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A. M. SANDERS, carriage-maker; born in Greene Co., Ohio, Nov. 9, 1847 ; came to Reeds- burg with his parents in September of 1853; his father, John Sanders, located land near here about 1855, and Mr. A. M. Sanders lived with his parents on the farm until he was 18 years of age; he afterward went to Arlington Heights, Ill., and learned the trade of carriage-maker, spending four years in the above- named place ; he afterward returned to Reedsburg and established himself, in 1871, in his present business of manufacturer of carriages, sleighs, eutters and wagons ; he now employs three other hands in the same business. Mr. S. was first married to Miss Louisa Williams, of Arlington Heights ; but this lady died in
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1872, leaving one daughter, Cora, born May 6, 1872; Mr. S. married again on the 16th of June, 1877, Miss Clara Green, by whom he has two children, the oldest of whom is named Charles.
FRED SCHULZE, Jr., farmer, See. 7; P. O. Reedsburg ; born in Hanover, Germany, Nov. 3, 1850 ; eame to America with his parents in 1868, and most of the time since then has lived in · Reeds- burg. Wis .; he settled on his present place in 1874. He was married to Miss Augusta Schroeder ; they have two children-Ida and Otto. Mr. and Mrs. Schulze are members of the Lutheran Church.
HENRY SCHULZE, farmer; P. O. Reedsburg; born July 20, 1853, and is the son of Mr. F. Schulze, who is also a farmer in See. 7, near Reedsburg, Wis .; Mr. F. Schulze, Sr., was born in Hanover, L Germany, April 24, 1824; he is the son of Fred and Mary Schulze; eame to America and direct to Reedsburg, Wis., in 1869; while in Germany, he served for three years in the army. In November of 1849, Mr. Schulze married Miss Mary Ripka, who was born May 6, 1826; they have four children, viz., Fred, born Nov. 3, 1850 ; Henry, July 20, 1853; George, in August, 1858; and William, June 3, 1862. Mr. F. Schulze, Sr., belongs to the Lutheran Church.
ALFRED F. SCOON, farmer, See. 31 ; P. O. Loganville ; born in Washington Co., N. Y., July 4, 1829 ; learned the cooper's trade in the East, and worked at it there ; Mr. Seoon came to Logan- ville in the fall of 1856, after which he owned several farms and dealt considerably in real estate ; was also engaged in the hop business for a time. Jan. 15, 1864, he enlisted in Co. B, 12th W. V. I, ; was mus- tered out of service in July, 1865, as a veteran reserve ; was with Sherman in his march to the sea until he reached Atlanta, when he was taken siek ; he was in the battles of Kenesaw Mountain, Resaca and other minor engagements. Mr. Scoon was first elected Justice of the Peace in 1858, and still holds that position, having held it continuously for the past twenty-two years, with the exception of one year, and
also the time he spent in the army ; he has been Assessor for two terms, and served as Constable for one term; Mr. Scoon is a Democrat ; he owns a farm of 190 acres in Sec. 31. He has been twiee married ; first, to Miss Emeline E. Strong March 10, 1851; she died March 27, 1865; by this wife there were eight children, only four of whom are now living, viz., Frances F., now Mrs. Widger, born Feb. 1, 1852; · Lyman S., July 23, 1859; D. W., April 12, 1862; and Emma E., April 3, 1864; Mr. Scoon was mar- ried the second time, to Miss Louise C. Seamans, Nov. 21, 1865; she was born in Ashford Town, Wind- ham Co., Conn., March 12, 1829. Mr. Seoon has an adopted son-Jolin Duane-who was born Nov. 2, 1860. Mr. Seoon is a member of the Methodist Church.
HERMAN AND WILLIAM SEVEKE, brothers, the former a farmer on Sec. 22, P. O. Reedsburg, the latter, proprietor of saloon and bowling alley in Reedsburg; are sons of Henry and Eliza- beth Seveke ; their father was born in June, 1824, and died in September, 1877, in Reedsburg, his death being caused from injuries received by the running-away of a team ; the mother, Elizabeth, is still living. Mr. Herman Seveke was born in Verzen, Hanover, Germany, Oct. 5, 1856; came from Hanover to Reedsburg, Wis., July 13, 1867 ; he bought his present place of 100 acres about seven years ago. He belongs to the St. John's German Lutheran Church of Reedsburg. Mr. William Seveke eame with his brother to Reedsburg, Wis., from Hanover, Germany, in July of 1867 ; he was born in Hanover June 29, 1852 ; until the spring of 1880, he was engaged in farming, and then began his present business. On Nov. 13, 1875, he was married to Miss Ella Card, who was born April 13, 1857, in Winfield, Sauk Co., Wis. ; they have two children-Herman, born April 13, 1876, and Clara, Nov. 11, 1879. Mr. William Seveke is, like his brother, a member of St. John's Church.
