The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 156

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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WM. B. CHRISLER, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. West Point; was born in Schoharie Co., N.Y., in 1812. He went to Montgomery Co. when a boy, where he lived until he was 24 years of age ; thence to Chenango Co., where he lived about fifteen years; thence to Madison Co., where he lived five years ; he came to Columbia Co., and settled on the farm where he now lives in the fall of 1856. He was mar- ried to Miss Elizabeth Carncross, sister of Enias Carncross ; she was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., in 1813. They have eight children-Jacob, Catherine, John W., Armina, Austin, James A., Talcott E., and Delia D .; lost their first child-Mary M., in infancy. Farm contains 137 acres.

GIDEON CLARK, retired farmer and lumber dealer, Sec. 7; P. O. Okee; was born in Yates Co., N. Y., October, 1813; he removed to Geauga Co., Ohio, when 21 years of age ; he came to Columbia Co. in the spring of 1853, and purchased a part of his present farm, where he settled in the spring of 1854; he was engaged in the lumber business for many years, from which he retired in the fall of 1877 ; his farm contains 360 acres. His wife was Miss Louisa Odell, daughter of William Odell; she was born May 25, 1814; they were married Jan. 12, 1837 ; they have had two children, both deceased- Harrison, born Dec. 25, 1837, died March 21, 1855 ; Perliaett F., born July 4, 1844, died April 12, 1868.

WILLIAM H. COOK, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. West Point ; was born in Boston, England, in 1827; much of his life has been passed as a sailor ; he began this business when but a boy; was for several years engaged on vessels plying between England and America; he came to the United States to reside in 1846; went to New Orleans, which he made his home about two years; he, however, a part of this time, was engaged in the quartermaster's department of the American army, the Mexican war being then in progress ; he afterward went to New York; thence to Milwaukee in 1851; he was then engaged during the season of navigation on the lakes for several years ; in the mean time he had made him a home in Dodge Co., Wis .; he came to Columbia Co. in the fall of 1858, and settled where he now lives. He was married to Marion Madison, formerly of the city of Lincoln, England ; they have eight children - Francis A., John M., William, Albert H., Annie, George, Martin J. and Sidney C. Mr. Cook is present Chairman of the Town Board ; he held that position for several years in his early residence in the county ; his farm contains 160 acres.

LEANDER S. DREW, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Farr's Corners ; son of Dr. Leander Drew, one of the pioneers of Columbia Co .; Dr. Drew was born in Corinth, Vt., June 13, 1815; he was a student of Hanover and Dartmouth Colleges, graduating from Dartmouth when 23 years of age. He was married to Miss Almira Shattuck, of Manchester, Vt .; they had two children-Leander S., born Aug. 23, 1842, and Frank F., born March 9, 1844. Mrs. Drew died when her younger son was born. Dr. Drew came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1846, and located in West Point, near Crystal Lake, purchasing of the Government 400 acres of land, on which he that season built a log house, which was, probably. the first house built in the town of West Point; this house is still used as a dwelling; here Dr. Drew lived alone for two years, engaged in the duties of his profession, among the sparsely settled regions of this part of the territory of Wisconsin; in the fall of 1848, he went back to Vermont, and returned with his mother, her daughter Emily, and his two children; the Doctor erected a new house nearer the lake, in 1850; this house is now occupied by his eldest son ; here, he was for a number of years engaged in the manufacture of the oil of wormwood; he continued actively engaged in his business, and in the duties of

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his profession, though suffering severely, from a nervous difficulty, during the last years of his life ; he died Oct. 30, 1857 ; his mother is still living at the advanced age of 89 years. Frank F. Drew was married to Miss Emma Shurtliff; he now owns and occupies half of the orginal homestead ; they have two children. Leander S., was married, March 15, 1866, to Miss Harriet Riddle, adopted daughter of Gideon Clark, of Okee; they have two children-Harry, born April 19, 1868, and Lois A., born Sept. 16, 1872.

