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CHARLES F. ZAUTNER, manufacturer of and dealer in boots and shoes; born in Prussia Feb. 22, 1849 ; he has worked at the trade of shoemaker for seventeen years; for the last six years in business for himself. Dec. 26, 1870, he was married to Minnie E. Krahn ; she was born in Prussia ; they have three children-Charles, Lydia and George. Mr. and Mrs. Zautner are members of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church. Mr. Z. is a member of the Fire Department and Harmonia Singing Society ; he is a son of John H. Zautner, who came to Watertown with his family in 1856; he is now engaged in farming in this township; one of his sons, Christoph, enlisted in Co. E, 20th Wis. V. I., in August, 1862 ; he was wounded at the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark .; he died Oct. 10, 1863, about two months after receiving his wound.
ANDREW ZICKERT, cooper ; born in Prussia March 21, 1832; came to Watertown in 1857, having lived six months in Canada prior to coming here ; engaged in present business for himself for the last fifteen years. Dee. 17, 1865, he was married to Otillia Steinbring; she was born in Prussia; they have three children-Samuel, Theodore and Otillia. Mr. Ziekert is one of the Trustees of the Ger- man Evangelieal Lutheran Church ; he has been Alderman of the Second Ward.
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MRS. ELIZABETH BAILEY, See. 13; P. O. Watertown. John Bailey was born March 12, 1830, in Pennsylvania ; came to Wiseonsin with his parents in 1837, and his father took up 300 acres of land in Watertown Township, Jefferson Co .; the country was quite new, woods coming to the door, through which pathways and clearings had to be made ; there was only one log house in Water- town, and they built a small shanty for temporary accommodation ; had to send to Milwaukee or Beloit fot provisions ; wolves and wild animals surrounded them and came to the door at night, and the Indians at one time congregated so thickly as to scare the pioneers, but they were peaceable. In 1850, Mr. John Bailey bought forty acres, and his father gave him eighty, of which fifteen acres were afterward sold. Aug. 11, 1862, he enlisted in the 29th W. V. I., and served twenty-two months; he was called the fighting-man of the regiment, and was at the battle of Port Gibson, siege of Vicksburg, the battle of Champion Hills, ete .; he fell siek at New Orleans ; Mrs. Bailey sent and had him brought home, and the disease he had contracted finally caused his death of consumption. He married Miss Elizabeth Terwilleger,
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of Whitby, Canada, Oct. 20, 1850 ; he died Sept. 24, 1873 ; they had eight children-Harriett A., who died at 21 years and 4 months of age; Mary A., Clara E., John T., Charles A., George, Isaac and Belle. The family are members of the Methodist Church.
ALANSON BOOMER, farmer, Sees. 9 and 8; P. O. Watertown ; born Feb. 14, 1815, in Jefferson Co., N. Y .; on June 6, 1836, he came to Wisconsin and remained in Milwaukee, prospecting for about a year ; in August, 1837, he located temporarily on a school seetion in Waukesha, but left in Decem- ber and came to Watertown Township, Jefferson Co., and took up a claim of two quarter-sections, and at the Government sale the land was bought in his brother L. E. Boomer's name ; the land was all wild, but Mr. Wood, who had squatted on one of the sections and whom they bought out, had built one of the earliest log houses erected in the township, in which Mr. B. lived till 1841, when he went back to New York ; from that time till 1845, it was in the hands of a tenant; then Mr. L. E. Boomer came West and took possession. Indians used frequently to come to trade, but they had no trouble with them, never even had anything stolen, which Mr. B. attributes to keeping whisky away from them and treating them as honorably as he would white men. At one time his brother anticipated trouble and wrote to the Governor, who sent arms to the settlers, but fortunately it proved a false alarm; in 1849, Mr. L. E. B. built a dam and saw-mill, and made bricks as well as farming; in January, 1858, Mr. A. Boomer bought his brother out after being East sixteen years. He built himself the handsomest farmhouse in the county, in 1861, and also erected all the barns and outbuildings; he now owns 350 acres of land, and raises principally wheat, oats, barley and corn, makes a specialty of fattening stock, keeping about forty head constantly ready for the market. Married Miss Lydia Van Wormer, of Watertown Township, January 12, 1862; they had one little boy who died when 1 month old; he has since adopted two children, the first a boy, who was drowned when about 8 years old, and then a little girl named Aliee, now living. He was Ward Supervisor two years.
