The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 166

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 HAMILTON, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Cambria ; was born May 7, 1801, in the parish, of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland ; son of John and Margaret (Stewart ) Hamilton ; learned the weaver's trade when young. and worked at it seventeen years ; commenced when not quite 11 years old, and was foreman in a Paisley shawl manufactory for about twenty-two years in the same house. Was married, July 8, 1825, to Ann Polson, daughter of John Polson, of Paisley : came to America in 1849, leaving Glasgow on the 18th of August ; came to Milwaukee, where he fell in with Robert McConochie, who indneed him to come to Columbia Co .; he then located the land he now owns, and where he has since resided. His first wife died July 8, 1833, in Scotland, leaving one child-Elizabeth, now Mrs. Thomas Baillies, of Scott, Sec. 33. Mr. and Mrs. Baillies have seven children living-Ann P. ( now Mrs. Henry Sawyer, of Scott ), Jane (now Mrs. J. C. Thomas, of Scott), Thomas (married and living in Scott), John (married and lives in Springvale), Maggie, Polson and Jessie S .- the last three at home. He was married,

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the second time, April 13, 1842, just before he started for America, to Margaret Rueside, daughter of James Rueside, a native of Ayrshire, but who resided in Paisley at the time she was born ; her mother's name was Margaret Andrew, daughter of Robert Andrew, a landlord in Paisley ; had no children by the second marriage ; lost one child of the first wife-Margaret, died when only 1 year old. Mrs. Hamilton is now in her 84th year. Mr. Hamilton is a Democrat; has held the office of Town Treasurer two years and was Assessor at the same time; has also been Justice of the Peace, and was School Superin- tendent several years ; has 255 acres of land.

JAMES HAMMOND, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Cambria ; was born Oct. 9, 1820, in Stafford- shire, England, son of John Hammond, a potter, who brought up his son to the same business. James Was married in October, 1844, to Martha Floyd, daughter of Henry Floyd. In 1843, an emigration society was organized among the potters of Staffordshire, which afterward extended through England and Scotland ; Mr. Hammond was one of a committee of three appointed to visit America, and select a loca- tion for those of the society who wished to emigrate; the other members of the committee were John Sawyer and Hamlet Copeland; they came to America in the spring of 1846, visited Iowa, and then came to Wisconsin, and decided to locate in Columbia Co .; they purchased about 1,700 acres of land in what is now the town of Scott, and commenced making improvements ; cach emigrant was to have 20 acres of land, and have a log house built, and 5 acres broken, with the funds of the society ; the next sum- mer, about a dozen families came over and others kept coming for a number of years. Mr. Hammond retained his official position in the society till the spring of 1848, and has resided on the land then located ever since. He now owns 40 acres in Sec. 27. Has six children living-John, living in Watonwan "'o., Minn .; Rachel, married and living in Minnesota ; George, in Leadville, Colo .; Mary, now Mrs. Charles Rat- liff, of Minnesota ; Henry and Elijah, in Leadville. Has lost four-James, Anna and Elizabeth, and one child in infancy. In politics, a Democrat.

BENJAMIN HOPKINS, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Cambria ; was born in: Staffordshire, England, May 28, 1806, son of Isaac Hopkins, who died from a wound received while at work in a pottery in 1811. and was buried the day that Benjamin was 5 years old; his mother died in November, 1841, in England. He was married June 21, 1828, to Elizabeth Whitmore, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Burrett) Whitmore. Mr. Hopkins served an apprenticeship at glass-blowing, at Long Port, England, and at earthenware printing at Wood & Chalencr's, in Staffordshire pottery, and then at pawnbroking in the same place ; in 1838, he commenced to do business for himself as a merchant, and failed in 1845, through sickness of himself and family ; in 1847, he sold the homestead left him by his father, where he was born, and where his eight children were all born ; came to America with the Potter Emigration Society, and settled on the farm where he now resides ; when he first came he boed corn for a neighbor, and was to have 1 acre of the corn for hoeing 11 acres ; when he came to harvest and market his corn he found he had earned just 64 cents a day ; being discouraged by his failure in business in England, he commenced drinking, and continued his dissipation till 1865, when one night about midnight he was suddenly aroused to a sense of his degradation by a dream or vision; he arose in his half-intoxicated condition and went into the cellar where he had a whisky jug, which he called " Black Bet;" he picked up the jug, and address- ing it said, " Black Bet, thon hast deceived me, and been leading me on to ruin, and now I will banish thec from the face of the earth, and will never again touch, taste, or handle the accursed poison so long as I live, so help me God ;" he then dashed the jug on the cellar bottom, shivering it to atoms, and let mother earth drink the contents; he has been a strong temperance man ever since, and was the means of organizing a Good Templars lodge in his neighborhood, called Rosedale Lodge, No. 481, and has been Lodge Deputy, and Representative to the Grand Lodge ever since it was instituted ; he is now, at the age of 74, an active temperance worker, and member of the Baptist Church at Wyocena. Mrs. Hopkins died ; they have five children living -Isaac (lives in the South), Mary Ann (now the widow of Charles Weyener, living on the homestead), Richard (lives in Leeds, Columbia Co.), Hannah (now Mrs. Samuel Smith, of Scott), and John. living in town ; have lost three-Aaron, Benjamin and Elizabeth.

