The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 165

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Publication date: 1880
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neighborhood was also held in their house, by a Methodist minister, in the summer of 1851, after which they had regular service there by different ministers for two years, and then they held it in the schoolhouse near by; in 1853, he bought a farm of eighty acres in Sec. 21, to which they removed and made their home till 1869, when he sold that and bought another of eighty acres in Sec. 20, and forty acres in Sec. 35, making the latter his home since. The children are as follows : Mary J., Mrs. Benjamin Brand, of Lamartine, now deceased ; George W., of Lamartine; William, of Lamartine; Jonah G., of Humboldt Co., Cal .; Anna E., deceased ; Hannah E., Mrs. Warren F. Cook, of Massachusetts, now deceased ; Mar- tha, deceased, born with three thumbs on right hand; Joshua, who died on the voyage from England ; Joshua D., now of this town ( Lamartine) ; Isabella M., Mrs. Dusenberry, of Empire. Mr. Jackson was Town Assessor for two years. In England, they were members of the Primitive Methodist Church for twenty years; here they are members of the M. E. Church.

LLIAM JACKSON, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Lamartine; was born in Yorkshire, England, Nov. 4, 1839, and when 9 years of age, with parents, Joseph and Ann Jackson, nee Galland, emigrated to America; landing in New York, they came thence to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Lamartine in the spring of 1849; he made his home with parents till about 28 years of age, when he purchased of his father the farm of eighty-nine acres in Sec. 21, which was their first settlement in the town, and made that his home till 1873, when he sold that and brought his present one of 105 acres. in northwest quarter Sec. 22, in the same town. which has since been his home ; he has also ten acres in Sec. 10. In February, 1868, he married Miss Lydia. daughter of Enoch and Lydia Palmer, early settlers of Lamartine; they have four children-Helen M., Leila D., Clarence, Ida L. They are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Jackson is a member of the Town Board; politically, he is a Republican.

ALBERT A. JOHNSON, farmer, Secs. 24, 13, 15, 16; P. O. Lamartine; is of New England descent, and a son of Jesse and Dorathy Johnson ; born in Grafton Co., N. H., in 1825 ; he was educated in the public schools of his native county. after which he followed the teacher's profession in that county for four years, whence, in 1850, he removed to Deerfield, Lake Co., Ill., where he continued teach- ing during winter and farming in the summer season; in 1859, he came to Fond du Lac Co., and set. tled on his present farm of 100 acres; here be continued to teach during the winter terms, and devote the summer season to agricultural pursuits till 1876, when he gave up the profession after having devoted a good part of twenty years to it, and turned his whole attention to his farm. He was married to Miss Cordelia A., daughter of Guy and Lucinda Williams, of Deerfield, Lake Co, Ill., in 1851; they have eleven children-Emma, now Mrs. Thomas Huston, of Fond du Lac Township ; Ella, Mrs Henry Brown, of Lamartine ; Addie, Eugene, Ettie, Minnie. Clara, Lorin, Carl, Ida, Hattie. Mr. Johnson was Chair- man of the Town Board of Lamartine for two years; member of County Board for same length of time, also Town Treasurer for two years. His wife is a member of the Methodist Church.

CHILION F. JOHNSON, deceased ; was a native of Bridgeport, Vt .; was born May 27, 1823; he made his home with parents on a farm in his native State, till his marriage, Sept. 22, 1846, to Miss Sarah, daughter of Solomon Jenner, of that State. In 1817, they immigrated to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Taycheedah, Fond du Lac Co, where he followed farming for ten years ; he then pur- chased a farm of' 2851 acres in Secs. 35 and 36, town of Lamartine, Fond du Lae Co., where he continued farming and stock-raising till his death, July 23, 1879 ; he was the father of seven children, five of whom, with wife, survived him-Darwin ( deceased ); Anna E. now Mrs. B. F. Monroe, of Blair, Washington Co., Neb. ; Darwin, Jr., now an M. D. of Fox Lake, Wis .; Mary A. : Frank C .; an infant daughter (deceased ) ; Wallace L. The fitting words of the Rev. J. B Cole, Pastor of the M. E. Church of Lamartine, in his funeral notice, may well be inserted in this biographical sketch : " In March, 1846, he was converted and joined the church, and was for many years an active office-bearer in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and remained until promoted to the church triumphant; he was a man of a warm heart, generous impulses and great sympathy ; he was a devoted husband, a kind father and a worthy citizen, who is very much missed ; his end was a decided victory ; as the end drew nigh he exclaimed, morning, noou and night, 'I have no fear ; I have tried to serve my God faithfully, and now I leave the rest ;' his sufferings were great, but he bore them without a murmur; he awaited the approach of death with a perfect calmness; gladly did he close his eyes on earth to open them in Heaven."

