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GEORGE WARREN, lumber merchant, Sec. 21; P. O. Fox Lake ; born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., July 15, 1824 ; son of Elem Warren, who was originally from Connectieut ; George, while young. was bound to his uncle, Judge Stone; afterward went to Vermont selling stoves, and in 1849 came to Trenton, Dodge Co., Wis., and settled on 160 acres; Mr. Warren engaged in the lumber business in Monroe Co., in 1858, and has been extensively employed in that traffic ever since ; through his shrewd man- agement and untiring industry he has accumulated a competence ; he owns 1,000 acres of standing pine ; in 1875, he met with a severe loss, in the burning of his mills, but has started again with fresh vigor, and built two fine mills, one costing $1,400, and one $3,000 ; employs during the winter about 100 men, and last year turned out 6,000,000 feet of timber; supplies the C. & N .- W. R. R., and also sends lumber largely to Milwaukee and Chicago ; in 1868, built one of the finest residences in the county, situated about three miles east of Fox Lake ; is built upon an elevation, from which can be had a beautiful view
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of the surrounding country ; the house cost $15,000, and frescoing $1,500, and great taste has been dis- played in furnishing it. Mr. Warren married, April, 1849, Mary E. West, daughter of Abraham B. West, who was born in New Lisbon, N. Y .; his mother was of Holland, and his father of English stock ; Abraham married Minerva Fay; she was of Seotch descent; Abraham West was a tanner and currier by trade ; he died Feb. 4, 1874, in Trenton, and his wife died in 1827 ; they had eight children-Cynthia E., died, 1850; Henry L., is in the jewelry business in Amsterdam, N. Y .; Thaddeus St. John. died in 1859 ; Rowena A., Mary E., Pamelia C .; Minerva J., married, in 1850, Israel Baker, of Greenfield, Saratoga Co., N. Y .; (she died March 15, 1877 ; she was a superior woman, and was beloved by all; Mrs. Warren adopted three of her children-Marietta, Minnie L. and Ruth N .; Harriet M. married Isaac Frenison and lives at Warren Mills); Mrs. Warren has had five children-Frank G., born Ang. 3, 1851, is in the lumber business with his father ; Henry L., born September, 1854, died in infancy ; Fred C., born Oct. 26, 1856, living in Minnesota; Walter E., born March 8, 1859, also in Minnesota ; Lillian E., born Aug. 27, 1872, died in infancy ; Mrs. Warren has also three other adopted daughters-Emma W. Jackson, adopted when she was 7 years old; Jennie Platz, born in 1859, in Chicago; Addie L. Benight, born in 1864. Mrs. Warren is a woman of grand benevolent instincts, and is known throughout the State as a successful and earnest worker in the great cause of temperance ; was for years, Grand Worthy Vice of the Good Templars of this State, and is now P. G. V. T. of I. O. G. T .; is also a member of the Christian Women's U. T. A., and Deputy and P. G. V. of Sons of Temperance ; in 1878, traveled 4,454 miles, 568 by wagon and sleigh, and held 49 public meetings ; drove her own team two-thirds of that distance ; has written 249 letters in the interest of the order; all this work she accomplished, not neglecting her own home cares or large family; she has written several books devoted to the cause of Temperance. Mr. Warren owns, in West Chicago, two fine residences, with all modern improvements. He and his family are members of the Baptist Church.
