The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 154

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Publication date: 1880
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SEYMOUR ELLICSON, farmer, Secs. 23 and 24; P. O. St. Cloud. During the war war of the rebellion, Mr. Ellieson served in Co. B, 8 W. V. I. ; he was enrolled in the antuinn of 1861, and participated in nearly all the sieges, battles "nd skirmishes his command was in, the principal ones being Frederickstown, Corinth, New Madrid, Ft. Pillow, Vicksburg, and a series of engagements around that place; at Iuka, he was taken prisoner and retained a short time; was honorably discharged in the autumn of 1864. He is a native of Norway; was born May 7, 1831, and in 1846, emigrated with his parents, Leaman and Ann Ellicson, to Erie Co., N. Y .; his mother died at Lockport, N. Y., and his father married again and moved to Greenbush, Sheboygan Co., Wis .; they afterward moved to Winnebago Co., where they died. In 1853, S. Ellicson, the subject of this sketch, married in Greenbush, Sheboygan Co., Wis., Salome Snell, a native of Cortland Co., N. Y., born in 1835 ; she was the daughter of John and Phoebe Snell, who came to Wisconsin in 1847. and settled in the town of Forest, Fond du

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Lac Co., Wis., where they resided until their death. Mr. Ellicson and wife, after their marriage, lived in Greenbush until 1859, in which year they moved to their present home ; their children are John A., Florence C. (the wife of Eugene Chase, Dunn Co., Wis. ), Dora M. ( wife of Silas Carpenter), Delbert, Esther E., Truman W., Annie S., and Lillian B. Mr. Ellicson owns 120 acres of land. Himself and family are members of the M. E. Church, in which he is a leading member ; he takes an active part in the religious and educational interests, giving them his support on every possible occasion ; in politics, he is a Republican.

HENRY ENGELS, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Dotyville, Wis .; born in town of Forest, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., Feb. 9, 1858. His father, Matthias Engels, was born in the village of Arbuck, Kreis Adana, Germany, on 6th of July, 1819, and emigrated to Canada in 1843, thence to this town (Forest) in 1847. In 1851, he married Aunie Balzar; he died in Forest June 11, 1879; his wife is still living, and resides on the homestead ; their children are llenry, John, Michael Martin, Frank, Katie, Lizzie, Mary and Rosa. The estate consists of 160 acres of land, well improved. During his life in the town of Forest, Mr. Matthias Engels was elected to various local offices, and took an active part in the advancement of the educational interests in the district wherein he lived.

MARY C. GIBSON. farming ; P. O. Banner; owns 160 acres of well-improved land. She was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., in 1826; while she was a child, her parents, Christopher and Hen- rietta Carpenter, moved to St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. She was twice married, first in Onondaga Co., N. Y., to Chauncey A. Greenman, now deceased ; by the above marriage there was one child-William J. Green- man, now of Bremer Co., Iowa. In 1854, she came to Wisconsin, and, in 1861, married her second hus- band, Russel D. Gibson, a native of Vermont, who had settled in Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in about 1852 ; he died Nov. 2, 1866. By this marriage, there is one child-Ella M. Mrs. Gibson oversees all work done on her farm, and is very successful in her management of it, and is a most exemplary woman.

HON. JOHN W. HALL : P. O. St. Cloud; was born in the town of Herkimer, Herkimer Co., N. Y., Jan. 9, 1819 ; he received a liberal education in his native county ; in 1841, he went to Onon- dlaga Co., N. Y., where he remained until 1853, in which year he came to Wisconsin ; located in the town of Forest, Fond du Lac County, which has been his home since. Mr. Hall was Chairman of Town Super- visors in Forest eleven years; County Treasurer one term, and a member of the Wisconsin Assembly in 1861. In February, 1863, he enlisted in Co. B, 35th W. V. I., and served until June, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. Politically, Mr. Hall is independent, voting for and giving his influence to the candidates whom he believes will serve the interests of the whole people best. He has been twice married- first wife was Margaret Elliott ; she died in 1869 ; his present wife was Hannah C. Burns. Mr. Hall takes an active interest in public affairs, and has filled every position he has been elected to, with credit to himself and constituents.

