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G., April 10, 1859, and Clarence, July 15, 1868. Mr. Allen was elected first Alderman of the First Ward after the change of the charter. Member of the Masons, Billings' Lodge, A., F. & A. M. ; he is a Democrat.
DANIEL ALWORTH, farmer, deceased ; came to Wisconsin and located on Sec. 20, Kosh- konong, in 1845; born in Madison Co., N. Y., Dec. 2, 1820. Married Miss Abigail Butler Oct. 20, 1841; they have four children-Adelia M., Ella E.,.Orvin C., Emma R. Came to Wisconsin in 1845, and settled in Koshkonong, where he resided till his death, Sept. 12, 1868. Was elected Treasurer one year, and Assessor one year ; politics, Republican.
JOSEPH BAILEY, farmer ; P. O. Whitewater, Walworth Co., Wis .; born in Edinburg, N. Y., Ang. 16, 1824; came to Wisconsin in 1857, and settled on his present farm, on See. 33, town of Koshkonong. Married, Nov. 28, 1849, Louise J. Ried, daughter of Francis Ried ; have two children --- Amos P., born Nov. 14, 1854; Louise, born April 4, 1858. Is a member of the Methodist Church ; Democrat. He was in the 49th W. V. I, Co. H; was in the service nine months. Sold his farm to his son, Amos Bailey, in January, 1879.
GEORGE W. BURCHARD, Secretary to Gov. Smith ; born in Remsen, Oneida Co., N. Y., Dec. 26, 1835 ; was the son of Jabez and Lucy (Munger) Burchard; they came to Wisconsin in 1850, and located in Waukesha, where they resided for some time, and finally moved to Fox Lake, Dodge Co., where Mr. Jabez Burchard died, and the following year Mrs. Burchard died ; both buried at that place. George W. received his early education in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., ; is a graduate of Carroll College, Wisconsin, and was admitted to the bar in 1859. Married, Sept. 26, 1866, Miss Lucinda E. Charles, daughter of Mr. J. S. and Elizabeth (Wilcox) Charles, formerly of Ohio; they have five children-John C., born Sept. 26, 1867 ; Robert C., June 16, 1869 ; Henry C., Sept. 7, 1872; Frederick C., Nov. 22, 1874; Paul C., Sept. 8, 1876. He enlisted, Aug. 21, 1862, in the 29th W. V. I., under Capt. Dunham ; served one year and was then appointed Major to the 59th Colored Troops; was afterward appointed to the staff of Gen. Randall, of Indiana ; also the staff of Gen. Solomon. Held the position of Provost Marshal General under Gen. Randall, in Arkansas, one year ; was mustered out in September, 1866. Was elected President of Fort Atkinson one term. Appointed Director of Wisconsin State Prison in 1876; appointed Secretary to Gov. Smith, of Wisconsin, in 1878; is a mem- ber of the Masons and the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
JAMES BLISS; P. O. Fort Atkinson ; born in Colerain, Franklin Co., Mass., March 4, 1798, where he lived till he was 18 years old, when, with his mother, he moved to Onondaga Co., N. Y., living there till 1840, when he came to Wisconsin and located in Kosbkonong, Jefferson Co .; purchased 200 acres of land in Sec. 24, where he farmed till 1868; then retired to Fort Atkinson. Married, April 26, 1830, Elizabeth Seymour, a native of Chenango Co., N. Y .; children-Amelia E., born May 12, 1831, dead ; Seymour H., born March 8. 1833, died aged 24 years; Angusta M., born Sept. 15, 1835 ; Orelia M., April 17, 1838. Mr. Bliss has held the office of Town Supervisor three terms, and on School Board as Trustee and Clerk ; Republican.
FREDERICK BOLT, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Fort Atkinson ; native of Mecklenburg, Germany ; born Sept. 26, 1832; came to Wisconsin in January, 1857 ; he first settled in Watertown ; in 1867, he purchased his present farm of seven acres. Married, in November, 1857, in Germany, Sophia Rhode, who was born in Germany in 1828; have four children-Fritz, Amos, George and Willie. Mem- bers of the Lutheran Church ; Independent.
