The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 144

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ELISHA C. STEWART, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Ripon ; was born in Oswego Co., N. Y., in November, 1827; when quite young, he with parents, John and Martha Stewart, removed to Madison, Co., N. Y., and, at the age of 14, to MeHenry Co , Ill. ; four years later (1846), with them, immigrated to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on See. 17, town of Rosendale, where they afterward died, and where he has since reside l. In November, 1851, he was married to Lney J., daughter of Loren A., and Phobe Rice, early settlers of this town ( Rosendale), she died April 29, 1859, leaving three children, as follows-Charles L .. now of Ida Co., lowa ; Edward C., also of Ida Co., Iowa; Alice I., who is now at home. In 1861, he was married to Miss M. C., daughter of Fredrick and Charlotte Klampee ; they have two children-Mary J. and Willington. Mr. Stewart has been Chairman of the Town Board for three terms. Himself and wife are members of the Baptist Church.

JAMES H. SWANEY, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. West Rosendale ; was born in Belknap Co., N. Il., Feb. 4, 1829; his parents, John and Nancy Swaney, were also natives of New Hampshire ; he spent the first seventeen years of his life on a farm in his native county, and then became employed in the spinning department of the cotton works at Lowell, Mass., where he remained twelve years. Nov. 17, 1853, he was married to ocorgiana, daughter of Mark and Eliza L. Bailey, of Lowell, but a native of Greenfield, N. II. ; in the fall of 1857, they came to the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where he at once began the carpenter's trade, and has continued the same much of the time since ; in the fall of 1863, he bought a farm of eighty acres, on See. 9, and removed to it in 1864, where he has also carried on farming ; they have four children-Georgia E., Mornetta, Katie E. and Willie. Mr. Swaney has been Justice of the P. ace for five or six terms.

JAMES THOMPSON, farmer, Sce. 13; P. O. Rosendale; was born in County Armagh, Ireland, in June, 1818, and is the son of Joseph and Margaret Thompson. At the age of 16, he was apprenticed to the weaver's trade in his native town ( Kilealm) which he continued there three years ; in the spring of 1838, he sailed for America, and landed at Quebee; in June, he settled in Dexter, Jeffer- son Co., N. Y., where his parents afterward joined him and made that their home till their deaths ; he soon became employed in the woolen mills of Dexter, and for nine years was overseer of the coloring-room ; in 1848, he bought a small farm near Dexter, and afterward followed farming there till 1856; disposing of his interests there at that time, he immigrated to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm on See. 13, town of Rosendale, where he now owns 120 acres. In October, 1845, he was married to Miss Jane, daughter of James and Bettie E. (Taylor) McMullin, natives of County Longford, Ireland, but an immigrant to America in 1839, and settled in Watertown, N. Y. ; their children are Jennie, now deecased ; Joseph, deceased ; Edmund J., deceased; Elva L. and George A., now at home with his parents. They are members of the Episcopal Church.

HENRY C. WARD, retired, Rosendale; was born in Rutland Co., Vt., May 3, IS20. His parents, Lorenzo and Abigail Ward, where also natives of Vermont. Ile passed his early life on a farm in lus native State, and in the spring of 1845, came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and early in May of that year, he entered the first land in the town of Rosendale, on Sec. 36, it being the day after Mr. Sanborn, the first settler of Rosendale, had made his claim ; living on Sec. 36 one and a half years, he then moved to West Rosendale, where he continued farming until 1874; at that time he moved to the city of Ripon, where he has since lived a more retired life. Jan. 17, 1858, he was married to Minerva, daughter of Lyman and Sally Bradway, a native of Oswego Co., N. Y .; their children are Lottie, Lucy, Myra and Carrie. They attend the Congregational Church.