J. D. WHITE, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Beaver Dam ; born in Ireland Nov. 2, 1823, son of George White, who came from England ; his father's name was Joseph White. George married a McGee in Ireland ; they came to New York State about 1837, and bought a farm in Jefferson Co .; in 1846, they removed to Hartford, Washington Co., Wis., where he died November, 1876, at the age of 75. Joseph started out for himself when 23 years old, worked for $6 per month, and saved enough to buy eighty acres in Washington Co., Wis .; finally got 100 acres ; sold out for $8,000, and moved to Trenton in Octo- ber, 1866, and settled on 199 acres ; now has 219 aeres under a high state of cultivation, and all improve- ments pertaining to a first-class farm ; all these good things have come through his hard work and industry. Married Hanna Caven, of Ridgefield, Washington Co., Dee. 28, 1853 ; have had eight children-Cyrel, born Oct. 26, 1854, and living in Dodge Co., Minn .; Michael E., born July 22, 1857, living in Dodge Co., Minn .; Daniel E., born July 3, 1861, living at home ; Marilla, born Jan. 2, 1863 ; Joseph D., born Sept. 20, 1865 ; Samuel T., born March 6, 1868; Mary E., born April 20, 1870 ; Aaron, born July 16, 1873. His wife died Dec. 24, 1874; married the second time to Mary Farrell April 2, 1876. John White, a brother, was in the 1st W. V. C., served his time faithfully, and was honorably discharged ; another brother was in a Wisconsin Regiment, and was killed in Tennessee, while bravely fighting for his country. Mr. White has been on School Board for many years, and District Clerk, and has always given his aid and support liberally to institutions of learning and to the churches. The family are members in good standing of the Methodist Church at Burnett.
XURY WHITING, farmer, See. 4; P. O. Fox Lake; born in New York State Feb. 24, 1819, son of David I. and Mary Whiting ; David came from Buckland, Mass .; his father was William Whiting, who was born and brought up in Massachusetts. Xury Whiting married, March 1, 1846, Betsy McQueen, daughter of William McQueen, of Seotch descent, who married Hannah Howe; her father was a Connectieut man, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and died of exposure endured while in the army. Mr. Whiting is the father of four children-Mary Emma, born in December, 1846, she died April 1, 1867 ; Eneie P., born April 19, 1851, and died July 10, 1867 ; Albert J., born Oct. 4, 1855, he attended Wayland Academy, and graduated there in 1874, and is now attending college at Ripon ; Mertie May, born Sept. 24, 1865, is living at home. Mr. Whiting remained with his father till he attained the age of 21, worked out and earned enough money to attended the Alfred Academy ; taught school part of the time ; in 1844, he came to Trenton, Wis., and settled on 120 acres; was one of the early settlers in this neigh- borhood. Mr. Whiting and family are members in good standing of the Baptist Church.
HIRAM T. WOOD, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Waupun; born in Schenectady Co., town of Duanesburg, Oct. 25, 1826, son of George T. Wood, who was born in Sehoharie Co., N. Y., and his father was from Rhode Island, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war; George died about 1874. at the age of 76. The family came to Trenton in October, 1844, and settled on eighty acres, and lived in a
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log house with one room, and was one of the first families in this part of the State. Hiram T. Wood enlisted Feb. 1, 1863, in the 3d W. V. I .; went to Tennessee, and was in many hard-fought battles; he and a few of his comrades escaped at the battle of Dallas ; he was in Company I, next to the colors ; went through with Sherman to the sea ; after serving his country he came back to the old farm, and now has 180 acres under fine cultivation. Married Agnes Collwell, daughter of Samuel Collwell, of Washington ('o., N. Y .; have had four children-Edgar, Mary, Ada and Laura. Mr. Wood has been on the School Board many times, and is now Director of that Board.
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JACOB BURGER, farmer, Secs. 29 and 30; P. O. Clyman; born in Prussia Aug. 16 1840 ; in 1847, his parents came to America and settled on sixty acres of wild land in Clyman ; Jacob attended district school for a short time, then weut at the work of chopping and clearing; when 24 years of age, his father gave him fifty acres, to which he added forty, which he yet owns; beginning $200 in debt, he cleared the farm and made a home ; bought an interest iu a thrashing machine when 17, and has followed the work continually since in its season, settled on his homestead of 160 acres in 1875 ; this he has cleared and improved, repairing the house, etc. Married, May 11, 1865, Miss Maria Irving, a native of Albany, N. Y., who came to Clyman in 1846; they have five children-Sarah, Mary, Ellen, Catharine and Christina. Mr. Burger is Independent in politics, voting for men and principles. Has his farm in good trim for grain and stock-raising, having high-grade Clyde horses, Cotswold and Leicester sheep, with other stock ; this property he has earned, as he spent one winter in the pincries when a boy, thus earning enough to get a yoke of eattle, with which he began farm life for himself.
