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HULL HEWETT, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Iron Ridge ; born in Oneida Co., N. Y., May 6, 1816 ; spent his early life and was educated in his native State ; came to Dodge Co. in 1852, and settled on a partially improved farm in the town of Hubbard ; here he lived twenty-three years, selling this farm and locating on his present farm of sixty acres Oct. 12, 1875; he has completely repaired and repainted the building. and made a pleasant home. He married Miss Jane E. Teft Oet. 14, 1845 ; Mrs. Hewett was horn in Oneida Co., N. Y., where their two children, Mary J. and Henry, were born. Henry Hewett is now a Howard Co. ( Neb.) farmer. Mr. Hewett is a Republican in politics and a Universalist in religion
THOMAS HIGGINS, engineer and machinist, Horicon ; born in Erie Co., N. Y., Sept. 2, 1840 ; son of C. L. Higgins, who was born in Chester Co., N. H., Feb. 1, 1812, and who removed to New York State in 1831, afterward living about sixteen years in Canada ; the family then came to Waukesha Co., Wis., and, after two years, went to Rockford, Ill. Mr. H. married Miss Jane Reed in 1837, and, in Rockford, their only son, Thomas, learned engineering; the family settled in Horicon in April, 1857, where the elder Mr. Higgins has a shop and store, making and selling everything in the cabinet line. Thomas Higgins worked as a molder in a foundry about eight years ; was in the Van Brunt & Barber machine- shop two years, and with Van Brunt & Davis three years ; he has been engineer in the Horicon flouring- mill since 1876. Married Miss Alleathe White Nov. 25, 1865; they have two sons-Charles and George. Thomas Higgins is a member of Horicon Lodge, I. O. O. F., and, with his father, is independent in pol- itics.
ENOCH HOOD, pattern-maker, Horicon; born in Steuben Co., N. Y., Feb. 16, 1827; was educated and learned his trade in his native State ; removed to Woodstock, Ill., in 1854, and, after a year, removed to Dodge Co., Wis., for change of climate, locating in Horicon; he was several years in the employ of the M. & 11. R. R; settled on a farm, in the town of Hubbard, in 1860, and, after about fifteen years of farming, returned, with his family, to Iloricon ; has been, for about eight years, in the employ of the Van Brunt & Davis Co. He married Miss Mary E. Clark Sept. 18, 1850; they have three living children-Seymour C., M. May and Ella. Mr. Hood is a Republican and an active member of the Pres- byterian Church, Horicon, having been, for twenty years past, Ruling Elder and Trustee of the society. Ilis son, S. C. Hood, is a graduate of the Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, and a practicing physi- cian in Lanesboro, Minn.
A. INGLIS, of A. Inglis & Sons, Iloricon ; born in Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1819 ; came to Amer- ica in 1834. spent sixteen years in Canada and came to Marquette Co., Wis., in 1850 ; in 1852, he settled in Horicon ; was a carpenter by trade ; has been in his present business seven years. Ile married Miss Mary Kennedy in 1844; they have four children-Andrew J., Addie, Charles W. and Clement. Mr. Inglis is Independent in politics and is a Master Mason of Horicon Lodge. He is the inventor and manu- facturer of the Horicon Automatic Windmill; this mill is so constructed that it turns to the wind with the least change of its direction ; by the pressure of the wind on the face of the sail, the millhead and spider are pushed toward the driver, furling the sails or laying them parallel with the main shaft and with the course of the wind ; as the sails are then presented endways to the wind, the firm warrant the mill to stand in any wind where farm buildings can stand; the mill has been sold through the greater part of the
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United States, and gives the best of satisfaction, the sales for 1879 more than doubling those of 1878; the firm also deal in all kinds of piping and iron pumps, and have, in the shops, a variety of wood and iron working machinery, run by steam.
