The pioneers of Outagamie County, Wisconsin : containing the records of the Outagamie County Pioneer Association; also a biographical and historical sketch of some of the earliest settlers of the county, and their families, their children, and grand-children, Part 20

Author: Spencer, Elihu
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Appleton, Wis. : Post Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 314


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Willard and Sophia, the latter two being deceased. Politi- cally our subject is a Democrat and in 1856 he was elected to the office of county treasurer, in which he served four years. In 1862 he was elected to the assembly, serving one year. In religious faith, he and his wife are members of the Methodist church ; socially, he is a member of the I. O. O. F. and Temple of Honor.


PETER TUBBS.


Peter Tubbs, of Seymour, Wis., was born May 3, 1841, in the town.of Newstead, Erie county, N. Y. His father, Jacob Tubbs, was born in the State of New York, and his mother, Clymena H. (Cottrell) Tubbs, was born in Massachusetts, ancestors tracing back to the Mayflower. Governor Washburn and the noted Washburn family were first cousins of my father. At the age of seven years I moved with my parents and six sisters to Wiscon- sin, settling on a new farm in the town of Lebanon, Dodge county, Wis., in 1848, where I lived help- ing on the farm and attending school summer and winter until I was 21 PETER TUBBS. years old, when I enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, in Co. I, Twenty-ninth Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, and served until the close of the war, participating in all the battles and skirmishes the regiment was engaged in. Returning home July, 1865, was married to Phebe H. M. Armitage, Jan. 4, 1866 ; engaged in farming two years, working three


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farms on shares ; December, 1867, bought the present home- stead farm of W. S. Warner on contract, for $4.00 per acre, paying $100.00 down. In the winter of 1868, chopped five acres and in September, 1868, moved with wife and one child, Lloyd H., onto the present homestead, where I have lived ever since. There was only two log houses at that time in the now city of Seymour and only a trail with blazed trees north of the city of Seymour to mark the trail north. In two weeks after landing here I had four acres of winter wheat sown and was living in a board shanty erected the next day after arrival, which we lived in during the winter while erecting the main part of the present house we now live in. Was elected town treasurer in 1869 ; town clerk, in 1870; chairman, in 1871, and later assessor. Established the Seymour postoffice and was appointed postmaster in 1870, the office then supplied by carrier from Lime Rock postoffice in the town of Osborn. I took an active part in voting aid for the present railway, and signed the $7,000 bonds as town clerk. After trains ran regularly on the road the postoffice was moved to Seymour village, Mr. Dix being appointed postmaster and has since been held by T. H. Mitchell, L. H. Le Mieux, D. A. Kenyon and Geo. Falck. The income of the postoffice the first quarter after its establishment ranged from nine cents to fifty-seven cents per week. Periodicals were then paid for at the office of delivery. The postoffice now pays a salary of nearly $1,000 per annum, which is a true index of the growth of the town. From the beginning of 80 acres in the wilderness, now called the Woodland Farm, has been increased to 420 acres, including farms given and now occupied by son and sons-in-law. I am now principally engaged in dairying and shipping butter and farm produce for fifteen years. Have been an active although Indepen- dent Republican, having been chairman of the Republican assembly district and also represented Outagamie county on the Republican congressional committee. Ani a firm believer in a high tariff and a home market for American products. Have held the presidency of the Seymour Fair and Driving Park Association three years, putting it on a


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firm financial basis. Have held the office of chairman of the town the past two years and am now chairman of the County Board, 1895. My family has increased from one child to nine, as follows : Lloyd H. who married Effie B. Shepherd Dec. 25, 1888; now have three children, Harry, Cora and Ralph. Lloyd has held the office of secretary of Seymour Fair three years. Carrie J. married Adelbert Carter Dec. 29, 1887 ; now have three children, Edith, Mildred and Clyde. Flora E. married Chas. R. Blanshan April 2, 1890, and have one child named Peter. Mary F., Leonora L. and Phebe L., George P., John H. and Eleanor E., five years old Nov. 26, being just twenty-four years younger than Lloyd. My mother is now living in Minn., in her 90th year with all her faculties unimpaired. I am an active member of the Methodist church, taking an interest in all its advancement.


