The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 141

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Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
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ROBERT SHELDON. farmer, See. 10. P. O. Ripon ; born in Franklin Co., N. Y., Dec. 17, 1825 ; at the age of 11, he came with his father, Rodney Sheldon, to the State of Michigan, his mother having died when he was 9 years of age; after remaining in Michigan three years, they came to Wiscon- sin, and first settled in the town of Pleasant Prairie ( then in Racine Co., but now known as Kenosha Co.), where the subject of this sketch was engaged in teaming and thrashing; in 1851, he crossed the Plains to California, mining and prospecting while there ; at the end of four months, he shipped for Aus- tralia, landing in Sydney after a voyage of seventy-seven days, where he still engaged in mining; he then " packed " seven hundred miles to Victoria colony, and from there, four months afterward, " packed " to Melbourne, and from there shipped to Liverpool and thence to New York ; in January, 1853, came to Wis- eonsin, and first located at Ripon, in this county, and shortly afterward purchased the farm of 150 acres upon

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which he now resides, and engaged in farming pursuits; since his residence here, he has made another trip to California, and returned upon the first through train on the Union Pacific Railroad in 1869. Hle married Miss Abbie P. Finkham (daughter of Orrin and Joanna Finkhim, of Woodstock, Vt. ), on the 30th of June, 1853; they were married in Green Lake Co., Wis., her parents having moved West and settled there, being among the pioneers of that county ; both are now dead; Mr. Sheldon's father died in 1863.

DR. GEORGE R. SHAW, homeopathie physician and surgeon, was born at West Troups- burg, Steuben Co., N. Y., Aug. 24, 1827, where he resided until 17 years of age; then entered Al'red Academy; then engaged in tea hing, and studying medicine for a time; graduated from the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons; attende I the Western Reserve College, at Cleveland, Ohio, and began practicing in New York State; in the fall of 1855, Dr. S. came to Dartford, Green Lake Co., Wis .; two years later, he moved to Appleton, and, in 1862, to Ripon, confining himself to the practice of medi- cine ever since coming to Wisconsin. He was married in Struben Co., N. Y., in 1852, to May G. Goodell, a native of Oneida Co .; they have two children -William B. and Eva J. Dr. S. is a member of the Wisconsin Homeopathic Society and of the American Institute of Houneopathy.

SOMERS SHERWOOD, dairyman ; P. O. Ripon; was born in Onon laga Co., N. Y., Jan. 11, 1825; his parents were Daniel an I Diantha Sherwood ; he came to Wisconsin in 1845, and settled in the town of Metomen, Fond du Lac Co , engaged in farming; in 18Gt, he came to the city of Ripon, and, after living there three years, moved to his present farm; he is engaged entirely and largely in the dairy basiness, supplying the city of Ripon. now milking fifty cows and steadily increasing the number ; his farm a ljoins the city limits. He married Miss Theodosia Kelogg March 31, 1863 ; she was born in Norwalk, Conn .. Ang. 3, 1838; her parents were Charles and Taney Kellorg, her father a native of Nor- walk, her mother of Somers'own, N. Y .; Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood are blessed with two children-Ellen, born D .c. 30, 1863. and Ralph M., Jan. 16, 1866. Members of Congregational Church.

C. F. SHUTE, blacksmith ; P. O. Ripon ; was born in Champlain, Clinton Co., N. Y., July 26, 1846 ; at the age of' 16, he went to Kees ville, Essex Co., N. Y., where he learned the trade of black- smithing, remaining there until 1856, when he came to Wisconsin and first settled in Oshkosh, remaining there one year, and from there to Ripon Township until 1859, when he went to. Oregon for one year and from there to the Chippewa Reservation, Minn .. engaged in his trade of black- smithing ; in 1863, he returned to Ripon Towaship to his shop on See. 18, which he at present carries on, having connected with him his son, P. C. Shute, as a wheelwright; he has hell the office of Justice of the Peace one term. . HIe married twice; his first wife was Miss Mar- garet Adgite, daughter of Luther Adgite ; they were married De. 31, 1839; she died in 1852, leaving three children, one living-Frederick C ; two deecased, viz , George Henry, and Dexter B., who enlisted in Co. 11, 20th W. V. I., and was killed at the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark , D .c. 7, 1862. His second wife was Miss Mary T. Butler, daughter of Norris and Mary A. Butler of this township; they were mar- ried Oct. 14, 1853; they have four children-Phineas C., Margaret L., George D. and Herbert M. Mr. and Mrs. Shute are members of the Methodist Church. His politics are Republican.

