The history of Dodge county, Wisconsin, containing its early settlement, growth an extensive and minute sketch of its cities war record, biographical sketches, Part 119

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JOHN CROOKE, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Columbus; was born in County Dublin, Ireland, about 1825 ; he came to the United States in 1843; he lived in Essex Co., N. Y., for about five years, and came to Columbus, Wis., in the fall of 1843; located on his present farm of 160 acres in 1860. He married Ellen Lavery, born in County Limerick, Ireland.

REV. THOMAS DEMPSEY, Pastor of St. Columbkill's Church ; P. O. Danville ; Father Dempsey was born in Clyman Township, Dudge Co., in 1859; he was educated at St. Francis' Seminary, Milwaukee; was ordained priest June 10, 1876 ; had charge for some time of St. James' and St. John's Churches in Fond du Lac Co .; assumed present charge September, 1879; officiates also as Pastor of St. John's Church, Lowell Township.

JOHN S. GRACE, teacher and farmer, See. 17; P. O. Columbus ; was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1847 ; he came to the United States in 1866, and has lived in Dodge Co. since that time ; he came to this country a poor boy ; by application and perseverance he has qualified himself for the profes- sion of teaching, in which he is very successful. He was married in 1878 to Miss Nora Devine, whose father was an early settler of Trenton Township ; they have one child-Mary G., born Nov. 20, 1879.

JOB W. HARTLEY, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Danville ; born in the Province of New Bruns- wick in 1822; his father removed to the town of Malahide, Ontario, when he was about 6 years of age ; he went to Michigan in 1840; in 1844, he went to Illinois, where he lived about one year; thence to Northern Wisconsin, where he passed three years in the pine region. He was married in September, 1847, to Elizabeth Finch, of Ontario ; came immediately thereafter to Dodge Co., and located on his present farm in March, 1848 ; Mr. Hartley has five children-Marian A. (now Mrs. H. E. Luther, resides in Denver, Colo.), Hualpi A. (married Miss Almeda J. Johnson ), Susan L., Tolbert B. and Lewis E. Mr. Hartley has been a cuccessful farmer ; owns 600 acres of land ; at one time owned about 1,000 acres in Elba Township. Has been Chairman of the Town Board for several years, Road Overseer for seven years, and School Clerk for seven years.

MICHAEL KELLEY, farmer ,Sec. 24; P. O. Reeseville ; was born in County Kings, Irc- land, in 1806; came to this country in June, 1834; lived in Oneida Co., N. Y., about eight years; thence to Chautauqua Co. for five years ; came to Dodge Co. and settled on his present farm in June, 1817. He was married to Julia Durken ; they have had fourteen children, ten of whom are living. Mr. Kelley has been one of the successful farmers of Elba Township ; he has about 500 acres of land; has been Clerk of his School District for thirteen years.

JACOB LAWRENCE, farmer, See. 27; P. O. Danville ; was born in Washington Co., N. Y., Feb. 10, 1810; he went to Detroit, Mich., in 1835; returned to Saratoga Co., N. Y., the follow- ing year ; in 1837, he returned to Detroit; in the fall of 1840, removed to Jefferson Co., Wis. ; in May, 1846, cime to Dodge Co., and settled on the farm where he now resides. He was married to Caroline Hathaway, whose parents settled in Jefferson Co., Wis., from Michigan, in 1840; they have five children -Elizabeth ; Charles, married Miss Mary Smeaden, resides at the homestead, have one child, Lela ; Martin, resides in California ; Lodovine and Chloe.

FREDERICK LUETH, miller, Danville; was born in Germany in 1837; came to the United States with his father, Christopher Lueth, in 1846, who now lives in Lansing, Iowa. Mr. Fred- erick Lueth lived in Columbus till 1876, when he purchased one-half interest in the flouring-mill at Danville, and where he now resides. He was married to Maria Liebing, born in Germany; they have six children-Charles, Albert, Edward, Annie, Samuel and Paul.

JOHN MURPHY, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Danville; was born in County Wexford, Ireland, in 1822. He was married to Margaret Roche, who was born in County Wexford in 1818. Mr. Murphy

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came to the United States in 1849 ; lived in Utica, N. Y., about two years; came to Dodge Co. in 1866, and settled where he now lives. He has four children-John F., Gretta, Henry and Susan ; lost one daughter, Mary A. His farm consists of seventy-six acres.