WM. R. MANLEY


Was born in Onondaga county, New York, in 1823 ; in 1854 he came to Wisconsin ; he settled on Sec. 19, T. 22, R. 16, now the town of Ellington. He now lives on the n. e. 12, Sec. 28, T. 22, R. 16, where he cleared . his land and established a home where he now resides. He was married to Louisa Adams, of Cayuga county, New York in 1844; they have had four children, three now living. Orson Manley born Jan. 12, 1854; he was married to Mrs. Mangie Hewitt; they WM. R. MANLEY. have two daughters, now living at home. J. O. Manley is now living on his farm on the n. e. 14, Sec. 27, T. 22, R. 16 ; his second son, Perry


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Manley, born in 1853; he was married to Ida Johnson ; they have two sons now living ; he now lives in Kaukauna. Wm. R. Manley has one daughter, now the wife of Wm. Tyler; they live on a farm in Ellington. Mrs. Wm. R. Manley died June 10, 1855. Mr. Manley married for his second wife, Nettie E. Keesler ; they have one son.


WM. H. MUNGER


Was born in New Haven county, Conn., Nov. 14, 1785; he was a son of Willys and Esther Munger, of the same place. Wm. H. Munger moved to Bergen, Genesee county, N. Y., in 1807; in 1843 he moved to Dane county, Wisconsin ; in 1860 he moved to the town of Seymour, Outagamie county, Wis., and located on the n. e. 14, Sec. 32, T. 24, R. 18, now in the city of Seymour. In 1809 he was married to Sally Evarts, of Connecticut ; they had two sons, Simeon W., and Levi W. Mrs. Munger died in 1814; in 1817 Mr. Munger married his second wife, Achsak Brooks; they had three sons and two daughters. WM. H. MUNGER. The sons' names are Daniel H., Wm. N. and Levi W .; the daughters' names are Sally E. and Elizabeth C. Gary Munger, a son of D. H. Munger, is proprietor of a livery stable in Seymour and now represents his ward in the county board of supervisors. Sally, a daughter of Wm. H. Munger, now lives in the city of Seymour. Wm. H.


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Munger died in Seymour Feb. 12, 1870 ; his wife, Achsak Munger, died in Dane county, Wis., Jan. 10, 1860.


JOHN McMURDO, SR.


John McMurdo, Sr., was born in Scotland in 1808; came to New Brunswick in 1828; arrived in Hortonville June 8, 1851 ; settled on See. 3, T. 21, R. 15, where he cleared a farm and established a home and resided until 1879, when he removed to the vil- lage of Hortonville, where he resided until his death in Sept., 1891. He was postmaster and chairman of the town several years. He was married to Elizabeth Hunter in 1835, also from Scotland; they have had eight child- ren, three sons.and five daughters. First, child, James H., born JOHN M'MURDO, SR. JAMES M'MURDO, SR Sept. 1, 1836, married to Sarah E. Clark,


August 23, 1863; they have no children; they now live in Hortonville on a farm. Second child, Janette, mar- ried to Walter Clark; they have one son, now dead, and two daughters living. Mrs. Clark died in 1878; Mr. Clark now lives in Ashland. Third child, John, born Aug. 24, 1840, married to Lucinda P. Whitman Nov. 20, 1868; they have no children. Mr. McMurdo died in June, 1888, in Hortonville ; his widow now lives in Hortonville. Fourth child, Mary, born in 1842, married to James Douglass in 1864 ; they have two sons and three daughters living ; they now live on a farm one and half miles east of Hortonville


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on the Appleton road. Fifth child, Isabel, born in 1844; married to Jacob Steffen in 1862 ; they have one daughter. Mr. Steffen died in 1863 in the army ; his widow married Frank Steffen in 1866; they have two sons and two daugh- ters living. Frank Steffen died in 1879; his widow now lives on a farm two miles west of Hortonville. Sixth child, Catherine, born in 1846; married to John Douglas in 1867 ; they have one son and two daughters; they now live in Hortonville. Seventh child, Robert, born in New Bruns- wick, May 7, 1849; married to Lena Ausel in 1889; they have no children; they now live in Hortonville. Eighth child, Libbie, born July 4, 1852 ; married to David Hodgins ; they have no children; they now live near Hortonville. John McMurdo, Sr., had a brother, James, who came to Hortonville in 1851 and settled on Sec. 3, T. 21, R. 15, where he cleared a farm and established a home and resided many years ; he now lives in Hortonville village.


