The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 138

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Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
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ISAAC M. DAKIN, City Clerk ; was born in New York City April 25, 1842; came with his parents to Brooklyn, Green Lake Co., in 1849; moved to Neshkoro in 1852, and remained until 1862; removed thenee to Brooklyn, thence to New York, and in 1864, came to Ripon ; Mr. D. clerked for G. Beynon two years, Coc Bros, four years, and has since been Deputy Postmaster; in April, 1879, he was elected City Clerk on the Republican ticket. Hle was married at Hastings, Mich., May 4, 1875, to Ella Lathrop; they have one child, George W., born Nov. 6, 1877. Mr. Dakin's father, Ebenezer, died at Fort Scott in 1869 : his mother resides in Ripon.

REV. C. DALIES, Pastor Evangelical Lutheran Church; was born in Brandenburg, Prussia, March, 27, 1841; come to Brookfield, Waukesha Co., Wis., in February, 1968, where he remained but a short time, going next to Russell, Sheboygan Co., for one and a half years ; Menomonee Falls, Waukesha Co., eight years; Racine one year, and then to Ripon May 20, 1879; he was edneated at Barmen, Prussia, Missionary Seminary, and was married at Russell, Wis., Nov. 8. 1868; to Meta Viel- stich, born in Bremen, Germany ; they have five children -. Elsa A. C. K., Paul B. J. and Karl A. G., all born at Menomonee Falls ; Johanna L. M., born at Racine, and Clara A. G., born at Ripon. Since Rev. D.'s connection with the church, a fine, new parsonage has been built ; the church deht reduced ; its membership increased, and many improvements been made.

RICHARD DART, apiarist; is a son of Anson and Eliza Dart, nee Catlin; born in New York City May 12, 1828; his father was a druggist in that city for a number of years, but when Rich- ard was quite young, his father purchased a farm in Oneida Co., N. Y., and till 1838, was engaged in agricultural pursuits there ; he was then appointed Commissioner of the main wing of the New York Insane Asylum, which position he held for two years; in 1840, he resigned that position and immigrated as a pioneer to Dartford, Green Lake Co., Wis .; having been out in 1835 with a company of men from Rome, N. Y., and made some investments in the vicinity of Green Bay and other places ; landing at Green Bay in May. 1840, he formed the acquaintance of Govs. Horner and Beall, then land agents at that place ; the Green Lake country was just then coming into notice, and he with Gov. Beall started on horse- back for a visit to the lake; passing through the Brothertown woods, across the county where the city of Fond du Lac now stands, they reached the shores of Green Lake the 1st day of JJune; here he selected eighty acres of land one-half mile south of the Lake shore, which should be his pioneer home ; returning

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to Green Bay, he purchased a boat, and putting in their little all, which consisted of a barrel of flour, one- half barrel of pork, etc., with a few cooking utensils with which to begin pioneer life, he with two sons passed up the Fox River, portaging their boat around the rapids of Neenah, Menasba and Appleton, into Lake Winnebago, and after one and a half days' rowing up the lake, reached, as they supposed, the outlet of Green Lake; but upon following it for three days, they found themselves at Mud Lake, near Ripon ; they returned to Lake Winnebago, and, after a two-days sail, reached the outlet of Green Lake, which they at once recognized by the color of the water; two days more brought them to their new home in Wisconsin; they were the first settlers in what is now known as Dartford, in honor of whom the village was named ; the family soon followed, and this was Richard's home for many years. His father was the first Justice of the Peace in Marquette Co .; the first Postmaster ; was also a member of the Constitutional Convention of Wisconsin ; he took quite an interest in President Taylor's election, and in 1851, was appointed Superintendent of Indian affairs in Oregon : in 1856, he paid a visit to his home in Wisconsin, but it had lost its charms; he spent two years traveling in Europe, and the rest of his life in Washing- ton, D. C., where he died Aug. 12, 1879, at the age of 82 years; two sons survive him-Putnam, now in California, and Richard, now living at Ripon, Wis., and who in April, 1859, was married to Imogene, a daughter of Luther and Emma Hinkley, of Madison Co, N. Y .; they have one daughter, Arlie, now 7 years of age.

