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W. W. KESTER, farmer, Reedsburg ; son of Joseph and Sarah ( Bonnell) Kester; was born in Harrison Co., Va., Dee. 5, 1819 ; at the age of 15, he left his native State with his parents and moved to Delaware Co., Ohio. Here he was married September, 1841, to Rosette S. Washburn, daughter of Miles and Priseilla (Wood) Washburn ; Mrs. Kester was born in the State of New York ; they have had eight children, of whom all but one are living-Charles M., married to Julia A., daughter of L. D. King, and living in Ironton ; Sarah P., now Mrs. D. G. Spieer, of Reedsburg Village ; Charlotte J. (deceased), was the wife of ex-Sheriff R. A. Wheeler; Olive E., now Mrs. L. E. Gleason, residing in the town of
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Reedsburg; Harriet Alice, now Mrs. Robert Post, living in the town of Washington ; Clara B., now Mrs. Ira Cannon, living in Valton ; Pet, living at home. Immediately after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Kester moved to 'Tyler Co., Va. ; here Mr. K. was engaged in the ashery business ; after three years, returned to Ohio, and in June, 1855, came with teams to Sauk Co., Wis. ; settled on Section 36, Town 12, Range 3, now Ironton, where he still owns a fine farm of 120 aeres ; in December, 1879, moved to the village of Reedsburg, where he now resides.
C. H. KNAPP, farmer, Sees. 24 and 25; born in Collins, Erie Co., N. Y., Fcb. 19, 1829 ; in Junc, 1854, he went prospecting to Reedsburg, Wis., and in 1855 moved West and bought near Reeds- burg ; in 1864, he went to Idaho, but returned in 1869 and bought his present place. Mr. K. was mar- ried October 11, 1848, to Miss P. M. Fisk, who was born in Danbury, Rutland Co., Vt., May 17, 1830. Mr. K. has a family of eight children-Merritt A., Edwin L. and Hattie D., born in Collins, Erie Co., N. Y., on the following dates : May 22, 1849, May 16, 1851, and Scpt. 14, 1854; Frank C., born in Rcedsburg March 16, 1858 ; Mary E., Boise Valley, Idaho, Aug. 2, 1866 ; and Laura B., Walter R. and Alma B., all born in Reedsburg on following dates; Nov. 3, 1869, Dec. 8, 1871, and April 1, 1873. Mr. K. has been a member of the Town Board of Supervisors for two years. He owns 116 acres of land in the Rowley estate.
DR. F. W. KORDENAT was born July 18, 1826, in Germany ; was educated in Univer- sity Albertus, at Kocnigsburg, Prussia ; was also, for a time, in Koenitz Gymnasium, in West Prussia ; from the year 1847 to 1866 was surgeon in the German Army; then, in private practice in Germany until 1874, when he came to America, and located in Newark, N. J., where he practiced medicine for three years ; then he went to Honesdale, Penn., where he remained until his removal to Reedsburg, Wis., in May, 1880. Dr. K. has been twice married ; by his first wife, he had four children-Sarah, born July 17, 1851, now Mrs. Oskwald ; Charley, born Oet. 10, 1857 ; Martha, born Aug. 15, 1860, and Leo, born in April of 1866. Dr. K. was married the second time, in February, 1867, to Miss Frances Roehl ; by this marriage there is one child -George, born Fcb. 5, 1869. Dr. K. is a member of the German Evangelical Church of Reedsburg. Dr. K. was surgeon in the army during the. German-Austrian war, and is now crippled from the effects of a wound received at Koenigsgratz.
N. KRANZ, laborer, was born in Hanover, Germany, near Hesse Cassel, June 15, 1852; after coming to America, Mr. K. worked at home until he was 23 years of age, then began life for himself with shovel and hoe, and for some time, earned his living by burning lime ; he is now drawing stone, and, in the winters, works in the pinery. By hard work and persevering industry he has made a good beginning in life. Fle was married to Miss Lucelia Edwards ; she was born Nov. 9, 1857 ; they have had three children, but have lost one ; the two living are Jessie, born April 14, 1877, and Addie Bell, born Feb. 7, 1878.