ISAAC HOPKINS, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Cambria; was born Jan. 31, 1833, in Stafford- shire, England, son of Benjamin Hopkins, who came to America in 1847. (See his biography.) Was mar- ried July 19, 1856, to Dorlisca Connor, who was born May 19, 1832, in Ira, Cayuga Co., N. Y., dangh- ter of Josiah and Sally ( Fox) Connor, natives of Washington Co., N. Y. Mr. Connor died in Onondaga Co., N. Y., April 17, 1863, aged 68 years 7 months and 12 days; Mrs. Connor died Dec. 6, 1844, aged 45 years 11 months and 24 days. Mr. Hopkins has five children living-Sarah L. ( now Mrs. William Ross, of the town of Scott), George Whitmore, Charles Joynson, Hettie Maria and Luelbert ; have lost two-Mary Elizabeth died Nov. 19, 1863, aged 6 years 1 month and 16 days, and an infant son, May 5, 1866. Is a Republican, and has been Justice of the Peace and Town Treasurer. He has SO acres of land.

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EVAN JONES, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Cambria; was born March 29, 1826, in Merioneth- shire, Wales, son of John Daniel Jones, who came to America in the spring of 1849 ; came to Columbia Co., Wis., and located in Scott, where he died in 1858. Evan was married, May 21, 1859, to Eliza Will- iams, who was born in the same place he was Nov. 13, 1827; they have four children-John D., Susan Jane, Morgan and Jane. Both are members of the Calvinistic Methodist Church ; he is a Republican, and has about 300 acres of land.

HUGH R. JONNES, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Cambria ; was born March 14, 1836, in Angle- sea, North Wales ; son of Richard Jones ; came to America in 1857, and settled first in Kane Co., Ill .; lived there three years, then came to Wisconsin, and was married, Dec. 29, 1860, to Laura Williams, who was born Feb. 24, 1840, daughter of William W. Williams, from Carnarvonshire, Wales, where she was born. Mr. Jones lived near Cambria four years, then removed to Colorado and lived in Denver three or four months ; then went to Central City and worked at the trade of stonemason, which he had learned of his father in Wales, till the fall of 1869, then returned to Wisconsin and bought the farm he now owns. Has three children-Richard R., Mary Jane and Emma, all at home. Both members of the Welsh Cal- vinistic Methodist Church ; he is a Republican, and has 100 acres of land.

GEORGE C. KEITH, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Pardeeville, born April 24, 1830, in Geauga Co., Ohio; his father, Charles Keith, a native of Massachusetts, died in January, 1830, before George was born ; his mother married Joseph Hewitt, and came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1841 ; lived in Wal- worth Co. till 1847, then came to Columbia Co .; now living in Juneau Co. Mr. Keith was married, Oct 16, 1852, in Walworth Co., to Ann Turner, who was born May 20, 1832, in New York City ; daughter of William Turner, a native of England, who came to America in 1829, and died Oct. 13, 1876, aged 86 : he had been a member of the Masonic Fraternity since April 28, 1826, when he joined Philanthropic Lodge, No. 568, at Leeds, and Mrs. Keith now has in her possession hi diploma, granted by the Duke of Ulster, Grand Master. Mr. Keith lived in the town of Scott three years after his marriage, then went to Marquette Co. and lived in the town of Buffalo till March, 1868; then bought his present farm, and has resided on it since. Has six children-William and Willard (twins), George E., Henry, Espa and Mary, all at home. Mrs. Keith is a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. Keith was drafted in 1861, and assigned to the 34th W. V. I., Co.A, and was in the service eleven months, and discharged at the expiration of his term ; Nov. 18, 1864, he enlisted in the 1st Wis. Heavy Artillery, Co. G, for one year, and was discharged at the close of the war, June 26, 1865; held the office of Corporal. His first child, Marinette, was born Nov. 10, 1863, and died when 10 months old. He is a Republican, and has 1772 acres of land.

