The history of Dodge county, Wisconsin, containing its early settlement, growth an extensive and minute sketch of its cities war record, biographical sketches, Part 120

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Demedy. of Janesville, Wis .; Lucy E. and Lyman (twins), born Jan.16, 1860; Lucy is now Mrs. William P. Baker, of Ransomville, N. Y., the two sisters having been married at the same time, Oct. 9, 1879. For the last twenty years Mr. Grover has been dealing more or less in real estate and live stock, and from 1868 to 1872, was a member of the manufacturing fium of J. S. Rowell & Co., of Beaver Dam ; he now owns over 8,000 acres of pine and farming lands, worth $130,000, including his home farm in Dodge Co., of 360 acres, and improved farms in Howard and Chickasaw Cos., and lowa and Mower C'os., Minn .; his pine land's are in the counties of Oconto, Lincoln and New, in Wisconsin.

MRS. LAURETTA T. JUDD (widow), resides on See. 27; P. O. Burnett Station ; was born April 28, 1817, in Dorchester, Mass,; maiden name, Lauretta T. Bird; her first husband was Samuel R. Jewett, who was born in Hopkinton, N. H., Aug. 28, 1810; when 21 years of age, he went to Dorchester, Mass., to live, and in the summer of 1842, made a trip West, to look at land; he bought eighty acres, built a log house, broke ten acres, then sold ont, and bought forty acres of timber, near Beaver Dam, also took a quarter-section on Rolling Prairie, in Burnett. He then returned to Massachusetts, mar- ried Miss Bird at her father's residence, in Dorchester, and, October 15, 1842, again started West ; went by rail from Boston to Albany, N. Y., and by canal from there to Buffalo, thence by steamer Chesapeake to Mil- waukee ; were nine days making the trip; the steamer was aground three times, and on the rocks once, but no serious damage was done to the boat, and no lives lost ; there were about 1,000 passengers on board, Mr. and Mrs. Jewett then went with team to Burnett, and lived in the house with a Mr. M. Hall, till they could get a log house built ; the family moved in soon after ; he afterward sold out, and bought again north of See. 27, and south part of See. 22, and in 1858 built a stone house ; Mr. Jewett died in 1860, leaving five children-Sylvia, born Ang. 28, 1844, was the first girl born in Burnett ; Hannah L., born Jan. 15, 1845 ; Zelda M., born April 17, 1847 ; Sophronia E., born Dec. 9, 1853; Josiah T., born Dec. 28, 1856. Sept. 11, 1862, Mrs. Jewett was married to George B. Judd, who was born April 23, 1816, in Great Barrington, Mass., and died April 19, 1878, in Burnett ; Sylvia is Mrs L. B. Hules. of Wan- shara Co., Wis .; Hannah L., Mrs. John W. Childs, of Wilkins Co., Minn .; Zelda M., married Robert R. Pinkerton, of Waupaca, Wis., and died Feb. 22, 1873, and Sophronia E. is now Mrs. August Oestrich, of Iron Mountain. Dodge Co., Wis .; the Jewett estate embraces 195 acres, $60 per acre.

GEORGE H. LAWRENCE, stock and grain dealer, Burnett Junction ; born Dec. 4, 1845, in Burlington, Vt .; son of Daniel and Mercy Lawrenee, natives of Vermont, who came to Wiscon- sin in the spring of 1856, and settled in Burnett, where Burnett Junction now is. In the fall of 1861, George IJ. enlisted in the 1st W. V. C., Co. M, and remained with his regiment till the spring of 1863, when he was discharged for disability ; in the summer of 1863, he went to Denver, Colo., thence to Mon- tana and helped build the second house built in Helena ; was engaged in the mercantile business, in that p'ace and Diamond City, till the fall of 1866; then returned to Wisconsin and followed farming three years, since which time he has been dealing in stock and grain, occasionally taking a hand in politics, on the Republican side of the question ; was a member of the State Legislature in 1875, and has been on the Town Board several years. Was married, Feb. 6, 1867, to Ellen Sherman, daughter of John M. Sber- man, of Burnett ; she was born June 16, 1845; have three children-Harriet L., born June 10, 1869; Georgiana, Ang. 7. 1871, and Luzerne, Dee. 31, 1874.

