The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 125

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Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 1082

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FRANK B. HOSKINS, born in Cheuango Co., N. Y .; came to Fond du Lac in December. 1850, with his father, D. Everett Haskios, now deceased ; after leaving school, he entered the First National Bank, of Fond du Lac, after which, during 1869 and 1870, he was Secretary of the La Belle Wagon Works ; during five years thereafter, he was in the hardware business with the late Chapin Hall, as a member of the firm of Hall & Hoskins. Mr. Hoskins was elected Register of Deeds of Fond du Lac Co., on the Democratic ticket, in November, 1878, taking the office in January, 1879 ; he has also been three years a member of the Board of Education of the city of Fond du Lac, and two years Alder- man and Supervisor for the First Ward.

CHARLES HOTALING, engineer for the Mihills Manufacturing Co .; was born in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1838, and is the son of Peter and Harriet ( Buckbee) Hotaling, natives of New York also; his father came to Fond du Lac in 1842, and that year, by the aid of the Brothertown Indians, built the first steamboat ( Manchester) that ever navigated Lake Winnebago, of which he was proprietor and Cap- tain for fifteen years; he died in 1857; in 1845, his wife and two sons (one having come out with his father) joined him in his Western home; Charles began as a cabin-boy on the boat when quite young, and continued navigation till 1865 ; he was Captain of the " Fountain City " for the last year, and had been her pilot for five years before ; he then began engineering, which he has since followed ; he now lives with his mother, on Scott street, and she is 70 years old.

ALEXANDER HOUSTON, farmer; is a native of Ayrshire, Scotland; born in 1822; his birthplace being within two miles of that of Robert Burns ; his parents. Alexander and Jane Hous- ton, gave him an education in the parish schools of that country, after which he devoted his attention to farming there till 1848, whence he set sail for America and landed in New York, in June of that year ; he stopped on Long Island, then removed to Buffalo, N. Y., where he worked at masonry for about four years ; thence, in 1852, he came to Fond du Lac, and there continued his trade for ten years; in 1862, he purchased a farm of 115 acres in Sec. 19, town of Fond du Lac, where he has since devoted his time and attention to farming. He was married to Miss Annie, daughter of Thomas Miller, a wheelwright, and Bettie Martin, of Dundee, Scotland, in 1848; they have seven children - Thomas, Alexander, Robert, Mary (now Mrs. J. Asher, of Michigan ), John, David and James. Mr. H. and wife are mem- bers of the Congregational Church.

J. C. HUBER, druggist, is a native of Switzerland; came to New York in 1847, with his father ( Jos. Huber ), being then about 7 years of age ; resided in New York until 1849, when he moved to Taychee- dah and to Fond du Lac in 1855, remaining two years ; in 1861, returned to Fond du Lac, where he has since resided ; he was employed as a clerk until June, 1864, when he began business for himself; in 1868, Mr. 11. began running a drug, medicine and herb mill, which has several times been enlarged, and is now doing a thriving business. Mr. Iluber is prominently connected with the Congregational Church, the County Bible Society, and other orders and associations.

SAMUEL HOTALING, engineer, was born in Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1842; when 1 year old, was brought by his parents, Peter and Harriet Hotaling, to Mineral Point, Wis., in 1843; came to Fond du Lac, which has since been his home, in 1846, enlisted, Aug. 14, 1862, in Co. A, 21st W. V. I ;

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was in all the battles engaged in by his regiment; mustered out in June, 1865 ; was employed before entering the army and ever since as engineer for various mills; during the last seven years he has been engineer in the Galloway Mills. He was married, in Fond du Lac, Oct. 28, 1866, to Amelia Gardner, born near Ogdensburg, N. Y .; they have one child-Charles, born Jan. 4 1868; and have lost two- Belle. aged 23 years, and Samuel, aged 4 years and 3 months.