CHESTER BRIGHAM, deceased ; born in Madison, Madison Co., N. Y., Aug. 17, 1816; came to Wisconsin and located on Sec. 15, Koshkonong, Jefferson Co., in the spring of 1856. Married Miss Alice Stoones Feb. 23, 1856; they have three children-Louis, born Feb. 1, 1857; Glen, Septem- ber, 1860; Bell M., August, 1862. The homestead is situated in Sec. 15, Koshkonong, consisting of 108 acres, all under cultivation ; raises the general products of the county, cattle and hogs. Mr. Chester Brigham died Dec. 14, 1869, and was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Fort Atkinson. Mr. Louis Brig- ham is a member of the Temple of Honor, and manages the farm for his mother.
DANIEL BULLOCK, Superintendent of the Northwestern Manufacturing Company; born in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Mass., Nov. 24, 1827 ; son of Cyril and Betsey (Perry) Bullock ; came to Wis- consin in 1852, locating in Grant Co .; bought a farm of 240 acres in 1853; gave up farming; moved to Hebron, Jefferson Co .; entered the employ of Joseph Powers & Co., furniture manufacturers, till 1855 ; moved to Whitewater and engaged with George Esterly until 1861, when he leased the Bark River Mills (Hebron), and carried on business for three years ; then moved to Oil Creek, Penn., where he operated in the works two years; then returned to Fort Atkinson, Wis., in 1866, and was appointed Superin- tendent of the Northwestern Manufacturing Company, which position he fills to-day. IIe married, in
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1849, Miss Caroline Rowe, daughter of Ira Rowe, of Farmington, Conn .; have one child-D. Adelbert, born Jan. 31, 1851. They attend the Universalist Church ; Democrat.
L. H. BURLESON. farmer ; P. O. Fort Atkinson; born in Augusta, Oneida Co., N. Y., Jan. 31, 1835 ; son of Burleson and Lavina Sheldon, farmers; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1864; bought 80 acres of land in Koshkonong ; sold his place in 1872, and purchased his present place of seventy-two acres, in Sec. 15 ; is raising fruit. Married, Jan. 1, 1857, Ann Kingsworth, daughter of Daniel Kingsworth and Myria (Ashbee), born Aug. 9, 1834 ; has four children-Aurora S., born March 13, 1861; George L., Sept. 1, 1866 ; Fred G., Sept. 20, 1868; May, May 7, 1872. Members of the Methodist Church ; Republican. WILLIAM CAMPBELL, farmer; P. O. Fort Atkinson ; born in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., N. Y., Oct. 8, 1814; came to Wisconsin in 1837 ; stopped in Milwaukee one year, and from there went, in 1838, to the lead mines in Illinois ; was there eighteen months, then returned and settled on his present farm-place in 1843, bought at the land sale of 1840, of the Government, at $1.25 per acre. Married, in June, 1843; Emily Bartlett, daughter of Robert Bartlett; they have four children-Louise, born Sept. 17, 1845; Jerome, Feb. 17, 1848; Arthur, Oct. 19, 1851; Frank W., July 26, 1854. Lib- eral in religion ; Democrat. Owns 200 acres of land on Sec. 27.
L. B. CASWELL, attorney and counselor at law, Fort Atkinson ; born at Swanton, Frank- lin Co., Vt., Nov. 27, 1827; son of Beal and Betsey (Chapman) Caswell, his father dying when he was 3 years old ; in 1837, he came West with his step-father and mother, who located on Sec. 7, Fulton, Rock Co., where he passed his early life and received a common-school education ; in 1846, attended Milton Acad- emy ; then attended the Preparatory Class and entered Beloit College, when he took a partial collegiate course. In 1850, he entered the office of Matt Carpenter, M. C., to study law ; at the expiration of a year and a half, was admitted to the bar, October, 1851; July 17, 1852, came to Fort Atkinson and com- menced practice. Married, Aug. 10, 1855, Miss Elizabeth May, daughter of Mr. Chester May, a resident of Fort Atkinson since 1840, and who died in 1849; Mrs. Caswell's mother, nee Hannah Damuth, died in April, 1879, and was buried in Lake View Cemetery. Mr. Caswell's mother, Mrs. Churchill, died in December, 1877, and her remains repose in Evergreen Cemetery. Mr. Caswell's family consists of him- self and wife, and six children-Chester A., Isabel, Lucian B., George W., Elizabeth M. and Harlow O. In 1854, he was elected District Attorney of Jefferson Co., and served two years; November, 1862, elected a member of the Assembly ; in 1863, he was appointed Commissioner of Enrollment, with head- quarters at Janesville, serving till close of the war; in 1871, again elected to the Assembly, and re-elected in 1873; elected on the Republican Ticket from the Second Congressional District (consisting of Dane, Columbia, Jefferson and Sauk Cos. ), to the XLIVth, XLVth and XLVIth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1875 ; his present term of office will expire March 4, 1881. Member of I. O. O. F.
