The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 136

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Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
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W. W. WILCOX, master mechanic in Mr. C. J. L. Meyer's machine-shop; is a native of Batavia, Genesee Co., N. Y .; born in 1833; he spent his early life, till he reached his 16th year, with his father on the farm; in 1849, he immigrated to Wisconsin and settled at Neenah; in 1863, he began steamboating on the Mississippi River, which was continued for four years, during which time he assisted in putting up the machinery on three steamboats for that river ; in 1867, he moved to Fond du Lac, and for three years following was employed as machinist in the Union Iron Works, where he superintended the construction of fourteen steam engines, and one for a boat on lake Winnebago; in 1870, he was employed as engineer in Mr. Meyer's sash, door and blind factory for a short time, when he was assigned foreman of Mr. Meyer's machine-shop; holding this position till 1873, he was appointed master mechanic and superintendent of all his engines; he has built nine steam engines for Mr. Meyer, among them one

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of 200-horse power for the Chicago factory, and one the same size for the Fond du Lac factory. In 1856, he married Miss Ellen S. Mack, daughter of Jonathan T. Mack, a farmer, of the town of Fond du Lac, but she a native of Connecticut; they have one daughter, Florence, now Mrs. R. C. Baker, of Fond du Lac. Mr. and Mrs. W. are members of the Presbyterian Church.

BENJAMIN WILD began the business of baking in Fond du Lac in 1860. which he has continued to the present time ; in 1869, he built and established the large steam bakery on Second street, in which he employs nineteen men and works np fifteen barrels of flour per day ; he also manufactures confectionery, the entire business amounting to $80,000 per annum ; he employs three traveling salesmen, who sell principally in Michigan and Wisconsin. Ile has a family of six children. Mr. Wild was born at Staffordshire, England, in 1828, he was married in that country. in 1848, to Miss Eliza Bonell, and came to America, landing at Milwaukee in 1850.

WALTER WILD, book-keeper; was born at Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 19, 1853. He has been connected with his father in business since he was 18 years of age, and is now book-keeper for his father's steam bakery, on Second street, Fond du Lac. He was married at Fond du Lac, Oct. 17, 1878. to Miss Aggie 1. Jones, who was born in this city. lle is a member of the Fond du Lac Lodge, Royal Arcanum.

DR. WILLIAM WILEY, physician and surgeon; was born at Randolph, Orange Co., Vt. ; came to Taycheedah in August, 1849, and to Fond du Lac in 1850, where he has since resided and practiced his profession. Dr. Wiley served as a volunteer surgeon in the rebellion ; that is, served without pay.

CHARLES A. WILKE, of the firm of Sittler & Wilke, cigar manufacturers ; is a native of Germany, where he was born in 1849; June, 1863, he, with parents, came to America, and located at Sheboygan ; went to Michigan in 1870, and followed his trade there for one year, when he returned to Sheboygan Falls for a short time, whence. in 1872, he came to Fond du Lac, and was employed by Bush Bros. till 1874; from 1874 to 1876, by Jos. Wolfe, eigar manufacturer, after which he was in Milwau- kee for about eight months; January, 1878, he returned to Fond du Lac ; worked for Mr. Wilke till October, 1878, when he became a partner. Married Miss Lydia Griffa, of Fond du Lac, in 1874; they have two children-Charlie and Olga.

WASHINGTON WILKE, trustee for Hiner & White; is a native of Ohio, where he was born Dec. 18, 1830; at 9 years of age, he came, with parents, to Michigan, where he lived till 1848, when he came to Mayville, Dodge Co., Wis., and became engaged in a furniture mannfactory. In 1862, he disposed of his interest in the furniture business at Mayville, and moved thence to Fond du Lac for three years; thence to Green Bay in 1865, where he engaged in saw- milling for about four years. In 1869, he returned to Fond du Lac, and became Superintendent of Union Iron Works, in which position he remained till the failure of the firm in February, 1878, when he was elected Trustee by the creditors of the firm. Mr. Wilke has been a member of the 1. O. O. F. fra- ternity since 1857. In 1850, he married Miss Eliza White, daughter of James and Isabella White, of Dodge Co., Wis., she being a vative of Scotland ; born Feb. 2, 1832: they have two children-James A., druggist, and Mattie A. The family are connected with the Congregational Church.

