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 112

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

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GEORGE W. YOUNG, engineer on the C. & N. W. R. R .; was born in Vermont June 22 1840, and came to Baraboo in 1873. In 1861, he enlisted in Co. H, 13th I. V. I., and served three years ; he was at the siege of Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, and numbers of other battles. He was married, in October, 1876, to Miss Nellie Hateh ; she was born in Baraboo, Wis. ; they have one child-Mable F. In politics, he is a Republican.

JOHN YOUNG, Sheriff of Sauk Co .; was born in the town of Troy, Richland Co., Ohio, July 22, 1826 ; moved from there to Wisconsin, came to Sauk Co., and settled on See. 13, town of Troy, in Novem- ber, 1853, where he resided until eleeted Sheriff in 1878 ; he still owns the farmn where he first located. Before he was elected Sheriff, he was Chairman of the Town Board for five years. Married in Troy, Ohio, Jan. 8, 1852, to Amanda L. Day, a native of the same place, who was born Jan. 30, 1830; they have had seven children, five still living-Alvin L., Benjamin Day, Charley E., Orra Belle and Sarah Eleanor ; lost two-Elizabeth, died in July, 1867, and Jesse Edith was drowned Nov. 30, 1879.

VILLAGE AND TOWN OF REEDSBURG.

EDWIN ANDRUS, farmer, See. 29; P. O. Reedsburg; was born in Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Conn., Feb. 25, 1806; he is one of a family of four children ; when about 7 years of age, he was sent to Berkshire Co., Mass., and bound out to a Mr. Sage; lived with him until 15 years of age, but was dissat- isfied with the treatment he received, and had no opportunity for any education; through the kindly intervention of a friend, Mr. Smith, he was released by agreeing to remain until September of that year ; afterward, he began to learn a trade at Winstead, Conn., but, desiring to have a sailor's experience, he shortly afterward started for sea; went to several towns, but found no chance for going out as a sailor ; then went to Jersey City, at which point he paid out his last shilling for erossing the ferry ; he went to the northwestern part of New Jersey, having nothing to eat on the way but what he could pick up in the woods; when he reached Sullivan Co., N. Y., he hired out on a farm; he worked there at lumbering. At 19 years of age, Mr. Andrus married his first wife, Miss Susan Gillet, by whom he had five eliildren, all of whom subsequently died of consumption ; he stayed in Sullivan Co., N. Y., until 25 years of age, when, feeling discouraged there, he determined to secure a farm ; he started for Ohio with only $100, and bought a farm of 50 aeres ; here his first wife died Feb. 11, 1837. Mr. Andrus improved his first place in Ohio and afterward bought 100 aeres of wild land on the lake shore, near Cleveland, eleared it and built a house and barn upon it; he leased this place, and, coming West, settled, in 1854, upon his present place of 208 acres in See. 29, near Reedsburg ; in 1855, he sold his place in Olio; in politics, he is Republican; voted for Andrew Jackson when he was first elected. Mr. Andrus has spent much time in bee culture, and has now over 100 swarms. He married, for his second wife, Mrs. Macena Moore Cahoon,

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who had three children by her first husband ; Willard, her oldest son, was born Aug. 14, 1832; Celia, May 25, 1834; and Marian, Nov. 4, 1835; her husband, Mr. Jesse Swcet Cahoon, died in Ohio Feb. 28, 1836, from the effects of hard work. By his present wife, Mr. Andrus has five children-Ransom M .; Amelia, now Mrs. McClure, born Sept. 8, 1838; William, Oct. 21, 1840 ; Adelaide, Dec. 6, 1849; and Rosette, now Mrs. Sorge, Sept. 17, 1852. Mr. Andrus is a member of the Baptist Church.

WILLIAM ANDRUS. farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Reedsburg; born in Lorain Co., Ohio, Oct. 21. 1840 ; he came with his parents, in 1854, to Reedsburg, and settled on Sec. 28; in 1863, he bought his present place of 158 acres in Sec. 35. Mr. Andrus has been Assessor and member of Grange, and has acted as Church Trustce; he owns and runs the saw and feed mills which were built in 1856 by Messrs. Edwin Andrus, George Waltenburger and Willard Cahoon; he also owns the cheese factory now run by Mr. Bird H. Terrell. March 26, 1864, Mr. Andrus was married to Miss Adarene Terrell, who was born in Ridgeville, Ohio, in 1844; Mr. Andrus' family consists of five children, viz., Mary Belle, born Jan. 27, 1865 ; Addie Amelia, Aug. 28, 1867 ; William Terrell, April 14, 1868; Frank Claude, Nov. 30, 1869; and Robert Colyer, May 2, 1877.

