The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 128

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

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E. G. MAIN was born at Columbus, Chenango Co., N. Y., April 18, 1834; reared in Che- nango and Madison Cos .; removed to Chilton, Calumet Co., Wis., in 1855, and to Fond du Lac in 1864, where he has since resided ; Mr. Main began the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds when first com- ing to Fond du Lac, continuing it until 1876, when he began the manufacture of furniture and agricult- ural implements. He was married in Chicago, April 2, 1856, to Margaret Foley, born in Ireland ; they have three children-Mary Lizzie, Margaret and Ella. Mr. M. is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and I. O. O. F. Lodges.

CAPT. MICHAEL MANGAN was born in Ireland Sept. 30, 1830 ; came to America in 1854, and to Fond du Lac in December, 1855, where he engaged in the lumber business until 1861. lle enlisted as a private in Co. E, 6th W. V. I., leaving for the front in June, 1861, in which he served until mustered out as First Lieutenant, in April, 1864; he then entered the Veteran Reserve Corps, Army of the Potomac, remaining in New York City until the close of the war, when he went to Florida in connection with the Freedmen's Bureau; in September, 1866, he was mustered out, and returned to Fond du Lac, remaining until December, when he joined the Regular Army as Second Lieutenant of Co. A, 45th Regiment; in this he served until April, 1871, when he was retired as Second Lieutenant, on three-quarter pay ; Capt. M. lost a leg at the battle of Gettysburg. He was Doorkeeper of the United States Senate one session, after the close of the war, and has been Alderman and Chairman of the Fourth Ward.

JONATHAN W. MANLEY, farmer, corner of Forest and Seymour streets ; he is a son of Rev Ira Manley, a Congregational minister, of Essex Co., N. Y .; though a native of Rutland Co., Vt., Jonathan was born in Essex Co., N. Y., in September, 1818; at the age of 22, he began teaching school

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in his native county, and continued it during the winter seasons for four years; he next began the car- penter and joiner's trade, which he continued there till 1845, when, in the fall of that year, he immigrated to Wisconsin ; landing at Racine about the 25th of October, he started to Delavan ; from Delavan went to Hustisford, Dodge Co., thence on foot to Milwaukee ; stopping over night at an unfinished hotel, he was put up in the second story of the yet unfinished part to sleep; the landlord, taking him around the house and up an outside stairway, and pointing to an open window in the second part of the house, told him he could find a piace in there somewhere, and bid him good-night; Mr. Manley crawled in, though not very manly, however, for he was never more frightened in his life ; 'tis well to state, however, that he awoke the next morning much refreshed and less frightened ; on his way to Milwaukee, he made application for a school and was accepted by the Directors, but, upon reaching his destination, he found business so good that he could make more at work on the water-power, so gave up the school; in the spring of 1846, he went to Sheboygan and continued his trade for four years, whence, in 1850, he removed his family to Fond du Lac, and, for two years, was employed by J. B. Macy, then by the North-Western Railway Co. for twenty-one years ; leaving the road in 1875, he has since followed farming, and now owns ten acres in the city, eighty-seven acres on Secs. 16 and 17, also forty-five acres in Sec. 18, all in the town of Fond du Lac. He married Miss Frances A., daughter of Elijah and Harriet Rouse, of Litchfield, Conn., in January, 1855; they have had five children-Charles W. (deceased ), Alice C. and Wallace J. (twins), Ira J. and Henry H. Mrs. Manley is a member of the Congregational Church.

