Class, 1EJ11_ i c ■^^ ^ -^6 6 c^CLs- |7^ 4 ii\\{^ _i\_i4\A If M^^ -■' -r Governors of Wisconsin AND OF THE '^ tt'm r^J OF THC rf/iTf'K'^l'AT'.'-. :< ^'•''r^^^'i^,^>> ^^ ^i» n l ■<> ^^ ^\ a-i" ^ COPYRIGHTED ^.^^y "A^^ 1885. ^1 fp« ^ a^.s'pgHggpiHi IHHSa ^"i-<->ti,-^^^HX,'; ^^sr^-.+o.t.i-,,.t. A^^y V^^-t.t. .t.A .t.,.+,..+.,.t,.+..A> j^T'+-¥Vl:-VT¥T¥ '*Y*4:^+'*-f'^.P'r+''-n--^ ?* *► f^ ^" :?^::¥--^ •^T^ ^•►Hh-* , ^^ "^%^f^^g 4 4»- =T* m. tr ^^Si^1' "VS^. ■► ir^ FIRST I'RESIDENT. •«»• '9 ^.m.^n '3yg<' -»-*.. ^^ ll'-; ^l■■v^^'^a■^"^■^lanter. He had two sons, Lawrence and John. 'I'he former married Mildred Warner and had three children, John, .\ugustiue and Mildred. Augus- tine, the lather of deorge, fust married Jane lUitler, who bore him tour children, two of whom, Lawrence and Augustine, reached maturity. Of six children by his second marriage, (ieorge was the eldest, the others beinu Hetty, Samuel, John .'Vugustine, Charles and iMiklred. Augustine Washington, the father of (Ieorge, died ill 1743, leaving a large landed i)roperty. 'l"o his eldest son, Lawrence, he bequeathed an estate on the I'atoniac, afterwards known as Mount Vernon, and to George he left the parental residence, (ieorge received only siicli education as the neighborhood schools afforded, save for a short time after he left school, when he received private instruction in mathemat'cs. His spellinii was rather defectivg. Remarkable stories are told of his great physical strength and development at an early age. He was an acknowledged leader among his companions, and was eady noteti for that i.obleness cf character, fair- ness and verai ily which c haracteri/.ed his whole life. When (ieorge was 14 years old he had a desire to go to sea, and a midshi[)man's warrant was secured for him, but through the opposition of his mother the idea was abandoned. 'I'wo years later he was appointed surveyor to the immense estate of Lord Fairfax. In this business he spent three years in a rough frontier life, gaining experience which afterwards proved very essentLd to hini. In 1751, though only 19 years of age, he was api«inted adjutant with the rank of major in the Virginia militia, then being trained for active service against the French anil Indians. Soon after this he sailed to the West Indies with his brother Lawrence, wlio went there to restore his health. They soon returned, and in the summer of 1752 Lawrence died, leaving a large fortune to an infant daughter who did not long survive him. On her demise the estate of Mount \'ernon was given to Oeorge. Upon the arrival of Robert Dinwiddie, as Lieuten- ant-Governor of Virginia, in 1752, the militia was reorganized, and the province divided into four mili- tary districts, of which the northern was assigned to Washington as adjutant general. Shortly after this a very perilous mission was assigned liim and ac- cepted, which others had lefused. This was to pro- ceed to the I'lench post near Lake Erie in North- western I'ennsylvania. The distance to be traversed was between 500 and 600 miles. \\ inter was at hand, and the journey was to be made without military escort, through a territory occupied by Indians. The f- •4^ GEORGE WASHINGTON. ;ii^h-#> trip was a perilous one, and several times he came near losing his lite, yet he returned in safety and furnished a full and useful reiwrt of liis ex[)edition. A regiment of 300 men was raised in Virginia and put in com- mand of Col. Joshua Kry, and Major Washington was commissioned lieutenant-colonel. Active war was then begun against the French and Indians, in which Washington took a most imiwrtant part. In the memorable event of July 9, 1755, known as Brad- dock's defeat, Washington was almost the only officer of distinction who escaped from the calamities of the day with life and honor. The other aids of ISraddock ivere disabled early in the action, and Washington alone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter to his brother he says: "1 had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, though death was levelin", my companions on every side." An Indian sharpshooter said he was not born to be killed by a bullet, for he had taken direct aim at him seventeen times, and failed to hit him. After having been five years in the military service, and vainly sought promotion in the royal army, he look advantage of the fall of Fort Duquesne and the expulsion of the French from the valley of the Ohio, 10 resign his conunission. Soon after he entered the Legislature, where, although not a leader, he took an active and important part. January 17, 1759, he married Mrs. Martha (Dandridge) Custis, the wealthy widow of John Parke Custis. When the British Parliament had closed the ix)rt if Boston, the cry went up throughout the provinces that "The cause of Boston is the cause of us all." It was then, at the suggestion of Virginia, that a Con- gress of all the colonies was called to meet at Phila- delphia.Sept. 5, 1774, to secure their common liberties, peaceably if iwssible. To this Congress Col. Wash- ington was sent as a delegate. On May 10, 1775, the Congress re-assembled, when the hostile intentions of England were plainly apparent. The battles of Con- cord and Lexington had been fought. Among the first acts of this Congress was the election of a com- mander-in-chief of the colonial forces. This high and resixjnsible office was conferred uiion Washington, who was still a memberof the Congress. He accepted it on June 19, but uiwn the express condition that he receive no salary. He would keep an exact account of expenses and expect Congress lo pay them and nothing more. It is not the object of this sketch to trace the military acts of W^ashington, to whom the fortunes and liberties of the peo[)le of this country were so long confided. The war was conducted by him under every jHJSsible disadvantage, and while his forces often met with reverses, yet he overcame every obstacle, and after seven years of heroic devotion and matchless skill he gained liberty for the greatest nation of earth. On Dec. 23, 17S3, Washington, in a parting address of surpassing beauty, lesigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the army lo to the Continental Congress suting at Annaix;lis. He retired immediately to Mount Vernon and resumed his occupation as a farmer and ijlanter, shunning all connection with public life. In February, 17S9, Washington was unanimously elected President. In his presidential career ht was subject to the peculiar trials incidental to a new government ; trials from lack of confidence on the part of other governments; trials from want ol harmony between the different sections of our own country; trials from the im[X)verished condition of the country, owmg to the war and want of credit; trials from the beginnings of party strife. He was no partisan. His clear judgment could discern the golden mean; and while perhaps this alone kept our government from sinking at the very outset, it left him exposed to attacks from both sides, which were often bitter and very annoying. At the ex|)iration of his first term he was unani- mously re-elected. At the end of this term many were anxious that he be re-elected, but he absolutely refused a third nomination. On the fourth of March, 1797, at the expiraton of his second term as Presi- dent, he returned to his home, hoping to pass there his few remaining yeaisTree from the annoyances of public life. Later in the year, however, his re]K)se seemed likely to be interrupted by war with France. At the pros[)ect of such a war he was again urged to take command of the armies. He chose his sub- ordinate officers and left to them the charge of mat- ters in the field, which he superintended from his home. In accepting the connnand he made the reservation that he was not to be in the field until it was necessary. In the midst of these preparations his life was suddenly cut off. December 7 2, he took a severe cold from a ride in the rain, which, settling in his throat, (iroduced inflammation, and terminated fatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh- teenth his body was borne wi'h military honors to its final resting place, and interred in the family vault at Mount Vernon. Of the character of Washington it is impossible to speak but in terms of the highest respect and ad- miration. The more we see of the operations of our government, and the more deeply we feel the difficulty of uniting all opinions in a common interest, the more highly we must estimate the force of his tal- ent and character, which have been able to challenge the reverence of all parties, and principles, and na- tions, and to win a fame as extended as the limits of the globe, and which we cannot but believe will be as lasting as the existence of man. The person of Washington was unusally tan, erect and well proportioned. His muscular strength was great. His features were of a beautiful symmetry. He commanded respect without any appearance of haughtiness, and ever serious without being dull ^ '^^m J^^mz^j i/ ^f^ i>E'JOND PRESIDENT. "*^^tV^^ 23 fe^fiaj; t.aUl23i 3iu^ lo Xrft^^ .,1, ■ ."VJ %■.+. - t -t. ■t...t..t.,.t...t,.-Mn.t. A.t . .t,,t.*.t^.t.t.,.t...t. A .t, ,.+.,.t .t,.t. A, A .t,.t. A AA.AA . A.A.AA A.A.A,.t. AA A, ': 3f^ "■«'*aj \l OHN ADAMS, the •0„ President and the lir he second lirst Vice- ' I'resident of llic United States, was born in Braintrce ( now Quincy ),IVIass., and about ten '^ miles from Boston, Oct. 19, 1735. His great-grandfather, Henry Adams, emigrated from England al)out 1640, with a family of eiglit . sons, and settled at Braintree. The parents of John were John and Susannah (Boylston) Adams. His father was a farmer o( limited means, to which he added the bus- iness of siioeniaking. He gave his eldest son, John, a classical educa- tion at Harvard College. John graduated in 1755, and at once took charge of the schcKjl in Worcester, Mass. This he found but a "school ot .iffli( tion, ' from which he eudeavoied to gain relief by devoting himself, in addition, to the study of law. For this inir|)ose he placed himself under the tuition of the only lawyer in the town. He had thouglit seriously of the clerical profession but seems to have been turned from this by what he termed " the friglitful engines of ecclesiastical coun- cils, of diabolical malice, and Calvanistic good nature,' of the operations (if which he had been a witness in his native town. He was well fitted for the legal profession, ixjssessing a clear, sonorous voice, being ready and lluent of s[ieech, and having i|uick [lercep- live lowers. He gradually gained practice, and in 1764 married .\bigail Smith, a daughter of a minister, and a lady of superior intelligence. Shortly after his marriage, (i7<'>5), the attemjit of I'arliamentary taxa- tion turned him from law to ])olitics. He took initial steps toward holdin^, :a town meeting, and the resolu- tions he offertd on llie subject became very |iopulai tiiroughout the I'rovnice, and were adopted word foi word by over forty different towns. He moved to Bos- ton in 176S, and bec.ime one of the most courageous and prominent advocalesof the [lopular cause, and was chosen a member of the (ieneral Court (the Leg- lislature) in 1770. Mr. .Adams was chosen one of the first delegates from Massachusetts to the first Continental Congress, wliich met in 1774. Here he distinguished himselt by his capacity for business and for debate, and ad- vocated tlie movement for independence against tb^ majority of the members. In May, 1776, he mcved and carried a resolution in Congress that the Colonies should assume the duties of self-government. He was a prominent member of the committee c»f .ive appointed June 11, to pre])are a declaration of inde- pendence. This article was drawn by Jefferson, but on .Adams devolved the task of battling it througli Congress in a three days debate. On the day after the Declaration of Independence was passed, while his soul was yet warm with th^ glow of e.\( itei.1 feeling, he wrole a letter to his wife which, as we read it now, seems to have been dictated by the spirit of prophecy. "Yesterday," he says, "t'.ie greatest ipiestion was decided that ever was debated in .America; and greater, perhaps, never was or wil be decideil among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, ' that these United States are, and of right ouglit to be, free and inde- pendent states.' 'I"he day is passed. The fourtli of July, 1776, will lie a memorable epoch in tlie history of America. I am apt to believe it will be celebrated by succeeding generations, as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. It ought to bi; solemnized v/ith pomp, shows. ^M. 4 24 JOHN ADAMS. games, si)orts, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of tlic continent to the otiier, from this time forward for ever. Y'ou will think me transjwrted with enthusiasm, but I am not. 1 am well aware of the toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost to maintain this declaration, and supixjrt and defend tliese States; yet, through all tlie gloom, 1 can seethe rays of light and glory. 1 can see that the end is wiyfth more than all tlie means; and that posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not. " In November, 1777, Mr. .Vdams was appointed a. delegate to France and to co-operate with Bemjamin Franklin and Arthur Lee, who were then in Paris, in the endeavor to obtain assistance in arms and money from the French Government. This was a severe trial to his patriotism, as it separated him from his home, com|>eiled him to cross the ocean in winter, and ex- [Xjsed him to great [jcril of cajHure by the British cruis- ers, wlio were seeking him. He lelt France June 17, 1779. In September of the same year he was again chosen to go to Paris, and there hold liimself in readi- ness to negotiate a treaty of peace and of commerce with Great Britian, as soon as tlie British Cabinet might be found willing to listen to such proiX)sels. He sailed for France in November, from there he went to H'jlland, where he negotiated imjxjrtant loans and formed imiwrtant commercial treaties. Finally a treaty of peace with England was signed Jan. 21, 1783. The re-action from the excitement, toil and anxiety through which Mr. Adams had passed threw him into a fever. After suffering from a con- tinued fever and becoming feeble and emaciated he w.is advised to goto England to drink the waters of liath. While in England, still drooping anddesiwnd- iug, he received dispatches from his own government urging the necessity of his going to .Amsterdam to negotiate another loan. It was winter, his health was delicate, yet he innnediately set out, and through storm, on sea, on horseljack and foot,he made the trip. February 24, 1785^ ("ongress apiwinted Mr. Adams envoy to the Court of St. James. Here he met face to face the King of England, who h.nd so long re- garded him as a traitor. As England did not condescend to ap|K)int a minister to the United States, and as Mr. .\dams felt that he was accom- plishing but little, he sought permission to return to his own country, where he arrived in June, 1788. When Washington was first chosen President, John .\dams, rendered illustiious by his signal services at home and abroad, was chosen Vice President. .Again at the second election of Washington as President, Adams was chosen Vice President. In 1796, Wash- ington retired from public life, and Mr. Adams was elected President,though not without much opposition. Serving in this office four years, he was succeeded by .Mr. Jefferson, his opponent in ]x>l;t;cs. While Mr. .\dams was Vice President the «reat French Revolution shook the continent of Europe, and it was ujMjn this |X)int which he was at issue with the majority of his countrymen led by Mr. Jefferson. Mr. Adams felt no sympathy with the French people in their struggle, for he had no confidence in their |X3wer of self-government, and he utterly abhored the classof atheist [)hilosoiiliers who he cl.iimed caused it. (j\\ tile otlier hand Jefferson's sympathies were strongly enlisted in behalf of the French people. Hence or- iginated the alienation between these distinguished men, and two ix)werful parties were thus soon organ- ized, .Vdams at the head of the one whose sympathies were with England and JelTerson led the other in sympathy with France. The world has seldom seen a spectacle of more moral beauty and grandeur, than was [resented by the old age of Mr. Adams. The violence of i)arty feeling had died away, and he had begun to receive that \\\>.\ apjjreciation which, to most men, is not accorded till after death. No one could look U[X)n his venerable form, and think of what he had done and suffered, and how he had given \\y all the [)rime and streni,th of his life to the public good, without the deepest emotion of gratitude and respect. It was his [leculiar good fortune to witness the complete success of the institution which he had been so active in creating and supporting. In 1824, his cup of happiness was filled to the brim, by seeing his son elevated to the highest station in the gift of the people. The fourth of July, 1826, which completed the half century since the signing of the Declaration of Inde- l)jndence, arrived, and there were but three of the signers of that immortal instrument left upon the earth to hail its morning light. And, as it is well known, on that day two of these finished their eartlily [)ilgrim?ge, a coincidence so remarkable as to seem miraculous. For a few days before Mr. Adams had been rapidly failing, and on the morning of the fourth he found hunself too weak to rise from his bed. On being requested to name a toast for the customary celebration of the day, he exclaimed " In- DKPKNDF.NCE FORliVER." When the day was ushered in, by the ringing of bells and the firing of cannons, he was asked by one of his attendants if he knew what day it was? He replied, "O yes; it is the glor- ious fourth of July — God bless it — God bless you all." In the course of the day he said, "It is a great anil glorious day." The last words he uttered were, "Jefferson survives." But he had, at one o'clock, re- signed his spiiit into the hands of his God. The ]>ersonal appearance and manners of Mr. .\dams were not particularly pie|iosses-;ing. Hisfaoiiited to draw up the pajK-r. Franklin and Adams suggested a few verbal changes before it was submitted to Con- gress. On June 28, a few slight changes were made in it by Congress, and it was passed and signed July 4, 1776. What must have been the feelings of that 28 THOMAS JEFFERSON. ^^pN *t man — what the emotions that swelled his breast — who was charged with the preparation of that Dec- laration, wliich, while it made known tlie wrongs of America, was also to |Hiblish her to the world, free, Koverign and indei)endcnt. It is one of the most re- markable pa|)ers ever written ; and did no other effort of the mind of its author exist, that alone would be sufficient to stamp his name with immortality. In 1779 Mr. Jefferson was elected successor to Patriik Henry, :,s (lovernor of Virginia. At one time the liritish ofticer, Tarleton, sent a secret expedition to Monlicello, to cajjture the Clovernor. Scarcely five minutes elapsed after the hurried escape of Mr. Jef- ferson and his family, ere his mansion was in posses- sion of the British troops. His wife's health, never very good, was much injured by this excitement, and in the summer of 1782 she died. Mr. Jefferson was elected to Congress in 17 S3. Two yeirs later he was apjKjinted Minister Plenipo- tentiary to France. Returning to the United States in September, 1789, he became Secretary of State in Washington's cabinet. This [X)sition he resigned Jan. r, 1794. In 1797, he was chosen Vice Presi- dent, and four yeais later was elected President over Mr. Adams, with Aaron Burr as Vice President. In 1804 he was re-ele( ted with wonderful unanimity, and George Clinton, Vice President. The early |)art of Mr. Jefferson's second adminstra- tion was disturbed by an event which tiireatened liie tranquility and peace of the Union; this was the con- spiracy of Aaron Burr. Defeated in the late election to the Vice Presidency, and led on by an unprinci|)lcd ambition, this extraordinary man formed the plan of a military e.vpedition intc the Spanish territories on our southwestern frontier, for the pur|X)se of forming there a new republic. Tiiis has been generally sup|K)sed was a mere [iretext ; and although it has not been generally known what his real plans were, there is no doubt that they were of a far more dangerous character. In 1809, at the expiration of the second term for which Mr. Jefferson had been elected, he determined to retire from jwlitical life. For a period of nearly forty years, he h.id been continually before the i)ub- lic, and all that time had been employed in offices of the gieatest trust anil resjwnsibility. Having thus de- voted the best part of his life to the service of his countr)', he now felt desirous of that rest which his declining years veipiired, and \\\iox\ the organization of the new .ailministralion, in March, 1S09, he bid fare- well forever to jjublic life, and retired to Monticello. Mr. Jefferson was profuse in his hosiiitality. Whole families came in their coaches with their horses, — fathers and mothers, boys and girls, babies and nurses, — and remained three and even six months. Life at Monticello, for years, resembled that at a fashionable watering-place. The fourth of July, 1826, being the fiftieth anniver- sary of the Declaration of American Independence. great preparations were made in every part of the Union for its celebration, as the nation's jubilee, and the citizens of Washington, to add to the solemnity of the occasion, invited Mr. Jefierson, as the framer. and one of tiie few surviving signers of the Declara- tion, to participate in their festivities. But an ill- ness, whicli had been of several weeks duration, and had been continually increasing, compelled him to decline the invitation. On the second of July, the disease under whic 'i he was laboring left him, but in such a reduced state that his medical attendants, enteitaincd no hojie of his recovery. Fiom this time he was perfectly sensible that his last hour was at iiand. On the next tlay, which was Monday, he asked of those around him, the day of the month, and on being told it was the third of July, he expressed the earnest wish that he miglit be jiermitted to breathe ti e airof the liliieth anniversary. His ])rayer was heard — that day, whose dawn was hailed with such rapture ihiough om' land, burst ui)on his eyes, and then they «ere closed for- ever. And what a noble cor.sinnmalion of a noble life! To die on that day, — the biithday of a nation,- - tlie day v/hich his own name and his own act had rendered glorious; to die amidst the rejoicings and festivities of a whole nation, who looked up to him, as the author, under God, of their greatest blessings, was all that was wanting to fill up the record his life. Almost at the same hour of his death, the kin- dred sjiirit of the venerable .Adams, as it to bear him company, left the scene of his eailhly honors Hand in hand they had stood forth, the < hampionsof freed<>m; hand in hand, during the dark and desper- ate struggle of the Revolution, they had cheered and animated their des|Hjnding countrymen; for half a century they had labored together for tlie gaid of the country; and now hand in hand they de|)art. In their lives they had been united in the same great cause of liberty, and in their rleatlis they were not divided. In i)erson Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin, rather above six feet in height, but well formed; his eyes were liglit, his hair originally red, in after lile became white and silvery ; his complexion was fair, his fore head broad, and his whole countenance inteiligi-nt and thoughtful. He |K)ssessed great fortitude of mind ;:s well as ]iersonal courage: and his commar.d of tem- ])er was such that his oldest anil most intimate fiier.ds never recollected to have seen him in a passion. His manners, though dignified, were simple and im- affecled, and his hospitality was so unboundid that all found at his house a ready welcome. In conver- sation he was fluent, eloquent and enthusiastic; and his language was remarkably ]iure and (orici t. He was a finished classical scholar, and in his writings is discernable the care with which he formed his style upon the best models of antiquity. f- J- (2yLy<~^^^ jCyC^ (t<^cC^ i^lv ± FOURTH J'JO'S/VENT. 3' QWm n]:aDisoi]. AMES MADISON, "Father of the Constitution," and fourth jf* President of the United States, was born March i6, 1757, and died at his home in Virginia, ^■*©' June 28, 1836. The name of James Madison is inseparably con- nected with most of the ini|X5rtant events in that heroic period of our country during which the founda- tions of this great republic were laid. He was the last of the founders of the Constitution of the United States to lie called to his eternal reward. The Madison family were among the early emigrants to the New World, landing upon the shores of the Chesa- |)eake but 15 years after the settle- ment of Jamestown. The father of James Madison was an opulent planter, residing ujxjn a very fine es- tate called " Montpelier," Orange Co., Va. The mansion was situated in tlie midst of scenery highly pictur- esque and romantic, on the west side of South-west Mountain, at the foot of 141uc Ridge. It was but 25 miles from the home of Jefferson at Monticello. The closest personal and [Kjlitical attachment e.xisted between these illustrious men, from their early youth imtil death. The early education of Mr. Madison was conducted mostly at home under a private tutor. At the age of 18 he was sent to Princeton College, in New Jersey. Here lie applied himself to study with the most im- prudent zeal; allowing himself, for months, but three hours' sleep out of the 24. His health thus became so seriously impaired that he never recovered any vigor of constitution. He graduated in 1771, witli a feeble body, with a character of utmost [Mirily, and with a mind highly disciplined and richly stored with learning which embellished and gave proficiency to his subst quent career. Returning to Virginia, he commenced the study of law and a course of extensive and systematic reading. This educational course, the spirit of the times in which he lived, and the society with which he asso- ciated, all combined to inspire him with a strong love of liberty, and to train him for his life-work of a statesman. Being naturally of a religious turn of mind, .ind his frail health leading him to think that his life was not to be long, he directed es|>ecial atten- tion to theological studies. Endowed with a mind singularly fpee from passion and prejudice, and with almost unequalled ixjwers of reasoning, he weighed all the arguments for and against revealed religion, until his faith became so established as never to be shaken. In the spring of 1776, when 26 years of age, he was elected a member of the Virginia Convention, to frame the constitution of the State. 'I'he next year (1777), he was a candidate for the General Assembly. He refused to treat the whisky-lovir.g voters, and consequently lost his election ; but those who had witnessed the talent, energy and public spirit of the modest young man, enlisted themselves in his behalf, and he was appointed to the Executive Council. Both Patrick Henry and Thomas Jeflerson were Ciovernors of Virginia while Mr. Madison remained inemlter of the Council ; and their appreciation of his •►-Hf^ 32 JAMES MADISON. intellectual, social and moral worth, contributed not a little to his subsequent eminence. In the year 1780, he was elected a member of the Continental Congress. Here he met the most illustrious men in our land, and he was immediately assigned to one of the most conspicuous [wsitions among them. For three years Mr. Madison continued in Con- gress, one of its most active and intluential members, in tlie year 1784, liis term having expired, he was elected a member of tiie Virginia Legislature. No man felt more deeply than Mr. Madison the utter inefficiency ol the old confederacy, with no na- tional government, with no [xiwer to form treaties which would be binding, or to enforce law. There was not any State more prominent tlian Virginia in the declaration, that an efficient national government must be formetl. In January, 1786, Mr. Madison carried a resolution through tlie (jeneral Assemlily of Virginia, inviting tlie other States to ap|)oint commis- sioners to meet in coiivenlion at Annapohs to discuss this suliject. I'ive States only were represented. The convention, liowever, issued another call, drawn up by Mr. Madison, urgmg all the States to send their delegates lo I'liiladelpliia, in May, 17S7, to draft a Constitution for the United States, to take the place of that Confederate League. The delegates met at the lime apixjinted. Kvery State but Rhode Island was represented. George Washington was chosen president of the convention; and the present Consti- tution of the Uniteti States was then and there formed. There was, perliaps, no mind and no pen more ac- tive in framing this imniorlal document than the mind and tlie pen of James Madison. The Constitution, adopted by a vote 81 to 79, was to be presented lo the several States for acceptance. Ilut grave solicitude was felt. Should it be rejected we should be left but a conglomeration of independent States, with but litlle ix)wer at home and little respect abroad. Mr. Madison was selected by tne conven- tion to draw up an address to the people of the United States, exixnmding ti.e principles of the Constitution, and urging its adoption. There was great opposition lo it at first, but it at length triumjihed over all, and went into effect in 1789. Mr. Madison was elected to the Flouse of Repre- '.cnlalives in the first Congress, and soon became the .TV owed leader of the Republican party. While in New York attending Congress, he met Mrs Todd, a yiMHig widow of remarkable (xiwer of fascination, whom he married. She was in person and character (jueenly, and probal)ly no lady has thus far occupied so prominent a |K)silion in the verj' |)eculiar society which has constituted our republican court as Mrs. Madison. Mr. Madison served as Secretary of State under Jeflerson, and at the close of his administialion was chosen President. .At this time the em roach- menlsof Faigl.md had brought us to the verge of war. British orders in council destioyed our commerce, and our flag was ex|X)sed to constant insult. Mr. Madison was a man of peace. Scholarly in his taste, retiring in hisdisi)osition, war had no charms for him. But the meekest s[)irit can be roused. It makes one's blood boil, even now, lo think of an .American slii[) brought to, uiwn the ocean, by the guns of an English cruiser. A young lieutenant steps on board and orders the crew to be paraded before him. With great nonchal- ance he selects any number whom he may please to designate as British subjects; orders them down the ship's side into his lK)at; and i)lacestliem on the gun- deck of his m.an-of-war, to fight, by compulsion, the battles of England. This right of search and im- pressment, no efforts of our Government could induce the British cabinet to relimiuish. On the 18th of June, 181 2, President Madison gave his ajipioval to an act of Congress declaring war against Great Britain. Notwithstanding the bitter hostility of the Federal parly to ihe war, ihe country in general approved; and Mr. Madison, on the 4lh of Man h, IS' 13, was re-elected by a large majoritv, and enteivd upon his second term of office. This is not the plac :e to describe the various adventures of this war on the land and on the water. Our infant navy then laid the foundations of its renown in grap- pling wiih the most formidable fxjwer which ever swept the seas. The contest commenced in earnest liy the appearance of a British flett, early in Februaiy, 1813, in Chesajieake Bay, declaring nearly the whole coast of the United States inider blockade. 'ihe iMnperor of Russia offered his services as me ditator. America accepted ; England refused. A Brit- ish force cjf five thousand men landed on the banks of the Patu.\et River, near its entrance into Chesa- peake Hay, and marched rapidlj, by way of Bladens- burg, upon Washington. The straggling litlle city of Washington was thrown into consternation. 'I"he cannon of the brief conflict at Hladensburg echoed through the streets of the metro|iolis. The whc>le popul.ilicn fled from the c;ity. The President, leaving Mrs. Madison in the While House, with her carriage diawn up at the door to await his speedy return, hurried to meet the officers in a council ol war He met our troops utterly routed, and he could not go back without danger of lieirg captured. Hut few hours elapsed ere the I'residential Mansicin, the Capitol, and all the puMii buildings in Washington were in flames. The war closed after two years of fighting, and on Feb. 13, 1815, the treaty of peace was signed aiCdient. On the 4th of March, 1817, his sccxind term of offi.^'e expired, and he resigned the Presidential chair to his friend, James Monroe. He retired to his leau- tilul home at Montpelier, and there |)assed the re- mainder of his days. On June 28, 1836, then at the age of 85 years, he fell asleep in death. Mrs. Madi- son died July 12, 1849. ^^^ 4 FIFrn J'RESlDENr. dMk^ \ /-.^Sv WWS' n]oi]itOE. AMES MONROE, tlie nfili I'residentof The United Stales, was horn in Westniorehmd C'o., Va., April 2.S, 1758. His early ife was passed at the pkice of nativity. His ancestors had for many years resided in tlie prov- ince in which lie was horn. When, at 17 years of age, in tiie process % of com|)leting his education at William and Mary College, the t"o- lonial Congress assembled at Phila- delphia lo deliberate upon the un- just and manifold op|)ressioas of ('■real I'.rilian, declared the separa- tion ol the Colonies, ar.d pronuil- galed the Declaration of Indepen- dence. Had he been born ten years before it is highly probable that he would have been one of the signers ol that celebrated instrument. At this time he left s. hool and enlisted among the patriots. He joineil the army when everything looked hope- less and glooaiy. The number ol deserters increased fioni day to d.iy. The invading armies came |)onring in ; and the tories not only favoretl the cause of the mother country, but disheartened the new recruits, who were sulficiently terrified at the pros[iect of C(jn- tending with an enemy whom they had been taught to deem invincible. To such brave spirits as lames NFonroe, who went right e were now combined to prevent the French from escaping from a tyranny a thousand-fold worse thai\ that which we had endured Col. Monroe, more magnanimous than prudent, was anxious that, at whatever hazard, we should help our old allies in their extremity. It was the impulse of a generous and noble nature. He violently op]K)sed the Pres- ident's proclamation as ungrateful and wanting in magnanimity. Washington, who could aporeciate such a character, developed his calm, serene, almost divine greatness, by appointing that very James Monroe, who was de- nouncing the ix)li< y of the Government, as the minister of that Govermnent to the Re])ublic of France. Mr. Monroe was welcomed by the National ("invention in France witu the most enthusiastic demonstrations. Shortly after his return to this country, Mr. Mon- roe was elected Governor of Virginia, and held the office for three yeais. He was again sent to Prance to co-operate with Chancellor Livingston in obtaining the vast territory then known as the Province of Louisiana, wiiich France had but shortly before ob- tained from Spain. Tiieir united efforts were sue cessful. For the comparatively small sum of fifteen millions of dollars, the entire territory of Orleans and district of Louisiana were added to llie United States. This was probably the largest transter of real estate which was ever made in all the history of the world From France Mr. Monroe went to England to ob- tain from that country some recognition of oui rights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against those odious impressments of our seamen. but Eng- land was unrelenting. He again returned to Eng- land on the same mission, but could receive no redress. He returned to his home and was again chosen Governor of Virginia. .This he soon resigned to accept the [xjsition of Secretary of State under Madison. While in this office war with England was declared, the Secretary of War resigned, and during these trying times, the duties of the War l)e|)artnient were also ]nit upon him. He was truly the armor- bearer of President Madison, and the most efti< ient business man in his < abinet. U|Min the return ol peace he resigned the Departnient of War, but con- tinued in the office of Sec relary of Stale until the e.\- piration of Mr. Madison's adminstration. At the elec tion hekl the previous autumn ^r. Monroe himself had been chosen President with biit little op|iosition, and uiwn March 4, (817, was inaugurated. Four years later he was elected for a second term. Among the important measures of his Presidency were the cession of Florida to (he United States; the Missouri Compromise, and tfie " Monroe doctrine,' This famous doctrine, since known as Ihe " Monroe doctrine," was enunciated by him in 1S23. At that lime the Ignited Stales had recognized the independ- ence of the South American states, and did not wish to have European jKnvers longer attempting to sub- due |K)rtions of the American Continent. The doctrine is as follows: "That we shouUl consider any allem])t on the part of European jxiwers to extend their sys- tem to any iwrtion of this hemis|)licre as dangerous to our peace and safety," and "that we could not view any interix>sition for ihe purjjose of oppressing or controlling American governments or |)rovinces in any other light than as a manifestation by European IKDwers of an unfriendly dis|X)sition toward the I'niled Slates." This doctrine immedialel) affected the course of foreign governments, and has become the apjiro I'd sentiment of the Ibiited States. At the end of his fecond term Mr Monroe retired to his home in Virginia, where he li\ed until 1830, when he went to New ^■()rk to live with l;is son-in law. In that city he died, on the 4th of July, 1831 ^ 1 $, At \j 4- SIXTH PRESIDENT. A^rM5\)rM-^ OHN QUINCY ADAMS, the sixih President of the United tl" Suites, was born in the rural hiiine of his honored father, John Adams, in Qnincy, Mass., '■~5^v f" t'ls I 1th cf July, 1767. His \ i v.. '-'^)i ' mother, a woman of exaUed - ■••'" jg worth, wattlietl over his c)iiIdhood during tiie almost constant ab- sence of liis father. \viien but eight years of age, lie stood with his mother on an eminence, listen- iiig to the booming of the great bat- tle on Bunker's Hill, and gazing on niwn the smoke and flames billow- ing up from the conflagration of Charlestown. When but eleven years old he took a tearful adieu of his mother, to sail with his fainer for Europe, through a fleet of iiostile British cruisers. Tlie bright, animated lioy spent a year and a half in P.iiis, where his father was associated with Franklin and Lee as minister pieni|wtentiary. His intelligence attracted the notice t>f these distinguished men, and he received from them flattering mnrks of attention. Mr. John Adams had scarcely leturned to this coui.try, in 1779, ere he was again sent abroad. Again loi.ii ()uincy accompanied his father. At Paris he applied himself with gre.it diligence, for six months, to ..'udy; then acicnnpained his father to Holland, vmere he entered, first a school in Amsterdam, then the University at I.eyden. About a year from this time, in 1781, when the manly 1 oy was but fourteen yea-", of age, he was selected by Mr. Dana, our min- ister to the Russian (-ourt, as his private secretary. In this school of incessant lalior and of enobling culture he spent fourteen months, and then returned to Holland thiough Sweden, Denmark, H.uiiburg and Bremen. This h'Ug journey he took alone, in the winter, when in his sixteenth year. AL'ain he resumed his studies, under a priv.ile tutor, at Hague. Thence. in the spring of 1782, he accompanied his father lo Paris, traveling leisurely, and forming accjuaintance with the most distinguislied men on the ("ontinent; examining architectural remains, galleries of [jaintings, and all renowned works of art. At Paris he again became associated with the most illustrious men of all lands in the contemplations of the loftiest temporal themes which can engross the human mind. After a short visit to England he returned to Paiis, and consecrated all his energies to study until May, 17S5, when he returned to America. To a brilliant young man of eighteen, who had seen much of the world, ami ivlio was familiar willi the etiquette of courts, a residence with his father in London, under siu h cir- cumstances, must have been extremely attractive; but with judgment very rare in one of his age, he ])re- ferred to return to America to conii)lete his education in an American college. He wished then to study law, that with an honorable profession, he might be able to obtain an inde|)endeiit supi«rt. UiHjii lea\iiig Harvard College, at the age of twenty, he studied law for thtee years. In June, 1794, be- ing then but twenty-seven years of age, lie was ap- pointed by Washington, resilient minister at the Nelherlaiuls. Sailing from Boston in July, he reached London in October, where he was immediately admit- ted to the delilierations of Messrs. Jay and Pinckney, assisting them in negotiating a commercial treaty with Gieat Brilian. After thus spending a fortnight ii\ London, he proceeded lo the Hague. In July, 1797, he left the Hague to go to I'ortiigal as minister pleni[X3tentiary. On his way to Portugal, uiK)n arriving in London, he met with despatches directing him to the court of Berlin, but requesting liiin to remain in London iir.til he should receive his instructions. While wr.iting he was mairicd to an American lady to whom he had been ])reviously en- gaged, — Miss Louisa Catherine Johnson, daughter of Mr. Joshua Johnson, American (on^ul in I ondon ; a lady endownd with that beauty and those iccom- |ilisliinent which emiin nlly fitted her lo n.ove in the elevated sjihere for which she was destined. ^^ -I •4^ 40 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 4 He reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797 ; where he remained until July, 1799, when, having ful- filled all the ijurix)ses of his mission, he solicited his recall. Soon after his return, in 1802, he was chosen to ihe Senate of Massachusetts, from Boston, and then was elected Senator of the United States for six years, from the 4th of March, 1804. His reputation, his ability and his experience, ()laced him immediately among the most prominent and influential members ofthatlwdy. Especially did he sustain the Govern- ment in its measures of resistance to the encroach- ments of England, destroying our commerce and in- sulting our flag, riiere was nointed Mr. Adams Secretary of State. Taking leave of his num- erous friends in public and private life in Europe, he sailed in June, 1819, forthe Uniied Stales. On the i8lh of August, he again crossed the threshold of his home in (^uincy. During the eight yearsof Mr. Mon- roe's administration, Mr Adams continued Secretary of State. Some time before the close of Mr. Monroe's second term of office, new candidates began to be presented forthe Presidency. The friends of Mr. .Vdams brought forward his name. It was an exciting campaign. Party spirit was never more bitter. Two hundred and sixty electoral votes were cast. Andrew Jackson re- ceived ninety-nine; John Quincy Adams, eighty-four; William H. Crawford, forty-one; Henry Clay, thirty- seven. As there was no choice by the |)eople, the ipiestion wer.t to the House of Representatives. Mr. Clay gave the vote of Kentucky to Mr. .^dams, and he was elected. The friends of .ill the disappointed candidates now combinetl in a venomous and persistent assault upon Mr. Adams. There is nothing more disgraceful in •hp 0:1st history of our country than tlie abuse which was jwured in one uninterrupted stream, upon this high-minded, upright, patriotic man. There never was an administration more pure in principles, more con- scientiously devoted lo ilie best interests of the coun- try, than that of John Quincy Adams; and never, per- haps, was there an administration more unscrupu- lously and outrageously assailed. Mr. Adams was, to a very remarkable degree, ab- stemious and temperate in his habits; always rising early, and taking much exercise. When at his home in Quincy, he has been known to walk, before breakfast, seven miles to Boston. In Washington, it was ;:aid that he was the first man up in the city, lighting his own fire and ap|)lying himself to work in his library often long before dawn. On the 4th of March, 1829, Mr. Adams retired from the Presidency, and was succeeded by .Andrei' Jackson. John C. Calhoun was elected Vice Presi- dent. The slavery (piestion now began to assume |X)rlentous magnitude. Mr. .Adams returned to Quincy and lo his studies, which he pursued with un- abated zeal. But he was not long [lermiued lo re- main in retirement. In Noveml)er, 1830, he was elected re|iresentalive to Congress. For seventeen years, until liis death, he occupied the jxsst as repre- sentative, towering above all his peers, ever ready to do brave battle' for freedom, and winning the title of "the old man eloquent." Uixjn taking his seat in the House, he announced that he should hold him- self bound to no party. Probably there never was a member more devoted to his duties. He was usually the first in his place in the morning, and the last Id leave his seat in the evening. Not a measure i onld lie brought forward and escape his scrutiny. 'I he battle whii h Mr. Adams fouglit, almost singly, against the proslavery party in the (iovernment, was sublime in Its moral dating and heroism. For i)ersisting in presenting i)elitions for the abolition of slavery, he was threatened with indictment by the grand jury, with expulsion from the Hoiife, with assassination ; but no threats could intimidate him, and his final triumph was complete. It has been said of President Adams, that when his body was bent and his hair silvered by the lapse of fourscore years, yielding to the simple fiith of a little child, he was accustomed lorejieat every night, before he slept, tlie prater which his mother taught him in his infant years. V>\\ the 2 1 St of February, 184S, he rose on the floor of Congress, with a jiaper in his hand, lo address tin- speaker. Suddenly he fell, again stricken by |).Trnly- sis, and was caught in the arms of those aiound him. For a time he was senseless, as he was conveyed to the sofa in the rotunda. With reviving conscious- ness, he opened his eyes, kxiked calmly around and said " This is tin- oulof tartli ."then after a moment's ])a use he added, '^ / am conttitt" These were the last words of the grand "Old Man Eloquent. if. ^ SEVENTH J'RESIL>ENT. V I.. r \j NDREW JACKSON, tlie 4l seventh President of the {-•is ^'vj" United States, was bom in X Waxliaw settlement, N. (;., March 15, 1767, a few days after liis father's deatli. His parents were poor emigrants from Ireland, and took up their abode in Waxhaw set- tlement, where they lived in dee|)est [Kjverty. Andrew, or Andy, as he was \niiversally called, grew up a very rough, rude, turbident boy. His features were coarse, his Ibrm un- gainly; and tiiere was but very little in his character, made visible, which was at- ti active. When only thirteen years old he joined the volun- teers of Carolina against the British invasion. In 17.^1, he and his brother Rol)ert were cajitured and iuii)risoneii for a time at Camden. A British officer ordered him to brush iiis mud-spattered boots. " 1 am a i)risoner of war, not your servant," was the re|)ly of the dauntless boy. The brute drew iii:; sword, and aimed a desperate I'low at the head of liie hel|iless young prisoner. .Andrew raised his hand, and thus received two fear- ful gashes, — i)ne on the hand and the other U|x)n the head. The officer then turned to his brother Robert with the same demand. He also refused, and re- ceived a blow from the keen-edged sabre, which ipiite disabled him, and which probably soon after caused his death. They suffered much other ill-treatment, and were finally stricken with the small-ixix. Their mother was successful in obtaining their cxchanj;e, 4« anil took lier sick boys home. After .i long illnoss .Vndrew recovered, and the death of his mother soon left him entirely friendless. .Vndrew supiwrled himself in various ways,s i:h as working at the saddler's trade, teaching school and clerking in a general store, until 17S4, when he entered a law office at Salisbury, N. C. He, however, gave more attention to the wild amusen)ents of the times than to his studies. In 1788, he was ai>i)ointed solicitor for the western district of North Carolina, of whicli Tennessee was then a [)art. This involved many long and tedious jinirneys amid dangers of every kind, but .\ndrew Jackson never knew fear, and the Indians had no desire to repeat a skirmish witn the Shar[) Knife. In 1791, Mr. Jackson was married to a woman who sup|)osed herself divorced from her former husband. Creat was the surprise of both parties, two years later, to find that the conditions of the divorce had just been definitely settled by the first husbai^d. The marriage ceremony was performed a second time, but the occur- rence was often used by his enemies to bring Mr Jackson into disfavor. During these years he worked hard at his jirofes- sion, and frequently had one or more duels on hand, one of which, when he killed Dickenson, was es|)ec- ially disgraceful. In January, 1796, the Territory of Tennessee then containing nearly eighty thousand inhabitants, the peoi)le met in convention at Knoxville to frame a con- stitution. Five were sent from each of the eleven counties. Andrew Jackson was one of the delegates. The new State was entitled to but one meml cr in the National House of Representatives. .Andre >v Jack- son was chosen that member. Mounting his horse he rode to Philedelphia, where Congress then held its •¥ j k A.* J. 4^ 44 ANDREW JACKSON. 4> sessions, — a distance of about eight liundred miles. Jackson was an earnest advocate of tlie Demo- cratic i)irty. Jefferson was his idol. He admired Uonuparle, loved France and hated England. As Mr. Jaikson took his se.it, C'un. VV'ashington, whose second term of office was then expiring, delivered his last speech to Congress. A commillee drew up a complimentary address in reply. Andrew Jackson did not approve of the address, and was one ot the twelve will) voleil against it. He was not willing to say that tien. Washington's adminstration had heen " wise, (iim and patriotic." Mr. Jackson was elected to the United States Senate in 1797, but st of ipiarter. When bleeding and dying, they would fight those who en- deavored to spare their lives. Fiom ten in the morn- ing until dark, the battle raged. The carnage was awful and revolting. .Some threw themselves into the river ; but the unerring bullet strui k their heads as they swam. Nearly everyone of the nine hundred war- rios were killed .\ few probably, in the night, swam the river and escaped. This ended the war. The jiower t)f the Creeks was broken forever. This fold plunge into the wilderness, with its terriffic slaughter, so a|»ixilled the savages, that the haggard remnants of the bands came to the camp, begging for peace. This closing of the ("reek war enabled us to lon- centrate all our militia u|K)n the British, who were the allies of the Indians No man of less resolute will than (ien. Jai kson could have conducted this Indian camiiaign to so successlul an issue Immediately he was ap|H)iiited major-general. Late in .\ugust, with an army of two thousand men, on a rushing march, Gen. lackson came to Mobile. \ British fleet came from I'ensacola, landed a force upon the beach, an< hored near the little fort, and from both ship and shore commenced a furious assault. The battle was long and tloubtful. .\t length one of the shi])s was blown up and the rest retired. (iarrisoning Mobile, where he had taken his little army, he moved his troops to New Orleans, And the battle of New Orleans which soon ensued, was in reality a ver)' arduous campaign. This won for (ien. Jackson an imperishable name. Here his trooi)s, which numbered about four thousand men, won a signal victory over the British army of about nine thousand. His loss was but thirteen, while the loss of the British was two thousand six liundred. 'I'he name of den. Jackson soon began to lie men- tioned in connection with the Presitiency, but, in 1824, he was deleated by Mr. .Xdams. He was, however, successful in the election of 1S2S, and was re-elected for a seconii term in 1832. In 1829, just l>elore he assumed the reins of the government, he met with the most terrible afifliction of his life in the death of his wife, wliom he had loved with a devotion which has perhaps never been surpassed. From the shock of her death he n<;ver recovered. His administration was one of the most niemorable in tlie annals of our country; applauded by one party, condemned by the other. No man h.ul more bitter enemies or warmer friends. .\t the expiration of his two terms of office he retired to the Hermitage, where he died lune 8, 1S45. The last years of Mr. Jack- son's life were that of a devoted Christian man. T* ^ 7 J-^ZJO^ ^-i^] U^c.^-z,^_^ u EIGHTH PRESIDENT. ^2^(?>5««^^»iCT%'54^fev^V^:(?!><^^ IPRTII] YJ\l BUREl]. <^> -im i--.v.;..iSH.s..'> ■ATT '^ Ikb £\# 1 TT^' lMMs?Jjp5)| 1 y\ ^^■J % ARTIN VAN BUREN, the ciiihth President of the United States, was born at Kinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1782. He died at the same [il.iic, July 24, 1S62. His body rests in the cemetery at Kinderhook. Above it is a plain granite shaft fifteen feet high, bearing a simple inscription about half way up on one fate. Tiie lot is unfenced, unbordered or unbounded by slirub or flower. There is but little in the life of Martin Van Bureu of romantic interest. He fought no battles, engaged in no wild adventures. Thougli his life was stormy in political and intellectual conflicts, and he gained many signal victories, his days passed uneventful in those incidents which give zest to biograi)hy. His an- cestors, as his name indicates, were of Dutch origin, and were among the earliest emigrants from Holland to the banks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer, residing in the old town of Kinderhook. His mother, also of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel- ligence and e.\em|)lary (nety. He was decidedly a precocious boy, develoinng un- usual activity, vigor and strength of mind. At the age of fourteen, he had finished his academic studies in his native village, and commenced the study of law. As he had not a collegiate education, seven years of study in a law-office were required of him before he could be admitted to the bar. Insinred with a lofty antbition, and conscious of his jwwers, he pur- sued his studies witii indefatigable industry. After spending six years in an office in his native village, --^ he went to the city of New York, and prosecuted his studies for the seventh year. In 1803, Mr. Van Buren, then twenty-one yeais of age, commenced the practice of law in his native vil- lage. The great conflict between the Federal and Rei)ublican party was then at its height. Mr. Van Huren was from the beginning a [xjlitician. He had, l)erhaps, imbibed that spirit while listening to the many discussions which had been carried on in his father's hotel. He was in cordial sympathy with Jefferson, and earnestly and eloquently esiwused the cause of Stale Rights; though at that time the Fed- eral party held the supremacy both in his town and State. His success and increasing ruputation led him after six years of practice, to remove to Hudson, tlu' county seat of his county. Here he spent seven years, constantly gaining strength by contending in tlu, courts with some of the ablest men who have adorned the bar of his State. Just before leaving Kinderhook for Hudson, Mi. Van Buren married a lady alike distinguished for Ijeauty and accomi)lishments. After twelve short years she sank into the grave, the victim of consumi)- tion, leaving her husband and four sons to weep over her loss. For twenty-five years, Mr. Van Buren was an earnest, successful, assiduous lawyer. The record of those years is barren in items of public interest. In 1812, when thirty years of age, he was chosen to the State Senate, and t;ave his strenuous su[)|x)rt to Mr. Madison's adminstration. In 1815, he was a|v IKjinted Attorney-General, and the next year moved to .Mbany, the capital of the State. While he was acknowledged as one of the most piominent leaders of the Democratic party, he had f - > 48 ^ MARTIN VAN BUREN. r^ the moral courage to avow that true democracy did not require that " universal suffrage" which admits the vile, the degraded, the ignorant, to the right of governing tlie State. In true consistency willi ins democratic principles, he conleiukd thai, wiiile tin- path leading to the privilege of voting should lie open to every man withovit distinction, no one should he invested with that sacred prerogative, unless he were in some degree qualified for it l>y inleliigence, virtue and some [iroperty interests in the welfare of the State. In 182 I he was elected a member ut tiie United States Senate; and in the same year, lie took a seat in tiie convention to revise the constitution uf iiis native State. His course in this convention secured the approval of men of all p.uties. No one could doubt the singleness of his endeavors to })romote the interests of all classes in the comniunily. In the Senate of the Unitetl Stales, he rose at once to a conspicuous position as an active and useful legislator. In 1827, John Quinty Adams being then in the Presidential chair, Mr. Van Buren was re-elected to the Senate. He had been from the beginning a de- termined opposer of the .'\dministration, adopting the "State Rights" view in op[)osition to what was deemed the Federal [iroclivities of Mr. Adams. Soon after this, in 1828, he was chosen Governorof the Stale of New York, and accordingly resigned his seat in the Senate. Probably no one in the United States contributed so much towards ejecting John Q. Adams from the Presidential chair, and placing in it Andiew Jackson, as did Martin Van Buren. Whetlier entitled to the re|)utation or not, he certainly was re- garded throughout the United States as one of the most skillful, sagacious and cunning of politicians. It was supiiosed that no one knew so well as he how to touch the secret s|)iings of action; how to jjull all the wires to put his machinery in motion; and how to organi/.e a [lolitical army wliic h would, secreily and stealthily accomplish the most gigantic results. By these (Kjwers it is said that he outwitted Mr. Adams, Mr. Clay, Mr. Webster, and secured results which lew thought then could be accomplished. When Andrew Jackson was elected President he apiK/iiited Mr. Van Buren Secretary of State. This |K)silion he resigned in 1831, and was immediately apix)inted Minister to England, where he went the sime autumn. The Senate, however, when it met, te fused to ratify the nomination, and he returned home, apparently untroubled; was nominated Vice President in the place of C^alhoun, at the reelection ot President Jackson ; and with smiles for all and fiowns for none, he took his [)lace at the head of that Senate which had refused to conrirm his nomii-.ation as ambassador. His rejection by the Senate roused all the zeal of President Jackson in behalf of his reputliated favor- ite; and this, i)robably nv.iie than any other cause, secured his elevation to the chair of the Chief Execu- tive. On the 20th of May, 1836, Mr. Van lUiren re- ceived the Democratic nomination to succeed Gen. Jackson as President of the United States lie was elected by a handsome majority, lo the delight of the retiring President. " Leaving New York out of the canvass," says Mr. I'.nlon, '"the election of Mr. \ ,\\\ Buren lo the Presidency was as much the act of Gen. Jackson as though the Constitution h;;d ajiifeired upon him the [lOwer lo appoint a successor." His adniinistralion was filled with exciting events. 'I'he insurreclicjii in Canada, whii li threatened to in \olve this (ounlry in war with iMighind, the agitation of the slavery cpiestion, and finally the gieal Y fath AMES K. POLK, the eleventh ?jj President of the United States, was born in Mecklenburg Co., M. C, Nov. 2, 1795. His par- ents were .'^anuiel and Jane (Knox) I'olk, tlie former a son of Col. Thomas Polk, wlio located at the above place, as one of the first pioneers, in 1735. In the year i3o6, with his wife and children, ar.d soon after fol- lowed by most of the members of the Polk farnly, Samutl Polk emi- grated some two or three hundred miles fartlier west, to the rich valley of the Duck River. Here in the midst of the wilderness, in a region which was subsequently called Mau- ry Co., they reared their log huts, and established their homes. In the hard toil of a new farm in the wil- derness, James K. Polk spent the early years of his childhood and youth. His father, adding tlie pur- suit of a surveyor to ihatof a farmer, gradually increased in wealth until he became one of the leading men of the region. His mother was a superior woman, of strong connnon sense and earnest piety. Very early in life, James developed a taste for reading and expressed the strongest desire to obtain a liberal education. His mother's training had made liim methodical in his haliits, had taught him punct- uality and industry, and had inspired him with lofty j)rinciples of morality. His health was frail ; and his father, fearing that he might not be able to endure a sedentary life, got a situation for him behind the counter, hojnng to fit him for commercial [Hirsuits. This was to James a bitter disapixjintment. He had no taste for these duties, and his daily tasks were irksome in the extreme. He remained in this uncongenial occupation but a few weeks, wlien at his earnest solicitation jiis father removed him, and made arrangements for him to [irosecute his studies. Soon after he sent him to Murfreesboro Academy. With ardor which could scarcely be surpassed, he pressed forward in his studies, and in less than two and a half years, in the autumn of 181 5, entered the sophomore class in the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill. Here he was one of the most exemplary of scholars, punctual in every exercise, never allowing himself to be absent from a recitation or a religious service. He graduated in 1818, with the highest honors, be- ing deemed the best scholar of his class, both in mathematics and the classics. He was then twenty- three years of age. Mr. Polk's health was at this time much impaired by the assiduity with which he had prosecuted his studies. After a short season of relaxation he went to Nashville, and entered the office of Felix GruiKly, to study law. Here Mr. Polk renewed his acquaintance with Andrew Jackson, who resided on his plantation, the Hermitage, but a few miles from Nashville. They had probably been slightly acquainted before. Mr. Polk's father was a JefTersonian Republican, and James K. Polk ever adhered to the same politi- cal faith. He was a popular public speaker, and was constantly called tqxsn to address the meetings of his l)arty friends. His skill as a speaker was such that he was popularly called the Xaix)leon of the stump. He was a man of unblemished morals, genial and f -^^ JAMES K. POLK. ''H^ ;ourteoiis in his bearing, and witli that sympathetic nature in the jo)s and griefs of others which ever gave liiui troops of friends. In 1823, Mr. Polk was elected to the Legislature of Tennessee. Here he gave his strong influence towards the election of his friend, Mr. Jackso;i, to the Presidency of the United States. In January, 1824, Mr. Polk married Miss Sarah Childress, of Rutherford Co., Tenn. His bride was altogether worthy of him, — a lady of beauty and cul- ture. In the fall of 1825, Mr. Polk was chosen a member of Congress. The satisfaction which he gave to his constituents may be inferred from the fact, that for fourteen successive years, until 1839, he was con- tinued in that office. He then voluntarily withdrew, only that he might accept the Gubernatorial chair of Tennessee. In Congress he was a laborious member, a frei|uent and a po|)ular speaker. He was always in his seat, always courteous; and whenever he spoke it was always to the ix)int, and without any ambitious ihetorical display. During five sessions of Congress, Mr. Polk was S[>eaker of the House Strong passions were roused, and stormy scenes were witnessed ; but Mr Polk per- formed his arduous duties to a very general satisfac- tion, and a unanimous vote of thanks to him was passed by the House as he withdrew on the 4tli of March, 1839. In accordance with Southern usage, Mr. Polk, as a candidate for (Governor, canvassed the State. He was elected by a large majority, and on the 1 4th of Octo- ber, 1839, took tlie oath of office at Nashville. In 1841, his tenn of office expired, and he was again the can- didate- of the Democratic party, but was defeated. On the 4th of March, 1845, Mr. ^^^^ was inaugur- ated Presider.t of the United States. The verdict of the country in favor of the annexation of Texas, exerted i;s iiilluence upon Congress; and the last act of the administration of President Tyler was to affix his sig- njture to a joint resolution of Congress, passed on the 3d of March, approving of the annexation of Texas to the American Union. As Mexico still claimed Texas as one of her provinces, the Mexican minister, Almonte, immediately demanded his passixsrts and left the country, declaring the act of the annexation to be an act hostile to Mexico. I.i his first message, President Polk urged that Texas should immediately, by act of Congress, be re- ceived into the Union on the same footing with the other States. In the meantime, Gen. Taylor was sent with an army into Texas to hold the country. He was sent first to Nueces, which the Mexicans said was the western boundary of Texas. Then lie was sent nearly two hundred miles further west, to the Rio Grande, where he erected batteries which commanded the Mexican city of Matamoras, which was situated on the western banks. The anticipated collision soon took place, and war was declared against Mexico by President Polk. The war was pushed forward by Mr. Polk's administration with great vigor. Gen. Taylor, whose army was first called one of "observation," then of "occupation," then of " invasion, "was sent forward to Monterey. The feeljle Mexicans, in every encounter, were hopelessly and awfully slaughtered. The day of judgement alone can reveal the misery which this war caused. It v/as by the ingenuity of Mr. Polk's administration that the war was brouglit on. 'To the victors belong the sixiils." Mexico was prostrate before us. Her capital was in our hands. We now consented to peace upon the condition that Mexico should surrender to us, in addition to Texas, all of New Mexico, and all of Upper and Lower Cal- ifornia. This new demand embraced, exclusive of Texas, eight hundred thousand square miles. This was an extent of territory equal to nine States of the size of New York. Thus slavery was securing eighteen majestic States to be adctd to the L^nion. There were some Americans who thought it all right : there were others who thought it all wrong. In the prosecution of this war, we expended twenty thousand lives and more than a hundred million of dollars. Of this money fifteen millions were paid to Mexico. On the 3d of March, 1849, Mr. Polk retired from office, having served one term. The next day was Sunday. On the 5th, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated as his successor. Mr Polk rode to the Capitol in the same carriage with Gen. Taylor; and the same even- ing, with Mrs. Polk, he commenced his return to Tennessee. He was then but fifty-four years of age. He had ever been strictly temperate in all his habits, and his health was good With an ample fortune, a choice library, a cultivated mind, and domestic ties of tlie dearest nature, it seemed as though long years of tranquility and ha[)i)iness were before him. Hut the cholera — that fearful scourge — was then sweeping up the Valley of the Mississippi. This he contracted, and died on the 15th of June, 1849, in the fifty-fourth ) ear of his age, greatly mourned by his countrymen ^ •^^i-^ i «<*■ TiVELFTH PRESIDENT. 4- t t;;^<:^cTv^.\\>-wvA^;Ftvvv^T^v5?^-^vv.v..\.\.\ .v\.v,A.v ACHARY TAYLOR, twelfth I'rcsident of the United Status, was born on the 241I1 of Nov., 1784, in Orange Co., Va. His « father, Colonel Taylor, was a Virginian of note, and a dis- tinguished patriot and soldier of the Revolution. When Zachary was an infant, his fatlier with his wife and two children, emigrated to Kentucky, where he settled in the pathless wilderness, a few miles from Louisville. In this front- ?/iS ier home, away from civilization and I all its refinements, young Zachary 70uld enjoy but few social and educational advan- tages. When si.K years of age he attended a common school, and was tlren regarded as a bright, active boy, i-ather remarkable for blunlness and decision of char- acter He was strong, feailess and self-reliant, and manifested a strong desire to enter the army to fight the Indians who were ravaging the frontiers. There is little to be recorded of the uneventful years of his cliildhood ou his father's large but lonely plantation. In 1S08, his father succeeded in obtaining for him the commission of lieutenant in the United States army ; and he joined the troops which were stationed at New Orleans under Gen. Wilkinson. Soon after this he married Miss Margaret Smith, a young lady ■rom one of the first families of Maryland. Immediately after the declaration of war with Eng- land, in 1S12, Capt. Taylor (for he had tlien been jjromoted to that rank) was put in command of Fort Harrison, on the Wabash, about fifty miles above Vincennes. This fort had been built in the wilder- ness by Gen, Harrison, on his march to Tippecanoe. It was one of the first points of attack l)y the Indians, ied by Tecumseh. Its garrison consisted of a broken r company of infantry numbering fifty men, many of whom were sick. Early in tiie autumn of 1S12, the Indians, stealthily, and in large numbers, moved upon the fort. Therr api)roacli was first indicated by the murder of two soldiers just outside of the stockade. Capt. Taylor made every possible preparation to meet the antici- pated assault. On the 4th of September, a band of forty painted and plumed savages came to the fort, waving a white flag, and informed Capt. Tajlor that in the morning their chief woidd con^e to have a talk with him. It was evident that their object was merely to ascertain the state of things at the fort, and Capt. Taylor, well versed in the wiles of tlie savages, kept them at a distance. The sun went down ; the savages disappeared, the garrison slept upon their arms. One hour before midnight the war whoop burst from a thousand lips in the forest around, followed by the discharge of musketry, and the rush of the foe. Every man, sick and well, sprang to his jxist. Every man knew that defeat was not merely death, but in the case of cap- ture, death by the most agonizing and prolonged tor- ture. No pen can describe, no immagination can conceive the scenes which ensued. Tiie savages suc- ceeded in setting fire to one of the block-liouses- Until six o'clock in tlie morning, this awful conflict continued. The savages tiien, baffled at every point, and gnashing their teeth with rage, retired. Capt. Taylor, for tliis gallant defence, was promoted to the rank of major by Ijrevet. Until the close of the war. Major Taylor was.placed in such situations that he saw but little more of active service. He was sent far away into the depths of the wilderness, to Fort Crawford, on Fox River, which empties into Green Bay. Here tl'.ere was but little to be done but to wear away the tedious hours as one best could. There were no books, no society, no in- v i 64 ZACHARY TAYLOR. tellectual stimulus. Thus with him the uneventful years rolled on Gradually he rose to the rank of colonel. In the Black Hawk war, which resulted in the capture of that renowned chieftain, Col Taylor took a subordinate but a brave and efficient part. For twenty-four years Col. Taylor was engaged in the defence of the frontiers, in scenes so remote, and in ein[)loyments so obscure, that his name was unknown beyond tlie limits of his own immediate acquaintance. In the year 1836, he was sent to Florida to compel the Seminole Indians to vacate that region and re- tire beyond the Mississippi, as their chiefs by treaty, hac' promised they should do. The services rendered he.c secured for Col. Taylor the higli appreciation of the Government; and as a reward, he was elevated tc he rank of brigadier-general by brevet ; and soon after, in May, 1838, was appointed to the chief com- mand of the United Slates troops in Florida. After two years of such wearisome employment amidst the everglades of the peninsula. Gen. Taylor obtained, at his own request, a change of command, ;.nd was stationed over the Department of the South- west. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Establishing his headquarters at Fort Jessup, in Louisiana, he removed his family to a plantation which he purchased, near Baton Rogue. Here he remained for five years, buried, as it were, from the world, but faithfully discharging every duty imposed upon him. In 1846, Gen. Taylor was sent to guard the land between the Nueces and Rio Grande, the latter river being the boundary of Texas, which was then claimed by the United States. Soon the war with Mexico was brought on, and at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, Gen. Taylor won brilliant victories over the Mexicans. The rank of major-general by brevet was then conferred upon Gen. Taylor, and his name was received with enthusiasm almost everywhere in the Nation. Then came the battles of Monterey and Buena Vista in which he won signal victories over forces much larger than he commanded. His careless habits of dress and his unaffected f^implicity, secured for Gen. Taylor among his troops, ihe sobriquet of "Old Rough and Ready.' T.ie tidings of the brilliant victory of Buena Vista pread the wildest enthusiasm over the country. The name of Gen. Taylor was on every one's lips. The Whig party decided to take advantage of this wonder- ful popularity in bringing forward the unpolished, un- lettered, honest soldier as their candidate for tlie Presidency. Gen. Taylor was astonished at the an- nouncement, and for a time would not listen to it; de- rlaring that he was not at all ijualified for such an office. So little interest had he taken in ]X)litics that, for forty years, he had not cast a vote. It was not without chagrin that several distinguished statesmen who had been long years in the public service found tl.iir claims set aside in behalf of one wliose name had never been heard of, save in connection with Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena Vista. It Is said that Daniel Webster, in his haste re- marked, " It is a nomination not fit to be made." Gen. Taylor was not an eloquent speaker nor a fine writer His friends took jxissession of him, and pre- pared such few communications as it was needful should be presented to the public. The popularity of the successful warrior swept the land. He was tri- umphantly elected over two opjxjsing candidates, — Gen. Cass and Ex-President Martin Van Buren. Though he selected an excellent cabinet, the good old man found himself in a very uncongenial ix)sition, and was, at times, sorely perplexed and harassed. His mental sufierings were very severe, and probably tended to hasten his death. The pro-slavery party was pushing its claims with tireless energy, expedi- tions were fitting out to capture Cuba ; California was pleading for admission to the Union, while slavery stood at the door to bar her out. Gen. Taylor found the ixDlitical conflicts in Washington to be far more trying to the nerves than battles with Mexicans or Indians- In the midst of all these troubles. Gen. Taylor, after he had occupied the Presidential chair but little over a year, took cold, and after a brief sickness of but little over five days, died ton the Qlh of July, 1850. His last words were, " I am not afraid to die. I am ready. I have endeavored to do my duty." He died universally respected and beloved. An honest, un- pretending man, he had been steadily growing in the affections of the people; and the Nation bitterly la- mented his death. Gen. Scott, who was thoroughly acquainted with Gen. Taylor, gave the following graphic and truthful description of his character: — " With a good store of common sense, Gen. Taylor's mind had not been en- larged and refreshed by reading, or much converse with the world. Rigidity of ideas was the conse- quence. The frontiers and small military posts had been his home. Hence he was quite ignorant for his rank, and quite bigoted in his ignorance. His sim- plicity was child-like, and with innumerable preju- dices, amusing and incorrigible, well suited to the tender age. Thus, if a man, however respectable, chanced to wear a coat of ^n unusual color, or his hat a little on one side of his head; or an ofticer to leave a corner of his handkerchief dangling from an out- side pocket, — in any such case, this critic held the offender to be a coxcomb (perhaps something worse), whom he would not, to use his oft repeated phrase, ' touch with a pair of tongs.' "Any allusion to literature beyond good old Dil- worth's spelling-book, on the part of one wearing a sword, was evidence, with the same judge, of utter unfitness for heavy marchings and combats. In short, few men have ever had a more comfortable, labor- saving contempt for learning of every kind i , Jl L THIRTEENTH PRESIDENT. 67 m -^^ ^^MILLftRn FlLLMnRE--^^ I J^ @*- 4^ LLARD FILLMORE, thir- Presideiit of the United States, was horn at Summer Hill, Cayuga Co., N. Y ., on the 7th uf January, iSoo. His father was a farmer, and ow- ing to misfortune, in lumihle cir- cumstances. Of his mother, the daughter of Dr. Abiathar Millard, of Pittsfield, Mass., it has been said that she jxDssessed an intellect of very high order, united with much jiersonal loveliness, sweetness of dis- [xjsition, graceful manners and ex- quisite sensibilities. She died in 1831 ; having lived to see her son a ' young man of distinguished prom- ise, though she was not permitted to witness the high dignity which he finally attained. In consequence of the secluded home and limited rneans of his father, Millard enjoyed but slender ad- vantages for education in his early years. The com- mon schools, which he occasionally attended were very imperfect institutions; and books were scarce and expensive. There was nothing then in his char- acter to indicate the brilliant career uiwn which he was about to enter. He was a plain farmer's boy ; intelligent, good-looking, kind-hearted. The sacred influences of home had taught him to revere the Hible, and had laid the foundations of an upright character. When fourteen years of age, his father sent him ;s from home, to the then wilds of to learn the trade of a clothier. I tllt^^ llil^l Icll^^ 111%.. i\JiA I When fourteen yen I some hundred miles ,1 Livingston County, ', T Neai the mi'l there ' enterprising man had commenced the collection of a village library. This jiroved an inestimable blessing lu \ oung Fillmore. His evenings were spent in read- ing .Soon every leisure moment was occupied with books. His thirst for knowledge became insatiate; and the selections which he made were continually more elevating and instructive. He read history, biography, oratory, and thus gradually there was en- kindled in his heart a desire to be something more than a mere worker with his hands; and lie was be- coming, almost unknown to himself, a well-informed, educated man. The young clothier had now attained the age of nineteen years, and was of fine personal appearance and cf gentlemanly demeanor. It so happened that there was a gentleman in the neighborhood cf ample pecuniary means and of benevolence, — Judge Walter Wood, — who was struck with the prepossessing ai>- pearance of young Fillmore. He made his acquaint- ance, and was so much im[)ressed with his ability and attainments that he advised him to abandon his trade and devote himself to the study of the law. The young man replied, that he had no means of his own, r.o friends to help him and that his previous educa- tion had been very im[)erfect. Hut Judge Wood had so much confidence in him that he kindly offered to take him into his own office, and to loan him such money as he needed. Most gratefully the generous offer was accepted. There is in many minds a strange delusion about a collegiate education. A young man is supposed to be liberally educated if he has gr.-.daated at some col- lege. But many a boy loiters through university hal' ; was a small villiage, wherp some I ind then enters a law office, who is by no means as ■► ■ <• •« 68 MILLARD FILLMORE. 4- well prepared to prosecute his legal studies as was Millard Fillmore when he graduated at the clothing- niill at the end of four years of manual labor, during which every leisure moment had been devoted to in- tense mental culture. In 1823, when twenty-three years of. age, he v/as admitted to the Court of Co-nmon Pleas. He then went to the village of Aurora, and commenced tiie practice of law. In this secluded, peaceful region, his practice of course was limited, and there was no opi)ortunity for a sudden rise in foitune or in fame. Here, in the year 1826, he married a lady of great moral worth, and one cajjable of adorning any station she might be called to fill, — Miss Abigail Powers. His elevation of character, his untiring industry, his legal acquirements, and his skill as an advocate, gradually attracted attention , and he was invited to enter into partnership under highly advantageous circumstances, wilh an elder member of the bar in Huffalo. Just before removing to Buffalo, in 1829, he took his seat in the House of Assembly, of the State of New York, as a representative from Erie County. Though he had never taken a very active part in jx)litics, his vote and his sympathies were with the Whig party. The State was then Democratic, and he found himself in a helpless minority in the Legislature , still the testimony comes from all parlies, that his courtesy, ability and integrity, won, to a very unusual degri e the respect of his associates. In the autumn of 1832, he was elected to a seat in the United States Congress He entered that troubled arena in some of the most tumultuous hours of our national history. The great conflict respecting the national bank and the removal of the deposits, was then raging. His term of two years closed ; and he returned to his profession, which he pursued with increasing rep- utation and success. After a lapse of two years he again became a candidate for Congress; was re- elected, and took his seat in 1837. His past expe- rience as a representative gave him stKngth and confidence. The first term of service in Congress to any man can be but little more than an introduction. He was now pre[)ared for active duty. All his ener- gies were brought to bear uixjn the jjublic good. Every measure received his impress. Mr. Fillmore was now a man of wide repute, and his ix)pularity filled the State, and in the year 1847, he was elected Comptroller of the State. Mr. Fillmore had attained the age of forty-seven years. His labors at the bar, in the Legislature, in Congress and as Comptroller, had given him very con- siderable fame. The Whigs were casting about to find suitable candidates for President and Vice-Presi- dent at the approaching election. Far away, on the waters of the Rio Grande, there was a rough old soldier, who had fought one or two successful battles with the Mexicans, which had caused his name to be proclaimed in tiumpet-tones all over the land. But it was necessary to associate wilh him on the same ticket some man of reputation as a statesman. Under the influence of these considerations, the iiamesofZachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore became the rallying-cry of the Whigs, as their candidates for President and Vice-Peesident. The Whig ticket was signally triumphant. On the 4tli of March, 1849, (ien. Taylor was inaugurated President, and Millard Fillmore Vice-President, of the United States. On the 9th of July, 1850, President Taylor, but about one year and four months after his inaugura- tion, was suddenly taken sick and died. By the Con- stitution, Vice-President Fillmore thus became Presi- dent. He appointed a verj' able cabinet, of which the illustrious Daniel Webster was Secretary of State. Mr. Filhiiore had very serious difficulties to contend with, since the opposition had a majority in both Houses. He did everything in his power to conciliate the South; but the pro-slavery party in the .South felt the inadequacyof all measuresof transient conciliation. The iKjpulation of the free States was so rapidly in- creasing over that of the slave States that it was in- evitable that the power of the Government should soon pass into the hands of the free States. The famous compromise measures were adopted under Mr. Fillnicre's adminstration, and the Japan Kxi>edition .was sent out. On the 4th of March, 1853, Mr. Fill- more, having served one term, retired. In 1856, Mr. Fillmore was nominated for the Pres- idency by the " Know Nothing " party, but was beaten by Mr. Buchanan. After that Mr. Fillmore lived in retirement. During the terrible conflict of civil war, he was mostly silent. It was generally supjxDsed that his symi)athies were rather wilh those who were en- deavoring to overthrow our institutions. President Fillmore kept aloof from the conflict, without any cordial words of clieer to the one parly or the other. He was thus forgotten by both. He lived to a ripe old age, and died in Buffalo. N. Y., March 8, 1874. »»■ ■ ^ I I FO URTEKNTH FRESIDENT. 7> 4- .-gfej^ •- .%r* = 3=»- t -aaaafa^ -^§il?*ii^- ^-FRANKLIN PIERCE.-^ ^^^"^- - ^^*i,^"»*^' ■•-^*^ ;(S RANKLIN PIERCE, the fourteenth President of the IJ5" United States, was born \\\ Hillsborough, N. H., Nov. 23, 1804. His father was a Revolutionary soldier, who, with his own strong arm, hewed out a home in the wilderness. He was a man of inflexible integrity; of strong, though imcultivated mind, and an uncomproniis- Oemocrat. The mother of Franklin Pierce was all that a son could desire, — an intelligent, jjru- dent, affectionate, Christian wom- an. Franklin was the si.xtli of eight children. Franklin was a very bright and handsome boy, gen- erous, warm-hearted and brave. He won alike the love of old and young. The boys on tiie play ground loved him. His teachers loved him. Tlie neighbors looked upon him witli initle and affection. He was by instinct a gentleman; always speaking kind words, doing kind deeds, with a i)eculiar unstudied tact which taught him what was agreeal)le. Without de- veloping any [)re(:ocity of genius, or any unnatural devotion to books, he was a good scholar; in body, in mind, in affections, a finely-develoiied boy. When sixteen years of age, in the year 1820, he entered Howdoin College, at Brunswick, Me He was one of the most po|uilar young men in the college. The i)urity cf his moral character, the unvarying courtesy of his d'.'meanor, his rank as a scholar, and genial nature, rendered him a universal favorite. There was something very peculiarly winning in his address, and it was evidently not in the slightest de- gree studied: it was the simple outgushing of his oww magnanimous and lovnig nature. Upon graduating, in the year 1824, Franklin Pierce commenced the study of law in the office of Judge Woodbury, one of the most distinguished lawyers of the Slate, and a man of great private worth. The eminent social cpialities of the young lawyer, his fatlier's prominence as a public man, and the brilliant |)olilical career into which Judge Woodbury was en- tering, all tended to entice Mr. Pierce into the faci- naling yet perilous path of political life. With all the ardor of his nature he espoused the cause of (ien. Jackson for the Presidency. He commenced the [iractice of law in Hillsborough, and was soon elected to re|>resent tlie town in the State Legislature. Here he served for four yeais. The last two years he was chosen speaker of the house iiy a very large vote. In 1833, at the age of twenty-nine, he was elected a member of Congress. Without taking an active part in debates, he was faithful and laliorious in duty, and ever rising in the estimation of those with whom he was associatad. In 1837, being then but thirty-three years of age, he was elected to the Senate of the United States; taking his seat just as Mr. Van Buren commenced his administration. He was the youngest member in the Senate. In the year 1834, he married Miss Jane Means Appleton, a lady of rare beauty and accom- plishments, and one admirably fitted to ddorn every station with wiiich her husband was honoicd. Of the ■► ^ ■1 < • -^ FRANKLIN PIERCE. \ three sons who were born to them, all now sleep with their parents in the grave. Ill the year 1838, Mr. Pierce, with growing fame and increasing business as a lawyer, took up his residence in Concord, the capital of New Hampshire. President Polk, uiwn his accession to office, appointed Mr. Pierce attorney-general of the United States; but the offer was declined, in consequence of numerous professional engagements at home, and the precariuos state of Mrs. Pierce's health. He also, about the same time declined the nomination for governor by the Democratic party. The war with Mexico called Mr. Pierce in the army. Receiving the appointment of brigadier-general, he embarked, with a portion of his troops, at Newiwrl, R. I., on the 27th of May, 1847. He took an im|)ortant part in this war, proving him- self a brave and trne soldier. When Gen. Pierce reached his home in his native State, he was received enthusiastically by the advo- cates of the Mexican war, and coldly by his oppo- nents. He resumed the practice of his profession, very frequently taking an active part in political ques- tions, giving his cordial support to the pro-slavery wing of the Democratic party. The compromise measures met cordially with his approval ; and he strenuously advocated the enforcement of the infa- mous fugitive-slave law, which so shocked the religious sensibilities of the North. He thus became distin- guished as a "Northern man witlt Southern principles.'' The strong partisans of slavery in the South conse- quently regarded him as a man whom they could safely trust in office to carry out their plans. On the 1 2th of June, 1852, the Democratic conven- tion met in Baltimore to nominate a candidate for the Presidency. For four days they continued in session, and in thirty-five ballotings no one had obtained a two-thirds vote. Not a vote thus far had been thrown for Gen. Pierce. Then the Virginia delegation brought forward his name. There were fourteen more ballotings, during which Gen. Pierce constantly gained strength, until, at the forty-ninth ballot, he received two hundred and eighty-two votes, and all other candidates eleven. Gen. Winfield Scott was the Whig candidate. Gen. Pierce was cliosen with great unanimity. Only four States — Vermont, Mas- sachusetts, Kentucky and Tennessee — cast their electoral votes against him Gen. Franklin Pierce was therefore inaugurated President of the United States on the 4lh of March, 1853. His administration proved one of the most stormy our country had ever experienced. The controversy be- tween slavery and freedom was then approaching its culminating ix)int. It became evident that there was an " irrepressible conflict" between them, and that this Nation could not long exist " half slave and half free." President Pierce, during the whole of his ad- ministration, did every thing he could to conciliate the South ; but it was all in vain. The conflict every year grew more violent, and threats of the dissolution of the Union were borne to the North on every South- ern breeze. Such was the condition of affairs when President Pierce approached the close of his four-years' term of office. The North had become thoroughly alien- ated from him. The anti-slavery sentiment, goaded by great outrages, had been rapidly increasing; all the intellectual ability and social worth of .President Pierce were forgotten in deep reprehension of his ad- ministrative acts. The slaveholders of the South, also, unmindful of the fidelity with which he had advo- cated those measures of Government which they ap- proved, and perhaps, also, feeling that he had rendered himself so unpopular as no longer to be able acceptably to serve them, ungratefully dropped him, and nominated James Buchanan to succeed him. On the 4th of March, 1857, President Pierce re- tired to his home in Concord. Of three children, two had died, and his only surviving child had been killed before his eyes by a railroad accident , and his wife, one of the most estimable and accomplished of ladies, was rapidly sinking in consumption. The hour of dreadful gloom soon came, and he was left alone in the world, without wife or child. When the terrible Rebellion burst forth, which di- vided our country into two parties, and two only, Mr. Pierce remained steadfast in the principles which he had always cherished, and gave his sympathies to that pro-slavery party with which he had ever been allied. He declined to do anything, either by voice or pen, to strengthen the hand of the National Gov- ernment. He continued to reside in Concord until the time of his death, which occurred in October, 1869. He was one of the most genial and social of men, an honored communicant of the Episcopal Church, and one of the kindest of neighbors. Gen- erous to a fault, he contributed liberally for the al- leviation of suffering and want, and many of his towns- people were often gladened by his material bounty. *► i <• A ; ■ d xiym.