JOIIN WILLIAMS was born in Somerton, Somersetshire, England, Jan. 13, 1848; came to New York in September, 1867, whence, after a few weeks, he came to Fond du Lac for eighteen months ; spent IS months then at Wayland, Allegan Co., Mich ; returned to Fond du Lac ; where he has since resided ; engaged in painting and glazing, which he learned at the age of 15; he is now foreman of C. J. L. Meyer's painting and glazing department. Mr. W. was married at Fond du Lac June 19, 1868, to Elizabeth A. Moore, born in Draycott, Somersetshire, England ; they have three children-John F., Albert George and Lulu Pearl.

O. T. WILLIAMS, attorney, of the firm of Giffin & Williams; was born at Ilomer, Cort- land Co., N. Y., Oct. 19, 1845 ; removed, at 10 years of age, to Whitewater, Wis., where his father died ; resided with Rev. Sheldon, a half-brother ; spent about nine years on a farm in Rock Co., and attended school winters ; afterward spent seven terms in Milton College ; took a classical course in Lawrence Univer- sity, graduating in 1872 ; was one year Principal of the schools of Ft. Howard, Wis .; graduated in June, 1874, from the Law Department of Madison ( Wis. ) University, and, in August of that year, began prac- ticing law with Coleman & Spenee, Fond du Lac; in February, 1875, became a member of the present firm. Mr. W. was married at Pewaukee, Wis, June 30, 1876, to Anna E., daughter of Prof. Alexander North, of Carroll College ; they have two children-Lynn A. and an infant son. Mr. Williams is a mem- ber of the Odd Fellows' Lodge and Congregational Church.

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HENRY J. WOLF, wagon-maker; was born in Prussia Sept. 24, 1847 ; came to America with his father, Louis Wolf, in 1848, who located at Marshfield, in this county, and died in Fond du Lac Town April 2, 1870; at the age of 17, Henry left the farm and came to Fond du Lac, learned the black- stuith's trade, and has been engaged in business for himself during the past three years. Mr. W. was married in Fond du Lac, Feb. 14, 1870, to Amalia Gentz, a native of Wisconsin ; they have two children living-Theodore, aged 10 years, and Willie, aged 8 ; they have lost three, all dying in infancy.

JOSEPH WOLFF, cigar-maker; was born in Luxemburg. Germany, March 19, 1831, and came to America, landing at Boston May 2, 1852; he worked at Williamsburg, N. Y., until the fall of 1853, when he removed to Chicago, residing there until March, 1854, at which time he came to Fond du Lac ; after arriving in Fond du Lac, he worked for Mr. Martin, at cigar-making, until May, 1855, when the firm of Fromm & Wolff was formed; in June, 1865, Mr. Fromm retired from the firm and Mr. Wolff has carried on the business alone ever since. He was married at Fond du Lac, Aug. 6, 1856, to Barbara Ilochrein, a native of Bavaria, whose father, John Hochrein, located in Marshfield in 1846; they have had thirteen children, of whom ten are living-Katie, Emma, John P., Ida, Julia, Anna, Sarah, Frank J., Carl Gustav and Josephina Barbara. Mr. Wolff is a member of the Odd Fellows, Concordia and German- English Academy.

JOHN WOODHULL was born in the town of Madison, Madison Co., N. Y., Dee. 14. 1818, where he was Lieutenant of an Independent Artillery Company, Captain of a Militia Rifle Company ; engaged in farming, distilling and reetifying, and in the forwarding business; two years before coming to Fond du Lac, which he did in May, 1861, Mr. W. sold out his business in New York ; at Fond du Lac, he at first engaged in the settlement of lumber interests, but, in the summer of 1861, went into the post office. in which he has been ever since, most of the time as Deputy Postmaster.

