The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 163

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Publication date: 1880
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KENDRICK DILTS. farmer, Secs. 29 and 3; P. O. Eldorado Mills; born in Cayuga Co., .N. Y., Aug. 29, 1818 ; son of William and Cylinda Dilts, a farmer ; at the age of 11 years, he went with his people to Ohio, and was educated in that State; he was brought up on a farm; at the age of 26, he moved to Racine, buying some land and engaged in farming there for three years ; he then came to Fond du Lac, buying forty acres of land in Sec. 20, town of Eldorado; the following year he bought another forty ; in 1863, he purchased another sixty, in Secs. 29 and 30, and sold his first farm ; he has lived here ever since engaged in farming. He married in Liberty, Crawford Co., Ohio, in 1842, Matilda, daughter of Richard and Polly King, a farmer of that town, and one of the first settlers there; have had seven children-Sally A., Lyle K., William R. (deceased ), Cyrus A., Wilson H., Amanda M., Ettie E. Family attend the Free-Will Baptist Church ; Mr. Dilts has held the office of Supervisor of his town, and is the present owner of sixty acres of land in Secs. 29 and 3. Is politically, Independent.

MELVIN DUEL (deceased) was born in Hebron, Washingtou Co., N. Y., June 29, 1824; he came to Wisconsin in 1848, and settled in the town of Eldorado, where he married, on the 27th of March, 1850, Laura Wolcott, daughter of W. C. and Merey Wolcott, pioneer settlers and still honored citizens of the town of Eldorado, she was born in Trenton, Oneida Co., N. Y., Oct. 8, 1813; their chil- dren are Dirg, now of Brown Co., Minn .; Delia, wife of William Carpenter, of the town of Eldorado, he was a soldier during the war of the rebellion ; Dora, Delos, Strabo, Effie M., Lewis, Arthur, Lottie B.,

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George (deceased); during the war of the rebellion, Mr. Duel served in Co. A, 2d W. V. C., was enrolled Oct. 2, 1861, and served until January 23, 1865, when he was honorably discharged ; the records of his regiment show that he was a gallant and brave soldier ; after his discharge, he returned to his home in Eldorado, where he died Jan. 8, 1880; himself and his wife were the first couple married in the town of Eldorado ; she owns 156 acres of land, and cheese factory, which was the first factory in Eldorado, was established by her husband in 1878.

JOSIAH ROBERTS, farmer, Sec. 6; P.O. Nekama, Winnebago Co; was born in Eldorado, Fond du Lac Co., in 1849 ; son of David and Mary Roberts, formerly of Wales, Vale of Clwyd, a farmer, who came to America in 1847, buying 220 acres of land in Sec. 6, Eldorado ; he returned to Wales for his health in 1869, and died there in 1870; he built the first frame house in the town in 1847. The subject of this sketch received an academic and common-school education in his native connty, and was brought up on a farm ; at the age of 22, he went to California and engaged in speculating in stocks for two years and a half; he then returned to Eldorado and settled on the homestead farm with his mother, taking charge of and running the farm, at which he has been occupied ever since, and, at the death of his mother, he will be the entire owner, having bought out his brother's interest in it. He married in Oshkosh, Dec. 17, 1879, Martha J., danghter. of Samuel and Ann Williams, a farmer of Henry Co., Ill. They are members of the Calvin Welsh Methodist Church ; he is politically a Republican.