^^ (^^;^u^ -/'z^z/n^^^^^T/^ .^f^ I'IFTEENTH PRESIDENT. 75 f ■ <«« -+-• >»» x'X?i^^C^C^v^'SfC^x'^i^^^^^^<*< '• ' ''A '(A n \Wi\M> ':r^^^^^a^j!^S^^!^^^^:^^^^Mi^l^!i^ <««; AMES BUCHANAN, the fif- teenth President of the United States, was born in a small frontier town, at the foot of the eastern ridge of the Allegha- nies, in Franklin Co., Penn. ,011 "-■. ---^ the 2 jd of April, 1791. The place where the humble cabin of his father stood was called Stony Batter. It was a wild and ro- mantic s[X)t in a gorge of the moun- tains, with towering summits rising grandly all around. His father was a native of the north of Ireland ; a [xjor man, who had emigrated in 1783, with little pro|>erty save his own strong arms. Five years afterwards he married Elizabeth Si)ear, the daughter of a respectable fanner, and, with his young bride, plunged into tlie wilder- ness, staked his claim, reared his log-hut, opened a clearing with his axe, and settled down there to per- form his obscure part in the d-rama of life. In this se- cluded home, where James was born, he remained for eight years, enjoying but few social or intellectual advantages. When James was eight years of age, his father removed to the village of Mercersburg, where h.is son was placed at school, and commenced a course of study in English, Latin and Greek. His l)rogress was rapid, and at the age of fourteen, he entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle. Here he de- veloped remarkable talent, and took his stand among the first scholars in the institution. His application to study was intense, and yet his native jxjwers en- abled him to master the most .abstruse subjects with facility. In the year 1809, he graduated with the highest honors of his class. He was then eighteen years of age; tall and graceful, vigorous in health, fond of athletic sport, an unerring shot, and enlivened with an exuberant flow of animal spirits. He immediately commenced the study of law in the city of Lancaster, and was admitted to the bar in 1812, when he was but twenty-one years of age. Very rapidly he rose in his profession, and at once took undisputed stand with the ablest lawyers of the State. When but twenty-si.x years of age, unaided by counsel, he suc- cessfully defended before the State Senate ore of tiie judges of the State, who was tried ui>on articles of impeachment. .U the age of thirty it was generally .admitted that he stood at the head of the bar; and there was no lawyer in the State who had a more lu- crative practice. In 1820, he reluctantly consented to run as a candidate for Congress. He was elected, and for ten years he remained a member of the Lower House. During the vacations of Congress, he occasionally tried some important case. In 1831, he retired altogether from the toils of his i)rofession, having ac- ([uired an ample fortune. Gen. Jackson, ujwn his elevation to the Presidency, ap|X)inted Mr. Buchanan minister to Russia. 'Ihe duties of his mission he performed with ability, which gave satisfaction to all parties. Upon his return, in 1833, he was elected to a seat in the United States Senate. He there met, as his associates, WeLs'.ir, Chay, Wright and Calhoun. He .advocated the meas- ures projjosedby President J.-ickson, of m.aking rei>ri- i h sals against France, to enforce the payment of our claims against that country ; and defended the course of the President in his unprecedented and wholesale removal from office of those who were not the sup- porters of iiis administration. Upon this (piestion he was brought into direct collision with He.ny Clay. He also, with voice and vote, advocated expunging from the journal of the Senate the vote of censure against Gen. Jackson for removing the deposits. Karnestly he opposed the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and urged the prohibition of the circulation of anti-slavery documents bv the United States mails. As to petitions on the subject of slavery, he advo- cated that they should be respectfully received; and that the reply should be returned, that Congress had no power to legislate upon the subject. ' Congress," Slid he, "might as well undertake to interfere with slavery under a foreign government as in any of the States where it now exists." Upon Mr. Polk's accession to the Presidency, Mr. Buchanan became Secretary of State, and as such, took his share of the responsibility in the conduct of the Mexican War. Mr. Polk assumed that crossing the Nueces by the American troops into the disputed territory was not wrong, but for the Mexicans to cross the Rio Grande into that territory was a declaration of war. No candid man can read with pleasure the account of the course our Government pursued in that movement Mr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly with the party devoted to the pi-rpetuation and extension of slavery, and brought all the energies of his mind to bear aguinst the Wilmot Proviso. He gave his cordial approval to the compromise measures of 1S50, which included the fugiiive-slave law. Mr. Pierce, upon his election to the Presidency, honored Mr! Buchanan with the mission to England. In the year 1856, a national Democratic conven- tion nominated Mr. Buchanan for the Presidency. The political conflict was one of the most severe in which our country has ever engaged. All the friends of slavery were on one side; all the advocates of its re- striction and final aliolition, on the other. Mr. Fre- mont, the candidate of the enemies of slavery, re- ■ eived 114 electoral votes. Mr. Buchanan received 174, and was elected. The poinilar vote stood t,34o,6i8, for Fremont, 1,224,750 for Buchanan. On March 4th, 1857, Mr. Buchanan was inaugurated. Mr. Buchanan was far advanced in life. Only four years were wanting to fill up his threescore years and ten. His own friends, those with whom he had been •allied in political principles and action for years, were seeking the destruction of the Government, that they might rear upon the ruins ot our free institutions a nation whose corner-stone should be human slavery. In this emergency, Mr. Buchanan was hopelessly be- \^nldered He could not, with his long-avowed prin- ciples, consistently oppose the State-rights party in their assumptions. As President of the United States, bound by his oath faithfully to administer the laws.' he could not, without perjury of the grossest kindj unite With those endeavoring to overthrow the repub- lic. He therefore did nothing. The opponents of Mr. Buchanan's administration nommaied Abraham Lincoln as their standard bearer in the next Presidential canvass. The pro-slavery party declared, that if he were elected, and the con- trol of the Government were thus taken from their hands, they would secede from the Union, taking with them, as they retired, the National Capitol at Washington, and the lion's share of the territory of the United States. Mr. Buchanan's sympathy with the pro-slavery parly was such, that he had been willing to offertheni far more than they had ventured to claim. All the South had professed to ask of the North was non- intervention ufjon the subject of slavery. Mr. Bu- chanan had been ready to offer them the active co- operation of the Government to defend and extend the institution. As the storm increased in violence, tiie slaveholders claiming the right to secede, and Mr. Buchanan avow- ing that Congress had no power to prevent it, one of the most pitiable exhibitions of governmental im- becility was exhibited the vvodd has ever seen. He declared that Congress had no |X)wer to enforce its laws in any State which had withdrawn, or which was attempting to withdraw from the Union. This was not the doctrine of Andrew Jackson, when, with his hand upon his sword-hilt, he exclaimed. " The Union must and shall be preserved!" South Carolina seceded in December, 1S60; nearly three months before the inauguration of President Lincoln. Mr. Buchanan looked on in listless despair. The rebel flag was raised in Charieston : Fort Sumpter was besieged; our forts, navy-yards' and arsenals were seized; our depots of military stores were plun- dered ; and our custom-houses and post-offices were appropriated by the rebels. The energy of the rebels, and the imbecility of our Executive, were alike marvelous. The Nation looked on in agony, waiting for the slow weeks to glide away, and close the administration, so terrible in" its weak- ness At length the long-lookcd-for hour of deliver- ance came, when Abraham Lincoln was to receive the scepter. The administration of President Buchanan was certainly the most calamitous our country has ex- perienced. His best friends cannot recall it with pleasure. And still more deplorable it is for his fame, that in that dreadful conflict which rolled its billows of flame and lilood over our whole land, no word came from his lips to indicate his wish that our country's banner should lriuni| h over the flag of the rebellion. He died at his Wiieatland retreat, June i, i868, r ./ ',^•'1 r ^. <^ e/'^^^^^^-^T^ SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT. 79 J i A BRAHAM i> '^m^ !NCOLN:> i mm^ •f P.RAHAM LINCOLN, the sixteenth rresident of the United States, was liorn in Hardin C"o., Ky., Feb. 12, 1809. About the year 1780, a man l)y tlie name of Abraham Lincohi left Virginia with his family and moved into the tlien wilds of Kentucky. Only two years after this emigration, still a young man, while woriving one day in a field, was stealthily appro:;ched by an Indian andshot dead. His widow was left in extreme poverty with five ittle children, three boys and two girls. Thomas, the youngest of tlio boys, was four years of age at his father's death. This Thomas was the father of .\brahani Lincoln, the President of the United States whose name mvist henceforth fo'ever be enrolled with the most prominent in the annals of our world. Of course no record has been kept of the life of one so lowly as Thomas Lincoln. He was among the (Kjorest of the [loor. His home was a wretched log-cabin ; his food the coarsest and the meanest. Ivlucation he had none; he could never either read or write. As soon as he was able to do anything for himself, he was compelled to leave the cabin of his starving mother, and push out into the world, a friend- less, wandering boy, seeking work. He hired him- self out, and thuss])ent the whole of his youth as a laborer in the fields of others. When twenty-eight years of age he buill a log- rabin of his own, and married Nancy Hanks, the daughter of another family of jwor Kentucky emi- grants, who had also come from N'irginia. Their second child was .Abraham Lincoln, the subject of this sketch. The mother of Abraham was a noble woman, gentle, loving, ])ensive, created to adorn a palace, doomed to toil and pine, and die in a hovel. " All that I am, or hope to be," exclaims the grate- ful son "I owe to my angel-mother. " When he was eight years of age, his father sold his cabin and small farm, and moved to Indi.ina. Where two years later his mother died. Abraham soon became the scribe of the uneducated comnuinity around him. He could not have liad a better school than tliis to teach him to put thoughts into words. He abso became an eager reader. The books he could obtain were few ; but these he re;'d and re-read until they were almost committed to memory. As the years rolled on, the lot of this lowly family was the usual lot of humanity. Thi're were joys and griefs, weddings and funerals. Abraham's sister Sarah, to whom he was tenderly attached, was mar- ried when a child of but fourteen years of age, and soon died. The family w'as gradually scattered. Mr. Thomas Lincoln sold out his scpiatter's claim in 1S30, and emigrated to Macon Co., III. Abraham Lincoln was then twenty-one years of age. With vigorous hands he aided his father in rearing another log-cabin. Abraham worked diligently at this until he saw the family comfortably settled, and their small lot of enclosed i)rairie planted with corn, wbe.i he announced to his father his intention to leave home, and to go out into the world and seek his for- tune. Little did he or his friends imagine how bril- liant that fortune was to be. He saw the value of etiucation and was intensely earnest to improve his mind to the utmost of his power. He savv the ruin which aident s[)irits were causing, and became strictly temperate; refusing to allow a drop of intoxi- cating liquor to pass his lips. And he had read in God's word, " Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain;" and a jirofane ex|)ression he was never heard to utter. Religion he revered. His morals were iJure, and he was iincontaminated by a single vice. Young Abraham'wotked for a time as a hire»-P-^ 41 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I electora \\ , constitu ture his employers were so well pleased, that uix)n his return they placed a store and mill under his care. In 1832, at the outbreak of the Black Hawk war, he' enlisted and was chosen captain of a company. He returned to Sangamon County, and although only 23 years of age, was a candidate for the Legislature, but was defeated. He soon after received from Andrew Jackson the appointmentof Postmaster of New Salem, His only post-office was his hat. All the letters he received he carried there ready to deliver to those he chanced to meet. He studied surveying, and soon made this his business. In 1834 he again became a candidate for the Legislature, and was elected Mr. Stuart, of Springfield, advised him to study law. He walked from New Salem to Springfield, borrowed of Mr. Stuart a load of books, carried them back and began his legal studies. When the Legislature as- sembled he trudged on foot with his pack on his back one hundred miles to Vandalia, then the capital. In 1836 he was re-elected to the Legislature. Here it was he first met Stephen A. Douglas. In 1839 he re- moved to Springfield and began the practice of law. His success with the jury was so great that he was soon engaged in almost every noted case in the circuit. In 1854 1 he great discussion began between Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Douglas, on the slavery (juestion. In the organization of the Republican party in Illinois, in 1856, he took an active part, and at once became' one of the leaders in that party. Mr. Lincoln's speeches in opposition to Senator Douglas in the con- test in 1858 for a seat in the .Senate, form a most notable part of his history. The issue was on the slavery question, and he took the broad ground of he Declaration of Independence, that all men are created equal. Mr. Lincoln was defeated in this con- test, but won a far higher prize. The great Republican Convention met at Chicago on the i6th of June, i860. The delegates and strangers who crowded the city amounted to twenty- five thousand. An immense building called "The VVigwam," was reared to accommodate the Conven- tion. There were eleven candidates for whom votes were thrown. William H. Seward, a man wiiose fame as a statesman had long filled the land, was the most orominent. It was generally supix)sed he would be tlie nominee, Abraham Lincoln, however, received the nomination on the third ballot. Little did he then dream of the weary years of toil and care, and the bloody death, to wliich that nomination doomed him: and as little did he dream that he was to render services to his country, which would fi.\ upon him the eyes of the whole civilized world, and which would give him aplaceinthe afl^ections of his countrymen, second only, if second, to that of Washington. Election day came and Mr. Lincoln received 180 electoral votes out of 203 cast, and was, therefore constitutionally elected President of the United States.' The tirade of abuse that was ix)ured ui)on this good and merciful man, especially by the slaveholders, was ■ greater than upon any other man ever elected to this high position. In February, i86r, Mr. Lincoln started lor Washington, stopping in all the large cities on his way making speeches. The whole journey was frou-ht with much danger. Many of the Soutliern States iKid already seceded, and several attempts at assassination were afterwards brought to light. A gang in Balti- more had arranged, uix)u his arrival to "get up a row," and in the confusion to make sure of his death with revolvers and hand-grenades. A detective unravelled the p 01. A secret and special train was provided to take him from HarrisL'urg, through Baltimore, at an unexpected hour of the night. The train started at halt-past ten; and to prevent ai.y ]>ossible communi- cation on the part ot the Secessionists with their Con- federate gang m Baltimore, as soon as the train had started the telegraph-wires were cut. Mr. Lincoln reached Washington in safety and was inaugurated although great an.viety was felt by all loyal people! In the selection of his cabinet Mr. Lincoln gave to Mr Seward the Department of State, and to other prominent opiwnents before the convention he gave innxirtant iwsitions. During no other administration have the duties devolving uiJon the President been .so manifold, and the responsibilities so great, as those which fell to the lot of President Lincoln. Knowing this, and teelmg his own weakness and inability to meet and in his own strength to cope with, the ditficullies, he learned early to seek Divine wisdom and guidance in determining his plans, and Divine comfort in all his trials, bo»h personal and national. Contrary to his own estimate of himself. Mr. Lincoln was one of the most courageous of men. He went directly into the rebel capital just as the retreating foe was leaving with no guard but a few sailors. From the time he had left Springfield, in i86r, however, plans had been made for his assassination.and he at last fell a victim to one of them. April 14, 1865, he, with Gen. Grant was urgently invited to attend Fords' Theater It was announced that they would Le present Cm Grant, however, left the citv. President Lincoln, fee'l ing, witli his characteristic kindliness of heart, that It would be a disappointment if he should fail them very reluctantly consented to go. While listening to the play an actor by the name of John ^Vilkes Booth entered the box where tlie President and family were seated, and fired a bullet into his brains. He died the next morning at seven o'clock. Never before, in the history of the world was a nation plunged into such deep grief by the death of its ruler Strong men met in the streets and wept in speechless anguish. It is not too much to say that a nation was m tears. His was a life which will fiilv become a iiiodel. His name as the savior of his 'country v-'ll live with that of Washington's, ils father; hisco-.ntry- men being unable to decide wl,i, h is t1>^ greater 0(y^ %^/? *4^ SE VE.VTEENTH PRESIDENT. =4- ^m 4 NDREW JOHNSON, seven- _ ,_enth President of the United Slates. The early life of Andrew Johnson contains but ^ the record of jxjverty, destitu- tion and friendlessness. He ^y was horn December 29, 180S, in Raleigh, N. C. His parents, ing to the class of tiie "poor whites •" of the Soiilli, were in sucli circumstances, that they could not confer even tiie slight- est advantages of education ui)on their child. When ,\ndrew was five years of age, his father accidentally lost his life while heiorically endeavoring to save a friend from drowning. Until ten years of age, .\ndrew was a ragged boy about the streets, supjjorted by the lalxir of his mother, who obtained her living with her own hands. He then, having never attended a school one day, and being unable either to read or write, was ap- prenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gentleman was in the habit of going to the tailor's shop occasion- ally, and reading to the boys at work there. He often read from the sjieeches of distinguished British slates- men. Andrew, who was endowed with a mind of more than ordinary native ability, became much interested in these sjieeches ; his ambition was roused, and he was inspired with a strong desire to learn to read. He accordingly appHed himself to the alphabet, and with the assistance of some of his fellow- workmen, learned his letters. He then called ujwn the genile- tnan to borrow the book of speeches. The owner, pleased with his zeal, not only gave him the book but assisted him in learning to combine the letten: into words. Under such difficulties he pressed oi. ward laboriously, spending usually ten or twelve hours at work in the sho]), and then robbing himself of rest and recreation to devote such time as he could to reading. He went to Tennessee in 1826, and located at Greenville, where he married a young lady who pos sessed some education. Under her instructions he learned to write and cipher. He became prominent in the village debating society, and a favorite with the students of Greenville College. In 1828, he or- ganized a working man's party, which elected him alderman, and in 1830 elected him mayor, which position he held three years. He now began to take a lively interest in political affairs; identifying himself with the working-classes, to which he belonged. In 1835, he was elected a member of the House of Representatives of Tennes- see. He was then just twenty-seven years of age. He became a very active member of the legislature, gave his adhesion to the Democratic party, and \w 1840 "stumped the State," advocating Martin Van Buren's claims to the Presidency, in opposition to those of Gen. Harrison. In this campaign he acquired nuicli readiness as a speaker, and extended and increased his reputation. In 1S41, he was elected State Senator; in 1S43, he was elected a member of Congress, and by successive elections, held that important jwst for ten years. In 1853, he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and was re-elected in 1855. In all these resixjnsible [osi tions, he discharged his duties with distinguished abi. m^ f ANDREW JOHNSON. i= ity, and proved himself the warm friend of the work- ing classes. In 1857, Mr. Johnson was elected United States Senator. Years before, in 1845, he had warmly advocated the annexation of Texas, stating however, as his reason, that he thought this annexation would prob- ably prove " to be the gateway out of which the sable sons of Africa are to pass from bondage to freedom, and become merged in a population congenial to themselves." In 1850, he also supported the com- promise measures, the two essential features of which were, that the white people of the Territories should be permitted to decide for themselves whether they would enslave the colored people or not, and that the free States of the North should return to the South persons who attempted to escape from slavery. Mr. Johnson was never ashamed of his lowly origin: on tiie contrary, he often took pride in avowing that he owed his distinction to his own exertions. "Sir," said lie on the floor of the Senate, " I do not forget that I am a mechanic ; neither do I forget that Adam was a tailor and sewed fig-leaves, and that our Sav- ior was the son of a carpenter." In the Charleston-Baltimore convention of iSuo, iie mras the choice of the Tennessee Democrats for the Presidency. In 186 1, when the purpose of the Soutli- zxw Democracy became apparent, he took a decided stand in favor of the Union, and held that " slavery must be held subordinate to the Union at whatever cost." He returned to Tennessee, and repeatedly im|>eriled his own life to protect tlie Unionists of Tennesee. Tennessee having seceded from the Union, President Lincoln, on March 4th, 1862, ap- pointed him Military ("Fovernor of the State, and he establislied the most stringent military rule. His numerous proclamations attracted wide attention. In 1864, he was elected Vice-President of the United States, and upon the death of Mr. Lincoln, April 15, 1865, became President. In a speech two days later he said, " The American people must be taught, if Jhey do not already feel, that treason is a crime and must be punished ; that the Government will not always bear with its enemies; that it is strong not only to protect, but to punish. * * The people must understand that it (treason) is the blackest of crimes, and will surely be punished." Yet his whole administration, the history of which is so well known, was in utter inconsistency with, and the most violent opix)sition to, the principles laid down in that speech. In his loose policy of reconstruction and general amnesty, he was opposed by Congress ; and he char- acterized Congress as a new rebellion, and lawlessly defied it, in everything possible, to the utmost. In the beginnirig of 1868, on account of "high crimes and misdemeanors," the principal of which was the removal of Secretary Stanton, in violation of the Ten- ure of Office Act, articles of impeachment were pre- ferred against him, and the trial began March 23. It was very tedious, continuing for nearly three months. A test article of the impeachment was at length submitted to the court for its action. It was certain that as the court voted uixjn that article so would it vote upon all. Thirty-four voices pronounced the President guilty. As a two-thirds vote was neces- sary to his condemnation, he was pronounced ac- quitted, notwithstanding the great majority against him. The change of one vote from the not guilty side would have sustained the imiieachnient. The President, for the remainder of his term, was but little regarded. He continued, though imi)otent'y, his conflict with Congress. His own party did not think it expedient to renominate him for the Presi- dency. The Nation rallied, with enthusiasm unpar- alleled since the days of Washington, around the name of (ien. (rrant. Andrew Johnson was forgotten. The liullet of the assassin introduced him to the President's chair. Notwithstanding this, never was there presented to a man a lietter opportunity to im- mortalize his name, and to win the gratitude of a nation. He failed utterly. He retired to his home in Greenville, Tenn., taking no very active part in [xjlitics until 1875. On Jan. 26, after an exciting struggle, he was chosen by the Legislature of Ten- nessee, United States Senator in the forty-fourth Con- gress, and took his seat in that body, at the special session convened by President Grant, on the sth of March. On the 27th of July, 1875, ''^"^ ex-President made a visit to his daughter's home, near Carter Station, Tenn. When he started on his journey, he was apparently in his usual vigorous health, but on reach- ing the residence of his child the following day, was stricken with paralysis, rendering him unconscious. He rallied occasionally, but finally passed away at 2 .A. M., July 31, aged sixty-seven years. His fun- eral was attended at Geenville, on the 3d of August, witli every demonstration of respect ^ <2>'-''-^^C^ it^ ETGH TEENTH PRESIDENT. 87 (i!)®©V<2XS)^Jf(S) 4 LYSSES S. GRANT, the eighteenth President of the §^ United States, was born on the 29th of April, 1822, of Christian parents, in a liunil)le r-,.'S.>:-,.f5J'^^ home, at Point Pleasant, on tlie banks of the Ohio. Shortly after his father moved to George- town, Brown Co., O. In this re- mote frontier hamlet, Ulysses received a common-school edu- cation. At the age of seven- teen, in the year 1839, he entered the Military Academy at West Point. Here he was regarded as a solid, sensible young man of fair abilities, and of sturdy, honest character. He took resi)ectable rank as a scholar. In June, 1843, he graduated, about the middle in his class, and was sent as lieutenant of in- fantry to one of the distant military ix)sts in the Mis- souri Territory. Two years he past in these dreary solitudes, watching the vagabond and e.xasperating Indians. The war witli Mexico came. Lieut. Grant was sent with his regiment to Corpus Christi. His first liattle was at Palo Alto. There was no chance here for the exhibition of either skill or heroism, nor at Resaca de la Palma, his second battle. At the battle of Monterey, his third engagement, it is said that he performed a signal service of daring and skillful horsemanship. His brigade had exhausted its am- munition. A messenger must be sent for more, along a route ex|X)sed to the bullets of the foe. Lieut. Grant, adopting an expedient learned of the Indians, grasped the mane of his horse, and hanging iiiwn one side of the anir»«il, ran the gauntlet in entire safety. From Monterey he was sent,'with the fourth infantry, 10 aid Gen. Scott, at the siege of Vera Cruz. In preparation for the march to the city of Mexico, he was appointed quartermaster of his regiment. At the battle of Molino del Rey, he was promoted to a first lieutenancy, and was brevetted captain at Cha- pultepec. At the close of the Mexican War, Capt. Grant re- turned with his regiment to New York, and was again sent to one of the military posts on the frontier. The discovery of gold in California causing an immense tide of emigration to flow to the Pacific shores, Capt. Grant was sent with a battalion to Fort Dallas, in Oregon, for the protection of the interests of the im- migrants. Life was wearisome in those wilds. Capt. Grant resigned his commission and returned to the States; and having married, entered upon the cultiva- tion of a small farm near St. Ix)uis, Mo. He had but little skill as a fanner. Finding his toil not re- munerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering into the leather business, with a younger brother, at Ga- lena, 111. This was in the year i860. As the tidings of the rebels firing on Fort Sumpter reached the ehrs of Capt. Grant in his counting-room, he said, — "Uncle Sam has educated me for the army; though I have served him through one war, I do not feel that I have yet repaid the debt. I am still ready to discharge my obligations. I shall therefore buckle on my sword and see Uncle Sam through this war too." He went into the streets, raised a company of vol- unteers, and led them as their captain to Springfield, the capital of the State, where their services were offered to Gov. Yates. The Governor, impressed by the zeal and straightforward executive ability of Capt. Grant, gave him a desk in his office, to assist in the volunteer organization that was being fonned in the State in behalf of the Government. On the isth of ■» 4 J. 88 ULYSSES S. GRANT. -t June, 1 86 1, Capt. Grant received a commission as Colonel of the Twenty-first Regiment of Illinois Vol- unteers. His merits as a West Point graduate, who had served for 15 years in the regular army, were such that he was soon promoted to the rank of Brigadier- General and was placed in command at Cairo. The rebels raised their banner at l^aducah, near the mouth of the Tennessee River. Scarcely had its folds ap- peared in the breeze ere Gen. Grant was there. The rebels fled. Their banner fell, and the star and stripes were unfurled in its stead. He entered the service with great determination and immediately began active duty. This was the be- ginning, and until the surrender of Lee at Richmond he was ever pushing the enemy with great vigor and effectiveness. At Belmont, a few days later, lie sur- prised and routed the rebels, then at Fort Henrj- won another victory. Then came the brilliant fight at Fort Donelson. The nation was electrified by the victory, and the brave leader of the boys in blue was immediately made a Major-General, and the military district of Tennessee was assigned to him. Like all great captains, Gen. Grant knew well how to secure the results of victory. He immediately pushed on to the enemies' lines. Then came the terrible battles of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, and the siege of Vicksburg, where Gen. Pemberton made an unconditional surrender of the city with over thirty thousand men and one-hundred and seventy-two can- non. The fall of Vicksburg was by far the most severe blow which the rebels had thus far encountered, and opened up the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf. Gen. Cirant was next ordered to co-operate with Gen. Banks in a movement upon Texas, and pro- ceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown from his horse, and received severe injuries, from which he was laid up for months. He. then rushed to the aid of Gens. Rosecrans and Thomas at Chattanooga, and by a wonderful series of strategic and technical meas- ures put the Union Army in fighting condition. Then followed the bloody battles at Cliattanooga, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, in which the rebels were routed with great loss. This won for him un- bounded praise in the North. On the 4th of Febru- ary, 1864, Congress revived the grade of lieutenant- general, and the rank was conferred on Gen. Grant. He repaired to Wasliington to receive his credentials and enter upon '.''•' duties of his new office. Gen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge of the army to concentrate the widely-dispersed National troops for an attack uiwn Richmond, the nominal capital of the Rebellion, and endeavor there to de- stroy the rebel armies which would be promptly as- sembled from all (juarters for its defence. The whole continent seemed to tremble under the tramp of these majestic armies, rushing to the decisive battle field. Steamers were crowded with troops. Railway trains were burdened with closely packed thousands. His plans were comprehensive and involved a series of campaigns, which were executed with remarkable en- ergy and ability, and were consummated at the sur- render of Lee, April 9, 1865. The war was ended. The LTnion was saved. The almost unanimous voice of the Nation declared Gen. Grant to be the most prominent instrument in its sal- vation. The eminent services he had thus rendered the country brought him conspicuously forward as the Republican candidate for the Presidential chair. At tlie Republican Convention held at Chicago, May 21, 1S6S, he was unanimously nominated for the Presidency, and at the autumn election received a majority of the ix)pular vote, and 214 out of 294 electoral votes. The National Convention of the Republican party which met at Philadelphia on the 5 til of June, 1872, placed Gen. Grant in nomination for a second term by a unanimous vote. The selection was emphati- cally indorsed by the peo])le five months later, 292 electoral votes being cast for him. Soon after the close of his second term, Gen. Grant started ujx)n his famous trip around the world. He visited almost every country of the civilized world, and was everywhere received with such ovations and demonstrations of respect and honor, private as well as public and official, as were never before bestowed upon any citizen of the United States. He was the most prominent candidate before the Rei)ublican National Convention in 18S0 for a re- nomination for President. He went to New York an i embarked in the brokerage business under the firm nameof (jrant & Ward. The latter proved a villain, wrecked Grant's fortune, and for larceny was sent to the penitentiary. The General was attacked with cancer in the throat, but suffered in his stoic-like manner, never complaining. He was re-instated as (jeneral of the .\rmy and retired by Congress. The cancer soon finished its deadly work, and July 23, 1885, the nation went in mourning over the death of the illustrious General. mt- 5 •^»- -■► JV/A/il/i/iA'TB PRKSIDRNT. ^ RUTHERE'ORD B, HAYES. t i'^ ga'^^'sat^'.gi)^v'*»^;:>'uL'iv;'i^;ji^;^^.';i'^^'Sa>:iJSi'iai't- &a >:'ff->- UTHKRI'ORI) B. HAYES, (fe) the nineteeiitl\ Presiduiit of ■ the United States, was born iii Delaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822, al- most three month:; after llie death of liis father, Rutherford Hayes. His ancestry on both the paternal and maternal sides, was of the most honorable char- acter. It can l)e traced, it is said, as far back as 1280, when Hayes and Rutherford were two .Scottish chief- tains, fighting side by side with Baliol, William Wallace and Robert Bruce. Both families belonged totlie nobility, owned e.xtensive estates, and had a large following. Misfor- tune overtaking the family, Cieorge Hayes left Scot- land in 1680, and settled in Windsor, Conn. His son George was born in Windsor, and remained there during his life. Daniel Hayes, son of the latter, mar- ried Sarah 1-ee, and lived from the time of liis mar- riage until his death in Simsiniry, Conn. Kzekiel, son of flaniel, was born in 1724, and was a manufac- turerof scythes at Biadford, Conn. Rutherford Hayes, son of Ezekiel and grandfather of President Hayes, was born in New Haven, in ,\ugust, 1756. He was a farmer, blacksmith and tavern-keeper. He emigrated to Vermont at an unknown date, settling in Brattleboro, where he established a hotel. Here his son Ruth- erford Hayes the father of President Hayes, was born. He was married, in September, 1813, to Sophia Birchard, of Wilmington, Vt., whose ancestors emi- grated thither from Connecticut, they having been among the wealthiest and best famlies of Norwich. Her ancestry on the male side are traced back to 1635, to John Birchard, one of the principal founders of Norwich. Both of her grandfathers were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. The father of President Hayes was an industrious, frugal and opened-hearted man. He was of a me- chanical turn, and coidd mend a plow, knit a stock- ing, or do almost anything else that he choose to undertake. He was a member of the Church, active in all the benevolent enterprises of the town, and con- ducted his business on Christian principles. After the close of the war of i8t2, for reasons ine.xplicable to his neighbors, he resolved to emigrate to Ohio. The journey from Vermont to Ohio in that day, when there were no canals, steamers, nor railways, was a very serious affair. A tour of inspection was first made, occupying four months. Mr. Hayes deter- mined to move to Delaware, where the family arrived in 1817. He died July 22, 1822, a victim of malarial fever, less than three months before the birth of the son, of whom we now write. Mrs. Hayes, in her sore be- reavement, found the support she so much needed in her brother Sardis. who had been a member of the household from the day of its departure from Ver- mont, and in an orphan girl whom she had adopted some time before as an act of charity. Mrs. Hayes at this period was very weak, and the =r 4 92 RUTHERFORD B. HAYES. •^ 11 ^' , , mei Y subject of this sketch was so feeble at birtli that he was not exi)ected to live beyond a month or two at most. As the months went by he grew weaker and weaker, so that the neighbors were in the habit of in- quiring from time to time " if Mrs. Hayes' baby died last night." On one occasion a neighbor, who was on familiar terms with the family, after alluding to the boy's big head, and the mother's assiduous care of him, said in a bantering way, " That's right ! Stick to iiim. You have got him along so far, and I shouldn't wonder if he would really come to something yet." " You need not laugh," said Mrs. Hayes. "You "ait and see. You can't tell but I shall make him President of the United States yet." The boy lived, in spite of the universal predictions of his speedy deatli; and when, in 1825, his older brother was drowned, he became, if possible, still dearer to liis mother. The boy was seven years old before he went to school. His education, however, was not neglected. He probably learned as much from his mother and sister as he would have done at school. His sports were almost wholly within doors, his playmates being his sister and her associates. These circumstances tended, no doubt, to foster that gentleness of disix)- sition, and tliat delicate consideration for the feelings of others, which are marked traits of his character. His uncle Sardis Birchard took the deepest interest in his education ; and as the boy's health had im- proved, and he was making good progress in his studies, he proiX)sed to send him to college. His pre- paration commenced with a tutor at home; but he was afterwards sent for one year to a jirofessor in the Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Conn. He en- tered Kenyon College in 1838, at the age of sixteen, and was graduated at the head of his class in 1842. Immediately after his graduation he began the study of law in llie office of Thomas Sparrow, Esc]., in Columbus. Finding his opportunities for study in Columbus somewhat limited, he determined to enter the Law School at Cambridge, Mass., where he re- mained two years. In 1S45, after graduatmg at the Law School, he was admitted to the bar at Marietta, Ohio, and shortly afterward went into practice as an attorney-at-law with Ralph P. Buckland, of Fremont. Here he re- mained three years, acquiring but a limited practice, and apparently unambitious of distinction in his pro- fession. In 1849 he moved to Cincinnati, where his ambi- tion found a new stimulus. For several years, how- ever, his progress was slow. Two events, occurring at this period, had a powerful influence u[X)n his subse- quent life. One of tlicse was his marrage with Miss Lucy Ware Webli, daughter of Dr. James Webb, of Chilicothe; the other was his introduction to the Cin- cinnati Literary Club, a body embracing among its members such men as'^hief Justice Salmon P. Chase, Gen. John Pope, Gov. Edward F. Noyes, and many others hardly less distinguished in after life. The marriage was a fortunate one in every respect, as everybody knows. Not one of all the wives of our Presidents was more universally admired, reverenced and beloved than was Mrs. Hayes, and no one did more than she to reflect honor upon American woman- hood. The Literary Cluo brought Mr. Hayes into constant association with young men of high char- acter and noble aims, and lured him to display the qualities so lon^j hidden by his bashfulness and modesty. In 1856 he was nominated to the office of Judge of the Court of Common Pleas; but he declined to ac- cept the nomination. Two years later, the ofilice of city solicitor becoming vacant, the City Council elected him for the unexpired term. In 1S61, when the Rebellion broke out, he was at tlie zenith of his professional life. His rank at the bar was among tlie the first. But the news of the attack on Fort Sumpter found him eager to take up arms for the defense of his country. His military record was bright and illustrious. In October, 186 1, he was made Lieutenant-Colonel, and in August, 1862, promoted Colonel of the 79th Ohio regiment, but he refused to leave his old comrades and go among strangers. Subsequently, however, lie was made Colonel of his old regiment. At tlie battle of South Mountain he received a wound, and while faint and bleeding displayed courage and fortitude that won admiration from all. Col. Hayes was detached from liis reginienl, after his recovery, to act as Brigadier-General, and placed in command of the celelirated Kanawha division, and for gallant and meritorious services in tiie battles of Winchester, F"isher's Hill and Cedar Creek, he was promoted Brigadier-General. He was also brevetled Major-General, "forgallant and distinguished ftrvices during the campaigns of 1864, in West \'irginia." In the course of his arduous services, four horses were shot from under him, and he was wounded four times. In 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress, from the Second Ohio District, which had long been 1 )em- ocratic. He was not present during the campaign, and after his election was im[K)rtuned to resign his commission in tlie army ; but he finally declared, " 1 shall never come to Washington until I can come by the way of Richmond." He was re-elected in 1866. In 1867, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio, over Hon. .Mien G. Thurman, a ixjpular Democrat. In 1869 was re-elected over George H. Pendleton. He was elected Governor for the third term in 1S75. In 1S76 he was the standard bearer of the Repub- lican Party in the Presidential contest, and after a hard long contest was chosen President, and was in augurated Monday, March 5, 1875. He served his full term, not, hcwever, with satisfaction to his party, but his administration was an average on". :'^"^^ TilJ^A JJJ< ni J' RESIDENT. ^i^h-4« l^i JAM'BS A.. iAR FIELD, f ^ ^-'^^'T^H^-^'!v^*9*^'; ^ ^- ^ ; v^:H^>^ K^^'^/^ vC -*^ ^ i X 'H^ CC k^#^ '^^w^r/^F AMES A. GARl'IELD, twen- tieth President of the United States, was born Nov. 19, I S3 1, in the woods of Orange, Cuyahoga Co., O His par- ents were Abrani and Eliza (Ballon) Garfield, both of New England ancestry and from fami- lies well known in the early his- tory of that section of our coun- iiy, but had moved to the Western Reserve, in Ohio, early in its settle- ment. The house in which James .\. was born was not unlike tiie houses of poor ( )liio farmers of that day. It i.ds about 20X 50 feet, Imilt of logs, with the spaces be- .ween the logs filled witli day. ilis father was a lard working farmer, and he soon had his fields .ileared, an orchard planted, and a log barn built. The household comprised the father and mother and heir four children — Mehetabel, 'I'homas, Mary and 'ames. In May, 1823, the f.ither, from a cold con- .racted in helping to put out a forest fire, died. At iliis time James was about eighteen months old, aiul '"homas about ten years old. No one, |)erliaps, can (ell how much James was indebted to his biothcr's toil and self-sacrifice during the twenty years suc- ceeding his father's death, but undoubtedly very much. He now lives in Michigan, and the two sis- itis live in .Solon, O., near their birthplace. 'I'lie early educational advantages young Carfield enjoyed were very limited, yet he made the most of tiiem. He labored at farm work for others, did car- penter work, chopped wood, or did anything that would bring in a few dollars to aid his widowed mother in he' ^trujjgles to keep the little family to- gether. Nor was Gen. Garfield ever ashamed of his origin, and he never forgot the friends of his strug- gling childhood, youth and manhood, neither did they ever forget him. When in the highest seats of honor, the humblest fiiend of his boyhood was as kindly greeted as ever. The poorest laborer was sure of the sympathy of one who had known all the bitterness of want and the sweetness of bread earned by the sweat of the brow. He was ever the sini[)le. plain, modest gentleman. The highest ambition of young Garfield until he was about sixteen years old was to be a captain of a vessel on Lake Erie. He was anxious to go aboard a vessel, which his mother strongly oi)posed. She finally consented to his going to Cleveland, with the understanding, however, that he should try to obtain some other kind of employment. He walked all the way to C'leveland. This was his first visit to the city. After making many applications for work, and trying to get aboard a lake vessel, and not meeting with success, he engaged as a driver for his cousin, Amos Letcher, on tlie Ohio iS: I'ennsylvania Canal. He re- mained at this work but a short time when he went home, and attended the seminary at Chester for about three years, when he entered Hiram and the Eclectic Institute, teaching a few terms of school in the meantime, and doing other work. This school was started by the Disci|)les of Christ in 1850, of which church he was then a member. He became janitor and bell-ringer in order to heli) pay his way. lie then became both teacher and pupil. He soon "exhausted Hiram " and needed more; hence, in the fall of 1854, he entered Williams College, from whi h he graduated in 1856, taking one of the highest hon- ors of his class. He afterwartls returned to Hiram ("oUege as its Piesic'ent. As above slated, he early united with the Christian or Diciples Church at Hiram, and was ever after a devoted, zealous mem- ber, often preaching in its ]iulpit and places where he liapijened to be. Dr. Noah Porter, President of Yale College, says of him in reference to his religion JAMES A. GARFIELD. -^H^r^ t " President Garfield was more than a man of strong moral and religious convictions. His whole history, from boyhood to the last, shows that duty to man and to God, and devotion to Clirist and life and failh and spiritual commission were controlling springs of his being, and to a more tlian usual degree. Li my judgment there is no more interesting feature of his character than his loyal allegiance to the body of Christians in which lie was trained, and the fervent sympathy which he ever showed in tiieir Christian communion. Not many of the few 'wise and mighty and noble who are called' show a similar loyally to the less stately and cultured Christian communions in which they have been reared. Too often it is true that as they step upward in social and political sig- nificance they step upward from one degree to another in some of the many types of fashionable Christianity. President Garfield adhered to the church of his mother, the church in which he was trained, and in which he served as a pillar and an evangelist, and yet with the largest and most unsec- larian charity for all 'who loveour Lord in sincerity.'" Mr. Garfield was united in marriage with Miss Lucretia Rudolph, Nov. 1 1, 1858, who proved herself worthyas the wifeof one whom all the world loved and mourned. To them were born seven cliildren, five of whom are still living, four boys and one girl. Mr. Garfield made his first political speeches in 1856, in Hiram and the neighboring villages, and three years later he began to speak at county mass-meet- ings, and became tlie favorite speaker wherever he was. During this year he was elected to the Ohio Senate. He also began to study law at Cleveland, and in 1861 was admitted to the bar. The great Rebellion broke out in the early part of this year, and Mr. Garfield at once resolved to fight as he had talked, and enlisted to defend the old flag. He re- ceived his commission as Lieut. -Colonel of the Forty- second Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Aug. 14, i86i. He was immediately put into active ser- vice, and before lie had ever seen a gun fired in action, was placed in command of four regiments of infantry and eight companies of cavalry, charged with the work of driving out of his native State the officer (Humphrey Marshall) reputed to be the ablest of those, not educated to war whom Kentucky had given to the Rebellion. This work was bravely and speed- ily accomplished, although against great odds. Pres- ident Lincoln, on his success commissioned him Brigadier-General, Jan. 10, 1S62; and as "he had been the youngest man in the Ohio Senate two years before, so now he was the youngest General in the army." He was witli Gen. Buell's army at Shiloh, in its operations around Corinth and its march through Alabama. He was then detailed as a member of the General Couit-Martial for the trial of Gen. Fitz-John Porter. He was then ordered to report to Gen. Rose- crans, and was assigned to the "Chief of Staff." The military lu'story of Gen. Garfield closed with his brilliant services at Chickamauga, where he won the stars of the Major-General. \Vithout an effort on his part Gen. Garfield was elected to Congress in the fall of 1862 from the Nineteenth District of Ohio. This section of Ohio had been represented in Congress for sixty years mainly by two men — Elisha ^\'hittlesey and Joshua R. Giddings. It was not without a struggle that he resigned his jjlace in the army. At the time heen- tered Congress he was the youngest member in that body. There he remained by successive re- elections until he was elected President in iSSo. Of his labors in Congress Senator Hoar says : " Since the year 1864 you cannot think of a question which has been debated in Congress, or discussed before a tribunel of the American people, in regard to which you will not find, if you wish instruction, the argu- ment on one side stated, in almost every instance better than by anybody else, in some sijeech made in the House of Representatives or on the hustings by Mr. (iarfield." Uixju Jan. t4, 1880, Gen. Garfield was elected to the U. S. Senate, and on the eighth of June, of the same year, was nominated as the candidate of his ])arty for President at the great Chicago Convention. He was elected in the following November, and on March 4, 1881, was inaugurated. Probably no ad- ministration ever opened its existence under brighter auspices than that of President Gatfield, and every day it grew in favo; with the peojjle, and by the first of July he had completed all the initiatory and pre- liminary work of his administration and was prepar- ing to leave the city to meet his friends at Williams College. While on his way and at the de[K)t, in com- ])any with Secretary Blaine, a man stepped behind him, drew a revolver, and fired directly at his liack. The President tottered and fell, and as he did so the assassin fired a second shot, the bullet cutting the left coat sleeve of his victim, but in.'lictiiig no further injury. It has been very truthfully said tliat this was " the shot that was heard round the world " Never before in the history of the Nation had anything oc- curred which so nearly froze the blood of the people for the moment, as this awful deed. He was smit- ten on the brightest, gladdest day of all his life, and was at the summit of his jxswer and hope. For eighty days, all during the hot months of July and August, he lingered and suffered. He, however, remained master of himself till the last, and by his magnificent bearing was teaching the country and the world tlie noblest of human lessons — how to live grandly in the very clutch of death. Great in life, he was surpass- ingly great in death. He passed serenely away Sept. 19, 1883, at Elheron, N. J , on the very bank of the ocean, where he had been taken shortly ])revious. *l'he world wept at his death, as it never had done on the death of any other man who had ever lived upon it. The murderer was duly tried, found guilty and exe- cuted, in one year after he committed the foul deed. ■♦- TIVEIVTY. FIRST PRESIDENT. ■•^Hl-^ 99 m,> :^A-!i(Ji^iMM^R, ^)£^^ HESTER A. ARTHUR, ^ twentv-first I'resi'-'.wiH of the '^-' United States was born in Franklin t'our ty, Vermont, on „ , ^ ^ thetitthofOdober, i8!o, andis V^v-' t-ri'/ tlie oldest of a family of two 4;' ■ .■■•- " -I) ' sons and five daughters. His father was the Rev. Dr. William Arthur, a Baptisld .rgyman, who I emigrated to tb.s country from the county Antrim, Ireland, in his i8th year, and died in 1875, in Newtoiiville, neai Albany, after a long and successful ministry. Young Arthur was educated at Union College, S( henectady, where he excelled in all his studies. Af- ter his graduation he taught school in Vermont for two years, and at the e.\i)iration of that time came to New York, with $500 in his [jocket, and entered the office of ex-Judge E. D. Culver as student. After I being admitted to the bar he formed a partnership with his intimate friend and room-mate, Henry D. Gardiner, with the intention of practicing in the West, and for three months they roamed about in the Western States in search of an eligible site, but in the end returned to New York, where they hung out their shingle, and entered upon a success- ful career almost from the start. General Arthur soon afterward niaxr'fd the daughter of Lieutenant A* Herndon, of the United States Navy, who was lost at. sea. Congress voted a gold medal to his widow in recognition of the bravery he displayed on that occa- sion. Mrs. Arthur died shortly before Mr. Arthur's nonunation to the Vice Presidency, leaving two children. Gen. Arthur obtained considerable legal celebrity in his first great case, the famous Lemmon suit, brought to recover possession of eight slaves who had been declared free by Judge Paine, of the Superior Court of New York City. It was in 1852 that Jon, athan Lemmon, of Virginia, went to New York with his slaves, intending to ship them to Texas, when they were discovered and freed. The Judge decided that they could not be held by the owner under tht Fugitive Slave Law. A howl of rage went up from the South, and the Virginia Legislature authorized the Attorney General of that State to assist in an appeal. Wm. ^L Evarts and Chester A. Arthur were employed to represent the People, and they won their case, which then went tt) the Supreme Court of the United States. Gliarles O'Conor here csiwused the cause of the slave-holders, but he too was beaten by Messrs Evarts and Arthur, and a long step was taken toward the emancipation of the black race. Another great service was rendered by General Arthur in the same cause in 1856. Lizzie Jennings, a respectable colored woman, was put off a Fourth Avenue car with violence after she had paid her fare. General Arthur sued on her behalf, and secured a verdict of $500 damages. The next day the compa- ny issued an order to admit colored persons to ride on their cars, and the other car companies quickly v -4^ lOO CHESTER A. ARTHUR. followed their example. Before that the Sixth Ave- nue Company ran a few special cars for colored per- sons and the other lines refused to let them ride at all. General Arthur was a delegate to the Convention at Saratoga that founded the Republican party. Previous to the war he was Judge- Advocate of the Second Brigade of the State of New York, and Gov- ernor Morgan, of that State, appointed hnii Engineer- in-Chief of his staff. In 1861, he was made Inspec- tor General, and soon afterward became Quartermas- ter-General. In each of these offices he rendered great service to the Government during the war. At the end of Governor Morgan's term he resumed the practice of the law, forming a partnership with Mr. Ransom, and then Mr. Phelps, the District Attorney of New York, was added to the firm. The legal prac- tice of this well-known firm was very large and lucra- tive, each of the gentlemen com]X)sing it were able lawyers, and possessed a splendid local reputation, if not indeed one of national extent. He always took a leading part in State and city politics. He was apiwinted Collector of the Port of New York by President Grant, Nov. 21 1872, to suc- ceed Thomas Murphy, and held the office until July, 20, 1878, when he was succeeded by Collector Merritt. Mr. Arthur was nominated on the Presidential ticket, with Gen. James A. Garfield, at the famous National Republican Convention held at Chicago in June, 1880. Tliis was perhaps the greatest jx)litical convention that ever assembled on the continent. It was comixjsed of the ':;ading jxjliticians of the Re- publican i)arty, all able men, and each stood firm and fought vigorously and with signal tenacity for their respective candidates that were before the conven- tion for the nomination. I'inally (ien. Garfield re- ceived the nomination for President and (Jen. Arthur for Vice-President. The campaign which followed was one of the most animated known in the history of our country. Gen. Hancock, the standard-bearer of the Democratic party, was a popular man, and his party made a valiant fight for his election. Finally the election came and the country's choice .vas Garfield and Arthur. They were inaugurated March 4, 1881, as President and Vice-President. A few months only had passed ere the newly chosen President was the victim of the assassin's bullet. Then came terrible weeks of suffering, — those moments of anxious suspense, when the hearts of all civilized na- tions were throbbing in unison, longing for the re- covery of the noble, the good President. The remark- able patience that he manifested during those hours - and weeks, and even months, of the most terrible suf- fering man has often been called upon to endure, was seemingly more than human. It was certainly God- like. During all this period of deepest anxiety Mr. Arthur's every move was watched, and lie it said to his credit that his every action displayed only an earnest desire that the suffering Garfield might recover, to serve the remainder of the term he had so auspi- ciously begun. Not a selfish feeling was manifested in deed or look of this man, even though the most honored )X)sition in the world was at any moment likely to fall to him. At last God in his mercy relieved President Gar- field from further suffering, and tlie world, as never before in its history over the death of any other man, wept at his bier. Then it became the duty of the Vice President to assume the resixjnsibilities of the high office, and he took the oath in New York, Sept. 20, 1881. The [wsition was an embarrassing one to him, made doubly so from the facts that all eyes were on him, anxious to know what he would do, what jx)licy he would pursue, and who he would se- lect as advisers. The duties of the office had been greatly neglected during the President's long illness, and many imixjrlant measures were to be immediately decided by him ; and still farther to embarrass him he did not fail to realize under what circumstances he became President, and knew tlie feelings of many on this ix)int. Under these trying circumstances President Arthur took the reins of the Government in !)is own hands; and, as embarrassing as were the condition of affairs, he happily surprised the nation, acting so wisely that but few criticised his administration. He served the nation well and faithfully, until the close of his administration, March 4, 1885, and was a popular candidate before his party for a second term. His name was ably presented before the con- vention at Chicago, and was received with great favor, and doubtless but for the personal popularity of one of the opposing candidates, he would have been selected as the standard-bearer of his party for another campaign. He retired to private life car- rj'ing with him the best wishes of the American peo- ple, whom he had served in a manner satisfactory to them and with credit to himself. ^yPt'tZ^^ u. TWENTY-SECOND PRESIDENT. '°3 . L ^,Vk^ t C)O - "oSo" •-+: » lEPHEN GROVER CLEVE- LANDjthetwenty-second Pres- ident of the United States, was l)orn in 1S37, in the obscure town of Caldwell, Essex Co., N. J., and in a little two-and-a- half-story white house which is still standing, characteristically to mark the humble birth-place of one of America's great men in striking con- trast with the Old World, where all men high in ottice must be high in origin and born in the cradle of wealth. When the subject of this sketch was three years of age, his father, who was a Presbyterian min- ister, with a large family and a small salary, jnoved, by way of the Hudson River and Erie ("anal, to Fayetteville, in search of an increased income and a larger field of work. Fayetteville was then the most straggling of country villages, about five miles from Pompey Hill, where Governor Seymour was born. At the last mentioned place young Grover com- menced going to scliool in the " good, old-fashioned way," and presumably distinguished himself after the manner of all village boys, in doing the things he ought not to do. Such is the distinguishing trait of all geniuses and independent thinkers. When he arrived at the age of 14 years, he had outgrown the capacity of the village school and expressed a most 4»— I emphatic desire to be sent to an academy. To this his father decidedly objected. Academies in those days cost money; besides, his father wanted him to become self-supiwrting by the i^uickest possible means, and this at that time in Fayetteville seemed to be a position in a country store, where his father and the large family on his hands had considerable influence. Grover was to be paid $50 for his services the first year, and if he proved trustworthy he was to receive $100 the second year. Here the lad com- menced his career as salesman, and in two years he had earned so good a re[)utation for trustworthiness that his employers desired to retain him for an in- definite length of time. Otherwise he did not e.\- hibit as yet any particular '' flashes of genius " or eccentricities of talent. He was simply a good boy. Hut instead of remaining witli this firm in Fayette- ville, he went with the family in their removal to Clinton, where he had an op[K)rtunity of attending a high school. Here he industriously pursued his studies until the family removed with him to a point on Black River known as the " Holland Patent," a village of 500 or 600 people, 15 miles north of Utica, N. Y. At this place his father died, after preaching but three Sundays. This event broke up the family, and Grover set out for New York City to accept, at a small salary, the position of " under-teacher " in an asylum for the blind. He taught faithfully for two years, and although he obtained a good reputation in this capacity, he concluded that teaching was not his *^ m <• -4^ I04 ■•^^H r"^* S. GROVER CLEVELAND. calling for life, and, reversing the traditional order, he left the city to seek hii fortune, instead of going to a city. He first thought of Cleveland, Ohio, as there was some charm in that name for him; but before proceeding to that place he went to Buffalo to »sk the advice of his uncle, Lewis F. Allan, a noted stock-breeder of that place. The latter did not E]3eak entiuisiastically. " What is it you want to do, my boy?" he asked. "Well, sir, I want to study law," was tiie reply. "Good gracious!" remarked ihe old gentleman ; " do you, indeed .'' What ever put that into your head? How much money have you got?" "Well, sir, to tell the truth, I haven't got If an jr. After a long consultation, his uncle offered him a l!lace temporarily as assistant herd-keeper, at $50 a year, wiiile lie cuuld " look around." One day soon afterward he boldly walked into the office of Rogers, Bowen & Rogers, of Buffalo, and told them what he wanted. A number of young men were already en- gaged in the office, but (irover's persistency won, and ne was finally permitted to come as an office boy and have the use of the law library, for the nominal sum of $3 or $4 a week. Out of this he had to pay for his board and washing. The walk to and from his uncle's was a long and rugged one; and, although the first winter was a memorably severe one, his shoes were out of repair and his overcoat — he had none — yet he was nevertheless prompt and regular. On the first day of his service here, his senior em- ployer threw down a copy of Blackstone before him with a bang that made the dust fly, saying "That's vvhcre they all begin." A titter ran aroiind the little lircle of cleiks and students, as they thought that was enough to scare young Grover out of his plans ; i)ul indue time he mastered that cumbersome volume. Then, as ever afterward, however, Mr. Cleveland exhibited a talent for executiveness rather than for chasing princii)les through all their metaphysical \)ossibilities. " Let us quit talking and go and do t," was practically his motto. The first public office to which Mr. Cleveland was eiectcd was that of .Sheriff of Erie Co., N. Y., in which Buffalo is situated; and in such capacity it fell to his duty to inflict capital punishment uiwn two criminals. In iSSr he was elected Mayor of the City of Buffalo, on the Democratic ticket, with es- pecial reference to the bringing about certain reforms in the administration of the municipal affairs of that city. In this office, as well as that of Sheriff, his performance of duty has generally been considered fair, with possibly a few exceptions which were fer- reted out and magnified during the last Presidential campaign. As a specimen of his plain language in a veto message, we quote from one vetoing an iniqui- tous street-cleaning contract: "This is a time for plain speech, and my objection to your action shall be plainly stated. I regard it as the culmination of a mos bare-faced, impudent and shameless scheme to betray the interests of the people and to worse thau squander the people's money." The New York Sun afterward very highly commended Mr. Cleve- land's administration as Mayor of Buffalo, and there- upon recommended him for Governor of the Empire State. To the latter office he was elected in 1882, and his administration of the affairs of State was generally satisfactory. The mistakes he made, if any, were made very public throughout the nation after he was nominated for President of the United States. For this high office he was nominated July I r, 1884, by the National Democratic Convention at Chicago, when other competitors were Thomas F. Bayard, Roswell P. Flower, Thomas A. Hendricks, Benjamin F. Butler, Allen G. Thunnan, etc.: and he was elected by the peoi)le, by a majority of about a thousand, over the brilliant and long-tried Reiiub- lican statesman, James G. Blaine. President Cleve- land resigned his office as Governor of New York in January, 18S5, in order to prepare for his duties as the Chief Executive of the United States, in which capacity his term commenced at noon on the 4th of March, 1885. For his Cabinet officers he selected the following gentlemen: For Secretary of State, Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware ; Secretary of the Treasury, Daniel Manning, of New York ; Secretary of War, William C. Endicott, of Massachusetts; Secretary of the Navy, William C. Whitney, of New York; Secretary of the Interior, L. Q. C. Lamar, I'f Mississippi; Postmaster-General, William F. Vilas, of Wisconsin ; Attorney-General, A. H. Garland, of /Vrkansas. The silver question precipitated a controversy be- tween those who were in favor of the continuance of silver coinage and those who were opposed, Mr. Cleveland answering for the latter, even before his inauguration. •T* . O^a. ^:2^'5*^-'?Vi-«sitJi-£C ^F^^ TWENTY-THIRD PRESIDENT. 11)7 ^&v^ -'^ '^ f^.a^^^.:'*^ ::i^^ ••o*o.-@^®..oio~ 4 N.IAMIN HARRISON, tlie \ , twenty-third I'l-i'sident, is is>? the descendant (if one of tlie historical families of this ^ country. The liead of tiie ';3 f:unil3' was a ]\I;ijor ( ieneral TjU^'S Harrison, one of Oliver (f^ Croniwell's trnsted follow- and fij^hters. In tlie zenith of Croni- s power it hocaine the dntj' of this Harrison to partiripate m the trial of Charles I, and al'liM'ward to sign the death warrant of the king. He snl).se- (pieutly paid for this with iiislife, lieing hnngOct. 1.'5, 1000. His descendants came to America, and the next of tiie family that appears in history' is Renj.a- Cy '.in 'larrison, of Virginia, great-grand- father of the snhject of this sk(!teh,and after whom he was named. licnjamin Harrison was a nuMnlier of the Continental Congress during the years 1 77 l-;")-0, and was one of the original signers of the Declaration of Inde|)endence. He was tinee times electecl fJovernor of \'irginia. Gen William Hcniy Harrison, the son of the 4»i distinguished patriot of the Revolution, after a suc- cessful career as a soldier during the War of 1812, and willpa clean record as Governor of the North- western Territoiy, w.as elected President of the United States in 1840. His career was cut short 1)}' death within one month after his inauguration. President Harrison was horn at North Bend, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Aug. .''O, 18.i3. His life up to the time of his graduation by the Miami University, at Oxford, Ohio, was the uneventful one of a coun- try lad of a family of small means. His father was able to give him a good education, and nothing more. He became eng.aged while at college to the daughter of Dr. Scott, Principal of a female school at Oxford. After graduating be determined to en- ter upon the study of the law. He went to Cin cinnati and then read law for two years. At the expiration of th;il time young Harrisou received tha only inheritance of his life; his aunt dying left him a lot valued at iiSOO. He regarded this legacy' as a fortune, and decided to get married at once, »aks this money and go to some Eastern town an '. ne- gin tlie i>ractice of law. He sold liis lot, and with the money in his pocket, he started out wita his young wife to fight for a place in the worltl. j'"e ■*#- •¥^f^ :^^H^ 108 BENJAMIN HARRISON. decided to go to Indianapolis, which was even at liiat time a town of promise. He met with slight encouragement at first, making scarcely anything tlie first year. He worked diligentl\', appl3-ing him- self closely to his calling, built up an extensive practice and took a leading rank in the legal pro- fession. He is the father of two children. In 1860 Mr. Harrison was nominated for the position of Supreme Court Reporter, and then be- gan his experience as a stump speaker. He can- vassed the State thoroughly', and was elected by a handsome majority. In 1862 he raised the 17th Inr anil his l)ower as a debater, he w.as called u|i(in at an un- commonly early .age to t.ake i)art in the '.liscussion of the gre.at questions th.at then began l-.) agitate the country. He w.as an uncomi)romising ant: slavery man, and was mat-ched against .some of v.!.e most eminent Democratic s|x>akers of his State. No man who felt the touch of his bhuh? desired to he i)it(ed with him .again. "With all his eioii-'ence as an orator he never spoke for oratorical etfeet, but his words alw.ays went like bullets to the nmrk He is purely American in his ideas and is a splei- did type of the American statesman. (Jiftcd wif. quick percepticm, a logical mind and a ready tongue, he is one of the most distinguished im|)rom))tu speakers in the Nation. Many of these si)eeches sparkled with the rarest of eloquence and contained arguments of greatest weight. IMany of his ter.se st.atements h.ave alreadj' become a|>horisms. Origi- nal in thought, jjrecise in logic, ter.se in statement, yet witlial faultless in eloquence, he is recognized as tlie sound statesman and brilliant orator o*" the day ■•► f ■^•- 4" ^^^^ vL ^ 4' -^m. i JM«^^^ ■tfjf. ><*■ ^^►Hl-^ GOVERNORS OF WISCONSIN. 113 "' ' IIF, first Dodge in America settled on Block Island, a portion of Rhode Island, in the year IGGO, and is down in the records as Trustronie (Tristram) Daudge. Israel, father of Gov. Henry Dodge. settled in Kentucky during the bloodiest period of the Indian massacres, and built the first stone iiouse at Bairdstown. He erected large mills at Ste. Gene- vieve, 3Io., and during one of his journeys between ids house and that place with his wife, was inter- cepted at Vinceunes, Ind., where, on Oct. 12, 1782, Ilenr^- was born. The nnuie Henry was bestowed in honor of a gunsmilh nanieil IMoses Henry, who, wlien a savage liad seized and was about to dasli the cliild's l)rains out, by an extraordinary exhi- bition of intrepidity, saved its life. A littlg later tiie Dodges moved to Ste. Gene- vieve. Henry's education was completed in a log school house at Bairdstown, but later he read law a little anil at twenty-one was appointed Sheriff of Ste. Genevieve County, Mo. Wlien the \Var of 1812 broke out, he enlisted as a sul)altern and .successively tilled every intermedi- ate rank to that of brigadier-general, which he re- ceived in 1814. In 1820 he was elected a member of the Consti- tutional Convention of Missouri, an-i- M^ GOVERNORS OF WISCONSIN. 4 117 T\ *■ JAMES DUANE DOTY, -^-Hi-=3&^=^-M- HE ablest ano most compre- liensive of our pioneer statesmen, and the one who possessed a better knowledge of the Territory and its re- - luret'S, and a surer insight into the future than an}- other m:\n of his time, was born at Salem, Washington Co., N. Y., on Nov. 5, 1799. After com- pleting a thorough English course of stud}', he studied law, and in his twentieth year settled in Detroit, where his suave manners, conspicuous ability and handsome, commanding presence brought immediate popu- larity. In 1819 he was admitted to the bar of the Su- preme Court of Jliehigan, and soon after was elected Secretary of the Detroit City Council, Clerk of the Supreme Court, and Secretary of the Terri- torial Legislature. In tliese positions he increased his reputation, for he seemed to know exactly how everj-thing connected with .administrative affairs should be done, and ixjssessed the tact to do it ac- curately and promptly. Charles C. Trowbridge, of Detroit, in a letter to Lyman C. Draper, of the Wisconsin State Histori- cal Society' , sa^-s: "I found Doty here when I came, in September, 1819, and roomed with him; made the tour of the lakes with him in (Jen. Cass' expedition of 1820, and enjoyed his uninterrupted friendship. He became the law partner of George McDougal, * * who predicted from the first that Doty would become a man of mark. The partner- ship continued several years — I think until Doty was made Judge of the Northern District. * * While he lived in Detroit, Gov. Doty was dis- tinguished for close application to his profession and for frugality." In 1820 Lewis Cass made his famous tour of the lakes, and jjenetrated to the source of the Missis- sippi in a flotilla of birch-bark canoes. Doty was secretary of the expedition, and his report is still looked upon as embodying the most .accurate in- formation to be had in reference to the condition of the country before it was settled by the whites — game, food-products, Indi.an tribes and habits, tim- ber, etc. "Northern Wisconsin in 1820," in Vol. VII Wisconsin Historical Collections. At the close of this e.xpedition, at the age of twenty-two, having already revised and published the laws of Michi- gan, Doty went to Washington and was admitted to practice before the United States .Supreme Court. In 1823, all the country west of Lakes Michigan and Superior, in the old Northwest Territory, was setoff into a new judici.ll district, and Mr. Doty was appointed b}' President Monroe to be its first judge. It is not possible now to fully appreciate the dangers and responsibilities which this appnint- ment entailed. He w:is compelled to cst;il)lish this hitherto unknown authority at Prairie du Chien. Green I').ay .and .Mackinaw; traveling with his books, papers and records, on horscb.ack, between these ^ ^ 118 JAMES DUANE DOTY. widelj'-separated points throui;h a hostile anrl un- known country. Besides, tlie condition of such as called themselves settlers was, in its way, even worse. At each point were a few soldiers; here and there were traders living with Indian women and everywhere around and mixed in with them were Indians subject to no authority whatever, as they believed. He wascompL'Ued to hear murder trials, divorce suits, actions upon contracts, controversies between tra])pcrs, claims to lands yet unsurveyed. to settle conflicts between civil and military autiior- itv, and generallj' to bring order out of social chaos; and here should be recorded I\lr. Doty's most important and difllcult work — la3'ing the foundation of society and teaching these wild classes to respect and obey the laws. At first the people were disposed to resist the Judge's authority, as he at once began to compel those who had been living with Indian women to marrj' or leave tiiem and provide for whatever offspring had been the fruits of these strange unions. Judge Doty's record, from the time of his first term at Mackinaw, beginning on July "21. 1823, to November, 1832, is preserved in the vaults of the State Historical Society at Madison, and is a model of neatness and perspicuity. In l.s32he was appointed by the Secretary of War to laj- out militaiy roads from Green Baj' to Prairie du Chieu and to Ft. Dearborn, now Chicago, and in 1834 was elected to serve as a member of the Territorial Legislature of Michigan, drafting and passing the act which matle Michigan a State, and Wisconsin a Territory. The first legislature of the Territory of Wiscon- sin met in 183G and fixed the seat of government. There were several candidates — some real places, like Fond du Lac, Mineral Point, Cassville, Bel- mont and Green Bay, and some cities on paper. Mr. Doty, knowing the topography of the country better than any other man, entered a large tract of land between the hikes at Madison — a beautiful lo- cation — platted it, and offered free a site in the midst of a fine natural park for the capitol buildings. After a bitter fight he was victorious, and ISladison was chosen as the seat of government. From this event dated the unparalleled political assaults upon Mr. Doty, which did not cease until he ^'as coni- pletely out of the public eye — the foundation for it all — being the disappointment of speculators and politicians who wanted the capital located else- where; yet all concede now that Gov. Doty selected the most beautiful location in the State for the State House. In 1837 he was elected delegate to Congress; was re-elected two years later, and served until he was made Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs of AVisconsin Territory, in which capacitj- he served from Oct. 5, 1841 to Sept. 1(5, 1814. Gov. Doty's first message was long and compre- hensive. He opposed all laws creating monopolies — charters granting exclusive privileges; recom- mended that steps be taken to organize a State; that bank circulation should be circumscribed and rendered more stable; that, to encourage the intro- duction of sheep and growth of wool, sheep and their fleeces be exempt from taxation; that a more effective system for the supjiort of common schools should be devised, and that all the Indians be re- moved from the Territory. Although his administration was stormy and un- pleasant — an open rupture occurring between him- self and the Legislature — Gov. Doty w:is active and ambitious in behalf of the people of the Terri- tory. He made a vigorous attempt to have the southern boundary of Wisconsin established on a line drawn westward from the head of Lake Michi- gan, as the Ordinance of 1787 provided, which would have made Chicago instead of Milwaidiee the metropolis of Wisconsin. In 1846 he was chosen to serve in the conven- tion called to form anew State constitution, and in 1841) was elected to Congress, and le-electotl in 18.01. While serving in this capacity he was branded as an Abolitionist, because, desiring to protect an important interest in his State, he re- fused to vote to repeal the duty on lead. In 18G1 he was apiiointed Superintendent of In- dian Affairs of Utah, and made the first treaty ever had with the Shoshonees. In May, 1863 he was made (!overnor of Utah, in which capacity he was forced to contend with the bloody and unscrupu- lous powers of the Mormon Church, and whirh olHce he held at the time of his death, .lune 13, 1865. H Cy^-rx.^ O'.^'^y^ t^ ^ ' ■yCU^-l-t^^^.i.c^QrjL^ .^-^l^^ GOVEKNOKS OK WISCONSIN. 121 _ i:.:r.a.aicl Jj oiler lallraad \^i^.yT r^w.\.^^v.VV^ r.;VAiV: v\i\V.V.\\iV \^ RC- ^KE^ ^^ -sa^feJ- HE Tallmadge family is of Saxon descent, as the name, originally spelled Tolle- mache, indicates*. Burke says, "It has tloiirished with the greatest honor in an unin- terru[>ted niah' succession in tlie County of SutTolk since the first arrival of the Saxons in Eng- land, a [jeriod of more than \, thirteen centuries. Tollemache, Lord of Bentley, and Stoke Tolle- niaclie. in tlie County of Oxford, lived in the Sixth century'; and upon the old manor-liouse of Bent- ley is still tlie following inscription : "Before the Norman into England came. Bentley was my resi- dence and Tollemache my name." Joel, fatiier of N. P. Tallmadge, served with honor in the War of the Revolution, .and w.as (nes- ent at the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne. Nathaniel P. wiisborn at Ch.atham, Columbia Co., N. Y., on Feb. 8, 17',)5. He first attracted attention by an unusual thirst for knowledge, beginning latin with- out a tutor, while yet in the district school. So conspicuous was tiie boy's ability to acquire inform- ation that he was placed under the care of William II. Maynard, from whom he imbibed modes of thought that colored his entire life. After graduating from Willi.ams College with honor in 181,5, he liegan the study of law in the odice of Gen. .lames Tallmadge, in Poughkeopsie, who taught him to be thorough rather th.in in haste to i)ass an examination. In 1818 he w.as admitted to the bar and began the practice of his profession, wholly eschewing politics until 1828, when he was elected to the Assembly from Duchess County. Though this Legislature was composed of excep- tionally able men, when it came to revising the statutes 3'oung Tallmadge showed such a complete knowledge of the principles of law and govern- ment that he was soon acknowledged to be a leader. In 1829 he was elected to the vState Senate, where he made a reputation that extended far beyond the borders of his state. DeWitt Clinton's Erie canal project having always been defended by him, he was made chairman of the committee on canals. The subject of railways had begun to attract at- tention in the United States. No man in the country had a more thorough understanding than Mr. T.allmadge of the experiments in Europe with steam transportation, and this knowledge was em- bodied in an elaborate report to the Senate, which discussed the subject in a manner that would do credit to the present d.ay. He pointed out that railway transportation would sooner or later super- sede every other form, "as railw.aysdonot freeze in the winter nor dry up in the summer, besides in speed and safety, they will be incomparable." He especially desired to see a railroad built along the banks of the Hudson Kiver, between New York and Albany, for the purpose of testing his theory that boats could not long compete with locomotives. Before the expiration of his term in the State Senate he was elected to the United States Senate for the term of si.x years beginning March 4, 1833. Although perhaps the youngest man in that bodj'. Mr. T.allmadge exerted a marked influence in shap- ing legislation. He was a sound logician and pol- ished orator and had the reputation of inWy under- •^''^t^^ •^^r^ 122 -t^ NATHANIEL POTTER TALLMADGE. f standiiii^ wliati'ver matter he undertook to discuss. His Controversy with Calhoun on the right of col- ored jipoplo to present petitions to Congress was aljle iinil memorable. But that which disclosed his real strength and audacity of character was his controversy with President Van Buren, some of whose recommend- ations he opposed. At last tiie two were brouglit to a personal interview, which was described as very interesting owing to the attempt of the Presi- dent to intimidate the Senator from New York. On returning from Washington, Mr. Tallmadge received an ovation, wliich was intended as an ap- l)roval of his opposition to Van Buren. A process- ion met him at the steamboat landing as an escort to tlie Astor House, and in the evening he was hon- ored with a reception at National Hall. His popularity was now great, and he proceeded to organize the Democracy of New York for the pnrp(jse of defeating Van Buren. While this was going on, in 1839, he was triumphantly re-elected to tlie Senate. Having been ostracized by the ad- ministration organs of his part>', hampered by the use of executive ijower and denounced as an apos- tate, liis re-election was generally regarded as fore- shadowing the fate of \ an Buren, and so it [iroved. Mr. Tallmadge could have been the nominee for vice-president on the ticket with Gen. Harrison, but declined that honor, as he did also the offer of a seat in Harrison's cabinet and a foreign mis- si( n. In 1811, having purciiased a beautiful tract of Ian I near F »n I ilu Lac, in I'very way lit for the es- Uiljlisli lien I, of a baronial home, with tlie intention of maiving Wisconsin his future residence. Presi- dent Tyler iioniiiiated him for (iovernor of the Territory. AI'Ler some delil)eration he resolved to resign his jiositiou in the United States Senate and accept the oilice. Mr. Tallin I dge succeeded James D. Doty as chief executiw; of this Territory, on Sept. 16, 1H44, and held tli.' otlico until Alay 13, 1845, wiien, the Deniociats having a:;ain succeeded to power, he w IS removed and Gov. Dodge appointed. Jlr. TMllmadge, on lieeo uiug {invernor, found the peo|)le full of excitement, owing to the storm}- controversy between the Legislature and (iov. Doty; but he soon restored peace and harmony, and worked iiand in hand with that body, to wiiich he delivered his message in person on .Ian. 17. Ksto. In this message he pointed out that the famous Milwaukee it Kock Kiver Caual had been aband- oned, its projectors having sold enough of the land grant to build a water power at Milwaukee, and recommended tli.at a railw.ay from the Missis- sippi to Lake Michigan, should be liiiilt to take its place. He also opposed as too early in a new settlement to be wise, the proi>osed extension of the period required for naturalization to twenty-one 3'ears, and recommended the establishment for the pro- motion of agriculture, of "pattern farm«." agricul- tural societies, and agricultural schools. Those who now take note of our university farm and agricultural experiment station, our farmers' insti- tutes and our numerous ngrieultnial associations, all fostered by public approiiriations, must bo im- pressed with the foresight of (Jov. 'J'allmadge. So dignified, courteous ami able w.as this mes- sage that the Legislature authorized 750 copies of it to 1)0 jirinted in German; the first time such an unusual thing was ever done in Wisconsin. On retiring from the ofliee of (TOVern(U', Mr. Tallmadge aliandoned active ])olitics, and though continuing his residence at Fond du Lac, spent a large [lortion of his time in Washington, where he was ever ready to advance the interests of Wiscon- sin. Gov. Tallmadge was a lover of liter-ature, phil- osophy and good comp.any. His speeches and writings abound in apt and beautiful poetical quo-' tations; he eagerly espoused an}' controversy upon the problem of life, of which he took an ethereal though philoso|)hical view, and his spa- cious home was ever open to his hosts of friends. There settled near Fond du Lac at an early day a considerable list of people remarkable for wealtli, culture and hospitality. In fact there was no social coterie in the Territory at all to be compared with the one under mention at the time Govs. Doty and Tallmadge settled at Fond du Lac; and the life they lived of constantly interchanging social amenities of the most cordial and polished character, can hardly be understood by the present generation. Their children were taught French, music and art by private tutors; they gave hunting and other parties on a broad scale; they regarded the poor with consideration and respect and they added in every way a cliarm and wholesome gla- mour to society that had never been seen in a new country and is not now to be fountl anywhere. In all this the Tallmadge family were leaders for many years and very popular. Gov. Tallmadge was romantic and fine-grained in his organization, as may be seen by reading an early volume published b}' liiin — ''Healing of the Nations." He left an .autobiography, which is to be published in the future. i :??r+^ 4 GOVERNORS OF WISCONSIN. 