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ORSON SIMONDS was a soldier in the civil war, enlisting in the 10th Battery of W. V. A. Sept. 6, 1864 ; he joined the army at Atlanta ; the battery was under Gen. Kilpatrick's command, with Gen. Sherman, on his campaign through Georgia and the Carolinas ; Mr. S. followed the fortunes of the war till it closed with the grand review at Washington May 25, 1865. This son of Joseph and Susannah Simonds was born at Hanover, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1826 ; came to Two Rivers, Wis., in 1847, and worked three years in steam saw-mill ; came to Sec. 4 in Greenfield in 1854, where he now resides on a good fruit farm of 78 acres, having about 200 trees. Mr. S. married July 18, 1852, to Miss Evalinc, daughter of Elisha and Polly Dolley, who was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., Oct. 5, 1825, by whom he has seven children-Martin O., born June 5, 1843 ; Helen M., Aug. 14, 1854 ; Mary M., Sept. 1, 1855 ; Freeman W., Nov. 7, 1856; Martha J., July 1, 1858; Cyrus H., Feb. 6, 1860, and Edwin Ray, Oct. 11, 1872. Mr. Simonds is a Republican ; has served upon the Town Board ; worships with the Congre- gational Church, and believes in soft money.
JOSEPH STOTLER, son of Roman and Lucinda Stotler, was born in Prussia Dec. 18, 1822 ; was a soldier in the Prussian Cavalry service for six years ; came to America in 1854, and was mar- ried in Buffalo, N. Y., to Miss Lucinda Fcter, by whom he has five sons-John, Charles, Sophia, Louis
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and Joseph ; and two daughters-Alme and Lueinda. Mr. Stotler spent one year in Madison, and in 1855 he removed to Greenfield, Scc. 14, where he now owns 256 acres of meadow and upland, with an orchard of 150 bearing trees, and buildings that cost about $1,500. When he first came to the Bluffs, there were many deer; sometimes they came in herds of twelve or twenty ; one winter, when there was a deep snow and a thin crust, they slaughtered great numbers of them. Mr. Stotler has been very fortun- ate in business and has a niee income aside from the proceeds of his farm. He is Republican in politics, and a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
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HENRY BRANDT, dealer in stock and sewing machines, Sec. 19 ; P. O. Loganville ; son of C. H. and Louisa H. (Woehmann) Brandt; was born in Prussia Mareh 8, 1849 ; eame to America in 1846, settled in Madison, Wis .; resided there till the fall of 1867, then came to the town of Washington, Sauk Co. Was married Mareh 26, 1873, at Reedsburg, to Amelia Werth, daughter of Gottlieb and Charlotta (Schilling) Werth ; they have three children-Augusta, William and Charles. In 1876, went to Mil- waukee to live ; only remained there one summer and then came to Westfield, Sauk Co., settled on Sec. 19 ; has 77 acres of land.
JOHN BURKE, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Loganville ; son of Thomas and Sophia (Rustine) Burke; was born in Maine June 4, 1829; moved to Nova Scotia while a child, and lived there till 14 years of age, then went to sea ; followed the sea about six years, sailing in the ships of the Black Star Line, between New York and Liverpool ; then located at Quebec, Canada ; lived there three years then moved to New York, and from there to Ft. Ann, Washington Co., N. Y .; in 1856, he came to Sauk Co., Wis., and settled where he now resides ; has 120 acres of land. Was married Dee. 25, 1851, at Ft. Ann, N. Y., to Dorathy Green, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Connor) Green ; they have one child, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Burke are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Burke's father, Mr. Peter Green, was born in Orange Co., N. Y., 1797 ; was married in 1821 to Elizabeth Connor ; they had five children, of whom two only are living. Mr. Green came to Wisconsin in 1856, and now resides with his daughter, Mrs. Burke.
DR. E. G. CRISTMAN, physician and surgeon, Loganville; son of John and Catha- rine (Shell) Cristman; was born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., Jan. 26, 1839; resided in his native county till 22 years of age ; is a graduate of Columbia University, New York ; in 1867, went to Minne- sota and located in Winona Co .; then removed to Wisconsin and settled in Loganville, town of Westfield, Sauk Co., where he has continued to practice his profession till the present time, 1880. He was married, Oet. 20, 1869, in Westfield, to Martha A., daughter of William H. and Amelia (Brooks) Lewis; Mrs. C. was born in Illinois; they have five children-Frank P., Frances L., Ezra R., Edgar S. and a girl unnamed. Dr. C. enlisted, in September, 1862, in Co. C, 152d N. Y. V. I., was appointed Assistant Regimental Surgeon, and was soon after placed on the medieal staff of the 2d Division, 2d Army Corps, where he served till the close of the war. He has 148 aeres of land, beside his two acres at his residence in the village. He was eleeted Chairman of Westfield four successive years, 1876-79, and has held the office of Town Clerk two years.