FRANCIS MARCOE. Jr .. dealer in wines, liquors, etc., corner of Third and Main streets ; Was born in Cohoes Falls, N. Y., April 29, 1841; in 1849, came to Wisconsin with his parents; they settled in Fond du Lac Co., where the subject of this biographical notice remained until the summer of 1862, when he enlisted in Co. A, 21st W. V. I., in which he served about one and a half years ; at the end of that time, was transferred to the 1st U. S. Vet. Vol. Engineer Corps, in which he served until June 30, 1865, when he was honorably discharged; during the time he was in the service, Mr. Mar- coe participated in a number of battles, the principal ones being Murfreesboro, Perryville, Lookout Mountain ; during the battle of Murfreesboro, he acted as Orderly Sergeant, and was made Corporal for some time previous to his being discharged. Feb. 22, 1870, he married in Fond du Lac, Josephine Roy, a native of Cyprien, Canada, born Feb. 2, 1849 ; they have had five children-Melvina (born July 3, 1871), Amelia (born Jan. 4, 1873), Francis E. (born July 19, 1874), J. Henry (born Nov. 22, 1877), one child deceased, Josephine ( who was born March 18, 1876. and died Jan. 28, 1879); Mr. Marcoc's parents, Francis Marcoe and Amelia Seur, were both natives of Canada, where they were married ; they moved to Cohoes Falls, N. Y., thence to Wisconsin in about 1849; settled in the town of Fond du Lac, where they resided several years; then moved to Friendship, where she died Dec. 16, 1879, aged 32 years ; he is still living and resides in the town of Friendship ; their children are Theodore, who was a soldier in the 5th W. V. I., during the war, and was promoted to First Lieutenant, he married Mary Malthouse, they live in Taylor Co., Wis .; Francis, Jr., whose name heads this sketch ; Mary, wife of John Baltzour, thiscounty ; Armina, wife of J. Baltzour, also of this county; Melinda, wife of Chas. Busan, Blewitt, Miun .; Jeremiah, of Taylor Co., Wis .; Julius, also of Taylor Co .; Alexander, who resides in the town of Friendship, married Lenora Young; Lavina, wife of Oliver Greeney, Warsaw, Wis. Mrs. Marcoe's parents, Isaac and Julia Roy, nee Ebero, were natives of Canada; they came to Wisconsin in 1867, and settled in Fond du Lac, where they still reside ; their children are Legnorie, of this city, he married Mary Foncher; Amelia, wife of Louis Lebeau, this city; Nelson, of Cyprien, Canada, married Marclien Per- rinn ; Eliza, now Mrs. M. Smith ; Josephine, wife of Francis Marcoe, Jr .; Melvina, wife of S. Marion, of Marinette, Wis .; Aleda, wife of H. Labossier, a merchant of Dorchester, Wis .; Mrs. Marcoe's maternal grandparents were Jacob and Araenge Ebert; they are nearly a century old, and live in Cyprien, Canada ; he was a soldier in active service during the French and English war in Canada ; was taken prisoner by the British, and exiled to Australia for 11 years.

MI. W. MARSHALL, manufacturer of patent medicines, No. 14 Oak street; he was born in Havana, N Y., in 1842; in 1849, his parents, S. and Mary J. Marshall, came to Wisconsin and set- tled near Green Bay ; moved thence to Fond du Lac, where they resided until their deaths; Mr. Mar- shall engaged in the manufacture of patent medicines in about 1855, and since that time has been con- stantly increasing his facilities for the making of his medicines, to keep pace with an increasing trade. He married, in 1861, Mary Nicholson, of Maysville, N. Y .; they have three children-Alice M., Flora B. and Clara II .; Mr. Marshall owns several finely improved farms in Fond du Lac Co., and a farm in Marquette Co., Wis. In politics, he is a Republican.

FERDINAND J. MARTIN was born in Prague, Germany, June 21, 1842; came to America in 1843, with his parents, Henry A. and Caroline C. Martin ; after residing in Milwaukee one

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year and a half, they eame to Fond du Lac; the first employment which Ferdinand had was with J. C. Lowell, a druggist of this city; he remained with him eight years, then he was for six months with C. J. Pettibone & Co., six months in the store of G. W. Weikert, afterward worked at the trade of carpenter and joiner two years and a half; six months employed in Mihill's factory, three years in the employ of Gaertner & Fry, one year in partnership with R. Haentze, as booksellers and news-dealers; since June, 1872, he has been employed in the post office in this city. Ile was married here, July 27, 1865, to Anna W. Abel; she was born in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany ; they have two children-Emma C. A., born June 6, 1865 ; Nettie E. M., born April 4, 18744. Mr. Martin's father died here in 1859; mother is now residing in Chicago. Mr. M. is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge, Turner Society and Sons of Hermann ; he served fourteen years in the Fire Department; was one of the charter members of No. 5.