JAMES WRIGHT. farmer, See. 25; was born in Washington Co., N. Y., in 1819; he is the son of a farmer, hence he was brought up at farm work in his native county: in 1844. he immigrated to Wisconsin, and stopped at Milwaukee for the summer, and in the fall of 18-14 came to Fond du Lac, where he settled on a farm of sixty acres, to which he soon added 140 acres of timber, and has gradually added to it till he now owns 320 acres, and by his own toil and honest industry has earned a comfortable home for himself and family, though when they first came to Fond du Lac there was a time when provisions were so searce that for a few meals they had nothing to eat but potatoes, as was the case with many of the pioneers. Mr. Wright was married to Miss Martha Edgerton, daughter of Joshua and Lovice Edgerton, of Fair Ilaven, Vt., in 1842; they have four children-two sons and two daugh- ters-Josephene E. (now Mrs. B. T. Hosttetter, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Irving H., James E., of Fond du Lac, Martha L. (now Mrs. S. A. Smith, of Oakfield ). Mr. and Mrs. Wright are the only two remain- ing of the original members of the Congregational Church. Mr. Wright has given many interesting inci- dents which will be included under the head of pioneer reminiscences.

JAMES WRIGHT, dairyman and farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Fond du Lac; was born in York- shire, England, in 1818, and is the son of a weaver, Peter Wright and Marietta Smith; when 16 years of age he was apprenticed to the stone-cutter's trade, at which he worked for twenty-six years ; early in the spring of 1842, he set sail for America, landing in New York May 2 following ; he came direct to Wisconsin and settled in Kenosha Co., where he followed farm-laboring till by his industry and economy he saved money enough to buy a farm of eighty acres in that county ; in 1846, he sold that farm and bought another of 340 acres in the town of Empire, Fond du Lac Co .; removing thither he made that his home till 1864, when he sold that and bought his present one of 168 acres in Sec. 13, town of Fond du Lac, where he now follows farming in connection with a large dairy business, keeping from thirty to forty eows, from which he furnishes to the citizens of Fond du Lac from 140 to 160 quarts of milk daily. Oct. 1. 1873, he married Mrs. Emma C., widow of Joseph Smithe, daughter of John and Bettie Clapham, of Jacksonville, Ill., she being a native of Yorkshire, England: she had one son and one daughter at the time of her marriage to Mr. Wright-Ilenry Smith, now of England, and Lanra, now of England.

WILLIAM G. WRIGHT, general ticket agent for the Fond du Lac, Amboy & Peoria R. R .; is a native of Sullivan, Ashland Co., Ohio, where he was born Nov. 26. 1854 ; when he was about 2 years of age his parents moved to Cedar Co., Iowa, and settled on a farm near Tipton; here William spent most of his time till 17 years oldl; in 1869, he attended school at Tipton, lowa, after which, during 1870-71, he was a student in the High School at Clarence, Iowa, after which, in the fall of 1872, he attended a com- mercial school at Chicago; returning to Iowa in the spring of 1873, he entered Cornell College, where he continued his studies for nearly two years, when, his eyes failing him, he was compelled to leave off his studies and receive medical treatment for them ; he was next in the employ of the Des Moines & Fort Dodge Railway Co. for a little more than a year, when his eyes again failed him and he was forced to quit

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the road; in the spring of 1876, he went to Hampton, Iowa, where he remained in the U. S. Express office till 1877, when he was employed by the contractor of the Fond du ! ac, Amboy & Peoria R. R. till Jan. 1, 1878 ; May 1, 1879, he was again employed by the Fond du Lac, Amboy & Peoria R. R. Co., and appointed General Ticket Agent of the road.

DANIEL BAKER WYATT, physician and surgeon, was born in Johnson, Lamoille Co., Vt., Feb. 21, 1842; his parents removed to Fort Covington, Franklin Co., N. Y., when he was a youth ; he read medicine there, and, after graduating from the New York Medical University in 1863, he returned to Fort Covington, and was engaged in practice in that place until he came to Fond du Lac in 1868 ; since coming here, he has given his whole attention to his profession. He was married at Fort Covington, Aug. 31, 1863, to Mary E. Lincoln, daughter of A. M. Lincoln; she was born in the town where they were married ; they have one daughter-Gertrude Stella.

S. D. WYATT, insurance agent, came to Fond du Lac in 1866, from Bangor, Franklin Co., where he was born, and began the insurance business ; he represents several of the leading fire and life insurance companies, and has one of the largest agencies in the State, the entire territory of the county belonging to his agency for most of the companies which he represents ; he has fourteen companies, such as the Home, Etna and North American, representing the largest capital of any agency in the vicinity.