JONATHAN L. FARR, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Farr's Corners ; was born in the town ot Corinth, Orange Co., N. Y., July 23, 1817, where he lived until the spring of 1841, when he went to Boston, Mass. He was married in Cambridge, Mass., to Sophrona J. Parker, born in Vermont in 1816; he resided in Boston until August, 1855; he then removed to the city of New York ; he came to Wis- consin in August, 1857, and settled at l'rairie du Sac, Sauk Co .; settled on his present farm March, 1862, where he has sinee resided ; has two children-Albert L., born in Boston Oct. 12, 1850, married Mary E. Farr, daughter of Nelson Burlingame; Ilenry O., born at Cambridge Sept. 1, 1852. Mr. Farr's farm contains 120 acres ; Albert, whose farm adjoins his father's has 60 acres.

DAVID H. FELLOWS, farmer, Sec. 14; l'. O. West Point ; was born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., Feb. 15, 1827, where he resided till spring of 1857. when he came to Columbia Co., and settled on his present farm, where he has since resided. He was married to Amanda Gardner, daughter of John and Eliza- beth Gardner, who came to Columbia Co. from Rensselaer Co., N. Y., in the fall of 1856; her parents are deceased. Mr. Fellows has five children-Elbert, Frank, Herbert, Sidney and Chester; lost three children in infancy. His farm contains 285 acres.

D. P. GROW, farmer, Sec. 29 ; P. O. Prairie du Sac ; was born in the town of Newbury, Orange Co., Vt., in 1813 ; he came to Wisconsin in 1850 ; he lived on Sauk Prairie, Sauk Co., from May till November of that year, when he settled on his present farm, purchasing the land from the Government. He was married to Comfort A. Highlands, born in Vermont ; they have four children-George, Martha E., Mary A. and Charles F. He has 340 acres of land. His son George lives on Sec. 20 ; he was born in Vermont in 1841: He was married to Libbie Sherman, born in the State of New York ; they have one child, Albert.

AMASA HATHAWAY, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Prairie du Sac ; was born in the town of Adams, Mass., in 1800; his father removed to Rensselaer Co., N. Y., when he was a child ; thence to Jefferson Co., where he lived till 25 years of age ; he learned the trade of a blacksmith ; worked at the trade of a cooper, also, for some time. Mr. Hathaway has been married three times ; his present wife was Marcia Berry ; he was quite an early settler of Wisconsin ; he lived in Buffalo Co. about sixteen years ; thence to Sauk Co; he settled where he now lives about 1850. His farm contains about 140 aeres.

JACOB HENRY, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Lodi ; was born in Germany in 1826; he came to America in 1849 ; he lived in the State of New York about five years ; came to Columbia Co., Wis., in 1854, and settled where he now lives. His farm contains 80 acres. He was married to Theresa Tropf, born in Germany ; they have Sve children-Mary, Emma, Albert, Anna and Isabelle; Albert became deaf aud dumb at the age of 6 years, from scarlet fever ; he was educated at the asylum for the deaf and dumb, at Delavan, Wis.

LYMA HILL, farmer, See. 14; P. O. West Point; was born at Hyde Park, in what is now Lamoille Co., Vt., in June, 1804. Mr. Hill, though not an early settler of Columbia Co., is one of the pioneers of the State of Wisconsin ; be came to Milwaukee via Whitehall and Erie Canals and the great lakes in the fall of 1836 ; he located in Waukesha Co., on the line of Walworth Co. Mr. Hill possesses an excellent memory, and it is both amusing and instructive to listen to incidents and anecdotes, as re- lated by him, of his early experience in the wilds of Wisconsin. His home, from Milwaukee, was twenty- six miles ; in the winter of 1837, being short of provisions-a not uncommon occurrence in those days- he repaired to Milwaukee with a handsled, and returned, after an absence of but forty-eight hours, with flour and groceries sufficient to subsist himself and family for several weeks. Mr. Hill's first wife was Edna Preston ; she was born in Vermont, and died in Waukesha Co. in 1852. His present wife was L. Goldthwait, also born in Vermont. He had five children by his first wife, only one of whom is living- Mrs. Mary Ann Lester. Mr. Hill settled on his present farm in 1868.