WILLIAM H. BARRINGER, farmer, Sccs. 28 and 21; P. O. Reedsburg; born in Williamstown, Oswego Co., N. Y., July 17, 1819 ; his parents afterward removed to Ontario Co., N. Y .; from New York, Mr. William Barringer went to Iowa in 1844, where he took up claims, worked some time upon the land, and then sold out ; he also owned two village lots, which he sold. In Iowa, Feb. 19, 1846, he married Miss Lydia Goodwin, who was born in Pike Co., Ill., Dec. 22, 1830; in June of 1850, Mr. B. went to Reedsburg, Wis., where, in the fall of 1852, he bought part of his present farm, making . additions to it afterward, until he now owns 240 acres in Secs. 28 and 21; when he first went to Reeds- burg, there were neither stores nor grist-mill in the place, and Mr. B. was obliged to go to Baraboo for trading and marketing. Mr. B. has a family of twelve children, ninc of whom are living. Mr. William Barringer is the son of Henry and Abigail Barringer. He belongs to the Christian Church.

HENRY BLACK, Secs. 14 and 23; P. O. Reedsburg; born in Newbern, Franklin Co., Ind., Aug. 23, 1839 ; in 1856, he went to the town of Westfield, Sauk Co., where he lived until 1862, when he enlisted in Co. F., 23d W. V. I. ; passed through the whole of the Vicksburg campaign ; he was in two battles at Jackson, Miss .; was also at the engagements of Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Grand Gulf, Black River Bridge and Arkansas Post; during the last year of army service, Mr. B. was promoted to Cor- poral of his company ; he was discharged in 1865. Mr. B. was married Aug. 25, 1862, to Miss Catherine Herbel; he has a family of eight children, viz. : George H. F., born in Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 6, 1865 ; William E., born in Reedsburg Nov. 5, 1866 ; Phillippine, March 13, 1868, at the same place ; Inez E., in Excelsior, Wis., April 2. 1870 ; Harvey C., Feb. 22, 1872; Sarah A., July 17, 1874; Mary E., Jan. 10, 1877 ; and Jacob, who was born March 5, 1879 ; the last four were all born in Reedsburg, Wis. Mr. Black owns 80 acres of land in North Freedom, on Sccs. 14 and 23. The two families-Mr. Black's and Mr. Herbel's-are connected with the German Methodist Church. Mr. Black is now (1880) resid- ing on his father-in-law's-Mr. Herbel's-placc.

JOHN W. BLAKE, editor and proprietor of Reedsburg Free Press; was born at South Moulton, England, March 27, 1834; came to Columbus, Wis., with his parents, in June, 1848 ; remained there until August of same year, then came to Baraboo ; is the son of Philip and Mary (May) Blake ; his father lived at Baraboo about one year, then removed to Lemonweir, and there he died ; his mother is still living and resides in Baraboo. John W. commenced learning the printer's trade in the fall of 1851; in 1862, in company with Charles E. Stuwart (now of Chicago), purchased the Baraboo Republic, and they continued the publication for about a year and a half, and, for one and a half years, Mr. Blake conducted it without a partner ; he lived in Independence, Iowa, for a year and a half interested in the Bulletin ; then returning to Baraboo, connected with the Independent as long as D. K. Noyes continued its publication. Mr. Blake has been in the printing business all this time except five years before coming to Reedsburg ; July 1, 1878, he purchased the Reedsburg Free Press, with J. H. Powers ; Nov. 6, 1879, Mr. Powers re- tired. Mr. B. was Town Treasurer at Baraboo for five years, also Police Justice for a time. He was mar- ried in Baraboo to Mary E. Ambler, Nov. 13, 1856; she was born in Hillsdale, Mich., March 25, 1837 ; have had three children-Nettie M., Phillip Ambler (died Nov. 7, 1874, aged 13 years), and Louis C.

