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 120

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

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A. F. WASHBURNE, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Baraboo; farm contains 120 aeres; born in Genesee Co., N. Y., Oct. 4, 1826 ; he removed to Michigan with his parents about 1836, and to Sauk Co. in 1848. He was married, in October, 1850, to Cordelia McCoy, born in the State of New York; they have had six children-Delos, Charles (deceased), Alveretta, Leroy A., Laraty and Bertram F. Mr. W. is a Democrat in politics.

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A. G. ALBERT is a son of Frederick and Caroline Albert; his parents came from Hanover, Germany, when he was but 1 year old, and settled in Waukesha Co. in 1846 ; after three years, the family removed to Dane Co., where they resided till 1857, when they came to their home on Sec. 12, Greenfield, where they had a farm of 140 acres ; Mr. Albert died of slow consumption in 1866, leaving four sons and one daughter-Anna Sophronia, and his widow yet lives with her son, A. G., upon the home farm. Mr. Albert was married, Jan. 6, 1872, to Mary Jane, daughter of William and Mary Ann Taylor, born Sept. 3, 1851, by whom he has four children-Mertie Rosetta, William Henry, John Lewis and Mary Maud ; the farm is securely sheltered from the winds, is not troubled by late frosts, and is well adapted to fruit, having already a fine orchard of over one hundred trees; Mr. Albert is not enjoying good health, and, for that reason, could he sell, would remove to a milder climate. He is a helpful member of the Republican party, a member of the Town Board, and in every respect a useful citizen.

REV. JOHN BEAN (deceased), came to Wisconsin in. 1845, and commenced the work of an itincrant missionary near Milwaukee ; in 1853, he came to Sauk Co. and entered 80 acres in Fairfield ; he still held his place in the Methodist Conference, laboring at West Bend, Big Foot Prairie, East Troy, Watertown, Albion, Portage City, Reedsburg, Union, Mauston, Necedah, Black River Falls, Russell's Corners, Beetown, Jamestown, Washburn, Fennimore, Juda, Monticello and Middleton, until he became so crippled with rheumatism that he could not well attend to his pulpit and pastoral duties, when he came to Fairfield to live in 1870 ; in 1876, he removed to his place in Greenfield, where he died of apoplexy, May 1, 1880. Mr. Bean was a son of David and Sally Bean, of Strafford, Vt., where he was born in 1816 ; was educated in the academy at Newbury ; was licensed as exhorter in the Methodist Church at the age of 18, and was married at 22 to Miss Caroline Hayes, who, with very marked fidelity and rare helpfulness, shared his toils and cares through all his changeful life ; Mr. Bean was an excellent revival prcacher and a shrewd business man, which made him successful in building up his churches, and helped him in laying by a competency for old age.

WILLIAM BREWSTER came to Racine, Wis., in 1844, and removed to Sauk Co. in 1848 ; he came to his present home on Sec. 9, Greenfield, in 1855, where, in a beautiful basin, surrounded by the delightful Baraboo hills, he has one of the finest grain and grass farms in the town ; he cuts about one hundred tons of hay, besides his ample grain crop, which will be still more abundant when his 280 acres are all improved ; Mr. Brewster is brother of the gentleman who is just now erecting the paper-mill at the lower dam in Baraboo ; is a son of Samuel and Lucy Brewster, of Oneida Co., N. Y., where he was born July 7, 1826. In 1845, he was married to Lavinia Fry, by whom he had four sons-William A., born in August, 1846, married to Elizabeth Nunser, of Cameron, Mo., where he now lives ; George E., born Sept. 11, 1848, married to Elizabeth Buck, of Greenfield, now residing at Vanville, Wis .; one who died in infancy, and Charles E., born Aug. 28, 1850, married to Emiline Prothero, who lives with his father and is engaged in looking after the large interests of the home farm ; Charles E. has an only child, a boy of 4 years.