HECTOR DAWES. farmer, Sec. 30 ; P. O. Ripon ; born in Morgan Co., Ohio, July 17, 1830; he came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1851, and settled in Ripon Township, Fond du Lac Co., on Sec. 29, where he remained for four years. His parents, George and Elizabeth Dawes, in the mean time, in I854, eame to the State of Wisconsin and settled on Sec. 30, in Ripon Township, where his father died Oct. 10, 1869, and his mother August 27, 1877. The subject of this sketch, in 1855, the next year after his parents came to this county, went to live with them, and continued to up to his marriage with Miss Jane A. Ruggles, which occurred March 12, 1857 ; her father, Gary Ruggles ( her mother baving died in New York State ), came to Wisconsin and settled in Ripon Township in the year 1855, went to Towa and settled near Charles City, and died there in 1874; Mr. Dawes, after his marriage, went to reside on his farm ou See. 29, and then moved to the city of Ripon and resided there up to 1863, when he moved to his present farm on Sec. 30, where he still resides, containing 240 acres ; Mrs. Dawes was born in Broome Co., N. Y., Oct. 21. 1832 ; they have a family of six children, viz : Fred A., born Dec. 17, 1858; William R., Oct. 5, 1862; Maggie, April 28, 1864; Effe, May 26, 1866; Edward G., July 19, 1868, and Raymond, March 20, 1870. Edmund Dawes, the brother of Ilector Dawes, enlisted as a private in Co. H, 20th W. V. I., Aug. 8, 1862, and was afterward promoted to Orderly Sergeant, and, while serving as such, was killed, Dec. 7, 1862, at the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark .; previous to his death, his com- mission as Second Lieutenant of Co. I had been made out, but did not reach him before his death. Mrs. Dawes is a member of the Congregational Church.

GEORGE W. DELLINGER, proprietor Ripon Mills, was born at Windsor, York Co., Penn., July 21, 1820 ; removed to Western Pennsylvania ; resided one year at Lundy's Lane, Erie Co .; spent one year at Kingsville, Ohio: removed to Waterford, Racine Co., Wis., in May, 1845, where he remained eighteen months; removed to Oshkosh in the fall of 1847, and, in October, 1848, came to Ripon ; with the exception of a few years after 1869, spent in California. Montana and other portions of the West, for his health, Mr. Dellinger has been actively engaged in milling since his arrival in Ripon ; he has built several mills and water-powers ( see full account elsewhere ), and now owns and runs Ripon Mills, of which he was the builder. He was married at Lundy's Lane, Erie Co., Penn., July 21, 1842, to Margaret, daugh- ter of Capt. John Spiers, an old lake Captain, who died in 1875, aged 89 years; Mrs. D. was born at Erie, Penn., May 22, 1825; they have had seven children-Perry N., born at Lundy's Lane, Penn., July 22, 1843, now a resident of Greene, Butler Co., lowa; George Chester, born at Waterford, Wis., Dec. 9, 1845, now of Pearl Rock, Chickasaw Co., Iowa; Josephine ( now Mrs. W. W. Davy, of Ripon), boru near Oshkosh, March 23, 1848; Daniel Newton, now of Butte City, Montana, the first child born in Ripon City plat, born May 25, 1850; Margaret Jennie, born Jan. 5, 1859; Earl Bertine, Aug. 1, 1863 ; they lost one child-Elizabeth Ella. an infant. in 1853. Mr. D. was for seven years a member of the City Council. He began milling on his own account in 1840.

HON. JEREMIAH DOBBS, son of Jeremiah and Mary Dobbs ; was born at Saugerties, Ulster Co., N. Y., in March, 1832; after receiving his education, he was employed as a clerk in a general store at Rochester, N. Y .; remained there two years; later, began the study of law, and, in 1851, was admitted to the bar at Jefferson, Wis., having removed to this State in 1849, and located at Lake Mills ; engaged in the practice of his profession there until 1854, when he came to Ripon; in 1850, he was appointed District Attorney of Jefferson Co., Wis .; since he came to Ripon, he has filled several offices of

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honor and trust ; in 1869, he was elected a member of the State Legislature, and for many years he was Chairman of the County Board ; he was once a Director of the Oshkosh & Mississippi Railroad Co .; as a successful and skillful attorney, he is extensively known ; everything he undertakes bears the unmistakable impress of his energy ; he is of a most affable disposition, and no person, either man or child, ever approached him with a fear of a want of a cordial welcome; no local enterprise of any consideration fails to receive his assistance ; he is' emphatically a man of the people, friendly, sympathetic and generous. Feb. 21, 1854, he was married to Miss Mary A. Lampson, and by her has one son and two daughters.