WM. H. HILL, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. West Point ; son of Cyrus Hill, who was born in Vermont in 1813; he came to the State of Wisconsin about 1837; he came from Sauk Co. to Columbia Co., and settled where his son now lives, in 1850; his first wife, the mother of Wm. H., was Miss Rhoda M. Hill ; she died soon after the birth of her son, Win. H. His second wife was Betsy Polly, whom he married in the fall of 1849. He has two children by his first marriage-Maria Livermore and Wm. H .; the latter

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was born in 1848. He was married to Mary Carneross, daughter of Enias Carncross; they have two children-Arthur and Harlow H. Lost one child-Cyrus E. Farm contains about 230 acres. The father of Mr. Hill now lives in Jefferson, Greene Co., Iowa.

MERRILL JOHNSON, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Prairie du Sae; was born in the State of Maine Sept. 13, 1827. His parents removed to Northern New Ilampshire when he was an infant, where he lived until 1850, when he came to Columbia Co. His father, Samuel Johnson, came at the same time ; he now lives at Wyocena. Mr. Johnson settled on his present farm in 1860. He was married to Hann +h S. Colby ; born in New Hampshire. They have three children-Irving N., Ernest W. and Nellie I. Mr. Johnson's farm contains 80 acres.

REV. WARREN N. KING, Baptist minister, Sec. 36; P. O. Farr's Corners ; born in Windsor Co., Vt., in 1809, where he lived till 19 years of age, when he went to Boston, Mass., and learned the trade of a cabinet-maker. He was married in 1830 to Cynthia Pennock ; he removed to Canada for two years; returned to Chelsea, Vt., where his wife died. He was married, 1833, to Jane Waldo; he began the ministry in Bridgewater, Vt .; in 1844, engaged as missionary among the Brother- town Indians in Winnebago Co., Wis .; settled in Racine in 1846, where he lived three years ; he started for California in June, 1860, but stopped at Nicaraugua, where he labored as missionary among the natives for about one year, returning in 1862; has four children by second marriage-Walter M., George W., Cynthia J. and Sarah A .; the two sons were soldiers in the rebellion ; Walter M. was a member of 3d W. V. I .; George, 23d W. V. I. Mr. King's present wife is his third, by whom he has one son, Warren ; went to California in 1869; remained two years; settled where he now lives in 1878.

J. I. NEWCOMB, farmer, See. 22; P. O. Farr's Corners ; was born in Vermont, but his parents removed to Manchester, N. H., when he was a child ; they removed to Sank Co., Wis., town of Prairie du Sac, and came to Columbia Co., and settled on present farm in 1861 ; his father, Bethure Newcomb. lives at the homestead with his son ; his mother, Hannah C., died March 22, 1871. Mr. Neweomb was married to Delia Chrysler, daughter of Win. B. Chrysler; they have three children-Wm. B., Lizzie C. and Rosella M. Farm contains 160 acres.

G. H. OSTRANDER, farmer, See. 10; P. O. West Point ; was born in Albany Co., N. Y., in 1808 ; he afterward removed to Montgomery Co. ; thence to Denmark ; he came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1865, and settled where he now lives in the spring of 1866. He married Polly Hurning; born in New York ; they have five children-Wilson, Wilbert, Mary, Ann and Myron; lost two children. Farin con- tains 111 aeres. Enos, aged 6 years, was drowned in the Black River, N. Y., at Brownville.

JULIUS A. PARR, farmer, See. 27; P. O. Farr's Corners ; was born in Franklin Co., N. Y., June 15, 1834 ; he came to Wisconsin with his parents, Wm. H. and Catharine Babcock Parr, in May, 1850 ; his parents settled in the town of Dane Co., where they resided till the death of his father, December, 1857 ; his mother resides in Eau Claire Co .; Mr. Julius A. Parr purchased of the Government, a farm in the town of Maxwell, Buffalo Co., where he settled in 1861. He enlisted Aug. 7, 1862, in Co. E, 25th W. V. I .; bis regiment went North into Minnesota, after the Indian massacre of 1862; went South, March, 1863 ; participated in seige of Vicksburg, Sherman's Atlantic campaign, where he was wounded on the 9th . f August, 1864; he came home on leave of absence ; rejoined his regiment Nov. 14, 1864; was promoted to First Sergeant, May, 1863; to Second Lieutenant, August, 1863; to First Lieu- tenant, September, 1864 ; in Sherman's march to the sea, he commanded Co. G, and commanded Co. D from Beaufort to Washington. He was married to Maria Welch, born in Canada East. Has 138 acres of land ; settled on his present farm in the fall of 1867.