CHARLES F. SHELDEN, Assistant Postmaster in Reedsburg; born in Oneida Co., N. Y., Sept. 2, 1842 ; came to Walworth Co., Wis., with his parents in 1845 ; his father, Dewitt C. Sheldon, is still living in Reedsburg, Wis. ; for eleven years Mr. S.'s parents remained on a farm at Elkhorn Spring, Wis. ; went from there to a farm on Narrows Prairie. In January, 1862, Mr. C. F. Sheldon enlisted in Co. A, 19th W. V. I .; he was in the 18th Army Corps, under Gen. Butler, at the siege of. Petersburg and other contests in that vicinity ; was mustered out of the service in June, 1865. On Dec. 16, 1868, Mr. Shelden was married to Miss Bell Hood, of Racine, Wis. ; Mr. Shelden has two children-Walter D., born Feb. 2, 1870, and Mabel, October 18, 1877. Mr. Shelden has held the office of Town Clerk. He belongs to the Masonie fraternity.
REV. W. SHUMWAY was born Jan. 24, 1815 ; he came to Johnstown, Roek Co., Wis., in 1844, and in the same year was ordained a minister of the Christian Church ; during the past thirty- five or thirty-six years, Mr. S. has preached nearly every Sabbath, while giving his attention during the week-days to the transaction of other business ; for a period of eleven years, Mr. S. filled an appointment 'on Narrows Prairie, Wis. ; he is now preaching at Excelsior, near Reedsburg ; he lived for ten years in
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Rock Co., Wis. ; then, in 1854, removed to Reedsburg, Wis., where for two years he held a position in a store ; after this, he opened a meat market and carried on that business for two or three ycars, when he went out on a farm three miles to the southeast of Reedsburg, where he spent eight years ; during this time, he did a little in the hop-raising business ; in May, 1876, he returned to town. Mr. S. was married April 10, 1836 ; Mrs. Shumway was, before her marriage, Miss Sarah Bushman ; she was born Dec. 29, I'816 ; she died July 1, 1877, leaving three daughters-Hattie, now Mrs. Sprague ; Angie, now Mrs. Medbury, and Matie, who is now Mrs. Pietzsh ; the dates of their births are; Hattic, born Nov. 18, 1842 ; Angie, July 25, 1845 ; Matie, July 13, 1848.
AUGUST SIEFERT, hardware merchant, Reedsburg ; was born in Hessen, Germany, Aug. 14, 1855 ; he came to America in 1873, and went directly to Milwaukee, Wis., where, for one year, he was employed in a grocery store ; in 1874, he went to Reedsburg, where he found employment in the firm of Hansen, Galc & Co. ; he now owns a partial interest in, and is book-keeper for, the same firm. Mr. S. obtained his education in the city schools of his native land ; his father, Friedrich Siefert, died in 1872.
S. F. SMITH, of the firm of Rork & Smith, cigar manufacturers, Reedsburg; was born at Augusta, Oneida Co., N. Y., May 22, 1832; his father, Timothy Smith, died in Watertown, N. Y., in 1875 ; his mother, Lucy Smith, died in 1873. Mr. S. F. Smith came to Newport, Wis., in the spring of 1854, and was for several years engaged in the hardware business ; then spent two years in Dalton, Wis., after which, in 1865, he came to Reedsburg and began his present business as cigar manufacturer. He has been twice married ; by his first wife he had two children. He married his second wife, Miss Nellie Eggleston, at Fox Lake, Wis., on May 4, 1870; she was born Dec. 27, 1845 ; the only child of this mar- riage, Byrd L., was born April 30, 1877.