4* 1:2:) ^G? fecit J^^WC'l^o W DEWEY lias been a con- spifiious cli:ir:u:ler in Wis- consin for more than half a eentuiv, and unless Moses M. Strong be excepted, is personally familiar with more men, events, facts, and political secrets than any man now living. About these matters, however, he was never ver}' talkative, iiav- ing been a believer in an earl}' ad- monition bv James Ruchanan : "Say little and write nothing for the public eye." Jlr. Dewey is the son of Ebenczer and Lucy (Web- ster) Dewey, and was born in the !• nil of Lebanon, State of Connecticut, on Decem- ber 19, 1813. The following year his parents re- moved to Otsego County, in the StJite of New ^'ork, where his youthful days were spent in the town of liutternuts, now Morris. The early education of Mr. Dewey w;is com- nu'iictd in the district school of that place. At the age of sixteen he was sent to Hamilton Acad- emy, then under charge of Prof. Zenos Moore, in the town of Hamilton, Chenango Co., N. Y., whore he rcmaineil throe years. Among his classmates were William I'ilt Lyude, for many years Member •►«-♦* of Congress from Milwaukee, and Prof. .1. W. Sterling, of the University of Wisconsin, both no'.r deceased. After leaving the academy Air. Dewey taught school in the town of .M(jrris one year, after which he read law, first with his father then with the law firm of Hansen & Davis, and later with Samuel S. Bowne, of Cooperstown. Leaving Bowne's office in Ma}', 1836, for Wisconsin, he arrived at the lead mines on the 19th of June, and in Cassvitle, his present home, in Grant County, on the Missis- sippi River, about a week later. He was admitted to the bar on an examination held by Charles Dunn, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Wisconsin, in 1838, and practiced law with J. Allen Barber (deceased) until May, 1848. At the first election of county officers in Grant County, in 1837, Mr. Dewey was elected Register of Deeds. He moved to Lancaster the same year. where he lived seventeen j'cars. AVhile residing there he held various county oHices, and was elected to the Territorial Legislature three times, onee being chosen S4)eaker of the House of Represent- atives, and Vice-President of the Council. In May, 1848, W'isconsin having been admitted to the Union, Mr. Dewey was elected by the Demo- crats to be its first Governor, over John II. Tweedy, by a majority of over 5,000. The various de^xart- ♦l r 126 NELSON DKWEY •4^ ments being new, the functions strange and numer- ous, and man}' of the subordinates unused to pub- lic service of any kind, his position was one of nianv difHculties and required great patience and care. For the first time all State matters were divorced from Federal control; appointments must be made in spite, or at the dictation of local in- fluence ; responsibilit}' for errors was transferred from Washington to Madison, and there was tlie general pressure and chaos attendant upon a new order of things on a large scale. So well, however, did he dis- cbarge the duties of his office, that he was re-nomi- nated and re-elected, in 1849 by a Larger majority than before for the full term of two years. In Janu- ary, 1853, at the end of his second gubernatorial term, he retired to pi-ivate life, but at tlie first op- portunitj-, during the fall of that jear, was called out again, being nominated for the State Senate in the ICth District, and elected over Orsamus Cole, now Chief Justice of tlie Wisconsin Supreme Court, by a majority of three votes. In 1855 he removed to Cassville, which has been his home since, except five jears, from 1858 to 1863, during which time he lived in Platteville. While living in Lancaster he was chosen chairman of the Town Board one terra, and also Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors one term. He was Director of the School Board which built the first school-house in Lancaster. While at Platte- ville he was twice electeil President of the Village Board, and was Director of the Sohool Board that built the brick school-house at that place. He was Chairman of the Town Board of Cassville seven 3'ears, and was director of the School Board that erected the new Cassville school btiihling. In 1873 he was appointed State's Prison Commissioner by (4ov. Taylor, and for half a century has been a member or nominee of every Territorial and State Convention held in Wisconsin by the Democratic party, besides being many times a delegate to their national conventions for norai- ating candidates for President, and frequently on the State electoral ticket, either as district elector or elector-at- large. Everywhere, though quiet and reserved, he was a familiar figure, with his long, double-breasted frock coat of black broadcloth, Byronic collar, and intensely black beard and hair. Gov. Dewey was alw,a3-s a man of strong will and modest actions. It is said that the numberless honors with which his party has adorned his life, came always without solicitation, and in all his positions of trust no one has ever thought of ques- tioning his integrity. In liis notions and habits he lias been as changeless as in his political jirineiples, and it is said that, until this sketch was prepared, the pulilic had no knowledge of the day or place of his birth. Note: — Gov. Dewey died at his late home in Cassville, July 21, 1889. f^^ ^ ' J^ 'ThJr'i.-tr'^Z^ u GOVKUNoi;^ OF WISCONSIN. 4- 129 ( i X^GRard ^ames X arwell. WLAAA..\ .\\A VS V T HIS distinguishea gentleman had fewer personal and po- litical enemies tliau any man who ever served as Gov- ernor of the State, and he .JA himself died without knowing exactly why it was so, or why and how he was ever made Gov- ernor. Capt. James Farwell, of ^Massachusetts, married Reljecca Cady. of Vermont, and settled near AVatertown, N. Y., where the first fruit of this union, Leonard J., was born on .Tan. 5, 1819. In 1824, INIrs. Farwell died, and in 18.50 she was followed In' her hus- band. Thus, at the age of eleven j'cars, Leonard was left an orpiiau and poor. He attended the dis- trict school until his fourteenth year, and then entered a dry-goods store. This business not suiting I his tastes, he applied himself to mastering the tinner's trade, at the same time mak- ing a careful st uily of book-keeping and the founda- dation princi()i('S of trade and commerce. In 18;i8, having completed his apprenticeship, young Farwell settled at l.ockport. 111., and with- out other capital than energy, and the tools and knowledge of his trade, opened a small tinshop and ^ardwar-i fV>"-». Althougli he soon built up a good <• business, he thought he could see that Lockport was not destined to become a large city, and there- fore, on his twenty-first birthday, namely, Jan. 5, 1840, sold out and removed at once to Milwaukee, where he opened a geuer;il hardware store on a large scale. Having a perfect knowledge of the details of the business, and possessing great energy and capacity, Mr. Farwell soon made his new venture a success, .and in a few years, by judicious and liberal adver- tising, built up the largest wholesale house in Wis- consin, and perhajjs the largest in the West. In 1846 he made a tour of the West Indies, and on his return, having observed that the entire coun- try was growing steadily and rapidly, purch.ased about one-half of what is now the city of Madison, including the water-power at the outlet of Fourth Lake. In September 1847, he started on an extended tour of the Old World, visiting between that date and the spring of 1840, tlic chief points of interest in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Great Kritain, contribut- ing regularly to the Milwaukee Sentinel incidents of travel and observations upon the countries visited. On returning from abroad, Mr. Farwell disposed of his business in Milwaukee, and began to carry into execution his plan for making a iKvautiful and prosperous city of Al.adison, the first move being to erect a saw-mill and grist-mill, so the people might have lumber and llour without traveling great dis- tances over unimproved roads. He straightened •> m 4* ^ 130 LEONAKD JAMES FARWELL. and deepened the channel of the Catfish River, which connects Fourth and Third lakes; drained the lowlands; laid out roads and streets far into 'the countr}' ; built bridges and sidewalks; planted trees along the streets of his entire purchase; erected many costl}' buildings and graded the thorough- fares; gave the lakes the Indian names they now bear and planted their waters with new varieties of fish (some of which are now caught by the ton) ; established the Madison ^Museum ; started a woolen factory and the first machine-shop and foundrj^; helped to l)uild the gas works, water cure, Capitol House — in fact, either conceived or had a strong hand in building up almost everything that made Madison what it is. As he had, in 18.j1, given Madison wliat in these days would be called a '-boom," some one, it is not possible to say who, conceived the idea of nominat- ing Mr. Farwell for Governor on the "Whig ticket. The Whigs were in a hopeless minority, and Mr. Farwell was wholly unknown in politics; indeed, very few could say positively wiiether he was a Whig or Democrat. His wealth, his energy, his un- bounded public-spirit, and his great personal popu- larity, however, carried him througli the conven- tion witli a hurrah. The unanimous enthusiasm of the convention became epidemic, and spread over the State like a prairie fire; party lines were broken, the Democracy was demoralized, and Mr. Farwell, though all the other Whig nominees were defeated, was elected. Thus, at the age of thirty-two, and in ten j-ears, he had acquired a fortune, made long journeys on both hemispheres, built a city, and became chief executive of his adopted State — an unparalleled achievement. As Governor he tried to do for tlie entire State what, as a private citizen, he had been doing for Madison, promote material interests in a solid and wholesome way; and though tiie Legislature was politically adverse, his important recommend.ations were all carried into effect by that body — a sejiarate Supreme Court, a State banldng system, a geologi- cal survey, an imigration agency, and other things of that sort. iNIr. Farwell did not wish to be a nominee for Governor, nor to fill the office, and the committee sent to notif}- him of his nomination could not at first discover his whereabouts — he was in hiding. Therefore he refused to permit the use of his name a second time, and returned to his mills, real-estate, and railroad enterprises, in January, 1854. The financial revulsion of 18.j7 prostrated Mr. Farwell to such an extent that he never full^- re- covered. His railroad investments proved par- ticularly disastrous, though Madison property-, of wliicli he held large amounts, also became practi- callj- worthless, and so remained for ^-ears. He then retired to a farm on Lake Mendota, just outside of Madison, where he superintended the erection of tiie buildings for the State Asylum for Insane, liut otherwise engaged in no public enterprises. In 1859 he was elected to the Stale Legislature, in the hope of bringing him again into [)iililic life. In 1863 he was made Assistant Examiner in the Patent Oltice, and three montlis later Chief Ex- aminer of new inventions, which position he re- signed in 1870, for the purpose of embarking in the patent business in Chicago. On the night of the assassination of Lincoln, Mr. Farwell was in Ford's Theatre, and from his previ-. ous information, comprehended at once that the tlireateued conspiracy to kill the principal oflicers of the administration was being carried into effect, and hastened at all speed from the theatre to the room of Vice-President Johnson, reaching there just in time to prevent Atzerot from executing that part of the terrible plot which had been assigned to him. For thus saving his life, Mr. Johnson tendered to Mr. F.arwell any position he might desire, but the offer was declined on the ground tliat i)ublic offices should not be used for the payment of debts of gratitude. The great fire in Chicago in 1872, infiicted an- other severe financial blow upon him, and Mr. Farwell tiien removed toGrantCitj', Mo,, where he was engaged in the real estate and banking busi- ness until his death on April 11, 1889, at the age of seventy years. Gov. Farwell was an able, honest, energetic, patriotic, and useful citizen and public official, and cannot be remembered with too much kindness and gratitude by the people of Wisconsin. ^ ^ ■» '■ ^ GOVERNORS OF WISCONSIN. 1:53 I mi William Auiiustus Barsto.w^ H "J^- ;-iM* -^^-|"^^4^>4- IIARACTER is one thing and reputation another. A kinder heart or a truer friend than Gov. Barstow would be hard to find; yet partisan politics gave to him for a time such a notorious and unenviable reputation that it was easy •^ii^'^y for those who did not know him per- sonally to believe liim practically de- £j^^^fe void of any good qualitj-. Unless it t^S'w' ^^® James Duane Doty, no other Governor was the victim of more slander or more bitter attacks. Some of this he may have deserved. l)ut much of it was as unjust as all of it was relentless. The Harstows came from Yorksliiic, Eiiuhuid, where they bore a distinguished name, and settled in .Massachusetts and Couneotieut in 1 <)•!"). William Augustus was born at Plainfield, Conn., Sept. 13, 1813. His father, who served in the Revolution, was a man C)f great force of character, a farmer. William was reared on the family homestead, attend- ing the district sclioolduring the winter, and tilling the soil during the summer. An elder brother, Samuel II., opened a store at Norwich, Conn., in which at sixteen years of .age William became a chu'k. In April, 1831 he gave Y up this position and entered into partnership with r another brother, Horatio N.. at Cleveland, in mill- ing and forwarding, and Iniilt up an extensive business from a very modest iieginning. The financial revolution of 1837, as it did many wealthier firms, compelled the brothers to suspend. After settling up their affairs as best they could, William, in November, 1839, removed to what was then Prairieville, where he had purchased the water- power and 160 acres of land within what is now the city of Waukesha. He at once erected a flouring- mill and opened a store, soon becoming the head of a prosperous business and one of the foremost men of the place. In those days AVaukesha was called the "Hub," as it was really the political cen- tre of the Terrilorj'. In a new country a merchant and miller will find man3' opportunities to counsel, relieve, and materi- ally encourage the poorer settlers. Mr. Barstow failed to see none of these opportunities, nor to help those in misfortune or distress. His course in this respect gained a wide circle of grateful .ind devoted friends, who always remembered him when he w;is a candidate for otiice. In 1841 he was made Postmaster,and for some time served as one of the three County Commissioners of Milwaukee County, which then embraced what is now AVaukesha County. While filling tlie ollice of Commissioner he was instrumental in setting off r 4 i.-u WILLIAM AUGUSTUS BARSTOW. -•►Hh-* *t the territory and creating the county of "Wauke- sha in 1846, establishing the county-seat in Wau- ivesha village. It was also his idea to have the Strilc prison establislu'd in Waukesha, in which he so far succeeded as to have what is now the county jail, a stone building, used for the confinement of convicts sentenced to the State i)enitciuiar\- 1(\- the United States Courts. In 1S19 IMr. I'.arstow was nominated arid elected by tlie Democrats to be Secretary of State. In this oHice he served two years from the 7t!i of January, 1H.)0, and during that time was charged with tlie dillicult task of bringing into market and selling the State school lands. rr(»babl3' no Secretary was ever called upon to perform more new and import- ant duties or settle more precedents. In these his business genius found ample opportunity for dis- pl;iy. Besides having a large amount of new work to perform, he was compelled, on finding the rec- oi'ds of the office in a condition of chaos, "with his own hand," as has been said by his private secre- tary, K. 1^1. Hunter, "to write out in the most com- plete and finished manner nearly the full record of the office up to the moment it came under his con- trol." In 1853 Mr. Barstow was elected Governor by tiie Democrats, taking his seat in .T.anuary, 1854. His first message gave evidence of unusual ability and public-spirit; his appointments were credit.able and satisfactory, among them tliat of the poet, James (iates Percival, to succeed Edward Daniels as State Geologist. Although his administration was stormy, he was renominated in 1855, his opponent being Coles Bashford. The cam|>aign against him was one of unparalleled bitterness and violent personalities. AVlu'U it was over the returns showed that Gov. Barstow had bei'n defeated by a few votes, but the board of canviisscrs acce[)tcd some "suiiplemental" returns from the pine forests, which, had they not turned out to be in every respect fraudulent, would have made him Governor again. Mr. Bashford carried the matter before the Su- preme Court, which enabled (Jov. Barstow to see the spurious character of the "supplemental" re- turns, whereupon he resigned, greatly to his own honor and to the disgust of those who laid the scheme to corrupt the ballot and overturn the will of the people. Had he followed tlie advice of a few hot-heads, who were near to him and who were mure responsible than himself for whatever caused the attacks on his administration, there would have been bloodshed. Heiiig at th(! head of his party tlov. Barstow iialiirally became the target for all the criticisms and odium which this barefaced fraud upon the ballot called forth; but it has alwa3-s been said by those who knew the truth, that he had no hand in suggesting or preparing the spurious returns, and did not know their utterly fraudulent cliaraclc r until after his opponent, Bashford, had taken the ease into court. Two j'ears later he removed to Jaiiesvilh' .'iiid entered into the business of b.anking with Alex T. (ir.ay and E. M. Hunter, which soon proved a failure. Gov. Barstow then returned to niiiling, which he followed until he entend the army in 1861 as Colonel of a regiment of cavaliy recruited bj' himself. Col. Barstow's health being impaired, he was in 1862 made Provost Marshal General of Kansas, charged with the responsible task of clearing that section of guerrillas. In 1863 his health becoming still further ini- l)aired by his efforts to command his regiment, he was detailed niion court-martial duties at St. Louis, which lasted to the end of his term of service, or to March 4, 18C5. Col. Barstow then went to Leavenworth for the ]mrpose of engaging in business. He was, however, too feeble to do so, and slowly sank until Dec. 13, 1865, when he passed away at the age of fifty-two. "He fills," says Col. K. A. Calkins, a firm and life- long friend, "a soldier's grave, for he .as truly diet! in the cause of his country as if he had received a fatal wound in battle. I shall never cease to cher- isn his memory for his many manly virtues, for his intrepid spirit, which w.as not disturbed either in the decisive emergencies of political conflict or the more trying vicissitudes of i>eril and distress, and for the integrity with which he adhered to one set of principles, and one set of friends throughout his career." In his younger daj's Mr. Barstow was consid- ered the handsomest man in Wis<'onsin, and was very popular with all classes, so far as they could come in contact with him. His friendships were warm, sincere and lasting, and there was no sacri- fice too great for him to make for those he loved. Had he been less tenacious of his friendships, es- pecially unworthy ones, his public reputation would not have been so much in need of defense. Like Ales W. Randall, whose friend and associate he was for many years. Gov. Barstow was a great lover of sociability and fun; like James Duane Doty, he had no enemies save those made b}' politics, and it is s.ad to record that one who had occupied such high places and jiossessed so many friends, and who loved so dearly the kind olliecs of friend- shi|), should, as (iov. Barstow did, die among strangers and be compelled to receive the last sad attentions of life from stranger hands. T* / ^h^ GOVERNORS OF WISCOiNSIN. 137 0aZd5 ^^asJtf.O^d. ]'■: i' ; itj^'^'^'^^t^'^^v in;->'.»^i^;'i^; :4^;'j>:>j:^i^^^ia:^'t'V> •• '■ '■ 'i "■ '■ "■ '<'■ '■ '■ '' '. '<%^<^t'-^ ->^^3-e- ' '{-- OLES BASIIFORD acquired popularity oiiougli Id enable him to reach the highest office in the gift of the peo- [)lc of the State in a shorter period — U'ss than five jears from llie lime he settled in X^i^^^' Wisconsin — than has ever sutliced to •^yjti ^-'^y nifike any other man ( Governor of W is- {?/- ' ' ■^''■^ consin. But few men ever possessed ^ ;- Q, ■ an equal faculty for making and re- 'itci®'lj^ taining friends. Mr. Bashford was ^jf^ born at Cold Spring, Pntnam Co., g?~ N. Y.. Jan. 24, 1816. He w.os edu- cated in the Wesleyan Semi^iarj', now Genesee College, at Lima, N. Y., where he was a brilliant student. lie studied law with John M. Ilolley, at L3-ons, N. Y., and in 1S41 was .admitted to the bar. During the following year he removed to, and in 1847 was elected District Attorney of Wayne County. Though re-elected with increase, and continued personally in charge of the office. On the same dav. at noon, Mr. B:»shfonl -^^\-^ 4^ I . 138 •«► colp:s bashford. appeared before the Supreme Court and was sworn in as Governor by Cbief Justiee Whiton. Thence he proceeded to the executive chamber and form- ally demanded possession ; but Mr. Barstow, pre- senting his compliments and respects, declined to alxlieate or vacate. Thereafter, on the request of ilr. Bashford, the Attorney General of the .State filed an information with the Supreme Court in- quiring by what right or title Barstow held the ollii-e of Gov> nor, and the Court summoned the defendant to a|)|)ear and make answer thereto. He did not appear until February 2. when his attorneys moved to quash all ])roceedings thus far had under the writ, for tlie reason that the Court had no juris- diction of the case. This motion was denied, tiie Court holding at the same time, that the filing of the motion was an admission by Mr. Barstow that the allegations in the information filed by the At- torney General were true. He was ordered also to api)ear and plead before a certain fixed day. The acting Governor's attorneys pleaded to the jurisdiction of the Court. Mr. Bashford interposed a demurrer to this plea, which was sustained and ]\Ii'. Barstow required to luiswer within four days. Ills attorneys tlien witiidrew from the case, on the ground that to continue further would be an ad- mission tiiat the Court had rightful and final juris- diction over it. The Court then held tliat every- thing ijleaded by Mr. Basil ford was confessed by the default of i\Ir. Barstow; yet declined to con- form to general usage and enter judgment for the ])l:iintitf tlien and there, but ordered plaintiff to jiroluce evidence to prove his case. Mr. Bashford might liave demanded judgment upon the default of the defendant, but instead jjroceeded to bring in pro!» he was elected Secret-ary of State and was very popu- lar. He was consiilered one of the ablest men and the best debater in the Senate, and was a careful Secretary of State. Indeed, he w.as one of the ris- ing men of Wisconsin, and, the war of the rebel- lion rerpiiring increased activity and ability on the r 146 LOUIS POWELL HARVEY. "•► *► mj^ part of public officials, Mr. Harvey was nominated, in 1861, by the Republicans, for Governor, and was elected by a good majority to succeed Alex. W. Randall. On Jan. 10, 1862, lie read his inaugural message to the Legislature in person, saying: "No previous Legislature has convened under equal in- centives to a disinterested zeal in the public ser- vice. The occasion pleads with you in rebuke of all the meaner passions, admonishing to the exer- cise of a conscientious iiatriotisni becoming tlie representatives of a Cliristian people called in God's providence to pass through the furnace of a great trial of their virtue and of the strength of the Government." After the battle of Pittsburg Landing, in which Wisconsin troops suffered severel}'. Gov. Harvey asked Surgeon-General Walcott for a list of such articles and their relative quantities as would be of greatest service in the hospitals and on the field. In a very brief space of time after receiving the desired information, more than one hundred boxes of material had been collected, and were with the Governor on their way to the front. Major Jonas M. Bundy, who was with the Governor, says: '•Although pressed with a thousand cans, he made it his dut3' to visit our wounded in the hospital boats, taking them each by the hand and cheering them more than can well be described. As lie came round among them, his heart full of kind- ness, and his face showing it, tears of joy would run down the cheeks of those brave fellows who had borne the battle's brunt unmoved, and they lost at once the languor that had settled upon them. Then, at Mound City and Padueali, in the hospitals and on the hospital boats, it would have moved a lieart of stcme to witness the interviews between the Governor and our wounded lieroes. There was something more than formality in tliose visits, and the men knew it by sure instinct. When w^e went ashore at Savannah for a few hours, on our way to Pittsburg, these scenes became still more affecting. Over 200 of our wounded were there, suffering from neglect and lack of kind care. The news of the Governor's arrival spread as if by magic, and at every house those who could stand clustered around him, and tliose who had not raised their lieuds for days sat up. their faces aglow with gratitude for the kind looks, and words, and acts, which showed their Governor's tender care for them. At times these scenes were so affecting that even the Governor's self-control failed him, and he could not trust himself to talk." On the 111th of April Gov. Harvey bade farewell to the soldiers at Pittsburg Landing, and after visit- ing Savannah, ten miles below on the river, retired for the night on the "Dunleitb," expecting to take the "Minnehaha" on the following morning for Cairo. At 10 o'clock that night, however, the "Minnehaha" came alongside, and in the darkness and rain, while attempting to step from one boat to the other, he missed his footing and fell between the steamers. The rapid current swept him down and under a flat boat, and Gov. Harvey was never seen alive. A few days later the body was dis- covered by children sixty-five miles down the river, and buried by residents of the neighborhood. His remains were immediately disinterred by the author- ities and sent to Madison, where, after lying in state in the capitol, thej' were buried with impres- sive public ceremonies in the presence of a great concourse of people. After the death of Mr. Harvey his wife entered the army as a nurse, and there carried forward as best she could without the backing and authority which he enjoyed as Governor, the noble work begun by her husband and which resulted in m lik- ing her a widow. It is doubtful whether if he had lived, he could have accomplished more for our soldiers and soldiers' widows and orphans, than stands credited to his indomitable and self-sacrific- ing consort. Several attempts have lieen made to induce the State to erect a suitable public monument to the memory of fiov. Harvey, which, though apparently sustained by public sentiment, always resulted in failure. He certainly lost his life for his country, and while performing a duty not required or ex- pected of Governors. Besides being a man of good ability and educa- tion. Gov. Harvey was large-hearted and |)!iilaii- tliroiiic in an eminent degree. He was a practical, generous Christian, ever e.ager to right any wrong he might have done and to luOp the jioor, the weak, and the suffering. He wiis lrul\' a good man. ■•► f ■^^ GOVKKNOUS OF WISCONSIN. -•►■ 149 ■'^3s. SgT7V^iy;^Ty A.^AiM.liiJ4A; A iVA:Ai ^ ISCONSIN never had but one naturalized German in 1 the gubernatorial chair — Edward Salomon — and ■5/ he was in every respect a credit to his native, as well as his adopted, country. He was born in 1828, near the city of Hal- berstadt. in Prussia, where his father was a prominent civil and niilitarj' official. He was educated in the Lutlieran faitli in his native city and afterward was a stu- dent in the I'niversity of IJerlin. Having more than the average share of enterprise and ambition, young Salomon emigrated to America in 1849, settling at Manitowoc, Wis. Here he jumped into instant favor, being hand- some, polished, and of courtly- l)ut jilcasant man- ners. In 1852, after serving as school teacher. County Surveyor and Deputy Clerk of the Court, whidi oflices came to him al)out .is rapidly as possible, he moved to Milwaukee for the purpose of studj'ing law, having already become, by tlui closest applica- tion, a fluent and correct writer and s|)eaker of the English language. In 18;"i5 he was admitted to the bar after a thorough examination by the Justices of tlip Supreme Cnurt and at once formed a part^ nership with WInticM Smi'.li. which continued until Mr. Salomon removed to New York City in No- vember, 18G9. In Milwaukee he soon became bj- his personal qualities as popular as be .had been at Manitowoc and by conscientious and thorough study earned also the reputation of being a sound and accurate lawyer. On arriving in America Mr. Salomon quite nat- urally espoused the cause of the Democratic party, but during Buchanan's time was "estranged by the palpable truckling of its leaders to the slave power," and in 1860 openly declared his conver- sion to Republican principles. In 1861 he was nominated for Lieutenant-Governor on the ticket with Louis P. Ilarvey, and was elected b}' a larger majority than had up to that time been given to any gubernatorial candidate on either ticket. He served with dignity and fairness as President of the Senate, and on April 19, 1862, owing to the death by drowning of Gov. Ilarvey, was called to exercise the functions of chief executive. His comparative youth, and supposed unfamiliarity with political matters, caused some apprehensions to many of his own party, but these were allayed within a very short time after he assumed the chair. He remained Governor until .Tanuarj% 1864, and it is certain that during his tiine the laboi-s of tliat office were continuously more arduous than they ever were before or have been since. The duties of ■» ■ ■^ i= carrying out within this State the war measures of the national government, of organizing tlie regi- ments furnishefl bj- the State during tliat time, and of tlie selection of officers, of overseeing their equipment and maintenance, which were afterward transferred to federal olliccrs, devolved during the time Iargel3- upon the (iovernor. His zeal was un- tiring, and his industrj' unceasing. For months in succession he was found in the executive office at Madison at all hours, from eight in the morning until twelve at night; and no labor was deemed by him too arduous, no fatigue too great to be borne, if it seemed likely to insure suc- cess in the great work which he took upon himself. His activity necessarily brought upon him the hos- tility of many of the opposite party, and espec- ially of those individuals upon whom the war seemed to impose special hardships. The vigorous measures b^^ which he promptly subdued the insurrection against the draft in Ozau- kee and Washington counties were the occasion of much praise, and upon the other hand of the bit- terest censure. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of W.ar, issued in 1862. wh.it was tlien known as the "stay-at-home order." It prohibited citizens liable to military service from leaving for Canada, or an^' foreign country. This order w.as particularly obnox- ious to a certain large class of naturalized citizens who proposed to, and did in considerable numbers return to their native lands to escape the draft. Gov. Salomon having been born abroad, these peo- ple were very angry because he took such a decided stand in enforcing the terms of Stanton's obnox- ious order. He caused a number of people who were arrested for participating in the riotous pro- ceedings to be brought to Madison, and there con- fined in camp prison for some weeks, until, partly by tlie intervention of writs of habeas corpus, and jiartly by the voluntary act of the Governor un- y an intelligent people; ami in the voluntary retirement from public life which he seeks, he will lie followed by their sincere re- spect and warm gtK)d wishes." As far as authentically known, Gov. Lewis enjoys the distinction of being the only man who ever de- clined a nomination for chief executive of Wiscon- sin, when both the calling and election were sure. Indeed, he is almost as distinguished for declining as for being chosen to pulilio ofhce. He has several times declined legislative nominations; in 1865 refused to accept the tender of a foreign mission by the President of the United States; in 1866 declineil to serve as Regent of the State T'niversitj'; returned an appointment as Commissioner of Internal Rev- enue in 1876, and in 1878 declined the proffered appointment of Railroad Commissioneer of AVis- consin. One marked feature of Gov. Lewis' character is his benevolence. Besides his numerous personal gifts he devotes a portion of his annual income to the building and support of universities, colleges, academies and educational interests — the most ju- dicious and lasting form of public giving; and in 1864 Lawrence University conferred upon him the degree of LL. D., an honor to which he was liber- ally entitled. In 1868 Gov. Lewis was made A'ice-President of the AA^isconsin State Historical Society; visited Eu- rope during the Franco-Prussian war; went as dele- gate to the Republican National Convention in 1876, which nominated R. B. Hayes for President, and in 1882-83 completed a journey around the world. On several occasions he has received votes in the Legislature for the position of United States Senator, but. having made no organized effort in that direction through himself or his friends, was naturally outstrii)ped by those who make more of a business of rallying and marshaling the political forces in the usual way. A noticeable feature of Gov. Lewis' career is that he has not changed his place of residence, his busi- ness, his religion, his political principles, his habits of life nor his friendsliijis. nor lost the esteem of his neighbors, since he first settled in AVisconsin, almost a half-century ago. This is all the proof that is necessary of his goodness and steadfastness of character. ' '1 ^^^^c7 -!-+ •M- 51 IE ninth Governor of Wis- consin, Gen. Fairchild, was bom on Dec. 27, 1831, at Fr.inklin Mills, now Kent, Ohio, where his father, J. C. Fairchild, of English descent and more th.in or- dinary natural gifts, lived in his , own house, owned and managed the one store of the village, and a tannery; and, being also a Jus- tice of the Peace, was generally known as the "Squire." The mother, Sally Blair, a young woman of fine physique, of un- mixed Scotch-Irish ancestry, tem- pered by three generations in the romantic hills of Western Mnssachusetts, had great executive .ability, a f.'ir-reacliing hospitality, and quick, keen, good sense. AVith a view to the better education of their children, the family removed to Cleveland, where the boys had the unique promise from their father of a- gold watch each, when they should have committed to memor}' the dictionary! Needless to say the watches were never received, though there is a trarlition that the book was con- 'quered as far as the D words. Having suffered greatly from the financial crisis of 1837, the father, now known by rank in the militia as Col. F'airchild, removed with his family, in 1846, to Madison, then a small village whose singu- lar beauty had captured him while merely passing through the Territory. In Wisconsin the educa- tion of the sons, begun in Cleveland, and aided by a year at a boarding school near that city, was sup- plemented by a year at Carroll College. But the impatient spirit of Lucius was not of those who take their knowledge at second hand from books. He must wring it by personal experience from the world; and so, in 18-19, at seventeen years of age, he started, with a saddle horse and as many luxu- ries as could be crowded into a "prairie schooner," for California. This w..^x.€^.^7-W -I GOVERNORS OF WISCONSIN. -4r SE^s^s^i^ -f-H?-^<:S=f-M— - OV. WASIir.l'RN was.'iltc- Sictlier loo hirgo :i man to be sketched in a hasty man- ner, or within a limited space. It wonld require a great deal of careful studj^ T to get his true measure. He was one of a long line of able, sub- stantial anti successful men. John <^^^|!^^ Waslilnirn, Secretary of Pl3^moutli '^^j|?^i Colon3', in England, settled at Dux- (,^W|3>1 bur}', Mass., in Ki.'U, and became <%'yif^ wealthy and prominent. Israel Wash- -^-i-^~ burn, the next in line, became a ^?x Captain in the UevoUition, a mem- ber of the General Court, and .sat in the con- vention which ratified the Constitution of the United States. Israel Washburn, Jr., father of Oov. AVnshburn, born at Raynhani, Mass., in 1781, was equally prominent, and lived until l^TG, and to see his large family of sons more successful in private and public life than any otiier of equal :i;unber in the Union. The mother of Gov. Washbui-n was a descendant of .lohn Henjainiu, who settled in .Masachussetts in 1 G32, and was one of the pro|)rietors of Cambridge. Her ancestors served the Colonies and the infant Union with no less zeal and distinction tiian those of her husband. So there was good stuff in (iov. Washburn, who was born at Liverniore, Maine, on April 22, 1S18, where his fallier owned a farm and general store. One who knew him in 3'outhsays: "He was a (luiet, broad-shoul(lerct worthy methods, soon grew into a large and profitable practice. In 1844 he entered into partnership with Cyrus AVoodman. for some years agent of the New England Land Company, (irailually the firm of AV.ashburn & AVoodman, having now an abundance of capital, abandoned ihe JL • ^ 162 CADWALADER COLDOON WASHBURN. •^ practice of law, and gave attention exclusivel3' to entering, purcliasiug and selling land, perfecting titles, locating Mexican land warrants, and trans- acting a general financial and land business. In 1852, on the invitation of Gov. Far well and Justice Harlow S. Orton, Mr. Washburn went to Madison to assist in framing a general banking law, under which, when enacted, his firm opened the ^lineral Point Bank. This institution stood the test of all financial reverses, never suspended specie p.nyment, and when finally its affairs were wound ui). paid every dollar of liabilitj' in gold and silver. In March. 18.1.5, Mr. Woodman retired from the firm, leaving its immense affairs to be managed en- tirely b}' Mr. AVashburn, who had, at the previous November election, entirely without solicitation and against his will, been elected to Congress by the Republicans, then just organized. On taking his seat he met iiis brothers, Israel from Maine, and Elihu B. from Illinois, both of whom had l)een first elected to Congress, like himself, at the age of thirt3'-six years; and during the ensuing six years these tiiree strong brothers, from three different States, occupied seats together, and impressed their united strength upon the legislation of the country. In 18G1 the committee of thirty-three on the state of the Union, of which Gov. Washburn was a member, reported an amendment to the Constitu- tion, making slavery perpetual. lie joined with Mr. Tappan, of Vermont, in a minority report against tlie proposed amendment, and against any con- cessions wliatever of liberty to slaver^', or in favor of secession. Addressing the House on that sub- ject he closed with these prophetic words : "Sir, I have no special dread in regard to the future of this Republic. AYliatever may come I have an abiding faith in a kind Providence that lias ever watched over us, that passing events will be overruled for good, and for the welfare of mankind in this and other lands. If this Union must be dis- solved, whether by peaceable secession, or through fire, and blood, and civil war, we shall have the consolation of knowing that ivheii the conflict is over, those vho survive it will be, tvhat they never have been, inhabitants oj a free connirtjl " In Marcli, 18(!1, Gov. Washburn removed to La Crosse, but liad hardly settled down to attention to his enormous private interests before he saw tliat the cause of the Union demanded all the men and means at the command of the North. He tlierefore raised the second regiment of cavalry, was commissioned Colonel, and reported for dutj' on Oct. 10, 1861. It is impossible to follow here his militarj^ operations in detail. He became a ISIajor Gener.al on Nov. 29, 18fi2, and until he re- signed, in !May, 1865, was an active, daring and <• . successful commander. One of his notable feats was reducing, with an inferior force, the bomb- proof works at Esi>erenza, Texas, and historical works on the war declare him to have been one of the very best district commanders in the army. Like Grant, he never turned back, and never for a moment lost faith in the ultimate triumph of the Union Army. In 18()(! Mr. Washburn was again elected to Con- gress, and re-elected in 1868. During these terms he gave earnest attention to the postal, transporta- tion and telegraph service, recommending Govern- ment control and ownership of the telegraph as a means of transmitting information, as proper and essential as any form then in use. At the close of his last term in Congress, in 1871, the Republicans 'n'ought him forward as a candidate for Governor, and he was elected over James R. Doolittle by 10.000 majority. His administration was quiet, able and economical, and very useful to the people of the State. In 1873 he was re-nominated, but the high-tide of Grangerism, general dissatisfaction with railway charges, and hard times, conspired to his defeat by AVilliain R. Taylor. This ended Gov. Washburn's official career, though, in 1875, as he had been in 1.S61 and 186'.(, he w.as an unsuccessful candidate ff)r the United States Senate. While gen- erally a in;ui's public career more than anything else attracts pulilic attention, it was in private life and business that the great qualities of Gov. Wash- burn were most conspicuously exhibited. He w.is one of the earliest purchasers of pine lands, and held them when others were selling similar possessiors for a song. He was no speculator, but made sev- eral million dollars in the manufactiu'e of lumber and Hour. After the destruction, in 1878, of his great mill at Minneapolis, where he was one of the early and princi[ial owners of the St. Anthony's Falls Water Power, he went toEuro|)efor the i)ur- pose of studying the various processes of making flour. As a result he was the first to introduce into America the Hungarian roller system, and what is known as the patent process of producing tlour, and made his new mill the largest and best in the world. Gov. Washburn's charities were nobh' and mod- estly bestowed — \Vashburn Observatory to the Wisconsin State University, at Madison; People's Library, in La Crosse; Minneapolis Orphan's Asy- lum, in memory of his mother; his beautiful home and grounds, at Edgwood, near ^ladison, to the Catholic Sisters, the Slate having refused to accept it for jHiblic jjurposes, and numerous lesser gifts. He died of paralysis, superinduced l)y a complication of diseases, at Eureka Springs, Ark., on May 11, 1882, aged sixty-four years. u (iUVKl{.\(JK.S OK WlScONSIX. ••► lUo I 4^^-=. %• ^ WILLIAM ROBERT TAYLOR. '•la.^' I ILLIAM R. TAYLOR is of Scotch descent, bom in ill Connecticut, July 10, IH20. His motiier died be- fore he had reached the age of three weeks, and his father, an ocean captain, was lost at sea, with his vessel, five years later. At the age of sis j-ears he was placed under severe guardianship in Jef- ferson County, N. Y., three miles from school, in a newlj'-settled section. Be- fore reaching the age of sixteen he was awakened to the necessity of securing an education, and at once began a course of study which, alternating with hard labor in the fields and forests, continued until he had secured a certificate of admission to the third term of the so|)lu)iiK)re year of Tnion College, at Schenectady, N. Y. For the want of financial ability he was unable to enter college, but went instead into the sugar-bush and made 1,100 pounds of maple sugar and two barrels of molasses with which to pay b;)ard and tuition bills already incurred. He next tauglit a select school, and then an academy. In 1840 he went to Elyria, Ohio, and joined a class of forty-five, preparing to become teachers. The authorities of La I'orte were offer- ing at this time a large salary to any teacher who :;ould manage their public school, notoriously the most roiiiili and ungovernable in the section. Youn;,' ^« — Taylor engaged to teach it, and before the enil of his third term it became the premium school of the county. He now undertook the management of a grist- mill, sawmill and cupola furnace, at which he im- paired his health by overwork. He then devoted his spare time to reading medicine, and during the winter of 1845-46 took a course of lectures and clinical instruction at the Medical College of Cleve- land. While residing in Ohio he was elected Captain — receiving every vote of the 101 members of his company— and afterward a Colonel of the State Militia. In 1848 he removed to Wisconsin, set- tling on the farm in Cottage Grove, Dane County, on which he still resides. It was not long before his neighbors began to bestow otKcial favors upon him, and for forty years he has hardly been without some public duty to perform. Several times he has received nearly all, aiul twice all the votes put in the box for Chairman of Ids town; has been Superintend- ent of public schools; tluee times Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors, now consisting oi forty -six members; was County Superintendent of Poor for seventeen years; was Trustee, Vice-Presi- dent and member of the executive board of the State Hospital for Insane from its re-organization, in 1860, until he became Governor, in 1.S7I; has been elected to both branches of the Legislature; tJf <• 166 WILLIAM KUIJEUT TAVLOH. was seven years President of the Dane County Atrricultural Societ\'; seven years Chief Marshal, and two 3'ears President of the Wisconsin State Afiricnlturul Association, and during the Kehellion was the lirst man in Dane County to offer a bountj- for volunteer enlistments. In 1873 he was by acclamation placed in nomi- nation for Governor by a convention comjiosed of ••Democrats, Liberal Republicans and other electors frienfUy to genuine reform through equal and ira- paiUal legislalion. honesty in utHce and rigid econ- omy in the administration of public affairs." His oi)ponent was C. C. Washlniin. then Governor, over whom he w.as elected by a majority of 15,411. It was Mr. Taylor's foitune to belong to the mi- noritv party when he was elected Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors, member of Assem- bly. State Senator and Governor. His irubcriKitorial aiipointments were more nearly uon-partis..n than tliose uf any previous executive, his aim being to secure men of peculiar fitness and ability f(jr the management of the various chari- table, pen.al and refonn.atory, and especially the educational institutions. And thus some of the best men in both parties were commissioned by him independent of pressure, importunity or at- tack. One of the appointments whicli will ever re- dound to his credit is that of Edward G. Ryan, to be Chief .lustice of the Supionu- Court^an ap- pointment niaile upon his own judgment of emi- nent qualifications. The most inii)ortant work of Gov. T.aylor's term w:is the enactment of the '•Potter law.' which aimed to place railways completely under Slate control, limiting charges for transporting p;issengers. classi- fying freight, and regulating the prices for its transportation. At the outset the two chief railw.ay corporations of the Stale served formal notice upon the Gov- ernor that they would not respect the provisions of this law. Under his oath of office to support the Constitution, and to '•lake care" that the laws be faithfully executed, he promptly responded to the notification of the railroatl companies by a proclamation, dated May 1, 1874, in \vhich he en- joined compliance with the statute, declaring that all the functions of his ollice would be exercised in faitlifuUy executing the laws. "The law of the land," said he, ••must be respected and obeyed. While none are so weak as to be without its jiro- tection, none are so strong as to be above its re- straints." The result was an appeal to the court-s. in which the Governor and his advisers were forced to con- front an array of tlie most formidable legal talent of the countr3-. Upon the result in Wisconsin de- jKnided the vitality of similar legislation in oilier States; and Gov. Ta3-lor was thus compellccl to bear the brunt of a controversy of national extent and conse(iueiKe. The contention extended both to Slate and I'nited Slates Courts, the main ques- tion involved being the constitutional power of the State over corporations of its own creation. In all respects the State was fully sustained in its position, and ultimately judgments were ren- dered against the corporations in all the Stale and Federal Courts, including the .Supreme Court of the United States, and establishing finally the com- plete and absolute power of the people, through the Legislature, to modif}' or altogether re[)eal the charters of corporations. It might be stated, in this connection, that Gov. T.aylor wrote personall3^ to Judge David Davis, earnestly requesting him to come to Wis- consin and preside at the trial of a test case, and he consented. And thus was settled by Gov. Taylor and his administration, a momentous issue between the people and the corporations— an issue vitally aft'ecling all the comnu-rcial and agricul- tural interests of the Stale. Among the creditable acts of his adminislralion were those securing §800,000 from the General Government for the Fox and AVisconsin River Improvement; dividing the Stale lands into dis- tricts, and making each timber agent responsible for his localitj', by which he recovered largely increased sums to the trespass fund; comi)ell- ing the Wisconsin Central Railway Comi)any. be- fore he would sign the certificates of its land grant, to give substantial .assurance that the pro- jected line from Stevens' Point to Portage should he constructed; and, by taking such prc/mpt and decisive action against what he liclievcd to be a fraudulent printing claim, that there was saveil to the t:ixpayersof the State Hie snug sum of ^100,000. During his incumbency, and at his earnest re- commendation, appropriations were cut down, the rate of taxation diminished, the number of depart- ment employes lessened, the expenses of (iovern- ment curtailed in many ways, and the totjd dis- bursements for Slate purposes reduced several hundred thousand dollars below what Ihey had been in many years. (iov. Taylor devoted his undivided .attention and energies to the public service, attending per- sonally to minute details and the manifold labors of his office, and, among the long roll of gov- ernors, none brought to the discharge of official duties a clearer integrity of purpose or a more sturdy devotion to the |>ulilic welfare than Will- iam R. Tavlor. the ••Farmer Governor." ^ Aj^ ^ '■^^-^D -4^ GUVKiiM;KS Ul- W ISCONSIN. 1G9 , I ^^#^^-^\:^f y^ HARRISON LUD12GT0N. >yv' .,j- M "'SS,'.'' — >^>*^^ i>; 4 i;\;,^I' THE eighteen inon who have served Wisconsin in the ca- pacity of chief executive, "1^ only one ever received from the piiljlic a sobriquet that became popular and perma- nent. From his hearty and straight- f^ forward manner of expression and X action, Jlr. Ludington earned the \^ title of "Bluff Hal." and in local campaigns in Milwaukee was known to the masses by no other name. He was born in Putnam County, N. Y., on July 31, 1812. and has tiuMcfore reached a greater age than any other governor save Ciov. Dodge, who was almost eigiity- five at the time of his death. His early life was devoted to severe manual labor, relieved b\' a few " winter" terms in the district school — all the edu- cational advantages he w.as ever permitted to enjoy. At the age of twenty-six yo.ars he started, on foot anrl bv stage, for the West, and became a perma- nent settler of Milwaukee in X(jveiiiber, 1838. Tims the people of the Cream City have had ample time to take the measure of Mr. Ludington, as he has been active and prominent among them during more than half a century. On settling iii ^lilwaukee, he at once entered upon the business of general merchandising in the "Juneau Warehouse." with his brother Lewis, tm- der tiic liiiu name of Ludington it Co.. at the cor- 4* ner of East Water .and Wisconsin streets. On this corner stands the Ludington IJlock, to mark the spot where he began his successful and honorable commercial career in the West. In 1851 Mr. Ludington entered as senior mem- ber into the firm of Ludington, Wells & Van Schaick, which concern, in the manufacture of lum- ber, soon became one of the most prosperous, as it was among the largest, producers in the Northwest. It is said that during the entire period of his long mercantile and manufacturing career he never knew what it was to be embarrassed in business. In politics he was in early life a Whig, but be- came a I{epul)lican in 1854 — as soon as there w.as even a skeleton of the Republican party to which he could attach himself. His chief interest in po- litical matters consisted in choosing good men for office; 3'et he was twice elected Alderman and thrice Mayor of Milwaukee, which was in those days — 1871-2-3-4 — supposed to be a safe Demo- ocratic citJ^ Air. Ludington proved to be an exceptionally good Ma3-or, his great business and executive abil- ity enabling him to manage the public :is he had his own finances — with intelligence, economy and success. He was ever a man of deeds, and his [lublic and i>rivate life is known and made up of what he has done, not what he has said. " The executive capacity attributed to Gov. Ludington can hardly be better illustrated than by a reference to his prompt and benevolent action, 17U HARKISON LUDINGTON. ■» ■ O -1= while Mayor, in rendering aid to Chicago during the 'great fire,' and to the wonderful energy as well as generous spirit displayed in collecting and forward- ing relief to the suffering people of the stricken city. By means of his prompt and energetic action the people of Milwaukee were not only enabled to furnish valuable aid in subjugating the flames, but were also permitted to send successive car-loads of clothing and provisions to the flying population be- fore the full extent of the awful calaniitj' had been realized." This signal action brought to him a special ac- acknowk'dgment of thanks and gratitude by the authorities of Chicago, and a complimentary reso- lution Ijy the Comuion Council of Milwaukee. In 1873 Wisconsin underwent a marked political upheaval. Wm. K. Taylor, Democrat, was at that time elected by more than 15,000 majority, so that in 1875 the Republicans were anxious to place their strongest man in nomination and attempt to regain control of the State. AVith that object in view, solel}', the convention met at Madison and con- eluded unanimously that Mr. Ludington was the man, and nominated him by acclamation. The cam- l)aign was ably and persistently fought on both sides, the natural advantages being with the Dem- ocrats, who elected their entire ticket — with the exception of Governor — by fair though reduced majorities. jlr. Farwell and Mr. liashford were elected in the same manner; so iSIr. Ludington is the third and last to receive the honor of an election while those on the ticket with him suffered defeat. He resigned the position of Ma3-or of Milwaukee to be inaugurated as Governor, in January, 1876. At the enil of his term he did not wish to be re- nominated, and has since lived in perfect retire- ment. Ills reliable business sense cr()pped out in the opening par.agraph of his first message to the Leg- islature, as follows: " It maj' not be considered un- becoming for me to express some doubt as to the wisdom of the provision of the constitution, which makes it the duty of the incoming Governor to coiinnunioate to the Legislature the condition of the State, and recommend s\ich matters to them for their consideration as he may deem expedient. It would appear that such information and recom- mendation might more properly come from the citizen wiio had administered the affairs of the State during the past year, than from one who has just been called from other occupations to that duty." So quietly and smoothly did he manage the affnirs of Wisconsin th.'it the people never became fully aware of the great executive ability of Gov. Ludington. In some respects he had no equal, and all public affairs, large and small, were conducted on strict business principles. In handling and com- prehending masses of figures — financial reports or election statistics — no one in the capitol could match him; and he frequently found delight and pride in showing the clerks how to add long col- umns of figures swiftly and without an error. The most per[>lexing and annoying matters that engage the attention of a governor are the " par- don cases." These are numerous, and sometimes sad by reason of surrounding circumstances, and appeal so stronglj' to the heart as to endanger an unbiased judgment and the proper administration of justice. In these cases, with their adjuncts of the appeals, prayers and tears of relatives and the trickery of paid advocates. Gov. Ludington would sit with extreme patience for hours and listen, but not utter a word. Almost invariably', at the con- clusion of the argument, he was prepared with a final decision, and gave it there and then, thus end- ing all suspense. And those familiar with these matters declare that he was always right — subse- quent investigations disclosing no reason for a reversal of judgment. One of the secrets of his success was absolute freedom from worrying — ability to " shed trouble" as a duck's back sheds water. Frequently, indeed generally, in five minutes after deciding a case that had occupied several hours with testimony, argu- ments and personal appeals, he would be found on the sofa in the executive chamber, taking what he called " a snooze." Thus, having decided a matter, he put it instantly behind him — devoted no time to wondering whether he had committed an error, whether he would ever regret it, or to other probable consequences. It was with him as with Pilate — " What I have written, I have written." There is another fact that exemplifies Jlr. Lud- ington's perfect business instinct, as well as his capacity for details. Once everj' week, as long as he was Governor, he went carefully through all the books and records of the executive olHce. The executive clerks were the same as they had been, and as they are now — capable and experienced, and enjoj-ing his confidence; but he must know of his own person.al knowledge th.at the public business, and all of it, was being promptlj- and properly done. Though a man, generally, of few words. Gov. Ludington is a most genial companion, and in all matters, public and jnivate, broad-gauge, kind and large-hearted. He rarely gets out of temper, and never loses his head. In business he is a safe coun- sellor; in social life a generous, true and unswerv- ing friend, and everjwhere a sturdily honest man. T C/^-v^y^L^ ^. -^*- GOAT.TJXOPS OF WISCONSIN. 173 WiHiam E. Smith. a^^a^)"^*^' ■;:• i'd'd'4 ■';.': i' ; ■: :,-.', ■. 'i . ', . 'i -. 'i ■. 'i -.'i^^f^^^^iSi^i^t^i^ \A\E is a man distinguished ;is much for being always tlie same even-tempered, genial, kindly and cour- teous gentleman, as for liis real abilitj- and ster- ling worth. To him also belongs the unusual honor of being the onl}' citizen of foreign birth who was ever elected to be chief executive of Wisconsin ; not onl}- so, but he received a greater majority tlian w;is ever cast for any other candi- date for that office. He was born on June 18, 1824, near Inverness, in tiie North of Scotland, where his father was a well-cducntod and prosi)erous gentleman. His mollicr's family name is Grant. In l,s;5,") the family came to America, and settled at Commerce. Oakland Co. — "County of Lakes" — Jlich. His biotliers having chosen professions, William, after some furtlier education in this country, early decided to .adopt a mercantile life, and after an experience of a few years in Michigan in this direction, went to New York City and entered the great — at least great for those days — wholesale dry-goods house of Ira Smith A: Co., for a pern id of five jears. In IHl!). .at the age of twenty-live years, he came to Wisconsin, first settling in Racine County, but a little later moved to Fox Lake. Dodge i- County, and established himself in tlie mercantile business, which he followed at this place for twenty- three years. In 1850 he married Mary, daughter of the famous Rev. John Huotli, of Michigan, ; nd returned to Fox Lake, whereupon he wa.s elected to the State Assembly. In the following year he was nominated for Assemblyman but declined to run, and kept out of politics until 1857-.')8, when he served as a member of the State Senate. Dur- ing the same year he was appointed Regent of the State Norm.al Schools, by (iov. Randall, and held the j)osition uninterruptedly until he himself be- came Governor, a period of twenty- years. In 1864-Co Mr. Smith again served as State Sen- ator, but in 18t5o, before his term had fully ex- pired, was elected State Treasurer on the ticket headed by Lucius Fairchild for (iovernor. and was re-elected in 1867. In this otlice Mr. Smith added largely to his already substantial reputation, by the exceedingly careful and thrift}- manner in which he handled the uninvested "trust funds" of the Slate. The pulilic did not seem to care to give to Mr. Smith much time for attention to his private business, for in November. 1870, he w-as elected to the Legislature, and in January, 1871, chosen Speaker of the Assembly. This position, about which apparently the people generally seem to know or care but little, is one in which a public man may. and very likely will, cither "make or break" him- self. It is one in which quick, sure and fair judg- ment, patient and courteous conduct, accurale measurement of men, ability to detect tricks anil subterfuges, .and firmness to do right iMdej>eudeut ■» ••► WILLIAIM E. SMITH. of scores of conflicting!: interests and contendlnsj fac- tions are absolutely essential to success." Mr. Smith was more than successful ; he largely' widened the circle and increased the strength of his friendsliips. In 1872 he removed to Milwaukee, and formed a co-partnership with Jndson A. Roundy and Sidney Ilauxhurst, under the firm name of Smith. Koundy 6s Co., and engaged in the wholesale grocery trade. In 1874 he was appointed a Director of the Wis- consin State Prison, by Gov. Taylor, and held the position, to which he gave a great deal of time and thought, until his election as Governor compelled him to resign. In 1877 Mr. Smith received the Republican nomination for Governor. At this time the -fint" money partj-, stjling themselves Greenbackers. were very numerous antl very talkative. The^' nominated a wealthy manufacturer, named Edward I'. Allis, as their candidate for Governor, and went upand down the country appealing to those who were in debt, and especially to those who were so poor they could'ntget into debt, "to vote for cheap monej- ; " "vote for an increase in the volume of the currency;" '-vote to dethrone the baron bondiiold- ers;""voteto remove the mortgages from your farms ! " There was a very large number, as the elec- tion proved, whose votes were to be caught with bait of this kind.and as the Democrats had nominated a strong, old-fashioned member of their party in the person of Judge James A. Mallory, Mr. Smith's campaign was one of numerous hardsiiips and per- plexeties. The masses, not fully enlightened in the problems of a sound public finance, and suffering from a general depression in business, were more likely to *be aroused by ap])oals to passion and prejudice, and to some extent having been so aroused, were more easily led by the seductive sophistry of "cheap money," '-cheap interest." and '•no mortgages." But he adojjted .as his platform, instead of the r.ather uncertain party platform conjured up I)}' the convention by which he was nominated, an address to the i)eople setting forth the fallacies and dangeis of the fiatmouej' theory, and the lasting benefits to individuals and to the State of a sound and stable currenc}', a currency in which our creditors, as well as ourselves, could put confiilence and know that none would be cheated. Tiie campaign was f.ar more educational in its character than any that had preceded it, and there- fore of inestimable value to the people, who by a plurality of over 8.000 votes, made Mr. Smith (iov- ernor. Perhaps it should be mentioned that no man before him had been made Governor by a plurality vote, in fact, that of 1877 w.as the first triangular gubernatorial contest in the history- of the State. From the first there was an air of quiet dig- nity and conservative respectabilitv about Gov. Smith's administration that made it very popular. Besides, his appointees were selected from the able and honorable men of the State, and public busi- ness generall}' was conducted in a careful and thrifty manner. While the peoi)le were never dazed or amused by anj' pyrotechnical display's of statesmanship, they felt certain that everything connected with public affairs w.as in safe and honorable hands. It was jiracticaily a faultless ad- ministration. When, therefore, in 187S), he was placed before the people for re-election, they showed their appreciation of his qualities by an in- dorsement more flattering tiian was ever accorded to any other Governor — returned him to the ex- ecutive ch.amber by a plurality of 2.5.4.5,), and a clear majority over all of 12. .501). Perhaps tiie chief feature of his administrations was the adjust- ment of long-pending claims against the United States for lands, by which hundreds of thousands of acres were secured and recorded to the State. On retiring from the office of (Governor, in Jan- uarj', 1882. Mr. Smith returned to Jlilwaukee, and having retired from the firm of Smith, Eoundy iV Co., on his election to the Governorship, in com- pany with Henry M. Mendel and Ins own son Ira, established a large wholesale grocery house, under the name and style of .Smith, Mendel 3 t''^ country, whose public '""''^ and private sa3-ings and do- ings and whose rugged personality, are familiar to all. He was born in Morgan Count}', Ohio, on June 17. 1830, in a section, and surrounded by circumstances that rendered the attainment of a liberal education whoU}' impossible. "The nutrition of his early 3-outh," says one writer, "was drawn direct from nature's sources of sup- ply — from the earth, the air, and the sun-shine. He obtained his sturdy strength from contact with the soil; he w.-is hardened by the summer's heat, and the cold of winter. Plain food, active outdoor exer- cise, the absence of care, constant association with the free and benignant influences of nature, all united to construct for him a sound body — the foundation of cheerfulness, patient endurance, iiopefulness, the abilit}- to labor untiringly, perse- verance, and, in fine, all the essential qualities of success in life." At the age of fourteen he lost his father and was tluis compelled to put forth extra exertions to help support his mother and two sisters. For this pur- pose at the age of fifteen, he engaged to drive a four-horse stage betweeu Zanesville and Newark, and became an expert in horsemansliip, an accom- lilishment still unimpaired, of which he was always proud. In order to earn mone}' with which to pay the taxes f)n his mother's farm he learned the cooper's trade, and it is said that he can still set up a "tight" or "loose" barrel as well and quickl}' as ever. At the age of nineteen he was married, and in 18.5.3, settled on a farm in Vernon County, Wis., which he still owns and calls his home. In this new but rapidly settling country his shrewd- ness, good sense and natural aptitude for leader- ship at once placed him at the head of local im- provements and public affairs. Earl}- in 1855, the county oflicers were in search of a horse thief. "Jerry," without knowing him to be such, had seen the outlaw — ^given him his breakfast in fact. He believed the ofBcers were be- ing successfully eluded by the thief, so mounted a horse and started in pursuit "on his own hook." After a long ride over an exceedingly rough and hilly country, he overtook the thief, and though unarmed, effected a capture after a severe per- sonal struggle, and returned unaided with horse, carriage and desperado, and his own horse. For this feat the people made him sheriff at the ensuing September election, and he proved to be one of the best officers that ever served in that capacity. In November, 1861, he was elected to the Legis- lature, in wiiich he was particularly active and in- fluential in furthering war me.isures of every kind. At the close of the session "Jerry" turned his at- tention to the war with all the vigor of his power- ful and enthusiastic nature and was soon commis- sioned Major of the 25lh Regiment. He had been at the front but a short time when he was pro- moted to the Colonelcy and served as such with Gen. Sherman from Vicksburg to the close of the Rebel- lion, and was breveted Brigadier-General for brav- ery at the Battle of Salkeiiatchie. From the first Geii. Rusk was a daring and iu- ■» ■ <» .>-ll^^ " "► ~^ » ^» -t 178 JEEEMIAH McLAlN RUSK. trepid soldier and a model officer, having the con- fidence of his men, and his superiors. He never ordered the bo)'S to go, but alwa3S led the van and bade them "come on." He was cool, fearless and determined, but cheerful and hopeful, and from the the first declared he would not leave the service until the last rebel had laid down his arms. When McPherson fell. Rusk's command was at the front, and he lost one-third of his men. During the battle be was onue cut off from his command and sur- rounded by Confederate soldiers armed with saber- bayonets. His own sword was snatched away and he was ordered to surrender, but drawing a pistol he used it with such deadly effect that he was enabled to break tbrough his assailants and escaped with only a slight wound in the leg and the loss of sword and horse — the animal being literally rid- dled with bullets. In regaining his lines. Rusk's progress was particular!}' barred by a Confederate with a lowered bayonet; but the soldier was killed by a shot from the colonel's pistol, and then the way was clear. In 1 866, Rusk was elected Bank Comptroller, and held theoflice four years during the trying time of bank re-organization, at tbe end of which service he was elected to the 42d, 43d, and 44th Congresses. In Congress he conceived and promoted some of the most important pension laws on tbe statute books, and was otherwise an active and useful mem- ber. In 1881, he was appointed by Garfield and con- firmed as United Stales Jlinister to Paraguay, which office wsis declined as was also that of Minister to Denmark and other important tenders. At this time Charles Foster, Governor of Ohio, was in Washington. He began to badger Rusk about office -getting, and thus taunted him: "Now if you had any standing at liome, such as I have, you could go b.ick to Wisconsin and be elected Gov- ernor." "I can do that," exclaimed Rusk, "and I will, or I'll come back to Washington and play Lad^' Godiva the whole length of Pennsj-lvania avenue." He started immediately for Wisconsin, and though there were several candidates already in the field, was nominated for governor bj' the Republicans a few weeks later and duly elected in November. He did not have to play Lady Godiva through the main thoroughfare of Washington. In 1884 lie was re-elected, and again in 1886, serving seven years — longer than any other man — as Governor, the Legislature having extended the second term one year, in order to make all lines of ofTiee to begin with the even numbered years. The ability, popularitj-, and usefulness of Gov. Rusk's administration are the common property of the people of the State, and need no mention for the present generation. He accomplished more for the agricultural interests of the State than had ever been undertaken. Amongst the general ridicule of that time he manfully stood b\- Magnus Swenson's experiments with amber cane sj'rup, out of which grew more valuable knowledge and ma- chinery for sugar-making than we had hitherto possessed. Had it not been for the firm and liber.il backing of Gov. Rusk, it is more than likely that we should not have had the splendid process which has built up the great amber cane syrup industry of the southwest and made it so profitable, for Swenson was poor, friendless and unknown. During bis administration farmers' institutes were inaugurated, the experiment.il st.ition made- effective and useful; the bureau of labor and indus- trial statistics establislied; the office of State veter- inary surgeon created with power to control, and condemn diseased horses and cattle and preserve the general health of domestic animals; a State pension agent appointed ; the State militia brought to a perfection and effectiveness hardly equaled b}' any other State; the north and south wings of the Capitol, the State school for dependent children at Sparta, and Science Hall of the State University, were erected, and the old war claims against the general Government settled and collected. In 1888, he received the vote of the Wisconsin delegation in tlie Republican National Convention as a candidate for President, and on the 4th of March, 1889, wascrdled into the cabinet of Presi- dent Harrison to be Secretary of Agriculture. Gen. Rusk is six feet and two inches in height, massive in proportion, bright, active, and tbe l.idies say, handsome. On a horse, or heading a process- ion, or in a promiscuous gathering, be certainly is, with his flowing hair and beard and rudd>' com- plexion, a man of marked and attractive appearance. He loves his children, his horses, and his farm, and never "goes back" on a true friend. ••► r % ^0-ylUy\^ "^^^JcJMy.^^ 4 ^*- GOVKRNORS OF WISCONSIN. 181 William Dempster Hoard. Jp " q"/^' '~^'W/\ N altogether new character -^t'. ^]n.\'^y)iA in the civil and political history of Wisconsin, and one wliich has but few coun- terparts an^' where, is William Dempster Hoard. He was ^' j^:-^~l''^ born at Stockl)rid<;e, JIadison Co., N. Y., Oct. 10, 1836, and was the son of a Methodist Cir- cuit-Rider. His early education was derived entirely from the common schools, which were then none of tlic best. At the age of twent3'-one he settled near Oak Grove, Dodge Co., Wis., where he worked upon a farm, but removed to Lake Mills, Jefifcrson County, in 1860. In Ma^', 1861, he enlisted in Company E, 4th Wisconsin Tnfantr3-, and served until July, 1862, wlien he was discharged for disability-. Soon re- gaining liis health at his former home in New York, he re-enlisted, in Company A, 1st New York Artil- lery, and remained in the service ;is a private to the close of the war. There are flippant and careless souls wlio declare that Oov. Hoard and Phil Cheek, .Tr.. are the only private soldiers left in Wisconsin. At the close of the war he returned to Wisconsin and engaged in the nursery business at Columbus, but in 1870 again estaljlisiied himself at Lake Mills and began the publication of the Jefferson County Union, receiving during the same year the appointment of Deputy Initwl States Marshal, and also having to do with taking the Federal Census. In 1872 he was elected Sergeant-at-arms of the State Senate, and the following year removed to Ft. Atkinson, which has since been tlie place of residence of himself and his newspaper. There is far more than is generally under- stood in the career of Hoard that is proud and creditable. Starting with absolutely no capita!, he put bis jjaper in the way of accomplisiiing some- thing substantial for the community as well as for himself. From the beginning he devoted consider- able space in his paper to the discussion of dairy and farm matters. Himself an ex|)ert in the busi- ness of making butter and cheese, his articles at- tracted and held attention from the good sense and practical knowledge which they displa_ved. It is true that at first the fruits of his effort seemed to he insignificant — certainly unsatisfactorj' •^T^ , , 182 AYILLIAM DEMPSTER HOARD. ^f- — but he continued unswervingl}' in the course originally marked out, and fiuallj- began to rally the local farmers around him. Almost entirely through his efforts the .Teflerson County Dairyman's Association was organized, in 1871, followed by the AViseonsin State l)air3'man's Association, of which he was also the real founder, and for three years Secre- tary, and then the Northwestern Dairyman's Asso- ciation, of which he has annually been chosen President without opposition, since 1878. The value of this State Association in particular to tlie fanners of Wisconsin, can hardly be com- puted. It found them turiung out but a limited amount of dairy jirdducts, and those with a de- cided rejHitation for inferiority. In the course of a few years it saw the production increase man}' fold, and the reputation for both cheese and butter advance to the very front rank, manufacturers of Wisconsin carrying off from every competition more than her proportionate share of the prizes — indeed in some instances taking the grand prize over all competition in the nation or world. It is certainly true tliat " Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war." In this view Mr. Hoard is conspicuously entitled to the laurels of the victor; for himself and his Jefferson County Union were prime factors in this great progress, which means cash — increased profits — better educa- tion and more comfort in life to every maker of butter and cheese in the Stale. After a time the demand for the "Dairy Depart- ment" of his paper became such that he was com- pelled to issue special editions, and finally to es- tablish Hoard's Dairymanon a separate basis, which has a wide circulation, and is an accepted authorit}' on dairy matters throughout the Nation. When the Wisconsin Farmers' Institutes were organized by the State University in 1886, for the purpose of holding educational sessions in different portions of the State, Mr. llo.ard was selected as the leading lecturer on dairy matters. In two sea- sons he delivered more than 300 addresses on this suliject, exposing in a frank and fearless manner to the slipshod and slovenly farmer the foll.y of his w.ays, and preaching the doctrines of agricultural regeneration through such improved methods as were in jiace with modern improvements in other branches of business. These addresses, at once simple and homely, were yet so eloquent with incontrovertable facts, common sense, and pat illustrations, and so inter- spersed with a patlios, humor and drollery not equ.alled by any other speaker in tlie State, as not only to convince, but to captiva'o liis audienc'S everywhere. When, therefore, in the spring of 1.S88, without any knowledge or consideration on his part, his name was brought forward as that of a suitable can- didate for Governor, it was received not only with favor, but with enthusiasm. And so widespreareju- dice." All his writings .and speeches are conceived and framed on the same basis — " know the truth and be guided by reason." In the only authentic bio- graphical sketch of Mr. Hoard that is extant, is the modest assertion: " He was educated in the com- mon schools." He is one of the few who really appreciate the v.alue and vital importance of the district schools. In the mess.age above referred to. in recommending attention to them, he said: "1 confess to nnich solicitude for thecommon schools, and especially for the district schools in rural com- munities. I have a profound respect for the liigli school, the academy, the college and the univer- sity. These, however, are but the fruits of a low- lier blossom, and they have many and most earnest advocates. But the common district school, the 'people's college,' is so much everybody's business tii.at in many respects it s\iffcrs from neglect. It is to the little country school that we must look, in a great measure, for the inculcation of the true principles of American citizenship." Mr. Hoard is yet so new in the executive chair that it is imjiossihle to speak intelligently of his adniiuistralion. further th.an that he is careful, con- scii'ulious and conservative. ROCK COUNTY ; ^^ ^^^f^ 1 ' f ^ IN^TRODUQT^ORY.p ■^-^ -t^-^ 4 HE time has arrived when it becomes the duty of the people of tills county to per- petuate the names of their pioneers, to furnish a record of their early settlement, and relate the story of tiieir rogress. The civilization of our day, the enlightenment of the age and the duty that men of the pres- ent time owe to their ancestors, to themselves and to their posterity, demand that a record of their lives and deeds should be made. In bio- graphical history is found a power to instruct man by precedent, to **4/'*V'^v«* enliven the mental faculties, and ^ " {Q wah down the river of time a safe vessel in which the names and actions of the people who contributed to raise this country from its primitive state may be preserved. Surely and rapidly the great and aged men, who in their i:)rinie entered the wilderness and claimed tiie virgin soil as their heritage, are passing to tlieir graves. The number re- maining who can relate the incidents of the first days if settlement is becoming small indeed, so that an actual necessity exists for the collection and [ireser- vation of events without delay, before all the early settlers are cut down by the scythe of Time. To be forgotten has been the great dread of mankind from remotest ages. /Ml will be forgotten soon enough, in s[)ile of their best works and the most earnest efforts of their friends to perserve the memory of their lives. The means cmjiloyed to prevent oblivion and to [lerjietuale their memory has l)een in propor- tion to the amount of intelligence they possessed. Th ■ pyramids of Egypt were built to perpetuate the names and deeds of their great rulers. The exhu- mations made by the archeologists of Egypt from buried Memphis indicate a desire of those people to perpetuate the memory of their achievements The erection of the great obelisks were for the same purpose. Coming down to a later period, we find the Greeks and Romans erecting mausoleums and monu- ments, and carving out statues to chronicle their great achievements and carry them down the ages. It is also evident that the Mound-builders, in piling u\> their gieat mounds of earth, had but this idea — to leave something to show that they had lived. All these works, though many of them costly in the ex- treme, give but a faint idea of the lives and charac- ters of those whose memory they were intended to perpetuate, and scarcely anything of the masses of the people that then lived. The great pyramids and some of the obelisks remain objects only of curiosity; the mausoleums, monuments and statues are crum- bling into dust. It was left to modern ages to establish an intelli- gent, undecaying, immutable method of perpetuating a full history — immutable in that it is almost un- limited in extent and perpetual in its action; and this is through the art of printing. To the present generation, however, we are in- debted for the introduction of the admirable system of local biography. By this system every man, though he has not achieved what the world calls greatness, has the means to perpetuate his life, his history, through the coming ages. The scythe of Time cuts down all ; nothing of the physical man is left. The monument which his chil- dren or friends may erect to his memory in the ceme- tery will crumble into dust and pass away; but his life, his achievements, the work he has accomplished, which otherwise would be forgotten, is perpetuated by a record of this kind. To preserve the lineaments of our companions we engrave their portraits, for the same reason we col- lect the attainable facts of their history. Nor do we think it necessary, as we speak only truth of them, to wait until they are dead, or until those who know them are gone: to do this we are ashamed only to publish to the world the history of those whose lives are unworthy of public record. -■»> j5># Wi>' iHA^-t '^m^ Q.^ ^■^ii^ m^ \W/i> x 4 ^•- ••^ 4- -f 4- ■^•- ROCK COUNTY. 191 I i ilP'i^V'iX^M o ttf^e^BdMt^^^M^ — l-J-i-^^^^sH- 4 ON. .lOllN i;. UKNXK'ir. of .I;iiios\ ilk", Wi.-;., an o \ c (! I 1 o 11 t poitniil of ulidiii .iiiiioiirs upon tlio iip|i<)sitc page. Judge of till' Twolflli Judicial Cir- ■p ciiit ( 'oiii'l. is a iiali\ e (if New ^'ol■|\, lioni in Uoilnian, Jefferson County, f^ Nov. 1. 1S-2II. His pareiils, Daniel and Deliorali l,eed.s (Spicei) ilen- nelt. were deseeiideil from luiglisii I'liiitan anee.slors, who settled in ( oiiiu'ctiinl aboiiL the year KJilH. 'I'hc father wa.s the fourth son of David an(] Uel)eeca (Miner) Iten- liell, and was licrii at Sloiiinglon, ( 'onii., on the KUli day of l''elnuary, I 7".t.), while David lieiiiietf, the palern;d grandfather of our subject, was a son of Stephen and Meliilalile Bennett. 'I'lic mother of llic judge was a daughter of William and Han- nah ( Leeds) Spicer, and a graiirowiiville, Jefferson County. N. V.. whicli he continued t'or a period of six months. On the 2Sthday of November, l)S4l, at llounslield, Jeffersiin Couiitv, N. V., he w.as m.iiiied to Miss I'^lsie L. llolloway, the daughter of Ch.arles and C'hloe llolloway, whose sweet and gentle iiillucnce has evei- tended to lead him in the pro|)er and pleasant paths of life, and to be under the guid;iiice of the heller angels of his nature; the i)uiity of her life, the wisdom of her counsel and the comfort of her society are still continued to him by a beniliceiit Providence and are the sources of his greatest happiness. In the month of April, 184;'), lS!r. Hennett com- menced reading law in the ollice of Dyre N. Burn- ham of S.ackett's Harbor, N. Y., ;ind pursued his studies with that genth'iii.an until the Sth day of May.lHIS, when he was admitted ll honor, he won and retained tlio confidence of the people. In addressing court or jury, his commanding presence, earnestness and ability alw.-iys inspired respect and secnred atten- tion. In the trial of cases he was peculiarly suc- cessful, haying a quick conception of that which would liel|> or hurt his cause, and possessing a cer- tain reserve force that always seemed to tide him over any sudden difllculty or emergency. His tact in cross-examination was remarkable, and his triumphs in that direction were numerous and marked. His business in the Supieme Cnurliif the State soon became extensive and increased in im- l)ortance as time advanced. It is said that no edition of Wisconsin Reports, from the lirst to the last, has been issued that ilid not connect his name with one or more cases. Kndowed with mental faculties of a high order, which liave been trained by extensive leading and systematic sturtunate circumstance that his ancestors, so far as he has any knowledge of them, were deeply religious; and for the |)ious instruction received from his parents, who now, he trusts, occupy the everlasting abodes of the l)lest, he is under a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid." ^/ILLIAM C. CHASE, a worthy pioncci- of Rock County, of 1836, was born in I'.r.-id. ford, Orange County, Vermont, on the l'.)th day of Dei-emlx-r, 1803, ami was the son of Moses Chiisc. He was married in his native State -t Late \ I I •^^ ROCK COUNTY. 19:3 Oct. IC, 1828, to Mis.s M.-iry Gilson, and witli his family iiiovimI (o La I'orte, Iiul., al)out 1835. In 183G, lio emigrated to Wi.sconsin 'rcnitory and »i'ttk'(] in wliat is now Hock County licinfi^ the tirst settler in the town of Hradford. which he named after his native town in Vermont. He entered Government land, engaged in the cattle business and owned large tracts of land. Owing to un|iroli- talile investments in cattle, he lost heavily. Ilup- ing to retrieve his fortunes, ho removed with his stock to northern Wisconsin, htitthe [lanic of I8.)7, which prostrati^d all Inisiness was disastrous to him, and in 18()() he went to Pike's Peak, joining the ad- venturous hands of gold-seekers. Me continued in the mountains until his death, wliich occurred on .Inly 21. 1803. There were five children horn to Mr. and Mrs. Chase. Mary, the eldest, is the wife of .Jacob 15. Ilyzer, of Janesville; Manly M., is a cattle grower of Colfax County-, New Mexico; Mason G., died at Leadville, Col., several years ago; George M., is with his lirnthor in Colfax C(junty, New Mexico, where they own one of the laigest cattle rancli.es in the West; and a j'oungcr son died in Rock County in IiovIkxmI. .Mr. Chase was a tj'pica! |iio- neer. enter|iiising and fearless, a man of large stjilurc, great i)hysical strength and force of (-har- aeter, and fond of the freedom anil adventure of a frontier life. He was a Whig in politics, and a liberal Christian in his religious views. lie was large-he:ineur subject, was born in Rhode Isinml.and when .about twenty' years of age, went to Connecticut, where he made the ac- (|naintance of the lady who afterwards became his wife. A short lime subsequent to their marriage they removed to Oswego County. X. Y., where Mr. Kenyon entered a tr.act of heavily timbereil l;uif lihieksniiUiinj:. which he carried on until 1882. when he retired from active life. In 1881 he was elected Superin- tendent of the poor for Kock County, a position which he still holds, lie is one of the self-made men of this coii)nHinit\ . Without capital lie began life's work, hut liy industry, careful management and perseverance, has secured a comfortable com- pentency. lie and his wife are numbered among the esteemed citizens of Rock County, where for thirty-two years they have resided, gaining friends by their kindliness, their cordiality antl upright lives. In his earlier years. Mr. Kenyon was a Whig, and cast his first Presidential vote for Zach- ary Taylor in 18tH, liut since the organization of the Re|)nblican party, he has been numbered among its su|>porlers. (^^, YL\' ESTER BUCK, of Shopiere. one of the ^^^ Nation's defenders during the late war. was born in Tompkins County, N. Y.. Nov. 19, 1823, and is a sou of Marvin and Hannah (Williams) liuck. The father served .as a soldier in the War of 1812. Ills death occurred in 1864, at tlie age of eighty-four years, and his second wife, who is yet living, has been placed upon the pension roll of the the soldiers' widows of tiiat war. Marvin liuck was a [mblic spirited man and always identified himself with the leading interests of the community in wliicli he resided. He had a family of live children l)y his first wife, namely: Rachel, wlio wedded William Rude, both now deceased; .Sally, also deceased; Emiline, who is living in Cuba, Allegany Co., N. Y.; Sylvester of this sketch; and William Nelson. Tlie mother of this family died about the year 1828, and the father married for his second wife. Miss Jane Burch, who is now making her home with her children. .She also was the mother of live ciiildren: Eli. Amos, Hannah, May and Harriet, tlie latter being deceased. Our subject received his education in the com- mon school of his native comity, and his early life •^-i:r^ w.as spent in the manner of farmer lads generally. He was united in marriage with Miss Sarah .