The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 151

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Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 1082

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IRA J. WILCOX, retired, Waupun ; born in Waupun, Wis., April 17, 1843 ; son of Seymour Wilcox, who was from Vermont ; he came to Green Bay about 1840; and to Waupun about 1841, and was one with two others to make the first settlement here ; he kept a tavern in the early days, and built the Exchange Hotel, and was the landlord there for about three years; he was a man of liberal spirit ; he gave to the State the fine tract of land that the State Prison is erected upon ; he died in January, 1879, at the age of 74. Tra J. Wilcox was the first white boy born in Waupun. Ira married, Oct. 9, 1864, Angelina C. Middangh, daughter of Dr. Middaugh, who was a prominent physician in Ithaca, N. Y., prac- ticed medicine in that vicinity for twenty-five years ; he is now living in Minnesota at the age of 74.

OLIVER H. WOOD, retired farmer, Wanpun ; born March 25, 1806, in Essex Co., N. Y., town of Ticonderoga ; removed to Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., in 1831, and lived there till the fall of 1849, then came to Wisconsin and settled on Section 6, in the town of Waupun ; lived there six years, then sold out and bought sixty acres in Section 27, where he lived another six years, then sold out again and bought thrce acres in the village of Waupun, where he has sinee resided. Was married, Nov. 18, 1826, to Almina Day, who was born Oct. 4, 1805, also in Ticonderoga, N. Y .; she died in Waupun April 9, 1879, leaving eight children-Henry F. (in the mercantile business in Waupun), Orpha Malinda (now Mrs. David Wing, of Waupun ), Mary Jane (now Mrs. M. J. Althouse, of the firm of Althouse, Wheeler & Co, Wau- pun), Roena Elizabeth ( wife of M. P. Althouse, of Freeborn Co., Minn.), George Wellington, lives in Waupun, married Louisa Simpson, of the town of Le Roy, Dodge Co .; enlisted in August, 1864. in the 2d W. V. C., and served one year ), Lorenzo D. (lives in Nebraska ; he eulisted in Co. D, 3d W. V. I .; was wounded at the battle of Antietam, and discharged for disability ; afterward enlisted in the 32d W. V. I., Co. -, and served till the close of the war; was married to Eleanor Chandler, of Waupun, who died about a year after marriage',, Rufus A. lives in Waupun, and also Eleanor, now Mrs. Isaac Thompson ; lost one

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daughter, Victoria, who was born Oct. 8, 1839, and died in the 19th year of her age. Mr. Wood was mar- ried the second time, Sept. 9, 1879, to Mrs. Melissa L. Shattuck, whose maiden name was Farnsworth, and who was born Jan. 12. 1820, in Hardwiek, Vt. In polities, Republican.

H. F. WOOD, merchant; boru in Essex Co., N. Y., July 2, 1829; son of O. H. Wood, who is a retired farmer and capitalist, living in the town of Waupun, and is 76 years of age; his wife, who was Almina Day, died in April, 1879, at the age of 76. Henry was engaged with M. J. Althouse seventeen years ; was in partnership with Althouse at one time ; in 1877, he retired from business on account of ill health ; he had been engaged to this time very successfully running and having entire charge of the gen- eral store of M. J. Althouse, situated near the railroad track ; the sales one year were over $30,000; in 1879, he entered into copartnership with C. H. Meddins, and carried on an extensive business at the same old stand nearly a year, when this partnership was dissolved. Mr. Wood married, in 1856, Eliza A. Wood, of New York State ; they have had three children-Ella, Della and Harry. He has been two terms Trustee of' Waupon, and also Coostable and Town Treasurer. He is a prominent member of the M. E. Church. Janesville is troubled with cows in her streets; if Mr. Wood had lived in Janesville, the cows would have taken a back seat.