PROF. C. A. HUTCHINS, Principal of the High School and Superintendent of Schools in the city of Fond du Lac, was born at Shelby, Orleans Co., N. Y., January 1, 1828; was taken by his parents to Adrian, Mich., in 1831, where he grew to manhood ; Prof. H. was educated at the Norwalk (Ohio) Academy, and pursued his studies, before and after, under his brother at the academy at home ; in 1852, he emigrated to Sharon, Walworth Co., Wis., where he engaged in farming until 1858, after which, for three years, he taught Latin and Greek at Wayland University ; for two years, he was in charge of the public schools at Janesville ; had charge of the schools"at Ionia, Mich., four years, those at Baraboo, Wis., one year, and thereafter was two years County Superintendent of Schools, coming to Fond du Lac in 1873, where he has since been Principal of the High School and Superintendent of the City Sehools ; Prof. H. has been President of the Public Library since its organization, and has done a great deal of work for it; he is also Church Clerk of the First Baptist Church, of which he is a member. He was married at Fairfield, Ohio, Nov. 1, 1853, to Mary E, daughter of Rev. Samuel Wadsworth ; they have three daughters -. Julia A., Sarah and Hattie.

PROF. C. M. HUTCHINS, musician, was born at Lisbon, N. H., July 29, 1838 ; eame to Fox Lake, Wis., in November, 1845, where he resided on a farm twenty years; removed to Waupun, where he lived until 1873, and thence came to Fond du Lac; Prof H. has followed teaching instru- mental music twelve years, in which time he has organized a great many bands, and taken part in a great number of concerts and musical conventions in various parts of the country. He was married at Fond du Lac, January 10, 1877, to Annette Morse, a native of Waupun, Wis .; they have one child; Prof. H. has three children by a former marriage. His father is dead, and his mother resides with him at Fond du Lac.

S. MARTIN INGALLS, farmer, Sec. 26; a native of Essex Co., N. Y .; born in 1834, and is the son of a farmer ; was educated in the district schools of his native county ; in 1855, he came West, and for a few months traveled through La Salle Co., Ill., in the interest of a publishing house, after which he came to Tremont, Dodge Co., Wis., where be was employed by Mr. U. D. Mihills in his saw-mill at that place ; in 1856, he removed to Ripon, Fond du Lac Co., and for about seven years followed the car- penter and joiner's trade, whence, in 1863, he removed to his father in-law, Mr. John Brown's farm. a short distance west of the city of Fond du Lac, where he followed farming for about three years ; he bought his present place of eighty acres in See. 26, town of Fond du Lac, in 1866, then an unimproved farm. He was married to Miss Cynthia, daughter of John and Mercy Brown, of Fond du Lae, in Feb- ruary. 1861 ; they have four children-Elmer B., Edith M., Fred M. and Willard.

E. B. INGRAM, farmer ; is a native of' Hampshire Co., Mass., where he was born in 1823; he was there engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods till 1848, at which time he emigrated to Wis- cousin, and settled on a farm at Fond du Lac, where he followed agricultural pursuits for about five years ; in 1853, he returned to Worcester Co., Mass., and engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods for nearly six years ; disposing of his interest in that business in 1869, he came again to Fond du Lac, where he has since engaged in farming. In 1856, he married Miss Nancy Shepard, daughter of Samuel Shepard, black- smith, of Barre, Mass .; they have five children-Fred A., Emily E., Frank, Edith and Eugene. MIr. Ingram and family are liberal in their religious views.

ALEXANDER A. JARVIS, carpenter : was born in Canada, of French parents, Nov. 30, 1834; came to Jefferson Co., Wis., in 1843; went to Menasha in 1865, and came to Fond du Lac in the spring of 1867; Mr. Jarvis learned the carpenter's trade, which he has since followed, when 18 years of age. He was married at Watertown, Wis., Jan. 20, 1861, to Elizabeth Blair, born in Rochester, N. Y .; they have five children living-Walter, George, Angeline, Mary Elizabeth and an infant son, and have lost two infant children.

EDWARD JONES, ticket clerk of the North-Western Railway at Fond du Lac ; is a native of that city ; born in July, 1857 ; was educated in the public schools of Fond du Lac; in 1873. he became freight receiver and biller for the road, and July 25, 1877, was promoted to the position of ticket clerk ; has been a Mason since 1878; is also a Knight of Pythias.