FREDERIC DARGER, farmer, Scc. 19; P. O. . Loganville ; son of Peter and Mary (Becker) Darger ; was born in Berum, Hanover, Nov. 11, 1821. Was married in the city of Hamburg, in October, 1851, to Dora Behn, daughter of Henry and Charlotta (Wermann) Behn ; they have one child, Louisa, now Mrs. Herman Riggert; Mr. Darger and family came to America in June, 1855, and settled in the town of Reedsburg, Sauk Co., Wis .; they remained in this town till 1879, then came to Westfield, Sauk Co., and located on Sec. 19, where he now resides. Mr. Darger was Supervisor of Reeds- burg one year, and was President five years of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Co. of Rcedsburg. Mr. D. and family are members of the St. Peter's Lutheran Church of Loganville.
HENRY B. DORNECK, farmer; P. O. Loganville ; son of John and Mary Palmer Dor- neek ; was born in Penn., Sept. 12, 1836; when 11 years old, moved to Belmont Ohio; lived in the vicinity of Pittsburgh for several years. Enlisted in the 156th Ohio V. I. in 1863; was in the service six months ; afterward went to Whecling, W. Va., to live ; and in 1865, eame to Wisconsin ; settled in Sauk Co., town of Westfield, Sec. 9; after a residence of six years in this place, he bought the farm of 80 acres where he now resides. Mr. D. was married in Reedsburg, in 1866, to Temperance Dearholt,
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daughter of John and Lucinda (Aldrich) Dearholt. Mrs. Dorneck was born in Morrow Co., Ohio ; they have three children-Eva, Myrtie and Maud.
FREDERIC GILES, farmer ; P. O. Loganville ; son of William and Mary Ennis Giles ; was born in Kent, England, village of Hothfield, July 19, 1835 ; came to the United States in 1851 ; set- tled in Oncida Co., N. Y .; remained there about six years, and then removed to Sauk Co., Wis., town of Franklin, where he entered some land ; in 1865, sold out and came to Westfield; lived in the village of Loganville about a year, and then moved on to the farm of 60 acres which he now owns. In the fall of 1861, he enlisted in Co. B, 12th W. V. I .; was appointed Corporal ; served till the close of the war. Was married in Westfield, Jan. 1, 1868, to Mary E. Mead, daughter of John and Mary Mead ; they have two children-John and William.
DANIEL GULLIFORD, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Loganville ; son of Samuel Gulliford, who was the son of William G., who was the son of William Gulliford, a minister of the Church of England, who preached in the city of Philadelphia, Penn., before the Revolutionary War ; Daniel Gulliford was born in Springfield, Erie Co., Penn., Dec. 12, 1811 ; his mother was Catharine Ball, daughter of Danicl and Catharine Ball ; Mr. G. lived in his native county thirty-five years ; was engaged in farming. Was mar- ried Dec. 25, 1831, at Springfield, Penn., to Melissa Johnson, daughter of Friend and Polly ( Perry) John- son ; Mr. and Mrs. G. have had ninc children, of whom six are living-Catharine (now Mrs. George Gattwinkel), Harriet M. (now Mrs. Simon P. Sutton), Rosanna (now Mrs. John H. Gray), Charles W., (married to Olive Tinker), Horace W. (married to Mary E. Swcescy), and Violletta, Loran, Anna and Ursula, deceased. Mr. G. and family came to Wisconsin in 1846; located in what is now Sumter, Sauk Co .; resided there till 1854; then came to Westfield ; settled on Section 29; has 100 acres. Was Town Treasurer one year in Sumter, and Assessor two years in Westfield.