STEKELBERG & IHDE, cigar manufacturers and dealers, Reedsburg. This firm began its present business in the town of Reedsburg in the fall of 1876 ; it manufactures about 200,000 cigars yearly, and kceps employed from four to six hands during the year. Mr. W. C. Stekelberg was born in Mechlenburg, Germany,Feb. 22, 1857 ; came to America in 1868, and lived for seven years in Madison, Wis., where he learned his trade ; came to Reedsburg in 1875, and in 1876 began his present business. April 27, 1880, he married Miss Annie Parrott ; he belongs to the Odd Fellows' Lodge. Mr. J. F. Ihde is, like his partner, a native of Mechlenburg, Germany, where he was born Nov. 18, 1850; came to America in 1868, and settled in Reedsburg in July of the same year ; he was in various kinds of business until the fall of 1876, when his present partnership was formed. Oct. 11, 1877, he was married to Miss Katie Berkman ; they have one child, Emil, born March 9, 1879. They belong to St. John's Church of Reeds- burg.
WILLIAM STOLTE, merchant, Reedsburg; was born in Hanover, Germany, March 2, 1833 ; he learned the tailor's trade before coming to America ; he came to this country and direct to Reeds- burg, Wis., in the spring of 1860; in the fall of that ycar he went to Madison, Wis., where he remained for two years, working at his trade ; he then went to Kilbourn and opened a tailor-shop, remaining in this business until 1865, when he returned to Reedsburg and opened a general dry-goods store with Mr. Schwekec, the firm being known as Schwekee & Stolte ; in 1869, his partner, Mr. Schwekee, died, since which time he has carried on the business alone. Mr. Stolte married Miss Dora Myer; they have a family of eight living children-Dora, Willie, Ada, Nana, Louise, George, Leda and Lena ; they have lost one son, Henry. Mr. and Mrs. S. belong to the Lutheran Church. Mr. S. is a member of the Odd Fellows' Lodge; he has filled the office of Past Grand and is now Treasurer ; he also belongs to the Turners. He is now on the Village Board, and has been on the Town Board for several years. His father, George Stolte, is still living on a farm near Reedsburg ; his mother, Dora, is dead ; Mrs. Stolte's father was in the Russian war, and was for three years a prisoner.
MRS. PAMELIA STONE, Secs. 16 and 9; P. O. Reedsburg; was born in Smithfield, Madison Co., N. Y., Oct. 25, 1827 ; came to Reedsburg and settled on her present place in February, 1870. Mrs. Pamelia (Ellinwood) Stone married Mr. James R. Stone March 29, 1849 ; he was born in Smithfield, Madison Co., N. Y., May 27, 1822. He enlisted, July, 1862, in Co. F, 157th N. Y. V. I .; he raised the company, and was Captain of the same; he was in the Army of the Potomac, and took . part in the battles of the Wilderness and at Gettysburg ; at the latter place, he was taken prisoner and sent to Libby Prison, where he remained about eleven months ; was sent from there to Macon, Ga., where he died Aug. 12, 1864. Mrs. Stone has five children-Willis C., born April 21, 1855 ; James A., born Dec. 1, 1856 ; Orna P., born Sept. 24, 1858 ; Mina L., born April 28, 1860 ; and O. Lincoln, born July 24, 1861. Mr. Willis C. Stone is pursuing the full course of study in the Oshkosh Normal School, and.
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has taught several terms; Miss Mina L. and Mr. James A. Stone have also taught for several terms ; Orna P. Stone is now employed in the Census Bureau, at Washington, D. C.
ORA B. TITUS, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Reedsburg; was born in Avon, Lorain Co., Ohio, Aug. 23, 1846 ; has been engaged in farming and fruit-raising business for the greater part of his life. In December, 1863, he enlisted in Co. I, 128th O. V. I., and served until June, 1864, when he was dis- charged on account of disability ; he came to Reedsburg in 1865, and in 1875 settled on his present place of 80 acres in Scc. 35. Oct. 3, 1872, he was married to Miss Addie Andrus, who was born in Ohio Dec. 6, 1843 ; they have a family of three children, viz., Jessie Cahoon, born July 22, 1873 ; Wilbur, born Dec. 19, 1874, and Ora Andrus, born Dec. 24, 1878.