S. B. KELLOGG, dealer in real estate, money, ete., Horicon ; born in Hampden Co., Mass., May 23, 1823; spent his early life and was educated in his native State; came to Dodge Co., Wis., June, 1844 ; not a white man on the site of Horicon at this time; he returned East in August, 1844, and mar- ried Miss Catherine M. Bidwell Sept. 18, 1844 ; they then settled on a piece of wild Government land in the town of Clyman ; built a log house and began life as pioneers ; in 1852, Mr. Kellogg sold his farm, spent a short time in his native State and went to California in 1833; was in the gold mines eighteen months, returning to Wisconsin in 1855 ; resided in the town of Lowell one year, and then located in Oak Grove Village; in March, 1860, he settled and has since lived in Horicon. Mr. Kellogg has business interests in various parts of Minnesota and Iowa, owning an interest in the flouring-mill at West Mitchell, Iowa. He is a Republican in politics. Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg have a pleasant home in the village, which they have occupied since October, 1878; they have one daughter-Ella L., who is married and a resident of lowa.
AUGUST KOPPITSH, car repairer, Horicon ; born in Prussia, July 29, 1824; came to America in 1854, and worked two years on a Dodge County farm ; has since worked for the C., M. & St. P. R. R. Co .; was, for some time, on a gravel train, and was employed for seven long years in pumping water at the lloricon tark, having no Sundays to himself all this time; he stood for two years on a plat- form in the well at his work ; has been a car repairer for eleven years past. He married Miss Sophia Ronkowitz in 1856; they have three children-Anna, Lena and Emma. Mr. Koppitsh is a Democrat, and a member of the Evangelical Association of N. A.
H. B. MARSH, blacksmith, Horicon ; born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., April 21, 1822; he speut his early life and was educated in his native State ; eame to Kenosha, Wis., in 1843, which point he made his base of operations for three years spent in the lumber trade in Wisconsin and Michigan; in Novem- ber, 1846, he settled in Horicon and began working at his trade, which he followed twenty five years, and was also, for many years, owner of a livery stable. Mr. Marsh bought and thoroughly repaired the Hia- watha Mills, Horicon, in 1874, which he sold, March, 1878 ; he is still in charge of the mill. Mr. Marsh built the second house on the business side of the river in Horicon, and afterward built many more. He married Miss Emily F. Eggleston Nov. 29, 1855; they have six children-F. E., Willie, Louie, May, Harrie and Carrie. Mr. Marsh is an old-time Republican, and was the first Clerk of the village to do actual business, the original ordinanees were written by him; he has also been Town Clerk, and is now a Village Trustee ; he is a member of both the Lodge and Chapter A. F. & A. M., and has been W. M. of the Lodge and H. P. of the Chapter.
G. L. MELCHER, of Melcher & Co., Horicon ; son of George Melcher, who came to Dodge Co., Wis., in 1847, and settled as a pioneer on a farm in the town of Hubbard ; here G. L. Melcher was born June 9, 1853; he was educated in the Horieon High School, and lived on the farm until Novem- ber, 1871, when he entered the store of D. Naber, Mayville, as clerk; after seven months he entered the store of A. W. Straw, where he remained until March 1, 1877, when he and his father bought the store and stock ; he now has a complete stock of dry goods and groceries, hats and caps, boots and shoes, cloth- ing, trunks, traveling bags, fancy goods, corsets, kid gloves, hosiery, notions, etc. ; has done a strictly eash business since November, 1878 ; Mr. Meleher has the largest storeroom in town ; feels satisfied with the business done in the past, and invites the continued patronnge of residents of Horicon and vicinity. He married Mis Amelia Lindemer in December, 1876. Mr. Melcher is independent in politics, and of church or secret societies.
CHARLES MILLER, lumber and eoal dealer, Horicon ; born in Prussia March 6, 1841 ; came to America in 1846 with his parents, who settled in Washington Co., Wis .; here Mr. Miller was educated and lived until he was 18, when he went to Michigan and engaged in the lumber business until 1875, when he located in Horicon, and opened a lumber-yard ; he has all kinds of pine lumber, doors, sash blinds and moldings, ete. ; also deals in the best of hard coal ; having the only business of the kind in town, he invites the continued patronage of the people; Mr. Miller owns a farm of 100 aeres in the town of Oak Grove. Married Miss Elizabeth Silbach, October, 1866 ; they have seven children-Hubbard, William, Annie, Charles, Henry, Julius and Della. Mr. Miller is a Democrat, and a member of the Horicon Catholic Church.
