The history of Dodge county, Wisconsin, containing its early settlement, growth an extensive and minute sketch of its cities war record, biographical sketches, Part 106

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MICHAEL KRAUS, farmer, Secs. 11 and 12 ; P. O. Beaver Dam ; was born in Germany in 1813; he came to America in 1845 and stopped for nine years in Chicago ; in the summer of 1855, he came to Dodge Co., Wis., bought a farm of eighty acres in Secs. 11 and 12, and has since made it his home. At Chicago in 1847, he married Miss Josephine, daughter of Peter and Magdaline Peters ; they have seven children-Annie ( now Mrs. George Aman, of Westford ), John (of Calamus), Josephine (now Mrs. John Rosenmeier, of Westford), Barbara (now Mrs. George E. Gergen, of Beaver Dam), Francis, Joseph and Sophia. They are members of the Catholic Church.

JOHN C. LONG, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Columbus; was born in Germany in 1806; is the son of Joseph Long; in the spring of 1854, he came to America and settled on a farm in Columbus, Columbia Co .. Wis., where he lived until 1863, when he bought a farm of 80 acres in Sec. 28, town of Calamus, where he has since lived. In 1829, he married Miss Margaret Kitzerow, of Germany; they had five children-Louisa, Annie, Sophia, John and Fred; Mrs. Long died Aug. 7, 1861. In 1868, he married Mrs. Sophia, widow of Fred Nevermann, of Columbus, she having, at the time of her second mar- riage, three children-Henry, Fred and Annie; since second marriage, they have four children-Charles, Louis. Ida and Lizzie. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

JOSEPH PETERS, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Beaver Dam ; was born in Bavaria in 1843, and is the son of Peter and Magdalena Peters ; in 1846, he came with his parents to America, and settled in Chicago, which was his home till 1855, whence they removed to the town of Calamus, Dodge Co., Wis, which has since been his home; in 1861, he bought a farm of 80 acres in southwest quarter of Sec. 1, to which he removed ten years after. In 1874, he was elected Town Treasurer of Calamus; was re- elected in 1877, 1878 and 1879. He was one of the originators of the Mutual Insurance Co. of Calamus in 1872; was a Director and agent of the Company for three or four years. Politically, Mr. Peters is a Democrat. In 1871. he married Miss Catharine, daughter of John and Theresa Rosenmeier, of the town of Beaver Dam, she being a native of Germany. They are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church; Mr. Peters has also been Secretary of the Church for two years, and was re-elected, Jan. 5, 1880, for the third term.

ROBERT W. ROBERTS (deceased), was the son of Robert Rogers, of Denbighshire, North Wales; born in May, 1816; his mother dying when he was quite young, he was raised by his grandfather ; in the summer of 1849, he came to America, and settled on a farm of 80 acres, in Sec. 30, town of Calamus, which, by his own industry and toil, he improved and increased to 133 acres, in same Section. Dec. 25, 1899, he married Miss Mary, daughter of Daniel and Ann Roberts, of the town of Elba, Dodge Co., Wis., she being a native of Carnarvonshire, North Wales, but an emigrant to Dodge Co. in 1845 ; Mr. Roberts died Feb. 26, 1875, leaving a widow, with three children, as follows-Robert M .; Ann, now Mrs. Edward P. Roberts, of Westford ; and William D. They are members of the Welsh M. E. Church.

ALEXANDER D. ROSS, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Beaver Dam ; the subject of this sketch is the third son of David and Helen Rose, nee Monroe, born in Rosskeen, Rosshire, Scotland, June 29, 1814; he was educated in the public school of his native county, and spent most of his early life with his parents on the farm ; in the summer of 1840, he took passage at Assint, Scotland, on board the ship Der- ron, on her voyage from Glasgow to the British Provinces, and landed at, Pietou, Nova Scotia, June 19, stopping at Pictou for four years, where he was engaged in various kinds of business; in 1844, he went to Providence. R. 1 .; thence direct to Boston, Mass., where for twelve years he was engaged in shipbuild- ing most of the time : he spent the winters of 1848-49-50 in Mobile and New Orleans, working at his trade; May 22, 1855, he came to Dodge Co., Wis., and bought a farm of 200 acres in Sec. 14, town of Calamus, which, by his own honest toil and industry, he has changed into a commodious home. At Bos- tou in 1855, be married Miss Christina, daughter of George and Elizabeth Mckay, of Nova Scotia; they have had eight children-Helen (deceased), Mary Ellen ( deceased ), David W., Eliza MI., George A., Clara J., Auna C. and Ada B. They are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Beaver Dam.

