The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 137

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

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HENRY DWIGHT BALDWIN, marble dealer; was born at Victory, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Oct. 6. 1837 ; moved to Michigan with his parents in 1838, where he lived until 1859, when he came to Wisconsin ; he has worked at the maible business since 1861; began for himself with Cyrus Pedrick in 1864, and became a member of the firm of Stuart & Baldwin, which is still in business. In 1866, Mr. B. was married at Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 11, 1874, to Mary J. Pedrick, who was born on Lake Erie on the steamer " James Madison ;" they have one child-Helen.

PROF. C. G. BALDWIN was born at Napoli, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., Oct. 10, 1852; moved to Ohio when 6 years of age; graduated from Oberlin College in 1873, teaching Latin in that institution the last two years; graduated from Andover in 1875, and in that fall came to Ripon College,

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taking a position as a member of the Faculty, which he has since held. Prof. B. was married in Ripon, Aug. 5, 1876, to Ella V. Billings, born near Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., N. Y.

ASA NEWELL BARNEY, architect and builder ; was born at Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Feb. 17, 1829 ; came directly to Ripon, April 3, 1855, where he has since resided. He was mar- ried at Ripon, April 17, 1861, to Abigail 11. McCord, born in the town of North East, Erie Co., Penn. ; they have two children-John Lynn and Lizzie Gertrude.

HENRY L. BARNES, M. D., was born in Mexico, Oswego Co., N. Y., April 16, 1833 ; with parents, Jehiel S. and Sarah Ann ( Cole) Birnes, he immigrated to Wisconsin in 1846, and settled on a farm near Markesan, Green Lake Co., where he spent the next five years of his life at farming; he was educated in the Iligh School of Ripon, and in September, 1854, began the study of medicine with Dr. A. W. Hewitt, then a practicing physician of that city ; he attended lectures one term at Rush Med- ical College, of Chicago, and spent a year with Profs. Thayer and Webber, of Cleveland, Ohio, giving special attention to surgery ; he graduated from the Cleveland Medical College in March, 1858, and there- upon settled in Dartford, Green Lake Co., Wis., in which place and in Ripon, his present home, he has since continued to practice with constantly growing success; in January, 1865, Dr. Barnes went into the United States Service as Assistant Surgeon of the 21st W. Y. I. which had just joined in the march from Atlanta to the sea with Gen. Sherman's army through the Carolinas ; he remained with his regiment until it was mustered out in the summer of that year ; his studies while with Profs. Thayer and Webber were especially adapted to fitting him for an army surgeon, so that he filled the position with marked credit ; at the close of the war, he resumed the practice at Ripon, and here he is now a successful physi- cian ; he is a member of the County and State Medical Societies; Dr. Barnes is a Knight Templar in the Masonic Order, and was Master of the lodge for several years. Jan. 3, 1861, he was married to Miss Nellie Cody, of Dartford, Wis. ; they have four children.

II. B. BATEMAN. proprietor of " Ceresco Mills ;" was born'at Newport, R. I., Dec. 16, 1841 ; enliste i May, 1862, in the 9th R. I. V. I. for three months ; re-enlisted as second Sergeant of the 5th R. I. Ileavy Artillery, and was promoted to captaincy of Co. C .; was color-bearer one year, Captain nine months ; Adjutant of the post for a time; participated in all the battles engaged in by his regiment ; was mustered out Ang. 2, 1865; came to Ripon the same year, and engaged in operating the Ceresco Mills, of which he is still proprietor an I operator. Mr. B. was married at Ripon, May 2, 1866, to Jennie MI. Mason, born at Hamburg, Erie Co .. N. Y., Feb. 20, 1815: they have two children-Luther M., born April 14, 1837, and Henry W., boro Aug. 15, 1869. Mr. B. is a member of the A., F. & A. M., Ripon Chapter and Berlin Commandery.

A. E. BISHOP, proprietor of grocery store; is a native of County Kent. England ; son of George Bishop and Elizabeth Wells; born in 1833; he spent the first years of his life with his father on a farm and in th : hotel of which he was proprietor; he began the grocery business in his native county at an early age, which he continued there till his immigration to America in 1865 ; h . settled at Ripon, Wis., and for seven years clerked for Mr. Kingberry; in the spring of 1877, he went into the grocery business with Mr. David Clough, aml continued as a partner in the firm of Clough & Bishop till the spring of 1879. In England, in 1865, he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of George and Margaret Wells, of County Kent, Eng., and, in one week after, sailed for America; they have one daughter-Nellie MI. They are members of the Grace M. E. Church.

