The history of Dodge county, Wisconsin, containing its early settlement, growth an extensive and minute sketch of its cities war record, biographical sketches, Part 115

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G. W. MARTIN, deceased; born in Luzerne, Warren Co., N. Y., April 28, 1811, where he married Mrs. Eliza A. Prouty Aug. 2, 1840; Mrs. Martin was born in Athol, Warren Co., May 9, 1812, and married James Prouty in 1830, who died in 1838, leaving three children-Eunice, Helen M. and Catherine, all of whom have since died. Mr. Martin and family settled on the homestead in Hustisford, in 1846, having bought forty acres, built a log house, and leased a small plat in 1845; a millwright by trade ; he worked in Fond du Lac, Neosho, Hustisford, Waukesha, and other points, for many years ; at his death, Oct. 12, 1873, he left a well-improved farm of 160 acres, and four children-Jennie, Susan, Elizabeth and Julius W. J. W. Martin has spent his life and been educated in the county ; is a Demo- crat, as was his father, and with his mother owns the homestead.


O. D. NIMIS, farmer, Secs. 25 and 26; P. O. Neosho; born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Feb. 19, 1836 ; son of Loyal Nims, who removed to Hustisford in October, 1850, and bought 107 acres of wild, heavily timbered land ; of this only one acre was cleared, on which was a log house ; this wilderness was cleared and made a home. O. D. Nims lived on forty acres on Sec. 25, until Oct. 11, 1864, when he enlisted in the 1st Wis. Heavy Artillery, and was in and about the defenses of the Capitol, until June, 1865, when the battery returned, Mr. Nims being discharged from the Sickles Hospital, Alexandria, where he had been confined two or three months by sickness. His brother, Adolphus, was killed at the battle of Perryville ; William, of the 38th Iowa, died at Memphis, and Frank died at Nashville. Soon after his return from service, Mr. Nims settled on the old homestead. Married Miss Anna Dorward, of Forfarshire, Scotland, Jan. 11, 1858 ; they have six children-Frank L., Alexander W., Anna, Almira, Lillie and Harriet. Mr. Nims is a Democrat, and a member of Neosho Lodge, No. 128, I. O. O. F. He has native cows for dairy purposes, also other stock and the usnal crops.


BARBER RANDALL, farmer, Secs. 32, 31 and 36; P. O. Hustisford; born in Berlin, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., July 12, 1819; son of Benjamin Randall, who settled with his family on Govern- ment land, in Lebanon, Dodge Co., Wis., 1845 ; Benjamin Randall was intimate with such men as Judge Hiram Barber, and was a member of the first Wisconsin State Legislature, dying in April, 1859; the family used to live in a true pioneer fashion, sawing off the ends of the logs and using them for cart wheels, driving ox teams about the conntry by the guidance of blazed trees, etc. About 1851, Barber Randall settled on his present homestead ; has added to this until he now owns 800 acres in the towns of Hustisford, Lebanon, Ashippun, and Rubicon ; has several barns, and built a brick farmhouse, in 1869 ; Mr. Randall has lost three wives, by whom he has eight children-Myron, Albert, Charles, Sydney, Earnes, Waher, Lucetta and Franklin. On the 6th of Sepember, 1873, he married Miss Hattie A., daughter of Aaron Goodenough, of Genesee Co., N. Y., who settled in Neosho in 1855; they have three children-Hattie B., F. Barber and Sarah E. Mr. Randall is a Republican ; has been Supervisor, Road


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Commissioner, and was in old times County Poormaster ; he makes a specialty of the breeding of Cloud horses, and Berkshire hogs; has bred Cloud horses for the past twenty years, and has sold horses from Minnesota to Texas ; now owns the thoroughbred stallion Champion Cloud, bred by J. Murray, named by J. B. Hays, of Horicon, and bought by Mr. Randall in 1876; this horse took the first prize at the Wisconsin State Fair, in 1879, and has taken first premiums at the Watertown and Dodge Co. fairs, for the past three years ; has never failed in getting the first prize where exhibited ; Mr. R. also owns a year- ling stallion which took the first State and county prizes, in 1879, he owning in all eleven full bloods and grades ; Mr. R. bought his Berkshire stock of Canada, Ohio and Illinois breeder, also of R. Richards, of Racine Co., Wis .; on this stock he has never yet heen beaten, for first premiums, on any class exhibited at the Wisconsin state, central and northern fairs, and the Dodge Co. fair; has about 500 grade Merino sheep, and a drove of native cows, owning a creamery and making large quantities of butter.