GEORGE W. YANCY, dealer in musical merchandise, was born at New Cassel, Fond du Lac Co., in February, 1854, where he lived until 1872, after which he taught school in varions places ; visited St. Louis and Indiana, and, July 14, 1876. came to Fond du Lae and engaged in his present busi- ness ; in April, 1878, llenry E. Parratt was taken as a partner, under the firm name of Yancy & Parratt, who now carry on the business ; they make a specialty of Chickering, Mathushek, Bradbury and Kimball pianos, and of the Western Cottage, Schominger and Kimball organs.

CHARLES ZICKERICK, florist and market gardener, on Grove avenue, is a native of Berlin, Prussia, born Feb. 24, 1819 ; with his parents, he set sail for America, and landed in New York in June, 18.18, whence he came to Dodge Co., and lived on a farm with his father until 1851, at which time he came to Fond du Lac and began gardening, which trade he had learned in his native country; in 1856, he established a greenhouse on Grove street, where he continued until the spring of 1874, when he built a large brick greenhouse, 24x75 feet, in the center of the school seetiou on Grove street ; here he has thirty acres of land, and houses valued at $5,500. In 1849, he married Miss Augusta Deisman, daughter of Christian Deisman, tailor, near Berlin, Prussia. They are members of the Evangelical Church. Mr. Z. has been a Mason for a number of years, belonging to the Royal Arch since 1873.

LOUIS ZINKE, Sr., retired grocer ; was born in Germany in 1817 ; learned the cooper's trade at the age of 14; immigrated to America, in 1848 ; settled in Fond du Lac in 1849, and worked at his trade till 1854, when he began keeping a grocery store ; in 1872, he added a flonr and feed depart- ment ; he turned over the business to his sons not a short time since, and has retired from act- ive business life; his business house is regarded as one of the oldest in the city. In 1840, he married Miss Fredreka Andrew, of Germany ; they have had five children-Amelia ( now Mrs. Kennie ), of Fond du Lac, Herman, Charles, Louis J. and Robert. Herman was born in Germany in 1842 ; came to America with his parents in 1848, and worked at the tanner's trade with L. Rueping, from 1859 to 1866, when he became connected with the grocery firm of L. Zinke & Sons, where he has sinee been in business. He married Miss Emma Schuster, daughter of Joseph Schuster, brewer, of Fond du Lac, in 1870 ; they have three children-Laura, Adala and Richard, Louis J. was born in Fond du Lac in 1851 ; was educated in public schools of this city ; was clerk in dry-goods store for Sharp & Whittelsey from 1865 to 1872, whence to Loughlin & Carey, dry-goods store, from 1872 to 1878, when he became a partner with his brothers in the grocery business. Married Miss Laura Haas, of Fond du Lac, in 1877; they have one chikl.

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RIPON TOWNSHIP.

CHESTER ADKINS, farmer, Sec. 17 ; P. O. Ripon ; was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, Jan. 24, 1822; his father died when he was 5 years of age ; at the age of 20, his stepfather, William, and Elmira Dunham, came to the State of Wisconsin, and settled in Southport ( near Kenosha Co. ), for four years, and, in 1844, came to this county and settled in Ceresco, being members of the " Wisconsin Pha- lanx." His stepfather died there in March, 1863 ; his mother is still living with a niece near Eureka, Wis, The subject of this sketch, in 1850, purchased his present farm, upon which he has since resided, of 105 acres. On Dec. 7, 1845, he married Miss Elizabeth Limbert, daughter of George and Margaret Limbert, of Yorkshire, England, who came to the United States in 1840, and settled in what is now Wal- worth Co., and, in 1844, came to Ceresco, members of " Wisconsin Phalanx," where her mother died in 1864, and her father Dec. 24, 1879. Mrs. Adkins was born in Yorkshire, England, Oct. G, 1826; they had four children, three living-George (who married Miss Rosanna Bowen, of Auroraville, Wis., in April, 1875 ; they have two children-Ernest and an infant, and are living in Dakota Territory ; he is working as a stonemason and farmer) ; Ida A. (now Mrs. George Brine, of Ripon Township, married Nov. 26, 1874 ; they have two children-Ina E. and Daisy N. and Vernon MI., living at home, and one deceased ) ; Melissa J., who died in 1850.