JOHN H. MARTIN, farmer and stock-trader, Secs. 23, 15, 17 ; is a native of Williamsport, Lyeoming Co., Penu .; born Dec. 31, 1806 ; spent the first twelve years of his life there on a farm with his parents ; they removed to Susquehanna, Susquehanna Co., Penn., for a few years, whence he removed to Livingston Co., N. Y., where for six years he was engaged in superintending a large farm and dealing in stock for Gen. Wadsworth ; here he acquired a taste and knowledge of stock-trading, which he after- ward successfully made use of; in 1836, he went to Chicago, Ill., where he dealt in stock till 1841; thenee to Raeine, Wis., for about five years; thenee, in 1846, to Fond du Lac; in spring of 1852, he purchased a farm of 100 acres in Sec. 23, Town 15, Range 17 of Fond du Lac, where he built a house and made other improvements for a comfortable home. In 1852, he was married to Miss Caroline P., daughter of Gordon and Ann Clark, of West Bloomfield, Ontario Co., N. Y .; they have three sons-Edward C., banker of Beloit ; Mitchell C., Kan .; Charles H., who makes his home with parents.

JOHN L. MARTIN, insurance agent ; was born in the town of Eden, Fond du Lae Co., March 13, 1849, where he lived until coming to the city of Fond du Lac; in 1871, he went to Kansas City ; in 1872, to St. Louis, thence to Toledo; one year in the Government Works at White River, Arkansas; in insurance business in St. Louis from spring of 1875 to 1877, when he returned to Fond du Lac, and opened a fire and life insurance office, representing the Phoenix, Trader's, Star and other compa- nies. Mr. M. was married to Maggie L. Fitzgerald Aug. 27, 1873.

EDWARD G. MASCRAFT, artist; was born at Esperanee, Schoharie Co., N. Y., Oct. 10, 1840 ; moved to New York City at the age of 10; resided there about five years, and came to Fond du Lac in 1855; he enlisted as a private, in the spring of 1862, in Co. A, 14th W. V. I., Col. David E. Wood's regiment ; was wounded by a shell at Shiloh; disabled about a month ; became chief bugler in Gen. Ransom's brigade; participated in nearly all the battles in which his regiment was engaged, and was mustered out at Mobile Ala., in the fall of 1865 ; he then began the study of art and painting with Mark R. Harrison, in whose studio he has ever since been engaged.

W. H. MASSON, machinist ; was born at East Hill, Onondaga Co., N. Y., May 13, 1854; came to Fond du Lac in the spring of 1863, where he has since resided, working as a skilled machinist. Mr. M.'s father is dead, but his mother and grandmother are still living. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and of the Royal Temple of Temperance.

T. F. MAYHAM, physician and surgeon ; was born at Schoharie Co., N. Y., whenee he came to Fond du Lac Nov. 22, 1854. Dr. M. graduated from Michigan University, and attended a full course at the Albany, N. Y., Medical College; after which he taught school three terms in Empire, and was engaged in introducing school-books until he began the practice of his profession in 1859 ; he was hospital surgeon at Cairo, Ill., three years from the fall of 1863. Dr. M. is a member of the State Medical Society, Chairman of the Democratic County Committee, member of the Board of Supervisors; has been in the City Council four terms, in the Board of Education several years, and held other local offices. Ile was married, at Fond du Lac, Dec. 26, 1860, to Mary E., daughter of Col. Abuer Baker, who settled in Empire in 1847 ; she was born in Washington Co., N. Y .; they have one child-Bessie.