NICHOLAS HASZ, farmer; P. O. Loganville ; son of Peter and Rebecca (Karstens) Hasz ; was born in Hanover, Germany, Sept. 12, 1836 ; lived in his native place till 1856, when the family moved to America. The first home was made at Madison, Wis., where they remained about six months, and then moved to Sauk Co., town of Westfield. Mr. Hasz was married at Loganville, Nov. 28, 1862, to Mary Luhrsen, daughter of Henry and Annie (Licndhoff) Luhrsen ; they have seven children, three boys and four girls-Henry, Amie, Annie, Mary, Martin, Theodore and Henrietta. Mr. Hasz has been Supervisor of his town one ycar, and Treasurer eight years; is the present Secretary of the Farmers' Mu- tual Insurance Co. of Westfield. Mr. Hasz and family arc members of St. John's Lutheran Church of Westfield.
ROBERT HAWKINGS, farmer ; P. O. Loganville; son of Richard and Mary Powell Hawkings ; was born in East Kent, England, February 1827 ; resided in his native place till 18 years of age ; came to the United States in 1845 ; lived in Brookfield, Madison Co., N. Y., about ten years ; came to Wisconsin in 1855 ; settled in Washington, Sauk Co .; was engaged in farming seven years, and then came to Westfield ; located on Sccs. 20 and 21 ; has 160 acres of land, where he now resides. Was married July 17, 1850, at Utica, N. Y., to Ann Port, daughter of William and Harriet (Buss) Port. Mrs. H. was born in England. They have had seven children-Harriet R., Rhoda A., Charles R. and Willie L. ; those deceased are Mary E., George W. and John W. George W. was a native of Loganville, and was 24 years old at the time of his death; Rhoda A. is now Mrs. Charles E. Brooks, of Reedsburg; Harriet R. is now Mrs. Daniel Canfield, also of Reedsburg. Mr. Hawkings has been Justice of the Peace four ycars.
HENRY HEITKAMP, blacksmith ; P. O. Loganville; son of William and Elizabeth Heitkamp, was born in Prussia Fcb. 9, 1853; in 1854, came with his parents to tlic United States ; settled at Blooming Grove, Danc Co., Wis .; lived there about three years, then moved to Madison ; in 1878, came to Loganville and opened a blacksmith-shop, where he is now in business. Was married March 20, 1879, to Mary Wise, daughter of Henry and Mary Wise.
DAVID B. HULBURT, farmer ; P. O. Loganville ; son of James H. and Lydia (Peters) Hulburt ; was born in Portland, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Dec. 8, 1829 ; passed his boyhood in his native place ; spent three years in Buffalo, N. Y .; was connected with the Republic printing office ; was also engaged in teaching in Chautauqua Co. Was married at Portland, in February, 1855, to Josephine M. Van Scoter, daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Joncs) Van Scoter ; they have eight children-Alice M., Frank D., Hattic, Arthur D., Josephenc M., Lena Belle, Harvey L. and Jessie M. Mr. H. and family came to Wisconsin in July, 1857 ; settled in Loganville; has 170 acres of land ; was town Superintend- ent of Schools six years ; was Town Clerk one year ; Justice of the Peace eight years ; County Surveyor
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six years ; Postmaster of Loganville four years ; was Chairman one term, and elected to the second, which he resigned on being elected to the Legislature; was elected member of the State Legislature in 1875 ; re-elected in 1876 and in 1877 ; was enrolling officer during the war, and is at present enumerator of census for 1880; the first years of his residence in Westfield were engaged in farming and teaching ; in 1870, he opened a general store in Loganville in company with E. H. Newell; sold out in 1874, and is now engaged in farming. Politics, Republican.
REV. CHRISTOPHER KESSLER, minister of the Zion German Lutheran Church, Westfield, residence Sec. 13; P. O. Ableman ; son of Christopher and Catharine (Keisler) Kessler ; was born in Prussia June 2, 1829 ; came to America in 1859; settled at Platteville, Wis .; remained there about a year, and then went to Guttenberg, Iowa ; was a graduate of the seminary of Henendetsclsan, Germany ; was ordained a minister and served as a missionary four years in Wyoming Territory. Was married at Galena, Ill., Jan. 27, 1863, to Susannah Oberhein ; they have eight children-Carl, Maria, Heinrich (deceased), Theodore, Christopher, August, Eugenie and Frederic; in 1864, came to Westfield, and located where he now resides ; has 20 acres of land.