A. H. OTTO, hardware merchant, Horieon ; born in Williamstown, Dodge Co., Wis., Feb. 11, 1856; has spent his life, and been educated in Dodge Co. ; was in the Horicon High School three years, learned his trade as tinner in Horicon, and began business in 1875; he now has a large and complete
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stock of everything found in a retail hardware store, and is doing a satisfactory and increasing business ; his sales of 1879 have doubled those of any former year. He married Miss Friedrike Zietler Nov. 28, 1878. Mr. Otto is a Democrat, and a Lutheran in religion.
CHARLES OTIS PAIGE, merchant, Iron Mountain; born in Salem, Mass., July 1, 1821; spent his early life, and was educated in Dracu;, Mass. ; at 16, he entered the Stark Mills, Man- ch ster, N. II., and there continued about thirteen years ; came to Waukesha, Wis., in 1855; was clerk in Cushinan's Hotel six months, and locate Hin Rubicon, Dodge Co., in December, 1856; was one of the found- ers of the village, as he erected the depot and other buildings ; here he was in the grain and mercantile business about seven years, and was the first Postmaster, resigning in 1862; was also Treasurer of that town; in June, 1863, he located in Iron Mountain, built his store and several other buildings, which he now owns, and began his present business ; he has a large and complete stock of any and everything to meet a gen- eral trade, including drugs and medicines, school-books, stationery, etc. ; Mr. Paige also owns about eleven acres of land in the village, and several houses. He married Miss E. A. Tefft July 25, 1858 ; they have one child-Lillian Olivia. Mr. Paige is a Republican of Greenback tendencies ; he is also the owner of two farms, one of 143 acres, in Ironton, Sauk Co., Wis., and one of 131 acres near East Newmarket, Md.
EDWIN N. PALMER, foreman of the Van Brunt and Davis Co. Seeder Works, Horicon ; born in Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 26, 1833; his parents removed to Lake Co., III., in 1841, where he lived until the death of his mother, in 1845; he learned the carpenter's trade in Janesville, Wis., where he worked three years ; was then a resident of Beloit until Sept. 9, 1861, when he enlisted in the 4th W. Light Artillery ; was stationed in Fortress Monroe, Virginia, and witnessed the famous Monitor and Merrimack fight; was at Suffolk, Va., during Longstreet's siege, had some fighting at West Point, Va., spent several months at Yorktown and wintered at Getty's Station ; in the spring of 1864, the battery was with Gen. B. F. Butler on the James River, and saw much hard service; was defeated at one time, and forced to intrench at Point of Rocks; the battery was soon after mounted as horse artillery and operated around Richmond and Petersburg with Kutz's cavalry; Mr. Palmer was with his battery in every battle and skirmish, and was dis- charged atter serving more than his time of service ; he re-enlisted in February, 1865, in the 47th W. V. 1. ; was quartered with the regiment at Tullahoma, Tenn., and did scouting duty in Tennessee and Alabama, till the war closed ; on his return North, he spent a year in Beloit and a year in Rockton, Ill. ; was then three years in Richland and Sauk Cos., Wis. ; locited, December, 1872, in Horicon, and was made fore- man of the Van Brunt & Davis Shops in 1874. He married Miss Elizabeth Bowers Dec. 25, 1874; they have one son, Guy, born Oct. 29, 1876. Mr. Palmer is a Republican, and a member of Myrtle Lodge, I. O. O. F., Beloit.
S. H. PALMER, foreman of the Van Brunt & Barber Seeder Works, Horicon; born in Ulster Co., N. Y., Jan. 11, 1828; his school-boy days were spent in his native State, and he lived ten years in New York City, where he learned the carpenter's trade; settled in Horicon in 1861; has followed his trade during the summer season, and worked in winter in the seeder factory; was made foreman of the shops in 1863, and has since held the position. Mr. Palmer is a Republican and a member of Horicon Lodge A., F. & A. M., and Horicon Chapter R. A. M.
