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JOHN D. SANFORD, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Reedsburg; son of Abram and Priscilla (Hambly) Sanford; was born in Cazenovia, Madison Co., N. Y., Nov. 17, 1820 ; removed in childhood with his parents to Oneida Co., N. Y., where he resided till 1850, when he came to Wisconsin, settling in the town of Reedsburg on Secs. 32 and 33; resided in Reedsburg twenty-five years, when he changed his residenee to Sec. 3, in Execlsior. He was married, Dee. 22, 1876, to Miss Ellen, daughter of John and Lydia (Denton) Dyson; they have three children-Lilly, Walter and Edna. Mr. Sanford has a well-improved farm of 320 acres.
ADAM SCHUESTER, farmer, See. 34; P. O. Ableman; son of Adam and Catharine Schuester ; was born in Wittenberg, Germany, July 17, 1832; came to the United States in June, 1857, and settled in the town of Freedom, Sauk Co., Wis. ; after five years' residenee in this town, removed to Excelsior, and settled on Sec. 34; has 146 aeres. Was married Dec. 1, 1860 ; they have seven ehildren -Heinrich, August, Frank, John, William, Mary and Elizabeth.
FREDERIC C. SCHULTE, hotel-keeper, Ableman ; son of Carl and Frederieka Schulte ; was born July 27, 1846, at Westphalia, Prussia ; came with his parents to the United States in 1857, and located in the town of Westfield, Sauk Co .; after about four years spent in this town, Frederic C. went to Sauk City, and to Ableman in 1876. Was married, Nov. 12, 1871, to Caroline Pohlmann, daughter of John and Catharine Pohlmann; they have four children-Frederie, Alvina, Walter and Lena. P. O. Ableman.
CHRISTIAN SHALE, farmer, See. 35; P. O. North Freedom; son of Ferdinand and Agnes (Louch) Shale ; was born in Lyeoming Co., Penn., Nov. 13, 1817. Was married at Hebron, Penn., June 26, 1835, to Margaret Baringer, daughter of John F. and Margaret F. (Brich) Baringer ; they have had ten children, six girls and four boys-Catharine, Sophia, Frederie, John, Mary, William, Eliza- beth, Emma, Ellen and Charles H. (deceased). Mary is now Mrs. David Wolff, residing in Iowa ; Sophia is now Mrs. Henry Wolff, residing in Iowa; Catharine is Mrs. Charles Klumpp ; Elizabeth is Mrs. Will- iam Sipp, and Emma is Mrs. Charles Hengstler. Mr. Shale resided in his native town till 1858, when he eamne to Wisconsin, and settled on See. 35, Excelsior, Sauk Co .; his three sons are in Dakota, near Wat- ertown. Mr. S. has been Supervisor of Excelsior three years ; has 160 acres of land.
ABRAM SILVERNAIL, farmer, Secs. 7 and 8; P. O. Reedsburg; son of Nicholas and Maria (Miller) Silvernail ; was born in Ancram, Columbia Co., N. Y., Aug. 13, 1827. Was married, Dce. 11, 1843, at Hillsdale, N. Y., to Anna Maria Kilmer, daughter of Jacob Kilmer ; they have one son, Jay D. In S-ptember, 1856, the family eame to Wisconsin, locating at Genesee, Waukeslia Co., where they lived till February, 1879, when they came to Sauk Co., and settled on the farm of 120 acres which is now their home.
CHRISTOPHER STACKMANN, farmer, See. 36 ; P. O. North Freedom ; was born in the Circuit of Bromberg, Province of Posen, Prussia, Sept. 14, 1827 ; came to the United States in 1864, stopping in Westchester Co., N. Y., about four years; he then came to Wisconsin in 1868, and settled on Sec. 36, Excelsior, where he has 80 acres of land. He was married in Prussia, in 1856, to Caroline Zilke (deecased) ; has five children, one girl and four boys-Mary, Paul, Theodore, Julius and Edward. Is a member of the Baptist Church, North Freedom.
CHARLES S. TURNER, farmer and carpenter, See. 29 ; was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Jan. 30, 1836; learned the carpenter's trade. Was married Feb. 11, 1863, to Angie Ball, daughter of Stephen and Abigail Ball ; had two children by this marriage-Herbert and Romney Leigh (deceased); Mrs. Turner died Nov. 1, 1868. Mr. Turner was married July 8, 1869, to Medelia Cooper, daughter of Robert Cooper ; they have four children-Charles Glynne, Lenedie, Robert C. and Benjamin. Mr. T.