A. LOCK WOOD, farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. O. Rolling Prairie ; is a native of Connecticut, and was born April 22, 1820, in Weston, Fairfield Co. His father's name was Ephraim Lockwood, and his moth- er's, Mary Wilkinson, both natives of Connecticut. He was married, Dec. 25, 1844, to Betsy M. Dun- ham, who was born Jan. 7, 1826, in Connecticut. Mr. Lockwood came to Wisconsin in August, 1848, and entered some land near Neenah, but returned to Connecticut the same fall ; Jan. 3, 1849, he sailed from New York City for California, via Cape Horn, and spent eight days in Valparaiso, Chili, viewing the city and surrounding country ; landed at San Francisco, Cal., June 20, having been 168 days on the voy- age, including the eight days spent in Valparaiso; in San Francisco, Mr. Lockwood, with six others, formed a company for the purpose of mining. and went into Butte Co. to work, where he remained about two years, but was able to work only a small part of the time, on account of poor health; four of the company died within three months after their arrival in Butte Co .; regaining his health, he spent about eight months prospecting in the northern part of the State; then returned to Butte Co, where he fol- lowed lumbering and mining about two years, clearing, in that time, 810,000; he then returned to the States, arriving in New York Jan. 7, 1854. having made the passage in twenty-two days, from San Fran- cisco, via the Isthmus of Panama; in April, 1854, he again came to Wisconsin and purchased the farm he now owns; then returned for his family and moved on the farm in June of the same year, where he has since resided ; has 220 acres of land, which was assessed at $50 per acre in 1877 ; in 1859, he spent about two months in the Rocky Mountains, looking over the country; in addition to his farming, he is

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doing a commission business in agricultural implements, sewing-machines, stoves, etc .; has been Justice of the Peace, Supervisor and Chairman of the Town Board. Has one child-Gertrude M., born Jan. 1, 1846, in Connecticut, now the widow of Oscar T. Shannon, who was a Congregational minister, and was accidentally shot in Emporia, Kan., April 9, 1878.

AARON MARTIN, farmer, Sec. 29 ; P. O. Rolling Prairie; was born July 29, 1820, in Somersetshire, England; son of James and Ann Martin. Was married in May, 1842, to Martha Nor- man, who died in England July 2, 1846, leaving two children-Annie E., born March 5, 1843, and Susie, born July 15, 1845. April 4, 1847, he again married, in England, Hannah M. Derrick, daughter of William and Sarah Derrick, of Somersetshire, England. Came to America in 1849, landing in New York the 2d of May ; he first settled in Cuyahoga Co .. Ohio, and worked as a common laborer, some- times at farming and sometimes on the railroad, till April 4, 1851, when he came to Wisconsin and settled in Burnett, on Sec. 10, where he lived till March, 1876, when he removed to his present residence, on Sec. 29, where he has a farm of 120 acres, for which he paid $7,200; and still owns the farm on Sec. 10 -184 acres, worth $6,500. At the present time, Mr. Martin and his present wife have had eight chil- dren, six of whom are living-Sarah, born in England June 29, 1848; James H., July 12, 1851; Mary J., Nov. 5, 1853; Martha C., Jan. 18, 1857 ; Albert A., Sept. 16, 1859, and Gertrude H. M., Oct. 16, 1864; Mercy was born in August, 1849, and died at the age of 25; Albert William died in infancy ; Anna E. was married to F. C. Curtis, and died in July, 1872, in Iowa; Susie is living at home, having lost her lintsband. Lyman Sperry.

GEO. R. MAYHEW, hotel keeper, Burnett Junction; boru Feb. 19, 1855, in the town of Burnett ; son of George W. and Sally Mayhew, natives of Jefferson Co., N. Y., who came to Wisconsin in 1854, and settled in Burnett. When about 14 years of age, Geo. R. commenced clerking in the gene- ral store of S. II. Childs ( his stepfather), which he continued ten years, then in February, 1879, be went into the "Burnett Junction House " (a hotel adjoining the railroad depot ), which house he is still keeping. He was married in December, 1877, to Mina Ames, who was born Jan. 21, 1857: daughter of Alfred and Martha Ames, of Burnett, natives of Jefferson Co., N. Y. Mr. Mayhew now holds the office of Town Clerk, and is serving his second term. His father died in Burnett April 4, 1856, and his mother married, in September, 1868, S. H. Childs, a native of Ohio, who came to Wisconsin and settled in Burnett, in 1847.