CYRENUS F. DODGE was born at Pembroke, Genesee Co., N. Y., Nov. 24, 1833; resided there until coming to Ripon, in September, 1853; ou arriving at Ripon, he began the manufacture of wagons and carriages, which he continued until February, 1878; the firm was H. Dodge & Son five years, Dodge & Manville seventeen and one-half years, Dodge & Mitchell two years, C. F. Dodge from September, 1877. to February, 1878, when he sold out to Treanore & Blodgett ; Harvey Dodge, senior member of the first firm, was C. F.'s father ; after retiring from the carriage-making business, Mr. Dodge erected Como Bay House, a summer resort at Green Lake, in the spring of 1878, of which he has since been the successful proprietor aud manager. He was married at Ripon, March 28, 1856, to Phobe A. Thatcher, a native of Pembroke,, N. Y .; they have six children-Erastus Eugene, Addie May, Edward S., Nettie B., Wm. C. and Harvey. Mr. D. was Alderman several years.

GEORGE C. DUFFIE. Principal of the English Academy in Ripon College; was born at. Orwell, Rutland Co., Vt., Jan. 1. 1845; son of James H. Duffie, who came to Rosendale in 1853, and died there three years later ; he came to Ripon in 1860 : served in the army ; graduated from Ripon Col- lege in 1868 ; was appointed instructor in Latin one year ; conducted the Free Press, at Ripon, from 1869 to 1872, and was then appointed to his present position. He married Emma, daughter of A. P. Har- wood, of Ripon.

H. C. EVERSZ, of the firm of Eversz & Weller, dry-goods merchants; is a son of Louis and Louisa Eversz; born in Prussia in 1846, and, with his parents, immigrated to Wisconsin in 1848; his parents settled on a farm near Ripon, where H. C. spent most of his time, attending district school and at farm work. till about 1860; he then entered Ripon College and was a student there for two years. In 1862, he enlisted in Co. H. of the 20th W. V. I .. under Col. Pinkney, of Ripon ; was with the Army of the West for about one year; was mnstered out at Galveston, Tex .; he then returned to Ripon ; was clerk in the dry-goods store for A. W. Pettibone till 1871 ; he then formed a copartnership with JJ. C. Weller, and has since been dealing quite extensively in dry goods, etc. In 1872, he married Miss Bertha, daughter of the Rev. N. and Esther M. McLeod, then of Ripon; they have one daughter-Gertrude ; his wife is a member of the Congregational Church.

GEORGE L. FIELD, bank cashier, was born at New Berlin, Chenango Co., N. Y., whence he moved to Albany in 1852 ; after remaining there five years he came to Watertown, Wis., and became book-keeper and teller of the Bank of Watertown, where he remained over five years; in the spring of 1863, he moved to Ripon, which has since been his home, and became cashier of the Bank of Ripon. which position he held until the organization of the First National Bank, of which he has since been cashier. Mr. Field has been Mayor of Ripon, and always takes an active interest in all improve- ments and matters of a public nature. He is now, aud has been during seventeen years an officer and member of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.

CHESTER B. FISH, of the firm of Fish & Chadbourne, sign, house and carriage painters ; was born in Rockland, Knox Co., Me., mn 1854; he is the son of S. M. and Adell Fish, with whom he came to Ripon, Wis., when he was about 2 years old ; in 1858, they removed to Milwaukee, where he was educated in the public schools and lived till 1868; returning then to Ripon, in 1872 he began the painter's trade with Mr. Craw, of this city, and, in 1876, formed copartnership with Mr. Chadbourne, of the present firm. His father died at Minneapolis, Minn .. in April, 1879 ; his mother now resides in Ripon.

