The history of Sauk County, Wisconsin, containing an account of settlement, growth, development and resources biographical sketches the whole preceded by a history of Wisconsin, Part 108

Author: Western historical company, Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 840

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ANTON FISCHER, retired ; was born in Germany Nov. 5, 1833 ; came to America and to Sauk City November, 1851, and learned the tinner's trade, and was there till 1861, when he cnlisted in Co. D, 9th W. V. I., and was promoted to Lieutenant ; was mustered out December, 1864; he was elected County Clerk in 1866, and served ten years in that office. He was married, May 29, 1870, to Miss Lucy Pold ; she was born in the State of Wisconsin. In politics, Mr. Fisher is a Republican.

A. F. FISHER, druggist, on Oak street east of the court house ; was born in Sauk Co., Wis., May 10, 1857, and came to Baraboo, 1875 ; he was employed by Mr. Bacon, in the drug business, and in the fail of 1878, he bought the business out and moved into his present store Jan. 10, 1880.

J. G. FORD, editor Baraboo Democrat ; was born in Princeton, Caldwell Co., Ky., in 1831.

OTHO GERLAUGH, farmer, See. 11 ; P. O. Baraboo ; son of Adam and Catherine (Haines) Gerlaugh ; eame to Wisconsin in 1846, and remained one year, when he returned to Ohio; again in 1853, he eame to Wisconsin, and located in Freedom, now Excelsior, Sauk Co. ; purchased land where he now resides, in 1867, but did not loeate on it himself until April, 1878; he owns 143 aeres of land and one

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house and lot in the village of Baraboo; born Aug. 28, 1812, at Beaver Creek, Greene Co., Ohio. Mar- ried Ellen Kirkpatrick, daughter of Samuel and Mrs. Kirkpatrick, June 10, 1840, in Ohio ; had two children-an infant died unnamed, and Franklin, aged 19, was killed in the army. Franklin, son of Mr. Gerlaugh, enlisted April 1, 1861, in Co. A, 6th W. V. I., when but 18 years of age, and was killed at the battle of Antietam Sept. 17, 1862 ; participated in the battles of Gainesville; South Mountain, and other battles engaged in by his company. Mr. Gerlaugh's first wife died in 1847 ; married again to Har- riett Chapman, daughter of William and Rody (Culver) Chapman ; had three children, all of whom died ; names of children were Eleanor, Corwin C. and Julia E. May 6, 1850, Mr. Gerlaugh started from Ohio on an overland trip to California, in search of gold; the trip was made in four months; he returned Dec. 25, 1851. In religion, Mr. and Mrs. Gerlaugh are very liberal Free Congregationalists.

GEORGE B. GIBBONS, carpenter, contractor and builder; was born in Kent Co., Eng- land, Feb. 20, 1828; came to America in 1832 with his parents; they located in Madison Co., N. Y. ; came to Racine, Wis., May 9, 1845, and to Baraboo in April, 1850; he enlisted on Dee. 19, 1861, in Co. A, 19th W. V. I., and was promoted to Commissary Sergeant; was discharged Aug. 29, 1862, on account of disability ; then cnlisted in 3d U. S. Cavalry, February, 1863, and was discharged Sept. 9, 1865, on ae- count of disability. He has served as Under Sheriff for two years and Constable about twelve years. He was married, March 29, 1862, to Miss Mary Pointon ; she was born in Staffordshire, England ; they have six children-Lavina G., Franeila, Philip H., Charles L., Ida and George P. In politics, Mr. Gibbons is a Demoerat.

JOSEPH GILLIAM, dealer in flour and feed, Bridge strect ; was born May 7, 1826 at Liv- ingston, N. Y. State; moved to Mercer Co., Penn., with his parents; resided there till lic was married, April 20, 1847, to Miss Jane Hulby ; she was born in Mereer Co., Penn., in 1851; he moved with his family to Omro, Wis .; was there one year, and his wife died, leaving two children, viz., George and Lauretta; he then returned to Greenville, Penn. Was married a second time, Oct. 30, 1852, to Miss Isadore Sterns ; she was born in Sheridan, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. ; they have four children-Phebe F. (deceased), Clara E., Addie E. and Frank. Mr. Gilliam came to Baraboo in 1854. In polities, he is a Republican.