HENRY C. SMI TER, farmer, Sec. 19 : P. O. Ripon; was born in Orleans Co., N. Y., Sept. 24, 1838; when he was 10 years of age, his parents, Elisha and Mary Smith, came West and settled in Iowi Co., Wis., remaining there three years ; in 1851, came to Green Lake Co., and in 1862 cmme to Fond du Lic ('o., and settled in the city of Ripon ; his mother died there in the fall of 1867 ; the next spring his Father moved to the farm on Sec. 19, where he died in June, 1872; the farm contains eighty acres; he subject of this sketch remained with them, and now resides upon the homestead. Mr. Smith married, July 4, 1859, Miss Helen Clarke : she was born in Madison Co., N. Y., June 16, 1843; her parents, Stephen and Susan Clarke, came West in 1856, and settled in the town of Brooklyn, Green Like Co., where they now reside; Mrs. Smith had three children, two, living-Jennie E., born July 7, 1863, and Fred, April 5, 1866 ; one dead-Frank, born Feb. 4, 1861, died March 10, 1868.

J. S. SOULE, former. Sec. IT, P. O. Ripon ; was born in Franklin Co., Vt., Aug. 6, 1817 ; up to the age of 23 years, assisted his parents in farming; his father died in Fairfax, Vt., in the year of 1847; the subject of this sketch came to the State of Wisconsin in 1830; after remaining until the next year, returned to Vermont for three years; he then engaged in the business of a tanner, in the town of Fairfax, Frank- lin Co., Vt., for six years, up to 1850; he then went to Fairfax Falls, and carried on the lumbering busi- ness for two years, after which he engaged in farming, up to 1863, when he came again to the State of Wisconsin, and settled in Ripon Township, in this county, on Sec. 17, where he has ever since resided. He married Miss Mariah P. Kingsbury, daughter of John and Sarah Kingsbury, of Fairfax, Vt., on the 14th day of March, 1847; she was born in Fairfax, Vt., May 15, 1829; they had ten children, viz .: Sarah

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MRS. CLORISSA T. TRACY, Instructor in Algebra and Botany, Ripon College ; is a native of Susquehanna Co., Penn .; her parents, Stephen and Luey Tucker, were natives of Vermont; she received her early education in the academies of Susquehanna and Wayne Cos., Penn., but completed her studies at the Troy Female Seminary, at Troy, N. Y .; she began teaching when only 14 years of age, continuing her studies, however, until she left Troy in 1843 and went to llonesdale, where she accepted the position of Principal and teacher in the Young Ladies' Seminary at that place, where she had previously tanght. In 1844, she was married, and only devoted a portion of the time to teaching until the time of Mr. Tracy's death, which occurred in 1848; then she resumed her position as Principal in the Seminary and remained there until 1856; she then came to Neenah. Wis .. and conducted a private school for three years; in 1859, she came to Ripon and has held successively the positions of General Superintendent of the Ladies' Department, Principal of same department and Matron of Ripon College, and has always, since coming here, taught algebra and botany in the College. At the time of her hus- band's death, she was left with two children, a daughter and son; the daughter died three years later ; her son, James H. Tracy, graduated from Ripon College in 1868; he then entered upon the study of medieine in Chicago, and, a year later, entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in New York City, from which institution he graduated ; during the Franco-Prussian war he was Assistant Hospital Sur- geon, at Berlin, Prussia ; he is now settled in the practice of his profession at Escanaba, Mich.

WILLIAM M. TREANORE, wagon and carriage maker; was born in Scotland Jan. 3, 1830; came to New York City, where he resided two years. in 1852; removed from there to Springfield, Mass., where he remained five years; then came to Wisconsin ; came to Ripon in 1863. Mr. T. began carriage-trimming in 1345; he is now a member of the firm of Treanore & Blodgett, wagon and carriage makers. He was married at Pittsfield, Mass., in August, 1854. to Martha Bennett, a native of the town of Bolton, N. Y .; they have three children-Helen E., Vincent O. and Water P .; William E. died when 18 months old. Mr. T. has been Alderman of the First Ward two terins.

