The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 164

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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WILLIAM HARRIS, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Randolph Center ; was born Feb. 13, 1820, in Monmouthshire, North Wales ; son of John Harris. Was married in Wales, Sept. 15, 1839, to Alice Thompson, daughter of William Thompson; she was born March 15, 1820, in same place; he came to America in 1842, and lived one and one-half years in Monongalia Co., Va .; then went to Maryland and lived three and one-half years in Alleghany Co .; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1847, and settled in the town of Randolph, on Sec. 15, and removed to his present location in 1855 ; has 320 acres of land with good buildings ; Sarah (now Mrs. Hugh Williams, of Chicago), John lives in Dexter, Mower Co., Minn., and Martha, now Mrs. James Carson, of Grand Meadow, Mower Co., Minn., and William T., unmarried and living at home; Mr. Harris worked in a tin factory when a boy, but worked at mining five or six years before he left Wales ; also followed mining in Virginia and Maryland ; after he came to Wisconsin he followed farming except five winters he worked at mining, two winters iu Missouri, two in Illinois and one in Kentucky ; on three of his trips to the mines he went on foot to Galena, Ill., his wife remaining at home, with her three children, doing her own work and hauling her wood with an ox team ; in the fall of 1861, he made a trip to Wales to visit his parents and was gone about three months ; has had two birthdays on the ocean, in 1822 and 1842, both times on his way to America. Himself and son are Republicans.

AMOS A. HARTSON, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Randolph ; born Dec. 23, 1819, in Maus- field, Conn .; son of Elijab and Sabrina (Utley) Hartson ; when 18 years old, his parents removed to Luzerne Co., Penn., town of Scott ; he remained with his parents till he was 21 years old ; at the age of 22, he bought a piece of timber land and commenced clearing it up for a farm. March 29, 1842, he was married, in Luzerne Co., to Artemissa Fellows, who was born Oct. 31, 1819, in Luzerne Co., Penn .; daughter of Benjamin Fellows; she died June 16, 1867. Mr. Hartson came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1×49, and the next winter bought the farm he now owns, and where he has resided since the spring of 1850 ; has 193 acres of land ; his second wife, with whom he is now living, was Mrs. Mary Duley, daugh- ter of Michael Roach, to whom he was married in Portage City, Wis., in the fall of 1871; has three chil- dren living -- Amos E., lives in Butler Co., Iowa; Martha, now Mrs. Ray Beddow, of Minnesota, and Alfred H., living in Minneapolis, Minn .; lost three-Harriet (Mrs. Frank Gale), Mary and Sarah. Mr. Hartson is a Democrat, hut votes for the best man.

HENRY HENSIL, farmer, Sec. 6 ; P. O. Salemville, Green Lake Co .; was born June 26, 1824, in the city of Marienwerder, West Prussia ; son of August Hensil ; came to America in the fall of 1848; came direct to Wisconsin and located some land in what is now the town of Randolph ; he then went to Portage City (then called Gougeville), and worked three years at carpenter work, then returned to his farm in Randolph, where he has since resided. He was married, Oct. 22, 1855, to Phebe Hedrig, who was born in the city of Braunfels, Prussia, in the Province of Rhine, and came to America with her parents in 1855 ; daughter of Conrad Hedrig; Mr. Hensil has four children living-Mina, Lottie, Ellie and Sophia, all at home ; has lost one -- Frances, died in 1863, only a year old. Mr. Hensil learned the millwright's trade in Prussia, but has followed farming since he came to America, except the three ycars he lived in Portage ; has held the office of Constable and several school district offices ; in politics a Reformer, and has been a member of the Masonic Fraternity for the last ten years ; himself and wife both members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Hensil and Charles W. Arch were the first German settlers in

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the town of Randolph, and located their land at the same time; the first night they stayed on their land, they turned a wagon box bottom up, setting a stick under one end to hold it up; they slept on the ground under the box ; during the night, Mr. Arch, in turning over, knocked the stick out and let the box down on the ground, catching them in the trap, where they lay till morning. Next day, they built a cabin, by setting sticks on end in a circle and bringing them together at the top, like an Indian wigwam, and covering it with sods; in this they lived about four weeks. The first winter, snow fell about four feet deep.