G. G. GOLLMAR, of the firm of Gollmar & Son, manufacturers of wagons and carriages, and general repairing ; he was born in Germany Dee. 12, 1823; eame to America with his parents in 1830-, and located in Ohio; removed to Baraboo in 1851. He was married Nov. 25, 1846, to Miss Mary Julian; she was born in Franee ; they have had thirteen children-Sarah (deceased), Jacob C., George J., Caro- line L., Ed, William H., Lillie M., Charles A., Benjamin F., Fannie, Saralı (deeeased), Frederick C. and Arthur H. In polities, Mr. Gollmar is Independent.

R. B. GRIGGS, of the firm of Jones & Griggs, dealers in ready-made clothing and gents' fur- nishing goods, Third street, west of the post office ; lie was born in Lake Co., Ill., Aug. 30, 1848 ; he came to Baraboo June 5, 1874. He was married, Oct. 11, 1877, to Miss Addie F. Williams; she was born in the State of Maine. Mr. Griggs, in polities, is a Republican.

WILLIAM S. GRUBB. The subject of this sketch was born at Wilmington, Del., Feb. 8, 1833; came from there to Wisconsin in the spring of 1851, and located at Madison ; took up a large tract of land at the west end of Mendota Lake, about one thousand acres, and improved the property to the extent of $30,000; he resided eight years on his farms, and in Madison until the fall of 1866; was at Sauk City in 1856 and 1857, and laid out a large addition there; platted what was known as Turner & Grubb's Addition. Married, at Sauk City, Dee. 12, 1856 ; his wife was born at Utica, Oneida Co., N. Y. ; they have one daughter living, Lizzie S., born near Madison, Dane Co., Wis. Augustine Grubb, the first of his family to come to America, came with William Penn. The daughter of Augustine Grubb was the first child born of Quaker parentage in Pennsylvania. The Penns were cousins of the Grubb family. Joseph C. Grubb, an unele of William S. Grubb, was one of the oldest merchants of Philadel- phia. William S. was commissioned by Gov. Randall as General of the Second Wisconsin Brigade, and was also appointed to the same position by Gov. Bashford. Mr. G. is at present Mayor of Baraboo. For the last ten years he has dealt extensively in hops, being now one of the largest dealers in that product in Wisconsin.

WILLIAM S. HARSEIM, Sec. 23; P. O. Baraboo ; was born"at Winchester, Va., Nov. 11, 1845, son of Augusta and Johannah Harseim; his father moved to Wisconsin when he was 2 years old, stopping at Milwaukee for six years, when he removed with his family to North Freedom, Sauk Co. ; Mr. H. remained with his parents until Oct. 4, 1864, when he culisted in Co. A, 19th W. V. I., and served his country until Aug. 9, 1865 ; his regiment raised the first flag in Richmond after the surrender.

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Mr. H. moved to Sec. 23, town of Baraboo, in the fall of 1865, where he has since lived ; he owns 40 acres. He was married Jan. 9, 1868, to Miss Amelia C., daughter of Stephen M. and Betsey Burdick ; Mrs. H. died Aug. 13, 1869, leaving one child, Gussie B., born Dec. 21, 1868. Again married May 21, 1871, to Miss Belle E., daughter of John and Sarah Capener, of Caledonia, Columbia Co., Wis. ; has two children-Ernest A., born Jan. 30, 1874, and Alma I., born Aug. 22. 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Harscim are members of the Second Advent Church.

E. W. HART, farmer, Scc. 22; P. O. Baraboo; born in Summit Co., Ohio, April 20, 1816 ; he came to Sauk Co. in 1846 ; he was married in September, 1838, to Rachel Lattie; she died about 1845 ; his present wife was Matilda Robinson. Mr. Hart has three children by his first wife-Hattie George W. and Maria ; has one child by his present wife-John C. Mr. Hart is a Republican in politics.