ADAM BRUCK, farmer, See. 17 ; P. O. Watertown; born Oct. 10, 1828, in Prussia, and worked as a vine cultivator in the Rhenish Provinces ; came to America in 1849 and located in Watertown Township, Jefferson Co., Wis .; bou ;ht forty acres of land and built his house and barns; he now owns sixty-three aeres and raises rye, wheat, barley, oats and stock ; he also makes butter for the market. Ele married Miss Sophie Fortmann, of Prussia, July 11, 1850, and has had seven children-Sophie, born May 4, 1851, died Aug. 2. 1854; Mena, born Dec. 28, 1852, died Aug. 1, 1854; Mena, born Jan. 29, 1855 ; Sophie. Oct. 1, 1856; Anna, Dec. 29, 1858; Emma, Sept. 29, 1860 ; Frederick, Sept. 21, 1863. He Was Treasurer of Township one year, Supervisor of Township one year, Clerk of Schools fifteen years in succession, Treasurer of Schools three years; member of Lodge, No. 77, I. O. O. F. He and his wife are members of the Congregational Church.
A. W. CARLIN, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Watertown ; born July 14, 1807, in Crawford Co .. Peun .; eame to Wisconsin in 1844, and settled in Ixonia, taking up 160 aeres of wild land, eutting a road two miles long to get to it. He built the first log house in that neighborhood, there being no one between him and Hustisford, going north, and the nearest west was six miles away. In 1865, he sold out and bought eighteen aeres in Watertown Township, and then seventy-seven and one-quarter acres on the same road, of which he has sold thirty-five, retaining in all sixty and one-quarter arres, all in the city limits. He married Miss Ella Miller, of Erie Co., Penn , June 7. 1831 ; had six children-Avaline (who is dead ), Addison, Henry, Josephine, Henderson (who is dead) and Mary. Addison was in the Government employ during the war, shipping animals to New Orleans. In 1862, Henry enlisted in the 28th W. V. I. and served with them three years ; was at the battle of Helena, the taking of Little Rock, ete. Henderson enlisted, in 1862, in the 17th W. V. I .; served three years; re-enlisted in the same regiment, and served in it till the elose of the war. Mr. Carlin has been a member of the Good Templars for many years.
LUDWIG CORDES, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Watertown ; born Dee. 4, 1827, in Hanover, where he was a farmer; eame to America in 1847, and located in Watertown Township, Jefferson Co., Wis .; bought 240 acres of land, half of it from the Government. He now owns 120 aeres, and raises all kinds of grain and stoek. Married Miss Henrietta Hoafer Aug. 10, 1350; had eleven ehildren- Sophie (who died), Ann (who died), Hermann, Henrietta, Amelia (who died), Henry, Frank, Ann, Otto, Helen and Marie.
HON. H. FLINN, nurseryman and farmer, See. 8; P. O. Watertown ; born Mareh 7, 1825, in Leesville, Lawrence Co., Ind .; moved to Illinois in 1830 with his parents, who located in Paris, where he learned his profession of nurseryman. In 1848, he came to Wisconsin and settled in Water- town Township, Jefferson Co .; bought two and one-half aeres and afterward five aeres of land near the College; then ten acres on Silver Creek, when he sold the first two pieces. About 1858, he bought ninety-nine aeres of prairie and timber land, a tavern stand and ferryboat in Iowa, and sold
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it within six days. In 1859, he bought 120 acres in Iowa for $600, and, within a year, sold it for $1,200 ; then bought forty acres near Columbus, Wis., and sold it at an advance of $150. In 1860, bought 160 acres near Delton, on Webster Prairie, and sold it at a loss of over $800. In 1874, bought his nursery grounds and farm of sixty-two acres, on which he raises all kinds of fruit and shade trees and evergreens suitable to this climate ; on the farm, he raises all kinds of grain and stock. Married Miss Annice Frost, of Hustisford, Wis., March 10, 1850 ; had eight children-Eunice (now Mrs. Squiers), Alvy N., Harriet (now Mrs. Hurtubise), Annie, Eudora, Viola, Benjamin and William S. (who died at 9 years of age). Mr. Flinn was Mayor of Watertown for 1873 and 1874; was employed in the Quartermaster's Department in St. Louis from 1864 till the close of the war; member of Assembly for 1877, 1878, and is for 1879; was elected the first time without opposition, polling 2,034 votes. In 1879, he received 819 against 534 for J. Gibb (Independent Democrat), 5,387 for Shennick (Independent Dem- ocrat), and 183 for S. S. Woodworth (Greenbacker). He was Alderman of the Third Ward for 1877.