HENRY REX, druggist, Hustisford ; born in Prussia July 28, 1842; came to America in 1855, with his parents, and settled with them in the town of Hubbard. Here he attended English school, living on the farm until 1873, when he hegan the drug business, in Hustisford, with Otto Fehland, a thorough druggist, for a tutor; mastering the profession, Mr. Rex has since successfully continued it, having the only drug store in the place ; he carries a complete line of drugs and medicines, pure liquors for medicinal purposes, paints, oils and varnishes, brushes of all kinds, toilet soaps, perfumery, toilet articles, shoulder braces, trusses, sponges, school-books and stationery, tobacco, cigars, pipes, notions, etc. He began iu debt; has supported a family ; now owns store and stock, owing nothing. Mr. Rex is a stanch Democrat, and belongs to Heine Lodge, No. 152, I. O. O. F. He married Miss Wilhelmina Dowe in 1864; they have four living children-Charles, Emma, Lydia and Hugo.


EDWARD ROBERTS, stonemason, Hustisford ; born April 6, 1836, in Wales, where he attended school and lived until the fall of 1856, when he came to America; spent ten months in Ohio, having made a trip through the South ; in August, 1857, he settled in Clyman, removing to Hustisford in 1860. Enlisted, in 1861, in the 7th Wis. Battery ; was in the siege of Island No. 10, and in many skirmishes in Kentucky and Tennessee; was wounded at Humboldt, Tenn., losing part of his foot by a rebel bullet, in consequence of which he was honorably discharged on Oct. 5, 1863, and is now drawing a Government pension. Mr. Roberts is a Republican ; has served twice as Justice of the Peace; is also a member of the T. of H., and an Odd Fellow. He married Miss Caroline Hable in Juneau, 1870; they have four living children-Margaret A., Amelia S., Gladius T. and a babe.


F. C. RYDER, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Hustisford ; born in Erie Co., N. Y., Aug. 15, 1824; thrown upon the world at an early age his younger life was a constant struggle with adversity ; he came to Walworth Co., Wis., in 1845, living there as a laborer at $10 and $12 per month for two years ; settled in Hustisford on eighty acres of Government land in 1847, and lived three years with his brother-in-law, Geo. Baker; worked at clearing up his farm and thrashiog in summer and fall, and for John Hustis, as sawyer two winters. He married Miss Mary Van Blaricum Dec. 1, 1850, who was born near Belleville, Canada ; they lived for some time in a small, one-story shanty, for which he sawed lumber, building it himself; as a result of years of labor and management he has a well-improved farm of 258 acres, several large farms, and a large and well-built frame house, erected in 1866 ; has 250 gra le Spanish Merino sheep, about twenty native grade cows, Cloud horses, and makes a specialty of Poland-China hogs.


ARTHUR SALISBURY, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Hustisford ; born in Oxford, Chenango N. Y. ; spent his early life, and was educated in his native county ; came to the town of Hubbard in 1846, and bought eighty acres of good land, heavily timbered with black and white oak, maple, etc. ; after mak - ing improvements, he sold this eighty, and spent about fifteen months in his native country ; returning in 1854, he settled on forty acres of his present farm ; it was rough, stony, unimproved land, and, as a result of years of labor and management, he has this improved farm of 144 acres with good buildings. He married Miss Rhoda Merrill, of Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., April 14, 1846; they have three children-William D., Randolph M. and Arthur. Mr. Salisbury is Independent in politics, voting for men and principles ; he was the first Superintendent of Schools in the town of Hubbard; he has over 150 grade Merino sheep, a fine drove of Berkshire and Poland hogs, besides horses and cattle ; is also devoting considerable land to oats.