PHIN C. HASELTINE, farmer, Scc. 23; P. O. Baraboo ; son of Damah and Sophia Newell Haseltine; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1846 ; located in the village of Baraboo, Sauk Co. ; located where he now resides in 1855 ; has held the offices of School Director and District Clerk for sixteen years ; owns 60 acres of land three miles from the village of Baraboo; born Oct. 4, 1818, in the town of Middletown, Rutland Co., Vermont. Was married three times ; marricd first wife, Louisa Clements, in the town of Wells, Rutland Co., Vt., May 6, 1846; married second wife, Susan Hutchins, August, 1856 ; had two children-Maria Lucretia, Jacob, who died about 1859; married third wife, Lydia Anna Hart, daughter of Josiah and Mahala Harrington Hart, Feb. 17, 1874, in the village of Baraboo ; had one child-Agatha Zaluka. Josiah Hart, father of Mrs. Haseltinc, was born March 6, 1802, in Paris, N. Y., and died Feb. 3, 1873; Mrs. Hart, mother of Mrs. Haseltine, is, with her son Phineas J., living with Mr. Haseltine. Having arrived in Wisconsin, Mr. Haseltine, the subject of this sketch, was mobbed by the land-claimers, who were bound to protect each other at the peril of their lives ; but after giving him a trial, he was acquitted and not molested afterward ; Mr. Haseltine belongs to the Odd Fellows and Sons- of Temperance.

CHRISTIAN HOLSINGER, foreman of Wackler's machine shop, where he has been for seven years ; he was born Nov. 27, 1855, in Sauk Co., Wis. ; he is an attendant at the M. E. Church, and in politics is a Republican.

ROBERT HENDERSON, born Dec. 3, 1845, in the county of Durham, England ; came to America in 1873, and located in Chicago, Ill .; the same year he moved to Baraboo, in the employ of the C. & N. W. R. R. Co., at his trade-blacksmith. He was married, February, 1869, to Miss Elizabeth Richey ; she was born in the county of Durham, England, and came to America with her husband ; they have three children, viz., Charles R., Emily J., Robert A.

JOHN HEWITT, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Baraboo; son of Elisha and Catherine Benner Hewitt ; came to Wisconsin in 1870; located in the village of Baraboo, where he now resides, in July, 1877 ; owns 82 acres of land, four miles from the village of Baraboo-farm well improved ; born in West Montrose, Waterloo Co., Canada, July 27, 1850. He was married, in Baraboo, April 4, 1877, to Mary Moglar, daughter of John and Caroline Kline Moglar; Mr. Hewitt has two children-Freddie, and an infant unnamed. Before he engaged in farming he worked three years in a woolen-mill. Mrs. Hewitt belongs to the M. E. Church.

MICHAEL HIRE, mason, builder and stone-cutter; born in Scott Co., Towa, Aug. 14, 1840 ; moved to Wisconsin in 1868, and to Baraboo in 1873. He enlisted Aug. 13, 1862, in Co. E, 112th Ill. V. I., and served till the close of the war. He was married, Oct. 6, 1861, to Miss Betsy Morna ; she was born in England ; they have one child-Jessie B. In politics, Mr. Hire is a Republican.

GEORGE HOLAH, contractor and builder, Sec. 27 ; P. O. Baraboo; born in Huntingdon- hire, England, July 10, 1819. He was married, Dec. 25, 1844, to Miss Hannah Finnigan ; came to America in 1849 ; lived in Cleveland, Ohio, until 1851; arriving in Milwaukee May 25, this year, he came direct to Baraboo; remained in the village ten years, when he removed to his farm residence, where he now lives, Mr. H. has been an extensive contractor and builder, having built the public school building, bank block and all the brick business houses in Baraboo, with one exception; was the architect of the court house ; has had five children-Hannah B., born July 11, 1846, died when 1 month old; Hannah, July 16, 1847 ; Amelia, Sept. 9, 1848, dicd Jan. 9, 1854; Elijah A., July 9, 1850; George H., March 30, 1855. Mr. H. has been Supervisor, Town Treasurer and a member of the School Board for nine years.

L. O. HOLMES, Under Sheriff and Village Marshal, an office he has filled for the past five years ; he was born in New Hampshire Oct. 29, 1844. He enlisted in August, 1861, in Co. E, 7th N. H.

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V. I., and served about eighteen months, and was discharged on account of disability ; in Aug., 1863, he re-enlisted in the 3d N. H. B., and served till the elosc of the war. He was married, September, 1866, to Miss Vira Johnson ; she was born in Baraboo ; Mrs. R. Peck, her aunt, is the first white woman that settled in Sauk Co .; Mr. and Mrs. Holmes have four children-Willie II., Minta I., Guy E. and Attie L. In politics, Mr. Holmes is a Republican.

