The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 142

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Publication date: 1880
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JACOB WOODRUFF, nurseryman ; was born at Litchfield, Conn., Oct. 17, 1813; after three and one-half years spent in whaling, went in 1838, to Great Bend, Penn .; in 1844, left that place and moved to Green Lake, Wis., where he remained from September until January or February of 1845, when he came to Ceresco and joined the Wisconsin Phalanx; before coming to Wisconsin, Mr. W. was engaged in blacksmithing, and also for about six years in Ripon, after the Phalanx broke up; since 1836, he has been engaged in the nursery business ; during two or three years, he was largely interested with two or three others in raising willow for baskets. He has been City Treasurer one year, Assessor of First Ward one year, Treasurer and member of School Board six years. Mr. W. was married at Great Bend, Penn., Aug. 4, 1840, to Penila Wilson, born at that place Nov. 23, 1813; they have one child-Ensign, and have lost three-Frank, Charlotte and Walter, all at the age of about 2 years.


GEORGE WREN, architect and builder ; was born in the county of Sussex, England, in 1833 ; his parents, Thomas and Ann Wren both died in England ; when 17 years old, he entered upon an apprenticeship at the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he continued there for five years ; in July, 1856, he sailed from Liverpool, and landed in New York in August; thence to Ripon, Wis., where he arrived Sept. 1 of that year ; since Mr. Wren's settlement in this city, he has followed the business of an architect and builder, and has been connected with the erection of some of the most prominent buildings of the city. In 1859, he was married to Miss Harriet, daughter of James and Lydia Kingsbury, a native of England but immigrated to Wisconsin in 1856; their children are Lizzie R., Anna E. and Fred B. Mrs. Wren is a member of the First Presbyterian Church.


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CHAUNCEY M. BALCOM, farmer, See. 31; P. O. Rosendale ; was born in Warren Co., N. Y., June 14, 1818, and is the son of Isaae and Sally Baleom, nee Greene, natives of Massachusetts ; he was a farmer in New York till 1845, when, in August of that year, he immigrated to Wisconsin and settled on a farm of 160 acres in See. 34, town of Rosendale, where he has since continued farming. In Warren Co., N. Y., July 13, 1845, he was married to Mary A., daughter of William and Sophia Cook, nee Morse ; their children are as follows: Daphne, now the wife of Lyman S. Curtis, and lives in Lewis Co., N. Y .; Elmira, now the wife of George Wheeler, of the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis .; Walden, who now lives in Dakota, and Chauncey, who resides at home with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Balcom were the sixth family to settle in the town of Rosendale.


JOHN R. BLACKBURN. proprietor of the Blackburn House, is a native of Yorkshire, England ; his father, Samuel Blackburn, a wool-stapler, was born also in Yorkshire, Oct. 28. 1798 ; his mother, Elizabeth Durant, was born in the county of Sussex, Sept. 22, 1795; they were married May 22, 1823, and had a family of seven children, four of whom are now living, as follows : Amelia, now the wife of Thomas Parkin, and lives in Toronto, Canada ; John R., the subject of this sketch; William R., who now lives in Clear Water, Minn., and Maria E., now Mrs. Leonard Brown, of Fond du Lac. John R., the oldest son, was born May 7, 1830, and with his father's family immigrated to America in 1842, and settled at Toronto, Canada, where for the following four years his father was engaged in the mercantile business. In August, 1846, the family, consisting of parents and four children, landed in Mil- waukee as immigrants to Wisconsin, and eame thenee to the town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., where they settled on a farm on Sec. 34, which was their home till the fall of 1875, when they removed to the city of Fond du Lac, where they now live ; John R. made his home with his parents on the farm till 1854, when. May 29, of that year, he was married to Miss Abigail P., daughter of Daniel W. and Sarah ( Bradford) Potter (natives, her father of Connecticut, born Dec. 19, 1787, her mother of Vermont, born Sept. 9, 1798, who were afterward married and settled in the town of North Chili, Monroe Co., N. Y., where Abigail was born Oct. 27, 1834; and was afterward married to Mr. Blackburn ) ; they came at once to the town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., Wis .. where he continued farming for five years; in 1860, he began merchandising at Lamartine, and continued there till 1873; he then removed his business to the city of Fond du Lac, where he devoted his attention more especially to the grocery trade for four years ; in the spring of 1877, he removed to the village of' Rosendale, and continued merchandising till June, 1879; in the fall of 1877, he purchased the old Rosendale Hotel property, a year later rebuilt it, named it the Blackburn House and has since been its proprietor. Their children are Frank W., who married Miss Matilda, daughter of Robert and Mary J. Blair, of Fond du Lac, May 29, 1878, and is now the merchant of this village ( Rosendale ) ; H. Elmer, now a printer in Chicago; Charles R., Daniel Bert, S. Elizabeth, Il. Louise and Minuie M., now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.