SAMUEL L. WHITNEY, farmer, Sce. 16; P. O. West Rosendale, is a native of Andro- scoggin Co., Me .; born Nov. 29, 1820, and is the son of Samuel and Lydia (Curate) Whitney. His grandfather, Benjamin Whitney, was a native of England, and with six brothers immigrated to America, and located at Cape Cod before the French and Indian war, the others afterward were scattered over Massachusetts, New York and other States, but he settled as a pioneer at Lisbon Falls, Me. ; two of his brothers, Abram and Isaac, were soldiers in the Revolution. At New Meadows, Me., before the elose of the French and Indian wir, he was married to Merey Hinkley, and they had a family of twelve children, the eldest two of whom were also soldiers in the Revolution ; the youngest, Samuel, and the father of Samuel L., was born at Lisbon in 1774; followed lumbering and farming for a livelihood, and was mar- ried to Lydia Curate in 1801, the second daughter of Stephen Curate, who came from France to Boston, Mass, as early as 1771, and married Martha Hern in 1774; they had three children-of whom Lydia, the second, was born in 1776; Samuel, with his wife, settled at Lisbon, Me., where they raised a family ol' seven children, and afterward died there; Samuel L., the youngest of the family and subject of this sketch, was brought up at farming and lumbering. Was married to Sarah, daughter of Daniel and Eunice (Tarr) Clark, of Lewiston, Me., Jan. G, 1846; they came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in 1849, and

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in 1851 settled on a farm on Sec. 16, town of Rosendale, which has since been his home; from 1849 to 1856 he was interested with M. S. Sanborn in lumbering in Outagamie Co. ; since that time, he has been farming, and he now has a farm of 300 acres in Sec. 16, and forty acres in Sec. 9. Mr. Whitney has been a member of the Town Board two terms, and was Assessor of the town one term"; their children are Harriet, wife of Gilbert F. Wilson, of Ripon ; Samuel, who owns a farm of 120 acres in this town ( Rosen- dale) on Sec. 16; Ellen J., now home with her parents ; Mercy, now Mrs. Frank Burgess, of Sedgwick Co., Kan. ; John, at home ; Florence, who died at the age of 3 years and 6 months.

FRED ZINZOW, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Ripon ; was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, Nov. 2, 1834, and is the son of Charles Zinzow ; he came to America in July, 1866 ; he lived for the first five years in the town of Metomen, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and then removed to the town of Trenton, Dodge Co., Wis., for three years ; he then returned to Fond du Lac Co., and settled in the town of Alto ; in the fall of 1875, he bought his present farm of 80 acres, in Sec. 18, town of Rosendale. In the fall of 1866, he was married to Miss Fredreka, daughter of Adolph and Ernestina Dornbraek, then residents of the town of Metomen, Fond du Lac Co., Wis .; their children are Fred, Augusta, Frank and Ida. Mr. and Mrs. Zinzow are members of the Lutheran Church.

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ADAM ACKER, farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. O. Ladoga; is a native of Athens Co., Ohio, where he was born January 12, 1821 ; he is the son of John and Elizabeth Acker ; in 1847, he immigrated to Michigan, where he followed farm laboring for fourteen years; thence to Clark Co., Ill., for five years; in 1866, he came to the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where he has since lived. July 7, 1867, he married Miss Sarah, daughter of Elder William and Mary West, nee Smith, immigrants from Broome Co., N. Y., in the fall of 1847 to this town (Springvale), where her father was the first Close- Communion Baptist minister ; her father died here in 1872 ; her mother, in 1869. They have three children-Charles, Rosa and Rubie M. They are members of the Congregational Church.

WILLIAM J. BARNES, farmer, Sec. 1 ; P. O. Rosendale; was born in Steuben Co., N. V., in March, 1837 ; his parents, Samuel K. Barnes and Salome Torrence, were natives of Yates Co., N. Y., but later settled in Steuben Co., where they lived on a farm till 1853; then with their family they immigrated to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm in the town of Forest, where Mr. Barnes died in 1858. William J., the subject of this sketch, enlisted in Co. H, 14th W. V. I., in 1865; was with his regiment in all its battles and movements till mustered out at Mobile, Oct. 8, 1865; his brother, Milton K., enlisted in the same company in 1861, was with the regiment till the battle of' Chico, there was taken sick, brought home and died in July, 1862; Austin T., another brother, was in Co. 1, 5th W. V. I., and was killed at Fredericksburg, in April, 1863. After being mustered out of service, William returned to Forest, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and continued farming there till 1868, when he bought a farm of 85 acres, 65 of which are in Sec. 1, town of Springvale, and 20 in Sec. 36, town of Rosendale, which has since been his home. In'June, 1864, he was married to Miss Fidelia M., daughter of George and Sarah Chase, then of Forest, but a native of the State of New York ; they base three children-Anna M., Minnie B. and Perey L. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes are members of the M. E. Cburch. Mr. Barnes was Town Superintendent of Schools in Forest two years; Clerk three years, and Chairman of the Town Board one year.

