The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 174

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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JAMES PRICE, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Poynette; born Sept. 12, 1832, in Albany, N. Y. Ilis father, John Price, died when he ( James) was an infant ; came to Wisconsin in 1851, and settled in Lowville, where he has since resided. Was married in 1855 to Emily S. Mason, who was born Nov. 5, 1838, in Rutland, Vt .; has nine children-James C., living in Montana ; Maria E., Ellen A., Sarah, Mary, Frederick C., Charles, Albert and Nettie; all at home. except the oldest ; lost one son-Lewis, 2 years old. Mr. Price enlisted, Sept. 9, 1861, in the 2d W. V. C., Co. E, and was discharged Dec. 15, 1865; came on his farm in 1866. Is a Democrat ; has held the office of Town Clerk, and is the present Chairman of the town ; while in the army, held the office of Corporal, Quartermaster Sergeant, Orderly Sergeant and Second Lieutenant. Has 200 acres of land.

MATHIAS TROUT, farmer, Secs. 10 and 15; P. O. Rio; born Oct. 18, 18IS, in Harishiem by Lauden, in Bavaria, Germany ; son of Theodore Trout, who died in Germany, when 45 or 46 years old; Mr. Trout come to America in 1850, arriving in New York April 7; came direct to Wisconsin ; lived in Ft. Atkinson till the spring of 1851 ; then came to Lowville, and has lived there ever since. Was married, Feb. 8, 1836, in Germany, to Helena Flick ; has nine children-Kate, now Mrs. Wm. Verhalen, of Jefferson, Wis .; John, living in Lowville; Lane, living in Chicago ; Valentine ; Mary, now Mrs. Justin Clear, of Mazeppa Co., Minn .; Willie, Rosa, Josephine and George, all four at home. Mr. Trout is at present one of the Side Supervisors of the town, and has held the office several terms. Is a Democrat, and member of the Catholic Church ; has been School District Treasurer several years, and Treasurer in the church ; has 170 aeres of land.

GEORGE W. WEBB, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Poynette; born May 18, 1827, in Columbia Co., N. Y., town of New Lebanon ; son of Sylvester P. and Harriet P. Webb, who came to Wisconsin in 1846, and settled in what is now the town of Lowville, on Sce. 20. Was married, Jan. 30, 1853, to Eliza Blair, daughter of Deacon Linus Blair, of Wyocena (see his biography); has three children-Harry A., Genevieve L. and Albert W. Mrs. Webb is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He has 120 acres of land, and is a Republican.

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G. ACKERMAN, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Poynette ; was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1832; he removed with his parents to Waukesha Co., Wis., June, 1847 ; in the fall of that year, the family removed to Walworth Co .; they lived in Walworth and Racine Cos. about four years ; in 1851, his father removed to Columbia Co., and settled on a part of the farm which his son now owns, where he resided till his death in December, 1877 ; his mother died in Walworth Co. Mr. Ackerman was married in 1857 to Miss Maria Todd, born in the State of New York. He enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, in the 23d W. V. I .; except while a prisoner of war, he participated in all the battles and campaigns in which the 23d took part; he was taken prisoner at the battle of Sabine Cross Roads, October, 1863, but was exchanged after a few weeks ; was again taken prisoner the following spring, at the battle of Mansfield, and kept a prisoner till the close of the war. He has four children-Jennie, Emmett C., Maria and Herman F. His farm contains 200 acres.

JOHN BROWN, farmer and gardener, Sec. 5; P. O. Dekorra; was born in Scotland in 1808; he came to Wisconsin in 1840, and settled at Fort Atkinson, where he lived two years; thence to Cambridge, Dane Co .; he came to the village of Dekorra in 1851, where he kept a store till 1868, when he settled on his present farm, which he had purchased in 1859. He was married in Scotland to Marga- ret Geddes ; she died in 1871. Miss Jenny G. Brown, a niece of Mr. Brown's, born in 1854, has resided with him since her early childhood.