STEPHEN N. KINSLEY, son of Cephas and Lucinda (Newell) Kinsley, was born in Clinton Co., N. Y., July 16, 1828 ; soon after reaching his majority, came to Wisconsin ; remained about two years, then returned to Clinton Co., and, in company with two other young men, built and run a potato-starch mill, using about 2,000 bushels of potatoes a year; carried on this business about tliree years; then came to Sauk Co., Wis., in 1854, settled in Loganville, where he now resides ; was a partner of Mr. Logan in the saw-mill and plat of the village. Was married, July 29, 1856, in the town Westfield, to Lucy A. Seamans, daughter of Benjamin and Abigail (Brown) Seamans; they have had four children-Frank D., Fred B., Charles H. and Burt (deceased). Mrs. Kinsley died April, 1868. Mr. K. was married again October, 1869, to Elizabeth E. Seamans, daughter of Geo. B. and Matilda (How- ard) Seamans; have had three children-Hoyt S. (deceased), Martha M., Aimee. Mr. Kinsley was the first Postmaster in the village, and is the present incumbent, has held the office six years ; was also the first teacher in the village ; was Supervisor three years ; Town Clerk two years, and Justice of the Peace fifteen years ; has 100 acres of land.
GEORGE KONECKE, farmer and stock-dealer, Sec. 3; P. O. Loganville ; son of Joseph and Dorothy (Hovermann) Konecke; was born in Hanover March 11, 1827; came to America in 1868, arriving in Westfield, Sauk Co., Wis., May 22, and located on Sec. 3, where he has 84 acres of land. He was mar- ried in Hanover, Germany, Feb. 25, 1852, to Dora, daughter of John and Catharine (Meyer) Bless ; Mrs. K. was born in Hanover ; they have one child, Hermann. Mr. K. has been Supervisor of Westfield three years, and Assessor two years. Mr. and Mrs. Konecke are members of the German Lutheran Church of Reedsburg.
HENRY W. KOPF, carpenter and mason, Sec. 26; Loganville; son of H. N. and Annie (Stone) Kopf; was born Oct. 28, 1829, in Hanover ; cainc to the United States in April, 1852, and set- tled in Saginaw Co., Mich .; in 1854, he came to Wisconsin, and settled on Sec. 26, Westfield, Sauk Co., where he has 134 acres of land. He was marricd June 20, 1856, at Cottage Grove, Wis., to Eliza Dora, daughter of Nicholas Lerenthal ; she was born in Hanover; they have four children living-Henry N., Mary (now Mrs. Henry Licht, Jr.), Louis and Hermann. While in Michigan, he was engaged in steam- boating. He has held the office of Supervisor in Westfield three years, 1877-79. Mr. K. and family are members of the Zion Lutheran Church.
HENRY A. LUCKENSMEIER, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Ableman ; son of Caspar and Maria (Eveler) Luckensmeier ; was born in Westphalia, Prussia, Nov. 27, 1846; came to the United States when 7 years of age, with his parents; lived at Madison, Wis., a few months, tlien moved to Roxbury, Dane Co .; resided there about three years, then moved to Sauk Co. and located on Sec. 24, Westfield, where he now resides ; he has 136 acres of land. He was married in Westfield, June 10, 1866, to Johanna, daughter of August and Johanna Fingerhood ; they have four children-Mary, Annie, Mena and Amelia. He was Supervisor of Westfield in 1877. Mr. and Mrs. L. are members of tlie German Lutheran Church.
JOHN C. LUHRSEN, merchant and farmer, Loganville; son of Nicholas and Catharine (Rusch) Luhrsen ; was born in Hanover, Sept. 22, 1822; came to New York City in 1851; remained there thrce and a half years, then came to Dane Co., Wis., where he was engaged in farming ; came to Sauk Co. in the spring of 1857, and located on Scc. 35, Westfield, where he had 200 acres of land ; sold out in 1876 and came to Loganville, where he now resides ; here he commenced business as a dealer in general
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merchandise. Mr. L. was married in 1846, in Hanover, to Christiana Lubaek ; she died in New York, of cholera, Sept. 12, 1855 ; he was married again, Aug. 6, 1856, in New York, to Christiana Ost; she was born in Hanover ; they have eight ehildren, five boys and three girls-Louisa, Nicholas H., Frederie W., Annie C., Emma M., August H., Henry W. and Edward C. Mr. Luhrsen has been Assessor four years, Supervisor six years, and Justice of the Peace one year. He has 92 aeres of land.