HIRAM E. JOHNSON, retired farmer ; was born in Addison Co., Vt., Aug. 7. 1818; is the son of Jonathan Johnson and Susan Burwell, natives of New Jersey ; his grandfather was an early emi- grant to America, and took part in the struggle for American Independence ; Hiram is the son of a

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farmer, hence was brought up at honest toil, and has since tried to follow out the Divine injunction. "Go till the soil." When about 14 years of age, he removed to Niagara Co., N. Y., where he lived till 1847 ; leaving then, the old Empire State, he sought a home in the wilds of Wisconsin; sailing from Buffalo, he came via Sheboygan to Milwaukee, thence on foot via Watertown to Fond du Lac, where he stopped over Sunday with Edward Pier; he soon entered 320 acres of land in See. 10, town of Empire, and 160 aeres in Sec. S, town of Forest; returning to Milwaukee, he exchanged his money for land office orders and came again to Fond du Lic, bringing with him from near Waupun, some ox teams with which to break his farm; having made some improvements and built a board shanty 12x12 feet. Oet. 14, 1848, he married Miss Lucinda, daughter of Gilderoy and Rhoda MeArthur, natives of Birdport, Addison Co. Vt., she with her parents having come West on the same boat with Johnson, and, till the time of marriage, had followed teaching in Vermont and Chicago; they at once removed to the board shanty, which served them as a home till their new house, then under construction, was completed; when their oldest daughter, Hattie, was about a year old, Mrs. Johnson made a visit to Chicago, and on her return, her husband met her at Sheboygan, and on their way home, they met two huge bears, which, though harm- less, gave Mrs. Johnson one of the worst frights she ever had; they lived there on the farm till about 1878, when he sold that and moved to the city of Fond du Lac, where he has since lived a more retired life: they have had eight children-Hattie A., now the wife of Rev. William Fox, a Presbyterian minister of Quincy, Mich .; Rhoda C. ( deceased ), Sadie A., now Mrs. Dr. George Dixon, of Sacramento, Cal .; Fred A., farmer, of Sacramento Co., Cal .; Eva L., Lillie E., Willie E., Louisa D. Members of the Presbyte- rian Church.

JOHN JUCKER, salesman in Meyer's lumber-yard on Western Avenue; was born in Ger- many in 1850; came to America with parents in 1855, and settled at Burlington, Wis., where he received his early education ; in 1860, he began elerking in a dry-goods store at Burlington, where he remained till 1864. In May, 1864, he enlisted in Co. D, 39th W. V. L., and served till his term of service expired Sept. 25. 1864, at Milwaukee; returning to Burlington, Wis., he re-enlisted in Co. C, 48th W. V. I .; served till March, 1866, when he was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, Kan .; he then came to Fond du Lac, and was engaged in the lumber business with P. Sawyer & Son till 1876, when he became sales- man for Mr. Meyer's in lumber-yard, where he has sinee been employed.

MARTIN F. KAEDING was born in Prussia Sept. 11, 1844; came from there to Fond du Lic in July, 1862, where he engaged in wagon-making-his present business; from 1875 to 1878, was in the furniture business ; sold lime and stone at Fond du Lac and Eden two summers ; entered the Li Belle Wagon Works in the fall of 1879, where he now is, and in which he had worked five years from 1870. Mr. Kaeding has been Alderman three years, and a member of the County Board two years. He was married at Fond du Lac March 2, 1869, to Amelia Nast, born in Prussia ; they have five children- Herman A., Lonise W .; Emma L., Amelia E. and Martin W. Mr. K. is a member of the Lutheran Church and of the Concordia Benevolent Association.

