The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 145

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Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
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CALVIN HAZEN, farmer, Secs. 35 and 36; P. O. Ladoga; is the son of John and Polly Hazen, nee Blodgett, born in Lewis Co., N. Y., in October, 1811 ; he spent much of his early life on a

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farm in his native county. In June, 1838, he was married to Miss Pauline, daughter of Isaac and Persus Brewer, natives of Lewis Co., also; they with a danghter, Irene, and his mother's family, immigrated to Wisconsin in 1844, and arrived in Milwaukee July 2 of that year. Their first settlement was in the town of Oakfield, Fond du Lac Co., near the place where the village is now located; two years later he pre- empted 160 acres in Sec. 36, town of Springvale, but through a mistake could only hold eighty acres of it ; he removed to Springvale at that time and has since made it his home ; he now has a farm of 191 acres, forty acres of which is in Sec. 12, town of Waupun, the rest in Secs. 35 and 36, Springvale. Ilere his wife died in December, 1851, leaving three children-Irene (now the wife of H. Finch, of Steele Co., Minn.), Jane (now Mrs. George Ballard, of Dodge Co., Minn), and Edgar, of Cottonwood Co., Minn. In December, 1855, he was married to Miss Meribah, daughter of Russell and Nancy Brown, a native of New York, but an immigrant to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in 1848; their children are Jason (deceased), Fred C., Hattie L. and Spener R.

JOHN HAZEN, farmer, Sec. 34 ; P. O. Ladoga; is the sixth of the nine sons of John and Polly Hazen ; he was born in the town of Denmark, Lewis Co., N. Y., Feb. 19, 1819 ; he spent his early life with his parents on a farm in his native county, and early acquired the habits of industry and economy which have characterized his life ; in the summer of 1844, he, with his wife, mother and seven brothers, immigrants to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Oakfield ; in March, 1846, he removed to a farm in See. 34, town of Springvale, where he has since lived, and now has 191 aeres. In Jefferson Co., N. Y., Oct. 4, 1843, he was married to Miss Melissa, daughter of John W. and Anna Moore, nee Townsend, who came to Wisconsin in 1846, and settled in the town of Springvale, where her mother died June 22, 1860, and her father Aug. 2, 1878, leaving eight children, four of whom now live in Fond du Lac Co .; Mr. and Mrs. ITazen have two children-Anna A. (now Mrs. E. C. Sherwin, of Springvale), and H. Sidney, who was the first child born in this town, Sept. 7, 1847.

CHARLES C. LINDSLEY, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Rosendale; was born in Madison Co. N. Y., in March, 1823, and son of Eben and Thankful ( Parker) Lindsley, natives of Connecticut, but immigrants to New York in 1810, where our present subject was born ; he spent his early life on a farm in tris native county ; in 1846, he came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis .; spent a few weeks in the town of Byron ; then returned to Madison Co., New York, where, Jan. 19, 1847, he was married to Miss Olive M., daughter of Solomon and Olive (Thair) Taylor, and in May following came again to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on See. 27; built, perhaps, the fourth frame house in that town; five years later, he removed to Sec. 10 of that town ; in 1870, they removed to the city of Fond du Lac, where he was deal- ing in real estate for four years ; in 1874, he bought a farm of 120 acres in Sec. 12, town of Springvale, and ten acres in the town of Lamartine, and has since followed farming; their children are Addison S., of Fond du Lac ; Newton E., Louis M., Vina O. (now the wife of J. H. Scribner, of this town), Flora A., Charles W. and Lillie B. Mr. and Mrs. Lindsley are members of the Baptist Church.

ALFRED MARCHANT, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Rosendale; was born in the county of Kent, England, March 2, 1830 ; his father, James Marchant, and his mother, Mary A. Skinner, were also natives of that county ; in 1834, with his parents he immigrated to America and settled in the town of Rome, Oneida Co., N. Y .; four years later, they removed to the town of Annsville, Oneida Co .; in 1847,. with his father and sister, he came to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., where his mother and other members of the family afterward joined them; in 1861, he bought a farm of eighty acres on Sec. 4, town of Springvale, which has since been his home. In August, 1858, he was married to Miss Fannie, daughter of Michael and Mary A. Mouran, natives of Ireland, but immi- grants to Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in 1854 ; they had two children-George and Otis G., both of whom are deceased.