F. FERDINAND ZIMMERMANN, carriage manufacturer, Waupun ; born in Saxony, Germany, Oct. 13, 1838; son of Ludwig Zimmermann, who was a soldier seven years in the old country ; he was born June 19. 1800, and died May 24, 1878; the family came to New York City in September, 1811, and came to Milwaukee the same year; then went to Mequon, Ozaukee Co., Wis., and engaged in farming; Mr. Frederick F. Zimmermann learned his trade in Milwaukee when 17 years old, then went to Mequon, then to Chicago, and afterward to Burlington, Wis., and, in the spring of 1859, came to Waupun, worked seven years at his trade, and in 1866, commenced business on his own acconnt, and has carried on a successful and constantly increasing business ; his work is well known, and justly celebrated throughout the surrounding country ; his wagons are noted for their durability and workmanlike finish ; his sales are not confined to the immediate neighborhood, but he ships largely to other States; he also manufactures buggies, sleighs and cutters, of all kinds. Mr. Zimmermann married, in 1862, Ernestine Seigel ; they are the parents of seven children-Ida V., born March 29, 1863: Emma M., born July 13, 1865; Flora A., born May 16, 1868; Louis E., born April 3, 1871; Alfred A. born March 12, 1874; Clara A., born April 27, 1876; Oscar E., born Sept. 16, 1878. Mr. Zimmermann has been on the School Board, and also School Clerk many times, and also a member of the Village Board ; is a member of the Society of Odd Fellows, has taken all the degrees; is also a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen ; his mothre is living with hitu, at the good old age of 74. Mr. Zimmermann is eminently a self-made man.

AUBURN TOWNSHIP.

OWEN BANNON. farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. New Cassel; born in County Louth, Ireland, in 1806; came to America in 1834, and worked sixteen years as a laborer in Dutchess Co., N. Y. Married, in 1849, Miss Rose Hoy, of his native county, who came to America in 1847. In May, 1850, Mr. B. came to Auburn and bought 160 acres of his present farm ; of this only ten acres were poorly cleared, on which was a floorless and doorless log house; holes were cut for doors and windows. and blankets hung therein, which seemed a slight protection against the bears that used to be neighborly, so much so as to occasionally " borrow " a pig of him ; Mr. B. has seen much of pioneer life, and, as a result of his chop- ping, breaking and planning, he has 440 aeres, mostly improved, and a cozy brick farmhouse in place of the early settlers' log house. Michael, his elder son, was born Jan. 28, 1850; he grew to manhood on the farm ; was a student at Milton College, and a graduate of Notre Dame College, a young man of more than ordinary abilities; his death on the 10th of January, 1880, was a severe blow to a large circle of admiring friends. James- the younger son, was born May 28, 1852, and was educated in the High School in Fond du Lac, and the Northwestern College, Evanston, Ill .; he married, Sept. 10, 1878, Miss Bertha Husting, of New Cassel, by whom he has one son-Arnold J. The young couple are on the homestead, and the entire family members of the Roman Catholic Church ; politics, Democratie.

ANDREW DIERINGER, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Campbellsport; born in Germany Nov. 30, 1823; spent his early life, was educated and learned blacksmithing, in the Fatherland ; came to Amer- ica July 4, 1844, and spent about ten years at blacksmithing and on the canals in Ohio; in 1854, he set- tled on a heavily timbered farin in Ashford, on See. 30; after seven years, he bought the Griffith saw-mill

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and eighty acres of land with it; in 1868, he settled on his present farm of 240 acres, which is well improved, he having built a 40x84-foot basement barn ; the public and private life of Mr. D. is beyond reproach ; he first served two years as a Supervisor of Ashford, and was then its Chairman for ten years, never flinching from duty through the dark and bloody war times, though his devotion to public interests cost him a personal loss of at least $2,000 ; in 1865, and again 1869, he was chosen a member of the Wis- cousin Legislature, and has been twice Chairman of Auburn; was the first President of the Ashford Insurance Company, and in 1875, besides superintending his large farm. he had charge of the material used in building an addition to the St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee. Married. in Ohio, Miss Crecentia Strobel, by whom he has eight children-Valentine, Frank X., Joseph, Mary, Andrew, Catherine, Philipp and Thomas. Mr. D. is a Democrat, and, with his family, a Roman Catholic. .