JOHN KRAEMER, proprietor of blacksmith-shop, Lunartine, is a son of Philip and Mar- garet Kraemer ; born in Washington Co., Wis., April 10, 1855 ; when about 14 years of age, he began his trade with Seaman & Goetel. of Waupun, and, after remaining with them two and a half years, has since continued it at Oakfield, Burnett Junction, Fond du Lac, Brandon, Fair Water, and established the shop here in April, 1876, with a capital of $1,000, where he carries on all branches of the blacksmithing business, and makes a specialty of horseshoeing. In August, 1876, married Miss Minnie, daughter of

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Fred Kraemer, of Fond du Lac, but a native of Germany. They have two children-Edward and Elmer. Mr. and Mrs. Kraemer are members of the Lutheran Church ; politically, he is a Demoerat.

PETER W. LAING, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Eldorado Mills; was born in Brechin, Seot- land, January 1, 1810, and is the son of William Laing and Jane Montgomery, natives of Montrose, Scotland. Our subjeet is the oldest living of seven children, five of whom were daughters ; when 10 years of age, he was apprenticed to the flax-dresser's trade, in Montrose, which he continued there for nearly twenty-three years. May 28, 1843, he landed in New York, from Liverpool, and went thence direct to Andover, Mass., where he continued his trade in the shoe-thread factory for nine years; in May, 1852, he came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where he purchased 80 acres in Sec. 19; he has now 120 acres in Sec. 18, 52 in Sec. 19. and 17 aeres in Sec. 4, town of Lamartine, where he has since followed farming. Dec. 22, 1832, he married Miss Ann, daughter of Dunean and Fannie (Smith ) McIntosh, of Dundee, Scotland. In 1873, Mr. and Mrs. Laing paid a visit to their native land, after an absence of thirty years. They were members of the Church of Scotland.

GEORGE LANG, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Lamartine ; is the son of Robert and Catharine Lang, natives of New York, but descendants of Scotland ; George was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., April 7, 1833; his father died when he was 2 years old ; but his devoted mother was long spared him. In the spring of 1856, he, with his mother, emigrated to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm of 120 acres, in Sec. 31, town of Lamartine, which has since been his home, and where she died, in 1879 ; he now has a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 31, town of Lamartine, and 90 acres in Sees. 6 and 7. town of Oakfield. Sept. 25, 1867, he married Miss Leila, daughter of William D. and Almira Ash, of the town of Oakfield, Fond du Lac Co., but a native of Montgomery Co., N. Y., from which, she, with her parents, emigrated in 1848. One daughter and two sons have blessed their marriage-Katie. George and William R. They attend the M. E. Church at Lamartine.

IRA MeCHAIN. farmer, Secs. 32 and 33; P. O. Lamartine ; was born in Westchester Co., N. Y., Oct. 16, 1833, and is the son of James and Sarah MeChain, nee Hopkins ; when 17 years of age, he entered upon a three-years apprenticeship at the molders' trade, after which he continued it as jour- neyman in New York for a short time, and then came to Chicago, Ill., about 1848, where he remained nearly one year ; in fall of 1849 he came to Fond du Lac, and took a position as elerk in the post office under Charles Tompkins, for the winter, having made a visit to his relatives, Mr. Berry's family, of the town of Empire, the previous year ; in the spring of 1850, he formed a copartnership with Levi Tomp- kins, of Fond du Lac, in the meat-market, which lasted nine years ; he was, for the next four years, molder in the Union Iron Works ; in August, 1867, he bought a farm of 136 acres in Secs. 32 and 33, town of Lamartine, where he has since followed farming. Oet. 7, 1858, he married Miss Lucinda I'., daughter of Harvey and Mary Smith, who were among the first settlers on the Western Reserve of Ohio ; three sons have blessed their household-Albert N., Harvey J., and Frank D. Mr. McCham has been a member of the Common Council of Fond du Lac, also School Treasurer of the distriet where he now resides, for several terms.