SAMUEL W. MARSH, retired, See. 2; P. O. Rosendale; was born in the town of Rochester, Windsor Co., Vt., Sept. 7, 1801 ; when 3 years old, with his parents, Joseph C. and Susanna Marsh, he removed to Clinton Co., N. Y., where he spent his life on a farm till 1838. In 1825, he was married to Temperance, a daughter of Byron and Temperance Havans, of Clinton Co., N. Y., with whom, in 1838, he removed to La Salle Co., Ill .; three years later, they removed to Racine Co., Wis., and, in 1846, to the town of Metomen, where they settled on a farm and made that their home till 1868; he then bought a farm of 120 acres in Sec. 2, in the town of Springvale, where he has since lived ; they have four children -Isaac II. (now a practicing physician of Neillsville, Clark Co., Wis.), Gurden ( now a carpenter and joiner of the city of Fond du Lac ), Canfield (who now owns the farm on which he and his father lives ), Caroline (now the wife of M. D. Buell, and lives in Hamburd, Clark Co., Wis. > He was Assessor of the town of Metomen one year. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh are members of the M. E. Church.

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JOHN W. MOORE (deceased ) was born in New Hampshire, March 24, 1797, and was the son of Theodosius and Hannah Wilson Moore, with whom he removed to Lewis Co., N. Y., when abont 16 years old. In 1818, he was married to Miss Anna, daughter of Jonathan and Orange (Fox) Town- send, of Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y., with whom he immigrated to Fond du Lac Co. in 1845; their children are Malissa (now the wife of John Hazen, of this town), Mary (now Mrs. Lorenzo Hazen, and lives in Ripon ), Martha ( now the wife of David Lawrence, and lives in the town of Utica, Winnebago Co., Wis. ), Maria (the late Mrs. Abijah Hubbard, now deceased), Marion H. (now Mrs. Bush, and lives on a farm of eighty acres in Sec. 30, in this town ; she has two sons-William E. and John C.), John M. ( now of Beloit, Kan. ), Theodocia ( now Mrs. Oscar Willard, of the town of Oakfield, Fond du Lac Co.), Augusta ( now Mrs. Alonzo Lockwood, and lives in the town of Metomen ), George (now in Fond du Lac City ).

GEORGE MONTGOMERY, farmer, Secs. 23 and 24; P. O. Rosendale; is the only son of George Montgomery, Sr., and Margaret Ramsey; was born on Prince Edward's Island Feb. 24, 1826; his father died before he was born, but his mother afterward married again, and with her and his step- father in 1845, he immigrated to De Kalb County, and later, to McHenry Co., Ill; in November, 1847, he came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on Sec. 14, town of Springvale, where he lived till 1871 ; he then traded for 200 acres in Secs. 23 and 24, in the town of Springvale, which has since been his home. In July, 1852, he was married to Miss Mary A., daughter of George and Ann Gould, natives of Staffordshire, England, but immigrants to Wisconsin in 1850; their children are as follows: Eliza A .; Susannah, now Mrs. Elijah Griffith, of Rosendale, Wis .; James D., George D., William D., Fred D., Ida MI., Sophia A., Abbie, Mabel D. and Martha M. Mrs. Montgomery is a member of the Congregational Church.

JOHN NEST, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Brandon; was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, in Jan- uary, 1845; his father died when he was only 3 years old, but his mother was long spared him; in 1857, they immigrated to America and settled on a farm of eighty acres, in Sec. 28, town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where his mother afterward died. In 1860. he was married to Fredreka Springbaurn, of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis .; their children are Ellen, Charles, Martha, Emma, Bertha, Eddie and Alvina. Mr. and Mrs. Nest are members of the Lutheran Church.