ERASTUS J. BLODGETT, son of Louis Frank Blodgett; was born at Beaver Dam. Wis .. Oct. 22, 1846; was taken to Vermont when 18 months old, whenre, four years afterward, he was brought to Hartford, Wis., which was his hom) till 1865. In March, 1865, he enlisted in Co. B. 52d V'. V. I., anl was instered ont in Angust, 1865. The next year he removed to Ripon and learn d the painter's trade ; during the past two years, he has been a member of the firm of Treanore & Blodgett, wagon and carriage manufacturers. Mr. B. was married at Ripon, Nov. 26, 1867, to Miss Emuma Lyon, born at St. Albans, Vt .; they have two children-Faunie Lyon and Harvey Charlie. Mr. Blodgett is a member of the Masonic Lodge.

L. F. BLODGETT, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Ripon ; was born in Orleans Co., Vt., April 1, 1820; in the year 1813, he came to Wisconsin, first locating in Milwaukee, where for eighteen months he choked for Drs. Weeks & Miller, in the old Hide Block ; from there he went to Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., Wis., and clerked for Waldron & Stimpson; having bought them out, the business was carried on under the firmu name of Van Eps & Blodgett; in 1847, he went to Hartford, Washington Co., and engaged in mercantile business up to the year 1868, when he came to Fond du Lac Co., and settled in the city of Ripon; in 1870, he purchased his present farm of 160 acres. He has been married twice, his first wife being Miss Lucinda Boutwell, of Washington Co., N. Y., to whom he was marrie l Sept. 21,

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1845 ; she died July 27, 1848, leaving two children, one living-E. J., and one deceased-Esther, who died Aug. 3, 1848; his second wife is Miss Elizabeth A. Iligby, daughter of Oliver and Clarissa Higby, of Connecticut ; they were married Sept 27, 1849; they had four sons, two deceased-Lewis F., who died Nov. 3. 1864, and Edson L., died May 8, 1878; two living-William F. and Arthur.

W. H. BONNELL (deceased ) ; was born in Erie Co., Penn., Jan. 1, 1818; he came West in 1856, and settled six miles north of Rosendale, Rosendale Township, in this county, having purchased there a farm the year before ; he lived there nine years and then moved to Nekimi Township, Winnebago Co., Wis., Nov. 15, 1865, and remained there until the spring of 1867, when he came to this township and resided upon his farm until 1872, when he went back to Winnebago Co. and died there July 22, 1873; he always followed farming pursuits. He married Miss Margaret E. Goble in Erie Co., Penn., March 6. 1845; her parents were Timothy and Mary B. Goble, of Rochester, N. Y .; they had eight children, seven now living-James M., Austin W., Duane W., George C .; Henry W., Wiltsie I. and Wil- son T. ( twins ), and one deceased-Eliza J. Mrs. Bonnell is still living.

ALVAN EARL BOVAY, A. M .. of Ripon, was born July 12, ISIS, in the town of Adams, Jefferson Co., N. Y. ; graduated at Norwich University, Vt., in July, 1841, and was afterward Principal of the Glens Falls and Oswego Academies, in New York State ; Professor of Languages in the Bristol Penn.) Military College, and Professor of Mathematics in the New York City Commercial Institute. Mr. Bovay also had studied law and was admitted to the bar of the State of New York at Utica in July, 1846. He was married to Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of Ransom Smith, in St. Luke's Church, Hudson street, New York City, by the Rev. Dr. Forbes, Nov. 25, 1846, and settled with his family at Ripon Oct. 5, 1850, where, in the November following, he laid out " Bovay's Addition to the City of Ripon." Mr. Bovay was the framer of the earliest Republican organization ever formed, on the 20th of March, 1854, at Ripon, during the pendeney of the " Nebraska Bill " in the House of Represent- atives. He was a member of the Assembly for the First District of Fond du Lae Co., in 1859 and 1860, where he was the author of the famous, much-abused and finally much-rescinded " resolutions of '59." Mr. Bovay took an active part in all abolition movements ; served in the army, in which he was Major of the 19th W. V. L., and also Provost Marshal of the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, in Virginia. He is now living in retirement at Ripon.