CHARLES J. L. MEYER, manufacturer, was born at Minden, in West Prussia, May, 1831, where he attended the thorough schools for which that country is noted, until 14 years of age, being an apt scholar and an intense worker ; during the last year of his attendance at school, the Governor of the province made a visit of inspection, ealling up young Meyer as the first scholar of the school, and putting him under a most rigid examination ; the ready and intelligent replies from the youthful student interested the Governor, who proposed to qualify him for the service of the State, with the assurance of his royal protection and favor ; the youth had previously determined to follow his father's calling. that of a manufacturer of sash, doors and blinds, and therefore declined an offer which would have been gladly embraced by those whose worldly prospects were more hopeful than his ; therefore, upon leaving school he spent three years in his father's shop, acquiring the practical knowledge which has been so beneficial since

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in successfully carrying ou his immense business ; at the expiration of this time Mr. Meyer determined to find a wider field for his labors and came to America ; the city of New York, where he landed, not being suited to his tastes, be resolved to go West, and took passage on the Erie Canal ; near Syracuse a break was encountered, and, not having means to defray the expense of a detention, Mr. Meyer sought employ- ment in that city ; failing to find any, he went into the country, and, although unskilled in the ways of farming, hired out to David Collins, near Fayetteville, for $5 per month ; his honesty aptitude and indus- try so pleased Mr. Collins, that at the end of the first month he voluntarily increased the wages agreed upon ; during the succeeding winter he cut eordwood, split rails and performed general farm work ; in the spring Mr. Collins, Sr., built a mill, in the erection of which Mr. Meyer aided the millwright, who was so well pleased with his skill in using tools that he was urged to learn the millwright's trade ; he therefore spent a profitable year in that business, finally abandoning it on account of the severity of the weather ; he then spent a year in Syracuse acquiring the wagon-maker's trade, after which, in 1855, he removed to Chieago, where he spent six months, working at the wheelwright business, then coming to Fond du Lac, which has since been his home and the seat of his wonderful success as a Imberman and manufacturer,

a full account of which will be found elsewhere in this work. Although giving an astonishing amount of time and attention to his diversified business, Mr. Meyer has ereditably filled the offices of Alderman. Supervisor and Mayor, was. Delegate at large to the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia, and organized and was the means of building the Northwestern Union Railroad, of which he was President three years, and is still a Director. Mr. Meyer was married, in August, 1852, to Miss Elizabeth Hax ; they have five children-Julius P., who is manager of the Chicago branch of his father's business ; Her- man P., who is engaged for his father at Hermansville, Mich., after whom the place was named and of which he is Postmaster; Minnie H., Enima and Louise.

CHARLES W. MIHILLS, manager of Fond du Lac Building Association; was born in Essex Co., N. Y. in 1849 ; in 1856, he with his parents moved to Medina Co., Ohio; two years after, his father died, leaving him without any means of support, save that of his own hands; when a boy, he worked on a farm during the summer, and attended school some in the winter; from Ohio in 1864, he came to Michigan, and worked on a farm most of the time till 1869, when he came to Fond du Lac and began work for Mr. U. D. Mihills, in a lumber-yard ; he soon became foreman in the yard and retained that position for about five years, after which he ran a lumber-yard for P. Simple, for one year; in 1876, he became a stoek-holder in and manager of the Fond du Lac Building Association ; he is also a breeder of Mambrino horses and Jersey cattle. In 1875, he married Miss Ella E. Collins, of Plymouth, Sheboy- gan Co., Wis., she is a member of the Episcopal Church.

GUINDON N. MIHILLS, manufacturer ; was born at Wilmington, Essex Co., N. Y., Jan. 13, 1847 ; came to Fond du Lac in 1865, and engaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber, which he has since followed ; he is now Vice President, Secretary and Superintendent of the Mihills Manufacturing Co., which employs about one hundred and sixty men in the manufacture of sash, doors, blinds and mold- ings. Mr. M. was married in December, 1870, to Mary L. Peck, who died June 29, 1874, leaving one child, Grace L., born Aug. 9, 1873; he married a second time, April 27, 1876, to Mrs. Harriet Antoin- ette Denzer, daughter of John W. Carpenter, of Pine River, Wis., and grand-daughter of Edward Pier, deceased ; she has one child by a former husband.