BENJAMIN S. BUCK, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Poynette; was born in Troy, N. Y., in 1818, where before removing West, he was engaged in cotton manufacturing for many years. He was married to Hannah Strackan, born in Scotland ; her parents removed to Troy, N. Y'., when she was a child. Mr. Buck came to Wisconsin and settled on his farm in the fall of 1857, but he had owned the land about fourteen years previous to that time ; in 1862, he left his farm and removed to St. Louis, where he was engaged as receiving clerk for the Excelsior Manufacturing Co. for fourteen years, when he returned to liis farm. Mr. Buck has had two children, neither of whom are living ; the older child, Henry M., was born in Troy, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1843; he enlisted in the 7th W. V. 1., in the spring of 1861; at the expiration of bis term of service he re-enlisted ; after participating in all the battles of the war in which his regiment was engaged, he was mortally wounded at the battle of the Wilderness. His second child, Mary I., was born in Troy, April 22, 1845, and died May 22, 1846. When Mr. Buck took possession of his farm, it was entirely unimproved ; he has now 40 acres improved; the farm contains 80 acres. He has been Chairman of the Board of Supervisors one term, also Town Clerk one term.

JOHN BINNIE, M. D., Poynette. Dr. Binnie was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland, Sept. 16, 1844; he came to the United States with his parents in 1851; they settled in MeDonough Co., Ill., where they lived ten years ; thence to the town of Caledonia, Columbia Co., in 1861 ; be began the study of medicine in 1866. with Dr. Waterhouse, of Portage ; he passed an examination before the State Board of Censors of the Wisconsin State Medical Society, June 17, 1870; attended his first course of lectures at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in the winter of 1868-69, second course in 1869-70, third in 1874-75, graduating Feb. 16, 1875; practiced medicine in Poynette before and since graduating. His first wife was Miss Josephine E. Axon, who died Jan. 9, 1876; his present wife was Miss Bridgetta A. Watters ; has one child by his second marriage, Mary J.

SAMUEL CARR, farmer, Sec. 5 ; P. O. Dekorra; was born in East Virginia in 1808; his parents removed to Western Virginia when he was 12 years of age, and thence to Washington Co., Penn., where the family lived for a number of years, when they went to Morgan Co., Ohio, where Mr. Carr was married to Miss Sarah R. Shannon ; he removed to Highland Co., Ohio, in 1846 ; he came to Columbia Co. in the spring of 1852, and settled where he now lives. Mr. Carr has followed the occupation of farm- ing the greater part of his life; for about sixteen years, he owned the Dekorra Mill, during which time he followed the occupation of milling; was appointed, in 1868, one of seven Farm Mortgage Land Com- missioners, whose duty it is to sell certain lands deeded to them by the railroad companies to indemnify, in part, what was lost by farmers in mortgaging their lands; this office, which he received from the Govern- ment of the State of Wisconsin, he still holds. His wife died Dec. 7, 1879; he has four children-Ruth A., wife of Rev. Newel Griffith ; Joseph S., George and James M .; Temperance, who married Mr. W. C. Allen, died April 7, 1876 ; two other children died in infancy; Joseph S., lawyer by profession, resides at San Antonio, Tex .; James M., also a lawyer, lives at Chippewa Falls, Wis.

FRANK A. DOLE, proprictor of Lower Mills, Poynette ; born in Greenfield, Mass., Nov. 21, 1855; he was the son of Augustus O. Dole, who was born in Franklin Co., Mass., Feb. 11, 1816; he

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was a miller and millwright by trade; came to Wisconsin in 1856, and settled in the town of Arlington, Columbia Co., whence he removed to Poynette, in 1866. He was married to Sarah E. Bush, of Spring- field, Mass., born Oct. 6, 1820; they had three children-Nellie, now Mrs. S. F. Joseph, of Neillsville, and Frank A .; lost second child-Florence E., who died in 1873, in her 22d year. Mr. Dole has been a member of the Legislature and held various town offices ; he died Dec. 7, 1876. Frank A. assumed the ownership and control of the mill property on the death of his father.

JESSE FISH, farmer, Sec. 25 ; P. O. Poynette ; was born in Canada in February, 1828. He was married to Mary York, born in the State of New York ; he came to Columbia Co. in 1859, and set- tled where he now lives ; his farm contains 160 acres ; he has four children-Samuel. Elias, Ilarry and Deborah.