EDWARD F. BLANK, born in Cedarburg, Ozaukee Co., Wis., Dec. 27, 1854; his father, E. F. Blank, is still living at the above-named place, being one of the oldest settlers there. Mr. E. F. Blank, Jr., went to Kilbourn City about 1868, and went into general merchandise store with Mr. G. J. Hansen & Co., remaining there until 1872, when he went to Reedsburg, Wis., and took the position he still holds as clerk in Hansen, Gale & Co.'s hardware store, Jan. 31, 1878. Mr. B. was married to Miss

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Mary J. Wheeler. Mr. B. has one ehild, Genevieve, born Oet. 1, 1879. Mr. B. is Town Clerk. Repub- liean in polities.

GEORGE BOGENRIEF, farmer in See. 11; P. O. address, Reedsburg; was born in Mifflinburg, Penn., Jan. 1, 1818 ; he came to Beloit, Wis., in the spring of 1848, where he lived for four years, when he removed to Greene Co .; remaining there only one year, he went to Madison, Wis., where for four years he was engaged in machine business ; he is, by trade, a machinist; about the year 1857, Mr. B. eame to Reedsburg ; sinee that time, he has owned and improved two farms, and sold them again ; he bought his present farm of 80 aeres, in 1879. Mr. B. was married, April 20, 1842, to Miss Sarah Taylor, who was born March 6, 1825, in Lewisburg, Penn. Of a family of five ehildren, but one is liv- ing-George W., born June 30, 1851 ; he was educated at Reedsburg High School, and is now working at home on his father's place.

ALBERT BOEHM, photographer and taxidermist, was born in Prussia Dee. 4, 1829, and, before leaving his native land, studied for a druggist; he came to America, and landed in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1855; in the same year he went to Portage, Wis., where he was in the drug and photograph business until 1858, when he went to Juneau Co., Wis., where he remained five years ; in 1874, he re- moved to Reedsburg, Wis .; for nearly ten years, Mr. Boehm has been engaged in gathering together and preserving a very extensive collection of birds, inseets and small animals ; he has birds from Germany, and some speeimens from nearly every seetion of the United States-from the lakes to the gulf; he has also a large collection of minerals, shells, etc., the whole comprising one of the finest collections in the State. Mr. B. was married for the second time, in 1875, to Miss Franees Wolf; by his first wife he has four children-Bertha, Louise. Charles and Emma. Mr. B. is a member of Odd Fellows' Lodge.

A. S. BROOKS, proprietor of restaurant at Reedsburg, came to that town with his parents, in 1856. His father, Samuel Brooks, bought land and located near the village of Reedsburg. For two seasons, Mr. A. S. Brooks was with the Maekeys in Reedsburg mill, and, for seven years previous to eom- ing to his majority, lived in the family of H. W. Andrews. While working for the Government at Wash- ington, D. C., in 1864, Mr. B. enlisted in 2d Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery ; was mustered out in June of 1865. Mr. B. is a native of New York, born at Peterboro, Madison Co., N. Y., Dec. 22. 1841 ; he spent two years in Indiana, where he was associated with Andrews in the iee business; for a time he was fireman on Michigan Southern R. R .; then he went to Jackson, Minn., where he took up a soldier's claim, and began farming, but, for four successive seasons, he was eaten out by grasshoppers, after which he returned to Reedsburg ; at this place, Mr. B. has just ereeted a new briek building, 34x82, two stories in height-bakery underneath and a fine hall overhead ; the first floor is occupied as a store and restaurant. Mr. B. was married March 28, 1867, to Miss Nareissus E. Cornish, who was born Feb. 23, 1840, Mr. B. has one child, Mamie, born June 5, 1868. Mr. Brooks is now a member of the Village Board, a Mason and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic; he belongs to the Fire Company of Reeds- burg.

BENJAMIN W. BROWN, farmer, See. 32; P. O. Logansville ; born in Maryland May 8, 1823; when he was but 3 years old, his parents removed to Ohio, where he lived until he eame West. Oet. 21, 1847, he was married to Miss Mary Settle, who was born in Ohio June 23, 1826 ; they have uine children-Elizabeth, now Mrs. Warren ; Luey H., now Mrs. Fausnaught ; Sarah ; Rosella, row Mrs. Cross ; William F., David L., Naney R., Mary Emma, Benjamin W. and Ada. Mr. Brown settled on his present place, a farm of 40 acres, in the fall of 1855. In politics he is a Republican.