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came to Wisconsin in 1866, and located on Sec. 29, Excelsior, where he now resides ; has 185 acres of land. Mr. Turner was one of the victims of the hop crash in 1868, he having that season 15 acres under hops ; he stil. has a few acres that he is cultivating, and has faith that a persistent effort in the business will bring success. Mr. Turner was elected Town Clerk in 1868, and served in that capacity.
EDWARD C. WATSON, hotel-keeper, Ableman; son of Ebenezer and Mary (Corbin) Wat- son ; was born in Bradford, Merrimack Co., N. H., Sept. 24, 1833; lived in New Hampshire till 1848, when he went to Boston, and in the spring of 1850, came to Wisconsin, located in Sauk City ; in the fall of the same year came to Baraboo ; in May, 1855, came to Ableman. Was married May 15, 1855, to Miss Laura E. Ableman, only daughter of Col. S. V. R. Ableman ; her mother's name was Elizabeth (Jarvis) Ableman ; Mrs. Watson was born in Albany, N. Y. ; they have one child-Ellen F. Mr. Watson has been Chairman of the town of Freedom, when it included the south portion of what is now Excelsior, was also town Clerk ; has been Chairman of Excelsior three years, and Superintendent of schools two years. Mr. Watson is proprietor of the Charter House, at Ableman ; has 200 acres of land in Excelsior, Secs. 27 and 32. Mrs. Watson's father, Mr. S. V. R. Ableman, was one of the pioneers of Sauk Co .; he has been prominently identified with the public interests of the county. More appropriate mention will be made of the Colonel in connection with the general history.
LAWRENCE WATSON, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Baraboo, Wis. In 1850, at the age of 4 years, being an orphan, Lawrence was taken into the family of William Watson, a resident of Franklin, N. J. In 1854, Mr. William Watson purchased 160 acres of land in the present town of Excelsior, Sauk Co., Wis. In 1858, he moved his family to this farm. Mr. Lawrence Watson's name was established by act of Legislature in 1865: He was married in Excelsior, Nov. 27, 1877, to Delia A. Elliott, daughter of Charles and Calista (Chamberlain) Elliott. Mrs. Watson was born in Mecklenberg, Schuyler Co., N. Y. ; they have three children-Edith E., Eva C. (twins), and Charles T. Mr. Watson was elected Chair- man of his town in 1878, and re-elected in 1879 and 1880, being the present ineumbent ; was Supervisor in 1875, Treasurer in 1876 and 1877, and Justice of the Peace in 1874. He has a well-improved farm of 120 acres ; occupation, farmer.
JACOB WEICHER, wagon and carriage maker, Ableman ; son of Peter and Annie (Simon) Weicher. was born in Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 7, 1850; lived there till 1874, then came to Milwaukee, Wis., stopped there a few months and then went to Sun Prairie, Dane Co. ; here Mr. W. carried on a wagon-shop for nearly six years, and in 1880, came to Ableman, Sauk Co., his present residence, and opened a carriage and wagon shop. Was married in July, 1879, to Mary Kleiner, daughter of E. and Sophia Kleiner ; they have one child-Peter. Mr. W. has recently bought the old grist-mill, and has fitted it up into a fine wagon-shop.
MENZO WINNIE, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Reedsburg ; son of Cornelius and Mary (Case) Winnie ; was born in Blenheim, Schoharie Co., N. Y., Nov. 9, 1840 ; resided in his native place till 1844, when, with his parents, he moved to Wisconsin ; the family settled in Walworth Co .; remained there till 1850, and then moved to Sauk Co., locating in the town of Reedsburg, on Sec. 12; in 1866, Mr. Winnie purchased and took possession of his present farm in Excelsior; the farm contains 160 acres. Mr. Win- nie was married, March 28, 1867, at Baraboo, to Percis, daughter of Henry and Maria Gardner ; they have two children-Alma and Ernest. Mr. Winnie served about two years in the late war; enlisted Dec. 31, 1861, in Co. A, 19th W. V. I.