JOHN FORSYTHE, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Poynette; born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, about 1817. He was married to Margaret Simpson ; they came to the United States in 1853; lived in Buffalo, N. Y., about two years ; then came to Columbia Co., and settled on Sec. 35, Dekorra, where they lived three years ; then removed to the town of Arlington, where they lived about three years; then returned to the town of Dekorra and settled on present farm ; they have one son-John ; farm contains 80 acres.

JOHN FULTON, merchant and farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Dekorra; was born in Scotland in 1820; he came to the United States in the fall of 1849; has resided in Columbia Co. since that time. He purchased land in what is now the town of Caledonia, soon after he came to the county ; he was for twelve years engaged in the mercantile business in Portage.City; he now resides in what was once the thriving village of Dekorra, where he is engaged as merchant and farmer, and where he owns considerable property. His first wife was Elizabeth McMillan, a sister of James R. McMillan ; his present wife was Mrs. Catherine Church.

THOMAS HAGAN, boot and shoe dealer, Poynette ; was born in Canada in February, 1848. He came to Portage with his parents about 1850; his father now resides in the town of Arlington. Mr. Hagan engaged in business in Poynette in 1868. He was married to Bridget O'Shaughnessy, born in Vermont ; they have three children-Milo C., Mary C. and Joseph T.

HENRY HALL, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Hartman ; was born in Canada in 1834. He came to Columbia Co. in 1857 ; has resided where he now lives since that time. He was married to Mrs. Mary S. Cook ; she was born in Attiea, N. Y., in 1815; her first husband was Christopher Randall, with whom she came to Columbia Co. in 1842; Mr. Randall died in March, 1856; she afterward married Samuel Cook, who died in 1860; she was married to Mr. Hall in 1862. Mrs. Hall has three children by her first marriage- Margaret, Jane and Susan. Lost two children, the eldest and youngest. Farm contains 175 acres.

JOSEPH HARTMAN, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Hartman ; was born in West Virginia ; his parents removed to Ohio when he was a boy. He was married to Mary Ann Grier, a native of Ireland. He removed to Carroll Co., Ind., in 1838, where he purchased a farm, and worked at his trade, that of a blacksmith ; he came to Columbia Co. in the fall of 1849, and settled where he now lives ; his farm con- tains 180 acres. Mr. Hartman has been Postmaster of Hartman Post Office for nine years; has been Justice of the Peace for twenty-six years. He has six children-Alvanus, Melvin W., Zilpha, Anna J., Ella and Evert.

J. R. HASTIE, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Dekorra ; the son of Mr. Archibald Hastie, of the town of Dekorra ; the family came from Vermont in 1856. Mr. J. S. Hastie was born in the town of Barnet, Vt., in 1843. 1le was married to Miss Sarah Reedal, daughter of Henry Reedal. He has taught thirteen terms of school in Columbia Co .; is Chairman of Board of Supervisors ; his farm con- tains 80 aeres ; has one child-Grace.

HUGH JAMIESON, capitalist. Poynette; was born in Scotland, May, 1829; he came to Wisconsin from Scotland in the spring of 1848; came to Columbia Co. in the spring of 1849, and, with his brother-in-law, Robert Wilson, purchased one quarter of Sec. 34, Dekorra. He was married to Lucy Thomas, whose parents, Samuel and B. Thomas, came to Columbia Co., from Pennsylvania, in 1848 ; they have had nine children, seven of whom are living-Hugh P., William W., Addison J., Janet, John, Samuel and Alice. Mr. Jamieson has always been actively and extensively engaged in business ; for the first fifteen years of his residence here, he kept hotel in connection with his farming business ; he built the Poynette House in 1858, which he conducted for about ten years ; he built the elevator in 1871 ; has been engaged in the grain and lumber trade since 1871. Mr. Jamieson has been very successful in his business relations and the village of Poynette owes much of its growth and prosperity to his energy and ability as a business man.

