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ALONZO W. BELLOWS, agent, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co .; born in Tully, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Oct. 29, 1829 ; when he was about 6 years of age his parents removed, with their family, to Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y .; resided there six years, then located for two years at East Homer; afterward lived at MeGrawville, in Cortland Co., until he was 24 years of age; in March, 1856, he came to Hartford, Wis., and remained there eleven years, agent of the railroad company at that point during this period ; after spending a few months in Fond du Lac, and about one year in Milwaukee, he came to Beaver Dam in October, 1868, and has been engaged in business as agent for the railway company ever since ; while a resident of the State of New York, he worked at his trade, chair-maker ; in addition to his railroad business here, he deals in salt, cement, lime, plaster, etc. He was married at McGrawville, N. Y., June 17, 1851, to Miss Clara S. Holmes ; she was born in Solon, N. Y .; they have one son- Willie Grant.
P. BINZEL, brewer, Beaver Dam; born in Germany July 4, 1833; eame to Wisconsin in June, 1857, locating at Milwaukee; he learned the brewery business in Milwaukee, with Jos. Schlitz and Valentine Blatz; he then worked in a brewery at Two Rivers, for Mr. Miller; on Oct. 1, 1863, he started a brewery at Waupun, which burned down ; in April, 1866, he went to Beaver Dam, and bought the Farmers' Brewery, from Mr. Schutte, which he is now running; in 1870, he was Alderman of the First Ward, and, with the exception of one term, has been Alderman ever since. He married, in July, 1863, Louisa Martz, of England; he has six children-Edward H., Mary Clotilda, John Alvin, Philip Rudolphe, Alma Louisa and Hellmuth Philip.
H. BOOTH, merchant tailor ; born in Moravia. C'aynga Co., N. Y., March 25, 1825, and came to Wisconsin Sept. 26, 1846, loeating in Beaver Dam ; he learned his trade in Moravia; on moving to Beaver Dam he opened a merchant tailor's establishment, which he is continuing still; in the spring of 1852, he was elected Treasurer of Beaver Dam Township; was also Alderman of the Second Ward one term; in 1860, was Treasurer of the city of Beaver Dam; in 1876, he was Alderman of the Fourth Ward one term. He married, June 24, 1847, Sarah G. Ordway, of Hancock. N. H .; he has five ehil- dren-Helen Leona, Clara Lydia, Sarah Bell, Willis Hiram and Charles. Mr. and Mrs. Booth are mem- bers of the Episcopal Church.
R. V. BOGERT, Postmaster; was born in ('laverick, N. Y., July 3, 1819, and came to Wis- consin the fore part of October, 1849, loeating in Beaver Dam; in Chenango Co., N. Y., he received his early edneation, and assisted his father on the farm; in Tioga Co., he was a clerk in a general store, after which he moved to Owego, N. Y., and hired out to a firm to lumber-it up and down the Susquehanna River ; this he continued for eight years ; from Owego he moved to Beaver Dam ; in 1849, started a gen- eral store; bought an interest in a flour-mill in 1854, also an interest in the woolen-mills; this was contin- ued seven years, under the firm name of Lewis & Bogert ; he then entered the banking business, opening the Dodge County Bank, under the State law, which he continued until 1861; in 1860, he started the Waushara County Bank, at Wautoma, which he continued until 1861 ; Mr. Bogert has held the following offices: In 1851-52, was Town Treasurer; in 1862, was appointed U. S. Assistant Assessor for Dodge Co., which he held until 1865; in about 1868, he was again U. S. Assistant Assessor, and hell that office until its expiration ; in 1861, he was Mayor of Beaver Dam ; n 1876, he was appointed Postmaster of Beaver Dam, which position he now holds; Mr. Bogert also represents the following fire, life and accident
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insurance companies : Liverpool & London & Globe; the Royal, of Liverpool ; the Lancashire, of Manchester; the Queen, of London ; Continental, of New York ; Connecticut, of Hartford ; Pennsylvania, of Philadel- phia ; Fireman's Fund, of California ; Westchester, of New York ; Watertown. of New York; North- western National, of Milwaukee ; Northwestern Mutual Life, of Milwaukee, and the Travelers' Accident of Hartford. Mr. Bogert was married in March, 1844, to Celinda Leonard, of New York ; he has eight children living, named Agnes, Robert, Henrietta, Henry, Lucy, Nellie, Charles and Lottie. Mr. and Mrs. Bogert are attendants of the Congregational Church.