JOHN CHADWICK, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. O. Fort Atkinson ; born in Stockbridge, Madison Co., N. Y., in 1827 ; son of John Chadwick and Lucretia Barker; he came to Wisconsin in 1848, and settled in Koshkonong, Jefferson Co .; be inherited the farm at his father's death, in 1858, consisting of 200 acres of land ; raises the general farm products. Liberal in religion ; Democrat.
J. D. CLAPP, banker, Maine street, Fort Atkinson ; born in Westminster, Windham Co., Vt., Dec. 31, 1811; son of Caleb and Nancy (Dorr) Clapp ; his father, Mr. Caleb Clapp, died at Westmin- ster May 19, 1829; Mr. Joseph D. Clapp, with his mother, came to Wisconsin and located at Milford, Jefferson Co., Sept. 21, 1839, where he purchased 400 acres, and, before the expiration of a year, bought 400 acres in addition on Secs. 8, 9, etc. ; his brother, M. R. Clapp, was equally interested in these pur- chases ; he continued farming till 1857, when he purchased his present residence in Fort Atkinson, and, about the same year, organized. with Mr. L. B. Caswell, the Koshkonong Bank. Married, in August, 1841, Zida Ann May, daughter of Mr. Chester May, of Fort Atkinson; she died Feb. 14, 1868, and was buried in Lake View Cemetery ; he married again, Mrs. S. C. Weld, widow of Dr. Weld, of Free- port, Ill., Sept. 23. 1869; she is a daughter of Mr. Lyman Bartholemeau, and had two children by her first marriage-Will H. Weld, born Feb. 20, 1860 ; Nellie G. Weld, Oct. 10, 1867. Oct. 27, 1863, the date of organization of the First National Bank of Fort Atkinson, Mr. Clapp was elected President of that institution, and has been re-elected at each annual election ever since; in 1863, elected to the State Senate for two years. Mr. Clapp is a member of the Universalist Church ; Democrat.
OSCAR S. CORNISH, firm of Cornish & Curtis, Fort Atkinson ; born in Middlefield, Otsego Co., N., Y., Feb. 18, 1836 ; son of Henry N. and Diana (Salisbury) Cornish ; he came to Wis- cousin in December, 1855, and located at Fort Atkinson, Jefferson Co. Married, in 1859, Miss Elizabeth Whitney, daughter of Capt. A. and Mary (Hall) Whitney, of Tunbridge, Vermont ; have three children- Mary D., Warner W., Robert B. Mr. C. was President of the village two terms and member of Board of County Supervisors; is a member of Masonic Order, Knights Templar and A. O. of U. W.
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BOYD CREIGHTON, farmer, See. 22; P. O. Koshkonong ; born in Ireland March 10, 1812 ; came to America in 1839, landing iu Philadelphia; came to Wisconsin on March 15, 1855, settled in Lima and engaged in farming ; settled at his present residence in 1866, on 118 acres of land. Mar- ried, on Feb. 20, 1841, Fanny Creighton, daughter of John Creighton ; she died Jan. 20, 1844. Mar- ried the second time, March 20, 1844, Jane Thomson, who died in 1876. Married the third time, Jan. 13, 1877, Mary Jane Miller ; they have two children-Sarah J. and Jenny B. He is a member of the Temple of Honor ; member of the Presbyterian Church. Polities, Democrat.
CHARLES CURTIS, farmer, See. 35; P. O. Fort Atkinson ; born in Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vt., June 2, 1829 ; son of J. P. and Philippi (Williams) Curtis; came to Wisconsin in 1843, and located on his present homestead, consisting of forty acres, Seetion 35. Married, in December, 1854, Olive Whit- ney; have one child-Orson C., born Sept. 25, 1856. Republican ; religion, liberal.