GILES LANGDON, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Marcellon ; born in Geauga Co., Ohio, Feb. 11, 1825; son of Martin Langdon, a native of Massachusetts, who removed to Ohio in 1813 or 1814, and from there to Illinois in 1839; in May, 1844, Giles Langdon eame to Wisconsin in company with his uncle, John Langdon, for whom he worked some time, helping to build a house for him, and one for S. S. Torber ; the one they built for Mr. Langdon was covered with basswood bark ; he took up a claim of 80 acres, where Cambria now stands; he then went to Dodge Co., and worked awhile putting up hay, then came back and made a bargain to sell his claim to his cousin Samuel Langdon; then worked in Walworth Co. two months ; then went to Portage and worked for Carpenter and Capt. Low, before there was a house built where Portage now stands ; then, for about three years, he worked in the pinery winters and ran on the river summers ; in the summer of 1848, he bought a part of the land he now owns, and has added to it till he has now 180 acres ; in the spring of 1853, he started across the Plains for California, fell in with several others on the way to St. Louis, who were bound for the same point, and all together fitted out a team, near Leavenworth, Kan., of five yoke of oxen and cows, and arrived in California on the 6th day of September ; remained there till 1862; worked at farming and mining alternately with varied success ; would lay up money working by the month at farming, then go to mining and lose it. After he returned to Wisconsin, he was married, in October, 1863, to Mary E. Stancer, daughter of Charles Stancer, a native of England, who came from Onondaga Co., N. Y., to Wisconsin in 1848, settled in the town of Scott, and died in May, 1870, aged 56 years. Mr. Langdon has lived on his farm ever since he was married ; has seven children-Niley, Jessie, Milo, Frank, Harvey, Dora and Alice, all at home. In politics, Repub- lican.

ROBERT McCONOCHIE, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Cambria ; was born in Ayrshire, Seot- land, March 7, 1821, in the parish of Dalrymple ; son of Robert McConochic, who emigrated to Canada in 1831 or 1832 ; located in the township of Pickering, Canada West, and followed farming till his death. Robert, Jr., remained on his father's farm till April 28, 1847, then came to Wisconsin in company with George Lang and James Allison, young men about his own age, to look at the country and visit his two brothers, Samuel and John, who came to Wisconsin two years before, and located in the town of Scott,

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Columbia Co., and kept what was known as the " Blue Tavern; " soon after his arrival, he located 80 acres of the farm on which he now lives, and loaned money to Allison to locate another 80 near his; Lang returned to Canada, and never came back ; Mr. MeConochie broke 10 acres on his 80, and bought another 80 adjoining his, of John Dodge, for which he paid $3 per acre; he also located another 120 near by ; he then returned to Canada and worked through harvest, coming back to Wisconsin in Septem- ber, 1847 ; he boarded with his brothers about two years and worked his own land ; has resided in the town of Scott ever since, but made several visits to Canada during the time. Feb. 8, 1856, he was married in Portage City to Margaret Robinson, a native of Ayrshire, Scotland. She was born March 21, 1832, daughter of Robert Robinson, who now lives in Canada ; Mr. McConochie has six children-Elizabeth (now Mrs. Stewart Pasley, of Ontario, Canada), Margaret, John, Marian, William and Hugh; lost one, Robert-was born Oct. 11, 1862, and died when 4 years and 2 weeks old. He has 600 acres of land, in three farms; nnce sold the home farm for $50 per acre, and traveled through Iowa, Illinois, Kansas and Canada, and, being unable to suit himself, returned to Wisconsin, bought back his old farm at $10 per acre more than he got for it, and since that has been satisfied with his first love; he raises grain principally, but keeps some stock ; has been successful in business ; is now 59 years old; has never had a lawsuit. Is a Democrat, but not a politician, preferring to devote his time and energies to his own per- sonal affairs, and never accepting office except in the school district, when he considered it his duty ; has been Clerk of District No. 3 for the last ten years. Both members of the Presbyterian Church.