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JAMES LUTHER, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Hartman ; was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., in 1822; his parents, William and Mary Luther, natives of Rhode Island, removed to the State of New York, and thence to Erie Co., Penn., when he was about 4 years of age; he came to Columbia Co. in 1854, and settled on his present farm in 1855. His first wife was Miss Alfreda Fish, who died March 31, 1861 ; his present wife was Mrs. Betsey Marsh, a sister of his former wife ; he had six children by first marriage, four of whom are now living-Annetta, Lovina, Lester and George P .; the two lost died in infancy ; has three children by present marriage-Lovilla, William and Caroline I. Mr. Luther has 185 acres of land ; was a member of the Board of Supervisors for five years.

O. C. LUTHER, farmer, P. O. Poynette ; was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., March, 1825 ; he came to Wisconsin in 1847, but went to Illinois, where he resided five years, when he came to Columbia Co., settled in Sec. 25, town of Dekorra ; he resided where he first settled about sixteen years, when he purchased his present farm of 100 acres, adjoining the village of Poynette ; he still owns his farm in Sec. 25, which contains 240 acres. Mr. Luther was married to Miss R. Ackerman, born in Jefferson Co., N. Y .; they have seven children-Madora, Oliver C., Loda, Charles, Alida, Clarence and George.

JOHN McCARTAN, farmer and teacher, Sec. 32; P. O. Poynette ; is the son of Daniel McCartan, who emigrated from Ireland to Canada about 1834, where he was engaged in teaching ; he came to Columbia in 1846, and settled on a part of the farm which his son John now owns; he was accidentally killed in 1863. John was born on the farm where he now lives July 6, 1850. He was married to Harriet Hagan, daughter of John Hagan ; has one child-Daniel. Has taught eight winter terms of school in Columbia Co., five in the town of Dekorra ; his farm contains about 500 acres.

WILLIAM McDONALD, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Poynette. Mr. McDonald has been a resident of Dekorra Township since 1838; he was born in Scotland, in June, 1803; he emigrated to Canada in 1832; went to New York City in 1836, to Detroit the following winter, and to Green Bay in 1837, where he remained till March, 1838, when he came to Columbia Co., and located in the village of Dekorra, where he built a store, the first in the town; he went to Madison in the fall of that year, where he worked at his trade, that of a carpenter ; he exchanged his store at Dekorra for 160 acres of land, al part of the farm of 400 acres which he now owns. He was married to Ann Patterson, born in Norway ; they have seven children-William, James, Elisabeth, Martha, Hector, John and Ronald.

JOHN MCKENZIE, proprietor of Dekorra Mills; was born in Scotland in 1832; he came to New York with his parents, Peter and Christina Burgess Mckenzie, in 1844; his father settled in Racine Co., Wis., where he lived five years, then came to Dekorra and entered a farm in Sec. 6, where he now resides. Mr. John McKenzie remained in the city of New York and vicinity till April, 1846, when he came to Dekorra ; in 1857, he bought a farm in Sec. 23 ; purchased a mill of Mr. Samuel Carr in 1868. He was married to Mary Wilson, daughter of James Wilson ; have eight children-Mary, Peter, James, William, John, Christina, Kenneth and Janct. Mr. James Wilson, father of Mrs. MeKenzie, was among the carly prominent settlers of Columbia Co .; he was born in Scotland in 1802. Married to Mary Robertson, sister of Thomas Robertson ; they had four sons and six daughters, all of whom are living except one son, William, who died in June, 1866. Mr. Mckenzie came from Scotland to Columbia Co. in 1842, and settled there in what is now the town of Caledonia; he settled in the town of Dekorra in 1850, and died Aug. 5, 1878.

JAMES REEDAL, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Dekorra; son of Henry and Sarah Reedal. Mr. Reedal owns the homestead left by his father, where, with his family and his mother, he resides. He vas married to Elisabeth Buckley ; they have two children-Blanche and May. His farm contains 160 acres.