LOUIS EIDEMILLER, M. D., New Cassel; born March 3, 1851, in the city of New York ; is of Prussiau descent ; son of Nicholas and Elizabeth E., who left New York for Wisconsin in 1856, locating at Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co .; the subject of this sketch attained an excellent common- school education, left the farm at fourteen, entered the Commonwealth office, Fond du Lac, learned the trade of printer and remained six years; a partial failure of' his health induced him to leave this and enter the office of Drs. Gray & Wyatt, then, as now, considered among the leading Wisconsin physicians ; after a course of study under them, he entered the Medical College of Ohio, one of the oldest and best in America, graduating as physician and surgeon ; in 1874 began, and has since continued, an active prac- tice in New Cassel. Married Miss Emma Maibuccher, April, 1874; they have one son-Edwin I., born Nov. 10, 1876. The Doctor is a Democrat; is a member of Fond du Lac Lodge No. 112, I. O. 0. F. of the Rock River Medical Society ; was the organizer, and is now President of the New Cassel and Campbellsport Literary Society, and is the founder and President of the New Cassel Turnverein. Dr. Eidemiller makes a specialty of surgery. and stands deservedly high in his profession, his practice extend- ing through Fond du Lac and into Dodge, Washington and Sheboygan Cos .; he is now building a large residence on the modern plan to replace the one lost by fire a year ago, entailing upon him a loss of all his books, pietures, instruments, furniture, etc.

F. M. FINDEISEN, merchant, New Cassel; born in Prussia Oct. 12, 1837 ; was educated in the Fatherland and began mereantile life as clerk in the sugar refinery of J. Henize, one of the largest in Germany : came to America in 1862 ; clerked six months in Fond du Lac, then began business in New Cassel. Married, in 1862, Mrs. Ernestina Brayman, who is a daughter of Ernest Schulten, who came from Prussia to America in 1855, with his family ; in 1858, Ernestina married Emil Brayman, who died in 1860, leaving two children-Ernest and Emelie; and a daughter, Helen, by a former marriage-MIr. and Mrs. Fuedeisen have one daughter-Ernestina. Mr. F. began business in the old store of Mr. Bray- man, which still stands beside the large and handsome store built by Mr. F. in 1874, at which time he built the only elevator in Camphellsport; making a small beginning in New Cassel, Mr. F. has constantly increased his business ; carries a general stock of all goods required to meet his trade, besides buying largely of farm produce ; has bought on the average, during the past six years, 80,000 bushels of grain, and 100,000 pounds of pork, besides 10,000 pounds of poultry ; he also owns eight village lots. Mrs. M. Krembs, widow of Louis Krembs, with Miss Charlotte Schulten, both sisters of Mrs. Findeisen, have for ten years past kept the only stock of millinery in the village, in a large room adjoining the store. Mr. Findeisen and family are members of the Lutheran Church.

W. R. FOLTS. veterinary surgeon, New Cassel ; born June 11, 1833, in Onondaga Co., N. Y .. where he spent his early life, and learned blacksmithing of his father. Married, in 1852, Miss Mar- garet Taffney, of that county. Came to Wisconsin and to New Cassel in 1855 ; it was Crouchville then, and there were only two horse teams in the vicinity, but he opened a shop and grew up with the country, increasing his business, and sold out in six years ; has since devoted himself to his profession, which he began studying when 18 years of age; as an evidence of his success, we may state that he has built a large and tasteful residence, a barn 38x46, with an L addition 100 feet in length ; here, he for three years kept a livery stable; about fifteen years ago, Dr. Folts opened a drug-store, where he has also a pleasant office ; he is the manufacturer of Dr. Folty' Domestic Liniment, Blood and Condition Powders, which have won testimonials from the entire Northwest, and are considered standard remedies. Dr. F. enlisted, Sept. 1, 1864, in the 14th W. V. C., and after three months was commissioned Regimental Far- rier ; was with his regiment in various States, and at the capture of Mobile and the forts. Mr. and Mrs. Folts have two sons-Dempster and Eugene. Politics Republican.

C. D. GAGE, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Kewaskum ; born in Onondaga Co., N. Y,. Feb. 11, 1825; spent his early life and was educated in his native county, and, in 1843, made a brief visit to Milwaukee, visit- ing both Milwaukee and Waukesha Cos. in 1845; lived in Waukesha Co. from May, 1847, until March,