CHESTER BUCK, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Reedsburg ; son of Rev. Jared Buek, who was born in the town of Great Bend, Penn. Was married at Tunkhannock, Penn., Dee. 30, 1836, to Betsey D. Redfield, daughter of Russell and Betsey Redfield. Mrs. Buck was born in Bainbridge, N. Y .; lived in Wyalusing, Bradford Co., Penn .; came to Wisconsin in 1855 ; settled in Reedsburg, Sauk Co .; the next year they moved to the farm where they now reside; have three children-Luraney, now Mrs. Dennis Bishop, living in the town of Reedsburg ; Porter, married to Susan Teal, living in Reedsburg Village, Mrs. Porter Buck's people were among the first settlers of Sauk Co. The youngest, N. A. Buek, is a farmer living with his parents on See. 17; was born in Bradford Co., Penn., Jan. 7, 1842 ; eame to Wiseonsin with his parents in 1855 ; spent one year in the village of Reedsburg ; then moved to the farm where he now resides ; See. 17 has 120 aeres ; has been Director of his school distriet ten years.

E. F. BUELOW, proprietor of saloon and. billiard hall, Reedsburg; born in Prussia Feb. 28, 1830 ; eame to America in 1851, and, in October of that year, went to Sauk Prairie, Wis., and engaged in farming. In 1861, Sept. 26, he enlisted in Co. B, 12th W. V. I. ; he afterward became leader of the band

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for regiment, and, subsequently, promoted to head leadership of " quarter-band " of 17th Army Corps' under Gen. Howard ; Mr. B. was mustered out of service in August of 1865, and afterward went to Recds- burg, Wis., where he began his present business. Aug. 20, 1856, Mr. B. was married to Miss B. D. Hoobeen, who was born in Galway, Ireland, March 29, 1841 ; Mr. B. has had a family of ten children, of whom he has lost two ; his oldest son, George, was born Dec. 13, 1859 ; Katie, July 20, 1862 ; Edward, December, 1865 ; Hattie, Jan. 20, 1868; Nellie, Sept. 13, 1870 ; Thomas, Dec. 16, 1873; Theresa, June 21, 1876, and William, Aug. 10, 1878. Mr. Buclow is a member of the Odd Fellows' Lodge.

B. T. BURDICK, engineer of stave-mill, etc .; born in Vermont Oct. 4, 1835. He was married to Miss Sophronia Jackson April 28, 1861 ; this lady was born in the State of Pennsylvania Oct. 22, 1839. Mr. Burdick's parents came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1843, and settled on Sun Prairie, where they remained for four years ; removing at that time to Sauk Co., they bought land in that county and settled there on a farm. In the year 1850, Mr. B. T. Burdick left the farm and went to work in a steam-mill at Richland City, Wis. ; was there for some time, and then went to Dane Co. For the greater part of the time since 1862, Mr. B. has had charge of an engine at various points ; in 1863, he was in Jefferson Co., Wis. ; in 1864, had Government engineering in charge at Chattanooga, Tenn. Mr. B. came to Reedsburg in Sep- tember, 1878, and took his present position as engineer of the stave-mill. Mr. B. is a Methodist in relig- ion, a Republican in politics, and a member of the Odd Fellows ; he has had three children, but only one is now living, a son, Willie L., born Oct. 15, 1864.

NORMAN V. CHANDLER ; was born in Otisco, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Dec. 30, 1831; came to Wisconsin June 1, 1851 ; had no particular home until the 29th of March, 1852, when he located at Baraboo and took the contract to print the Sauk County Standard, and continued its publication for six months ; then going to Portage, where he remained a few weeks, when he went to Stevens Point and established the Wisconsin Pinery Jan. 14, 1853; continued its publication for one year, and then sold out and engaged in farming during the summer of 1854, then went to Bcaver Dam and established the Beaver Dam Sentinel; sold out in a few weeks and returned to Stevens Point ; engaged in various kinds of business there until the fall of 1857; he then came to Reedsburg and worked in the Herald office and printed it during its existence; then in other business until June 25, 1860, when he published the first number of the Free Press; continued its publication. until September, 1861; then removed the printing materials to New Lisbon and published Juneau County Argus until November, 1862; in February, 1863, he returned to Reedsburg and was engaged in hotel business during the summer of 1863; Jan. 4, 1864, he enlisted in the 4th W. V. C. ; served until the 19th of June, 1866, when he was discharged at Madison, doing service on the Rio Grande over a year previous to discharge ; then engaged in mercantile business here until February, 1867; then devoted his time to farming until February, 1872 ; then re-established the Free Press; published the first number of this paper on March 22, 1872, and continued its publication up to the time of selling out to Mr. Blake, July 1, 1878, and since then he has been looking after farm interests in Minnesota, until the spring of 1880, when he engaged in the furniture business in Reedsburg, in company with E. F. Barker, under the firm name of Barker & Chandler. In the fall of 1880, moved to Minnesota and engaged in farming. Mr. C. was married in town of Wheatland, Kenosha Co., Wis., March 3, 1852, to Matilda J. Parks ; she was born in Jersey City, N. J., Nov. 28, 1834, and came to Wisconsin with her parents in an early day ; they have ninc children-George A., born March 16, 1853; Marcia J., Feb. 20, 1855 ; Ellen L., Feb. 11, 1857 ; Clara B., Feb. 25, 1859; O. Leona, Jan. 6, 1862 ; Lula M., July 13, 1864 ; Schuyler P., May 5, 1868; Jessie J., May 13, 1872; Norman V., March 29, 1877.