J. J. FOOTE, District Attorney ; was boru at Coventry, Chenango Co., N. Y., Jan. 23, 1830; came to Watertown, Wis., in the fall of 1852, and to Ripon, which has since been his residence, in 1856 ; he studied law with Charles O'Connor, Benedict and Boardman, in New York City, where he was admitted to the bar Feb. 5, 1853 ; his father, Alanson L. Foote, is now a resident of Ripon. Mr. Foote has been Alderman, City Clerk eight years, District Attorney since January, 1879, and was tendered the nomination unanimously for Attorney General on the Democratic ticket of 1875. He was married at Watertown, Jan. 9, 1854, to Kate T. Bement, a native of Belleville, Ontario ; they have eight children- Lillie T., now Mrs. J. Mallaney. of Ishpeming, Mich .; Anna Louise, Blanche B., Mary E., Edward P., Laura, Kate I. and Genevieve G.

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J. N. FOSTER, of the firm of J. N. Foster & Co., millers, Arcade Mills, Sec. 18 ; P. O. Ripon , was born in Tolland Co., Conn., July 26, 1816; he came to the State of Wisconsin in May, 1846, and settled in Mayville, Dodge Co .; in 1856, he became engaged in the milling business, having bought out Francis Hammond, and carried on the same until 1865, when he sold out his business and came to Fond du Lac Co., and settled in the city of Ripon and carried on a feed store until 1867, when he formed the firm of J. N. Foster & Co., millers, and purchased what are known as the " Arcade Mills," on Sec. 18, Ripon Township, from David Babcock ; this mill was built in 1856, by Tomb, Paddock & Co .; it is run mostly as a custom mill. Mr. Foster was a member of the City Council of Ripon for one year. He married Miss Ellen Duncan July 15, 1853 ; her parents were John and Elizabeth Duncan, of Hamilton, Scotland ; her father came to the United States and settlel in Marquette Co., Wis., where he died ; her mother died in Scotland. Mr. Foster's family consisted of four children, three of whom are living-Mary E., William B. and John D. Mr. Foster is a Republican in politics. He resides in the city of Ripon.

WILLIAM GAYLORD, retired ; was born in Litchfield Co., Coun., in 1805; he removed to Trumbull Co., Ohio., in 1836, where he was a boot and shoe dealer for twenty-five years ; in 1864, he came to Wisconsin and located in the town of Metomen, Fond du Lac Co .; two years later, he removed to Oshkosh, and for one year was a dry-goods merchant; he next came to Ripon in 1868, where he con- tinued the dry-goods trade till September of 1878. He was married to Martha M., daughter of Isaac and Betsey Beebee of New York ; they have two sons-Isaac W. and Lewis B., both of whom are mer- chants at Beloit, Kan. Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord are members of the Congregational Church.

JOSEPH M. GEERY, Professor of English Literature, Rhetoric and Political Philosophy in Ripon College, was born in New York City June 2, 1810; took a preparatory and colleze course at Oberlin College; began teaching at Paris, Kenosha Co, Wis .; taught there three winters, 1858, 1859 and 1860; was two years in the Medina ( Ohio) High School; one year Principal of the High School at Brooklyn, near Cleveland ; taught in all seventeen terms before coming to Ripon in 1868. Prof. Geery has been College Librarian seven years ; was elected Alderman and Supervisor in 1879, and takes active part in the matters pertaining to public weal in Ripon.

HENRY J. GOODALL, carriage manufacturer ; son of' Henry and Caroline Goodall, was boru at Adams, Jefferson Co., N. Y., July 21, 1836; came to Lamartine, Fond du Lie Co., in 1847, where his father, who died in Springvale in 1969, kept a blacksmith-shop, and in which he began learn- ing the trade at the age of 11 years; in 1874, Mr. G. come to Ripon, and has since carried on the bus- iness of manufacturing carriages, phaetons and cutters. He has been City Marshal and Chief Fire Marshal, which position he has held five years, and is an Odd Fellow. He was married in Springvale, Feb. 26, 1859, to Harriet M., daughter of Aaron Horton, an early settler of that town ; she was born in Michigan ; they have three children-Charles C., Harry C. and Edna II.