HENRY H. HOWLETT, seed-grower and farmer, Dec. 10; P. O. Baraboo ; son of Parley and Maria (Canfield) Howlett ; he came to Wisconsin February, 1857, and located in Baraboo, Sauk Co. ; he owns 80 acres of land near the village of Baraboo ; he was born Sept. 21, 1840, in the town of Onon- daga, Onondaga Co., N. Y. He married Josephine L. Strong, daughter of Argalus and Ann Eliza (Eaton) Strong, March 26, 1872; his wife died May 5, 1878 ; he has one child-Josie May Howlett. Mr. How- lett has been Treasurer of School District. He is a life member of Sauk Co. Agricultural Society, and also of the Horticultural Society ; he has been President of the Baraboo Farmers' Mutual Insurance Co. ; he has been a member of the Baraboo and Sauk Co. Grange. The father of Mr. Howlett was a minute man in the war of 1812, and one of the earliest settlers in Onondaga Co., N. Y. ; he was en- gaged in farming, the manufacture of salt and the curing of beef and pork; and was the first man to ship a cargo of salt into Ohio.

JOHN HALBERT HULL, the subject of this sketch was born in Greenbush, N. Y., Dec. 28. 1834 ; he resided in Saratoga Co. from the time he was 2 years old until he came to Chicago, in April, 1855 ; he has been connected with the C. & N. W. R. R., ever since he came West, first as brake- man, and for a number of years passenger conductor, until a year or two prior to the Chicago fire ; he was train dispatcher for five years, afterward for one year at Hudson, Wis. ; Jan. 17, 1874, he came to Bara- boo and has held the position of train dispatcher ever since. He was married in Chicago, June 10, 1858, to Harrict J. Near; she was born in Ballston Spa, Saratoga Co., N. Y., Sept. 8, 1841 ; they have five children-Ada M., now Mrs. John McCutchen, of Elroy, Wis. ; Charles M., George H., John Henry, and Arthur.

HERBERT N. HUNTINGTON (deceased) ; he was born in New Haven, Conn., April 16, 1809. and moved to New York State with his parents when quite young; he came to Baraboo with his family in 1851, and was a merchant at the time of his death ; he was one of the firm of Huntington & Stanley ; the name of the firm has not been changed, as his widow is holding the same interest. Hc mar- ried Feb. 2, 1836, to Miss Amanda M. Steele; she was born in Oswego Co., N. Y .; they had one child- Louisa A., now Mrs. Stanley. Mr. Huntington dicd Jan. 2, 1878. Mrs. H. is a member of the Congrega- tional Church.

P. P. JACOBS, proprictor of the City Hotel on Bridge St. ; he was born in Wyoming Co., N. Y., Jan. 6, 1837, and came to Sauk Co. in 1855, and followed farming and dealing in stock, etc. ; he owns 40 acres of land in the town of Excelsior, on Sec. 24, which he rents; Nov. 15, 1877, he took charge of the City Hotel. He was married, Sept. 25, 1857, to Miss Lucinda Petteys ; she was born in Wayne Co., N. Y .; they have one son-Fred W. In politics, Mr. Jacobs is a Republican.

SMITH JENNINGS, Constable ; was elected to that office seven years ago, and has been elected every term up to the present time ; he is also engaged in stone quarry ; he furnishes fine stone for buildings and dimension work of all kinds ; he was born in Stanford, Delaware Co., N. Y., May 2, 1835 ; he has one son, George B. In politics, Mr. Jennings is a Republican.

H. P. JONES, of the firm of Jones & Griggs, dealers in ready-made clothing and gents' furnish- ing goods, on Third street, west of the post office ; he was born in Walworth Co., Wis., April 19, 1849 ; came to Baraboo in 1873, and established his present business. He was married, Sept. 2, 1874, to Miss Mary E. Sharp ; she was born in Manitowoc Co., Wis. ; they have two children-Stacy S. and Margie C. In politics, Mr. Jones is a Republican.

AUGUST KAMRATH, meat market, on Bridge street ; he was born in Prussia, Germany, April 8, 1852 ; came to America with his parents in 1858; they located in Sauk Co., Wis., and he came to Baraboo in March, 1879.

J. F. KARTACK, gents' furnishing goods, tobacco and cigars, on Bridge street; was born in Austria Feb. 7, 1852; came to America with his parents in 1858; they located in Watertown, Jefferson Co., Wis., and in 1871 he came to Baraboo, where he is still engaged in business.