THEODORE O'CONNOR, deceased ; was a native of Herkimer Co., N. Y .; born in 1810, and was the son of Timothy and Lucy O'Connor; when quite young, with his parents, he removed to Jefferson Co., N. Y., where his father and mother died. In 1832, he was married in Jefferson Co., to Eunice, daughter of Joseph and Milly Dickey; she was born in that county; in June, 1854, with a family of six children, they came to Wisconsin and located on a farm in the town of Metomen, Fond du Lac Co .; seven years later he removed to the town of Rosendale, where he continued farming until 1868; he then purchased a farm on Sec. 10, in Springvale, where he resided until the time of his death, which occurred in November, 1874 ; the surviving children are as follows: William L., who came to Wisconsin in 1857 ( he was elected County Superintendent of schools in 1871, re-elected in 1873 and 1875; has taught in the schools of the county since 1864; he married Alice Bishop, of Rock Co., Wis., April 26, 1879); Lucy, now Mrs. Robert Jenkinson, of Brandon, Wis .; Timothy, a farmer residing in Dodge Co., Minn .; Benjamin F., a farmer of Springvale, Wis .; George B., residing with his mother in this town; Ettie, now Mrs. Wallace Porter, also residing with her mother; the second son, Joseph, died in September, 1874.

EDWARD B. PARSONS, farmer, Sce. 2; P. O. Rosendale ; is the son of Samuel B. and Mary Parsons, natives of Connecticut, but immigrants to Jefferson Co., N. Y., where Edward B. was born July 6, 1831 ; in 1834, his parents removed to Buffalo, N. Y., where his father was engaged in the grocery business for four years ; in July, 1838, they removed to Chicago, III, where his father was pro- prietor of a hotel for three years : in 1841, they removed to Milwaukee and continued the hotel business for about nine months ; thence to Belleville, Wis., for one year ; from there they went to Summit, Wau- kesba Co., and continued the same business for a while, and then devoted his time to farming in that county till the spring of 1845, whence, with ox teams, they came as immigrants to the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., and settled ou Sec. 2, where they afterward died -father, July 21, 1864, mother, in June, 1871, leaving one daughter and four sons-Mary E., the widow of the late T. G. Burgess, deceased ; Samuel El., who now lives in Phillips Co., Kan .; Henry F., now in Sacramento, Cal. ; Edward B., who now lives on the homestead. and owns 330 acres of land in Secs. 1 and 2 of Springvale, and See. 14, Rosendale, and in See. 10, Lamartine, also has 80 acres in St. Croix Co., Wis. He has been a member of the Town Board, and has also been Town Treasurer. June 8, 1862, he was married to Caroline, daughter of Benjamin and Arabella Paddock, early settlers of Neenah, Wis .; their children are Guy S., Elva M., Georgie. llis wife is a member of the Congregational Church.

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CHARLES R. PENNEY, farmer, Scc. 15; P. O. Rosendale ; was born March 10, 1820, in Jefferson Co., N. Y. ; son of Eli and Polly Minor Penney ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1861, and settled on his present farm of 120 acres. Has been Town Assessor for five years. Oct. 15, 1855, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Phillip and Catharine (Drummond ) Blanchard ; she was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y. ; they had two children-Cletuent M. and George E., both deceased.

WILLIAM PINCH, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. West Rosendale; is a native of the county of Cornwall, England; born in December, 1815; he is the son of John and Mary Pinch, who were also natives of County Cornwall ; when 12 years old, he began the malting business, which he followed in England till 24 years of age. In 1840, he was married to Miss Jane, daughter of William and Elizabeth Hamley, and afterward superintended a farm for a minister of the Church of England for one and one- half years ; after the death of the minister, in 1842, he took charge of a farm for Capt. Collins, R. N., for four years, after which he followed the butcher's trade in England till 1852; they came thence to America, and arrived at the village of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., June 28, 1852; he lived in the town of Rosendale till the spring of 1854, when he bought a farm of eighty acres in Sec. 4, town of Springvale, which has since been his home ; he now also owns eighty acres in Sec. 8 of this town. Their children are Alfred, who lives in this town ; George W., of Springvale ; Neomi E., now at home ; John W., now a Congregational minister at Escanaba, Mich. ; Pearce, now in Massachusetts ; Mary J., at home. Mr. and Mrs. Pinch are members of the Congregational Church. He has been a member of the Town Board for one term.