ORANGE H. COOK is a fine illustration of Western enterprise, coupled with hard work and close, economy. This son of Marvin and Clarissa Cook was born at Westfield, Medina Co., Ohio, December, 1825, and has in the composite of his blood the shrewdness of his Connecticut mother, and the comprehensiveness of York State men ; he came to Sauk Co. in 1845, walking from Racine, and living on half-rations until he found employment at Prairie du Sac; in 1846, he claimed his present home in Sec. 32, but, for twelve years, spent much of his time lumbering upon the Wisconsin and its tributaries. Meanwhile, he was married, Sept. 26, 1853, to Lucinda T., daughter of Asa Reed, of New Hampshire, who was born March 4, 1832, by whom he had a son, Edward M., born July 3, 1854, who died Sept. 8, 1867, and a daughter, Clarinda S., born August, 1856, who died Jan. 1, 1861. Mrs. Cook died of con- sumption Dec. 11, 1856, leaving her children in care of her sister, Clarinda F. Rced, whom Mr. Cook sub- sequently married, and by whom he has a daughter, Jennie L., born June 24, 1858; Frank S., born Dec. 19, 1859 ; Howard H., born April 18, 1862 ; Ada, born Sept. 8, 1864, who died Feb. 11, 1865 ; and on the 21st of March following, Mr. Cook's home was again overshadowed by the death of his second most excellent wife, who, like her sister, fell a prey to hereditary consumption. The loss of these young chil- dren, and the sorrows and cares of their father were lightened by the tender and very efficient services of the present Mrs. Cook, daughter of Frederick and Barbara Felber, born in Fairfield, Ohio, Oct. 23, 1842,

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and married to Mr. Cook Nov. 12, 1865, by whom he has four children-George O., Alice A., Effa M. and Archibald. Mr. Cook has in his home farm, 406 acres of choicest land, with good barn, and upon which he is just completing one of the best farm dwellings in the county. He has no mood to go West, but contents himself with buying Greenfield farms'from those who do, having just combined the Briar and Warner places, making a farm of 240 acres (probably for Frank, who is one of the most industrious and reliable boys in any town). These farms, with six forties of timber, make up Mr. Cook's land possessions, but his farms are heavily stocked with sheep, and about ninety horned cattle and sixteen horses. Mr. Cook is not one of those men who rusts out, living on money at large interest, which cannot be " resur- rected " by the voice of any assessor, and for this reason his townsmen like to borrow his money. There is fresh life in it that is a tonic to the holder, which inspires the ability to repay it with use. Formerly a Democrat, he has for many years faithfully adhered to the Republicans ; has held repeatedly the offices of Assessor and Treasurer, and been for several years upon the Town Board.

RALPH G. COWLES, son of Lorrin and Betsey Cowles; when a boy, lost his mother at Kalamazoo, Mich., a windstorm blowing a trec across the wagon in which she was riding; in July, 1843, in company with his father, he crossed the Wisconsin at Sauk City, swimming their cattle, and on the 7th they came over the well-nigh impassable bluffs to Baraboo ; the Winnebagoes wcre assembled upon their council grounds, on the spur of high land south of Mrs. C. C. Remington's, and their corn-fields were green up and down the Baraboo; they settled on Sec. 33, now in Greenfield, the second settlers in the town ; here Mr. Cowles' sister, Mrs. Peter Shaffer, gave birth to a daughter in October, 1843, the first white child born in the town, and Mrs. Shaffer's death, in the following March, was the first instance of mortality ; the father also having died, the land was entered by Ralph and his brother in 1847. In 1851, he was married to Lucretia A., daughter of James and Lucy Crawford, born in April, 1832, by whom he has had five children-Lorrin H., born Sept. 3, 1852, married Sept. 16, 1874 ; Orpha, born Jan. 22, 1857, died Oct. 19, 1864 ; Elmer E., born May 26, 1861, dicd Oct. 4, 1864 ; Fred M., born July 20, 1866, and Lulie E., born Oct. 29, 1872. Orpha and Elmer were taken away by dysentery, which was so widely prevalent and fatal in 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Cowles are excellent neighbors, having a wide moral influence, and living intensely religious lives. Formerly, he was a member of the Methodist Church, of which his father was the first Class-leader, but now he is Elder in the Seventh Day Advent Church. He was an ardent Abolitionist of the olden time ; has been and is a radical temperance man, and a Republican from before the organization of the party.