W. H. BRACKIN, carpenter, joiner and builder; is a native of Madison Co., N. Y .; born in 1818. At the age of 22, he began the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he has since followed ; in 1855, he came to Beaver Dam, Wis., where he has been connected with the erection of some of the most prom- inent buildings of the city. In 1848, he married Maria L. Cowen, of Madison Co., N. Y. They attend the Presbyterian Church.
GEORGE A. BROWN. proprietor livery stable, was born in Newark, N. J., March 24, 1840, aud came to Wisconsin in 1842. locating in Racine; from Racine he moved to Beaver Dam, at first assisting his father, and after farming it on his own account until 1872, when he went into the livery, sale and boarding stable business in partnership with his brother, under the firm name of Mann, Brown & Co. Mr. Brown married, Jan. 1, 1862, Ellen H. Porter, of Londonderry, Ireland ; he has four children-William Porter, Georgia May, Maggie Julia and Anna Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members of the First Presbyterian Church.
JOHN BROWN, farmer; Scc. 33; P. O. Beaver Dau. The subject of this sketch is a native of Argyle, Washington Co., N. Y., son of Archibald and Fannie Brown, ner Elorth ; born in October, 1824. When he was quite young his parents removed to Livingston Co., N. Y. ; here he received a common school education. and led the life of a farmer till 22 years of age; in 1846, came to Dodge Co., Wis., and settled ou a farm in the town of Trenton, which was his home till 1865; in 1857-58, he was employed as guard and overseer in the stone-shop of the State Prison at Waupun, under Gen. Starks. At Ripon, Wis., in October, 1861, he enlisted in Co. K, of the 1st W. V. C .. under Col. Daniels; was in the battles of Cape Girardeau, Mo., Chickamauga, Tenn., Marietta, Stony Face, Buzzard's Roost, and Atlanta ; was mustered out of service at Calhoun, Ga., Oet. 31, 1864, when he returned to Trenton and continued farming for one year ; in 1865, on account of ill health, he sold that farm and purchased 14 71-100 aeres in Sec. 33, and within the city limits of Beaver Dam, where he has led a more retired life; in 1847, he returned to York, Livingston Co., N. Y., where, JJune 12 of that year, he married Mrs. Mary A., daughter of Robert P. and Sarah MeGlashan nee Holmes, and soon came again with her to enjoy his Western home. They have had three children-America L., deceased, Frank D. of Gary, Deuel Co., Dak., and Fannie N. Religiously, Mr. Brown is a Universalist.
REV. J. BUCKLEY, Pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Beaver Dam; was born in the town of Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, November, 1846, and came to Wisconsin September, 1870, locating in Milwaukee; he received his early education in the Abbey of Mount Mellery, Ireland ; he took his classical course there and his theological course in All-Hallow College, Dublin ; he was ordained June 24, 1869, and his first charge was as Assistant Pastor of St. Vincent de Paul's Catholic Church, in Logans- port. Ind .; he then went to Milwaukee as Assistant Priest of St. John's Cathedral; in 1871, he came to Beaver Dam as Pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, which pastorate he now holds.
HON. SAMUEL D. BURCHARD, farmer ; P. O. Beaver Dam ; was born in Leyden, Lewis Co., N. Y., July 17, 1835, and came to Wisconsin in 1843, locating at Waukesha; in 1856, he com- menced his business life by driving a stage on the overland route for Wells, Butterfield & Co., and in the same year took charge of a plantation in Central Missouri, and was engaged in stock-raising for five years ; after which he purchased a coal mine in Johnson Co., Mo., and from it supplic I the Missouri Pacific R. R., Leavenworth, Kansas City, Sedalia. and intermediate points, selling to the above railroad the first coal they ever burnt in a locomotive ; in 1858, he went to Beaver Dam, and, in connection with Mr. MeFet- ridge, under the firm name of MeFetridge, Burchard & Co., commenced the manufacture of woolen goods. This he continued until 1879, when he purchased a farm of 200 acres in Trenton Township, where he commenced farming on a large scale and with the most pleasing success. During the late war, he was Master of Transportation of Central Missouri until March 24, 1862. and until Sept. 18, 1862, was Master of Transportation of the Fifth Division of Grant's Army . in the fall of the same year, he was placed in charge of the receipt and distribution of the supplies for the Army of the Potomac; in the fall of 1863, he was sent by the Government to New York City to purchase forage, in the open market, for the supply of all the armies operating on the seaboard ; his disbursements, while on duty in New York City, reached the enormous figure of $1,800,000 per month; he sent in his resignation in July, 1865, and it was not
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accepted until Oct. 31, 1865. Mr. Burchard has held the following offices, viz. : Mayor of Beaver Dam, one term ; State Senator, two terms, and, in 1874, he was elected to Congress and served one term. He was married June 9, 1859, to Mary Jane Simmons, of Missouri; he has eight children living, named William T., Charles A., Martha E., Agnes M., Samuel F., Jennie, Esther, Susan.