JAMES K. SCRIBNER ; P. O. Eldorado Mills; was born in Norwalk, Conn., in 1828; is the son of Joseph and Sarah Kellogg Scribner, a farmer. The subject of this sketch received a com- mon-school and academic education in his native place ; at the age of 21 he came West to Rosendale, Wis., and settled on land previously purchased by his father, of 160 acres; in 1853, he purchased an undivided half of this farm of his father; in 1858, he came to Eldorado and located on property he owned, having, in 1857, bought Barnett's saw-mill, water-power lands, and privileges connected with them. Mr. Hiram Wheeler was connected with him in running the mill, and they afterward built a small grist-mill ; Mr. Wheeler died in the summer of 1859; Mr. Van Ostrand then bought Mr. Wheeler's interest ; in 1867, Mr. Scribner bought out Mr. Van Ostrand, and, in 1868, he rebuilt the mills, enlarging the capacity, and has ever since been engaged in milling ; his mill now has four run of stone; he is also proprietor ot' the only general store in the village of Eldorado Mills, and is the present owner of fifty acres of land in See. 31, 32 and 29, besides his mill property. He married, in Rosendale, in January, 1857, Laura M., daughter of Hiram Wheeler ; have had eight children-Winthrop, Walter, Lizzie L., Abbie L., Joseph H., Kittie M., Harry C. and Mabel W. They are members of the Congregational Church. Mr. Scribner was a member of the State Legislature in 1876, and is now the Chairman of the Town Board ; politically he is a Republican.

JOHN F. STEELE, farmer, See. 19; P. O. Eldorado Mills ; born in the town of Remsen, Oneida Co., N. Y., June 23, 1814; son of Joseph and Betsy Steele, a clothier by trade, and afterward followed farming. The subject of this sketch, when he was about 9 years of age, moved, with his family, to the town of Trenton, same county, and received a common and select school education in this place, and, in 1845, after receiving a certificate, he commenced teaching in that county until June 5, 1848, when he started for Wisconsin, and came to Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co. ; that fall he took Mr. C. H. Lyman's farm, and ran it for one year; he then accepted the position in the first school in the town of Eldorado ; he followed the occupation of teaching for thirteen winters, and farming in the summers on a farm owned by him of forty acres, in Sec. 19, Eldorado ; after giving up teaching, he applied himself directly to farming, and is the present owner of 296} acres in this county ; he is also extensively engaged in raising stock. He married June, 1857, Jennie, daughter of Theron Frisbee, a carpenter and farmer ; had one child by this wife-Orpha J .; this wife died Feb. 15, 1859. He married a second time; July 25, 1863, in Lamar- tine, to Charlotte, daughter of Adam and Judith Holliday, a farmer ; have had seven children-Ellsworth, deceased ; John F., Carrie E., Arthur A., Lottie M., Anna J., Henry F. Mr. Steele has held the office of Town Clerk, Town Superintendent for several years. Family attend the Congregational Church ; he is, politically, a Republican.

JOHN STELZER, manufacturer of furniture, and undertaker, P. O. Eldorado Mills; born in Ilesse-Darmstadt, Germany, in 1834; son of John and Margaret Stelzer, a farmer. The subject of this sketch received his education in the common schools of his native place; in his 20th year, he came to America, and located in New York City ; when he was 14 years old, he learned the cabinet-maker's trade; and, during his stay in New York, he followed his trade; in 1869, he came West to Fond du Lac, and, for two years, worked in the car-shops; he then worked for H. L. Bass & Co. until they closed business, when he went to work for Blankenberg; in 1876, he came to Eldorado and opened a cabinet store, and engaged in the manufacture of furniture, also undertaking ;

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in 1877, he bought a piece of property, put up a two-story store and dwelling, where he has eon- tinued in business ever since. He married in New York, in 1857, Caroline, daughter of John and Chris- tina Kog, a farmer ; have had seven children-Henry (deceased ), Rosa, Mary, Lizzie, George, Fred (deceased ), John ; are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Stelzer is a member of the Order of Druids of Fond du Lac ; he is, politically, Independent.