\. 'I'aylor, a native of the Empire State, and a daugh- ter of Charles and Annie (Lothrope) Taylor. Their marriage was celebrated on the 1st day of .lanuary. 1841, and until l^iiJG they continiicil to reside in 'I'ompkins Couiit\'. N. Y.. where live of their chihlren were born: Mary E., widow of Ivl- ward llogeboon. residing in New York; Eniiiia .1., wife of Rev. II. li. Tuttle, a citizen of St. Charles, Minn.; Charles; .Marion, of Kansas City. Mo., who has charge of the affairs on the home farm; (ieorge F.. a resident farmer of Dolan, I)akot:i. Three children were born after their reino\al from New York: William, who is also engaged in fanning in l)akot:i: Edward A., a street-car conductor in Chi- cago; and Byrou F.. who is engaged in the steam lauinlry business in Kansas City. In 18,')6, Mr. Iluek. accomiianied by his f;unily. emigrated to Rock County, locating in Turtle Towiishij), where he engaged in farming until Mie breaking out of the Rebellion. His love of coun- try prompteil him to enlist, and he became a nieui- ber of the IVMl Wisconsin Infantry, lie was sent to Vicksburg, and there lieing l:iken sick, was placed on detiichcd duty ;is guard tin the wagon train going with Shennan to Atlanta. From that city he was sent back to Nashville, Tcnn., on ac- count of disability. He was then placed in the hospital w here he lay sick for about two mouths, when he w.as sent to St. Louis, Mo., but after a week was ordered to Rock Island, where lie did guard tluty until the close of the war. He was then sent to Springfield, III., and discharged in September, 1865. While in the service, he became a great admirer of Gen. Sherman, (ilacing the full- est confidence in his ability. After being mustered out Mr. Buck returned to his home and again gave his attention to :igricul- tural |)ursiiits, but the long marches, the frequent exposures to inclement weather and the many pri- vations of army life had undermined his constitu- tion, and his health failing perceptibly, he was forced to abandon the farm, and in 1874 removed to Shopiere, where he has since lived a retired life. He bought a neat residence in that town in 188(1. where he has since made his hoinc. He has been ROCK COUNTY. 195 plaei'd iipiin tlie pension list, but no money could pay for the sufferin<>:s wbivli he lin,s ondureil. In politics Mr. Buck is .a Repuhlican. lie is a wortliy iind well known citizen of the conmiunity, :ind l>\ his nian\' friends is held in hiuh regard. \ j^-«ll<»MAS KING, one uf the oldest employes ill point of service on tiie Northwestern Railroad, is now a resident of .laiK^sville. lie was horn in .Suffolk County, England, on the 7th (lav of .lune, 1829, and is a son of \\'illiani and ,Iane (.Smith) King. His early boyhood ilays were spent under the parent,il roof, hut at the age of thirteen he left liome and began work in the loiind houses and inaehiiie shops, thus heeoniing familiar with railroading in early life. I'oi' .-ibout eight years i)rior to his emignition to America, he was employed a,s lirenian. when, in liH,^jI,lie left his ii;ilivc land and settled in .Syracuse, N. V.. where he spent the winter, going to ( )hio in the spring of 1852. He began work in this coiintr}' on the (la- leiia Koad, the lirsl road hiiill from Chicago, hul after nine iiionlhs left that road and was employed us lirenian on the i\Hchigan Central. In IMoIJ he was pronujted to engineer, continuing in that ca- pacity for the Michigan Central until 1858, when he entered the employ of the Chicago, Iiurlington A' ({uincy Railroad Comp.anj'. In 1859 he came to .lanesville, engaging as engineer on the Northwest- ern Road, and in 18()2 was placed in charge of a passenger engine, .and has served in that position continuously since, covering a period of twenty- seven years. During tlie entire time he has never bi-en laid off for any misdemeanor, and not a single passenger in the coaches of his train over received even the slightest injury. Careful and painstaking, he has won the confidence and approval of his em- ployers and their patrons, and his long continued service is a high testimonial of the regard in which he is held by the road. His run is now between Janesville and DeKalb. ^ On the 27th day of Seiitemher, 1851), Mr. King and Miss Sarah .1. Ellis were united in marriage. 'I'liis lady was born in Lincolnshire. England, and when twelve years of age came with her parents, .Tames and Mary (Cli;irlwoo .lancsville Lodge No. 55, A. F. iV' A. M.; .lancsville Chapter No. 5, R. A. RI.; and .buiesville Commandery No. 2, K. T. He is also a meinlier of Wisconsin Lodge No. 11. I. O. ( ». F., and lias passed all the chairs of that order, lie has held man^- olllces in the Masonic Lodge, has been Treasurer of the lodtr^'. the Ciiai)ter, the Commandery ami the Council, anil served as Master in all the hodies. In politics he is a Republican, and lie and his wife are members of the rreshyteiian Church. JM IXiF HKNKY A. PATTERSON, of the I muiiicipai court of Rock County, was horn I in the town of Lindley, Steuben County, I N. Y.. on the 8th day of .lune, 182',», and is a son of Samuel anmpany. M;iy E. was h(un at Janesville, and with her mother is a member of the Congregational Church of that city. In luldition to his law practice and ollicial duties. Judge Patterson has always taken a warm interest in matters pertaining to the welfare and prosperity of the city. At present he is a stock-holder in the ■•► 4^ ROCK COUNTY. 197 4 Jaiiesville Machine Company, one of its most ex- tensive, pcospoions maniifaftiiiinij institutions. He iia.s now been identified witli the iiistory of Uoek County as a member of tiie l)ar or in olliei.al posit- ions for more tiian tiiirly-three yeai's, and in every jtosition to which lie lias been called has proven capable, prompt .and faitiiful to every duly. As a lawyer lie is di.stinguislicil lur superior natural ability and judicial talent, and while District At- tornej' was eminently .successful. During his term of oflice it happened that he was called upon to prosecute in several imiiortant crimiu.al ca.ses in each of which he was successful in landing the of- fender behind the I)ais of the penitentiary. His .idministr.ation of the post-otlice w.as marked by cflicient and faithful discharge of duty and the general satisf.action of the public. Diiiiug his term in the State J.,egislMturc, lie was true to the interest of his constituents and the general welfare of the coninioiiwe.'ilth of the Slate; and while ser\ - ing .'IS justice aud judge of the inuuicipal court, his course h.as been marked by fair and impartial rulings and just and correct decisions. .ludge Patterson is an nncom|)roniisiiig Repulili- caii ill political sentiment, has scrve\. ing on section :il, Bradford Township, was I'/fM) II born in the town of Lewiston, N. Y., on ^^^ the Niagara IJiver, not far from the Falls. The days of bis boyhood aud youth were spent upon his father's farm, aud his life has been passed ill .Mgricultural |iursuits. In the ye.'ir IHIl he foinicd a matrimonial alliance with' Deborah C. Stevens, who was born .luly 1."). IMKi, in Clarence, Krie Co., N. Y.. where their marriage w.as cele- brated. Ten children graciMl the union of this worthy coui>le. as follows: .Susan C, who is now the wife of William Stewart, of Sommerville; Wil- liam J. was a soldier in the late war, having enlisted at Heloit, in Company B. 40th Wisconsin Infantry, in the lOO-day service; IJenjaniin Franklin is a practicing attorney of Minnesota; Almetta E., now Mrs. T. 1>. Mason, is a resident of Clinton, Wis.; Albert W. is engaged in farming near J.aniestown, Dakota; (ieorge W. is an attorney of Antigo, Wis; Darius K. is living on the old homestead; Josephine K. is the wife of F. 1). Cowlcs,a residentof Darien, Wis.; Ida Ma3' is the wife of Fr.ank Little, whose home is in Allen drove. Wis.; and Dr. U. Grant lives in Chicago, where he has a large practice. For four years he attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons in that city, and then entered upon the prosecution of his profession. In the year IW4(> Mr. Latta left the East, and ac- companied by his family, emigrated to Rock County, Wis., settling in the town of Bradford, where he pun based 230 acres of land. Subsequent to that time be became the owner of ninety-two acres adjoining the old homestead, and under his able management the farm li.as become one of the best in the township. At the time of his arrival the country was in a wild and uncultivated state; not a single improvement had been made on his land, and the settlements were few and far between. WiW game of all kinds abounded, including deer, which would often come u|) to the door, and b.ands of strolling Indians were frcfiuently seen. In the ^reat changes which have taken place he has cheer- fully borne his part, has aided in the transforma- tion of the broad prairies into beautiful farms, has witnessed the rai)id growth of town and village, and has seen the great strides which civilization h;i.sniadc. Delias now retired from the more active duties of life, the farm being under the manage- ment of his son, Darius K., who was born on the old homestead in 18.54, and has there passed his entire life. On the S'.Hh day of December, 1880, be was united in marriage with Mi.ss Carrie A. Ilartslioni, who was born in the town of Clinton in IHfil, and is a daughter of Charles horing and Sar.ali(Fay) Hartshorn. An interesting family of four children has been born to them — Warren II., Lola Mtiy, Lillian and Fay L. In 1S87 Mr. Latta was called upon to nmurn the loss of his wife, who died at Clinton on the I4tli day of Maj'. Knowing that the end of her life w:i3 near, she directed all the arrangements for her funeral, and when the final summons came her si.K sons acted as pall-bearers for the loved mother. H- •^T^ 198 ROCK COUNTY. ^^^H^ whom they were never again to see on this earth. During his long residence in Rock County, Mr. Latta lias formed an extensive aciiiiaint.inc-e, and is held in the highest respect l>y his many friends. Mrs. Latta was a devoted member of the Congre- gational Church, of whicii church Mr. Latta is also a meml)er. rolitically he is a Uopulilican, ami was originally a Whig, having supported Wm. Henry Harrison in 1840. He is now an old man seventy- three years of age, and ha:^ spent most of the days of Ids pilgrimsige right where he now resides. We are pleased to record his sketch in the history of Rock County. ♦«» Ut^ -S- PENNKK KLMHALL, one of the pn.niiiient business iiien i)f .Janrsville. President of the Kimball llanhvarc ('u)npany, and also a member of the linn of Thoroughgood & Co., manu- facturers, is a native of North Seituate, Hhode Isl- and, and was born Oct. G, 18-22. He is a dese<'ndant of Richard Kimball, who came to this country from Ipswich, Kngland, in 1034. and settled at Water- town, Mass. In l(!;i7 he removed to Ipswich. Mass., where he resided during the remainder of his life. A grandson of his settled in Johnston. Rhode Isl- and. His name is supposed to have been Jose|)h. One of his (Joseph) sons, settled at North Seituate, Rhode Island. His name was Uean ; he married 'riiankfull Williams, a great-granil-daughter of Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island. Jarvis, a son of Dean, married Phebe Irons, a lineal de- scendant of Roger Williams. Dean, son of .larvis, and father of the subject of this sketch, lived in the city of Providence a laige portion of his life, and died there in May, 1875. Our subject enjoyed but limited advantages for -securing an educatiught the remainder of his time — one month — of his employer for $12, that he might .■iccei)t the more lucrative iiosilion at Fall River. He continued to work at the carpenter's trade for two years, when, in 1845, he left Fall River and went to Fast Green- wich. R. I., whither in the meantiine. his parents had removed. There he engaged iu the liusiness of painting, continuing to follow that occupation in Greenwich for eleven vears. In the s|>ring of 1850, Mr. Kimball caine to Rock County, and pur- chased a farm three miles south of Janesvillc. in the town of La I'rairie. This was his first experience •as a farmer since he was fourteen years of age, but he succeeded in the enteriirise which he had under- taken, and for nine j'ears lived the life of an agri- culturist. At the expiration of that time, he re- moved with his family to Janesvillc, but continued to own his f:utn until I. SOS. Arriving in this city, he fornuMl a partnershi|) in tlie furniture and un- dertaking business with William l>. Urilton. under the firm name of P>ritlon .V- Kinili;dl, which connec- tion was continuc(l until .luly, 1 SSM. when Mr. IJrit- ton sold out ;uid was succeeded by .lames Hall, this firm still c;urying on the business under the style of Kimball A- Hall, the interest of .Mr. Kimball however being under the nianaiicnient of his .son. Frank 15. Mr. Kimball also foinu-d a partneiship with K. >\'. Lowell, in the hardware business, which was afterward iucorporatetl umler the linn name of the Kindiidl Hardware Company, in which our sub- ject holds the ollice of President. In the tirm of Thoroughgood it Co., manufacturers of cigar boxes and cigar lumber, he is also a member. While residing at Fall River. .M;\ss., Mr. Kim- ball formed a matrimonial nlli.ancc with Miss Ade- line Allen, a native of that town. One child h.as been born to them, Fraidv B.. already mentioned as his father's successor in the firm of Kimball A- Hall, furniture dealers of Janesvillc. In early life, .Mr. Kimliall was a suppoiterof the Democratic part^', casting his first Presidential vote for James K. Polk, in 1844: but holding anti- slavery views, when the Repul)lican party was formed to prevent the further extension of slavery, he joined its ranks, and has since voted with that organization. He has held various ollicial posi- tions, among which is that of Represeulallve. hav- f ROCK COUNTY. 199 , , iiig represented his district in ttie .State Lejrisl.itiirc in 1878. He lias been eleven j'ears a member of tlie County ISoard, of wliich l)ody lie was made Cliaii man in 1M8',>. In liis relioious belief he is a Unitarian. As a business man lie ranks among the higlicst, and h.as done niucli toward tiio advance- nx'nt of several of tlic Icadinic business interests of .lanesvillc. His tidclity to duty, his fair dealini; and earnest desire to [(lease his customers, has won for him the respect and conlidence of all, and Mr. Kimball is regarded a.s a leading citizen of Rock Count3^ - oro - • ooo - J "11 BOVD .lONKS, the present popular and elli- eient County Superintendent of the schools of Rock County, is a representative i>{ one !/ of the early families of this community. Tile paternal grandfather of our subject. Daniel .lones, w.as a native of i\Iar\!and. and emigrated thence to Ohio, when that .St.ate w.as still a Terri- tory, lie was of Welsh descent, and his death oc- curred in 1814, when his son, Ira. the fathci- of our subject was but four years of age. Ira .lones was born in Champaign County. Ohio, .Ian. 3, 181(1, and w.as reared to manhood in his na- tive State, where he married Sarah .lane Lenu)n, who w:\s horn in Champaign County in 181.'j. He w!ts a farmer by occupation, and followed that pur- suit .as a life work. In 1837, the year of his mar- riage, he removed with his young bride to I'eea- tonica, Winnebago Co.. 111., where he settled on a new farm, there making his home until the s[iring of 1810, when he came to Rock County. lie be- came a resident of the town of Union, entering a claim on section 32, where he made his home until his de.'vth, which occurred on the 19th of Decem- ber, lH.5(i. He left a family of eight children, foiu' sons and four daughters, including an adopted daughter. The mother of the family died at the old homestead in September, 1881. The children left by Ira Jones at his death, are with one excep- tion, all yet living. The adopted (laughter, .Sarah, was the eldest of the family, and is now the wife of William A. Miller, of I'reston, Minn.; Mary, widow of 1). L.Clark, resides at the old homestead; S. \an .tones, the eldest son, is living in Parker, South Dakota; J. Boyd is the next in age; Ella G. died in 1864, at the age of nineteen years; Frank E. is making his home in Millville, Tenn. ; Ira A., and fJertrude are living on the old homestead. Ira .Tones was one of the prominent settlers of Rock County. He served as Chairman of the Boaid of Supervisors of Union Township for a number of years, occupyini; that position at the time of his death. He was a member of the Wis- consin Territorial Legislature in 1846, was aj)- pointed a Justice <(f the Peace of Rock County by (t(iv. Henry Dodge, on the ICth of .lanuary, 1841, and our subject now has in his possession the com- mission as Justice issued by the Governor of the Territory, bearing the date above given. This commission is one of the few in existence given by a Territorial (iovcrnorof WiscoTisin, and ]>erhaps is the oldest to be found in the State. Religiouslv. Mr. Jones and his wife were for many j'ears faith- ful and consistent members of the Methoilist Epis- copal Church, and ht^ w.as one of the organizers of the first Methoilist Society at Evansville. The subject of this sketch was born in the town of Union. Rock County, on the "ilst of December, 18 11. and was reared to manhood on the old home- stead. He receivecl his enes resumed the profession of teaching, which he h:is followed as a livelihood during the greater part of his life. For one year he was editor of the Evansville J{e- view. As an instructor, he is thorough and success- ful in his work, and his ellieiencv as a Su|)erinten- dent is indicated by the improved condition of the ■ » ^•►IH* 200 ROCK COUNTY. scliools since bis adiniiii.stration liegan. Mr. Jones has given considerable attention to the science of music, is a superior ))ass singer, and an accomptislied instrumental musician. IIo has written considor- ai)le music of inuiii merit, .'lud from llic fall f)f 1S72 until the fall of 1K77, ho accur subject re- mained upon his father's farm .assisting in its cul- tivation, but at that time accompanied his father's brother to America. Boarding the sailing-vessel "Johonas." which sailed from the port of Ham- burg, they crossed the broad ocean, landing at • Quebec after a voyage of forly-(ive d.ays. From that city they went to Milwaukee. Wis., but later removed to Watertown. in the same State, where William remained about three or four years, dur- ing which time he was engaged in working by the month on the farm of II. K. Humphreys, who was a native of Wales. Leaving that employ, he came to Uock County, in the year 18G0, and engaged as a f.irm hand witli a Mr. .Stone, with whom he contin- ued for a period of two years. At the expiration of that time he renteil a farm, for which lie paid cash rent, and two years later became its owner. In connection with the cultivation of his land, which is eighty -seven :ind onc-tliird acres in extent, he eng.ages in stock-raising, including sheep, cattle, horses, and hogs. lMiteii>rising and progressive, he is one of the leading farmers of Harmony Town- ship. In his political sentiments, he advocates the principles of the Democratic p;uty. and is held in high regard by .ill who know him. lie is a de- voted member of the Metliodi>t Kpiscopnl Church, in which liis fal.hei' :nid mother were both mem- bers, anf teaching for about nine terms. The first -* k ■ils — among the best of men in all the various callings iii which men may be lionorahlo, are a bond of alllliation wliich connects him. through themselves, with the work of doing good in all parts of the earth. His work in the college has been to him on(^ of extreme enjoyment, truly a lalior of love, from which offers of larger emolu- ment and wider fame have had no charm to call him, satisfied if the sons of the college are true and effective in n)aintainiug the principles of in- telligent loyalty to Christ wliich it is the mission of the college to teach and make prevalent. Professor niaisdell has been identified from ear- ly life with the work of public inslructiun in the common schools. Mr was SupfriiiU'iidi'iii of schools in Lebruion N. II., in 1S17 'IS and 'I'.*, and in P.eloit from 1 SC I to 1S(;;). lie has Iuumi a diligent a!id thnughtfid student of sdcinl (picstions, and has made frccpicnt aildrcsses on Methods of Penal Administration :ni,"!. Susan Ann Allen, daughter of Abner Allen, of Lel>anon, N. H. A simple and sincere hospitality has been to them a constant joy. in having in their home among the best of all tlie earth. They have li:id three children: .\bner ,Mlen. who died in 1.S7.5, wliile a senior in Beloil College; Phillip Vanl'.er- »en and .lames Arnold. Professor Blaisdell is in the full vigor of life, and gives promise of not a few years of active work. As to the manner and rpiality of tlie innn an acquaintance writes: Professor J. .1. Plaisdell is an extempore speaker who always lights up his subject, a true orator. With wonderful memory and ample culture, an instructed scribe, he brings forth out of his trea- sure, things new and old. His style, whether as a speaker or as a writer, is that of sound logic, a wealtii of accurate verbal expressions, clear, pro- gressive thought and .and ever present impressive earnestness. His penmanship could hardly be worse and his writing on the hearts of men con Id hardly be better than it is. As a man Prof. Blais- dell seems to strangers somewhat reserved yet genial :uid scholarly. To old acquaintances, and espeei;dly to his former pupils, he is a lifelong, manly, christian friend, for whom they all cherish feelings both of reverence and strong affection. His unsellisli and tintiring devotion to the best welfare of those under his charge h.as inqiressed on eaeli the noliility of self-.sacrificing service for liie g I of others. His pulili.shed works are chielly comprised in these living editions. On the lives of many honored Heloit graduates, in our own and other lands, lives which well illustrate noble (■har:ieler, all who have eyes to see m:iy read this .stMUqi: .lames .1. P.laisdell. his mark. On another page will l)e found ;in ailmirrible por- trait of our subject. — V -^ ^- -> ; \Y| AMKS SIMPSON, a prominent farmer of La Prairie Townshi|i, residingon section 1 1. was born in the year 1824, on .Shetland Is- l;ind. of which his p.arents. .lames and Mar- garet (Nicholson) .Simpson, were also natives. His father was a sailor during his j'outh and for eleven years served as gunner's mate in the Brit- ish navv. He i)articipated in the War of 1812, against the United Slates, and w.as with the fleet which attempted the capture of New Orleans. Later, abandoning the sea. he engaged in farming and stock raising, being (piite extensively engageil in niisin" horses. His death occurred in 18.'5."). at the ine ROCK COUNTY, 205 agii of sixty yeiii-s, when our subject was eleven \- ears old. His wife died live j'ears previously. Their family numbered three ehildren, namely: Margaret, wife of Stewart Ervin, of Shetland Island ; John, who died on the old homestead, and James. When only eleven years of age, our suhjeet was left an ur|)lian and went to live with an aunt, with whom he made his home until attaining his major- ity. Emliarking on the brig, "Tar," he sailed to Lerwick and from tlience to I'liiladelphia, Pa., in which cit3' he spent the following summer. With a cargo of provisions, he then returned to the Isl- and, but followed a sea-faring life for eight years, visiting nearly ever3' port on the Atlantic Ocean. In 1H5'2, witii a ilesirc to gain wealth more ra|)idly, lie went to Australia, where he engaged in mining gold for three years, and was rea.sonably success- ful. At length he returned to the land of his birlh. Ml which he remained until May, 1)S57. A short time previous to the date above men- tioned, IMr. Simpson was united in marriage with Forbice II. Smith, who was born on Shetland Island, and is a (hiugliter of Nichol anil i\Iaiy Ann (llalcuw) Smith, who were also natives of the same place. The wedding journey of the young couple consisted of a voyage to America. ( rossing the broad Atlantic, they landed at (Quebec, Canaila, and tiience proceeiied to Janesville, Wis. In Rock County, Mr. Simiisou purchased eighty acres of land situated in La Prairie Township, where he still continues to reside. The land was then but parti.illy improved, liut the care and laboi- which he has l)estowcd upon it h.as transformed il into (me of the linest farms in the vicinity. Many be.-uUifnl and useful improvements have been made and tlu'cMlirc surnjundings indicate the thiift and enterprise of the owner, while the home, whose mistress is one of the highly esteemed ladies of ',\\.- eounly, is the abode of neatness .and relincnieiit. The trees, which throw their welcome shade on house and lawn, were also planted by Mr. Simpson, while the bonmlaries of liis faiin have iieen ex- tended until it now eom|uises I'Jit .acres of land which is under a Idgh st,at<' of cultivation. No ehildren have be<'n born to this worthy couple, but they have an adopted ilaughter .and Son, iianiel\ : Charlotte K who is now Ihe wife of Peter J. Moort, of Janesville; and Charles \V. Kunson, yet at home. Mr. and Mrs. Simpson are mend)ers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Knu'rald (J rove, with which they united nearly a third of a ct^itury ago. He has served the organ- izalion .as Class-Leader and Trustee, and is now the teacher of the Hible class in the Sunday School, in which his wife also liiis a class. They t.ake a deej) interest in church work,are always read^' to aid in any possible w.ay, and are liberal in its support. In his political sentiments, Mr. Simpson is a Re- l)ul)liean, and has served as a member of the School lioard in wliich he acted as 'J'reasurer for several years. He is well infoi'mcd on all matters of public interest, and is regarded as one of the leading citizens of La Prairie Township. He has traveled over a greater part of the world, visiting nearly every civilized country of the globe, therelty acquiring a knowledge of the i)eople, together with their manners and customs, never attained from a st|id\' of books. Vip^ICIIOLAS SCHENCK, a leading .and pro- I )/) S''*^*-'''^'^ farmer, residing on section 27, of li^tMfi ^^^ Prairie township, is a representative of one of the pioneer families fif the county. His father. William .Schenck, located at Sliopierc in 18I2, and from that time until his death continued to reside in this community. He wns boin on the 2 I lb d.is of October, 18Ht, in Mcmtgomery Co., N. Y., and Dec. 21, 18.3.'?, wedded Miss Saiah .lanette ■^'ost, who was born Nov. 24, 181.'). They became the p.arents of eight children; Dorcas, the eldest, who was born ( )(^t. 10, 18;!l, became the wife of Henry VantiaMcr, March II, 188'), and after the ;i, to Henry Hart, who died in California. March 10, 1888; Peter, born Jan. 2'.K IS.iO. died March It;. I8I(;, in his eighth year; William W., Iioiii April II. 1811; Niciiolas, of this sketch Se|il. 12, 1813; Edward F. S.. Aug. 2!l. LSIC; .lacob S., Sept.. .'^O. 1H48; and Sarah J. who w.ss born I'cb. 17. 1 K.j2. married .Inlin Clark, and 20G ROCK COUNTY. i- died Feb. !>. 1875, her Iiiisband dying in August, 1877. Willi tlic exception of Peter, all tlio cliil- dren i>rcw to m.aiiiiood and woinauiiood. The death of tlie iiiDllicr occurred on tlio l/illi day of ISIarcli, l.H.'iM, and ISIi-. Sclien(rl< was again married Oct. 11, l.sfl."), wluMi Miss Mary M;is<>n, wlio was boni in Wisconsin. Oct. 2. IHI.'i, l)ecanic liis wife. Their union was l)lessed witii one child — Lorrain. who was liorn .lime .'!. IM'.'i. Ill 1812 W'illJMiii .Sclienck left his easlerii home. and, .accompanied by his family, came to Rock County, setlliiig in Shojiiere, where he worked at the trade of wool-carding for two years, having followed the same occii|)atiun in the east. In 181 1 he |iurchascd of liie governiiieni, 240 acres of land on section 27, Lai' t(>wiislii|), iiaying iS;1.2'i 4 jier .acre, lie at once hegnn Ihe devei. Nicholas .Sclienck. the siilijecl of this sketch, was born in Shopiere, then the village of Waterloo, the yeiir following the arrival of his panaits in Rock County. The greater part of his life has been spent upon a farm, and at his father's death he succeeded to the old homestead, where the liajipy days of his boyhood were spent. In 1 8;'ir> he left the parental roof and went to Tama Co., low.a, wliere he engaged in f.arming until 18(;o, and then re- turned to his home, where the succeeding year was spent. At the end of th.at time he went to Mcxi- I'o, where lie engaged in the grocery business for a year, aii<1 then again returned to the old home- stead, whore he h.as been actively engageil in fann- ing coiitiniioiisly since. Enterprise and industry are nniiihered among his chief characteristics, and he is a worthy citizen of Lal'rairic township. ijij lEUT. WILLIAM II. A LLKN. of the firm I (^ "^ Allen iV McI->oy, m.achiiiists, is one of /I'—^YS llie heading citizens not only of the city of IJeloit, but of Rock County, and we take plejisure in presenting this sketch to the readers of the .'Vi.i'.iM. lie was born in Alden, Krie Co., X. Y.. .Ian. 1. 1S28, :iiid is a son of Alexander :md I'ollv (Keniier) Allen, who were also natives of the Kin- pire State. After tlieir marriage tliev located in Western New ^'mk, where Mr. Allen opened up a fine farm, there residing until Ihe summer of 1 8-11, when, with his family, which then consisted of his wife and ele\en children, lie emigrated to Rock C'ounty, Wis., ami located in Turtle Township, near Shopiere. After arriving in this community, two other children were horn to Mr. and Mrs. Allen, making a family of Ihiilceii, .i record of whom is as follows: Alexaiiver the stream of misfortune, which would otherwise have laiide'-fo(U' years, and his wife was called to meet her linsliaml in that bet- lei' land Nov. 17, lH7er of the Methodist Episcopal Clinrch, and like her husband, w.as honoi-ed .anil respeclcd for her kindliness and Christian character. ( )nr subject began his school iif<' in his native county, and .after coining to Rock County atlendeil the little log school-house near vvliat is now .Sho- picrc. such as were in every community. When a lad of thirteen sumiinas, he came with his parents to Rock County, where his days passed in the usual manner of farmers' boys, though probably more eventful on account of the newness .in<] uu.settled conililion of the country. The winter of 1812 was one long tobe remendtered by the olerch;ince, were ilesperatc for tin' want of fooil which they could not ( his stock at a hamlsome prolit, and in 1 Sdl , started on his liomew.ard trip. Mr. Allen retunu'd b\- way of the Isthmus, and while on board the vessel, became actli Wisconsin \olunteers. has resigned his posi- tion and been honorably discharged from the ser- vices of the United- Slates, we, the undersigned members of Company (J. would take this occasion to return to him our thanks for favors (b>ne us, and express onr opinion that he was justified, under the ciicunistanccs, in tendering his resignation. Signed by the members of the company. That the ollicers of the regiment held him in the liiL;hesl esteem, will be seen by the following: AiiLiMiroN Heiohts, Va. Nov. L isr.i. Dkai: Sik: — The undersigned ollicers of the (Jtli Wisconsin Kegimcnt of Volunteers, regret j'our re- signing j'our commission, and feel that your com- pany has lost a most efficient oflicer; and we, your brother otHcers, also desire to signify to you our hiuh opinion of you as an otlicerand gentleman, and hope vou will soon be able to re-enter the service. C'ol, Cutler, the coinniMiidiiig ollicer of the regi- ^t^ nienl was greatly opposed to having Lieut. Allen resign, considering him as one of the best ollicers of the regiment, but he finally consented when the surgeon iufoniicd him of the condition (»f the Lieii- teiianl's health, and wrote the following letter to Mr. Allen, at Washington: Hi;Ai>i^u!Auri:Ks Grii Wisconsin V*)li'ntkkrs. ) Ani.iN(iTON Hi:i0, was again niarrieil, his second union being with Harriet K. Smith, a native of New York. They also had a family of three children, two of whom. Frank and Hattie, are now deceiused, while Herbert, the only surviving one, is living in Evansville with his mother. When only si-x years of age, our subject removed with his i)arents to this county, where he has passed the greater part of his life. His early edu- cation was supplemented by asi.x months' course in the Commercial School of Janesville, after whiih he engaged in operating his father's farm until 1864, when he went to Conover, Iowa. He was there engaged in buying grain for the firm of Dow & Cargle for six months, when in company with Floyd Smith, be engaged in the stock business, continuing in that line until the fall of 1867, when he returned to Rock County. Locating in Center Township, he operated a farm on .section 5, for two years, when he again left Wisconsin for Livingston County, Mo., where be i)urch.ised 90 acres of land. That tr.act was then in its prinutive condition, not a furrow h.ad been turned or an improvement made, but with characteristic energy he erected a house, and commenced the developement of the land, which after cultivating for four years he sold. Again he became a resident of Rock Ct)unty. and purchased 180 acres of land, which he farmed for ten j'ears, when he sold 100 acres of the amount and bought 2II0 acres on sectit)n 'M. Porter Town- ship, where he has since continued to make his iiome. Mr. Turner started out in life with no capital yet determined to succeed. His fair and honest dealings in all his transactions, his industri- ous life and good management all comliined, have brought about the desired result and he is now one of the well-to-do farnieis of Hock Conuly. His landed possessions now aggregate 280 acres, which arc under a high state of cultivation, and bis faiin is known as the ■■.Mcndow Field .Stock Farm." He is one of the most extensive stock dealers in the community, feeding and shipping from four to live car loads of stock, all of the best grades, every season. The latest im|)roved maehineiy. good barns and outbuildings and a comfortable home make his farm all that can l>e desired. On the Mn\\ day of Septendier. 1867. Mr. Turner was joined in wedlock with Miss Hattie Dibble, a most estimable lady, born in Chaut:uu]na County, N. v., Aug, 20, 184.'). Their union has been blessed with .seven children, five of whom are yet living — Harry, born July 25. 1868 ; Floreni'e. de- ceased; Lamont. l)orn Maj- 21. 1871; .lunc, Jan. 20, 187o; Minnie, June 24, 1871; l.vnu, Nov. 'W. 1880; and Mary, the youngest, who died in infancy. The children yet living are all with their |)areuts. Mrs. Turner is a daughter of (ieorge A. .•ind Hannah C. (Drake) Dibble, who were early settlers of Hock County- of 181.J. .Mr. Dibble is a native of Greene County, N. Y., and at this writing is re- siding with his son-in-law, and though in his eighty-third year is still hale and hearty. Hannah C. Drake who was a native of the (!reen Mountain State, and was of Fnglish ancestry, lived in Ohio several jears and died in Rock County in .Vpril. 1864. Mr. Turner has held various township ollices of lioiH)r and trust, and in political sentiment is a Prohibitionist. He supported the Repul)lican p.-uty until 1884. when he joined the r.anks of the Prohi- bition party, and since that time has devoted his jntluence and efforts to the advancement of that organization. He and his wifeai-e mendiers of the Congregational Church .at Kvansville, and are numbered among its active workers. Mr. Turner also holds membership in the .Masonic Lodge No. r .*5#l';^'" .a^^l2xi/t/txl ROCK COUNTY. ■2i;i 4- l."57, of FdOtvillc, :iii(l isacknowU'diicd to lie oiii' of the leadiiii;- citizens of liie coiiiiiimiil y. I'ulilie spirited and progressive, he has borne no incc)nsid- or.-dile part in tiie advaneeini'iit of those enter- prises whicli tend toward tiic npl)uilding; of IJock Count}'. ^^-im^^- KWIS CLARK, a general farmer and stock- raiser residing on section II, Beloit Town- ship, is numbered among the pioneer set- tlers of Hock Connl\', of which he has been a resident since IS17. He liaces his fann'ly geneal- ogy back to Kdward Clark, Ihc founder of the family in America, who emigrated from England in IGG2, crossing the ocean in the sailing vessel. S|)eeigail. who was born after the re- moval of the family to (k-nesee County, X. V. She became the wife of Ward C. S|)auliling, wlio is now dccease(l, and resides in (ireat JJend, Kansas. Jeremiah Chirk, Jr., spi'ut his entire life in farm- ing, engaging in the cultivation of his land until his death, which occurred in l!Si:!. He and his wife were niembeis of the I'.aptisl Church, am! were highly respected people. Aftci- his death, the mother was again married, and later c;inio to Wisconsin and died at the home of our subjcci in Lewis Clark, of this sketch, was born in Orange County, \'t., on the .Jth day of February, I S07, .and wliiai a 3'oinig child went to ( in the district. In the Kail of IH27. he returned lo Genesee County, N. Y., wlu'ic he |)urchased the old f.arni, thus (iroviding a home for his mother and the younger children who were born of the second marriage. In 18.'W, Mr. Clark was nniti:d in marriage, be- coming the husband of Miss Harriet K. Flint, who was a native of Orange County. \'t., born leb. I, IHIO, anda daughter of Martin and Chloe ( I5nr- nett) Fliid. Her parents were natives of Connecti- cut and emigrated to Vermont about the year 1808, where both departed this life. They were estimable people and were mianbers of the Congregational Church. The father of our subject was a ISaptist. In the early days of the history of this countiy, in the eommnnily where he resided, the Congiega- tioiialists were tjie aiost numerous, and conse(pientlv tried to make their faith the state religion, l.axing all for the supiiort of the i-hurch, but Mr. Clark, believing in the religious faith of the Baptists paid a certain sum of money, by which he was then made free to worship in the manner wliicii lie chose for the remainder of his life. But to return to the hisloiy of our subject, Jlr. and Mrs. Cl.ark began their domestic life in (iencsee Couuty, N. Y., and to them were born three chil- dren — one of whom is now deceased, a son. who was the second in order of birth, and died at the age of eighteen years in Sacramento County. Cal. Caroline, the eldest, is now the wife of Zalnion Martin, :i grain dealei- of I'.eloit, and lo lliein have been born four cliililreu — Lizzie E., Lewis C, Nel- lie May and Willii\ who died in infancy; Clara I'., the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Clark, is the widow of Martin F. Mann, who was a native of Orange County N't., in which county his death ociairrcd. Hi! was a dcvotcil mendier of the Christian Church, a kimi and iudulgeiit hnsh.and, and was mourned by many warm friends. Mrs. Mann is now living with her parents, caring for tlicm in their declining years, paying to them every attention which care and love suggests and m.aking the old home bright and cheerful Iiy her kindly manner. In I8;i!), Mr. Clark made a tri[) to Wisconsin •> jm ^* t. ■^*- •^ 214 ROCK COUNTY. 4- and ill Rock County |iui(1i:immI 2 10 acres of laml. wliicli from tiiiiL' to time he improved but still re iiiaiiied a lesideiil of the Kiiiiiiie State. In 1.S12. he sold the old homestead Iml reinaiiKil a resident of New York until 1847, wiien. aceomiianied liy liis family, lie eaine to his new home in Kiick County, which he haci-n cut. When the canal was made, it was u.sed as a means of transpurtatiou to convey the farm proihicUs to tlie market, but w:ls only availalile in the summer lime, MS it was frozen over ilurinii the winter. Ilowevci", as time ])as.sed the profits of tlie farm increased, and Mr. Rogers at length liecame one of the well-to-do citizens of Poitage County. The suliject of our sketch received his piimary education in the common scliools, and heini;' of a studious nature, hy the time he wa.s twenty years of ;it;e, he was well fitted to teach, and therefore secured a school. With the t'ompensation received from his laliorsin that direction, he paid his tuition in the Liman Academy at Atwaler, I'ortaye Countw hut after one term spent as a student, he was em- ployed as a teacher, receiving :i half interest in the school, and rcmaincil with Ihc princi|)al of tiiesame for the period of seven yeais. In IS17 he started on a tour and traveleil extensively lhri>ui;li the Xorth- west. until at last, in 1S.')1 . he settled permaiienlly in lleloil. For a year he followed the profession of leachiui;-. when he enijaged as traveling; salesman for till' lirni of W. 1). Smith iV Co., remaining' in lliat employ for three years. At the end of that time, he embarked in the mercantile business in Beloit. prosecuting his trade for about twenty years, when he retired from active business. Ill 1.SJ7 Mr. Rogers was united in marriage to Miss Marietta I'cltou. a native of ('hautau<|ua County, N. Y. Her death occurred Oct. '.», 1870. He was again married Oct. lo, 1871, at Madison, Wis., becoming the husband of Mrs. Mary Chcenej', a native of New York. Since locating in I'eloit, Mr. Rogers has been honored with sevei'al local ollices, including that of mayor of the city, and |)olicc justice, serving in the latter position for several 3'ears. Politically he was a Kepulilican until the second administration of I'resi- dent (1 rant, and since that time he has been, and still is an enthusiastic supporter of the Prohibition party. His long experience :is police justice tlujr- ougldy satisfied him that at least nine-tenths of the crimes committed in the community are caused bv strong drink, and that the highest duty the nation has to perform to-day is to effectually free itself from the curse of intemperance. He is a in.-ni well informed on all llic leading topics of the ilay, and gives to every subject careful considcr.'ition before making a decision, but when his mind is finally made u(i his views are luiallerable. Mr. Rogers can converse in five dilTerent languages, is a gO(^d conversationalist, and has won nianv friends thioughoul the county, who holil iiini in the iiigli- esl regard, lie is numbered among the prominent business men of lieloit, .and though he has now re- tired lo piivate life, he takes a w:uui interest in the welf.ire of the city. He is the owner of four good business blocks, in connection with which he has 490 acres of l.md v;dued at*100 per acre, together with 200 acres of heavily timbered land in Wil- liamson County, 111., and IC.'i acres of fruit land in Indiana. IL^^AI.\KK I.. SKA\ LIOM, l.ile Sheriff of Rock Yl jr County, was born in the town of Newark, '^^^ \Vis.,i)iniuns. Willi his family he attends the I'nitarian Chureh. Mr. fSkavlem has always had a Uiste for the study of natural history in which he takes great delight, and which has led hini to gather a large and varied collcctioM of birds and animals, numl)ering in :dl upward of 40(1 varieties. Being an exjx'rl taxi- dermist, he has them mounted in elegant style, making a desiralilc collection, i-'or the past five years he has reported for the ( )iniliiological Divi- sion of the Dei)artnient of Agriculture at Washing- ton, D. C, and has liecn employed in collecting scientilic statistics for the same. lie has a fine library of standard historical and .scientific works, and has also been a great student in that direction. Gentleniaidy and courteous in manner, well in- formed on the topics of the day. and an original thinker of the school of Darwin ami Huxley, lie is always an entertaining couipaniou and pleasant host. #-# -{— lllM.KV W liACON, a leading farmer and j) stock-raiser residing on section :)t'>. ],a I'rairie Township, was born on the 2;5d of .\ugust, 1824, in Franklin County. INIass., and is a son of Adolphus and Sophia (Newton) r.acon, who were also natives of Franklin County, the father born of Irish parentage, the mother de- scended from Sct)tch ancestry. 1 hey had a family of three children — Adol|)hus N., a carpenter and joiner, who died m Jliehigan in 1>H8(>; Lydia, who Ijecame the wife of llarlev Hooker, a resident of Kansas City. Rio., and I'hiidey V'., of this sketch. The death of the father occurred in l«2',t, being caused by the kick of a horse. His wife survived him many long years, dying in I.HS2, at the home of her daughter in Kansas City, at the age of eighty-seven years. Our subject received his education in the com- mon schools. His father being killed when he was but live years of age he went to live with an aunt, his mother's sister, with whom he remained until the age of nine years, lie then returned to his na- tive county, where he attended school, but at the age of twelve years went to Living.ston County, N. Y.. m.aking his home with an uncle until attain- ing his majority. In KSl.") he started for Texas. bill on reaching Rock County, where his mother was living, she so 0|iposed the plan of her son go- ing to that far dist.-mt Slate, tliat he resolved to cast his lot with the early settlers of Wisconsin. Dur- ing the summer months he engaged in teannng in lieloit. and spent the winters in the pineries of the State, working alternately at th<.>se occupations for about six years. On the 2Gth of .lun<'. 1K.')(), .Mr. IJacon was joined in wedlock with Miss Julia Hurnliam, who was born July ".). 1S2(!. in East Windsor, Hartford Co., Conn., and is a daughter of Lucius and I'ermelia (Goodrich) Hurnliam. The Burnham family came to Rock County about the year 1H.'57. locating on the farm where our subject now resides. At that lime but one house marked the site of the present be.'iiiliful city of Hcloit, and bclweeii Ihe farm lui which Mr. linrnham located and that village, there was also but one caliin. In 18.52 he returned to his home ill the east, where he resiiled until de.-ith, though he again visited his farm in this county. He died in 1884, at the age of eighty-two years, and his wife dei>arted this life in 1.S78. at the age of seventy-four jears. Mr. IJiirnham was an act- ive Worker in the Methodist Church, and his wife a consistent member of the llaptist Clmreli. Mr. and Mrs. B.acon began their ilomeslic life upon a renleil farm. The first crop of wheat that he raised he sold for tweiily-nine cents per bushel, oats brought eight cents, and com sold from ten to twelve cents per bushel. Many were the privations annsin Territory-, w here he hoped to effect a sale. Failing in this, and lieing anxious to meet his |)artners in Milw.aukee. he stored the goods, and, out of pa- tience waiting for an expected hoal. with some others started on fool over the Indian trail for Milwaukee. On coming in sight of the Lake near the Old North Point Light Ilou.se, they had the pleasure of .seeing the boat for which the\ had waited, p.ass llieni, luit Jis she did not touch at Mil- tv:iukee it v/ns just .as well for them that tlie\- had not secured pass.age. Arriving at his desliiialion. Mr. Lappin there spent the Summer and Fall, .■uid in December of the s;U]ie year came to .lanesville. where, in comp.-uiy with the Wards, he opened (he lirst general store in this cit\-. in .lune. I s.V.I ; in fact it was the lirst store of any kind in the town. They occupied a one .story frame building which sdiod on Main street, where Benned's building now stands, and their stock invoiced 45350, being com- posed of a general .a.ssortnient of nn-rchandise. In 1 H4(l the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Lappin began business himself with a slock valued al-i;| l(t. lie walked to Chic.ag-) to replenish his stock, and having ef)mpleted his |)m-chase found (hal he had exceeded (he amonnt of his cash by ti|;j. foi- which (he house refused to trust him, the recent panic in linancial alTairs having destroyed conunercial con- (idenCe. In is 10 he erected a two story frame building on (lie present site of Lappin's block, and soon aflerwai'ds W. 11. II. B.ailev became a pardier in the business, which connection continued until 1 s 1 2. On the 2nd day of .November, 1.S47. Mr. Lappin w.as united in marriage at .lanesville wi(h Miss Mary .1. .lackman, a daughter of Timothy and Kslhei' (Cooper) .lackman. .She was born near Saratoga, N. Y. Four children graced their union. -^ 4*- ■218 ROCK COUNTY. Kmma A., the eldest, is the wife of Edwin F. Cai- lientcr, an attornej- of Jancsviile, whose sketch ap- pears elsewhere in this work; Ellen Josephine, who wedded llenrv A. Uoty, died in September, 1873; Mary Esther is the wife of Henry A. Doty, a former lirother-in-iaw, who is a inannf.-ictiirer of .lanes- ville; Harriet Maria wedded Edward M. Hyzcr, of the firm of Winans A- llyzcr, attorneys of Janesville. Alioiit the time of ids marriage, Mr. Lappin pur- eiiased a farm near the eily, sinee included in the corporation, for which he paid *1(I00 .and $1500 in notes, taken in tlie way of htisiness. lie opened a hrick-yard on his farm and from a i>art of the pro- ducts of his kilns built the Iari;e three story block at the soiilliwest corner of Main and Milwaukee streets. The block is 1 1 4 feet front on Main street and extends along Milwaukee street to tlie Rock l!iver. He linally soM liis farm for ^I 1,.')00 and returned to the city to live. lie lias ever l)een one of the enlerprisiu;; and progressive citizens of Kock County, and is held in high regard by all. L. LIVINGSTON, the owner of .i fine farm of IfiO .acres on section 2.5. liiiidford Townshii), ,^ h.as been a resident of Rock County, since the year 1842. He was born in liroome County, X. Y., in 18.'.8. and is a .sou of Ezer .and Eliz- abeth (Saveshnry) Livingston, both of whom were also natives of the Kmpire Stale. The union of this worthy couple was celebrated in Schoharie County, N. Y.. and in tlie year 1812. they cinigni- ted with their family, which iiuiMbcrcd thirteen children, to Wisconsin, and located in the town of IJiadford, lioeU County. The following .are the names of their children in order of birth — William, Caroline, Charles, .lames, John, lliild.i, .lacob. I. L.. Ceorge. .Ml>ert. liutli, Fletcher and Linn. Soon after their arrival in this county, death visited the pioneer htmic taking from it the daughter. Hulda. Four of the brothers of that family served their country during the late w.ir. James, who enlisted at Ripon, Wis., in the llh Wisconsin Hattery. w.as taken prisoner, conliueil at Andersonville and af- terwards transferied to the Libby l>risoii. wlierc he died from the effects of ill usage and disease con- tracted while in the former prison; John also en- listed at Ripon. becoming a member of the Ith Wisconsin Infantry; .and George defended the old (I.ag .as a member of the 13th Wisconsin Regiment, his name having been enrolled among the boys in blue .at Janesville; Albert enlisted in the regular service and w.as consigned to the Ileav}' Artillery. Our subject was but four years of age when he came with his parents to Rock County, where lie has p.asseil the remainder of his life. He received his education in the common schools and si)ent his early years in the usual manner of farmer l.ads assisting in the work of cultivating the farm .as soon as he w:is old enough to handle the plow. lie is now regarded as one of the le.ailing ;iiid en- terprising farmers of Bradford Town.ship. where he owns IGO acres of fine land, which pays tribute to his care .and cultivation. Many beautiful and use- ful improvements have been made, while every- thing about the place denotes the thrift and indus- try of the owner. In l.Slili. Mr. Li\ingstou was united in marriage with Miss I'rsula .lolmson, of Darii'ii. Walworth County. She is the daughter of Iliram and Almira (lUnidy) Johnson. The latter j'et resides in the village of Darieii. but the former died May 111, 1888. Three children came to bless the union of I. L. Livingston and Fi-sula Johnson. James Earl, born Jan. 2'.», I8(;!i; Myron Ellsworth, born July 29, 1875; Ira. born Nov. 14, 1885. Politically, Mr. Livingston is a Republican, wiiile socially, he is a member of the Masonic fraternity. As a citizen, he is held in the highest regard. ^iloM.VS Al'LD, deceased, was numbered among the early settlers of Rock Count3\ He w.as born in County Antrim. Ireland, in the year 1802, and his early life was pa.s.sed in his native land. He was a farmer l)y occupation, and in 184(>, emigrated to America, first settling near Portsmouth. Ohio, where he ma ,^iU^s cM/^^^ -Wfc^CA. S ^c^Zoi 4= ROCK COUNTY. 219 4 llic scene of his future laliois. He piircli.-i.scd 1G(I .■KTcs of land on scftioii 2, upon whicli not a fur- row had hi'iMi turned, a fence huill, or a shigle im- provement ?iiade. Will) eliaraeteristie energy he licgau tile cullivalion of liis land vvhieii, soon plowed and planted, hegan yiehlinga good harvest. ( tn the f.-uni then |)ureh!ised he resided until his death, wliieh occurred in tJit month of .lune, at the age of lifly-live years. In lS;i3, Mr. Auld was united in marriage with Jane Auld, who was also horn in Couul.y Antrim, Ireland. 'I'hcy were the jiarents of four children — lohn, who was formerly a merchant of Rlinnc- nppolis, Minn., is now residing in Washington Agnes, the wife of Hugh Stockman, a farmer, of Milton Township: Josias resides on the old homestead; Martha, wife of Hugh H. Stockman, a resident farmer of Kock County. Iloth |)arents were memhers of the l*iesli3'terian Church. Mr. Auld was an enterprisiug and sj'stpuialic farmer, and ranked among the leading citizens of the county. lie was ipiiet and conscrv.itivc, the soul of integ- rity in all his business transactions, and politically, was a suppoiter of the Ivopublican paity. liis wife is still li\ ing and makes her home with her daugliter .Vgnes in Milton Township. .losias Auhl, who resides on the old homestead, eame to Uoek County, in chihlluKxl, and has here since eontinueng its hon- ored pioneer settlers, for in no siiiiUl di'gree ilid he assist in |pl:icing Rock County in its present exalted position in this great commonwealth. Socially', he was a member of the I.O. (). V. His wife survi\('d him for about eleven years, dying in ■Iiuiesyille in 1H7"2. in the seventieth year of lier.igc. The}' were the parents of seyeral cliildreii, namely: Minerva, now Mis. Ransom, residing in .lewell (Joiinty, Kan.; DayitI !>., who is married .'ind resides in .Jewell County. K;ni.; Dr. .1. \.. whose wife is an artist of wide reputation, spends p:irt of the time in Cali- forni.'i. and the leniainder in New ^'orkCity; Eliza, now Mrs. iiely. is living in {'.•iliforiii;i ; ••ind S. Cor- nelia, who became Mrs. Wheeler, died in California, on the 7th of April, 18H7; Dr. .1. W. is living in .1:inesville. Since 1K7<), Mr. IVckham has resided on his pres- ent fruni, which comprises Hid acres of line arable 1:111(1. ;uid which is under :i high slate of cnltiva- tion. In connection nilli general farniing. he gives considendile lU.tention to the i:iisiiig of Norman horses and Shoit-lioin c:illle. in which he is (piite successful, lie docs not take an active part in political ;itTairs. yet is an enthusi.astic .and :udent be- lieve]' in the principles :idyoc:ited by the IJepnb- lican (iarly. For some years past he has held the ollicc of 'rownship Assessor, and is the present iii- ciiiiiliciit. Soci:illy. he is:i mcmlier of the 1. ( >. ( ». 1''. Mr. and Mrs. I'eckhani have been the parents of six cliildren. but only t woare now liying: Louis S., is mariied :iiid resides in M;irsh;dl, low:i, where he is engaged in the grocery business; Aelon II. died Jan. 12, 1862, when about t\vo years of age; Helen, born April 2. 18G2. died Feb. 21, 1886; Thomas, born Dec. IS. 1866, died on the 18th of March following; St. John, born Oct. 18, 1868, died .Ian. ;iO. 1878; J.ames AV,. born Nov. 3. 1871. is now at- tending school. JNIr. I'eckham is a man of high re- spectability, and is numbered among this county's best citizens, in whose interests anming a resident of .lanesville, has won manv friends ■who hold him in high regard. ENRV DAMS, one of the early settlers of the county, residing on section 23, La Prai- rie Township, was liurn in the State of New York in 1832. His parents, Ira S. and Al- pha (Hull) Davis, were both natives of Vermont, and were of Welsh descent. His father died when he was a child of three years, after which his mother w.as again married, becoming the wife of Dayton Hedges. The children of her first marriage were: Henjainin, who is iuiiiil>erey his fcllow-iitizens with several local ottices of trust, including that of Township Treasurer, which he held for the long period of fourteen years. Politically he alliliates witli the IJepubliean party. In 185 1 he purchased eighty acres of land, situated on section 23, La Prairie Townshi|i. which he immediately began to improve .'uid enltl\ate, and now has one of the linesl farms in the \ Iclnity, its boundaries, however, having been exten^" *" =-^ij^\A'/AAll SllKKMAN. a leading farmer of t. @d { l,a I'rairie 'I'ownsliip, residing on section ll\ 11, is numbered among the early settlers of thisconnty, dating his residence back to May, 1817. lie was born in Albany County. N. Y., in the year lH-22. and is the son of .Mtnriii and Prudence ( Mereliant) Sherman, the former a native of Nantucket Islam!, and the latter of .M- bany County, N. V. His paternal grandfather. Amnziah Sherman, w:ts born in Rhode Island of Welsh descent, and throughout his life followed the sea, being Cai)tain of a vessel. Mr. Sherman, the father of our snliject. engaged in agricultural pursuits (hiring his younger days, but in after years dealt in innd)er. Accompanied bv his family, he emigrated to the West in I.SIG, and choosing Rock County, Wis., for his future home, took up his residence on section 11, La Prai- rie Township. Enteringa claim of eighty acres, he immediately began improving the farm, but after three short years had passed, he departed this life, dying at the age of forty-nine. His wife survived him many years, dying in 187H, at the age of sev- enty-two years. They were the parents of four children: Adelman, born in January, 1S21, became a resident of Rock County in 1841, driving a team frioneer settlers of Rock County, of 1811, is a native of Boston, Mas.s., born Feb. Mi. 1810. His father, Francis Dano. w.as a native of France, and when a young man emigrated to IJos- ton, where he married Miss Hetsy Vose, a native of that city, and a daughter of Kmeliah \'ose. Her father w:us a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and was a commissioned officer under Gen. Wash- ■h lUK'K COUNTY, f ington. Tlie family is of English descent, and was fuiiMili'cl III lliis cdiiiiliv during the early days of Ni'w JMijiland history. In fact, Huston has licen the home of the N'osu family for nian^' generations, and ntnnerous arc its representatives, who still re- side in that city. Kraneis Dano. Sr., and hi.s wife removed from Boston to N'ermoiit, when our suhjeet was a lad of four years, and .settled in the eity of Vergennes. There tliey resided for many years until after the mother's death, when the f.atlier removed to an- other part of the State, where his own deatli oc- curred. They were the parents of four children, two sons and two daughters, though our siiliject is theoni}' one now living. The other mendicrs of the family were Eliza, whodieil in early life; .lane, (dec,ea> his home. Three of his brothers were also numbered among the boys in blue, being members ()f Coinpanv <>. 1st I'liiled States Sharp-shooters. Jon.is, who is now living in Ilaraboo, Wis., was for thirteen long months a prisoner of war, surt'ering all the horrors and pain endui-ed by those unforlun.ale soldiers who fell into the hands of the rebels. After his return from the w.ar. Mr. Ellwood again resunuMi the occup.'iliou of farming. To him and his wife ha\c been boin four children: Eva, wife of August Freucheii, a mechanic an' lived. » -^-*^- 4 LMON BICNNI'ITT, a distingnished iiionecr (@/lJ| f)f this counlv, of 184^3, and now an hon- lii oicd resident of IJeloit, was liorn in KocU- inghani. Windsor Co.. N't.. I ).-c. I. l.su;. and is a sou of John and Abigail ( I'orrin) lionnelt. I'he former was Ixiin in the Green Monntaiu State, in 1770, .111(1 the latter in I'oinfret, Conn., in I7M(;. I'liev were marrie(l in the latter State, and siltled in Rockingham, \'t., where seven children were lioin Miitu tlieiii: Kmily. liiTMiiie the wife of Cyrus 15roi)ks, of Chester, \'l.. and cinigrated with her luisb.nnd to liriiulield. I'coriri Co., 111., where he be- came a prominent farmer; RoswellG.,a millwrigiit by trade, located at Xunda. Livingston Co., X. V.; j.iicinda became tlie wife of Jacob ( )sgodby, a na- tive of Knglaijil. who settled in Nunda; [Jberly, a farmer l>y occu|)ation. is residing in Livingston County. N. V.; Almoii is the next in order of birth; Lucia A. wedded John W. P.ige, of Nunda, N. Y. ; Millicent M. is the second wife of Jacob ().sgof the sawmill at that place. 'I'lic following year he received u pro- motion, becoming foreman of a saw and carding mill, in which line he continued for two years. 4^ when in l.sl.'i, as aliove stated, he turned his face to the setting sun and came West to .seek bis for- tune \\ bile en route to IJufTalo, he made his first tri|i on the cars. It was in the month of October, and !i heavy sleet had fallen, bending the bushes over the track, so that the train men were forced to cut them down before the train could continue on its way. Arriving at Buftalo, Mr. Bennett pur- chased a ticket by boat to Chic'ago, but on account of the rough weather during the voyage, landed at Milw.Mukee eight days after embarking. He there secured a passage to Cold S|>ring, where he had a friend residing, a man by the name of Abraham Ibink. who owned the water-power at that place, lie secureil em|)loviiient at Cold Spring, and !is- sisted in building the first grist-mill .-it that point. In IS47. he came to Beloit, where for three years he was em|)k)yed in the machine shops of Barker A- Gardner, and at the end of that time, being at- tracted by the discovery of gold in California, crossed the plains to that country in 18.">0. While on the Pacific sloi)e, lie spent part of his time en- gaged in mining, and also worked at his trade, re- turning home in 1H52, by way of the Isthmus of Panama and New York City. .Vfter bis return he embarked in the lumber business, as a meinbi-r of the lirni of ( i ates A- Bennett, hauling their laniber with teams from .Milwaukee. That linn continued in business for live years, when RJr. Bennett with- drew and engaged as a grain dealer, following that line until l.S,s."i, when he lost his warehouse by fire, since which time he has lived a retlix'd life. Li 1K4(;, Mr. Bennett married Miss Calista L. Peck, a native of> Jefferson County, N. Y., their union lieing celeljiatcd at Cohl Spijugs. Two ciiil- dren have lieen lioru of tlii'ir marriage, namely: llila .M., wife of Rev. W. F. Brown, pastor of the Presbyterian Chnicli. of .laiiesville; and Allie M.. wife of B. M. Maloue. attorney at law of Beloit, and district attorney of Rock Coiinl\-. Politically, Mr. Bennett is a stanch supporter of the Democratic party. He was a great admirer of Stephen A. Douglas, and a warm friend of G rover Cleveland. He is iiuiubcred .•irnong the self-made men of Rock County. When he started for the West, he had but f'20 in his pocket. Arriving at Rochester, he paid $8 of that sum for a coat, and ^ f 228 ROCK COUNTY. ^i^H* on rcacliitiif Milwaukee liad but a very limited sum ivmaiiiing. His energetic natuie at once led liiin to seek oinployiueiit, and little by little, by economy and indnstry, he li:is accumulated a competency, and is now able to rcliie from the active duties of life, to spend Iiis declining years ill comparative rest from Inbor. He has always been a wt)rker in the foremost ranks in any enterprise for the beneBt of the city, has given liberally in the support of its institutions, and is one of the representative citizens of lieloit. being held in the highest esteem by all wlio know him. 4^-^^- ^ 'OII.N W. I,A rilKUS. residing on sectitni 9, Turtle Township, is numbered ann)ng the prominent farmers and extensive landown- ersof Hock County. He was born in Mont- gomery County, N. Y., April 12. 1833. and lii» parents were William and Margaret (Lasher) Lath- ers. The name of the family was originally written Landers, but the later generations have changed the spelling to the i)resent form. The ancestry of this family were natives of (Germany, atul were people of immense weallli and prominence In that land. The great-grandf;ither with his family started on a [ileasure trip to .Vmerica with no intention of permanently locating in this country, but tro- ul>le and loss which overtook him, combined with the dread of making another sea voyage, the Brst one having continued for the long period of six months, caused hiuj to locale in America. He purchased land in Monlgomer}' County, N. Y., and there engaged in operating an extensive farm. The gr.'indfather of our subject was l>orn during the voyage of his parents to America. When a boy of nineteen years he enlisted in the Uevolutionary War, and was promoted to the rank of Major for his brave deeds and daring acts in carrying dispatches through the Tory lanks. His wiU'. lived to the ex- treme old age of one hnndrcd and eleven years, and at the age of ninety -eight wt)uld often Lake walks of three miles. Tiie parents of our subject were united in mar- riage in Montgt)merv County, of which they were both natives, and of their union were born seven children, live daughters and two sons, as follows: Lanali. wife of George Kcker. a retired farmer of Wlieeler, D.ak. ; Nancy, who became the wife of Charles .Snell, a native of New York, who w.as after- ward a farmer in this county, where he died, is now living in Nebraska; Mary wedded Louis .Shoemaker, now deceased, and makes her home in Turtle Town- ship; S\isan is the wife of Ira i>ewis. son of Deacon Lewis, one of the earliest settlers and most promi- nent citizens of this county; Caroline died at the age t>f two years; our subject is the sixtli in order of birth; William H. is engaged in farming in Tur- tle Township. In early life William Lathers learned the blacksmith trade, which he followed for a live- lihood for some years, l^ut afterward purcha.sed the old homestead on which his grandfather located, and engaged in farming. He there continued to re- side until 18,50, when he came to Hock County, .ami purchased 144 acres of land on section 9, Turtle Township, besides some village i)ropertv, and con- tinued to engage in farming until IW>2. when he sold out and bought the Ira Lewis farm and went to Shopiere, in which vill.age his death occurreil in 1881, at the age of eighty-two years. His excellent wife is still living at the advanced iige of eighty- nine and is well preserved, retaining her faculties to a m.arked degree. Both parents were reared in the Lutheran faith, to which they over remained adherents. Mr. Lathers was a man highly res;)ected in the community where he resided, and in his death the county lost one of its most valuable citi- zens. Our subject passed the days of his boyhood and youth in his native county, wliere he received his education in the common scliools. At the .age of thirteen he was considered old enough to .assist in the labors of his father's farm, since which time he has been eng.aged in agricidtural pursuit,s. In ISiiO he came with his father to the West, this tri() being his lirst introduction to Hock County, which has since been his home. He here became .acquainted with Miss Angelina Beckwith, and on the 8tli of March, 185'.l, the young people were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. Mrs. Lathers w.as born in North Hamptonshire. England. June 22, 1831, and isa daughter of William and Hannah ( Hodson) Beckwith, why were natives of the north of Ireland. 4 =fef-* ^^^^y'^i^e^fcl-t-cie^ tl (^^L.CA_.Aji£j ^■^'^^-y-iyjarf^ ROCK COUNTY. •229 4 She was oiiu of a family of llirec cliildri'ii. llcr liinllu'i \\ illiaiii went to Aiislialia, and tlie oilier oliild (liiMl ill iiifaiR-3'. Ih'i' iiiollier's |)Co|ilc beitinged to a family possessed of gi'cal wealth and occiipj'ing distiiiatuislied |positions in ICnj^land. The death of Mrs. licikwilh occurred in that country, when the hnsliaud was again married, his second iiiiiou being with Miss ITarriet Cox. Her family was also one of iMoiniiienec and resided on the Isle of AVight, near the home of the royalty. Mr. Lieckwilh died in his native land, after which his widow came to America. It was ^vhile on a visit to her step- mother that Miss IJeckwith became accjuaiuled with our subject. She remained in the land of her ado|>ti()i). and through her inllueiice the other mem- bers of the family came to .Vmerica. Iler step- mother died in Chicago in I1S7(1, ami was liuried in Kose Hill Cemetery. IIcm' children are: Henry J., who is a proiiiineiit druggist, .ind a very wealthy citizen of Chicago, residing on one of the boule- vards, where he owns an elegant resiilen<-e; (ieorge M., a er, 1840. he erected his first home, a log cabin, upon his claim. Not a sawecl board was u.sed in the construction of the cabin, neither nails or glass. There Mr. Johnson made a homesteail. increasing his farm until it comprised 200 acres, and also purchased his father's farm, adjoining his own, when the latter had reached an advanced age. David Johnson and his wife were the parents of ten children, six of whom, two sons and four daughters attained to mature years, while two sons and two daughters are yet living 1889. Those who grew lo manhood and womanhood were .lane, who married .lohn Adams, who removed to Mitchell County, Iowa, where her death occurred a number of years ago; Daniel, of this sketch; Louisa, who became the wife of Oliver Martell, and died in what is now Adams County, Wis., in July, 1855, leaving three children, a daughter and two sons, one of whom, David Martell, was a railroad conductor and was a victim of the Newhall House disiisler in Milwaukee, a few years since; ISIaria is the wife of .lames II. Elwood, a farmer of Union Township; Reuben is residing in Kvansville, Wis.; and M.iggie is now the wife of Hugh Jehu, of Estherville, Km- mett County. Iowa. She w.as the only one of the family born in Wisconsin. David Johnson was one of the earliest pioneer set- tlers of Rock County and was a worthy and esteemed citizen and an upright, honest man. lie never as- pired to prominence in any direction, but rather pre- ferred to pursue the oven tenor of his way. content with the (piiet life 'of the farmer. In his earlier i U)'U(r^ rtf C^iZ^> ^on and his wife, live rhiidren were born, but only two are living — William 11. H., who was born in IS 12, and now re- sides in Ev.ansville; and l)avith d.ay of .luue, 1850, Mr. Dickinson was again married. Miss Sarah Jehu, a native of Wales, and daughter of Hugh and Sarah (Evans) Jehu, becoming his wife. To her parents were born a familv of nine children, namely: Ann, wife of Thomas Jehu, a rtisident of Rutland. Dane Co., Wis.; Margaret, who is the widow of John Turner, anfl resiiles in Janesville; Sarah, wife of our sub- ject; Susan, deceased wife of James Menzies; Ed- ward, deceased; Jane, widow of Stephen Little, resides i'l Kutland, Wis.; Elizabeth, who weddei) .lolin Lacy, of Iowa; Griflith, who also makes his home in Kutland: Hugh is located in Iowa. In 1839 Hugh Jehu left his native laud for .\meriea, with a view of making his home in the New World. He left his family behind, but becoming satisfied that this country wa-s the place for the man with ambition to better his condition in life, the year following he sent for them to come over. The (rood wife with her nine children, the eldest of whom was but fifteen years of age, made the peril- ous trij) across the ocean, landing safely in New York, where she was joined by her husb.aml. They W'cre four wi'cks upon the water. In IK 111 the f.imily came West and locateil in Kock County. IJoth are now deceased. The union of Mr. .and .Mrs. Dickin.Min has Ix'cn blessed with .a famil\- of nine chihlren: Susan INI., born .Inly ;il. 1851. now decejwed ; Edwin J., born Oct. 15. 1853. is at home; Ansel, born .Ian, L' 1, 1K55, is residing in Delevan, Walworth County; Alfred E.. born Dec. 3. I85C, died Oct. 21, 1K(;5; Heniy II.. born Aug. 18, 1858. is living in Omaha, Neb.; Walter L., born Nov. l'O. 18(;o. die.l .May 7, 18GI: Sarah B., Ikmu April 3, 1 8(;2, died on the 1 0th day of .Vugust following; Arthur N., born in February, 18ti5, died October 12th of the same year; Eva, born Feb. 10, 1869, is still with her parents. Mr. Dickinson is engaged in general farming and operates i7() acres of land. He al.so gives some attention to the raising of cattle, horses and hogs, and is one of the leading farmers of the township. In early life he and his wife were both members of the Congregational Chnrrh, luit now liohi member- ship with the Presbyterian Church. He has always taken great interest in Church and Sunday-school work. Politically, he was first an advocate of the Whig party, but was always a strong anti-slavery man, and since the organization of the Republican [(arty, has fought under its banner. Under the Territorial laws of Wisconsin, he .served as a mem- ber of thi' Hoard of School Commissioners, and in 1860, lield the office of Town Superintendent of pul)lic schools. For almost half a century he has been a resident of Hock County, and has been an active participant in the work of progress and de- velopment which place it in the fioni rank in this great coninionwealth. His influence has ever been given to the support of educational, social and moral interests. As has already been stated, when Mr. Dickinson first located in l{e(l out. The present generation can liltk' realize the hardships the pioneers of those earl^' days endured. 'J'liere can lie no comparison between that and the present time. To-day the railroads precede the pioneer, and open up the way for him, carryiiifj to him lumber for his house and food for his family. It was many long years before the railroads came tothe pioiieersof Wisconsin, dur- iiii; which time their ijrain had to be hauled in wag- ons many miles to market, while their stock had to be driven over the same weary road, or else killed during extremely cold weather and sold at .a very low price. But those hardships were cheerfully liorne, and now, in jilace of the log cabins and straw barns, elegant farm houses and sidjstanlial frame or brick l>arns appear. To no one is more credit due for the irreal changes that have been made, than to Knos C. Dickinson, the subject of this sketch, whose portrait apjjears upon another page. - OOP - 4 NfclLl-I.MM SPAUl.DINO was. for almost half a century, one of the most promi- nent and widely-known citizens of Rock County, lie w.as a native of IVnnsylvania, born in Athens, Bradford County, Aug. 1. 18(17. His father, Capt. .lohu Spauldiiig, was a native of Connecticut, born in I'lainlicld in 177.'!. His mother, Klizabeth (Prentice) Spaulding, w:is also a native of that State, born in 178.3. She was a daughter of Dr. Amos I'rentice. of Stonington, Conn., and w:is a descemhmt of "Old Capt. Thoin.as" Prentice, who was born in England in l(i20, and who nranee Company, of Harmony Township, and, from the time of its oigani/.ation until his death, served as Treasurer of the company, which now iiH-liidcs the townships of Milton, l'"ult,t)n. Harmony and .lanes- ville. Mr. Spaulding was (|uite an extensive stock- raiser, usually keeping aliout two hundreil hi'ad of shcc|), one hundred hogs, from thirty t(^ lifty head of cattle, and manv well-bred hoi'ses. In his political sentiments he w;is an ardent sn|)porter of the principles .'idvocated by the Republican party, while all churi'h. educational, or other interests for the pul)lic benelit receiveil his hearty support. His death occurred, at his home in Harmony Township, Feb. 2(), 181S."), caused from diphtheria. ( )n Sunday afternoon rollowing, al 2 o'<'lock. his man}' friends assembled to pay the last tribute of respect to the man whom they had hoinired in life, and who will cvei' be held in loxing remcmhr.-nice. It had liccn long since so many of the old settlers of Rock County had assembled together, but. by this act, they showed their esteem ami a|ipreeiation of •4^ him who had borne with them the trials and hard- ships of jjioneer life, and who often spoke a cheering word to those who became discouraged with the hard labor which had to be performed and the iinont. .ami is a son of Mor- ton and Maria (Sherman ) Stebbins, who were natives of the same State. In connection with larming, which he followed for many years, .Morton Stebbins engaged in the manufacture of starch, carrying on the two lines of business until 18l)!t. when he re- n^ *» ■ ^« ROCK COUNTY. 237 solved to make liis home in tlie West. Awom- |>Miii(Ml 113- his family, i" I.'**!:! he oiiiii,^rate(l to Wis- iMHisiii, U)catiiin- in IJociv County, where he settled on a farm coniprisini;' a half scclion of land, in I'or- tei' 'rouiishi|i, whu-ii he had |imcha.sed sc^vei'al years hcfort'. Kreetiny a large house and liarn, he then began Ihe development of the land. Clearing away Ihe lirnsh, he |)1o\v(m1 the groiina. He first took up his residence in New Hampshire and in Amherst and Hills- borough, that .State, served an apprenticeship to the cabinet maker's trade, his term being for three years. Having attained proliciency in that line, he went to Concord, and was employed in a factory where musical inslriiiiu'iits were m.aiiufaitured. Later he established Imsiness for himself, whii-li he 1- t -4•- ROCK COUNTY. carried on until his removal to Rock County, in IK.tT. After a year spent in the town of I'orlcr, he renio\e(I to .lanesviile. wiiere he cniliarkeil in the ij;i'oeer\ business, wiiich he carried on for a ye.ir. lie then niaile liis first |iui(hase of ianil, biiyinii eiiihtj' acres on section 13, Lal'rairie Town- sliip, which iiad l)een iTii|)r()ved. He lias since lidded to his possessions until his farm now com- prises 1(!0 acres, located on sections 1 ;! and 14, LaPrairie Township. Nov. 14, 1844, Mr. Stokes W.1S united in inarriajje with Charlotte Ilolt, a native of I'cnihroke. N. U., and a danu;htcr of Nathaniel and I'IhcIpo (Haines) Holt. Her father followed the occup.ition of farin- inji', and also eufjagcd in carpentering. He and his wife were hoth niemlieis of the Congregational Church and were earnest, sincere Christian peipple. Mr. and Mrs. .Stokes are the parents of (our children — John H., who married P'lora K. Alason, a native of llockport, M.^ss., is engaged in farming on the old homestead; Eliza A., wife of Myron Halt, of .lanesviile; Edward, who died in infancy; and Charles W.. of Chicago. Mr. Stokes has held the olllcc of .Sui)ervisor of Larr.airie Township for a niind)er of years, and is a supporter of the Ue- pulilican party. He is now engaged in geneial farming anri is ranked among the substantial citi- zens of the township, where he is known .ind respected by all. lEHMAN HARMON DAVIS, a retired nu-r- f—j chant of .lanesviile, is numbeied among the ^^ pioneers of 18411. He is a native of \'er- inont. Ikuii in Windsor Co\inty. M.13' 20, 1820. His mother, IJetsy (Ackley) Davis, was al.so a na- tive of the same Slate, while the family of the fa- ther. Daniel F... w.is from New Hampshire. I'.oth families were of early New Englantl ancestry. In his native county our subject grew to manhood, and abdut the time he re.achcil his majoritv engaged in merchandising in the town of Reading, that State. On the 20tli day of March, 1842, he was united in marriage with ^^ss Nancy Williams, a native of Chester, N't., and daughter of Rufus Wil- liams, of that i)lace. Their union wiis blesseolitical oflice, preferring the (piiet life of :i citizen. .\s he nears his three score years and ten, he can look back ui)on a life well spent, with the satisfaction of knowing that friends he has manv and enemies few. #-# -}— < -r ^^LARAMONT S. .lACKMAN, President of I If ^^_ the Hock County National Hank, of Janes- ^^5'' ville, was born in that city on the 20th of November, 1846. His parents, Timothy and Mar- cia 'Smith) J.ackmau, were among the early settlers of this ct)unty, and their sketch will be found else- where in this volume. Our subject w.as educated in the .lanesville High School, and in August, 18G."5, when in his seventeenth year, enlisted in the 12th Wisconsin Battery, and served until the close of the war. Ho was at the l>attle of Missionary Riflge, Chattanooga, the engagements in front of Savan- nah, and was with (Jen. Sherman in his celebrated march through Georgia to the sea, and served un- til after the close of hostilities. On his return from the war, ftlr. Jackman, then but twenty years of age, joined his brother Hiram in the purch.a-se of the Farmer's Mill at Janesville, but continued in that business only one year, when he went to Montana Territory, where he spent the succeeding twelve months engaged in mining, re- turning home in the early part of the year 18G7. On the 1st of July, following, he entered the Rock County National Bank as messenger, subsequently became assistant cashier, was promoted to the posi- tion of cashier Aug. 17, 1880, and on the 17th of January, 1887, was elected President. A historj' of the Hock County National I'ank is given else- where in this work. He is a stock-holder in the New McLean Manufacturing Company, of which he is a Director and Treasurer, and is the owner of an undivided half-interest in a farm of .'500 acres near the city, which is operated under his direc- tion. In ])olitics, Mr. Jackman is a Republican, but has never desired or sought public odice. pre- ferring to devote his undivid day of August, 1874, Mr. .lackm.an was united in marriage with Miss Leahretta McDougall. a native of Brooklyn, N. Y., and a daughter of Alfred McDougall. She is a member of Trinity Episcopal Church. One <'hild has been born of their union, Ralph W.. b(u-n at .lanesville. Dec, 31, 187.'). .Mr. Jackman is a mem- ■r ^ m ^^ ^J. i?->— c^^x^- ROCK COUNTY. 243 ber of Oriental Lodge. No. 22, K. of P., and also a member of Olive Hranch Lodge, No. 36, A. O. U. W. He is one of the eiitcrpising young business men of .lanesville, and is idenlilied with the grow- ing and prosperous industries of the city. County, and a leading business man of the Slate, is a native of Jlaine and was born in '^l^ ON. .\LLEN V. LOVK.IOY of .lanesville, 1) Wis., the present .Senator from Kock i ' ■ the lown of W.ayne, Kennebec County, on tlie 20th diiy of Mareli, 182;). His parents were Natlian and Tempeianee (AVing) Lovejoy. The Lovejoy family is of English I'uritan origin, and boasts among its members some of the most noted char- acters in American liistory. Klijali and Owen Lovejoy of Illinois, so prominently identified with the anti-slavery agitation that preceded the late war, were of the same lineage .ts our siil)iect. N.'ilhan Lovejoy, a native of New Hampshire, was a man of well developed mental f.aculties and strong religious convictions, of the strictest integ- rity and a higlily honored man of his day. He was the son of Capt. .lohii Lovejoy, an active and val- i.ant soldier of the licvolutionary War. The whole race is noted for courage, perseverance and un- swerving fidelity to those |)rinciples of liberty and truth whicli distinguished their I'uritan ancestors. Temperance Wing, the mother of our subject, and the wife of Natiian Lovejoy, a very amiable anf eighty-three years. Mr. and Mrs. Lovejoy have three interesting children, two sons and a daughter — Allen 1'., the eldest, w.as born .Ian. k;, 1882; Henry S., Nov. 2. 1885; and .Iuli;i, Sept. 21, 1888. Mr. Lovejoy is essentially a self-made man and h;us achieved success within the recollection of the surviving early .settlers of Rock County. Thirty -eight years ago he began at .lanesville bare- handed. His first start was made with earnings while employed as a carpenter, and his progress ami prosperity since have been stead\ ;ind sure. iMiergy. industry, and integrity have marked his course from the beginning, and success has crowned his efforts in a marked degree. He wouM lie rec- ognized in any con)mnnily as a man of gieat ac- tivity and power. He is UUl and well-proportioned. muscular and callable of much endurance. The mold of his countenance and shape of his head clearly indicate self-reliance and unyielding will, and fixed- ness of purpose not ea.sily disturbed. His move- ments aie slow but with precision anil forethought. He is logical in all his methods and has no convic- tions that have not been reached by a process of rc.-isoning. His mind is comprehensive, and he rarely troulilcs himself with details. With proper training he would do well at the head of an army, but would make a poor corporal or even captain. In early life his mind was much exercised on the suliject of religion, he considering areligiouslife the chief blessing and duty of man. IJut not satisfied with any of the current theories of standard au- thorities on that sulijccl. iie strove hard and long for a rule or creed on whicli to lean and follow, and finally adopted one pecidlar to himself, more after the Unitarian model than any other, but he con- tributes to the support .and occasionally attends the churches of other denoniinatious. A fine .steel engraving of Mr. Lovejoy is shown upon another page. FKRI IT BOSrWICK, residing on section I, Turtle Township, is one of the ))romi- l\ nent citizens and honored pioneers of Rock County, who dates his residence in this community from 1838. He has witnessed the growth of the entire county, for on his arrival it was .almost in its primitive condition. The prairies were uncultivated, the trees were still standing, and where now are prosperous and thriving towns not a cabin marked the site. He has witnessed the rapid strides and progress made by the advance- ment of civilization, has seen the wonderful growth of town and city, the transformation of the waste lands into beautiful homes and farms, and has borne a prominent jiart in this great work. Mr. Bostwick w.os born in Susquehanna County, I'a., on the 8ih day of .lauuary, 1817, and is a son of I'hilo and Charlotte (Slone) Bostwick, who were natives of Middletown, Conn. In an e.arly d,ay they removed to Fenn.sylvania, .and Mi-. Bostwick gave the name of his native citv to the new town *t=^ -4^ ROCK COUNTY. 21 ^h^ of I'eiinsylvanin, He was one of the first settlers in Middlelowii. l';i., ;in(l in liis house the elections were helil until his dentii, wjiicli occurrecl ulioul the year IK.'il. llprijiht and honorahlc in all his dealini;s, he rceeivcd the respect of all wiio knew him, and was one of the proiniuenl ami ieadini; citizens of the county in which he made his home. For many years he lield the ollice of the .lustiee of the Peace, was Sheriff for se\'eral years, and in tlie Baptist Chiircli, of wiiich he was a faithfid and eon- si>,tent incrnlicf. lie acted in the capacity of Deacon, Mr. and Mrs. liostwick were the parents of live children — I'hiehe A., hecanu' the wife of Z. F. Doty, and l)()tliari' now deceased; Madison died in Pennsylvania; Perry died in Rock C'ountv in 1S70; llonier departed this life in low.a; .and Mer- ritt completes the family. After the death of her first husli.inil, Mrs. IJostwick liecame the wife of Willi:im L.'iwrence. ami in 1 S.Si;. emigrated to Rock County, sett lint; in IJcloit Township, where she m.'ide her home until licr death in IStiO. .She, also w.as a menilicr of the llaptist Church. The early education of oiM' suhjeet was rei^ejifed in his native county, and supplemented by a course in the schools of Heloit, after the emigration fpf the famil\- to NN'isconsin. When a young man he h'arneil the trade of .a carpenter and joiner, which occup:itit)n he followed at inliav.als for .a period of Iweiity-Hve years. On the Hth day of .Iainiiir\, IS 10, he was united in marriage with Aliss Diauth.a Nash, their union being celelirated in TurtleTowu- ship. The lady was horn in VVatertown, .leffer.son Co., N. v.. March :i, l.Sl<». and is the daughter of 'I'iinothy and F'.ctsy (WoodanI) N.ash, the father a native of Deertield, .Mass.. and the mother of .Mliany. N. Y. On their removal from the Kast, they located in I.enawee County. .Mich., when tliir- teen families eompi-i>eil the population of that, county. The death of .Mrs. Nash, who was a mem- her of the liaplist Church. o<:>0. when he |)urchased the old homestead, comprising eighty-six acres of laud on section I, Turtle 'I'ownship. This wa.s in an un- impro\ed comlition. but he immediately began its cultivation and development, and made for him- self a good home, where for thirty-nine years lie has continiu'd to resiile. His farm is stocked with a line grade of horses, cattle and hogs, and the im- provenienls which have been ma, ^^ ^ -t ^BIATHAR JOFINSOX. (me of the pioneer WS'/Lil settlers of this county, now residing on section 4. Johnstown Townshi]), is a native of New York, born in Bethany, Genesee County, on the 3d of .Tune, 1817, and is the son of Isaac and Ruth (Brown) Juhnscm. The family of twelve children of which he was a member now numbers but four among the living. Wintlirop, the eldest, w:is born in 1S()2. and is now living in K.asl Randolph, N. Y.; Seriel and Oliver are now deceased; Miranda w:is the wife of Nathan Reed; Anna is also deceased; Abialliar was the fifth in order of liirtli; William, who for forty years was a minister of the Kreevviil Baptist Church, is now engaged in farming in Chautauqua County, X. Y.; IJavid, a minister of the Baptist Church, is living near Agra, in IMiilli|)s County, Kan.; and four children died in infancy. .Jeremiah Baldwin, a half-brother of our subject, died in 1H7H. When Mr. .Johnson w.as a litttle l.ail of seven years, the death of his f.ather occurreshua and Annie Webb, who were both natives of that State, and came West to Rock County in 1843, where they spent the remainder of their d.i^s. When Mr. Stevens started out in life, his capital consisted onlj' of a young man's bright hope of the future, together with a deterniiuatiou to succeed. C(nnl)ining energy and perseverance witli his natu- ral business ability, he has overcome all obstacles, and is now one of the wealthy farmers of Rock County. A line farm of 520 acres of the most fer- tile land in Porter Township. |)ays a golden trilnite to his care and cultivation. He raisesagood grade of horses, cattle and hogs, h.as all the necessary machinery of the latest improved styles, and his home is an ideal one. Mr. Stevens h.as borne no inconsiderable part in the upbuilding of the coun- ty, and is one of its honored pioneers. For almost half a century he has lived in this community-, has witnessed the rapid growth of town ami city, has ■» f 248 ROCK COUNTY. -^K-l. aided in the work of tiansfoimatioii wiiicli has been steadily eanied forward, converting its wihl lands into well ciiltivaled farms, and has been a supporter of all public- enterprises calculated to be a benefit to the pulilic Mr. Stevens and bis wife arc both members of I lie United Brethren Church, and are earnest and untiring workers in tlie Mas- ter's service. He is a Republican in politics, and is very enthusiastic in support of the principles of that organization. He is well informed on all matters of general interest, and is an intelligent and valued citizen. He is now an old man. but can look back over his past life with no regrets, and forward to the future with no fears. The res- pect which is rendered him by all is well merited, and his sketch deserves an honored pl.ice in the history of his adopted county. RANK B. CIIILIJ, who is one of the early ir-\\ai» settlers of Rock County, and is engaged in ./l^ farming on section 1, La I'rairie Township, was born in Deering, N. H., in 183."