RICHARD MACOMBER (deceased ), was the oldest son of Jonathan and Ennice Mac- omber, Quakers, of Keesville, N. Y., born Oct. 2, 1824; when about 20 years old, he began the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he followed more or less for a few years ; his father being an extensive farmer, of Essex County, Richard spent much of his time in agricultural pursuits ; in 1855, he came to Wiscon- sin, and soon after bought a farm of 160 acres, in Sec. 8, but did not settle on it for some time. In February, 1861. he married Miss Harriet, a daughter of Norridon and Waity Bennett, who immigrated from Onondaga Co., N. Y., to Fond du Lac in 1845, with her father and family, her mother having died in New York in 1839 ; two years after their arrival in Fond du Lac she went to live with Reuben and Louisa Simmons, with whom she made her home till about two years before her marriage to Mr. Macomber; her father removed to Big Rapids, Mich., where he died March 17, 1879. Immediately after their marriage they removed to the farm in Lamartine, which now consists of 97 acres, and where Mr. Mac- omber died Dee. 2, 1871, leaving one son-Gerald, by a former marriage.

ASA P. MARSHALL, retired farmer, carpenter and joiner ; P. O. Lamartine ; is a native of Jefferson Co. N. Y .; he is the son of John and Sally Marshall; born in 1818; when 19 years of age he entered upon an apprenticeship at the molders' trade, in the machine-shops of Adams, Jeffers mn Co., N. Y .; continued there for ten years : his health not permitting him to continue that trade longer. he then took up the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he has followed most of the time since. In 1843. he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas and Abigail Marshall, of Jefferson Co .; in spring of 1846, they immigrated to Milwaukee, Wis .; remaining there a few months, they went thence to White River, Mich., where he followed the trade for three years ; in 18-19, he removed to a farm in the town of Lamartine.

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Fond du Lac Co., Wis., which he had entered two years previous ; one year after, they returned to Michigan for three years longer ; in 1852. they came again to Lamartine, which has since been their abid- ing place. They have one daughter-Edna A., and are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ADAM MENSCH, farmer, Sec, 11; P. O. Woodhull ; is the son of Peter and Elizabeth Mensch, and brother to Peter, whose biography appears in this work. He was born in Prussia Nov. 17, 1822 ; came with his parents to Ohio, and in 1846 to Fond du Lac ; he entered forty acres of land in Sec. 11, town of Lamartine. which has been his home most of the time since. Jan. 29, 1850, he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Anna M. Wagner, native of Nassau, Germany, but early settlers of this town ( Lamartine ) ; they have had three children-Elizabeth, Anna Caroline (deceased ) and H. William ; members of the Evangelical Church.

PETER MENSCH. farmer. P. O. Woodhull; Sec. 11; was born in Prussia Feb. 17, 1825, and, with his parents, Peter and Elizabeth Mensch, he emigrated to Ameriea in 1836, and settled in Stark Co., Ohio, where they followed farming for ten years; April 5, 1846, they reached Fond du Lac, and soon after settled on a farm southeast of the city for one year; they then removed to the town of Lamartine, which has since been their home, and where he has now eighty acres of land in south- west quarter of See. 11, which he entered in 1847. Dec. 26, 1851. he married Miss Fredricka, only daughter of Gotleib and Fredricka Grosse, a native of Saxony; they have two children-Fredricka, now Mrs. Morris Lewis, of the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., John. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

CHARLES MILLER, farmer, Secs. 4 and 9; P. O. Woodhull; is the son of Henry and Sophia Miller; born in Washington Co., Wis., Oct. 8, 1853; when 5 years of age, he, with parents, removed to the city of Fond du Lae, where he followed lumbering and teaming for a number of years. Dec. 20, 1879, he married Miss Minnie, daughter of William Smith, of Eldorado, and now resides on Sec. 9, where he has a farm of 125 acres in that and Sec. 4; they attend the Methodist Church.