SPENCER A. HAMBLIN, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. St. Cloud. Mr. Hamblin enlisted in Co. H. 14th W. V. I., Sept. 11, 1861 ; he was severely wounded at Shiloh April 7, 1862, and discharged on account of said wound on Nov. 13, 1862 ; after he had fully recovered he again enlisted, and was enrolled in Co. C, 4th W. V. C., in December, 1863, and served until Oct. 26, 1865, when he was honorably dis- charged. He was born in Van Buren, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Aug. 8, 1837, and came to Wisconsin in 1852, and has made the town of Forest, Fond du Lac Co., his home the greater part of the time since. March 3, 1866, he married, in Greenbush, Sheboygan Co., Wis., Elizabeth Ghoslin; they have two chil- dren-Lavina N. and William S. Politically, Mr. H. acts with the Republican party. He owns 80 acres of well-improved land. His father, A. H. Hamblin, was born Aug. 2, 1794, and was a soldier in active service during the war of 1812; he married, in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Susan Woodward; they came to Wisconsin in 1832; he died April 9, 1874 ; she is still living. Their children are Samantha, wife of F. Spaulding, St. Cloud ; Martha, wife of L. A. Griswold, Ida Co., Iowa ; Hartwell C., who served in Co. H, 14th W. V. I. during the war of the rebellion, he died in 1872; Berlin ; Candace, wife of C. Alley ; Spencer A .; Holland, who served in Co. H, 14th W. V. I. during the war ; Lucilla A., wife of E. Miller, Osceola Co., Iowa ( he was a soldier in the 8th W. V. I during the war ); Miles A., who served first in Co. H, 14th W. V. I., and afterward in Co. C, 4th W. V. C., was all through the war, he now lives in Osceola Co., Iowa ; Louisa K., deceased ; Owen H. N., deceased ; Theresa, deceased.

JOHN HARDGROVE, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Armstrong's Corners; was born in County Clare, Ireland, in 1836; he emigrated with his parents, Henry and Mary Hardgrove, to near Toronto, Canada, where they lived about three years ; moved thenee to Milwaukee, where they remained two years, at the end of which time they came to Fond du Lac County and settled in the town of Forest, of which they were residents several years; in 1873, they moved to Eden, this county, where they now reside. John Hardgrove, the subject of this sketch, received a liberal education at the common schools ; he has

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taught district schools for several terms; prior to 1861, when the system was changed, he was Town School Superintendent ; he is at present Town Clerk of Forest, a position he has been the incumbent of four years. He owns 100 acres of land. In 1862, Mr. Hardgrove married, in the town of Byron, Cathrine Heragarty ( daughter of James and Bridget Heragarty, who settled in the town of Mitchell, She- boygan Co., Wis., in about 1850) ; they have seven children-Emily, Julia, Katie, Agnes, James, Mary, and Frances. In politics, Mr. Hardgrove is independent.

THEODORE LORHANG, dealer in agricultural implements, machinery and a full line of repairs, also proprietor of general blacksmith-shop, where he attends to general repairing and horseshoe- ing, Dotyville. Was born in Edensdorf, Kries Trier, Prussia, Oct. 18, 1850; in 1853, his parents emi- grated to this country, and settled in the town of Calumet, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where Theodore lived until 1872, when he learned the blacksmith trade. He married at Mt. Calvary, on Oct. 12, 1874, Annie Gesellchen, she was born in Mt. Calvary ; they moved to Dotyville in 1876 ; their children are Theodore, Vincent and J. Joseph; Mr. Lorhang engaged in his present business in Dotyville in 1876 ; he is a first- class mechanic, and his work gives general satisfaction, therefore he has a large custom. His parents were Bernard and Angelica Lorhang ; he a native of Paris, France, she of Kries Trier, Germany ; he died in Calumet in 1866; she is still living. Mrs. T. Lorhang's parents were Peter and Gertrude Gesellchen, natives of Germany, who settled in Marshfield, Fond du Lac Co., in 1850.