ELAM D. HEWITT (deceased) ; was a native of Saratoga Co., N. Y .; son of William Hewit, and was born March 1, 1813. Was married, March 29, 1840, to Almeda B. Holcomb, who was born Jan. 14, 1817, in Vermont ; daughter of Isaac and Hannah Holcomb, who removed to Saratoga Co. when she was only 5 or 6 years old. Mr. Hewit came to Wisconsin with his family in July, 1846, and lived in Cottage Grove, Danc Co., till the next December, then came to Columbia Co. and located in what is now the town of Randolph, when there were but few families in the town; in March, 1847, he entered 160 acres in Sec. 34, and built a cabin 10x14 feet, in which they lived about a year, then drew lumber from Milwaukee with ox teams, and built a home in which he spent the remainder of his days. He worked at carpenter work for fourteen or fifteen years after he came to Wisconsin, hiring the work done on his farm; he died March 21, 1869, after an illness of only three days, leaving a widow and nine children-Mary F. (now Mrs. Henry Bradshaw), of Cookston, Polk Co., Minn .; Jerome B., Hannah A. (Mrs. William H. Hughes), dicd Dec. 3, 1879, leaving one child (Hughie E.) ; Albert E., in Black Hills, Dak .; George W., William W. lives in the town of Randolph ; Cecil A., Henry S. and Allie L .; Cecil A. and Allie L. are living on the homestead with their mother. P. O. Randolph Center.

ELON HOLCOMB, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O Cambria; born Feb. 17, 1833, in the State of New York ; son of Isaac and Hannah Holcomb, who came to Wisconsin in 1846, and settled in the town of Randolph ; his mother died June 23, 1873, aged 85, and his father July 8, 1876, aged 88; both died on the farm which they settled in 1849, where they lived with their son, Elon, who is still unmarried and occupies the homestead. Has 40 acres of land ; attends the M. E. Church and is a Republican.

EDWARD J. HUGHES, dentist, Randolph; has been practicing dentistry for the last two years, and still continues to practice in Randolph and vicinity ; he was born Feb. 20, 1846, in Car- narvonshire, North Wales ; son of Thomas Hughes, who came to America in August, 1846, and settled on the farm now occupied by his widow and two sons ; he died June 30, 1879, aged 64, leaving eight children-John, Jane (now Mrs. R. S. Richmond, of Randolph Village), Mary (now Mrs. S. W. Hart- well, of Dexter, Mower Co., Minn.), Edward J. (subject of this sketch ), Sarah ( now Mrs. J. K. Salisbury, of Renville Co., Minn.), Catharine (now Mrs. A. W. Thornhill, of Mower Co., Minn.), Anna (now Mrs. Crippin, resides in the town of Randolph) and Oswald R., on the homestead with his mother, a native of North Wales, and 65 years old; have 160 acres of land. Edward J. was married, Oct. 23, 1876, to Lettie C. Edwards, who died Oct. 14, 1878, leaving one child-William T., born Oct. 12, 1878; she was a daughter of Daniel Edwards, of Doylestown, Columbia Co., Wis., now of MeMinnville, Tenn.

JOHN W. HUGHES, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Cambria ; born in Denbighshire, North Wales, April 28, 1812 : son of William Hughes. Was married, in Wales in 1840, to Mary Jones, daughter of John Jones ; followed butchering in Wales; came to America in spring of 1857, and lived in Rosendale and Eldorado, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., thirteen years, and, in 1870, came to Columbia Co., to his present location ; has eight children-John, Elizabeth, Sarah, William, Robert, Mary, Ann Margaret and Ezra, four of them, Robert, Mary, Margaret and Ezra, at home; both members of the Calvinistic Methodist Church. He is a Republican ; has 120 acres of land.

JOHN R. JONES (Penllyn ), farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Cambria; was born in Montgomeryshire, North Wales, parish of Cemmacs, June 10, 1822 ; son of Rowland Jones (Gwalian) ; came to America in 1848 ; stopped in Utica, N. Y., about three months, then went to Pittston Ferry, Penn, where he resided till the spring of 1851 ; he then went to California, and worked at mining till 1854, when he returned East, and was married, in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., by James Griffith, to Sarah Parry, a native of Merionethshire, North Wales ; he then came to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Randolph, near Cambria, and in the spring of 1867, removed to his present location ; bas two children-Rowland Henry Jones and David Oliver Jones, both at home. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are members of the Welsh Congre- gational Church ; he has 160 acres of land. Republican.