H. A. LEONARD, jeweler and watchmaker; was born in Rcedsburg, Wis., June 5, 1856 ; he was educated in the school at Reedsburg, and in Worthington's Business College, at Madison, Wis .; from the time of beginning business, up to the year 1872, Mr. L. was with his father in a grocery store ; after- ward went to Elgin, Ill., and, in the watch factory at that place, learned his trade; in 1878, Mr. L. returned to Reedsburg, and began his present business. He was married, Jan. 13, 1877, to Miss Ida A. Bradley, who was born in Northville, Mich., Jan. 31, 1856. Mrs. L. is a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. L. has one child-Harry A., born Feb. 27, 1879. H. A. Leonard's father, A. F. Leonard, was one of the first settlers of Reedsburg.
SAFFORD MACKEY, born in Gilboa, Schoharie Co., N. Y., July 25, 1831; was on a farm until 16 years of age; then went to Catskill, N. Y .; was educated at Kingsboro, N. Y .; afterward went back home and had a position in a store until his 22d year ; in 1854, removed to Reeds- burg, Wis., where he has been engaged in milling and lumber trade, and, for six or seven years, dealt quite largely in hops ; his father, Solomon S. Mackey, was born Jan. 1, 1793; went to Reedsburg in 1860, and died there in the fall of 1867. Mr. Safford Mackcy was married July 8, 1856, to Miss Harriet Mackey, who was born Jan. 19, 1835.
A. E. MARKEE, merchant, of the firm of Noyes & Markee, Reedsburg ; born in Guernsey Co., Ohio, June 20, 1838; his father, Thomas Markee, is still living in Vernon Co., Wis .; Mr. Markee came to Recdsburg, Wis., in the spring of 1859 ; previous to his engagement in mercantile business, was for eight years a farmer, located near the town of Reedsburg, but for the last ten years he has for the greater part of the time been engaged in mercantile pursuits. July 3, 1862, Mr. M. was married to Miss C. M. Seeley, who was a native of Ohio ; Mr. Markee lias a family of three children-Fred, born July 19, 1863 ; Mina, born March 25, 1876 ; and Frank, who was born March 17, 1873.
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MARTIN H. MEDBERY, agent Singer Manufacturing Co., Reedsburg ; son of Hiram and Nancy (Chambers) Medbery ; born in Fulton Co., N. Y., April 30, 1843; when 5 years of age went to Troy, Walworth Co., Wis., with his parents; lived there till 1860, then came to Reedsburg, Sauk Co. Was married at Reedsburg Feb. 10, 1867, to Angie Shumway, daughter of W. and Sarah (Bushman) Shumway ; Mrs. Medbery was born in Rock Co., Wis .; have four children-Frank W., Stella, Emma and Ivan. Mr. Medbery enlisted in the summer of 1864, Co. E, 1st W. H. A. ; served till the close of the war ; made his hone in Reedsburg till after his marriage, then moved to Washington, Sauk Co .; stayed there about three and a half years ; and in 1870, came to Lavalle, made their home on Sec. 36; com- menced work for the Singer Manufacturing Co., October, 1879; has three towns in Sauk Co., two in Ver- non and six in Juneau.
W. H. MEEKER, dentist, Reedsburg. This gentleman was born in Morrow Co., Ohio, June 27, 1857 ; his father's name was Mordecai Meeker; he died in the army, during the war of the rebellion. Mr. W. H. Meeker came from Ohio to Lime Ridge, Sauk Co., Wis., in 1872 ; remained there until 1875, when he removed to Recdsburg, where he has since lived ; he studied his profession of dentistry with Dr. Sweathen, of Baraboo, and after with Dr. Andrew Salladc, of Reedsburg; in March, 1879, he bought out Dr. Salladc's office, and began there his present business as dentist. He was married to Miss Hattie Greene Jan. 18, 1879 ; this lady was born Sept. 28, 1861 ; they have one child-Eva, born Feb. 8, 1880.