JAMES MACKIN, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Pardeeville ; born Oct. 9, 1827, in Syracuse, N. Y .; son of Eugene Mackin, who died in Syracuse when James was 7 years old ; his mother then married John Smith, and they came to Wisconsin in 1855 or 1856, and settled in Columbia Co .; he died in 1879. James was married in 1862 to Rebecca Jerome, daughter of Daniel Jerome, of Marcellon ; has two chil- dren-Frances Winona and Ella Susan. Republican ; and owns 80 acres of land.

V. W. MILLER, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Cambria ; born March 23, 1831, in Steuben Co., N. Y .; son of Wm. D. Miller ; came to Wisconsin in the spring after he was 21 years old, landing in Milwaukee on the 1st day of June, 1852, with two cents in his pocket ; he settled at that time in the town of Scott, where he has resided ever since. Was married in Steuben Co., N. Y., when he was 18 years old, to Ema'ine Egbert, who died Dec. 19, 1874, aged 48, leaving three children-Jainey (now Mrs. George Whitman, of Barron Co., Wis.), born March 19, 1853; Alfred and Elbert (twins), born May 31, 1858, and living at home. Mrs. Miller was a member of the M. E. Church. He has 720 acres of land. In polltics, Independent.

C. J. MULLENCUP, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Marcellon ; he was born in Hohenhaslach, Oheramt Vaihingen Koningreich, Wurtemburg, Germany, Sept. 14, 1829; came to America in 1848, and settled in Huntington Co., Ind. ; lived there two years, then went to Ohio and lived in Preble Co. three years, then back to Indiana ; went to work in Wabash Co., and, Oct. 25, 1825, was married, in Columbia City, Ind., to Cynthia Ann Wells, who was born March 23, 1836, in Marion Co., Ind. ; daughter of Hugh Wells, a native of Ohio. After his marriage, he lived in Whitley Co. eight years, then came to Wisconsin, and located July 17, 1867, on the farm he now occupies. He has ten children living-Emma A., Ellen B. (now Mrs. Margaret Thomas, of Scott), Nancy E., Dillie H., L. V. D. May, Tola and Viola (twins), Alzoa A., Ida L. and Otto W. ; lost one child-Hugh W., died Sept. 28, 1864, aged 1 year and 5 months. Both are members of the M. E. Church ; he is a Republican, and has a farm of 140 acres.

WILLIAM OWEN, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Cambria; he was born June 4, 1822, in Anglesea, Wales; son of Robert Owen; he worked in a slate quarry in Wales; came to America in 1846, and located in the town of Seott, Columbia Co., and has resided in the town ever since. He was married, Sept. 1, 1848, in the town of Scott, to Margaret Hughes, of Randolph; he thinks he was the first one married in the town of Scott, and this was the third marriage recorded in Columbia Co. ; Mrs. Owen died Sept. 3, 1866, leaving five children -- William (lives in Dakota), Maggie (is now Mrs. Richard Williams, of Dodge Co., Wis.), Ellen (lives in Cambria), Robert and Richard (at home); had lost three -Evan died at the age of 3 months ; Mary Ann died in her 17th year, and Hugh in his 12th year, both in February, 1866: was married the second time, June 29, 1859, to Mrs. Hannah Edmunds, of Milwau- kee; daughter of John Roberts, from Anglesea, Wales, where she was born in September, 1821. Both are members of the Welsh Presbyterian Church. He has 320 acres of land, and is a Republican.