A. F. BURGESS, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Beaver Dam; born in Windham Co., Conn., Aug. 29, 1818 ; came to Wisconsin in 1845; located at Beaver Dam Township, at his present place of residence, where he has since continued farming ; he has been Assessor several years. also, Town Treasurer and Supervisor ; is a member of the I. O. O. F., and of the Grange ; married in the State of New York, Sept. 22, 1846, Miss Rebecca Beackus, a native of Chenango Co., N. Y .; has family of five children- Jay, Frank, Ruth A., Sarah J. and Ralph ; is owner of 320 acres.
MRS. AFFIA BURNS, physician ; was born in Deposit, Broome Co., N. Y., on May 27, 1839, and came to Wisconsin in June, 1876, locating in Janesville. From Deposit she moved to Luzerne Co., Penn., where, at that place and Philadelphia, she received her literary education. In 1861, she com- meneed to read and study medicine; in 1863 to 1865 attended medical lectures at the Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania, graduating in June, 1865 ; her specialty being the diseases of woman ; in June, 1867, she commenced the practice of medicine and has practiced in the following places : Mount Pleasant, Henry Co., Iowa ; St. Paul, Minn .; Janesville, Wis., and in December, 1878, moved to Beaver Dam, and has since continued her practice with marked success. Mrs. Dr. Burns married, Sept. 20, 1860, Dr. J. J. Ely, of New York ; second marriage at Dixon, Ky., April 5, 1871, to C. R. Burns. She is a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Beaver Dam.
A. M. BURNS, painter, Beaver Dam ; was born in Curllsville, Clarion Co., Penn., Nov. 24, 1847, and came to Wisconsin in April, 1856, locating in Plattsville, Grant Co., Wis., where he received his edu- cation at the Normal School ; after leaving school, he, in connection with Mr. Ayres, under the firm name of Ayers & Burns, went into the grocery business, which he carried on for about eighteen; months, when, in May, 1867, he moved to Beaver Dam aud engaged with the Beaver Dam Agricultural Works as foreman in the painting department. Mr. Burns was Adjutant General and Inspector in the Order of the Grand Army of the Republic of the State of Wisconsin ; he is also one of the Trustees of the Red Ribbon Club of Beaver Dam. He enlisted in the army in September, 1861, in Co. I. 10th W. V. I., Col. A. R. Chapin, and was in the battles of Bridgeport, Ala., Perryville, Ky., Stone River, Tenn., Chickamauga, siege of Chattanooga, Dallas, Ga., Burnt Hickory, Peach Tree Creek and siege of Atlanta; he was wounded in the knee at the battle of Chickamauga; was mustered out in 1864; he was the youngest soldier in the State, having enlisted when but 13 years of age. He married, March 31, 1870, Betsy L. Whitaker, of Beaver Dam ; he has three children-Nellie, Nettie and Luvia. Mr. Burns is a member of the M. E. Church at Beaver Dam.
GEORGE S. CAMPBELL, miller, Beaver Dam; was born in Kenosha, Wis., Jan. 7, 1842; from Kenosha he moved to Columbus, Wis., and was, with his brother-in-law, in the milling busi- ness ; in 1873, he moved to Beaver Dam and engaged with the Beaver Dam Flouring Mill as Superintendent. He enlisted in the army in August, 1862, in Co. G, 23d W. V. I., Col. J. J. Guppy, and was engaged in the battles of first Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, siege of Vicksburg, Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, Fort Morgan, Ala., second Fort Morgan, and also in a number of skirmishes; he received his discharge July 4, 1865. He married, Jan. 22, 1867, Harriet E. Butterfield, of Smith's Basin, Washing- ton Co., N. Y .; he has one child-James Franklin. Mrs. Campbell is a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Beaver Dam.