LEVIA A. RANDALL, blacksmith, Danville ; was born in Montgomery Co .. N. Y., in 1822; he lived in different parts of the State of New York till 1850, when he came to Wisconsin; he lived in Fond du Lac Co. until the fall of 1852, when he came to Elba Township, where he has since resided. Ho was married to Maria Lindsley, whose parents settled in Fond du Lac Co. in 1849. They have six children-Lucius, Engene, George, Charles, Adelaide and Walter. Lucius is engaged in the grocery business at Columbus; Eugene and George reside in Elba Township; Charles is a printer by trade, at Columbus; the other two children reside at home.

AUGUST REDDEMAN, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Danville; born in Germany in 1836 ; he came to the United States with his parents, John and Sophia Reddeman, in the fall of 1857, and settled in the township of Shields, Dodge Co .; in 1864, his father removed to the town of Leeds, Columbia Co., where his mother died ; his father died at the house of his son, in October, 1879. Hle was married to Louisa Pantzlaff, a native of Germany ; she came to this country in 1856, in company with her sister Wilhelmena, who died in 1861 ; her father died in Germany ; her mother and five children were lost on the steamer Anstria, on the passage to this country, Sept. 13, 1858. Mr. Reddeman has three children- Matilda, Hermina and Angust; lost one child, Herman. He settled on his present farm in 1876; in 1877, he purchased a half-interest in the flouring-mill at Danville, of John Roberts; his farm contains 180 acres. Ile has been President of the Elba Mutual Insurance Co. since January 1, 1878.

PATRICK ROCHE, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Danville ; was born in County Wexford, Ireland, in 1821 ; he came to this country, with his father, Robert Roche, in 1849; they lived in Utica, N. Y .. abont two and one-half years; thence to Fox Lake Township, Dodge Co., in the fall of 1851; Mr. Roche purchased his present farm in 1852. He was married to Honora Flynn in 1854; they have four sons and five daughters; his farm contains 210 acres ; Mr. Roche was elected to the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in 1846, and served one term ; has also served two terms as Supervisor of Elba Township.

MATTHEW STONE, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Columbus; was born in County Middlesex, England, in 1807. He was married to Sarah Greenhill; emigrated to Toronto, Canada, in 1832; in 1850, removed to Columbus, Wis., where he worked at his trade, that of saddler and harness-maker, for about two years ; Mr. Stone served an apprenticeship at his trade in London, England, six years, after which he conducted the business himself, in London, for several years ; he purchased his present farm of 220 acres in the spring of 1853; in 1868, Mr. Stone sold his farm, when he and wife visited their native land, returning in the spring of 1869, to Jasper Co., Iowa, where they remained about a year and a half, then removed to Columbus, Wis., but re-purchased their farm in 1875, where they now reside ; they have eight children-Sarah, Matthew G., Hannah, Agnes, Joseph H., Marshal F., Mary, and John W.

MRS. SUSAN SWEET, widow of Dodge Sweet, Sec. 35; P. O. Danville; Mr. Dodge Sweet was born in August, 1823; in 1844, he came to Jefferson Co., Wis., from Ohio, with his parents, J. T. and Esther Sweet ; came to Elba Township about 1846 ; his parents are now residents of Colum- bus, Wis .; Mrs. Sweet, formerly Miss Susan Crawford, was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, in 1831 ; her par- ents, James and Phoebe Crawford, came to Jefferson Co., Wis., from Ohio, in 1847; they now reside in Fayette Co., Iowa. She was married to Mr. Sweet Aug. 6, 1848; settled on the farm where the family now reside, in 1849; Mr. Sweet died Sept. 1, 1861 ; Mrs. Sweet has had five children, four of whom are living-Elbert P., born Aug. 15, 1849 ; Jennie, born Feb. 24, 1851; Arwid, born March 28, 1853, and Elmer J., born June 8, 1858; lost one son, Dodge, born in 1861, died in 1863; farm contains 80 acres.