C. C. LYON, a leading farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Banner ; is a native of Strongsville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; was born Sept. 12, 1823, where he remained until 21 years of age; he then went to Cleveland, Ohio, and there learned the machinist and engineer trades; worked at the machinist trade in various places in Ohio and New York in the winters, and in the summer seasons, following the vocation of engineer on the lakes ; in 1857, he came to Wisconsin, and Fond du Lac Co. has been his home the greater part of the time since ; he owns 177 acres of land, and in connection with John A. Smith, of Sheboygan Co., carries on a cheese factory ; their factory is located on Sec. 29, and the cheese they make is widely known for its superior quality. In politics, Mr. Lyon is a Democrat ; he has been elected to various local offices. Has been twice married, first in Buffalo, N. Y., to Matilda Curtis, she died in Forest in June, 1872; children by the above marriage are Frank M. (now in Denver, Colo. ), Charles C. (who married Bertie A. Nutting and resides in Forest), Mary M., Emma, Fred and May ; present wife was Caroline Nutting, widow of E. D. Nutting ; her maiden name was Parmalee; she was born in Pittsfield, Rutland Co., Vt., where she married her first husband, and came with him to Wisconsin in 1856; he died in Fond du Lac; she married Mr. Lyon Feb. 22. 1872; they have one child, Samuel S. ; by her first marriage, there are five children, viz. : Charlotte (wife of Lewis Langstaff, of Milwaukee) ; Sarah R. (wife of A. D. Lytle, Wood Co., Wis.), Ella J., wife of D. E. Hadlock, Kearney Co., Neb. ), Bertie, wife of Charles C. Lyon) ; Frankie, ( wife of William Zan, of this town, Forest ).

JOHN REIS, merchant, Dotyville. Was born in the town of Marshfield, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in 1851; was educated at Mount Calvary ; engaged in the mercantile business at Dotyville in 1877, and has a large and constantly increasing trade. His father, Theodore Reis, was born in Mehring, Kries Trier, Germany. in 1817; emigrated to America in 1846; settled in the town of Marshfield, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where he married Gertrude Hoffman ; they are still living in Marshfield, old and honored citizens ; their children are John, Mary ( wife of Matt. Lanser, of Dotyville), Peter (proprietor harness-shop, Dotyville), Gertrude, Theodore, Helen, Annie, Philip, Clara and AApplonia.

HENRY STANNARD, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Armstrong's Corners. At the breaking- out of the war of the rebellion, Mr. Stannard enlisted in Co. B, 8th W. V. I .; served until October, 1862, when he was honorably discharged. lle was born in the town of Gates, Monroc Co., N. Y., Jan. 20, 1843 ; when he was 3 years old, his parents moved to Rochester, N. Y., thence to Wisconsin in 1851, and settled in the town of Greenbush, Sheboygan Co. He married in Madison, Wis., Nov. 9, 1866, Unice N. Bryant, a native of Cheshire Co., N. H. On his return from the army, Mr. Stannard engaged as clerk in a mercantile house at Madison, Wis., two years ; in about 1865, he engaged in the mercantile business on his own account until 1870 ; in 1871, he moved to Forest, where he has resided since. Himself and wife are members of the Union Church ; their children are George E., Allen W., Gilbert H., and Laura Z., one deceased, James B. (born March 26, 1871, died July 30. 1874). Mr. Stannard owns eighty acres of land. In politics, he is a Republican. His father. Hon. E. W. Stannard, was born in Portland Co., N. Y., Nov. 22, 1817 ; he married in Sullivan, N. Y., in 1840. Zeviah Knowles; she was born in Madison Co., N. Y., in 1820; in 1848, he went to California, returned in May, 1851, and imme- diately moved to Greenbush, Sheboygan Co., Wis., where he lived until the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion, when he was made Captain of Co. B, of the 27th W. V. I., and was killed in the service,

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near Satarica, Miss., June 7, 1863. He was, for a number of years, Chairman of the Board of Super- visors in Greenbush, and several terms a member of the Wisconsin Assembly; she is still living, and resides in Greenbush ; their children are Allie L. (wife of H. C. Wade, of Greenbush ) and Henry, whose name appears at the head of this sketch.

GEORGE QUACKENBOSS. farmer, Sec. 20 ; P. O. St. Cloud ; was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., Nov. 18, 1817. In 1835, he removed, with his parents, to Clay, Onondaga Co., N. Y., where he married, in 1846, Miss C. M. Marshall, a native of Onondaga Co., born Nov. 11, 1823 ; in 1849, they moved to the town of Cato, N. Y., thence to Wisconsin in 1853; settled in the town of Forest, Fond du Lac Co., where they have resided since; their children are Chester A. (now of Clark Co., Wis.), David S .. John R., and George N. (of Forest ), Sarah C. (deceased ). Mr. Quackenboss owns eighty acres of land; in politics, he acts with the Greenback party. His father, Richard Quackenboss, was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., where his ancestors had settled prior to the war of the Revolution. He married Cathrine Garland ; both are deceased. Mrs. G. Quackenboss' father was Nodiah Marshall, a native of Saratoga Co., N. Y. ; was a soldier in active service during the war of 1812, and his father, Joel Marshall, served in the Colonial army, under Washington, during the war of the Revolution. Mr. Quackenboss has been engaged in farming since his coming to Fond du Lac Co., in 1853, and is among the most success- ful in the town of Forest.