G. W. CHANDLER, woolen manufacturer, Beaver Dam; was born in Warren Co., N. Y., Nov. 9, 1826, and came to Wisconsin May 22, 1853, locating in Beaver Dam; he learned the trade of woolen manufacturer in Amber, Onondaga Co., N. Y .; in 1850, he engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods in connection with Mr. G. H. Stewart, under the firm name of Stewart & Chandler, and after, in partnership with his two brothers-in-law, bought a farm of 280 acres in Oak Grove and continued farm- ing for eight years; he then returned to Beaver Dam and for three years was business manager for G. H. Stewart & Co., woolen manufacturers, after which, in connection with Mr. G. B. Congdon, he bought out the interests of Stewart & Co., since which time he has been engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods under the firm name of Chandler, Congdon & Co. In Clyman, he was Supervisor for one year. He mar- ried, Jan. 10, 1852, Marcia Griffin, of Amber, N. Y., who died March 18, 1860. He again married, Feb. 3, 1863, Moriah Hambright, of Oak Grove; he has six children living-Jenevieve, Mabel, Charles, William, Arthur and Harley.
DR. A. S. CHILDS, Beaver Dam, was born in Moretown, Washington Co., Vt., May 6, 1843, and came to Wisconsin Oct. 10, 1855, locating at Omro, where he received his common school education ;
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in 1868, he published the Omro Union, a weekly newspaper ; this he continued for one year and then sold it out ; in the fall of 1868, he went to St. Joe, Mo., and afterward to Shelbyville, Mo., where he pub- lished the Shelby Co. newspaper ; he also commenced the study of medicine to prepare himself for a course in the medical college, which course he afterward took at the Hahnemann Homeopathie College at Chi- cago, in 1874; he then removed to Beaver Dam in 1878 and has sinee been engaged in the practice of medicine. Ile enlisted in October, 1861, in Co. C, 14th W. V. I., Col. Wood, and was engaged in the battles of Shiloh; Iuka, Miss .; Corinth, Miss .; Vicksburg, Natchez, Red River expedition ; Augusta, Ark .; in the Missouri campaign after Price, and at Nashville, Mobile, and also in about filteen skirmishes ; during all these battles, he was wounded but once, and that but slightly in the scalp. Dr. Childs enlisted as a private and gradually rose through the grades of his company until he reached the position of Cap- tain ; he was mustered out Oct. 9, 1865, at Mobile, Ala. In Omro, in 1866, he was City Marshal for two terms. He married, Dee. 21, 1865, Harriet A. Hamilton, of Cambridge, Me .; he has two children -- Myrtle and Ralph.
GEORGE B. CONGDON, woolen manufacturer, Beaver Dam; was born in Otisco, Onon- daga Co., N. Y., April 2, 1835, and came to Wisconsin in May, 1853, locating at Beaver Dam ; from Otisco he moved to Beaver Dam and engaged in the woolen-mills as spinner; then as book-keeper in Coe & Schuyler's dry-goods store, and also as book-keeper with Hoyt & Smith, dry-goods merchants, and after. in George Smith's warehouse as book-keeper; he then took the position of teller in the Dodge County Bank and afterward cashier of the same; in 1859, in connection with Mr. Bogert, started a bank in Wan- shara, called the Wanshara County Bank ; in 1861, he moved to Madison, Wis., and was employed in the Quartermaster General's office as assistant book-keeper ; then as clerk in the U. S. Marshal's office at the same place : in May, 1863, he was appointed Paymaster in the U. S. army, which position he held until October, 1865, when he entered as partner 'in the woolen-mill in connection with Mr. Chandler and S. P. K. and C. E. Lewis, under the firm name of Chandler, Congdon & Co. Mr. Congdon married, July 11, 1859, Celia Flanders, of Copenhagen, Lewis Co., N. Y .; he has two children-Frank F. and George C. Mrs. Congdon is a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Beaver Damn.