HERMAN C. BRINKERHOFF, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Brandon ; was born in Seneca Co., N. Y., May 16, 1815, and is the eighth son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Stont ) Brinkerhoff; in June, 1847, he came to Wisconsin ; entered a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 29, town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., which has since been his home ; he was School Superintendent of the town one term, and was member of the Town Board for two or three terms. In June, 1848, he was married to Miss Clarissa, a daughter of Samuel and Chloe Cheeney, a native of Vermont. They have one son-Francis, who, in the spring of 1874, married Miss Jane, daughter of Hinkley and Mary Grennell, then living in the town of Waupun ; they have two children-Francis H. and Edith E.

WILLIAM A. CHENEY, retired farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Brandon ; was born in Rut- land Co., Vt., Dec. 31, 1806; son of Samuel Cheney and Chloe Manley, natives of Connecticut ; his grandfather, Benjamin Cheney, was also a native of Connecticut. William A. spent much of his early life on a farm, and, at the age of IS, began teaching music, which he continued in his native county for

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ten years. Feb. 14, 1834, he was married to Miss Sophrona, daughter of Abram and Louisa Ressequie, nee Robinson, and a native of Hubbardton, Rutland Co., Vt. May 26, 1836, Mr. and Mrs. Cheney started for Wisconsin and reached Chicago in June following; they settled in the town of Waterford, Racine Co., Wis .; in March. 1845, Mr. Cheney, with his brother, came to Fond du Lac Co. and selected their homes ; he entered 160 acres in Sec. 33, town of Springvale, and built his pioneer house, which is yet standing ; Nov. 3, 1845, his family arrived, and was the first to settle in the town, and have since made their home on the first selected farm. Their children are Jerome B., married and lives at Berlin, Wis;, Mary E., now the wife of Austin Taylor, and lives in this town (Springvale); S. Elizabeth, now Mrs. Cyrenus Hall, and lives in Walworth Co., Wis .; John R., married and lives on the homestead ; Sarah J., now the wife of A. P. Fowler, and lives in Iowa ; Charles B., married and lives in Berlin, and Chloe L., who lives at home with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Cheney are members of the M. E. Church.

EDWARD CURTIS (deceased ) was born in the State of New York March 18, 1808, and spent the first twenty-five years of his life with his parents on a farm. In 1837, he was married to Miss Eveline, daughter of John Eaton, who was born in New York in 1811. In 1848, they, with a family of' tive children, immigrated to Wisconsin, and settled on a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 13, town of Spring- vale, where he followed farming till his death Feb. 5, 1877 ; his widow now lives in the village of Rosen- dale. Their children are Cynthia M., now the wife of John Gilchrist, of Madison, Lake Co., Dak .; John K., who now lives in Steele Co., Minn .; George, deceased ; David, of Steele Co., Minn .; Vincent, who, Dec. 17, 1872, married Miss Hattie A., daughter of Stephen and Harriet Crossman, of this town, Springvale ( they have two children-Frank and Mary H., and now live on the homestead; he now owns a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 24, town of Springvale ); Mary E., who is now the wife of N. Nickerson, of Seward Co., Kan .; Phebe A., now Mrs. Horatio Elhott, of the town of Rosendale.

JOHN DUFFY, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Brandon; born in Canada East July 29, 1844; son of Martin and Ann ( McDonough ) Duffy, natives of Ireland, but who immigrated to Canada in 1838, and came to Watertown. Wis., in 1846, where they now reside ; John made his home there until 1862; he then came to the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co .; in 1866, he purchased his present farm of 120 aeres; he has since bought eighty acres in Sec. 20. Feb. 18, 1868, he married Ellen, daughter of Patrick and Margaret Moran, then residing in the town of Clyman, Dodge Co., Wis .; they have six children living-James P., Margaret. J., Ellen, Thomas H., Ann M., John F. and Martin J .; they lost one son. Mr. Duffy and wife are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church.