A. J. STEPHENS, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Eldorado; was born in Clarkstown, Rockland Co., N. Y., Nov. 25, 1814; was liberally educated in the town of his birth, and, in early life, followed teaching school for several years ; had also learned the carriage-maker's trade and worked at it in various cities in the East. He married, in the city of New York, in 1844, Hannah Wallace, a native of Glasgow, Scotland ; they came West in 1848 and settled in the town of Eldorado, Fond du Lae Co., Wis., where they have since lived ; their children are John A., now iu Los Angeles Co., Cal., he married in Eldorado, prior to his going to California, Annie Cowham ; Mary Agnes, now wife of David Richards, of Fond du Lae; Maggie E., wife of Frederick Paine, of the town of Oakfield; Abram A .; James W., and Doug- las W. Mr. Stephens owns 300 acres of land in Wisconsin, and 324 acres in the vicinity of Russell, Russell Co., Neb .; he is extensively engaged in farming, fruit-growing and stock-raising, and has, in all those pursuits, been very successful. He is a Republican in politics.

JOSEPH STEPHENS, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Eldorado; was born in Rockland Co., N. Y., March 11, 18 -. Sept. 24, 1857, he married, in Haverstraw, Rockland Co., N. Y., Miss Mary Lloyd, a native of Glamorganshire, Wales, and emigrated to America with her parents, John and Ann Loyd, who settled in Rockland Co., N. Y .; Mr. Stephens and wife lived in Rockland Co., N. Y., until 1858, when they moved to Wisconsin and settled where they now reside, in Eldorado ; they have four children-Annie E., John W., Albert J., and Joseph H. He owns eighty acres of well-improved land, and is an energetic and enterprising citizen, and a leading farmer of Eldorado. In politics, Mr. Stephens is Republican.

NATHANIEL S. THOMPSON, farmer, See. 31; P. O. Eldorado Mills; was born in Franklin Co., Mass., May, 1813; his parents, David and Fannie Thompson, had a family of seven children, four of whom came to Wisconsin ; Nathaniel S., the subject of this sketch, was married in 1840, to Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Goodnow, of Vermont; in 1846, they immigrated to Wisconsin, and settled in Dodge Co., and in May, 1845, removed to the town of Eldorado, Fond du Lac Co., and settled on a farm of 104 acres in See. 31, which has since been his home ; here his wife died in May, 1855, leaving two children as follows: Phebe E., now the wife of William Brunson, and lives in the town of Metomen, and David H., who now lives on Sec. 31, town of Eldorado. In 1856, he was married to Mrs. Nancy, widow of Samuel Randall, of the town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., whose maiden name was Hall, a daughter of Wanton and Fannie Hall, of Washington Co., N. Y. ; her first marriage was in 1837, to Lyman Matteson, who died in Wisconsin in 1850, leaving her with one son, George W., now of Eklo- rado Mills ; her second marriage was in May, 1851, to Samuel Randall, a native of Pennsylvania. but an early emigrant to Wisconsin, who died the same year of their marriage, leaving her with one son, Samuel, who now lives in the village of Hartford, Washington Co., Wis. Mrs. Thompson came to Wisconsin with her parents in 1845. Mr. T. was Chairman of the Town Board for one term, Assessor one year, and Justice of the Peace several years.

DAVID R. WATSON, Sec. 26; P. O. Eldorado; was born in the town of Eldorado, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., Nov. 5, 1849; is the son of James and Sarah Watson, who settled in the town of his birth in 1847; he was educated at the Normal School at Oshkosh, Wis., and has taught school several terms. In polities, Mr. Watson is a Republican. He is the present Assessor of the town of Eldorado, a position he has filled since 1875. April 5, 1877, Mr. Watson married, in Eldorado, Jessie B. Kirkwood, daughter of Alexander and Agnes Kirkwood, who settled in Eldorado in about 1853; they have one child-James A., born Aug. 12, 1878. Besides attending to his duties in teaching school, Mr. Watson owns and manages a farm of several acres of land ; his farm is well improved, and desirably located.