SETH J. PERRY


Was born in Otsego county, New York, Oct. 27, 1813 ; came to Wisconsin in 1839, located in Walworth county ; in 1849 he came to Greenville and located on the s. e. 14, Sec. 27, where he cleared a farm and resided until his death Nov. 30, 1890. He was married in Otsego county, New York, to Abigail Wilcox Jan. 3, 1838; they have one son, William, and one daughter, Susan, married to George Put- ney ; they have three sons and one daughter. Abigail Perry was born in Otsego county, New York, Nov. 7, 1817 ; came to Greenville with her husband in 1849. William Perry, their son, married Catharine McLeod in Sept. 20, 1866 ; they have one daughter, Eva, married to H. W. Russell. Wm. Perry lived on the homestead established by his father until May, 1892, when he removed to Apple- ton where he now resides. Miles R. Perry, a brother of Seth J. Perry, located on Sec. 26 in Greenville in 1849; he was married to Acha Eldred in Otsego county, New York ; they have two daughters. First daughter, Sylvina, mar-


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ried Alexander Culbertson ; they have four sons. Second daughter, Libbie, married Joseph Leppla ; they have three sons and four daughters; they now live in Greenville.


DANIEL SCHULZE.


Daniel Schulze was born in Brandenburg, Prussia, Dec. 25, 1805; he came to America in 1846; he came to this county in April, 1853, and located in the town of Greenville on the n. e. corner of Section 3, T. 21, R. 16, where he cleared his land and established a home and resided until his death which occurred Oct. 16, 1879. He was married to Lorsa Behrent in 1826 ; they have had five child- ren; two only are now living, Charles Frederick now living in Appleton and Martin August now living on a farm on Sec- tion one in Greenville. Mrs. Schulze died in 1839. BOARDMAN Mr. Schulze was married DANIEL SCHULZE. to his second wife, Mrs. Schmidt in 1847; they have four children, August, Daniel, Robert and Frank, all now living in this county.


REV. REEDER SMITH.


Rev. Reeder Smith was born at Pittsburg, Penn., Jan. 11, 1804 ; in 1831 he joined the Genesee, N. Y., Methodist conference. In 1840 he removed to Michigan and accepted the agency of the Wesleyan Seminary at Albion, Mich .; in 1847 or 1848 he came to Wisconsin as agent for Amos A.


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Lawrence and selected the location for the site of the present city of Appleton and of Lawrence University. In 1853 he laid out the village of New London. I am unable to give the date of his marriage to his first wife, by which he had four daughters, all now living. He married for his second wife Eliza P. Kimball, of Boston, July 6, 1846 ; they have one son and three daughters now living. Their son, A. A. L. Smith, is now a member of the law firm of Winkler, Flanders, Smith, Bottum & Vilas, in Milwaukee. Their oldest daughter, Josephine, is now the wife of W. J. Allen, a lawyer, in Milwaukee ; another daughter, Susie W., is the wife of H. G. Freeman, cashier of the Commer- cial National Bank of Appleton. Their daughter, Ange- line, now lives in the homestead. Mr. Smith died in Appleton Jan. 24, 1892. His wife died Jan. 21, 1895.


STEPHEN ROOT.