L. D. CRAKER, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Reedsburg ; was born in Erie Co., N. Y., May 3, 1838; he came from New York, with his parents, to Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., Wis., in the year 1848. His mother, Rebecca Barrett Craker, died in April, 1849; shortly after this event he left home, and for four years resided with John Bacon, Jr. ; at the end of this time, in 1853, he went with his father, Mr. Z. Craker, to Reedsburg, Sauk Co., Wis. Mr. L. D. Craker had a most carnest desire for an education, and worked and attended school alternately, as opportunity offered, until by dint of hard work he had gaincd sufficient education for teaching ; he afterward taught school for several terms, and at intervals during the time attended the academy at Delton, where he took high rank in his classes ; thus, teaching and studying, his time was occupied up to the year 1863. July 4, 1863, he married Miss Lucelia Hurd, also a teacher, who was born in Ohio Nov. 3, 1845 ; they have a family of seven children-Luther, born Aug. 28, 1864; Alma, Aug. 27, 1867 ; Addie, born March 1, 1870; Clarence, born July 3, 1872; Francis, born Sept. 8, 1874; Rubie, born May 11, 1877, and Lester, born March 21, 1880. The family attend the Baptist Church. From 1864 to 1868, Mr. Craker was engaged in hop-raising; he then bought his present farm of 75 acres in Sec. 34. In politics he is a Republican. His father, Mr. Z. Craker, who is still living in the town of Winfield, Sauk Co., Wis., was born in England in the year 1811.

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MOSES L. CRANE, mason, Reedsburg; was born in Bloomfield, N. J., July 2, 1846; learned his trade in New Jersey, and worked at it, in his native State, for nine years; he settled on his present place of six or eight acres in 1874. He was married to Miss Elizabeth E. Whitely March 27, 1867 ; this lady was born at Little Falls, N. J., Dec. 10, 1845 ; they have four children living, and have lost two; Ada Anna, the oldest living, was born Dcc. 9, 1869; Moses L., born Dee. 16, 1874; Samuel W., born Aug. 5, 1876, and Ira T., born Feb. 26, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Crane belong to the Methodist Chureh.

AUGUSTUS DARRENOUGUE, barber ; he was born at Estiales, Franee, near the Pyre- nees Mountains, Jan. 3, 1841 ; he learned his trade in France ; in 1862, he enlisted in the French Army and served five years ; in the fall of 1867, Mr. D. came to America, and went immediately to Reedsburg, Wis. ; for three years, he worked on a farm, for one year at the jeweler's business, and for one year found employment on the railroad ; in 1873, he began business as a barber. in Reedsburg, and has added to this business a fine bath room, where steam and Russia vapor baths can be taken. July 23, 1874, Mr. D. married Miss Josephine Hess ; the family consists of two children-Forest, born Nov. 28, 1875, and Leon, born March 16, 1877 ; Mr. D. is an adherent of the Roman Catholic Church.

LUTE S. DEARBORN, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. O. Reedsburg, Wis. ; he was born in Neosho, Dodge Co., Wis., Jan. 13, 1851, where he lived until he was 14 years of age, when he went to Iowa, and spent one year ; in July, 1866, he settled, with his parents, on his present location, a farm of 35 acres ; his father, S. Dearborn, lives now in Baraboo, Wis. Aug. 23, 1874, Mr. L. Dearborn married Miss Hattie D. Knapp, who was born Sept. 14, 1854, in New York, near Danby ; they have two children-Mary Ella, born May 15, 1877, and Merritt Stillman, born Jan. 23, 1880 ; Mr. and Mrs. D. belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church ; in politics, Mr. D. is a Republican.