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1848, when he bonght and settled upon forty acres of his present farm ; the whole country was a wilder- ness, his nearest neighbor, A. Wheeler, living two and one-half miles distant; he had footed it from Wauke- sha Co. in February previous, and built a log shanty, which was without a window for six months, and provided with a puncheon floor and trough roof; one course of troughs were laid with the hollow side up, and the spaces between them covered with others laid with the rounding side uppermost ; this must have offered a striking contrast to the spacious and elegant residence built in its stead ; Mr. Gage saw more than his share of frontier hardships, as he had contracted the ague in Waukesha, and shook with it for eleven long weeks, his family not seeing a neighbor during that time, and living one week on potatoes and salt alone; he relates that when they made their first visit to Mr. Wheeler, he carried his wife across the Middle Branch on bis back ; Mr. Gage was the first Town Treasurer after the division of Ashford and Auburn ; served three years, and, in 1852, was elected Chairman, and that fall to the Legislature; re-elected Chairman in 1853, he served many successive years, and was again elected to the Legislature in 1867; took an active part as a member of the "Third House," in the great " Dells" controversy in 1871. Is a Democrat. and a member of the West End Lodge A., F. & A. M., and the Kewaskum Lodge, I. O. O. F. Married, Dec. 31, 1846, Miss Mercy Rosier, of Onondaga Co., N. Y., who died in April, 1871, leaviug six children-Fanny L., Rosier N., Floyd B., Florence M., Carrie A., and Russel G .; on the 28th of June, 1874, he married Miss Mary O. Hale, of Onondaga Co., N. Y. Mr. G. owns 280 acres, with the best of buildings.

IRA LUCE, farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. O. Kewaskum ; born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Aug. 21, 1829 ; was educated in his native State and lived on his father's farm until 1847, when he spent the summer in Racine Co., Wis .; reaching Auburn in the fall of 1847, bought his farm of eighty acres of a Mr. Fields, at $1.25 per acre, it then being a part of the surrounding wilderness erossed by Indian trails; the road past his farm was not cut through till the next year. He married in February, 1849, Miss Frances Wheeler, daughter of Alanson W., one of the pioneers of 1846; after the wedding, Mr. Luce built a log shanty, roofed with basswood tronghs which he dug out; the furniture was made by him of trees cut ou his own land ; he earned his first team by chopping fourteen acres for C. D. Gage, and his first cow by working out during the harvest of 1849 ; as a reward for the discomforts then endured, he has an improved farm and good buildings. Mr. Luce is a Republican, and is now serving his fifth term as Supervisor.

REV. FATHER A. MICHELS, Pastor of St. Mathew's Catholic Church, New Cassel, the Dundee Mission and Spiritual Director of the St. Joseph's Convent, New Cassel ; born in 1840, in Prus- sia ; was educated in the Fatherland as teacher ; came to America in 1857, and resided for a time in Ozau- kee Co., Wis .; entering St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, in 1860, he pursued his studies there until 1868, when he was ordained by Archbishop Henni ; was then for a few months Assistant Priest in St. Joseph's, Milwaukee, then had charge of three congregations in succession, up to the year 1871 ; was then called to teach in the Normal School, St. Francis, where he remained about a year and a half, taking his present charge in 1873.

LTHAM POOL, of Pool & Harter, merchant and Postmaster, New Cassel ; born in the towu of Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., Wis., April 10, 1846; is a son of William and Mary Pool, who came to Auburn in September, 1846, Mr. Pool buying Government land, which is still his homestead ; his eldest son, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the county and was on the farm until 1867, when he entered the store of O. L. Helmer, and clerked until 1869. when he bought an interest in the firm of W. Pool & Co., doing business one year ; Messrs. Pool & Weiss then bought the stock and store, continu- ing the business until June. 1875, when Mr. J. B. Harter bought the interest of Mr. W .; the firm are doing and have done a good and satisfactory business, carrying a complete stock to meet a general trade, besides dealing in farm implements. Mr Pool married Sept. 3, 1877, Miss Mattie L. Angell, a native and resident of Atlanta, Logan Co., Ill .; they have lost an infant daughter. Mr. Pool is an outspoken Repub- liean and a member of the New Cassel Lodge, G. T.