ODEY W. TRAYNOR, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Columbus; son of Philip Traynor, who came from Ireland to Dodge Co., Wis., June 1, 1849, and settled on the farm now owned and occupied by his sons ; he died in the fall of 1875; O. W. Traynor was born in County Kildare, Ireland, in 1838; his parents had cleven children, seven of whom are living; Odey, Michael, Philip and their youngest sister, Lizzie, reside on the homestead. Their farm contains 175 acres of land, with good improvements. O. W. entered the army iu 1863, as Second Lientenant in the 4th Iowa V. C .; was promoted to a first lieutenancy in 1865; served till June, 1866. He was City Treasurer of the city of Columbus for two years, and County Treasurer of Dodge Co. for the years 1875, 1876, 1877 and 1878. ITis brothers Michael and Philip were also in the Union army during the rebellion; Michael enlisted in 1861, and served until the close of the war; James entered the service with his brother Odey W., and died in 1866, of disease contracted in the army.

JAMES WEBSTER, proprietor of Elba Center Stock Farm and stock-raiser, Scc. 16; P. O. Danville ; was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., May 1, 1814, where he lived until he was 20 years of age.

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when he went to Hartford, Conn., where he lived four years, and learned the trade of brickmaking, which business he followed for about sixteen years ; he returned to Oncida Co. and engaged in the manufacture of brick ; also kept hotel near Rome for about two years. He was married, in 1837, to Maria Peetman, born in Montgomery Co .; they came to Oakland, Jefferson Co., Wis., in November, 1843. In 1845, Mr. Webster purchased a farm of ninety-six acres in Lowell Township, also forty acres in Elba Township, Dodge Co., and located on the forty acres in the fall of that year; he purchased his present farm in the spring of 1851, where he located in the fall of that year ; his farm contains over four hundred acres. Mr. Webster is numbered among those early settlers of Dodge Co. who began life poor, but by hard work, economy and good management, have secured an independence. He deals quite extensively in thorough- bred stock, making a specialty of Spanish Merino sheep and short-horn cattle. Has had seven children, three of whom are living-Jennie (now Mrs. A. M. Watson, of La Crosse), Samuel R. (married Miss Hattie Chamberlain, of Kilbourne City) and John P .; has lost four sons-Henry, Spencer and Chester H .; another died in infancy. Mr. Webster was President of the Elba Farmers' Insurance Company for three years ; is now President of Columbus Union Agricultural Society. He is a Republican in politics ; he and wife are members of the Congregational Church.

EDWARD J. WILLIAMS, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Danville; was born in Rome, Oneida Co., N. Y., Aug. 15, 1819. His father, John W. Williams, was also a native of Oneida Co., his grand- father, John Williams, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and two brothers-Solomon and David Will- iams, having settled there in about 1780 ; his father removed to St. Lawrence Co., thenee to Ohio, thence to Michigan, where he died Aug. 13, 1847 ; Mr. Williams came to Dodge Co. from Cleveland, Ohio, May 1, 1846, and entered eighty acres of the farm where he now resides; in early life, he was engaged in the Woolen manufacturing business ; he dates his farming experience from the time he settled on his present farm ; he came to the county poor ; when he had paid the entrance fee of his first eighty acres of land, he had but 50 cents remaining ; his farm now contains 184 acres ; his improvements are among the very best in the township. He has held various offices during his long residence in the county ; was elected to the Legislature in the fall of 1857; was Highway Commissioner for 1848; Town Clerk about 1849; was Justice of the Peace for ten years; Assessor of the Township for five years; was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for the years 1845, 1846 and 1847 ; has been Secretary of the Elba Mutual Insurance Com- pany for the past three years. He was married in 1843 to Lucia P. Howe, who was born in Vermont ; she died Aug. 5, 1847 ; his present wife was Mrs. Mary J. Ensign, formerly Miss Johnson, born in Hamil- ton Co., Ohio ; Mr. Williams has three children by his former marriage-John W., E. E. and Helen M. Mrs. Williams has one daughter by her former marriage-Mrs. Arabella Ensign Pease.