LEWIS TWIST, farmer. Secs. 33 and 34; P. O. Loganville, Wis; was born in town of Otselic, Chenango Co., N. Y., June 17, 1835. He came, with his parents, to Sheboygan Co., Wis., in 1847, where he was engaged in farming until March, 1865, when he bought his present place of 148 acres in town of Reedsburg May 5, 1858. Mr. Twist was married to Miss Emma O. Brooke, who was born in Cuningsby, England, Jan. 28, 1837. Mr. T. has four children living, viz., Orloff Duane, born June 23, 1859, in Lima, Wis .; Elmer Lewis, born Feb. 13, 1862; Mary Bell, born Jan. 13, 1867 ; and Emma Adell, who was born Feb. 22, 1869. Has lost one child, Maggie E. O., born June 5, 1874, and died Feb. 28, 1875. Mr. Lewis Twist's father, Joseph, was born in Cambridge, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1800, and dicd April 17, 1875. He was married March 2, 1823, to Miss Margaret Groesbeck, who was born in Cambridge, Washington Co., N. Y. The father of Mrs. Lewis Twist, Mr. Thomas Brooke, was born in Kirkstead, England, Jan. 10, 1807, and was married to Miss Mary Auckland Sept. 13, 1831. She was baptized when an infant in Bardney Church Feb. 1, 1814. They had five children-John, born Oct. 20, 1832; Frederick William, June 6, 1835; Eliza O., Oct. 26, 1838; Agnes, born about 1844; and Thomas A., June 4, 1853.
SAMUEL WEIDMAN, farmer, Secs. 28, 27 and 21; P. O. Reedsburg; was born in Summit Co., Ohio, Oct. 10, 1833; came West with his brother Alexander. In the fall of 1852, went to the town of Reedsburg; returned to Ohio in the following May, and remained there through the summer. In the fall, he went to Illinois, where he lived for one year, when he returned to Reedsburg, and for three winters worked in the pinerics on the Wisconsin River. He settled on his present place, a farm of 196 acres, in 1858. Dec. 13, 1857, he was married to Miss Celanda Graff ; they have a family of five children-Crittie (now Mrs. Richards), born Nov. 9, 1858; Elmer, born May 5, 1861; Bessie, born Aug. 10, 1868 ; Julia, born Aug. 6, 1871 ; and Hattic, born Jan. 4, 1877. Mr. W. is a Mason ; in politics, a Greenbacker ; has been several times a member of Supervisors.
ABRAM WEST, carpenter, Reedsburg; born June 10, 1805, in Grafton, Rensselaer Co., N. Y. ; he came to Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., Wis., in 1845, reaching that place on the 1st of October, after a journey of nearly one thousand miles from Verona, Oneida Co., N. Y .; Mr. West and his family made this journey by horses and wagon, in just one month's time. Reaching Spring Prairie, he bought a farm, which he worked for six years. In November of 1851, he came to Recdsburg, bought a farm near that place, but soon sold it and agrced with Mr. Reed to repair and run his mills in the town of Reedsburg. Mr. West is, by trade, a carpenter, and built several houses which he afterward sold ; he built the Congregational Church of Rcedsburg. Mr. West was married Sept. 5, 1826, to Miss Susan Lewis, who was born June 3, 1805. The two children of this marriage were Lucina, who was born Feb. 29, 1828, and Sydney, who was born Oct. 5, 1831. This son, Sydney, engaged work as Government Carpenter, and went to Arkansas ; returning home from that State, he dicd when within forty-seven miles of the city of Chicago. The date of his death was Oct. 14, 1864. In 1852, Mr. West was elected Justice of the Peace, and, with the exception of about two years, held the office continuously for twenty- four years. In the fall of 1856, was elected to the State Legislature. During the year 1875 and 1876, Mr. West was Police Justice of Reedsburg. In politics, he is a Republican ; he voted for John Quincy Adams ; has voted for every President since that time. Before the formation of the Republican party, Mr. W. voted with the old Whig party. Mr. West's father, Benjamin, was born in Connecticut, June 15, 1783.