HENRY C. BOTTUM, farmer, See. 30; P. O. West Rosendale; was born in Addison Co., Vt., in January, 1826; he is one of a family of seven children, whose parents were Roswell and Elue Bottum, and were also natives of Addison Co., Vt .; at the age of 18, he began clerking in a store, which he continued until 22 years old ; for the next six years, he was engaged in the mercantile business on his own resources, at Benson, Rutland Co., Vt. At Lowell, Mass., July 21, 1852, he was married to Miss Helen M., daughter of Dr. 4. P. and Fannie Burnham, of that city; in November, 1854, with his wife and one son, he emigrated to Fond du Lac Co , Wis., and settled on a farm in Sec. 30, town of Rosendale, which has since been their home. Mr. Bottum was Town Clerk of Rosendale fifteen successive terms, beginning with the year 1856; he was Chairman of the town for three terms ; in 1868, he was elected a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from the first Assembly District; was re-elected in 1869 and 1878. They have six children-Joe H., Roswell, Perkins B., George R., Sheldon G. and Helen N.


ANSON H. BOWE, M. D., the first physician of Rosendale; is a native of Hampden Co., Mass., born April 5, 1813; his grandfather, Isaae Bowe, was a descendant of Alexander and Sarah Bowe, who came from England and settled at Middletown, Conn., as early as 1678 ; he was the son of Peleg and Mary ( Woodward) Bowe, born Feb. 6, 1755. Was married to Elizabeth Lee May IS, 1775; they had six children, of whom Isaac, the father of Anson H., was the oldest, and was married to Eunice Cooley, and raised a family of six ; when Anson H., their youngest, was about 5 years old, they removed to


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Bradford Co., Penn., where he received the earlier part of his education in the common schools, and after- ward attended an academy for a short time; in 1837, he began the study of medicine with a prominent physician of Springfield, Bradford Co., Peno., but attended lectures at the medical college of Baltimore, Md .; he returned to Springfield, and practiced his profession there till 1846; he came thence to the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., made some investments in real estate, selected the village for his future home, and returned to Pennsylvania for his family, with whom he arrived in June, 1847. He was the first physician to locate here, and has since successfully practiced his profession in this vicinity. March 12, 1835, he was married to Julia A., daughter of Reuben and Lydia Smead, nee Rowley, of Springfield, Penn ; their children are Isaac, who now lives in Connecticu ; Frank, of this village (Rosendale) ; Ethie, now the wife of Dr. J. C. La Favre, of Rosendale. Mr. and Mrs. Bowe are members of the M. E. Church.


HENRY CHURCHYARD, farmer, Sec. 30, P. O. Ripon; is a native of Suffolk County, England, born in May, 1830, and is the son of Isaac and Lucy Churchyard, who were also natives of Suffolk County, England ; when 14 years old, he entered upon a five years' apprenticeship to the auction- eer's and land surveyor's trade in his native county, which business he followed for two years after his apprenticeship ; April 1, 1850, he sailed from London for America and landed in Quebec in May follow- ing ; he came thence to the city of Fond du Lac, where he arrived in June of that year ; he first settled on the " Indian land," at Paysippi, Wau-hara Co., Wis., and two years later ( 1852), came to the town of Rosendale, where he followed working for the farmers by the month for one and a half years; he then bought a f'arm of eighty acres in Sec. 30, this town ( Rosendale), which has since been his home, where he now has 140 acres. In September, 1856, he was married to Adaline, daughter of Benona and Margaret Monett, then residents of this town, but emigrants from New York in 1854; their children are Ellen, Lina E., Henry, Lucy, Laura M., George, Fred, Mabel and Bennie.