LORENZO MERRILL, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Burnett ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1846, from 'New Hampshire, and settled in the town of Burnett ; bought the farm he now occupies in 1857, which consists of 141 acres of land, valued at about $8,000. Was born June 21, 1818, in Hills- boro, N. H., and was the son of Samuel and Abigail Merrill, natives of New Hampshire. Was married, Nov. 2, 1842, to Mary Ann Fisk, who was born April 22, 1820; daughter of Richard and Rhapsyma Fisk, also natives of New Hampshire. Mr. Merrill was in the mercantile business in New Hampshire, but has followed farming most of the time since coming to Wisconsin. Has held the office of County Superintendent of Schools four years and Town Superintendent a number of years; was a member of the Assembly two terms, in 1848 and 1859; was Assistant Provost Marshal during the late war, about a year, and Assistant Internal Revenue Assessor two years. Has five children-George F., born Feb. 17, 1847 ; Sarah J., born Jan. 12, 1849; Frank H., born June 17, 1850; Edgar P., born Oct. 14, 1854, and Charles L., horn April 25, 1858. Sarah J. is now Mrs. J. B. Cole, of Burnett Junction ; George F. and Frank H. are both graduates of the State Law School. George practicing law in Depere, Wis., and Frank practicing in Milwaukee.

JOHN H. SAWYER, farmer, Scc. 19; P. O. Burnett ; was born in the town of Orford, Grafton Co., N. H., April 17, 1810; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1847; bought the farm he now occupies in Burnett, and returned to New Hampshire the same fall; the next spring, he came on with his family, arriving here on the first day of June, 1848. Feb. 15, 1835, was married to Mary A. Estabrook, who was the daughter of Rodolphus and Tamison Estabrook, and was born May 10, 1815, in Lebanon, N. H. Mr. Sawyer followed farming, stone-cutting and mason work while living in New Hampshire, and farming alone since coming to Wisconsin. Has three brothers, Lewis, Hiram and Solomon, living in the same town, all pioneers of Dodge Co. Has two children-Joseph H., born July 9, 1845 (was married, June 15, 1870, to Alvida Fulmer, of Iron Ridge, Wis., and has one child, Matie Almira, born April 12, 1876; Joseph H. now owns the homestead on Sec. 19, 100 acres, worth about $6,000); Mary Jane (now Mrs. Lyman B. Eaton, of Beaver Dam), was born Feb. 27, 1836. Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer are members of the M. E. Church.

HIRAM SAWYER, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Burnett; was the son of Benjamin C. and Mindwell Sawyer, natives of New Hampshire, and was born Aug. 21, 1814, in the town of Orford,

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Grafton Co., N. H .; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1845, and settled on the farm he now occupies in the town of Burnett. Has held the office of Town Supervisor two years, was Chairmin of the County Board of Supervisors two years, and was a member of the Assembly in 1866; has also been statistical correspondent of the Agricultural Department at Washington for the last six years. Was married, Feb. 14, 1837, to Barbara Ann Wilson, who was born Oct 17, 1819, at Haverhill, Grafton Co, N. H., and was the daughter of Jonathan and Mary Wilson, natives of New Hampshire. Mr. Sawyer followed stone- cutting in New Hampshire, from [829 to 1844; but, since coming to Wisconsin, has followed farming. Lost two children-Barbara Adaline, born Feb. 19, 1839, and died Sept. 10, 1862; Ilattie Ann, born April 6, 1857, died Sept. 20, 1864, and has ten living-Abigail Eliza, born Jan. 19, 1841 ; Hiram Wilson, born June 11, 1843; Mary Mindwell, born Aug. 23, 1845; Ransom J., born Sept. 22, 1847 ; Hannah Wilson, born Oct. 7, 1849; Frank Merrill, born May 20, 1852; Alvah L., born Sept. 16, 1854; Mattie Rosette, born July 22, 1860 ; Sarah P., born April 6, 1863, aud Lewis M., born March 22, 1867. Mr. Sawyer has 180 aeres of land, valued at about $75 per acre.