DALTON PECKER, farmer, See. 21; P. O. Prairie du Sac ; born in Lynn, Mass., Jan. 7, 1810; his ancestors were from Scotland, but came to Ameriet over two centuries ago; the house in whieb Mr. Pecker was born, was also the birthplace of his mother, his grandfather and his great-grand- father. He was married to Sally Bartlett, of Marblehead, Mass .; came to Wisconsin in 1861, and settled where he now lives ; has two children-Abner, who resides on the homestead, and Anna, now Mrs. Chas. H. Knight; has lost three children-Mary, Sarah and Frances Gardner. Farm contains 160 aeres.

SAMUEL SCHRINER, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. West Point; was born in Lycoming Co., Penn., in 1834, where his father still lives; came to Columbia Co. in the spring of 1855; in the fall of 1858, he went to Dane Co. where he lived one year, then returned to Columbia Co., and settled at Okee. He was married to Miss Melinda Woodley, daughter of Mr. John Woodley, who died at Okee Jan. 2, 1860. Mr. Sebriner settled on his present farm in the spring of 1866 ; has seven children-Rachel, Samuel, Emma, Mary, Frances, George and John. His farm contains 80 acres.

JOHN R. SCOTT, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Okee; son of John L. and Charlotte Scott; his father was born in the State of New York ; his mother is a native of New Jersey ; the family came to

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Wisconsin from Lycoming Co., Penn .; they reached Milwaukee in June, 1854, where the father died, three days after their arrival ; the remainder of the family, consisting of the mother, John R. and his sister Mary, settled at Okce, town of Lodi, July 22 of that year, where Mary died on the 27th of the same month ; Mrs. Scott has since resided at Okee ; she bought the farm where her son now lives in October, 1854. He was married in 1866, to Rebecca Morter, daughter of John Morter, of the town of West Point ; they have four children-Winfield, Lottie J., John M. and Seth T. Mr. Scott enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, in Co. H, 23d W. V. I., he was at the battle of Arkansas Post and the attack on Vicksburg, from December 22, to the night of Jan. 1, 1863; discharged for disability April 3, 1863 ; re enlisted Aug. 29, 1864, and served till the close of the war. Farm contains 83 acres.

JOHN SHARP, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Prairie du Sac ; the eldest 'son of Michael Sharp, who was born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., in 1801 ; the family removed from St Lawrence Co. to Illinois, and then to Sauk Co., Wis., in February, 1845; in 1847, they settled in the town of West Point ; the parents had eleven children, ten of whom are living. John was born in St. Lawrence Co., in 1824. He was married to Lydia, daughter of Charles Evans, of Prairie du Sac ; they have one child-William Bertie ; he has 132 acres of land.

IRA SMITH, farmer, Sec. 25 ; P. O. Lodi ; was born in New Lebanon, Columbia Co., N. Y., July 4, 1831 ; his parents are Richard and Sarah (Moshier) Smith; his father was born in 1795 ; his mother, in February, 1797 ; they still reside in Columbia Co., N. Y. Mr. Smith came to Wisconsin with his brother, William E., in May, 1855, and settled where he now lives; in fall of that year, he returned to New York and was married to Lucinda Moore; she died in March, 1876. Mr. Smith has had six children, five of whom are living-Isabella, Eli, Sarah A., Theron M. and Nellie; lost second child-Ida, who died May 10, 1876; farm contains 105 acres.

WILLIAM B. SMITH, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. West Point; was born in Columbia Co., N. Y., in 1847 ; his parents removed to Rennselaer Co. when he was a child ; he came to Columbia Co. with his parents, April, 1865; his father now resides on S.c. 24. Married to Martha M. Carncross, daughter of Enias Carncross ; they have two children-Maurice and Edith. Mr. Smith has been Town Clerk since April, 1874.