G. C. GOODFELLOW, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Ripon ; was born in Manlius, Onondaga Co .. N. Y., April 13, 1919; his parents Tobias and Polly, both died there; in September, 1845, he eame to Wisconsin, and for one year resided in Racine Co., and the fall of 1846, came to Fond du Lac Co. and settled at Reed's Corners, Metomen Township, for three years, and, in 1849, came to his present farm of' 143 acres in Ripon Township ; while residing in New York State, he was employed on the canal as steersman of a canal-boat ; since he has lived in Wisconsin he has been engaged in farming pursuits. He has held the offices of Supervisor of the town and Justice of the Peace. He married Miss Abigail M. Seeley, daughter of James and Sarah Seeley, of New York State, April 29, 1841; she was born in town of Pompey, near Manlius, Onondaga Co., N. Y., April 14, 1823; they have twelve children, all living and all but two grown to manhood and womanhood, viz .: Polly E., born March 9, 1842, now Mrs. L. Dick, living in Spencer, Marathon Co., Wis .; Sarah E., born May 10, 1844, now Mrs. Chester Cook, of Westline, Minn .; Marion, born July 14, 1846, now Mrs. Win. Louer, of Vernon Center, Blue Earth Co., Minn .; Jane A., born May 13, 1848, uow Mrs. George II. Luke, of Spencer, Minn .; Arthur D., born Dec. 27, 1849, married Miss Sarah L. Jones, of Waupaca Co., Wis .; Eveline Il., born Ang. 25, 1852, now Mrs. G. W. Pond, of Metomen Township, Fond du Lac Co., Wis .; Almon O .. born July 4, 1851; Frank, born July 20, 1856, married Miss Capitola E. Brine, of Fond du Lac Co., Wis .; Fred, born Aug. 11, 1858; Maude A., June 5, 1860; George H., May 27, 1862, and Erwin T., April 30, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Goodfellow are members of the Second Congregational Church of Metomen Township.

LOUIS GRAF, butcher, of the firm of Graf & Jussen ; was born in Prussia May 5, 1832; came to Baltimore May 3, 1849, where he lived two and one-half years ; removed to Milwaukee for one year ; removed then to Watertown, Wis., where he remained until 1865, when he came to Ripon and engaged as a meat-market proprietor with his present partner. He was married, at Watertown, Wis., May 12, 1860, to Caroline Bohnert, a native of Baden, Germany ; they have three children-P. L. George, T. C. Ida and Helen. Mr. Graf is a member of the I. O. O. F.

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JOHN GRANT, grain-dealer ; was born in Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Conn., March 23, 1832; moved with his parents, at the age of 2 years, to Lorain Co., Ohio; moved to Green Lake Co., Wis., in the spring of 1848, and to Ripon in 1855; his father, Harvey Grant, died in Ripon in 1863, and his mother, Experience Grant, resides with his family, aged 83. Mr. G. was married, in Ripon, July 10, 1861, to Ellen Morris, a native of Wales, but for twenty-four years a resident of Ripon; they have one child-Florence N. Mr. and Mrs. G. are members of the Congregational Church. He has been Street Commissioner three or four years.

DAVID GREENWAY was born in Warwickshire, England. March 14, 1824; came with his parents to Syracuse, N. Y., in 1834; resided there and at Palmyra, N. Y., until coming to Ripon Aug. 1, 1850, with his wife and three children ; Mr. G. engaged in farming about three years and then opened a grocery store on the site of the present Greenway Block ; soon alter added drugs and medicines, which business he carried on until about 1862; he built Greenway Block in 1861; began the express business in Ripon ; was the first express agent, and continued as agent until he sold out his business ; in 1867, MIr. G. built the " Oakwood House," a large and popular summer resort on Green Lake, which he has since owned and managed ; in 1878, he opened a grocery and crockery store, but closed out the stock the next spring. He was married, at Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1849, to Caroline Chadbourne, born in Lancashire, England, and died at Ripon in January, 1880 ; she had three children by a former husband, two deceased and one living-Nellie, now Mrs. David Pollard, of Ripon. William D. and George M. Greenway. his sons, are associated with him in the Oakwood Ilouse. Mr. G. has resided upon the same spot or nearly so, ever since coming to Ripon.