J. A. SCHMIDT, M. D., Hustisford; born in Saxe-Weimar Feb. 1, 1831 ; was educated in Reudolstadt Academy, and began the study of medicine in the University of Jena, graduating as physi- cian and surgeon in 1856 ; resolved to join his relatives in America, he landed at New York with his mother in September, 1856; came at once to Clyman and bought a farm ; here his practice began, and so


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increased that he sold his farm in 1858, and has since lived in Hustisford ; he opened a drug store in 1858, which he owned five years ; the Doctor has owned and sold several farms, at present owning a home. tead of sixty acres adjoining the village. He married Mis Johanna Lorenz in 1859, who died in 1870, leaving two children-Anna and Amelia ; in 1872, he married Miss Augusta Prensike ; they have two children- Alice and Emma. 'The Doctor. is an independent Democrat, and has been Chairman three years and Assessor two years.


EDWIN F. UNDERWOOD, farmer, Sec. 17 ; P. O. Hustisford ; born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., March 23, 1828; spent most of his early life, and was educated in Oneida Co., N. Y. June 3, 1847. he married Miss Permelia Van Slyke, in Madison Co., N. Y. ; the family settled in Hustisford in Novem- ber, 1853, on an unimproved farm in Sec. 17; they were almost penniless, and met and surmounted many privations ; in five years, he made a farm and home of what was then a wild tract of brush and scrub oaks ; settled on his present farm of ninety-four and one-half acres, in 1859; this was also in a wild state, and his pioneer work of clearing and improving was renewed ; as a result of this he has a well improved farm with excellent buildings and a pleasant home; Mr. and Mrs. Underwood have five children-Annie, Mary, Eugene, Nellie and Elmer ; Annie, now Mrs. W. T. Gibbs, resides in Hustisford ; Mary, now Mrs. G. H. Roby, is a resident of York Co., Neb., where Eugene is also married and settled. Mr. Underwood is a Republican, and has been Treasurer of his Democratic Township. In October, 1864, he enlisted in the 1st Wis. Heavy Artillery ; did garrison duty at Ft. Ellsworth, Virginia, and after lying sick for several weeks, was honorably discharged from Anger Hospital July 8, 1865 ; he is now drawing a Government pension.


ALLEN WALES, farmer, Secs. 15 and 16; P. O. Hustisford ; born in Madison Co., N. Y., May 9, 1834; son of Eleazer and Philena Wales, who settled in Milwaukee Co., Wis., in 1836 ; remov- ing to Hustisford in 1846, and settled on Government land covered with timber and brush ; this he cleared and improved, building a log house, in which the family lived a number of years; Allen Wales has owned the homestead of 149 acres since 1856. lle married, Nov. 27, 1856, Miss Harriet E. Tuttle, who was a native of Cornwall, Vt., and who came from St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., to Dodge Co., Wis., in September, 1854; they have two children-Carrie P. and Flora A. Mr. Wales is a Republican and a successful farmer. He enlisted in February, 1864, in the 3d W. V. I .; with the regiment joined Sherman, and was in the battles of Resaca, Dallas, etc .; from Atlanta, he was with the pioneer corps, and kept in advance of the army throughout the famous march to the sea and through the Carolinas; was discharged in May, 1865 ; his younger brother, Anson M., was of the same regiment, and was shot Dec. 24, 1862, at Fair- fax C. H., Virginia.


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LAWRENCE BARRY, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Hubbleton, Jefferson Co .; born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1826 ; came to America in 1845 ; in the fall of 1846, he spent two months in Shields, spending the winter on Manitou Island ; the next four years were spent in Upper Canada ; was one sum- mer in Rochester, N. Y., then resided iu Wayne Co., Ohio, until 1852, when he settled in Shields; he bought eighty acres, then heavily timbered with oak, elm, basswood, etc .; a small clearing had been made and a shanty built ; the family did their full share of pioneering, the result of which is a well-improved farm, large and pleasant farmhouse and many substantial improvements. He married, in Wayne Co .. Ohio, Miss Johanna Barry ; they have five living children-John and William (both railroad men in Danville, Ill. ), Johanna (the wife of James Enright, of Milford), Catherine and Lawrence (still living on the homestead ). Mr. B. is a stalwart Democrat, and was Supervisor for three years; Roman Catholic in religion.


