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CHARLES FISCHER, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Johnson's Creek ; born Dec. 6, 1840, in Prussia ; came to America with parents in August, 1853, who located in Farmington ; he worked for his father till 1857, when he bought eighty acres of land ; he built his house in 1869 and hop-house in 1873. Married Miss Angusta Yack, of Prussia, Jan. 24, 1867, and has three children-Eli, born Dec. 20, 1870 ; Otto, Aug. 30, 1873; Agi, Oct. 15, 1874. He was Supervisor one year and Assessor oue year ; is serv- ing as Treasurer of School District for the fifteenth year. They are members of the Moravian Church.
E. GOODROW, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Farmington ; born May 12, 1815, in Lower Canada, where he was a farmer ; moved to the States in 1836, and located in Vermont six months, then to New York State, where he lived till 1841, when he came to Wisconsin and stayed in Milwaukee for one year ; then lived at Summit, Waukesha Co., two years, and, in 1844, came to Farmington Township, Jefferson Co., and entered eighty acres of land and built a log house, the second on this road, and elcared fifteen aeres at first ; then traded that for forty acres aud $350, when he bought eighty acres more, making 120 aeres ; then built another log house; now has 149 acres in this farm and seventy-Sve on Sec. 13; built his present barn in 1853 and house in 1868. Married Miss Hannah Penewell, of Concord, Jefferson Co., Wis., a native of Medina Co., Ohio, June 14, 1849; has six children-Adolphus, born Feb. 6, 1852 ; Amelia Corrella, Jan. 31, 1855; Ellen O., July 18, 1857 ; Ephraim, July 12, 1860; Amasa L., Oct. 28, 1866; Mattie. Sept. 23, 1876. Treasurer of School District fifteen years and School Director three years. Member of the Watertown Lodge of Masons. Has elcared the land himself and now has this
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farm, with another, with handsome residence and fine barns, and raises good erops of everything. Mrs. G. came to Wiseonsin in 1844 and located in Concord, Jefferson Co., with parents ; married as above.
GEORGE C. MANSFIELD, general merchant, Johnson's Creek ; born in Middlesex Co . Mass., May 26, 1837, where he was educated ; in 1851, he went to Boston and thoroughly mastered all details in connection with mercantile business whilst serving four years with the noted house of Burr Bros. & Co., wholesale dealers in ladies' and gents' furnishing goods. In March, 1856, Mr. M. moved to Wisconsin, and located in Milwaukee till 1857, when he went to Janesville and there worked for his father, who had preceded him three years, in a barrel factory ; in March, 1860, Mr. M. took up his residence iu Johnson's Creek and established himself in business, first in a small grocery store, and has gradually extended his operations till he now transaets the largest business in this part of the county, dealing in dry- goods, boots and shoes, groceries, drugs, hardware, sewing machines and also operates largely in lumber and farm produce. Married Miss Caroline Mosher, of Janesville, Oct. 15, 1859; she died in September, 1872, leaving three children-George D., Frederick C. and Grace R. Mr. M. married Miss Kittie Winnick, of Lake Mills, Oct. 15, 1873; they have three children-Frank, Philip and Flora. He has been agent of the C. & N. W. R'y for ten years ; has been Postmaster of Johnson's Creek since 1864; is American Express agent ; has served as Chairman of Supervisors three years and Justice of the Peace several times. Is a member of Lodge No. 43, Masons.
WILLIAM PHELPS (deceased) ; born April 20, 1831, in New York ; eame to Wisconsin with his parents about 1847 ; in 1857, he bought ten acres of land, and, in 1861, added forty more; in 1862, enlisted in Co. B, 29th W. V. I. under Col. Gill, and was appointed Wagonmaster ; he died of army disease at Vicksburg July 7, 1863. He was married Jan. 9, 1857, and had two children-Frank and Effie. His widow, Mrs. Doreas Phelps, was born Sept. 24, 1836, in Theresa, Jefferson Co., N. Y. ; came to Wisconsin in 1848 with her parents, who located in Farmington ; she owns seventy-five acres of land on See. 14; P. O. Farmington.