FOSDIC C. PROUTY, farmer, Secs. 10 and 15; P. O. Rosendale ; was born in Windham Co., Vt., April 8, 1828; son of Amos and Bathsheba ( Wallace) Prouty ; came to the town of Springvale, Wis., in April, 1847, with his parents; they settled on the farm where he now resides. Married, Jan. 7, 1857, Catharine M., daughter of Philip and Catharine Blanchard ; she is a native of Jefferson Co., N. Y., residing in Springvale at the time of her marriage ; they have had ten children; the living are Louis K., Arthur D , Dee A., Levi B., Marian A. and an infant not named; they have lost four children-Clark F., Clarence, Willie F. and Nellie S. Mr. Prouty owns a farm of 120 acres on Sec. 10, and eighty acres on Sec. 15; was Town Treasurer one term.

JOHN S. PYGALL. farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Rosendale; was born in the county of Norfolk, Eng., Dec. 12, 1834 ; came with his parents, Thomas and Sarah Pygall, to America in 1838, and settled in Oneida Co., N. Y., where his father worked at the tailor's trade, till 1844; they then removed to Detroit, Mich., where, in November, 1848, his father enlisted in the Ist Mich. V. I., as a soldier in the war with Mexico, and died at Vera Cruz in June, 1849. John S. went as a Captain's waiter in bis father's regiment, but when they reached Mexico he enlisted as a soldier and served with his regiment till the close of the war. He then returned to Michigan and made that his home till 1853, and then came to the town of Springvale, which has since been his home. In 1862, he enlisted in Co. H, 32d W. V. I, under Col. J. Howe ; was with his regiment from Atlanta to Washington ; was then appointed Hospital Steward ; was mustered out of service at Milwaukee in June, 1865; returned to his home and. in the same year, bought a farm in Sec. 4, where he now has 120 acres. In IS54, he was married to Harriet, daughter of James and Mary Marchant, of Springvale, but a native of England ; she died in the fall of 1868, leaving one son-William H. In 1875, be was married to Anna, danghter of Conrad and Regnla Butcher, of this town, Springvale ; they have two daughters-Carrie and Hattie.

GEORGE W. ROGERS, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Ladoga ; is a native of Essex Co., N. Y., born in December, 1837, and is the son of Daniel Rogers and Olive Nichols, early immigrants to Essex Co. N. Y .. where his father died in 1845; in 1847, with his mother and family, he removed to Wisconsin and settled on See. 38, town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., where his mother died in the winter of 1858. At Sioux City, Iowa, in 1861, he enlisted in Co. J, 7th Towa V. C., and was engaged mostly in frontier service during his term of enlistment; he was mustered out of service at Sioux City, Iowa, in 1863. He soon returned to his home in Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and, in the fall of 1865, bonght a farm of ninety aeres, in See. 35, town of Springvale, where he has since followed farming. In February, 1868, he was married to Miss Mary E., daughter of James J. and Charlotte Davis, then a resident of the town of Wau- pun, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., but a native of Pennsylvania ; their children are Alice O., Mary C. and George E. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers are members of the Methodist Church.