REV. J. H. WHITNEY ; born at Sutton, Mass., Nov. 21, 1834 ; is the son of David and Tyla Whitney ; he lived for the greater part of his early life at Ashburnham, Mass .; studied law with Judge Chapin at Worcester, Mass. In May, 1861, Mr. W. enlisted for three months' service in Co. A, 4th Mass. V. I. ; at the expiration of this time he re-enlisted in Co. G, 21st M. V. I., as Sergcant of company, and was soon promoted to Sergeant Major of the same company, and, finally, became Second Lieutenant of the company. Mr. W. was in the 9th Army Corps, in Burnside's expedition to North Carolina, and also with
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Pope's army in his campaign of Bull Run and other battles. In 1863, failing health made it necessary for Mr. W. to return home for a time; but, in 1864, he re-enlisted as a private in 4th Mass. H. A .; was afterward promoted to be Sergeant Major of his company, which was mustered out in June, 1865. Mr. W. studied for the ministry at the Biblical Institute of Coneord, N. H., and afterward, at the theological department of Boston University ; he came to New Lisbon, Wis., in 1868, and preached there as a supply. Mr. W. was ordained Deaeon in the M. E. Church Oct. 2, 1870, and Elder of the same Sept. 22, 1872. He has been stationed at Baraboo, Wis., for two years ; at Sparta, for one year, and at several other points. In 1875, Mr. W.'s health obliged him to leave ministerial work and go South ; he taught for a time the Central Tennessee College at Nashville ; returning North, he was stationed at New Lisbon ; here his first wife, who was Miss Mary L. Hubbard, and to whom he was married Jan. 24, 1864, died, leaving onc daughter-Tyla. Mr. W.'s first wife was born at Hubbardton, Mass., Sept. 17, 1839, and died at New Lisbon, Wis., April 17, 1877. After the death of the first Mrs. Whitney, Mr. W. returned to Nashville, Tenn., where he remained until June of 1879, when he returned to Wisconsin and filled a vacancy at Toma. In the fall of 1879, Mr. W. was stationed at Reedsburg, Wis. In October of the same year, was married to his second wife ; she has two children by a previons marriage; Mr. Whitney's father died Dee. 28, 1876.
HERMAN WISCHOFF, boot and shoe-maker, Reedsburg; came to Reedsburg in the spring of 1876, and began his present business, in which he has ever since been engaged ; he is a native of Ger- many, born in Hanover Dec. 13, 1850 ; he came to America in 1868, and for seven or eight years after his arrival in this country worked at his trade, which he had learned before leaving Germany, in the city of Chicago. He was married, in November, 1875, to Miss Elizabeth Halbersleben ; they have three chil- dren-Ida, Caroline and Herman. Mr. and Mrs. W. belong to the Lutheran Church.
W. A. WYSE, attorney, Reedsburg; was born July 27, 1844, in Claremont, N. H .; when he was between 5 and 6 years old, his parents came to Leland's Mills, a town on Honey Creek, Sauk Co., Wis., and, after living there four or five years, removed to Sauk City ; the father, David A., died in August, 1844. Mr. Wyse gained his education in common schools and at Madison University ; he began teaching when only 14 years old, and taught for two winters. While at Madison University, in April, 1861, he enlisted in Co. K, 1st W. V. I., known as the Governor's Guard, or Fairchild's Company; this enlistment was for the three-months service, and in the August following the regiment was mustered out, but Mr. W. re-enlisted in Co. K, 13th W. V. I., Oct. 9, 1861; was appointed Corporal May 12, 1863; March 1, 1865, he was made Sergeant of the company, and aeted for some time as Sergeant Major ; re-enlisted as a veteran Jan. 19, 1864 ; was in the Army of the West, and participated in all the campaigns of the regiment ; was dis- charged at San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 24, 1865. Sept. 25, 1867, he was married to Mary E., daughter of Dr. Sallade, who was born Mareh 14, 1849; they have three children living and one dead ; his eldest, Lena L. was born Oct. 27, 1871; Belle E. was born March 16, 1876, and his son William H. was born Oct. 22, 1878. Mr. W. has been Justiee of the Peace for six years ; has also served as Town Clerk, Attorney, Poliee Justice, Court Commissioner and Village Clerk. He is a Mason, and a member of the Grand Army of the Republie; he is of Universalist faith, and in politics a Democrat.
MOSES YOUNG, druggist, Reedsburg; was born at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Oet. 3, 1822; received his education at the Saratoga Springs Academy. He was married, Sept. 5, 1857, to Miss C. A. Medberry, of Troy, Wis .; this lady was born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., Dee. 25, 1826. Mr. Young came to Troy, Wis., in 1850 ; spent one year at that place, and went from there to Portage City, where he engaged ~ in the lumber business until the fall of 1854, when he removed to Reedsburg, Wis .; here, in the spring of 1855, he opened a store, and continued in that business for about fifteen years; thereafter, for about five years, he was engaged in buying and selling hops ; in the summer of 1877, he aided in the erection of the Reedsburg Bank, and, for one and a-half years thereafter, held the position of Cashier in this Bank ; he then bought out Sallade's drug store and began his present business. Mr. Young is a Mason, and is now Worshipful Master of the Lodge at Reedsburg; he is a member of the Presbyterian Church ; he has been for several years connected with the Village Board, and has also oceupied the chair of that body ; in 1872, he was elected Superintendent of Publie Schools in Sauk Co. Mr. Young has one child-Carrie E., born July 26, 1858.