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M. S. BARRETT, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Burnett Station ; born Feb. 17, 1825, in Jefferson Co., N. Y., at Ellisburg ; son of Enoch and Pamelia Barrett, natives of New Hampshire ; eame to Wiscon- sin in June, 1848, and pre-empted a half-section in the Rock River land grant ; the next spring he came to Dodge Co., and worked for George Smith, on Rolling Prairie, for two or three summers, teaching school in winter. April 10, 1851, he married Genevieve H. Church, who was born Sept. 2, 1831, daughter of Silas and Fanny Church, who came from Jefferson Co., N. Y., in the spring of 1849, and settled in Bur- nett Nov. 1, 1856. Mr. Barrett bought an eighty-acre farm at Burnett Corners, and lived there till the spring of 1868; he then sold out and bought a farm at Burnett Station, where he now resides, and has eighty acres of land which he values at $8,000, a part of the village plat of Burnett Junction being on his farm. In the fall of 1867, he built an elevator at Burnett Station, and engaged in wheat-buying, which he continued till the fall of 1871 ; then sold out elevator to John M. Sherman. In 1869, he built a cheese-factory at the station, and made cheese every summer till the fall of 1875. He was Superinten- dent of Schools for seven years in succession till 1861 ; was elected Justice of the Peace in 1858, and has held the office most of the time since.

W. P. CLIFFORD, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. O. Burnett Station ; was born Feb. 16, 1820, in Canada East, son of Samuel and Deborah Clifford, natives of New Hampshire ; he came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1844, and located in Burnett, Dodge Co., on his present farm in which he has 185 acres of land, worth $60 per aere. He was married, June 20, 1853, to Mary Jane Voorhees, who was born March 22, 1834, daughter of Tunis and Sarah Voorhees, natives of New York, who came to Burnett in the summer of 1845 from New York State ; Mr. Clifford has four children living-Gertrude Maria, now Mrs. William

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M. Larrabee, of Burnett Junction, born Nov. 10, 1853; Sherman, born May 2. 1856; Charles Sumner, born Jan. 11, 1858, and Alfred L., born March 8, 1860 ; has lost one, James V., who was born Sept. 8, 1866, and died Dee. 6, 1871.

ORVILLE BURGIT, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Rolling Prairie. The subject of this sketch is a son of Isaac and Lydia Burgit ; was born in Tioga Co., N. Y., in 1824; when 10 years of age, with his parents, he immigrated to Livingston Co., Ill., which was their home for sixteen years, and removed from there to La Salle Co., Ill., where his parents both died ; he followed farming here till 1859, and then came to the town of Burnett, Dodge Co., Wis., where he has followed the same vocation, and has a farin of 282 acres in Secs. 31, Burnett, 25 and 36, town of Beaver Dam, 1 and 6, town of Oak Grove. In Livingston Co., Ill., he married Miss Francis, daughter of Daniel and Harriet Madison, a native of Tioga Co., N. Y., but emigrated to Illinois, with her parents, in 1834 ; they have had nine children, as follows- George, deceased, Lydia, Eveline, Elisil, Idella, Henrietta, Emily, Clara, Esther. Mr. and Mrs. Burgit are members of the Methodist Church.

JESSE B. COLE, station agent, Burnett Junction; born Aug. 10, 1844, in Jefferson Co., N. Y. ; son of Willis S. and Sophronia Cole, both natives of Jefferson Co., who went to Canada when he was an infant ; lived there three years, then came to Wisconsin and lived in Beaver Dam a few months, thence to Woodland, Dodge Co., where they lived about twenty years; in the spring of 1819, came to Burnett, where they still reside; Jesse B. attended the High School in Horicon, from the fall of 1858 till the close of the June term in 1861 ; the next fall, after leaving school, he worked in the railroad yard in Milwaukee about three weeks, then ran as brakeman on the old Milwaukee & La Crosse Railroad about a month, when he was obliged to leave the road on account of poor health; the next spring (1862), he learned telegraphing of his brother, in New Lisbon, Wis., operated a short time at Mauston, Wis., then back to New Lisbon about a month, and was then appointed operator at Sparta, Wis; May 20, 1863, was appointed joint agent at Burnett Junction of the Chicago & North-Western and Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroads, and has held that position ever since ; has also been agent for the American Express Company since May 1, 1868. Was married, Nov. 26, 1868, to Sarah J. Merrill, daughter of Lorenzo and Mary Ann Merrill, of Burnett ; has two children-Frederick M., born Aug. 16, 1871, and Jessie Winnefred, April 22, 1878.