WILLIAM H. EIKEY, deceased, came from Brunswick, Germany, to Wisconsin, in 1840, . and stopped first at Madison, but about 1845 came to Baraboo, and settled on Sec. 26, in Greenfield, in 1847, where his widow now resides ; he built the first limekiln in 1848, and in the fall of 1849 he built the first frame schoolhouse in Greenfield, yet known as the Eikey Schoolhouse ; in 1852, he put up, where the Prentice Mill now stands, the first saw-mill into which he also put machinery for sawing wagon stuff. Mr. Eikey was married, Feb. 18, 1849, to Miss Anna Umberger, daughter of Abraham and Sarah Umberger, of Wythe Co., Va., born in March, 1830, by whom he had one daughter, Mary C., born 11th of January, 1851, who was married to Mr. C. F. Moher, of Caledonia, June 30, 1872. Mr. Eikey was a good mechanic, and was much employed in carly years as a stone and brick mason at Baraboo ; he had a fine mind, and is said to have received in early life a liberal education ; he was an active Republican and a member of the Methodist Church. Mr. Eikey died Dec. 24, 1870, aged 60 years 8 months and 13 days, leaving his farm of 230 acres to his wife and daughter.

J. D. GANO came to Wisconsin in 1844, and settled at Rio, from which place he removed to his present home in Sec. 5, in 1867 ; this son of James and Mary Gano was born in Columbia, Herkimer Co., N. Y., May 24, 1822, where he was cducated. In 1840, he was married to Emily L. Tidd, of Homer, N. Y., by whom he had four sons and two daughters-Marion E., James A., Irvine D., Theron A., Almira E. and Sarah A., now deceased. Mrs. Gano died of dropsical affection in 1860, and in 1862 Mr. G. was married to Mrs. M. S. (Hughes) Sharp, of Wales, by whom he has three children-William D., Sarah, Etta and Otto J., all now living. Mrs. Gano died of consumption in February, 1870, and Mr. Gano has since married Mrs. Margaret A. Willey, of New York City, daughter of Mr. Bradbury, a soldier in the regular army ; a son, Claud Bradbury, is the only fruit of this marriage. Mr. G. is a man who delights in his family, and has special gifts for training children under the power of fatherly affection. He has served the district seven years and been twice elected Justice of the Peace.

JOHN GLEN is the Greenfield philanthropist ; he was thoroughly educated for this calling in Scotland, but came to Wisconsin to carry out his mission of doing the greatest good to the greatest num- ber ; when he came to Greenfield, he turned Mr. Prentice's mill into a sanitarium, thus founding the only

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benevolent institution in Greenfield ; he has prevented sourness from entering many homcs, giving light for darkness, so that far and near families eat their bread with gladness ; he understands all the mysteries of ancient and modern milling, having run the second purifier ever operated in. Milwaukee, in the mill of J. B. Martin, but he believes the old process to be far better for the consumer than the new, and is doubt- less making the best family flour in Sauk Co. Mr. Glen came to this planet in January, 1836, ınaking his entrance at Glasgow, Scotland, stopping at the home of John and Elizabeth Glen, who kindly cared for and educated him after the straitest of the Scotch Presbyterians. At the age of 20 he was married to Miss Margaret, daughter of James and Susan Whitelaw, born at Glasgow, in 1837, by whom he has five children-James A., born in 1864; Charles J., in 1868; William M., in 1871 ; Forrest, in 1874, and Robert in 1877. Mr. Glen is making up his mind on the political issues of this country.

GILBERT HARMAN, son of John and Ann Harman, was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., July 18, 1831 ; his father came from Wurtemberg in 1818; married a lady upon Long Island, but soon moved to Lycoming Co., Penn., from which place his son Gilbert came West, as far as Milwaukee, in 1852 ; was married to Amanda, daughter of David and Maria Sutton, Dec. 23, 1855, who was born in Michigan June 1, 1835. In 1855, Mr. Harman came to his present residence in Greenfield on Scc. 2, where he has 170 acres of good clay soil, well adapted to wheat and fruit. Mr. Harman has probably done more hard work than any man in the county, and as a result he has above 100 acres nicely cleared and the abundant crop of stone made into fence which will be sound when the last history of Sauk Co. has been written. He also has excellent buildings, especially a barn, built at a large outlay of time and money, and good for one hundred years ; a fine orchard of 170 trees gives him more apples than he knows what to do with. Mr. Harman has lost three children-Sarah Ann, William and Rosa E. C .; and has two daughters, Laura Ann and Mary Melissa, living and at home. He drew a prize in the first draft, which he paid $300 to transfer to another man. His family worship at the Methodist Church ; he is himself a Democrat.