MATTHEW POTTER, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Farmington ; born May 24, 1811, in Ulster Co., N. Y. ; was educated there ; in 1836, moved to Dutchess Co., and remained there till June, 1844, when he came to Wisconsin and settled in Farmington Township, Jefferson Co., and squatted on 160 aer s of land, which he afterward bought at the sale of canal lands ; built the second log house in this section, and that year helped raise the first frame barn in the township on Mr. Rose's place, now Mr. Livingstown's; at that time there was only one road through the township running north and south ; had to clear the land ; went to Milwaukee to buy implements; had to haul grain to Milwaukee with oxen, and sold it at 60 cents per bushel ; it was a four-days' journey : the nearest grist-mill was four miles away. Mr. Potter built his barn in 1844; he still owns 120 aeres of the original purchase. Married Miss Emeline Mackey, of Ulster Co., N. Y., in January, 1834 ; had four children-William, Ferman, Matthew and Robert (deceased ). Mr. P. was Supervisor two terms ; Treasurer of Schools twelve years ; Director several years ; member of Concord Grange. William enlisted in the 16th W. V. I. in 1862, and served until the end of the war.
WILLIAM E. SHOECHERT, dealer in agricultural implements, Johnson's Creek ; born May 13, 1845, in Philadelphia, Lonsburg Co., Prussia, where he was educated. In 1864, he came to America, and located at Johnson's Creek, Jefferson Co., Wis .; in 1866, bought sixty acres of land on See. 19, Farmington Township; in 1868, bought fifty acres more on See. 20 ; he traded land and sold wood till 1870, when he moved back to Johnson's Creek, and opened a flour and feed store ; in 1874, he began to deal in agricultural and all kinds of farm implements ; also sashes, doors, blinds, sewing machines, etc., ete. ; in addition to the above, also opened a saloon, in all of which lines he still transacts business, in addition to managing his farm of sixty-four acres, on Secs. 19 and 20; also owns three houses and two lots in Johnson's Creek. Married Miss Minnie Boettcher, a native of Mecklenburg ; has two children- Eddie and Otto. He was Treasurer of Aztalan Township for 1876. Member of . Evangelical Lutheran Church of Farmington.
AUGUST J. F. VOIGT, Principal of School, Johnson's Creek ; born March 31, 1851, in Ostrau, Prussia; came to America with his parents in 1854, and located in Fort Atkinson, Wis. ; in 1855, moved to Hebron, Jefferson Co., Wis., and resided there until 1870, when he moved with his parents, on a farm, one and-a-half miles north of Fort Atkinson, in the town of Jefferson. In September, 1865, he lost his right arm, which was caught in the gearing of a sugar-mill. He attended the North- western University, at Watertown, during the year 1867-S; began teaching in the town of Hebron, in the antumn of 1868, teaching winters and attending the State Normal School, at Whitewater, the remainder of the school year, until the fall of 1871, when he was offered a position in the graded school, at Waterloo, Wis., where he remained until 1874, and then accepted a position in the Jefferson Liberal Institute, at Jefferson, Wis., remaining there one year, at the close of which the Institute ceased to exist.
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In the autumn of 1877, he received a position of telegraph operator at Hilbert, on the Wisconsin Central R. R., which position he resigned in the spring of 1878, and took charge of the school at that place. In the fall of this year, he took charge of the public school at Johnson's Creek, Wis., and has been re-engaged for the present year-1879-80. He was also a prominent candidate for County Superintendent of Schools before the Republican County Convention, in the fall of 1879. Is a member of Lodge No. 44, I. O. O. F.
AZTALAN TOWNSHIP.
A. R. EARL, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Aztalan ; born in Chester, Windsor Co., Vt., Jan. 17 1819, his parents moved to St. Lawrence Co., N. Y .; in 1823, he came to Wisconsin ; in the fall of 1842, located on his present farm ; engaged in improving his land, and working as millwright and carpen- ter and joiner ; at different times purchasing land, until he had accumulated 600 acres. He introduced into Wiscousin the Birdsell Combined Clover Huller and Thrasher ; in 1862, began to build his present residence; completed it in 1866. Married, in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Sept. 30, 1841, Louisa Water- bury, of that county, who died Aug. 15, 1857, aged 34 years. Married a second time, at Marshall, Dane Co., Miss Rhoda B. Sheldon, of New Marlboro, Mass., who died June 2, 1872. He married again in Jefferson Township, Jefferson Co., March 21, 1876, Miss Francis C. Barrett, of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. ; has three children by first wife-Sarah, born Dec. 5, 1843; Emma, Nov. 23, 1845; David G., Jan. 14, 1853. One child by third wife, Roy A., born April 26, 1877.