C. F. G. WERNICKE, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. St. Cloud ; was born in Vaethen, Kries Stendal, Regierungsbezirk, Magdeburg, Prussia, Nov. 7, 1831 ; in 1843, he entered the College of Halle, and pursued his studies there until 1846, when he entered the Agricultural College at Bedersleben, where he graduated in 1848; he then was appointed to oversee and manage several large estates until 1850, when he volunteered in the 31st Regiment, Prussian Army, serving until the 27th of September, 1851, when he was honorably discharged ; in July, 1858, he received a full discharge from the Prussian Government as a citizen and as a Lieutenant of militia, and he emigrated to this country, arriving in New York Oct. 20, 1858 ; went thence to Calhoun Co., Mich., where he lived until February, 1859, when he came to Wisconsin, and purchased land in the town of Marshfield, Fond du Lac Co. On July 3, 1859, be married Sophia Fricke; they lived in Marshfield until October, then moved to Charlestown, Calumet Co., Wis., where he rented a farm, having lost his farm in Marshfield ; in 1864, he purchased a farm in Charlestown of 120 acres. In March, 1865, he was drafted ; reported at Green Bay; was assigned to the 14th W. V. I. at Madison ; was discharged May 7, 1865. After being discharged, he returned to Charlestown, sold his farm, and, in the autumn of 1865, returned to his native country on a visit, remaining until March, 1866, when he returned to Charlestown, remaining there until May, when he moved to Forest and bought the farm he now resides on ; he owns 121 acres of land, well improved. His first wife died in Forest, April 29, 1872 ; she was born Ang. 31, 1839 ; she was the mother of five children-Antoine, born April 1, 1860, is now teaching school ; Otto, June 18, 1862, is now attending Commercial College at Fond du Lac ; Charlie, July 16, 1865 ; Anna, Feb. 26, 1867 ; Clara, May 17, 1869. June 6, 1872, Mr. Wernicke married his present wife ; her maiden name was Louise Knahe; by this marriage there are four children-Alfred, born April 21, 1873 ; Ida, Dec. 4, 1874 ; Fredrick, May 18, 1876 ; Agnes, Nov. 7, 1879. In polities,

Mr. Wernicke is a Democrat ; he has been Justice of the Peace about six years. He represents three fire insurance companies-Northwestern National, of Milwaukee; the Milwaukee Merchants' Insurance Com- pany, and the German, of Freeport, Ill. His father, the Rev. Wernicke, a Lutheran minister at Vaethen, Kries Stendal, Prussia, was born in the city of Ellerich, Prussia, July 3, 1795; was a soldier in active service in the Prussian Army from 1812 to 1815, and participated in the battles of Leipsic, Waterloo and Paris. His wife was Caroline M. W. Breust ; she was born in 1797, and died Sept. 24, 1861.

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V. G. AVERILL, farmer and shoemaker, Eden; born in Plattsburg, N. Y., June 7, 1829 ; spent his early life, was educated and learned his trade in his native county ; is a son of Stephen and Susan (Moore ) Averill ; Stephen Averill was born in Connecticut,, his parents removing to Plattsburg when he was 2 years of age ; he grew to be a man of unusual energy and business talent ; carried on an exten- sive boot, shoe and leather business in Plattsburg for sixty years; at one time owned two tanneries ; was despoiled of over $1,000 worth of leather by the British in 1814; died at 91, outliving his wife by many years. In 1850, V. G. Averill removed to Cleveland, Ohio, with his family ; in 1849, opened a shop on St. Clair street, where he did business until 1855, when he removed to Wisconsin and to Eden ; bought his farm of 61 acres, on which he resided until August, 1876, when he removed and began business in Eden Village. Married Miss Margaret Dupys, of Clinton Co., N. Y., 1847 ; they have seven children- Rosanna C., Sarah J., Verannus, Alfred, Leonard C., Jasper S. and Maybell MI. Mr. Averil! manufact- ures and sells everything in the line of boots and shoes for both sexes, having a combined shop and store. IIe is a Democrat, and favors the greenback.