JOHN R. JONES, fariner, Sec. 4; P. O. Cambria ; born Dec. 29, 1825, in Carnarvonshire, North Wales; son of Richard J. Jones, who came to America in the fall of 1845, and entered 240 acres of land in Secs. 4 and 5, in the town of Courtland, Columbia Co., Wis., the same fall ; lived in Columbus till the next spring, and then came on his land with his family, and remained on the same farm till his

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death, in 1850; his mother's name was Ann Owens. Mr. Jones was first married in May, 1853, to Hannah Elias, who died Jan. 29, 1877, leaving six children-Hannab, now Mrs. David Evans, of Minne- apolis ; Richard, also in Minneapolis ; Hugh lives in Eau Claire Co., Wis .; Evan, in Minneapolis ; Annie and John, at home. His second wife, to whom he was married April 8, 1879, was Mrs. Mary Hughes, daughter of Hugh R. Hughes, and widow of Benjamin R. Hughes, who died Dec. 9, 1873, in Cambria, leaving two children-Hugh R. and Jennie ; both living with parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are members of the Welsh Calvinistie Church. He owns 127 aeres of land in his farm, and is a Republican.

THOMAS F. JONES, farmer ; See. 24; P. O. Randolph ; was born in Carnarvonshire, North Wales, in 1830 ; son of John Thomas, who came to America in 1848, and died within a week after reaching New York, and Mrs. Thomas died about two weeks after her husband; Thomas F. stayed a few months with a brother, in the northern part of the State of New York; then lived in Utica about three years ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1856; lived at Fox Lake five months; then in and around Cambria till 1866; he then bought the farm he now owns, and where he has since resided. Was married in 1865, in Cambria, to Margaret Jones, of Rome, N. Y .; has no children. Owns 160 aeres of land, and is a Republican. Both are members of Calvinistie Methodist Church.

ROBERT E. KELLOGG (deceased) ; was among the first settlers in the town of Ran- dolph ; he was born Feb. 2, 1822, in Sheffield, Mass .; he worked on his father's farm till he was 21 years old ; then engaged in the mercantile business in the city of Hudson, N. Y., where he remained two years ; then came West, and followed the same business in Racine, Wis., about a year and a half; in the spring of 1847, he came to Columbia Co., and took up 120 acres of Government land in the town of Randolph, on Sec. 26, where he resided and followed farming till his death, which occurred Oet. 27, 1864, of con- sumption. May 2, 1846, he was married, in Racine, to Elizabeth Hoffman, who was born Jan. 11, 1824, in Columbia Co., N.Y., town of Claveriek ; she was a daughter of Jacob D. and Maria Hoffman, natives of New York, who emigrated to Wisconsin in 1848, and both died in the town of Randolph-Mrs. Hoffman, May 12, 1854, and Mr. Hoffman, May 21, 1878; Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg have had four children, of whom two are living-Alfred, born Nov. 57, 1847, and Anna, born Nov. 5, 1863; both unmarried, and living on the homestead with their mother ; Sylvester was born Jan. 9, 1850, and died Oct. 27, 1853, and Charles, born Feb. 24, 1861, died June 10, 1862. Have 120 acres of land on Sees. 26 and 35. P. O. Randolph.

WM. KING, farmer, See. 31; P. O. Cambria; was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, about 1820 ; came to America in 1840, and to Caledonia, Columbia Co., Wis. in 1843; lived there four years ; then removed to Portage Prairie, town of Scott, on Sec. 23, and lived there till 1857 ; then sold out and went to Portage ; lived two years near Portage; then came to Cambria, and bought the farm he now owns in Randolph. Was married in 1854, in Marcellon, to Janet Weir, a native of Scotland ; have five chil- dren-Janet, now Mrs. Matthew Kerr, of the town of Scott ; Agnes ; Wm .; Robert and George; lost one -Marion, died at the age of 13. In the fall of 1852, Wm. King went to California, via Panama ; remained there four years; most of the time in the mines ; was successful, and is now enjoying the fruit of his labors.