JAMES SPENCER KIMBALL was born in Strafford, Orange Co., Vt., June 12, 1817 ; his early advantages for education were limited to the district school, in which he was an ornament in scholarship and deportment ; at the age of 17, he left home without money or experience, but rich in a

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conscientious determination to do right; this principle and a strong desire for improvement lay at the foundation of his character and constituted his entire " stock in trade; " by adopting the strictest princi- ples of temperance, industry and economy, he accumulated means sufficient for a liberal education ; his academic course was taken at Shelburne Falls, Mass .; in 1843, he entered Dartmouth College, from which institution he graduated in 1847 ; subsequently, the degree of A. M. was conferred on him by his alma mater ; immediately after graduating, he entered upon his chosen profession, that of teacher ; in 1847-48, he was Principal of the high school at Woburn, Mass .; in August, 1848, he, with fifteen other teachers, left Boston for St. Louis to engage in their professional work. On this tour to the " Far West," an impromptu (?) marriage was sprung upon the party at Niagara Falls. Here Mr. Kimball united his for- tunes with those of Miss Clara Partridge, of Templeton, Mass., one of the party ; the ceremony took place on board the " Maid of the Mist," a gallant little steamer that plied her daily antics under the Falls ; on her trip, Aug. 10, 1848, she " missed the maid." On arriving at St. Louis, he took a position in the " English and Classical High School," of which Prof E. Wyman was Principal ; after four years' service in this school, he became Principal of the Wayland Female Seminary at Upper Alton, Ill. ; in 1856, he moved to Keokuk, Iowa, where, for ten years, he was engaged in teaching in public and private schools ; in 1866, he moved to Baraboo, Wis., having been engaged as Principal of the Collegiate Institute ; in this position he labored six years ; during nearly all these long years of toil in the schoolroom, Mrs. Kimball was his faithful and efficient assistant ; his first term of teaching was in 1839 and his last in 1878, extend- ing over a period of just forty years, during which time in three cases only was he detained from the schoolroom a single day by sickness ; he is now Town Clerk of Baraboo. He and Mrs. Kimball became members of the Baptist Church in 1842, and have been active and efficient members of that denomination ever since. Their children are three sons and one daughter, the latter of whom dicd in childhood and was buried on the banks of the Mississippi amid the flowers of June ; the sons are all engaged in active busi- ness. Prof. Kimball retains his mental and physical faculties in a remarkable degree, which he declares to be the result of sociability, absolute temperance, and loyalty to Republican principles.

N. C. KIRK, proprietor of Kirkland (at Devil's Lake) Vineyards, picnic grounds, wine cellar and cottages for guests, etc. ; the extent of his grounds and his parks is about 250 acres ; he was born in the castern part of Ohio; came to Baraboo in the spring of 1850. In politics, he is a Democrat.

HUGH KELLEY, born March 3, 1853, in Sheridan, N. Y .; in 1858, he moved to Baraboo with his parents ; at the age of 15, he went to learn the printer's trade, and continued work at that for about five years ; in 1874, he commenced work for the C. & N. W. R. R. Co. as night foreman in their shops ; in November, 1879, he took charge of their engine in the machine shop. He was married, Sept. 17, 1878, to Miss M. E. Ryan ; she was born in Columbia Co., Wis. In politics, he is a Republican.

DR. S. P. KEZERTA, dentist; office on Third street ; he was born in Ashtabula Co., Ohio; studied dentistry in 1838; came to Baraboo in 1856; he has lived here ever since, with the exception of about four years that he was in Illinois. He was married in February, 1857, to Miss S. S. Brown, of Fond du Lac; she was born in the State of Vermont; both are members of the M. E. Church ; he has been a minister of that church for thirty-five years. In politics, he is a Republican.

DR. T. KOCH, physician and surgcon; office at his residence: born in Prussia, Germany, March 28, 1828 ; he graduated at the Medical College at Berlin ; he came to America and to Baraboo in 1871 ; he has been in practice for twenty-six years. He was married in February, 1856, to Miss Anna Palm ; she was born in Berlin, Germany ; they have four children living-Charles A. O., Richard T., Margaret T. A. and Otto P. In politics, the Doctor is a Republican.

SUMMER J. LAMBERTON, deceased ; he was born in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, March 20, 1823; died March 13, 1871; came to Sauk Co. and to Baraboo in 1857 ; he was a merchant tailor, and was engaged in that business for about two years. Oct. 19, 1863, he cnlisted in Co. H, 17th W. V. I., and served about eighteen months, and was discharged on account of disability, which finally resulted in his death. He was married, Jan. 1, 1848, to Miss Ann Huntington ; she was born in Oswego Co., N. Y .; they have had six children-Katie Dell and Albert S. (both deceased), Clara Bell, Charles W., Laura C. and Edith.