EDMOND CARY, farmer, Secs. 24, 25 and 26; P. O. Clyman; born in County Kerry, Ireland, about 1814; came to America iu 1839, and settled in Quincy, Mass., where he lived until 1853, then located in Lebanon, Dodge Co., Wis .; worked here on a piece of wild land until 1856, when he settled on 160 acres of his present farm; this he has chopped and burned off, adding to it, and as a result of these toilsome years has a well-improved farm of 240 acres and a good home-a successful record, as he came to our country a poor mau. Married Miss Ellen MeCarthy, of his native village, about 1841, who died March 3, 1877, leaving five children-Michael, William, John, Edward and Mary (now the wife of James Moran ) ; Michael married Miss Julia Kelly May 8, 1876; they have two children- Edward and Ellen t. Mr. Cary and sons are Democrats and members of the Holy Assumption Church.
PATRICK DUFFY, farmer, Secs. 17, 19 and 20; P. O Clyman; born in County Meath, Ireland, March 15, 1807; came to America in 1831, locating in Rutland, Vt., where he worked four years in a blast furnace ; spent one year in Ohio, then returned to Vermont and lived until the spring of 1846, when he bought 100 acres of his present farm, on which he settled with his family the next spring ; having but little means to begin with, the family lived a number of years in a log house and did genuine pioneer work, the result of which is the well-improved farm of 260 acres, his two eldest sons owning 120 adjoining. Married, in 1841, Miss Mary Liston, a native of County Limerick, who came to America and to Vermont in 1838; she died Sept. 8, 1873, leaving eight children-Ann, James, Edward, Margaret, Patrick, Michael, William and Robert; they are all residents of Dodge Co. except Margaret, who is in a Baltimore convent, and Michael, who is in Nevada. Father and sons are Democrats. James Duffy has been Town Clerk and is now Chairman. The family are Catholies in religion.
JOHN FISHER, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Clyman ; born in Northampton, Mass., Feb. 17, 1842; son of Daniel Fisher, who settled with his family on Government land in Clyman, in 1844, thus being one of the first to settle in the town ; the family lived in a log house, and saw a great amount of privation and inconvenience, as no roads or bridges existed, except those primitive affairs built by the pioneers ; Jolin Fisher attended district school in Clyman, where he lived until 1864, when he joined the Ilth W. V. 1., and was with the regiment in Alabama till September, 1865, when the boys were discharged at Madison, Wis. He married Miss Catherine Weinries, of Taycheedah, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., Nov. 6, 1867, and has owned the homestead since, his mother dying Nov. 28, 1867 ; his father now lives in Lowell Village. Father and son are Democrats and Catholics ; John Fisher is now holding the office of Supervisor.
ROBERT GLOVER, farmer, Sce. IS; P. O. Lowell ; born in Claverick, Columbia Co., N. Y .. July 30, 1833; son of Nathan and Maria Glover; he was educated in the old Claverick Academy, and came to Clyman with his parents, in November, 1854; in the fall of 1858, he went into business in
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Whitewater, Wis., where he married Miss Emma V. Fuller in September, 1861. In Angust, 1861, he enlisted as 2d Lieutenant of Co. H, 13th W. V. I .; this regiment saw service in most of the South western States, doing gnard duty ; from November, 1862, to April, 1864, Mr. Glover, having been promoted to First Lieutenant, was in charge of the recruiting station at Madison, Wis .; rejoining his regiment, Lieut. Glover served until his term of service expired, Nov. 20, 1864. He then settled on the old hometead in Clyman, where his wife died Oct. 28, 1869, leaving two sons-R. Pierce and Fred D. On the 20th of March, 1873, he married Mrs. Mary J. Bunnell, daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Miller. Mrs. Glover was born in S. Durham, Greene Co., N. Y., and came with her parents to Clyman in 1845, marrying A. J. Bunnell Sept. 27, 1852, who died May 1, 1855, leaving one son-James A. Mr. Glover still owns the homestead of 120 acres, and also 120 acres in Wilkinson Co., Minn., which will be his residence in the future. He is a stanch Republican, and was Town Superintendent of Schools in old times. Is a member of the Lowell Lodge, A., F. & A. M.