GEORGE C. BAGLEY, of D. S. Bagley & Sons, grain and produce dealers ; P. O. Eden ; born in Coos Co., N. H., March 1, 1851 ; son of D. S. Bagley, who located with his family in Milwaukee, 1856 ; he engaged first in farming, then in milling; during 1872, Mr. Bagley, Sr., located five ware- houses at as many different points on the Wisconsin Central Railroad, making his home in Plymouth ; George C. went into the mines of Colorado at this time, remaining four years ; on his return he joined his father and brother, H. F., thus constituting the present firm, which owns seven warehouses and elevators, viz., Eden, New Cassel, Plymouth, Random Lake, Chilton, New Holstein. and Saukville; they buy from 300,000 to 500,000 bushels of grain per annum, and deal extensively in wool, seeds, etc .; amount of busi- ness done preceding year, $500,000 ; George C. located at Eden in 1877 ; he has the best-equipped steam elevator on his road, built with a capacity of 12,000 bushels; he also controls the New Cassel warehouse, and is a live young business man, and is a hard-money Democrat. He married Miss Cornelia Dudley in 1876 ; they have one son, Dudley S., born Oct. 11, 1876.

LUCIUS A. BATTERSON, farmer, Sec. 8 ; P. O. Eden ; born in Medina Co., Ohio, Aug. 12, 1830, son of Lewis and Nancy B., who came from Ohio to Waukesha Co., Wis., in 1847, settling on wild land in Eden, 1848; bought 320 acres on Secs. 33 and 29 heavily timbered with white and red oak. maple, ash, basswood, etc .; Lewis Batterson died soon after, but his family did the work of pioneers, and saw all the experiences of the new settlers ; Lucius Batterson lived on the homestead until August, 1862, when he enlisted in the 32d W. V. I .; was with his regiment in pursuit of Forrest in Mississippi and Tennessee ; he was also in Alabama and Georgia ; was stricken with chills and fever in Memphis. and came home on a six-months furlough ; he rejoined the regiment at Atlanta September, 1864, going with Gen. Sherman on the famous march to the sea; at Buford, S. C., he was again attacked with his old mal- ady, and was for a time in a New York City hospital ; then transferred to Prairie du Chien and honorably discharged in May, 1865. He spent the summer with his mother; then bought his present farm of 80 acres ; built an elegant residence in 1868, where he lives with his aged mother, who retains her faculties at 84 ; she is a daughter of A. Derthick ; was born in Chatham, Conu., and married Mr. Batterson in 1813, in his native State, going from there to Ohio. Her son's farm was a part of the Vandevoort homestead, and about 15 acres is in the village plat of Eden. Mr. Batterson is an Independent Republican.

JACOB BAUMHART, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Eden ; born in Rhenish Prussia in 1828; was educated in his native land, and served three years in the Prussian Infantry Guards ; came to America in 1854; spent a year in Ohio; then came to Fond du Lac Co .; worked about three years for S. Silvester. Married Miss Elizabeth Brem. a native of Switzerland, in 1858, and settled the same year on 40 aeres, now owned by his brother ; after selling this he bought 80 acres of his present farm, on which was a good barn and a log house. Mr. Baumhart now owns 155 acres, well improved, and has built a pleasant home. This is a good record for a man who reached Fond du Lac Co. with $3 in money, and who worked out the first summer at $10 per month, having only good health and good pluck to begin with. Mr. and Mrs. Baumhart have six children-Charles, Samuel, Frederick, Matilda, Carolina and Amelia. The fam- ily are Evangelical Lutherans ; Mr. Baumhart is a good farmer and citizen, voting for men instead of party.