CHARLES S. GREENWOOD, farmer, See. 15 ; P. O. Aztalan ; born July 22, 1828, in Berkshire, England ; came to America in 1850; visited Canada for a month, and located in Aztalan Township, Jefferson Co., Wis. ; bought sixty acres of land, and built a brick house, being one of the first of that material in the township, and from brick made there. He uow owns eighty acres of land ; built part of his residenee in 1874, and enlarged and completed it in 1878. Married Miss Caroline Cum- mings, of Steuben Co., N. Y., Aug. 15, 1851 ; have seven children-Charles F., born May 6, 1852 : Grace, June 23, 1855; Ann E., Aug. 28, 1857, died Oct. 15, 1858; John T., born Sept. 23, 1859; Arthur W., Feb. 6, 1861 ; Albert E., Jan. 2, 1863; Olivia A., Aug. 23, 1865. He was Clerk of School District four years. Members of Baptist Church.
FRANCIS A. HOFFMAN, P. O. Jefferson ; ex-Lieut .- Governor of Illinois.
SILAS A. HATHAWAY, farmer, Secs. 16 and 21 ; P. O. Aztalan; his father, Silas Hathaway, came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1839, and located in Aztalan Township, Jefferson Co .; in 1849, he moved to Milford Township and bought eighty acres of land there ; he is now dead. Mr. Silas A. Hathaway was born March 25, 1810, in Norris Co., N. J .; in 1816, went to Monroe Co., N. Y., with his family, and worked there as carpenter; in 1836, went to Mount Clemens, MeComb Co., Mich .; in 1856, returned to New York State; in 1871, came to Aztalan Township, Jefferson Co., Wis., and bought seventy-three acres of land from his brother-in-law (on School Seetion 16); the latter came to Aztalan in 1836, and worked as a blacksmith and wagon-maker; he built the village of Aztalan almost entirely, and bought the original farm from the State. Mr. Hathaway married Miss Marion Brower, of New York, in 1832, and has three children-Charles E., Samuel W. and Lydia N.
JOHN KOHL, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Jefferson ; born Aug. 16, 1837, in Bavaria; came to America in the spring of 1847, and located in Waukesha Co., where his father bought forty acres of land ; he died in 1851, when John aud Charles Kohl inherited the property; in 1863, J. Kohl moved to Aztalan Township, Jefferson Co, and bought one hundred acres of land, with barns; he built his resi- dence in 1869. Ile was Assessor of the Township in 1879, and Clerk of Distriet Schools from 1872 to 1877, inclusive. Charles Kohl enlisted, in 1861, in the 5th W. V. I., and served with them till the battle of Williamsburg was fought, where he was killed, in 1862. Mr. J. Kohl married Miss Barbara Bruckner, of Aztalan, Sept. 22, 1863; six children-William, born June 6, 1864; Caroline, Oct. 14, 1865; Charles, June 9, 1869; Herman. Aug. 8, 1871; Ernest, Nov. 16, 1873; baby boy, Aug. 19, 1879. Members of Evangelical Association.
CHRISTOPHER LANG, farmer, See. 26; P. O. Jefferson ; born June 24, 1830, in Bavaria ; came to America with his parents in 1846, who located in Jefferson Township, Jefferson Co., Wis., and he, unfortunately, lost both parents almost immediately afterward, his mother dying in 1847 and his father, John Lang, in 1849; in 1853, Mr. C. Lang bought sixty acres of land in Aztalan ; he now owns one hundred aeres on Sec. 26, twenty on Sec. 15, twenty on Sec. 36; he built his first barn in
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1861, and a farmhouse in 1863; the barn was destroyed by fire in 1873; built his present brick resi- dence in 1872, and erected a new barn in 1874. Two of his brothers, Peter and Adam, enlisted in the 29th W. V. I. in 1861 ; the former was killed at Vicksburg, but Adam served till the close of the war, and is now living in Iowa. Mr. L. married Miss Mary Herman, of Wurtemberg, Sept. 1, 1854; they have five children-Peter, born Feb. 2, 1857 ; J. Fred, March 30, 1859 ; Flora, April 19, 1863 ; Maggie. June 25, 1865 ; Eddie, May 7, 1872. Mr. L. is serving his thirteenth year as Treasurer of the School District ; is a member of the Evangelical Association, of which he is Trustee for the third term ; he has served as Sunday-school Superintendent for over twenty years.