ABRAM HOEGE, came to Sauk Co., May, 1847, and bought the 80 where his house now stands, in Sec. 28, March, 1848, to which he has since added until he now has 240 acres, much of it highly improved, with valuable buildings. Hc is one of the most thrifty farmers in the town ; is a very quiet man, of sterling integrity, of strong convictions, a thorough Republican, and recently united with the Baptist Church, of which his wife has long been a member. Mr. Hoege, son of John and Elizabeth Hocge, was born in 1819, on the Western Reserve at Mayfield, Ohio; his mother's father lived 104 ycars, and his mother 90. He was married Feb. 20, 1842, to Miss Abigail E., daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Covert, of New Jersey, by whom he has three daughters-Elizabeth A., married to John Plummer ; Ellen Jane, married to W. P. Thompson ; and Rovelia C., married to Allan Stewart. Mrs. Hoege died in 1862, having faithfully filled the office of wife and mother for twenty years. In the following year, Mr. Hoege was married to Miss Eliza, daughter of Amyntas and Mary J. Briggs, of Rome, N. Y., who came West in 1854, and settled at Newport. From this marriage there are two sons-Oron B., born July 24, 1864, Alba Jay, born Aug. 23, 1866; a daughter, Cora Elmina, born July 12, 1868. Mr. Hoegc was the first Justice of the Peace in Greenfield ; has been several years upon the board ; and has in all positions proved himself entirely trustworthy.

AMOS JOHNSON, son of Lewis and Nancy Johnson, was born in Plymouth, Conn., in 1822. In 1845, he married Betsey, daughter of Isaac and Rachel Baldwin, of Litchfield, who was born in 1826. He came to Sauk Co. in 1852, and settled on Sec. 32, Greenfield, where he now has 263 acres of Prairie and 85 acres on the great marsh. Mr. Johnson is of genial, free, hearty temperament ; having not a trace of Plymouth Rock in his face, or of Blue Laws in his constitution, or of the rebuking character of his namesake, the Prophet; in his manner, nature, anticipating his westward movement, made him in an elastic mold to expand with the empire. Mr. Johnson's eldest daughter died in infancy, and Ellen, born 1850, died of consumption in 1870; Lewis, born 1854, married Lucy Scott, and lives upon a part of the home farm ; Luther, born 1858, died in 1862 ; Wesley, born April, 1865; and Ellsworth, August, 1867, are promising boys, doing good work whether on the farm or in the school. Mr. Johnson is a respected citizen ; a member of the Republican party ; an efficient school officer, and has been Chairman of the Town Board for eight years. His wife is a quiet woman of deep religious convictions, who is thoughtfully and prayerfully training her boys.

THOMAS JONES, son of Griffith and Ann (Morgan) Jones, was born in Cardiganshire, Wales, Aug. 10, 1827 ; his father was a mechanic, but Thomas had a taste for farming, and left home for America in 1847 ; he came directly to Sauk Co. and settled on Sec. 28, a part of his present farm, since which he has bought the 40 acres on which his residence now stands ; instead of the two shillings which he had when he came to Baraboo, he now owns 200 acres of beautiful land, well-located and productive,

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160 aeres under eultivation, with buildings that eost $2,500; where the herd of deer then pastured and the wolves prowled about for their prey, and the rattlesnake eoiled ready for its deadly spring, he now counts his varied stock. Mr. Jones was married, Sept. 4, 1848, to Anna Morgan, from his former home in Wales, by whom he had two sons, David and John M., and a daughter, Elizabeth, who died of aeeidental burning in 1854 ; Mrs. Jones died in confinement Mareh 7, 1859. Mr. Jones was married to Miss Ellen, daughter of Robert and Jane Owens, in Caledonia, in November, 1860, by whom he has had eleven children, eight of whom are still living-Robert, Evan, William, Janc, Nellie, Elizabeth, Margaret, Luella and Thomas ; three daughters-Jane, Elizabeth and Kate, died in infaney. Mr. Jones' people attend the Calvinistie Methodist Church and Sabbath sehool. He is an advocate of free-trade, but left the Democratic party on account of slavery, and cast his first Republican vote for Lineoln.