DANIEL FENELON (deceased), was born in the County Carlow, Ireland, March 5, 1841, and was the fourth son of John and Margaret ( Byrne) Fenelon, with whom he came to America in 1850, and settled in the town of Springvale, Wis., where he resided with his parents until 1863. Married, Jan. 4, 1863, to Mary, daughter of John and Ann (Burns) Gough, of the city of Fond du Lac; she was born in County Wicklow, Ireland ; he settled on a farm in Sec. 16, after his marriage, and resided there until his death, Sept. 8, 1871 ; his widow and three sons now reside on the farm; the sons are John H., William J. and Daniel. They are members of the Catholic Church.

GEORGE GEE, farmer, Secs. 32 and 33; P. O. Brandon ; son of Jonathan Gee and Lorany Blue; born in the town of Virgil, Cortland Co., N. Y., July 10, 1816; his grandparents, Daniel and Mary Blue, were natives of Mercer Co., N. J., but removed to the town of Dryden, Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 1802; his grandfather wis apprenticed to the cabinet-maker's trade in Princeton, N. J., at the age of 14, at which he served seven years' apprenticeship; he followed his trade much of the time in New York, though for the first few years after his settlement there, he worked at the millwright trade, and built the second mill in Tompkins Co., at Fall Creek ; later, he removed to Ohio, where he continued the cabinet- maker's trade for nearly twenty years, and, in 1853, he returned to Tompkins Co., where he died the following year. Jonathan, the father of our present subject, was the son of John Gee, who, at the age of 14, was apprenticed to the weaver's trade in the Mohawk Valley, N. Y., during the Revolutionary war ; the Tories of that vicinity often met at the weaver's shop, and laid plans for the capture of Washington and his army ; this lad's patriotism prompted him to carry the news to the General's camp; he did so, and was kept as an aid-boy by Washington until one day, when the officers were mustering some recruits in service, he forined in the ranks, stood on tiptoe, and was mustered in with them ; he served seven years as a soldier, his last siege being at the surrender of Cornwallis; after the elose of the war, he was married to Mary Hutchings, and settled in the Wyoming Valley, N. Y., where Jonathan was born, Feb. 15, 1792; in 1797, they removed to Tompkins Co., N. Y., and settled in the town of Virgil; here they raised a family of fifteen children, whose descendants are now scattered over many States; Jonathan was married to Miss Loraney Blne in 1812 or 1813, and was the father of thirteen children, nine of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. George was the second son, and early learned the stonecutter's trade in his

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native county ; in May, 1847, he came to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Springvale, where he now has a farm of eighty-seven acres in Sees. 32 and 33; he also owns 120 aeres in the town of Belmont, Portage Co., Wis., and has a house and marble-shop at Stevens Point; he, with his cousin, started the first marble-works at Waupun, Fond du Lac Co. March 1, 1836, he was married to Miss Lydia, a daughter of Rev. Caleb and Phebe Whiting. of Cortland Co., N. Y., who died at her home in Springvale, Nov. 5, 1866. Their children were Thaddeus Adelbert, who was killed in South Carolina, Feb. 3, 1865 ; Hiram E., who died when 6 months old; Emna E., now the wife of J. H. Ward, and lives in Fillmore Co., Neb .: Geo. E., who died in Springvale when 6 months old ; Ella R., deceased ; Billington W., married Ella, daughter of Wm. and Mary Huff, dying April 6, 1877-he was again married, to Minnie, daughter of Elijah and Albina P. Hersey, of Dayton, Waupaca Co., Wis., July 20, 1879, and they now live in Springvale ; Florence R., now the wife of Oliver N. Lewis, of Dayton, Waupaca Co., Wis.

T. K. GILLETT, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Rosendale; is a son of E. J. Gillett, D. D., and Amanda Smith; his father was a native of New York, his mother of Massachusetts; his father was a Presbyterian min- ister in New York, but is now a Professor in Parsons College, in Iowa. T. K. was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., in October, 1835 ; is the youngest of five children, all of whom came to Wisconsin ; he, with one sister, Mrs. Judge MeLean, of the city of Fond du Lae, resides in this county ; he was educated in the common schools of New York, and, in 1849, he made his first visit to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., but returned to his home in York State after a six months' stay ; in February, 1854, he came a second time to Fond du Lae Co., and settled on his father's farm in Sec. 35, town of Fond du Lac, where he followed farming for thirteen years; in 1867, he purchased a farm in Sec. 14, town of Springvale, which has since been his home ; he was elected Chairman of the Town Board in 1873, was re-elected in 1874, 1877 and 1879; was nominated for the State Senate in the fall of 1879. Dec. 25, 1859, he was married to Miss Lydia, daughter of Jeremiah and Sylva Cowden, of Chautauqua Co., N. Y .; her mother dying when she was 2 days old, she was raised by her grandmother, till she died, and then by distant relatives ; they have had two sons-Alfred E. (deceased ), and Willis .J.