DAVID W. CURTIS, Fort Atkinson ; was born in the town of Chelsea, Orange Co., Vt., Nov. 14, 1833, being the second son and third child of Azro Burton Curtis and' Anna Whitney his wife. His grandfather's name, on his father's side, was Elias Curtis, who married Abigail Clement, and his great- grandfather's name was also Elias, who first settled in Royalton, Vt., before the Revolutionary war, and afterward in Tunbridge, Vt., and was one of the foremost men of his town and county during his day-a man of great energy and business capacity. He married Sarah Hutchinson, the heroine of the burning of Reyalton by the French and Indians during the Revolutionary war; she lived to be 96 years old. His maternal grandfather, for whom he was named, was David Whitney, who was a lineal deseendant of the Whitney that settled at Pepperell, Mass., in 1661, and it might be here stated that the farm on which the Whitney that came from England first settled, where David Whitney was born, Pepperell, Mass., remained in the Whitney family until five or six years ago. His maternal grandmother's name was Susanna Huntington, one of the family that helped to make New England famous. The subject of this sketch removed from Vermont to Wisconsin Oct. 8, 1845, with his parents, who settled in the town of Jefferson, on Deer Creek, near Curtis' Mill, where they continued to reside until the death of A. B. Curtis Jan. 11, 1870. He helped to hew out a good-sized farm from the heavy timber-land, enjoying the advantage of three months' attendance upon the district school in the winters; so it was with each suecceding year until he arrived at his majority ; then he apprenticed himself to learn the mason's trade, and the winters fol- lowing for a year or two, he qualified himself to teach writing, which occupation he was engaged in in the western part of the State, when he joined a party of young men at Prairie du Chien, who were on their way to the then Territory of Nebraska, and went with them, stopping at Nemaha City, Nemaha Co., about two years, when he returned to Wisconsin in the fall of 1859. He was married, Nov. 16, 1860, to Miss Jane A. Howard, of Hebron ; they have two children-Harry H., born Sept. 11, 1866, and Belle, born Aug. 27, 1870. After his marriage, he settled down to farming on the paternal homestead until the summer of 1862, when he enlisted as a private soldier ; was soon after eleeted First Lieutenant of Co. D, 29th Regi- ment W. V. I., and served with his regiment until near the close of the war, being with his company at the battles of Port Gibson, Champion Hill, siege of Vicksburg, Red River expedition, etc. He had com- mand of Co. A, of the regiment, nearly one year by detail ; he was also an Aid-de-Camp on the staff of Brig. Gen. J. R. Slack, of Huntington, Indiana, and took part in the siege of Mobile in that eapacity. In May, 1865, he was commissioned Captain in the Quartermaster's Department, when he received a fur- lough, thus enabling him to visit his home for the first time since his regiment left Wisconsin, arriving in June, and, as the war was then practically elosed, he never again returned to the army. About Sept. 1, 1865, he formed a business partnership with Oscar S. Cornish, for the carrying-on of trade in lumber and produce, which has continued to this time. The firm business has been pushed with great energy, and " Lumber, Lath and Shingles, at C. & C.'s, Fort Atkinson," is a legend painted upon fences, stones and buildings in all directions by the roadside, for a distance of thirty or forty miles from their place of busi- ness. They also manufacture the Rectangular Churn and Lever Butter-Worker, which is sent to all parts of the United States. Col. Curtis has had but little to do with politics, although he has run for a county office once or twice, but without being elected, though always up with his tieket and generally ahead. In the fall of 1876, he received the nomination for Assembly for the Third Assembly District, Jefferson Co., and was elected by 123 majority. Gov. William E. Smith appointed him one of his aids with the rank of Colonel in January, 1878. Hle was elected Sceretary of the Wisconsin Dairymen's Association in January, 1876, which office he holds at this time. He has been Secretary of the Jefferson Co. Agricul- tural Society four years, and during this time the Society has advanced from a mediocre place to the front rank of sneh institutions, its fairs being among the largest and best held in the Northwest by county societies, those of 1878 and 1879 being particularly fine as to exhibits, and the outside attractions on a scale scarcely ever attempted by similar societies.
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STEVEN S. CURTIS; P. O. Fort Atkinson; born in Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vt., Jan. 15, 1837 ; son of Cyrus and Mary (Smith) Curtis. Ilis parents came to Wisconsin in May, 1838, and settled in Sullivan, his father building a saw-mill on Deer Creek, near Jefferson, which he carried on till his death, April 27, 1868; his wife, Mrs. C. S. Curtis, died in May, 1867, aged 58 years. Mr. S. S. Curtis passed his early life working with his father in the mill and on the farm till 1867, when he entered into partnership with his brother-in-law, in the drug business, in Whitewater, for six months ; retiring from the firm, he returned to Fort Atkinson ; since that, has been engaged in mercantile pursuits. Married, Dec. 20, 1868, Miss Annie Whitney, daughter of Daniel and Julia ( IIall) Whitney, of Brook- field, Vt .; has two children-Lola E., born Feb. 26, 1871 ; Jessie, April 15, 1877 ; Mary F., born March 14, 1876, died May 14, 1877. Was elected Mayor of Fort Atkinson in the spring of 1879. Member of the Masonie Order; family attend Universalist Church ; Republican.