CHAUNCEY W. KELLOGG was born Dee. 15, 1821, at Plymouth, Conn .; his father, Fredcriek Kellogg, was descended from the youngest son of the martyr, John Rogers, who was burned by Queen Mary in 1555 ; he was a wholesale and retail merchant in New York City for about fourteen years ; he subsequently came to Baraboo and died at his son's, in May, 1860. C. W. Kellogg was married, Oet. 4, 1846, to Mary Eliza, daughter of George and Eliza Bassett, who was born in Derby, Conn., Mareh 3, 1826 ; one of Mrs. Kellogg's paternal ancestors held a Colonel's commission in the army of George III, and was sent to America to help subdue the colonies. Chauncey Kellogg came to Greenfield while it was yet a part of Baraboo ; helped organize the town, and was its first Sehool Superintendent, which office he held many years, greatly advancing the interest of publie instruction ; he served his own distriet as Clerk and Director, helping to make it the best school of the town. Mr. Kellogg was educated at the Cheshire Academy, and adheres to the Episcopal Church, where his family worships ; he is a member of the Repub- lican party. His present residenee on See. 32, where he has 135 aeres of choice land, is one of the nicest sites on Peek's Prairie, and marks a home of intelligence and refinement, so pleasant that all his children-two sons, George T. and Archibald, and two daughters, Mary A. and Kate, seem to prefer abiding there.

PATRICK G. KELLEY, born in Kerry Co., Ireland, on the 17th of March, 1834; is the son of John Kelley, a tradesman, interested with his brother in coasting vessels, doing business along the shore of Ireland ; his mother was a Mary Goulding, descended from the Blennerhassett family. Mr. Kelley eame to America Nov. 30, 1852, and, in 1857, married Miss Joanna Finnegan, daughter of Thomas and Mary Finnegan, of Kerry Co., Ireland, born Mareh 21, 1835; Mr. Finnegan was a farmer and fruit-raiser before he came to Ameriea, and settled in Essex Co., N. Y .; two of Mrs. Kelley's brothers were soldiers in the Union army, and Patrick Finnegan lost a leg at Antietam. Mr. Kelley came to Bar- aboo April 15, 1858, and worked for Claude & Gowan four years, and, in 1862, he settled on his place in Sec. 30, Greenfield, where he now owns 55 acres of good land and buildings; he has taken unusual pains to inform himself, and is an intelligent and publie-spirited gentleman ; he has been trusted with responsible offices of his town, being twiee Treasurer and serving several years as Supervisor; he has a bias toward the Greenbaek party, and is a member of the Roman Catholic Church ; nine children have been added to the family, all born in Baraboo-Mary E., John Thomas, Francis M., Ambrose Jerome, Daniel M., Jeremiah J., Margaret Jane, Patrick Paul and Hiram Henry.

HENRY W. KONKEL was born in Lyeoming Co., Penn., April 13, 1828, where he lived until he was 22 years old; he eame to Sauk Co. in 1850, and, in the following year, bought his farm of 160 acres in See. 36, Greenfield ; after five years of hard labor and privation, he returned to his native county and married, Nov. 8, 1855, Mrs. Mary Wilkinson, a lady of English desecnt, who was born June 9, 1834 ; they have seven children; the cldest, De Witt Clinton, was born Dec. 16, 1856, and has recently taken a homestead in Custer Co., Neb .; Clara Ella, born April 7, 1858; Walter Howard, May 12, 1859 ; Emily Aliee, March 20, 1862; Henry W., Jr., April 13, 1867 ; Reuben W., Oet. 28, 1868; Lila Bell, Jan. 8, 1874. Mr. Konkel has been a very industrious farmer, is much esteemed by the neighbors, be longs to the Republican party and is a publie-spirited eitizen.