LOUIS RUSHLOW, farmer, Sees. 12 and 13; P. O. Beaver Dam; is a son of John B. Rushlow and Josephina Martell, natives of the district of Three Rivers, Lower Canada, but immigrants to Clinton Co., N. Y., in 1814, where Louis was born in 1827 ; in 1832, he with his parents removed to the town of Swanton, Franklin Co., Vt., where they both died-his father in 1853, and mother in 1871; when Il years old, Louis went to live with Mr. V. S. Ferris, proprietor of a large flouring-mill, at Swan- ton ; he attended school for the first two winters, his teachers being the poet John G. Saxe and his brother :

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when not in school, he was learning the miller's trade; he was next a cook on board a steamer on Lake Champlain, and by the year 1846 he became quite a sailor, as well as cook and miller; he was then employed by Mr. Catlin, proprietor of the Catlin Mills, of Burlington, Vt., and also of a line of steamers on Lake Champlain ; the first three years of his stay at Burlington were in the mill, but the last six sum- mers he was Captain of a steamer on the lake for Mr. Catlin, spending the winters in the mill, however ; in May, 1855, S. P. K. Lewis, of Beaver Dam, Wis., came to Burlington and employed Mr. Rushlow to come to Wisconsin and take the position of miller in the mill at Beaver Dam, in whose employ he remained fourteen years ; in 1869, he with three partners bought the Beaver Dan mill of E. R. Hoyt, but he soon sold his interest, and was employed as miller in the same till February, 1873; he then went to Tomah, Wis., and was employed as foreman in the mill of which Freeman & Runkle were proprietors; in Novem- ber, 1874, he returned to Beaver Dam, and was miller for S. P. K. Lewis & Sons till 1878 ; in 1877, he bought a farm of twelve acres in Secs. 12 and 13, town of Calamus, where he has devoted his attention to farming since he quit the mill. At Burlington, Vt., Oct. 27, 1849, he married Miss Aurelia, daughter of Basil and Margaret Lapeire, of Verchere, Lower Canada; they have had nine children-Louis R. (of Mitchell, Iowa), Juliette (now Mrs. F. F. Williams, of Mitchell, Iowa), George W., Rhoda (now Mrs. William E. Labaron, of Mitchell, Iowa), Fred S., Francis (deceased), Francis E., Eugene (deceased), Lester J. Mrs. Rushlow is a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church of Beaver Dam.

HARVEY SMITH. farmer, Secs. 1 and 12; P. O. Beaver Dam ; is a son of Allen and Leah Smith ; born in the town of Plattsburg, Clinton Co., N. Y., July 26, 1796, spent his early life with his father on a farm in his native country. Sept. 27, 1820, he married Miss Eleanor, daughter of Reuben and Elizabeth Sanburn, of Plattsburg, after which he followed farming, in Clinton County, N. Y., for thirty-five years; May 9, 1855, they started for Wisconsin, and settled in the city of Beaver Dam, where he made his home for ten years ; in 1856, he bought a farm of 100 acres in Sec. 7, town of Arling- ton, Columbia Co., Wis., from which he derived the larger part of his income, while he lived in Beaver Dam; in 1866, he sold that farm and bought his present one of 100 acres in Secs. 1 and 12, town of Cal- amus, which has since been his home ; he held the office of Assessor in the town of Plattsburg for ten years, and was twice elected to the same office in the Third Ward, city of Beaver Dam. Mrs. Smith died Dec. 12, 1876'; they had seven children-Melancthon, now of Beaver Dam ; Susan R., deceased ; George, deceased ; Henry N .; three infants, deceased. Mr. Smith is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Beaver Dam. Henry N. married Miss Julia A., daughter of Harry and Julia Medberry, of Calamus, June 27, 1867 ; they have two daughters-Mabel and Delia. She is a member of the Assembly Presby- erian Church.

