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 111

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

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C. J. STURDEVANT, foreman and ear repairer ; born in Erie Co., Penn., Nov. 30, 1841 ; came to Baraboo in 1876; has been in the employ of the C. & N. W. R. R. Co. nearly seven years. He enlisted Aug. 28, 1861, in Co. E, 27th N. Y. V. I., and served about two years, the term of his enlist- ment. He received a very serious sealp and skull wound at the battle of Gettysburg, an unhealed wound that he will earry through life. He was married Dee. 21, 1868, to Miss Tomah MeCarty ; she was born in Canada ; they have three children-Nettie May, Sylvester and Bennie Burton. In politics, Mr. S. is a Republican.

C. A. SUMNER was born in Akron, Ohio, then known as Middlebury, March 16, 1831, where he resided until coming to Baraboo in April, 1855; engaged in mereantile business ; continued in general trade until 1874. In 1866, he purchased the Warren farm, nursery, ete., and made the improvements in 1867; sold the place to Mr. Warren in 1878; completed his present hotel building, ready for oeeupaney, in September, 1878. From July, 1876, to February, 1877, he carried on the erockery business in Chicago" when he removed his stock to Baraboo. Mr. Sumner has been engaged in mercantile business sinee he was 17 years of age. He was married in Galena, Ill., Oet. 16, 1860, to Millie Van Hyde ; she was born in Hadimarsen, Holstein, Nov. 30, 1841, and came to New Jersey in 1848; they have four children living-Carl, born March 21, 1863; Julius I., May 12, 1865; Anna Louise, Nov. 18, 1870, and Nellie Minerva, Jan. 15, 1875.

C. A. SWINEFORD, Division Superintendent of the C. & N. W. R. R. ; born in Ashland, Ashland Co., Ohio, July 12, 1840; eame to Wisconsin in August, 1863, and located at Fond du Lae, where he remained about a year. He was eonduetor for nine ycars on the Wisconsin Division of the C. & N. W. R. R; then went to Chicago, where he remained until eoming to Baraboo, Jan. 1, 1874. Since February, 1874, he has held the position of Division Superintendent. He has been connected with the C. & N. W. R. R. since 1863. Before coming to Wisconsin, Mr. S. had been connected with railroad work for about a year and a half.

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WILLIAM THATCHER was born Jan. 16, 1855, in Baraboo, Sauk Co., Wis., where he has always lived ; commeneed to learn the blacksmith tradc at the age of 14; after he had finished his apprenticeship, he started a shop for himself. In 1878, he commenced work for the C. & N. W. R. R. Co., at this place, where he is still employed. He was married, March 7, 1878, to Miss Ida M. Lezeart ; she was born in Sauk Co., Wis., December, 1855 ; they have one ehild-Claud.

TERRELL THOMAS, son of Benjamin and Joanna (Terrell) Thomas; his father was a native of Baltimore; his mother was born near Richmond, Va .; the subject of this sketch was born at St. Clairsville, Ohio, Jan. 10, 1826 ; when 21 years of age, went to Baltimore, Md., and entered a whole- sale and retail dry goods store, where he remained three years, then was engaged with his father in Ohio in dealing in produce and pork packing business ; in May, 1854, came to Wisconsin, locating at Madison and engaging in banking ; was Cashier of State Bank until January, 1857; came to Baraboo in July of that ycar ; engaged in banking here; organized the Sauk County, Bank, in connection with Mr. Mills, of Madison ; Mr. Mills retired two years later, then Mr. Thomas conducted the business alone until January, 1873. Married at Cincinnati, May 26, 1857, to Sarah A. Williams ; she was born in Cineinnati May 12, 1831 ; have one daughter-Hannah W. (now Mrs. Rev. Robert Ritchie', of Quincy, Ill.

CARLOS C. THOMPSON, born March 27, 1849, in Baraboo, Wis., and has lived here all . his life ; he went to railroading in 1868, on the Milwaukce & St. Paul Railway, as brakeman ; in 1872, he commeneed with the Chicago & North-Western Railroad as fireman till May, 1878, when he took an engine, where he is still engaged. In polities, he is a Republican.