J. B. PHELPS, machinist, Horicon ; born in Syracuse, N. Y., May 29, 1839 ; was educated in his native State, and came to Horicon, April, 1355; was at once employed as machinist by the old M. & H. R. R. Co .; learning his trade, was about six years on the road as engineer, and about one year in the roundhouse ; was appointed general engine and car repairer on the N. Division C., M. & St. P. R. R., and has held the position over twelve years. Married Miss Delia A. Jacobs Feb. 27, 1862 ; they have one son-Benjamin S., born Jan. 28, 1864. Mr. Phelps is a Republican and a member of Horicon Lodge, No. 40. A., F. & A. M.
MILES PLUCK, foreman of the blacksmith shops, C., M. & St. P. R. R., Horicon ; born in County Wicklow, Ireland, May 31, 1828; came to America in 1852; worked three years in the great locomotive works at Taunton, Mass., and came to Milwaukee in 1855; was in the employ of the MI & M. R. R. Co. two years ; settled in Horicon in 1857, and worked in the shops of the old M. & H road ; in 1863, he was made foreman by the C., M. & St. P. Co., and has since held the position. Married Miss Jane Riley in 1854; they have six children-Timothy, now a conductor on the roid; Mary ; John, now a fireman on the road ; Thomas, Miles and Katie. Mr. Pluck is a Democrat ; is Treasurer, and one of the oldest members of the Horicon Catholic Church. He is also a member of St. Malachi's Total Abstinence Society.
G. F. RANDALL. drugs and groceries, Horicon ; born in Pittsford, Rutland Co., Vt., Aug. 29, 1846; was a stu lent at Pittsford and Castleton, in his native State; came to Horicon in 1864, and entered the store of Hall, Griswold & Messer; was in their employ about two years, and was then
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employed by Mr. Messer, learning the druggist business of him; in 1873, he purchased an interest with Mr. Messer, and the firm continued until March 1, 1876, when Mr. Randall bought the stock, and has sinee continued the business; he has a large and complete stock of groceries and drugs, paints and oils, wall-paper. school-books, stationery. etc. Mr. Randall is a Republican, and is a Village Trustse ; has been a member of the Horieon T. of H. since it was first organized.
C. W. REHFELD, insurance and machine agent, Horieon ; born in Germany Ang. 31, 1836; eame to America in 1856, and settled in Hustisford ; worked at anything to which he eould turn his hand until he enlisted, Nov. 22, 1861, in 16th W. V. I .; was in the battles of Shiloh and Corinth, was taken prisoner, held three weeks and paroled, rejoining the regiment February, 1863; he re-enlisted JJan. 3, 1864, in the same regiment, and was with Sherman in the siege of Atlanta, was in the pursuit of Gen. Hood, and was with Sherman on his famous " march to the sea." was also with him in the great march through the Carolinas, and witnessed the burning of Columbia, S. C .; Mr. Rehfeld was wounded at Ben- tonville, N. C., and was in a hospital in New York City about a year; he now draws a Government pen- sion. Returning to Horieon he began his present business in 1867 ; he is agent for the Mechanies' and N. W. Insurance Companies, Milwaukee, and sells the Canada Singer sewing machines, also farm machinery. He married Miss Frederike Hochschild May 5, 1867 ; they have five children-Mary, Emil, Powell, Eddy, and Ilerman. Mr. Rehfeld is Democrat, has been Constable and Justice of the Peace and is now Deputy Sheriff. He is a member of Horicon Lodge, No. 87, I. O. O. F.