GUSTAVUS HENKE, farmer, Secs. 22, 28, 15 and 2; P. O. Clyman ; born in Prussia in 1836; came to Ameriea in 1851, and settled in Clyman ; worked five or six years as a farm hand, theu settled on eighty acres of his present farm ; he did good work in ditching, breaking and fencing, owning a machine ; he has completely ditched his large farm, and also others. He now owns 440 aeres, with good buildings, a good twenty-eight years' record for a man who came to the State penniless. Married Miss Augusta Liske, who died in October, 1875, leaving seven children-Emma, Ellen, Matilda, Augusta, Mary, Louisa and Martha. On the 31st of October, 1876, he married Mrs. Aun Morehouse, who was born in England in 1837, and came to America in 1857, as the wife of Thomas Morehouse ; at his death, March 15, 1872, he left his wife thirty acres on Section 28, town of Clyman. Mr. Henke is Independent in politics, and a Lutheran in religion ; has been Treasurer and Supervisor ; is a carpenter, and was in the United States Service six months in 1864 and 1865. Mrs. Henke belongs to the Church of England.
JOHN HENNESSY, farmer, Secs. 21 and 22; P. O. Clyman ; born in County Clare, Ire- land, June 20, 1828; came to America Aug. 2, 1849; worked at the currier's and tanner's trade in Connectient three years and in Ohio thirty months ; spent a short time in Washington Co., Wis., then went to California ; was in Marysville, Eureka, Shasta, Sonora and other towns, and served as a volunteer in the Royal River Indian war ; went to California a poor man, and returned with money enough to buy his faim of 157 acres, which he did in July, 1855, after a four-years stay in California ; he then made a trip East, and married Miss Catherine Murphy, of Mount Benedict, Mass., Jnne 7, 1855, who died Aug. 8, 1871, leaving eight children-Edward J., John F., Thomas, Annie, Dennis J., Henry, Mary E. and Katie E .; Edward J. is in Berwick, Cal. ; John F. is in Lodi, Cal .; Thomas and Annie reside in Chi- eago ; Katie is with relatives in Holyoke, and the others are on the homestead. Mr. Hennessy is Inde- pendent in politics and a member of the Catholic Church. Was Justice of the Peace and Assessor many years, declining renomination, and was United States Enrolling Officer in war times.
ROBERT IRVING, teacher; P. O. Clyman; was born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., in 1840 ; his parents, Thomas and Mary Irving, emigrated to Wisconsin in 1847, and settled near Clyman, Dodge Co .; that section was then comparatively new, and Robert's youth was spent amidst the hardships of pioneer life ; both his parents died in 1873: he was educated at Wayland University, Beaver Dam, and evinced at an early age a decided aptness for instructing pupils and managing schools; he has, at present writing, taught school for a period of over nineteen years, and his influence in leading young people to the higher duties and labors of life has been very marked and salutary ; he is in full sympathy with all movements which indicate progress, and he inspires in those under his influence a deep enthusi- asm in any work that improves the mind ; his profound interest in educational problems and methods of work will doubtless enlist his chief attention in future years as it has for over seventeen years of the past. He has never been ambitious for office, but he has been frequently selected to fill positions of trust in Clyman. He owns 120 acres of land on Sections 8 and 9 in Emmet Township.
JOHN M. JONES, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Oak Grove; born in North Wales Dec. 21, 1821 ; came to America in 1832 with his parents; lived in Oneida Co., N. Y., until 1846, then spent three years in Plymouth Co., Mass. Returning to Oneida Co., he lived there until 1853, then settled in Clyman ; worked six years as a laborer, then bought his farm of eighty acres. His wife died Jan. 26, 1879, leaving him one daughter, Ella. Mrs. Jones was a native of Oneida Co., N. Y., and came to Wisconsin in 1849, as the wife of David Naracong, who was killed in the Union service in 1864, and left three children- Elizabeth (deceased ), Mary F. and Charles W. Mr. Jones supports men and principles in politics, and belongs to Oak Grove Lodge, No. 7, I. O. O. F.