OSCAR J. MILES, farmer, See. 13; P. O. Johnson's Creek ; born Jan. 29, 1827, in Clay, Onondaga Co., N. Y .; in August, 1846, he came to Wisconsin, and located in Aztalan Township, Jefferson Co., where his step-father bought forty acres of land and built a log house ; the latter worked in a saw-mill and afterward in a flour-mill in Jefferson ; at his death, about 1850, the land was deeded to Mr. Miles ; he now owns 130 acres ; he built a frame house in 1853, and his present brick residenec in 1875. Married Miss Ann Lane, of Farmington, Dec. 31, 1864; have three children-Miriam A., born Oct. 12, 1866 ; Mina G., May 26, 1869; Mary Maud, Sept. 2, 1875.
CHARLES J. NEVINS, farmer, Secs. 26 and 27; P. O. Jefferson ; born Dec. 28, 1841, in Caledonia Co., Vt .; in 1846, he came to Wisconsin with his parents, who located in Aztalan Township, Jefferson Co .; he worked for his father till 1866, when the latter gave him eighty acres of land ; he built his house in 1866, a barn in 1871 and a granary in 1877. Married Miss Clara Hake, of Aztalan, April 2, 1877 ; he has three children by a former marriage-Charles V., Frank B. and Orrie J. He served as School Clerk one year. Jacob J. Nevins, deceased, father of the above, was born in 1818, in Caledonia Co., Vt .; came to Wisconsin in 1846, and located in Aztalan Township, where he bought 100 acres of land with his brother, and they paid for it by logging winters; afterward, he increased it to 320 acres and built the residence in 1866. Married Miss Betsey M. Green, of Caledonia Co., Vt., in May, 1839; he died April 9, 1874, leaving four children-Charles J., Sarah Jane, Henry O. and Caroline.
BESSIE L. SEWARD, teacher, Sec. 31 ; P. O. Harvey ; her father, Martin N. Seward, was born in New Haven Co., Conn., July 14, 1818; came to Wisconsin in 1846, located in Aztalan ; engaged in farming, and worked as carpenter and joiner in 1849; went to Jefferson City, and worked at his trade two years; returned to his farm. He has been Superintendent of Schools, and has held several local offices, and been Deacon of the Congregational Church twenty years. Married, in New Haven Co., Conn., M. E. Hull, of that place ; has five children ; owns 130 acres.
H. B. SMITH, farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. O. Harvey ; born in Oneida Co., N. Y., Aug. 19, 1814 ; came to Wisconsin in 1837 ; located in Aztalan ; went to Chicago, where he remained two years; returned to Aztalan in 1839, since which time, he has been cultivating his farm of 400 acres. In 1878, was appointed Postmaster. Married at Marshall, Oneida Co., N. Y., Feb. 11, 1841, Mary Birdsall, of Dutchess Co .; have four children living and lost one.
HON. GARDNER SPOOR, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Aztalan; born March 28, in Monroe Co., N. Y., where he worked on his father's farm; in September, 1846, he came to Wisconsin and bought fifty-one acres of land in Dane Co., which he soon afterward sold and then moved to Aztalan Township, Jefferson Co., and bought eighty acres of wild land on School Section 16 and built a frame residence, that being the first house in that section. He was Treasurer of the township in 1853; in 1862, was enrolling officer for Aztalan Township; was elected member of the Legislature in 1864 for the session of 1865; Republican ; was Supervisor before his election to the Legislature, and was Chair- man of Supervisors in 1876; he served as Justice of the Peace for five years. Mr. Spoor now owns ninety-eight acres of land on which he raises all kinds of grain and stock. Married Miss Emily Hyer, of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Oct. 27, 1862; she was born in Franklin Co., N. Y., in 1834; have three children-Mary, born July 27, 1863; Mattie, March 1, 1865; Georgie, Jan. 18, 1867. Mrs. S. is a member of the Methodist Church.
JASON C. TYLER, farmer, See. 16; P. O. Aztalan ; born May 4, 1825, in Washington Co., Vt., where he worked as a farmer and in a saw-mill for his father; in October, 1848, he came to Wisconsin and located in Aztalan Township, Jefferson Co., and bought on School Section 16 eighty acres of land ; in 1849, built a large frame house, in which they still live ; on arrival, the land was all unbroken, with plenty of deer and wild animals roaming about; in breaking the first fifteen acres, they used a two- foot plough, with seven yoke of oxen attached, turning in oak-sernb and everything as it came. Married Miss Elizabeth Rose, of Fort Atkinson, a native of England, Oct. 7, 1849; they have four children- Henry H., born Nov. 11, 1850; Edwin E., July 26, 1833; Julia A., April 15, 1857; Willis E., Dec. 7. 1863. Mr. Henry Rose, father of Mrs. Tyler, came to America in 1837 and landed at Milwaukee
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June 30, of that year, with his family, and stayed with Mr. Dwight Foster, of Fort Atkinson ; he bought a farm two miles from there, where Mrs. T. lived till her marriage. Mr. Rose died in August, 1864; the estate still belongs to the family.