Stephen Root was born in England May 29, 1803; he came with his parents to America in 1805, stopped at Sacket's Harbor, New York. He came to Wisconsin in 1857 ; settled in Greenville, was married to Sophia Brecya in 1831; they have had six sons and two daughters. Their oldest son, Philo Root, born in 1832 in Jefferson county, New York; was married to Julia J. Horr in Jefferson county, New York, Sept. 26, 1855; they have two sons and five daughters. First son, Frank, born in 1856; married to Ora Belzer in 1889; they have no children; they now live in Ellington. Second son, William A., born in 1866 ; he is now principal of the high school in Highmore, South Dakota. First daughter, Hattie A., born in 1858; married to Charles G. Warner ; they have one son and one daughter, now living ; they now live in Appleton. Second daughter, Charlotte A., born in 1860; married to Eugene E. Kidney ; they have one son and one daughter; they now live in Michigan. Third daughter, Electa A., born in 1862 ; mar- ried to Peter McLeod ; they have one son; they now live in Clayton. Fourth daughter, Nila A., born in 1864 ; mar-


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ried to N. L. Calkins ; they have one son ; they now live in South Dakota. Fifth daughter, Myrtie A., born in 1874, now lives with her parents. Philo Root came to this county in 1854, has resided on farms in Greenville and Dale and now resides in Hortonville. His brother, Wm. Root, came to this county in 1855; settled in Greenville, afterwards settled on the n. e. 14, Sec. 36, in Dale, where he resided until his death in 1890. His widow and her two sons and two daughters now live on the homestead. His brother, Warren L. Root, now lives in Medina.


MARTIN GERRITS


Was born in Holland in 1822; in 1848 he came to this country and settled in Little Chute the same year where he resided until his death. He was married to Elizabeth Gisbers in 1851 ; Mrs. Gerrits died in March, 1895; they have thirteen children ; seven of them died previous to 1882. Lina Garrits was married in 1884 to C. H. L. Hamer, who is now and has been for several years clerk of the city of Kau- kauna; they have two children. First child, Peter Gerrits, born in 1861. Second son, John Gerrits, born in 1862; POLLOMAN-MAIL married to Mary Smith in MARTIN GERRITS. 1892. Third, Minnie Gerrits, born in 1864; married to John Lamers in 1886; they have five children. Fourth, Fred Gerrits, born in 1868. Fifth, James Gerrits, born in 1869; married to Dora Peters in 1892; they have


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one child. Martin Gerrits was a prominent citizen ; he filled several town offices with great ability and taught school in Little Chute many years and was much respected by all his neighbors.


THE WOLCOTT FAMILY.


Charles Wolcott, Sr., was born in Hartford, Connecticut, August 17, 1813 ; he came to Appleton in 1848 and settled on the s. 12 of the n. w. 14 of Section 23, T. 21, R. 17, now in the town of Grand Chute. He died in the Odd Fellows' Home in Green Bay October 29, 1894, aged 81 years and two months ; his wife died several years previous ; they left no children. Gideon Wolcott, his brother, was born June 30, 1805 ; he came to Apple- ton in the spring of 1849 and settled on the n. w. 14 of Sec. 23, now in the town of Grand Chute. He was married to Ruth H. Sweetland, June 27, 1830, CHARLES WOLCOTT. by Dr. Lansing, of Utica, N. Y .; they have had ten children, of which seven lived to grow up. First child, Ellen Maria, was born Oct. 19, 1832; was married to Timothy W. Lyman, June 2, 1856, by the Rev. William H. Sampson ; they have had six children, four are now living ; three are living in Appleton and one in Watertown, Wis. Second child, Edwin Billings, was born Sept. 17, 1834; was married to Mrs. E. Stoddard Jan. 2, 1871; they have had had three children, two are now living in Grand Chute. Edwin B. Wolcott died in 1878; his widow now


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resides on the homestead in Grand Chute. Third child, Charles Edward, was born Sept. 1, 1837 ; he married Eliza- beth Faville Sept. 1, 1862; they have had six children, four are now living, all in Appleton except one, who is living in Bear Creek. Fourth child, Jane Eliza, born Nov. 23, 1841; was married to Victor F. Goff in 1867 ; they removed to Blue Earth county, Min- nesota ; they have had six children. Fifth child, James Alonzo, was born April 4, 1844 ; he married Sarah A. Woodland Nov. 22, 1875; they have had three children, two now living in the town of Grand Chute. Sixth child, Francis Henry, was born March 21, 1846; he was married to A. J. Nes- GIDEON WOLCOTT. bitt Nov. 6, 1867; they have had three children, now all living in the town of Grand Chute. Seventh child, Susan Ruth, was born Feb. 17, 1848; she was married to Ransom B. Haw Feb. 17, 1867; they have had three child- ren; they now live in Shawano county. Gideon Wolcott died March 31, 1867, aged 61 years and nine months. Ruth Wolcott, his wife, died July 9, 1891.