GEORGE MOOG, farmer, See. 12; P. O. Ableman; son of Christian and Elizabeth Moog ; born in Hessen, Germany, Sept. 18, 1834; eame to the United States in 1853 and settled in Ohio; about ten months afterward, he moved to Sauk Co., Wis., and loeated where he now resides ; has 79 aeres. He was married Nov. 7, 1858, in Westfield, to Mary E. Sehmidt, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Kaps) Sehmidt ; Mrs. Moog was born in Prussia; they have seven children living-Annie M., Mary E., Henri- etta W., Bena B., Peter A., George F. and Emil; Louis H., deceased. Mr. Moog enlisted, in August, 1862, in Co. F, 23d W. V. I., served eleven months and was discharged for disability ; the daughter, Annie M., is now Mrs. Charles Hammermeister. Mr. Moog and family are members of the German M. E. Church, Westfield.
HENRY F. NIEMANN, farmer; P. O. Loganville; son of William and Margaret (Bredfeld) Niemann; born in Holstein, Prussia, March 31, 1839; eame to New York in 1856, and from there to Iowa ; stopped in the vieinity of Davenport till the commenegment of the war. Enlisted, in April, 1861, on the eall for three-months men, and re-cnlisted in the twelve-months volunteers for three years ; was wounded at Vicksburg in the leg, by a gunshot; was in the hospital till the three years expired, and then discharged ; remained about St. Louis till 1867 ; in 1868, came to Sauk Co. and located near the village of Loganville ; has 23 acres of land ; was Assessor three years, and was elected Justice of the Peace in 1879, and is now serving in that capacity. He was married at Loganville Nov. 25, 1871, to Annie Hasz, daughter of Peter and Rebecca Hasz; they have three children-Laura, Bertha and Henry.
WILLIAM PALMER, deceased; son of Richard and Casandra Palmer; born in Maryland in 1806; Mr. Palmer was a earpenter by oeeupation. In 1833, he was married, at Philadelphia, to Eliz- abeth Myers, daughter of John and Elisabeth Brunner Myers; Mrs. Palmer was born in Pennsylva- nia ; they had nine children, of whom five only are living-Mary M., now Mrs. Franeis Conroe, living in Ohio; Jesse B., married to Adelia Westenhaver and now in the Black Hills; Joseph S., married to Elizabeth Dougal, also in the Black Hills; Charles W., married to Sarah J. Bunker, residing in Walworth Co., Wis. ; Florence, now Mrs. E W. Bunker, living in Westfield ; the deceased are Jolin R., Saralı E., William A. and William H. Mr. Palmer came to Wisconsin in 1854 and located in Loganville, town of Westfield, Sauk Co .; he built the first frame house in the village-the house now oeeupied by F. Dorn ; Mr. Palmer was interested with Mr. C. P. Logan in the building of the first saw-mill in the town ; finally sold out to Mr. Davis, and, in the fall of 1854, moved his family to the farm on Sec. 6, where they now reside ; was also interested in the building of the grist-mill, with Mr. Maekey, in 1861, at Loganville, and afterward sold out his interest to Mr. Maekey. Mr. Palmer was a member of the Wisconsin Legislature two terms ; was Chairman of the town of Westfield three terms, and Justice of the Peace one term; his death oceurred Sept. 21, 1873; the heirs have 320 acres of land. Joseph S. Palmer enlisted, in 1861, in Co. D, 8th W. V. I .; re-enlisted as a veteran and served till the close of the war ; Charles W. enlisted in 1863; was wounded in the shoulder by the same ball that killed Mr. Richards, of this town; the ball passed through Richards' body before striking Mr. Palmer ; he served two years. Mrs. Palmer's post office is Loganville.
JACOB H. REIGHARD, farmer and dealer in farm machinery ; P. O. Loganville; son of Jacob and Lucy (Simon) Reighard ; born in Williamsport, Lyeoming Co., Penn., April 24, 1824; resided in his native plaee till 22 years of age, then removed to Wheeling, W. Va .; in 1853, he went to Pitts- burgh, Penn., and engaged in the manufacture of glass. In November, 1861, he enlisted ; helped to re- eruit a company of eavalry-Co. G, 14th P. V. C .- of which he was commissioned First Lieutenant ; after serving two years, he received an injury from a fall of his horse while on duty ; resigned in 1863. Hc was married Oct. 4, 1844, at Lock Haven, Penn., to Caroline Dorneek, daughter of John Dorneek ; she was born in Laneaster, Penn .; they had three children, of whom only one is living, named Ellis W., and married to Addie Holmes, residing in Westfield. In 1855. Mr. Reighard purchased a traet of 240 aeres of land in Westfield, Sauk Co., Wis., and in 1863, with his family, eame to Wisconsin and took possession of it (See. 18), where he now resides ; has held the office of Chairman of Westfield by appointment once, and was elected, in the spring of 1880, to the same position.