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H. P. APKER, Lavalle, of the firm of H. P. & E. E. Apker, liverymen and proprietors of Ironton and Cazenovia stage line. Mr. Apker was born in Lycoming Co., Penn., May 23, 1825 ; son of Peter and Charlotta (Meyers) Apker; when 23 years of age, went to Stephenson Co., Ill., was en- gaged in farming and mill business ; after two years, came to Baraboo, Wis., in 1850. Was married in 1852, in Illinois, tó Caroline Clay ; they had one child, which died in infancy ; Mrs. Apker died in Baraboo, March 10, 1855. Mr. Apker was married, Jan. 27, 1857, to Betsy E. Parker, daughter of Chester G. and Electa Parker. Mrs. Apker was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y .; they have six children -Edward E., Mary C., Harry P., Fanny E., Ina R. and Clinton C .; from Baraboo, Mr. Apker moved to Woodland and engaged in farming ; in 1867, moved to Lavalle, and was engaged in the stave busi- ness several years ; operated the carding-mill four years; in the spring of 1880, went into his present business ; has been Supervisor of Woodland one year, and of Lavalle two years. Politics, Republican.
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S. P. BARNEY, retired merchant ; son of Royal and Rachel Barney ; was born in Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Sept. 3, 1819 ; when 4 years of age, went with his parents to Lorain Co., Ohio. Was married there, Jan. 20, 1840, to Lydia, daughter of Joshua and Ruth Harrington. Mrs. Barney was born in Stoekbridge, Madison Co., N. Y .; they have three children-B. S., married to Annie A. Potter, and living in Lavalle; Miranda L., now Mrs. Alonzo D Potter, living in the town of Lavalle; E. E., married to Mary Allen. Mr. E. E. Barney is engaged in the drug and general merchandise business at Lavalle. Mr. S. P. Barney and family came to Wisconsin in 1850, settled at Ft. Atkinson, Jefferson Co., where Mr. B. was engaged in the drug and general merchandise business; in May, 1855, eame to Lavalle ; was engaged in farming about one and a half years ; then engaged as dealer in general merchan- dise ; in 1859, his store was burglarized to the extent of $600; Mr. B. then turned his attention to hop and tobacco growing; in 1873, Mrs. Barney died. The following year, Mr. B. resumed the drug and general merchandise business at Lavalle; in 1876, sold out to his son, E. E. who now earries on the busi- ness. Mr. Barney was appointed the first Postmaster of Lavalle, by President Pierce in 1856; served about five years ; in 1859-60 was Assessor ; served two years as Town Clerk ; was elected Chairman in 1870 ; previous to the transfer of Baraboo Valley R. R. to the C. & N. W. Ry., Mr. Barney was one of the directors of the road ; Mr. Barney's parents came with him to Sank Co .; his father died in 1858.
LYMAN BEERY, of the firm of Beery & Yager, millers ; was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, Dec. 11, 1845 ; son of David and Sarah (Shisler) Beery. When about 6 years of age, went with his parents to Delaware Co., Ohio; remained there three years, and then eame to Sauk Co., Wis. The family located on See. 1, Town 13, Range 3, now Lavalle. Mr. Beery was married, Jan. 1, 1875, at Augusta, Wis., to Adelia Andrews, daughter of Russell and Caroline (Noble) Andrews; Mrs. Beery was born in Morrow Co., Ohio ; they have three children-Elna 'A., Ada and Lodema. Was engaged in farming for three years ; spent two years traveling in Iowa and Wisconsin ; then located in the village of Lavalle, and engaged in the lumber and warehouse business; January, 1879, bought into Lavalle Flouring Mills ; has been Chairman of Lavalle for the past three years ; is the present ineumbent ; has been Town Clerk one year, and is the present School District Clerk ; polities, Republican ; has six aeres of land where he resides.
THOMAS CAMERON, wagon and carriage maker, Lavalle; son of Abraham and Annie (Stephens) Cameron ; was born in Indiana Co., Penn., June 26, 1849 ; came with his parents to Wis- consin in 1850 ; settled near Baraboo, Sauk Co .; remained there about ten years; in 1860, moved to the town of Lavalle, Sec. 36. Mr. Cameron was married at Lavalle, March 4, 1873, to Addie Fuller ; they have one child-May ; soon after his marriage, Mr. Cameron moved to Lavalle and eommeneed business as a wagon and carriage maker ; in polities, Mr. C. is a Republican ; Mrs. Cameron is a member of the Methodist Church.
PATRICK CARROLL, farmer, See. 24; P. O. Lavalle ; was born in Tipperary Co., Ire- land, in 1830 ; son of Patrick and Jane (Cooper) Carroll ; came to the United States in 1851 ; spent one winter in Albany, and, in the spring of 1852, went to Schoharie Co., N. Y .; remained there till the fall of 1855 ; came to Sauk Co., Wis. ; settled at Reedsburg ; lived there six years. Was married, Jan. 24. 1860, to Bridget Casey, daughter of John and Mary (O'Gara) Casey ; their children are John, Jane, Mary (deceased), Ellen, Patrick, Annie, William and Margaret ; in 1861, he moved to Lavalle and settled on See. 24; has 80 acres of land ; Mr. Carroll was Clerk of School District No. 13 three years, and Treasurer six years ; Mr. Carroll and family are Catholics ; in politics, Mr. C. is a Demoerat.