WILLIAM E. SMITH, farmer, Sec. 14 ; P. O. West Point; was born in Columbia Co., N. Y., March 2, 1829; in 1855, he came to West Point, and, with his brother, Ira, bought a quarter of a section of land ; his half of this land he still owns ; he returned to the State of New York in the fall of 1859, where he remained two and one-half years, and where he was married to Miss Amelia Snyder ; he bought the farm where he now resides in the spring of 1864, where he settled in 1865; his present wife was Dolly A. Moore, born in the State of New York. Mr. Smith has one child by first marriage- Emily V .; also one by present marriage-Walter E .; he has 220 acres of land.

MRS. CATHERINE M. STONE, Sec. 14; P. O. West Point ; formerly Mrs. Polley, widow of Mr. Ira Polley ; is a native of the State of New York, born in 1822, where she was married to Mr. Ira Polley, from St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., in 1846, and entered the farm which Mrs. Stone now owns; his family came in 1848, and have resided on the farm since that time. Mr. Polley died in 1862. Mrs. Stone has had seven children, only two of whom are living ; these are her third and fourth children, and were born in West Point-Hiram E., born 1855, and Etta M .; names of children deceased were Royal H., Herbert, John, Ernest and Inez, twins. Mr. Stone is also a native of the State of New York. Mrs. Stone has about 300 acres of land.

ISAAC VAN NESS, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Lodi; was born in Columbia Co., N. Y., in 1835 ; son of Peter and Emma Van Ness; came to West Point with his parents in 1851. He was married to Adeline Richmond, daughter of Anson Richmond, who came to the town of West Point in the spring of 1855 ; he died the following year. Mrs. Richmond resides with her son-in-law, J. M. Pruyn, of Lodi. Mr. Van Ness has three children-Walter P., born June, 1859 ; Ella Edna, March, 1863, and Richmond, October, 1867. Mr. Van Ness works part of the homestead farm ; also owns a farm of 61 acres, where he settled in March, 1859.

WALTER VAN NESS, farmer, See. 19; P. O. Lodi; son of Peter Van Ness, who was born in the town of Chatham. Columbia Co., N. Y., in 1801; when 18 years of age, he went to Wash- ington, D. C .; was engaged for about five years as overseer of a company of men employed in preparing timber for the United States Navy ; he returned to the State of New York, and was engaged in conduct- ing his father's farm till the death of the latter, which occurred in February, 1833; he resided in the State of New York till the spring of 1851, when he came to Columbia Co., and settled in the town of West Point, where he resided till the spring of 1869, when he removed to the village of Lodi. He was married to Emma Reed, born in Columbia Co., N. Y., Jan. 11, 1807; they have four children-Isaac,

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Walter, Martha and Mary. Mr. Van Ness has been entirely blind since 1878; his general health is good for one of his age. Walter was born in Columbia Co., N. Y., April, 1837. He was married to Miss Clara Shurtliff, born in the State of New York ; they have two children-Frank and Leonard. Mr. Van Ness resides on the homestead, where his father settled in 1851.

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CHARLES L. BROWN, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. North Leeds; was born in Rutland, Vt.," September, 1826; he came to Wisconsin with his parents, Charles and Alvina (Sellick) Brown, June, 1846 ; in July following, his father purchased the farm which his son now owns, buying the claim of Nathan Stafford, where he resided till his death, Feb. 5, 1850; he was born in Connecticut Nov. 3, 1781 ; Mr. Brown's mother was born May 24, 1792, and died Nov. 23, 1851 ; Mr. B. has one brother-Justin J .~ who resides in the town of Leeds, and a half-brother-Andrew Brown-living in Rockford, III. Mr. Brown was married in 1852 to Harriet A. Greene, daughter of Abial B. and Fanny J. (Howard) Greene ; they came to Leeds from the State of New York in 1849; Mrs. Brown was born in Washington Co., N. Y .; she taught the first summer school in the town of Leeds. Mr. B. has two children-Alfred I., born April 4, 1856, and Charles L., born Oct. 23, 1865. Mrs. Brown's father died Aug. 31, 1875 ; her mother still lives on the homestead.