PHILLIP KUMBA, farmer, See. 5 ; P. O. Salemville, Green Lake Co .; born April 29, 1821, in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany ; son of Phillip Kumba; came to America in 1842, and lived in Westchester Co., N. Y., till 1850. Was married in New York City, Nov. 30, 1845, to Phebe Bloch- witz, daughter of Jacob Blochwitz; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1850, and settled in Green Lake Co. (then Marquette), town of Manchester (then called Albany); removed to Columbia Co., town of Randolph, in about 1858, and has since lived on the farm he now occupies; has eight children now living-Magdalena, now Mrs. Ferdinand Heidt, of the town of Randolph ; Catharine, now Mrs. Geo. Saekman, also of Randolph ; Peter, married to Catharine Blochwitz, and living on the homestead ; Jacob, married to Eliza Scharf, and lives in Manchester, Green Lake Co., Wis .; Margaret ; Phillip; John and Joseph ; last four at home. Mr. Kumba has been Supervisor two years, and Justice of the Peace; is a Democrat, and belongs to the Catholic Church. Has 348 acres of land. Mrs. Kumba was born Nov. 21, . 1826, in Bavaria, and is a Presbyterian.

JOHN B. LLOYD, farmer, Sec. 34 ; P. O. Cambria ; born Aug. 11, 1850, in North Wales' in the parish of Dolyddelen, Carnarvonshire, son of Bleddyn Lloyd ; his mother's maiden name was Ann Owens. His father is a farmer, and is still living in Wales ; he also has one sister and four brothers, al living in Wales. John B. came to America in the spring of 1870, coming direct to Wisconsin, and has since made this his home. He attended school in Cambria, the first two winters. Oct. 11, 1879, he was married to Miss Jennie Williams, who was born Sept. 5, 1852, in the village of Cambria, daughter o Owen and Ellen ( Jones) Williams, who were the first settlers in the village of Cambria. Mr. Lloyd

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bought the farm he now owns in the spring of 1874, and came on to it in November, 1879 ; has 130 acres, worth about $4,500, and has about $1,000 worth of stock. In politics he is Republican, and both members of the Welsh Methodist Church.

GEORGE G. MARVIN, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Randolph ; was born April 18, 1824, in the town of Lyme, New London Co., Conn .; in the fall of: 1846, he left home, taking a trip through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, North and South Carolina, and back, via Washing- ton, to Philadelphia ; then went to Indiana, and spent most of the winter in that State and Michigan ; in the latter part of the winter, he came to Wisconsin, and lived about two years in Beaver Dam, and spent some time in Walworth Co. In 1848, he located the land on which he now lives, and came to Ran- dolph, with his family, in the spring of 1851, built a house on his land and moved into it in August of the same year. Was married in Beaver Dam. March 29, 1849, to Harriet J. Stultz, who was born Oct. 26, 1832, in Rockland Co., N. Y., daughter of Henry and Sally Ann Stultz, who emigrated to Wisconsin in 1841 ; lived at Fox Lake till the spring of 1842, then located in Beaver Dam, when there was only one family there besides his own ; he resided there till 1875, then removed to Hastings, Minn., where he still resides. Mr. Marvin held the office of Chairman of his town for four years ; was Treasurer, Superintend- ent of Schools, and Side Supervisor, and Member of the Assembly, in 1871, and is Republican in politics. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin have five children-Sarah S. (now Mrs. W. B. Shepard, of Randolph) ; Frank S. (lives in Zumbrota, Minn.) ; Henry S. (lives in Green Bay, Wis. ) ; William D. (in Zumbrota), and Hattie L. (now Mrs. S. S. Lockhart, of Portage City, Wis.) Mrs. Marvin is a member of the M. E. Church. He has 160 acres of land, just outside the village ol Randolph.