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DANIEL HUNTLEY.


Daniel Huntley was a native of New England. He was born Oct. 10, 1827. His childhood and early youth were spent in Weybridge, Addi- son county, Vermont. He came to Wisconsin in 1849, taught school in Dodge county one term, then came to Appleton where he taught the first public school in that city. In 1852 he returned to Ver- mont, and on the 9th of November of that year he was married to Helen M. Britell, daughter of Osange Britell, of Wey- bridge, Vt., and imme- diately after came back to Appleton and taught school there and in other towns in Outagamic county till 1860, when the DANIEL HUNTLEY. family moved to the farm in Grand Chute where they now reside. They have had eight children. Flor- ence, who died at eight years of age; Jerome B., a fruit grower in Marion, Indiana ; Herbert B., lawyer in Seattle, Wash .; Arthur O., ranchman in Idaho; Flora and Fleta, twin daughters, the former is a successful teacher, the latter is at home with her parents. Two sons died in infancy.


NATHAN S. CONKLIN


Was born in Schoharrie county, N. Y., Aug. 15, 1815 ; he came to Wisconsin in 1849, and to the town of Osborn Octo- ber, 1864 ; settled near the corner of sections 5, 6, 7 and 8, T. 23, R. 18, where he now resides. He was married to Catharine J. Ballard Oct. 12, 1836; they have had seven


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children. First child, born August, 1837, died May 17, 1852. Second child, Louis A. Conklin, born Oct. 7, 1840, married Betsy A. Knowlton ; she died in 1883. His second wife was Mary A. Ruston, by whom he had five children. Louis A. died Sept. 14, 1894 ; he lived on a farm in Seymour. Third child, Mary E., married C. E. McIntosh ; they have six children. Fourth child, Oscar J., born in May, 1845 ; he is now in Salt Lake City. Fifth child, Margaret E., born April, 1848; married W. M. E. Bloomfield in 1893 ; they live in Chicago. Sixth child, Harry O., born in 1857 ; married Anna L. Collins in 1890; they live in Chicago. Seventh child, Ivan N., born June 17, 1860 ; married Nov. 30, 1893, to Mary Evans ; they live in Milwaukee.


EVERT SAUNDERS.


Evert Saunders was born in Holland Oct. 29, 1819; came to America August, 1858 ; settled at South Kau- kauna on the ground now occupied by the car shops of the M., L. S. & W. rail- road. He married Harriet Geenen, October, 1848; they have no children; Mrs. Saunders died May 15, 1885. Mr. Saunders now lives on lot 2 of Brill and Saunders' plat in T. 21, R. 18, in Buchanan, where he has a fine farm and a comfortable home. Mrs. Saunders had three brothers, pioneers of this county. Evert Geenen EVERT SAUNDERS. JOHN GENEEN. and Henry Geenen settled WM. LAMURE. in the town of Freedom in 1850, and John Geenan, who settled in Buchanan near Kimberly in 1867, had lived in this county since 1850; had five children, one son and four daughters. His son, Wil-


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liam Geenen, now lives on his father's homestead near Kimberly ; he married Susan Shoemaker ; they have four children. A daughter of John Geenen, Harriet Geenen, married William Brill; they have four children ; they now live with their uncle, Evert Saunders, on his homestead. Mr. Saunders had a brother, John Saunders, who settled in the town of Freedom in 1848 on the s. e. 14 Section 10, T. 22, R. 18.


HARVEY GREENFIELD.