JOHN Q. HULL, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Watertown ; born Jan. 19, 1810, in Butternut, N. Y .; moved with his parents to Washington Co., where he received a common-school education ; in 1824. moved to Johnsburg, Warren Co .; worked there, part of the time farming, and, for three years, in a saw and grist mill ; in 1844, came to Wisconsin and settled in Watertown Township ; took up fifty aeres of land, partially improved, with log house, etc .; afterward, added more land till he owned 108 acres, but has sold all but sixty acres; he built his residence in 1849-50; the barn he built in 1847. Married Miss Maria Qua, of Washington Co., N. Y., May 3, 1837 ; she was born Nov. 10, 1810. William H. Norton, a nephew whom they had adopted, enlisted in a Wisconsin regiment in March, 1865. Mr. Hull was Supervisor for 1849 and 1850, was Chairman four times and held the office in all eight years; he was Enrolling Officer for the army in 1862. Members of the Methodist Church, in which he has held the offices of Trustee and Steward since 1852; he is now Chairman of Board of Trustees. Mr. H. was Executor of Thomas Mitchell's estate for ten years, Trustee of Thomas Janes for ten years, Executor of Crowley's estate and Executor of Michael Gamble's estate for three years.
JUDSON METCALF, deceased ; born Nov. 6, 1785, near Boston, Mass. ; came to Wiscon- sin in 1846 and located in Watertown Township, Jefferson Co .; bought sixty acres of land ; he died in June, 1864, leaving the property to a son and daughter-Daniel Metcalf and Mary Ann Hall, who have since added fifty-five acres, making 115 in all. Mary Ann married Thomas Hall Jan. 14, 1853; he died Jan. 20, 1856. Daniel Metcalf married Miss Harriet E. Hoisington, of Farmington, Jan. 16, 1868; he died Sept. 16, 1876, leaving four children-Ella, born Feb. 10, 1862; Francis W., May 18, 1865 ; Myrtie A., Sept. 22, 1868; George D., Oct. 23, 1874. The property now belongs to Mrs. Metealf and Mrs. Hall ; Sec. 25 ; P. O. Pipersville.
JOSHUA NORMAN, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Pipersville ; born in 1824 in Somersetshire, England ; eame to America about 1833 and landed in Canada with his parents, who died there ; came to Watertown in 1851; for eighteen months, was teaming to Milwaukee and through the country, taking emigrants ont, buying provisions, etc .; in 1853, rented a farm in Ixonia Township, and, in 1855, went to Appleton and bought 120 acres of land for $200, and, in three months, sold it for $550, and returned to Watertown Township, bought eighty acres for $1,600, leaving $900 on mortgage, and only had a yoke of oxen and a cow ; first year did not raise enough to pay interest; in 1861, sold out for $1,600 and went to Canada, but returned almost immediately and repurchased it, giving $100 bonus ; in 1866, bought thirty-two and a half acres in Ixonia for $2,000; in 1868, bought forty acres for $1,500 ; in 1871, bought thirty-two acres in Ixonia for $2,700 and paid for it all in two years, having to make up $2,300 to do so ; built the residence in 1876; everything is now nnincumbered and in a thorough state of cultivation. Married Miss Martha Hughes, of Watertown Township, Feb. 22, 1853; have six children-John P., Joanna, George W., Hugh, Thomas C. and Lizzie A. He was Treasurer of School District three years and Road Overseer three years.
WALTER PEASE, farmer; born March 20, 1799, in Windsor, Hartford Co., Conn; his profession was that of a hatter; in 1830, went to Hartford City and carried on a hatting business, still running his factory at Windsor ; in the fall of 1849, came to Wisconsin and located in Watertown, Jeffer- son Co., two of his sons having preceded him ; purchased fifty-six acres at first, but now owns 140 acres, which is entirely devoted to farming. Married Miss Olive Denslow, of Connecticut, Sept. 4, 1825 ; she died in Mareh, 1834, leaving five children-Walter L., Joseph G., Oliver D., Ruby B. and Olive A. He married Mrs. Minerva C. Griswold, of Connecticut, in December, 1854, who had one ehild by this mar- riage-Frank H., who died at 6 years of age, and three by her former marriage-Abiah B., James D. and Emma H. Griswold. In 1861-62, Oliver D. Pease raised a company in Jefferson Co., of which he was Captain; on April 9, 1862, he was wounded at Shiloh and died three days afterward. Abiah B.