HENRY LINDEMER, farmer, Secs. 11 and 2; P. O. Juneau; born in Saxe-Weimar May 10, 1838; received his early education in his native land; in 1853, he came with his parents to America,
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and settled in Clyman, where he attended district school a few months, his father dying soon after. In April, 1858, he married Miss Emily Wilke, who was born in Saxony Aug. 4, 1840, and who came with her parents to America and to Clyman in 1848. The young couple settled on their present farm of 160 acres in 1859; Mr. Lindemer bought this in a state of nature the day after the wedding, and at once began clearing and improving; built a log house, and lived pioneer fashion, the vicinity being then called "The Wild Eighties." As a result of twenty years of labor and good management, Mr. Lindemer has this well improved, a large basement-barn and modern farmhouse. Mr. and Mrs. Lindemer have eight children-Jane, Charles, Emma, Albert, Lydia, Amelia, Augusta F. and M. Rosa. Mr. Lindemer is a stanch Republican; has been Justice of the Peace and Supervisor; is now Assessor, and was the Repub- lican candidate for Assemblyman in his distriet in 1879, which usually gives a Democratic majority of 1,500. The family are members of the Evangelical Association, of which Mr. Lindemer is a Trustee and exhorter.
JEREMIAH MAHONEY, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oak Grove; born in County Cork, Ire- land, Nov. 25, 1833; is the oldest son of Timothy Mahoney, who came to America in 1842, his family coming in 1846, and locating in Chicopee, Mass .; here he worked as a gardener, removing to Clyman, Dodge Co., in the fall of 1854, with a wife and five children; bought wild land on Sees. 4 and 5; built a small house and began the pioneer work of clearing, breaking and feneing. His oldest son, the subject of this sketch, was partly educated in Ireland, afterward attending the High School at Chicopee. He married Miss Catherine E., daughter of Timothy and Margaret Driscoll, of Clyman, July 23, 1859; they have five children-Timothy, David, Anthony, Jeremiah, Anthony and Mary E. Mr. Mahoney settled on 80 acres of his present farm of 138 in 1859; of this, only 30 were improved, on which was a poor frame; he has reclaimed the entire farm, erected a good house and made other substantial improve- ments. Mr. Mahoney is a stanch Democrat; has been Supervisor three years, Town Clerk four years and Chairman two years. Himself and family belong to the Holy Assumption Catholic Church.
RUDOLPH MENGEL, farmer, Secs. 16 and 17; P. O. Clyman ; born in Clyman, Dodge Co., Wis., Nov. 17, 1848; son of John and Elizabeth Mengel, who settled in Clyman in May, 1843, thus being among the very first to locate there; Mr. M. built a small shanty, which burned in February, 1845, with most of his household goods-a hard blow, as he began with almost nothing; his wife died in 1850, leaving two children-Elizabeth and Rudolph. In 1851, he married Miss Margaret Schaller, who came from Connecticut to Clyman in 1849; two daughters were born to them-Paulina and Katie L .; Mr. Mengel died Oct. 21, 1871, leaving a well-improved farm of 158 acres and a large farmhouse, which replaced the log house of early days in 1861 ; his only son, Rudolph, has spent his life and been educated in Dodge Co. Married Miss Julia Creydt, of Lebanon, April 20, 1875 ; they have one daughter, Clara. Mr. Mengel is Independent in politics, and has been Supervisor and Treasurer ; has full-blooded and grade Cotswold sheep, Cloud horses and other stock.
PETER NEIS, farmer, Secs. 20 and 29; P. O. Clyman ; born in Rhenish Prussia Nov. 30, 1833; came to America with his parents in 1846; they spent the first winter in Watertown, locating the next spring on Government land in the Clyman openings, where they did pioneer work in clearing and improving ; Peter Neis worked many years as a laborer and thrasher to get a start. Married Miss Mary Wenker Nov. 7, 1855, who was born in Alsace, and came to America and Dodge Co. in 1854; they have eight children-Frank, Peter, Mary, Ellen, August, Philomena, Willis and Longanus ; Mary is the wife uf John Oatmau, of Milwaukee. Mr. Neis settled on his farm of 254 acres in 1865; began with 140 acres pirtly cleared, with poor buildings, and now has the farm well improved and a large brick house, built in 1876. Mr. Neis is Independent in politics, and, with his family, a member of the St. Isadore Catholic Church.