GEORGE D. CURTIS (deceased ) was born inthe town of Martinsburg, Lewis Co., N. Y., Aug. 1, 1821, and was the third son of Henry and Hannah Curtis, natives of Massachusetts but early immigrants to New York ; he spent much of his early life on a farm; was educated in the common schools and academies of that county, and afterward followed teaching for five or six years. March 18, 1843, he was married to Rozella, daughter of Samuel and Lydie (Tallmadge) Lyman, then a resident of Oneida County, N. Y ; in April following, they immigrated to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled with the first half-dozen families on " Sanborn's Prairie ; " the farm he then selected on Sec. 34, was ever after his home; here he afterward erected a fine mansion, which has become a landmark to this region, and which is, perhaps, the finest rural residence in Fond du Lac Co. Upon the organization of the town it was, at his suggestion, named Rosendale, and he continued to be one of the most active in the manage- ment of its affairs throughout its subsequent history, down to the day of his death, being many times elected Chairman of the Town Board, besides filling other offices, for which his superior intellectual and business qualifications eminently fitted him ; he was the first to oppose the granting of license to sell liquors in the town, and through such opposition and unfluence the right to traffic in such has never been granted within the limits of Rosendale ; he was most prominent in securing the location of the She- boygan railroad through the town, and, in connection with his brother, Lyman Curtis, built the elevator at the depot, which has been a vast publie benefit and greatly enhanced the business interests of the com- munity ; he was also quite active in most of the movements for promoting the interests of agriculture, for which the town has for several years been characterized. Mr. Curtis was a man of much sympathy, gen- crosity and of strong domestic tastes ; from his carly boyhood up, he found his greatest pleasure at home with some interesting book, or in joining in the conversation of the family circle ; as a husband and father, he was strongly attached to his family and by them highly esteemed and greatly beloved ; he died Oct 21. 1878, leaving a wife and four children, as follows: Martha C. (now the wife of George Curtis), Rosendale ; Elon C., now of this town (Rosendale ); Cora MI., now a student at the Oshkosh Normal School ; George H., of Rosendale.


BUSHNAL DODD, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Rosendale; is a native of the town of Corn- wall, Addison Co., Vt., born Sept. 23, 1822, and is the son of Jonathan and Betsey ( Kenney ) Dodd, natives of Massachusetts ; he spent his early life at farming in his native county, and, in 1844, came to Wisconsin and landed at Milwaukee April 12 of that year, ant settled a short time in the town of Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., where his parents afterward joined him ; in September, 18-15, he, with his brother, W. HI. Dodd, and C. Balcom, came to Fond du Lic, stopped one night with Dr. Darling, and, on the following day, selected their farms in the town of' Rosendale; he, with his brother, entered a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 26, built a rude home and kept bach there for a while; eighteen months later, his father arrived with the family and made that their home for ten years; then removed to Sec. 12, where they


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afterward lived ; they afterward died in the village, his father at the age of 92, and mother at the age of 74. June 14, 1849. he was married to Miss Jane Rogers, who died Aug. 1, 1858, leaving four children -Charles P. (now deceased), Henrietta (now the wife of Charles A. Hon lry, of Lamartine), John B. (now a farmer in the town of Utics, Winnebago (o., Wis.), and Bion II. In February, 1860, he was married to Margaret, daughter of George P. and Margaret Murray, natives of Prince Edward's Island, who came to Illinois in 1854; their children are Oscar, Alice, Maggie and Carrie. Mr. D. owns 227 acres in Secs. 12 and 13 and 105, in the town of Utica, Winnebago Co., Wis.