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Griswold came home on a visit from Chicago, and, on his return, was killed by the explosion of an engine- boiler at Milton Junction. Mr. Pease was member of the City Couneil of Hartford several years ; he was Director of the Farmers' & Mechanics' Bank there, and he was Assessor of Watertown three years.
GUSTAV RABBACH, farmer, See. 33; P. O. Watertown; born July 7, 1835, in Prussia, where he worked on his father's farm ; came to America in 1859; worked in Janesville, Wis., for a time ; then moved to Watertown Township, Jefferson Co., and worked out till 1863, when he bought thirty acres of land; in 1867. sold it and bought forty aeres; in 1872, sold out and bought forty aeres on the Jefferson road, and, in 1877, sold that and bought the farm he now owns, of eighty acres; built his house, barns, etc. ; he raises all kinds of grain and stock. Married Miss Sophia Mass, of Prussia, Dec. 22, 1864, and has had seven children-Minnie MI., born Nov. 27, 1865; Emma M. S., May 9, 1867, died June 28, 1867 ; Ida H., born Oet. 3, 1868, died Jan. 24, 1869 ; Mary M., born Oct. 3, 1868, died Jan. 22, 1869; Anna A., born Sept. 11, 1869; Emile G. J., July 3, 1875 ; Wilhelm J., May 18, 1877, died Sept. 17, 1877.
JOHN W. ROBERTS, farmer, Sec. 25 ; P. O. Pipersville; born April 25, 1819, in Carnar- vonshire, Wales, where he worked in a slate quarry ; came to America in 1849, and located in Watertown Township, Jefferson Co .; in 1853, bought eighty acres of land ; at this time, he had to baul his grain to Milwaukee, the railroad being built to Watertown two years afterward ; has since added twenty-five acres, making 105 in all; he built his house in 1853, and the barns in 1861 ; he raises all kinds of grain and stock. Married Miss Catherine Humphrey, of Carnarvonshire, Wales, Feb. 15, 1837 ; she died, leaving two children-John G., born March 29, 1846; William A., May 13, 1848. John G. enlisted in Co. H. 27th Wis. V. I., Oct. 25, 1862, for three years, and, after that, into other regiments, in which he served till the close of the war. William A. enlisted in the 52d Wis. V. I., in 1865, and served to the end of the war. Married Miss Mary Hughes, of Anglesea, Wales, June 16, 1851 ; have four children- Owen HI., born Nov. 27, 1852; Elizabeth A., Jan. 24, 1855; Thomas G., April 6, 1860; Robert MI., July 13, 1863. Members of Welsh Presbyterian Church.
THOMAS SHILLCOX, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Watertown ; born May 13, 1824, at Milton Mowbray. Leicestershire. England ; left in 1843, and landed in America in 1844; worked in New York City as gardener, etc., till August, 1851, when he came to Wisconsin and located in Watertown, Dodge Co., and worked for John W. Cole, one of the first settlers in this district, till 1857, when he moved into Jefferson Co. and bought twenty acres of land on the Wilder road ; he built his house in 1860; now owns forty acres of land, and raises all kinds of grain and stoek; he was drafted twice into the army, and enlisted into Co. A, 51st W. V. I., but did not leave the State. Married Miss Mary Ann Dalton, of Nottinghamshire, England, Nov. 14, 1843; have six children-John, born June 4, 1845; Ruth, April 15, 1850; Eliza, Dee. 23, 1853; Annie, March 14, 1856; Charles, Sept. 20, 1353; William, July 26, 1863. John enlisted in the 2d W. V. C. Washburn), in 1862, and served three years with them in Mis - souri, Louisiana. Texas, etc. Members of the Episcopal Church.
F. W. SIDOW, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Watertown ; born Oet. 2, 1838, in Prussia; came to America in June, 1853 ; located in Watertown Township, Jefferson Co .; worked out at farming. also, at Madi- son, in a bakery ; in 1861, bought twenty acres; in 1863, sold it and bought forty acres ; in 1872, bought forty aeres more ; now owns eighty acres; enlarged the house, built barns, etc .; he has raised all kinds of grain and stock ; he was sick with typhoid fever twelve weeks; afterward caught cold and it settled in his back, so that he could not work for a year. Married Miss Augusta Wiegand, of Prussia, Dec. 11, 1863 ; have six children-Emmie, born Sept. 2, 1864; Minnie, Nov. 12, 1865; Edmond, Sept. 5, 1868; Amalia, Nov. 5, 1872; Phillippina, Feb. 24, 1875; Alma, Nov. 3, 1877. He was Treasurer of the township for one year, and is Supervisor for 1879.