JOHN MEPHAM, farmer, Secs. 26 and 35 ; P. O. Reedsburg ; was born in Sussex, England, March 7, 1819; came to America in 1840, and settled in Madison Co., N. Y., where he remained until he came West; in the fall of 1850, he went to Westfield, Wis,, and settled on a farm which he had bought in May, 1848, from the Government ; this was the first piece of land bought from the Government in that town ; in 1875, he left Westfield, went to Reedsburg, Wis., and bought his present place of 160 acres. April 1, 1840, he was married to Miss Mary Forward, who was born March 10, 1821, in Sussex, England ; they have had a family of eleven children, only five of whom are now living, viz., Maria (now Mrs. Palmer and living in Nebraska), who was born Dec. 22, 1842; Ida, born March 25, 1856; Danicl, born July 13, 1857 ; Joseph, born Nov. 7, 1859; and Mary, born Nov. 23, 1861 ; there is one grandchild in the family-William Ware, born March 6, 1866. Mr. M. has been Supervisor of the town of Westfield, Wis., and served several terms as Chairman of the Board ; in politics, he is a Democrat. His father, William Mepham, who is still living in the family of his son, Mr. J. Mepham, was born July 14, 1797.
FREDERIC MEYER, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Reedsburg; son of Henry and Dora Meyer ; was born in Hanover Dec. 14, 1822. Was married in 1843 to Christina Soule, daughter of Christ Soule; she was born in Hanover ; they have four children-Thad (living in Dakota), Dora, Henry and Willie. Mr. Meyer came to the United States in 1866, lived in Minnesota two years ; then came to Reedsburg and settled on Sec. 4 ; he has 80 acres of land.
GEORGE T. MORSE, cashier of the Reedsburg Bank; was born in Gilboa, Schoharie Co., N. Y., June 17, 1852 ; he came to Recdsburg in June, 1868, and in 1872 became assistant cashier of the old Reedsburg Bank, which position he held until 1875, at which time he went to Lincoln, Ill., and took the position of assistant cashier of the First National Bank of that place, where he remained until the winter of 1879 ; he spent the winter of 1878 in Florida; in January, 1879, he returned to Reedsburg and took his present position. (1880) in Reedsburg Bank. . June 4, 1879, Mr. M. was married to Miss Belle Ward, of Dubuque ; Mrs. Morse was born in Troy, N. Y. Mr. Morsc's father, Hiram M., died in the army during our late war.
GEORGE MYERS, was born in Northhausen, Saxony in Germany, May 8, 1807 ; he came to America in 1847; went first to Chicago, where he spent two years ; thence to Janesville, Wis., and from there he went to Reedsburg, where he has since resided. Mr. Myers is a cabinet-maker by tradc, but built the house now occupied by Mrs. Charles Hunt as a millinery establishment ; in this house he began his business of cabinet-making, it being the first cabinet-shop in Reedsburg, and for seventcen or eighteen years carried it forward at this place ; some eight or nine years since, he retired from business. On March 3, 1840, Mr. Myers was married to Miss Louise Newmyer ; this lady died Oct. 4, 1864; they have had a family of eight children, but only three of these are now living ; their names and dates of birth are as fol- lows : Louise, May 5, 1846 ; Mary, Dec. 6, 1848; Clara, Aug. 6, 1853. Mr. M. is a regular attendant of the Presbyterian Church ; in politics he is a Democrat.