WILLIAM W. D. TURNER, attorney ; was born at Quincy, Ill., June 1. 1836, whence he moved with his parents to Edina, Knox Co., Mo., in 1837 ; this was his residence until 1859, when he moved to Lebanon, Mo., being admitted to the bar the same year. Mr. T. was elected to the convention called to determine whether Missouri should remain in the Union; was the youngest member of that body and an " unconditional Union man." He entered the army in June, 1861, and was three months in the Home Guard ; raised the 20th Mo. V. J., which was mustered out in the fall of 1864. After leaving the army, he went to New Orleans, where he was Judge Advocate of the Provost Court until May 11, 1865. when he went to Mobile, Ala .; in 1873-74, he was City Attorney of Mobile ; in September, 1877, ('ol. T. came to Ripon, where he has since practiced his profession, being a member of the law firm of Dobbs & Turner; in 1876, he was the Republican candidate for Congress in Alabama, and, in 1878, the Republican candidate for District Attorney of Fond du Lac Co.

COL. C. H. UPIIAM, retired ; was born at Westminster, Worcester Co., Mass., Feb. 18, 1828 ; came to Niles, Mich., in 1848; came to Racine, Wis., where he engaged in the forwarding and commis- sion business. in 1853: at Racine he was City Clerk and Comptroller, and in the army was Captain of the Commissary and Subsistence, Department of the Gulf. In 1866, Col. U. went to Shawano, Wis .. and engaged in mercautile pursuits until 1877, when he came to Ripon. He was married at Westminster, Mass., in November, 1851, to Amanda E. Gibbs, a native of that State; they have two children-Fred W. and Kittie .J.

JACOB VERMILYE, retired ; is a native of Fishkill, Dutchess Co .. N. Y. ; born in 1804, and is the son of William and Cynthia Vermilye ; he devoted much of his earlier life to lumbering; in 1831, he located in Troy, N. Y., and was employed in the construction of the railroad from Albany to Schenectady, N. Y., and afterward followed various kinds of business in New York till 1853; in April of that year, he came to Wisconsin and settled on a farm of 160 acres in the town of Metomen. Fond du Las Co., and made farming his vocation till October, 1875, when he removed to the city of Ripon, and he has lived a more retired life. Oct. 6, 1835, he was married to Miss Lydia, daughter of William and Mary Miles, of Dutchess Co., N. Y. ; their children are Nellie, now the wife of Truman Blossom, and lives in Winona, Minn. ; Caroline, now Mrs. David Meorley, and lives at Minneapolis, Miun. ; Mary, now the wife of George Lour, of Blue Earth Co., Minn .; Libbie, now Mrs. Wallace Bolsley, and lives at Nashua, Iowa ; Amanda, now the wife of Dyer Bell, of Minnesota ; Cynthia, now Mrs. James Walker, of Kasson, Minn. ; Eliza, the late Mrs. Wm. Whitman, of Minnesota, deceased ; Harrison, now a merchant in this city, and who married Miss Anna, daughter of Patrick and Katie ( Phelps ) Hefron, of Omro, Wis., in 1865; they have one son-Frank. Members of the Congregational Church.

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REV. J. W. WALCOTT was born at Pawtucket, R. I., Nov. 29, 1812; son of James D. and Hannah Jenks Wolcott ; moved with his father, a cotton manufacturer, to Newport, N. I., the same year ; he received a preparatory education at Kimball Union Academy at Meriden, and entered Dart- mouth College in 1835, graduating from it in 1839, in the fall of which year he entered Auburn Theolog- ical Seminary, graduating from that institution in 1843; Mr. W. first preached two years at Virgil, Cortland Co, N. Y .; next was Principal of Monroe Academy in Cayuga Co., N. Y., two years, and then was Principal of Auburn Female Seminary until it was burned, when he came to Wisconsin and began preaching at Menasha; in the fall of 1853, he came to Ripon, living in the city twenty years, removing in March, 1873, out on Green Lake Prairie, occasionally preaching since that time. He was married, at Bristol, R. I., in May, 1844, to Hannah B. Clinrch, a native of Rhode Island, who died in July, 1849, leaving two children, who have since died ; he was married a second time, at Auburn, N. Y., in May, 1853, to Caroline, daughter of Isaac Cooper ; she was born at Croydon, N. II. ; they have two children-D xxter Cooper and Frank B.