J. H. CONLON, harness-maker, Beaver Dam; was born in County Clare, Ireland, Feb. 21, 1838, and came to Wisconsin Nov. 7, 1855, locating at Wyocena; he received his early education in Owego, N. Y .; he was engaged in farming at Fountain Prairie for four years ; was one and a half years in the restaurant business in Owego; he then for one year carried on a saloon in Columbus, Wis., after which he went to Madison and served an apprenticeship with G. V. Ott, harness-maker; then as journey- man in Oregon, Wis., and Columbus, Wis .; in 1870, he came to Beaver Dam, where for four years he worked as journeyman, and since that time has been engaged on his own account in the harness business in the store on Center street, south side of the bridge. Mr. Conlon enlisted April 10, 1861, in Co. B, 5th Wisconsin Milwaukee Zonaves, Col. M. C. Cobb, and was engaged in the battle of Williamsburg, Va., on May 6, 1862, where he was wounded in the thigh so severely that it was found necessary to amputate his leg June 20, 1862, at David's Island, N. Y .; he received his discharge July 8, 1863. He married, February 13, 1871, Mary M. Winebrener, of Beaver Dam ; he has one child living. not named.
CHARLES M. CROSS, gents' furnishing goods; was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 17, 1851, and came to Wisconsin March 16, 1855, locating in Sheboygan; he received his early education at Rosedale, Fond du Lae Co., Wis., and spent five summers in learning the carpenter's trade with his father. On Sept. 16, 1870, he commenced clerking in Ripon, Wis., with Evers & Weller, dry-goods merchants, for one year; in 1871. he engaged in the manufacture of the Wheeler Windmill; this he continued for about one and a half years; in 1872, he went to Waupun and engaged as clerk for Silber Bros'. general store for one year ; in 1873, he came to Beaver Dam and engaged with Crueger & Lehrkind, general store, as clerk ; from there he went to Milwaukee as traveling salesman for Rich & Silber, ladies' furnishing goods ; he then returned to Beaver Dam and engaged as clerk with A. P. Lawrence & Co., for one and one-half years; he then, in connection with Mr. Hambright, purchased the stock of gent's furnishing goods, etc., of E. L. Hall, and under the firm name of Cross & Hambright, located at 74 Front street, between Spring and Center streets ; their specialty being custom work in clothes aud suitings ; they are doing a successful business.
O. H. CROW'L, retired, Beaver Dam; born in Smithfield, Madison Co., N. Y., Oct. 30, 1820; came to Wisconsin in June, 1847 ; located in Lowell Township, Dodge Co., engaged in farming ; 1849, went to Whitewater, Walworth Co., entered the employ, as salesman, of Pratt Bros .. distillers ; 1850, had his leg broken, and resided in Milford, Jefferson Co., until 1851, when he went to hotel keeping at that place ; in the summer of 1852, began keeping the Green Mountain House at Oak Grove. Dodge Co. ; 1856. re- turned to his farm in Lowell Township, remaining there until September. 1867, following, also, the occupation
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of auctioncer ; 1867, went to Oak Grove, from there to Rolling Prairie; 1859, went to Fall River, Columbia Co .; went into mercantile and lumber business with O. B. Prime ; 1871, sold out to his partner and moved to Columbus, Columbia Co .; 1872, returned to Beaver Dam where he has since resided ; 1878. bought farm of 1433 acres in Fountain Prairie, Columbia Co. ; was Deputy Sheriff four years; 1853, was Justice of the Peace of Oak Grove; was Town Assessor of Lowell, 1857-58; has been member of City Council and Senior Alderman ; was member of State Central Committee of Prohibition Party of the State of Wisconsin ; is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and Temple of Honor, of the Red Ribbon Club, and the Universalist Society. Married at Smithfield, Madison Co., N. Y., March 31. 1847, to Miss Elizabeth A. Sanders, a native of the place ; have four children-three sons and one daughter.
ANDREW CROWL, father of O. H .; born at Brattleboro, Vt., Aug. 27. 1794; moved with his parents to Otsego Co., N. Y., 1804, to Peterboro, Madison Co., 1807. In 1813, entered the IT. S. A. in an independent company ; served to close of war ; in October, 1815, had conferred upon him the Degree of Master Mason in Western Star Lodge, is, therefore, probably the oldest Mason in the . State, as this October will be the sixty-fourth anniversary of his initiation into the Order. He married, Dec. 25, 1815, at Peterboro, N. Y., Miss Lucy Wilber, who died in May, 1862.