SILAS A. GROESBECK, carpenter, contractor and builder ; was born at Russia, Oneida Co., N. Y., May 13, 1832; at the age of 10 years, moved to the town of Pinckney, Lewis Co., N. Y., and in 1855, came to Wisconsin to Ripon, working at his trade ever since. Ilis father, Silas Groesbeck, first settled in Springvale in 1854; in the fall of 1855, he went to Calumet Village and kept hotel two and one-half years ; removed for three years back to Springvale, and then to Brothertown, where he engaged in farming and hotel-keeping. S. A. Groesbeck was married, at Neenah, Wis., June 15, 1858, to Emma L. Shepard ; they have three children-Alice MI., Fred M. and Albert H., and lost one daugh- ter-Jessie, who died at the age of 6 months.

JOHN HAAS, proprietor of Ripon Brewery ; was born in Hessen, Germany in 1841, and is the son of Henry and Catharine Haas; when he was 13 years old, he with his parents came to America, and settled on a farm in Dodge Co., Wis., where he lived for four years; in 1855, he began work in the brewery at Theresa, Dodge Co., Wis., for Benedict Weber ; two years later he came to the city of Fond du Lac, Wis., where he was employed by J. & C. Frey, brewers, for two years; he afterward spent a few months in the pineries, and then began work in a brewery for Paul Hauser. in Taycheedah, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where he continued for about two years ; in 1865, he established the Ripon Brewery, of which he has since been proprietor. In 1868, he was married to Miss Theresa, daughter of William and Annie M. Quest, of Ripon ; they have had three children, as follows : Matilda, deceased ; Albert, deceased ; C. John. Politically, Mir. Ilaas is a Democrat.

THOMAS HARRIS was born in Ireland April 27, 1820, of English parents; his father was twenty-three years in the English Army, and passed through the French Revolution; Mr. H. first settled in Canada after coming to America ; came to Ceresco and settled on Sec. 12, in June, 1847; in 1855, went to Minnesota ; enlisted September, 1862. as Second Lieutenant in Co. D, Sth Minn. V. I. ; served with his regiment in all its engagements until the spring of 1865 ; returned then to Ripon. and, in the spring of 1866, was elected Justice of the Peace, which office he held for ten years ; MIr. II. has practiced law during the last seven years ; has been Assessor two years; is Secretary of the A., F. & A. M., and a member of the l. O. O. F. Lodge. He was married at Inverness, Canada, by Rev. Norman McLeod in the spring of 1848, to Elizabeth N. Ilargrave, a native of Canada; they have five children living-Mary E., Eva E., Caroline A., Bertha E. and Benjamin J., and have lost one-Thomas Fremont, who died at the age of 14 months.

A. P. HARWOOD, capitalist ; was born at Ticonderoga, Essex Co, N. Y., Oet. 25, 1818; entered into the iron manufacturing business at Crown Point, N. Y., where he remained until coming to Ripon, in March, 1874. Mr. II. is one of the Trustees of Ripon College, and a member of the Congre- gational Church. Ile was married at Crown Point, Oct. 11, 1843, to Anna Penfield, born at Pittsford, Vt. ; they have four children-Daniel V. N., Charles L., Mary Emma and Frank .1.

D. V. N. HARWOOD, Secretary and Treasurer of the Ripon Pickle Company; was born in Crown Point, N. Y., in June, 1844. In 1865, he married in his native town, Katie Murphy, a native of Clintonville, N. Y .; in 1874, they came to Ripon, and he became a shareholder in the Ripon pickle

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factory ; was made Secretary and Treasurer, a position he has filled since that time ; they have two chil- dren-Mary A. and Elizabeth K. In politics, Mr. Harwood is a Republican. He is an energetic and active business man, and has been more than ordinarily successful in life.

SANFORD HAZEN, was born at Copenhagen, Lewis Co., N. Y., April 6, 1821; came to Oakfield in 1844; lived in Copenhagen again, from 1945 until the spring of 1858; removed then to Green Lake Prairie, near Ripon, where he carried on farming until 1874, although he built a plow factory at Ripon in 1859, which he ran two years; in 1874, Mr. H. began the manufacture of the Hazen wind- mill, and now manufactures also the patent reversible-tooth harrow ; he made the first steel plow made in New York. and also carried on the manufacture of stoves in that State. He was married at Copenhagen, N. Y., in February, 1844, to Susan B. Wright, a native of that place; they have two children-Wayne S. and Ella J. In the winter of 1844, Mr. Hazen helped to organize the Washingtonian Temperance Society, at Oakfield, Wis.

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The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 138

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