D. W. THOMPSON, superintendent of the bridge department of the Chicago & North- Western Railroad, on the Madison Division ; he was born in Monroe Co., N. Y., Nov. 5, 1827 ; he moved to Chieago in October, 1859 ; had charge of the wood-work shop for twelve years ; moved to Baraboo in February, 1875. He was married Dec. 20, 1853, to Miss Sarah P. Page ; she was born in Canada East ; they have four children-Alphonso H., Effie T., Wesley O. and Frances M. Mrs. Thompson is a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. T. in politics is a Republican.

THOMAS THOMPSON, carpenter and builder ; office and shop on Oak street ; he was born in England April 16, 1840; eame to America in 1855 with his parents; they located in Philadelphia for two years, and, in 1857, came to Sauk County ; located near Devil's Lake in 1862; moved into Baraboo, where he has followed his present business; he has also built a fine little steamboat, the Minniwakan, which he has placed on the lake, and it is a little gem, and is used by the visitors at. the lakc. He was married Dee. 24, 1866, to Miss Polley E. Warner ; she was born in Connecticut ; they have three children -Frank T., Noble and Louis.

CHARLES THURER, of the firm of Moeller & Thurer, on Main street, manufacturers of wagons and earriages ; repairing a specialty ; he was born in Switzerland, May 15, 1846, and came to America in May, 1866. He married, Nov. 15, 1869, to Miss Annie Tarnutzer ; she was born in Switzer- land ; they have four children living-George, Christian, Maggie and Edward L. Mr. and Mrs. Thuerer are both members of the German Evangelical Church, and in polities, he is a Republican.

FRED TOBLER, saloon-keeper on third street ; he was born in Switzerland Oct. 17, 1830, and eame to Sauk City in 1852, and to Baraboo in 1856. He was married, Jan. 12, 1853, to Miss Ursula Smith ; she was born in Switzerland. In politics, Mr. Tobler is a Democrat.

JAMES G. TRAIN, retired ; he was born in Merrimack Co., N. H., March 2, 1830 ; he stud- ied law with M. W. Tappan, and was admitted to the bar in October, 1853 ; he first eame to Baraboo in 1849, and in the fall of 1853, moved here with his family, and has lived in the county ever since ; he fol- lowed farming up to 1863 ; he was elected to the Legislature in 1856, and served one term, and in 1863 was elected County Recorder, and held the office two terms, and served on the Village Board for several terms. He was married Oet. 20, 1853, to Miss Emily R. Sheppard ; she was born in Merrimack, N. H. ; they have three children living -- Arthur P., Alice and Frank Marshal. Mr. Train and family arc Liberal in religion, and in politics, he is Independent.

JOHN M. TRUE. the subject of this sketch, was born in Moultonboro, Carroll Co., N. H., Oet. 9, 1838, and came from New Hampshire to Merrimack, Wis., in the spring of 1866, and engaged in farming and mercantile business ; in the fall of 1866, he removed to See. 32, town of Greenfield, and en- gaged in farming and teaching, until he was elected Register of Deeds, in 1874; then sold his farm and came to Baraboo ; he is now fitting up a farm on Sec. 31, town of Greenfield, and Scc 36, town of Bara- boo, having purchased the farm in 1877 ; he was re-eleetcd Register of Deeds in 1876 and 1878 ; while liv- ing in Greenfield, he was Town Clerk for four years ; he was also member of the County Board for two

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years and held other minor offices, such as Justice of the Peace, etc. He was married at Moultonboro, N. H., April 20, 1864, to Mary Annie Beede ; she was born in Dover, N. H., Aug. 23, 1845 ; they have three children -Rodney Howard, Gordon Haines and Ernest Beede; Mr. T. is a member of the I. O. O. F., Subordinate and Grand Lodges and Encampments ; he has been President of the Agricultural Soei- ety for four years, and Secretary of the Sauk Co. Breeders' Association since its organization.

J. J. VALLIKETT, meat market on the corner of Oak and Main streets ; he was born in Montreal, Canada, March 15. 1845, and eame to the States with his parents in 1846; they located in Clinton Co., N. Y., and he came to Baraboo in April, 1855. He was married Dec. 9, 1866, to Miss M. L. Koons; she was born in Ohio; the children are Walter C., Ellis, Morean (deceased) and one unnamed ; Mr. and Mrs. Vallikett are both members of the Congregational Church, and in politics, he is a Republican.