DE WITT C. DAVENPORT, finisher in the Beaver Dam Woolen-Mills; was born in North Hoosick, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., and came to Wisconsin April 10. 1867, locating in Beaver Dam. lle received his early education in Utica, N. Y. ; he has worked in the following mills: Globe Mills, Utica, N. Y. ; the Little Falls Woolen Mills, and with Chandler, Congdon & Co., and McFetridge, Smith & Co .. as finisher, with which latter firm he is now engaged. He married in March, 1867, Adeline Teller, of Little Falls, N. Y., and has five children-Carrie, Kezziah, Adeline, Alma and Arabel.
HENRY E. DAVIS, retired farmer, P. O. Beaver Dam; born in Somersetshire, England, March 2, 1817; cameto America June 5, 1830 ; resided at Schenectady, N. Y., three years, then went to Coburg, Can., and remained a few months, when he came to Cleveland, Ohio, remaining in Ohio until October, 1849, when he came to Wisconsin ; in November of the same year, he purchased a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 10, in the town of Burnett, Dodge Co .; resided on his farm until August, 1879, when he removed to Beaver Dam, where he now resides; he still owns the farm which he purchased when he first came to the county, and he also owns considerable additions of land lying in the same neighborhood, which he purchased later. He was married in Brooklyn, Ohio, Dec. 2, 1841, to Clarissa H. Olds; she was born in Brookfield, Worcester Co., Mas>. ; they have ten children living-Persico W., Rosaletta MI., Parmenus H., Lillian I1. (now Mrs. Chas. D. Andrews, of Fond du Lac ). Elbridge C., Delmer E., Elmer E., Clara F., Jessie M., Mary L. Mr. Davis is a millwright by trade, but has never followed that business since he came to Wisconsin.
JAMES J. DICK, lawyer ; was born in Westfield, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Sept. 8, 1836, and came to Wisconsin on May 1, 1856, locating in Marquette Co .; Mr. Dick received his academic education in Westfield, and thence moved to Marquette Co .. where he engaged in teaching school; in 1858, he moved to Beaver Dam and taught in the High School of that place; in 1860, he went to Albany, N. Y., and studied law in the Albany Law School and was there admitted to practice in all the courts of that State ; from Albany he returned to Beaver Dam and has practiced law up to present writing. In 1874, he was elected Superintendent of Public Schools in Beaver Dam. Mr. Dick married Aug. 5. 1862. Helen M. Drown, of Vermont. Mrs. Dick is a member of the Episcopal Church at Beaver Dam.
ISAAC DE YOUNG, farmer, Scc. 18; P. O. Beaver Dam ; is a son of Joseph and Levina De Young; born in Bucks Co., Penn., in September, 1845 ; when 2 years old, with parents, he canic to Dodge Co .. Wisconsin, where his father bought a farm of 177 acres in Sec. 18, and where he died in March, 1875, leaving a son, Isaac, and two daughters, as the only children; in October, 1876, Isaac married Miss Lena, daughter of William and Margaret Lcisess, in the town of Calamus, Dodge Co., Wis. ; they have one son-John J. Mr. De Young has been School District Treasurer for several terms. He and his wife are members of St. Peter's Catholic Church.
D. DICKINSON, lumber merchant, Beaver Dam ; was born in St. Joseph Co., Mich., April 1, 1843, and came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1866, locating in Milwaukee ; he received his early education in St. Joe, Mich. ; in 1868, he moved to Oshkosh, and engaged for three years in book-keeping; on Jan. 1, 1872, he was admitted into partnership with R. MeMillen & Co., lumber merchants, with whom he con- tinued for five years ; in May, 1877, he came to Beaver Dam and commenced the lumber business, corner Spring and Middle streets ; he is also engaged in the lumber business in Leadville, Colo., in connection with R. McMillen & Co., under the firm name of D. Dickinson & Co. He was married, March 6, 1971, to Mary D. Rodgers, of Newark, Ohio; he has one child living, named Jay R. Mr. and Mrs. Dickin- son are members of the M. E. Church.
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