H. H. ELKINS, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Rolling Prairie ; one of the pioneers of Dodge Co .; was born March 31, 1813, in Grafton Co., N. H .; son of Josiah and Naney Elkins; he came West in 1834, reaching White Pigeon, Mich., on Sept. 28, where he remained till May, 1835, when he came to Milwaukee, Wis., arriving on the 10th, and, in about ten days after his arrival, commenced work on the Government survey of Wisconsin, continuing nine months without intermission, and most of the time for a year and a half after that; in February, 1837, he returned to White Pigeon, Mich., and, on the 12th, was married to Emily Rollins, who was born Dee. 5, 1819, in Haverhill, N. 11., daughter of Daniel and Emily Rollins ; soon after their marriage, they went to Chicago and resided there till the next fall, then removed to Southern Illinois and lived about two years in Schuyler Co .; in the fall of 1841, he again vame to Wisconsin, and, in 1842, settled in the town of Burnett, where he has since resided ; at the time he came to Burnett, there were only four houses in the town, including his own, and he attended the first caucus ever held in Dodge Co., which was at Hyland Prairie; from 1850 to the fall of 1863, he was engaged in the mercantile business in Horicon, buying wheat and wool, and running his farm at the same time. Has lost four children-David, Ellen, Edmund and Hattie ; has three living-Emily (now Mrs. Edwin Barnard, of Mower Co., Minn.) ; Harry, of Wabash Co., Minn., and John, who is in the jewelry business in Waupun. He was married, May 6, 1868, to Miss M. E. Collier, who died Jan. 9, 1875 ; he then married Miss Eva Heath March 25, 1876 ; has three children-Mabel E., Mary H. and Emily D.

ALFRED FARLOW, farmer, See. 28; P. O. Minnesota Junction ; was born in Kentucky, near Lexington, Sept. 1, 1821; son of Uriah and Phebe Farlow, natives of Kentucky; his father died when he was an infant, and when he was 6 years old, his mother removed to Indiana; at the age of 15, he left home and went to learn blacksmithing in Cass Co., Mich., where he remained two years, then went to MeHlenry Co., Ill., and followed the same business; in the fall of 1845, he came to Wisconsin and set- tled in Burnett, on his present farm, having bought it the July previous. llas now 240 acres of land, worth abont $15,000 ; in connection with his farming, he is engaged in breeding and dealing in hor ses ; has now two imported Norman stallions, that cost him $4,500. Oct. 6, 1839, Mr. Farlow was married to Maria Taylor, who was born Dec. 15, 1819, in the State of New York, and was the daughter of Eldad and Louisa Taylor, natives of New York. Mrs. Farlow died Oct. 6, 1879, of typhoid fever, after only one week's illness ; has five children living-Simeon A., born Feb. 14, 1846; Nancy M., June 8, 1849; Wright C.,

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May 22, 1855; Belle, March 20, 1858, and Mary M., May 22, 1860; has lost three children-Viola, born Dec. 17, 1844, died May 6, 1850; Stanly, born June 8, 1852, died Aug. 8, 1853 ; Perry C., born Dec. 10, 1842, enlisted in 1862 in Co. K, 29th W. V. I., and died Feb. 5, 1863, of typhoid fever, at Helena, Ark.

WILLIAM FOLSOM, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Burnett; born March 21, 1830, in Windsor, Vt .; son of Enos and Mary Folsom ; came to Wisconsin in November, 1853, and settled in the town of Burnett, on Section 16, in March, 1866 ; removed to Section 29, where he now resides. Has 1663 acres of land, valued at $45 per acre. Was married, in Vermont, March 16, 1860, to Fanny Longee, who was born April 26, 1833, in Washington, Orange Co., Vt .; daughter of Abraham F. and Clarissa (Giles) Lou- gee ; when Mr. Folsom was 21 years of age, he went to New York City, and worked about eight months for Ensign & Thayer, mounting maps, then returned to Vermont and stayed with his father nearly a year, and from there, in company with his brother Charles, to Southern Ohio, remaining there till November, 1853, when they came to Wisconsin as before stated, and bought the farm on Section 16 together. In the spring of 1853, William Folsom, in company with Charles and Stephen Woodward, started from Burnett ( April 14) with ox teams, drove to Omaha, and from there to Kansas, locating on some land about ten miles north of Fort Scott; they remained there from the middle of July till the middle of August, then gave up their claims and returned to Wisconsin. Mr. Folsom was Town Treasurer two years, Super- visor a number of years, and Chrirman for the last three years. Mr. and Mrs. Folsom are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church ; have four children-Clara C., Charles R., Bertha F. and William H .; oldest 16, and youngest 9 years of age. His brother, Charles, born March 11, 1826, came with him to Wiscon- sin. Was married, in the fall of' 1857, to Caroline Woodward, of Burnett, who died in February, 1862. In the spring of 1863, he married Lorissa Curtis, also of Burnett, who survives him ; lost two children, all they ever had. He held the office of Town Clerk from the spring of 1857 till his death, which occurred April +, 1867, of typhoid fever.