URIAH D. MIHILLS is a native of the town of Tukeley, Shefferd Co., Lower Canada, born May 7, 1818; received a common-school education ; eame to the State of Wisconsin in 1854, settled in Dodge Co., where he farmed one year, after which he moved to Hartford, Washington Co., Wis .. and then was engaged in farming and lumbering till the spring of 1865 ; removing thence to Fond du Lac, where he engaged more extensively in the lumbering and manufacturing business ; Mr. Mibills was a member of the County Board of Supervisors of Essex Co., N. Y., during the years 1851-52-53; was appointed County Supervisor by Gov. Fairchild in 1869; was elected Alderman and Supervisor from the Fifth Ward in the city of Fond du Lac in 1870; was chosen Chairman of the County Board of Super- visors in the same year; was elected a member of the State Legislative Assembly in 1869, and was appointed by the Governor a member of the Committee to visit the charitable and benevolent institutions of the State; in October, 1870, was appointed by Gov. Fairchild as a delegate to the Commercial Conven- tion at Cincinnati ; in 1870, was again elected a member of the State Legislature on the Republican ticket by 122 majority ; in 1871, was elected for the third time with a majority of 169; was Chairman of the Committee on Lumber and Manufactures while in the Legislature; in November, 1873, was appointed Director of the State Prison, but declined to accept, and Wm. E. Smith was appointed in his stead. Sept. 12, 1839, he married Miss Caroline Partridge, daughter of Reuben Partridge, of Essex Co., N. Y .; they have had nine children-Persis A., now Mrs. Johnson, of Columbia Co., Wis. ; Myra J., now Mrs.

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Temby, of Dallas, Tex. ; G. N., of Fond du Lac ; Francis C., now Mrs. Bishop, of Kansas City, Mo .; Uriah D., Jr., Emma M., Norris D., H. William and H. Lillian.

WILLIAM B. MILLER was born in Delaware Co., N. Y., Nov. 24, 1832; resided there until 10 years old, then came to Waupun, Wis., with his parents ; in 1850, he removed to Waupaca, and in 1866, came to Fond du Lac, engaged in wagon-making until 1868, and then engaged in the manufact- ure of sash, doors and blinds until 1877, when he began the manufacture of agricultural implements. He was married at Waupaca, April, 1859, to Mary Ann Dickinson, born in Scotland, March, 1842 ; they have one child-Oletta L.

JOSEPH MITCHELL, druggist, of the firm of Ditter & Mitchell; was born at Green Bay, Wis., May 20, 1851 ; lived twelve years in Oshkosh ; came to Fond du Lac Sept. 12, 1871, where he has since resided ; Mr. M. followed the business of a grocer the first three years after coming to Fond du Lac, and began the drug business in September. 1877.

BENJAMIN F. MOORE, manufacturer : was born at ('linton, Kennebeck Co., Me., where he learned the printer's trade ; he removed to Philadelphia in 1833, remaining there six years, after which he lived a short time in New York City, coming to Taycheedah in September, 1841, and to Fond du Lac in 1846 ; Mr. M. at first engaged in Indian trading; built the first mill on the Wolf River in 1843; sent the steamer Manchester up that stream the first time any craft ever ascended it, and brought down the first raft in the fall of 1843; in 1852, he began steamboating on Lake Winnebago, controlling seven steamboats and all the barges and other boats, until 1857; Mr. Moore was engaged in lumbering until 1856, and in real estate most of the time since 1846; he was interested in the old Bank of the Northwest, and also in the First National Bank until 1874; during that year, he purchased with A. G. Ruggles, the La Belle Wagon Works, and eight months later, became sole proprietor ; in 1879, a stock company was formed, of which B. F. Moore is Pre-ident; A. L. Moore, Vice President and Superintendent ; James H. Farnsworth, Secretary, and C. H. Moore, Treasurer ; the factory employs about two hundred men and turns out twenty wagons per day ; Mr. Moore also owas a large hotel at London, Canada ; he has held various county and city offices.