PHILIP DOLAN, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Hubbleton, Jefferson Co .; born on Long Island, N. Y., in 1840 ; son of William and Bridget D., who came from Ireland to America in 1835; Mr. Dolan, Sr., was a quarryman on Bergen Hill, afterward working on Croton Aqueduct ; he then removed to Long Island, going from there to the metropolis ; after residing for awhile on Staten Island, he, in the fall of 1849, came to Shields, where he bought eighty acres of the Government, and adding twenty acres, clearing the whole of heavy timber, breaking the land and making a home; died Sept. 15, 1875, leaving a wife, son and daughter, now the wife of H. Murphy, of Janesville, Minn. Philip Dolan was educated in New York State, grew to manhood on the farm and married, Nov. 5, 1867, Miss Catherine Nagle, who died June 6, 1873, leaving two children-Lizzie and Margaret T. (deceased). Mr. Dolan is a Democrat and a Catholic, like his parents. Mrs. Dolan was Bridget Fanning, of County Cavan.


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MICHAEL DONEGAN, farmer, Sec. 28; P. (). Richwood ; born in County Meath, Ire- land, April 20, 1826; son of Matthew and Margaret D., who came to America in 1836; alter living two years in New York City, where Michael attended school, they removed to Westchester, N. Y .; Matthew D. was a stone-mason and worked on Fort Schuyler about eleven years; Michael began when 13 years old as a stone-cutter ; father and son worked under Lieut. Gilmore, Lieut. Halleck, Maj. Smith ( deceased ), Maj. Delafield and other noted men; in September, 1847, the family settled on the Shields homestead, then heavily timbered; roads and bridges were poor and scarce, and Indians plenty ; as pioneers, they saw much hardship, which is well remembered by Mr. D .; he worked two seasons on bridges at Belvidere, Rockford, Geneva and other Illinois towns about 1852. In politics, a Democrat, and a Roman Catholic. Mr. Donegan is a good farmer and a good citizen ; has 160 acres, well improved. Married Miss Ann Feely, of Cornwall. L. C .; they have ten living children.


JEREMIAH DRISCOLL, farmer; Sec. 22; P. O. Richwood; born in the County York, Ireland, in 1833, son of John O'Driscoll (old spelling), who brought his family to America in 1836 : after a short stay in New York City he located at Throgs Point. where he was in Government employ, working on Fort Schuyler. The subject of this sketch was educated in a select school in the village; in September, 1847, the family removed to Shields, buying and settling in Government land, which was covered with oak, maple, basswood and other timber; this was one of the first families to settle here ; Shields was then a part of' Emmet; and the road past the farm had existed one year. John O'Driscoll was closely identified with the early history of this town, serving as Town Superintendent of Schools, Justice of the Peace and Supervisor. His son, Jeremiah, located on his present farm of fifty acres in 1864, hav- ing married, in December, 1863, Miss Mary A. Belrose, of Watertown ; they have five children-John F., Anna, Margaret, Ellen and Daniel J. A Democrat in politics ; Mr. Driscoll was Town Clerk four years, and is now serving his fifth term as Chairman of his township; the family are Roman Catholics; the parents of Mr. Driscoll still reside on Sec. 23, the Shields homestead.


MICHAEL EAGAN, farmer ; P. O. Richwood; born in the parish of Clare, County West Meatb. Ireland ; came to America in 1835, and lived two years in New York City ; came to Wisconsin in 1846, and purchased 120 acres in the town of Shields, Dodge Co. Married May 10, 1835, Ann Hafford, daughter of Mathew HIafford, born in 1815 in Longford Co., Ireland ; have eight children-Mary, Jane, Thomas, Catherine, John, Bridget, Rose Ann, Michael. The family are members of the Roman Catholic Church ; was elected Constable two years; Independent in politics.