D. NARRACONG, miller, Reedsburg; born at Auburn, N. Y., April 25, 1839 ; his father, who died in the fall of 1869, was a miller, and one of the oldest in New York; Mr. Narracong learned his trade from his father, and worked most of the time, until he came West, in a mill at Skaneateles Outlet, N. Y. In
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1856, Mr. Narracong came with his parents to Lodi, Columbia Co., Wis., where he perfected his trade as miller ; for a time, Mr. Narracong had charge of a mill in Union City, Marquette Co., Wis .; he then bought an undivided half of Briggsville Mill, in which place he remained for four years ; from there he went to Monticello, Wis., where he spent five years; after this, was one year at Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., Wis .. four years at Poynett, Columbia Co., Wis., and three years at Pardceville, Wis. About this time, he laid aside regular business as a miller and invented the Centennial Buhr Dresser and the Badger State Machine for dressing mill-stones; finally, in February, 1880, he took his present position as foreman of the Reedsburg Mill. In August, 1863, Mr. Narracong was married to Miss Phoebe A. Stroud, who was born April 15, 1840 ; Mr. and Mrs. Narracong have two children-William Arthur, born Oct. 12, 1864, and Winfield Otto, July 8, 1868. Mr. Narracong is a Mason and an Odd Fellow.
CHRISTIAN NIEMANN, farmer, Scc. 23; P. O. Reedsburg; born in Hanover, Germany, July 12, 1855 ; he received his education in Germany, and came to America and direct to Recdsburg in 1870 ; in 1875, he went to Washington Territory and remained for three and a half years; returning to Reedsburg, he settled on his present place in the fall of 1879. Nov. 2, 1879, he was married to Miss Katie Hahn, who was born in Hanover, Germany, Oct. 29, 1861, and emigrated to Westfield, Wis., in 1867.
HENRY NIEMANN, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Recdsburg; born in Hanover, Germany, Dec. 4, 1840. Mr. Niemann came to America and direct to Reedsburg, Wis., in 1870, and bought his present farm of 90 acres ; his occupation in Germany was farming ; each year, for seven years, he gave one month's service to the army while he lived in his native land. Mr. Niemann has been twice married ; his first wife was Miss Margaret Schliekan, to whom he was married May 19, 1869; she died Feb. 3, 1879, leaving two children-Herman, born March 17, 1870, and Emma, July 11, 1872; Mr. Niemann was married the second time, Nov. 1, 1879, to Miss Kate Heferman, who was born in Hanover, Germany, in May, 1856. Mr. and Mrs. Niemann belong to St. John's Church of Reedsburg.
J. N. PARKER, carpenter and builder ; came to Reedsburg in 1860 ; he was born in Jeffer- son Co., N. Y., May 31, 1836; his father, Allen Parker, died in 1870, in the State of Missouri; his mother, Mary Budlong Parker, died in the same year. Mr. J. N. Parker learned his trade in New York, and has made it a life-business. He was married Nov. 9, 1856, to Miss Laura E. Sparks, who was born Oct. 8, 1838. Jan. 5, 1864, Mr. Parker enlisted in Co. F, 3d W. V. C .; was discharged, on account of disability, March 3, 1865 ; for two years he was Justice of the Peace in Ironton, Wis. ; he is a Mason, and has been Master of Reedsburg Lodge; this year (1880) he is employed to take the census of the town.
A. W. PERRY, lawyer and insurance agent, Reedsburg ; was born in Reedsburg Feb. 1, 1854, and was educated in the public school of the same place ; he read law in the office of Judge Lusk, and was admitted to the bar in 1873, at Baraboo, Wis .; was admitted to the Supreme Court in the winter of 1876, at Madison, Wis .; in 1879, he became Village Attorney of Reedsburg He was married, Oct. 31, 1875, to Miss M. E. Gale, who was a native of the State of New York ; they have two children-Willis, born Nov. 21, 1877, and Alice, born July 25, 1879 ..