DANIEL GREENE, farmer. See. 9; P. O. Brandon ; was born in Ireland in 1817 ; son of John and Bridget Greene. About the year 1840, he was married to Eliza, daughter of Thomas and Mary Carey ; she was born in Ireland ; eame to America in 1850, and settled on a farm in See. S; afterward removed to his present location, owning his original farin of 80 aeres and also 80 acres in See 9, where he now resides ; they have had eight children ; the living are-Maria ( now Mrs. Wm. Culbertson, of Wine- conne, Wis.); Thomas, Elizabeth, Susan and Daniel ; the last four reside at home with their parents ; lost one son and a daughter-Bridget and John. Mr. Greene and his family are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church, in this town.

WILLIAM HARMER, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Rosendale; was born in the county of Sussex, England, in June, 1811, and is the son of Samuel Harmer and Phebe Carey, both of whom died in England ; he learned and followed the business of a thateher, in his native county. June, 1836. he married Miss Hannah, daughter of Richard and Sarah Mitchell, nee Upton, of Sussex, England ; with a a family of eight children, in 1848, he immigrated to America, and settled in Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., which has since been his home, where he now has 40 acres in See. 24, having sold off much of his land ; the children are as follows: William, of Springvale: Charles, of Jackson Co., Wis .; Joseph (deceased) ; Mary ( now Mrs. James Dooley, of Dole's Corners) ; Harriet (now Mrs. Dewell, of Jackson Co., Wis.) ; Sarah ( now Mrs. Charles Perry, of Minnesota) ; Peter, of Jackson Co., Wis .; Mrs. Harmer died at her home in 1858. In 1861, he married Mrs. Frances Davis, of Fond du Lac, a native of England, who died just ten years after her marriage.

JAMES T. HART, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Eldorado Mills; is a native of Westchester Co., N. Y .; born Nov. 15, 1811 ; is the son of Elijah and Mariah Hart, who were also natives of Westchester Co .; he devoted his time to farming in his native county until 1858. In 1833, he was married to Eliza- beth P., daughter of Henry and Rachel Storms, also uative of Westchester Co., but of Holland deseent ; in the spring of 1858, with his family-a wife and six children, he emigrated to Wisconsin, and settled on a farm on Sec. 1, town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co .; he now owns a farm of 200 acres, 120 of which is on See. 1, Springvale; 40, in Sec. 8, town of Lamartine, and also a timber lot of 40 acres in West Town ; their children are Emma, now wife of Isaac B. Lovett, of Westchester Co., N. Y .; Elijah, on farm with his father; Almyra, now wife of William S. Ball, of Springvale; Norman T., of this town ; Fannie, wife of Richard Grove, of Springvale; Anna, at home. His oldest daughter is a member of the Dutch Reform Church ; the other members of the family are Tom Paineites.

THE HAZEN FAMILY. Among the first settlers of Springvale, were the nine Hazen brothers ; sons of John and Polly ( Blodgett) Hazen, who were natives of Massachusetts, but early immi- grants to Lewis Co., N. Y., where these sons were born ; their father dying in 1838, eight of the brothers

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with their mother came to Wisconsin in July, 1844, and settled in the town of Oakfield, Fond du Lac Co., and later in the town of Springvale ; they were Sewell V., now living at Winona, Minn., to which place he removed in 186]; Calvin, now a citizen of this town-Springvale ; Alonzo, now a resident of Eau Claire Co .. Wis ; James, who was perhaps the first physician in the town of Springvale, and who soon after settled in Milwaukee, but was forced on account of ill health to give up his professional work (he died in the city of Fond du Lac, Aug. 13, 1853, leaving a daughter, Nettie, who afterward, with her mother and stepfather, removed to Wyoming, and there was drawn as one of the first twelve lady jurists in the United States ); Lorenzo, who preceded the rest of the family in the town of Oakfield a year (he was a member of the Wisconsin Constitutional Convention ; he afterward removed to the city of Fond du Lac, thenec to the city of Ripon and, finally, to Owatonna, Steele Co. Minn., where he is now County Judge) ; John, now a citizen of Springvale; Sanford, now a resident of Ripon, Wis .; Chester, who was the second settler of this town-Springvale ; Loren E., who returned to New York, and is now a resident of the town of Copenhagen, Lewis Co. Their mother died at her son Calvin's home in Springvale in June, 1856.