B. D. ROMAIN, farmer, Sec. 11 ; P. O. New Prospect ; born in Bergen Co., N. J., March 23, 1843; came to Fond du Lac in 1849 with his parents, Benjamin and Charity Romain, who had eight children-Gerret, Rachel 1., Ralph. Elizabeth J., Mary E., Edward W., Barney D. and Benjamin D .; after the settlement of the family in Auburn, 1850, Barney attended school in the old log schoolhouse, since replaced by the two-story structure where his children attend : he settled on his present farm of ninety- five acres in 1866, when all but ten acres were a forest, living, working and prospering in a shake-roofed log shanty for years; this is superseded by a tastful farmhouse, and the farm is under cultivation, a record which needs no eulogy. Married, in 1864, Miss Elizabeth Roberts, a native of London, England, she coming with her parents to Aurerica aud to Auburn when a child ; Mr. and Mrs. R. have tive children -- George MI., Clara E., Laura A., Edward R. and Mary E. Polities, Republican ; and a member of Wickes Lodge, I. O. O. F.

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RALPH ROMAIN, farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. O. New Prospect ; born in Bergen Co., N. J., Dec. 6, 1833; son of Benjamin and Charity R., who came to Auburn in the spring of 1850, and settled on the farm now owned by the father, " Uncle Ben" Romain; is a native of Bergen Co., N. J., and served with Gen. Seott through the campaign, from Vera Cruz to the Aztec capital; after his settlement in Wisconsin, he made his house a home for all the "Jersey" settlers who came afterward; a carpenter by trade, he built nearly all the houses and barns in the vicinity besides the schoolhouse and saw-mill. His wife was Miss Charity Hopper, of New York City, they spending the winter of 1849-50 in Fond du Lac, where Ralph attended school. He married Miss Mary A., daughter of Norman Cisco, of Niagara Co., N. Y., and settled on his present farm of eighty acres in 1857. At this time a few acres had been cleared and a small frame house built, which he now uses as a shop, he having improved his farm and built a pleasant residence. Mr. Romain is a Republican, and is now serving his second term as Supervisor; none of the substantial farmers of Auburn have made a better record ; besides his farming operations, he has followed thrashing almost constantly since 1857, when he and his eldest brother, Gerret, bought their first machine ; Mr. and Mrs. Romain have eight children-Walter G., Charles E., Benjamin G., Lydia A., Ralph, Char- ity A., Anna E. and Gerret A. Mr. R. was a charter member of Wickes Lodge, I. O. O. F.

CHARLES J. SUCKOW, miller and Postmaster, New Prospect ; born in Ozaukee Co., Wis., 1848 ; his parents removing to Sheboygan Co., he learned the miller's trade and lived there until he was 17, then went to Crawford Co., Wis., then went to Missouri and remained three and one-half years, then made an extended trip through Kansas, the Indian Territory, Texas, Mexico and Colorado ; return- ing from Denver to Wisconsin, he spent about a year in the Plymouth mill, and in January, 1875, in company with William Ecke, he bought the farm and mills of Gerret Romain ; Mr. Eberhardt bought out Mr. Ecke, in 1877, constituting the present firm of Suckow & Eberhardt, Mr. S. being in sole control, as Mr. E. is a Sheboygan Co. farmer ; Mr. Suckow rebuilt his saw-mill several years ago, and has added two large basement barns to his buildings. Is a Republican, and was made Postmaster in 1879, and was a Supervisor in 1877. Married Miss Lillie Eberhardt, a daughter of his partner ; they have three chil- dren-Otto, Gustie and a babe ; the family are Lutherans.

J. S. THOMPSON, farm and saw-mill, New Cassel; born in the town of Peru, Berkshire. Co., Mass, Oct. 3, 1823; was educated in his native county, and, at 21, left for Wilmington, Del., where he learned daguerreotyping. In October, 1847, he landed at Milwaukee, Wis., and, the next November, entered a half-section of land on Secs. 14 and 21, using the first Mexican land warrants in the town of Auburn ; during his residence here he taught several terms of school ; after four or five years, he began and continued for eight years a mercantile business in Kewaskum ; then building a saw-mill in the village; selling this in 1867, he bought his present farm of 160 acres, of which twenty-five were cleared, and on which were only log buildings ; has added fifty-five acres to the clearing, and, in 1870. built a tasty and substantial brick residence; has operated the only saw-mill in New Cassel since he built it in 1867. His first wife, Miss Rebecca Smith, whom he married in Washington Co. July 3, 1851, died April 4, 1855, leaving him one daughter-Ellen, who will soon graduate from the State Normal School of Minnesota : in 1856, he married Miss Lenora F. Williams: they have had eight children-A. Dell. Elma L .. Harlan J., Loren D. (deceased), Eudora, Leslie A., Lillie M. and Merril W. In politics, a stalwart Republican ; Mr. T. was Town Clerk in the Democratic town of Auburn two years and has served many years as Justice of the Peace. Is an able and influential temperance worker and a man who enjoys the esteem of all.