CONRAD MILLER, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Lamartine; is a son of Henry and Martha Miller; born in Prussia in 1807 ; he emigrated to America in 1836; landed at New York and then came to Detroit, Mich., where, in 1838, he enlisted as a recruit of Co. D, of the Fifth Infantry, regular army, then stationed at Ft. Winnebago, Wis .; in 184], the regiment was ordered from there to Ft. Gratiot, Mich., where they remained till 1845, and were then sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., but Mr. Miller being on a furlough at the time, was written by his Captain from the barracks to join his company at once; on receiving this notice, he started on foot for his regiment, but by the time he reached Jeffersou Barracks, the regiment had started for Corpus Christi. Texas : Gen. Brooks being then at St. Louis, he detained Mr. Miller a week, and placed him in charge of a recruiting corps, with orders to take them to Gen. Vorse, then the commanding officer of his division of the army ; he then returned to Newport, near Louis- ville, Ky., and from there took fifty more recruits to his regiment and rejoined his company at Corpus Christi; his term of enlistment expiring in 1846, he re-enlisted and served under Gen. Taylor till the battle of Monterey, where his regiment was so badly cut up that he was soon sent on another recruiting service to Mauch Chuuk, Penn. ; was under Gen. Scott, at Vera Cruz, and served till 1851; was in the battle of Chapultepec, where they lost four Captains and Maj. Scott ; in 1848, they returned via Now Orleans to Ft. Towson, in the Indian Territory ; in 1849, they guarded the first emigrants to California, from Ft. Smith to Santa Fe; returning to Ft. Towson, they were sent in 1850 to Camp Arbuckle, in the northern part of the Indian Territory ; while here during part of the years of 1850-5], he carried the United States mail from that point to Ft. Smith ; he was discharged in February, 1851, when he came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm of eighty acres on See. 26, town of Lamartine, and has since followed farming ; he now has 195 acres in that section. Feb. 5, 1852, he married Miss Catharine, daughter of Joseph and Geneva Ruff, of Black Forest, Baden, Germany ; they have seven children, whose names and births are as follows: Caroline, born Nov. 18, 1852; Annette and Louise ( twins), April 26, 1854; Winfield S., May 20, 1856; Emily, Oct. 24, 1857; Adell R., April 6, 1860 ; Mary M., May 1, 1865. Caroline, Annette and Louise have been teachers in the public schools of Fond du Lac Co. ; Miss Annette is now cditress of the Lamartine Literary Journal; the family is connected with the Baptist Church.

JASON MONROE, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Lamartine ; was born in Jericho, Chittenden Co., Vt., May 12, 1801; is the son of Jesse Monroe (a farmer) and Susan Stone ; he followed farming, the shoemaker's and cooper's trades, and various other kinds of business there till 1847; in June, 1847, came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm of eighty acres in See. 35; he now has twenty acres in another section ; Lamartine has been his home since he came to Wisconsin. Oct. 27, 1828, he mar- ried Miss Jerusha, daughter of Hiram and Rhoda Rublee, nee Moore, of Berkshire, Franklin Co., Vt .; they

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have had eight children-Orlando, deceased ; Otis, deceased; Edgar, a druggist, of Blair, Neb .; Sidney Il., of Lamartine: Almira (now Mrs. Silas Stone, of Glenbeulah, Sheboygan Co. Wis. ), Laura J., Mrs. E. A. Ilale, of Lamartine ; Byron F., M. D., of Blair, Neb .; Otto II., of Lamartine. They are members of the Baptist Church. Mr. M. has held school and various otber offiees in the town.