HARVEY RICE, deceased ; born in the State of Rhode Island Sept. 14, 1786; his parents removed to Pittstown, N. Y., when he was only 6 weeks old; resided in New York State until 1846, when he removed with his family and spent one year in Chicago, III; he settled in Horicon in 1847, and bought a one-twelfth interest in the water power and village site, which he owned until his death, Feb. 7, 1864. He married Miss Sally C. Norton April 23, 1812, and left three sons-S. N., W. H., Albert T. and a daughter, Cornelia; Mrs. Rice died Feb. 20, 1870. Sylvester N. Riee was born in Granville, N. Y., in 1816 ; having spent three years in Chicago, he brought a stock of goods from that town to Horicon, in November, 1846, and, with W. M. Larribee, built a 40x40 two-story log store on the corner of Lake and Vine streets ; after about eighteen months, Mr. Riee sold his interest, and, with his brother, W. H., built and operated the first turning-shop in Horicon-which was burned ; Mr. Rice afterward lived five years in Chicago, and, on his return, took a position in the Van Brunt Seeder Works, where he is now employed as a pattern-maker. He is a stanch Republican, and was the first Postmaster of Horieon, and was general agent for the non-resident proprietors of the Horicon water-power many years ; he is a charter member of Horicon Lodge, No. 40, A., F. & A. M. William II. Rice was born in Pittstown, N. Y., in 1822 ; was with his father in Chicago, and came with him to Horieon ; has since been a resident ; began werk for the Van Brunt Seeder Company in 1863, and has since been constantly in this employ; is hy trade a pattern-maker. Mr. Rice is an old-time Republican, and a member of Horicon Lodge, No. 87, I. O. O. F., and, like his brother, S. N .. is a member of Horicon Temple of Honor. Albert T. Riee is now book-keeper in the First National Bank, of Council Bluffs, łowa.
DAVID M. ROBERTS, grain-dealer, Iron Ridge ; born in Iron Ridge, Dodge Co., Wis., Dec. 27, 1849 ; son of Vincent and Ann Roberts ; Mr. Roberts has spent his life and received his educa- tion in his native county ; is now proprietor of the Iron Ridge Elevator. In politics, a Republican. He married Miss Wilhelmina Favour. Feb. 17, 1875 ; they have two children-Anna and Courtland.
VINCENT ROBERTS, farmer, and dealer in money, land, etc., Iron Ridge ; born in Llane- gryn, Meironythshire, North Wales, March 10, 1818; his parents emigrated to Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1823 ; here he was educated, learning the trade of carpenter of his father. On Dee. 28, 1842, he mar- ried Miss Ann Jones, born in Marcy, Oneida Co., N. Y., Feb. 3, 1822; in May, 1845, he removed with his wife and eldest son, William, to a farm in Emmet, Dodge Co., Wis .; here his second and third sous, John and Vineent were born. Settled on his present farm in May, 1848 ; bought heavily timbered land of a " squatter," and did real pioneer work in chopping and elearing, living the first summer in a small log shanty ; he began with eighty acres, and now has 260 acres of well-improved land with the best of build- ings ; also owns ninety acres on Section 17, and village lots in Iron Ridge and Junemu. Mr. Roberts has always been a stanch Republican ; was commissioned Notary Public by Nelson Dewey, the first Governor of Wisconsin, and now holds such commissions from every succeeding Governor ; with no chance for eleetion in his Democratie district, he has been four times the Republican candidate for the Legislature ; was Town Clerk many years, collecting and arranging the original town records; has been Assessor and Supervisor ; was Highway Commissioner in 1847, and has been Justice of the Peace abont fifteen years. His seven oldest children are sons, and his three youngest dinghters; the seven youngest were born on the homestead, and all reside in the county ; William, the oldest, is an engineer ; John is a live-stock dealer ;
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Vincent is a confirmed invalid ; David M. owns the Iron Ridge Elevator ; George W. owns the May- ville Elevator ; Adam C. is in company with John, and Watson is in charge of the homestead, where he lives with his father, mother and sisters-Lydia A., Mary and Lovina. Mr. Roberts may fairly be called a successful pioneer farmer of the county, and is closely identified with its history and progress.
A. F. SCHWANTZ, farmer, Secs. 3, 4 and 10; P. O. Horicon; born in Prussia Aug. 18, 1828; came to America in 1856, and settled on his present farm of ninety acres ; began with forty acres of dense forest, in which not a tree had been cut; built a log house, and went at his pioneer work of clearing and improving ; he now has a well-improved farm with good buildings; at the time of his settle- ment there were only two German families in his School District ; now all except one family are Germans. Mr. Schwantz is a Democrat, and was Town Supervisor two years during the war, having a trying task to fill out the town quotas. He married Miss Henrietta Krueger April 10, 1856 ; they have four children -Linna, Theodore, Otto and Emma. The family are Lutherans.