JAMES WATSON (deceased ), was a native of County Kent, England; was born Jan. 19, 1821 ; his father, James Watson, died in England, and, his mother married again and emigrated to America, when the subject of this sketch was but 4 years of age ; he was edneated in Oneida Co., N. Y., and when 16 years old, engaged in seafaring life, which he followed for several years; Ang. 4, 1847, he married in Philadelphia, Penn., Sarah Edwards, a native of Monmouthshire, England, born May 3, 1819; immediately after their marriage, they came to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Eldorado, Fond du Lac Co., where he lived and was prominently identified with its history until his death, Nov. 22, 1860 ; he was the third Treasurer of the town, an office he filled for over seven years; he was continually in office from 1850, and was Chairman of the Town Board of Supervisors when he died: He was a leading member of

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the M. E Church, and took an active part in the promotion of the religions and educational interests of the county during his life. Their children are Edward L., who was a soldier in the 18th W. V. I. during the war of the rebellion, and died in the service; David R., Sarah J., now deceased ; Frank P., Annie E., James and George W. Mrs. Watson married a second husband, Archibald McDonald ; he was a sol- dier in active service during the war of the rebellion, and was elected to various local offices in the town of Eldorado, he died Oct. 25, 1877; she is still living, is an carnest and Christian woman, a member of M. E. Church ; she owns 200 acres of land, well improved.

WI IAM C. WOLCOTT, Sec. 14; P. O. Eldorado Mills ; born in Trenton, Oneida Co., N. Y., 1810; son of Sylvester and Jane Wolcott, a farmer of that county, buying his land there in 1806; the subject of this sketch received a common-school education in the schools of his native place, and was brought up on a farm ; at the age of 25 he went to the western part of New York State, to Wethersfield, Wyoming Co., buying a farm of 178 acres; he farmed it there for seven years, when he went back to Trenton and worked there for three years ; then in 1846, he came West to Eldorado, taking 240 acres of Government land and 40 acres of Allen Lyman, also 20 acres of State land on the big marsh ; he has lived on this farm ever since ; Mr. Wolcott has, for over forty years, been extensively engaged in bee culture. He married, Feb. 23, 1832, in 'Trenton, N. Y., Mercy M., daughter of Silas and Mary Pierce, a farmer ; they have had six children-Laura J., Edward T. (deceased ), Ella A., Sarah A., Charles A., Nelson W. (all married ). He is a member of the Masonic Order, Rosendale Lodge ; has held the office of Supervisor and Treasurer ; is the oldest settler now .living in the town; is, politically, a Republican, and, with the excep- tion of the first year of his life in Wisconsin, he has not missed an election or town meeting for forty- seven years ; he is the present owner of 175 acres of land in Secs. 14, 17, 20 and 21.

CALUMET.

CHARLES BOCK, lumber merchant, Calumet Village; is a native of Holstein, Germany ; was born Dec. 11, 1825; in 1848, he emigrated to America ; settled in the town of Calumet, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in July of the same year (1848). In October, 1851, he married in Calumet Miss Sophia Kratzsch ; they have seven children-Amelia, Charles, William, Sophia, Emma, Louise and Tom. In early life, Mr. Bock learned the carpenter's trade, and followed the business of contracting and building several years; he has been engaged in the Inmber business in Calumet Village for a number of years, and has a large trade; he has been District School Treasurer for over eighteen years, and was a member of the Town Board of Supervisors three years. Himself and wife are members of the Lutheran Church. In polities, he is a Democrat. His parents were Henry and Lena Bock; they died in Germany; they had twelve children, two of whom came to America-Charles, the subject of this sketch, and Christoph, who left this . Fond du Lac) county in 1851, went to the gold mines in California, and has not been heard from since.

THOMAS BOYD (deceased ); was born near Dublin, Ireland, in 1785. He married, in his native country, Ann Boyd; they emigrated to New York in 1844; thence to Calumet, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where he resided until his death, in 1862; their surviving children are John, ex-member of the Wisconsin Assembly, who now lives near Independence, Kan .; Thomas, also ex-member of the Wiscon- sin Assembly, resides in Calumet Harbor; Samuel, attorney at law, Appleton, Wis .; Adam, a leading farmer, Springvale, this county ; Mary A., wife of M. D. Henry, Independence, Kan .; Letitia, wife of A. Huyssen, Eau Claire, Wis.