FREDRICK SCOFIELD, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Rosendale; was born in the town of Hadley, Saratoga Co., N. Y., Nov. 21, 1821 ; he is the son of Miner and Lydia (Sherman) Scofield, natives of Connecticut, but both immigrants to New York when young; they were married in March, 1821, and raised a family of ten children, one of whom died in New York in 1844; the others afterward came to Wisconsin ; two now live in the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co. Fredriek, the oldest son,

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came to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Johnstown, Rock Co., in May, 1845 ; Nov. 24 following, he came to the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., and settled on Sec. 3, where he now owns a farm of eighty acres. Dec. 20, 1846, he was married to Miss Calista, a daughter of Abel and Laura (Cushman) Bemis ; her mother dying when she was only 8 years oldl, she was adopted by Reuben and Lucy Tarr, and made her home with them till April, 1846, when she came to Wisconsin ; they have had eight children, as follows : Katie, the late wife of Rufus Oliver, of Waupun (deceased ) ; Fredrick, Jr., now of this town -Springvale ; Edward L., now in Ripon ; Ellie M., now at home with her parents; William F., deccased ; Miner, deceased ; Ida E., deceased ; Benjamin F., deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Scofield are members of the Congregational Church.

JOSEPH SCRIBNER, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Rosendale ; was born in Fairfield Co., Conn., Dec. 13, 1824, and is the son of Joseph Scribner and Sarah Kellogg, a descendant of the well-known Kellogg family of that State; his parents were both natives of Fairfield Co., Conn .; Joseph is the fourth of seven children, six of whom live in Fond du Lac Co., Wis .; one. with his father, is deceased ; he spent his life on a farm in his native county until 23 years of age; Dec. 16, 1847, he, in company with B. Pinkney, started for Wisconsin, and reached the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., in February, 1848; he entered 160 acres of land in Secs. 31 and 32 of that town, but devoted his attention to merchandising in the village of Rosendale, and afterward disposed of his real estate in that town; in January, 1852, he devoted xchanged his stock of goods for a farmi of 85 acres, in Sec. 3. town of Springvale, where he has since his time to farming, though he has been closely connected with everything pertaining to interests of the vil- lage of Rosendale. In February, 1851, he was married to Miss Olive, daughter of Worthy and Bulah A. White, then residents of the town of Eldorado, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., but emigrants from Oncida Co., N. Y., in 1819; their children are Josephine (now the wife of William W. Stuart, of Montana, lately of Ripon, Wis.) ; Fred H., Angelletta (now the wife of John W. Scribner, of Rosendale), and Adel- bert E. Mr. and Mrs. Scribner are members of the Congregational Church of Rosendale.

CHARLES H. SEYMOUR, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Rosendale; was born Nov. 13, 1829; in the town of Weston, Fairfield Co., Conn .; son of Charles and Ann Foote Seymour; when 8 years of age, he removed to Westport, Conn., where he was educated, and remained most of the time until 1852, when he removed to Norwalk, Conn., where he had previously been employed as a clerk for about three years, and also taught school for about eighteen months; resided in Norwalk until 1854, when he came to Wisconsin and located in the village of Rosendale, where he lived until August, 1855, when he purchased the farm where he now resides ; his parents joined him here in September of the same year. In Septem- ber, 1857, he married Cornelia S., daughter of Anson M. and Cornelia Miller ; she was born in Bedford, Westchester Co., N. Y .; they have had one daughter-Cornelia A., who died at the age of 7 years. Mr. S. has served as Town Clerk - years ; has been Secretary of the Rosendale Insurance Co., since its organization. Mr. and Mrs. S. are members of the Congregational Church.

HEMAN C. SHERWIN, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Ladoga; the subject of our present sketch is a native of Genesee Co., N. Y., and is the third son of Bildad and Philinda Sherwin, natives of Vermont, but early immigrants to Genesee Co., N. Y., where H. C. was born Sept. 1, 1820 ; in 1836, he, with parents, removed to Steuben Co., Ind., where his father and mother afterward died ; in 1840, he returned to his native county, and followed the carpenter and joiner's trade for ten years. Here, Jan. 1, 1845, he was married to Sarah D., daughter of James and Maria B. Coddington, natives of New York, but of Holland descent; in 1850, they, with a family of three children, immigrated to Wisconsin, and settled in Appleton, where he continued his trade for five years ; he then removed to Stevens Point, Port- age Co., Wis., where he began the life of a farmer, which he has followed most of the time since. In 1863, he was elected Treasurer of Portage Co., in which capacity he served for two years; in 1865, he disposed of his interests in that county, and removed to the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where he now has a farm of 170 acres, in Sees. 22, 26 and 27; in 1877, he was elected Master of the State Grange, to fill a vacancy of a year, and, at the expiration of this term, he was again elected to the position which he had so worthily filled ; his second term expired Jan. 25, 1880. During his official term, he visited all the counties in the State, giving lectures both before the Grangers and in public. Their children are as follows-Edwin C., Frank, Addie E .- now Mrs. MI. H. Pinkerton of this town ; they attend the M. E. Church.