GEORGE PAYNE, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Marcellon ; he was born Dec. 4, 1818, in Madi- son Co., Ill .; son of Christopher Payne, a native of Somerset Co., Penn., born in 1786; he lived in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin while they were Territories ; he came to Geneva Lake in February, 1836; had land deeded at the first land sale in Wisconsin ; he died Feb. 18, 1872, in his 85th year. George Payne remained at home till he was 22 years old. He was married, at Duck Lake, Walworth

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Co., June 2, 1842, to Arvilla Langdon, who was born July 15, 1825, in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio; daughter of Sylvanus Langdon, who came to Wisconsin from Ohio in the fall of 1835, and settled in Walworth Co .; he died May 1, 1863, at about 61. Mr. Payne remained in Walworth Co. about four years after his marriage, and in August, 1846, came to Columbia Co., and located on the farm he now owns and occu- pies. Has had three children, two of whom are living-Elizabeth (is now Mrs. Stephen Woodard, of the town of Marcellon ) and Mary ( now Mrs. Melvin Fuller, of Scott) ; his son William was born May 4, 1845; enlisted Jan. 5, 1864, in the 2d W. V. C., Co. E, and was killed April 21, 1864, in a skirmish with the rebels near Red Bone, Miss. Mr. Payne is a Democrat, and has held the office of Side Super- visor, and is now one of the Directors in the town insurance company of Randolph and Scott. His sister, Mrs. Abigail Utter, was killed by the Indians on her way to Oregon in 1860 or 1861, in what was known as the Salmon Falls massacre. Mr. Payne has 382 acres in his farm. He drove team to break the first furrow ever turned where Rockford and Belvidere now stand in Illinois.

CHAUNCY F. ROBERTS, farmer, See. 18; P. O. Bellefountain ; was born in the town of Springwater, Livingston Co., N. Y., March 21, 1831 ; son of William Roberts, who came to Wiscon- sin in 1845, and settled in Walworth Co .; lived there two years, and then came to Columbia Co. and set- tled in the town of Scott, on the farm now owned by Chauncy F .; he died about 1863, aged 76. Mr. Roberts was married, April 30, 1853, to Alma S. Barber, who was born June 5, 1836, in Genesee Co., N. Y., town of Byron, daughter of Ilugh Barber, who came to Wisconsin in 1844, and settled in Wal- worth Co., and died in Packwaukee, Marquette Co., about 1860; her mother died Oct. 17, 1854, aged 52. Mr. Roberts' mother died in August, 1864, aged 75. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts have two children- Mary (now Mrs. John Jarvis, living near Portage) and Mark W. (single and living at home, and now holds the office of Town Clerk ). Mr. Roberts has been Supervisor and Assessor two or three years each ; himself and sou are Republicans. Mrs. Roberts and Mark W. are members of the Free- Will Baptist Church. Mr. Roberts has 2333 acres of land in two farms.

FREEMAN M. ROSS, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Cambria ; was born Aug. 27, 1828, in Yates Co., N. Y .; son of Morris and Mary Ross; came to Wisconsin in 1838, and settled in Walworth Co., at Geneva, and lived there till 1855. He was married, the first time, on Jan. 15, 1850, to Phobe Herrick, a native of Yates Co., N. Y .; daughter of Jacob Herrick; she died Nov. 6, 1853, aged 23 years, leaving two children-Eunice A., born July 6, 1851, and is now Mrs. J. W. Gorsuch, of the town of Seott ; Mary Alice, born July 26, 1853, and died March 2, 1854. He was married the second time Nov. 14, 1854, to Mary Lonisa Powell, who was born Feb. 3, 1824, in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., town of Sheridan ; have four children by the second marriage-William H., born Feb. G, 1857, and now lives on Sec. 17 in the town of Scott; George A., was born July 25, 1858; Ella L., born May 21, 1862; the last two are living with their parents. Mr. Ross is a Republican, and held the office of Town Clerk from 1857 to 1868 -- eleven years; then Chairman two years, and since that has been Town Clerk five years; was a member of the Legislature of 1868-69. Mr. and Mrs. Ross and children all belong to the M. E. Church ; has 360 acres of land, 40 acres of it timber, 120 acres under the plow, and the balance meadow and pasture.