FREDERICK TEICH, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Watertown; born Jan. 6, 1835, in Prus- sia, where he was a farmer ; came to America in 1861, and settled in Watertown Township, Jefferson Co., Wis .; bought sixty acres of land, with house, barns, etc .; he raises all kinds of grain and stoek. Married Miss Caroline Iremann, of Prussia, Dec. 14, 1865; have had four children-Matilda A., born June 2, 1870: Hermann F., Nov. 30, 1872; Maria A., Oct. 12, 1875; Emma L., June 13, 1879. Members of the Lutheran Church.
AUGUST TEICH, brother of Frederick ; born in August, 1837, in Prussia; came to America in 1861, and settled in Watertown Township; in 1865, bought fifty aeres of land, and raises all kinds of produce. Married Miss Henrietta Shmuden, of Prussia, June 13, 1865 ; five children-Robert, born Oct. 1, 1867 ; Wilhelm, Aug. 4, 1869; Anna, April 7, 1872; Ada, Mareb 28, 1874; Emma, Dec. 4, 1878. Members of the Lutheran Church.
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FREDERICK VERGENZ, farmer, Sec. 36 ; P. O. Pipersville; born April 3, 1837, in Prussia ; came to America with his parents; inherited ninety acres of land, on which he raises all kinds of grain and stock. Married Miss Louisa Bussewitz, of Prussia, June 24, 1862 ; have eight children- Martha, born April 19, 1863 ; Frederick, June 21, 1865; Charles, July 26, 1867 ; Mary, March 9, 1869; John, March 3, 1871 ; Louise, Jan. 29, 1873; Edward, May 28, 1875; Hermann, Dec. 20, 1877. He was Supervisor of township two years. Members of the Reformed Episcopal Church.
JOHN VERGENZ. deceased ; born March 9, 1804, in Prussia ; came to America in 1852, and settled in Watertown Township, Jefferson Co .; bought 240 acres of land in May of that year. Mar- ried Miss Henrietta Dencer, of Prussia, Feb. 21, 1825. He died Nov. 14, 1865, leaving four children- John, Martin, Frederick and Augusta. The real estate was divided among the three boys.
WILLIAM WIGAND, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Watertown; born April 24, 1840, in Prus- sia ; came to America July 21, 1848 ; his father bought eighty acres of land in Watertown Township, Jeffer- son Co., Wis., and Mr. W. worked for him till 1862, when he gave him the farm, and the father died in fall of that year. Mr. W. now owns 100 acres and raises all kinds of grain and stock. On their arrival only three acres had been broken ; they made all the improvements themselves; built the barns in 1850 and the house in 1852, and now all is cleared except eight acres of woodland, kept for their own use. Married Miss Philippina Pfeifar, of Prussia, Dec. 2, 1862 ; they have five children-Emma L., born Nov. 9, 1863; Edward, Nov. S, 1867 ; William, Sept. 21, 1871; Louis, May 21, 1874; Clara, Sept. 19, 1876. He was Supervisor of township four years; Treasurer of township one year. They are mem- bers of the Lutheran Church.
CHARLES B. WILKIN, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Watertown; born in 1815, in Orange Co., N. Y .; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1839, and located in Watertown Township, Jefferson Co .; took up 160 acres of land ; returned East in the spring of 1841. In 1843, came back to Wisconsin ; visited the East occasionally, but considered Watertown his home. In the fall of 1840, Mr. Wilkin and a friend tried to run some logs down the river, but at the mill-dam the logs parted and let him through, but, fortunately, the current carried him to the bank all safe, much to the surprise of his friends; that same year,six or eight rafts with two men on each, went as far as Lake Koshkonong, where they waited for favorable winds three or four days, and got frozen solid, and had to remain twenty-four hours before they could get to land, when they had to abandon the rafts. In 1846, he sold eighty acres. His brother, who came in 1839, owned one-quarter section; he died in 1856, and Mr. W. inherited the property, but has since sold eighty acres of it. He now owns 180 acres; he built his barn in 1858, and his house in 1860 ; he raises all kinds of grain and live stock, wheat being the staple.