WILLIAM DORNBRACK. farmer; P. O. Rosendale; was born in Germany in 1838; came to America in 1865 and settled in the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis; then to this town-Rosendale-in the fall of 1879. Was married to Miss loht, of Mecklenburg, before emigrating to America; her parents, Charles and Reka Hoht, came with them to America in 1865.


HUGH EDWARDS, deceased ; was a native of Denbighshire, North Wales ; was the son of John and Ann Edwards; born April 6, 1796; he spent much of his life on a farm in his native coun'ry ; received the earlier part of his education in the schools of Denbighshire, but completed his English studies at Chester, England, in 1813; returnins then to Wales, he continued the vocation of a farmer there till 1859. April 28, 1826, he was married to Mary Faulks, with whom and his family (in 1859) he immi- grated ro Wisconsin and settled on a firm of 260 acres in Sees. 22 and 27, town of Rosend ile, Fond du Lac Co., which his son John had bought of Mr. Crossmm in 1851 and occupied till the arrival of his parents ; this has since been the home of the family ; here Mr. Edwards died in October, 1879, leaving a family of five children-Margaret S (now a teacher in Virginia). John ( now at home), Anna C. (also at home), P. Wynn ( who enlisted in C. F., of the 21st W. V. I., Feb. 29, 1864; was with his regiment in all its principal movements till mustered out at Madison, Wis., in June, 1865; was married to Mary Lloyd, of Winnebago Co .; they have one daughter-Emily A. ), Anna M. (now the wife of Peter Roberts, and lives in the town of Nekami, Winnebago ('o., Wis. ).


WILLIAM FREDRICK, farmer, Sec. 36; P. (). Rosendale ; was born in Prussia Jan. 8, 1831 ; is the son of Daniel and Charlotte Fredrick ; at the age of 17, he began the wagon-maker's trade in his native country, which he continued there until 1855. In the fall of that year (1855), he was mar- ried to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Christian and Anna Bocks, of Prussia, and with her, in 1856, he immigrated to America ; they settled on a farm in the town of Eldorado, Fond du Lato Co., Wis., where they lived until 1876 ; in the spring of that year he bought a farm of 160 acres on See. 36, town of Rosendale, where he has sin .e lived and followed farming; in 1879, he purchased eighty acres in Sec. 20, making him now a farmu of 240 acres; they have one daughter,' Emma. They are members of the Lutheran Church.


WICKLIFF GOODRICH, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Ripon; was born in Somerset Co., Me., in July, 1820, and is the son of Joshua and Betsey ( Robins) Goodrich, natives, also of Maine, and who afterward died there; he spent his early life on a farm in his native county ; JJune 4, 18-14, started for the West ; he stopped a short time in Walworth Co., Wis., and then went to Illinois, where he spent the winter; in the spring of 1845, he returned to Wisconsin, and in June, 1846, pre-empted a farm in Sec. 8, town of Rosendale, which has since been his home; he now has a farm of 280 acres in Secs. 8 and 17, of this town ( Rosendale). In June, 1856, he married Miss Julia, daughter of Inther and Lucinda Pierce, then of the town of Rosendale, but natives of Somerset Co., Me .; their children are Rudolph O. and Ora W.