HENRY C. WELLCOME, of the firm of Clough & Welleome, grocers ; is a son of the Rev. Mark D. Wellcome; born in Franklin Co., Me., Sept. 1, 1833; he spent much of his early life attending common and high schools of his native county, and in 1873, came West, hoping to improve his then failing health ; he settled first in Washington Co., Wis .. where he tried farming for a short time, but not finding that business very recuperative, he again resorted to travel, which he continued through much of Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri ; in 1860, he began the hotel business in Savannah, Mo., which he continued a short time, and then came to Green Lake Co., Wis. In 1861, he enlisted as a private in Co. I., of the 11th W. V. I., but was soon elected First Lieutenant of his company ; he was with the Army of the Tennessee, and took part in the battles of Port Gibson, siege of Vicksburg, Grand Gulf, Champion Ilills, Black River and others ; in 1863, Gen. Banks appointed him on the Provost Marshal's staff at New Orleans, where he served till the close of the war ; was mustered out of service at Madison, Wis., and at once returned to Fond du Lac, thence to Milwaukee, where for eight years he was engaged in the hotel business ; disposing of this in 1874, he removed to Ripon, and in 1879, became interested in the grocery trade. In 1872, he was married to Miss Jennie, daughter of Christopher and Abigail New- bert, of Waldoboro, Me., who died at Ripon in 1873 ; he afterward married Miss Esther M., daugh- ter of Isaac and Esther Herrick, of Ripon, Wis., in 1874; they have one son-larry C.

JOHN WELLER, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Ripon; was born in Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada, in the fall of 1825; his father, William, died before he was born ; his mother, Dillie Weller, died in 1846; Mr. Weller came to Wisconsin Oct. 20, 1852, and first settled in Green Lake Co. for seventeen years; in 1869, he came to his present farm of 140 acres. Ile married, Ang. 30, 1848, Miss Mary Ann Bedal, daughter of Isaac and Nancy Bedal, of Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada, who came to Wisconsin in 1852, and settled in Green Lake Co .; her father died there Jan. 11, 1864; her mother then came to live with her, and died Sept. 11, 1878; Mrs. Weller was born in Bloomfield, Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada, Oct. 20, 1825; they have three sons-Sydney, born Nov. 18, 1849; James R., Nov. 19, 1851, both born in Brighton, Canada, and Benjamin F., born in Fond du Lac Co., Aug. 30, 1854. Mrs. Weller is a member of the Presbyterian Church ; Mr. Weller is a Republican in politics.

JOHN WEISGERBER, proprietor of the Mapes House; was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, in 1817, and is the son of John and Mary Weisgerber; was educated in the schools of his native country, and followed farming there till about 26 years old ; July 5, 1843, he landed in New York, as an emigrant to America; he continued farm work in New York for two years, then was employed in the salt works of Syracuse, N. Y., for ten years; in 1855, he came to Wisconsin and, for the next two years, was proprietor of a saloon in Sheboygan ; thence he removed to Sheboygan Falls and continued the same business for two years longer ; in 1859, he went to Berlin, Wis., where he opened a billiard room, but was burned out in January, 1860, and lost all he had ; he then kept the Areade House for two years ; in 1862, he purchased the Dartford House, at Dartford, Green Lake Co., Wis., of which he was proprietor till 1873; disposing of his property at Dartford at that time, he purchased the Mapes House, in Ripon, Wis., of which he has since b. en proprietor. March 15, 1845, he was married to Miss Ann M. Resell, a native of Bavaria ; they had three children-Caroline, now the wife of (. F. Schultz, of Fall Creek, Eau Claire Co., Wis .; Herman, who, with his mother, died with the cholera, in 1849; Katie (deceased). In 1849. he was married to Miss Barbara, daughter of Fredrick and Barbara Seybold, a native of Germany ; the children are as follows: Mary. Katie ( now the wife of P. 11. Jewson, and lives in Nebraska), Lizzie, Mena. Mrs. Weisgerber died at Dartford, June 3, 1866.