DR. W. H. VITTUM, physician and surgeon ; he was born in Sauk Co., Wis .; his office is located in the Bank Block ; he graduated March 21. 1875, at the University of Louisiana, at New Orleans.

WILLIAM F. WACKLER, proprietor of foundry and machine shop on South Side ; he . was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, March 16, 1842; eame to America in October, 1866, and located in. Milwaukee, and, in May, 1872, eame to Baraboo and started his present business. He was married, May 3, 1870, to Miss Bartra Pierson ; she was born in Milwaukee ; they have three children-Katie H., Har- ald and Arno. In polities, Mr. Wackler is a Republican.

COL. MARVIN C. WAITE was born in East Mendon, Monroe Co., N. Y., Dee. 13, 1809, where he resided until 17 years of age; he then went to East Bloomfield and learned the trade of making woolen eloth ; remained there until the fall of 1828, when he went to Batavia, Genesee Co., N. Y. ; from 1829 to 1833, he was traveling on the road with a wagon, selling patent medicines; in 1835, he went to Darien, N. Y., where he lived a little over a year ; in 1836, he went to Tecumseh, Mich., and engaged in the hotel business for over a year ; in 1838, he went to Pike's Peak ; in the spring of 1839, he eame back to New York State and located at Palmyra, Wayne Co. ; remained there until October of the same year, in the brick trade ; went to Mud Creek, Steuben Co .. N. Y., then, and went into the hotel business and grocery trade, which he continued until the fall of 1841 ; he then bought a woolen and saw mill near Bath, in the same eounty, ran it one year and a half, then went to Painted Post and kept hotel there until the fall of 1847; then eame to Racine, Wis .; was there until the spring of 1848; then removed to Whitewater, where he engaged in the practice of law until November, 1849, when he eame to Baraboo and engaged in law, real estate and nursery business, giving considerable attention to horticulture sinee he came here; in 1873, he removed to Bloomington, Ill., and engaged in abstract, loan and insurance business, but returned to Baraboo in October, 1879; the Colonel was Court Commissioner twelve years ; he was appointed by Gov. Dewey first Appraiser of the University lands of this district ; Notary Publie twenty years ; appointed by Gov. Dewey Colonel of the 27th Light Infantry. He was married, first in Medina, Orleans Co., N. Y., in 1834, to Elvira C. Sholes; she died in 1837, leaving one child-Helen E., now Mrs. Edson Wheeler, of Valley Springs, Minnehaha Co., D. T. ; the Colonel married his second wife at Hornellsville, N. Y., in December, 1839 ; her maiden name was Emily A. Robinson ; she was born near Hornellsville, N. Y .; one ehild living by this marriage-Clara V., now Mrs. H. G. Ellis, of Cineinnati, Ohio ; second wife died in 1867 ; in 1868, he married Susie A. Tyler; she died in 1875 ; married again Oet. 17, 1879, at Madison, to Mrs. Lydia C. Garlick ; she was born at Augusta, Me .; the Colonel became a member of the I. O. O. F. in 1839; was made a Mason in 1834, in Genesee Co., N. Y .; joined the Baraboo Lodge in 1853; was educated at East Bloomfield Academy and at Hamilton College.

W. C. WARNER, store on Bridge street, he also carries on a fruit and vegetable farm ; he was born in Rome, New York State, May 5, 1815 ; moved with his parents to Erie Co., Penn., in 1817 ; eame to Baraboo in 1851, and in 1852 brought his family ; in 1862, started for Colorado with ox and eow teams, taking his family with him; returned in 1864; when they arrived at Reynold's ranch, about 100 miles east of Denver, they were attacked by Indians and two of their number were killed; they lived in Colorado about two and a half years; he and his family then returned to Baraboo, where they have lived and still have their home; he had charge of the post office part of a year under Buchanan's administra- tion ; he is now Treasurer of Sauk County Grange and of Horticultural Society. Married, Sept. 17, 1836, to Rothilda Atkins ; she died in 1847; he was married to Miss Susan P. Patridge December, 1878; she was born in England ; they have five children living-Wilber W., Anna E., Ellen, Edwin R. and Frank A.