JEHDIAH BOWEN, banker and merchant ; was born in Breekeashire, parish of Llanelly, South Wales, July 19, 1817; came to America and located in Luzerne Co., Penn., in 1830, where his father, John Bowen, died in 1867. Mr. B. came to Ripon-then a huddle of four buildings-June 17, 1830 ; July 29, returned to Pennsylvania, aud, Oct. 26, returned with his daughter to make a permanent residence. le erected a store where the Kingsbury Block now is, and began business in it Dee 15 of that same year, as a dealer in general merchandise, continning eight years in that building, and in another store, until 1864. In 1863, he began the hardware business with O. J. Clark, which connection continued until March, 1877. In 1867, Mr. B. had an interest with J. D. Hamilton in the boot and shoe business, the entire control of which came into his hands in 1872. In 1855, he opened a branch store at Brandon, which continued about three years; in 1861, opened another at Waupun, which ran three years; in 1866, he conducted a store at Red Wing, Minn .. for a time; in 1857. owned two farms, but disposed of them as soon as possible ; in May, 1864, began the business of banking with Charles F. Wheeler, which has been continued ever since ; in 1855, with others, built a mill at Brandon, which he ran one and a half years, in connection with partners, and, in Ripon, he has been engaged almost continually for thirty years in building residences and business blocks. Mr. Bowen has been connected with the Ripon College from its foundation ; is connected with the Congregational Church ; was Mayor in 1839 and 1868; a member of the Assembly in 1871; a member of the City Council; was appointed Postmaster in 1861, which office he resigned in May, 1866, and has always interested himself in all public moves and matters, being one of the organizers of the Milwaukee & Horicon Ry .. with which he was several years connected, and a Director of the Ripon & Wolf River Ry. Mr. B. was first married to Harriet N., daughter of Judge William Root, of Lewis Co., N. Y. ; she died in Pennsylvania April 19, 1813, leaving a daughter. Jane A., now Mrs. Alex. K. Shaw. of Chicago. He married a second time, in Pennsylvania, in August, 1853, to Emma C. Perkins, a native of Pennsylvania; they have two children-Carrie and Maggie L.

ISAAC BROWN, merchant tailor; was born in Dorsetshire, England, Jan. 10, 1834; came to Chicago, with his mother, in 1846; enlisted in Co. A, 2d I. V. C., August, 9, 1861, and served three years, mostly on detached duty ; was mustered out in the spring of 1865 ; came to Ripon in the spring of 1874, and engaged in merchant tailoring the next year. Mr. B. was married in Ripon, Sept. 13, 1877, to Miss Frances Miller. Mr. B., who was two years on detached service with Gens. Ord and Logan, helped to raise the first company of volunteers in Ogle Co., Ill.

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J. E. BROWN, merchant tailor; was born at Batavia, Genesee Co., N. Y., July 16, 1839 : came from there to Ripon in the spring of 1865, and engaged in the merchant tailoring business, which he has since followed, haviog at all times a large store in Ripon, and, during the last five years, a branch at Waupun. He was married at Ripon, July 16, 1867, to Grace Annin, a native of Dartford, Green Lake Co., Wis. ; they have two children-Bertie Howard, born May 2, 1870, and May Belle, born June 22, 1874.

LYSANDER MARTIN CARLISLE, grain-dealer, was born at Goshen, Addison Co .. Vt., Oet. 15, 1S18 ; removed to Buffalo, N. Y., in the fall of 1843 ; in 18-14, came to Milwaukee ; returned three months later to Buffalo; surveyed the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, just south of that city, in 1843; resided in Western New York until coming to Ceresco, May 31, 1849, where he worked for the Phalanx until 1850 ; Sept. 1, 1850, Mr. C. bought a house of the Phalanx and opened a hotel called the Ceresco House, which he conducted until 1854, then selling out and erecting a brick house near the rail- road crossing ; in 1864, he went into the Mapes House with Gilbert Lane, now of Oshkosh, remaining two years ; since then. MIr. C. has been dealing in grain. He was Justice of the Peace before the city was incorporated, Assessor of the Second Ward three years and of the First Ward two years; he once owned five shares of Phalanx stock for which, at Potter's Corners, N. Y., he traded to the value of $125. Mr. C. was married at Madison, Aug. 31. 1850, to Harriet Gorham, born in Wyoming Co., N. Y.