ULRICH HAGMANN, telegraph operator and agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, also express agent at Richwood ; born in Switzerland in 1843;"came to America in 1864, loeating soon after at Arena, Wis .; in September. 1864, he went to Houston Co., Minn., working in a flouring-mill until February, 1865, when he enlisted in the 1st Minn. Heavy Artillery, and was stationed at Chattanooga, Tenn., till the close of the war; on his return, on account of ill health, he paid a short visit to friends in Illinois, spending the winter at Arena at school; worked the next summer on a farm in Sauk Co., Wis., attending the winter school in Sumpter Township ; after spending a short time in Chicago, Mr. Hagmann obtained a position as an assistant in the Jacksonville Insane Asylum. In 1872, he married Miss Fried- erika Paulus, of that city, soon after removing to Mazo Manie, Wis., going from there to Arena, where he did his first railroad work ; was in the depot during the winters of 1872-73; he taught the school in Honey Creek, Sauk Co .. Wis .; the next fall he again obtained a place in the Arena depot. and by faithful attention to his business was, at the end of three years, made station agent; Mr. Hagmann learned operating during the winter of 1879, and was appointed agent at Richwood in March, IS79. Mr. and Mrs. Hagmann bave four children-Ulrich R., Bernard C., Carl H. and Meta C. Mr. Hagmann is a Repub- lican in politics ; and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.


WILLIAM HAMANN, farmer; P. O. Watertown; born in Mechlenburg, Germany, Oct. 27, 1827; came to America in 1854, and located in Watertown, Wis., where he worked at his trade- cooper-for nine years; purchased his present homestead in 1867, consisting of eighty acres ou Sec. 26, town of Shields, Dodge Co. Married, in June, 1854, Henrietta Tick, daughter of Joseph and Mary Tick, natives of Germany; have five children, two boys and three girls-Henry, Lena, Martha, Mary and John. Mr. Hamann is a member of the Lutheran Church ; in politics, Democratic.


JAMES HIGGINS, Sr., farmer, Secs. 28 and 33; P. O. Hubbleton, Jefferson Co .; born in County Sligo, Ireland, March 25, 1824; was educated in the common schools of his native lan 1; in 1847, he went to Liverpool, Eng., and superintended the shipping of iron for the Chester & Berkenhead R. R. Co. about three years; May 1, 1851, he left England for America, landing at New York, and coming at once to Shields with his family, locating on his present farm of 200 acres. His father, P. Higgins, had bought this previously. and built a log house, which still stands; the farm was then a forest


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of oak, ash, hickory, etc. As a result of the pioneer labors of father and son, the farm is now cleared and well improved, and is furnished with good buildings. Peter Higgins came to America in 1828, dying in October, 1875. His son, a stanch Democrat, was Justice of the Peace many years, Chairman of Shields seven years, was County Clerk in 1870 and 1871, and a member of the Wisconsin Assembly in 1876 He married Miss Mary Leery July 23, 1846, who died Oct. 7, 1870, leaving ten children- James, John, Mary A. (deceased ), Peter, Thomas. Edward, William, Edmond, Albert and Mary (deceased ). July 23, 1874, he married Miss Maria Mullen, of Watertown; they have three children- Francis, Henry and Honora L. The family are Roman Catholics.


JOHN KELLEY, teacher ; P. O. Richwood; born in Oneida Co., N. Y., Sept. 22, 1852; son of Martin and Mary K., who, in 1853, bought and settled on a farm in Shields; this was heavily tim- bered and provided with a log house; the farm has been cleared and a good house built. John, the youngest son, received his early education in the district school; attended the Northwestern University, in Watertown, one summer, and began teaching in District No. 4, Shields, during the winters of 1871 and 1872. Mr. Kelley taught three winters, then entered the Platteville State Normal School, gradu- ating in less than a year, from the elementary course; he then took up the full course, and graduated in June, 1877. Mr. Kelley taught one term in Elba, and has since taught in District No. 3, where he is now engaged. He intends to follow teaching as a profession. He is, like his parents, a Roman Catholic, and is, in politics, Democratic, as is Martin Kelley, who has served as Supervisor of Shields.