A. H. PERRY, overseer of county house and county farm, Reedsburg ; was born in Rutland Co., Vt., Aug. 28, 1846; he came with his parents to Whitewater, Wis., in the spring of 1853, and remained there for five years ; they then removed to Lavalle, Sauk Co., where he was engaged in farming for a greater part of the time up to taking his present position in February, 1878. In 1865, he enlisted in Co. I, 50th W. V. I .; was mustered out in June of the same year; he received his education at the Lavalle common school. He married Miss Addie Warner, who is a native of the State of New York ; she was born Sept. 30, 1854; Mr. P. is a Mason ; in politics, Republican.
W. O. PIETZSCH, manager for Singer Sewing Machine Company, Reedsburg; was born in Germany July 13, 1844 ; he came to America in 1848, and lived at Watertown, Wis., for nine years ; in 1858, he went to Baraboo, Wis., and clerked for the firm of Bassett & Brown. In January, 1862, he enlisted in Co. A, 19th W. V. I .; Oct. 27, 1864, at the battle of Fair Oaks, he was taken prisoner, con- fined in Libby Prison, and also at Salisbury ; was paroled after more than four months' imprisonment. Oct. 7, 1873, he was married to Miss Mary Shumway, who was born July 13, 1848; they 'have lost one child. Mr. P. is a Mason ; he holds the position of Deputy Grand Master of District 91 of the Odd Fellows' Lodge.
J. W. PRIEST, farmer ; P. O. Reedsburg ; is a son of Richard and Ellen Priest, and was born May 15, 1845, in Madison, Ind., where his people had lived for seven years ; but, in the spring of 1845, his parents removed to Dane Co., near Madison, Wis .; about 1849, they removed to Reedsburg, Wis .;
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Mr. J. W. Priest is, by trade, a carpenter, and has worked at his trade in many different parts of the country ; has been in Kansas, Indian Territory, Illinois and Michigan ; he followed his trade for the greater part of his time, until in 1878, when he began farming on his present place of 80 aeres. Mareh 28, 1-72, Mr. P. married Miss Emily E Wheeler, who was born in Ohio Nov. 7, 1849 ; they have three children- Archie Reuben, born April 17, 1874 ; Floyd Duane, born Feb. 18, 1877, and Hugh Maxwell, born March 14, 1879. Mr. P. is a Mason. The mother of Mrs. J. W. Priest, Mrs. Warner Wheeler, was born inDutchess Co., N. Y., Sept. 10, 1811; married Mr. Nelson Wheeler July 10, 1830 ; he died Oct. 19, 1868. There were in the family nine children, six of whom are now living, viz., Henry, Leander, Alonzo, Emily, Mary and Duane.
WILLIAM RAETZMANN, the present editor of the Sauk County Herold, Reedsburg ; was born in Barum, Hanover, Germany, Sept. 9, 1847 ; Mr. R. came to America in October, 1866, and went directly to Reedsburg, Wis. ; he was, from that time until 1876, engaged in mereantile business, but in this year began the paper of which he is now the editor. April 26, 1874, Mr. R. was married to Miss Amelia Licht, who was born in Westfield, Wis., Sept. 30, 1855 ; Mr. R. has three children-Ewald Lu- dolf Friedrich, born March 20, 1875 ; Amandus Hugo Lothair, born Aug. 8, 1876, and Meta Louise Frieda, born Dee. 26, 1878. He is a member of the Lutheran Church ; he has served as Justice of the Peace, and is now a Notary Publie ; he is a member of the Odd Fellows, and holds the ageney for several steamship lines. Mr. Raetzmann studied law in 1867-68 with Mr. Joseph Mackey, and attended North Western University at Watertown, Wis., in the winter of 1868-69.