THOMAS J. CLARK, farmer, See. 8; P. O. Lavalle; sou of Justus B. and Matilda (Carver) Clark ; was born in Milwaukee Co., Wis., March 26, 1847 ; when 14 years of age, went tu Jefferson Co., Wis., and in 1865, to Juneau Co .; in the fall of 1868, moved to Lavalle, Sauk Co., settling on Sec. 8. Was married in Juneau Co., April 20, 1874, to Sophronia Lane, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Green) Lane. Mrs: C. was born in the town of Lavalle, Sauk Co .; they have four children-George J., Justus B., Homer N. and Jasper H. Mr. Clark's father (Justus Clark ) was born in Rutland Co., Vt .; moved to the State of New York, and, in 1832, to the Territory of Wisconsin ; set- tled near Milwaukee, which was then only an Indian trading-post; when the land came into market he entered a quarter section ; about 1868, he moved to Sauk Co., where he now resides (town of Lavalle). Mr. T. J. Clark has been Clerk of his School District No. 12; politics, Democrat.
GEORGE W. DICKENS, farmer, See. 35; P. O. Lavalle ; was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., March 14, 1823; son of Philip and Luey (Rathbone) Dickens. Was married, Sept. 6, 1846, in Cayuga Co., N. Y., to Mary (Clark ) Mallon ; Mrs. Diekens was born in Woolwich, England ; they have had ten children-Sarah M. (now Mrs. William H. Field, residence Lavalle), Roena (deceased ), John M.
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(married to Mary A. Gear, residence Lavalle), Luey J. (now Mrs. E. Leigh), George (deceased), Lydia (now Mrs. V. Courtier, of Ironton), Idellah M. (now Mrs. James Courtier, also of the town of Ironton), Ellsworth E., Maston and Mary A. In 1848, Mr. Dickens and family came to Wisconsin and made their home in East Troy, Walworth Co., living there six years ; moved to Sauk Co. in 1854, and settled on See. 35, Town 13, Range 3 (now Lavalle), where they still reside; have 80 acres of land. Mr. Dickens enlisted, Oet. 18, 1861, in Co. B, 12th W. V. I., and served till Oct. 28, 1864 ; has been Treasurer of his school district one year, and Assessor of the town of Lavalle one year. Polities, Republican.
BENJAMIN C. DOUGLASS, of the firm of H. W. Douglass & Co., butchers, Lavalle; was born in Windham, Conn., Oct. 25, 1826; son of Henry W. and Sophia (Crandall) Douglass; when 17 years of age, he went to Rhode Island ; resided in Pawtucket ; subsequently moved to Charleston, R. I., where he was overseer of the carding in the Caroline Cotton Mills five years. He was married at Paw- tucket, R. I., April 9, 1848, to Abbie A. Salisbury, daughter of Joseph and Lydia Salisbury ; Mrs. Doug- lass was born in Maine ; they have had four children-Henry C. (married to Viola Watkins, living in Lavalle), Joseph A. (married to Susan Burdick, living in the town of Lavalle), Rose (who died at 12 years of age) and Harry W. (married to Alice Graham) ; H. W. is in partnership with his father in the butcher- ing business at Lavalle. Mr. Douglass enlisted, in 1862, in Co. D, 26th Conn. V. I., and served about a year ; at the siege of Port Hudson, he escaped a broken thigh by his steel tobacco-box and a plug of tobacco catching an Enfield rifle ball ; as it was, he was knocked down by the force of the ball and rendered unfit for duty for several days ; Mr. D. cherishes that ball as an interesting relic of the war. In 1867, he came to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Lavalle, Sauk Co., See. 23; he has 164 acres of land; rented his farm in 1878, and came to the village of Lavalle, where he engaged in his present business. Mr. D. has been a member of the Town Board of Lavalle three years. Politics, Republican. Mrs. D. is a member of the Second Advent Church.