JACOB KRAMER was born in Bavaria Oct. 13, 1830 ; son of Peter and Catharine Kramer; his father was a soldier under Napoleon I for six years; was three years in the Peninsular war ; spoke very fluently the Spanish, French and German languages; he died at the age of 89, in Waukesha Co. Jacob Kramcr eame to Columbia Co., N. Y., in 1846, where he remained ten years ; in 1856, he removed to Waukesha Co., Wis., and farmed in New Berlin two years, at Vernon Center seven, and at Mukwonago ten ; then removed, in November, 1874, to Sauk Co., and settled on Sec. 3, in Greenfield, where he has an excellent stoek and fruit farm of 110 aeres, with a good orchard. Mr. Kramer was married, in the fall of 1845, to Christine, daughter of Mathias and Maggie Boss, by whom he has nine ehildren-Konrad,

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born Sept. 12, 1846; Eliphalet, Jan. 23, 1849; Jacob, Dec. 26, 1850; John, Aug. 25, 1853; Susan, April 26, 1856; Kate, Oct. 26, 1859; Peter, Dec. 28, 1863; Christina, Dec. 8, 1865 ; and¿ Caroline, June 25, 1870.

SETH T. McGILVRA, Sec. 30; P. O. Baraboo ; was born Jan. 8, 1824, in Herkimer Co., N. Y .; came to Wisconsin in 1856, arriving in Sauk Co. Sept. 16; purchased the place where he now resides, and has made it his home since that time; owns 450 acres of land. He was married, Jan. 24, 1849, to Miss Seviah C., daughter of Amos and Aurilla Ferrington ; Mrs. M. died Jan. 1, 1860, leaving three children-Mary F., George B. and Albert D .; he married again, April 11, 1860, to Miss Mary A., daughter of Samuel P. and Sarah Huntington ; she also died, leaving four children-Seviah S., Louisa H., Emma J. and an infant, deceased; was married Aug. 1, 1872, to Mrs. Mary (Stuart) Cranson, daugh- ter of Isaac and Huldah Stuart; have two children, Avis A. and Sarah L. Mr. M., since living in Green- field, has been a member of the Town Board two terms.

PETER NETCHER, deceased, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Netcher, was born in Hessen, Germany, Feb. 22, 1822 ; he first immigrated to Wheeling, Va., in 1846, but removed to Sauk Co. in 1850, and in 1851 he settled on Sec. 11, where he had a farm of 160 acres of good land ; he assisted the surveyors in locating most of the public roads in the south part of the town, and had been prominent in all the improvements made upon the bluffs ; especially was he interested in the public school work of his own district, discharging the duties of some of its offices most of the time, being Treasurer when he died. Mr. Netcher was Democratic in politics and belonged to the Roman Catholic Church. He was always respected in his neighborhood, greatly beloved by his family, and is truly mourned by a large circle of friends ; his last sickness was brief, but very severe ; he died May 18, 1880, in his 61st year, after an ill- ness of nine days, with inflammation of the bowels; his greatly bereaved widow, to whom he had been married about twenty-six years, survives him ; but she lives in the past, upon the tender memories of one so faithful and kind. Her sorrows are shared and lightened by her six children-Henry, who has charge of the farm ; Augustus, Barbara, Elizabeth, Charles and Rosa, who are living at home.

BENJAMIN SIMONDS came to his present home on Sec. 4, in company with his father, in October, 1849 ; he is the son of Joseph and Susanna Simonds, and was born at Fredonia, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1835 ; both his grandsires were in service with the New York militia in the war of 1812, and four of his brothers were in the civil war ; but Benjamin, the youngest, was needed at home and has tastes for other pursuits. He was educated at the academy at Baraboo, was Superintendent of Schools the last year of the town system, has been Assessor for two and Clerk for six years; this year (1880) he took the United States census ; he has a good reputation as a teacher in the county, and has been efficient in maintaining the debating club in District No. 8. Mr. Simonds was married Nov. 26, 1868, to Helen E., daughter of Sheldon and Philena Thompkins, of the family of Daniel D. Thompkins, Vice President ; Mrs. Simonds was born at Waukegan, Ill., Nov. 8, 1841 ; she has two daughters-Minnic Bell and Mabel Clair, aged 7 and 2 ycars. The farm of 120 acres is very pleasantly located at the foot of the bluff, giving it great value as a fruit farm ; there are about 200 trees, most of them loaded with apples. Mr. Simonds was once nearly drowned in the Baraboo River, but was rescued and resuscitated by his brother; it was not his time to dic ; he belongs to a long lived family ; his father, now healthy and active, is 83, and his grandmother died at 92. Hc has proved himself a very useful citizen ; is an earnest Republican, of feeble Greenback proclivities.

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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 120

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