OLIVER G. CHILSON, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Leeds Center; was born in the town of New Haven, Addison Co., Vt., Dec. 15, 1825 ; when he was about 7 years of age, he removed with his parents to Genesee Co., N. Y., where the family lived about three years, when they returned to Vermont ; his father died suddenly during the return journey, but the body of the father was deposited in the wagon of the returning family, taken back to Vermont, and buried in his native town ; in the spring of 1844, Mr. Chilson came to Wisconsin ; in June of that year, he came to Columbia Co. and located his present farm, on which the following winter he erected a shanty, near the site of his present dwelling; Mr. Chilson is, therefore, one of the pioneers of the town of Leeds; in fact, he is the earliest present resident of the town. He was married to Lydia. M. Howard, born in Vermont ; her parents died at the residence of Mr. Chilson ; they have one son-William O., born Oct. 30, 1860 ; have lost two children-Henry H., born Oct. 28, 1849, died Aug. 9, 1850; Etta, born March 28, 1857, died April 17, 1859. Mr. Chilson's farm contains 230 acres.

GEORGE CHIPMAN, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Leeds Center ; was born in Windham Co., Vt., September, 1828 ; he came to Rock Co., Wis., in 1849 ; he returned to Vermont the following spring, came back to Wisconsin in 1852; purchased a farm in Dane Co. in the spring of 1853, also 80 acres in the town of Leeds ; has been a resident of the town of Leeds since 1854. He was married October, 1860, to Martha A. Saylor, born in Vermont. Mr. Chipman's mother died when he was 2 years old ; his father came to Wisconsin and resided with his son several years prior to his death ; Mrs. Chipman's parents came to Columbia Co. from Vermont in the spring of 1855, and settled in the town of Leeds; they are still living-her father 86 and her mother 78 years of age. Mr. Chipman has two children-William, born May, 1863, and Mabel Inez, born March, 1867. Mr. C.'s farm contains 320 aeres.

JOSEPH FAEBER, M. D., Sec. 21; P. O. Leeds; was born in Austria in 1839. Ile attended the medical department of the University of Vienna, graduating in 1862 ; he was Surgeon of the navy of Holland, from Feb. 1, 1864, to March, 1866, when he came to the United States. He came to Portage, where he remained till November of that year, when he located where he now resides, engaged in the practice of his profession. He was married in 1869, to Emily Koch, daughter of G. A. Koch. They have two children-Helen and Edward.

JESSE W. HELDIN, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. De Forest, Dane Co .; was born in Armstrong Co., Penn., in 1818. He removed to Pittsburgh, thence to Steubenville, Ohio, thence to Cleveland : left the latter place in the spring of 1832; took part in the Black Hawk war ; has been a resident of Wis- consin since 1839 ; he passed several years in the pinery region. In 1847, bought the farm of Wm. Law- rence, which lies partly in Dane Co. and partly in the town of Leeds, on which he has since resided. His present wife was Mary J. Borbridge ; born in Dublin, Ireland. Has one daughter by the first marriage, and two children by the second marriage ;, the names of the latter are William and J. W. Present farm contains 80 acres.

ALONZO JONES, farmer and breeder of imported Spanish merino sheep, Sec. 1; P. O. Leeds Center ; was born in Hubbardton, Rutland Co., Vt., Aug. 13, 1819. He was married Dec. 31,

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1848, to Martha MI. Il ward; born in Washington Co., N. Y., in 1829. Mr. Jones eame to Wisconsin, in October, 1847, and purchased his present farm, where he located in the spring of 1849. He has six children-Josephine, wife of Mr. John Lowe: Norman A., Edward H., Fanny C., John H. and Helen M. They lost their third child -- Evangeline B. His farm contains 200 aeres ; he makes a specialty of breed- ing merino sheep ; has a fine flock, a part of which are the pure Hammond, and the balance are descend- ants from the Jarvis and Humphrey importations.

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The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 156

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