MONMOUTH BRIGGS, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Eden; born in Scranton, Penn., Feb. 20, 1827 ; spent his early life and was educated in his native town; coming to Wisconsin, 1850; locating for

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a time in Empire ; in 1851, he bought his farm of a Mr. Cogswell ; about thirty acres of this was broken and the remaining fifty timbered openings. Mrs. Briggs was Miss Charlotte Berry, a native of Putnam Co., N. Y. ; she was educated in Peekskill and came to Wisconsin and Empire in 1849 ; they were mar- ried April 5, 1851, and at once began farm life, living in what was then called the " Old Abbey," a most picturesque log house, well built and partitioned, and ornamented with rustic porches, seats, lattice-work, etc., to complete the picture it was overrun with ivy, honeysuckle and bittersweet; this cozy home burned 1857 or 1858, and was replaced by the present substantial and elegant farmhouse. Mr. Briggs and wife worked hard, added forty acres to the farm, and have all necessary barns, stock, implements, etc; the farm and vicinity lie higher than the surrounding country, yet it has near the farm a never-failing and never- freezing spring ; Mr. B. also has two wells, each about twenty feet in depth, though many almost adjoining farmers have to dig at least fifty feet for water ; having a pleasant home, they now recall the toilsome days of yore with pleasure ; they have three children-Albert L., Eugene T. and Frank, having lost a daughter, Lottie. Mr. Briggs is a Republican and has been Supervisor ; his wife is a member of the M. E. Church. As a stock-raiser Mr. Briggs has shorthorn cattle, Merino sheep and other stock.

WILLIAM BEIRNE, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Eden ; born in the town of Underhill, Chit- tenden Co., Vt., June 7, 1848 ; son of Joseph and Mary Beirne ; William was educated in the Under- hill Academy, living on the farm of his parents, and, in 1864, coming with them to Eden; his father bought his farm of L. J. Harvey, an early settler, who built a most pleasant residence, inclosing it with a double row of different kinds of evergreens, he at the time owning a nursery in New Jersey; this makes the home of Mr. Beirne among the most attractive in the county ; Joseph Beirne died June 29, 1865, his only son has since owned the homestead of 160 acres. He married Miss Alice, a daughter of John O'Brien, who came from Massachusetts to Osceola in 1858 ; Mrs. Beirne was born, educated and married in Osceola ; they have two children-Joseph and John. Mr. Beirne is a Greenback Democrat, and a member, with his wife, of the Roman Catholic Church.

THOMAS CALE, farmer, Secs. 10 and 11; P. O. Eden ; born in the town of Underhill, Chittenden Co., Vt., Sept. 17, 1848; he was a farmer's son and was educated in Underhill Academy ; began teaching in his native State, and has taught twelve terms in Wisconsin ; he spent three years in Eastern New York, and came to Wisconsin in 1869, buying his farm of 118 acres. He married Miss Margaret Rooney in April, 1872 ; she was born in County Clare, Ireland, and came to America and to Eden, 1866 ; they have four children-James M., Rosanna, M. Agnes and Thomas P. Mr. and Mrs. Cale are Roman Catholics. He is an enterprising young farmer, devoting bis farm to both grain and stock. Politics, Greenbacker.

HARVEY J. CARTER, farmer, Sec. 35; P. (). Campbellsport ; born in Crawford Co., Penn., March 8, 1817. Arriving at the age of 20, he married and removed to Illinois ; in October, 1839, he drove au ox team to Milwaukee, and at once made a " squatter's claim " in that county ; here the young couple saw all they wished of frontier life, living on a scant supply of milk and corn-meal, the corn pounded fine in a log hollowed out for the purpose ; knowing that he must have an ox to clear a piece for his first wheat, he tramped to the then village and applied to Hal Ludington, then a hardware merchant, after- ward Governor of Wisconsin ; he told Mr. L. that he was penniless, but that he would pay with the first money the ox carned; Mr. L. refused this, though Mr. Carter found a friend and got an ox, and Mr. Ludington lost a customer; Mr. Carter cleared the land and sowed the wheat, and though his nearest will was Watertown, and his wife and child were often on a starvation diet, his first wheat crop marked the beginning of a brighter era ; on June, 1847, settled on his present farm, and was the first settler in the south half of Eden ; the farm and country around him was a wilderness; he built a good log house and resumed his pioneer work, also helping to lay out all the roads in his vicinity. Mr. C. improved a large farm, has sold 120 acres, and now has eighty and a good home ; his wife, a most faithful helpmeet, was Miss Sarah Cole ; she died in 1851, leaving three children -- Miles, Mary J. and Emma. He married again Miss Margeret Mullen ; they have six children-Helen E., Clara S., Delilah N., Sarah L., George H. and Harriet R. Mr. Carter is a Democratic Greenbacker ; was Supervisor several years, also Assessor; is a member, with his family, of the Roman Catholic Church.

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The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 154

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