HENRY DE LANO, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Fort Atkinson ; born in Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Oct. 12, 1825, where he received his early education and learned his trade of cooper. In 1848, he came to Wisconsin and located at Fort Atkinson, working at his trade; in 1866, purchased 166 acres of land, which now forms his homestead. Married, in the fall of 1860, Sarah E. Wescott, daughter of Lawson Wescott, of Saratoga, N. Y .; they have two children-Mary E. and William H. HIas held the office of Constable oue term. Member of I. O. O. F., of Fort Atkinson. Attends Congregational Church ; Republican.
RUFUS C. DODGE, Fort Atkinson ; born in Smithfield Township, Madison Co., N. Y., April 1, 1811 ; son of Abraham and Sally (De Mott) Dodge. Mr. Abraham Dodge died in Smithfield, in 1876, aged 88 years. Mr. Rufus C. Dodge came West and landed at Milwaukee Ang. 1, 1836, stay- ing there till the middle of August, and then moved to Jefferson Co. and settled on a quarter-section in the town of Hebron, and his first work was to help build the first mill in Jefferson Co., in that town. Commenced farming in 1837, in Jefferson, on Secs. 32 and 33}, where he now lives; his homestead con- sists of 186 acres. Married, June 11, 1835, Rebecca Foster, daughter of Edward Foster, one of the first to settle in Fort Atkinson ; had eight children, seven living-Edward F., born March 19, 1836 ; Corne- lia, Sept. 19, 1840 ; Charles R., June 11, 1842; Francis Adel, March 25, 1845, died June 27, 1863, and was buried in Green Cemetery ; Mary A., born July 6, 1850; Celestia F., July 20, 1852; Anna F., Aug. 8, 1854; Willie W., July 22, 1856. Member I. O. O. F .; family attends Universalist Church ; Republican.
ALVIN H. DOWNING, dealer in furniture, music, and undertaker, Fort Atkinson ; born in Brookfield, Orange Co., Vt., June 27, 1837 ; son of Bela and Pernian (Hovey) Downing; came to Wis- consin 'in 1867, locating at Fort Atkinson, and entered the employ of Northwestern Manufacturing Co .; in 1877, opened his present business. Married, March 4, 1861, Miss Lizzie P. Case, daughter of Hubert Case and Phileta Page of Vermont ; have four children-Edgar E., Alice M., Glen and Carrol. Mem- ber of I. O. O. F. and Temple of Honor ; liberal in religion ; Republican.
F. M. EATON, confectionery and ice cream, Fort Atkinson ; born in Hebron, Jefferson Co., Jan. 7, 1856 ; his father, S. M. Eaton, settled in Hebron about forty years ago; Mr. F. M. began his present business about two years ago. He married Miss Emma Nute Aug. 16, 1876; she was born July 26, 1838; they have one child-May Pearl, boru June 16, 1877. The parents of Mrs. E. all live in Water- town.
HENRY E. FARNSWORTH, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. O. Fort Atkinson ; born in Kosh- konong, Jefferson Co., in 1850; son of Charles Farnsworth, who came to Jefferson Co. in 1840; being the only son, he inherited the farm, consisting of 120 acres. Married, Dec. 2, 1869, Miss Annie E. Beach, of Koshkonong ; have one child-Ernest E., born July 23, 1875. Member of the Methodist Church. Republican.
S. FIELD, farmer ; P. O. Fort Atkinson ; born in Franklin Co., Mass., September, 1807 ; eame to Wisconsin in 1855; settled on his present residence in Section 22. Married, in 1832, Miss Matilda Babcock, daughter of Johnson Babcock, of New York ; had five children-Francis, born June 7, 1834, died in 1866 ; Mary, born Aug. 17, 1838; Alvin, July 15, 1836; Nelson, Sept. 16, 1842 ; Ellen, Aug. 8, 1846. Liberal in religion ; Republican.