D. W. AKIN, druggist, was born at Richmond, Ontario Co., N. Y., Oct. 18, 1820; moved to Niagara with his mother at the age of 15 ; came to Fond du Lac in September, 1848 ; platted the village of Marquette in 1849, where he remained until 1864, engaged in the drug business ; from 1866 to 1872 was engaged in the boot and shoe business ; also engaged in buying wool for twenty years. Mr. Akin has been Assessor and City Treasurer of Ripon, and is a Vestryman in the Episcopal Church. He was mar- ried, August, 1848, at Bainbridge, Chenango Co., N. Y., to Mary J. Seeley, a native of that place ; they have two children-Levina H., a graduate of the School of Music in Ripon College, and llenry S., a law- yer in New York City, who graduated from Ripon College in 1873, and afterward from Columbia Law School.

ORRA U. AKIN, druggist, bookseller and agent of the American Express Co .; was born in Richmond, Ontario Co., N. Y., March 26, 1831 ; lived in Lockport, N. Y .. from 1836 until the spring of 1850, when he came to Marquette, Wis., where he remained until 1858 ; he then removed to Madison, where he was employed for three years in the School Land Department of the State ; came to Ripon in the spring of 1862, and was one year in partnership with his brother-in-law, M. W. Secley, in the drug business ; from the spring of 1863 until December, 1864, he and his brother, D. W. Akin, carried on the same business as partners ; from January, 1865, to September, 1866, he resided at Kingston, Green Lake Co., then returned to Ripon and was in the furniture business about a year ; from 1869 to 1875, he was engaged in the drug trade with J. M. De Frees : in 1874 and 1875, he was Sergeant-at-Arms of the Wisconsin State Senate ; during the war he served nearly a year with the Department of the Missouri, as Paymaster's Clerk ; he was agent for the Merchants' Union Express during the time of its existence, and after- ward agent of the American Express Co. until 1873; was nearly a year in Iowa in 1875 and 1876 ; returned to Ripon and has been in his present business ever since, his brother, Dennis W., having been associated with him since January, 1878. He has been Mayor of this city, and is serving now as Alderman. April 10, 1861, he was married, at Marquette, to Mary A. Curtis, a native of Syracuse, N. Y .; they have four children-Charles C., Alice M., Anna W. and Mary B.

LOUIS M. ALLEN, painter, son of Jonathan Allen, one of the first settlers in Oakfield, and who died in Ripoo, was born at Oakfield, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., Oct. 19, 1845; when 9 years of age he moved to Iowa, and three years later came to Ripon, where he has since resided ; he learned the painter's trade in 1867. Mr. Allen is the only charter member of Living Water Lodge, I. O. G. T., now in good standing. He was married. Oct. 9, 1877, to Antoinette Root, a native of New York State; they have one child-Leo Allen.

ROBERT ALLEN, retired ; was born in Durham, England ; came to the town of Brooklyn, Green Lake Co., Wis., in 1847, and located on a farm, which he still owns ; in 1870, he retired from active life and came to Ripon, where his residence now is. Mr. Allen was married at Berlin, Wis., Nov. 27. 1860, to Josephine Walton, born at St. Andrews, Province of New Brunswick ; her parents, George and Jane Walton, died in Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co .; Mr. and Mrs. Allen have three children-George R., Maud M. and Frederick W.

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GEORGE W. ANNIN was born at Le Roy, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1816 ; came to Wisconsin in 1853, where he has sinee resided. He was married, March 27, 1843, to Mrs. Harriet Pierson ; they have six children-Harriet, George W., Grace, Bryant W., Flora B. and Jerome ; Mrs. Annin has two chil- dren by her former marriage-Irving J. and Harlow W. Pierson.