MOSES T. THOMPSON, farmer, Scc. 4; P. O. Columbus; is the son of Andrew and Almeda Thompson, born in Madison Co., N. Y., in 1817 ; in 1843, he came to Wisconsin and settled in the city of Kenosha, where he worked at the carpenter and joiner's trade on the pier, and in the ware- house for the firm of Lake, Fisk & Lay ; in 1844, he removed to McHenry Co., Ill., where he followed farming for two years ; in 1846, he returned to Wisconsin and followed farming in the town of Columbus, Columbia Co., till 1864; he then bought his present farm of 120 acres in Sec. 4, Columbus ; he has also a farm of eighty acres in Sec. 33, Westford, and ten acres in Sec. 5, Columbus. Jan. 31, 1844, he married Miss Jennett, daughter of Constant and Sarah Blowers, of Genesee Co., but a native of South- port, Chemung Co., N. Y .; they have had six children-Lucins H .; Lewis, deceased; Charles, of Dakota; Emma J .; Mrs. George Bashford, of Iowa; Jerome B., of Westford ; Ellen L., Mrs. Rudolph Craus. Mr. Thompson is a man who takes great interest in public schools, and has been a member of the School Board for several years. He is a Republican politically.

OWEN J. THOMAS, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Columbus; is a native of Angleshire, North Wales ; son of John and Margaret Thomas ; born Jan. 4, 1820; he spent his early life on a farm in his native country, and in May, 1845, he set sail from Liverpool for America, and landed in New York about the middle of June following; he came thence to Racine, Wis., where he attended school and clerked in a store nearly six years. Returning to Wales in the fall of 1850 he married Ann, daughter of John and Catharine Jones, of Angleshire, Feb. 28, 1851 ; in May following, he with wife came again to Racine, thence to the town of Calamus, Dodge Co., Wis .; in the fall of 1851, he purchased a farm of eighty acres in the town of Monroe, Wis .; ten months after, he sold that and bought another in same county, where he made his home for two years; in the spring of 1854, he disposed of his interest in Manitowoc Co., returned to Calamus, Dodge Co., and bought a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 29, where he now enjoys a commodious home, as the fruits of his years of toil. Mrs. Thomas died at her residence, March 16, 1874, leaving her husband and four children to survive her, one having died before her- Margaret, now Mrs. D. D. Jones, of Calamus ; John O .; Mary E., deceased ; Ellen J., Thomas J.,

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Mary A. They are members of the Welsh M. E. Church of Elba. Politically, Mr. Thomas is a Republican.

WILLIAM W. WILLIAMS, farmer, Sees. 32 and 33; P. O. Columbus; was born in Carnarvonshire, North Wales, March 15, 1835 ; in the spring of 1845, he, with his parents, William W. and Mary Williams, sailed from Liverpool for America, and landed at Quebec, in May of that year ; they came thence, via Racine, to the town of Calamus, Dodge Co., Wis., where his father entered a farm of 80 acres of land, in See. 32, to which he received a Government deed, signed by President Taylor, and to which he afterward added 80 acres, in Sec. 33, making now a farm of 160 acres ; he spent ten months firing on a steamboat on the Mississippi River, then returned to the farm, and has since made it his home. Hle has been a member of the Town Board several terms. In 1860, he married Miss Ellen, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Jones, of Calamus, but a native of Denbighshire, Wales; they have had seven children-John H., Henry J., William (deceased), Mary E., William C., Robert and an infant (deceased); his mother died here in the fall of 1849, and his father in the spring of 1869. They were devoted mem- bers of the Welsh M. E. Church, and so is Mr. Williams' family.

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MRS. WILLIAM ALWARD, Sec. 6; P. O. Randolph ; is a native of Norfolk, Litch- field Co., Conn. ; born Jan. 16, 1800; when 8 years old, she, with parents, removed to Cortland Co., N. Y., where, in 1820, she married Mr. Ely Hubbard, who died in a little more than six months after mar- riage; in 1827, she married Mr. William Hubbard, with whom she lived in York State till his death, in 1844 ; in 1846, with a family of five children, she had the resolution to try the wilds of Wisconsin, and to make her home among the pioneers of Dodge County ; she is doubtless the only pioneer widow who came to this county to make it her home under such circumstances. She bought a farm of 134 acres in Sec. G, Westford, to which her danghter has since added 40 acres; she has four children-William W., now of Los Angeles, Cal .; Nathaniel P., of Lewis Co., Minn .; Louisa, Mrs. George Knowles, of Mil- wankee; Elizabeth. Mr. Alward had two daughters by first marriage-Harriet, deceased, and Mary, now Mrs. Bancroft, of Romeo, McComb Co., Mich. The family are connected with the Baptist Church.