E. A. WATKINS, born in Springfield, Vt., July 25, 1831; went to Manchester to learn the machinist trade in 1848; took an engine on the N. Y. & E. R. R. in 1852, and 1862 he commeneed on the I. C. R. R. and run for about eight years; was foreman of round-house four years; in 1874, moved

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to Baraboo, Wis., and took an engine on the C. & N. W. R. R., the first year run extras and worked in the shop, since that has worked steadily in the shop. Married, July 5, 1865, to Miss Annette H. Davis, of Chester, Vt .; have two children-Frank E. and Ruth A.

WILLIAM WHEELRIGHT, engineer on the C. & N. W. R. R .; was born in Wash- ington Co., Vt., Oet. 25, 1844; he now lives at Harvard, MeHenry Co., Ill. He enlisted Aug. 31, 1861, in Co. K, 1st W. V. I .; served three years and three months; he came to Wiseonsin in 1855; com- meneed railroading in 1868, as brakeman for three years, then three years at firing, then took an engine in 1871 and followed the railroad into Baraboo, where he is still employed. He was married, May 6, 1865, to Miss Leonora M Oleott; she was born in Ohio; they have one child-Nellie M. His polities are Republican.

H. H. WEBSTER, blacksmith, on Third street; was born July 14, 1822, in Vermont; came to Baraboo in 1842; at that time the country was sparsely settled, not more than a dozen families in the town. He was married, September, 1855, to Miss Ann E. Calhoun ; she was born in New York State ; they have three children-Inez E., Fred E. and Bell P. Mr. and Mrs. Webster both are active members of the M. E. Church, and he is also an old and prominent Odd Fellow, and has passed through all of the ehairs, and has been a delegate to the Grand Lodge ; he is also a member of the Encampment

DAVID E. WELCH was born in Milton, Wayne Co., Ohio, Dee. 4, 1835; received a com- mon-school education ; in 1856, went to Bowen's Prairie, Jones Co., Iowa, where he remained until 1858, when he returned to Westfield, Medina Co., Ohio, to engage in mereantile business ; he was appointed Postmaster by President Lineoln, in 1861, which office he resigned to enter the military service in August of the same year. Enlisted as a private in the 2d Ohio V. C., but, upon the organization of his company, was elected 1st Lieutenant; subsequently, he was promoted through all the grades to Lieutenant Colonel ; was with his regiment during its service on the frontier of Kansas, Arkansas and the Indian Territory; then with the Army of the Tennessee under Gen. Burnside, and, after re-enlistment, with the Army of the Potomac under Gen. Sheridan ; after the muster-out of his regiment, he was retained, by special order of the War Department, in the Cavalry Bureau until February, 1866 ; upon leaving the service, spent one year in Venango Co., Penn. He came to Wisconsin in 1867, and settled as a farmer in the town of Del- ton, Sauk Co., where he served as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors four years ; removed to Baraboo, in 1876, to engage in the sale of agricultural machinery. He was a member of the Legislature in 1874 and 1875 ; was elected to the Senate for 1876-77, and re-elected for 1878-79, receiving 3,089 votes against 1,884 for Joseph Maekey (Demoerat), and 784 for J. B. Potter (Greenbacker). Col. Welch is still engaged in the sale of agricultural implements in Baraboo.

HENRY F. WILLARD, farmer, See. 13; P. O. Baraboo; born in the town of Chitte -. nango, Madison Co., N. Y., Aug. 15, 1826 ; son of Rufus and Eliza ( Warren) Willard ; came to Wiscon- sin in the fall of 1852, and located in the village of Baraboo ; located, where he now resides, in August, 1867 ; owns 58 aeres of land two miles from the village of Baraboo. He has held the office of District Treasurer for eight years. He was married, Dee. 20, 1848, in Racine Co., Wis., to Abigail, daughter of Joshua and Eliza (Parmerly ) Marsh ; they have two children-Emma and Ellen ; Emma is married to Nathan Sherman, and living at Mt. Tabor; Vernon Co., Wis., and has three children. For eight years, Mr. Willard was engaged in lumbering in Wisconsin ; in 1860, he went to Colorado and engaged in gold- mining, returning to Wisconsin in the fall of 1862. Mr. Willard's mother died in 1856; his father died in 1875, aged 75 years.