!. His parents were Rev. Eber and Nancy (Tyler) Child, the for- mer a native of Vermont, and the latter of New Hampshire. The Child family is of English de- scent, it having been founded by ancestors who came from England to this country in the days of its early liistor\-. In the autumn of IM-Jy the Rev. Mr. Child, ac- companied by his wife and children, emigrated to the West and located in Emerald Grove, Rock County, where he remained but a few months. At the ex- piration of that lime he purcliased eighty acres of unimproved land in Lii Prairie Township, and in connection with his farming interests preached for the Congregational Churches at Emerald Grove and at Mount Zion, in Harmony Township. His death occurred in 18-19, at the age of forty-nine years, but his wife survived him until 1880. dying at the age of eighty years. They were the parents of six children — Mary E., who died when eighteen years old; William H.. died in infancy; Henry, who engaged in mercantile pursuits and afterwards served as a Major in the Confederate Array, died at Natchez; >nss. ; Erank B., was the third in order of birth; Charles died in childhood; Frederick is now engaged in farming in Dakota; and Ellen is the wife of Col. Ward, of Benton Harbor, Mich. The subject of this skelcli spent his earl>- life tipim Ills father's farm. At thi> age of sixteen years, he was apprenticed to a carpenter at .lanes- ville, and woiUccl at his trade until 1 HC 1 . when lu- res|)onilecl id his count ly's call fur troops, and en- listed in the niontli of Se|ilember, as a member of the 1 3lh Wisconsin Infantry. He partici|mted in the battles of Ricket's Hill, the second battle of Donelson, together with numerous other skirm- ishes. When the regiment returned home on a furlough in 1863, Mr. Child was detailed at Gen. Grant's headiinarters as a mechanic and was sent to Nashville, Tenn., where he was engaged in making desks and other furnilure. and also made a saddle- box for the General, under whose personal super- vision he worked. He was at the heail(|uarlers when Sherman took command and remained with that (ieneralas carpi'Uter until the march to the sea. He Ihcn formed one of a (Quartermaster's guard under Capt. Ison, for ihe defense of Nash- ville, and was comniissioneil Lieutenant, in which capacity he served until mustered <^ut in Novem- ber, 18f)t. When at Gen. (Grant's heailquarlcrs, he received a furlough, the paper permitting his leave of absence bearing the General's signature. After the close of the war, INIr. Child returned to Rock County, making his home in .Tanesville until 18()8, when he removed to Bates County, Mo., where he purchased a farm of 200 acres. Upon that land he tniilt a residence and also began its improvement anil cultivation, but only a few months had p.assed when a fire broke out, his home was burnt'd to the ground and he lost nearly all that he had. Once more returning to ,lanesville, he worked at his trade for some time, but after- wards purchased thirty-two acres of land on sec- tion 1, La I'rairie Townshii), comprising a part of his present farm. He has since added to the orig- inal purchase until he now owns eighty acres, which is under a high state of cultivation. In 1857, the marriage of Frank B. Child and Fannie Chesebro. was happily celebrated. The ladv is a native of Oswego County, N. Y.. and a daughter of E. D, Chtjsebro, wliose sketch appears 4~ =fcf-* ROCK COUNTY. 249 clsewlicrc in this volume. Tiiey are tlie parents of Olio cliilil. CmiI \'., who married Carrie Sherman, a (laiiuhtcr of Adclinan Shi-rnian. and is now cnsa<,a'(l ill fainiinir in I. a I'r.aiiii' 'rowiisliip. Socially. Mr. Chilli Is M iiHMulicr of \\w Masonic fraternity, while in Ills political \iews, he is an advocate of the Hc- piililican party, lie i.s well infuriiicil on all the leadini; issues of the day and has served his dis- trict a.s School Treasurer for the period of fifteen years. Since 184.'). he has heeii a resident of Rock (oiiiity. On his arrival the coundy was in a wild iiiicultivalcd state, its |)rairies were nniniproved, many of its towns and vlllai^cs had not vet been founded, and the settlements were indeed few. IJke all pioneers he was forced to endure the trials and liai(lslii|)s incident to frontier life. •€♦*- \fr^K\'. NORMAN BROWN, pjwtorof the Free- lit*^' will liaptist Church at N'orlh .lohsntown, 'i\y^\ Wis., is a native of Colerain. Fr.-inklin ^)'County, Mass.. and w:is horn Feb. l.'i, is;i3. lie is a son of .lolin and Miner\a (Kdsen) Iiiowii, who were jiareuts of eiulit children, four of whom are now living — Alexander, the eldest, is now de- ceased; Horace and Harriet were twins, .and the latter died in infancy: Mar\' is a resident of Tama County, Iowa; Noiinan of this sketch, is the next in order of lilrtli; Kdwin died in Illinois; Harriet is now a resident of .Micliiij.'iu. and the yoiinu;est child died in infancy. The mother of our subject w.as called to her linal rest in IHKiand after her death his father was auain married and one child was born of his second union. The e.irh' life of our subject was spent in the Empire State, and on the lOtli day of December. Is.'iT, he was iinitcil in iiiarrlaLic with Miss Juliet Holmes, a daughter of John and l.ydi.-i (Sweet- land) Holmes. Her parents had a family of eight children, six of whom are living — Avalinda, the eldest, is a resident of New York; Sidney, who is married and has three children, makes his home in Wyoming County', N. Y.; Windsor is also a resi- dent of the Knipirc Slate; Mercy is living in Onon- daga County. X. Y.; Ada died in ( )noiidaga County, in infancy; Juliet, wife of our subject, is ■4« next in order of liirth; Ann Kliza is the widow of H. I>. Darling; .lohn, who is living in Onondaga County. N. Y., is married and has live children, three yet living. By the union of Mr. and Mrs. Brown three children were born, two of whom are still living — John .1., who was born on the 22nd of November. IH.'iK, died in infancy; Frederick, lioni June 1. ISIKt. is a missionaiy now in India. He received his literary education in Tompkins County, N. Y., as a student in the Union School, and his theological studies were pursued in the Hillsdale Theological College, from which he grad- uated in June. 1HH8. He then became [lastor of the Freewill Baptist Church at North Johnstown, but the same year was sent by that denomination to India. On the ;id day of November, he sailed fioiu Boston Harbor on the steamer ■ Pavonia " to Liverpool, from thence b}' the steamer " City of Venice,'" to Calcutta. .1. Holmes, the third child, is engaged in hoi-tlcullural pursuits in Moravia, Cayuga County, N. Y. Rev. Mr. Brown has devoted aluiosl liisentiie life to the service of the Master. At the early age of sev- enteen years, in Sept<>mber, 1 8.")0. he began preaching the word of (Jod, his first sermon being delivered in Fowler. .St. Lawrence County, N. Y., after which he attended the Seminary at Whitcstown, ( )neida County, N. Y., for about two years, during which time he preached occasionally. He then went to Spafford. Onondaga County, where he had charge of the church of that place for five years. His ne.xt field of labor was at Baldwin Church, then called Barton Church, in Chemung County, and he was pa.s- tor of that church for thirteen \ears. four 3'ears of which he preached half the time in I'ennsj'Ivania. From Cheniuiig County he went to Summer Hill. Cavuga Co.. N. Y., having charge of the church at that place for nine years; two years of the time he preached for the Congregational Church of that place, having the service in the morning. Ills own church being out in the country- a few miles, and he conducted services therein the after- noon. From there he went to West Oneonta, Ot- sego County, in the same State, and spent about two years, after which he spent nearly two 3-ears at Burlington Flats, in the same county, when owing to failing health he went South to Long Beach. >» f 250 ROCK COUNTY. ^ Miss., anrl spent a few months ami lliencaine Xortli to Iowa. In the fall of ISSC. lie leiuoved to Hills- dale. Rlicii.. where he resided Init a few months, when he accepted a call to Hedfonl Church, Mon- roe County, Mich.; there lie remained a year and a half, and then resii;ned to take his son's |)l.ace ;is p.'istor of the church at Johnstown, Wis. \1*^ EACUN ANDHUS MUNGEK is one of the representative men of Union Town- shii), and resides on section 21. He is a native of (Jenesec County, N. Y., born Nov. 10, 1H24, and his parents, Klam and Eunice (Andrus) Munger, were natives of Massachusetts. The father followeil the occupation of farming, and in 1808, shortly after his marriage, removed to New York, settling on the Holland Purchase, where he bought 110 acres of land, and in the midst of the forest develoi)ed a farm, making it his home until his death. That farm is still in possession of a member of the Munger family. The children born on the old homestead were: Abigail, who was born in 1812, and died when quite young; Cyrus, who was born in isii.and died in 188G; ivuev, who was born in 1816, became the wife of Chaneey (Jodfrey, and both are n. 1873, anil is now attending school. Those deceased are Kosa, Lillian, and one child who died in infancy. The members of the family to which Mrs. Munger be- longed who are yet living are: Marietta, now Mrs. Scoville. of Attica, N. Y.; Gerry, who is living in Batavia, (.Jenesee Co., N. Y'. ; and Leonard, a resi- dent of Western Minnesota. Shortly after marriage, Mr. Munger and his \()ung bride removed to Attica, N. Y., where he engaged in carpentering and building until 18ij3, when he became a resident of Green County, Wis. For fif- teen years he made his home in that county, when, in 1868, he came to Rock County, where he has since resided. Turning his attention to farming, he puichased 130 acres of partly improved l.-uid on section 21, Uni<»n Township, wlieie he has since continued to reside. He inunediately l)egan the further develoi)ment of his lands, and has made many tine imi)rovements, placing his farm on a par with aay in the county. In connection with agri- cultural pursuits, for many years lie continued to work at his trade, and has built many of the best buildings in this vicinity. He is one of the self- made men of Rock County, having by his own efforts of industry aiul economy become one of the well-to-do citizens, notwithstanding the fact that he began life in limited circumstances. In politics he is a sui)porter of the Republican jjartj'. and his wife is a great worker in th? Women's Christian 0^ ^•^'byTGJ^nan^ ^- ' cn^*' h ROCK COUNTY. •253 Tiunpcrancc I'liioii. IJotli Mr. ami Mrs. Miiniier are members of the Baptist Church, in whicli lie liolds llic oHicc of Deacon, while he is known as Deacon Mung'er throughout the county. His jiiliors in hehalf of the temperance cause and the church are unceasing, lie gives liberally of his lime and means to the advancement of the chiucii interests, is always found in the foremost rank in all moral and religious enterprises, and has been a faithful worker in his Master's vinej-ard for many years. Ills spotless character and unquestioned integrity have won him the confidence and respect of all. and he is held in the highest esteem wherever known. APT. PLINY NORCROSS, attorney-at-law of Janesville, and a prominent business man ~^«/ of that city, was born in the town of Tem- pleton. Worcester Co., Mass., on the IGth of No- vember. 1838. His father, Franklin Norcross, was a descendant of Jeremiah Norcross, one of four broliicrs who emigrated from England and settled at Boston, Mass., in IGSfi. His mother. Lydia (Powers) Norcross, is of the seventh generation from Walter Powers, who was born near Boston, in li:;>'.l. Franklin Norcross and Lydia Powers were mar- ried at I'hillipston, Mass.. on the 17th of August, 1836, and in the fall of 18.-,2 left the B.-iy State, and, with four of their cliildren — Plinv, Freclcrick, Ellen and Louisa — settled in La (irange, Walworth County. Wis. The eldest child, Lauson, joined the family a few years later. With the exception of one winter s|)ent as a student at Milton Academy and one at .VIbioii Academy, our subject remained on the farm in La .<; range, until the fall of 1853, when he left home and entered Milton Academy, there coutinuing for two years. In the fall of 18fiO he entered the Stale University of Wisconsin, pursuing his studies in that institution until the Kith of the following April, -when he joined the Governor's Ouards, at Madison, in response to the call of President Lin- coln for 75,000 troops to serve three months. He claims to be the first to enlist from the University, and also from l»o(;k County, in the War for the Union. In the organ! /.at ion of the 1st Wisconsin Infantry, the (JoviMiior's (Juards bi'came Company K, and were commanded by Capt. Lucius Fair- child. Young Norcross was appointed Corporal in compliance with the rc(iuest of the squad of Uni- versity boys in the ciinipany. This regiment saw no fighting, .save at the battle of Falling Waters. Md. Among the famous battles of the Kebellion this one would hardly be worthy of mention were it not for the fact that it was there that the Wiscon- sin troops were first engaged, and there George Drake, of Milwaukee, was killed — the first Wiscon- sin man to lose his life in the great struggle for N.atioiial existence. This three months' service was an exciting, patriotic outburst of loyal senti- ment. It was the [)oetr_\- of the war; the serious part came later. Mr. Norcross returned to the University in the early fall of 18GI. but all attempts to study were useless. Livy's brilliant description of Hannibal's march across the Alps and his contest with the Poman legions seemcfl tame indeed, to the actual, living [iresence of war in support of the Hcpulilic. The whole country was ablaze. The air was filled with patriotic impulse; lliousands were rushing to the recruiting stations; uniforms were seen at all points; the red. white :inil blue were displayed ever3-where — on the buildings and streets, on the tables and in the drawing-rooms. Ladies vied with each other in wearing the symbolic colors. The |)ress gave no news except the war; the warl It was impossible to stud}' in such an atmosphere. Mr. Norcross went to Milton, anle com- menced housekeeping on Millim avenue, in .lanes- ville, where their lirst chikl, Fred V. was horn, Dec. i. 1865. Mr. Norcross commenced the study of law with the late II. K. Whiton, Esq., and snlisecpicntl^-, upon the removal of Mr. Whiton to Chicago, read in the office of Willard Merrill. Ks(i. He was ad- mitted to the bar Feb. 15. 18G(;, and in the fall of the same 3'ear formed a partnership with .Tohn R. ISennett, Ksq., now Judge of the First .ludicial Circuit. That connection continued until 1873, when he l)ecame a partner of A. A. Jackson, Esq., remaining with him a year, after which he practiced law- alone until July, 1 877. when the lirm of Norcross ose of manufac- turing encaustic and ornamental tile. A large fac- tory was erected, mainly with English capital. In August, 188;i, Mr, Norcross withdrew from the business and returned to Janesvllle, purchasing a large part of block No, 174, Smith, Bailey, it Sterne's addition, including Farmers' Mills, then located on the present site of the Pluebus Block, together with the water pu{ in an electric light plant, and in the summer of 1887 erected the present library building. He utilized the water- power of his original purchase by running the Farmers' Mills, the electric light plant, and by fur- nishing power for the shoe shop of Richardson A- Marzluff in the three-story building of the Nor- cross Block, also for the liean-der Printing Com- pany, the steam laundry, the bindery of II. J. ].,awreiice. the Chrnnlcle. and other purposes. In the fall of IWISS. uiion the dissolution of the lirm of Ri(li:uerty known .as Forest Park, which was then a large pasture ground. He built his present home thereon in 188!t. In politics Mr. Norcross has always lieen a Re- publican. He is not a member of any church, but is a regular attenilant upon the Episcopal service. Four children, Fred Franklin, John Vandcipool, Elizabeth Leavitt and Edward Powers, with their parents and gr.andmolher, make up the family. Capt. Norcross has proved an enterprising, |)rac- tical business man, .and, in addition to the various business coiu-erns before mentioned with which he is interested, has been identified with numy of the industries and corporations of Janesville, He was one of the original incorporators of the Merchants' and Mechanics' Savings Bank, the Badger State Works, the Janesville Pickle Factory, the Janes- u ROCK COUNTY. ••► 255 ville Matliine Company, tlie Cotton Mills and Bas- ket Factory. Ill mainior, ('apt. Norcross is uiiassumiuii. affahk; Mild ctimteoii.'*, liln'ial and broad in Ills views, and I'Vor read}' to aid any public enterprise that is cal- ciilalod to lii'iu'fit the citj' or county where lie has niaiU- Ills lioinc. That he is a man of good execu- tive aliility and not lackiiii; in nerve, the various hiisiness enterpri'Ses wliich li<' has successfully con- dnctetl, leslifi^. while ills integrity and high moral character coram.tiid the resiiuct and confidence of his fellow-citizens. A fine steel cngraviiiii of Capt. Norcross is shown on another pauc. pvKTKU ALLEK, Superintendent of the County Kaiin of Rock County, is a native of New .Icrsey, horn Marcii IH, 1SI7, and is the son of William and Mary (Dal- rymple) Allen, l"ith of whom were also natives of the same Stale, and who were tiie parents of eight eiiildren. Peter lieing fourth in order of liirth. .le.sse. the eldest, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume, is now living in I'nion Township, Roek County; Sarah .\iin. who married .lames Moore, die."i. was the wife of Thomas Wardell. who is now living in Mitchell County, Iowa; William, who re- sides in Washington, is engaged in the occupation of farming; David is a resiouisa died in infancy ; Eilna L. died in May, 1870; J. L. departed this life in February, 1887, and the others died in infancy. One child has gr.aced the union of Mr. Aller and Nancy M. Smith, Arthur 1'., l)orn Nov. 27. 1865. For about live yesirs he was a student of the high school of Evansville. and also attended the seminary in that place. He is now a resident of .loluistown and engatred .as Assistant Superin- tciiilcnt of the County- farm. In ]><()() Mr. Aller returned to his farm, where he remained three years, when he again moved to Kvansville and for a time lived a retired life. In 1871 he wasapijointed Deputy Sheriff by R.T. Pem- ber, and served :tssuch during the term of the latter. He w.as also appointed to the same position by S. .1. I'utnam. and served from l)S7.'{till 1877, when he was elected Chairman of the County l.oanl of Supervisors, a position which he continued to till for the succeeding ten years. In the fall of IX.SC, at a special meeting called for that purpose, he was elected as Superintendent of the Rock County Alms Ilonse, and .Tan. 1. 18.S7. ent«'red upon the dist'harge of the duties of that otlice. That he is well qualitied for the position is not doubted by a single person, for he has proved his ability in that direction to the satisfaction of one and all. The aver.age nunil)er of inmates is al>out 1 Id, while the cost of conn entered 40 acres of laml on section 25, situated on the Old Territorial Road, between Janesville and Madison, and in a short time increased his landed posses- sions by the purchase of another 40 acre tract. There were then but two houses between his homo and Janesville, and, in making a trip to I>eIoit to mill, he could drive directly .across the prairie, there lieing no fences or buihlings to intercept the way. Oxen were used in lireaking jirairie and for hauling the produce to market, and the farming implements were very crude. Before his emigration to Wisconsin, IMr. A Her was joined in wedlock on the 13th day of October, lH;:i(!, with Aliss Nanc}' Owens, a native of Bed- ford County, Pa., and a daughter of ,Iohn and Mary ((i.arrison) Owens, who were also born in the Keystone State, where the father's death oeenrrcd. The mother departed this life in Ohio, to which .Stale she removed with her family. Before the enngration of the young couple, three chihli'eu were born to them, two liorn in Pennsylvania and one in Indiana, and in the pioneer home of Rock County, the family circle w.as increased to ten. Six of the children are now living; Mary E., widow of James Courtier, resides with her parents; Wil- ' liam, who enlisted in the ranks of the 47th Wiscon- sin Infantry wsis taken sick while in the service, and died soon after his return; John, who also served throughout the entire war, wa.-> a member of the Kith Wisconsin lufantrj', and was with Sherman nored grandson of the Ti|)- pecanoe hero, for whom he proudly deposited his first vote. He has always been found in the fore- most rank of the temperance movement, earnesllv advocating the suppression of the li(pior traflic. both by precept and prai-tice. For forty-four years he and his wife have been members of the Freewill Bajjtist Church, are liberal in the support of that organization, and :irc untiring workers in their Master's vineyanl. In his business career Mr AUer has been ver\- successful. The little h 4 4 258 -•^ ROCK COUNTY. ^ liomestead of forty acres has been increased to a fine farm of 160 acres, with all the modern im- provements, fine buildinirs. well cultivated fields and the best grades of all kinds of stock. The lit- tle log cabin was replaced by a commodious two- story residence in 1870. the rude farming imple- ments have given way before the improved culti- vators, threshers and self-binders, and the work of progress and development has been ste.adily carried forward until the farm is one of the finest in the county. AVHien Mr. .Mler first settled where he now resides, there was no forest, with the exception of a few straggling burr oaks; the lieautiful timber now standing on a part of his farm was then small switches, suitable only for riding whii)S, so that he has not only witnessed the growth and develop- ment of the country, but has also seen the growth of the beautiful forest in the ncighbc^rhood. All the greater is Mr. Aller's success, when we know that he started in life with no capital, |X)Ssessing only a good constitution, a hopeful disposition and a strong determination to make his way in the world. The respect which he receives from all is richly merited, and we are pleased to record the sketch of one who has been so prominent a factor in the history of Rock County for almost half a century. f^s^ ,\MUKL CLKIy.VNI), a prominent farmer ^^^ of Center Township, living on section 36, 1tl/l| is a native of New York, and was born in ^~-^^ Orange County, October ■2.'5, 1828. His parents, Samuel and .lane (Martin) Clcland, who were born in County Down, Ireland, had a family of nine children of which he w.as the sixth in order of birth, only seven of whom are now living, namely: Eliza, wife of .1. Gowdy, of J.ancsville; George, who settled in Center Township in184G, but afterwards removed to Janes ville, died in March, IH8G, leaving a family; Jame.^^, who emi- grated to Rock County in 1 842, is married and makes his home in .lanesville; Jane, now Mrs. Ross, is living in Newburgh, Orange County, N. Y.; John is married an, at the age of eighty-seven years. They were people highly re- spected throughout the community where they resiiU-d. ( )ur suljject was reared to manhood In his native county, a,nd there receivecl his education in the district scliools. though it has been largely supple- mente, in Orange Couutv, w.as united in marriage with Miss Mary A. McCart- ney, one of the fair daughters of that county. Her i)areuts, .lames and Mary (Shaw) McCartney, were also natives of Orange County, but were born of Irish descent. Her father was a farmer and p.as.sed his entire life on the old homestead in New- York. The young couple began their domestic life upon a farm in that State, but at the end of two 3'ears emigrated to the West. Desiring to m.ake 'their future home in Wisconsin, they located in Rock Count}' in 18.56, and took up their residence on tin; farm in Center Township which still con- tinues to be their home. .Mr. Clcland pnrcluised eighty acres of land, upon which was a small house and barn and immediately began its cultivation. Many improvements have since been made, until his farm is now regarded as one of the best in the townshi|>. and comi>rises I (!0 acres of land under a high sUite of cultiv.'ition. After a few years had passed away, he erected a fine farm house, but had '4 ■♦- ROCK COUNTY. 259 the misfortune to have it destroyed l\v fire. With clinriicterislie energ}-, iiowever, lie soon rei>l!i('e(l it by another fine dwelling. His barns and outbuild- ings are models of convenience and his land is stocked with a good grade of Norman and Clydes- dale horses and Shorthoin cattle. lie does not take a very active part in political affairs, hut casts his ballot with the Democratic partj'. In 185.') lie made a trip to California and returned home by way of Oregon. lie has ever taken a deep interest in the cause of education and for the past twenty- live years ha.s been treasurer of the School Hoard. He and his wife are members of the Congregational Church at Center, in which he has held the oHice of Deacon for many years. Financially he is a self-made man, for by ids own efforts of industry, perseverance and good management, he has gained a comfortable competency and is reganled as one of the leading, progressive farmers of Rock County. 15y the union of Mr. and Mrs. Cleland eight children have been born — Elizabeth, who has l)een a successful teacher in this county for several years, being now employed at Edgerton; Mary lane, now Mrs. Oliver, formerly of Spring Valley, Wis., is now a resi,dit of whom were by his first marriage, and two bv his second. Of the first family of children, but two are now living — Alfred and his eldest brother Martin, who is now a resident of the Soldier's Home at (iuincy. III., and who was born on the 14th day of December, 1H12, and came to Jai.es- ville in 1844, working at the trade of a carpenter and joiner, until he enlisted in the late war in an Illi- nois regiment, serving more than three years. Of the second marriage, Amamla, now the wife of David Shaver, of Ottawa, III., is the only one now- living. Alfred Dewey, the subject, of this sketch, yrew to manhood in liisuati\(? county, and there learned the business of ganlening with his father, who was a horticulturist. In the fall of l.SKi he went to Galena. III., that legion of the counlrv then beiuir greatly noted for its lead mining interests. From Galena he went to Slnillsburg, and in the spring of 1841 went to the town of Exeter, in Green County, Wis., and engaged in iniuing until the spring of 1842, when he came to Janes ville, reach- ing this city on the tenth day <)f .Mav. since which time he has continued to make it his home. Tims for the long period of forty-seven years, he h.as been a resident of this community. At the time of his arrival there was not :i single house tm the west side of Rock River, in what is now tlie cit\- of Janesville. and fui the eiust side was a little village. cr)nlaiuing about 150 inhabitants. ( )iilv a short time elapsed wiien Mr. Dewey engaged in carpen- tering, and since that, time he has made that trade his chief occupation, tliougli for a number of years he devoted cousider.able attention to gardening. He has always taken great interest in the :iilvance. ment of the comniunily. and in 184 7. while Wis- consin was yet a territory, he served as deputy- sheriff of Rock County. On the 17th day of March, 1847, .Mr. Dewey was united in marriage with .Miss Elmira II. Stiles, -•► f i -4»- •«► 260 ROCK COUNTY. -f a (laughter of Joseph and Rachel { Morse) Stiles, who were natives of Vermont. Her father died in tiie Oreen Mountain .State, when she was hut twelve years of age, after which she went to live willi tlic family of a relative. Deacon IJenjamin Morrill, (now deceased) witli whom .she came to .lancsville, in 1844. hut the liealth of Mrs. Morrill lieing poor, the family returned to Vermont in 184C, but the lady did not survive the return jour- ney, dying somewhere in the state of New York. Though not long a resident of this city. Deacon Morrill is well rememliered by the pioneers of this town, and w.as one of the organizers of the First Congregational Church of Janesville. There is now but one of the organizers of this Church liv- inu in .lauesville — Mrs. Dewey. The deacon was for many years a resident of Orfordville, N. II., where his death occurred in March, 1889. The mother of Mrs. Dewey died at the home of her son in Michigan, Feb. 26, 1880. She reared a familv of seven children, all of whom are living, with the exception of one. Ml-, and Mrs. Dewey have three children, one son and two daughters, and two others died in childhood — Rosa A., who filed at the age of six- teen years, and Horace, who died while yet an in- fant. Minnie is still at home with her i)arents; Dr. Charles A. is a successful and prosperous I'hy- sician of Chicago, lie was bom in Janesville, Oct. 2;!, 1H5(), and received his literary education in the city schools, after which he studied medi- cine with Dr. (^)uiiicy O. Siillierl;iiid. He took his first course of lectures at the Hahnemann Medical College, of I'hiladelphia. and graduated at the Hahnemann College, of Chicago, in 1880. On the completion of his studies he was apjiointed resi- dent physician of Hahnemann Hospital, m Chicago, where he remained one yeai', and then located in that city, his ollici' being at No. '201. Thirty-first street. He h.is already att.ainod to considerable distinction in his prof&ssion, and gives promise of a still broader field of usefulness. Myra, the vt)unger davighter of Mr. and .Mrs. Dewey, is the wife of Chester II. Tiitlle. of Janesville. As will he seen from the above dates, our sub- ject and his wife are among the early settlers of Rock Connt\ who are still living, and are num- bered among its most highly esteemed citizens. The lady, as already stated, was one of the org.an- izers of the First Congregational Church, and has ever been a worthy, active and consistent member of that ilenomination. Mr. Dewej' has been con- nected with the Church since 1865. Politically, he is a stalwart Reiiublican, but was a Whig in earl^- life. He is the only living charter member of Wisconsin Lodge No. 14. I. O. O. F. of Janes- ville, which he helped organize in 1847. ||Z_^ OMER BRADLEY DeL(JNG, dealer in leaf fi tobacco, established his present business in 1871, and is tt^-day the oldest dealer in that line, in point of service, in the city of Janesville. While usually doing an extensive busi- ness, his tr.ade varies according to the season. For the year 1888 he handled 1000 cases, or over 300,000 pounds. Mr. DeLong is a native of Hardwick, Otsego Co., N. Y., born Aug. 12, 18.32, and is the >on of James and Mary (Stewart) DeLong, the former a native of Fr.ance, an4. when he came to Janes- ville, and as a builder and contr.aetor, erected a large number of the most substantial buildings in the city. He followed that occupation until 1.S71. when he eugjiged in the sewing machine business, and in liuying and shi|)ping tobacco. Until lH7o he carried on both lines of business, but since that time he has engaged exclusively in the tobacco tr.ade. Mr. DeLong was married in .lancsville. .luly 1. 1855, to Miss Ellen Child, a native of I'ittsfield. Vt., and daughter of I'enual Child. Four children have been born to them, three daughters and one son. Isora is now the wife of Wallace M. Carrier, of Janesville; Lillian ('.. Flossy H. and (ilenn J. are yet inmates of the paternal home. Stirred by a patriotic impulse, in 1864, Mr. De- -t- '?-f.'<^ ■ *■■ ''^'^ '.sr'J^r';' 4t ^1 ':'«fe. a z o Ul o X o z o •2 S < Ul _i o vi or 4 J^ " ^1 1 < » ROCK COUNTY. •203 Long returned east !i 11(1 enlisted in Company C. 10th NewYork Ilea vyArtilli'i\ .. '11111 served until theclosi? of the war, when he returned to .laiiesville. and lias here since made his home and heen actively en- jjaged in husiness. Carinir notliing for oflice, or th{^ lioiiors aoiiuiivd liy ollicial title, he yet takes that interest in |>olitii-Mi matters that every Ameri- can cili/.eii should take, and casts his vote with the Repnhlican party. Socially he is a memlier of Wisconsin Lodge, No. 1 1, L O. O. F.. and of \V. \V. .Saiiieiit Post, No. 20, C. A. 1{. lie .attends the Unitarian Church, the doctrines t)f which are most coiL^onant with his views of moral and Chris- tian life. As a citizen he is enterprising and for every nieasiire calciil;iteil for the i)iil)ric good which meets his .■ipproval. he is willing to do his part. A resirected the (irst tobacco warehouse in .lanes- ville. Olliers followed his lead until novvthereare twenty-three in the city. lie was the first to em- ploy girls to sort and put up toh.acco in the eastern style. The (Irst season he employed twenty-six; ahout (ifly are now eiiiplo^'ed dining the season. When he started in luisiness. W . IL I'omeroy, who has since left the luisiness, was the oldest dealer in toliacco here. Mr. DeLong now has that honor. OLMKS II.ViMMONI), a prominent pioneer of this county of .Iiine 1H|:5, and a highly respected citizen of Clinton, is a native of (^) the (Jreeii Mountain State, his birth having occurred in Windsor im the ITtli day of .January, I SOT. His parents were .labcz IL and Mary (Kowe) Hammond, who were of New England descent, and who after their marriage .settled in AVindsfir. where the following children were born unto them, namely: Cecilia, the eldest, died at the ageof six- teen years; Kaunce wedded Miss Mary 'I'liompson, and died in Craftsbur^', N't.; Calvin became the husband of Miss Lucy McGrath, and died in Wind- sor; Stephen marrie. and was a daughter of Prosper Marcy. The y(jiing couple began their domestic life in the .State which had always been their home, and there coiitiniied to reside until 181;!, when they started for the West. Going by team to Troy, N. V., thej- there boarded a canal boat for IhilTalo, and while making the journey to that city, Mr. Hammond first saw a railro.ad train. On landing at HutTalo, accompanied by his family he embarked on a steamer bound for Milwaukee, which was wrecked on the return voy- age. The journey was then continued with teams, the company' slopping the first night at Vernon. Waukesha County. On arrivingat the Fox River it was found that the water was so high that tlie\ could not proceed farther, and were obliged to wait until the following morning when it h.ad somewhat subsided. Mr. Hammond then hired a man who took the women across on liorses, while he carried the youngest daughter on his back. Finally suc- ceeding in getting cv(!r3'tliing across, they continued on their w.ay until reaching the home of an ac- (|uaiiitance, Royal 15iley, with whom they spent a few weeks. In the meantime our subject had pur- chased a farm of 210 acres on which a little log eal)in had lieen built, while twenty-live acres had been broken and lifty fenced. Into that little •^ J. 204 ROCK COUNTY. 4 lioine he moved with his family, anrl there con- tinued to reside for fifteen years. He ininiedialely began tiie development of his hinil, cariyinsi- on the work of cultivation an manhood and womanhood — Calista B. niai'ried ( )rmanse home is in Blue Earth, Minn.; and Sarah is the wife of William Law; she is a resident of i; ic County. III. Mr. and Mrs. Winkler emigrated to the West in 184(1, settling in Boone County, III., where both passed away. They were active anc) consistent members of the Baptist Church, and at their death the comniuuity lost two valued citi- zens. Politically. Mr. Hammond is a Republican ;Hid in early life cast his ballot with the Whig part}'. In is 10. he voted for (len. William Ilcjiry Il.arri- son. and in 1888 voted for lienjamiu Harrison, our present Executive and the grandson of the Tippe- canoe hero. None stand higher in the conimnnity than Mr. llaiuuHiuil. \vlii> has for so iiiany long years been idcnliliccl with the growth and progress of Rock County, and has witnessed almost its en- tire development. To those pioneers who h.-ive borne the liardships and trials of frontier life is due a debt of gratitude whii'li can never be repaid, but we can honor them in life, and when they shalj have passed away hold their memory in loving re- gard. Mr. and Mrs. Hammond aie strong believers in spiritualism, as was iil.so his frst wife. The present Mrs. Hammonri is recognized as a clairvoyant and magnetic healer. As a medium she professes power to communicate with the departed. When Mr. Hammond came to Clinton, he coidd .scarcely get a pl.ace in which to hold a .seance, and therefore, in 1 858, erected a hall to be used for that pnipo.se. lie is now cight\ twu years of ai^e. hale and hearty, and with the noble lady, who is a true com- panion to him, p:usses along the journey of life with no fears for the great future. The reader's atten- tion is called to the excellent portraits which ac- company this sketch. ^ifp^ZRA HEXNISOX CHESEBRO. a farmer ^ who resided on section 12. in La Prairie , ' — ^ Township, wasanativeof Connecticut, hav- ing been born in Stoningtou. on the Kith of A|.)ril. 1814. He was a son of Henry and Sarah (Will- iams) Chesebro. His mother was a parents, .lames and Sally (Arniild) I'erry, were descended from old New England families, and became lesidents of the Umpire State in 178(1. .lames I'erry w.as a .soldier of the War of 1S12. and was wounded while en- gaged in the battle of I'liiffalo. He ami his wife had a family i>f eight children, four sons and foiii' daughters, six of whom lived to m.atiirity: .Sally. the eldest, married .laeob ISiirlisoii, who settled at Kast Blooniliehi. N. V.. where Imth died: Frederick C. is the ne.\t in order of birth; .I.ames is a resident of Michigan; Betsy is the wife of Francis Young, of Hillsdale County, Mich. ; Marietta became the wife of .lohn Shelters, a resident of Michigan, where she died in 1878; Peter, the yomigesl resiiles near Benton Harbor, AHch. The death of Mr. Perry occurred in 1830. Politically, he was a Democrat, and was always well informed on all matters of pnbli<- interest. JSIrs. Perry, who was a sincci-e Christian wuinan and a most estimable lady, died in 18;i.O. Our subject passed the days of his childhood and \(iuth in his native connt^'. and his education was received at the district schools. Being the oldest sou of the family, on the death of his father, the whole responsibility of caring and proviiling U)\- his younger brothers and sisters fell iipun him. but he nobly discharged his arduous duties. 'J imes were hard and many a cord of word has he cut and s|iiit for lwenl\-li\e cents per cord, cutting from two to three cords per da^'. He was offered a po- sition in a cooper's shop l>y a man who lived in the neighborhood, who agreed, as soon as he could make four barrels, which was a day's work, to pay him day wages. In three days after entering the service he had so far masterecl the trade as to make the four barri'ls per da\ . This shows what a young m;in of energy and enterprise can accom()lish when put to the test. In 1 8.>8 Mr. Perry emigrated to the West, locating in Oakland County. Mich., where he engaged in business until 181(1. when he removed to Commerce, where he followed his trade for six years. In the nth of Novenjber, 1812, he led to the marriage altar Miss Asenalh Howard, a daughter of Cheney and Asenatli Howard, of Herkimer County, N. ^^ In November, of 18;'(.'!, he came to I'.eloil. where he has since resided. The follow- ing year he erected the home in which he still re- sides, but which was at that time on the prairie, being siirronndcil by only a few houses on the west side of the river. P'ive chililren were born of the union of Mr. and Mrs. I'lMiy. two sons and three daughters: Il:irriet. wife of Thomas Purvis, a prominent business ni;in of Heloit; Delia, a gradu- ate of the Meloit .Seminary; Albert, who was a sol- dier in the late Rebellion, in the 42d Wisconsin Inf.antry, and is a cooi)er in this city; Stella, wife of Alvin .Spaulding. of .Vlbion, Neb.; and Fred, of Beloit. Mrs. Perry, who was a most estimable lady and was loved by all who knew her. ' l '* ' /^\\H.\RI,KS IMILIyEI!, who is extensively en- Ill n o"''e<''' '" farming and stock-raising, is one ^^^' of liock County's leading and enter|)rising business men. .'ind is numbered among the pioneers of 18-41. His home is now on section 7, in the liie town of Porter, where he h;is resifleil for many years. He was born in Monroe County, Pa., on the 4th of October. 1823. and is a son of Amos and Klizabelh (Huston) Miller, both of whom were na- tives of RIonroe County, the father born of Irish parentage, while the mother was of Welsh origin. During his early life Amos RHller was engaged in mccli.'iiiical pursuits and learned the tr.ade of wagon making, which he followed until thirty years of age. He then turned his attention to farming, and in 1852 removed from Monroe Couiit\-, I'a.. to Rock County, Wis., where the eight succeeding years were i)asscd. In 18G() he became a resident of Daiu' County, Wis., where he purchased a small farin. which he made his home until his death in I8(!.'i, when in the seventy -seventh year of his agt'. I lis (|uiet and un:issuming manner won him many friends, and his fair ai>d iioncst dealings through- out life secured him a reputation of which any might be proud. His excellent wife had, long ^-ears previous, departed this life, her death occurring in liS2(). There were six children born of their union, four sous and two daughters, and the family circle is yet unbroken : John, the eldest, an attorney-:it- \a\\. has been engaged in the practice of his pro- fession in Steubcnvillc. Ohio, for the past fifty years, and for several terms h.as served as District ■)u; .Vnrora l>. is the wife of William Moore, who Is the owner of a line farm of Gtiti acies In Columbia County, Wis.; Stanton weddeil Miss Minnie Moss, and is now ojieratlng .■i80 acres of lan lionored pioneers of Rock County, dating his residence fronij 1841. and is now en- g.aged in farming on section 14, Magnolia Town- ship. He was born in Dutchess County, N. V., on the ISth day of Oclol>er, 1821). and is a son of Abijah K. and i.ydia (Robinson) liarrett. His par- ents were both natives of Dutchess County, where their marriage was celebrated. The family was established in America during the early days of New Yorlv. and is supposed to be of Irish ancestry. The maternal grandfather wjis a soldiei- in the war of the Revolution. The family of Abijah and I.ydia I'.arrett nnm- lierecl eleven children, and, with the exception of one, all attained to mature years. They are as fol- lows: Ogilen, who is now a coal and wood dealer, of Siou.\ Falls, Dak.; Clarke, who remained at home until the age of twenty years, then eidiste-ely in the work of development. He was reared to man- hood on his father's farm and received his primary education in the common schools, which w:w sup- plemented by .a partial course at .Vllen's Grove Academy. His boyhood days were passed in the usual mani' r of farmers' sons, assisting in the work of cultivating and improving the land and since attaining to mature yeais, he has followed the same occu|)ation. On the 31st day of M.ay. ISdC. .Mr. Barker cele- brated his marriage. .Miss Diana .lones becoming his wife. She is a daughter of Samuel Jones, one of r -•► 274 ROCK COUNTY. the pioneer settlers of Rock County, where their wedding was celebrated. Tnto tlicni were Ijoni two children, but only one is now livin<>; — Frank, a most promising .young man, who is now com- l)lcting his education at Beloit College. Mr. Barker is one of the extensive land owners of Roi-k County, his lieautiful farm comprising 366 acres of arable land under a high state of cul- tivation; he lias made many improvements, his barns and outbuildings are models of convenience, and he li.is ;ill Ihe latest machinery. In connection with the care and cultivation of his land, he gives considerable attention to the raising of stock of the best grades, in which line he has been very suc- cessful, lie is energetic and enterprising, attending c;irefully to all the details of his business and is a representative and VMlued citizen. He is well known throughout the coiiiniumity and is held in high regard. In his political alHIiations he is a Republican. It is with pleasure we present the [lortraitsof Mr. and Mrs. Barker to the readers of the Ai.uim. W^dLMAM OLIVKW. a general farmer and ' stock-raiser residing on section 8. Siiring \ alley Township, has been a resident of Rock County since 1844, and has endured the trials and liMnlships incident to life on the frontier. He was liorn in Uocksburg, Parish of Morebattle. Scot- land, on the Ith day of June, 1816, and is a son of .lames ami Kli/.abeth (Scott) Oliver. The days of his boyhood were p.assed in his native land, where he received a liberal education. In the year IS.'iO. in company with his parents, he crossed the broad ocean to America and became a resident of Otsego County, N. Y.. where his parents passed the re- inaiiKler of their lives and were there laid to rest. Kemaining a resident of the Kmpire State until 1844, Mr. Oliver decided to try his fortune in the West, and acting upon that decision came to Wis- consin. He was employed through the f(jllowing winter and suninier by Messrs. Easterly ik Bantie, and in the Fall of 184.') iiurchased 160 acres of land on seetifm 8, in the town of Spring \'alley his ^ present home. He at once Ijegan to clear the land, cutting rails for the fences and preparing the logs with which he erected a little cabin in the spring of 1H47. In that pioneer home he resided for more than twenty 3'ears and there passed many happy d.a^s. His early life was one of industry. He cleared 200 acres of land, which he cultivated with scarcely any a.ssistance for about twenty years, since which time the boys have taken [lart in the improvement of the farm. During those early da\^s when the countr3' wa,s unsettled and the land uncultivated. Mr. (Jliver would load his wheat and pork into w.agons and take it to market at Milwau- kee. The grist was usually ground at Beloit, where was located the only mill for miles around with the exception of a small mill at Sugar Hi ver Diggings, now called Exeter. The crop first raised upon his farm was about seven acres of wheat which had been planted by a Mr. Cochrane, who was at that time employed in one of the mills at Beloit, and from whom Mr. Oliver |iurchased the claim. He afterwards eng.aged quite extensively in raising wheat which he hauled to Janesville, where it was ground into flour, when he took it to Stevens Point, selling it to the •■ loggers." His p.ayment was part in cash and part in shingles, which he used in building his house. The distance between his home and the Point was about 1.5(1 miles, and driving an ox team about three weeks were con- sumed in making the journey. The enterprise was however a protitable one. and he also found a good market for tlour at Mineral Point, after the discov- ery of the lead mines at that place. On the 22d d.ay of .lime. 1841. Mr. Oliver led to the marriage altar Miss Elizabeth Alexander, who was also born in Kocksburg, Scotland, and in 18.'i('), came with her parents to America. Pnto them have been born seven children, two of whom died in infaiuy — lames, the eldest of the family, who was born April 6, 1842, m.arried .Miss Elizabclh Oliver, a cousin, when on a visit to Central New York. They now reside on a f.arm on sectit)n !». .Spring \'alley Township adjoining the home of his father, and one cliild has blessed their union. Helen, who was born Dec. 21, 1813, became the wife of William Lang, a native of New York, born of Englisli descent, and they have now two sons. Elizabeth, born .Jan. 25, 1841). married .John .Vrni- u, n •4^ -k. ROCK COUNTY. 275 ^ stniiiu. ;i n;Uivc of Oliin of ScoU'li uriniii, :iii(l to tlu'in li;is licHMi lioin ;i ilauylitci-. who is ix'sklint; witli luT ii.'iri'iits ill Dt'.s Moines, louii, wlicic Mr. Annstroiijj w:is for some jears foreiii.-in in (lie Leader ollice. 'I'lioaiiis A., was born April 1. 18.'>2, inariieil Miss Snrali Ilaiii^limaii, a native of Iowa, liv whom lie has two cliiklrcn, and they now reside on a farm in Kansas, where tliey liave made their home for about eiglit years. William .1., who was born on the 10th day of .June, l.So4, was joined in wedlock with Miss .Jennie Cleland, of Center Townslii|i, a daui;hter of Samuel Cleland, whose sketeli appears on another (lage of this work, and of their union one child has been l)orn, a .sou. Mr. Oliver is now engaged iu faruiing and stock- raising on his line farm on section 8, Spring N'alley Township, where he has one of the most pleasant homes in the coinmunit}'. Since becoming a resi- dent of the county, he has been prominently iden- tified with the promotion of social, moral and religious interests and is a warm friend of educa- tion! His children have all received good advan- tages, such as would tit them for the practical duties of life and all with the exception of the eldest have snp[)lemented the course in the district school by terms of study in higher departments. In political sentiment, Mr. Oliver is a Republican, ami strongly favors prohibition principles. He and his wife, who is a most estimable lady, are members of the Scotch United Presbyterian Church, and are highly respected people, who hold an en- viable place in the hearts of their many friends throughout the county. "*>*^=''^-C!0j'^^*-'«^- (i. LOVI). It can be said but few citi- j) zens of Rock County that their entire lives '■S}^ have been spent upon one farm, but such is i^) the case with our subject, who was born, reared, and still resides on section 2, La I'rairie Township, llis parents, William and .Martha (.loncs) l.oyd. were both natives of New York. The father was born in Syracuse, of Welsh parentage, was reaieil to farm life, received his education in the district schools, and was a farmer by occupation. About the year \.>m, desiring to cast his lot with the pioneers of the West, he ciiiigraled to Rock County, Wis., settling on section 2, La Prairie 'J'owiiship, where he entered a claim of ICO acres of raw land. From the wild pijiirie he developed a fine farm, making it his home until his death, which occurretl in October, 1«7(), at the age of sixty-five years. His wife died about the year 1850. I'.ut one child was bom to them, II. (J., of this sketch. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Loyd wedded Nancy Ransom, and by the second union six chil- dren were born — Kli B., who is now in Dakota; Klbcrt O., a ranch man, resides in the State of California; Mary K., who died in the <1ays of her girlhood; Paulina J., who wedded S. S. Iligby, a merchant of Milwaukee; Maranda, who is living in Milwaukee; and Martha, deceased. In 1860 Mr. Loyd was called upon to mourn the loss of his second wife, and being left with a family of six small children who needed a mother's care, lie wed- ded Mrs. Electa II. Hoskins, whose maiden name was Hlood, on the I(5th day of September, 1861. On the ITtli day of October, 1876, Mr. Loyd was called to his rest, and Sept. 7, 1886, Mrs. Loyd passed from earth. He was a member of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church of Emerald Grove, and was prominently identified with that organization as one of its leading members and workers, liavin<>' served both as Class-Leader ami Steward. He also took a deep interest in political affairs, and w.is a strong anti-slavcrj' man when it was dangerous to express his views on the subject. When the Re- publican party sprang into existence, having for its object the iK>n-extension of slavery, he joined its ranks and continued to be one of its earnest sup- porters until his death. He was an energetic though careful business man, and took great interest in the cause of education, always cnde.-ivoring to furnish his children with such advantages for instruction as would enable them to creditably fill any position. Although (•ominencing life as a poor bo\-, at the time of his death he was the owner of a line farm and possessed of such a competence as would en- able his widow to live in ct>mfortablc circuni- stiinces. »II. (i. Loyd, the subject of this sketch, was reared to farm life. In the district schools of Rock County, he received liis education, which was snp- .^1^^ 276 ROCK COUNTY. '""^ *t plemented by several terms attendance at Milton's College. With tlic exception of one year spent as a traveling salesman in northern Wisconsin, he has cnuaged in agiicnituial pursuits througliout his en- tire life, and now operates a fine farm of 160 acres. In Felirnary, 1870, he was united in marriage with Miss Eliza Jones, wlio was born at Emerald Grove, and is a daughter of i)avioyd have been born a family of si.\ cliildrcn— Estella .M.. Willie E.. Elleura P., (HJhcrt 1.. P'rank II. .ind .lessie O., the latter being deceased. Since attaining to mature years, Mr. I^ovd has held various local offices of trust. For live years he served as Township Trustee, has iicld the ollice of lioail Supervisor, and is at present a member of the School Board. In earlier years he supported the llepublican party, but now casts his baUot willi the Trohibition party. In con- nection with general fuiining. he operates a dairy, and llironghout the county is Unosvii as one of the leading ami enter|)rising citizens. He is liehl in high respect by all who know him. and holds an enviable position in the esteem of his friends. jll\ M. DAVENl'OUTE. a practical and enter- prising farmer residing on section !), in the |1\ town of I'nion. was liorn In Albany County, X. v.. Feb. 2:i, 18:!1, and is a son of William 1). and I'liiebe ('.( Marshall ) Davenporte. Both pa- rents were born in West Chester County, N. Y., and there their mariiage was celebrated. William I). Davenporte wa.s a blacksmith by tr.-ide, follow- ing that occu|)ati(,ii until about forty-eight yeais of age. He located in Alb;uiy County about ten years after his mairiage and there made his home for many years, on the farm which is still in pos- session c)f the f.amily. He and his wife were the parents of seven children, and with the exci'iition of one who dief Friends, and hail a family of four children, three of whom are yet living — .lames, who was for a nnnd)er of years in the I'niti'd .States (^uarteiinaster's Department, is a prominent citizen of Omaha. Neb.; David is eugagetl in merchan- dising in Omaha; and Emor died in West Chester County, March 7, i812. On the 8th of September, ISoo. Mr. and Mrs. Davenporte left New York and nnjved to Richland County. Wis., where the hu>baud purehasetl 12't "T -^•■ ROCK COUNTY. ■*^ 277 f acres of wild Innd making it liis liome until 18(j0, HJifii lie li'.-idcd llial f;ii'ni t'lirniio in Dniu' C'lumly. Wis., also ciiiiiiirisiny 120 acres, lie placcil liolh fartiis under a high slate of cultivation, and in 1S7II liouglit 1'26^ acres of land on sections ',) and !(!, lliiion Townshij). Rock County, taking up his residence thereon in 1S71. He has made many fine iniproN cincnts U|Min the I'lnd.auil in connection with the develo|inient of the farm has been engaged extensively in raising stock for some years. He lias also been engaged fur some time in the dair}' liusincss, keeping at first short-horn calllc for this l)urposc. Iiut finding that the .Jersey bi'ccd was liet- ler for the daiiy. he dis|iosed of the former stock, entirely rephu'ing them 'villi the latler. His shee|) are of the best grades and in limes past he has kept .•IS high as from 200 to 100 head per ye.ar His hogs are of the roland-China slock, and he frc- (luenlly sells as high as sevenly-fi\e head annually, receiving the highest market price. ( )f later years lie has also given consideraljle attention to the breeding of horses, keeping on hand Normans, Clydesdales and roadsters. Mr. and Mrs. Davenporte have a family of four children— William II.. born Feb. 20. l.SoCin Rich- land County, Wis., wedded Miss Nellie h'rancis of Union 'I'ownship, a daughter of I)avil, as a member ol Company F, and .after par- ticipating in many hard fought battles was mus- » i •278 -•► ROCK COUNTY. w int tered out at the end of three years on the 26th day of January. 1864, but veteranized with his old comrades of the 13th regiment. He tlien received a veteran furlough and returned to his home where he was married Feb. 28, 1864. Leaving his young bride he again returned to the South and faithfully served his country until the close of hostilities, when he was mustered out of service. As lief ore stated. Mr. Richards w.is married dur- ing his leave of alisence. Miss Austa 1. Wallihan becoming his wife. Mrs. Uichards is a daughter of I'ieree and Lucy (Hower) W.allihan, both na- tives of Ohio. They h.od a family of eleven chil- dren, nine of whom grew to man and womanhood — Orlando F., who was born Dec. 29, 18.S.3, at Hrookfield. Ohio, married Miss Currencc Johnson, also a native of that State, .and seven children were born of their \inion, two of whom died in in- fancy. Rosa, the second child, became the wife of Wright McFarland, of Hartford, Ohio, where they are still residing. Samuel S. wedded Maria L. He- mis, of F.vansville, Wis., who died leaving four children, after which he again married, his second wife being Helen M. Wethciby, by whom he has two children. Maria K.. who is single, makes her home in Cleveland, Ohio. Sylvia F.. who became the wife of J. M. Owen, of Footville. Wis., died in November, 186.3. Austa I., wife of our subject, is the fifth in order of birth. Sylv.anus F., was joined in wedlock with Mi.ss Jane Ilammel, a na- tive of I'ennsylvania, and they have six children, all resiiling in Center Township. Edward die# * ■♦- ROCK COUNTY. 279 1842 he bade good-bye to his parents, friends and everything thnt lie held dear, and started out to win his way in the world, to struggle against its hardships and overcome itsdillieulties. For several years he followed a seafaring life, embarking on a sailing vessel which made trips between England, Ireland and Wales. After enduring many trials incident to life on the ocean, he at length abandoned that occupation after twelve ^'ears, and in 1855 saileil from Liverpool to New York with the inten- tion of making his home in America. Having been advised by some acrpiaintances, made during his voy.age. to go to Mineral Point, Wis., where it wa.s said tliat he could obtain good work and good wages in the lead mines, he at once acted upon that .advice after landing in New York, but on reaching his destination found that already there were many more laborers than were needed. Knowing that he must find employment, he at once began searching for work and soon hired out as a farm hand for one year, receiving $12 per month. At the expiration of that time he oi)erated land on shares for three years, when he purchased forty acres in section 10, Porter Township, which had been but partially im- proved. After six years spent iir the cultivation of that tract he added to it seventy acres, operat- ing the whole for fifteen 3'ears, when he sold out. Purchasing a farm of 185 acres of Kdward (tilly, he madi- his home thereon for about nine years, when he dispo.sed of his projierty and removed to Cooksville, on account of his wife's failing health, and has there since made his home. iMr. Mayo has been twice married, his first nnion being with Miss Mary Drnmniond, and was cele- brated on the 29th d.ay of April, 185G. She died Feb. 11, 1887, at the age of seventy-two years. She was a member of the Congregational Church, an earnest and sincere Christian and devoted to the cause which she advocated. After the death of his former wife, Mr. M.iyo w.as united in marriage with Hvelyn .Seaver, who is a native of New York, and her parents were numbered among the early .settlers of Wisconsin of IHIG. Her father was a farmer, and followed that occupation until called from this life at the age of ninety years. Mrs. Mayo, who is a most estimable l;iily. sjient the greater part, of her life in earing for and adminis- tering to the wants of her aged parents until their death, when she left her home and went to Illinois and Kans.-w, where visiting relatives and friends she tried to forget her sorrow and grief. Hidurning to her home after three years absence, she was married to Mr. M.ayo, jis above stated. Energetic and progressive, ftlr. Mayo has ever taken a deep interest in the advancernenl of |)ublie enterprises, anntinuemliers of the .Second Congregational Church of lieloit. Mr. Russell is a Demociiit in |)olitics, and has been identified with the piil)lic interests of this commu- nity since becoming a resident of Uock County. ||/j_^ ALVOR II. nrSEMON. Numbered among the l(>adiiig farmers and early settlers of Hock County, is the subject of this sketch, who resides on section 12. Newark 'I'owii- liip. The history of his life will be read by his many frieuils with interest, lie was born in Noi'- way. on the Htli day of October, 1 833, and is a son of Hans anil liergitli (llalverson) Ihisemon. His parents were also natives of Norw.ay. In his na- tive land the lather followed the occupation of farming and shoe making and in that countrv mar- ried Miss llalverson in IS.'iO. ISefore their emigra- tion to America, five children were liorn unto them, three of whom accomp.anied their parents to the United States, the oilier two having died in infancy. Their first child iliiil when an infant; Ilalvor was | the second in order of birth; Carrie came with her parents to America, and is now the wife of Ilaiis 1*. (iaarder, a farmer of Worth County, low.i; Itergith died at the .age of ten years; Annie died while crossing the ocean. Afteillic family reached Rock County, another daughter w^a,s l)orn, whom they also named Annie, and who is now llu' wife of O. P. Gaarder, a resident farmer of Spring Valley Tovvnship: Ilalvor, Jr., the next child, died in in- fancy; Bessie is now at home; and Ellen also died in infancy. Immediately after the landing of the family in New York, they contiiuied their travels to the Ter- ritory of Wisconsin and for two months made their home in the town of lieloit. I'lirchasing I 2') acres f>f land on sections 11, 12 and 11, Mr. llusemoii in 184(1 built a log cabin, and into this the family moved — their first home in their adopted country. The land was in a wild and uncultivated state, but with the aid of his sons, he at once began the work of develoinneul and improvement, .and the raw |)rairie was soon transformeil into a fine farm, hi l.S.')2 the pioneer house was replaced li\- a more c(mimodions frame dwelling, which is still the home of the old people, though it is owned by our sub- ject with whom they reside. The father is now eighty-three 3'ears t)f age, having been born June 21, ISOi;, and can well remember the great war in the old country in 1S14. The mother is now eighty years of .'igc. Roth :ii'e members of the Norwegian Lutheran Churi'h, and are highly re- spected by their iii:ui\ friends and neighbors. Until twelve years of age, Ilalvor Ilnsemon re- mained in his native laud, but at that time, 184;'), an important event in his life trans|)ired — his emi- gr:itit)n to America. His primary education was received in Norw.a}', anil sup|)leiiiented by a course in the schools of Rock County. He assisted his father in the development of the new farm, and since that time has given his undivided attention to agricultural pursuits. In ISTi'.t he became the pos- sessor of the old homestead, which at that time contained l'.hl acres. The many improvements which he has made show that his life has not been an idle one, while everything about the |>lace de- notes the til rift and enterprise of the owner. Though commencing life in limited circumstances, he has f J^ ,t 4«- 284 ROCK COUNTY. accnmulated a comfortable property, and is regarded as one of tlie leading farmers of ^Newark Town- sliip. I)) (•(uniection with his other Int^M'ests he operates; a clairy. keeping sixteen eows for this pur- pose, and his farm is also stocked with a good grade of horses and hogs. On the •24th d.ay of M.ay. 1862 Mr. Iliiscmon was united in marriage with Miss Carrie Thon. who was horn in Norway, in April. 1827, and is a d.'uighter of Christian and Sarah Tlum. Her pa- rents both died in their native land, and her two sisters came to America in 184(>. .Alargaret. the eldest, is the deceased wife of O. N.ass, a resident of Litchfield. Minn.; F.niily is the wife of Thomas Anrlerson. whose home is in Allamakee County, Iowa. Two children have been born of the union ened a branch store at Cooksville. Rock County, which was con- ducted by Mr. Chambers. Mr. Lawrence contin- ued his connection with these gentlemen until 1817, when they dissolved partnership, and he en- tered into a similar business relation with ^'olnev Atwood. and Elibu 11. Strong, under the firm name of Lawrence. Strong k Co., dealers in general mercliandise. In 1852 Mr. .Strong withdrew, and the business was continued under the firm name of Lawrence k Atwood, the firm yel being in exist- ence, covering a period of thirty-seven years. In 'A ,t 286 ROCK COUNTY. the meantime they have been engager! in various enterprises l)oth mercantile and manufacturing, some of wliich hMve proveil sticcrssfiil. others the reverse. In 18;')! Mr. Lawrence helped to organize the "Rock River Valley Union Railway Company," which has since hecome tbe Chicago reside until 1853. That year witnessed their arrival in liock County, AVis., and the same year Mr. Bullock rented a farm in (Ireen County, where his residence wa.s short however, as in 1854, he purchased his present home of his brothers. Samuel M. and Reuben W.. who reniove*>*^>!a> <^*c-»«tf!«-k 4 yj^KOllGE IL AUSTIN, a representative and III (— -. progressive farmer of Magnolia 'I'ownship. ^^J! and one of its self-made men. h.as liccn a resident of Rock County since the nn)nth of May, lH.")."i, aufl has liccn idculiticd with the upbuilding and pronuition of the leading interests of the com- niunity. lie was horn in Fraid' Battery in the late war. is living on the old homestead near Frank- fort. N. ^'.. which has been in possession of the •Austin family for fifty-one years; ^Villiam S., who was also a member of liates Battery, is a resident of Evansville. Wis.; Nancy J. is the wife of J;imes Hulserof I'tica, N. V.; Stephen T.. of Com- pany I)., 121st New York Iiifautr}, died in the capit.al city of our nation while serving in" the late war. Ezekiel Chapni.in. the great-great-grandf.ithcr of Mr. Austin, was .i manufacturer of firearms for the (iovernment at the time of the Revolutionary War, and was the first man in America to discover the art of molding cast steel. Freeborn Austin, the grandfather of our sid)ject, served as a soldier in the War of 1H12. Margaret Lee was descended from English ancestors, who settled in America in in colonial days, and was a distant relative of Robert E. Lee. the distinguished Confederate (ieneral. George H. Austin was educated in his native f ■<*• 290 ROCK COUNTY. -f coiinty. where lie made liis home until 1854. Dur- ing early lifo he eiigagcci in In siting on the Erie Canal from Buffalo to New York City, following this occnpatiun until the year above mentioned, when desiring to turn his attention to agricultural pursuits, he folhiwed the course of human emigra- tion westward, and located in Rock County, Wis., where he rented a farm on section 1 I. in the town of Magnolia. In connection with the care of the farm, he also worked at the car|)enter"s trade. Re- turning to his home in New ^'ork, in the month of December, l^o.j, Mr. Austin spent the winter in his native county, and on the 21lth , married Miss Maria lUirton, who w.as born in I'tica, ()neiakfi>nl and Mary { Welstead ) IJurton. were natives of Kent County. Eugl.and. and emigrated to this c'.)untry about 18.'5(l, and became residents of Rock County in I8(j(). Mr. 15urton now makes his home with Mr. and Mrs. Austin, and though in his eigh- tieth year, is still hale ami hoart^'. His wife was called to her final rest Sept. 10, 187!l,at the ad- vanced age of eighty-one years. I>y the union of our subject and his wife one chilli has been born, Henr\- L., born in Magnolia, .luly 21. 18(10. He has received the best educa- tional advantages, thereby fitting himself in life for any (losition which he might be called upon to fill, but he now resides with his parents on the farm. Ill March, 18.')(;, Mr. Austin with his young bride returned to Rock County, renting a farm of eighty acres on section 1 4, Magnolia Township, of which he is now the owner. The home is a model of neatness, and the entire surroundings indicate thrift and refinement. For many years he has filled various township offices, to which he h:us been elected b^' the Republicaii party, of which organi- zation he is a faithful aclherent. In the work of reform, and in the advancement of social and re- ligious interests he has always been found in the front ranks. He is heartily in sympathy with the temperance movement, never using spirituous liqu- ors in any form, but doing all in his power to pre- vent the use and manufacture of intoxicating drinks by others. For many years he has been a member of the (iood Templars Lodge, an organization for he promotion of temperance principles. His in- fluenee and support are alw.ays given on the side of right, and his hoiioiable. upright life is well worthy of emulation. Honored and respected he is held in the highest esteem by all, and his history ileservesa prominent place in the i)ermanent records of Rock Count}'. ^4 #5-^'^ «— ¥^ i^dLLIAM S. JJOFFRIS, cashier of the Mer- chant's and Mechanic's Savings IJank- of .lanesville. Wis., and a son of David and Grace (Mouat) .leflfris. is a native of this city and was born on the 1 Itli day of March, 18,")7. His father is a prominent business man and an early set- tler of .lanesville. [See his sketch elsewhere in this work.] Our subject received his primaiy educa- tion in the |iublic .schools of his native city, but became a student of Beloil College and graduated in the class of 1871). lie taught the Portage City high school one year .'ind traveled the same length of time, after which he entered the Merchants' and Mechanics' Savings Bank of .lanesville as book- keeper, which (losition he held for three years, fol- lowing which he was in business at l{ee Heights, Dakota, a short time, and then returnen to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the 10th day of Ma}-. Her remains were laid to rest in the ceme- tery at .Spring Valley, known as the .Scotch Ceme- tery. She w;is a member of the I'resbyterian Church, and died in the lio|>e of a resurrection. Mr. Swan in earh' life united with the Wesleyan Methodists. He is a man of sterling worth, is a worthy and valued citizen, and has won many t. 294 .•►H|--#> ROCK COUNTY. friends since becoming a resident of Rock County. In ills presence, and wliile enjoyinij his hospitidity, one feels entirely at home. Politically, he is a Re- iniblican, having: east his ballot with that party since its birth. For six years he served as Assessor, has been a member and Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, and also School Director. On another page will lie found the portrait of this worthy man. together willi that of his wife. ^^^ -<<~ n ^MUKOSE C. POWERS. The interesting points in the history of this representative j A citizen of Beloit Township, who resides on f/ section 2, are essentially as follows. He was born in Toronto, Caiiad:i, on the 7th of Seji- tember, IJSIO, and is the son of Samuel and Maria IM. (Moulton) Powers. The family is descended from French and (Jcrrnan ancestry, who, prior to the Revolutionary war, located in America. The name was spelled Powars by the founders of the family, iml in late years has been changed to the present mode of spelling. Samuel Powers, tlie fathci' of our subject was born in Monroe County, near Rochester. X. V.. in IHIO, and when about nineteen j'ears of age, re- moved with his parents to Toronto, Canada. His education was received partly in his native Slate and partl3- in Can.ada, where he was united in marriage with JHss Maria ISFonlton. While res- idents of that city, our subject was born to that worthy couple, and the following year they re- moved with their young son to Illinois, locating near llcl vidcre. In 1S4H, they became residents of Hock County, Mr. Powers purchasing 1 fiO acres of raw, unbroken laud, on section 10, Newark Township. Hardly a hou.se was then in sight, while in every direction as far a.s the eye could reach, slret( lied wild prairies covered with grass. Mr. Powers began the improvement of his lain), whicli in the course of time he developed into a fine farm, making his home thereon until his death, whi<-h occurred Feb. 1(1. 1873. He was a man greatly attached to his family and he lived an ex- emplary life. 'I"he highest resjiect was tendered him by all, and he and his wife were members of .^m : : the Methodist E]>iseopal Church. The lady is still living and resides with her children in this county. Their family numbered besides our subject, five daughters, all born in Newark Township. Ade- line, the eldest, born Dec. 10,1852, became the wife of E. D. Conner, conductor on the Chicago it Northwestern Railroad, and died Feb. 20, 1888; Jnlia. born Dec. 23, 1850, is the wife of Elmer E. Nye, a telegraph operator of Los Angeles Cal.; Mary, born March 2, 18511, wedded Jerome Terwil- liger, who is engaged in farming in Walworth County, Wis.; Pollen and Nellie, twins, were born Jan. 17. 18(>(i. The former is the wife of (ieorge Cator, a railroad employee residing in Springfield, Mo., and Nellie weddeil E. II. Hills, yard master ed fifty acres located on sections 15. 21 and 22, of the same township. I'ntil March, 1887, he there re- sided, his farm being one of the finest in that vicin- ity. Selling out in the year mentioned he bought 1()0 acres on section 2, lieloit Township, which in a short time bv the care ami labor which he bestows upon it, will III' ccpial if not sui)erior to the ele- ■ » in i -4^ ROCK COUNTY. —9^ 295 gaiit home wliicli ho owned in Koek Townsliip. Mr. Powers also devotes considerable attention to public affairs, and takes a prominent part in politics. From IMSO until I 887, he served as Clerk of Hock Townshii), beinfj elected b}- an overwhelming ma- jority, which is a high testimonial to the ability and promptness with which lie discharged his du- ties. He has ever been a faithful adherent and supporter of tin' Republican [larl^', which he feels has yet a grand mission to perforin. Socially, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows and the cause of temperance linds in him an earnest advocate. By the union of Mr. and Mrs. Rowers, an inter- esting family of three children have been born — May Agnes, born Aug. 13, 187 4; .lennie Irene, born Dec. 16, 1880; and Samuel IJurton, born March 27, 188;"). This worthy couple have the respect and esteem of all who know them, and dur- ing the many years of their residence in this county they have gained a large circle of friends. IIARLES J. I'LAYTER. a leading young farmer resitling on section 21, Bradford Townshiii, was born in that township Sept. 20, 1858. He is the son of (ieorge anil Janelte (Smith) Playter, the former a native of Canada, and the latter of New York. (George Playter was born in the town of York, rpper Canada, in 1824, and came to Wisconsin in 181(!, and settled in Bradford Township on sec- tions l(i and 21. Soon after his arrival he formed the acquaintance of Miss Janette Smith, and in 1853 they were united in marriage. She was a native of New York, and came with her parents to Hock Count\- in 1812. They .settled in La I'rairie Township, where Mr. Smith engaged in farming. There were four children in the family — Janette, the mother of our subject; Barrett II., who married Miss Harriet Hose, and now resides in La Prairie Township; Albert C. and William, who reside in Nebraska. To George and .larjctte Playter live children were born — .Mice, born in .\pril. 1851. is now the wife of N. 15. Inman. of Clinton, Wis.; Emma, born Dec. 20, 1855, dieil Feb. 1, 18()0; Charles, of whom we write; Eda, born .March 15. LSCl, is the wife of Fred Scott, of Bradford Township; Lewis, born .Inne 5, 18G3, is now in California. (Icorge Playter was a man of recognized ability, and served his township in several local offices, including those of Assessor and a member of and Chairman of the Board of Supervisors. In 18(;i he enlisted in the lOtli \\is- consin Infantry, and with his regiment pro- ceeded to Memphis, Tenn., where he coiitr.acted disease from exposure, which resulteil in his deaih Aug. 15, 1864. His body was brought back and interred in the cemetery in Bradford Townshii). Our subject received his primary education in the common schools, which was siijiplenieiited by two terms attendance at the commercial school in .lanesville, and also a course at the Wavland Ini- versity. In the month of August, 1881. Ik; started for Dakota, with the intention of locating a claim. .Vrriving in Sprink County, he remained there three weeks, when he iiroeeedeil to Watertown, and thence by stage to Hastings. He at length entered a claim of 160 acres, and in order to secure the lumber to build the shanty which is reijuired by law, had to drive the distance of twenty miles. He erected a little cabin 8x10 feet, and returned to his home in Wise(jnsin. On the 15lh of February. 1882, he again went to his claim, residing there for seven months. It luid now be- come his, and in 1884 he sold the homestead, realizing*!, 000 on the investment. The land was not far from :i mine, and :i party of five youu" men made their lioiiie with Mr. Pla\ ter and at- tended to the household affairs, cooking and other duties, which we presume were not veiy elaborate. One day the inmates of the little cabin had an Indian scare, the re|>ort reaching them that Indians had been seen in the vicinity. They immediately sent to Fort Sully for troops, and to Huron for guns anlines were united in m:irriage their wedding being celebraled in .lanesville. She is the revif>iis. Mrs. Atwood is now the oldest of the living early settlers of Hock County. .Six children were born of their union, three of whom are now living. Volne^'. the eldest, dii'd at the age (»f one year: Charles i\iarrieil Alta Doty, a daughter of FIlis P. Doty, and is now engaged in the ice business in .bniesville, as a member of (he lirm of Atwood it Tall; Mary L.. is now the wife of K. V. Whiton, of .lanesville; the ne.vt children were twin girls who died at the age of eighteen months; and Annie Iv, who is living at home, com- pletes the family. Mrs. Atwood and her daughter arc members of the Trinity Episcopal Church, of Janesville. Mr. Atwood, who entertain very liberal religious views, is now a Republican in polities and piior to the organization of that party cast his ballot with the Whigs. Socially, he is a member of Wiscimsin Lodge No. 14, I. O. O. F.. and is a valued citizen of this community. He is well known throughout the county where he has made his home for more than half a century, and his sterling worth and upright life have secured him m.any friends. ^^SLKXANDFR IL CALDWFLL, a promi- (^(LUl nent and progressive fanner of .lanesville Township residing on section .'i, was born in .Scotland (m the 12tli day of April. 1819. He is the youngest in a family of seven children who were born to John and Catlic- -4^ -•► ROCK COUNTY. V i riiu' (Telford) Caldwell, who were also na- tives of the same country. His fatlier fol- lowed the occupation of farming tlirougliotit lii.s life, his death occurring in Scotlan8, while his widow still resides in .lanesville ; John mpanied bj* his family he came to America in 18 12, settling on section 34, Janes- ville Township, where he resided for several years. In 18(;ri. he continued his j()urney westward to Minnesota and made his home in Illue Kartli County. His wife died in Rock Count\' in IHii). when eighty years of age. and was laid to rest iij the beautiful ((inetery at .laucsvilli'. About two years later. Ml'. Ilislop dei)arted this life, his de;ilh tjccurring in 18C7. at the advanceil .age o^eighty- live years. The following named children were born unto them: Thomas, who is nuirricd and now resides in .Minnesota; .lane, widow of .lames Ro- chester, who makes her home in Rockfoid, III.; and .Mrs. Caldwell. After his niariiage, Mr. Caldwell worked :it his trade of shoenuiking until 1^42. wluii. tliinking 4* that the new world would furni>li a better field for his labors, he emigrated to America. Hoarding a sailing vessel at tila.sgow. after a voyage of two nionths on the broad Atlantic he i-eached the new world, .and then |>i'oceeding by the Great Lakes to Chicago, he continued his journey overland to .lanesville which was then but a sni.all village. Purchasing land of the government on section ,"54, Janesville Township, he began the improvement of the farm, but after two years h.ad passed purchased a timber claim which now forms his present fine farm. He immediately began to clear the land, to improve ;uid cultivate, until now eighty broad acres pay tribute to the care and cultivation which he bestows ui)on it. Many Hni)rovements he has made since those early days and his farm is stocked with a good grade of horses and cattle. Mr. Cald- well takes an active interest in political affairs, sup- porting the Republican party both by his iuHuence and ballot, and has been honored by his fellovv-cit- izens with various local otiices of trust. For sev- eral years he held the position of School District Treasurer, and was also elected and served as Dis- trict Clerk, In 1852 he made the perilous journey across the plains to California, and at length reach- ing his destination engaged in mining. After seven years spent on the Pacific sloi)e, he returned to Wisconsin in 18.')'.), anil again resumed farnnng, which occupation he has since followed without in- terruption. By the union of Mr. and Mis. Caldwell eight chililreu have been born, but only three are now living — Caroline, widow of Cornelius Kettell, is living in Rock County; Jeannette, wife of William .hide is living on Bluff street, iu the city of Janes- ville; Helen is at home \vith her parents; Robert died in .Inly, 1847, when an infant; another child ilied in infancy, as did also Elizabeth; and Lavena died .March 14. 18.'')."). Mr. Caldwell is numbered among the honored pioneers of Rock County. Nearly forty-tive years have pas.sed aw.ay since his arrival in the county, which was then an almost unbroken wilderness. He luis shared the trials and privations which form a part of the life of every earlv settler and has borne no inconsiderable part in the development of the county. Tlu^ugli many were the inconveniences to be endiircMl, the obsla- 4 a -•► 298 ROCK COUNTY. cles to be overcome, those early days also brought their pleasures. Almost every home was ti>e abode of hosi)itality, and as wild game of all kinds abounded, the taste for hunting couhl lie freely in- dulged. Living a life of eeonoray and industry during his earlier years. Mr. Caldwell can now en- joy the fruits of his labor and rest from the more active duties of this life. AKTIN DIXON is a leading farmer of Union Township, residing on section 2(». In recording the history of his life we give a sketch of one of the honored pio- neers of Rock County, who by his upright life and genial manner has won the confidence ami esteem of ail with whom business or pleasure has brought him in contact. He came to Wisconsin in 1846, has shared in the trials and hardships incident to frontier life, and has always taken a deep interest in the welfare of the community. He was born on the 23d day of October, l!S21, in (ireene County, Pa., and is the son of Searight and Sarah (Keckler) Dixon, who were al.so natives of Greene County. His paternal grandparents, Martin and Jane (Hun- ter) Dixon, were natives of the Kmerald Isle, but in earlv life they left their island home and came to America, settling in Greene County, where Sea- right Dixon was born. He was also reared to man- hood in that county, and about the 3'ear 1818 \vei(lent farmer of Bureau Couutj', 111.; Andrew is engaged in farming in (ireene County, Pa.; .lames became a resident of Bureau County. III., where his death occurred in 1851; Ambrose is also cngagi'il in agricultural pursuits in Ringgold County, Iowa; Lara, who enlisted in the 8.')th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, died in the ser- vice' of his country, and now sleeps ()n a battle- tiild in the sunny South; Margaret A. and Sarah, the two youngest children, died of scarlet fever in Greene County, Pa. Mr. auti Mrs. Dixon remained residents of their native county until about the 3-ear 1871, when they removed to Green County, Wis., making their homo with our subject until llie fall of 1 870, when the mother w.as called to her linal rest. She w.as a consistent and devoted mem- ber of the Methfxlist P^pi.scopal Church, highly esteemed for her many excellent qualities, and died at the .advanced .age of seventv-nine years. Her remains were interred in the Dawson Church burying ground in Green County. For two years after the death of his wife Jlr. Dixon continued to make his home with our subject, when he returned to his native county, and passed the remainder of his life in the home of his son Andrew, his death occurring in 1882, at the age of eighty-seven years. Martin Dixon received his education in the com- mon schools of Greene County. Pa., w.as reared to farm life and remained under the parental roof until eighteen years of age, when he started out in life for himself. Learning the trade of a wheel- wright and millwright, he pursued that avocation for two and a half years, receiving 18 per month. From that meager compensation he saved some money, which became the foundation of his pres- ent comfortable competence. He was next em- ploj'cd in a gristmill at ii^9 per month for two years. On the 27th day of October, 1844, he was united in marriage with Miss Patience Anderson, who was also a native of (ireene County, Pa., born Feb. 5, 1826. Her parents, James and Rachel ( Worthington) Ander.son. were born in Greene County, where they both p.assed away many years ago, when Mrs. Dixon was a young child. They left a familj' of ten children, nine of whom had attained to mature years. Six of that number are yet living. Tliree brothers are residing in Illinois, namely: James, who is living in Hancock County, and William and Simon, who are residents of Peoria County. Pluebe and Sarah J., her two sur- viving sisters, are slill living in llie Keystone State. After his mairlagc Mr. Dixon rented a grist- mill in Greene County, Pa., which he operated for some time, when, having acquired by that metuis and by his former labors, a small sum of money, he resolved to follow Greeley's advice and started for •T^ -,^0Mt i ROCK COUNTY. ••»• 299 i the West. His destination was liie Teriitoiv of Wisconsin, hut while en route he was Uiievi makes his home with our subject; James is a resident of Evansville; John is living in Batavia. X. Y., and Miles is lo- cated in Allegany County. N. Y. The death of the father occurred at his home in Monroe County, in 1882, at the advanced age of nearly ninety -six years. His wife |ireceilead, anil subsequently was su|)erintendent of the Illinois lines of this road with head-quarters .at (ialesburg. Later he w.-is made superintendent of the Irlaho Division of the -4*- UOCK CCJIXTV. .■!(I5 , i I'liioii Pacific Railroad and is now superintendent of llic Nebraska Division of the Union Pacific Uoad. with lioadquartors at Omaha. The nlhcr cliihl. .lessie Flf King & Skelly. liookseller? '^\\\ !i'i'' stationers. No. 20 West Milwaukee ^^) street, was born in .binesxille, Sept. N, IM17. and is the son of .lohn and Margaret (Mc- Kay) King, whose sketch .appears elsewhere in this work, lie was reared in his native citv, and re- ceived his education in the public schools, lie be- gan his business career as clerk for Echlin it Foole, clothiers of .lanesville, and remained with that firm two years. In the month of August. 1862. he en- listed in the late I'ivil War. as a member of Com- pany !•',. 22il Wisconsin Infantrj', when but foui-- teen years of age. He was commissioned drum- mer, and served three years. During the battle of I'.renlwood he was captured with his company bv the Confederates. March l.j. 1863. and was taken to Libby I'risoii. where he was held a prisoner un- til exchanged a few weeks later. After the battle of Spring Hill he engaged with his company in guarding lailroads against destruction by Forrest's <•— Cavalry; later was with Sherman on his march to the sea, in the battles incident thereto, the capture of Atlanta, etc., ending with the battle of Benton- ville. He took |)art in the grand I'eview of the army at Washington, at the close of the war. and was mustered out near that city in .lune. IHCo, after two and a half \eais of hard service. On his return to Jamesville he took his old l>lace in the store of Echlin it Foote, where he re- mained two and a half years. He then joined his brother in iiinning a news stand in the old post- office, and about l.S7(! opened a book and station- ery store, which he has continued up to the |)resent time. He was also interested with J. H. Oateley in the wood anf .lanes- villo; Hiram. \vhewis Thompson. 'I'hc parents of tliis family were hotli metnliers of the IJaptist Churcii. Tiie father served his country throughout llie War of LSI 2. and was a man who took an active part in pulilic .-itTairs. Our subject was born June 2'.*, ls21,.'ind the earlier years of iiis life were spent in the iMopire State. The death of his father oi-curicd when lie was about twelve years of age, and the care of the family devolved u[)on himself .-.nd his brother Hiram, they supporting tlieir widowed iiiotlier .ind six younger children, and managiuii' the small farm which had lieen k-ft liy the father. Nobly did Loren pei'foi'm his share of the work, remaininii' at home until the fall of 1841. when he determined to cast his lot with tlie pioneei's of the West, and making the trip by lake landed in lioek County, Wis. For a perioped a fine farm. From that time, a period of over forty-two years, he has resided on section 13. and is regarded as one of the leading men of the township. He has extended the boundaries of his farm until it now comprises 28C acres in the home place, beside lo acres in the town of Harmony. Among the beautiful and useful improvements which he has made may be mentioned the elegant brick resilience, which he erected in 18(i7. at a cost of ^G.OOO. May 3, 185G, Mr. Finch was united in marriage with Nancy .1. Wilcox, a native of New York, and a daughter of .Tose])h D. Wilcox. Her father was one of the early settlers of the county, having lo- cated in ftHlton Township in 1843, where he re- sided until his death. During the trying times of the rebellion Mr. F'iuch served as Chairman of the I'loard of .