C. F. KALKK, of the firm of Kalk & Kent, druggists ; born in Berlin, Germany; came to America in the spring of 1848 ; located at Sheboygan, Wis., where he remained until he came to Fond du Le in September, 1849; commenced clerking in drug store the month of his arrival here; in 1857, he entered into partnership with his former employer, D. R. Curran ; continued with him until 1866, when he sold out to Mr. Curran, and formed a copartnership with William F. Kent, under the present firm name, which has continued to the present time. This firm has done a wholesale and retail bus ness since its existence. and is one of the leading drug houses of the State. Mr. Kalk has held various important positions-Supervisor and Alderman several terms, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, member of the Board of Education, etc. He is esteemed as one of the most enterprising and public-spirited citizens of the county.

WILLIAMS KARSTENS. foreman second floor in C. J. L. Meyer's sash, door and blind factory ; was born in Holstein, Germany in 1833; learned the earpenter and cabinet-maker's trade in his native country ; came to America in 1854, and settled in Michigan, where he worked in a saw-mill for carpenter's trade ; in 1867, he moved to Davenport, Iowa., continued the carpenter's trade for three years, eight months, whence he went to Sheboygan, Wis., where, for two and a half years, he followed the from there he moved to Fond du Lac in 1860, and still continued the carpenter's trade till 1872, and since that time has been employed by Mr. Meyer in sash, door and blind factory. In 1861, he married Miss Annie Wilkins, daughter of Fred Wilkins, of Holstein, Germany ; they have three children, as follows-Charles, Annie, and Willie. Mr. K. and wife are members of the Lutheran Church.

FATHER JOSEPH J. KEENAN, Priest of St. Joseph's Catholic Church ; is a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, where he was born in 1845 ; his parents eame to America, and located at

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Philadelphia, when he was only 18 months old. In 1860, he entered the Milwaukee Seminary, where he spent five years, preparatory to entering upon his theological studies, after which he attended the Chi- cago University for one and a half years, and began his theological studies, whence he went to Mt. St. Mary's, at Emmittsburg, Md., where he received his degrees with the Class of '69. After his gradu- ation, he returned to Milwaukee, Wis., and continued his theological studies under Archbishop Henni, by whom he was ordained to the priesthood in 1870. His first charge was that of Portage City, Wis., with five other missions, which he served for one year, when he was recalled to the Teacher's Seminary of Milwaukee, as Professor of English Language and Mathematics for three years, when, at the request of Bishop Heiss, of La Crosse, Wis., he went to Eau Claire, Wis., for a few months only, being recalled by his own Bishop to the diocese of Milwaukee, and placed in charge of Oconomowoc for one year ; at the expiration of the year, he was sent back as Procurator of the Seminary and Professor of Natural Science, where he spent nearly two years; in February, 1879, he received the appointment to St. Joseph's, at Fond du Lac, to succeed Rev. Father G. L. Willard, who took his place at the Seminary.

A. A. KELLY, attorney ; born at Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1848; he is a son of Anthony Kelly, who came with his family to Osceola, Fond du Lac Co., in 1852; the subject of our sketch was brought up on a farm, and attended the public schools of Osceola until 1872, when he came to Fond du Lac and entered a commercial college; he commeneed the study of law in April, 1873 ; after reading with H. F. Rose, Hauser & Colman, and Judge Flint, he was admitted to the bar in November, 1875, and has engaged in the practice of his profession ever since. His father is still a resident of Osceola.