CHARLES H. WILLIAMS, son of Micajah and Hannah (Jones) Williams, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dee. 21, 1818; was educated in his native city, under the famous astronomer, Prof. O. M. Mitchell, afterward Gen. Mitchell, a graduate of West Point; Mr. Williams went into service as eivil engineer in Indiana, in 1836 ; pursued this oceupation about three years, when he accepted a position in the Ohio Life Insurance & Trust Co.'s Bank, at Cineinnati, of which his father was President; in the spring of 1843, he went to Toledo, Ohio, and opened a commission house under the firm name of Winslow & Williams, continuing in this business for three years. He was married Jan. 12, 1846, in St. Clairsville, Belmont Co., Ohio, to Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Joanna (Terrell) Thomas ; they had five ehildreu - Mieajah T., Benjamin (who died Jan. 29, 1851), Charles H .; Samuel M. and Alice (died May 3, 1859). After the death of his father, in June, 1844, he became the administrator of the estate; Mr. W. first came to Wisconsin in 1842, returning again in 1846, and locating in the city of Milwaukee, where he remained until the spring of 1853, when he settled on a farm in the town of Freedom (now Excelsior), locating where he now resides in the fall of 1870. While in Milwaukee, he was appointed Receiver of the United States Land Office by President Taylor, and served in this capacity four years ;

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was also a member of the Common Council of the city of Milwaukee, and served one term f was Treasurer of the Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien Railroad during 1858 and 1859; has been Chairman o the Board of Supervisors ; also School Treasurer in the town of Excelsior for a number of years ; he is a life" member of the State and County Agricultural Societics, and for ten years a member of the Executive Com" mittec of the former ; served as President of the county society several terms. Has been engaged as a farmer and breeder of improved stock in this county, in connection with other business, from 1853 to this time-devoted his time and farm largely to breeding short-horn cattle, one of the most profitable branches of farming-and laboring all these years to induce the farmers of the county and the State to engage in this very important branch of agriculture. Concerning the military record of the subject of this sketch, Gen. Guppey, of Portage, writes : " Maj. Williams raised Co. F, 23d W. V. I .; was the first Captain of that company, was promoted to Major of the regiment before it was mustered into the service of the United States, and was on active duty in that position till Feb. 25, 1863, when he resigned on account of ill health. He was, in all respects, an excellent officer, brave in the field, and hard-working in the camp and on the march, to secure the comfort and efficiency of the command. His ability was rated so high that at our first attack on Vicksburg, in December, 1862, he was placed in charge of the construction of a portion of the earthworks thrown up in the night time to cover the approaches of our troops, and performed that duty with great skill ; and when the attack of Dec. 27 and 28 was made, Maj. Williams commanded the regiment-Col. Guppey being in command of an attacking column of which the 23d formed a part, and Lieut. Col. Jussen being absent. At the capture of Post Arkansas, otherwise called Fort Hindman, Maj. Williams bore a distinguished part in the charge of the 23d, which drove the enemy from a cluster of cab- ins in front of his works, and forced him to flee to his intrenchments. This was the last battle in which Maj. Williams took part ; and soon after it was fought, the regiment, with, other forces, returned to the vicinity of Vicksburg, where Maj. Williams' health soon became so impaired by the effects of hard service and a malarious climate, that he was compelled to resign, as before stated."

CHARLES W. WILSON, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Baraboo; son of John and Emma J. Surner Wilson ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1869; located in the village of Baraboo ; located where now resides, April 1, 1880; owns 7 acres of land; born Oct. 14, 1844, in Salisbury, Conn. Married in the spring of 1870, to Maria L. Hazeltine, daughter of Phin. C. and Lydia A. Hart Hazeltine ; has three children-Nettie, Emma, Ettie. Mr. Wilson served in Co. C, 37th Mass. V. I., being mustered in in 1862; being a minor, only 17 years of age, his step-father, John Maston took him home, and refused to allow him to serve his country ; but young Wilson, determined to fight the " Rebs " enlisted again in the 27th Regiment, under the assumed name of " Charles C. Maston" and served until the close of the war, being mustercd out July 2, 1865, as First Lieutenant; he participated in twenty- seven battles ; among the rest were those of Spottsylvania, three battles of Fredericksburg, Gettysburg; Deep Bottom, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Sailor Creek and Shiloh ; in the battle of the Wilderness, he was wounded seven times ; he was detailed on scout duty by Major Young, Chief of the scouts on Sheridan's staff, and remained with them the last eighteen months of service ; being in the Rebel lines, the scouts surrendered with Gen. Lee. Mr. Wilson by trade is a mason and wagon-maker.