HENRY C. DOUGLASS, farmer, Sec. 15 ; P. O. Lavalle ; was born in Pawtucket, Mass., Jan. 31, 1849 ; son of B. C. and Abbie A. (Salisbury) Douglass ; when about 5 years of age, he went to Windham Co., Conn., and remained there till 1868 ; then the family moved to Wisconsin, and settled in Sauk Co., town of Lavalle, See. 23. He was married, March 2, 1873, to Luey V. Watkins, daughter of O. G. and Louisa Watkins ; Mrs. Douglass was born in Fairfield, Sauk Co., Wis. ; they have three chil- dren-George H., Amy V. and Elvira M. In the spring of 1873, he moved to his present home, Sec. 15; has 80 aeres of land ; spent one year in Lavalle in elerking; has been Assessor two years, and is serving his third term as Justice of the Peace ; was Census Enumerator, for 1880, of Lavalle. Mr. and Mrs. D. are members of the Second Advent Church. Politics, Republican.
JOHN W. FINDLAY, farmer, Sec. 10 ; P. O. Lavalle ; son of James and Ruth (De Vaughn) Findlay ; born in Baltimore, Md., Aug. 24, 1838; when about 6 years of age, went with his father to Philadelphia, and in May, 1854, came to town of Freedom, Sauk Co., Wis. Was married, Jan. 3, 1859, at Baraboo, to Miranda A. Allen, daughter of Abram and Eliza (Hateh) Allen ; Mrs. Findlay was born in Le Raysville, Jefferson Co., N. Y. ; they have three children-Andrew A., Frank L. and Ruth E. Lived in the vicinity of Baraboo for several years, and in March, 1859, moved to Lavalle, settling on See. 10; has 64 acres. In politics, Mr. F. is a Republican. Mrs. Findlay is a member of the Advent Christian" Church ; her father, Abram Allen, came to Sauk Co. June 8, 1846, and settled near Baraboo.
JAMES FORDHAM, farmer, Sec. 25 ; P. O. Reedsburg ; son of James and Mary Ann : (Parish) Fordham ; was born in Essexshire, near London, England, Jan. 9, 1824; came to America, landing at Quebec in the spring of 1829 ; lived there several years, moved to Buffalo, and shortly after went to Syracuse, N. Y. ; came to Wisconsin in 1845, and made his home in Mount Pleasant, Racine Co .; in 1851, moved to Sauk Co., stopped at Reedsburg, and participated in the first election. Was married at Newport, Wis., Jan. 1, 1854, to Naney A. Carbine, daughter of Michael and Mary Carbine ; Mrs. F. was born in Ohio; they have had eleven children-George H .; Emerette E., now Mrs. Lewis Menard, living at Milwaukee ; Addie, deceased ; Annie, deceased ; Viola, deceased ; Elizabeth, deceased ; Mary, Frank, James, Agnes and John, all born in Sauk Co. Came to Lavalle in 1861, and settled on See. 25 ; has 200 acres of land. Mr. Fordham enlisted in March, 1865, in Co. E, 50th W. V. I .; served till April 20, 1866. Has been Supervisor of Lavalle one year ; has been three years Treasurer of his school district, and Director nine years ; is the present incumbent. Polities, Democrat.
ASA GALE, of the firm of Gale Bros., Lavalle, dealers in lumber, sash, doors, agricultural implements and general farm produce ; business was established Jan. 1, 1874; successors to Berry & Gale. Mr. Asa Gale is the son of Stephen and Eunice (Weaver) Gale ; born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., June 10, 1840 ; when 12 years of age, went with his parents to Walworth Co., Wis. ; remained there
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about four years, and then removed to Adams Co. Enlisted in March, 1865, in Co. A, 49th W. V. I .; served till the close of the war. Was married, in Adams Co., in May, 1871, to Ella Ketcham, daughter of Jesse and Eliza Keteham ; Mrs. G. was born in New York ; they have two children-Aggie and Maud. In 1871, went to Thayer, Kan., and engaged in the hardware business; after two years' residenee in Kansas, came to Lavalle, Wis., and engaged in his present business. Has been Treasurer of Lavalle five years and is the present ineumbent. Polities, Republican.