SIDNEY H. MONROE, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Eldorado Mills; is a son of Jason and Jerusha Monroe, immigrants to town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., in 1847; he lived with his parents on See. 35 of this town, till about 17 years old, when he entered upon an apprenticeship at the carpenter and joiner's trade, with Hill & Webster, which he continued till 1863. In November of that year, he eulisted in Co. A, 2d W. V. C., under Col. Stevens; was with the Army of the West in the battles of Oak Grove, Mo., Egypt Station, Mo., Yazoo City, Miss., and a number of other smaller battles; was mustered out of service at Austin, Tex., in November, 1865, and reached his home in December follow- ing; he continued the carpenter's trade for three years, and in October, 1868, bought a farm of fifty-eight acres in Sees. 19 and 20, town of Lamartine, where he has since followed farming. Nov. 15, 1863, he married Miss Maggie A., daughter of David Hendry and Janet Hall, natives of Brechen, Scotland, but immigrants to Fond du Lae Co., Wis., in 1848; her mother died in three months after their arrival. The children are Janet H., Jason D., David D. (deceased), Sedate A., Maude A., Sarah M. and William Berthold. Mr. Monroe has been a member of the Town Board for two years; politically, he i- a Republican.

AUGUSTINE D. NASH, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Lamartine; was born in Summit Co., Ohio, in November, 1822, and is the son of Phineas and Fidelia Nash ; his mother dying when he was about a month old, he was taken to live with his grandfather Nash, near Williamsburg, Mass., where he made his home till 6 years of age; his father, having married a second time, he then returned to his home in Ohio, and lived on the farm with his father till 21 years of age; he next followed various kinds of labor in Ohio and Kentucky for seven years. Dee. 19, 1850, he married Miss Naney, daughter of William and Mary Meridith, of Summit Co., Ohio, and in the fall of 1851, they emigrated to Fond du Lac County, and settled on a farm of eighty acres in Sec. 2, town of Forest, which he bought in the fall of 1846, while on his first visit to this county; he soon bought another eighty joining the first in the same section. and afterward bought another farm of eighty acres in Sec. 14, to which he removed and made his home till 1867, when he disposed of his interest there and bought a farm of 121 aeres in Sec. 34. town of Lamartine, for $50 per acre, where he has since followed farming and stock-raising; he carries on a small dairy, and has 100 bead of sheep. In February, 1865, he enlisted in Co. H1. 14th W. V. I., under Col. Ward, for one year; was sent to Mobile, where his regiment was mustered out in November, 1865; he held the office of' School Clerk in district for several years, in the town of Forest. and for nine years in the town of Lamartine; in spring of 1879, he was elected Chairman of the Town Board. They bave three children-Helen A., now Mrs. Thomas Orchard, of Lamartine; Mary F., now Mrs. John H. Quiek, of Lamartine, and Charles S.

ENOCH PALMER, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Lamartine; is a native of the Province of New Brunswick ; he is the son of Enoch and Lydia Palmer, nee Burpee ; was born in May, 1822; his father being a farmer and lumberman, Enoch spent most of his time at the same business ; at the age of 17, he went to Canada West, where his father had purchased a farm, and there, with a brother, spent about three years at farming; he then returned to his home in New Brunswick, and, in the fall of 1846, with his brother, immigrated to Wisconsin, and settled on a farm on Sec. 16, town of Oakfield; in the following year (1847), he sold out his farm in Oakfield, and purchased another in Sec. 29, town of Lamartine, where he was one of the first settlers, and now has 289 aeres, and 159 acres in Sec. 36, town of Springvale; in 1850, he went to California, and for two years was engaged principally in mining. He then returned to Lamartine, and, in August, 1853, he married Miss Sarah, daughter of William and Hannah Tripp, of Canada West, but a native of New Brunswick, her parents having immigrated to Canada, where they afterward died-her mother at the age of 75; twelve children have been born unto them, as follows-Elizabeth, now Mrs. Joseph Spafford, of Fond du Lac ; Apphia, now Mrs. Charles Galloway, of Oakfield ; Ella M., who, with her younger brother. Enoch, lives on the farm in Springvale; John M., Milford P., Clara A., Chester, Franklin, Fredrick, Annette A., Victor. They all attend the Baptist Church of Lamartine.