REV. JOSEPH WESTENBERGER was born in ITesse-Darmstadt, Germany, Nov. 10, 1845, where he received a classical education ; came to New York City in 1866, where he remained

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nine months ; spent one summer at Bath, Mason Co., Ill .; then entered Wartburg Seminary, in Iowa, where he received a theological education ; began preaching in February, 1869, at Madison, Wis .; in Feb- ruary, 1870, was ordained to the holy ministry at Maxfield, Bremer Co., lowa; preached two years at Pocahontas, Mo .; Waterloo, Iowa, two years; Prairie du Chien over two years; Milwaukee, three years and one month ; then, in November, 1878, came to Ripon, where he is Pastor of the Evangelical Lu- theran Church, and teacher of the parish school, preaching also at Rosendale and Brandon. Mr. W. was married in Iowa, Aug. 2, 1870, to Eliza Wegman, born in Germany, and who came to Iowa, with her parents, when 2 years old ; they have four children-Joseph, Lorenz, John and Gustav, and have lost one-Tillie, who died in Milwaukee, aged 3 years and 8 months.

CHARLES F. WHEELER, banker; was born at Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., Mass., Aug. 25, 1837; resided ten years at Penn Yan, N. Y., spen ling one year in the banking business; removed to Chicago in 1856; to Ripon in February, 1837; employed as book-keeper and teller in the Bank of Ripon until May, 1864, when the firm of Bowen & Wheeler, bankers, was formed, which still continues in business. II> was married at. Wethersfield, Henry Co., Ill., Nov. 8, 1860, to Maria S., eldest daughter of Rev. B. B. Parsons, now of Philadelphia ; she was born in Connecticut ; they have had one child, now deceased. Mr. Wheeler has been Treasurer of the Ripon Agricultural and Mechanical Associ- ation many years, and the family are members of the Congregational Church.

SPENCER WEHTING was born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., Nov. 18, 1835; his parents, Charles and Catherine Whiting, were natives of New York, but now live in Ripon. Mr. Whiting came to Ripon, Wis., in 1854, and has since followed farming and various other kinds of business. In October, 1853. he was married to Miss Louisa, daughter of George W. and Lorinda Parker, a native of Wyoming Co., N. Y., but immigrants to Ripon in 1845; they have two sons-Emmett A. and Frank A., and one adopted daughter-Edna C. They are members of the First Baptist Church.

DANIEL WILCOX. This gentleman has resided in Wisconsin for over thirty-three years ; is a native of Lewis Co., N. Y .; was born in the town of Lowville Oct. 3, 1803. Jan. 13, 1831. he married, in his native town, Huldah Williams ; she was also a native of Lewis Co., N. Y .; born March 1, 1804; soon after their marriage, they moved to Jefferson Co .; thence to Fowler, St. Lawrence Co . where they remained until their e mming to Wisconsin in 1847; lived in Walworth Co. until the spring of the following year ( 1848), when they purchased a tract of 320 acres of land from the Government, in the town of Alto, Fond du Lac Co. ; removed on it, and immediately commenced improving it; they resided in the town of Alto (with the exception of the year 1854, during which they lived in the town of Waupun ) until 1864, when they removed to the city of Ripon, which has been their home since ; they have had seven children, four of whom are living-Mary E., who married, in 1857, H. Harwood (he was a soldier in Co. G, 29th W. V. I .; participated in numerous battles ; was wounded at Jackson, Miss., and died in the service at New Orleans Sept. 27, 1864; Mrs. Harwood and child, Esther Irene, reside in Ripon) ; Mi-s I. Irene, teacher in the Art Department, Ripon College; Cornelia, wife of H. G. Clough, Rochester, Minn. ; Herman M., a leading attorney, St. Louis, Mo. ; names of the deceased children were

Eldbridge, Harriet and Daniel Monroe. Mr. Wilcox and family are members of the Congregational Church ; he believes that Christianity is an essential means of inward moral growth and progress in society and government, and that all political action should be prompted and controlled by the same broad. generous and unselfish purpose. During the time he resided in the town of Alto, he was Chairman and a member of the Side Board of Supervisors twelve years, and Justice of the Peace ab ot an equal length of time, and, in 1354, was Chairman of Board of Supervisors in Waupun ; he has always taken a deep and active interest in the religious and educational matters of the county.