CARL MAY, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Watertowu; born in Prussia July 1, 1839 ; son of Fred- erick and Mary May ; came to America in 1855, and located in Milwaukee, and moved to Watertown, Wis., in 1865; bought forty acres and sold it in 1875 ; bought his present homestead, consisting of eighty acres. Married, April 16, 1865, Minna Loula, daughter of Christian Loula; have three children, two boys and one girl-Gustavus, Matilda, Otto. Member of Lutheran Church ; politics, Democrat.


JAMES McCAIG, farmer, Sec. 34 ; P. O. Richwood; born in County Antrim, Ireland, Aug. 15, 1838 ; son of A. MeCaig, who came from Ireland to America in 1839, living two years in New York State, then removing to Canada, where he lived until 1845, when he came to Shields with his family, buy- ing heavily timbered Government land, which is now the McCaig homestead ; one of the pioneer families ; they lived in a log house, cleared up the farm and mnade a good home; James McCaig remained with his parents until 1859, when he went via New York and the Isthmus to California; was two years in the mines, returning by the same route to Wisconsin, where he resided till 1865, with the exception of a summer in Buffalo, N. Y .; in 1865, he again made the sea voyage to San Francisco, going direct to the mines of Montana, via the Sound and Columbia River; Mr. McCaig saw many exciting times among the wild, sav - age men of that barbarous region ; he relates that he once bought a horse of the famous Chief Joseph, leader of the late Oregon outbreak ; Mr. McCaig returned down the Missouri in 1868. Married Miss Margaret A. McPhillips, of Milford, in April, 1869, by whom he has five children-JohnII., Mary A., Daniel, James T. and William A. Archibald McCaig and wife live at a hale old age ou their first purchase from the United States. The family are Catholic, and Mr. McC. is Independent in politics. He has 120 acres as a homestead, and forty acres in Milford ; makes a specialty of Poland-China hogs.


MICHAEL MCDONOUGH, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Richwood or Watertown; born in County Clare, Ireland, in 1821; spent his early life in his native land, and came to America in 1845 ; resided seven and one-half years in Hampden Co., Mass., working for the whole-souled Yankee farmers, and earning money to get his start, earning his first thousand in this laborious way ; after taking a better half, he came to Shields in 1852, locating on eighty acres of' land, of which ten were cleared, on which was a log shanty ; here the family lived fifteen years, clearing and breaking the land, pioncer fashion ; the eighty has grown to a well-improved farm of 200 acres; the log house of pioneer days was replaced by a large modern brick house in 1868. Married Miss Mary Doyle, of County Clare, in 1852; they have five chil- dren ; Mary, the eldest, is the wife of Joseph Brooks, of Emmet; then follow Margaret. Jane, Thomas and Katic. The family are Catholics; Mr. McDonough is an Independent Democrat in politics. Begin- ning at 25 years of age with nothing but health and a brave purpose, he may justly consider his life a success.


NICHOLAS O'CONNELL, farmer, Sees. 21 and 22; P. O. Richwood ; born near New York City in 1845; son of Michael and Mary O'Connell, who came to Shields from New York in Sep- tember, 1848, locating on the present homestead; N. O Connell was educated in Shields, living on the farm until he was 22 years of age, when he entered the store of E. Sweeney, Watertown, remaining nearly three years. He owns eighty acres of land on Sec. 22, his father owning the eighty-acre homestead on Sec. 21. Mr. O'Connell is Independent in politics, and has been twice Treasurer of Shields; the family belong to the Roman Catholic Church. Mr. O'Connell has paid much attention for some time


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past to improved stock, now owning full-blood and grade short-horns from the noted herds of J. Jones and J. Miles, of Waukesha Co .; he also owns a flock of thoroughbred Leicester sheep from the flocks of J. Whittaker, Oconomowoc, John Jones and J. Smith ; Mr. O'Connell makes a specialty of the Poland- China hogs, selling to Northern Wisconsin breeders, having bought from D. Peck, of Dane Co., and H. Flyon, of Watertown.




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