MILFORD TOWNSHIP.
M. R. CLAPP, farmer, See. 9; P. O. Milford; born in Boston, Mass., March 3, 1803; came to Wisconsin in 1840; located in Aztalan Township (now Milford) ; went to improving land ; was mem- ber of the Territorial Legislature of 1845 and 1846 ; has held several minor local offices. Married, in Westminster, Vt., Feb. 5, 1839, Miss Olivia A. Holton, of Vermont ; is owner of 200 acres.
THOMAS FETTERLEY, farmer, See. 16; P. O. Milford ; born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., June 13, 1847 ; came to Wiseonsin with his father and family in 1850, and located in Milford Township ; he is at present Town Clerk. Married, in Milford, May 2, 1867, Miss Mary Benton, of Jefferson Co., N. Y .; has five children-Ralph, Ernest, Mary A., Mabel R., and an infant; is owner of ninety-five acres of land.
WALTER S. GREENE, proprietor of Milford Flouring and Grist Mills; born at Salis- bury, Herkimer Co., N. Y., May 23, 1834, came with his father and family to Wisconsin in 1846, locating at Milford. In 1852, engaged in mercantile business at Prairie du Chien ; in 1854, he went into milling business with his father at their present place ; in 1859, he opened a store at Milford, where he sold goods four years ; in 1865, parchased 400 acres of farm land in Milford Township ; was a member of the State Legislature of 1862 and 1863; was, in later years, elected County Treasurer, which office he filled one term ; was also a member of the State Senate of 1873 and 1874; was one of the two Judges from this State to the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876, and has been President of the Town Board for a number of years. He married, in Pennsylvania, Dec. 12, 1861, Miss Ella C. Potter, daugh- ter of Gen. Potter, for some years a resident of Watertown, Wis .: she died in April, 1863. He married a second time in Waterloo, Wis., Dec. 4, 1866, Miss Jeanette Guile, daughter of Judge Guile. N. S. Greene, father of W. S. Greene, was born in Greenfield, Saratoga Co., N. Y., Jan. 21, 1810; moved to Salisbury, at which place he married Miss Elizabeth M. Griswold, a native of that place. He came to Wisconsin in [846, located, with his family, at Milford, and engaged in his present business ; he succeeded his son to the State General Assembly in 1864; is still in business with his son at Milford. William A. Greene, brother to W. S. Greene, is station and tieket agent C., M. & St. Paul R. R., at Hubbleton, Wis .; was born at Salisbury, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1838 ; came with the family to Wisconsin in 1846. In 1861. he entered the army as Second Lieutenant of Co. D, 16th W. V. I .; was promoted, after the battle of Shiloh, to First Lieutenant, and July, 1862, to Major of 22d ; to Lieutenant Colonel of the 29th W. V. I. April, 1863, and again to Colonel of same regiment in April, 1864, and commanded the regiment until the elose of the war. Married, at Milford, Sept. 13, 1865, Mary A. Mills, of New Jersey.
C. G. GRIGGS, tavern keeper, Sec. 6; P. O. Hubbleton ; born in Tolland Co., Conn .. Sept. 18, 1825 ; came to Wisconsin in 1846; located in Milford Township; engaged in milling; in 1852, went to keeping tavern, and for some years sold lumber. Married, in Connecticut, April 16, 1843, Corintha Dunham, of Connecticut, who died in 1848. Married a second time, at Hubbleton, Milford Township, Aug. 16, 1853, Mary Moon, of Germany ; have nine children.
RICHARD HOOPER, mill owner, Sec. 6; P. O. Lake Mills; born in England, Aug. 11, 1828; came to America in 1846; went to California in 1850; engaged in mining until 1853, when he returned to Wisconsin and bought his present mill, known as Hooper's Mill, and, in 1854, went to milling ; has also seventy acres of land. Married, in Milford Township, July 4, 1854, Miss A. E. Lent, a native of New York ; has four children-E. W., born April 29, 1859 ; Lilly J., born Dec. 24, 1863; Eveline MI., born Nov. 12, 1867 ; John L., born Aug. 24, 1873.