CHARLES DAVIS KENDALL, farmer ; is a son of Nathan N. Kendall and Betsey L. Stearns ; Charles was born in Rockingham, Vt., Jan. 28, 1813; his mother dying while he was quite young, he went to live with a married sister in Roxbury, Washington Co., Vt., remaining with her for two years ; he then returned to Rockingham and made his home with his grandfather for about two years, after which he went to Warren, Vt., and worked one summer at farm labor ; he then returned to his sister, where he made his home until 19 years of age ; from that time until he reached his 22d year, he followed farm labor for the farmers in that vicinity. He then married Miss Malissa, daughter of William and Eunice Blanchard, and in November, 1835, removed to Westfield, Orleans Co., Vt., where he farmed for one year ; thence to Northfield. Washington Co., for one year ; at the end of this time, he returned to Rox- bury, and purchased a farm of 100 acres of timber, and in clearing up about twenty acres, he received a severe injury from a log rolling over him while attempting to load it on a sled ; he remained on this farm for about two years, and then took charge of his wife's grandfather's farm for two years. after which he moved to Brookfield, Orange Co., and rented a farm for two years. After these various changes, he returned to Roxbury, from whence, in September, 1847, he came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where he soon preempted 120 acres of land and built a log house, which, with nearly everything they had, was burned the following May ; Edward Pier, then living at Fond du Lac, allowed them to move to his farm, where they lived for two years ; in the fall of 1848, he built what was long known as the " Two-Mile Honse," of which he was proprietor for eight years, during which time he kept the county poor for one year; in 1856, he sold this hotel, and built a house on the military road, where he owned a farm of forty aeres ; remaining here only a short time, he removed to Brandon, Wis., where he kept hotel for one year; the purchaser of the Two-Mile House failing to make his payments, Mr. Kendall was compelled to take it back ; he kept this as proprietor for some time, then bought his present place, built a house and removed thither in 1868, and has since made it, his home; in 1873, while finishing a house for his daughter in Cresco, Howard Co .. Iowa, the scaffold fell with him, and injured his ankle so as to cause his foot to be amputated, since which time he has led a more quiet and retired life. His wife bore him seven children at six births, as follows : Eunice A., born Ang. 23, 1836, now Mrs. Alexander Stimpson, of Cresco, Iowa-she has now five children. the last two being twins ; Jehial, born June 27, 1837, deceased ; Alden P., who enlisted in Daniel's cavalry in October, 1862, and was wounded the morning after reaching Arkansas, three bullets having struck him-his mother nursed him through his sickness at Memphis. Tenn., after which he was discharged, and, returning home, regained his health, enlisted in the 20th W. V. I., was plared in charge of the hospital at New Orleans, and died there with small-pox ; Albert, born Nov. 10, 1846; infant, not named, deceased ; Arabella and Isabella, twins-Arabella, now Mrs. Miles, of Waupun, has five children, two of whom are twins ; this family had three pair of twins-the mother and two daughters.

CHARLES M. KENDALL, commercial traveler ; was born at Martinsburg, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1842; came with his parents, Curtis N. and Maria M. Briggs Kendall, in 1843, to where Twelfth street crosses the river in Fond du Lac, and engaged in farming during the day and shoemaking nights; C. M. Kendall attended District No. 2 School and Fond du Lac Academy ; clerked in a bakery ; worked in a hotel at Brandon ; spent three months on a farm in Rock Co .; learned the printer's trade at Beaver

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Dam in 1861, and in August, 1862, enlisted in Co. K., 29th W. V. I. ; he participated in the battles of Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, where he received three flesh-wounds, and Champion Hills, where he had his leg broken and received four other bullet wounds, disabling him from field duty; after a furlough of thirty days in 1863, he went on duty as Ward Master of the hospital at Memphis for two months, and then, till mustered out in May, 1865, was acting Steward and Commissary of the hospital. He returned to Fond du Lac and carried on the painting business until 1877, when he became a commercial traveler. He was married at Fond du Lae to Jennie A. Oliver, Nov. 13, 1867 ; she was born in Byron, Fond du Lac Co.

EDWARD KENT. son of Alban and Walburge Kent, was born at Erie, Penu., Feb. 26, 1843 ; came to Sheboygan, Wis., in 1844; to Fond du Lac at the age of 18, where he engaged one year with Drummond Brothers, dry-goods merchants; one year with C. J. Pettibone; eight years with H. Woodworth ; in the boot and shoe trade one year, as a member of the firm of Barber & Kent; three years with C. W. Seaver; two years with Haskill, and with Laughlin & Carey, dry-goods merchant, since Janu- ary, 1878. He was married at Fond du Lac July, 24, 1866, to Martha Jane Clark, who was born in Fond du Lac, the daughter of Alexander H. and Hannah Simmons Clark ; they have two children-Nellie Eloise, born Jan. 24, 1869, and Mallory Alban, born Sept. 22, 1872.