RICHARD ARMS, deceased ; was the son of Charles Arms ; born in Chittenden Co., Vt., June 26, 1817, where he followed farming till 1854; then removed to the town of Randolph, Columbia Co., Wis. ; here he bought a farm of 320 acres, and for fourteen years lived the life of an honest farmer ; in the fall of 1868, he removed to the village of Randolph, and left his son to manage the farm, yet he was constantly passing back and forth to his farm, looking after it till his death, July 4, 1879. Rev. J. T. Woodhead, Pastor of the M. E. Church, of Randolph, at the time of his death, says: "Richard Arms had retired from the village Fourth of July celebration to his farm four miles from the village, when he at once ceased to work and live." The shock upon our citizens was great; Brother Arms was so well known and so highly respected ; he was one of those Christian laymen, who pay the lingering balance of the old church debt themselves, rather than annoy the people a second or third time, saying to his good wife, " You know it is all for Him who gave Himself for us ;" he was converted at the age of 15, in Ver- mont, and his presence has been light and help to the church ever since; his earnest prayers were refresh- ing ; before ascending, he anointed a successor in his son. April 4, 1842, he married Miss Lucy H., daughter of John B. and Eliza Larrabee, of Lancaster, Vt., whom he left a widow with one son ; they having had one daughter-Mary J., deceased; their son, Myron F., who was born in Goshen, Vt., April 25, 1847, came West with parents in 1854; was educated in Lawrence University, of Appleton, Wis. Sept. 3, 1867, he married Miss Mary, daughter of Robert and Abagail Lyons, of Braintrec, Orange Co., Vt. ; he devoted his attention to farming, till failing health compelled him to seek medical aid; in July, 1879, he returned from Danville, N. Y., where he had gone to recuperate and to attend his father's funeral, and in a little more than six weeks he was buried at his side. He was a faithful member of the M. E. Church, and, in the language of Rev. J. T. Woodhead, " had the elements and character of a noble, Christian manhood ; " he was the father of seven children, six of whom, with their mother, survive him-their names are as follows : Arthur M., deceased ; Jennie, Richard, Lucy, Walter, James and Jesse.

DANIEL D. ASHLEY, Randolph ; was born in Whitesboro, Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1810; is the son of Daniel and Hetty Ashley, natives of New Hampshire; when 6 years old, went to West Bloomfield, Ontario Co., and made that his home till 16 years of age ; he then removed to Allegany

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Co., N. Y., followed farming till 1844. Here he married Mis Clarissa, daughter of Jonathan and Clarissa Butterfield, a native of Jefferson, N. Y. ; in the summer of 1844, he came to Westford, Dodge Co., and reached his father's home July 10; they have bad six children, three of whom are living-Cooper N., whose biography occurs in this work ; Hettie, uow Mrs. Milton Palmerley, of Jonesville, Hillsdale Co., Mich .; Sylvia, now Mrs. L. D. Clark, of Stoughton, Dane Co., Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Ashley are members of the Baptist Church.

COOPER N. ASHLEY, Randolph ; is a son of Daniel D. and Clarissa, whose biographical sketch appears above; Cooper was born in Allegany Co., N. Y., Dec. 25, 1835; when about 9 years old, he, with his father's family, came to the town of Westford, July to, 1844, and settled on a farm of 108 aeres, in Sec. 8, which has since been his home ; at the time of their settlement there was not a house within twenty miles of them on the west, and only two between them and Fox Lake; Beaver Dam theu consisted of a few small shanties; the old open-cylinder was their thrasher; they often had the pleasure of waiting three or four weeks for a grist of wheat at the mill. Dec. 29, 1859, he married Miss Jennie, daughter of William and Ann Williams, of Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y., she being a native of Oswego Co., N. Y .; they have two daughters -- Miss Hattie and Miss Mary. He now owns a farm of 159 acres in Sees. 8 and 17, Westford. Mr. Ashley was the first man to deliver a load of wheat in the village of Randolph; it was sold to Mr. G. W. Gould, in August, 1857; he has been a member of the Town Board for several terms. Such is a brief life history of oue of the carliest and most prominent settlers of Westford.