STORRS HALL, M. D., physicim and surgeon ; is a native of Washington Co., N. V .; his father, Dr. Ira llall, was the son of Nathaniel Hall and Mehitabel Storrs, born in Lebanon, N. II .. Dec. 20, 1772; graduated at Dartmouth College, in 1793; he studied medicine in Granville, N. Y., where he settled in his profession, in which he was very successful and highly esteemed. Dec. 17, 1795, he mar- ried Rebecca, the oldest daughter of Poter and Es her ( Clark ) Parker, of Granville, N. Y .; they had ten sons, three of whom died in infancy, two in early manhood, and three others at the average age of 73 years ; he died Sept. 16, 1816 ; the two older sous were farmers in New York ; the third, Edwin Hall, D. D., was a Presb, terian minister, gradunited at Middlebury College, Vt, in 1826; taught for five years, and was then se tled as Pastor of the First Congregational Church, of Norwalk, Conn , for twenty-three years; was Professor of Christian Theology in the Auburn Theological Seminary, of Auburn, N. Y., for 21 years, and Prof ssor Emeritus of the same for one year he died Sept. 8, 1877 ; Sidney, the oldest now living. is a farmer in the town of Granville, Washington Co., N. Y., and is unmarried; Dr. Storrs, the tenth son, was born in Granville, N. Y., May 11, 1814; graduated at Middlebury College in 1838; taught in various schools and academies in Connecticut for twelve years ; during his teaching, it was through his influence that the first Fairfield County Teachers' Association was established, of which he


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was President, and through his influence in connection with others, at first unknown, but who afterward became acquainted, that the first State Teachers' Association was established, and through their united influence the State Normal of Connecticut was established, of which he was the first Vice President; in consequence of failing health, he gave up teaching, studied medicine, attended lectures at Yale University, came to the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in 1851, and has since been a successful physi- cian of this village ; since his immigration to Wisconsin, he has been connected with the Fond du Lac County Medical Society, which is now merged into the Rock River Medical Society ; he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Ripon College for about twenty years; has been Secretary of the Board and member of the Executive Committee for fifteen years; has been Deacon in the Congregational Church since 1856. September 30, 1840, he was married to Elizabeth, the oldest daughter of Joseph and Sarah ( Kellogg) Scribner, of Norwalk, Conn ; they have had five children, as follows: Sidney S., who is now a physician at Morrison, Whiteside Co., Ill .; William S., now a farmer in Johnson Co., Tex .; Charles E., now connected with the Reliance Flouring-Mills, of Neenah, Wis .; Elizabeth, who died in infancy; Ira, now in the office of the Reliance Flouring-Mills, of Neenah also. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are members of the Congregational Church.


GIDEON HINKLEY, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Pickett's Station ; is the son of Jesse and Eliza Hinkley, with whom he spent his early life on a farm in Androscoggin Co., Maine, where he was born Nov. 2, 1827 ; when 21 years old, he went to the village of Lisbon, where he lived till 1855; in August, 1851, he was married to Miss Adeline B., daughter of Reuben and Neomi Loring, of Piscataquis Co., Me., with whom and one child he immigrated to Wisconsin in the fall of 1855, and settled on a farm on Sec. 10, town of Rosendale, where he has sinee lived and followed farming; he now owns a farm of 100 acres ; his wife died here in February, 1859, leaving one daughter. Delia E., now the wife of Milton Montgomery, and lives in Dakota. In 1861, he was married to Miss Margaret, daughter of John and Mary Wilson, of Rosendale, who died May 4, 1878, leaving the following children: Mary A., Jesse F., Wilson, Mildred A., Lina B., Chauncey B., Gabriel B .; Feb. 14, 1879, he was married to Ella E., daughter of Asa and Julia West, of Utica, Winnebago Co., Wis .; they have one child, an infant son. Mr. Hinkley's second wife was a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church. His brother, Jesse Hinkley, was in the 20th W. V. I., was killed at Prairie Grove, Ark., Dec. 6, 1862.


THOMAS HUGHES, farmer. Sec. 12; P. O. Nekama; was born in Cardiganshire, South Wales, in November, 1820, and is the son of Hugh and Jane ( Owens) Hughes; when 12 years old, he began the tailor's trade, which he continued in his native country till 1848. In 18440, he was married to Miss Hannah. daughter of David and Mary Williams, natives also of Cardiganshire, and in May, 1848. they sailed from Aberystwyth, South Wales, for America, and landing in Quebec in August following, they came thence to Milwaukee, Wis., where he continued his trade one year ; in 1849, they removed to the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm of forty acres on Sec. 12 ; built his pioneer shanty, and has since made it his home; his shanty has sinee been exchanged for a more commo- dious building, with the improvements of a modern farm residence; his farm of 40 acres has increased to one of 200 acres ; here his wife died. April 4, 1872, leaving seven children, having had nine as follows ; David (deceased ), Ilugh ( deceased ), Mary, now the wife of Richard Robert, and lives in the town of Nekama, Winnebago Co., Wis .; Jane, now at home with father ; Annie, now the wife of Rees Davis, and lives in Dodge Co .; Catharine, now the wife of George Moultimore, who lives in Calumet Co .; Hugh (deceased ), Maggie, now at home; Owen, married and lives on the farm. Mr. IInghes and family are connected with the M. E. Church.