HON. THOMAS BOYD, capitalist, Calumet Harbor; was born near Dublin, Ireland, Sept. 25, 1844 ; in 1845, emigrated with his parents ( Thomas and Ann Boyd) to this (Fond du Lac) county, and located on Sec. 34, town of Calumet ; he was educated at the Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis. He was a member of the Wisconsin Assembly in 1864-65, a position he filled with credit to him- self and constituents ; he has also been elected to various town and school offices. In politics, he is a consistent and active Democrat; he is an honest, truthful, capable man, both in public and private life, ardently attached to what he believes to be true and just, and ever ready to rebuke meanness wherever it shows its head ; he has throughont his life maintained a high reputation for strict honor and integrity.

LAMBERT BROST, farmer ; P. O. Heinsburg; was born at Ulmen on the Rhine, Ger- many, on the 10th of October, 1835; in 1842, emigrated to Wisconsin with his parents (John and Anna Brost ), they located in Calumet, Fond du Lac Co .; he was a member of the Wisconsin Assembly in 1876-77;

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he is Chairman of the Calumet Town Board of Supervisors, a position he has filled for several years ; he is also Chairman of the County Board, which office he was elected to in the autumn of 1879 ; in educa- tional interests, he has taken an active part, and has been Distriet School Clerk for over nineteen years. July 11, 1859, he married at Calumet Miss Anna Mussburger ; she was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1837; they have eleven children, viz., Mary (now the wife of N. Mullenbach, they live in Wood County Wis. ), Peter, Antoine, Annie, Joseph, Theresa, Josephine, John, Barbara, Mathias and Michael. Mr. Brost owns ninety acres of land; in early life he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, and followed it several years in the city of Fond du Lac and in Calumet. Politically, he acts with the Democratic party.

JOHN H. DITTHAR. farmer and stock-raiser, See. 35; P. O. Calumet Harbor; he was born in Bavaria, Germany, Jan. 13, 1821; in early life, he received a liberal education ; he came to the United States in 1840, lived in the city of New York until 1852, in which year he moved to Philadelphia, Penn .; in New York and Philadelphia, he followed the business of cloth dyeing, a trade be had learned in his native country ; in 1866, he removed to where he now lives. He has been twice married, first wife was Frances Kamp, she was born in 1817, died in 1848; by this marriage there were three children- Christine, now the wife of Philip Carr, Philadelphia, Penn .; Sophia, wife of George Campbell, they also live in Philadelphia; Henry, who was a soldier in the war of the rebellion, he served in the naval service over two years ; he married Katie Johnson, they live in Fond du Lac City. Mr. Dittmar's second wife was Theresa Aisla ; she was born July 25, 1823; they were married in 1849 ; she died April 4, 1878; their children are Louisa, now the wife of John Theurwachter. Jr .; Louis, who married Laura Peth, they live in Nebraska ; Charles, also a resident of Nebraska; Theresa, Julia, William and Fredrick. Mr. Dittmar and family are members of the Lutheran Church. He owns 202 aeres of land; he is an enterprising, public-spirited citizen; his farm is well improved and most desirably located.

HENRY F. KOENIG, proprietor of blacksmith and general repair shop, Calumet Village ; was born in the city of Fond du Lac; his father, Martin Koenig, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1832; he learned the wagon-maker's trade in his native country, and emigrated to this country in 1849 ; lived in Milwaukee. Wis., until 1850, when he came to the city of Fond du Lae, where he married, in 1853, Wil- helmina Meyer; in 1856, they came to Calumet Village, where he has been engaged in the manufacturing of wagons, and general repairing, at that place since ; their children are Henry F .. Mary, Emma. Lissette, Caroline; the oldest of those children, Henry F., was born in the city of Fond du Lac, in 1855. Ile married, Nov. 19, 1877, Miss Dorothea Burg ; they have one child-Laura Henry F. Koenig has been engaged in carrying on a general blacksmith-shop at Calumet Village about five years, and has a large custom.