NATHAN F. GOODRICH, farmer, Sec. 30 ; P. O. Rolling Prairie; has resided on the farm he now owns twenty- five years, having come to Wisconsin from Enfield, Grafton Co., N. H., in the spring of 1854, and settled where he now lives; owns 159 acres of land, worth about $60 per aere ; Mr. Goodrich was the son of' Abial and Betsey Goodrich, natives of New Hampshire. Married, April 2, 1851, Sarah F. Purmort, who was born June 12, 1830, danghter of John and Betsy Purmort, also natives of New Hampshire. Mr. Goodrich has always followed farming and is now paying a good deal of attention to sheep raising. Has five children living-Marian Eulettie, born March 5, 1856; John B., April 9. 1859; Charles F., Feb. 15, 1865 ; Gertrude Florence, April 21, 1868, and Purmort F., June 29, 1872 ; has lost five-Sarah E., born Jan. 19, 1852, died June 29, 1863; Mary L. W., born Oct. 12, 1853, died July 14, 1863; Catharine M., born Feb. 14, 1858, died March 12, 1858; George E., born Ang. 26, 1861, died Sept. 30, 1863, and Emma E., born Oct. 13, 1863, died Dec. 22, 1863. Marian Eulettie is now Mrs. W. A. Lockwood, of Rock Rapids, Iowa.

O. F. GREENFIELD, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Minnesota Junction ; was born in Erie Co., N. Y., March 14, 1838 ; his parents removed to Wisconsin in the spring of 1844, when he was only 6 years of age, and lived about six months near Milwaukee, then located on a farm, a part of which he now occu- pies, in Burnett, where he has 103 acres of land, valued at about $50 per acre. May 30, 1866, he mar- ried Mary J. White, who was born April 4, 1838, daughter of James and Mary White, of Burnett, who were among the first settlers of Burnett ; has lost one child-Georgie, born Ang. 25, 1869, died Sept. 23, 1870 ; has no children living. His father, William Greenfield, one of the first settlers of Dodge Co., was born March 27, 1813. in Saratoga, N. Y., and died Dec. 21, 1876, in Burnett; his mother, who is still living in Burnett, on Sec. 34, was Snsannah Hunt, also born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., April 1, 1819.

FRANKLIN B. GROVER, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Rolling Prairie ; was born in Living- ston Co., N. Y., May 10, 1833; was the son of Lyman H. and Lucy Ann Grover, natives of New York State, who removed to Wisconsin when Franklin was 10 years of age, and settled in Milwaukee Co., on the banks of ' Lake 5," in October, 1843 ; in the fall of 1845, located in Burnett, Dodge Co., and removed there in January, 1846, on the farm now owned and occupied by Franklin B .; Lyman Grover died in Bur- nett May 16, 1860, aged 59 years and 3 months ; Mrs. Lucy Ann Grover died Sept. 28, 1856, aged 62 years years and 8 months; F. B. Grover had two sisters-Welthy, born Feb. 1, 1826; married Hezekiah Gilbert March 2, 1843; died July 25, 1861; Olive L., born March 1, 1829; married Frederick Cox, July 3, 1875; both are in Livingston Co., N. Y. Mr. Grover was married, Dec. 5, 1854, to Arvilla D. Wyman, who was born Oct. 9, 1835; danghter of James and Nancy Wyman, who came to Wisconsin in 1844, from Canada, and settled in the town of Oak Grove, Dodge Co .; Mr. Wyman was a native of Vermont ; Mr. Grover has three children-Lanella, born July 18, 1856, now Mrs. Johu

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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 119

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