E. P. INGALLS, farmer and cheese mannfacturer, Milford ; born in Jefferson Co., N. Y .; came to Wisconsin in 1849 ; located in Aztalan Township; went to farming; in 1854, moved to Milford Township; engaged in farming ; in 1870, moved to the village where he now resides, and, in 1871, built a cheese-factory ; began the manufacturing of cheese; his factory burning down, he, the same fall, purchased a building which he converted into a factory, which he again started in 1872. Was Superintendent of Schools ten years ; has been JJustice of the Peace, Town Clerk aud Assessor several years. Married, at Rutland, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Dee. 31, 1840, Miss Charlotte A. Stiekney, of New York. Owns 118 aeres ; have two children living ; lost four.
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THOMAS J. MILLS, farmer, See. 34; P. O. Milford ; born in New York Dee. 26, 1827 ; came to Wisconsin in 1841, locating with his father and family in Watertown ; in 1852, he went to Cali- fornia ; engaged in mining until 1857 ; returning, went to farming. Has been Supervisor eight or ten years. Married, at Milford, March 5, 1860, Miss Silesta Rand, a native of New York ; have three chil- dren-Mary J., Carrie E. and Ella M. Is owner of 120 aeres.
WILLIAM TORPEY, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Milford ; born in New London, Conn., April 20, 1842; came to Wisconsin with his father and family in 1854; located at Watertown ; in 1856, came to Milford Township. His father, William Torpey, was born in Ireland ; came to Wisconsin with wife and three children in 1854; in 1856, bought 120 aeres where the family now reside; he died in May, 1862, sinee which time the farm has been managed by his sons, William and Edward.
WILLARD WAITE, carpenter and builder, Milford ; born in Orange Co., Vt., May 4, 1825 ; came to Wiseonsin in 1855 ; located in Milford Township ; bought eighty acres of land, and went to farm- ing; continued until 1875, when he bought a residence in the village, where he now resides ; has been, since 1875, engaged in building and carpenter work. Has been Justice of the Peace and Assessor two years. Married, in Caledonia Co., Vt., Dec. 4, 1849, Miss Annie S. Paine, of Vermont. Is owner of 140 aeres of farm land, managed by his only son, George E.
HEBRON TOWNSHIP.
ARIAL BARNES, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Hebron; born in Otsego Co., N. Y., Feb. 3, 1793 ; his early life was spent in his native State; at 18, he removed to Rockland Co., N. Y., where he married Miss Sarah Johnson in 1814, who died Sept. S, 1868, leaving eight children-Hester A., Mary, James, Arminda, Hiram, Arial and William T. Mr. Barnes lived in Cayuga Co., N. Y., twenty-five years as a farmer, and came to Jefferson Co., Wis., in 1855, locating on the farm he now owns of sixty- five aeres, which he has improved and on which he now lives with his daughter Mary, the widow of Alex- ander Carman, who died Ang. 3, 1877, leaving four children-Antoinette, Jay, Eleanor and Charles. Mr. Barnes is a stanch Democrat; he united with the M. E. Church at the age of 19, of which he has since been an earnest and active member.
CHARLES C. BROWN, farmer, Sees. 10 and 11; P. O. Hebron; born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Oct. 23, 1836 ; came to Jefferson Co., Wis., at the age of 10, locating on a farm in Hebron ; after eighteen months they removed to the village of Hebron, where they lived about twenty-two years. Mr. Brown was in the mill of J. Powers twelve years; spent one year in Jefferson and enlisted Ang. 21, 1862, in the 28th W. V. I .; was with his regiment in Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisi- ana, Alabama and Texas ; was in the battles of Helena, Ark., Greenwood, Miss., Mark's Mill and Saline River, Ark., Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, Ala .; the regiment saw much hard marching and fighting and was discharged in September, 1865. On his return, Mr. B. spent two years in Hebron, then set- tled on the farm he now owns of eighty-eight acres. He married Miss Caroline Jones, of Hebron, Nov. 26, 1854; they have eight children-Ida, George, Edward, Willie, Dennis, Samuel, James and Cora. Mr. Brown is a Republican, and has been Town Treasurer; is a member of Hebron Lodge, No. 265, I. O. O. F.
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