Harvey Greenfield was born in Saratoga county, New York, May 11, 1815; was married to Amanda Cobb in 1843 ; they have had four child- ren, three sons and one daughter, Eliza Ann, born in 1844 ; married to Henry Scoville; they had one child. She married her second husband, John B. Smith, in 1873 ; they have had two sons and one daughter. Second child, Frank W. Greenfield, born in 1849; married to Frankie Rowbottom in 1879 ;. they have one son ; he now lives in Northern Michigan. Third child, Charles W. Greenfield, born in 1857; married to Alice J. Gantt in 1882; they have one daughter. HARVEY GREENFIELD. C. W. Greenfield is now practicing law in Chicago. Mrs. Harvey Greenfield died August 18, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Greenfield came to this county August 19, 1849, and settled on a farm in Dale, afterwards in Green- ville. Mr. Greenfield now lives in Appleton,


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JAMES SIMPSON.


James Simpson, the father of Osborn township, Outa- gamie county, was born March 1, 1824, about seven miles from the city of Glasgow, Scotland, one of the eight children born to John and Margaret Boyd Simpson, the former of whom was a mechanic and farmer. Our subject was about ten years of age when he set out to make his way through life and after two years of hard work at weaving, had saved a sum equal to five dollars of United States currency, with which he paid his passage to America, land- ing at Quebec when he was but twelve years old. He was first employed JAMESSIMPSON AND WIFE. here on a railroad, shortly afterwards went to De Kalb, N. Y., where he lived ten years, filling two situations, each for five years at eight dollars per month. He then came to Wisconsin, landing at Milwaukee and having previously purchased a land warrant in New York from a revolutionary soldier, located the land on which he now lives consisting of 160 acres which cost him about fifty cents an acre. During his stay in Milwaukee he was employed as a porter in the tavern, at which he first stopped and there became acquainted with Sophia Bush, sister-in-law of the landlord, which young lady afterwards became his wife. In Febru- ary, 1852, he made a trip to Outagamie county and secured the land he had selected under his warrant, then returned to his former position as porter in the Milwaukee hotel,


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and in June, 1852, took his intended bride to Chicago where they were married on the 10th of the same month, taking his newly made wife to her parents' home in Mich- igan. He there passed the following winter and in the following spring, leaving his wife with her relatives, went off to prepare a home and it was two years later before they became settled in what was then known as Freedom, Outagamie county. There had been no organization of Osborn township at that time and Mr. Simpson posted notices at various points, calling together the nine voters residing within its boundaries. The meeting was held at the house of Duncan McNab and steps were there taken for the legal formation for the legal organization of the town of Osborn, hence it is that Mr. Simpson is called the father thereof. Here he also built the first school house and hired and boarded the first teacher, Scott Daniels. To Mr. and Mrs. Simpson were born four children, John T .. Boyd D., a veterinary surgeon at Shawano, Wis .; James, a farmer in Green Valley, Shawano county, Wis., and Robert who married Teressia Baum and lives on the homestead. Mrs. Simpson was born in New York in 1819 and died July 5, 1891; her mortal remains being interred at Seymour. Mr. Simpson has always been highly honored among his fellow citizens, and for twenty years served as justice of the peace. Since the Civil War he has been a Republican in his politi- cal views and he has filled almost every local office in Osborn, having served as treasurer seven successive years, supervisor several terms and school district clerk for sixteen consecutive years. He was always an ardent friend of education and his own early opportunities in that direction having been very meager, he determined that his children should have all the advantages he could afford. Mrs. Simpson was reared in the Methodist faith and Mr. Simp- son was reared under the influence of the Scotch Presby- terian church, but is not a member of any church though he has been a liberal contributor towards the support of churches and Christian work. Mr. Simpson for thirteen years was given the contract for carrying the United States mail between Appleton and South Osborn via Sagola, con-


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tinuing under four different contracts, during all of which time the United States Post Office Department found no fault whatever with his work, everything being most satis- factory. He is now 69 years of age and although not able to do manual labor, is a very active man. On August 29, 1864, he enlisted in Company H, First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, and served until June 26, 1865; his post of duty being chiefly at the Capitol in Washington, D. C. For his services to the Union during the rebellion he is now in his old age, receiving a pension of twelve dollars a month, a small gratuity, however, for the brave men who went forth to do battle for the preservation of the Union. Mr. Simp- son, when he enlisted, had a wife and four small children who needed his services and care, but his patriotism impelled him to leave them and go to the support of his adopted country.




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