DR. SAMUEL RAMSEY ; born in the township of Chester, Wayne Co., Ohio, Dee. 2, 1824; resided at Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio, for fifteen years prior to eoming to Wisconsin in 1853; in November of that year he located in Reedsburg, where he engaged in the practice of medieine; after a year, he established the first drug store in the place ; drugs were kept by other merehants in connection with other business, however. In 1861, he abandoned general practice, devoting his attention principally to his drug business. He eommeneed the business of brokerage and exchange about fifteen years ago, which he still continues in connection with his other business. He was married at Congress, Wayne Co., Ohio, Sept. 27, 1853 to Sarah C. Kline, a native of Pennsylvania; they have three children-Callie E., George C. and Virgil S. ; Mrs. Ramsey died Dee. 28, 1879. Mr. R. has been for many years a member of the Presbyterian Church. In 1846, he enlisted in the regiment of mounted Riflemen U. S. A., now known as the 4th Cavalry, and served until the elose of the Mexican war. In March, 1848, he was pro- moted to Lieutenant of the 15th Regiment Infantry. He acquired his literary education at several Ohio seminaries, and at Alleghany College, spending three years at the latter institution. His medieal education was obtained at the Cleveland Medieal College.
WILLIAM H. RAMSEY, druggist, associated with Dr. Ramsey, of Reedsburg ; was born near Milwaukee, Wis., Dee. 18, 1850 ; first eame to Reedsburg in 1864; Mr. R. graduated at Phila- delphia College of Pharmacy, in the spring of 1876 ; eame to Reedsburg, and in the fall of 1879, formned the partnership now existing, and began present business. Mr. Ramsey was married, Dec. 3, 1879, to Miss Nellie J. Temple.
MRS. LOUISE RIENEKE, proprietor of American House, Reedsburg; was born in Prussia Jan. 27, 1842; eame to Ameriea in 1864; her maiden name was Sehmidt; after coming to America, her home was, for two years, in Waukesha, Wis .; then lived for four years in Milwaukee ; while there, was married May 10, 1867, to Mr. Gustavus Rieneke, who kept a bakery in that place. Mr. Rieneke was born Jan. 29, 1833, and died Nov. 2, 1879. When Mr. and Mrs. Rieneke first came to Reedsburg, they bought and oeeupied the place now oeeupied by Mr. Roper. In 1873, they bought the present loeation, and kept what is known as the old American Hotel, which was burned down in 1877 : after the fire, they erected the present building, known as the new American Hotel, which is a two-storied house, with good sample-rooms, newly refitted. Mrs. R. has three children-Bertie, born June 22, 1869 ; Emma, born Oet. 4, 1871, and Louise, born Dec. 12, 1873. Mrs. R. is a member of St. John's Churel.
F. G. RODERMUND, blacksmith, of the firm of Rodermund & Tierney ; born in Madison, Wis., April 24, 1852; he learned his trade partly in Madison and partly at Reedsburg; while living in Madison he worked for nine or ten years in the brewery ; Mr. R. settled in Reedsburg Sept. 15, 1875, and has worked at present business ever sinee that date. Dee. 24, 1872, he was married to Miss Annie Veith, who was born in February, 1851; Mr. R.'s father, John Rodermund, died June 22, 1875; Mr. R. is a member of Odd Fellows' Lodge and has been Village Trustee for two years.
REV. AUGUST ROHRLACK, Pastor of St. Peter's Church of Reedsburg; born in Nau Ruppin, Prussia, Dee. 27, 1835 ; Mr. R. received his education at Liepsic, where he graduated in
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1858 ; after which event, he came in the same year to America, went at once to Madison, Wis., where he was ordained by the Rev. Mr. Deindorfer; Mr. R. has, since his ordination, had charge of churches at Bird City and Oshkosh, Wis .; in the fall of 1869, he went to Reedsburg and assumed the pastorate of St. Peter's Church, where he has sinee labored ; in connection with the church, there is a parochial sehool, in charge of Mr. Earnest Lussky, which numbers about 100 pupils; Mr. R. belongs to Missouri Synod, North western Distriet, and is now Secretary for both the General and District Synod ; since the year 1864, he has made out the annual reports of both Synods. Mr. R. has been twice married ; his first wife, to whom he was married in the spring of 1859, was Miss Caroline Thalacker, who died in August of 1868 ; by this wife he had four children, one of whom is dead ; the three surviving ones are John, born Feb. 7, 1860 ; Mary, born May 28, 1864; and Peter who was born Sept. 23, 1866. Mr. R. was married again, April, 1869, to Miss Louisa Schab, who was born Dee. 12, 1843 ; by the second marriage there are four children- Regina, born July 5, 1870 ; William, Dee. 9, 1871; Otto, March 15, 1874; and Esther, who was born April 25, 1880.