JOHN REEDAL, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Dekorra; is a native of Yorkshire, England, born ajout 1830 ; his father emigrated to this country about 1831 ; resided in Michigan about six years ; thence to Illinois, where he lived about thirteen years ; came to Columbia Co. in June, 1849; in the fall of that year, the family settled in Sec. 17, Dekorra ; afterward settled where his son James now lives. Mr. John Recdal was married to Miss Mary McKenzie ; has three children-Peter E., George B. and Sarah S. Farm contains 110 acres.

WILLIAM REEDAL, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Dekorra; is a son of Henry Reedal ; he was bom in Illinois in 1838. He was married to Rose B. Hastie, daughter of Archibald Hastie; they have three children-Ellen, Edna and Horace. Farm contains 217 acres, where he settled in November, 1965.

WILLIAM G. ROBINSON, harness-maker, Poynette ; was born in Milwaukee in 1845 ; his father was born in the State of New York ; his mother was a native of England ; his father died in Milwaukee in 1848 ; his mother, with her family, removed to Waukesha Co., about 1854; thence to Sauk Co., and to Columbia Co., in 1861. Mr. Robinson began his apprenticeship to the trade of harness-maker,

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at Pardeeville, with Noah Benedict in 1863, but enlisted February, 1864, in the 36th W. V. I., and served until the close of the war; he participated in the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Hatch's Run, and in all the battles which his regiment took part in; after his enlistment at the close of the war, he returned to Pardeeville, and resumed his apprenticeship; he located in Poynette, September, 1867. He was married to Miss W. M. Dusenburry ; they have one child-Hattie E .; lost one child.

DR. E. FRED RUSSELL, merchant, Poynette ; born in 1834, in Eaton, Canada East ; his parents removed to Addison, Vt., when he was 4 years of age, where he lived until he was 18 years of age; he was then engaged on the Rutland & Burlington R. R., for about two years; he came to Colum- bia Co. in 1854, on a visit to his parents, who had preceded him to Wisconsin ; he then went to Madison, where he was engaged as book-keeper and ticket agent for one year; in the spring of 1856, he went to McGregor, Iowa, where he was engaged in the commission and forwarding business until August, 1857 ; he then returned to Columbia Co., and engaged in the study of medicine with Dr. L. A. Squires, of Lodi ; attended a course of lectures at Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1859, and graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1861; he settled in Poynette in June of that year, and engaged in the practice of medicine, until 1870, when, on account of failing health, he discontinued the practice of his profession. Dr. Russell opened the pioneer drug store in Poynette io 1857 ; sold his interest therein in 1869, and engaged in the general merchandise business, which he has followed since that time. He was married to Estella L. Waldron, formerly from Vermont ; they have one son-Harry L., born March, 1866.

ISAAC C. SARGENT, Postmaster, Poynette; was born in Saratoga, N. Y., in 1821 ; he came to Dane Co., Wis., in 1851; he removed to the town of Leeds, Columbia Co., in the spring of 1851, and engaged in farming on Sec. 16 ; he came to Poynette in the fall of 1862, purchased a farm adjoining the village of Poynette, which he sold in 1877 ; has been Postmaster since 1871 ; Mr. Sargent is a painter by trade, which business he followed for many years. His first wife was Eliza J. Dodge, boru in New Hampshire. His present wife was Mrs. Isabella C. Rice, daughter of Adam Van Slyck, native of New York. Mr. Sargent has four children by first marriage-Abba J. (now Mrs. Joseph Townsend), Julia B. (now Mrs. R. R. Lloyd), Charles W. and Arthur.

MATHIAS SCOFIELD, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Poynette; was boro in Walworth Co .. Wis., in 1847; he is the son of Sands R. Scofield ; he located where he now lives in the spring of 1874. He was married to Mary E. Rhoades ; they have four children-Joshua B., Mary A. Orpha D. and Eugene R. Mr. Seofield has 60 acres of land. He was elected Town Treasurer in the spring of 1879.

SANDS L. SCOFIELD, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Poynette; was born in Westchester Co., N. Y., in 1835. His parents, Sands R. and Mahala Seofield, removed to Racine Co., Wis., in 1844, and to Columbia Co. May, 1850 ; his parents settled on the farm where he now lives, where his father died. April, 1859 ; his mother died in 1867. He was married to Vesta L. Packard, whose parents came to Columbia Co. in the fall of 1849; they have five children-Ida, Vesta, Lewis, Sanford J. and Ella L. Mr. Scofield enlisted Sept. 1, 1864, in 42d W. V. I .; served till close of the war. He has been Town Clerk for five years. His farm contains 135 acres.