S. J. DEARHOLT, merchant, Reedsburg, Wis .; he was born in Westfield, Morrow Co., Ohio, Feb. 18, 1844 ; he came to Ironton, Wis., with his parents, and was on a farm there about four years ; then removed to the town of Westfield, Wis., where he lived for about five years ; he then removed to Reedsburg, and from 1867 to 1869, was raising hops near town, and running a blacksmith shop in the village ; in 1869, Mr. D. began mereantile business at Swede Point, Iowa, where he remained for two years, and then located, in the same business at Reedsburg in the spring of 1871. He was married, Dee. 29, 1865, to Miss Adelaide Mackey ; his wife was born in Albany Co., N. Y., July 12, 1845 ; they have two children-Lee, born Sept. 29, 1869, and Hoyt, born March 2, 1879.

F. DERLETH, blacksmith, Recdsburg ; born in Pennsylvania Oet. 23, 1845; married May 13, 1873, to Miss Mary Andres, who was born April 27, 1853; his family consists of four children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows : Henry, born March 1, 1874; Englebert, Oct. 28, 1876 ; Josephine, Oet. 22, 1878, and Leon, Feb. 8, 1880. Mr. Derleth is a blacksmith by trade; he eame to Sauk City, Wis., with his parents in 1852; his father, Michael, was a blacksmith, and from him Mr. D. learned the tradc, at which he has worked for about twenty years ; was, for nearly fifteen years, associated with his father in a blacksmith-shop; but, after his father's death, which oceurred in 1865, Mr. F. Der- leth came to Reedsburg, built his present shop and located in his business. Mr. D. is an adherent of the Roman Catholic Church.

WILLIAM DIERKS, brewer; born in Hanover, Germany, Mareh 22, 1841; came direct . from the old country to Reedsburg, Wis., June 7, 1866; his father, J. W. Dierks, died in the year 1876. Before leaving Germany, Mr. William Dierks had learned the earpenter's trade, and for the first nine years after coming to Amcriea, worked as eontractor and builder. In 1875, he opened a furniture store, and up to March, 1830, was engaged in that business ; he then sold out to Barker & Chandler, and bought an interest in Reedsburg Brewery. Mr. Dierks married Miss Lucy Gifford; he has three children -- Willic, Emma and Eddic. Mr. D. is a member of the New Lutheran Church; he also belongs to the Odd Fellows' Lodge.

HON. A. P. ELLINWOOD. This gentleman was born in Peterboro, N. Y., Sept. 9, 1833; at the age of 16, entered New York Central College at McGrawville, N. Y .. where he received his education ; he afterward taught school for three terms in McGrawville-teaching in the winters and attending school during the summers-afterward, had charge of Kishacoquillas Academy for a time. Mr. Ellinwood eame to Reedsburg, Wis., in 1858; taught school in the vicinity for one year, and then assumed position of Principal of Reedsburg Union Sehool, which position he filled until December of 1861. He enlisted in this month in Co. A, 19th W. V. 1., and was elected Lieutenant of the company ; he passed through the eampaigus of the Potomae and James, and belonged to the brigade, which was the first to

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enter Richmond after its surrender; was mustered out of service in 1865. Mr. Ellinwood was sent to the Legislature in 1877, and re-elected the following year ; has been Chairman of County Board for five years and is also President of Village Board ; has also been, for several years, Clerk of School Board. Mr. E is a Mason, and also belongs to the Sons of Temperanee Society ; his property consists of about 320 acres of land-much improved-and a lumber-yard in the town of Reedsburg. On his grounds, Mr. E. has arranged spacious fair grounds, and here, every season, the meeting of the Baraboo Valley Agricultural Society, of which Mr. E. is General Manager and Treasurer, is held. Fourth of July celebrations usually take place on these fair grounds. Mr. E.'s residenee and surrounding land is known as " Mott's Second Addition." Dec. 21, 1868, Mr. E. was married to Miss Hannah Cottington, who was born in Madison Co., N. Y., May 27, 1846 ; they have an adopted daughter, Edith, who was born Aug. 16, 1870. Sinee Mr. E.'s house was built and improvements made, a number of other very fine residenees have sprung up about the place.

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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 112

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