^npervisois fn the 27th day of Octo- ber, lull, lie w;is united in marriage witli .lane I',. Ashb^-. who was born in Orange County. N. Y.. and is the ilaughterof .lohn M. and Roena (Mould) Ashby. Her father was a native of Dutchess County. N. v.. liorn of Knglish parentage, while her motliei- was born in Orange County, tliat .State, and was descended from (ierman ancestry. I'nto them have been born a family of ten children, .seven of whom lived to niaturit3'. naniel\' : .loiia- than M., a resilient farmer of Harmony Townshij); Francis, who is engaged in farming in Thayer County, Neb. ; Willie, who follows the same occu- pation in Harmony Township; Theodore, a farmer of Illinois; .lohn, a tobacco dealer of .lanesville; .\nna. wife of David .Mt)uld. an attorney at law of .Sioux City, Iowa; and C. .S., Jr., who is at home. After his marriage, Mr. Decker engaged in the cultivation of a rented farm for twenty years, until 18.')a, when he emigrated to Rock County. Wis., settling on section 7, Janesvillt! T(nvnshl|i. and purchasing 1 100 acres of land. This land was but partially improved, but he itnmediately liegan its cultivation, making it his home for the lung period of twenty-one years, when he sold out and removed to Rock 'I'ownsliip. pun-hasing 10 .acres on section 1). where he still continues to reside. He is one of the self-made men of the comity, having made his own way in the worlil since (ifteen years of age. lie is now nnnibrrrd .■iniong the leading, enterpris- ing and well-to-do farmers of this coniniuuitv, and has the entire respect of all. For live years he served his <-ounty as Chairni.in of iho J',o;ird of County Supervisors, and has always been a liberal contributor to all church, social or educational in- terests. Both Mr. Decker and his wife are mem- bers of the Presbyterian Church. They have en- deavored to give their children such educational ailvantages as would tit them for any position in life which the\ might l)e called u|)on to fdl, and have lived to see them become respectable men and women in the several communities where they re- side. Ir^-i T. PEMBER, ex-sheriff of Rock County, jWj and a leading farmer residing on section 28, 3i\\\ .lohnstown Township, was born on the loth P day of August. 1S20. He was the third in order of biitli in a fan)il\- of six children^ whose parents were .loseph and .Mary (Thompson) Pember. Three of the family arc still living — .Ic)hn B.. who is engaged in farming in Fayette County. Iowa, is marrieil and h.is three children ; Clarissa, who wmldcd .John .Scolield, a farmer of .lohnstown Township, by whom she had six chil- dren, two sons and four daughteis, died on the • id life. His death occurred on the .'^Ist day of Decendier, 1809. surviving his wife but a few short nninths, she having been called to her final rest on the 8th ilay of .Inly previous. There were ten chihlren born to this woitliy couple, four of whom are yet living: Williair., who resides in Stoughton. Wis,; Alexan«'oveniber, 1867. The lad}' is the youngest daughter of William Allen, vvho resitles in Dunkirk Townshi|), Dane County. The union of this worth}' couple has been blessed with the birth of si.x children, three sons and three daughters, five of whom are now living, as follows: W'illiani, who was liorn July 7, 18()9; Agnes, Aug, 13, 1871; Henry James, Nov. 23, 1873; Christina, who is now deceased; Elizabeth, born Oct. M. 1878, and Arthur Dec. 19. 1882. Like many of the early si'ltlers, Mr. i'ratt started out in life a poor boy, but by industry, untiring labor and economy, has gained a comfortable com- petence, which will enable him to pass his declining years in ease and quiet. In his social relations, he is a member of the .Masonic Fraternit\'. and he and his wife are members of the Congregational Church, and take an active interest in the growth and .ad- vancement of that denomination. They give liberally to the support of the gospel, and in all enterprises for the public good feel a deep interest. Politically. Mr. Pratt is now a Prohibitionist, but up to 1888 voted with the Republican party. He is well known throughout the coniniunity as an honoralile. upright citizen, and by his many friends 4^ •^•- -t^ .310 ROCK COUNTY. is held in tlie highest renrard. The fact that he is a self-made man testifies to his Imsiiiess ability. In connection with his general farming interests, he has engaged in the cultivation of tobacco for the ])ast eighteen years, and has done ranch toward improving the quality of that product. -^^^1 S7 lElT. SAMIEL W. BAKH. a member of I (^ the firm of Lidstcr it Barr. dealers in agri- il'— ^ vs cultural implements at Beloit. Wis., was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y., on the 26th day of March. 1^28, and is a son of .Samuel W. and Susan (Shepard) Barr, the former a native of Con- necticut, and the latter (jf Chautauqua County, N. \. His father's family numbered eleven chil- dren as follows: Lucy, now the wife of B. H. Kel- lar, of M.anchester, Iowa; Samuel, who is second in order of birth; Hannah M., wife of Edward Rutlidge, of Chippewa Falls, Wis.; Henry M., whose sketch appears f)n another page of this work; Susan E., who wedded Edward Kawley, a resident of Warren, .lo Daviess Co., 111.; Adelaide, wife of Cyrus B. Morse of Evansville. Wis.; Ed- ward L. whose home is in Chip|>cwa Falls, Wis.; Catherine H. wife of .lames Younl. of Topeka, Kan.; Frank E. and Leroy of Boone t ounty. 111.; and one child who died in infancy. In earl^' life .'Mr. Barr was a supporter of the Whig parly, but on the organization of the Re|)ub- licaii party he joined its ranks ;ind affiliated with it until his death, wliiiii occurred in Beloit, in 1868. He had previously removed to that city in 1865, and his wife, who still survives liim, resides there. Our subject received his education in the com- mon schools, and in the year 18.^5. came to the West, locating in Beloit. He is an excellent ma- chinist and soon after his arrival secured employ- ment in the plow-shops, where he remained until l«(;i, when he enlisted in the 47th Wisconsin Infan- try and w.as assigned to Company II. After being mustered in at Madison, he was ordered to Louis- ville. Ky., and from there to Edgefield, where he received a commission as Orderly-Sergeant. While in Chicago he had charge of the companj' as its Captain. From Edgefield the regiment was sent to 4* Tullahoma, Tenn., where Mr. Barr was commis- sioned Second-Lieutenant. The regiment in which he served was principally engaged in guerrilla war- fare. It was mustered out at Nashville, Tenn. Sept. It. 1865, and discharged at Madison, Wis. After returning iiome, Lieut. Barr was again en- gaged in the plow-shops for a short time, when he purch.ased a farm and followed agricultural pu - suits until 1886. when in company with Mr. Lid- ster he established the firm of Lidster & Barr. They carry a full line of agricultural implements, and b}' fair dealing and an earnest desire to please their customers have built up a good trade. In 1850, in Steuben County, N. Y.. Mr. Barr led to the marriage altar Miss Rachel Towsley. and by their union two children have been horn, Charles II. and Edgar F. Socially, he is a member of the G. A. R. Post, of Beloit, in which lie now holds the office of Commander, while politically, he is a stanch and faithful supporter of the Republican party. -eJgj] — «- ik^ ALCOLM <;. .lEFFRIS. of the law (inn of //' ll' I'P'-hers, .Icffris iV Fifield. was born in the I I" lt)wn of .lanesville, Rock County, Wis., * Aug 18, 1862, and is the .^on of David anrking at the same in a lock factory for a ^ ' tOrm of vears. While still residing in the East, he -^ w;is united in marriage, on the 28th day of Decom- liei-. IS.')!, with .Aliss .\nn Dolan, a native of CoMiity Anlrlni, Ireland, who came to America with her p:ireiils in cliiliUKKid. .Mr. .•lud .Mrs. Lepper were blessed wjlli live children, two sons .and three daughters: Mary A., the eldest, is the wife of Wil- liam Houmiel. n wood-hnin i by trade, now resid- ing in Cliicago. John D. is a loi'omotive engineer, residing at Chicago, and is now in the employ of the Chicago o.si- tion to her parents' wishes — in faet, was a runaway mateh. The young eouiile settled at Jeft'ersonville, Ind., and subseipiently removed to I^ouisville, where Mr. Walker held a government olHce. Two ehildren were born of their union, both daughters, nainely: Agnes, who is now the wife of .lohn Noonan. a resident of (innett, Ind.; ami Mary who is still single. In 1«('>1) Mrs. Walker lost her husband, whose death oeeiirred on the 2Hlh day of August, of that year. .She was again married in 1«72. to .losepli Klein, and a daughter. Sar.ih, was born to them, who was left fatherless by the death of iMr. Klein in August. 1H77. The marriage with Mr. Lepper has been blesseil by llie birlli of a (humliler. (ieorgie Belle, "the pel of the household and the joy of all." Mrs. Lepper's parents still reside in Toronto, Canada, where they are highly respected. They are consistent nn/mbers of the I'resbvlerian Church, in which creed they were reared in the old country. Mr. Boyd, her lather, was a ruling elder in his church in Scotland many years, and now holds that position in the church at Toronto. He and his wife have liecn in the enjoyment of wedded life more than (ifty-five years, and arc both yet hale and hearty. For many years Mr. Boyd has been a (M-ominent wholesale merchant of Toronto, and has accuMiulati'd a large fortune. His sons have fol- lowed in his fool-Steps, and are idso wealth}' whole- sale merchants of Canada. .Mr. Buntin, the mater- nal grandfather of Mrs. I.eppcr, is the well-known ship owner so prominently idenlitied with Ihe mer- chant marine of Cana. died in Michigan, in 181(1; Knnice wedded Dr. Nichols Hard, of Aurora. 111., and both are now deceased; .K)hn F., who is a itrominent attorney of the city of W\asliington, and for fourteen years served as a member of Congress from the Fourth District of Illinois. He was also employed at the National Capital in various departments, and during the War of the Rebellion served with distinction. He first held the rank of Colonel of the 8th Illinois Cavalry, but his bravery and meritorious conduct -U ROCK COUNTY. 315 1- on [\\i.- Hold of liMtlle led Id liis |)i<>lii«)li<)ii to I5ivviMincni riti/cn in lliat community, lie was nolfil for Ids fine iiiM)nianslii|). and was frequonlly calioii n|)on lo write i)etitions and other public doennu'iits to he sent to the < Jovernnieiil of Can- ada. His death oeeurred while on a visit to his (langiiter in Wiset)nsin. though his home at that time was in INIiehigan anr twenty-two years he held a seat in the Colonial Chamber of Dejjuties. The father of our sidjject, .Sanuiel .Tudd, was a carpenter and joiner by trade, but in middle life turned his attention to farming, at which he was quite successful. He was a man of sterling worth -4•- 316 -•► ROCK COUNXr. and great amiability of cliaracter, and gave all bis fhildrcn good educational advantages. lie was a member and active worker in the Protestant Epis- copal C'liiireli, and reared his family in that faith, lie filled many ofHces of local trust, and was highly esteemed as a citizen. Ilis wife, wlio in her mai- denhood wa.s .Vnna Barniim, w:is a native of Biidge- port. Conn., .and a consin of the cclclHated show- man, V. T. Barnum. The subject of our sketch attended the district school until twelve years of age, when he was sent to an academy at Colthers. Me was a keen observer of human nature, a close analyzer, a logi- cal and incisive reasoner, and in every sense a suc- cessful and eminent physician." Dr. -ludd was twice married. On the Cth d.ay of August. 18;")0, he wedded Miss Juliet C. Young, a daughter of Warren Vomig. Esq.. a prominent citizen of Warren, Ohio. liy tiiis marriage three children n-ere born, Iwc) of whom survive — Dr. William Henry and Clara A., the latter born in Gustavus, Trumbull Co., Ohio. His second mar- riage, which was celebrated Feb. 1, 1870, was with Mi.ss Helen M. Doiand, of Rushford, N. Y., a lady of superior accomplishments, and especially note home and the village member of the Knights of Pythias. ■-^ €-i-B ^- ELON A. DOUGLAS, an honored pioneer and representative citizen resiiling on sec- lion 3. Plvmoulh Township, is a native of Oneida County, N. V..liorn .Vpril 27, 1.S22. at Mon- roe, N. Y., and is one of a family of thirteen chil- 4 former born in Middletown, Conn.. Feb. 7, 1785, and the latter in Windsor, the same State, Feb. 2, 1788. They were married at Whitestown. N. '\'., March 27, 18(16. Their children, in order of birlh. were as follows: Melissa, born Feb. 21. 1807. at Whitestown. N. Y.. became Ihe wife of S. H. (hip- man, and the mother of two children; Eliza, born Sept. 10, 180'.i. at Whitestown, N. Y.. marrie:i. In ISP.I Elon A. Douglas was uniteil in marriage with Miss Martha Beach, a dnughlcr of Fr.'uicis and Maria (Hurd) lieacli, who were the |)aients of five children, three of whom are yet living: Hop- son, who is a resident of l-"ootville. married Libbv Rush, by whom he has two cluhlrcn — Ella and Lillie, the foi-mer now the wife of Edward Lytic, wlio is living in Alliany, (o-een Ct)iintv, :ind t ■^•■ ROCK COUNTY. 319 tlie latter is now the wife of Ernest Parniley; Martha, the (icceased wife of our siihject, is the next in order of birth; F. 'P., who is livinsjr in La t'yifne, Linn Co.. Kan., married Lneinda Davis, and to them iiave been born two eiiildren — .Jennie and IMinnie; Watson, now deee.i,sed, married Sa- beia Piirdy, and their union w.as bles.sed with tiiree children — Alexander, Nellie, and Rosa. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas were tlie parents of three children: Mary, who was born Sept. (!. ISol, is the wife of E. W. F'isher, a representative of one of the pioneer f:imilies of the county, ancl a leading farmer of Rock Township. Unto them have been l)<)rn live children, all of wliou) are yet living — .John. .Jacob. Harriet. .losepli. and Whitney; II. ().. Iiorn Oct. 10. I8.')G. is a resident of Oberlin. Kan. He wedded Anna L. Miller, born March 6. 18G4. in .\thens County, Ohio. They were tnarried .Ian. 10. 1883. at Oberlin, Kan., and now have three children— Miittie, born Dec. 21, 188'?; Myrrel, M.iy 8. is«.-); and Hazel. .June 26. 1887. William ()., who was born on the 2.')th of .January, 18G(). is en- gaged in farming on land .adjoining the old home stead, married Ida Ellis, and tn llicm have been born one child, Elenie. On the 4t.h of May, 1889. Jlrs. Douglas left her home to visit Mrs. Be.ach. a sister-in-law, appa- rently in good health. The ne.xt day she laid down to take a little rest. Mrs. IJeach also laid down in an adjoining room and fell .asleep, but w.as soi>n awakened by a strange noise in Mrs. Dong- las' room. Her sou also heard the noise, ami both rushed in, ami. to their horror, found Mrs. Douglas dead. ,\ physician was at once called, who jiro- uonnced her dead, the cause Ijeing heart disease. Three children and a kind and lo\ ini^ hiisliaiid were left to mourn hei' loss. Mr. Douglas is engaged in general farmiiii;- on section 3, Plymouth Township, where he owns a fine farm of eighty acres, valued at ^100 |)cr acre. Iicinga man of progressive ideius, everything abont his place denotes thrift and enterprise. For some time he engaged quite extensively in the breeding of Durham cattle and graded Norman horses, and was very successful in that line of business. He is regarded as one of the leading farmers in the town- ship, and is oneof the most prominent citizens in the ^« i community. Stanch In support of the Republican party, he exerts a stronger iuHucuce in iiolitical affairs than any man in the town, and has done much toward the ad\-anccmcnt of that great organ- ization in his ncigliJHJi hoo ROCK COUNTY. and received tlie respect of all. He took a deep in- ' Eight children were born unto them and all are lerest in political affairs, voting with the Whig ! yet living — Anna, wife of .lames Koacli, of Mont- parly in cirly life, hut at the organization of the gomery County, Iowa; Isaac, who is engaged in Hi'piililican parly liecaine one of its supporteis and ' farming in Dane County, Wis.; William, wlio also was an eanicsl advocate of that organization until rc-idos in Dane County, engaged in farming; Eliza, iiis death. Mr. and Mrs. Justus D.ayton were the \ wife of Henry Chadhourii. of Chicago; Nellie, wife parents of two children — .1. S., of this sketch, and of onr subject; Kate, wife of William .Slowson. now Sarah L.. the wife of Colos Kenton, of Austin. in Oregon; Sarah, wife of Charles Nutting, of Dane Minn. Tiie subject of this sketch was re.ared to County; Clara, who wedded Charles Alberts, of farm life and in the common .schools received his ' Dane County. Wis. education. He was married in 1880 to Nellie E. Bradle\-, who w.as l)orn in Dane County, Wi.-». Three children gnice tlieir union — Justus I!.. .1. \\'illiam and .M. Clara. In 181.'i Mr. Dayton came lo Rock County, Wis., locating on section lb. Jnnesville Township, where he purchased ten acres of land. For a few years he thert' made iiis home, but later liecame the owner of eighty acres on section 1 I of the same township, which foi-m(': man, n|iiijj;ht and honoi'al)le in all the alTairs of life, and was very highly respected. yVILI.IAIM WAI, LACK CHILI), one of the / representative linsiness men of Kdiferton, and the oldest and most extensi\'e dealer in leaf tobaeeo in Roek Connty. date.^i hi.s resi- deiiee in Kdjierton from IKt;;"). For several years he was there engaged in general merehaiidisiiig. and in 1 8G9 establisiied the Imsiness in which he is now engagerigin:il ancestors were among the old Covenanters of Scotland, some of whom tied to the county of Antrim, Ireland, at the time of the persecution, and one of the great-grandmothers of our subject was born in a cave in Scotland during those trying ilays. It is not certainly known when the family was founded in America, but it was prior to the Rev H^' . , 328 ROCK COUNTY. ^^►^H* oliitionary War, as the grandfatlier of our subject served tlie colouies (Uiriii<; tliat struj^irlc. and his widow afterwards received a peiisiou from tlie i^ov- ernment for his services. In tlie year 1770, .lames Matthew King, tlie father of .lolin Kiuij, was horn, and in ITHO the hirlh of his wife, Nancy King, occurretl. They were married in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1801, and in 1831, accompanied by some of his children, he emigrated to this country and located in Ohio, with the intention of having the remainder of the family with him the following year, but in 1832, before starting for the new borne which her hus- band had prepared. Mrs. King died. Siie was a lady of great ahilitj-, and is said to liave been a very sweet singer. After coming to America, ISFr. King was a circuit rider in the .Methodist Church, traveling in Northeastern Ohio, but previous to his emigration he had been a member of the Presby- terian Church. Thinking that he could accomplish more good in tiic new and unsettled country as a circuit rider, he j» ►Hl^^ ROCK COUNTY. 329 i= long after when misfortune again visited the home. The father having recovered had gone to Grant County fur the purpose of getting hiniber with whieh to make wagons. This he liauled to Janes- ville overland, several yoke of oxen being driven to each wagon. In his absence serious trouble oc- curred. The house in which the family lived stood on what was then called "the public square," and near tlie spot now occupied by the fountain in tiie Court House park, on .South Main street. This house was struck Ijy lightning. Margaret, now Mrs. Hern, was then but live years old. Her niotlier and her sister diil not awaken, but she saw tiic ball of lire pass through the tloor and go up through the roof. Her mother and sister had been stunned. About noon the following day, a band of Winnebago Indians passed, and a squaw coming to the window, asked for bread. She saw the mother and little daughter lying on the bed, and prevailed on Margaret to open the door and let her ill. She worked over the mother until she w:is restored to consciousness, when they both worked over the child, Mary, who at last regained sensi- bility, but w.as and is now almost sightless, while she has been more or less an invalid ever since. Mr, King met with both successes and failures in his liusiness, but at last did a flourishing busi- ness .as a carriage manufacturer, on the southeast corner of Kast Milwaukee and IJluff streets, his suc- cessors being Hixlge it Huclihol/.. His death oc- curred .Inly 20, 18.")2, from cholera. At that time caravans of Norwegians, oftentimes com()osed of two or three hundred, accompanied by an interpre- ter, would cross the countrj- from New York. One of these caravans arrived in .hmesville in .Iul\-, isr>2, having two very sick children with them, 'i'he interpreter applied to all the different hotels in town, I)ut none would admit them. He w.is told that when Mr. King returned home he would help him if any one would. This proved true. His new stone barn w.as emptied and cleaned, and the women and sick children took possession. As long .as they re- mained (three or four d.iys) Jlr. King at each meal took two plates, selected the most tempting viands on the table and carried them to the sick children. No one knew until afterward that their disease was Asiatic ciiolera. but his pit}- and sympathy to for- eigners in a strange land led him to those acts of kindness which caused his death a few days later. Mr. King was a friend to the highest and to the lowest. t(j the richest and to the [loorest; a tender, loving husband and father, he seemed to have a inincl and heart l)road and free enough to find good in eveiy one. The following lines in memory of her father were written by Mrs. Hern, of (lurk. Dak.: " While suffering intensesl [lain, A voice came stealing o'er my briiiii. Which seemed to say, in accents clear, ■ lie calm, my child, thy Father's near; He'll not suffer thee to be dismaj-ed— Have courage, for thou hast His aid.' " Dear father's voice has long lieen still. He sleeps away out at Oak Hill; For thirty-three long 3'ears and more His voice sounds on the other shore. Where, with the ransomed angel band. He wakes the music of the Better Land." Thus one more of Rock County's pioneers passed away. None knew him but to love him, and from all he received the highest respect and esteem. After the death of her husband, in 1852, Mrs. King continued to keep the hotel. " The J.anes- ville." now called the -'Highland House." until her second marriage, when she became the wife of John Hamilton, who died in Libby prison. Sept. 4, IStil, he having been captured at the first Iiattle of Bull Run. By her former marriage, Mrs. King had five children, who are yet living — Margaret. Mary .\gnes. Angle Josephine, John Douglas and Robert Wallace; and l)y her second marriage she had two sons — John C. F. and Robert B. After the death of her first husband, sorrow again came to the grief-stricken widow. Within fifteen days she lost her husliand and two children — Har- riet Ellen, the youngest daughter, aged three ye.ars, and Franklin Bruce, aged fourteen months. The mother seemed broken-hearted and was never again the bright and cheerful woman of previous j-ears. Unlike her husband, she was not naturally a friend to all. but after her friendship was once gained she was a friend indeed. She was a staunch believer in her Highland Scotch '"blue blood," and her friends were mostly among the .Scotch peo()lc. lu 330 ROCK COUNTY. ii^^ licr family she was an afFcctionalt; and tomler wife and inolher, doing all in lier power for llu-ir ad- vancement and interest. Slie bore her trials witli the fortitude and faith of the Christian, was stronj^ in defense of what she deemed right, and gave her whole mind and might to the duties which lay be- fore her. She wa.s born in Carmile. a suburb of the city of (Uasgow, Oct. 16. 1H16. and her death occurred after a short illness, of |)neuni(ini;i. on the 6th of Xoveml)er, 1885. ^i=m=^ - -f HAIILES JACKSON, a pioneer miller of this count}', proprietor of the Turtleville grist-mill, is a native of the Kinpire State, born in Chenango Coiiiily. April .'), 1823. and is a son of John and Betsy (Whiting) Jackson. His fath- ei- was born in England.and his mother in New York. During his youth. John Jackson learned the miller's &HE0DOHK OTTMAX, wiio is engaged in farming and who resides on section 12. lioek 'rownship, was born in Schoharie County, N. Y., ;iiid is a son of Henry Ottman, a native of the same county and of whom a sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. He remained a resident of the Empire State until 1856, when in company with the family he emigrated to the West, locating in Rock County. His parents became lesidents of Janesville. and with them he remained for a short time, when in eom|)an\' with his brother he bought land in La Prairie 'rownship. The succeeding four years were spent in the cultivation of that farm, after which he purcha.sed seveiit3'-five .acies on section 7 of the same township, where he continued to re- side for four years. Leaving Wisconsin, he then removed to Lawrence, Kas., wliere for five years he engaged in the real estate business. At length returning to Rock County, he i)urcha.sed a farm of 160 r.cres on section 12, Rock Township, where he is now engaged in general farming. He also gives some .attention to stock-raising. In his political sentiments he is a supporter of the Republican party, and is well informed on all matters of public interest. trade, which he followed until thirty-five years of age, when he embarked in the hotel business in the town of Smyrna, Chenango Co., N. Y. His death occurred in 1878. To him and his wife were born four childien. namely: .lames, who is living in Madison County, X. Y. ; Angeline, who is living in Hamilton. Madison Co.. N. Y.: Charles of this sketch; and Eliza, wife of .lolin L. Matiscn, of Owego, X. Y. In the common .schools of his n.ative county, our subject received his ej¥<* c^-'?^ u ROCK COUNTY. -•► 333 miller of Koscoe; Eliza, wifeofWilliain Corty, who is engaged in farming nciir Whittemore, Iowa; James who Is clerking in Hcloit; anrl Julia, wife of John \V. Shoemaker of Chicago. In 1884 Mr. flaekson was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died June 12, and was buried in the cemetery at lloscoe, 111. In Lis political sentiments, he is a supporter of the Democratic party, and Is well known throughout the county as one of its worthy and esteemed citizens. ^^5>^ IMON LOCK LORD, a prominent physician ^^^ of Edgertown, Wis., wa.s horn in Liming- lll/_Jr| ton. York County, Maine, on the 8th day of March. 1826, and is descended from good old Revolutionary stock. His paternal grandfather, Ad.Min Lord, who enlisted in the Colonial service, dii'ct. and his wife, mother of Simon, was Hannah Durell, she being a daughter of David and Mary Durell. who were dc- scendents of French Huguenot ancestry, while her father was also a revolutionary soldier. .Simon L. l.,ord, whose name heads this sketch, was one of a family of eight children all of whom have passed away with the exception of the Doctor and one brother. .1. K. Lord, who is now living at Stafford Springs, Conn., at the age of cight3' years. His boyhood days were spent on a farm until sev- enteen years of .age. where he attended the district school for six months In the year His .academic eilucatlon was received at CorTilsh High School and I'arsonlield Seminar}', after which he began readiiiif medicine with Dr. Pe.abody, of AV'^est liuxton. and Dr. Benjamin Thompson, when nf't attending medical lectures. He dcfrayeil his expenses by teaching and attended his Brst course of lectures at Howdoin College, Maine, in 1850. In the summer of th.at year, he attended the Tremont Meublican candidate for Treasurer of Du- buque County, and reducef.ivenworth City, that he would be ftirn- isheil witli guns and ammunition for HO men and three wagons for the transportation of camp and I'arrison iMpiipage. and was requested to escort a train of fifty wagawrence, Kas., and forty-eight hours before the division took up its line of march for the frontier, Surgeon Lord was detached from his regi- ment and ordered to organize a hospital for the ac- commodation of 400 sick and wounded soldiers. As he was totally destitute of any thing with which to care for this large number of men. Gen. Dietzler, commander of the division, issued him a sweeping order to seize any suitable buildings and other property in Lawrence needed for the comfort nnd welfare of the troo|)S. This iirder he carried out in the seizure of nine buildings, dry goods, hardware, crockery.grticeries. uieats.brcad. fuel, drugs, lumber, etc. He received his orders at 12 M. on Saturday, and forty-eight hours later, had removed the 100 sick men from regimental hospitals and had them in com- fortable beds. A large number of the sick ones had typho-malarial fever, produced by camping upon the Kansas River bottom and using water from that stream. The mortality w.as large. Great credit was due the generous and patriotic women, who as soon as the order was published came forward with offers of bedding and delicacies for their sick defenders. .Many of them operated tln'ir sewing machines two or three days, making sheets, pillowc:ises and coverlets for the hosiiital. A sanitiiry fund of *;5()0 was raised by them and expended under the direction of Surgeon Lord, who was the only medii'al oliicer. and upon whom devolved the entire care and treatment of these soldiers. He was faithfully assisted by .1. K. Coakley, now a highly esteemed physician of Mil- ton Junction. !is hospital steward. At the end of six weeks, the order having been countermanded, the troops returned from the frontier and Surgeon lyord. worn out by constant work, .asked to be re- lieved, that he might rejoin his regiment, which was ordered to Corinth. Miss. The troops em- liarked at Leavenworth, the Doctor being detailed u. ROCK COUNTY. 335 as Ihig- surgeon by Gen. Mitchell, then in comnL-ind. The Meet of steam transports stopped at St. Louis on its way down, and the i;3th Wisconsin w.ts landed at Cohiinbus, K}'. In .June Dr. Lord was detailed as surgeon in charge of tlie 12lii Wisconsin Reij:irnent, then at Humboldt, Tenn. lie sent tlic two regimental surgeons to Wisconsin, sick, one of whom died. Upon the return of the surgeon. Dr. L. H. Carey, he returned to his regiment only to find that its surgeon, Dr. J. M. Evans, was sick. The latter went to Wisconsin on a sick leave and liefore his return, .Surgeon Lord was detailed on the staff of tien. Hansom, with whom he served some time. Afterward he rejoined his regiment, witli which he reni.iined until October, 1862, his duties calling him again and again from Ft. Donel- son to Ft. Henry. An incident at the latter fort is worthy to be re- lated. Soon after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Lincoln, an intelligent col- ored boy, of three-fourths white blood, and about twelve years of age came to the hospital of the 13lh Wisconsin and asked for |>rotcction from a slave hunter, who soon made his appearance and dc- maixlcd the boy of Surgeon Lord, who refused to give him up. The former owner insisteil upon having the boy, claiming that Kentucky, whence the lad came, was not included in the proc- lamation. He obtained an order from the Lieu- tenant Colonel commanding the surgeon to surren- der the slave, to which the Doctor re|)lied, " I will obey no such order; it comes from a coward, and is a disgrace to the regiment and the noble .State of Wisconsin; it will lake a full brigade of troops to take the boy from this regiment, and 1 advise you as you value your safety, to get out of camp as fast as your mule wdl take you." The Rock County boys were getting thick around the Doctor's tent, and the planter, who might have been father to the boy. fled in a hurry. About the middle of October Surgeon Lord re- ceived an order from Gen. Grant's headquarters to report at Holly Springs. Miss., for duty. The Gen- eral was moving to take Vicksburg in the rear, and preparations were made to care for his sick and wounded at Holly Springs. In accordance with the order, the Doctor left Ft. Henry the same night, but upon arriving at Columbus, Ky., found that the Ohio & Mobile Railro.ad was in the hands of the enemy, who had captired and burned Holly Springs with the hospitals and an immense amount of goyeniment stores for the supply of the army, lie was ordered on duty in the Assistant Medical Director's Department of Kentucky, as inspector of camps and hospitals, A large force was concen- trated at Columbus to repel a threatened attack by \'an Dorn. By inspection of camps and hospitals, he there found 900 men unlit to bear arms, liehind fortifications, and transferred them by hospital steamer to the Mound City Hospital in Illinois. Four weeks after arriving at Columbus, Surgeon Lord was ordered to Memphis, Tenn., and in- structed to occupy Adams Hlock and convert it into a hosi)ital. That immense block, costing $2.50.000, wiU5 new, having never been occupied, and was so constructed as to be easily converted into the finest liosi)ital building on the Mississipjii River. He placed some forty carpenters and ma- sons at work, putting doors in walls, ventilators in the roof, etc.. while |)lumbers placed g.a.s fixtures in the entire block, and in ten days from the time he received his order, he had (OO sick soldiers in bed. Those men were from the hospitals in the rear of Jackson and La(;range, Tenn. They were brouiiht on two trains, arriving at It) o'clock at night, and four hours was occupiecl in moving them from the depot to the hosjiitai. A inajorit\ of those [)atients had been sick a long time and many were in a dy- ing condition, but had to be moved to kee|) them fiom falling into the hands of the enemy. Of the 400. twenty wert- taken to the dead house at sun- rise. \\'ithin two weeks he was ordered to provide beds for (JOO wounded troops, then on the hospital steamer lying at the levee, who were brouirht in from the battles of Yazoo and Arkansas Post. .\s he had given his ambulances for the use of Gen. (irant, who was then with the army at Mem- phis, prei)aring to descend the river with the inten- tion of capturing Vicksburg, he was compelled to transport that large number of wounded in hacks and coaches, which he seized b\ the aid of a detail of seventy-live soldiers from Provost headquarters, this transfer occniiying the entire day. In six weeks from the oiiening of Adams' hospital, it had ■» ,■ 4* 336 ■i^HK-* ROCK COUNTY. within it 1.700 sick and wounded, with 160 nurses, 42 cooks. 11 ward masters, 5 clerks in otHcc. 2 dis- pensary clerks. 11 assistant surgeons, and liiO col- ored men ami women in the laundr}'. besides .50 ladies furnished Ierid- ian raid through Mississipiii and .Mabama. Upon the return to Vicksliurg, the divisios! to whi'-h Howe's brigade was attached, was ordered to report to O. O. Howard, then lighting in front of Kenesaw Mountain. Embarking on boats, the force reached Cairo, where the troops were transferred to boats of less draft and steamed up the Ohio and Tennessee rivers to Pittsburg Landing, thence marched to De- catur. Ala., where it remained several weeks. In the meantime. Surgeon Lord's health had become comi)lctcly shattered by exposure and liaril work, and by the advice of his medical friends he re- signed in .September, 1864. having seived three 3' ears. Soon after his arrival in Wisconsin, Dr. l.oiil rc- ceivcfl a petition fnim the line ofliccrs of the 13th \\'isconsin, the first regiment to which he was at- tached, to accept a commission .as surgeon. Dr. J. M. Evans, who had been to the regi- niLUt an excellent friend and otHcer, w;is luoken down in health and had resigned. The same was in every sense, true of Dr. .Smith, who took Dr. Lord's place in the regiment when he left it. Although the Doctor's health seemed im- proved under a change of climate, diet anil freedom from care, he did not feel like taking a trip to Cen- tral Texas, where the 13tli Regiment was ordered. After a long rest he entereil into general practice and is much attached to his profession. Immediately after settling in his old home in 186,1, Dr. Lord w.as favored by an extensive prac- tice in medicine and suruerv. In 187'.). a deleira- -4^ ROCK COUNTY. 337 ..| tioii of leading Republicans waited upon him vvilli the request that he allow himself to he placed in nomination for the Wisconsin Asseinl>ly. Although without political aspirations, he consented, was noininate' daughter, namely: David, Daniel, Charles, Miller, Isaac and Xaomi. all of whom have (m-sscd aw.ay. The fiilher of our subject was reared to manhood in Western New York and served his country dur- tlie War of 1812. lie and his brother David were among the troops at Buffalo, when that city was burned by tlu; British on the 31st day of Decem- ber, 1813. The poi)nlation of that time numbered but two hundred inhabitants. He followed the occupation *>f farming during the greater part of his life, and while residing in New York wedded Miss Cynthia Harmon, who was born in Washing- ton County in 18011. and was the eldest daughter of Rev. Elias Harnnin. They began their domestic life in their native State, and to them were bom four children, three sons and one daughter, all of whom are now deceased, with the exception of Daniel M. Mrs. Howley deiiarted this life in 1836 and in 1839 IMr. Rowley was again married, his second union being with Harriet Randall, by whom 4* he had two children, Charles Miller and Emma C, the latter j'et living. Mr. Rowle3- continued to reside in the St.ate of New York until 18;j(i, when accomp.anied b^' his family he removed to Rock County, Wis., and settled on a farm in Union Township, where he resided f*>r several years, when he sold out, bought a home in Evansville, and there lived until the time of his death, which occurred on the 9th daj- of February, 1888. when nearly ninety-two years of age. He w.as an upright, hon- orable industrious citizen, winning and retaining the respect of all who knew him. The soul of honor, his word was as good as his bond. He wa.s a man of strong religious convictions, for more than sixty years was a consistent member of the Baptist Church, and was one of the organizers of a church of that denomination at Aurora, Erie Co., N. Y.. it being the first organized societj- of Baptists on the Holland Purchase. His earnest Christian life w.as in perfect harmony with his pro- fessions and to the end of his d:iys he was a faith- ful servant of his Master. Daniel M. Rowley, the subject of this sketch. and the only surviving son of the family, passed the days of his boyhood and youth in New York, and after attaining to man's estate, at the age of twenty-three years was united in marriage with Miss Calista Wells. Not long after, accompanied by his young wife, he emigrated to Wisconsin, and became a resident of Union Township. He was prominently identified with the early educational interests of Rock County-, and the years following his arrival engaged in teaching. He taught on the present site of Evansville many years before the town was platted, and successfully pursued that profession for many years. In the spring of 1849, Mr. Rowley made his first purcluise of land in Rock County, consisting of eighty acres in Union Township, continuing to re- side on that farm until 18.')l. when he removed to .lug Prairie, where he made his home until 18(18, that year witnessing his arrival in Evansville, .-is one of its permanent citizens. For a number of years he engageil in the boot and shoe business, also engaged in merchandising in other lines, and for several years was connected with the l)anking interests of Evansville, in connection with L. T. ■•► k ROCK COUNTY. 339 f I'ullen. ()btaiiiiiij»- a charter in 1870, they organ- ized u imlioiiMl bank of wliich lie served as cashier and for one ycarfiHi'd tin; otlice as president. lie is one of the reiirescntative linsiness men of Rocit Connty, and lias lioiiie no inconsiderable jiart in the promotion of the best interests of the coramn- nity in which he has so lonsj resided. He has been especially interested in llie cau.M' of education, .and for nine years was a meiid)er of the School T5oard fif Kvansvilie, serving for a consideralile time as chairman of tiiat Imdw In religious attiliations, ho is a memt)ci' of the Baptist Church, and has ever been a lilieral sui)porler of the gospel, and a sin- cere believer in the religion of Christ. In politics he is a Republican, ardently supporting the princi- l)les of that parly. He has served on the Board of Supervisors, was Justice of the Peace for many years, and ilischarged his odicial duties with promptness and tidclily. By the union of Mr. and Mrs. Rowley one child was born, a daughter. Kmma ,].. who is now the wife of Alonzo C'oburn (!ray, of Evansville. ,.,! LKXAXDKR RICHARDSON, of the linn ( @yLll i of Richardson A' Xorcross, shoe niannfac- lurers, of .lanesville. was born in Kdin- burgh, Scotl.'inil. on the /Jth of Februarv, 1847. His parents were Alexander and Klizalieth (Witherden) Richardson. The father was born in Selkirk, and was a prominent drygoods merchant of Kdinburg. He emigrated with his famil\- to America, m 1X4',). in a sailing-vessel, landed at Boston, and came to Wisconsin the same year, set- tling in the town of Porter, Rock Count}', on a farm, and was killed, on the Kth of. .lanuary. liS.')3, by the upsetting of his wagon on an icy road. He was a man of superior intelligence, high moral char.acter, and possessed the energetic, thrifty habits of his nation. His widow, wlio was born at Dover, Kngland. survives her husband, and resides at .lanesville. where she is highly esteemed and re- spected for her mnny excellencies (>f character. The subject of our sketch came to Rock County witii ids parents and was reared upon a farm, re- ceiving his education iu the district school. At 4~ the age of eighteen he began his business educa- tion .IS clerk for George V. Taylor, of Madison, Wis., dealer in boots and shoes. He continued with him until 1H71, when he came to Janesville an: Robert P.. Feb. 2.t. 1887; .ind Alexander, in April. 18HiS. In polities Mr. Richardson is a Democrat, but has little time or inclination to serve in otticial capacities. He did, however, serve one term as M.'iyor of the city, having been elected on the Democratic ticket in the spring of 1884. In the fall of the same year he was the candidate of his parly for the Assembly, but was defeated, as the district was strongl}' Republican. He has fre- quently taken an active part in political cara- 1 ■^•■ 340 ROCK COUNTY. paigns. and is a popular stump speaker. He is a member of the K. of P.. Oriental Lodge, No. 22, and. toifether, with his wife, is a member of All Souls Cburch. Among the public-spirited, en- terprising and suceessful business men of .lancs- ville, Mr. Richardson stands in the foremo.st rank. As a retail de.aler in his line of goods, he is a leader in the .State, while, as manufacturers of fine shoes, his firm has won an enviable reputation for the qualities of their goods and for fair dealings. J'f^^ETVAl ALVIN McGllHK. a prominent nj citizen of Janesville, dealer in wood and ,_ f^ coal, was born in Oswego, N. Y., in the I \ 3'ear 1838. and is a son of Matthew and Nancy ( Dallon) McGuire. His father was a native of Ireland, and was there reared and married. In about 1829 he emigrated witli his family to Amer- ica, and setlled in ( )swego, N. Y., where, until 1847 he c(jntinned to reside, when he removed to Racine County, Wis. After two years, in 18411, he located in the town of Wyocena, Columbia County, where his death occurred in 18.58, leaving a wife anf his army ex- perience. ,\fler his return from the war Mr. .McCiuire en- gaged in the grain business, and was located at dif- ferent places in liiat pursuit. Settling in Winne- slieik. Iowa, he went thence to Austin, Minn., and three years later liecame a resident of Winneb.ago City in the same Stale. Two years subsequent to that time he removed to Delavan, Fairbault Co., Minn., later to Calmar, Winneshiek Co.. Iowa, and and in 1878 went to Lawler. Cliick.asaw County ; thence in 1881 to Algona. Kossuth County. The year 1884 found him in Phillips County, Kan., and in November of that year he came to Janesville where he has since engaged in business .as a dealer iu wood and coal. He is located at No. 101 North Academy street, and succeeiled Messrs. Hlair & Gowdey on the Chicago, Milwaukee i^' St. Paul Railroad in June, 1887. He has built up a good trade, and is well worthy of public patronage. At Portage City, Wis., on the 2d of June, 1862, Mr. McCxuire was united in marriage with Miss Celia E. Potter, a daugliter of David Potter, but in 1874, while resift, who was born Sept. 15. 1 80I(, and their marriage w.as celebrated in 1828. Mr. \'an .Ant- werp learned the trade of a boot and shoemaker in his youth. Some lime aftei' his marriage he re- mained in his native .State, but at length removed with his wife to Allen County, Ohio, and thence to Shelby County. In 1843, nine years after his re mbval to the Buckeye .Stale he came to Hock County, Wis., locating in Rock Townslii|i about one mile from Afton. where he began making a A^t / V pi^tM^u^ -4•- ■•►■ .L. ROCK COUNTY. 343 home, lie erected .-i .ssiw-mill. wiiieli lie began op- erating anil was attaining to a good degree of suc- cess wlien deatli called liiiii from tliis eiirtli, in October, 181G. onlj- ahuiit llnoo years after coming to Rociv County. He left a wife, and six cliildreu between the ages of two and a half anil fifteen years, the famil3' conijjrising three sons and three daugh- ters, all of whom are living, as follows: Mrs. Cath- erine Alger, of Nebraska; LaFayettc, a resident of Rock Co\intv; Mrs. S.-irah Church, of Janesville; D.'ivid who is living in Nebraska; Lottie and I'^rauk nf Monroe, (irccii CO.. Wis. After the deatli of her first husband Mrs. \'an Antwerp became the wife of ,\brain Halter, a native of Niagara County, N. V. lie also (lied many years ago. They had one son. William U'.'iftcr of .lauesville. Ml', and .Mrs. Metiuire have been the parents of two children — IJalph and Herbert Ray. The latter dicil ill iufaiii'V. During his residence in Kansas, ill ISftl, a sore .•illliction visited Mr. Me(!uirciii the li»s of a Sdii. W.-iller Fluyd. uliu died .'il Ihc ai,re of lightecn yeais. He was a most pioniising \(inng man, had just gi-adiiated from the Cedar Kapids liiisiiu'ss College, .'iiid a bright ful ure seemed open befiire him. Hi> hiss was a urrat ;illliit idii to his father. .Mr. Mctiiiire holds a pew in the l!:iptist Clnirch of .buiesville. where his family attend. He is a dcmitted Mason, and has been associated with the I. (). (). I", and C. A. K. ^d.MoTHV .lACKMAN.an early settler and iiilliiciiti.il business man of Janesville. was _ liorii ill Oneida County, N. V.. in KSdil, and was the son of Stillm.an .lackm;iii. He was reared on a farm, and soon after attaining his majority, was united in marriage with .Miss Esther Coojier, of Saraliig;! County. They made their home at lloiiseville, Lewis County, N. Y., where Mr. ,laek- iiKiii was engaged in hotel-keeping and fanning. Koiir sons and two daughters were born of their uuioii. Noyes, the eldest, married Adelaide Locke, and is now eng.aged in farming in the town of Har- nioiiy. Rock County, Wis. ; Mary J., tlii! eldest daughter and second child, is the wife of 'I'homas Lappin. a retired merchant of Janesville; Hiram wediled Harriet Coatsworth, and resides in Chicago; Benjamin, who went to California during the ex- citement of the first gold discoveries, died in that .State in 1849; John, the yiuingest son, w.^s twice married, his first wife being Lorinda Sopher, and after her death he wedded .Sarah Roberts; he died in Carpentersville, III., in 1K83; Sarah, the young- est, died in childhood. In 1841 Mr. Jackman lost his wife, whose death occurred at llousevilli!, in November of that year, and the following year, he was again married, his second union being with Marcia M. Smith, daughter of Jesse Smith. They became the [lareiits of four children. ,m1I sous — Fred, the eldest, married Miss Mary McNeal, and became a resident of California, where he made his home until his death in 1K«I; Clarence and Claicmont S. vvere twins: the former died at the age of eight years, and Claremoiit .S.. whose ski'lcli appears elsewhere in this volume, is now I'ri'sidciit of the Rock County .\:itional Ii:ink of .Janesville; Clarence W., the yonngcsl of the f;iinily, who was named for his deceased brother, was joinc|)erated for several years, .lackman A' Smith also kept a general store, and did a large freighting business, by team, be- tween Janesville and .Mihvankce. This was before the advent of the railioa<1 in this city. Their store was the most extensive inerc.'intile establishment in the county .at that time. As he accumulated cn])i- tal. he associated himself with other parties and organized the Hock County I'.ank, now the Rock Count}' National Rank, of which he was I'lesident during his lifetime. A history of that institnlioii ai)[ieais elsewhere in this work. He also built, in 344 ROCK roiNTY. ^ i-oinpany witli Mr. Smith, wb:it is now the Jackniaii Ulock, one of the largest an(1 finest busini'ss Mocks in tlio city, and erocteil what is now llie Hogers Ilonso, which was his resilience anil llic olil liomc- steatl. Mr. .laiknian came west with i>liick ami energy as his means of ailvancement. and while his capital was small on his arrival at .lanesvillc. by his energetic and well directp|x>rtunlty and making the most of it. In his day there was not his sn|)erior in the city, as a tinancier, or one possesseatriotic citizen, yet was never de- sirous of holding public ollice. His interest in numicipal affairs led him to serve several limes in the I'omuinn t'onncil, where his judgment w:vi much respected, and his intlueucc always exerted in the direction of wholesome legislation. I lis success in life was no accident, b\it the result of intelligent forethought and untiring energy. r|>right and honorable in his intercourse with his fellow-men, he commandiHl the confidence and respect of those wluKse gon another pjige. "■• ' 'L ■ i*" W!»S fJ^^KNRY .V. DOTY, of .lanesville. AV )l| )jj born in this city June .'>, 18i;i. :\nd is a son i^^ of K/.ra r. ami .Vbbie (.Vustin) Doty. Ilis l^^ father was born in l.ockpiirt. N. Y., and his mother at Sodis Il;iy, on Lake Ontario, N. Y. Ilis parents came to .lanesville in If<4(». Henry w.as educated in the city schools, and graduated from the t'ommercial College of .lanesville, in the class • of 1807. He learned the machinist's trade and be- i gan business with his father in the Doty Manufac- turing Company's \Vt)rks. of which he wsis Treas- ■ nrer ami General Man.-iger from 18f.;) to 187:5. He then bought the Doty Mill, which he rebuilt the following year, and oiH-ratcd until 1881, when it was burned; but he rebuilt again, ami operated un- til 1883. In 1884 he established the II. A. Doty's 15ox Company, which he had the management of until he sold «uit in 188*). Mr. Doty luis been twice married. On the I'.'ith (Lay of .September, 1872, he weddeti Mi.ss Klla .1. I.appin, who was lx>rn in .lanesville. and was a daughter of Thomas and .Mary .1. (.lackman) Lap- pin. Her death in-cnrred Sept. "J 1, 1873, leavinir ona child. 'riu>mas II.. wIk> dietl at the age of (uie year. He w;is again married Oct. 3(>, 1877, his second unitm being with Miss Mary Ksther Lappin, a sister of his former wife, who was also born in .lanesville. 'riiey have one son, Laurence L., who was born Sept. U. 1881. Mr. and .Mrs. Doty are members of the Kpiscopal Church. In his |H~>litical sentiments, he is a Republican, but has never sought or desired public otlice, his interests having een- t^M-ed in his business and the building up of the manufacturing industries of .lanesville. The llox Manufacturing Kstablishmeut, of whii'h he w.-ts the founder, has grown to be one of the important in- dustries of .lanesville. antl Mr. Di>ly is rei-ogni/.ed as a thriving and enterprising business man of the citv. as well as one of her most highly respected citizens. .\. LI 1U5Y. editor of boththc £'(i<«7w/s«' and the Tribune.of Kvansville. Wis., is a native _ of New Hampshire, born in Oreat Falls on the (ilh of Novendicr. 181(;. I'ntll nine years of age he resided in his native State, when, in IS.'i.J. he came with his parents to Kvansville. Roek Co., Wis.. His primary education, received in the common sclnH)ls, was supplemented by a course at the Kvansville Seminary. When the war broke out, it stirred the patriotic feeling slumbering in his breast, and, though then too young to enlist, he waittnl until 1S('.4. when he enlisteil at Madison .as a private in Company D, 40th Wisconsin Infan- try, lb' remained in the service until hunorably -4*- ROCK COUNTY. Ub disi-liarged by reason of expiration of tonu of sir- "vice, and durinsj that time rci'eivod a siinstroko and I'outracted a olironic disease, which |)einia- nontly affected iiis health. On the tUh of Xovenilier, I8(!;), Mr. I.ibby w.as uniteil in marriage witli Miss ],iicilla Cranihdl, wi-.o was born .July l".*, KS.'iO. Dmiiii;- llie sprinjj' after their marriage he reiiu)ved with his young wife to Kansas, wliere he nia(le ids liome for tliree yeare, and at the expiration of that lime returned to Kvnnsville, wiiere he lias since continued le re- si(1e. Since 1S81 he has been editor and manager of tlie Kvansville local papers, the Enterprise and the Trihune, and has m.ade a success of that line of work. Socially, he is a charter member of '!". I,. Sutphen Post. (i. A. K.. of Kvansville, and is a respected and worthy citizen. The children born to .Mr. and .Mrs. l.ilibv are live in number, four sons and one daughter, as fol- lows: Fred N.. born Dec. 30, 1871; Mary Alice and .Mnion Melvin. twins, .Ian. ID. 1H74; an(1 liurr .\ncel. .Vug. IS. ;s,Sl. They lost tlioir youngest child, \\o\. who WMs boru ( )cl. '■>. ISSl. :iu(I died Aug. ;i, 1S8(!. Mrs. I.ibby is a daughter of Daniel (laudiill. .me of the pioneer settlers of Uock (duutv. lie came to Wisconsin in 1 S I 1, emigrating from (hc- naugo < ounty, N. Y.. and settled in the town of I'luon. where his death occurred .Vug. ;51, 1802, at the age of forty-five years. His widow is now liv- ing in Magnolia Township with her brother, Jona- than Cook. y (\1 IVILLIAM H. AN'DRK.a promineiil and iu- /' lluenlial farmei', residing on sei'tion 18, Turtle Townslnp, and a pioneer of 18-l(!, was born .March 17, 183;i, in Wilkesbarre, I'a.. and is a son of I'eter and Julia (iVlinich) Andre. His parents were both natives of the Keystone SljiU', but of (German descent. Peter Andre followed the occupation of farming thronghoni his life, aud remained a resident of Pennsylvania until aboiit the year 18;M, when he removed to Seneca County, Ohio, and rented a farm in that then wild and un- settled region. lii ISKl he again ch.'uigcd his pl.Mcc of residence, this time taking up his abode in Lu- cas County, Ohio, which was then on the frontier. The eventful and exciting life of a pioneer was exactly suited to his nature. In the midst of the heavy tindier he erected a little cabin, and de- veloped a farm. He always had a great love for huuliug, and there had ample opportunity to in- dulge his taste, as large numbeis of deer had their haunts in that region. Our subject also became an expert with the rille, ami brought down many a fine animal which furnished them tViod for many meals. In islii Mr. .Vndre again selling out, con- tinued his journeys Westward, until reaching Rock County, Wis., where he purchased the farm now known .as the P.urr Robbins place. .Vs the l:ind did not pro\ c to be lirst-class, he soM and lioughl a farm on the Madison road in Center Township, to which lie removed in 1817. but hardly had he got settled in his new home, when death visited the pitmecr cabin, claiming him as the victim; he died in July, 1817. He was a quiet, unassuniing man. who leeeived the lespect of all who knew him, and though not a member of any church, each Sunday nioruiiig found him with his r>ible in his iHicket, on his way to the nearest house of worship. He also gave liberally to the suppt>rt of the gospel, ami performed man^' acts of kiiulness which will long be remembered. His ex- cellent wife is still living, and has since wedded .lohu Rice, a pioneer farmer of Turtle Township. liy her first m.arriage she became the mother of two children: William H., of this sketch, and Hlr/a- betli, wife of S. 1,. Keinmerrer, a resident of Iiide- tieudeiue, lowii. The early lite of our subject was spent upon the frontier, .and his education was begun in the log school house of Lucas County, Ohio. Since 1816, he has been a resident of this county. .Vfter the (U'ath of his fatlie'r in 1847, he began working by the month as a farm hand, and for three terms at- tended the district school rii Oct. •'!, 18(!1. died April 28, 1878. After his marriage, ftlr. Andre purchased a farm of 105 acres of partly improved land, situated on section G. Turtle Township. He at once began the work of cultivation and impi-ovement, which he continued until 1805, when he was forced to aban- don agricultural pursuits on .account of failing liealth. He then made an extended tri|) through the States and Territories of the AN" est, iind at length located in Butte City, Mont., wiierc he en- oaged extensively in mining. He remained in the West until 1871, when, his liealth h:iving been fullv restored, he returned to his liome and again turned his attention to his farming interests which he still continues, lie is now the ownci- of 19:! acres of fine land which pay tribute to his c;ue and <;ultivalion. In his extensive travels no other lo- cation seemed so desirable as liis home in Kock County, where he has resided, with the exception of the time mentioned, for the p:ust forty-two years. Many improvements have been made in town and county since then; in fact, nearly the whole work of development and progress is em- braced wilhiii that pcriocl. On his first visit to .lauesville he found a little hamlet comprising one drug store owned by Mr. Kdsou. a sm:ill grocery, the property of Mr. (lillctt, and a few little c.-ibins. Scarcely could he have im:iglneeople came Hocking from all parts of th.e county, all casting their bal- lots at one place. From those earl\ days until the present time, Mr. Andre has been identified with the history of the county, anVi, but he has steadily workeil his way upwards to a position of ease and affluence. In connection wilh gener.il farming he carries on toliaeco raising, and has been very successful in that line of business. Ills stock is of the best grades, every im[irovenieut necessary to a well- regulalt'd farm has been made, and the entire snr- ronno . 4»- oCx>' A\1D P. MILLER, a settler of Rock County of 1856, and proprietor of a livery and feed stable in Beloit, was born in Colcrain, Franklin Co.. Mass., June 2:?, His parents, David and Sally (Patterson) were also natives of the same county, and family of nine children, six of whom are living: Thomas and David P. are residents of Beloit; Robert is living in F't. Scott. Kan.; Sarah is (he wife of Perry Whipple, of Cheshire, Ma.ss.; Jane is the wife of Curtis Cleveland, of Rochelle, 111.; Eli/abcth wedded David Eddy, a resident of North Adams. Mass. Religiously, Mr. and Mrs. Miller were nK'uibeis of the Congregational Church. Politically, he was an old-line Whig, and a great admirer of Henry Clay and Daniel W'ebster. Iiis death occurred in Franklin County, Mass., in June, 1855, and the following year his wife came to Wis- consin, and icsided a few years, and then returned to the East and wedded a .Mr. Whipple, of Lanes- boro, Mass., where she departt'd this life in 1 875. The subject of this sketch was reared to farm life in his native county, and received a liberal educa- tion in the (ireenfield Academy. When fourteen yeais of age he was apprenticed to the tailor's trade for si.\ years, receiving as compensation his board and clothes, until the last eight months of his servitude, when he bought the remainder of his time, for which he had to pay a lionns of ^200. In 18:17 he first made a trip to the West, going to — •► 348 -•^ ROCK COUNTY. U 4 Marshall, Mich., in the employ of a Mr. Belding. but not lieini: satisfled in that community, he returned to Jlassachusetls, and opened a merchant tailorinji cstalilii'hmcnt He secured a large and valuable trade, and followed thai (lursuit for nine- teen years. In 1840 Mr. Miller and Miss Mary A. Holmes were united in the holy bonds of malrimouy. The lady is a native of Franklin County, Mass., born in February, 1820, and is a daughter of Capt. Nathan- iel Holmes, of New Hampshire. One child was born unto them, but die KOCK COUNTY. 349 , , tuiiity to indulge his taste in this direction, for wild game of all kinds abounded. He is numbered among Ihe pioneer settlers of tliis ('(lunty, having liecorne a lesident in 1811. At lliat time the city of Janesville was in its illf:lllc^■, while many of tlie now highly iiupnived farms consisteil only of un- hroken prairie liuid or a dense Iraet of timher. He has witnessed aiinost tiie entire development, has participated in its i)rogiess, and has aided in its transformation, and to him Koek County owes a delit of gratitude which can never be repaid. 4 =^\ AMUKL S. OHOUK'N. Postmaster of Mil- ton, is a native of Lycoming County, Pa., his birth occurring on the 31st of October, l.s.iT. His parents, Charles 1>. and K'uth (Saxton) 01)ourn, were the parents of seven chil- dren, live of whom are yet living: Thomas has been engaged in farming in Manpiette County, Wis., since IH.'iT; Samuel S.. uf this sketch, is the next in order uf birth; Elizabeth is the wife of lsa.ac Wil- son, a native of Pennsylvania, now engaged in farming in Adams County, Wis., and to them have been born five children, as follows: Ruth is the wife Merrick Richmond, who is engaged in farming and resides in Kagle River, Wis.; Jane, who wedded W. .1. Ollson. is a resiear. Pro- ceeding to Huntsville, Ala., he participated in the engagement at that place, after which he went to Stei)henson, Ala., remaining for about a month, when he went to Nashville. Three 3oars had ela|)sed since he entered the service, and he was then discharged but immediately re-enlisted and came home on a veteran furlough. .Vt the expira- tion of thirty days he went to Nashville, there join- ing the regiment, whence he was sent to Stephen- sou, Ala., where he remained for about a month and was then ordered on guard duly on the Tennessee River. After five months spent in this way the command returned to Nashville wheie they were detached from the main army ami sent on a trip of 1,000 miles. His regiment formed a part of the tth Aiiny Corps, which was returned to Nashville and then ordered U) 'i'cxas, where they remained ab(»nt six months, during which lime a great many of the men died. From S;ui .Vntoida. Tex., they returned to .Madison in the fall of l.siJo, and were mustered out of service in November of that year. After receiving his discharge Mr. Obourn re- turned to his home in Roc-k County, and in 1807 was united in marriage with Miss M. J. Davidson, lie engaged at his trade of blacksmithing in con- nection with Oliver A. Friddell for fourteen con- ^^^' 300 ■«► KOCK COUNTY. sociitive 3-ears, when the pnrtnersliip was dissolved. They {gained :i reputnlioii for I'sccllenl work, iind liufses were brought to tliem from all the surround- ing countr}', some even from Milwaukee. :i distanee of .sixty-two miles. They have shod sonu' of the finest trotting horses in the State, and tlir |ii:iis(> which they received wa.s rii-hly merited, lu I.H82 Mr. Oliourn almndoned his trade and entered the store of ISIr. Williams as a .salesman, renuiining in that position for a year. In 1880 he succeeded John A. Spaidding as Postmaster of Milton, which otlice he still lills. For eiglit years he served as .Justice of the I'eace of Milton, proving an elllcient and faithful ollicer. In politics he is an ardent supporter of the Democratic party. For a number of years he has been a member of the Methodist Kpisco|)al Church, and socially, is a niend)er of the G. A. R. Post at Milton, in which he is Coniin.inder at the |>resent lime. He is well known tlaougl out the county, and is a highly resi)ecti'd citizen. LI PROCTOH. a leading fanner of La Prai- rie Tow)iship, who came to this county in the year 1851, was born in Rockingham, "N't., in 1811!. He is a sou of .Jones and lletsy (Dakin) Proctor, the father a native of Vermont, lM)ru of Scoich and Fuglish descent, while his nK>thcr, who was a native of Massachusetts, was of Scotch origin. Mr. Proctor followed the occupa- tion of farming throughout his entire life, his death occurring in his native St.ite .at the age of seventy-eight years. The mot'ier survived him for several years, also dj'ing when seventy-eight years of age. The l)lood of an old Ki^volu- tionary hero Hows in the veins of our subject, for Nathan Proctor, his paternal grandfather, gal- lantly aided the Colonies in their struggle for in- dependence. Eli w.a.s one of a family of nine children, seven of whom are yet living: Sarah, who wedded Curti3 Baglej'. died in Putne}', Vt.; Nathan is a retired farmer, and resides in Rockingham, \'t.; ALiry was the wife of Hiram Carruth, of Urook- lield, Mass., and is now deceased; Amos is living in Bolton, Mass.; Eli is the next in order of birth; .lohn resides in Rockingham, Vt.; .loel makes his -^ home in Rolton, Worcester Co., Mass.; .Tonas is engaged in farming near New Hartfortl, Iowa; and Elizabeth is the wife of Aaion Powers, of Rolton. Mass. Our subject remained under the parental roof until the age of twenty 3'e.ars. wiien he left home and went to North IJrooklield, Ma.ss., where lie served an ai)prenticeship of one year at the shoe- maker's trade. This was followed by two years of Labor as a farm hand, after which he removed to Boston, where he worked in a whiting factory foi' one .season. Returning to liockingham. \'l.. he purch.ased a farm of 2"20 acres, which he made his home until 18,5 4, .it which time lie cmigrateil to WisC()nsin. .Settling in Rock Township, he again bought a f.nrm, comprising IGG acres, which was situated on .section 2, La I'rairie Townshii). He has since disposed of eighty acres to one of his sons, while his youngest son Ilirnm has charge of the home f:uni. In isll Mr. ProctiM' was united in in:irri:ige with Miss Mary Woodward, who was boiii in Spriugtield. \'t., in I82(). and is a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Newton) Woodward. Hi-r father was a native of X'ermont, born of JMiglish parentage, while her mother w.as born in the .State of Massachu.setts. He was a member of the Ini- versalist Church, and his r have been born four children : Mary, who became the wife of Mr. Gould. of Delavan. Wis.; Adin. a resident farmer of I>a Prairie Township; .loel. who is engaged in farming in La Pr.airie Township; and Hiram, a farmer of the s.ame township. Mr. Proctor alliliates with the Democratic parly, and has served as a member of the Board of Supervisors. He is one of the self- made men of the county, having begun life as a poor boy. With his kna|)sack upon his back he =h ^' < 4». .-^c-^V. ^' \^ ^ "^^ •^ ^ ^ I <^ ROCK COUNTY. 353 loft his lionu", making llio journey on foot to IMa.«- sMcliiisi'tls. He eaiiii'il his first money by chopping- wooil at Iwcnly-live cents per cord, liut success conies to tiiose who earnestly and ililigenlly lalior, and lie is now ninid)cred among the wi'li-to-do farmers of the county. He has reared a family of men and women who do honor to his name, and arc ranked ;unon<;- Ihe leading citizens of Ihc scv- cr.al commiinilies in which llicy reside. A.MKS H. KIliKl'ArKICK, a pioneer farmer of liock Counly. now residing on section (!, Spring N'alley Township, was horn in Dela- ware County. N. Y., July :!1. IH32. His father, James Kirk patrick was lioin in Dumfries- shire. Scotland, and in 1H2:5 emigrated to .\merica. locating in New York City, where he worked for tiiroe years. He then remii of James Kirkpatrick and Ivlizabeth Hums a family of seven children was born, as follows: Margaret, who became the wife of J. W. Spencer, of Rock County, who is a ii.ative of \'ermont. having been boiii near Bennington, and now resides on section .'>, Spring Valley Township; she died Jan. 2."), 188;(; James 15., of this sketch, is the second in order of birth; Moses married Mi.ss Janette Smith, a daughter of Walter Smith, whose sketch will be found on another page of this volume; Mary was taken sick while the family were en route for Wisconsin, and died at the age of seven years soon after their arri- val in 18lj; John became the husband of Miss »Vji': Eva J. Thomp.son, of Nebraska, and died in Men- dota. Wis.; William died at the age of eighteen months, in 18 l.i, about the time of his sister .Mary's ilealh; Jane m.arried l-"iank M. Thompson, of Ed- gar, Clay Co., Neb., and her death occurred in December, 188S. The subject of this sketch was reared to man- hood upon a farm and has engaged in agricultural pursuits during his entire; life. In 1815 he came with the family to Rock County, and remained under the parental roof until I8G1, when he wedded AH.ss Sarah Jane Adams, who was born in the town of Magnolia, March 2(), 1843, but at that time was ;i resident of Green County', Wis. Five children have graced their union, three sons and two daughters — Hector D., who was born in 18G5, mar- ried Mi.ss Grace Beebe, a native of Wisconsin, and now resides in Brodhead, where he is employed .as salesman in the Giange Store; Mary w.as thrown from a buggy receiving injuries from which she never recovered; Lawrence, P^lma and Leon, the tliree youngest children, are still with their parents. They have all been liberally educated and bid fair to become useful ami houoialile men and women. Hector giVKlu.ated from the lliodhcad High School, after which he attended the S|)encerian Commercial S<'liool of Milwaukee for two terms. Lawrence has also been a student of the High .School of Brod- head and intends to further pursue his studies. Mr. Kirkpatrick became the owner of his present farm in I8,J5. He sccurcil tiK- land of an Eastern company, manufacturers of woolen goods, paying ^12.50 per acre, and with that energy which char- acterizes every undertaking he at once began its improvement and development. He s|)lit the rails which were used in fenciug. numbering alH)ut 10,000, and it is estimated that he has split alto- gether .about .■)0,000 rails. In breaking the land, he used what was called a grub plow, drawn by from ten to twelve yoke of o.xen. With this the roots of the smaller trees were cut, after which the trees were [liled up and burned. The nearest market during those pioneer d.-iys was at Milwau- kee, where the farmers hauled their grain, for which they received only from forty to fifty cents per bushel. Dressed pork st)ld from ?;1..'>0 to ^2.50 per hundred pounds, and prices on the other pro- r .•5;V1 ■•►Hih-^ HOt'K COUNTY. •T fliifcts of the f:inii were in like proportion. The ne.irest grist mill was ;il Beloit, :i distaiu'e of Iwciity-foiir iiiilcs. ami llic post ollice was seven miles distant. .Mtliougli the ineonveiiienecs to be emliireil and the olistacles to he overcome were Mianv. the lalxprs at leuy;th hioiiuht their reward and tiie early settlers have now the limior of being nnmliered among Hock Count\'s pioneers. To them is largels due liie present prosiierity, for they laiil the foundation of iier greatness. Mr. Kirk- patrii-k for the long period of forty-five years ha.s been idenlilied with the history of tiic county, and lias borne a prominent part in the promotion of lier educational, social and moral advancement. Progressive and pnlilic spirited, his iiilluenee has ever been exerted foi- her welfare and he is regarded as one of her leading citizens. In political scuti- uu'Ut. he is a supporter of the licpublicau parly. and is now serving as chairman of the town Hoard of Supervisors. He is a member of J5icknel Lodge, No. IM, A. V. i' A. M. of Ih'odhead. ii. wlii-'h he has served as .lunior Deacon. 'l"he portraits of Mr. and Mrs. KirUpatricU are given ui)on another page. eloit Township, has been a resident of this county since 1«54, a peiiod of thirty-five years. He was born in Tyrone, Ireland, on the '24th day of Deeeiuber, 1809, and is a son of .l.ames and .lane (Smith) Ilendcison. His father, though a native of .Vianiach, Ireland, was born of Scotch parentage. The mother w.os also of Scotch descent, though born in County Tyrone. James Hen- derson was the fourth in a family of fourteen chil- dren born to William Henderson, who with live sons, came to America in ISld. While ri'siding in Ireland, he engaged in weaving wh.at is known as Irish linen, and after his I'niigralion to America, followeil weaving, bul subsequently engaged in farming in I'erry ('o\inty. I'a.. until his di-ath which occurred at the age of eighty-six. His eld- est son w.as a I'resbyterian minister, and for sixty years labored in the Master's service. His death ^> occurred in Mendota, 111., at the age of eighty-six years. .lames II. Henderson, the father of our subject, emigrated with his family to America in 1810, when our subject was but a year old. After resiil- ing for some time in Cumlierland County. I'a., he reniove7 he removed to Alleghany City. Pa., L^ where he opened two temperance hotels, which he conducted until after the Supreme Court made the decision that the temperance Laws, which had been carried into effect, were unconstitutional, when, in 1848, he sold out and became a resident of Butler County. I'a. In that community he purch:»sed a farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits, to- gether with the manufacture of carriages. In 1854 he came to Janesville with a lot of horses and car- riages, which he disposed of, and there bought a (louring mill. lieturning to Hutler County, he sohl his liomestead, and coming b.ack to Rock County, he purclnised two farms. Once more re- turning to his Pennsylvania home, he settled up his business and in the fall of 1855, started back to .lanesville with another lot of horses .and car- riages. This time he brought his family, and seven of his old employes. On .irriving at Janesville he at once commenced the manufacture of car- riages, and also engaged in the re.al estate business and in milling. In 1859 he purchased a farm at Crystal Lake, containing 2(>(t .-leres. In IStil he made a tri|) to Washington City to witness the in- auguration of Aliraham Lincoln. After his return to Janesville, he commenced the iiiiprovenient of his farm at Crystal Lake, and in September, 18(!1, purchased the farm known .-is the ( ^luiible l';iirn, consisting of 290 acres on sections ■>'■> and 2 1, lying just outside the city limits of Heloit. on the liast bank of Rock River, to which he removed and where he has since continued to reside. J^uring the lirst years of the Civil War, he engaged in the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds in Iowa. In connection with his fanning interest he owns and operates two (louring mills, one at Hobart, Lake Co.. Ind., the other seven miles south of Warsaw, Ind., near the Tippecanoe battle-ground. In the month of September. 18;5;3, in Youngs town. Ohio, Mr. Henderson led to the marriage altar Miss Kliza Trotter, and of their union ten children were born, of which number six attained to iiiatuie years. James, who served three 3'ears in ttic late war, was killed near Newman, On., in a hand to hand light in 1864, while in charge of the advance guards; Jane is the wife of Frederick Had- diiiger; Mary wedded .Samuel Young, a resident farmer of Dakota, Kansas; William is living in 356 -•► U ROC K COUNTY. Vinton, Iowa; Sainiu'l is enpfagod in milling in In- diana; and (iiacc is the wife of Biiit Wliitinir. of Oinalia, Nt'li. On liic Kitli day of August. 1 «.')(), lliu dfatli of Die nioUnT oc( lined, aud slii- was laiii to rest in the beautiful eemeteiy at .lanesville. Wis. Mr. Henderson was again rnarried, Sept. 17. 1808, becoming the husb.and of Miss Sarah A. (^uinn, a lady of higli ciiUuic, who foi- many years was a successful teacher in Alabama. To them lias been born one child. .lames (;. In 1870 Mr. Henderson went to Clilcago. where he engaged In llie real estate business, and also operated a mill at Ilobarl. Inil.. but remained a resident of tlie former city until after the great (ire of 1871, wlien he be- came a resident of Ilobart, where he remained un- til 1871, at which time lie returned to ills farm in Rock Coiiiily. Ill 188(; lie w:is called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, whose ileath occurred on the 20111 day of .Vugust. I'"or forty -eight years he has been a member of the INIelhodisl Episco- pal Churcli. and since itsorgaiiizalioii has supported the lieimblicMii party. Though plain and unaS- siimiiig. he has ever been a leading anil enterpris- ing citi/.eii of the several ((iiiiiiiuiiities in which he has resided, and is everywhere known as an lionor- aljle, upright man. -Jas?^- U. LENT BRISTOL I'.RADLEV, dental snraeon of Ueloll, Wis., was born In Madi- son County, N. Y., .Inly 21. 182it. His parents were .lohn .and Eunice (Andrus) Bradley, the former a native of N'erinont and the latter of New York. They were married In Madi- son County. N. Y.. .and unto them were born nine children, two of whom are now living. In 1827 Mr. r>radlcv moved his family to Weslfield. N. Y., and in 1839 they emigrated to what was then the far West, locating at Roseoe, Winnebago Countv. 111. Few jjeople to-day know of the hardships in traveling which the early emigrants expcrieiK-cd. Our subject drove a team over the mountains and across the wild and unsettled prairie to Roseoe, while the remainder of the family came by water. The parents both dlesition of deacon for many years. .\s neighbors, tiiey were accom- modating; as Christians, true and faithful; tLs citi- zens, lo3'al, and they received the res|)ect of all. Onr suliject W!is educated at the academy of Wcstfield, N. Y.. and wlieu nineteen years of age began the study of dentistry with Dr. Fellows of that city, remaining with him for two ye.-irs, when he opened an otlice and established business for himself. While resiiliiig in Westfleld he was united in marriage, In 1838, with Miss (ornella .Vbbntt, a daughter of .\sa and Eunice (While) .\bbolt. She was a native of .Mbany County, X. Y., born In 1818. Three children blessed their union: Frances M.. wife of S. F. Jenkins, a proniiiieiit business man of East Bialntrce. M.ass.; James A.. •A dentist. In partnership with his father, married Miss .Mary E. Siiiitii. and lliey have three childreii — Clare. Louis and .Mabel: Willis II.. of Roseoe, 111., m.'irried Carrie Shaw, by whom he has two chlldreu — Frank :nid Kate. In 18S3 Mr. Bradley was called upon to inourn the loss of his wife, who died on the I'.ltli ilay of April. She was a member of the Presbyterian Cliiiieh. a sincere Cliiistian :uid a lo\ iiig wife and mother. The Doctor was again ni.arrled In January, 188/), to Mrs. .M. R. Smith, widow of Major Daniel Smith, who lost his life In the late war. They were the |)areiits of one son — Eugene, of Benson, .Minn. In 183'.l, as before stated. Dr. Bradley came west and assisteil his father in o|)eiiiiig up a farm in W'inneb.ago County, 111. The country was then but sparsely settled, and ;is he had oecasiuii to come to Janesville he w:\s obliged to follow an Indian trail, as there were then no roads. A few years after coming west he went to Chicago, where he formed a iiarlnersliip with Dr. William Kennicolt, remaining with liliii for two years, when he re- turned to Roseoe. lie li.as traveled extensively over the northwest aiicl has practiced his pi-ofession in nearly all the larger and more prosperous towns, lie can well claim the honor of being one of the pioneer dentists of the northwest, as well as one of the pioneer citizens, for a half century has now- passed since his emigratii>n to the Mississippi \;il- Ile was tlie lirsl dental surgeon in Roseoe members of the I'resbvteriaii Church, in which and Rockfonl. 111., and Beloit, Wi,s. -^^ At the time h -4^ ROCK COUNTY. 357 ' 'I i= of liis arrival the whole State of Wisconsin did not contain as many citizens as are fonnd in one- lialf of Rock C'onnty to-da}-. Everything was in a wild state, few improvements had lieen made, and the future brightness of the country could scarcely have lieen dicniKMl of even by tiie most far sighted. The Indian trails have long been obliterated by a perfect networU of railroads, the pioneer log cabins have been replaced by elegant residences. The wild prairies are transformed into beautiful farms, tdl now scarcely a vestige of frontier life rein:iins to remind the people that but half a century has el:ipsed sin<'e this country was almost an unbroken wilderness. DWARl) All KKV and his twin brother IMichael, were for many years prominent, citi/eus and business men of .l.anesville. The following sketch of these gentlemen is taken from the Wisconsin \'olnmeof the ruiled States I'liogiaphical Dictionary. Kdward and Michael iMcKcy were twin biothers. born at C'ro.ssmolina. County Mayo. Ireland, on the ISth day of Septend.er, 1.S2I. Their parents were Tliomas .'uid Maria ( l'"orrest.ei) McKey. The brothers received their education mainly at home and at a private school in the neighborhooil. At school they showed gieal precocity and while ex- celling In their studies generally evinced a marked aptitude for history and literature. They left school .at the e.arly age of Mfteeii ^-ears and were ap|)reuticed to the dr^' goods business, entering the establi>linn'rit of the leading merchant in that line in their native town. Although mi're boys, they displayed unmistakable business (pialifications and after four years of their apprenticeship had expircil, prevailed upon their employer to release them from their indentures, still however remain- ing in his employ. In 1M4(), Kdward visited the I'nited States, remaining for .about six monlhs. At the age of twenty-two, the brothers comuuMiced business on their own accoiuit and soon developed a nourishing and extensive trade, which tlu'y carried on successfully until IMKi, when they were overtaken by the great famine of that year which involved nearly the whole business ca- reer of the Island in ruin, and from which they, with every one else, suffered very severe los.ses. The young brothers, however, were full of enei-gy and well directed audiition .and S27. His parents were Caleb and Isli/.abeth Inman. and they had a family of eight chiblren. five of whom are now living: Ilariison C.. the eldest, is residing in I'ly- mouth Township; Thomas II. died in Califoinia in 1H(51, but his remains were brought back to Plymouth Townshi]) for interment: llann:di died in I.s2;i. when (pdte young; .lonas is the lu'xt in order of birth; Marg.aret is the wife of N. W. Tripp, a resident farmer of Hock 'I'ownship; Ed- ward, who wedded Catherine .Miins(jn. is now living in Janesville; Mary became the wife of F.ayettc? rep|)er, wiio is now- dece,'iseecame a resident in 1S12. With his parents he settled on Rock River, but in .January, 1843, the family removed to the farm which is now his home. A little log cabin had been parti.ally built, which, when c; Mrs. Inman is the next in order of birth; Sarah A. is now the wife of B. L. Tripp, whose liome is in (Jenesee County, N. Y ; P. S., who is living in W:Ls|iington, married .lane Giillin. and to them were born four children, thrw of whom are living; Nettie died when eleven years of age; Enim:i A. resides on the old homcste.id with her brother; (ieorge A. is also living on the old homestcail ; ,1. .Vgnesis now the wife of .lames Scott, who is rcsiiling in Bradfoid ; Flora U. wedded A. L. Bemis, an insurance agent for the North- western Mutual Aid Insurance Company, now lo- cate'sides in .Man- thriftv, he w.as recognized as one of the most Chester, Iowa; Jacob died at the age of eighteen years; Elizabeth, wife of Watkins Davis, died, aged thirty-seven years; Jerry tlied when one year of age; Christopher married Miss K.-itie Laser, and lives in the town of Center, in Rock County; Amanda is the wife of Charles Skelly, a merchant of Janesville; Amos wedded Miss Christiana Skelly, and is a retired farmer residing in Janesville; Joshua was the first white child born in Spring Valley (March 1, 1842), and Ims been twice mar- ried, his first wife being Miss Rebecca Brown. His present wife was Mr.s. Sarah He.ssheiscr, and they live in Center 'J'ownship; Maria died at the age of two years; and Harriet M., of Janesville, was mar- ried to William Stevens. In 1840 Mr. C'rall emigrated from Ohio to Wis- consin with his family, traveling by team, and reached Janesville on the 18tli day of October. Two months later he opened a farm in the town of Si)ring \ alley, where he continued to reside until the spring of 184(!, when he removed to Center. Rock County. He there purchased a large tract of land, and at one time owned upwards of 900 acres, but sub.sequentiy reduced his acreage by deeding it to his childrt'u. yel for .i lung time had over 500 acres. Mrs. Crall. who was a kind molber •■uid an .-itlec- tionate and faithful wife, died on thi>. and followed farniiui; in this coinninnity until twent3'-tiircc ye.ars of age. He was liberally educated, receiving a (li])lonia from the .lancsville Commercial College, .l.ui. 1. I.s7.">. Three years later, Oct. 23, 187H, he arrived at Uherlin, Kan., making an overland trip witli three liorscs. a wagon, a set of h:unc. not more than |i3()o. Immediately after his ar- rival, he engaged in freigiiting from Oherlin to liulTaio Park, which was then the nearest railroad point, and was fifty-live miles distant. In the eai'ly part of .lanuary. 1871), he went to Kirwin, ninety- five miles .away, in order to secure a (|uarter-scc- lian of land one mile west (if Oherlin. The rt'- maindcr of the winter was spent in the employ of S. !•". Colli}, to whom Mr. Douglas attributes much of his success in after years. He received ^l.~> pci- month, and while working for that gentleman .as- sisted in digging the first well ever dug on the ry bushel, but oats could not be obtained at any price. During the spring and summer of 187'.l Mr. Douglas would spend the day ill turning the sod on his homestead, going to the 4 » barn at night to sleep, but often would spend the hours until midnight, or sometimes tater, in car- ing for the wear}- horses of travelers. The first stock of livery owned by the firm of Colby A' Douglas consisted of a broncho an. above all expenses, over ¥()l>ll. In .V''^. ■c. '^fe^'**^ fi cUJ^U- '^iT^ HOCK COUNTY. of 188G found Mr. Douglas shipping horses from Missouri for farm purjwses, thus assisting in open- ing up Iho country. He hroiigiit tiie first slcigii to the county' in IS.ST. 'I lius, from the lirt)nclio anil liueklioarci, with a livery business of about *Ui(), located in a hjun .'i"2x;?2 feet, witii liarely a capital of ^.'iOD, his business has steadily inereaseil iiiilil, in 1H.S7 alone, it amounted to over ^A.IOO, an inciease of ¥1.20(1 over the previous year lie has now some twenty niagnilieent turnouts, his barn is ISxlKO feet, with an addition of 28x72 I'eet, and lie now has a capil.al of ¥1.!^(I0. The energy and business capacity characteristii' of Mr. Douglas have enabled him to attain the success which lie has aceomplishe-.-^5©5:- ►- — ||»^«.^-*■^ /^ OL. .lOSKl'Il lUSSELL, an honored citizen [if of Heloit, was born in ( )ld Cambridge, W.ish- ^^ inglon Co., N. Y., R[ay .5, 1805, and is a son of William and .lane (Lytic) Uussell. His father, a native of Cambridge, was born Feb. 11. 17(;!l,and his mother was born No\'. 7, I77(t. They were married in WiLshington County, N. Y., and unto lliciii were lioin a family of twelve children, eleven of whom attained to mature \'ears: .lane marric(l Solomon Smith, and both died in Washington County, N. Y. ; John an, and is one of the most eminent and .successful physicians anil sur- geons in the State. H(^ was born at New Hartford, Oneida County, N. Y., on the .30th day of .luly, 1827. is a son of Kphiaini and Abigail (Ihdwii) raliner, and is descended from Knglisli I'uritan antl Scot:;h ancestors. On his father's side he is a lineal descendant from Walter I'almer. who emi- giated to this country from London. iMigland, settling at C'harlestown, Ma.ss., in I(l2:t. The line of descent of the Palmer family, to which the Doctor belongs, is as follows: From A\'alter, the founder of the family in America, through (iresham, George, the Rev. Christopher, who settled in Madi- son County, N. Y., in 1780, Christopher ,lr., and K|)hraim, the father of our subject. Dr. Palmer's inotiier was born at I'.rooktield, Madison County, N. Y., and was ilescendeil fiom an ohl New Eng- land family. Eiihraiin Palmer was a farmer by oc- cupation, and in 1857 removeerior intelligence and occupied many irajjortant positions of lionoi' and trust both -«•- in New York and Wisconsin. In political senti- ment he was a Uepublican. and was also an influen- tial member of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Palmei-, an estimable Christian lady and a member of the same Church, died at Eilgerton in 1803. The subject of this sketch spent his early life u[)on his father's farm and received his primary education at the district school. When nineteen years of age. he became a student at the \\hites- town and Cazenovia .Seminaries, and subseciuenlly entered upon a course of le.'iching by which occu- pation he earned money to defray the expenses of his early medic;d studies. ( hi attaining his ni:ijorit v. he found his health scriousl}' imiiaired, .Mud wilh the hope of a recovery, took passage on a vessel which accompanied the (irinnell .Vrctic expedition of 18-l;», spending six months in a cruise in llic Arctic regions, touching at v.arious points in ( ireen- land and on Hnd.son Hay. In IS.'i 1. having re- covereointed resi- lient surgeon of the Marshall Infirmary at Trov, N. Y'., which position he tilled with ability and fidelitj' for a period of two years. At Oriskany Falls. N. Y.. Dr. Palmer was united in marriage with Miss Edna .