LUCIUS A. SQUIRE, physician and druggist, Poynette ; was born in New Haven, Addisor Co., Vt., April 8, 1825 ; his father was also a physician, and native of Vermont. Dr. Squire was a stu dent of Prof. W. Goldsmith, of Castleton, Vt .; he graduated at Castleton Medical College in the fall of 1851; he practiced medicine at Clarendon Springs, Vt., for two years; in 1854. he came West, and formed a copartnership with Dr. R. K. Bell, of Token Creek, Dane Co., Wis., where he remained one year; he then located at Leeds Center, Columbia Co., where he remained till 1876, when he came to Poynette. He was married in the spring of 1856, to Miss Louisa J. Howard, also born in Addison Co., Vt .; one son, Mally, born June, 1866. Dr. Squire belongs to that class of men generally known as self-made men, and bas not only attained to considerable eminence in his profession, but has also been one of the foremost in enter- prises of public interest ; he was Town Superintendent of Schools for the town of Leeds for several years ; was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for several terms ; started the first store in Leeds in 1856; secured the post office at Leeds Center and was the first Postmaster, being appointed in 1857; he bought che farm known as the John C. Baker farm, at Leeds Center, in 1863; this farm contains 160 acres, and is one of the best improved farms in the county.

EDWIN F. TILLOTSON, proprietor of " American House," Poynctte ; is the son of Stephen Tillotson, of the town of Dekorra. He was born in Erie Co., Ohio, in 1849. His parents came to Columbia Co. in the fall of 1850, and settled in Sec. 13, town of Dekorra, where he now lives. Mr. Tillotson was married to Anna Ellis, born in England in 1854. They have two children-Louiss and Sarah ; lost their first child-a daughter.

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E. B. THOMAS, carpenter and builder, Poynette ; was born in Canada East in 1829; his parents were natives of New Hampshire ; they removed to the State of New York when he was 7 years of age; he came to Columbia Co. in 1857, and settled in Arlington ; Mr. Thomas located in Poynette in 1868. He was married to Miss Jane E. Philips, of New York State; they have five children-Cora, John. Mina, Roy and Ely. Mr. Thomas was engaged in farming while a resident of the town of Arling- ton, but is by trade a carpenter and builder, and has erected many of the best buildings in Poynette and elsewhere.

JAMES TOMLINSON, farmer, Sec. 36, P. O. Poynette ; was born in Yorkshire, England, in May, 1831. His father's family emigrated to this country in the fall of 1842; they lived in Jefferson Co., N. Y., for two years ; then removed to Canada, where they lived five years ; they came to Columbia Co. in 1849. His father settled where his son James now lives ; he afterward removed to Poynette, where he at one time owned most of the land now occupied by that village. He died in August, 1874. Mr. Tom- linson's mother died in February of the same year. Ife was married to Emma C. Bowles, born in Jeffer- son Co., N. Y .; has five children-E. K., James S., Arthur B., Minnie and Alberta. 'Farm contains 110 acres.

JOHN WILSON, farmer and stock-dealer, Poynette; is a son of one of the early settlers of Columbia Co. His father was Mr. Robert Wilson, who came to Columbia Co. from Scotland in 1849, and settled in Sec. 34, town of Dekorra, where he lived about seven years; he then removed to the town of Buffalo, Marquette Co., where he lived about seven years ; then returned to Columbia Co., and settled in Arlington Township, where died about 1873. His mother still lives in the town of Arlington. John was born in Scotland in 1845 ; he has been a resident of Columbia Co. since his parents returned from Mar- quette Co. He was married to Louisa Calkins, daughter of H. Calkins, of the town of Arlington. Has four children-Nellie, Vine, Edith and Robert. He owns a farm in the town of Leeds, of 133 acres ; is engaged in farming and stock-raising.

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The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 174

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