WILLIAM T. INNIS, farmer, Secs. 21 and 22; P. O. West Rosendale ; was born in Orange Co., N. Y., in January, 1826. He is the son of William and Elizabeth Innis, natives also of Orange Co., N. Y., with whom he spent his early life on a farm in his native county ; in May, 1849, with an older brother, he came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm of eighty acres in Sec. 22, which his brother entered the previous year; he at once began to improve his farm, and made it his home for two and a half years ; he then returned to Orange Co., N. Y., and in March, 1852, was married to Miss Cath- arine, daughter of Silas and Mary A. Jessup, nee Traphagen, then residents of that county ; in the fall of 1852, they came to their home in the town of Rosendale, where he has since followed farming, and where he now owns 410 acres in Secs. 21 and 22; was elected Chairman of the Town Board in 1864, re-elected in 1866 ; was elected a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from the First Assembly District in 1867 ; their children are Albert C., now a resident of this town, Rosendale ; Florine, now the wife of Fredrick Scofield, .Ir., and lives in the town of Springvale; Ida, who is now at home. Mr. and Mrs. Innis are members of the Congregational Church.


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RICHARD M. JONES, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Ring; was born in North Wales in April, 1812 ; came to America in 1847, stopped for a short time in Utiea, N. Y. ; in 1849, came to Wisconsin and entered a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 2, town of Rosendale, which has since been his home. In July, 1853, he was married to Jemima, daughter of John and Mary Williams, a native of Wales, but then a resident of the town of Utica, Winnebago Co. ; their children are Richard M. Jr., and Mary E.


WILLIAM J. JONES, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O Ring; was born in Angleshire, North Wales, June 21. 1815, and spent his early life on a farm in his native county with his parents, Owen and Cath- arine Jones ; when 16 years old, he began the blacksmith's trade, which he continued there till 1849. In December, 1842, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Roland and Mary Hughes, and Aug. 16, 1849, they sailed for America, landing at New York ; they came thence to the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., which has since been their home; he now owns a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 11, and forty in Sec. 2, and sixty aeres in Sec. 1 of this town ; their children are Owen, who now lives on the farm on Sec. 11; Henry and Roland, both at home. They are members of the Congregational Church.


CHARLES F. KIMBALL, farmer, Secs. 16 and 17; P. O. Ripon ; was born in New- buryport, Mass., May 19, 1814. His father, Ezra Kimball, was a seaman, and at the time of the birth of his son, was in the marine service in the war of 1812, and afterward was taken prisoner by the British sloop Snake; upon the exchange of prisoners, he was employed in a merchant service sent to Norfolk, Va., where he died with yellow fever ; his mother, Isabel (Southerland ) Kimball, removed with him to York Co., Me., in about six months after his birth ; here they lived on a farm till he was about 12 years old, and then moved to Lincoln Co., Me., where he made his home till 1850. In Dec. 31, 1835, he was married to Miss Mercy, daughter of Samuel L. and Lydia ( Curate ) Whitney, and a native of Lincoln Co .; in October, 1850, they, with a family of two little girls, Christiana, now deceased, and an adopted daugh- ter, Mary J. Durgen, now also deceased, settled at the village of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., as immigrants from Maine ; two years later, he bought a farm of 120 aeres in Secs. 16 and 17 ( of this town ), which has since been his home, and where he now enjoys the fruits of his years of toil.




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