodi in the fall of 1868. His wife was Carrie M. Ansdell, daughter of F. T. S. Ansdeli, an early settler of Sauk Co .; they have two children-Fred E. and Carrie L.

JOB MILLS, farmer and one of the proprietors of the Lodi Valley Cheese Factory, Lodi ; was born in Lancashire, England, in 1840; he came to the United States with his father, William Mills, in 1842 ; they came to New York City, thence to Paterson, N. J., thence to Oswego, and to Walworth Co., Wis., in 1844, where the family lived about ten years, engaged in farming ; thence to Dodge Co. for about two years'; thence to the town of Scott, Columbia Co. Mr. Mills was married, in 1863, to Mary A. Dye, born in the State of New York ; they have five children-Josephine, Mary, Esther, Albert and Elmer. Mr. Mills has a farm of 300 acres ; residence in Sec. 26.

R. W. MILLS, Lodi, grain-buyer, firm of Mills & Albiston ; was born in the State of New York in 1843; he is the son of William Mills, and brother of Mr. Job Mills, of Lodi; he engaged in the business of grain-buying with his brother Job in 1871; Mr. Albiston became a member of the firm in May, 1872; the firm was theu known as Mills Bros. & Albiston ; the firm became Mills & Albiston in 1876. Was married to Margaret A. Wells, daughter of Mr. T. S. Wells ; they have two children- Nettie and Thomas A.

ROBERT MOSS, miller, Lodi; born in Sutton, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, Feb. 22, 1822. Was married to Sarah Reed, native of the same town; she died in England. Mr. Moss came to the United States in May, 1854; lived in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., a few months ; thence to Fox Lake, Wis., in the fall of 1854; thence to Fairwater, Fond du Lac Co .; lived for a short time at several other points in Wisconsin ; came to Lodi in 1864; since that time has been engaged as miller for Mr. Andrews. His present wife was Mrs. Charlotte Haley, whose maiden name was Case; she was born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., in 1825. Mr. Moss had five children by his first marriage, two of whom are living-Alfred E. and Charles W.

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The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 153

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