HARVEY GIFFORD, proprietor of saw-mill; residence and mill situated on Big Creek, See. 12; P. O. Lavalle. The mill was built by Mr. Gifford in 1868 ; saws about 1,500 fect per day, both pine and hardwood lumber ; market, Lavalle, four miles distant. Mr. Gifford was born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., Feb. 14, 1844 ; son of Lewis and Rosina (Schermerhorn) Gifford ; came with his parents to Wis- consin in the fall of 1845 ; the family located in the town of Summit, Waukesha Co .; resided there till 1857 ; then came to Sauk Co., and settled in the village of Reedsburg ; after three years, removed to a farm in the same town. In 1867, Mr. Harvey Gifford eame to the town of Lavalle, and settled on Big Creek, Sec. 12; has 80 acres of land in this section, beside 27 aeres in Juneau Co. ; built the saw-mill which he now owns and operates. Was married, Dee. 25, 1868, in Rock Co., to Coralin Fessenden, daughter of Aaron and Jane (Baker) Fessenden ; Mrs. Gifford was born in Illinois ; they have three ehil- dren-Lewis, Elnora and Alma. Mr. G. has been Director of School Distriet No. 10 eleven years. In politics, Demoerat.
HENRY G. HEAD, farmer, See. 9; P. O. Lavalle; son of Henry G. and Betty (Wilbur) Head ; was born in Schenectady Co., N. Y., Oet. 2, 1825. Was married, Aug. 31, 1848, at Cobbleskill, Sehoharie Co., N. Y., to Marie Seaee, daughter of John and Mary (Goodram) Seaee ; Mrs. Head was born in Suffolkshire, England ; hier people came to the United States in 1831, and settled in Albany, N. Y. ; have had seven children-John (deceased at 23 years of age), James, Charles, Annie, Gilbert, William and Julia. Mr. Head enlisted Feb. 9, 1865, in Co. D, 192d N. Y. V. I .; served till the close of the war. In March, 1869, eame to Wisconsin, and settled in Sauk Co., town of Lavalle; lias eighty aeres of land. Polities, Demoerat.
WELLINGTON S. HUBBELL, farmer, See. 35; P. O. Lavalle; was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., Feb. 8, 1828 ; son of Zalman and Cinda (Beardsley) Hubbell ; while quite young, moved with his parents to Chenango Co., N. Y .; in 1850, came to Wisconsin ; made a short stop of one year at Beaver Dam; in the spring of 1851 located in Ironton (site of the present mill-power .there) ; had learned the trade of earpenter and joiner; worked at his trade in various plaecs in the Wet; in 1854, traveled in Ohio and New York. He was married in Utica, Licking Co., Ohio, Oct. 18, 1854, to Mary Patriek, a daughter of Alanson and Dorinda Patriek ; Mrs. Hubbell was born in the State of New York ; they have had six children-Eugene W., Ella G., Henry A., Florence M. (deceased), Charles E. (deceased), and Myrtie E. In the fall of 1854, Mr. H. sold his Ironton prop- erty to Mr. Tower; in the fall of the same year he came to Wisconsin and bought his present farm, the northeast quarter of See. 35, Town 13, Range 3, now Lavalle ; in the spring of 1855, he moved his family out ; his farm was originally a favorite maple-sugar ground of the Indians. Mr. Hubbell has been Jus ice of the Peace one term and is now serving the second ; was drafted in October, 1864; the situation of his family making it inconvenient for him to go, he furnished a substitute. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the Congregational Church. Politics. Republican.
WILLIAM KUHN, blacksmith and wagonmaker, Lavalle; was born at Nassau, Germany, Feb. 23, 1844 ; son of George and Mica (Rehm) Kuhn; came to the United States in 1866, and located in Wisconsin ; worked at his trade about a year in Wonewoc, and the same time in Mauston; then went to Monroe Co., where he was married, Nov. 20, 1869, to Annie Hansen, daughter of Lambert and Celie (Hamloch) Hansen ; Mrs. Kuhn was born in Germany ; they have five children-August W., Celie, Adelia, Maggie and Annie. Mr. Kuhn and family eame to Lavalle in October, 1875, and opened the shop where he now does business; has three lots. Mr. Kuhn served one and a half years in the Austrian army. Politics, Democratie. Mr. and Mrs. Kuhn are members of the Catholic Church.
SAMUEL LIVESLEY, farmer, hop-grower and dealer in hops, Sec. 25; P. O. Lavalle ; born in Cheshire, England, Dec. 25, 1830 ; son of George and Esther (Waddell) Livesley ; came to the United States in 1841, with his parents ; lived in Geauga Co., Ohio, about four years; then returned to England ; learned the trade of sail-making, and returned to the United States in 1848 ; sailed on the lakes till 1850, when he sailed for California via Cape Horn ; was at San Francisco at the time of the great fire ; sailed again, making the Sandwich and South Sea Islands and South America ; followed the sea about nine years ; made twenty-seven passages of the Atlantic in the merchant service. He was married in 1854,
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