DR. WILLIAM E. CARNAHAN, homeopathic physician and surgeon; was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., Jan. 14, 1838 ; removed to Columbia Co., Penn., with his parents in 1840 ; removed from there to Michigan when 16 years old, where he attended school until 1860; taught school two years; returned then to Pennsylvania and began the study of medicine; graduated from the Western Homuro- pathic College of Cleveland, Ohio ; attended lectures at Bellevue Hospital Medical College ; began practice at Cambridge City. Ind., in the spring of 1867 ; removed in 1873, on account of ill health, to Hamilton, Ohio, and from there came to Ripon in June. 1877. He was married at Lebanon, Ohio. in February, 1866. to Luey Wood. who died in 1873, leaving one child -- Ada W., born in June, 1870; he was married a second time, at Ripon, Oct. 11, 1877, to Sadie G. Barker, a native of Columbus, Ohio. Dr. C. is a mem- ber of the A., F. & A. M. and I. O. O. F.

HORACE L. CHADBOURNE, of the firm of Fish & Chadbourne, sign, house and car- riage painters ; was born in Oxford Co., Me., in 1844; eame to Wisconsin with his parents in 1856 and located in the city of Ripon. In January, 1865, he enlisted in Co. I of the 47th W. V. I., under Col. Ginty, and partook in all the movements of his regiment till it was mustered out at Madison in the fol- lowing autumn ( 1865 ). He then returned to Ripon, and soon after began the painter's trade, which he has since followed ; in 1876. he formed a copartnership with Fish under the present firm name. He was married to Miss Eveline Williams, of this city in 1868; they have two children-Charles and Amy.

O. H. CHAMBERLAIN, farmer, See. 12; P. O. Ripon; was born in the town of Sparta, Livingston Co., N. Y., July 5, 1822. His parents, Harlem G. and Anna, died in Union Corners, Liv- ingston Co , N. Y., his father in 1869, his mother in 1874; they were pioneers of that part of the State, having come from Vermont at a very early day ; they had six sons and five daughters, all of whom lived to be men and women. The subject of this sketch came to the State of Wisconsin in the fall of 18-49, and first settled in Fond du Lac Co., vue mile southeast of the city of Ripon, Eving in that neighborhood four seven years; in the fall of 1856, he moved to his present farm on See. 12, where he has ever since resided. containing 155 acres; for six winters he taught school in this country and one winter in Winnebago Co .; he also held the office of Town Superintendent of Schools several years; Magistrate several terms. and is at present Justice of the Peace, and has been two terms previously. He married Miss Harriet E. Weber ( daughter of Daniel B. and Emily Weber ) in Ceresco, Feb. 1. 1852; she was born in Liberty, MeKean Co .. Penn., Aug. 22, 1829; they have four children-Oscar H. (living in Champion, Mich. ), Fremont C., Francis A. and Albert O. Mrs. Chamberlain's mother afterward married Caleb Kendall, of this county, who died in Winnebago Co., Minn., in 1865; she came West in ISFF and settled in Wal- worth Co., Wis., and. in 1847, came to this county, where she has ever since resided ; she was born in Luzerne Co., Penn., in 1505. Mlrs. Chamberlain's father was born in the year 1800 in Worcester Co., Mass. Her grandfather, William Weber, enlisted in the Revolutionary army in November, 1775, in Brimfield, then Hampshire Co .. now Hampden Co., Mass., in the company of Capt. Joseph Thompson, and Massachusetts regiment of Col. John Nixon, and served one year ; the official records show his death to have vecurred on Feb. 26, 1831, in Columbia, Bradford Co., Penn., where he lived sixteen years, and previous thereto in Holden, Worcester Co., Mass.