HENRY F. SCHULTZE, furniture manufacturer and dealer, Horicon ;born in Prussia in 1852 ; came to America in 1857, with his parents, who settled in Monroe Co., N. Y .; here he attended school, and began to learn cabinet making; he has been in Michigan and other States, and, having learned the business, began in Horicon in 1876; has the largest and most complete stock of furniture, picture frames, trunks, baby carriages, etc., in town ; also has everything in the undertaking line, including hearse; Mr. Shultze invites the patronage of the people, and will guarantee satisfaction in price and quality of goods and work. He is Independent in politics, and is a Lutheran in religion.
CHAUNCEY SHELDON, Agent C., M. & St. P. R. R. Co., and F., A. & F. R. R. Co., Iron Mountain ; born in Warsaw, Wyoming Co., N. Y., July 22, 1844; in the spring of 1845, his par- ents settled on 200 aeres of Government land in Portland, Dodge Co., Wis .; his father, James Sheldon, had little to begin with, and did genuine pioneer-work in cutting, burning and clearing the timber; no roads and bridges existed, and his nearest neighbor was seven miles distant. Chauncey Sheldon worked with him and attended school until August, 1863, when he made a visit to his native State, and enlisted in the 147th N. Y. V. I .; was with the regiment in cleven hard fought battles, including Centerville, Haymarket, Thoroughfare Gap, Brandy Station, Mine Run, Kellogg's Ford, Culpepper Court House, Pleasant Hill, Slaughter Mountain and the desperate struggle of the Wilderness, where part of his hand was shot away in a charge on a masked battery ; he was then detailed on the staff of Gen. Mills, serving his full time, and returning to Jefferson Co., Wis., in the fall of 1865; was a farmer until 1869, when he began railroad life as fireman on the C., M. & St. P. road ; was made agent April 15, 1870. He married Miss Sophia Foster, of Portland, April 8, 1866. Mr. Sheldon is a Republican, and a member of Iron Ridge Lodge, No. 155. I. O. O. F. His father removed with his family to Turner Co., Dakota, in 1872, and bought a large tract of Government land ; he was fatally injured by a runaway team, and died in 1874.
FRANKLIN B. SMILEY, Horicon; born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 1817; came to Horicon in 1854; was owner of a harness-shop for some time, and has for the past sixteen years been in the factory of Van Brunt & Barber and the Van Brunt & Davis Co. Mr. S. is a member of Horicon Lodge, A., F. & A. M., also the chapter, of which he was High Priest six successive years. He married Miss Harriet E. Wright Oct. 27, 1839, who died Dec. 22, 1861, leaving three children-Zebulon, Alice L. and George F. Oet. 12, 1864, he married Mrs. Elizabeth E. Warren ; Mrs. Smiley was the widow of C. F. Warren, who settled in Hubbard with his wife and two brothers in the spring of 1845. Mrs. Smiley was the first white woman in the town of Hubbard, and slept under the bark of trees which the men cut during the day. The young couple saw genuine pioneer experiences ; as after building a log honse on their claim, they made their furniture of the boxes in which their household goods were moved The " Bark Shanty " of the Warrens was a favorite stopping-place of the land-hunters of that day. Mr. Warren worked on the Mayville saw-mill, helped to lay out roads, build bridges and was in all respects a stirring, public-spirited pioneer ; he died Aug. 31, 1855, leaving two children-Frank M. and Jay B From her pleasant village home Mrs. S. looks back with pride and pleasure to her novel yet pleasant experiences as a Dodge County pioncer. Mrs. Smiley's son, Frank M. Warren, was 17 months old when they settled in llubbard, where he grew to manhood. On the breaking-out of the war, he enlisted in a three-months Illinois regiment, serving out his time; enlisted at Horicon in Co. H, 29th W. V. I., and lost his health and eyesight in his country's defense; was discharged at the close of the war, and died Aug. 31, 1869. Jay B. Warren, mechanic, was born in Ilubbard and lived in Horicon most of the time, until he was 19; he then went to Ohio, and has lived for the past eleven years in Garretsville, Ohio, where he has a pleasant home. Mr. Warren is a Royal Arch Mason.
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