M. H. GANONG, merchant and Postmaster, Fort Atkinson ; born in Townsendville, Seneea Co., N. Y., July 24, 1830; son of Gilbert and Maria (Coryell) Ganong; came to Wisconsin Oct. 6, 1859, remaining the following winter at Elkhorn; March, 1860, he moved to Fort Atkinson and opened busi- ness for himself, which has been successful. Married, Nov. 11, 1857, in New York City, Miss Harriet A. Prentice, daughter of William and Fanny L. (Benton ) Prentice ; they have had three children-William G., born April 5, 1861 ; Lillian A., July 25, 1866; Fanny M., Aug. 9, 1863, died May 27, 1865. Has
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been elected at different times Trustee of the village ; held the office of School District Clerk fourteen years and is now in his fifteenth year ; appointed Postmaster in 1865, and took possession of the office Jan. 1, 1866; April 25, 1865, was appointed Inspector for Internal Revenue Department; member of Masonic Order and I. O. O. F .; with the exception of one or two years, was a member of Republican County Committee from 1863 to 1878.
LESTER GRAVES, farmer ; P. O. Fort Atkinson ; born Oct. 15, 1837, at East Hamburg, Erie Co., N. Y. ; son of Hiram and Sarah Beebe Graves ; came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1844, and settled in Koshkonong, where he received his early education ; is a carpenter, has followed that trade for twenty years; also works twenty aeres of land in Sec. 33. Married, on January 15, 1862, Mary E. Beach, daughter of Joseph Beach and Eliza Chadwick ; had three children -- Cyrus L., born Dec. 24, 1862; Sarah E., June 7, 1866 : Lelia M., April 28, 1878. Members of the M. E. Church ; Republican.
L. N. GOODHUE, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Whitewater ; born in Cayuga Co .. N. Y., in 1836 ; spent his early life and was educated in his native State; came to Rock Co., Wis., in 1851 ; resided on a farm in Lima, Rock Co., abont seven years, and spent about three years in Iroquois Co., Ill., as a real- estate and live-stock dealer ; Mr. Goodhue settled on his present farm of 250 acres in 1862, where he lived until August, 1878, when he removed to his village home in Whitewater ; he still oversees his farm in Koshkonong, also his sixty-acre farm in Cold Spring. He married Miss Cynthia Burlingame, of Iroquois Co., Ill., June 5, 1862 ; they have three children -- Frank B., Allie E. and Myra E. Mr. Goodhuc is a Republican, and was a Supervisor of Koshkonong many years ; he has on his farm about thirty head of cattle, 250 Merino sheep, 10 horses, with hogs, etc.
FLOYD HANDY, farmer ; P. O. Fort Atkinson; born in Monroe Co., N. Y., March 27, 1821 ; came to Wisconsin in October, 1840, and settled on his present farm. Married, Aug. 12, 1848, Mary Hall, daughter of Matthew Hall, of New York ; have six children : Albert H., born April 6, 1849, Cyrus F., Aug. 2, 1850; Charles L., Aug. 8, 1854; Alina, March 29, 1862; Nellie, Sept. 9, 1866 ; Sarah M., Dee. 4, 1869. Member of the U. B. Church ; Republican.
STEPHEN C. HASKELL, of Haskell & Severence, marble dealers, Whitewater, Wis. ; was born in Windsor Co., Vt., May 12, 1835 ; the early part of his life was spent on a farm in his native State ; came to Wisconsin in 1848, locating on a farm in Jefferson, where his father still lives. He mar- ried Miss Annie R. Sowle, of Oneida Co., N. Y., Jan. 1, 1861 ; they have one son, Herbert, born July 16, 1870. Mr. H. is a Republican, and a member of Fort Atkinson Lodge, No. 24, I. O. O. F ; is also, with his wife, a member of the M. E. Church ; he settled in Fort Atkinson, and began his present busi- ness in 1867, where he still resides, though the business was transferred to Whitewater, in 1876, where with his partner he is doing a very satisfactory business. They are prepared to guarantee satisfaction in price, quality of work, and deal in foreign and American marble, Scotch and native granite; they buy their sawed American marble direct from the famous quarries at Rutland, Vt., and their foreign stone direct from importers. Mr. Haskell is traveling most of the time in the interests of the firm ; his sales extend to Jefferson, Dane, Rock, Walworth and Racine Co.s ; the firm make a specialty of fine turned work.
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