LEWIS SAWYER, farmer, See. 32; P. O. Rolling Prairie; one of the pioneers of Dodge Co .; was born Jan. 23, 1819, in Grafton Co., N. H., and was the son of Benjamin C. and Mindwell Sawyer. Was married, Dec. 30, 1844, to Sarah S. Sanborn, who was born in 1821, and died March 5, 1851. Dec. 5, 1854, was married to Hannah Wilson, who was born June 4, 1816, in Haverhill, Grafton Co., N. H. In June, 1841, Mr. Sawyer came to Wisconsin and located in the town of Burnett, in the southwest corner of the town, on Sce. 31, and, in company with M. B. Hall (now at Oak Grove) built the first house and made the first improvements ever made in the town of Burnett; at that time, there was only a small beginning made at Waupun, Fox Lake and Beiver Dam, and less than two dozen houses in Dodge Co. Mr. Sawyer was one of the Clerks at the first election ever held in this precinct : has held the office of County School Commissioner for several terms; was Coroner a number of years, and held an inquest on the body of the first suicide in the county, which was the second death in Dodge Co. requiring the services of a Coroner ; has been on the School Board in different capacities for over thirty years ; has also been Assessor and Justice of the Peace. Has two children living-Francis L., born Jan. 4, 1846, and Joseph E., born Jan. 13, 1848. Mr. Sawyer has divided his farm of 400 acres in Sec. 32 between these two sons, and now, after an active life and being identified with the interests and development of Dodge Co. for nearly forty years, has settled down to a life of' quietness and rest.

SOLOMON SAWYER, wheelwright, See. 32; P. O. Rolling Prairie; came to Wisconsin, and settled in Burnett, Dodge Co., June 10, 1845, and has lived within ten rods of the same spot ever since ; he built the first frame wagon-shop in Dodge Co. The town of Burnett was then called Winnebago Precinct, and he attended the first election ever held in the precinct, at the house of James A. Williams, on what is now H. B. Sherman's Spring Brook Farm, in Sees. 20 and 2t. Mr. Sawyer was born Jan. 22. 1826. in Grafton Co .. N. H. ; son of Benjamin and Mindwell Sawyer. Married, June 26, 1853, in Burnett, R »ette Wilson, who was born Oet. 5, 1825, daughter of Jonathan and Mary Wilson, natives of New Hampshire ; has two children-Carter J., born Oct. 27, 1856, now reading law at Hartford, Wis .; and Harri, born Dec. 8. 1858, now engaged in teaching ; have lost two-Ella, born April 30. 1854, died March 24, 1874; and George, born June 28, 1861, died Nov. 6, 1862. Mr. Sawyer was Postmaster at Rolling Prairie during a part of President Pierce's administration, and the whole of Buchanan's. Owns twenty-five acres of land, which, with the buildings, is worth about $2,500.

JOHN M. SHERMAN (deceased), born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., March 30, 1817; emigrated to Illinois about 1841, and settled near Galena ; not liking the country there, he removed to Wisconsin in the spring of 1812, and settle l in Burnett, Dobre Co., on the farm where he resided at the time of his drath, which occurred Nov. 20. 1873; he was one of the oldest residents in the county, as well as first settlers of the State. He filled many positions of trust and honor, and served faithfully as a member of the Assembly in the Legislature of 1855; more recently he was appointed one of the Commissioners to locate the lands donated by Congress for the benefit of those who mortgaged their farms for railroad purposes in Wisconsin; the cares incident to the discharge of his duties in this capacity. when in ill health, undoubt- edly hastened his death. Mr. Sherman was a careful, conscientious, public-spirited man, and enjoyed the confidence of his fellow-citizens; he onee owned nearly all the land where the village of Burnett Junction now is, and in selling lots, always stipulated in the deed that the property was never to be used for saloon purposes, and no intoxicating liquor ever sold on the premises; it is a noteworthy fact that the town of Burnett has never granted a license for liquor-selling. Mrs. Sherman's mailen name was Louisa Comstock ; she died Nov. 5, 1877, leaving a separate estate of about $10.000 ; MIr. Sherman's estate was appraised at about $10,000. They left four children-Ellen, now Mrs. George H. Lawrence, of' Burnett Junction ; Mervilla, now Mrs. Charles Hodge, of Le Roy, Dodge Co., Wis .; John C., now living in Burnett ; and Myra

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L., who was married March 5, 1879, to George W. Merrill, of Burnett, who now resides on Sec. 21 ; P. O. Burnett Station.