\. Hoyt. a daughter of Noah and Almira Hoyt, tlicii- union l)eing eele- bratetl in the month of November 18;")!. To them have been born six children, one son and live daughters — Clara, the eldest, dieloise and Elizabeth Gertrude. In 1 8.')G Dr. Palmer came to Wisconsin and settled at .lanesville. which has siiu'e been his home ami the scene of his long years of successful jjractice. His zeal, his energj- and superior ability, both as a phvsician ami surgeon, soon |)laced liim in the fore- most rank in his |)rofession .and gave him a wide reputation, to which subsequent \ears have but •► -4*- ROCK COUNTY. .11)0 , , added ww luster. Sluntly after tlie lireakiiig out of the lute war, in 18(il. lie was commissioned sur- geon of the 7lh reninicnt of Wiscoiisin ^'olu^leers, which was assiiriied to the Army of tlic Potomac, and in this new lichl his superior skill and untiring energy soon won liini distinction. Without .seek- ing preferment, on the 4th day of April, 1862i he was appointed by I're.sident Lincoln to the pijsi- ti f l>rigade surgeon and assigned to the famous " Iron lirigade." Suhsefpiently, he was stationed at Yorlc, I'n.. where the construction and superin- tendency i>f tlic Largest hospital in the United States was placed in his hands. Mrs. Dorothy L Dix, a distinguished h(ispit:ii nurse, who was ap-' l)ointed superintendent of hospital nnr.ses by a special act of Congress in IHfil, i)ronounced the York hos|)ital. as conducted by Dr. Palmer, the liesi in the I'nited States. When the Confederate (icn. Karly made his bold raid into Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1H(!."5, with a force of several thousand men, lie made an attack upon York with the expectation of capturing the government slore.s anil taking the convalescents prisoners. Dr. P.almer, who was in command of the post, quickly ai'Uied his cimvalescent patients, several hundred in num- ber, and offered such a gallant resistance that the government stores and hospital supplies weresafelv removed before the Confederates gained jrossession. It was at this time that the Doctor was taken pris- oner, luit during the battle of (icttyshurg, which occurred a few days later, he succeeded in making his esi-ape and at once resumed command of York post and the charge of the hospital, where he was soon busily emplo3'ed caring for the woundcil from the (icttysburg battlefield. In 1861 liie rebel Gen. (^ilmorc made a devastat- ing raid into INIaryiand and Pennsj-lvania, tlueai- cning to inflict considerable daniaoe in and .about York. .Vpprcciating the necessity of prompt ac- tion and the importance of protecting tlie lailways. Dr. Palmer armed his convalescents, organized a force of several hundred citizens, with which, to- gether with the few regular troops, he proceedeartisan, his professional and otlicr duties occupying his full time. In addition to the ardu- ous labors of an extensive practice he has found time to interest himself in various local enterprises of importance and has exhibited much public s|)iritin the encouiagenient of all effortj^ to dcvi'iop the natural resources of the city and county. He was one of the organizers of the cotton manufac- turing industries of Janesville .and ha.s served as president of llie present Cotton Mills Company since its organization. Since 1882, he has held the l)osition of president of the Merchants' and Mechan- ics' .Savings IJank, which h;is grown to be one of tlie most important financial institutions of Hock County. He is interested in the Janesville Pick- ling and \inegar Company, in the Wisconsin .Shoe Company, and was one of the organizers and found- ers of the Oakwood Retreat Association of (!eneva, Wisconsin, a private hospital for the insane, and has served two years as president of the Association. The Oakwood Retreat has grown to be an important institution ai\d refiects credit upon it.s founders and managers. Dr. Palmer h.is been a member of the Wisconsin State Medical Association since its reor- ganization, a mendjer of the American Medical As- sociation and of the National ^Medical Association. He is professor of operative surgery, clinical sur- gery and surgical pathology in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago, ill., and has been since its organization. Socially, he is a memlier of the l^iyal Legion of W. 11. Sargent Post. No. 20, G. A. R.. of the de- partment of Wisconsin, and is the Past Department Surgeon and the i)resent Post Surgeon. In recog- nition of his faithful .services during the late war, and his high standing in the profession, Dr. Palmer was appointed Surgeon General of Wisconsin, bv Gov. Smith, in January. 1880. which jtosition he has had the honoi- of filling continuously since, be- ing re-appointed by Gov. Rusk in 1882, and by Gov. Hoard in 1889. As a surgeon, he is the acknowl- eilged leader of the profession in the .State. Pos sessing cool nerve, a cn Murray were eight in number, four sons and four daughters — I'hilo, Reuben, Heman. Alien, Lucinda. Mary, Sarah and Aurora. The .subject of this skctcli was reared to man- hood in his native State, and w;is also numbered among the defenders of his country, being a soldier in the War of IHTi. He was united in marriage with Miss l*ruursuils, they owning one of the finest farms in Rock County. The death of .Mr. Murr.ay occurred .March Li, 1848. and .Mrs. Murray died .March 27. 18.")7. 'I'licy were highly respected people, and m.ide many warm friends in the community where they resided. il? KVI 11. AM. WlldUR F. CAULK, of I (@ Janesville, are well-known representatives /JL^^ of one of thecarl\ families of Koi-k Ct)unty. Their father, .lohn I>. Carle, was born in the town of Waterborough, not far from I'ortland, Me., on the 24th day of February, 1808. He was descended from one of the early New Kugl.Mud families. The earliest American ancestry of the Carle family con- sisted of three brothers, who. in l(i8((, more than two centuries .ago, emigrated from Ireland ;iiul settled in wh:it is now the State of iMainc. then a part of the Colony of Massachusetts. Uepreseuta- tives of the Carle family, whose history extends back almost to the il.-i^'s ol the I'ilgrim Fathers, are still numerous in New England. .lohn li. Carle belonged to the fifth generation in dirc<-t descent from one of the three brothers. His grandparents were Nathan and Sarah Carle, the former born March I I. 17 17. and the latter March 10. 1749. His parents were Sil.as and Abigail Carle. The former was born Nov. 12, 177(i, and died May 7, 1858, in his eighty -second year; the latter was born Dec. 27, 17711, and died .Sept. 23, l«59, in her eightieth year. When a youth .lobn 11. Carle w.is apprenticed to the trade of caliinet-making. but that occu[)ation being distasteful, he learned the trade of machinist, and going to Lowell, M;iss., was for many years engaged in that pursuit in the shops of the Middle- sex Manufacturing Corporation. He was a skillful workman, and his .services were always in deniani- tal he possessed, went to Milvvaukee. where he en- gaged as a book-keeper at a small salary. Soon after entering on his second j'car in that capacity, a position in the post-oflice of Milwaukee was tendered iiim at a largely increascil salary, but his employer, rather than lose his .services, increa.sed his wages to that offered elsewhere, and he contin- ued in his service until theendof the second year. He was then employed at a good compensation by a Chicago pulilishing house, as a traveling agent, selling books at auction. lie then, fur one year, engaged in farming, ami in IH.'j.s he embarked in the grocery trade in ,Ianesville. continuing in that line for the long |)erio■ Y, -U ROCK COUNTY. 373 i- J. B. Doe. Jr., John Griffitli, William King. C. B. Conrad. Stanley B. Smith, Clarence L. (lark. John Mills, I'liny Norcross, J. I). Kexfurd, and ninny other line residences of Janesville. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Clark has been lilcsscd with five children, three sons and two daughters. Alice died in infancy; Clara M., died .at the age of three years; George E.. died when nine months old; Clarence L., ami Charles !>.. are residents of Janes- ville, of whom sketches are elsewhere given in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Clark are members of the Court Street Methodist Kpiscopal Church, of Janesville. and are held in high regaid by their many friends of this city. «. : -.i^^m^t : . ''^ KV. KICK.NE MARY M.cnNNITV. the able and jiopular jiastor of St. I'atrick's (4i '\\ Church, has been one of the valualile and \^ highly esteemeject, Oct. 1, IKKd. Her remains were taken to Willow Springs and laid to rest by her husband. Of tiieir children but one claughter and three sons arc yet living. The life of Father Mc(iinnity has been an eventful an(l(l(l was resting on the church, but during eight years of (Kustoral labor he succeeded in clearing the debt and eslal)lisliing the church on a sound financial biisis. In the me.antime he also performed pastoral duties for St. Francis Xavicr Church, in the town of Adams, Green County, ami enlargeil that build- ing. On the 28th day of June, 1880, Father McGin- nity became a resident of Janesville. and succeeded .^-11^^ -•►HH* 374 ROCK COUNTY. the Rev. Father James M. Doyle as pnstor of St. Patrick's Church. On his arrival he fouixl that the eliuri'li h.ad heen closed for three weeks, and in fact he could not at lirst obtain admission. Not- withstanding his pastorate was assumed under cir- cumstances of a most discouragin"' nature, it has liccn eminently successful in a spiritual wa}', while the church lias a incnil)erslii|i of "2.500. Tlie house of worsliip, wliieh has a seating capacity of 1000, is crowded every Sunday at the two early masses liy different congregations, aud many of the members are then not present. Nor has the liu.ancial |)art of tiie duties of the pas- tor been overlooked by Father McGinnity, for the original debt of *20,000 has been reduced to*;?000; and when another year of prosperity shall have passed the last vestige of indebteil."),000. The same yeai- he built a block on the northwest corner of Cottage (irove and Oak- lan. and ISirdie. He is a man of good business ipialificatioiis ami has been engaged with some of the largest wholesale tobacco firms of the city. He w.as first engaged with .spaulding iVr .Mer- rick for live years, when he sold out ami the com- pany of .Vllen & Ellis was organized. In 1871. during the great fire, their works were burned to the ground, causing a loss of ^20,000. but Charles immediately went to Cincinnati, where he again -4»- -4*- -•^ ROCK COUNTY. emliarkcd in tho same business, and within ten days was shipping {i^uiids tii Chicaijo. In I.S,S2 he pni- chased Ihe interest of his partnei' in Cincinnati and removed Ids inisiness to the corner of Monroe and Canal streets, Chicago, where he contiiuied until 188(;, when on account of the had management of his partner and the decline in toliacct) lie was forced to suspend business. iMr. Allen, our subject, is a man of more than ordinary ability; shrewd, yet thoroughl}- honest, he has by gooil in:ni:igenu'nl and close attention to business accumulated a fortune. In early life lie was a Whig, and in hSIOcast his ballot for Will- iam Henry llanison. At the organization of the liepublic.-in party he joined its raidvs and has since been one of its tirm supjiorters. -«e£i?;'5>^~-^^^-*©f-a/ZW»»~i "ji/OSKPll K. OTTMAN, a representative far- I mer residing on section l;^. Rock Township, ^.^^ j h.as been a resident of this county for over (^^' thirty years. He w.t-s born in Schohaiie County. N. Y.. .and is a son of Henry and Mary Ann (lU'tts) Ottman, who were born in the same State. The father was of German descent, and the nu>iher. of Knglish origin. The paternal grandfa- ther, Jacob Ottman, w:is also a native of the Em- pire State, and served his country during the War of isrj. Henry Ottman, was a farmer by occupa- tion, hut also engaged in manufacturing in early life for several years. In I808, accompanied by his f.annly. he came to Wisconsin, locating in .lanes- ville, where he resil. He is a native of Haden, Germany, born on the (Uh daj' of April, 1838. The first ten j-e.ars of his life were spent in his na- tive land, wlien in 184H. he accompanied his p:ir- euts who cmigrateil with their family to America, locating at Milwaukee, where both f.atber and mother died. Our subject began his business career as an a|ipren- ticc to the harness making trade which he learned under the directions of Albert Shcrer. After com- pletely insistering the business, he was associated with his cniployer as a partner for man^- years. In 1857, the lirm of .Sherer & Ott established a lu'anch business in 15roiconsin. in which State her death occurred on the 3d of December. 18.")3, in the sixtv-sixlh year of her age. Her ancestfv on both sides can be traced back to Eng- land. The children born to .Mr. and Mrs. Pope were: Samuel, who resideroonie County. N. V.. until 18.H(l. when he died, lea\ing a wife and chil- dren to mourn his loss; ()li\t'. who became Mrs. French, departed this life in Scptend)er. 18.'i:i, leaving a luisband and two children; .\nson. who ^ was marrie, antl wiien the Civil War broke out enlisted at .lanesville. in 18(i2, for three years service, as a member of the '2id Wisconsin Infantry, in which he served ujider Sherman until the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Atlanta and Charleston, and took part in the grand review at Washington, D. C, in which city he was honor- ably discliarged in ISd'). lie is now engaged in farming in Michigan. In 1H:!.'), \irgil Pope, the subject of this sketcii, left his home in New York and became a |jioneer of Wisconsin. Bidding good-bye to hon)e and friends, he went ihiwii the Susquehanna River on a raft for a short ermanently in the State in IK42, locating in .lanesville Township, where he bought .■uid im- proved a farm. His wife, who w.as a nicmher of the Baptist Church, died .Inly I, 18411. at the aoe of thirty-nine ye.-us and nine months, after which Mr. Ilnnies made his home with our subject. Iiut spent most of his time wandering over the coun- try engaged in hunting. His death occurred in Dakota, Dec. 31, 1884. at the age of eightv-six years. Mr. and Mrs. Humes were the parents of .several children, namely: Mrs. Pope; Thomas L., who for many years was in the employ of llu'tJov- ernnient as Inspector of steamboats, is now en- gaged in putting u|) machinery, and resides at Osh- kosh; Caroline W. is the wife of ('. W. Beeson, of Ilealsburg, Cal.; Marion enlisted in the 2d Regi- ment, seventy-live days' service, at Madison, Wis., in April, lS(il,bul the company was disbanded, after which he Jigain enlisted, in .May, 18(;i.asa member of the P.ell City Rilles, and was killed at the first battle of liull Run, being the first to ^^e kilh'il in battle from the State of Wisconsin; Susan wedded .lohn Sturlevant. of ()shUo>li. Wis.; and Kddy resides in C.'difornia. .\fter his marriage .Mr. Pope took his yonn" bride to the home which he had made on section 14. .Ianes\ille Township, wheie he li.as resided for the past lifty-four ye.ars, l<'our children have been born to them, and the famil\ circle yet remains unbroken. Isabel \'., the ehlest, wedded i;. N. Shaw, .and resides in .lanesville Township, where her husband is engaged in farming; .\rvill:i \'. is with her parents; Delia .M.. now Mrs. Holden, is living on a farm not far from her parents: and Anson T. is still living on the old homestead, managing and operating the same for his father. He wedded .lennie Bergh, a native of Ocono- niowoc, Wis., and to them have been born three children — \'irgil, Lizzie, .and Charles Albert. Perhaps no man in Rock County is more widely known or more universally resiiected th:in \'irgil Pope. Prom the earliest d.ays of his residence here, -4»- -•► 4 •«» 380 ROCK COUNTY. 4> l)e has ever takeu an active part in the build- ing up of the community, and has ever given liis inlhiencc and support to the advancement of its enterprises wliic-h have for tlieir object the public welfare. In his political sentiments he is a Repub- lican, haviuij lieen one of the ardent supporters of that party since its organization. He has served his township for two terms as Supervisor, has held the office of Township Treasurer, and has ever been prominent in the promotion of it4^ educational in- terests. The work of tlie church also receives his attention, and for many \earslie has been interested in its ijrogiess and advancement. In regard to tem|)erance, lie has ever followed the motto, "touch not. ta-ste not, handle not," and to this li.abit of ab- stinence from all which intoxicates he, no doubt, owes mucli of his present strength and liealtli. His life during the pioneer days of this c(>unty would doubtless be a stor^' of thrilling interest to many of the youths of this day. ^j^KOHCJE HAYES, wlio resides in Clinton, is III (— -, numbered among the jiioneers of this county ^^5i of 18i:i. He came to Wisconsin in the days when its prairies were in tlieir primitive con- dition, when wild game of all kinils w.as to be foiinil ill abundance and the red men were still nu- merous. From that time until the present he h:Ls witnessed the rapiye to home and friends and saileil for Amer- ica. Landing in this country, he went to Milwau- kee in 1811, since which time he has been .-i resi- dent of Wisconsin. Two years later he came to Uock County and engaged in working uiion a farm -T until 1846, when he enlisted in the Mexican War. serving for twenty-one months, his dut}' being in the naval service. He there first saw John A. Lo- gan, though he never met him personally until 1880, when he was called to Janesville to meet the gallant (ieneral. In 1851, Mr. H.ayes and Miss Kliza S. Hilton, who was born near Oswego, N. Y., in 1831, were married in Beloit. Unto them was born a family of ten children, six of whom are living — Angle 1'., who was first in order of birth, is now the wife of .\ndrew Finley, of Brookfield, Mo.: Annie .1. who married O. A. Westover, is living at home; David IL, is engaged in bl.acksmithing in Clinton; John A. is residing in the far AVest; (leorge T., is now liv- ing in California; Fred M., is still at home with his parents. At the breaking out of the Rebellion in 1861, Mr. Hayes was among the fust to assist in enlisting soldiers for the war, tlie\' forming a compan\' un- der Col. \'an \'alin. He became a member of Company C, of the 1 3th Wisconsin Infantry, in 1864, but shortly aftenvard was transferred to Company C, X'eteran Reserve Corps, and sent to Nashville, where he was stationed when Oeii. For- est entered that city. He served until the close of the war and was musteie. ho enli'Sted in the \X\\\ Wisconsin infantry and was assigned to Company 1!, in which he served until the close of the war. when he was mustered out of service at Milwaukee. Mr. Myers has been twice married. His first union, which was celebrated in ISfM. being with Miss Sarah Richardson. anILLIAM WYMAN, (me of the early and respected citizens of Hradford Townshiii. is numbereil among the pioneers of Rock County, of 18;51). He was born in I5everIy.Mn.ss., on the Kith day of March, 180(;, and is a son of .Joshua anil .Susan Frances Wyman. His ])areiits had a family of thirteen children, namely: /.accheus. .losliua, .Susan. Thomas, James, William, Sophia, Rebecca, .lolin F.. Lemuel. Elizabeth. Sarah anf Mr. and Mrs. W'yinan, which ;ippe;ir on ;uiolhcr page. 4 kKWIS B. BEKBE. a resident of Kvansville, Wis., is one of the leading dent.al surgeons of Rock County. He w.as born in the vil- lage of Union, on the 20tli day of April, 1H4;'), and is a son of Bela and Sarah A. (Chapel!) Beebe, botli of whom were natives of New York. His parents wore married in M.adison Conufy of the I^mpire State, Miiy 4, 1841, and immediately after- warils started for the Territory of Wisconsin, in company with Samuel Lewis, who was one of the prominent pioneer settlers, and Daniel (). Cliapell, who for many years was tlie village blacksmith of Union. He erected the second frame house in that town, and at his home the Masonic Lodge ctinvened for many years. Cnion w.as then a thriving little pl.-K^e, full of life and energy, and w:us the half-w.ay -^c — -— station between Madison and Jancsville on the old stage road. Bela Beebe made his first settlement near Racine, residing there till the sjiring of 1 SI."), wiien he removed to the village of I'nion. Soon after he entered a farm in Rutland, D:inc Co., Wis., I'emov- ing his family to that claim. Purchasing the land from the (Government, it was consequently in an un- improved condition. Not a furrow had lucn turned, a building erected or a fence m.ade. but ho at once began the work of development, and in the course of time had a fine farm of 120 acres, on which he made his home until 18G4, when lie re- movcil to Evansville, where he resided until after the death of his wife, which occun-ed on the 2r)th day of March, 187(1. She w.as laicl to rest in the vill.ige cemetery of F]\ansville, anil Mr. Beebe then went to Kansas, where he remained until October. 1871. At that time he returned to Kvan.sville. but after a short lime removed to his present farm ii] Magnolia Township, lie is a mend)erof the Meth- odist Fpiscop.-d Church, to which his wife .-dso be- longed, and is a highly icspectcd citizen. Mr. and .Mrs. Beebe had a f:unily of eiyht chil- dren, :is follows: r>ela \\'., who w.as born May 2o, 184:?, in Racine County, Wis., and is now a promin- ent citizen of Brodhcaewis H., the subject of this sketch, is the second in order of birth. Hobert D. is now in the employ of a railroad, and resides in K;ins:LS City, Moi Sarah \. l)ceame the wife of F.dwin DeLong, a veteran of the late war, and three children survive them, both being now dect-.ased. Melvin I), is en- gageart in the liattle at that place. IJattery G was then sent to Kastport, iNHss., where it remained in camp until Fehruary, ISfJ.i, whence it was ordered to Cairo, III., and on tf> New Orleans, La. It then proceeded l)y water Ir) Moliile, Ala., participating in the siege against that city in April, 1805. Continuing on to Montgomery, Ala., it was there encami>ed until August, when it was ordered to Springfield. III., Mud discharged from the service. The winli'r after his return, 18(ir)-l), Dr. ISeelie attended school at the seminary at Kvansville, and the following spring went to lieloit, where he worked at the painter's trade until autumn. He then again entered the seminary, continuing his studies until the winter of 18()i(-70, when he en- gaged in t(!aching school in .Spring Valley. While following that profession, he made the acquaintance of Mrs. Sylvia M. (Spragne) Palmer, and on the 15tli of September. 1870, the}- were united in mar- riage. Mrs. Heebe is the daughter of Almerin and Ascnath (Xoyce) Spragne (who were early settlers of Spring Valley, foi'merly from New "iork State). sister of Hon. Burr Spragne, of Green County, ancsccnded lluis from a standi Xi'w Kngianil ancestry' of military and sen-faring nn'ii, niercliants. .-ind deacons, llenjamin inlieritod a vital and cnteri)rising nature comprising all those traits. When ahout twelve years of age he ran away to Boston, shippeile, Ala., he was t.aken ill with the yellow fever. After he hacl l.'iin eight weeks in bed, the doctor in attendance rem.arked to his landlady, "I do not think that Mr. lirown can live more th.an twenty-four hours longer." The patient, summoning up :dl his energy, called out. " I will live." His physician replied with ri laugh, "If th.at is yonr spirit I believe you will." In that southern country Benjamin lirown lived •and labored for the next eighteen ye:us, first as master of a yacht feiry across Mobile liay. then as a trader in New Orlenns. afterwani as a teacher three years in Western North Carolina, but chieHy as a store-keei)er and gold dealer among the mines of that region. His last southern experience, taking :i boat loud of s\igar up the Mississippi River to l)u- bn(iue, in the early spring of 1S39, introdnced him to this great Northwest, in which legion he resolved to make his future home, lleturninn; to Ma.«sachu- sctts in 1840, he married Mrs. Lucy A. Leland. and moving West, came, in October of that year, through Chicago, a place of fi.OKO inh.abitants. to the village of Beloit, Territory of Wisconsin. During those first years iu Beloit, Mr. Brown kejit a variety store, and carried on a brick yard. In 1814 he purchased the lots on which his busi- ness blocks now stand, and soon after built thereon a brick residence. The growth of Beloit led to his building there also a number of wooilen stores, which, with the old home, were all burneil in Feb- ruary. l'^71. During the years of I872-7;i were erected the substantial brick and slone blocks which bear his name, and which his son li.as re- cently enlarged and improved. In tlie year 1849, at a gathering of t)nly eleven men met to estjiblish a I'resbyteri;in Chnrch. and before a single dollar had been raised, Mr Brown w:is appointed builder. He .accepted the position, and within a year the First Presbyterian Clmrch of Beloit (then called the finest church building in Wisconsin outside of Milwaukee) was completed. In the erection of every chuich building in Heloit Mr. Brown has hel|)cd, :uid he h:is shared also in all public enter- prises for the welfare of that city. His house w.as a home of generous and manifold lios]>italities. From the very first he was a friend of every n)oral reform, and a fearless, outspoken opponent of slavery. He wrote and voted the first anti-slavery ticket cast iu this district. An old resident re- cently lem.-iikeil to him, -'We always knew where to find you." Well tr;iine- -sixth birthday also, by giving a generous gift to the new College Academy."' j^KUUC.K CONKUT, M. 1)., a leading phy- 11 <^w} '■*''■'"" "' Soiilhern Wisconsin, residing in V^^ Clinton, was born in Ovid. Seneca Co., N. v.. Dec. 7, 182'.), and is the eldest son of John .V. and Catherine ( I lutT) Covert. The fainil\- is of Holland descent, the ancestors being numbered among the pioneer families of New .Jersey and New York. One of their iinniber was the founder of Hidoklyn .-iiid built the first house of worship in that city. The Doctor's great-grandfather and grandfather were among the first settlers in tlic Lake country in New York, and his father's eldest sister was the first white chihl born in Seneca County. His ancestors were iiotcil for their lon- gevity-, his |)alernal grandfather at his death having iienrly reached his oiw hundredth birthday-, while his maternal grandmother attained the aartially such reine- t 388 ROCK COUNTY. "•^TT^ flics as have been proven by experience to be tlie best undei- the circumstances, and believes in iieep- ing abreast of tlie times in the evident progress made in the practice of niedii-inc. After engaging in practice for two years in Michigan and Elgin 111., he located in Clinton in December, 1856, :uk1 lias been closely identilied with its subsequent pro- gress and history. During the early days of his residence he was foitwo years School .Superinten- dent of the town, and later served for a term of years upon the district I)oard. In the month of February, l.s.")H, Dr. Covert was joined in wedlock with Mary J., daughter of the late Cyrus G. Barker, one of the pioneers of Rock County and a native of Massachusetts. The death of Mrs. Covert occurred in June, 1875, leaving three daughters, and in the month of June, 1887, the husband was again married. Miss Jennie Muzzy lieconiing his wife. The Doctor ha.s as large if not a larger coun- try \)ractice than any physician in .Southern Wisconsin. His medical career has been wonder- fully successful — the natural result of his unstinted and zealous devotion to his calling and of his native penetration .ind sound judgment, combined with studious and rcHective habits. He saw no reason why the "country doctor" should not be the peer of his more favored city brethren in real nicril. lie has not been wholly absorbed in his own indiviilual pr.actice, but has felt a lively in- terest in the advancement of the profession and in those associations of physicians for the broadening anil (luickeningof thouglit. He is now an honorary member i>f Uie Pennsylvania Medical Society; a nu'Uibcv of the Wisconsin Eclectic Medical Association, of which he was twice President and also belongs to the National Association of whicli he was also twice Vice-President, anil was elected to the i)osition of President, but on account of his arduous and responsible duties declined to accept. He is a regular correspondent of several Medical Journals, and writes on an average one article per month. In recognition of his standing in tlic profession he has been given an honorary degree by licnnett College of Phy- sicians and Surgeons of Chicago, and has also been offered positions both in St. Louis ami Chicago Medical Colleges. Recently he w.is again proffered a chair in Bennett College by the trustees of that institution, which he li!i.< acci'i)led conditionally. In his dealings with liis fellow men Dr. Covert strives to follow the golden rule. He is benevo- lent, sympathetic, ever reaily to help the [)oor and needy, aiiil is especially beloved by children. He is a man of unimpeachable integrity and upright- ness of character, a gentleman at heart, siuis jieur el sans reproche. 0'~ IIARLES T. (ilLI'.ERT a prominent and pro- gressive stock -raiser of the town of Clinton. . residing on section i'l. was born in Uiis coun- ty, fin the 15th d.ay of August, ISi;!, and is a son of Lovell R. and Cl;irissa (Joyce) (iilbert, eaily ami resjiected citizens of this county, whose skelcli a|)i)ears on another i)age of this vol- ume. Charles received a liberal education and re- mained a resident of Wisconsin until tliirleen years of age, when in 1857. he removed with his [larents to Iowa, settling in Clayton County. He there formed the acquaintance of Miss Helen Mayhew, a very exemplary lady and a native of the Em|)ire State, and in 1807, they were united in marriage. Four children graced their union, all daughters — Clarissa, the eldest, became the wife of Harvey Miller, a prominent machinist residing in Pccaton- icn, 111. Tlie other members of the family are Jen- nie, Elmiua. and Lorena. For a number of years after liis marriage, Mr. Gilbert continued to make his home in Iowa and eiig.aged in farming in Cl.ayton. Benton and Chicka- saw counties, but in I88.'i, he resolved to return to his boyhood's home and began farming in the town of Cinlon, where he has since continued to reside. In connection with the cultivation of his land, he gives considerable attention to the raising of fine stock, making a specialty of short-horn cattle, and Ilamblctonian and draft horses. Combining en- ergy and gootl m.anagement with natural busines.s ability, lie is very successful in his business anil is recognized as one of the leading fanners of the community. On the 5th tlay of March. 18S(), the death of Mrs. Gilbert occurred. She was a lady *t 4*- ....;, ■»-*-<. >► l l"^ ROCK COUNTY. 389 ll 1k'K>vci1 liy all who Uiuw Iht mikI in lior ilf.'itli llie fniiiily lost a kiiiil uml loviiiu 'vifu am! inullinr, and licr ncli;lil>ors a syni|iatlielit- and oliliging fiionil. In KS87, Mr. (iillicil w:us joined in wedlock with Miss Alice All)ce, a Indy of rclincment and taste, and a ilanghter of Lulhcr .1. .ind llaniel( Witiiian) Alhee. who were early settlers of Racine, Wis., and whose family consisted of four children who grew to manhood and womaidiood — Addie. wife of David MeCiitclieon, who lives in Morlcy Junction, Iowa; llattie, who wediled Irving L. Hoover, of Clinton; George I)., who married Miss Emma Cocraft; and Alice, wife of our sulijcct. Mv. Alliee w;is a man highly esteemed in the community where he resided. His death occurred .Ian. 17. IS,S3, Init his widow still survives him and makes iier iiome in Racine County. -i^im' ■ eHARLES KENDALL, Justice of the Peace , and Notary I'ulilic of Beloit, was born in Scoltville, Monroe Co., N. V., on the 2."(th day of January, 1827, and is a son of Seth and Do- rothy (\:u\ Aid i « '.ip— ,A'I>ANK PYRE, who is e.vtensivcly engaged ll— /Sj in the cultivation of tobacco, and also car- /ll, rics on general farming, resides on section 21. Porter Townshi|). He is a native of the Empire State, having been born in Saratoga County, on the 2 1st day of October, 1841, and is the son of f •^f^ 390 ROCK COINTV. ■*H|-* Aiiijustine and Harriet (Smith) I'yrc. His father who was a native of France, emigrated to America diuinjr llie early days of tiie present eentnrv and located in New York. He was a l)lacksuiitli liy trade, whicli occupation lie followed throughoiil his entire life, though he carried on farming in connection with that business. In 1 85(1, he left his home in the East ami emigrated to Wisconsin, settling in Fulton, Rock County, where he built a house and shop and immediately began working at his tratle. He w.is an expert workman and soon secured a good business. He continued to reside in Fulton until his death, which rjccurred ,Ian. I, 1887. .and his wife died March IK, 18;J4. They wcic both inlcrrcd in the burying ground in Ful- ton. The family of Mi-, and Mrs Augustine I'yre nundn'red seven children, three sons and four daughters — Augustine, the eldest, now deceased, Frank, of this sketch; Amelia, wife of Ak'xauder White, whose sketch appears on another page of this volume; James, a resident of K record this lirief sketch of their lives in its permanent history. r A. 1I()XI1". is the editor and proprietor of I the P^vansville licriew. which he established /ii in 18G(). He is a native of the State of Maine, having been born in Piscataquis County, in 1825, and is a son of Allen Hoxie, one of the pio- neer settlers of Rock County. He h:is also one brother residing in this county, H. .S. Hoxie. who makes his home in Evansville. With the exception of a few short years, our subject has been a resident of the county since ^^^Tj \/ r^- **",-«' h ROCK COUNTY. 3'.);! 1S4(>, and has taken an active interest in her wcl- f:iii' :iii(l progress. After their nrrival the fniiiiiy first settled at Cooksvilie, where I. A. was ennagi'd at working in the various hranciies of carijentt'ring and huilding for a considerahle time, nmking a spefialty of tile raanufaetnre of sasii, blinds and doors. Me later became a resident of Stoughton, Wis., where for some time he pursued his trade, and in 1H(J4 became connected with the liejiorter, a newspaper of that tiiwn. Two years later, in IHOd, he reninve()Hins. a native of St. Albans, Me., and of their union has been born one son, Wilbur T.. who is now a book and stationery merchant, of Evansville. AL.VCIII LANGDON RICH AHD.SON, an early settler of .lauesville, dates his resi- dence in this county from Dec. 12, 18;");). He is a native of the Green ftlountain State, and was born in the town of Sutton, Cale- donia County. April 2(1, 1828. The paternal gr.-uid- father, IJradbury M. Richardson, removeil from Moultonboro, N. II., to Nermonl in an early day. .lonalh.an Richardson, the father of our subject, Wiis born on the same farm as was his son, and married Nancy Ingalls, who was of Scotch descent, and a daughter of Joseph Ingalls. Her grand- father settled in Massachusetts, having removed from Nova Scotia. Jonathan Richardson and his wife continued to reside in ^'ermont until death, and in that State a family of seven children was born unto them, three .sons antl four daughters, only two of whom are now living, in 188'.). Of -4* these two Malaehi is the elder, the younger being a sister, Comfort C.. who is living in Peinisylvania. Our subje(!t was reared to maidiood in his native St;ite, and during his boyhood days assisted his father in the labors of the farm, following farming as his chief occupation in early life. He receiveccup!i- tion of farming and went to the Pacific slope by way of New York and the Isthmus of Panama, where he remained alxiut eighteen months. His life in California proved au interesting experience, though many were the hardships and inconveni- ences to be endured. At one time the little cabin in which he lived was filled with water to the height of three feet. He was quite successful in his mining operations, for in one day a compaii}' of sixteen, of which he was a member, secured the l)recious metal to the v.ibie of $1,800. After his return from the West Mr. Whitehead devoted his attention exclusively to farming and st<:)ck raising, and now has one of the best farms in the county. The little log cabin was replaced by a commodious residence iu 1851, yet it stood until 1851. when it was destroyed by a cyclone. Manj' other useful and beautiful improvements have been m.ide, the land is under a high state of culti- vation, and the farm is slocked with a good grade of cattle, horses and hogs. On the 11th day of June. 1812. by a uiarri;ige eerenumy. tlie destinies of James Whitehead and Klizabeth Lincoln were united. The lady was born in North Carolina on the 7tli day of Novem- ber. 1.H17, and is a daughter of Henry and Sophia (.Sanders) Lincoln, who were also natives of North Carolina. The death of the father occurred in 1801, and the mother de|)arted this life in 18G7. Their children were as follows: John, who was killed by the guerrillas in Arkansas during the late war; George, who died in childhood; Mathi.as. who also died in early life; Paul, whose death occurred March 22, 1885; Elias, who gave his life in defense of his country in a battle before Richmond; Heiirv Simon, whose death occurred in 1884, from injury received during his service in the Hebellion. and Elizabeth, wife of our subject. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Whitehead has been blessed with five children — Sanuiel, who was born Feb. 20, 18 1-1. anil served three years as a soldier in the late war, w:is twice married, his first union being with Fannie I>arllett, his second wife being Harriet Wade. His death occurred iu August, 1882. Ransom H., who was born Jan. 10, 1847, and married Lizzie Johnson, is extensively engaged in farming in I'matilla County, Oregon, where he owns 480 acres of land; Sarah, who was born Dec. 14, 1848, and is now living in Broolitical sen- timent he has always been a Democrat and a strong advocate of the pi-inciples of that party as taught by its eminent leaders. lie has never sought or desired public ollice, preferring the (piiet and retirement of private life. He, however, served as |)athmastcr and was elected to the ollice of justice of the peaci', l)ut would not accept the position. On another page is a well-executcrial days, and witnessed the growth of the country from a state of wildne.ss to its present advanced condition, which enables this great commonwealth to occupy a front rank in the brilliant constellation of States that go to m;ike up our grand nation. This history is well worthy a place in the permanent record of the county and will be read with pleasure by the many fiicnds of Mr. ( larke and his family. ::^ IDNEY WRIGHT, residing on section 2.i. is one of the leading farmei-s of Turtle Township and a |)ioncer citizen of Rock County. He was born in Onondago County, N. Y., July II, 1820, and is a son of Alan- son and Sarah (Wilcox) Wright. The father was Iporn in Connecticut, Feb. 'J, 1790. and the mother was born in Rhode Island, Feb. 23, 179;"). When ;i ^ ■«fe» ROCK COUNTY. 397 hul of nine years Alniisun Wrii^lit removod witli liis [Kiri'iits to New York, whore lie was reared to inan- liood, ami in tliat State became acquainted with the lady who liecaine his wife in 1815. lie engaged in farming on the old homestead, where a family of seTen children were horn to them: Ivandall. Iiorn .Ian. 17, I»i;).died April 29, 1«71, in Turtle Town- ship, leaving a widow who yet resides on the farm; Sidney is the second in order of birth; ('h:irlott«, born Dec. 26, 1H2I, became the wife of A. II. Moslier, who is now deceased, and died Jan. II, I.S7I, in Ik'Ioit; Alanson i\I., born INIarch 26, 1823. is a resident of Monroe. Green County, Wis.; S.irali. born Sept. 26, 1825, wedded Milton Hump, and died in I)e<:itui-. Wis., Oct. 7, 1865; Kdward. born Sept. 16, 1833, w,as accidentli' killed Dec. 2(!. 1871: Sanford, born .Ian. 3, 1837, is residinij- in Turtle Township. Our subject having made a trip to AVisconsin in 1844. and reporting favorably of the cuunti'y, the following 3-ear the father emigrated with his family to Turtle Township, and from this to Walworth County, where he resided until 1817, when he again returned to Turtle Townshii), Rock County. Pur- chasing a farm, he there made his home tintil his death, which occurred March 2, 1869. His wife survived him until Dec. 7, 1873. They were liigliU respected people in the communitv where they re- sided, and their death proved a loss to many friends. The subject of this sketch, Si!<1.51. He had. however, a good trade, and nothing daunted, he placed his .•mvil upon a stump, built a log shop around itand began work. He pre-empted eighty acres c)f land on .sec- tion 23 Turtle Townshiji, and began working to pay for the same. At his tr.adc he earned 4^97.51). and selling a pup for *2.50 he h.ad the required sum. with which to pay for his claim. A little log cabin was built and .also the little log shop be- foi'e mentioned, and the [)ioneer life of the young couple w!is fairly begun. For two weeks they were compelled to sleep upon the floor, having no bed, and an old (sliest served as a table. The fiist bed was m.atle from poles, across which was stretched bed cords. The Iiap|»\- days in the little (■•■ibin passed and live merry children came to awaken the echoes with their laugliterand fun. 15y subseut that he might not be loo h:vsty, and do an act for which he might after- want repent, he resolved first to make the trip *t= 4»- across the ocean, leaving his loved ones behind. If the country met his expectations he would return for them. Accordingly, in the spring of 1814, lie embarked in a sailing vessel, and after a long and tedious voj'age landed at New York in the month of July. Coming directly to Rock County, in the new territory of Wisconsin, and being much ple;f-eil witii the country, he purchased 04(1 acres of iiuid in the towns of Bradford and Johnstown. Re- maining here until fall, he returned to Scotland. and in the spring of 1845, brought his family, then consisting of a wife and one son, Robert, to his far western home. At that time the greater part of this, the banner county of Wisconsin, wa.s but lit- tle better than a wilderness. The land that he pur- chased was wild prairie and in its virgin state, but, with characteristic energj', he at once went to work, and in due time had one of the best farms in .Southern Wisconsin. The improvements which he made were of a substantial character. A frame house he at once erected, and it is still used as a residence. His barns and other outbuildings were built princip.-ill^- of stone, including large granaries and Ills root cellar. Unlike the great majority- of pioneers. Mr. Lil- burn w.os in comfortable circumstances on his arri- val in this county. ;ui(l therefore did not experi- ence many of the hardships endured by those not so comfortably fixed, but he was not content to merely hold his own, and soused all his (iod-given powers for his advancement in this life, and added to his possessions until he was numbered among the wealthiest farmers in Rock County, lint wealth did not spoil him ov lessen the esteem in which he was held by his neighbors and the community at large. The loved companion of Mr. Lilbum lived but two short years after her arrival in this country-, her death occurring March 17, lS4(i. 15ut when the summons came she was ready to go, having from early life been a member of the Presbyterian Church, and a sincere believer in the Christian re- ligion. Her husljand sur\ ived her man3- years, his death occurring Oct. '2'.). 1879. Like his wife, he w.as a believer in the religion of Christ, and also a member of the Presbylsrian Church. In the Ihirly- five years of his residence in Rock County- he sur- *-* k t ■^•- ROCK COUNTY. 399 1= rounded himself with many friends, who sincerely mourned his deatli. As a citizen he was loyal, and as a Christian true and faitiifid. Death to him iiad no terrors, and wlioii the full \v;is in.'ido to come uyt hijjher, like Smiiimc! of uM. lie coidd bravely say, "Lord, here am I." The niciiioiy of such a Timn should ever he iield dear. J'~M)IIN ('. M KTC A LF, general insm-anee aijent. I of .lanesville, is a native of Chester County, I Pa., and was horn near Oxford, Jan. IG, ' 1M2."). His parents were Thomas and Han- nah (Gould) Metealf. Ilis father'.s family was oritjinally F^nglisli, and after llie Revolution of IfiSd, settled in Ireland, and in 1710 became resi- dents of the northern part of that countrj'. 'I'en years later memliers of the family eame to America, and located in Lancaster County, I'a. The luother of our subject was born in Cecil Count3', Md., in 1787, and was of Irish descent, her family having come from Ireland and settled in that county in 1780. She went to Lancaster County, Pa., where she was married to Mr. Metealf. When eight years of age, our subject went to Ilelmont County, Ohio, where he attended the pnli- lic schools, and later entered Hopewell Academy, of Ciiester County, .as a student, whence he w.as graduated in the class of 1819. His education was obtained under difllcidlies that would h:ive dis- courniiied a lad possessed of less spirit and amlji- liim. lie was (ibligeil li> earn llie money to sliu't on, anil then, ;is he progiesseil, had to work .'it teaching and often at the hardest manual labor In oriler to procure me.ans to ilefr.ay his expenses at the academy. During vacations, wiien other stu- dents were enjoying their hours of leisure with f:imily and friends, he w.ns working .-is a eonnnon l.'iliorer. carrying a hod for brirklnyers. In the aendemy he taught penmanship and mat hematics to help pav his w:iy. and then had to study .all the harder to keep pace with his classes. On complet- ing his schooling, he determined to (|ualif\- him- self for the meilii'id profession, anil .again resoitcd tosehoul tcMihing to provide the means. .\l)out this time Mr. .Metealf took a responsible and important step in life, and was married on the 3d of June, 1851, to Miss Julietta M. MassoletUi, a daughter of Vincent M. .Mnssoletta. an Italian, who w.as then Chief Clerk in the Navy Yard at Wash- ington, D. C. While pursuing his medical studies, Mr. Metealf received the tempting offer of a clerk- ship in the Interior Department at Washington, which he accepted, .and remained in th.at city from IHol to 18r)3. inclusive. He then removed to Muskingum County, Ohio, settling near Zanesville, where he was engaged in farming for three years. In 185(i he came to Wisconsin in the employ of rail- road contractors. In the month of December, I.st;i, he enlisted for the late war, and wns commissioned Second Lieutenant of Companj' M, 2d Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry. He was promoted to (^unrter- m.astcr of his regiment, .and served until April, 1863, when he was mustered out on account of physical disability. His military service wns i)rin- cipally rendered in the States of Mis.soiu'i, Arkansas and Mississippi. Soon after his return from the war, having partially recovered his health. Mr. Metealf .acia-pted a position in the Paym.aster (ieneral's otiiee at W.ashington, which he held until March, I8(>4, when he was offered and acaa'ptcd the position of chief book-keeper in the Kii-st Nation.al Baidc of .Lanes- ville. This position he filled for nineteen years. He tlien resigned to accept the appointmiait as cashier in the Merchants' and Mechanics' Savings Hank of Janesville, where he spent one year. He was next engaged in the leaf tobacco business for three years with II. I!. DeLong. and sidjsequenlh w.as in thesami' line with L. B. Carle. In l.SHC ),,. engaged in his pr<'sent business, that of general insurance — life, fire and accident — and his olllca- is located in the Plnehns blf)ck. In political senti- ments Mr. Metealf is n Republican, .and has been called to till various public positions of honor ;ii}(l trust. He has served four years .as a member of the Janesville Common Council, eight years as a mcnibei- of the Clounty Board of Supervisf)rs, and was chairuian of the last nametl body for twt) years. In Api'il, 1887, he was elected a mendier of the Board of I'.chieation of the eit\ of .I;ines- ville. since which time he has .served .as clerk of that Board. In early life he was a Whig, and ' ■■ ■■■■' »» 4 400 ROCK COUNTY. -X- cast his first vote for President Taylor. He also voti'd ill lSr>(; for John C. Fremont, the first presi- ntlment a lie- i 'w ^ > 4= ROCK COUNTY, 403 publican, .-iikI religiously, a member of the Presby- terian C'liurcli. lie was a leading citi/.en in Milton lOwnsliip dnriiiii' the early days of that town and look an active interest in its welfare and devclope- nienl. He was "greatly interested in educational and chnii'li matters, and piesentcd the Congreii'a- tional and Methodist ilcnoniinations, lots upon which tassenger depot^i of the Chicago, Milwaukee A- St. I'aul, .and the Chicago tt Northwestern liailroad Ciunpanies. There he lived until his death, which occurred in his eighty-third year, on thi' ITtli d.ay of May, 1875. His first wife departed this life in -^ September, 1854, and he afterward married Rlrs. Martha Smith, who survived her husband about two years. James Lomlon was a man of deep religious con- victions. In early life he was a member of the Methodist E|>isc<>pal Church, but later adopted the doctrines of the Seventh Day Adventisls. Few men were better informed on scriptural subjects. and his dailj' endeavor was to live in accordance with the teachings of the IJible. Uy his first mar- riage Mr. Loudon had a family of eleven children, seven of whom are yet living: Francis W., Mrs. Amanda L. Chapman, I'hilo, James. Almarin M. (now wife of C. K. Chin-ch), Mahew \'incent(who owns the old homestead ), and Anson S. The de- cc!i.sed were A/.ro James, Sally Ann, Adelaide, and one child who died in infancy. Francis William Loudon, whose name heads this sketch, is the eldest of the family, and was the first to come to Rock County, Wis. He w.a-s born in Stratford, Orange Co., A't., on the 17th of Decem- ber, 1818, and was there reared to manhood. He learned the trade of a tanner and currier, and also that of shoeinaking, learning both with his father, who carried on those branches of business. He was married, in Troy, N. Y., to Miss Clarissa Hunter, and in September, 184."), removed with his family to Janesville, and engaged in the boot and shoe trade. He wa.s the first manufacturer of boots and shoes in this city, and can truly be called the pio- neer in that line. He conducted the business on an extensive scale, his trade rapidly increasing, so that for a number of years he furnished employ- ment to from twenty-five to forty men. In 1852 Mr. Loudon retired from the manufacture of boots and shoes, and turned his atti'ution to the nursery business and to horticultural pursuits. It is by the reputation attained in the latter br.anches that he is best known, for he has gained a national reputation as an originator of fruits. The famous Jessie straw- berry, which he named in honor of his daughter, is one of his first |)roductions. For tliirt3'-five j'ears he liiis now been engaged in his present line. He has devoted much time and attention to his favor- ite work, the crossing of various fruits to produce a progeny of a superior char.acter, and has met with a success and accpdred a reputation in that diiec- r •p^i=^ ■104 ROCK COUNTY. 4 tion second to none in the country. He .seems es- pecially adapted to this work, and has done nuich toward the advancement and oiiiiinating of various fruitii. To Mr. and Mrs. l>oudon were liorn a family uf three children, daughters: Martha .lane. Maria K. an came tt) Hock County, Wis., settling on .Jeffer- son I'lairie, where he made Ins home for a few- years. At the end of that time he became a resi- dent of Keloit, where he passed the remainder of his daj's. In political sentiment he was an old-line Whig, and a w:irm supporter of William Henry Harrison. After hecoming a resident of Beloil he w.a.s honored with seveial local ollices, tilling the position of Supervisor, and was also a member of the School Board. He was a member of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church, and was a true and faithful Christian, dying in the fidl assurance of a resurree- ti(m on the other side of the grave. Mr. and Mrs. Northroii h.ad lived togethei' a.s man and wife for fifty-seven years, when the death of the fornu'r oc- curred Feb. :i, 1881. ('apt. :\Iarshall A. Northrop wa.s born in Tully, N. Y., .luly D'), 1S27, rcsist-ofliee was at Janesville, and he used to relate how at one time when going to mail a letter on a winter's day, while m.aking his way across Rock Prairie he fell into a half frozen slough, and thus wet and chilled, hav- ing lost his w.ay he wandered for hours over the prairies with nothing to guide him to home and shelter. At length, bennmbed. speechless and al- most unconscious, he stumbled across the cabin of I). A. Richardson. The inmates mistook him in the distance for a wolf and set the dogs on him. but when they disovered their mistake their kind- ness was unbounded, and the half- frozen wanderer w.as cared for as a brother. In his occupation as a builder Mr. Chamberlain soon found plenty of work anil had the honor of builiiing the first court-house in Rock Count\-. He also superintended the construction of the lirstthree bridges across Rock River, built at Janesville, I5e- loit and Roscoe. His painstaking care, his careful attention to every detail, and his earnest efforts to (ilcase liis customers made hiin a f.avorite with all. f a= 406 ■•► ROCK COUNTY. As a citizen he liore an active p.irt in liic work of advancing [jiililic interests and was iionored with many positions of trust, servini; .is a niemherof the first Constitutional Convention of tiic State and also on the County Board for several years. Politically, he was an old .lacksonian Democrat. His family relations were the most pleasant; he was a kind husband and father, and .as a neighbor enjoyed uni- versal respect and esteem, lie at length overcame all obstacles and ditHculties, and his lal)ors wore at rewarded by a comfortable competence which en- abled him during his declining years to live in retirement from the more active duties of life. After a long and useful life he i)assed away on the lOtli of September, 1874. Tie was roared as an Episcopalian .nnd died in that faith. The chililren of Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain were four in number: .lulia A., who is now the widow of Peter Smith, resides in Clinton ; James A. who is living near Shopiere; Sai'ali .1., wife of Joseph Dockst.ader, who is also li\ ing near Sli^5^^-»«^5tf— 4 '-^j^»«^3»^ \i^, ETEU SMITH, deceased, was among the pioneer settlers of Hock County, becoming a resident in IHI2. He was born in Johns- town, Montgomery Co., N. V.. June 26, 1808, and was the son of Hon. I'oter and Elizabeth (Krazier) Smith. The days of his boyhood and youth were passed in his native county, where he received a liberal education. He beg.an his business career when fourteen years of age, going to Albany, N. Y., where he wasem])loyed in an exchange of- fice. After continuing in business in the Empire State for a luimber of years, in 1842 he loft his home for the new .State of \Visconsin, and settling iu .Sliopiere, embarked in the mercantile business in 184;?, continuing in that line for three years. In 1844 our subject led to the marriage altar Miss Julia A. Chamberlain, and to them w.as boin one child, a daughter, who was named for her mother. Shortly after his marriage he turned his attention to agricidtural pursuits, and purchasing land in the town of Ea Prairie, there c.-nried on ^^ farming until his death, which occurred in the month of December, 1862. He was a man who stood high iu the community where he resided, and was a stanch supporter of the principles advocated by Jackson and Douglas. He po.ssessed a stuaneasler ('onnty. Pa., on the I2th day of .lulv. hS.!'.!. and is a son of John .'ind .\nnic> (Henry) (liambei's. The father was a native of Ireland, but when a young lad came with his mother to America, settling in Eancaster County, Pa., where he was reared to manhootl and married Mi.ss Heiuy. Their union was blesseil with a family' of seven children: Catherine, who is now the wife of Henry Keigart, a resident of Clinton Junction, Wis.; P.ell died in girlhood; Henjamin died in early life; Mary wed- dcfl Benjamin Witman, anrillith, whose home is in Fori Scott, Kan.; Henry IJ. is the next in order of birth; Bell wedded Myron Griltitli, of Black Hawk County, Iowa. Mr. Chambers, the father of these children, departed this life in 1 si 1. Several years after his death, ISH's. Chambers, ac- companied by her family, emigr.ated to Wisconsin .•md piirch.ased land in Turtle Township, Rock County, where she resided for several years. Her death occurred in Clinton Junction about ten years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers were communicants of the Presbyterian Church, and were held in high esteem for their many excellencies of character. Oui subject was reared to manhood in his native county, and received his education in the common schools. At the .age of nine years he was appien- ticed to the trade of cigar making, .serving a term of three years. The (iisl, year he was to receive T k. liUClv COUNTY. ■•► 407 tifty touts per wi-ck, tlie second year fl.oO per wcflv, llic lliiiil yviiv $.'), .mihI the fuuitli your ti |K'|-\vick. ( )iit ors was united in mari'iage with Miss Klla Welib. a dau-hler of Albert Webb, of lU'loit, one of the |)ioneers of this county. I!y their union four children have been liorn — Artiiur, Annie, .lames and .May I'.ell, all yet living. Polit- ically. Mr. Cliand)ers is a Repulilican, and a staunch supporter of the paity jirinciples. He is a careful and enterprising business man, .-lud one of the pro- gressive citizens of licloit. -^i ^3-iM' !— *> ;()11N DAWK, the popular and elliciciit Post- master of Kdgerlon, was ai)i)oinfed to that position in August, 1 885, receiving his eom- 1JI ndssion on the 1st teiid)er, 18r>C, li.aving arrived at what is now Kdgerton, then known as Fulton Depot, on the 'ind of tli.-it month. He was born in 18.'5.'), in Devonshire, Kngland, near the city of Plymouth, noteer of the lioard of Supervisors of that town, and while a residi'nt of the town of Porter, was Chairman of the Town ISoard, and a member of the County IJoard. Since 1885, he has boon secretary of the Edgerton Tobacco Manufacturing Company. Po- litically, he is a Democrat and cast his lirst presi- dential vote for Stephen A. Douglas, in 18(io, Ho. T" ■108 ■«► ROCK COUNTY. •^ liab made sevciiil visits to his native land, having crossi'd tlie Atlantic seven times and in his travels has acquired an extensive knowledge of men and events, which he would not otherwise have gained. Mr. Dawe is one of the representative men of Ed- gerton, and is respected bj' all with whom business or ploas\nc have brought him in contact. ^^EOIJOE G. LETTS, tlie subject of this iff sketch, will be found upon section 34. Mag- 5^S( nolia Townshii>. where he is the owner of a fine farm. He is numbered among the early set- tlers of 1848, and is a representative citizen of the community. He was born in .Shelby, Orleans Co., N. Y.. on the ."ilst day of August. 1826, and his parents. Simon and Margaret (Fortner) Letts, were also natives of Ihc Kminre State. They removed to Orleans County about the year 1816, piissing llic rcniaiudcr of their lives within its borders. The paternal grandfather. .John Letts, was a soldier of the Kevolutiouary War. and the sword which he carried during that struggle is still in possession of the family. His death occurred in 1842. The father of our subject died in 185:?, and his wife de- parted this life ill 1^5'.). I'nto them was lioru a Large family of children, of whom the following are yet livin", namely: Betsy, wife of the Rev. J. I). Childs. of Shell>v. N. ^ '•: .lane, who wedded Giles I'heliis. a wealthy farmer of Oileans County. N. Y.; Ct>r- delia, widow of .Monzo ^V caver, is living in Mag- nolia Corners; Catherine is the wife of .1. R. Whit- ney, the postmaster at Magnolia: and Al)raliam, a very able minister of the Christian Church, is the owner of the old homestead in Orleans County. N. Y.. which has lieen in the jjossession of the family for seventy-live year.s. Those who have passed away are: Minor, who died in Iv.'ilph. Iowa, about the ye:ir 1886; Mary A., ileceased wife of ■\Villian) Huyke; and Margaret, decea.sed wife of .Malcolm Harper, a farmer of .Alagnolia Township. The e:uly life of our sul)ject was s|)ent in attend- iuv('iiuiit,s ii|)(>ii his land, ills storlv is all of liio hi'st grades, ami tlie 'lariis aiid oiitliuildiiigs arc models of convenience. IJotli .Mr. Letts and his wife aii^ niemliers of the Congregational Cliuich, .and for many years were active workers in tin- liidr|iendent Onler of Gooerates 250 acres, situ- ated on section Ij, in the town of Porter, and in Dane County, lie was joined in wedlock .lune K!, 18.')l, with Miss iVnnie McNidl. a native of Cala- rangns County, N. Y., and by their union have been born six children, iis follows: John, who is now cashier of the Grange .Store in Kvansville; iMary W., deceased ; Is.aac II., ,\nnie G., lOdward A., and son who died in infancy. The father of the Porter brothers, Isaac Porter, Sr. came to Rock County on the 20th day of Au- gust, 18.") I, but died three days later. He was a man of much more than ordinary ability, was highly ecate of the l'roliil)ition party. He cast his first Presidential vote for William Henry Harrison in 1840, became a Rci)ublican on the organization of that party, and at the formation of the I'rohibi- party, joined its forces. s^ELDEN PRATT, one of the well-known citizens of Beloit. Wis., w:is born in the town of Halifax, Mass., March 21. 18;!,s. and is the son of Abner and Priscilla (Leach) Pratt, both of whom were natives of Mas- sachusetts, and descended from old Puritan stock. They were the jjarents of three children — Thomp- son L., who enlisted in the 25tli Wisconsin In- fantry, serving with honor during the entire strug- gle; Selden, of this sketch, and Lydia, wlio is now the wife of Charles Bishop, of Pembroke, Mass. In his native town the subject of this sketch was reared to manhood, ami received a liberal educa- tion while in attendance at the comaion schools of Halifax, and at Pierce Academ\- of Middlcboro, Mass. At the breaking out of the late Civil War he was a member of the militia, belonging to Com- pany .\. of the 3d Massachusetts Regiment, and at President Lincoln's first call for troops to (nicll the Rebellion he res()onded without hesitation, and at once enlisted in the three months" service, (io- ing to Portress Monroe, he there remained with his command until his time ex|)ired, when he was mus- tered outat Long Island. Boston Harbor. He ag.-iin enlisted in the .'!2d M.assachusetts in the following December, remaining at hort Warren during llic winter. In the spring of I8(;2 he was sent to Wiushington. and in .June of that year joined the Army of the Potomac, being a part of the 5th :r^::f^ c^ ^&:^ « ^ ROCK COUNTY. ■«^ il.3 Army Corps. Among tin- piiiicipnl engagements in which lie participaleil were the liatlles of Mal- vern Hill, the second battle of Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksliiirg, the Battle of the Wilderness. Chancellorsville, the bloody battle of Gettysburg, and the siege of Petersburg, and was present at the surrender of Lee. He also marched in the ('.rand Review at Wa.sliington. the greatest military pageant ever seen on the Western Continent, and was mns- tereil out in the capital city, receiving his discharge at Boston Harbor. In 1M71 Ml. Pratt led to the marriage altar Miss Eunice Hamilton, of Haverhill, Mass.. who died in liS7iJ, and .Mr. Pratt was again married, Miss Nettie Hamilton lx;coraing his wife. He has five chil- (ben living — Harry, Emma, Arthur, Clarence and Eunice, — and two, Herbert and Edwin, are de- ceased. In ISfiG, the following year after the close of hos- tilities, Mr. Pratt resolved to make a journey to the West, and acting upon this determination, became a residi'Ut of Eau Claire. Wis., where he made his home for several years. In 1870 he Ijeeame a resi- dent of Chicago, and lived there until 1885, when he removed to Bcloil. where he has since resided. He is an honored memlier of L. II. T. Crane Post, No. 54, G. A. R., of th;il city, in which he occupies the position of Adjutant, and also belongs to M^yr- tle Lodge, Ancient < )rder of L'mtcd Workmen, of Beloit. He is hcM in high respect by all who know him. and has many warm friends in the community where he makes his home. ~sJU^ -^TK-^ SjRUMAN LEWIS HOLLISTER, one of the i!>f,^^\ honored iiioneers of Rock County, now liv- ^>g^ ing on section 20, Rock Township, wjis born in Great Valle}'. Cattirraugiis Co., N. Y., on the 21th day of December. 1819. His parents were Samuel L. and Sibyl (Norton) Ilollister, the former a native of .Seneca County, N. Y.. the latter of Coshen, Conn. The paternal grandfather, .losiah Ilollister, was also l)orn in Connecticut, where he engaged in farming for many j-ears. He served his country in the struggle for inde|)endenoe and was taken prisoner, being conveyed to Canada, 4* where he was confined in a prison for two and a half years. Samuel Ilollister also followed agricul- tural pursuits and died at Mansfield, June 29. 181'.). at the .age of sixty-two years, llis wife died on the :31st day of December, 1881 at the ripe old .age of ninety-four years. They were both members of the Presbyterian Cliurch. were prominent workers for its interests, and Mr. Ilollister w:ls a supporter of the Whig party. They were the (larents of ten children — Hannibal, who was born in Septeinber. 1813, resided in St. Clair, Mich., but is now ilc- ceased, was a liinil)er merchant and twice served as a member of State Legislatures, once in Michigan and again in the (Jeneral A-ssembly of California; Norton, born .July 8, 1815, is living in Lexington, Mich.; Truman L. is the next in order of birth; Edwin. Feb. 5. 1822, was a farmer and a tan- ner, and died in Mansfield. N. Y., March 7, 1852; Lucy A., born Nov. 22. 1824. is^the wife of Delevan Buun. of DeSmet, Kiugsberry Co., Dak.; Alson. June 8. 1828, is living in the old homestead in New York; Miles, Aug. 22, 1829, is a resident of California; P^dward. Nov. 27, 1832, is engaged in mercliandising iu Minneapolis. Our subject remained under the parent^U roof until twenty yc.irs of age when he began life for himself as a manufacturer of pearl.ash. For four years he continuccl in that business, when he solil out and emigrated to the West, locating at Huck- ville, Mich., where he wa.s employed as a salesman in the store of an older brother for eighteen months. At the expiration of that time, he came to Janesville, Wis., in 1816, and in connection with Levi St. John, rented a farm of 501) acres near the city, and planted the first field of 100 acres of corn ever planted in the state. He con- tinued the cultivation of this land until about 185b, when he purcha.sed 100 .acres on section 2<), Rock Township, where he still makes his home, havinir resided up(»n the same farm for thirty-nine years. On the 18th day of tktober, 1849. the marri.tge of Mr. Hollister and Mary Comstock was happily celebrated in Janesville. The lady is a native of Cooperstown, N. Y., born June 10. 1816, and is a daughter of Miles and Polly (Latin) Comstock, who were natives of Connecticut, born of English descent. Mr, and Mrs. Ilollister are the parents of -4^ 414 R()( K COUNTY. ■*^|--* five cliilflren — Frankic A., wife of C. B. Inmaii, a retired farmer residing in Janesviile; Klizabetli, widow of Daniel E. Gower, residinj:; in La Prairie, Wis.; George, who died in eliildliood ; Ella, who became the wife of C. .1. Rice, of Turtle Towiisiiip; and Euinia, who .lesides at home. Mr. llollister is the oldest member of the First Congregational Chureh at Janesville, witli which he united in 1.S47, anil litis served as deacon for twelve years. He has always taken an .active |)art in the work of that denomination and is one of its liberal contrib- utors. .Since coming to Rock County he h:is served his fellow-citizens in various otllcial [josi- tions. During two years of the lat« war, he held the ollice of County Sui)ervisor; for two years he served as Township Clerk; was Assessor for .sev- eral j'cars; for three years was Side Supervisor; for four years lu-ld the ollice of Justice of the I'cace; ami was .-i member of the .School IJoard for many yeais. He takes a dec|) inter- est ill poliLiial affairs, is an earnest advocate of till' [irincipies of the Repulilican parlv, and has always been a strong supporter of temperance priiui|)li'S. I'niMiiiicMt in tlie iinmiotion of any enterprise for liic public welfare, willingly' per- forming his part in every public duty, he is regarded as one of the leading .-uid representative men of tiic county, and is universally resi)ccted by all. He is an earnest worker in the Sabbath School, and in 18G1 estalilishecl a mission school in his neighbor- hood which continued in existence eighteen years. Mrs. llollister is a most esliniable lady, and while being a true lielpmale to her husl)and, showed filial .affection in [iroviding a home for her aged [larcnts in tlieir declining years. On another page will be found a line portrait of Mr. llollister. -^■1 HYATT S.MITH. The history of A. VuV Hyatt Smith. Janesville's first m.ayor, is closely identiried with the history of Wis- ^ cousin's incipient railroad system. He was l>orn in New York Cit^', February a, I si I, the son \ of M.-uirice and May (Reynolds) .Smith, natives of Westchester County, N. Y. His grandfathers , -^*- were both among the unfortunate " .Sugar House prisoners." In 182G, his father resumed his old business of merchandising in New York, but died suddenly in lfS2wcr thus derived. Both of these last-named gentlemen, however, withdrew, and he subse(iuently associated witli himself .lames McClurg, of Western New York, .Martin (). Walker, of Chicago, and J. I>. Doc, of Janesville, and on the 6th of Januar\. 184' '" ^^"^y^ '^•■'' •'•"'1 I'esides on ^^4 section 32, Rock Towiislii|i, was born in County Longford, Ireland, ( )et. 22, 1822, He is the son of Alex, and Mary (Clinchey) Shaw, both of whom were aho natives of the same county. The father was a weaver by tiade, but during the greater part of his life engaged in farming. His death occurred in 1851, at the age of sixty-four years, and his wife died in 1847, when sixty-two years of age. Into them was born a fannly of four children: Ann, wife of William Jones, who is engaged in farming near the old homestead in Ireland; William, who is living a retired life in Heloit; George, of this sketch; and Alexander, who died in youth. The mother was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and took great interest in the advancement of the cause. The father belonged to the Ejiiscopal Church. Inl841l, when a young man, our subject bade good- by to his friends and native land, and em- barked in a sailing vessel for America, After a stormy voyage of thirty -one days, he landed in New York. For a week he remained in that roved, and for one ye.ar continued its cultivation, Durin" the autumn of 1850 he made a trip to the South. spending the winter in .Mississi(ipi ami returning 416 ■^ =U KOCK COUNTY. to Beloit in tlic sprinn: of 1851. Tbo succeeding suniiiicr lie woriieil upon :i fiiriii. after wliicli he letiiriicii to New York City, wliere lie spent two niontii.s, :iiul was tliei-e niiitcd in marriage to Miss Catherine Loney. Tlie lady is also a native of County Longford, Ireland, and is a daugiiter of Charles and Mary (Rollins) Loney, who were also horn in the same community. With their family they emigrated to this eountiy, hut Imth are now dece.iscd. Chailcs Loney, the father of Mrs. Shaw, was a weaver hy trade and followed that occupation with varied suecess Ihrougliout his life. His death oc- curred at the age of seventy years, and his wife di(Ml in New ^ork wlie)i sixty-six years of age. 'I hey were memliers of the Episcopal Church; and to Ihem was liorn a family of six children: .lames, who is now engaged in f.irnnng near Kocklin, Cal.; Ann, wife of Alexander Newsted, now de- ceased; Catherine, wife of our suhject; .lennie, de- ceased wife of Robert [>oney. of New York city; Uolierl, who died in youth: and Maria, who is living in New York City. After his marriage Mr. Shaw leturned with his young liridc to 15eloit. In the spring of \X.')'2, eqnippeil with an ox team, he started for the mines on the I'aeitie .Slope. Crossing the phuns to Ore- gon, he there renudned until August, 1(S,0I, en- gaged in mining in which he was reasonably successful. Ill health forced his return, and he again c:ime to lleloil. his journey being by way of the Isthmus of Panama and New York City. After his return he purchased 120 acres of land in Rock Township, where he still continues to resiKL MINKR, deceased, is numbered among I the honored pioneers of Rock County of ^.,^1 184."). and from that date until his death (^^y made his home within its borders, a worthy and respected citizen. He was boin in Huron County, Ohio, Feb. 12. IHl."). and in his native State was reared to manhood, receiving such edu- cational advantages as were afforded b\ the com- mon district schools, which he w;is only per- mitted to attend during the winter months, as his summers were spent in .assisting in the labors of the farm. His father's death occurring when he was a small huL as soon as he had attained a sullic- ient age he wils forced to begin life's battle with the world and earn his own living. His early years were those of toil. Without a father's tender care and protection he labiui'd on for the means which was to furnish his daily bre;nl, and with a cheerful spirit overcame the dilticnlties ;nid obstacles which lay in his path. On arriving at years of maturity Mr. .Miner was united in marriage with Miss Adeline Treal. a sis- ter of C. M. Treat, of Clinton, llieir union being celebrated in 1M.'3.S. After resiiling for about seven years in the Last they resolved to c:isl their lot with the pioneers of this county, and acting upon that determination settled in Turtle Township in 181."). Purchasing a claim Mr. .Miner, 'it once began the developement of his land, and :is a result of the care, cultivation and inipi'ovemenl which he l)e- stowed upon it. soon had a fine farm, whose broad, fertile acres paid to him a golden tribute. His first home in Wisconsin was a little log cabin, contain- ing but one room, but as his income increased it ■^•- ROCK COUNTY. 417 was replaced by a more comforlal)Ie and comino- ilioiis n^sidence. Tlie childion l)orn to Mr. and Mrs. Miner were s<'ven in ninnlH'i'. four of wlioni .nro yet living: .Imiic, llio eldest, is now the wife of l'iiili|i Salis- liury, a resident of Hampton, lown; ^\'allaee, who is now deceased, was a soldier in the late war, en- listin<> in the liUh Wisconsin Iiifanliy, hut after one \ear rc(!eivcd his dis<'liaige; Sarah K. hei'anic the wife of J.'!'. Butler, of Clinlon. Wis.; Mary weddecl E. F. Vanderlyn. .a prominent farmei- of Cliiiliin Township; Id.a ilied :it liie aije of eighteen years; (ieorgeilied when eight years of age; and ]>alph, who is single, resides on the old homestead in Tur- tle Township. Mr. Miner ilied in Clinton in 1 XS 1, and was buried in the cemetery at that ])l:icc. His wife still sur- vivi's her husband and makes her home on the farm in Turtle Township. He was a man of stiiSCAR F. NOWL.VN is one of the prorai. nent contractors and builders of Rock County, Wis., his business being located at No. 7, Court street, .lanesville. He is a native of the Kmpire State, having been born near Hing- hampton, I'.roomc Co, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1X43. The family was originall}' from Vermont and descended from Irisli ancestry. Thomas Nowlan, the father of our subject was one of the four brothers who, during the early hi.story of IJroome County, N. Y., became residents of that county. Mr. Nowlan and his wife there continued to reside until death. They were the parents of eight children, all of whom arc yet living in IHK'.I, with the exception of one daughter, while all are residents of Hroome County, with the exception of Oscar and:! brother in Tioga County, N. Y. When eighteen years of age, our subject began serving an apiircnticeship to the trade of a carjien- ter and jc)iner in Binghampton. In 18G4, he first came West, locating in Rock County, Wis., and for sometime atten< led the Milton Academy as a student. In 1860, he came to Janesville and en- tered upon his present business. Mi-. Nowlan has been prominently identilied with the building interests of Uock County for many years. Among the most noted buihliugs that he has erected in 4 * Janesville are the Central School building, the an- nex to the Congregational Church, Uavies Block, the upper cotton factory, and in 1888. the .Second War. He is a native of the i'^mpire State, having been born in (jcnesee County, N. Y.. on the Idlh day of August, 1823, and his father .lames Diakc. was a native of (ireene County. He bcloui;ed li.) ^' -4^ ROCK COUNTY. ^ii^h-40 41!) one of tlie eni-ly fninilios of the Slate, and was of Knglitili ancestry. He was a soldier in the War of IH12 and took part in tlu' lialllo at Wack Rock dnrinu' lliat strngule. His oecupalion was lliat of faiinini;', which he carried on in (Icnesce Count y- N. v., where ho cleared and improved a heavily tiinhered farm dnrini; the early days of that conntv. His wife, whose maiden name was Ilainiah HIackinarr, was liorn intJreeno County, and was also a representative of one of the early Xew ^'ork families. Seven I'liildren IIowed suc- cessfully for two years. Tidings of the rich gold fields in Australia reaching his ears, at the expira- tion of that time he set sail for those far-off mines, reaching harbor after a voy.'ige of eighty- four daj's. As on the Pacific slope, his operations were attended with success. Deciding to return home, he boarded a vessel which sailed around (ape Horn and an- chored at Is'ew York Cit}', whence he continued his journey overland to ISeloit, where he continued to reside for two years. Desiring to turn his atten- tion to agricultural pursuits, he jiurchased 160 acres of wild land, which he at once began to im- prove, and has now one of the finest farms in Be- loit Township. It comprises 210 .acres, and is in a high state of cultivation. Many improvements he has made since his purchase, including the erectiim of a beautiful two-story frame residence, in which abound all the comforts and conveniences which m.ake life worth the living. In 1856 Mr. (iilinan led to the marriage altar Miss Phicbe Humphrey, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of Stephen O. and Phoebe L. Humphrey, who were born in Ilaitford, Conn. It is fitting in this volume to preserve the memories of the dead .as well as to speak of the prosperity of the living, and this sketch would hardly be complete without mention of Mrs. Gilman's i>areiits. who were numbered among the well known and highly respected citizens of Rock County. Mr. Hum- phrey was one of the energetic and prominent business men of Beloit, in which cil}' he engageil ,'is a machinist until his death, which occurred in 18(u"). at the age of llftytwo years. Iiotli he ami his wife were devoted and consistent inemlieis of the Coiigrcg.'itional Church, in which oiganizalioii he filled the ollice of De.acoii for many years. He also served as .Justice of the Peace for several years an3' the union of Mr. and Mrs. Oilman four chil- dren have been born — Albert, who is living in Broken Bow. Nel).; Stella, wife of F. E. Adams, a resident farmer of Beloit Township; Dexter, who is still at home ; and Georgia, who died at the age of eighteen. Mr. Oilman is truly one of the self-made men of Rock County, and his earl\' days were passed amid ^^ ^'O ROCR COUNTY. 423 -t toil iiiid i)i-ivations. lie may he said to have be- ifun life's battle when only seven years old, for at that tender age he began working, receiving in re- turn his board. Industry and cntorpriso have ever lieen among his chief eliaraeteristies. and tliongh enduring many trials in early years, perhaps ho can more fully appreciate his present comfortable cir- cumstances, lie has tilled various township otiices of trust to the entire satisfaction of his constituents, and is one of the leading farmers of the community. He is strictly temperate in habits, and though not belonging to any religious denomination, contrib- utes liberally to all church and educational work. His wife is a member of the Congregational Church, an earnest worker in her .Master's vineyard, and a devoted Christian lady, who is l>eloved by all for her many e.xcellencies of character. Socially Mr. Gilman is a member of the I. O. O. F., while polit- ically he has been an ardent supporter of the Re- publican party since its organization. This brief sketch will he gladly received by m.any who will with pleasure read the life of one of iJock County's most |)rosperous citizens. —>* o*o-^y^^^, 1884. He w,a.s a worthy mini, .and is kindly remembered by the surxivint; old M't- tlers of that time. — •► r -4=*^ 124 ROCK COUNTY. As worthy representatives of that large class of Norwegians, who are doing much in bnililing up the northwest, we are pleased to |iresenl the por- traits of Mr. and Mrs. Skavleiii. -^ ' ^ " ^ * ^'~' EACOX AARON J. CoW i.KS. an lionnred citizen of Beloit, was l)orn in ( )tiseo, ()n<>n- dago Co., N. Y., April <'>. 1803. and is a .son of Amos and Dolly (Ford) Cowles, hotli of whom were natives of Meriden. Madison Co., Conn., the former horn .lunc "2. 1770, and the latter in .laniiary, 1770. Their wedding was cele- brated June 3, 17;>3, and unto thetn were born the following children: Lois, wife of Solomon (ileason. died April 16, 1839; Anna, who married Timothy Kverett, died in .Seplember. 1850; Amos C., whose death occurred Feb. 27, 1830. was a soldier in the War of 1812; Horace, born Nov. 1. I7'.i7. ilicd Nov. 2."), 1873; Elislia, horn .Iiinc 17, 17'.lll. died M.aj' 17, 182C; Benjamin died in infancy; Aaron .1. is the next in order of birth; Sylvester, born .l:ni. 28. 180;"), resides in Cattaraugus County. N. V.. and is a minister of the Presbyterian Church; Verona, born Mav 22, 1S07, married Harvey .lanes, and died in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., Aug. 15, 1831; Diantha, born Nov. 20, 1809, wedded Harvey Baker and died Oct. 5. 1840, in (Hisco; Dr. L. P., born May 2C, 1811, died in northeastern Pennsyl- vania. May 28, 1845; .Mien K. 11. died at White Water. Wis., M.ay (!, 1888. Amos Cowles and wife were uuHihiMS of the C'ongregalional Church, and for ni.'iny years he served as De:icon in the organi- zation to whidi they belonged, llisdealh occurred Dec. 26, 4840. and his wife departed this life Dec. 21. 1849. The subject of this sketch giew to manhood in his naliveeounty and received his education ina pio- neer school-liouse built of logs, with i-udi' slabs for .seats and with no tloor. \l Iheage of thirteen years, while working in a corn field, the Spirit called unto him, and for severid days that call of the Loril was repe!ite2 lie lo- (■:ile(l al lioeUI'oril. where he eslahlislied tlie lirsl Sahliath-school, and in the autumn of 1802 beeanie a resident of IJeloil. 4-^^ \T: ASrVAl OII.l'.KRT DRKSSKR, one of the liinjhiy res|ieeteil .and honored citizens of Wisconsin, is a n.ative of Conneclicnt, hav- heen horn in Tolland on the 8th day of Mai eh. 1 80!l. and is descended from an fild New l"-nul;ind f.iniily. His parents w'cre .John ami I)e- ligiil (( iilheil ) Dresser, the former Itorn Aui>-. 1!(, 1771. and the latter Oct. 2;i. 177H. Their marriage was celeluated on the Isl day of April, 17!l.s. and null) them W.MS horn .a family of six sons, only iiean party nntil 1872, since wiiicli time lie has \oted the (Ireenhack ticket, lie is agreal reailer, is wi>ll informed on all matters of puhlic interest anl.and Mr. .lames subseipiently married Miss Frances .1. M.-uklen. a sister of liis former wife. After coming to lii'loil Mi-. .I.imes engaged in teaching for three years, when lie became a dealer in grain and stock. bu\ing for the Chicago m.arkel. For a number of years he folhiwcd that pursuit, but at hiigth puich.'iseil forty acres of l.-uid. which <[»• h KOCK COUNTY. 427 4- was tlie ftmndatioii of liis pi-osent farms, coinpris- ii)i; 1.(MI0 acrt'S. .SIMI of whicli is iiiiilci- ciilliN atioii ami well slocki'il. On starliiiy oiil in life liis ia|ii- lal cdiisistfil (inly of a yood consliliilion and llu' liiiiilit lidiK's of j'ontli, linl liy indnslry and oconG, and from Union Theological Seminary in May. IH70, he then hec.amc a licen.sed I'reshvte- rian minister. He wa.s ordained liy Milwaukee I'reshylery. nucling .at .lanesvillc, M:iy 3, IfSTl. .lune'il, ls7(i. he married Miss Ilila M. IScnnetl. and now has five children — William Washliurn, of Beloit, Wis., Anna Haven, Fdw.ards licnnelt.. Holierl Leiand ami Benjamin Warren. After Mr. Brown had been a home missionary at Black River Falls, in Wisconsin, two years 1871 and 1872), he oflfered himself to Ihe Presby- terian Board as a foreign niissionar\-, ami was accepted ami ap[iointerI to Japan. While wailing to be sent out, he served temporaiily on the (!eo- lopical Surve\' of Wi.seonsin as map-maker, and then occupied a pastorale at Maywood. III., until June, 1875. The Board having decided on fuller consideration that his deficient hearing piecluded foreign work, ,Mr. Brown accepteil a call to the Fiist I'reshyterian Church, of Be.iver Dam, Wis., where he remained three years, until July 1, 1878. Duiing the next two years, while residing at Biloil and personally attending an invalid father, Mr. Brown served as Stated Supply for the Presby- tcri.m Church of Baraboo, and then for the Congre- gational Church, of F;vansville,Wis. Oct. ;^, 1880, he began supplying the First Presbyteiian Church, of Janesvillo. Wis., was called to be their pastor, April 11, 1881, and was duly installed Dec. lo of th.at year. In A|)ril, 188(1, he was elected the Stated Clerk of of his Presbytery. The Northire/itern Presbyterian of June 22, 1881», kimlly says: "The Presbyterian Church of Janesville, Wis., li.as been greatly- blessed in the labors of their faithful pastor, the Rev. W. F. Brown. The various departments of church work are moving steadily forward. Their pastor is the laborious Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of Madison, and an example in every good word and work." (This statement should be well shaken before taken.— W. F. B.) Mr. Brown's life motto has been "I must work while it is d.ay." His nnist natural faults, he says, have been sellishne.ss and self-conceit, both of which he has sought to overcome. As a public speaker he has a ele.ar voice and distinct titterance, and a wide-awake manner. His thoughts are usu- ally progressive and ])lainly puL Not a revivalist, he has \et received some into the church at almost every communion of his ministry. He seeks to preach and to pr.-ictice sanctified common sen.se. He is thoroughly .at home with young pco[)le, and has of them in his church a notable band. JOSKPII BOSTWICK, an honored pioneer of Kock County, was Ixirii in Vermont in the year 1707, and was the son of Noble l>oslwick, who was of English descent. He was twice married, first to Mi.ss Rhoda White, in ^'el•mont, by whom three children were born — Noble, who married Lucretia Brown, and resides in Western New York; Fmiline. who is single, and lives in St. Louis; .Miid Bet.sy, widow of Dr. K. I'lasterly. of .St. Louis. The mother of these 1 children died in 18;{(i. Two years previous to 42« ROCK t()U>;TV -*HH4» that lime, Mr. Rostwick, accompanied by liis fam- il}', removed to Genesee CounU', N. Y.. wIkmc, in 1832, he was again married — Mrs. Fannie IIulin<£, daughter of Peter Matte.son, of .Siiaftsbiirg, Vt.. becominir his wife. The lady, who was a widow at the lime of lier marriage with Mr. IJostwick, wa.s born in tlial town, wliere her father was buried, and by iier former marriage was llie mother of two danghters — Fannie and Mary Ilnling. The former died at .lanesville in 181'J, and the latter resides in this city. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Host wick there were born six children: Joseph M., whose sketch appears elsewhere; Robert M. married Miss Helen M. Bailey, the first white girl born in Janesville; John Lent died in IS.'ii; .Iosei)hine is the widow of L. W. Curlis, and resides in San Francisco, Cal.; Isa- bella is the wife of William T. Van Kirk, of Janes- ville; Racine is the wife of Clarke W, Webster, of Janesville. The two surviving brothers are prumi- nenl merchants of this cil^'. Mr. IJostwick was a farmer and dniver by oicu- l)ation. and also kept an hold while in the Fast. In 1810 became to Wisconsin and settled at Janes- ville. his faniily becoming residents of the city in 1847. He entered upon no active business here. In political sentiment he was a Democrat, but never sought |)ublic preferment or took an active liart in politic.-il alTairs. Ilis death occurred while visiting a daughter in St. Louis, in 1.H72. His wife survived him several years, dying at Janesville, March 15, 1881. -She was a woman of superior in- telligence, possessed of great force of eliar;icler. was ineing celebrated Feb. 2. 182G. She wa.s a most ex- cellent lady and was born in IIami)den County on the 8th day of June, 1802. The young couple began their domestic life in (ireene County, N. Y., but subsequently returned to the Baj' Stale, where they made their home until the spring of 1841, when following tlie course of emigration, which w.as steadily flowing Westward, they landed in ^Valworth County. Wis., where they spent the lir»l summer. The same year removing to Rock County, Mr. Barker purchased a farm and immediately en- gaged in the work of cultivation, the farm being on section 1 0, town of Clinton, where his son Judson C. now resides. At the time of his arrival in this Slate, AVisconsin was yet a territory whose entire population did not exceed the number of inhabit- ants now to be found in Rock County; its prairies were still in their primitive condition, the deci' was found in the forest, and the smoke of the In- dian wigwam had scarcely cleared away. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Barker were born f(jur chil- dren who grew to mature years — Mary G.. born Jul}- 13, 1827, became the wife of Lorenzo Muzzy, by whom she had thiee children, only one of whom, Jennie, is living, and after the death of her first husband she wedded Dr. (ieorge Covert. :i prominent physician of Clinton, whose sketch ap- pears clsewheie in this work; Lydia J., who was born .June 13. 1833, becanii' the wife n( .loscpli Carey, and died on the 25lh day of April. 1M,")(); Judson C born in Hampden Count}', Mass., Feb. 17. 1839, and (ieorge J., born Nov. G. 18J2, com- pletes the family. In early life Mr. Barker was a Whig nnd a great admirer of William Henry Ilairison. ;ind on liic o|-- ganizalion of the Republican i)arty was among the first to espouse its cause and alliliated with that bod}' until his ileath. He and his wife were mem- bers of the Congregational Church of Clinton, and were earnest and sincere Christian people, earnestly endeavoring lo follow in the teachings of their Master. He died in the fall of 1870, and his death was sincerely mourneti by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Syinp.athetic, warm-hearted and charitable, he was ever ready to help those who tried to help themselves, but the sluggard aii- H^ 1^ ROCK COUxNTV. 4-_".t |)|)c;ilo(l to liiiii in vain. To his t'lU'rut'tic disposi- titiii and Imsiiiess ability may be attiibiilcd liis siiffuss in life. Ho was iipiiglil and lioiii'sl in all Ids ilealiiigs, s\ sti'ui.atic and rnclliodical. and accn- ninlalcd a laii,'e |)rop(.'ity. owning at one time l,2(»(l afii'.s of fine prairie land. To know him was to re.spect and and admire him. He wits genial and tiue-hearled, and though old in years still retained the j-onthful siiiiits of boyhood. His eonveisalion was racy and his laugh was :us e.vhilaratiiig as wine. Though often solicited to accept public of- fice, he always steadily tefnsed with the exception of one time, wlien he served as trustee. Mrs. Barker also was known and honored throughout the community. Her Christian graces, her high nobility of character, her kindness and her loving di.sposition won her the love of all, and more by her example than by her [irecept did she teach the way of true life. .She was called to her linal rest some years ago, hut was ready to respond to the Master's summons. -l-H?=^^=€-'-H- llLi-. I'-^'I^'^" CAMl'HELL, a highly respected rivatioiis of pioneer life, anil was truly a hcl|miate to her husband. His death occiiiTcd in IfSiJo. niid .-ifter two years, the final summons came, which called Mrs. Campliell to meet her husband on the other side of the dark river. The family' of this worthy couple numbered eight children, seven of whom are yet living — Charles is now a resident of lirodhe.