GEORGE W. SIZER, P. O. Rosendale ; is a native of Oneida Co., N. Y., where he was born Oct. 14, 1820 ; his parents, Jabez and Lucy B. Sizer, were natives of Connecticut, but immigrated to Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1805, where his father enlisted as a soklier in the war of 1812. George spent most of his time on his father's farm till the panic of 1837 swept it from them ; he then rented a farm for three years, after which he tried hotel-keeping for a year, then blacksmithing for one year ; in May ,

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1846. he came to the Territory of Wisconsin, with the determination to make farming his vocation, unless it forced him to buy his brea l. Habits of industry acquired in early life, stimulated by a determination to regain in the West what alverse circumstinees hil swept fran hin in the Eist, urged him at onee to secure a home ; he enterel eighty across of lin 1 in Sec. 23, town of Springvale, but having little or no means, he could make no improvements till he could earn some money with which to improve; carefully guarding his little nucleus of eighty acres, it has now grown to a farm of 280 acres, in Sec. 23 and 26, and he also has fifty-seven acres in Sec. I, town of Lamartine. In April, 1843, he married Miss Fannie A., daughter of John A. and Fannie Newman, of Oneida Co., N. Y., but natives of Massachusetts ; her mother now resides with them; their children are Georgiana, Jabez W .; Helen, now Mrs. George A. Rogers, of Iludson, St. Croix Co., Wis .; George W., Jr., Charles II., Ada D., Mary [., Frank S., Elmer M. A., Lucy B and Louis J.

MARTIN SKEELS, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. West Rosendale; is the son of Wi'liam and Ann Skeels; born in the town of Whitehall, Washington Co., N. Y., Aug. 21, 1814 ; his father was a native of Conneetient, and his mother of Londonderry, N. If, but of Scotch descent. Mr. Skeels has devoted his life to farming. In 1838, he was married to Mrs. Sophia, widow of Grove Wright, and a daughter of Thomas Richardson, then of Washington Co., N. Y. ; in June, 18-19, they came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm on See. 4. town of Springvale, which he had purchased the previous year. He now owns a farm of 240 acres in that section ; they had two children-James W., who enlisted in Co. B, 1st W. V. C. ( was taken prisoner ; was in Andersonville Prison; was paroled and sent North, and is supposed to have died on board the steamer during the trip); Lucia S., the late Mrs. Henry Porter, who died April, 1865. Mrs. Skeels died at her residence Feb. 28, 1877, aged 74 years. Mr. S. is a member of the Congregational Church

LEVI F. SKINNER, farmer, See. 33; P. O. Brandon; is the only son of Aaron W. Skinner and Sally S. Farnsworth, natives of Massachusetts, but immigrants to Erie Co., N. Y., in 1818, where he was born in December, 1830; he was brought up as a farmer boy in his native county, and, in December, 1855, was married to Miss Phelinda. daughter of Amos and Alcy (Chace) Whiting, of Erie Co., N. Y., she being the youngest child and only daughter of a family of seven children ; they soon immigrated to Wisconsin and settled first on Sec. 3, in the town of Waupun. Fond du Lac Co., which was their home till [861; he then bought a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 33, town of Springvale, which has since been their home; he also has eighty acres in Sec. 28, and forty-eight acres in Sec. 32 of this town-Springvale. Their chil- dren are an infant son (deceased ). Minnie L. (now a student at O hkosh), Mary A., Frank (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. S. are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church. Mr. S. has been a member of the Town Board for two terms.

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The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 145

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