JUNIUS MARVIN (deceased), was born in the town of Lyme, Conn., Oct. 2, 1820, where he spent the early part of his life. He was a son of William aud Sophia (Griffin) Marvin. Was married to Miss Adaline Raymond, of the same place, in the fall of 1849, and soon after removed to Wisconsin ; he selected at that time the farm in the town of Randolph which he occupied at the time of his death. His wife died in 1862, leaving four children-Nellie L., James R. and Jennie R. (twins) and Addie, all living on the homestead. He was again married in 1864, to Miss Ellen L. Bennett, who was born July 31, 1832, in Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y., daughter of Isaac and Lucretia Bennett, who came to Wisconsin in 1846. Mr. Bennett died May 27, 1879. Mrs. Bennett is still living, in Eau Claire Co., Wis. By his second wife, Mr. Bennett had one daughter, Clara E., who is also on the homestead with her mother. Mr. Marvin was highly esteemed by his acquaintances ; was an earnest, untiring, whole-hearted temper- ance worker ; a charter member of the Temple of Honor of Randolph ; had passed the chairs ouce, been Temple Deputy one year, and held the office of W. C. T. at the time of his death, which occurred Feb. 21, 1879, at his home in Randolph, of a lung difficulty of long standing. He had held the office of Chairman of the town, President of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company of Randolph, and was President of the Old Settlers Club of Fox Lake, at the time of his death.

HENRY and WILLIAM MORRIS, farmers, See. 21; P. O. Cambria ; Henry was born March 28, 1847, in the town of Manchester, Green Lake Co., Wis .; William was born Jan. 12, 1849, in same place; sons of William Morris, a native of Carnarvonshire, North Wales, who came to America in 1846; settled in Manchester, and remained on the same from then till his death, Jan. 5, 1849. He left seven children -- Mary (living at Ripon, Wis.), Nellie (now Mrs. John Grant, of Ripon ), Jennie (living in Manchester), Libbie (now Mrs. J. Barrett, of Fond du Lac, Wis.), Catharine (now Mrs. Ben- jamin Evans, of Courtland ), Henry and William. About two years after the death of Mr. Morris, the family removed to the town of Randolph, Columbia Co. Mrs. Morris married, for her second husband, Rees D. Price, a native of South Wales, with whom she lived until his death, Sept. 19, 1874, aged 63. Henry and William are unmarried, and came to their present location in the spring of 1877; have 200 acres of land. Their mother is living with them, and has an adopted daughter (Ellen) 15 years old. Mother and sons are members of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church, and the sons are Repub- licans.

JOHN J. OWENS (Coedmor), farmer, Secs. 28 and 25; P. O. Columbia; was born in Car- narvonshire, North Wales, in November, 1820 ; was a quarryman in Wales ; went to Liverpool, England, and was married there, March 3, 1845, to Jane Roberts, a native of the same place he was from, in Wales. He came to America immediately after marriage ; lauded in New Orleans in June ; came direct to Wisconsin, and lived in the town of Berry, Dane Co., till June, 1855, then came to Columbia Co., and lived eight years in the town of Springvale, and ever since in the town of Randolph. Has seven children -John H. (lives in Mazo Manie, Dane Cu.), Thomas J. (lives in Cass Co., Dak.), Maggie A., Sarah E., Willie J., Ira and Clara Jane (last five at home). Both members of the Congregational Church. Republican. Has 200 acres of land.

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JOSEPH PARKINSON, farmer and groceryman, Randolph Center; was born Nov. 7, 1826, in Walcott, Schoharie Co., N. Y .; son of Joseph Parkinson, who moved to Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., and died of cholera in Canada when Joseph was about 4 years old; his mother, whose maiden name was Catharine Slaght, was married, about three years after the death of her first husband, to Joseph Marshall, and removed to Greene Co., Penn., soon after. Joseph went to Erie, Penn., and attended school till he was 16 years old, and then worked in a printing office three years ; he then came to Wisconsin and located some land in Kingston, Marquette Co .; then returned to Erie and worked another year in a printing office, and, in 1846, again came to Wisconsin and lived in Kingston a few years; then came to Columbia and lived in the town of Scott four years ; he then worked at wagon-making in Randolph Center two years ; then went to Marquette and worked three years at the same business, and, in the fall of 1869, came again to Randolph Center aud has resided there since. He was married, in Kingston in October, 1847, to Elizabeth Squier, who died July 4, 1866, leaving eight children-Elizabeth A. (now Mrs. John Harris, of Randolph), Le Roy (married and living in Columbia), Mary E. (now Mrs. Andrew Sargent, of Mar- quette, Green Lake Co., Wis.), Jerry E., Effie C. (now Mrs. Charles J. Newsberry, of Erie, Penn. ), Squier C., Margaret E. (now Mrs. Richard Jenkins, of Green Lake Co., Wis.), and Susie T., at home. His second wife was Mrs. Almira M. Plank, to whom he was married April 19, 1870, in Marquette; her first husband, George L. Plank, died in the army at Uniontown, Ala., Ang. 22, 1865, of fever, two hours before the arrival of his discharge, having heen in the service two years and two months ; he left one son, Charles A. Plank, who is living with his stepfather. Mr. Parkinson has two children by his second wife -Harry Oliver and Carrie Maude. Mrs. Parkinson was born Aug. 18, 1842, in the town of Orleans, Jefferson Co., N. Y .; daughter of Zenas and Polly Oliver, who came to Wisconsin in 1849, and settled in Columbia Co .; he died Nov. 17, 1864, aged 54 years. Mrs. Oliver is now living at Randolph Center, aged 65 ; has had in all thirteen children, and Mrs. Parkinson is the only one now living. Mr. and Mrs. Parkinson are both members of the M. E. Church, and he is a Republican.