L. H. SHEPARD, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Burnett ; was born in Erie Co., N. Y., Oct. 25; 1825, and was the son of Amos and Chloe Ann Shepard, natives of Vermont ; when 18 years of age, in the fall of 1843, his parents removed to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Burnett, Dodge Co. Dec. 4, 1856, lie was married to Cordelia Mattoon, who was born Oct. 19, 1835, and was the daughter of Har- vey and Susan Mattoon, natives of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. Mr. Shepard has resided in the town of Bur- nett since 1843, and for the last twenty years has been engaged in selling machinery for MeCormick, of Chicago ; has 2813 acres of land in Secs. 17 and 20, in Burnett, worth about $60 per acre. Was a mem- ber of the State Legislature in the winter of 1877-78. Has four children-Mintie, born Oct. 27, 1857 ; Kate, born Aug. 21, 1859; Guy R., born Nov. 8, 1865; and Nellie D., born July 25, 1867.

ELDRIDGE SMITH, farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. O. Rolling Prairie ; was born April 5, 1816, in Watertown, N. Y .; son of Trumbull and Betsy E. Smith, natives of Connecticut. In Oneida Co., N. Y., Mr. Smith married Lovina, daughter of Stephen and Mary Cooper, natives of Rhode Island ; she died in November, 1853; he came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1842, and settled in Dodge Co., near Beaver Dam, and in the fall of' 1844 located in Burnett, where now owus a farm of 190 acres, valued at about $50 per acre. April 16, 1854, he was married to Susaa Lukins, who was born April 18, 1833, daughter of Asahel and Susanna Lukins, natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. Smith has five children living-Albert E., born Feb. 1, 1844; Lyman, born May 12, 1852; Mabel B., born April 23, 1857; George W., born Feb. 22, 1859; Charles H., born Aug. 25, 1862; have lost four-Mary Phidelia, born Aug. 22, 1840, died when six months old ; Lyman Roswell, born March 10, 1847, died July 15, 1848; Bradley A., born Dec. 23, 1849', died Jan. 26, 1851; Newton Stephen, born Nov. 19, 1841, enlisted Aug. 19, 1862, in Co. K, 29th W.V. I., and died May 7, 1863, at James' Plantation, La., of typhoid fever.

ALDEN STONE (deceased) ; born June 16, 1805, in Massachusetts, near Worcester ; son of John G. and Lydia Stone, natives of Massachusetts, who removed to the State of New York when he was about 10 years of age, and settled in Madison Co. Dec. 28, 1828, he was married to Miss Harriet Web- ster, who was born Dee. 9, 1804, in Madison Co., N. Y .; daughter of Plumly and Lydia Webster, both natives of the State of New York. In the spring of 1829, he removed to Allegany Co., N. Y., and lived there about eight years ; then went to McHenry Co., Ill., where he resided till the fall of 1845, when he came to Wisconsin and settled in Burnett, on the farm now occupied by his widow, 116 acres, worth $10,000. Mr. Stone was Assessor of the town of Burnett several years. Leaves six children-Charles (living in Iowa), Mary (now Mrs. Copeland Remington, of Freeborn Co., Minn.), Nancy, William (now living in Oshkosh, Wis.), Oscar and Sarah (who are living on the homestead with their mother) ; P. O. Burnett Station.

N. F. THOMAS, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Burnett Station; was born Aug. 7, 1826, in the town of Columbia, Coos Co., N. H .; his father's name was Samuel Thomas, and his mother's maiden name was Ann Folansbee; when 19 years of age, he bought his time of his father, and left New Hamp- shire for Canada, Oct. 29, 1845; lived about twenty-five miles cist of Toronto till the next March, then came to Buffalo, and from there to Wisconsin, in what is now Kenosha Co .; there he worked on a farm at $9 per month from April, 1846, till the Ist of September, 1847 ; he clothed himself during this time and saved money enough to pay for eighty acres of land in Burnett, Dodge Co., which he did ; he then worked four months at $10 per month, and the next season drove a breaking-team for another man to pay for breaking some on his own land; in 1849, he built a house on his farm. Dec. S, 1850, he married Cath- erine Bement, of Chemung Co., N. Y .; has three children-William E., born May 18, 1854; Ella M. and Emma M. (twins), born Feb. 2, 1858. He owns 122 acres of land, valued at $55 per acre. .