O. E. ROOT, lumber dealer of Reedsburg; born at Beaver Dam, Wis., Oct. 19, 1847 ; a few years later his parents removed to Richford, Wis., where they lived until 1861, when they went to Reeds- burg ; for several years Mr. O. E. Root ran a dray; afterward was, for one year, employed in Smith's lumber yard, and afterward was for two years in the employ of A. P. Ellinwood. Mr. Root enlisted in the fall of 1864 in the 4th W. B., which was a part of the 24th Army Corps, and one of the first batteries to enter Richmond after its capture ; Mr. R.'s regiment was mustered out July 3, 1865. W. H. Root, the father of O. E., was in Co. E, of the 7th W. V. I., and was wounded at the battle of Antietam ; the ball passed through the left arm, shattering it badly, and lodged in the sixth rib, within three quarters of an ineh of the heart; for eleven years he carried this ball thus, and finally died from the effects of it. Mr. O. E. Root began business for himself, in his present line, August of 1879. He was married to Miss Mary F. Barnhart Aug. 9, 1870; this lady was born Aug. 17, 1851; Mr. R.'s family consists of one ehild, Florenee, who was born Aug. 1, 1879.
O. R. RYAN, jeweler, Reedsburg, Wis .; born in Deering, N. H., Jan. 1, 1856; came to Baraboo, Wis., in the fall of 1866, and remained there for nine years, working with an uncle, who was also a jeweler ; at the end of this time, Mr. R. went to Reedsburg, Wis., and from 1875 up to 1878 found employment there at his regular business ; in 1878, he began business for himself at Reedsburg. Mr. Ryan was married to Miss Jessie F. Barhart Nov. 15, 1877; Mrs. Ryan was born in Rockford, Ill., Sept. . 18, 1858. Mr. Ryan is now (1880) Treasurer of the Sauk County Sunday School Association ; he has one ehild, Ferne, born Nov. 15, 1879.
DR. N. W. SALLADE; born in Dauphin Co., twenty miles north of Harrisburg, Penn., on the 5th of September, 1817. He was married at Jersey Shore, Lycoming Co., Penn., on the 9th of Feb- ruary, 1841, to Miss Sarah H. Stewart, who was born at Bellefonte, Penn., Oct. 7, 1817. Dr. Sallade came to Wisconsin in 1854; decided upon Narrows Prairie, Wis., as a good location, and settled there in 1856. For five years, he devoted himself to farming and the practice of his profession. In 1861, he began mer- cantile business in company with E. H. Newell, Esq., and, without abandoning his profession, continued in this business until the spring of 1862, when he sold out his interest in the firm. Almost immediately thereafter, however, he recommenced the same employment with Eleazer Newell, a half-brother of his former partner. In the winter of 1864, he bought property in Reedsburg, and, in January of 1865, removed to that town, and began mercantile business there. In the fall of 1868, he opened a drug store in Reedsburg; in 1877, this store was destroyed by fire, but he rebuilt and continued at the same place until the winter of 1878, when he sold out, and, buying the Mansion House from Mr. Ingalls, changed the name to that of the Sallade House; in company with his son, he is still carrying on this hotel. Dr. Sallade's family consists of three children, all of whom were born in Lyeoming Co., Penn. ; his eldest, William A., born April 2, 1842; Andrew W, born Feb. 9, 1845; Mary Emma, born March 9, 1849. Dr. Sallade is a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which body he has held the position of Trustec ; he was for some time Chairman of the Village Board. He is a member of the Masonie brotherhoo i.
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