EDWARD PUGH, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Cambria; born March 22, 1845, near Utica, N. Y .; son of Hugh E. Pugh, who came from Merionethshire, North Wales, in the summer of 1842, and settled in New York; came to Wisconsin in July, 1846, and located in Clyman, Dodge Co., near Water- town, and died March 1, 1858, leaving five children-Hugh (living near Lake Emily, Dodge Co.), Ann (now Mrs. William M. Williams, of the town of Randolph ), Mary (now Mrs. Edward Owen, of the town of Scott), and Edward, who is unmarried, and with whom his mother is now living; her maiden name was Jane Peters ; she was born in the same place as her husband, and was a daughter of Richard Peters. One daughter, Catharine, died in the fall of 1871, aged 21 years and 8 months. Mr. Pugh and his mother are members of the Calvinistic Methodist Church. He has 200 acres of land, and is a Repub- lican.

FOULK ROBERTS (Blaen-y-Cae), farmer Sec. 12; P. O. Randolph ; was born in Febru- ary. 1820, in Carnarvonshire, North Wales; son of Robert Roberts; came to America in 1844, and set- tled on the farm he now owns Oct. I of that year. Was married in Wales Aug. 20, 1844, the day before he started for America, to Catharine, daughter of Griffith Owens; his mother and two brothers came at the same time; one brother, David, died in California, and Thomas went to California, but returned and is now living at Lake Emily, Dodge Co., Wis. Mr. Roberts was Supervisor of his town for several ycars, and helped lay out most of the roads in the town ; was the first Welsh settler in Randolph that still lives in the town, and, he thinks, in the county ; he started the first Welsh Sabbath-school, and was a member of the first Church Synod in the county ; went to Madison with an ox-team for the first barrel of flour he had after settling here, and took a week for the trip. Has five children-Catharine (now Mrs. Wm. Parry, of Milwaukee), Elizabeth F. (also in Milwaukee), Sarah (at home), Ellen (in Milwaukee) and Robert F., at home. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts are members of the C'alvinistic Methodist Church ; he is a Republican, and has 200 acres of land.

JOHN J. ROBERTS (deceased ), was born Feb. 10, 1808, in Carnarvonshire, North Wales ; son of John Roberts. Was married in Wales to Catharine Thomas, daughter of David Thomas. Mr. Roberts was a farmer and hotel-keeper in Wales; came to America in 1845, and settled in the town of Randolph, on Sec. II, where his family has since resided. In 1850, he started for California, and died on the road, at Carson Valley, leaving seven children-Ann (now Mrs. Robert T. Price, of Blue Earth Co., Minn.), David J., John J. (living in Randolph), Robert J. (who died Jan. 30, 1877), Catharine (now Mrs. Albert Stranch, of Chicago), Ellen (also in Chicago), and Jane, who died Jan. 8, 1877 ; had lost five children before the death of Mr. Roberts; two, named Robert William and an infant not named, died in Wales, and Hugh died in America. David J. went to California in 1859 ; went on foot and drove an ox-team all the way, being nearly six months on the journey; he worked at mining about five years,

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The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 164

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