JOHN RICHARDS, farmer; P. (). Loganville; son of Joseph and Al. (Carpenter) Rieh- ards ; was born in Guernsey Co., Ohio, June 27, 1838; when about 2 years of age, the family moved to
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Belmont Co., Ohio; remained there till about 15 years of age, and in 1854 came to Wisconsin and set- tled on Sec. 5, Westfield, Sauk Co. ; has 80 acres of land, and is a farmer by occupation. Was married Jan. 6, 1861, in the town of Washington, to Minerva I. Deerholt, daughter of John and Lucinda (Aldrich) Deerholt; they had four children by this marriage-Mary Ella, Flora E., Cora E., and Walter I. (deceased). Mrs. Richards died in May, 1867. Mr. R. was married again Dec. 12, 1869, in Westfield, to Sarah J. Westenhaver, daughter of Jonas and Sarah (Weary) Westenhaver ; they have four children-Gertrude, Georgie, Verna and Ruby Madge. Mr. R. was chairman of Westfield in 1875.
HERMANN RIGGERT, farmer ; P. O. Loganville ; son of Henry and Catharine Marquart Riggert ; was born in Hanover, March 29, 1854; came to America in 1873, and settled in the town of Westfield, Sauk Co., Wis. Was married, Nov. 9, 1875, to Louisa, daughter of Frederic Darger ; they have three children-Elsie, Emil and Feide.
JOHN G. SCHAUM, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Loganville ; son of Louis and Mary Wolford Schaum ; was born in the Province of Rhine, Germany, April 23, 1822; came with his parents to the United States in 1837 ; located at Pittsburgh, Penn. Was married in Pennsylvania, June 11, 1849, to Margaret Holdenhausen, daughter of Henry Holdenhausen ; they have ten children living-Amelia (now Mrs. Fred Oetzman), Louis, Caroline, Lucelia, John G., Henry J., Frederic William, Alfilena, Charles B. and Gertrudc. Mr. Schaum, in 1851, came to Westfield, Sauk Co., Wis. ; took up 160 acres of land, where he now resides ; Mr. S. was obliged to cut out a road to his farm, the country being almost an unbroken wilderness ; he was three years without a team, and for a long time had to pack his flour and provisions on his back from Baraboo.
HEINRICH SCHEWE, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Ableman ; son of William and Catharine (Saunders) Schewe ; was born in Hanover, April 16, 1828. He was married in 1853, in Hanover, to Cath- arine Licht, daughter of Frederic and Catharine (Werner) Licht; they have one child, Henry, now mar- ried to Dora Schultz, and residing in Westfield. Mr. Schewe came to Wisconsin from Germany in 1862 ; settled where he now resides ; has 120 acres. Mr. S. and family are members of the Zion German Lu- theran Church of Westfield.
JOHN W. SCHUETTE, farmer. Sec. 26 ; P. O. Loganville ; son of John and Catharine Schuette ; was born in Hanover March 31, 1849; came to America in September, 1863, and settled in the town of Westfield, Sauk Co., Wis., on Scc. 26; has 143 acres of land. Was married Oct. 24, 1870, in Westfield, to Dora Reinecke, daughter of William and Mary (Neimann) Reinecke ; they have five children - Amelia, Henry, Elizabeth, William and Annie. Mr. Schuette has been Supervisor of Westfield two ycars-1877 and 1878; has been Treasurer of his school district five years. Mr. Schuette and wife are members of the German Lutheran Church.
JOHN WERRON, farmer, Scc. 12; P. O. Ableman; son of John and Catharine (Eberle) Werron; was born in Hessc-Darmstadt, Germany, Nov. 1, 1819; left Germany in 1846, coming to Pitts- burgh, Penn., where he remained about six years; then came to Westfield, Sauk Co., Wis., in 1852, and located on Sec. 12; has 79 acres. He was married May 1,.1849, at Pittsburgh, Penn., to Phillipena Grasser, daughter of Sebastian Grasser; she was born in Bavaria; they have four children-Phillipena, Catharina, John W. and Anna M. ; Phillipena is now Mrs. William Stackhouse, living in Westfield ; Cath- arina is now Mrs. C. Black. Mr. Werron enlisted. in 1862, in Co. A, 19th W. V. I .; served three years and nine months. Mr. W. and family are members of the German M. E. Church.
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