DAVID CLOUGHI. of the firm of Clough & Wellcome. is the son of Abram Clough and Dolly Norris. of, Wyoming Co., N. Y .. born in 1823; his father being a farmer, David spent most of his time

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with him at that business until 28 years of age; he then entered upon an apprenticeship at the miller's trade, and, after serving one year as an apprentice, he was placed in charge of the mill at Folsomdale, Wyoming Co., N. Y., where he emtinned three years; in 1844, he came to Wisconsin, made some invest- ments in real estate, spent nearly a year there, and then returned to his native State; in 1858, he came the second time to Wisconsin, and began the milling business at Brandon, Fond du Lac Co .; two years later, he removed to Ripon, Wis., where for ten years he was connected with the Ripon Mills; in 1870, he became interested in the meat market (then the firm of Clough & Fenton ), where he continued the busi- ness for seven years ; in 1877, he, with Mr. A. E Bishop, began the grocery business; the firm was known as Clough & Bishop until the spring of 1879, when Mr. II. C. Wellcome became partner in Bishop's stead, and the firm bas since been known as Clough & Welleome. In 1844, he married Maria S., daughter of Oliver Harnden, of Folsomdale, Wyoming Co., N. Y., though a native of Genesee Co., who died at Folsomdale, N. Y., in February, 1866 ; they had five chiklren, as follows: Clara (the late Mrs. George Norris, of Bran- don, Wis., now deceased ), George HI. (deceased-died at the age of 4 months), Ella J. ( Mrs. E. Cush- man, of Cowlesville, Wyoming Co .. N. Y.), Niles F. (of Kansas City, Mo. ), and Frank F. (of Ripon, Wis. ). Dec. 25, 1877, he married Mrs. Louisa L., widow of the late L. Barnes-a daughter of Walter and Clementina Atwell, residents of Ripon since 1854; Mrs. Clough had, at the time of her second marriage, one daughter-Laura J., now Mrs. Toohey, of Kansas City, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Clough are members of the M. E. Church; Mr. C. is also a member of the I. O. O. F.

JAMES E. CODIA was born at Greenfield, Iluron Co., Ohio, May 24, 1837 ; came to Rosen- dale in 1853, with his parents, Alfred and Amanda Cook. now residents of Ripon; engaged in farming until coming to Ripon ; Nov. 29, 1867, he purchased the livery barn and stock on the site which he now owns, and began the livery business; about eight years ago, his barn was burned, and he erected the present substantial stone structure. Mr. C. has been four years Deputy Sheriff, which position he still holds, and has held several city offices. He was married at Pine Grove, Waushara Co .. Wis., June 24, 1863, to Alma L. Ley, born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y .; they have four children-Cora L., Edmund A., Frank L. and Frederick Wi liam.

JOSEPH COMBS, farmer; P. O. Ripon, was born in the town of Trenton, Oncida Co., N. Y., June 4, 1811; his parents, Oliver and Sarah Combs, lived upon a farm, and afterward moved into the village of Holland Patent, Oneida Co., N. Y., where they both died; the subject of this sketch remained upon his father's farm until the year 1850, when he came West and purchased his present farm of 100 acres, and, in the spring of' 1851, returned to New York State and brought out his family, where they have sine resided; his farm is now within the limits of the city of Ripon. He held the office of Assessor one year. Ile married twice; his first wife was Miss Lucy A. Wells, daughter of Daniel and Frances Wells, of Onei la Co., N. Y ; they are both dead ; they were married in September, 1838, and Mrs. Combs died in September, 1855; they had six children (two living), viz .: Sarah F., born Dec. 1, 1847; Katie E., Ang. 8, 1851; four died-Stephen R., in 1847; Daniel W., December, 1855; James 11., Oct. 4, 1864, and one died in infancy. lle married his second wife, Miss Arietta Wetmore, Sept. 30, 1856; her parents were Jam's and Elizabeth Wetmore, of Holland Patent, Oneida Co., N. Y., who died there; Mrs. Combs was born March 4, ISIS; they' had three children, one living-Charles J., born Nov. 18, 1861 ; the two deceased are Henry W., born Aug. 31, 1837, died April 11, 1872, and Laura E., born May 12 1859. died May 29. 1872. Mrs. Combs is a member of the Episcopal Church.