JOHN E. KENT, attorney ; was born at Beloit, Wis., July 8, 1850, where he resided five or six years, since which time he has resided in Janesville, Chicago and Rockford, until coming to Fond du Lac in 1875. He was educated at Beloit College and Chicago University ; read law with J. B. Cassoday, at Janesville, and also studied with lawyers in Chicago. In August, 1879, Mr. Kent became a member of the law firm of Colman, Carter & Kent. He was admitted to the Supreme Court of Illinois at Mount Vernon, in June, 1875.

WILLIAM F. KENT. of the firm of Kalk & Kent, druggists; was born at Erie, Penn .; came to Sheboygan in 1843, and to Fond du Lac in 1854, where he clerked two years in the grocery busi- ness; two years in a confectionery store, and, in 1859, began clerking for the drug firm of Curran & Kalk. In 1866, the firm of Kalk & Kent was formed, which has been continuously in the drng business ever since, doing a wholesale and retail trade.

JOHN B. KILLIPP, engineer; is a native of Burlington, Vt .; born in 1808; followed engineering on Lake Champlain till 1855, when he came to Fond du Lac and began engineering for But- ler & Mitchell in a saw-mill, which he continued with them till 1857 ; then with Wilber, Herman & Lewis till 1859 ; from 1859 to 1862 for Bissell & Co .; then with Crane & Moore for one year; in 1863, he began running the engine in U. D. Mihills' sash, door and blind manufactory, and remained there till 1870; kept flour and feed store from 1870 to 1871, when he went to Winneconne, Winnebago Co., for eight years ; in 1879, returned to Fond du Lac, and has since been running the engine in Mr. Meyer's saw-mill. He married Miss Lucy J. Gaud, of Middlebury, Vt., in 1830, who died Jan. 26, 1860, leaving seven children, as follows-George ( now deceased ), Lucretia ( now Mrs. Robinson, of Fond du Lac), William, Lutia (now Mrs. Bonnell, of Fond du Lac), Richmond ( deceased ), Henry and Elmira. Mr. Killipp is a member of the 1. O. O. F. Fraternity.

JOSEPH KING. icc-dealer, was born in Lower Canada, Sept. 8, 1815, whence he removed to Green Bay, Wis., in 1834 ; in 1837, he engaged in the mercantile business at the Belmont lead mines, which he left in July, 1838, and came to Sec. 22, town of Fond du Lac, having visited the spot and pur- chased the land in 1836 ; Mr. King made two trips to Fond du Lac in 1836, " took up " his land in June of that year, on which he lived ten years, and then moved into the city which has since been his home, though he carries on his farm and generally spends the summers upon it ; he has carried on the ice busi- ness in Fond du Lac for twenty-three years, and has also been engaged in passenger staging and teaming. He was married at Fond du Lac, in June, 1839, to Mrs. Dianthe May, who died May 28, 1861, leaving three children-Harry May, who died in the army; Lney Ann, now Mrs. A. W. Chapman, of Fond du Lac, and Frank, who was a member of Bragg's Rifles, and shot at the battle of Gettysburg; Mr. King was married a second time, Oct. 5, 1863, to Mrs. Alice Tuff, daughter of Benjamin T. Midgeley, who had three children by her former husband-Frank G., Georgiana and Mary-who are now living.

JUDGE A. KINYON, President of the Fond du Lac, Amboy & Peoria Railway Co., is a native of Cayuga Co., N. Y., where he was born in 1818; in 1837, he removed to La Salle Co., Ill., where he was engaged in contracting and building for about thirteen years ; in 1850, he removed to California, where he continued the builder's profession for two years in the cities of Sacramento and San Francisco ; he was next employed for one year in filling a contract for work on what was then known as the South Fork Canal ; in 1853, he returned to Amboy, Lee Co., Ill., where he was engaged in contracting for the Illinois Central Railroad Co., during 1864 and 1865 ; for the next three years he practiced law in that county, and, in 1868, he was elected a member of the State Legislature from the county, and filled the office with

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The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 125

Author: Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company Number of Pages: 1082

Author:
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 1082