ANSON TIFFT, retired farmer, Burnett Junction ; born Aug. 13, 1810, in Charlotte, Chit- tenden Co., Vt .; son of John Fiffc, a native of Rhode Island, and Betsy Smith, a native of New Milford, Conn. ; at the age of 17, Mr. Tifft went to work for Ira Andrews, at Shelburne, Chittenden Co., Vt., to learn the wagon-maker's trale; in October, 1831, went to Rhode Island, and worked at his trade in Providence and vicinity till the spring of 1834, when he returned to Vermont and followed the same business for sixteen years at Ferrisburg, Addison Co. Was married, Feb. 3, 1850, in South Canton, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., to Ann Smith, who was born in Salisbury, Vt., daughter of Richard and Jemima Smith, natives of New Jersey; came to Wisconsin in May of the same year, 1850, and in the fall settled in Chester, Dodge Co. Mrs. Tifft died in Chester Dec. 8, 1868. Oct. 30, 1871, was married to Phobe Tucker, who was born in Litchfield, N. Y., July 10, 1811, and a sister of his first wife. In the spring, sold his farm in Chester (110 acres) for $4,040, and removed to Burnett Junction, where he still resides ; has had three children-Alice (born Nov. 1, 1850, died Nov. 3, 1877), William F. (born Oct.

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30, 1854, now attending medical lectures at the Vermont University, in Burlington ) and Charles B. (born March 15, 1856, now in the hardware business in Ahnapee, Wis., firm of Tifft & Hay).

AUGUSTUS VOORHEES. farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Minnesota Junction ; born Feb. 16, 1827, in Ovid, Seneca Co., N. Y .; came to Wisconsin in May, 1845, with his parents, Tunis and Sarah Voorlees, who settled on the farm he now owns in Burnett, which consists of eighty acres, worth about $5,000. Was married, March 4, 1868, to Emily L. Falsom, who was born Jan. 25, 1839, in Montreal, Canada, daughter of Enos and Laura Falsom, natives of Vermont. In 1856, Mr. Voorhees went to Kan- sas, leaving Milwaukee in September with a company organized by Prof. Daniels, to take part in the

" Border Ruffian War," which, however, subsided before he had an opportunity to see actual service ; he remained in Kansas till the summer of 1858, when he went to Pike's Peak with the first party who visited that place, prospecting for gold ; the same summer, he went to New Mexico, prospecting on the Rio Grande, but returned to Kansas in November of the same year. July 16, 1861, he enlisted in the 5th Kan. V. C., Co. A, Captain Ritchie; was with his regiment three years and one month, participating in cleven battles and coming out without a scratch ; returned to Wisconsin in the spring of 1866. Has six children-John G., born April 9, 1861; Mary, born Aug. 11, 1870; Laura A., born Jan. 25, 1872; Charles A., born No. 9, 1873; Gertie E., born Ang. 14, 1876, and Fannie E., born Dec. 6, 1879.

CHARLES WESTON, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Burnett; born Nov. 28, 1819, in Lower Canada (now called the Province of Quebec) ; son of John and Jane Weston, natives of New England ; first came to Wisconsin in July, 1846, and located in Burnett, Dodge Co., on the land he now owns; in the summer of 1850, he returned to Canada, and married Jane Gilman, who came to Wisconsin, and died in Burnett Oct. 29, 1857 ; June 3, 1861, he married Jane Amelia Doak, who was born May 1, 1839. daughter of James Doak, Esq., of the Province of Canada ; has seven children living-Mary, born May 27, 1852; John, April 9, 1862; Marion, July 14, 1865; George, June 19, 1869; Jane Eliza, Oct. 30, 1872; Alfred Doak, Oct. 18, 1875, and William Snow, Oct. 9, 1879; Charles James, born Sept. 23, 1867, died Sept. 19, 1868. Mr. Weston has held the office of Superintendent of Schools, Chairman of Board of Supervisors and Town Clerk, and in politics is Republican. His farm comprises 420 acres of land, which he values at $22,000. Mr. and Mrs. Weston are both members of the Episcopal Church.

QUEERN YOUNG (deceased); was born in Mentzhausen, Germany, March 31, 1817; Mrs. Young's maiden name was Sophia Herrmann, daughter of John B. and Eliza Herrmann, and was also born in Germany. Mr. Young was one of the early settlers of Dodge Co., having come to America in 1844, and settled in that county ; he died Dec. 13. 1865, leaving a wife and seven children-Albert (now living in Trenton, Dodge Co.), Frances (now Mrs. Augustus Grebel, of Chester, Dodge Co.), Lucetta (now Mrs. Samuel Keil, of the town of Trenton), George Frederick (now teaching in Iowa), Theodore, Rosa and Charlie (all living with their mother on the homestead, which consists of 320 acres of land on See. 3, worth about $8,000). P. O. Burnett Station.

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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 120

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