EDWIN WILSON, insurance agent ; was born at Philadelphia, Penn., Jan. 1, 1833 ; resided there nine years; then removed to Luzerne Co. ; whenee he came to Ripon May 1, 1855, and engaged as clerk for Jehdeiah Bowen, with whom he remained three years ; engaged four or five years in the mer- cantile business ; in 1865, began the fire and life insurance business, being also connected with Bowen & Wheeler's bank prior to 1878. Mr. W. was City Assessor in 1877 and 1878. He was married at Fac- toryville, Wyoming Co., Penn., April 28, 1857, to Elizabeth S. Mills, born in Long Island ; they have Que son-Edward II. They are members of the Congregational Church.

FRANK S. WILSON, druggist; was born at Ypsilanti, Mich., in March, 1849; came to Markesan, Green Lake Co., Wis., in 1866, and to Ripon in' 1876, where he engaged in the drug business. Mr. W. attended the State Normal School at Ypsilanti, and learned the drug bus ness in Michigan, which he has followed exclusively since coming to Ripon.

GILBERT F. WILSON, grain-dealer; was born in Orange Co., N. Y., in June, 1843; he came to Wisconsin, with parents, John and Mary J. Wilson, and located in the town of Rosendale,

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Fond du Lac Co., in 1851, where he afterward lived on a farm most of the time till 1868. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. HI, of 20th W. V. I., and partook in all its battles and movements till it was mustered out of service at Galveston, Tex., in August, 1865. In April, IS68, he was married to Miss Hattie, daughter of Samuel L. and Sarah Whitney, of the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., and in that year removed to the town of Ripon, where he continued for two years; in 1871, they came to this city, where he has since been dealing in grain most of the time ; their children are Herbert E., Frank A. and Harry M.

HENRY W. WOLCOTT, retired ; was born at Trenton, Oneida Co., N. Y., June 18, 1819; came to Rosendale, settling on Sec. 27, Aug. 17, 1845, his wife joining him October 13, of the same year ; Mr. W. made the second entry of land in Rosendale. Was the first School Superintendent and Inspector. and held the offices of Justice of the Peace, Chairman, Assessor, etc., several years. After leaving his farm and settling in Ripon, he ran, as a member of the firm of Wolcott & Bateman, the Ceresco Mill about five years ; bought wool two or three seasons, and now is engaged in loaning money and the settlement of estates. He is Vice President of the Northern State Fair Association ; was President one year of the Ripon Agricultural and Mechanical Society, and Secretary two years. He was married at Trenton, N. Y., to Emeline Lyman, a native of that place ; they have five children-Angeline J., now Mrs. L. E. Reed ; Flora J., now Mrs. A. W. Pettibone; Julia E., now Mrs. Fayette L. Taft, of Burlington, Vt .; Carrie B., at home, and Henry A., studying law with L. E Reed.

ALANSON WOOD, proprietor Wood's Hotel; son of Alanson and Mary Wood; settled in Green Lake Co. in 1849, where his father died in 1852; his mother is now Mrs. Alson Norton, of Ripon ; Mr. Wood came to Ripon in 1856. Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 320 W. V. I., Aug. 6, 1862; served until June, 1865, participating with his regiment in all battles, skirmishes and marches, without receiving a seratch. In the spring of 1866, he went into the old American House with his brother William ; two years later, hought him out .; April, 18, 1872, began the mason work for Wood's Hotel ; had the grand opening Oct. 12 of the same year. Mr. Wood has served as Alderman of the Second Ward. He was married at Ripon April 3, 1867, to Hannah A., daughter of Daniel W. and Avis Fisk ; they have two children living-Gracie Louise and Lucy Jenks; lost one-Avis Marble, died Dee. 13, 1871, aged 3 years and 3 months. Mr. Wood was born at Yates, Orleans Co., N. Y., June 29, 1842, and his wife in Adams, Mass .; prior to entering the army, Mr. Wood attended Ripon College three years.

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The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 141

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