A. G. BLISS, M. D., Randolph; is a native of Berkshire Co., Mass., where he was born in 1817 ; at the age of IS, he entered the Seminary of South Adams, Mass., where he graduated with his class in 1838, soon after which he began the study of medicine with a prominent physician of South Adams, with whom he read three years, except in the lecture seasons, when he attended the Worcester Medical College, of Massachusetts, and from which he received his diploma iu 1840; he at once began the practice of medicine, in Cheshire, Berkshire Co., where he continued for about thirty-four years; thence in the spring of 1874, he removed to the village of Randolph, Dodge Co., and now has quite an extensive practice in Dodge and Columbia Cos. In November, 1855, he married Miss Ellen B., daughter of Hanciel and Patience Prince, of Windsor, Mass .; they have one son-Everett.

MORRIS BLODGETT, farmer; P. O. Randolph ; is a native of Randolph, Vt .; born in 1837 ; when quite young, he went to make his home with his uncle, in Rochester, N. Y., and made that his home for a number of years; whence he came to Cortland, Columbia Co., where he has since followed farming. He married Miss Anna R., daughter of Abiel and Jane A. Stark, of Randolph, Dodge Co .; they have one child.

JOHN S. BUTTERFIELD, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Randolph; is a son of Jonathan and Polly Butterfield; born in Livingston Co., N. Y., in 1832; when 18 years of age, with parents, he came to Westford, Dodge Co., Wis., where he has since made his home, and followed farming ; at the age of nineteen, he began working for Mrs. Alward by the month, which he continued for six years, and since that time has been cultivating her farm on shares ; he has a farm of forty acres in Sec. 6.

RUSSEL D. CALKINS, proprietor of cheese factory, and Justice of the Peace; in the East Ward, Raudolph ; is a native of Oswego Co., N. Y., son of Russel and Parmela Calkins; born in 1829 ; from the time he was old enough for business, till 1864, he was principally engaged in the various branches of the lumber trade in York State ; in 1864, he came to Wisconsin, and settled at Cambria, Columbia Co., where for three years he engaged in merchandising; in 1867, he removed to Kilbourn City, Wis., where was continued the same business for one year ; thenee to Randolph, in 1868, where he was a member of one of the leading dry-gouds firms for four years; in fall of 1872, he went to Ruggville, Penn., and for nearly que year was interested in au oil mine; in 1873, he returned to Randolph, crected a cheese-factory, and has since been engaged in the manufacture of that article. Has been President of the Village Board four years ; was its first Assessor, and has been several times elected Justice of the Peace. In 1854, he married Miss Sarah, daughter of Winsor Whipple, of Oswego Co., N. Y .; they have four children-Win- sor, Frank, Edith and Sylvenns. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church ; politically, he is a Republican.

EDWIN CLEMENT, proprietor of the Clement House, Randolph, is a native of Missis- quoi Co., Canada East; born Jan. 20, 1834; he is son of Loyal and Betsey J. Clement, with whom he spent his early life on a farm in Canada ; in 1855, he left his father's home and fireside to make his home and try his fortune in the then new State of Wisconsin ; he came to the town of Chester, Dodge Co., settled on a farm near Waupun and followed agricultural pursuits for six years; in 1861, on account of poor health, he returned to Canada for a year; then came again to Dodge Co., and for one year engaged

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in the hotel business, at Fox Lake; in March, 1863, he came to Randolph ; bought the Union House, then a small building about 40 x 20 feet kept by II. H. Russell ; this he had to furnish. and as his means at that time were limited to 8250, he was compelled to use his finances very carefully ; the house was paid for before the time agreed upon, and he at onee began to enlarge-till now he has the largest hotel in the village. In April, 1864, he married Miss Emma A., daughter of R. T. and Almira F. Case, then of Waupun, but now of Hutchinson, Minn., she being a native of Vermont ; they have one daughter-May. Mrs. Clement is a member of the Episcopal Church. Politically, Mr. C. is a Republican.