RALPH TICE, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. New Prospect ; born in Passaic Co., N. l., March 17, 1825. Married Miss Mary McGee, who was also born and bred in that county, they coming to Anburn in August, 1855, and buying eighty acres, which was as the hand of nature left it. While Mr. Tice was building a log house, they made their home with Unele Ben Romain ; clearing five acres that year, Mr. Tice sowed fall wheat, and, though the roads were Indian trails, and Cascade the nearest mill, he prospered, and now owns 105 acres, and has exchanged his pioneer quarters for a pleasant farmhouse, built in 1869; has a large basement barn and all needed stock and implements. Is in politics Democratic. Mr. and Mrs. Tiee have ten children-Sarah, John, Nelson, Louisa, Ralph, Leah N., George W., Benjamin, Maria and Franeis E .; Sarah is the widow of J. P. Van Blarcom ; John married Amelia Bell. of Eldorado, and has a farm near the homestead.

LEWIS VAN BLARCOM, farmer. Secs. 2 and 11; P. O. New Prospect; born in Bergen Co., N. J., on Christmas, 1829 ; son of Peter and Hannah Van B., who were farmers of that State: at 20, Lewis went to New York City, remaining until 1855. Married, Dec. 27, 1849, Miss Leah Ann, only child of John P. and Maria Post, of Bergen Co., N. J., where she was born on St. Valentine's Day, 1830; Mr. and Mrs. Post removed to New York City in 1836, and here Mrs. Van Blarcom was educated. May, 1855, both families settled on eighty acres of the homestead, of which eight had been cleared and a

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log house built ; as a result of the labors of Messrs. Post and Van Blareom, the farm contains 340 acres and all needed barns, implements and stock, the log house having been superseded by a substantial and tasteful residenee in 1858; Mr. Post died May 8, 1871, followed by his wife Sept. 14, 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Van Blarcom have had seven children-John P. (deceased ), Avery R., Hanna M., Peter G., Anna L., Lewis B. and Celia E .; John P. married Miss Sarah C. Tice, of Auburn, and died in less than a year, leaving his bride and widow a pleasant home. Mr. Post was Chairman of Town Board of Auburn many years, and was, like Mr. Van Blareom, a Democrat.

ASHFORD TOWNSHIP.

ROBERT FRANKLIN ADAMS, deceased, farmer; born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., July 13, 1820; was edneated in the Monroe Academy ; coming to Wisconsin, he taught school in the winter of 1843, in Racine, Wis., and used to hear wolves howling in the outskirts of the then village; in 1844, he bought a farm in Lynn, Walworth Co .; returning, he married, in Cayuga Co., N. Y., Miss Helen, daughter of Stephen Dwinelle ; she was a native of Cayuga Co., and was educated in Hamilton Academy ; they at once settled on the Walworth Co. farm, which they sold in January, 1847, coming with team and sleigh to Ashford, then not named ; Mr. Adams bought 320 acres of high, dry, heavily timbered Govern- ment land, the family living that summer in a slab shanty, at the same time building the first frame house in the town ; this was sided with poplar, and finished inside with butternut, as pine lumber and saw-mills were inaccessible; it is still a good home ; Mr. Adams elcared 129 acres, burning the timber and selling hundreds of bushels of ashes in Crouchville, now New Cassel. He was a Whig and Republican, filling with credit to himself the offices of Town Clerk, Assessor and Town Superintendent of Schools, he organ- izing the school districts of Ashford, and was the unanimous nominee of the defeated " No License " party for the State Legislature. In all respects a Christian gentleman, his death, on the 16th of February, 1861, made a vacancy in the ranks of the pioneers that was keenly felt ; he was one of the founders of the New Cassell Baptist Church, and was Deacon, Clerk and Sunday-School Superintendent; Mr. Adams left six children-Judson F., born in Lynn ; Ilelen J., Joseph W., John E., Hester E. and Robert F., all except J. F. born and now residing on the homestead. Judson married Miss Jennie Ingraham July 21, 1872; has had three children-Myrtie M., F. W. (deceased ) and Robert N.

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The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 151

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