WILLIAM H. APPLEBY was born in Allegany Co., N. Y., Jan. 29, 1824 ; moved with his parents to Onondaga Co. ; then to Crystal Lake Prairie, MeHenry Co., Ill., July 21, 1838, and the winter following moved to Cook Co., where his parents now live; in the spring of 1846, Mr. Appleby came to Wisconsin, and May 12 of that year, made a claim of 265 acres of land in Green Lake Co., on Secs. 11 and 14, Town 15, Range 12. Mr. A. was married Nov. 5, 1848, to Mary L. Loomer, born at Dayton, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., Oct. 21, 1832; they have had ten children- Emma A., now Mrs. Asa E. Ilolmes, now of Ripon, born March 11, 1850; Gilbert A., born Feb. 15, 1852, died Sept. 17, 1852; Nettie E., now Mrs. Frank A. Flower, of Fond du Lac, born April 20, 1854 ; Flora E., born July 5, 1855 ; Edward F., born Nov. 3. 1857 : Lewis H., born March 24, 1860, died Oct. 26, 1862; Kattie H., born June 3, 1862: Willie T., born Dec. 1, 1864; Clarence, born April 24, 1867, died Oct. 23. 1867 ; Jennie M., born Nov. 29, 1869. In the spring of 1863, Mr. Appleby with his family moved to Ripon, Fond du Lae Co., where he now resides.

DAVID C. ATKINSON, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Ripon ; was born in Lineolnshire, England, Oct. 6, 1824 ; in 1846, came with his parents, David and Rebecca Atkinson, who settled in Waterford, Saratoga Co., N. Y., for two years, and in 1848, came to Wisconsin and settled in Ripon Township, where they still reside ; the subject of this sketch, from that time up to 1856, teamed from Ripon to Fond du Lac, Milwaukee and Sheboygan, and assisted his parents upon the farm ; in 1856, he came to his present farm of 180 aeres. He has held the office of Supervisor of the town for five years. He married, Sept. 24, 1857, Miss Harriet Newell Hubbard, daughter of William and Salome Hubbard, of Leverett, Franklin Co., Mass. ; both of her parents died there when she was quite young ; Mrs. Atkinson was born' in Leverett, Mass., Sept. 30, 1828; they have one child-William A., born May 2, 1859. They are members of the Presbyterian Church ; Mr. Atkinson is a Republican.

D. D. ATKINSON, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Ripon ; was born in Lincolnshire, England, in August, 1800; came to the United States in 1847, and settled in Saratoga Co., N. Y .; in 1849, came to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Ripon, about half a mile from the eity of Ripon ; the next year, moved into the city and built himself a residence on what is now called West street ; remained there three years, and then moved to the farm on Sec. 18, upon which his sou, D. C. Atkinson, now lives ; in 1878, he moved to his present farm; he has always been engaged in farming pursuits. lle married Miss Rebecca Cook Sept. 25, 1822, daughter of John and Mary Cook, of Lincolnshire, England; she was born in Lincolnshire, England, Oct. 10, 1798; they had five children, four living, viz .: D. C. Atkinson, whose record is given in this work ; Mary A., born March 21, 1824, now Mrs. David Walford, of Ken- yon, Minn. ; Ruth, born August 6, 1826, married twice, now widow of Uriah Daft ; she had four chil- dren by her first husband and one by the second ; Susan W., born Dec. 21, 1828, now Mrs. W. A. West, of Waupaca, Wis., and one deceased ; Rebecca, born March 28, 1830, married James Lathrop, of New York, and died in July, 1863.

E. BABCOCK. farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Ripon ; was born in Albany Co., N. Y., Aug. 22, 1828; his parents' names were Joseph and Phoebe Babcock ; his father died in 1872, and his mother in 1878; the subject of this sketch was engaged in assisting his parents upon the farm up to the time of his eoming West in the fall of 1851; he first took up his residence at Berlin, Green Lake Co., Wis., and remained there until the next fall ( 1852), when he moved to Fond du Lac Co. and purchased the farm in this town where he has ever since resided, containing 100 acres. He is at present a member of the Board of Supervisors of the county and Chairman of the Town Board. He married Miss Elvira Smith, daughter of David and Emeline Smith, of Schoharie Co., N. Y., on the 26th of October, 1853; they had three children-Blanche R , now deceased, Frank Larue and Fred Leroy, living.

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The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 136

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