GEORGE GRAFTON PIKE, farmer, cooper and carpenter, See. 35; P. O. Lamartine ; is a native of Mt. Vernon, Hillsboro, Co., N. H., and is the son of Ephraim and Nancy Pike; born Dec. 11, 1814; when 4 years of age, be, with his parents, removed to Burlington, Vt., where he made his home for twenty-five years, and worked at the cooper's trade most of the time; in May, 1847, he immi- grated to New Buffalo, Berrien Co., Mieb., where he continued his trade for two years ; in the spring of

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1849, he removed to the town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., settled on a farm of eighty acres, in See. 33 ; followed farming for fonr years; in 1853, he sold that, and bought a place of sixteen acres in See. 35, where he has since lived, and devoted his attention to the carpenter and joiner's trade, and also farming. Dee. 17, 1837, he married Miss Clara H., daughter of Charles and Nancy Grannis (nee Bean), of Burlington, Vt., but a native of Onondaga Co., N. Y. ; they have adopted one daughter-Jnlia M. Mrs. Pike is a member of the Baptist Church ; politically, Mr. Pike is a Democrat.

ALONZO F. QUICK, farmer ; P. O. Lamartine; born in Schenectady Co., N. Y., in 1828; son of Mary and John Quick, a shoemaker of that county ; the subject of this sketch received his educa- tion in the common schools of his native place ; at the age of 15, he left home and hired out to work at farming during the summer months, and was at home winters ; in 1854, he bought a small farm of fifty acres, and lived in that place until 1863, when he sold out and came West to Lamartine, buying the farm on which he now resides of 1473 aeres, known as the Meekin place. Mr. Quick married, in Schenectady Co., N. Y., in 1854, Jeannette, daughter of Eliza and Ephraim Ladd, a farmer; they have three children-John II., Elwood E., Willie W .; family attend the Baptist Church, and he is. politically, a Republican.

ALEXANDER A. RAMSEY is a native of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and is the son of Alexander and Ann Ramsey; born in July, 1838. In 1841, with parents, he came to America and settled in Rensselaer Co., N. Y .; in 1843, they removed to Andover, Mass, where his father continued the . flax-dresser's trade, which he had learned when a boy, in Scotland ; two years later they immigrated to Dodge Co., Wis., and settled in the town of Clyman, where he lived most of the time till November, 1875; in 1863, he went to California. where he followed scroll-sawing part of the time, and spent the rest in traveling over various parts of the State ; he returned to Dodge Co. in the fall of 1866, and made it his home till 1875, as above stated ; in November of that year, he bought a farm of 1583 acres in Sec. 20, town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where he has since lived. March 3, 1860, he married Mrs. Jeanette, widow of William M. Kellie, and daughter of Peter and Isabelle Gardner, nee Ferguson, and natives of Scotland, but immigrants to Wisconsin in 1854, she having at time of second marriage three chil- dren-William M., now of Minneapolis, Minn .; James G., of same place; Agnes, Mrs. James Collins, also of Minneapolis; they have five children-Alexander G., Jeannette, Margaret A., John A., and Walter D. Mr. R. has been Justice of the Peace of this town for four years. Politically, is a Repub- lican ; they are members of the Baptist Church.

JOSEPH SCHAEFER, farmer, carpenter and joiner ; was born in Prussia May 26, 1821, and is the son of Joseph and Christina Schaefer, both of whom died in Germany. April 26, 1846, he married Mary Handshumaker, of Prussia, and, April 27, 1849, sailed for America and landed in New York, and May 17 following, reached Fond du Lac, where he followed the carpenter and joiner's trade for a number of years; in 1850, he bought a farm of forty acres in See. 11, town of Lamartine, to which he removed his family, and which has since been their home ; he still continues his trade much of the time; he now has fifteen acres of land in See. 15. They have had eleven children-Mary A., now Mrs. John Schnuar, of Eldorado; Daniel ; Catharine, now Mrs. Casper Hoffmann, of Fond du Lac City; Joseph ; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Casper Jagdfeld, of Fond du Lac; John, Michael, Fredricka, Mathias, Frank Annie. Members of the Catholic Church.

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The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 165

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