JAMES A. STEBBINS, farmer, See. 32; P. O. Marcellon; was born Feb. 24, 1823, in Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y .; son of James Stebbins, a native of Massachusetts ; his mother's maiden name was Ennice Field. Mr. Stebbins commenced working at the carpenter and joiner's trade when 18 years old, and followed it till he was 25; worked at Cortland Village some time and in Syracuse, N. Y., one year. In the fall of 1845, he started West " to grow up with the country ; " worked at Racine, Wis., about three weeks; then went about twenty-five miles west of Racine, and stayed till the spring of 1846, when he came to Columbia Co., and located on Sec. 32, in the town of Scott, where he has sinee resided. At that time there were only three dwellings between Fox Lake and Portage. He worked at his trade, after locating his land, until the fall of 1849; then went to Massachusetts, and spent the winter, and, March 5, 1850, was married in Massachusetts to Mary B. Sherman, daughter of Benjamin Sherman; she was born Aug. 11, 1823, in Brimfield, Hampden Co., Mass. Soon after marriage, came and seitled on his farm, having built a house some time before. Have no children of their own, but adopted two boys and one girl. Both are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a Republican, and has been Town Clerk and Justice of' the Peace. Has 200 acres of land.

WILLIAM STEBBINS, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Marcellon ; was born Sept. 29, 1826, in Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y .; son of James and Eunice ( Field) Stebbins; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1850, and bought the land he now owns, and has resided on it ever since, except two years in Pardee- ville (1870 and 1871). He was married, April 16, 1854, to Sabrina Beach, who was born Oct. 10, 1829, in Luzerne, Warren Co. N. Y., danghter of Nathan Beach, now living in California. They have two

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children-Joseph Wayland, born Feb. 12, 1855 (married to Katie Elizabeth Bezer, of the town of Scott, and living in Davidson Co., Dakota ; P. O. Alexander, Hanson Co.), and Nellie Eunice, born Dec. 3, 1864, and living at home. Mr. Stebbins is a Republican, and has been Supervisor one term. He has 130 acres of land.

HENRY SLINGER, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Cambria; was born in Lancashire, Eng., Feb. 14, 1844; son of Andrew Slinger, who came to America in the spring of 1849 and settled in Springvale, Columbia Co., Wis., where he died, Nov. 19, 1849. His mother is still living on Sec. 4 in Springvale, at the age of 67. They came into the county with a family of eight children and lived in a board shanty, 12x16, till fall, when they built a good frame house. They bought a cookstove soon after they came, but not knowing how to use it, set it one side, and did their cooking through the summer in the open air, over a fireplace, made between two stumps. Mr. Slinger was married Oct. 10, 1863, to Rachel Smith, who was born July 2, 1841, in Staffordshire, Eng., daughter of William Smith, who came to America in the fall of 1848, and died March 1, 1851 : have two children-Andrew R., born Jan. S, 1869, and Tempest Hurry, born May 26, 1879. He is a Republican, and has been Assessor two years, and is now elected for the third term. Has 155 acres of land.

THEODORE THOMAS, farmer, Sec 34; P. O. Cambria ; was born in Ottawa, Canada, Dec. 4, 1825, son of Solomon Thomas, a native of Woodstock, Vt., who came from Canada to Wisconsin in 1843, and settled in Walworth Co., and died March 20, 1854; Theodore came to Columbia Co. in the fall of 1845, and bought 120 acres of land, on Sec. 34, in the town of Scott, which was the second piece of land bought on the road between Portage City and two and a half miles this side of Fox Lake. He then returned to Walworth Co. and remained there the spring of 1848, then come back to Scott and broke 10 acres for himself and 87 acres for his neighbors; he then returned to Walworth Co. for the winter, and in the spring of 1849 came up and broke another 10 aeres for himself and about 60 or 65 acres for others, running a breaking team with Robert McConochie. In the fall, he went back to Walworth Co., and Sept. 7, 1849, was married to Elizabeth Connor, a native of Cayuga Co., N. Y., town of Ira; she was born June 18, 1827 ; daughter of Josiah Connor. The following spring he came on his farm (having built a house the fall previous) and has lived on it ever since ; has four children living-Maynard (on the home- stead ) ; J. C. (on Sec. 35 in Scott ) ; Mary E. (now Mrs. Thomas Baillies of Scott, on south line of Sec. 34) ; and Lillie (at home) ; he was four days making the trip from Walworth Co. to Columbia Co., with an ox team, and $5 in his pocket, for a journey of seventy-five miles, got here and paid $1.50 for two bushels of potatoes ; 50 cents for three pecks of oats, and had money left. Has been Supervisor two or three terms, and is a Republican with strong Greenback tendencies. He has 151 acres of land.

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The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 166

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