MARQUIS D. MOORE, lumber manufacturer ; was born at Montgomery, Ilampden Co., Mass , July 15, 1825 ; his mother died when he was 5 years of age, after which he was without a perma- nent home, although residing eight years with an annt at Lowville, N. Y. ; at the age of 16, he returned to Massachusetts and engaged in business for himself as farmer and dealer in lumber, which was abandoned at 21 for the carpenter's trade ; this he followed several years, working two years at pipe-organ building in Westfield, Mass., after which, in 1853, he began the business in that city of a fancy dry-goods mer- chant, following it uninterruptedly for ten years; in 1864, Mr. M. came to Fond du Lac, and arranged for the purchase of a half-interest in the Crane saw-mill, which is still owned and run by him in company with C. A. Galloway ; he then returned for his family, and has since resided in this city, carrying on the business of a lumberman in all its branches. Mr. Moore was first married at Southampton, Mass., Jan. 4, 1849, to Cordelia T., daughter of Theodore Bascom; she died Sept. 1, 1850, leaving one child who died April 7, 1858, aged 8 years ; he married a second time at Keene, N. II., Nov. 26, 1853, to Elida Thatcher ; they have four children-Minnie Elida, born Aug. 21, 1861; Henry Warren, born Sept. 21, 1863; Eddie MI., born Sept. 26, 1868, and Freddie M., born Dec. 16, 1870. Mr. Moore never had the important advantages of a collegiate education, and has hewed his own way to his present high social and business position, unaided ; he is in every sense of the term, a self-made man.

SAMUEL P. MORSE, foreman in the blacksmith department of the La Belle Wagon Works, is a native of New York State; was born in 1842; in 1843, came to Wisconsin, and settled at Waukesha for four years ; then, with his parents, moved to Chester, Dodge Co., where he lived on a farm till about 1852; he then moved to Waupun, Fond du Lac Co., where he began and worked at his trade till 1864; he next went to Ripon, and followed his trade there until 1867, when he came to Fond du Lac, and worked in the blacksmith shops of the La Belle Wagon Works, till the spring of 1873; in the spring of 1878, he took a contract to build spring wagons for Fish Brothers & Co., of Racine, which gave him employ for about eighteen months ; in October, 1874, he returned to Fond du Lac and was again employed in the blacksmith shop of the La Belle Wagon Works, and in 1875, he was appointed foreman of the shop In 1865, he married Miss Cynthia J. Stockton, of Brandon, Wis. ; they have four children-Jessie M ., Ella C., Bessie and Mable. Mr. Morse has been a member of the I. O. O. F. since 1862 ; was a member of the City Council from the Third Ward in the city of Fond du Lac during the years 1877-78.

LOUIS MUENTER, cashier of the German-American Savings Bank ; was born at Rostock, Mecklenburg, Germany, Feb. 7, 1840, wheuce he came to Beaver Dam, Wis., in August, 1864, where he resided four years, three years of which he was a clerk, and one year a member of the mercantile firm of

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Krueger & Co .; in February, 1868, he came to Fond du Lac and engaged for nine months in the real- estate and loan business ; after that, for two years he was in the dry-goods business with John Sewell & Co., until he entered the firm of Wallichs & Muenter, in the grocery business, which continued until March 31, 1876, when he entered the German-American Savings Bank as assistant cashier, but is now cashier. He was married at Fond du Lac, in April, 1867, to Alwine Rueping, a native of Essen, Prus- sia ; they have six children-Bertha, Louis. Meta, Otto, Johanna and AAlma. Mr. M. is a member of Darling Chapter, Fond du Lac Commandery, and of the Masonic Lodge.

PATRICK NARY. contractor ; was born in County Mayo, parish of Armagh, Ireland, April 7, 1838, and came to America, locating at Georgetown, Mass., Dec. 2, 1854; he lived there one year, at Lynn two years, and in Cambridgeport until coming to Fond du Lac Ang. 2, 1861, where he at once engaged as a contractor and builder of all descriptions of brick, stone and masonry work, which business he has since continuously followed ; Mr. N. has spent some time in traveling in various parts of the world, living twelve years in London, Eng , before coming to America. He was married at Lynn, Mass., Nov. 29, 1856, to Elizabeth Maloy, who was born in County Donegal, Ireland ; they have six children living- Catherine N., James H., Daniel, John T., Mary and Francis P .; they have lost three -- Thomas, George and Matthew. Mr. N. is Allerman of the Second Ward, Vice President of St. Patrick's Benevolent Society, and a member of St. Joseph's Temperance Society.

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The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 128

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