ALBERT NORTH. dealer in general merchandise, Calumet Village ; was born in the town of Otsego, Otsego Co., N. Y .. Feb. 5, 1823; his father, Albert North, was a native of Vermont, and a leading merchant in Otsego, N. Y., for a period of over forty years; his mother was Irene Taylor, a woman of rare Christian principles. She married Albert North, the father of the subject of this sketch, in New York; they had eight children, of whom our subject is the only survivor ; he first came to Wisconsin in 1846. and looked over the ground to pick ont a location. In 1848, he opened a general store in Calumet Village, and has been successfully engaged in that business since ; therefore is the pioneer merchant of the town of Calumet. In the early history of Calumet Village. he was Postmaster several years. Politically. in early life, he acted with the Whig party, giving his first vote to Henry Clay ; on the organization of the Republican party, he joined its ranks, and has remained a constant supporter of its principles ; he is a man of strict integrity in all his dealings.

HENRY MANDERSCHEID. retired farmer; P. O. Calumet Harbor; was born in Bas- senheim, Germany, in 1514. He married, in his native country, Elizabeth Meisen, and emigrated to America in 1815, settling in the town of Calumet, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., which has been their home since ; Mr. Manderscheid has been very successful in life, and has accumulated a large property. He has been, at various times, elected to offices of honor and trust, and was Assessor of the town of Calumet for more than twenty years.

LOUIS MANDERSCHEID. This gentleman, present Treasurer of Fond du Lae Co. and a leading grain merchant, Calumet Harbor, was born in Basenheim, Germany, Sept. 26, 1840 ; emi- grated to Calumet, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., with his parents, Henry and Elizabeth Manderscheid, in the autumn of 1845 ; the country then being comparatively new and almost a wilderness. most of Louis' early life was spent amidst the hardships and privations of pioneer life ; he was educated in the schools at Calu- met, and acquired a good education, and speaks and writes the German and English languages with great

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fluency. During the late war of the rebellion, he served in Co. G, 36th W. V. I. ; was wounded, and par- tieipated in every battle, siege and skirmish his command was in, with but few exceptions, andwas honor- ably discharged in Jeffersonville, Ind., at the close of the war. He has been frequently selected by his fellow-citizens to fill positions of trust and honor, upon which he has always reflected the highest credit ; he was elected County Treasurer in the fall of 1878, a position he still holds ; he is a public-spirited citizen and one whose fidelity to public and private trusts is unimpeachable ; he has been elected to various town offices. lle married, in Calumet, on the 26th of February, 1859, Miss Elsie Murdock, a native of Madi- son Co., N. Y .; she was the daughter of Wheeler and Lucy Murdock, who were natives of Providence, R. I., and emigrated to Wisconsin in 1845 ; she is deceased, and he lives at Brothertowu, Calumet Co. Mr. Manderscheid and wife are members of the Lutheran Church ; in politics, he is a consistent and active Democrat. He has been engaged in the grain business in Calumet Harbor several years, and has, by his strict integrity and fair dealing, secured the confidence of all with whom he has had to do. His father, Henry Manderscheid, was married in his native country (Germany ) to Miss Elizabeth Measen ; they are still residents of Calumet, where they have lived for over thirty-five years, old and respected citizens.

THEODORE MANDERSCHEID, Calumet Village ; was born in the town of Calumet, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., Feb. 22, 1849 ; his parents are Henry and Elizabeth Manderscheid, pioneer settlers, and still residents of Calumet. He has been twice married ; first wife was Charlotte Peth ; they were married in May, 1871 ; she died in October of the same year; his present wife was Susan Peth ; they were married Nov. 25, 1872; they have one son-Henry. In politics. Mr. Manderscheid is a Dem- ocrat ; he owns about 100 acres of land, and is an enterprising citizen, one who takes an active part in all that goes to advance the interests of his town.

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The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 163

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