FREDERICK WINKENWERDER, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Watertown; born Feb. 2, 1837, in Mecklenburg ; came to America in 1851, and worked in Milford for six months, then came to Watertown and clerked in a store till the fall of 1860, when he went into partnership with George Hemp as a dry-goods and general merchandise dealer. In the fall of 1863, they dissolved, and he and his brother ran the business till 1865, when they sold out. In the fall of 1866, he bought a stock of goods at Hustis- ford, Dodge Co., but in the spring moved back to Watertown, and kept store there till the spring of 1873, when he bought 120 acres of land in Farmington Township ; sold that in 1875, and bought 120 acres in Watertown Township; sold again in 1877, and bought the farm he now owns, of 120 acres ; he raises all kinds of grain and live stock, and carries on a good business. Married Miss Frances A. Bates, of Farns- ington, Oct. 12, 1862; they had seven children-George, born April 17, 1866; Alice, May 5, 1868 ; Carrie, born May 29, 1869, died July 21, 1870 ; Hattie, born Sept. 17, 1870 ; William, May 10, 1873 ; Nellie, Feb. 21, 1876 ; Jane, Dec. 14, 1878.
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HENRY ARNSTEIN, merchant, firm of Arnstein & Muck, Jefferson; was born in Bohe- mia, Austria, April 23, 1845 ; came to America in 1869 ; landed in New York ; thence to Milwaukee and to Madison, Wis .; then returned to Milwaukee, where he remained three years ; began business in Jeffer- son in 1872. Married Miss Fannie Loebel Sept. 28, 1872; she was born March 13, 1851, in Bohemia ; they have had four children, two living-Washington, born July 1, 1876, and Herbert, Aug. 17, 1878.
CHARLES BAIRENTHER, joint proprietor of tannery, Jefferson, born in Bayern. Ger- many, June 19, 1854 ; came to America in 1870, direct to Jefferson, where he has since lived. In 1874. he
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began in his present business with Mr. Troeger. Married Elizabeth Troeger Dee. 26, 1874; they have two children-Christopher, born Sept. 27, 1875, and John, December, 1878. Mr. B. is an Odd Fellow, and belongs to the Lutheran Church.
JOHN BAUER, farmer, See. 26; P. O. Jefferson ; born in Bavaria, Germany, Jan. 24, 1825, and came to America in 1846, and to Jefferson Co. in 1847 ; settled on his present place of 176 aeres in 1873. Married Barbara Stroetz; she died April 16, 1863; they have nine children-Anna, born Dec. 4, 1845 ; Mary, Jan. 25, 1848; Elizabeth, Sept. 17, 1850; Hannah, Feb. 10, 1852; Kathrina, July 27, 1857 ; Jacob, Dec. 31, 1853 ; George, Jan. 7, 1856; Lawrence, May 12, 1859; Edward, Jan. 19, 1861. The family belong to the Evangelical Association.
COL. GEORGE W. BIRD, attorney at law, Jefferson ; born in Milwaukee July 28, 1837 ; graduated at the Madison State University in June, 1860; on July 5, 1860, went into the law office of Smith, Keyes & Gay ; studied two years and was admitted to the bar; came to Jefferson in 1863, and established in the practice of his profession ; enlisted in Co. D, 40th W. V. I., May 24, 1864, and was discharged Sept. 16, 1864. Married, Oct. 2, 1864, by Rev. N. E. Chapin, at Aztalan, Wis., Miss Maria S. Sawin. born July 12, 1845, at La Porte, Ind ; they have four children, all born in Jefferson-Clare Brayton, born Oct. 27, 1868; Guy Sawin, April 16, 1871; Hobart, Sept. 10, 1873, and Maria Louise, April 5, 1876. Col. Bird was County Superintendent of Jefferson Co. for four years from January, 1866, to January, 1870, and from 1874 to 1876 was private secretary to Gov. Taylor ; has been Chairman of the town of Jefferson, and member of the County Board two years. He has also been a delegate from the Second Congressional District to the last three Democratic National Conventions. In Col. Bird's family there are four generations-his children, their parents, their grandmother, Mrs. Louisa M. Sawin, aged 64 years, and their great-grandmother, Mrs. Maria Brayton, aged 80 years-the widow of Deacon Jeremiah Brayton. Mrs. Louisa Sawin taught the first school in Madison, Wis.
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