RALPH DAVIS ( deccased ) ; was born in Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vt., in 1798; when about 6 years old, with his parents, Edward and Mary Davis, he removed to Washington Co, N. Y., and hved there on a farm till 1832; thenre to Chautauqua, N. Y., where he followed farming for twelve years; in 1 844, he immigrated to Kane Co., Ill., and in March, 1846, to the town of Westford, then Fox Lake, entered a farm of eighty acres, brought another of eighty acres in Secs. 5 and 8, where he followed farm ing till his death, Oct. 27, 1879. In 1821, he married Miss Mary, daughter of Daniel and Penelope Goodrich, of Granville, N. Y. ; they had seven children, four of whom are living-Joseph, of Dakota, Iowa ; Orin G., of Waukesha, Wis. ; George R., who married Miss Olive A., daughter of John C. and Charlotte Rockwell, of Courtland, Columbia Co., Wis., in Inne, 1861; Mary P., the late Mrs. David Thomas, of Dakota, Iowa. Mrs. Ralph Davis died April 18, 1868. Mr. Davis had been a member of the Town Board for several terms, and held other offices in the town also.

RODERICK D. EVANS, dry-goods merchant, Randolph ; is a son of Ebenezer and Maria Evans ; born in South Wales Sept, 15. 1842 ; two years after his birth, his parents emigrated to America, and stopped for a short time at Racine, Wis .; thence to town of Fox Lake, Dodge Co., where they settled on a farm ; here R. D. spent most of his time at farm work and attending district school till about 16 years of age; then for two terms he attended the Seminary at Fox Lake; at the age of 18 he began clerking in the dry-goods store of J. L. Townsend, in the village of Fox Lake, where he continued for six years ; having proved to be a successful business man, and upright in all his dealings, his employer started a branch store at Randolph. in the spring of 1866, and placed him in charge of it; in 1867, he began merchandising with his own capital, which, thongh small at that time, he has carefully invested till it has increased sufficiently to carry one of the most extensive dry-goods and millinery stocks in the village ; the people of the village have such confidence in his ability as a financier that they have elected him to the office of Treasurer for eight successive years; in the spring of 1879, he was appointed Postmaster at Ran- dolph. Oct. 18, 1867, he married Miss Maggie C., daughter of Mrs. E. (. Trimble, of Fox Lake; they have two children-Harry and Mabel.

GILMAN C. FOSTER, retired grain-dealer. Randolph ; son of Nathan II. and Betsey Fos- ter, nee Spencer ; born at Parishville, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., May 20, 1827, his father being a native of Massachusetts and his mother of Connecticut; in 1832, he, with his parents, removed to Kingston, Ont., and remained there two years; thenee to the town of Clark, Newcastle Co., Ont., where they lived on a farm for four years; in 1838 they emigrated to MeHenry Co., Ill., where young Foster spent most of his time until 22 years of age; was educated at the seminaries of Beloit, Wis., and Waukegan, Ill .: during the summers of 1852-53. he was employed to assist in surveying railroads in Northern Illinois an I South- ern Wisconsin ; in 1854, was employed in the warehouse of J. W. Hibbard, of Milwaukee; since 1855, he has been dealing in grain at Oconomowoc, Hartford, Iron Ridge and Randolph ; removed to the last named village in 1861, where he continued the business until the fall of 1879; he has a farm of eighty eight acres in Sec. 35. town of Randolph, Columbia Co. In October, 1856, married Miss Helen, daughter of Rev. Samuel and Sarah Graves, she being a native of Jefferson Co., N. Y .; they have one son, George. formerly assistant editor of the Live Times, of Randolph. Mr. F. has been for several terms a member of the Village Board ; is now a member of the T. of II., and I. O. O. F .; both himself and wife are members of the M. E. Church ; politically Mr. Foster is a Republican.

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The history of Dodge county, Wisconsin, containing its early settlement, growth an extensive and minute sketch of its cities war record, biographical sketches, Part 106

Author: Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company Number of Pages: 776

Author:
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 776