C. A. LANGDON, dealer in lumber, lath, shingles, pickets, sash, doors and blinds, also building paper, on Bridge street, Baraboo; he was born Jan. 11, 1843, in Franklin Co., N. Y .; came to Baraboo June 26, 1856. Enlisted in Co. F, 23d W. V. I., and served nearly three years; was in the battle at Yazoo Swamp, and others ; from 1868 to 1873, was building railroads in Minnesota and Iowa; in February, 1875, started in the lumber business. He was married, September, 1866, to Miss Nellie Burnham ; she was born in the State of New York; they have three children-Wm. M., Emma L. and Dora.

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LANGDON BROTHERS, proprietors of tub and barrel factory, on Water street, Baraboo, Wis .; came when quite young, with their parents, and worked with their father at the same business for a number of years, and in 1879 built the factory which they are now running; they make a specialty of but- ter and pork packages.

REV. P. J. LAVIN, priest of St. Joseph's Church, Baraboo ; he was born in Ireland Aug. 14, 1840 ; he graduated first at Carlow, then at Athlone ; then he studied at Maynooth, and was ordained at St. Francis, Milwaukee; was then located at Madison, assisting Father Smith; after this, he established a mission in Dane Co .; then he went to Mauston, Juneau Co .; from Mauston to New Lisbon, Neeedah, Lemonweir, Marion, Tomah, Union Center, Warnerville, Lynden and Greenfield; in 1871, he returned to his native county, made a visit of about six months when he came back, and resumed his labor in the interest of his church; located at Black River Falls till May, 1872, attending several stations which were formed at that mission ; from there he went to Hudson, St. Croix Co., for a few months ; from that point to Erin Prairie, and was there till the spring of 1880; he then took charge of St. Mary's Church, at Baraboo, Wis.

GEORGE F. LODDE, butcher, market on Bridge street, Baraboo ; was born in Milwaukee Jan. 17, 1854 ; moved to Sauk City with his parents, and in 1879 came to. Baraboo, where he is still in business.

PRESCOTT E. LONGLEY; born in Albany, N. Y., Feb. 10, 1843; when an infant, his parents, Freeman and Millicent B. (Wood) Longley, removed to Massachusetts with their family and resided there a few years, also a short time in Vermont, then returned to the State of New York and set- tled at Sterling Center, Cayuga Co .; remained there three years, coming to Newport, Sauk Co., Wis., in 1854 ; removed from there to Baraboo in 1861. Prescott E. enlisted in Co. F, 3d W. V. C., in 1862; served nearly three years ; mustered out in July, 1865, and engaged in mercantile business in Baraboo when he returned from the army ; continued in this business one year, then clerked two years for C. A. Sumner, then with Savage & Halsted two years, when he went to Dixon, Ill., and remained there two years ; then traveled for the Victor Seale Company in Wisconsin ; was their first salesman ; then engaged in the dry-goods business for one year ; has been in the livery business since January, 1880. Married at Baraboo, Nov. 7, 1876, to Mrs. Mary Frances Sharp ; she was born in Hartford, Conn.

THOMAS McCOY, conduetor on the C. &, N. W. R. R .; he was born in Ireland Sept. 13, 1847 ; came to America with his parents in 1848; he commenced work for this company in 1874, and he came to Baraboo the same year. He was married, Sept. 4, 1876, to Miss Margaret Henry ; she was born at Port Huron, N. Y. Mr. McCoy is a Catholic, and his wife is a Presbyterian ; in politics, he is an Inde- pendent.

T. J. McDERMIT, foreman of round-house and machine shop at this place, Baraboo, Wis., for the C. &. N. W. R. R. Co., and had been engaged a number of years in the same business before he eame to Baraboo ; he was born Oct. 2, 1833, at Hampton Co., Penn. He married Arminta Troy ; they have three children-George, Mamie and Kate.

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The history of Sauk County, Wisconsin, containing an account of settlement, growth, development and resources biographical sketches the whole preceded by a history of Wisconsin, Part 108

Author: Western historical company, Chicago, pub Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company Number of Pages: 840

Author: Western historical company, Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 840