JOHN CORBETT. merchant tailor ; is a son of William and Anna Corbett; his father was a native of England, and was Paymaster of the 47th Regiment of the British Ar ny in Canada ; his mother was a motive of Scotland ; John was born in Canada July 8, 1860 ; was e lucated in private schools kept in his Father's family ; in 1856 he enterel upon an apprentie ship at the tiilor's trade in his native town, but soon went to Clevelan 1. Ohni,, where he continued it for one year; thence to Columbus, Ohio, and Chicago, Ill., continuing at each for about six months, and lastly, in 1857, to Ripon, Wis., where, in 1859, he estab ished himself as a merchant tai or. In 18:14, he married Miss Marieva, daughter of Stillman and Catharine Bonnell. ne? Dubois, of' Ithaca, N. Y .; they have one son -William B. Mr. Corbett is a mem- ber of the Masonic Fraternity. He and wife are members of the Episcopal Church.

E. G. CORLISS (deceased), was born in Vermont, Nov. 22, 1822; he was the only son of Isaac and Abigail Corlis, who moved first to La Parte, In l .; the subject of this sketch, in 1845, came to Wisconsin and settled on Sec. 6 of this to yoship; he purchase lon ? an l on -half miles squire of United State- land, and in roved the same. He died May 22, 1856. Five years after Mr. Corliss settled here, his parents moved to Winnebago Co., where they lived up to the time of the death of his mother, which occurred Jan. 28, 1863; after her death his father moved to Nepeuskun Township, Winnebago Co., where he died about 1873. Mr. Corliss married, Dee. 5, 1848, Miss Emily Dorchester, daughter of Francis and Abigail

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Dorchester ; her father was born in Farmington, Conn., in 1753, and died in 1353; her mother was born in Genoa, N. Y., in 1796, and died in 1857; they moved We-t in 1845, and settled in Green Lake Co. (then Marquette Co.), Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Corliss had two children-Frank, born October, 1851. and Henry, born May, 1854. Mrs. Corliss still lives on the homestead, See. 6; P. O. Ripon. She is a mew- ber of the Episcopal Church.

S. E. CRAWFORD. of the firm of J. N. Foster & Co., millers; See. 18; P. O. Ripon ; was born in Windham Co., Conn., March 30, 1841; he came to the State of Wisconsin in 1847 with his father, Samuel D. (his mother having died in Connecticut ), and first settled in Mayville, Dodge Co., where his father still resules. In 1867, the subject of this sketch came to Fond du Lac Co .. and became a mem- ber of the firm of J. N. Foster & Co. in the willing business, known as the " Arcade Mills." Ile has held the office of Supervisor two terms. He married, June 27, 1878, Miss Zoe A. Hodge, daughter of N. W. and Mary Hodge, who settled in Janesville, Wis., and after residing there some twenty years came to this county in 1874; they have one child-Eva A. Mrs. Crawford was born June 9, 1849.

W. F. CRAWFORD, of the firm of J. N. Foster & Co, millers; Sec. 18; P. O. Ripon ; was born in the town of Union, Tolland Co., Conn., Oet. 4, 1842. ITis mother having died when he was only three or four days old, he was taken to the home of his grandfather and grandmother, with whom he resided until their death, and afterward with an uncle and aunt in the same home. On Sept. 18, 1862, he enlisted in Co. G; 22d Conn. V. I., for nine months, and was discharged July 8, 1863, returning home to Connectient ; he came in the fall of the same year (1863 ; to the State of Wisconsin, and settled in May- ville, Dodge Co .; while there he went to Milwaukee and commenced a course of study in the Mercantile College of Bryant, Stratton & Spencer; before the completion of the course he again entered the army, enlisting in Co. 1, 44th W. V. I., and served until the close of the war; having returned home, he finished his course of study in the Mercantile College; in 1867, he came to Fond du Lac Co., and became a mem- ber of the firm of J. N. Foster & Co., millers, and is so at the present time. He has been married twice ; his first wife was Miss Alice A. Mason, daughter of William C. and Ellen Mason ; her father is living, but her mother is dead ; they were married in 1874 ; she died Feb. 4, 1876, leaving one child-Alice E. His second wife was Miss Ella J. Newell, daughter of T. V. and Esther B. Newell; her mother was a native of Greenfield, Franklin Co., Mass .; her father of Charlton. Mass. They were married March 25, 1877. Mrs. Crawford was born Dec. 4, 1849; they have one child-Byron A.

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The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 137

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