JOHN P. WITWEN, was born in Switzerland, Feb. 9, 1840; came to America in June, 1851 ; is the son of John P. Witwen and Elizabeth Luetscher, both natives of Switzerland; lived in Watertown, Wis., one year, then came to Sauk City and remained there until 1856 ; then moved on a farm in the town of Troy; he lived there until Aug. 15, 1862, when he enlisted in Co. K, 26th W. V. I. ; served until June 13, 1865, when he was mustered out ; was in all the battles his regiment participated in except Chancellorsville and Gettysburg; returned to Troy, and lived there until Jan. 1, 1877 ; he was lected County Clerk in 1876 and holds that office at the present time ; has conducted the Troy Flour- ing Mills since 1867 ; was Town Clerk in Troy during the years of 1870 and 1871 ; also Town Treasurer for two years in 1873 and 1874. Was married in the town of Granville, Milwaukee Co., April 11, 1867, to Susan B. Leister ; she was born in the town of Granville, Milwaukee Co., Wis., Sept. 17, 1846; they have three children-Lovina, Mary C., and Emma S .; lost one son, George, who was born Feb. 19, 1871, and died Oct. 5, 1874.

T. J. WOOD, P. O. North Freedom ; son of Joseph and Sarah (Wilton) Wood ; was born in Chittenden Co., Vt., June 12, 1816 ; was engaged in the mercantile business at Burlington, Vt. Was married Nov. 16, 1847, at Meredith Village, N. H., to Miss C. L. D. Vittum, daughter of David and D. B. Vittum; they have two children-Louie N. and Caddie ; resided in Vermont till 1852, then came to Wisconsin, locating at Baraboo ; Mr. Wood was Postmaster of Baraboo during Buchanan's administration. His son. Dr. Louie N. Wood, was married to Lucy Blish December, 1879 ; is practicing his profession at

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Wonewoe, Juneau Co., Wis. Mr. Wood's proper home is Baraboo; is temporarily stopping on a farm in Excelsior, Sec. 23.

EDWIN E. WOODMAN was born at St. Louis, Mo., June 1, 1838 ; received an academie and collegiate education ; removed to Wisconsin in 1856, settling in Janesville ; lived at Monroe, Wis., from 1858 to 1874; in the latter year, removed to Baraboo, and entered on the editorship of the Baraboo Republic, a work in which he is still engaged. On the breaking-out of the civil war, in 1861, he assisted to raise Co. B of the 13th Wis. V. I., and was commissioned Captain ; served three years, mostly on detached service ; was Post Inspector of Nashville on the staff of Brig. Gen. Robert S. Granger, and Topo- graphieal Engineer on the staff of Maj. Gen. Rousseau ; is by profession a civil engineer, and as such has had charge of some of the most important railway constructions in the Northwest; was resident engineer at Tunnel No. 3 on the North-Western Railway, in charge of construction. He was elected State Senator in 1879; received the honorary degree of Civil Engineer from the University of Wisconsin in 1880.

W. W. WOOLCOTT, contractor and builder and general commission dealer ; he manu- factures and repairs all articles in the wood line ; shop on the corner of Oak and Fifth streets ; he was born in Wyoming Co., N. Y., Oct. 8, 1827, and came to Baraboo May 7, 1854. Enlisted Feb. 4, 1865, in Co. D, 46th W. V. I., and served till the elose of the war ; in 1860, he was elected to the office of Con- stable and served one year. He was married, May 11, 1860, to Miss Katie B. Murphy ; they have three children living- Ellen L., John L. and Al. In polities, Mr. Wooleott is a Republican.

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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 111

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