EDWARD O'KEEFE, merchant and saloon-keeper, Clyman Station ; born in Northampton, Mass., Ang. 11, 1844; in 1846, his parents removed to Clyman, and settled on Government land; this was at the time a wilderness; he attended district school, and grew to manhood on the old homestead. Enlisting in November, 1863, in the 34th W. V. I., he did guard duty in Kentucky, afterward joining Sherman at Atlanta ; he drove mule teams through Georgia and the Carolinas, serving till the close of the war. Nov. 17, 1874, he married Miss Margaret Connolly, of Springfield, Mass. ; they have two children -T. Gilbert and Hannah. In the fall of 1875, Mr. O'Keefe settled on his farm of sixty acres on Sec. 28; built his store and began business in Clyman in 1879; intends to keep a general stock of goods for country trade. Mr. O'Keefe is a Democrat, and has been Town Clerk twice ; is a member, with his family, of the Holy Assumption Church.
ALEXANDER RAMSAY, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Clyman ; born in Forfarshire, Scot- land. Jan. 9, 1813; spent his early life and was educated in his native country, where he worked as a
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flax-dresser ; came to America with a wife and three children in 1842, first locating and taking his first farming lessons in Rensselaer Co., N. Y .; removed in 1843 to Andover, Mass., where he worked at his trade until May, 1845, when he settled in Clyman, on forty acres of his present farm of 320 acres, part of which is in the town of Emmet ; he began pioneer life by building a log house in the openings. Mr. R. describes the rush to Dodge Co. at this time to be wonderful, boats and hotels being crowded. Mr. Ramsay married Miss Ann Mair, of Forfarshire, June 13, 1833; they have six children living-Alexan- der A., David L., Annie, Margaret, Isaac and Samuel, having lost two sons, William and James, in Scot- land, Agnes and Allen dying in Clyman ; John N. Ramsay enlisted Ang. 14, 1862, in the Sigel Guards, which went South as Co. E of the 20th W. V. I .; he was pierced by three rebel balls, and fell dead at the battle of Prairie Grove, Dec. 7, 1862; the two eldest are married and settled as Fond du Lac Co., farmers; Annie, born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., now lives in Nelson Co., Ky .; the three youngest, born in Clyman, are on the homestead. The Ramsays are Republicans, and members of the Methodist Church. As farmers and stock-men they have 150 grade Cotswold and Leicester sheep, grade short-horn cattle, Norman and Clyde horses, Poland and Berkshire hogs ; Mr. R. also has five shares in the Union cheese factory, built in 1879.
MARTIN SCHUMACHER, farmer, Secs. 1 and 2; P. O. Juneau ; born in Prussia Jan. 13, 1837 ; spent his early life and was educated in his native land; came to America and to Junean in 1856 ; attended district school two winters, and worked as a laborer until 1861, when he enlisted in Co. E, 10th W. V. I .; was wounded at Perryville ; was in the battle of Murfreesboro, and was badly wounded at Chickamauga ; was captured and paroled for one year ; then rejoining his regiment, he fought with Sherman to Atlanta, and helped drive Hood over the Tennessee River; the regiment having served its three-years term, returned to Wisconsin, Mr. S. re-enlisting in the 2d U. S. Regulars ; served one year in Hancock's Veteran Army Corps, then returned and settled on his farm of 120 acres; he began with eighty acres, only fifteen of which were cleared, on which was a log house ; his farm is now cleared, and he has a large brick house and good barns. Married Miss Mary Deutschman in 1867 ; they have five children -Otto, Emma, Minnie, Ella and Selma. Mr. Schumacher is a Republican, and a member, with his family, of the Evangelical Association.
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