T. R. YOUNG, merchant, Recdsburg ; was born in West Troy, Albany Co., N. Y., July 12, 1848; his father, J. C. Young, is still living at Reedsburg, Wis .; for a time, the family resided in Wau- kesha Co., Wis., but about 1857 they removed to Excelsior, where T. R. Young, the subject of this sketch, was engaged in farm-work; in 1867, he removed to the northern part of the town of Excelsior, and con- tinued farming until the fall of 1877, when he went Reedsburg, Wis., and, in partnership with J. W.
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Kelsey, engaged in buying and selling grain ; in February of 1880, he began trade for himself by opening a store for general merchandise in Reedsburg. Mr. Young's wife, formerly Miss Mary A. Du Bois, Nov. 8, 1871, was born May 29, 1849; they have two children ; the eldest, Edna, was born Aug. 28, 1876, and Fred born Aug. 5, 1878. In politics, Mr. Young is a Republican.
W. H. YOUNG, farmer, Sec. 5 ; P. O. Reedsburg; is a son of John C. and Hannah Dingman Young ; was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., May 10, 1824; resided in his native county till about 10 years of age ; then went to Otsego Co., N. Y., and lived there till about 1847. He was married in Otsego Co. March 3, 1844, to Peggy A. House, daughter of Conrad and Margaret House; she was born in Otsego Co .; a separation and divorce occurred in 1846, and the next year Mr. Young moved to Jefferson Co., N. Y .; remained therc till 1854, and then came to Wisconsin ; settled at Reedsburg. He was married at Baraboo, January, 1856, to Adcline Crawford, daughter of James Crawford ; she was born in Ohio ; there were two children by this marriage, Clarence, and Howard, deceased. Mr. Young came to his present farm in July, 1856; Mrs. Young died July 10, 1861. Mr. Young has been Chairman of Reedsburg one year, Supervisor four years, and District Clerk sixteen years. He was married Dec. 17, 1863, to Lydia Dewey, daughter of Henry and Mary A. Dewey ; they have had three children-George, Charles (deceascd), and Winnie F. Mr. Young has 200 acres of land.
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WILLIAM C. BROAS, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Ironton ; son of William and Lucinda (Cleveland) Broas ; his father was a native of Massachusetts and his mother of Connecticut ; William C. was born in the town of Union, Broome Co., N. Y., March 27, 1820. Was married Dec. 1, 1844, in Tioga Co., N. Y., to Emcline R. Shepard, daughter of Robson and Polly (Burton) Shephard ; Mrs. Broas was born in Cortland Co., N. Y .; have six children-Allen A., married to Emeline Thornton, residence, Woodland ; Burton B., married Mary Mohler, residence, Woodland; Chancy T., Phoebe A., Mary J., Lucy M., John (deceased), Albert (deceased); came to Wisconsin in 1851 ; settled in Walworth Co .; stayed there two summers, then came to Sauk County ; settled in the town of New Buffalo, now Fairfield ; opent one year there ; then came to Woodland (1854); located on Sec. 22; had 40 acres ; lived there eight years, then moved to his present home, Sec. 36; has now 315 acres, lying partly in Sauk and partly in Richland Co. Mrs. Broas is a member of the Baptist Church ; Mr. B. has been Clerk of the School District, No. 7, three years. Politics, Democrat.
JABEZ BROWN, farmer and teacher ; residence, Sec. 36; P. O. Ironton. Was married in Wayne Co., Ind., Nov. 4, 1849, to Sarah Durflinger ; they have nine children-Alonzo, Lorenzo (married to Emma Hackett, residence, North Freedom, Sauk Co.), George J., Mary E., Fielder, Martha V. and Melissa V. (twins) and Viola C. and Orin. Mr. Brown and family came to Sauk Co., Wis., in June, 1855 ; settled in Ironton July 4; remained there till 1861; then moved to their present home, Sec. 36, Woodland; was twice elected Superintendent of Schools of the town of Marston, and each time was obliged to resign in order to pursue his business of teaching ; he has taught twenty- five winters and twelve summers in Wisconsin ; nearly all of his children have been teachers. Mr. B. and eldest daughter are members of the Society of Friends. In politics, is Republican.
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