CHESTER HAZEN, resides on the southeast quarter of See. 34; P. O. Ladoga, Fond du Lac Co., Wis,; proprietor of Ladoga, Brandon & Grand Prairie cheese factories, and breeder of pure- blooded Ayrshires; he was born on the 31st of January, 1824, in Copenhagen, Lewis Co., N. Y .; his ancestry are of English origin, and came from England about the middle of the seventeenth century, and settled in Massachusetts, where his great-great-grandfather, Edward Hazen, was born Sept. 10, 1660; his son Benjamin was born in Rowley, Mass., on the 19th day of February, 1694 : and his son Edward was born at Groton, Mass., May 2, 1737; and his son, John Hazen, was the father of the subject of this sketch, and was born at Swauzey, N. H., on the 17th of March, 1786, and died Nov. 22, 1838; his wife's maiden name-the mother of Chester-was Polly Blodgett. Eight brothers, including Chester, eame West, and landed at Milwaukee on the 2d of July, 1844, and immediately thereafter settled in Fond du Lac Co .; another brother, Lorenzo, had preceded the family, and settled in Oakfield in the fall of 1843; Chester settled first in the township of Oakfield, but sold his claim in the spring of 1845, and bought the farm where he now resides; has a home farm of 240 acres, 80 of which is meadow ; he has also a farm of 200 acres in the township of Green Lake, county of Green Lake, where his Grand Prairie Cheese Factory is located ; he also owns an improved farm of 320 acres in Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa. He was married, June 8, 185.1, to Miss Jennie Atwood, formerly of Vermont ; he has had two children-Della M., who was born Oct. 12, 1855, and Bertie, born Oct. 24, 1859, died Aug. 25, 1862. Della was married on the 2d of September, 1879, to William Griffith, of Metomen, Fond du Lac Co., Wis. Of the nine Hazen brothers who began Western life in this county, four still live in Fond du Lac Co., namely : Chester, Sewell, John and Sanford ; one, a physician, James, died in August, 1853; Calvin lives in Winona, Minn., and Lorenzo is County Judge of Steele Co., Minn., and Alonzo is in Eau Claire Co., Wis., and Loren E. is a physician in his native place, Copenhagen, N. Y. The nine brothers have an aggregate of twenty-six children, and forty-five grandchildren. In early life, Chester learned the trade of molder, and worked at the same for ten years, but his life-work has been farming; he commenced dairying on his Springvale farm in 1850, and that, together with stoek-raising, continues to be his business or profession. In 1864, he built and ran the first cheese factory in Wisconsin, and it for eight years was the largest factory in the State. In 1870, he shipped the first car load of cheese that was ever sent to the New York market, by the manufacturer, from Wisconsin. The " Fond du Lac County Dairymen's Association " was organized in 1869, and was the first association of the kind in the State. Mr. Hazen was its first President. The " Wisconsin State Dairy- men's Association " was organized in 1871, with Chester Hazen as President, and he was twice re-elected to the same position. He has been actively interested in agricultural enterprises, having been an official ten years in the Fond du Lac County Agricultural Society, and also for six years in the " Northern Wisconsin Agricultural and Mechanical Association, and also four years in the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. Ile is President of an association which is running a " co-operative store " at Brandon, Fond du Lac Co. Mr. Hazen is emphatically the pioneer dairyman of Wisconsin ; he milks eighty cows this season-1880. He has been practically interested for fully thirty years in seenring the best dairy stock, and finally decided to try the Ayrshire, and, in March, 1873, he bought ten pure-blood Ayrshires, and, since that date, he has made a specialty of breeding that stock. IIe has now sixty head of Ayrshires, and, everything considered, he believes them to combine more good qualities for general purposes than any other breed on the conti- nent. Ile has been a reliable Republican ever since the organization of the party. He is liberal in his religious views, and is a member of the First Universalist Society of Fond du Lac Co. The social quali- ties and personal characteristics of this enthusiastic dairyman are too well known to need description in Wisconsin history.

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The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 144

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