-id, Wis.; Henry is the second in order of birth; William is residing in Kvaiisville; Jennie is now the wife of Albert Rider, of .lancsville; Kiltie wedded J. S. Conrad, wluise home is also in .lanesville; Dora, who is living in I'liion Township, is the widow of .lohn West; and Hattie was joined in wedlock with L. 11. Smith, who is engaged in business in New York City. The subject of our sketch began his education in his native county, com|)letiiig his studies in the common schools of Center Townshi|), after the re- moval of the family to Rock County. U|)on liiiu fell a large share of the management of the farm, and until after his father's death he remaineil at home engaged in farm duties. When his parents had pa.ssed aw.ay, he acted as .•idministrator of the estate, managing affairs to the satisfaction of all the heirs. In 18G.J, Mr. Campbell was united in marriage with Mi.ss Vie .V. Ilowaril, their union i being celebrated on the 'iTtli of December. 1865. -f 430 ROCK COUNTY. -f Tlie lad}' was born in Cookville, Rock Co., Wis., May 26, 1816, and is the (1aii<;litei- of Ciiaik-s A. Ilowaifl. (wliose skelcii appears on anoliier pnge of tills voliune.) The young people began tlieir domestic life upon tlie farm on section 25, I'nion Townsliip. wjiicli still continues to be their home. Tiie land was tiien in a partly improved condition, being known as the Levi Leonard farm, and Mr. Campbell at once began to carry onward the work of cultivation and development. He has now one of tlie liest farms in the township, comprises 200 acres of arable land, with a beautiful residence, the latest improved niachinery, and all the necessary buildings. Kncrgctic and enterprising, the entire surroundings indicate llirift. For several years, Mr. Campbell has been engaged in raising fine stock, making a spccialit3' of roadsters and carriage horses. He has received many i)remiums at the State and county fairs, and was the owner of one team that sold for over *800. He is vice-presi- dent of llic Wisconsin Morgan Horse .Society and has (lone iiuuli to advance the grailc of fine stock in Hock County. liy the union of I\Ir. and Mrs. Campbell an in- teresting family of three children have lieen born — Eva, the eldest, who graduated from the Kvans- ville Seminaiy in the class of 1887, is now a stud- ent of the Conservatory of Music at Madison. Leo and Pearl, the younger moinbers of the family. are at home willi their |)aieiils. Mrs. Campbell is a lady of culture and reliiieincnt. At the early age of fifteen she began teaching in the State of Kansas, and was also one of the successful teachers of Rock County. .She was largely instrumental in introducing the .School Suffr.age bill for women in Wisconsin, and for one year was State Organizer of the Woman's Suffrage .Society. She is an active worker of the W. C. T. U.. and both she and Mr. ('am|ibell are strong and earnest aed land. His death occurred in the year LS71, his wife surviving him until Sept. 10. 1888. dying at the age of eighty-three years. He took an act- ive part in political affairs, casting his bnllot with the Democratic party, and, socially, was a member of the I. O. O. V. He was initiated in 181!l, under llie direction of Father Wiley, and was ever a prominent worker in that fraternity. Ke- ligiously. he was a member of the Church of Eng- land. Our suliject was reareti to manhood upon his father's farm, .and received his education in the district schools of Rock County. In 1862 he en- listed at Janesville in his country's service, and whs ^ ^< * C^J- l^ ROCK COUNTY. assisined to Conipaiiy M, '2d Wisconsin Infantry. After beini; niustert'd into service, he went to Madison, whence lie proceeded to tiic front and p;irticii)atcn harvested 6,000 bushels of wheat. He has also given some attention to the breeding of line sheep and Short- horn cattle, but of late years has been princii)nll\- engaged in general farming. JNIr. Phillips was united in ni;uriage, in March, 1867, with Rhoda I'.lnut, a native of Walworth Connty, Wis., and a daughter of .lohn and ],ouisa (Sherman) IJIunt, both of whom were natives of New York, and early settlers of Walworth County. His father was a soldier in the War of 1812. I'.y their union eight children were born — Naomi, John, James, Elnora R., \'iola F., Mabel A., Bir- della H. and Adelaidi' R. In the month of No- vember, 1881, the death of the Tuolher occurred. She W!is a member of the Congregational Church, and a lad^' loved and respected by all. Rlr. Phil- lips has been again married, his second union be- ing with Fannie McElroy, who w.as born in Ohio, of Scotch parents, and is a niece of e.\-.Senator McDonald, of Indiana. He has held the oliice of •«» ROCK COUNTY. 4 Constable, .lustice of the Peace, was Postmaster at Emerald Grove for upward of four years, and at present is serving as Treasure!' of llie School Hoard. In his political sentiments he alliiiates witli tlie Democratic party, and socially, is a member of the I. O. O. 1*"., having become a menilier of Johns- town Lodge at its organization. He is a wortliy citizen, and is held m high regard liy all who know liim. The portrait of Mr. PliilliiJS is siiown on anuther page. ^ #-# J^ BNER S. FLAGG, senior partner of tiie firm of A. 8. Flagg it Co., dealer in hard- ware at Edgerton, Wis., was born on the ^ 13tli daj' of December, 185!, in Princeton, N. J., and is the eldest of three children born to Encich and Sarah (Sutphen) Flagg, who were also natives of New Jersey. The only other living child uf the family, Mary I!., is now living with her parents in Lancaster, Wis. The third, Marga- rettaJane, died when fourteen years old. Leaving his home in Princeton. N. J., in the year 18r)(i, accompanied by his family, Enoch Flagg emigrated to the West and h)cateecame the owner of large landed possessions, and did much toward the u|)buil(ling of Clinton. In early life he was a ;I.ackson Democrat, but when the Free Soil i)arty sprang into existence, he cast his lot with it, aided greatly in the work of organiza- Viun in 1856, and was among the first to esixjuse Uic cause oi Krcmont, whose policy he greatly ad- mired. liito Mr. and Mrs. Griswolil Weaver were born four children, two sons and two daughters, of whom Mortimer C., of this sketch, is the eldest; Olney F.. who married Miss F^liza Olney. a native of Frecport, N. Y., died in Rock County, Ellen J. died unmarried; and .le.ssie E. is the wife of .Samuel S. .limes, a jinnninent farmer of this comnuuiity. .Mr. Weaver deiiarted this life in .lanuary, 1872. His death marked a sad event in the history of Clinton, which had so long been his home and his [iride, and to the prosperity of which he had so liberally contributed. .lust antl prompt in all his dealings, courteous and considerate, he possessed the confidence and kindly feeling of both young and old, rich and jioor. Mrs. Weaver is still liv- ing beloved by .all who know her. The subject of this sketch was reared and edu- cated in this county, his younger years being passed in much Uic same manner as other farmer lads. Leaving llie [larental roof, he was united in mar- riage in .Inly, 1803, with Miss .Mary (). Rogers, a d.-mgliter of Hiram Rogers, of Cortland County, N. v., where her birth occurred in 1K42. Five children have blessed the union of this worthy coujile, four of whom are living — .Vrthur E., Floy L., Roy G., and Fred B. The second child. Irving T., is dece.ased. Mr. Weaver is a strong supporter of the Repid)- lican party, and has been honored with seveial local olliccs of trust, including that of Townslii|) Clerk and Chairman of the Board of County Su- pervisors, discharging the duties of both positions with prom|)tness .and ability. He can well claim the honor of being one of the pioneer settlers of the county, having passed his entire life, almost fifty years, within its borders. He has witnessed the great progress and growtli which have taken phice, ,111(1 the development which has transformed its barren prairies into rich and fertile farms. He has seen its log caliins replaced by commodious and elegant residences, and can remember the time wben he could drive from his home across the plains to Janesville with no fence or hou.se to bar his progress. Mr. Weaver is the owner of a beauti- ful farm adjoining the village of Cliiitnn. which cominises 125 acres of arable land under a high state of cultivation, and which is slocked with Holstein cattle, of which he makes a specialty. W^RANKLIN SPR.\(;iIE FEXTON, one of (g) the early settlers of Iieloit and a leading citizen, was honi in Albion. Orleans Co., N. v., on Christmas day of I.s;i7, and is the sou of Franklin ami .Sarah H. (S[)r;igue) Feiiton. His father was a native of Sduluidge, Mass.. bom .bin. 22, 1797, and his mother was born on the 1st day of February, 1803, in Haverhill, N. H. During their childhood days both parents removed with their families to I'eacham, \l., where they became acipiainted ami were married Aug. 25. I «23. Our subject was the only child born of their union. F'ranklin Fenloii engaged in iiiercliandisiug through- out his entire life, first establishing himself in that business in I'eacham. a..d later engaging in the same line in Albion, N. V. In 18411 he removed to Kenosha, Wis., where he again opened a mer- cantile store, which he carried on until .March 19, 185{i, when he was called fii^m the busy .scenes of this life to his final rest. In early life he was :ni earnest advocate of the old Whig party and a great admirer of its prominent leaders, Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. He was always well informeil on the leading questions of thed.ay,and could hold an argunient on any topic of general interest. He was reared in the I'resbyterian faith, adi.ipting it as ■*► t. 436 ROCK COUNTY. if* his own, and for many years was a deacon in that church, lie was kind and aceoniniodating, gener- ous and liLMievolent, and was held in hlgii rcsi)ec-t. llis good wife, who was called to her final home Felj. 12, 1889, was also an active worker in liic church, which at her death lost one of its most useful members, one who cheerfully did what she could that the Redeemer's cause sIhuiM inosper. She served her Maker for seventy-two years, and when called to the land beyond vv:is ready and willing to answer the summons. The subject of this sketch received his |)rimary education in the Albion Academy, and after the removal of his [larents to Kenosha, Wis., in 184'.), attended the high school. The- clo.se continement of the school-room, however, forced him to discon- tinue his studies, and he accepted a position :is clerk in the drug store of Starkweather & Co., of Kenosha. In 18.57 he came to Beloit, where he had charge of the drugstore of Ihindy & Field for two years, after which he w.as in the eraplo}' of II. W. Wilcox for one year. After the discovery of gold at Pike's Peak in 18G0. with a i)arty of twelve friends he made a Irii) to Colorado, where he spent the succeeding twelve months engaged in mining, and then returned to P.eloil. again engaging as clerk in the drug store of Mr. Wilcox. In the spring of 1861, the Civil War having broken out. ho enlisted as a musician in the otli Wisconsin In- fantry-, being mustered into service at Camp Ran- dall, near Madison, Wis., and was then sent to Washington. I). C. The band wsus composed of twenlA-foiu- members, and in their niarch of two miles thiough the city of Baltimore, wiiile [(laying the whole distance, were fired upon. Arriving in the capital city, they there spent two inontlis, and the following spring participated in the Peninsidar campaign under (len. MeClelhin, after which they served under Gen. Hancock. While at Harrison's Landing the order came from the War DepartTncnt to discharge all regimental bands. After being mustered out of sei'viec Mr. Kenton returned to his home in Iteloit. and on the I'.Hh da\- of December, 1862, was united in marriage with Miss Sabra II. IJlodgelt. a daughter of S. K. Hlodgett. whose sketch ai)pears elsewhere in this work. Their union has been blessed with three children, two of wlunn are now living — Frederick U. anil .lennic h. Soon after receiving his discharge from the ser- vice Mr. Kenton embarked in the ilrug business in IJeloil ill coiupauy with his father-in-law, under the linn name of F. S. Fenton Ai. Co., the firm coiitinu- iiig in that line until the dcitli of the senior part- ner, when Mv. Fenton. purchasing his interest, carrieil on the business alone until August, 1 8,S!S. Socially he is a memljcr of the (!. A. U. Post and of the Masonic Fraternity, belonging to the order of Knighls Templar. He is holding the ollice of treasurer in the Commanilery for the fourth year, by unanimous vote of the same, was High Priest of the Chapter, and also belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Knights of Honor. Mr. FeuUtn is a great lover of good music, and has quite a local reiJiitation as a musician. .Some j-ears ago he was the leatler of a first-class orchestra of this city, his favorite instrument being the flute, with which he has pleasantly passed many leisure hours, and many of the readers of this Ai.i'.l'm will remember listening to its enchanting strains while he has been executing some choice solos and other selections upon his favorite instrument. I'olitically he is a Republican, and has been electehotog- f—(^ raphcr of Edgerton, and one of it« most ^ enterprising citizens, established business in that place in the autumn of 1881. He is a Badger 1)3' birth, h.-iving been born in the town of Rosen- dale, Fond ilu Lac County, in 18.J"J,and is a, son of William Talmadge, one of the early settlers of that ccxinty. On .•ittjiining to m.ature 3'ears, he began looking about him for some trade or profession which he wishe'l to follow, and selected the art of photography, which he began studying in IMT'.t, under the direction of John Dillon, an expert -^- i ^ -4«- ROCK COUNTY. -•^ 437 4« photograplier of rond du Lac. After two j-ears' study, in wliicli lio became tlioroiighl^' conversant with the art in ail it.s details, IMr. T.alinadge es- taliiislu'i! a luisiness for liinisolf in Ediforton in tiio fail of IM81, and lias hnilt tip a iiood Inidc. lie is an excellent workman, makes a study of his art. keeps well posted on all the improvemenls of the time, and hy his fair dealing, good work and evi- dent desire 1o please his customers, has secured a lilteral share of the public patronage, of which none are more worth}'. In 1885, Mr. Talmadge was married, Miss Sarah Wood, a daughter of Lucius Wood, liccoming his wife. I'hcy have many friends in Edgerton, wiiere they are well known, aifd .'U'e held in high esteem by all. -J^^J- ^ENTON F. STEVENS, who is numbered |-=-H,3\ among the pioneers of liock County, and l^ the leadingciti/.cns of .lancsvillc. is a native of the Empire State, born in Albion, Orleans Co., N. v.. May 2 1. 183.'). His father. .lames Stevens, was a ilrv goods mcrcbant, ;uiil died when his .son w.as a nu're lad. Kenton was about twelve years old when he came to .lancsvillc, in September, 1847, and foi- many years aft<'i- his arrival, made his home in the family of John 1'. Dickson, one of the well known early settlers of the cotiuty. Dnr- iiii; the prevalence of the California gold fever, he joine, 18(iL This comjj.auy w.as known as the Uangers, and was mustered ijito the I'niled States service as Co. F, l.'ith Wisconsin Infantiy, at Camp Treadway, Nov. 1. ISCl. Captain Ste- vens con tin ucd in command until I'cb. Id. 1,S(;|, when he was relieved of the command at his own request to enalile him to accept an appointment as , ► -4»- 438 ••^ ROCK COUNTY. f acting Assistint Inspector General on the staff of Major General L. H. Rousseau. This position lie occupitd until April .^, 1864, when he was relieved of duty, and nuisU'red out of llie service, that he niiirht accept an appointment iis additional pay- master. United States Army, to which position he liad been commissioned by I'resiilent Lincoln. Feb. ■2C. 18C4. lie continued to occupy that office un- til May 16. 1867, when lie resigned and returned to .lanesville. On Dec. 11, 1861, while acting in the capacity of paymaster. Major Stevens met with a severe accident, from which lie received perniniicnt injury. He was at that time enroute from Nash- ville to Louisville under orders, carrying quite a large amount of money, when the railroad train was thrown from the track by accident. This was a fricrhtful disaster, a Inrge number of passengers being killed and wounded, while Major Stevens' back was so severely injured that he was unable U> do duty for several months. On the 0th day of November, 1868, the Major wedded Miss Mary McKey. a daughter of Edward McKey. of .lanesville, and to them have been liorn two children: Edward .1., who is now a student of lieloit College, and Mary Emeline at home. Owing to disability resulting from the accident referred to. ALijor Stevens has practically retired from ac- tive business. Since the war, however, he w.as for considerable time cashier of the Rock County Sav- ings Bank, and was also, for a time, engaged in the tobacco trade. He cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1860, and has ever afliliated with the Heiniblican p.arty. He is a wor- thy member of W. II. Sargent I'ost, G. A. R., at Jaiiesville, and Jancsville Comniandery No. 2, K.'V. Major Stevens is ever genial .and cordial in his disposition, fair and honorable in his deal- ing, and is highly esteemed by all. \|(_^ ENRY WELLS STILLMAN, M. »..of Ed- "crton, is numbered among the well known citizens of Rock County, where he has made his home since 1802. He is a native i= of Connecticut, having been boiii at North Ston- iii'i-ton in 182-2. surviv- ing his wife for a number of years, her de.ath hav- ing occurred on the 17tli day of October, 184 1 . Dr. Stillman. of whom we write, was reared to manhood in his native town, where he receive induliie his taste for read - iiiLT and investigation. He is n ttentleniaii of high attainments and much (udture, possesses good con- versational powers, anil has many warm friends thronghout the coniniunily in which he makes his hemic. In his political views, he was in (■.■irly life a Wliig anuntry in the "Max llower,"' anil both died in Kebruary, succeeding the lamling of the Pilgrims .lohn Alden was a farmer by occup.a- tion, w:is llie father of a larye fann'lv, and died at Dnxbnry. on the 12th day of September. 1087, at the age of eighty -eight years. Of the second generation in the line of de.scent to our .sid)jeet, we find .losepli .Mden, .son of John and Priscilla, who was born in 1(124. He also fol- lowed the occupation of farming, and wedded Mary, daughter of Moses Simmons, and died in 1C97, when sevent3'-three years of age. John Alden, son of Joseph .and Mary (Simmons) Alden, resided in Hridgewater and .Middlcborouuli. Mass., where he too engaged in farming. H,. m;,,-. ried Hannah, daughter of Capt. Kbenc/.cr \\ liil,.. of Weymouth. David, son of John and Ilann.-ili .Mden. was of the fourth generation, lie was burn Ma\- I,s. 1702, resided at Middleborough. niariicd Jud.i Paddleford, and died Aug. 24, 176.3. The next in line of descent is .lob Alden. son of David and Juda. Ilis birth occurred in 17r)7. and he was united in marriage with Lucy Spooner. Ebenezer Alden, of Union, Maine, was of the sixth generation, and was a son of Job and Luc\ Alden. He was born Sept. 20. 1771, married Pa- tience Gilmore, and died Aug. 10, 1 S(;2. at the a^c of eighty-eight years. James G. Alden, their son and the subject of this sketch, received his education at China Acad- emy, and when a youth of sixteen years went to Bangor. Maine, where he spent two \i'ars as a niei-- chant's clerk, and at the age of eighteen years en- g.agcil in business for himself. On the 24th da\ of October, 1 S Pi, he led to the marriage .altar Miss Alvitia C. .Miller, who was born at Wiscassett, Dec. 7, 1H21. and is a daughter of Capt. John Miller, of Wi.scassett. Maine. Their union was graced b\ two children, a .son and d.auglitcr. James Francis, who was born Se|)t. 20, LSI.!, marrii-d Miss Lilli.iu Day. and resides in J.anesville; Louls.a. who was hoiu May 11. isi.'i. is now the wife of .lonas L. Ford, a merchant tailor of this city. ("ntil the month of June, l.S4(;, .Mr. Alden car- ried on iiicnlianilisinu' in his native .St;itc. but at that lime, having resolved to cast his lot with the |)ioneers of the West, he emigrated to Wisconsin aad settled at Janesville, Hock County. Li lK{x. he (unbarked in the grocery business .and by an earnest desire to ple;usc his customers, and careful ^^^jk^ M*- 440 ^•►H^^ ROCK COUNTY. attention to liis business, 'milt up a good tnide. successful!}' operating in tiiat line until 1«56, when he sold out and purchased a farm in the town of Rock. He then engaged in farming for eleven 3"ears, and at the expiration of tluit time, he sold his land and once more resumed the grocery l)us- Iness at .lanesville. This he continued with good success until 1885, when he retired from active life. I'.oth by his ballot and influence. Mr. Alden suji- ports tlie Republican party, and has been honored by his fellow citizens with several local oftices of trust. He served for several years as Deputy Sheriff, was Coroner for two years, from 1856 un- til 1858; was also Supervisor of Rock County, for ten years, and was assistant Sergcant-at-Arms of the Wisconsin Assembly. In 18(57, Mr. Alden w.as called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on tlie 'iSth day of November of that year. During his entire busi- ness career, our suliject was reckoned one of the influential and leading business men of Janesville. He now lives in quiet retirement, spending his de- clining years in reading and in the study of his- torical subjects that have always ()ccu[iied more or less of his leisure hours. ■^^' 'f ANIKL TASKKR, a leading citizen of jY lieloit, is numbereil among tlio honored pioneer settlers of Rock County, and probably has resided in this conimnnity longer than any other man. He was born in Woodbury. Caledonia County, Vt., on the 8th day of .Alay, 1821, and is a son of .Silas and .Susan (Collins) Tiisker, who were descended from old New Kngland stock. The father was a soldier in the War of 1812, and did valiant service at the battle of IMattsburg. He .ind his wife were the parents of seven children: .Vmanda, who married .Ste|)hen Downer, a resident of Downer's (Jrove, 111., which was named in his honor; Mary A., who became the wife of Sevey Dodge, and settled at Downer's Cirove, where they both die, his father came out and united with him in the erection of the first sawmill on the \'anderinark Creek, which they got to running the last day of that yc'ar. They first sawed the lumber to ct)ver the mill, and ne.xt the boards for the wife a cabin floor. In 1821 he erected the frame for .a two-story house, which he got enclosed, and furnished with a bi-ick oven to bake l)read. ami firepl.-ices with iron cranes and hooks to hang the ]wts and kettles on. the fol- lowing year, i>ut he did not get it plastered and painted until in 1827. When finished it was the largest and most commodious house in the neigh- borhood, and religious meetings, school and town meetings were held in it. Hi 1828 the district built a school-house, on a site furnished b\- Mr. (Jood- ■<^ ■•► 444 ROCK COUNTY. i-icli, and the following winter they hired a stove and held the first term of soliool. Mr. (Joodrieli Imiit .th ashery, in wliicli he boiii>lit ashes and mannfactiii-cil pot.-ish. lie also kept a small stoic, and a huiise of eiitiMlMinnient, .a temperance house, lie had some miiitar\ as|)ira- tions. and was chosen .Major of the State Militia. He also engaged in Imviiii; lunili shingles, 4 which he transported to llornellsville. and rafted and run them down the Sns(inehanna Uiver to mar- ket. He finally, through losses from Hoods, met with reverses in this iMisiness, which well nigh ruined him, and led him to seek .a home in the wild prairies of the West, out of sight of :\ pine hoard or tree. He induced a neighbor, Mr. II. B. C'ran- dall. to come with him on a tour of oliservati(jn, and he hired a young man, Mr. .lames I'ierc r, now of Milton, lo come and remain on the claim which he might seiaire. while he should return for his family. They left Alfred. N. Y.. the -iCtli day of June, 1838. and came lo Buffalo with a team, where they waited two or three d.ays to secure pa.ssage on a steamboat up around the lakes. Thev were in Cleveland, Ohio, .Inly the 4th, and landed in Milwaukee .Inly the 11th. They came out to the far-famed Rock River Valley on foot, with packs on their backs, Mr. (loodrich also carrying a spade to test the soil, as he said he had lived on the el.ay hard-p.-ui long enough. He was (piite rteshy, the weather w:is hot. water was scarce and long distances apart, anrl stopping places far be- tween, and diflicnit to get, wiiich made the journey wearisome for them to endure. On the Kith day of July. 18.'?8, they came out tipon the wild but beautiful little jirairie, subseqcntly called Prairie Du Lac. the J'rairie of the Lakes, where the quiet little village of .Milton now stands. They were charmed with the dark, rich, alluvial soil; with the tall, green, luxuriant grass; with the myriads of fragrant, manj'-iM>lored tlowers; with the sparkling, little, silvery surfai-ed lakes; and with the cool, refreshing shades of the orchard-like oaks; and they determined to pitch their tents theie. Mr. (ioodrich bought claims on sections 2() and "iT, and Mr. Crandall on section 28. Mr. Crandall re- turned for his family, while Mr. (ioodrich re- mained to erect a little house for a home on his -^*" claim. The pioneers had all built in the edge of tile tiiriher or groves, in fart they did not believe the center of the large prairies could ever be made into comfortable farms and homes. To them it seemed like uoiug out into a sea or lake. They se- cured limber lirst. then water, ami then |)rairie, if all could be got in one farm. But Mr. Coodrich thought all the rich, large praiiies wouhl be set- tled and made into fainis. He rdso juilged that the main leading highways, connecting Large lowiis could be made straight and direct, without regard to sectional lines. He drew an air line on the map from Chicago to Madison, ane. the lii'Sl one in Milton \illage, which he built in August. 1838. It was l(Jx20, with frame of hewed f)ak, and it was shingled and covered with oak. It had oak lloors. and was line(l with nidiurnt prairie mud brick, of which the chimney was made. It had one small, Tx'.t, glass window to each lloor. and a strong made, three pl\. battened oak, Indian i)roof door. It was the first frame house in the town, nor was there one in Janesville then. He paiiili'd it red, and it is red still, and clad in the same old oak it is stand- ing on its original site. In it he kept a store, in l.s.'is, selling i<.")()() dollai's worth of goods that year. He bought the claim for the farm now- owned by the Master of the St.ate (irange. for -i\iud sub-soil would not stand like the clay of the East, ami the art of curbing a well to them was unknown. They tried to curb it with boards put in Iengthwis4', held in place with insMe oak frames; but as each length had to be ni.adc smaller to go inside the oilier, they soon got it tapered in too sm.all for them lo work. They heard of a ui;in naineil Daniel Ihitls, who had learnccl to frame curbing so as to put in piece by piece. Mr. Butts was sent for. oak trees were cut and split into thin. Hat slaves, and these were framed much -4*- u ROCK COUNTY 4 ^1 ,i as is now done, and with tliem they succeeded in reachiiijj water at a depth of fifty feet. The\' dicw (lilt all tile yi'ound and .sanail an)' one. thus leaving an opening where the sand and gravel was likelv to come in and bury him alive, lint carefully ;u)d cat-like he crawled up from stone to stone, and when out found ('ramlall watchin<'' him si)ell-l>ound. and as while a> a ghost. Two wells have caved in with old age, and a third one has Ijeen long used near this spot and place, vet Mr. Pierce is still living, hale, hearty and well, and the same old burr-oak posts which hehl tliefiisl buckets to draw water from this first well, are still standing firmly in the ground, where thev have withstood the elements, for over fifty vears. .Ian. :!0. is:i'.t. Mr. (ioodrich started for \\ iscon- sin with his family, consisting of his wife, son and daughter, three hired men and one woman, and four companions from .Vlfred, X. ^■.. with four teams and covered wagons mounted on sleiirhs. bv the overland route. The snow was four feet deep. and on the first day's journey Mr. Goodrich's spring wagon, with himself and family, tipped over, breaking Mrs. CJoodrich's collar bone in such a manner, that the surgeon, after repeated efforts, covild not set it, and l)andage it so as to hold it in [ilacc. Thus she w.as obliged to ride witli it loose in a sling. Thus they passed througli the deep snow drifts of winter and the mud of spring; through the Great Maumee Swamp, where there were thirty-one taverns in just thirty miles; break- ing through the ice in the Calumet River, where one horse w.as drowned; passing through a vast sea of mud, in the center of which a little city called Chicago stood; fording ice-gorged rivers and creeks, where the bridges were w.ashed aw.ay.in one of which Mrs. M.axson fell out and w.as submerged; Mr. (ioodrich carrying a kicking calf on a teeteiinw pole over Turtle Creek, while a Ijcllowing cow swam the stream; and at Last arriving at the little red house out on the wild i)rairie, March 4. 183',», after a journey of thirty-four days. And there they lived in this little building, with a family of thirteen, and kept travelers besides. In it also Mr. (ioodrirh still kept the first store, there being none other in Janesville at that time. There too they held their first religious meetings, and in it he also kept the first post-ollice, in 18;{9. When Mr. Goodrich erected this pioneer build- ing, in 1838. out on the center of a wild little prai- rie, which the Government still owned, he con- ceived the idea of building up a little village here .•It the ciossing of his imaginary roads. IIu pro- l)rosed to Messrs. Storrs and McEwen, who claimed the land south of him. to join him in the enter- prise, each to .-iiipropriatc a part of the land for a large public square, .iml all to unite in getting me- chanics to locate here, by giving llicm lots to build upon, fronting his imaginary square. But they deemed the scheme too visionary, and Mr. Good- rich subsequently bought McEwen's claim to the south half of the southeast quarter of section 27, for *Go. and upon this ([uarter section, after the Government land sale, he -and Pierce platteil a pub- lic s'A)». .Socially. Mr. Northrop is a member of the I'acilic Lodge No. 58, I. (). O. F., in which he holds the position of Pa.st Grand, and has re|)rcsented the lo- cal organization in the'irand Lodge. Mr. North- 448 ROCK COUNTY. ■•►HK-* rop is a solf-niade man. Ik'iiinnihu; life in liiniteri circustauees lie lias st(>ailily wdikcd hi.-; way ii|)\v:iril to a |)ositi(>n of ea.se and alHuenc-c. and liis fair and lionoialile cour.sc in every walk . 18G.'{, leaving two children; Abigail, born .lune 27. IHO'.l, wedded Abel Beers and both departed this life in Delaware County, Mrs. Beers dying Aug. I), 1861, leaving two children to mourn her loss, ■\Villiam and Mary ; William, born Nov. 27, 1811, is our subject; .Tolin, iiorn April 1!). 1811, died in Rock Township, this county, Oct. ."i, 1 88G; Daniel, born March 18, 1818, is niariicd and resides in Delaware County. N. Y., and has a family of three children, Charles, Delva and Mary; ,lane, born Oct. 30, 1821, is the wife of Sherman Gregory, of Delaware Counly, and to them two children have have been born, one now living. DeWitt; Harriet, born Oct. 10, 182:!, wedded Rich:ird Love and, died Sept. 11. 1885, leaving eleven children, .Mary, ■William, .Sarah, .lohn, (ieorge. Burr, Daniel. \Ves- ley, Richard, Ilattie and .Samviel; Esther, born May 12, 1826, is the wife of .U'rcmiah (Jregory. and had two children, one living. Dclos; Kli/.a. born Dec. 6, 1826. is the widow of llirain I'liller. b\ whom she had three children, two of them arc living. Smith and Daisy. The father of these children was a Democrat in pfilitics and a supporter of the .lelTersonian princi- ples. His death occured M.ay 28. \X:)'.K and Mrs. Aherson. who was a consistent member of the Bapti.st Church, deiiarted this life Dec. 1, 1868. The early years of our subject were spent in the uneventful routine of farm life, he assisting his fa- ther in the developemenl and cidtivation of the farm uhtil attaining man's estate. I lis opportunities for procuring an education were limited, the advant- ages he received being such as were affiirded by the district schools of that early day. In 18;!7, he made a trip to the West, visiting Chicago. Mihv.au- kec and v:irious places in Michigan with a view to making a location. The country at that time wa.s one vast wilderness and he returned to New York without having accomplished the object of his visit. Locating in Chautauciua (V>unt\, N. Y.. after his return to the Last, he there formed the acquaintance of Miss Rho-*^^ ■ ^ -<* M^^ ^If^^ KOCK COINTV, 14!» , , liiiiiiij; wliicli time lio hired over fortj' teachers. lie hns jriveii iiiiifh i)f his time ami nlteiition In educa- liiiiiai inleiesls. lielieviiiij education to he a iiece.-- sai\ (jualilicalioii for >;ood citizenship. Five children weic horn of the union of Mr. and Mrs. AI\iM>oii. MMiiicly; William II. ('.. hoi ii .Ian. 12, I.S4.'5. in Sheridan. ('haut,au(iiia Co., .\. V., is one of the |ironiiuenl husiness men of l)es Moines_ Iowa, and is the liuslinnd of Miss Mary E. Nye, hy whom OIK! chilli has liceii horn. Jessie N.: (leorge M.. horn -Mav 1 ;?, 1.S17. the youngest. The mother of these children de- parted this life June 12, 1888, at the .'ige of sixty- eight years. She was :i trueand consistent Chris- tian, and a niiMnhcr of the Mrlliudist K|iisi-i)|ial Church of Iteloit, which in her death lost one of its most active workers and one who cheerfidl}' dill what >lic ciiuld fur the Master's cause. Mr. -Vlverson's lirst introduction to Wisconsin occurred in 1837, and since 18 11, he has heen a licrinaniiit resident of Rock Countiy'. During tlic I'arly days of its history, he shared the trials and privations incident to pioneer life, such as come to those in every i-ninmmiily who lay the funiidatiim for a new count}'. lie has not onl\' witnessed hut has also liceii an active participant in the great chaiiiics (hat have t;iUen [ilace. iiohly hearing his part in the arduous laliors o( developing the land from its primitive condition. During all these years, his honoralilc. upright course of life lisis won him the conlidenreand respect of many friends, hy whom he is held in the highest re<;ard. 4 K. CII.M!IJ';s M. S.Ml Til. a Icadinu phy- sici.iii of lOvausville, Wis., was horn in Callaraugus Co., N. Y., June 2.'>tli, 18;!l, and is a son of .laeoli and Delana (Rich) Smith, holli of whom were nativi's of New York; (he former horn .March 21, 18(UI. ami the la((er. May II, 18 Hi. Jacoli Smidi was a farmer and followed thai oc- cupatitn through life. In 18.'?(i ho removed from Onondago County to what was known as Catta- iMMgns County, on the Holland Land purchase, "here he lionght I ,)0 aire> of wild, heavily tira- hered land. Erecting a log-cahin, he then pro- ceeded to clear his land, ami in time had a well luKivateil f.anii. lie hoiight three different farms in tlia( vicinity and there endnrcMl all the hard- ships incideni to pioneer life. To .lacoh and Delana Smith were liorii cighl i-iiiMicn, all yet liv- ing in the neighhorhood of the old homestead, with llie exception of Ahira. deceased, .Mary H., wife of Rev. C. M. I'ullen. an Episcopal minister at Houghton, Mich., formerly of ELkhorn, Wis., and the suliject of this sketch. In order of liirtli the children were as follows: Katherine. horn .June 3(1, 18;{2: Charles M., June 25. 18:il: James \l., .Ian. 10. I8.i(;; Alvira. May I'J. 1838, died Nov. 2."), 18U; Judson, horn April 2'J. 1811; Arvilla. Dec. 31, 1813; Mary R., .May 23, 18 18; Matilda. Oct. 13, 18.5."). Jacoh Smith and wife were prominent memliers of tile .Methodist Episcopal Church and look an active part in the advancement of religion. Politically, he was a Whig. Few men were hetter known in the county in which he lived. Alw.ays active, he particiiiated largely in the development of Catla- ragus County, which is now one of the most noted foi' its production of fruits and for its dairies and tine stock. Mv. .Smith made a speciality of fine stock, and on his farm could .always lie found (he hest grade of anim.als. For years he was a large contractor for r.aihvay timher, such as ties and wood. He went. to his tinal rest .March 13. I87'J, and w.ns buried in New Albion cemelery near his home. The good wife hore with him the hard- ships of pioneer life, preceding her hiisband to the unknown world, December, 22, 18(i4. Charles M. Smith, the sul»je<-t of this sketch, resided with his parents in his native State until the age of twenty, a.ssisting in the cultivation of the farm and attending the common schools as the op- portunity .atfordcd him. In 18.")1 he left the par- ental roof and started out in life for himself. IJclicving the West atTonlcd a hetter opportunity for advancement in life than the K:\^t. he came to Wisconsin and located in the town of Brookl\ n. Green County., where he engaged as a farm hand. He soon afterward tiiught his lirst school at Day- 4;')n »» ■ ^" ROCK COUNTY. ton. Wis., .-i five moiillis Utiii. For llie next tlirei' years he attciifled llio Albion Acadamy in Dane County, Wis., and tausrlit liiree winter terms in Evansville, Wis. In 18.57 lie commeuced liic study of nie, || .Johnstown Township, is engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He is a native of (l!^// Oneida County-, N. Y., where his birth oc- curred .lune 10. 1823. and is a son of John and Alvira Parker. His parents were both natives of Connecticut, the former born in Watertown, and the latter iu Litchlield. 'IMiey had a large family of children. Tryphena. the eldest, is the wife of I'evmet Mattoon, a retired farmer of Madison County, N. Y.. and unto them have been born live children, three of whom arc now living; Virgil W., who wedded Jiili.a E. Ilyer, a resident of New .ler- sey. died on the Mth day of January, 188!), in New- .•irk, N. .1.; (ieorgc Clinton wedded Marietta Cleve- l.'ind. of Oucid.-i Cuuiity, X. Y., whose death oc- curred in May, 18.hl', and on the 17th day of Janu- lu-y, 18H7 he was called to his final home, leaving one child — a son ; Anna Maria became the wife of ]>r. N. S. I)a\is, a native of Chenango County, N. Y., now a leading physici.an in Chicago, and unto them have been born lliiee ciiildren, only one of whom is now living; John J., of this sketch, is the ne.xt in order of birth; Wells S. is a resident of Harlem, Winnebago Co., 111.: Linneu.s, who wedded Sally .Sides, and after her death became the .hus- band of Kate Kurrows, by whom he had three chil- dren, died M.arch 12, 1885, in New Orleans; Lucy Elvira is the wife of George .ludd, a native of New York, now living in Springfield. 111., and to them was born one child, who died July 25, 18()5; James Oscar died in infancy; Abiram also died in infancy; Caroline makes her home witii her sister, Mrs. Davis, of Chicago; James Oscar, the second of that name, married Clara Kelly, by whom he has three children, and is now a coal dealer of Chicago; Ellen Josephine Swing is the wife of Sylvanus Lock, a native of Otsego County, N. Y., now living in Iloosick Falls, of that State, and they have four children, three sons and a daughter. The father of this family died in .lolmstown Township. Jan. 31. 1 800, and his wife departed this life Sept. 20, 1800. The education of our subject was received in the common district schools of his native county, rthere he was reared to manhood. He has followed the occupation of farming throughout his entire life, and is now one of the leading farmers of Johns- town Township. Thiidiing that the advant-iges af- forded young men were better in the growing West than in the older Stjites of the Exst. he emigrated to Wisconsin, and in 18.").') purchased a farm. The fol- lowing year he settled permanently in the county, becoming a resident in March, and in May was fol- lowed by his father's family. He is now the owner of a line farm, comprising 197 acres of the richest land in .lohnsti^wn Township, which he has placed under a high state of cultivation. On the .')th day •4*- ■► ^■ 1 ^» t^ 454 ROCK COUNTY. **^~ir~^* of September. 1866, he was joined in wedlock with Ciiroline CicMiciil, a daughter of .Inliii mid Leim Anil (dordoii) Clement, who weiv natives of .Scho- liari(! ('oiiiity, N. Y. Thcjy had the followinij cliildivn, of whom Mrs. I'arkcr, wlio was born Nov. 10, 1847. is tlie eldest; .Mary who became the wife of .M. K. Gdbert. is living in Wliitcwaler. Wal- wiirlh Co.. Wis., and to Iheni have been l)orii live I liildren. four of whom are living: David is a resi- dent farmer of Walworth County; Nettie who be- came the wife of 1). C. Howard, a citizen of White- water, died in .bily, 1«H8, leaving one child; l.ydia wedded J. McCarii, who also makes his home in Whitewater. Our subject and his wife began their domestic life upon the farm in Johnstown Townslii|), where they have resided continuously since. In connec- tion with general farming, he engages quite extens- ively in stock-raising, and in 1878 commenced operating a dairy. He owns at present twenty -five head of cattle, principally of the sliorl-horn breed, and nianiifactnres on an average 1 00 pounds of butter per week fnmi October until June, and being a first- class article, it finds a ready sale in the market. Mr. I'arkcr possesses good business ability, and his success in life is due chiefly to his own efforts. In ])olilics he is a supporter of the Democratic parly, having ciist his ballot with that organization since ■itlaining his majority'. Fine portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Parker are found upon another page of this work. -» #-# ^ AMMOND SAMUEL AMES, tiic genial and III 5)) P"l*"l'"' liveryman of South lilutT street, 'J^<^ Janesville, is a Veteran I'nion soldier. He f^i is the only sou of Lester Ames — one of the early settlers of Center Township — and was born in Chautainpia County, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1843. His granerof the Methodist Church, and a prominent Whig and Republican. He served .as Justice in Byron, and was wiired. He then sold his farm and, leaving the children with his parents. came west to look for a new home. In the autumn of 1845 he purchased a farm in Center Township, on which he settled in the spring of 1846. His death occurred in August, 1865, and was caused by cancer, whicli carried him off at the early age of fift3'-one years. His religious connections were with the .Methodist Church. He was an earnest RepublicJin and an active supporter of the pul)lic schools, in whose nian.agement he was often called to otticiate. For his second spou.se he took Mrs. Betsey Hice, a widowed sister of his first wife, who bore him i>ne daughter. Following are the names of his offspring, in order of birth: Adaline J., died at Footville. while the wife of Charles Camp- bell; she was a teacher and taught in the Footville school two years before lier marriage. Jose|iliiiie. also a tead er. married CiiarlesG. Hunt, and died at Janesville in 18G4. Hammond is the tliirtL Eleanor (Mrs. Sanford B. Haynor) resides in Chi- •► k <•- h ROCK COUNTY. 455 cHjio. Klvha I)., now tlie wife nf Daniel Shiiw. ilnells (111 tlic lionu'slcail near Kootvillc. H. S. Anu's was roared in lioeiv Cuiiiity. and wa.s eiiiicated al the piililic scIiodIs in Kiiolviiie and .lanesville. ^Vilen sevemeen years old lie enuaii'eil as eierk in the store of IJennetli it Hostwick, at .)anes\iile, where lie continued a year and a iialf. On liie ontlireak of thel'i\il War he was aiiioiiij; the lirst to enlist — his name beinu enrolled as a nii'niher of Company E. r)th Wisconsin Infanlrv. This was on the -ioth of April, l.-<(il. \\\n:n the regiineiit went into camp al Madison he joine(l it. and this gave the first knowleiige of his enlistment to his father. The latter proeiired his release, lie- eaiise of his youth, and liroujiht him home to the farm. .Vfter a few days si)cnt in the liaytield. the patviotie youth determined to ;igaiii join ids veix'i- ment. whieli was now ahout to move to Washinsr- ton. Sceurini; permission to drive his favorite horse to .lanesville. he there gave the animal in charge of a neighbor to drive home, and proceeded b\ rail io join the brave Fifth. 'J"he first service of the resiinient consistcil in (pielling a riot at Mil- waukee, after which it went to \\ ;ishingloii and became part of the Army of the Potomac, under Brig. (ieii. King. It was soon transferred to Gen. W. S. Hancock's brigade and went into winter camp on the Virginia side of the I'otoniac. The lirsi battle in wliich Mr. Ames took part was that of Williamsburg, ^'a., May ■'). 1XG2. For its action in this engagement the regiment was personally addressed liy (Jen. McClellan in words of thanks and warm praise. Here Mr. Ames was slightly wounded in the ankle. He was then siicccssivelv expo.sed at Golden's Farm, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill. Crampton's (Jap, An- lietani, Fredericksburg anil Marye's Heights. In February, IHOS. the "Light Division" of the Gth corps was formed by (ien. Pratt for special service in reconnoisances and movements requiring great activity, and this included the 5th Wisconsin. The storming of Mary's Heights was undertaken on the .id of May. in the face of a ti-rrible opposition, and in the jiseent of that steep slope. Corporal Ames was shot through the left thigh. After lying nearly two mouths in Armory Sipiare IkispiUd. at W.-wh- ington, he was granted a forty days' furlough for re(iupcration. He reioined the regiment in August, at New York City. wlier.> it was employed for some time in enforcing ih- iliaft. Their lirst action, aftm- again joining the (lih corps, was at Uappa- hannocli Station, and the next, al Locust Grove, in the Mine liiiii cxpcdiiion. During the first days' fight of the Wihlcrness campaign, Sergt. .Vmes w:is shot through both thighs and was discharged — his three years' term of enlistment having been for some time expired. After recovering from these injuries be was appointed, on the recommendation of his former olliccis, to the position of distribut- ing clerk in the (piartermaster's department at Jlem- jihis, Teiin. This he was compelled to resign at the end of six months, by serious illness, and was un- fitted for business for a year. After farming a year he bought a half interest in a drug store at Hoscobcl. Tiring of store confinement he sold out and bought a farm near Urodheatl, which he oper- ated till he purchased his jiresent place of business in liSHd. He h.as a fine propcrt\-, including two resi- dences, and enjoys a good business. He is a member of the G. A. R.,a Royal Arch Mason and Odd Fel- low. He attends Christ Episcopal Church, of which his wife is a member. His wedding took place Oct. 18. 18(>5, the bride being Miss N'ictoria Arm- strong, a native of (Jroton, N. V. Her brother. Dr. L. G. Armstrong, was a department surgeon during the War of the Rebellion, and is now Presi- dent of the Wisconsin State Medical Association. Mr. and Mrs. Ames are valued members of J.anes- ville society, and enjoy the peace which they have earned. farmer residing on section 5) 21t, Newark Township, is numbered among the leading citizens of the county, and is one of the self-m.ade men, who, having started in life in limited circumstances, have by industry, thrift and economy gained a comfortable com- petence. He is a native of France, born .March .'5, 1837, and a son of Philip anil .Mary X. (Cousin) Lieb. The father, who w.-is a shoemaker by trade, was a native of (iermany, while the mother w.as born in France. They became the parents of six children: Philip, a resident of Rice County. Minn.; 456 ••» ROCK COUNTY. 4^ Vincent, who is engaged in farming in tliat county; Uiclianl .1.. wlio is engaged in nieiciiandlsing in Hlce County; Frances, wife of I'. Halielt; Adeline, wlio is living in Rice County, Minn.; and Frank, of tliis siieteli. roundings indicate tlirift and refinement. In con- nection witii his farm, he also owns a good dwell- ing in lieloit. In politics Mr. Lieb is a RepuMican. He cast his first presidential vote in this country witli tlu^ Demociatic parly. Iiut since that time lias In the fall of IHj'i'i the family crossed the Allan- been a faithful adherent to the KepuMican party. tic and came to America, settling first in Hock County, where the fathei- purchased a small farm in Newark Township. From that home one by one the children stalled out in life, and all are now well-to-do citizens of Alinnesota. with the excep- tion of our suliject. The death of the mother occurred in 1 ST I, ami the following year the father was laid in his final resting place. IJoth were members <>f the old Calholic Church, and were peoi)le beloved for their many excellencies of character. Our subject remained under the parental roof until going toa home of liisown,aud in l.S5"2canie with the other members of the family to this eouu- lr\-. In the month of September, lisdil, he w:is united in marriage with Miss Louisa liealew who was also a native of France. Her parents, .lohn and Catherine Hcaley. are luiiubered among the early settlers of Ilock County, having become resident.s in 1848. They were lionoreii and esteemed liv all who knew them, and gained many friends, whose love and confidence they always retained. Her father died in this county in 1858, her mother surviving him until 1871. They were parents of five children, all of whom are living in Newark Township, the sons, Peter, F'rederick, (ieorgeand Charley, being eng.aged in .agricultui-al pursuits. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Lieb has been graced by the birth of three children : Charles, a grocer of Chicago; Frank, who is at home; and Belle, wife of .loseph Garigan, a shoe dealer of Chicago. As before statecl, Mr. Lieb is a self-made man. After his arrival in .\merica he began working by the month, but with characteristic energy determined r>y his fellow citizens he has been liouore, 1 8(i5. Mrs. White was in her maidenhood Miss Amelia Pyre. She is a native of New York, in which State her mother was also born, but her father w.as a native of France. Mr. and -Mrs. White .are the parents of five chil- dren, but onl}' two are now living: Harriet, the eldest, who was born Dec. 25, 1805, and Wilna \'., the youngest, born April 25, 1882. They have re- to succeed. By industry and economy he at length ceived good educational advantages, and Harriet became able to purchase a farm of .seventy-live before her marriage pursued a course in music. On acres, and from time to time he has extended its boundaries until now 250 acres pay tribute to his care and cultivation. His stock is of the best grades, ever^' improvement necessary to a well regulated farm has been made, and the entire sur- M* the 1 Ith of January. 1888, she married W. F. F:iy, .Ir., of Madison, N. .1. Those deceased are: Mag- gie, who was born March 2, 18G9; Alexander. Jr., born .Sept. 22, 1874, and Helena, born Aug. 14, 1880, The darkest shadow cast on the lives of Mi. ^ ■<^ ►HI-* ROCK COUNTY. 457 and Mrs. White was at the death of their little son Alexander, a l)right eyed boj' of live years, the pet and joy of the household, wliowiis most cniclly and Iinitall3' murdered. After his marriage Mr. While ]iurch;iM'ci ;i laiin of riO .aeres on sections 1(> and 21. Porter Towu- shi|i. since which lime he has been engaged in agri- cultural |)ursuits. In the spring of 1S67. selling that faiin he bought 2(0 .acres of fine arable land on section 13. where he yet resides. Me has made many fine improvements, and in connection with llic cultivation of his lanil hi' gives considcraliic ceived in his native land, his school life being fin- ished after tlie emigration of the family to this country. After arriving at man's estate, he w;l> united in marriage with Miss I. ('. Larson, who was also born in Norway, and came with her p.a- rents to America wiicn six years of age. The young couple began their domestic life upon a farm, and six chihlren. yet living, erjice their uni*<- of .age, and is engaged in farming on the old home- stead. wed(lc(I .lulia Dixon, who is of Xorwe^ian descent, and they have one child; Levi .Inlius is now eng.'iged in farming in Minnesota, and is twen- ty-tive years of .-ige; Clara .lulian:i. Charles Henrv and Nellie Alviiia, tlie three youngest children, are aged respectively twenty, eighteen and sixteen years. The children have all received excellent edncatioiiMl a(l\:nitages. fitting them for usi'ful .and responsible positions in lifc-uid Cli.-irles graduated from the commercial college of Decorah. Iowa, on the nth day of March, 18.s;i, and is now assistinir his father at home. Mr. Lever is numbered among tlie honored pio- neers of the county, and has been n jiaiticipant of the trials and inconveniences incident to life on the frontier. The nearest market place during the early days of his liist settlement, was Milwaukee. W one time, being obliged to go to that citv. he hired two men, paying each fifty cents per dav. secured twote.amsof two yoke of oxen, and loading seventy-five bushels of wheat into his wagons, started on the journey. The mud was deep, and it rained every clay, while one night they were out in a storm, but at length reached Milwaukee, where LK\'F,I?, a rcpresentjitive citizen and far- he disposetl of his whcit. receiving only twentv- mer of I'lymouth Township, whose home is five cents per bushel. During those early d.ays, on section 32. is a native of Norway, and Mrs. Larson, the mother-in-l:iw of our subject. once was lp()rn in November 18;32. In IXIl he came made a trip to .lanesxille on foot, carrying a pail of with his parents to America, the family locating on eggs, and returned the same day, having walked a a farm on section .'!() and .'il.in the town of Ply- i distance of twenty-nine miles. Slie was then fifty- ■nouth. live years of age. At another time, accompanied The primaiN education of our subji^l was re- , bv Mrs. Lever, who was then in her sixteenth year. -^ — ; \ :_^ r 458 ROCK COUNTY. ^i^K-* 4 she walked to AVioto, forty miles distant in one day. Tliough the trials of pioneer life were many, they were not unmixed with pleasure. Mr. Lever has ahvay-s taken great interest in the affairs of tlie conununity, and has borne no inconsideralilo part in the advancement of its interests. He was pres- ent at the erection of the first building ever put u]) in Orfordville, which was raised on Christmas Day, 184G. His life work has been that of farming, and lie has resided at his present home for tlie past thiity years. His first purchase of land consisted of 1G5 acres, but at different times lie li.as added to it, until now 320 broad acres pay tribute to tiie care and cultivation which he bestows upon it. In politics, Mr. Lever advocates the principles of the Hepubliean p.arty, and htis served as P.ithmaster. His family are members of tlie Luther.an Church, and hold a high position in the social world. Mr. Lever's lionie is situated on a natural building spot, surrounded with ornamental and shade trees. Ills wife, who has shared his joys and sorrows, has been truly a liejpmate to liim. Their lionie is a plciisant one. and one feels at ease while enjoying their hospitality. i, HOP. .1. E. C()L1:M.\N, the popular and efficient Principal of Kv.ansville Seminary, w.is born in Wyoming County, N. Y.. on the 27th day of Pebruary. 18.").'), and is a son of the Uev. George W.and .lane (I'.iisli) Cole- man, both of whom were natives of Wyoming {'mintv. and are now residents of Kvansville. They located in that town in 185.T, responsive to a call from the Pree Methodist Church, of which Mr. Coleman is now general superintendent or bishop, lie and his wife were the parents of seven children, three sons ami four daughters: Carrie .1., an ac- complished lady, and a successful teacher in the Seminar}', died in Kvansville, in the spring of 1880; Charles Henry was graduated from the Kvansville Seminary, in the class of 18)SG, and in- tended pursuing a collegiate course at Beloit, but death claimed him as its victim, Feb. 28, 1887; two sisters. Mrs. N. G. Catton and S. Klla, are still residents of New York; Julia M., the 3'oungest 4* daughter, is still residing with her parents; George K. is a resident of the town of Union. Our subject, being the son of a Meliiodist cler- gyman, received his preparatory eilticalion at va- rious places, as the father assuineil the p.astorate of different charges, in accordance with the plan of the Pree Methodist Church. At length, entering the University of Kochester, N. Y.. he was grad- uated from that institution in the class of IHTK.and shortly afterward came to l-^vansvijle to accept the Superintendency of the Seminary. The Kvansville Seminary is one of the oldest educational institu- tions of Rock County, having been organized b^- citizens as a stock company, in 1.^55, the building being erected in 1X57. Not long after the esl^di- lishment of the school it w.is placed in charge of the Methodist Episcopal Church, under whose con- trol it remained for ten years, when it was jilaced under the supervision of the Pree IJajjlist Church, continuing under the charge of that denomination for about the same length of time. It w.ns not ex- empt from the general decline that came to all .schools of its character, immediatelj' following and consequent upon the War of the Rebellion, aiifl for a period of five j-ears remained closed, when it was revived by the Free Methodist Church, under whose auspices it has since been conducted. Mr. Coleman became the Su()erinti'ndent of the school at the time of its re-opening, whlcii occurred Sept. 11, 188(1. and under his .administration the institu- tion has regained much of its former popularity. and is now in a thriving condition. In l,s,s,s an elegant addition w.as built to the institution, which now constitutes the assembly building for school work, the older structure being used chietlv as a dormatory. In 1871) Pi'of. Coleman returned to the East, and w.as united in marri.age with Miss Lucy .M. Scllew, who was born near Dunkirk, N. V.. .M.ay 2:i, I «;').■{. and was educateil at the A. M. Chesbrough .Semi- nary, of Monroe Count}-. After completing her studies she w.as employed as an instructor in that institution, and at the time of her marriage was oc- cupying the position as preceptress. On coining to Kvansville with her husband she w.as at once In- stalled as preceptress in the seminar}-, and for six- teen years of her life was a successful teacher. Her 4 ■» w "^ ROCK COUNTY. 4« 459 4~ death oci-urred on llic lOtli flay of January, 188!), Miicl iiniveil licit only a irreat affliction to her hu.s- liand. I)iit a sail loss to the Institution, ami to the conuiuinily in which she vesided. She was enii- neiilly silecessfMl in iier chnseii wiirlc. and to -i sn- periur lact in inaiiajicnienl ad(h'd i;ieat aliility as a leaehi'i'; and tlie success to which the academy ha.s altaincd nuclei- its present niMnairciiient is due in no small deyreetd her unliriui; effiirts. By her pupils she was respected ami helnved. and liy her many ac(|uaintanccs held in the hijihest regard. For two years preceding her death Mrs. Colenian served .as President of the W. C. 'V. U.. of Evansville. and was ever a faithful and ellicient worker in that so- ciety. .She was a woman of exalted Christian vir- tues, and left the stamp of her eminent character on the minds of those she trained. At her death she left an infant son. lo whom she gave her lius- hand's name. I'rof. C'oh'man is a ;^eiitleiiian of intelligence .and culture, and of earnest religious convictions. For many years he has lieen a luemher of the Free iMclhodist C'liiiich. of which lie is also a minister. His long administration of the Kvansville .Seminary has met with ll;:it success which ever attends an earnestness of purpose when properl\- jj;uidecl and directed. -«! #«# i.^ ~5j^ ilAKI.IvS A. ('()LBV,wlio is engaged in the restaiir.-uit liusiiu'.ss .at Clinton. Wis., was horn in New A'ineyard. Fiaiililin Co., Me., on the l.ith day of .Inly. IH;!l). His parents. Na- tliaii I), .and .Syliil ( I'case) Colliy, were also natives of the same .St.ate. and in 1.SI2, when our suliject was hut three years of age. emigrated to Hock County, settling in IJiloit, which w.as then a small village, there being luil thiee houses on flic west side of tlie river. Their family numbered scncu ehildn'ii, as follows: Al|)lieus, the eldest, enlisteil in the .id Maine Infantry and gave his life in de- fence of ids country, being killed at the liattle of Frederick; Charles .\.. of this sketch, is the second in order of birth: Willi.ani is now editor of the Fi-fp /'/Y'.s.s. published at ilurliugton. Wis.; Alvin 1'. is now editing the Union (irove Eiit^'rpri.sfi; Ida is the wife of Nelson Mclvec, a resident of Beioit; Nathan is editor of the Pecatonica A^etrs. published at Pecatonica, 111.; Frank is a resident farmer of Chase City, \'a. Since removing with his family to Rock County in KS12. Nathan Colby h.as nia.le his home here, lie is now seventy-nine years of .age. and is :i highly respected citizen. In early life he cast his ballot with the old Whig party, voted for William Henry Harrison in 1H40, and in 1H,S8 sujiported the illustrious graiids«m of that Ceneral. His sons have all followed in the foot- steps of their father in the political life, and are worthy and valued citizens. The de.ath of Mrs. Colby occurred in December, 1884. She w.a.s a most estimable lady and a sincere and consistent Christ- ian, a member of the Methodist K[iiscopal Chuich. Coming with his paients to Rock Comity at the early age of three years, our subject w.as reared fo manhood in ISeloit, receiving his education in the public schools of that city. With fearful interest he watched the dark cloud of war which gathered over the country, determined that if necessary he would strike a blow for his country's freedom. When Ft. Sumter was fired upon and its echoes went thundering over the land he at once prepared for war and ere three days h.ad pa.ssed had offered his services as a defender of the stars and stripes, enlisting in Company F, 1st Wisconsin Infantry, under Col. (afterward fieneral) Starkweather. Be- ing mustered in at Milwaukee, the regiment was then sent to Chainbersbnrg. Pa., thence to \\ il- liamsp'jrt and on to P'alling Waters, where they met the eneni\ in an engagement, several of the comp:iny being wounded, while one, George Drake, was killed, the date of his death beinij .Tidy 2, ISCl. In .Viignst, the term of enlistment, three months, having expired, they were mustered out of service. On the .'iOth day of the same month Mr. Colby rc-enlisfed, becoming a member of the 4lli Wiscon- sin IJatleiy, under Capt. .lohn \alee. The Com- pany was mustered in at Itacine, and in January, 18(;2, wjis sent to Washington, D. C, then on to Baltimore and subse k ^» "^r^ 460 ROCK COUNTY. -t berland" and the "Congress," two of the best ves- sels of the Union Navy. Tlie victory there aciiicved was the first real success gained by the I'nion Navy, and the feeling of joy whicii swept over tiie country, when the result w:is announced, can better be imagined than described. That scene, Mr. Colby says, was the grandest sight which he has ever been permitted to witness. In May, 1863, the tth Wisconsin IJattery was ordered from Suf- folk .•md participated in the raid on Yorktown undiT (Jen. Dix, tlien on to (ili)uccsler Point, where it was stationed until the following fall. Orders then came to go into winter quarters .at Portsmouth, and the following spring it participated in the lilackwater raid, after which it marched to .lames River, under the command of (ien. Butler, and was in the front ranks during the siege of Richmond, which continned during the greater part of the summer. At the buttle of Malvern Hill, the army suffered defeat, losing all their guns, which the}' recaptured, however, on the 1st of next May. After the surrender of Lee, when hostilities had ceased, the com))any was discliarged and mustered out at Richmond. Returning to his home at the close of the, war. Mr. Colby there remained until the spring of 1866, when, being attracted by the discovery of gold at Pike's Peak he crossed the plains to Colorado, and remained in the west for one yeai-. Returning to his home in 1.S70. he was united in marriage with Miss Martlia A. Hilton, a daughter of Adam and I'^lizabeth Hilton, eaily settlers of Heloit. The l:\dy is a native of Oswego, N. ^■., and by their union one chilil h.'is l)een born, Cliarles N. In .Inly, 1871, Mr. Colby removed to Milwaukee, where he remained until the fall of 1881, when he went to Burlingtiin. Wis., and eng.aged in the res- tnarant business for about a year and a half. At the end of that time l-.e sold out and removed to .lanesville. lint subsequently resided in Rockford, where he made his home until coming to Clinton. He here embarked in the restaurant busine.ss, and has built up a good trade, which he richly deserves. He po.ssesses that I'liergy aiul ability which ensures success, and is a leading citizen of the community where the greater part of his life has been spent. In political alliliations, he is a stalwart Rei)ublican, and sociall}-, is a member of the G. A. R. Post. We are pleased to record his sketch in the history of his adopted county, knowing that it will be le- ceived with jjleasure by his many friends. EY. DANIEL WOOD EDWARDS, of Beloit. Wis., was born in Lelianon. York Co., Mc. ( )ct. 1 1 , 182.">. His ]ia'e!its wx'ix' .lames S. and \^ Caroline M. (Wood) Edwards, the former born Oct. 24. 1800. When our subject was but three months old his mother was called from this life and he went to live with his grandmother Wooil. in whose fnmilj' he remained until attaining his majority. His primary' education was received in the schools of his native town, and in IMli! he emigrated to Honu', .Vshtabula Co.. Ohio, and at- tended the (icauga .Seminary, where he was .a schoolmate of <;en. Garlield. In 1848 he first came to Wisconsin and traveled extensively over the State as an itinerant preacher. He did not work for pay. as he bore his own expenses, but his labors were for his Master. He was instrumental in organizing several churches through the Stale, and his work was productive of much good. In 18.")1 he went to Iowa and preached fur nearly two years, and was present at the organizing of the Free-Will Baptist yearly meeting of Iowa. In 18,53 he was ordaineil as a minister of the Fiee-Will Bap- tist Church, after which he was engaged in i):usloial work at various pl.iccs. In 13r)8 he located at Durand, III., where he o|)ened and carried on a jewelry store until 1860, when he became a resi- dent of Beloit. That same year he was united in marriage with Airs. Mary (iilman. widow of Isa;tc H.tiilnian and a daughter of David and Irena Mc- Neil. Her i)arents were natives of Vermont, and in 1814 emigrated to Walworth Conntj-. Wis., where they were among the early settlers. They were devoted Christian people and belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. McNeil died in Wahvorth County in 18.')4. after which his wife came to Beloit. where her death occurred in Sep- temlicr. 1888. at the age of eighty-nine years. Mrs. Edwards by her former marriage h.ad seven children, three of whom are living— Samuel E '^U ^^ ^ mm ).,^ X w ««?". ^^ -4*- ROCK COUNTY. 463 who is engaged in the livery business at Sedalia, Mo.; (^eoige A., of Bcloit, and Isaac H. For tiie past few j'ears Mr. Edwards has been engaged in the manuf.aeturing of Kdwards' Altera- tive and Tonic Hitlers, which lie patented in 1882, and which lias become well known through the Northwest, also the Balm of Life. For the past forty years he has been identified with the history of Wisconsin, and has been an eye-witness to the manj- great changes which have transformed it it from a wild and iin.settled region into one of great fertility. He has borne his part in the great work of development and progress, and Lakes an active interest in the welfare iif the comniiinitv. <)N. ANDHEW HARLASS, apn.miiuiit and y influential farmer, residing on section .'JG, ^-^^' Ilarnumy Township, is inunbered among (^) llic pioneer setlleis of Ro( k County, of which he lias been a resident since 1842. He was horn in the jiarish of Kinross, near Loch Leven, Scotland, on the .")l)lli day of Scplcniljc'r, I S22, .■uul his parents, David and .Mary (Marshall) liarlass. were also natives of that country. His father was born in llic year I8(i2. ami icmaincd a resident of Scotland 4iiitil his death, which occurred in 18;!(). He was a farmer l>y occupation and wedded AL-iry Marshall, who was born .Ian. 1 1. ISdi). They were the parents of four children — Andrew, of this sketch; Thomas, who is living in ISradford town- ship; Helen, widow of liobert lirown, who died Aug. 7, 18(!l,is living in Harmony township; and D.avid. the youngest, is also a resident of the same township. In iS-ll, tlic mother, accompanied by tw() ehildreii, came to America, making her home with our subject until her death, which occurred .Ian. 1 I, IHT.'i. .Andrew li.arlass received a common school edu- cation in his native land, being for a time a |)upil of a nephew of Robert Burns, Scotland's most noted poet. He was reared to farm life, but the monotony and (piiet attendant upon agricultural pnisuits was wearisome to him, who full of life and ambition felt restrained by the narrow limits of his home, and at an early age he started out <■ with the determination to make his future home in the new world. On the -i.ith day of July, 1842, a sailing vessel left the port of Glasgow for America and upon its deck was Andrew Barlass. Landing at New York on the 9th d.ay of September following, he then went up the beautiful Hudson to All)any, whence he proceeded to Buffalo, going by way of the Erie canal. At that city, he embarked on the lake steamer, "Bunker Hill," which bore him to Chicago, where he secured a team and continued his travels to Janesville, which he reached on the 20tli day of October. The succeeding two years he engaged in farming for an uncle, when in 1844, he purch.ased eighty acres of land on section 36, Harmony Township, comprising a part of his present farm. In the meantime his mother had come to Anu'iica, and after his |)urcliase continued to keep house for our subject until his marriage. Mr. Barlass was united in the holy bonds of matrimony with Miss Margaret Clink, a daughter of Hugh Clink, and to them were liorn four child- ren — Margaret, born Dec. I. 1H47, is the wife of David Clark, a resident of Harmony; Mary, who was born May 1, 18 19, wedded Robert Clark, whose home is also in Harmony Township; Helen, born Sept. 7, 18.">(t, became the wife of David Duncan, a practicing physician of Chicago; Daviil, who was born Sept. 1 1, 18.")!, and is now livinir in Hastings, Neb., is serving his third terra as sherilT of Adams County, that State. In 1851, the death of the mother f)ccurred. Ten years elapsed and Mr. Barlass was again married, Margaret wnship, where he still makes his home. He is a man of more than ordinary ability, is one of the strictest integrity' .and possesses a reputation f<)r f.air deal- ing. He is genial jind accommodating and holds an enviable place in the regard nf his many fi lends In early life, ^Ir. Cooper was a Whig, but when Gen. ■Iacks(m was a candidate for Presidency sup- ported the Democratic parly. At the organi- zation of the Free-Soil party, he was among the first to espouse that cause, and being in favor of abolition, when the Republican party was formed to prevent the further extention of slaver^', he joined the ranks of that great organization. He h.a.s been honored by his fellow-citizens with sev- eral official positions of trust, and while residing in Walworth County was elected .Tustice of the Peace and Notary Puljlic. ha.s served as Notary Public of Rock County, and when there were but seven Supervisors in the entire county, he was electe-ens. and is well-informed on all the leading issues of the d.-iy. It is Mr. Van Kirk's intention to soon retire from active mercantile business, and we join with his many friends in wishing him a long life in his beautiful home, surrounded by his family, that he may enjoj' the fruits of his labor. ■'•«Cj12127©-*@»'^^^>-^^JOT»>--, ^j, NDREW STEVENS, an honored pioneer of Lill Rock County, now residing in Janesville, was born in the town of Stamford, Conn., Dec. 5, 1810. His paternal ancestry set- tled in that State before the French and Indian War, which began in 1755. The paternal grand- father was Seth Stevens, and the father of our sub- ject also bore that name. The latter was born March 4, 1765. and the last twenty-five years of his life were spent at the home of our subject, where he passed quietly awaj' Aug 28, 1864. Plad he lived but a few months longer he would have attained to the age of one hundred years. He retained his fac- ulties to a remarkable ucinda (Evans) Bostwick. and were early settlers of Chautauqua County. N. Y.. where the death of both occurred. After their marriage our subject and his wife re- mained residents of Chautauqua County for several years, and tliere two children were born to them. In lS43they emigrated to the West, arriving at Janesville on the 11th of October, at which time the town had but 300 inhabitants. They were ac- companied by D. W. Davis, who liad previously puichased 200 acres of land in Center Township. Half of this tract Mr. Stevens bouglit before they started for the AVest on condition that if he did not like the land lie w.as not bound to accept it. On this tup Mr. Davis was not accompanied liy his family but they later became residents of Center Towusliip. Mr. Davis died in Evansville, and his family have long since departed from this place. On reaching Center Township, Mr. Stevens found the land which he had purchased of .Mr. Davis to lie in good condition .iiid in a desirable locality, and at ouce began the development of a home. Erom time to time he addi'd to his original possessions until at length he owneil 4(t0 acres. Like most of the pioneers he did not possess a large amount of this world's goods on coming to Rock County, but by industry and good man.agement, together with the natural increase in the value of the land, he became wealthy. After continuing the cultivation of his farm until i.s,s| he decided 4* to retire from active life, and with his wife, who faithfully shared the labors and trials of pioneer life, removed to Janesville, where they yet reside. The family circle of this worthy coujile was com- l)leted by the birth of four sons: Emerick Andrew, who was born in New York May 28, 1841, and now resides in Thayer County, Neb., married Sarah Coryell, and to them have been born two children, Su.san and Nettie, the latter being the wife of Al- bert Cropsy; William ('., born in New York, Jar.. 7, 1843, now lives in Adams County, Neb; George .Hmith. born March 26, 1846. in Center Township, married Emma Burdick. and is engaged in farming in Jefferson County, Wis; Henr^- S., born Nov. 2, 1851. married Lucinda Bailey, and resides on the old homestead. For the long period of forty-six years Mr. and Mrs. Stevens have been residents of Rock County, during which time they have gained the confidence, respect and esteem of all with have whom they come in cont.act, and are numbered among Janesville's most worthy citizens. ->, ^^^ <^ ■S^DWARD L. SPENCE, editor of the Weekly lis Telephone of Milton. Wis., is a native of / i — ^ New York and was born in Brooklyn, .Vpril 15, 18411. The family is descended from Scottish an- cestry of the old Presbyl(frian stock, and is noted for longevity. The maternal grandfather, who emigrated from Scotland anrl settlc Prcus, when he gave his atteiilion to the study of law and was admitted to |)r;u-tice in nil the terri- torial courts in liSHI. in the month of Xo\em- ber, 1.SH2, he was electecl County ,Iudge of the I'robatc Co\irt of IJrown County, Dak., serving one term. lie continued the pi'aetice of law in that eommuuily until tlie fall of l.SSi;, when he returned to the home of his i)aienls. lint after re- maining in Waukesha for a short time removed to .Milton in .September, 1887. He succeeded .1. C. IJartliolf .as editor and proprietor of the Weekhj Telephone, and is now doing a good business. In the month of June, lM7.'i, Mr. Spence was united in marriage with Miss Caroline K. De\inny, a resident of Detroit, Mich. Unto them have been born three children, two of whom are now living: Ada, the eldest, born in August, 1871, died in June, 1886; Harry, born in .luly, 1«77, is now learning the printer's trade with his father, and Laila, b(!, 1878; Kitlie, 1m. rn Mareli 21, 1880; Irene, horn .May 12, 1880; and Lillian, horn Sept. 1, 1887. All were horn in Janesviile. Genevieve, the fifth child. vvJKi was hoin .Inne 21, 188 I. died on Iherdli da> of .Inly, 188(i. Mr. Crowley is a snpportiM- of the Denioeratie party, and he and his wife are inendiers of St. Patrick's Catholic Chnrch of .lanesville. =^s=i=: " ^- \ 4 ^\ AMCKL C. HA.MILTON, deceased, was a respected an. 1841. was educated at Milton College, .•Old makes her home with her mother. In 1842, accompanied by his family, .Mr. Hamil- ton left New York and the following 3'ear became a resident of Rock County, si'ttling on a farm on section 1, Town of Harmony. The land wa^ then in a wild and uninipiovcd condition, the settle- ments were few and far between, and wild game of all kinds \v;is still to be found in abundance. The nearest market was at .Milwaukee, to which city the journey was made with ox teams. Manv were the trials and hardships endureil by the pioneer settlers, yet to them is due the honor of hning the foundation u[)on which one of the Icailing counties in this great commonwealth has l)een reared. After engaging in the cultivation of his farm for several years, in the spring of 18,^(; Mr. Hamilton aban- doned .agricultural pursuits and removed with his family to ftHlton, where he contiiuied to make his li(jme until his death, which occurred July 13, 1805. He was a member of the Seventh-day Bap- tist Church, to which his wife also belongs, .and from the time of its organization was a stalwart sMpi)ortcr of the Republican jiarty. Mr. Hamilton was well known thi-oughont the county, vvhere he h.ad man}' warm friends and was highly respected. DWIX K. CARPEMTER, attorney at law of .lanesville. Wis., was born in Moretown, L^ AVashington Co., Vt., May 12, 181.), an. Miss Anna Spauldinj^ becoming his wife. The lady is a daughter of .Joseph Spaukling, Esq.. and was born in this county, where her parents were numbered among the early settlers. By their marri.age a familj- of four children have been born. Delia, the eldest, is the wife of D. K. .Jeffries, a prominent lumber dealer of Janesville; Fred M. is a student of the State University, while the younger cliildren are Etta and Mary. Mrs. Ilan- ehett is a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. Hanchett, in his political sentiments is a Re- publican and soci.iUy is a Ivnight Tem])lar M.ason, be- longing to Western Star I^odge No. 1 4, A. F. and A. M. ; Janesville Chapter No. 5, R. A. M., and to Janes- ville ComraanderyNo. 2, K. T. He is also a mem- ber of Oriental Lodge. No. 22, Knights of I'ythias. lie is a stock-holder and director in the Janesville Hay Tool Compan^v, and was formerly its vice president. Mr. Hanchett has long been recognized as one of tiie leading business men of Janesville, and has won prominence and success by indefati- gable inilustry and application to legitimate busi- ness. /^AII.VRLES L. CLARK, M. D.. w.as born in (|( .Janesville, Wis., on the 2tith day ofNovem- ^^' ber. 18.^8, and is a son of Luther Cl.ark. a well-known contractor and builder of this city. He was educated in the public schools of .Janesville, in- cluding the course in the high school, anil after comi)leting his literary studies for a number of years engaged in the drug business, where he laid the foundation for that profession which he has entered upon as his life's work. In the year 1871). he became a student in the ollice of Dr. Egliert E. Loom is, and subsequently attended a course of lec- tures at Rush Medical College at Chicago, from which he graduated Feb. 19, 1884. He opened an ottice in this city immediately after his graduation and has here since engaged in general [)ractice with the exception of about a year when he pursued a special course at the I'^ye and V,:\r lufirinary at Chicago. Oct. 21, 1886, Dr. Clark was united iu marriage -^« with Miss Fannie J. liay, a daughter of Addison Ray. Nearly his entire life thus far the Doctor has spent in Janesville. and he is held in high es- teem l)y those who have known him from early childhood. He pursued a thorough course of in- struction to fit him for his profession and the suc- cess to which he has .already attained warrants the assertion that if life .and health are preserved a successful and useful career awaits him. JIIOMAS POTWIN CIL\ PIN. a practical and representative farmer, residing on sections 4 '^^^' and :>, Union Township, is numbered among the pioneer settlers of the county, having for more than half a century been identified with its history. His sketch deserves an honored place in this vol- ume, for few have borne so important a part in the great work of progress and transformation which has m.ade Rock the banner county in this great commonwealth. Mr. Chapin was born in Wethers- field, Windsor Co., Vt., on the 7tli day of M.a3', 1819, and is a son of (iideon and Zerueah (Wells) Chapin. His father was also a native of the Green Mountain State, but his grandfather was born in Massachusetts, removing to Vermont in the early days of its history. Zerueah Wells w.as the second wife of Gideon Chapin. and of their union a family of five children were born, only three of whom are now living — 'I'liomas I'otwin w.as the first in order of birth; Hugh is now engaged in farmino- in the town of Janesville; and Cynthia, widow of .S. K. Dudley, also resides in that township. The members of the family, who have jjassed away, are Henry and Don F.. who died in Iowa. By his first marriage Mr. Chapin had two daughters, who are both deceased. Gideon Chapin, the grandfather of our subject, wa-s a blacksmith by tr.ade, which occupation his father also followed, being employed in that ca- pacity in the Revolutionary war. Our suJjject has now in his possession an old gun made bj' his grandfather at that time and presented to his father. Following bl.aeksniithing until 1837. (iideon Chapin. the father of Thomas V., then left his home iu the E:vst. and accompanied bv 476 ROCK COUNTY. •►Hh-* liis family emigrated to tiie Territory of Wisconsin, locating in Rock County. Laying aside his trade, lie turniMl hi.alicock)l-;ils worth, who were also born in the Km|)ire .State. Their union was celebrated in Madison, D,ane Co., Wis., and unto them have been born eight children — Mary A., who is now the wife of .loliii liiirgess. a resident Larmcr of Inion Town- ship; Thomas S., wlu) died at the age of twenty- three years; Celia married Eugene Bullard, and now resides in Evansville; .lulia is the wife of Dakin Maine, who makes his home in Eitzburg. Dane Co., Wis.; Emma became the wife of Er.ank Iiuckmaii. a resident of Add, Iowa; Lillian was united in marriage with Dr. William Howe, of Brooklyn. Wis.; Fred ^V. and .lames are still with their parents. Mr. Chaiiin ha.s added to his original purchase of land until now he owns 310 acres, 300 of which are in one body. At the time he entered the .same from the Government, it was in a wild and uncultivated condition; not .•! fence had been built, a furrow turned or an improvement made, but the care and labor which he Inis bestowed upon it and the work of cultivation which has been steadily carried forward have transformed that wild prairie into one of the finest farms in southern Wisconsin. His entire possessions have been ac- quired since becoming a resident of Rock County, and are the result of his industry, econom3% good management and business ability. From the humble little blacksmith shop on the bank of Rock River, he has steadily worked iiis way upward to a jjosi- tion of ease and attiucncc. and it can truthfully be said that he is a self-made man. He has ever taken a deep intei-est in the welfare of the community in ^ ^ >» m"^ ■•^Hl^-^o ROCK COUNTY. 477 which he makes his honn-, and to sue!) men as Thonias P. C'hnpin the county owes a delit of grati- tude whicli can never he rcjiaid. Ry tiiem tiie <;i'eat work of advancement has been carried on until now a school and a church fjrace nearly every hilltop. |)rosperity is attendant upon its cities and villages, and the connti'v is populated by an intelli- gent and contented people. All i)raise is due to those noble pioneers who left their comfortable homes in the Kast, came to this Territory in the early days, and endured all the trials and ditliculties of frontier life. When the settlements were few and far between, at the home of Mr. Chapin the weary traveler always received a hearty welcome. Hos|)italitv there aliided.and the warm greeting ex- tended to all gained for the inmates of that house- hold a friendship and regard which will eulied to withdraw, selling his interest to his partner. I'mlerthe skillful m.anagement of our subject, who is an excellent machinist, the business lirought rich returns, but after his withdrawal sales fell olT, and the enterprise finally ceased to exist. Soon after retiring from the above mentioned tirm.our suliject purchased a farm of 200 acies in Rock Townslii[), whicli he owned and operated for aniunber of years, lie possesses great invent- ive genius, and in I8.')lt the result of this genius was placed before the public in the form of a "Clow Reaper," on which he received a patent. This was a most successful machine and became widely known. It was manufactured on an extensive scale, thousands being sold annually, ancl Mr. Clow continued to realize a handsome income from the sales of his reaper, until it was eventually sii|K'r- seded by still more improved methods of harvest- ing. It is as tin inventor and a p.atent ollice attor- ney that Mr. Clow is nuist widely known, lie has acted for many 3'cars in the latter ca|)acity, and has olitained many patents for other parties. In this position he has been brought into correspondence with persons in foreign countries, who have .-solic- ited his assistance in connection with the I'nited .States Patent Office. His latest invention is a to- bacco planter, which is a remark.able machine, and of its success and i)ractical utility there can be no doubt. The combination of a rotary water tank with the main wheels of the machine is the essen- tial and peculiar feature of this invention, and it is the oidy machine of its class that involves tins principle. Two rows are ])lanted simultaneously and watered by the automatic action of the ma- chiiu'. In August, 1887, he received a patent on his invention. While residing in New York, .Mr. Clow was united in marri.age with Miss Anna Yates, a native of the I'",mpire State, whose death occurred in .lanes- ville on the loth day of November, 1881. Two i i 478 ROCK COUNTY. ^•^TT^ E -r children were boru unto them — Helen, now the wife of George W. .Strunk, a resident of Kansas; and Harriet, wife of 0. F. Stafford. Mr. Clow, as is indicated by liis inventive skill, possesses a large amount of tiie constructive ele- ment in his mental character. But he has by no means devoted all his attention to mechanical pur- suits. He is an extensive and varied reader, pos- sesses rare conversational powers, is well informed on the leading topics of the day, and is one of Janesville's honored and respected citizens. He is a firm believer in thesecoiul .advent of the Saviour, and hiis contributed much to current literature on this topic. He shuns politics, his last vote being cast for Abraham Lincoln in 18ti0. DWARD H. SMITH, an Attorney-at-law .-uul .Tustice of the Peace, of Kdgerton, Wis., was / jL-^ born in the town of Grafton, Worcester Co., Mass.. on the 31st day of January, 1829, and is of English descent. His paternal grandfather, how- ever, was a native of Connecticut, and his father, Henry Smith, is also of New England birth. The latter married Miss Louisa Stone, a native of Northboro, Worcester Co., Mass., and they con- tinued to reside in Grafton, where they had lived for many years, until their de.ath. The father died in May, 1875, at the age of seventy-si.K 3'ears, and the mother was called to her final rest in June, 188G, at the advanced age of eighty-one years. Their family numbered seven children, five sons and two daughters, of whom three sons and a daughter are living, n.aniely: James, who is the eldest of the family; Edward, of tliis sketch; Mrs. Nancy Nichols, who makes her home in New En- gland; and Daniel Waldo, who is a resident of Brooklyn, N. Y. Those who have passed to their final rest are: Charles, who died at Uxbridge, Mass., a number of years ago; and Samuel, who en- listed in a New York Regiment in the late war, serving as Orderly Sergeant of his company, and w.as killed at the battle of Gettysburg, July 3. 18G3. The subject of this notice remained under the parental roof until sixteen j-ears of age, when he A* began learning the jeweler's trade, serving an ap- prenticeship in that line. He made his first trip to the West in the month of February. 1856. and coming to Wisconsin located at Madison, where he engaged with a jeweler until 18.58. Tlien he re- moved to Edgerton. Rock County, and engaged in the jeweler's business for himself, continuing in that line until 1861. when the Civil War broke out. He responded to the President's call for troops to put down the Rebellion, enlisting in Compau}' H, 13th Wisconsin Infantry. For the long period of four years and two months he followed his C(jun- try's fl.ig, marching over all the seceded States, with the exception of South Carolina and Florida. He w;is verj' fortunate in his military experience, never in his whole term of service receiving a wound, nor w.as he confineil in the hospital by sick- ness. He was never on detached service, but was always found at his post of dut3-, and participated in many of the hardest-fought battles and skir- mishes of tli.at struggle. His regiment bclungeil to the Western Array, which was commanded b\- various generals, including (irant. Rosecrans, Thomas and Sherman. When Lee surrendered, and hostilities were brought to a close, he was dis- charged. Returning to his home Mr. Smith once more re- sumed business in the jewehy line, which he car- ried on until 1875, when he turned his attention to farming, and followed agiicuUural pursuits for several years, after which he again returned to Edgerton. He began the study of law in 1885, though he had given the subject considerable at- tention before th.at time, and is now engaged in the practice of that profession. In the spring of 1887 he was elected Justice of the Peace for two years, and so ably did he disch.arge the duties of tiiat office he was re-elected in the spring of 1889. On the lOth d.ay of September. 18.")0, Jlr. Smith led to the marriage altar Miss Sarah Arnold, ;i na- tive of Middlesex County, Mass., and a descend- ant (if English ancestry. Fnto them h.as been born a family of eight children, three sons and five daughters, of whom Henry Edward, the eldest, died in Edgerton. in the spring of 1860, at the age of nine years, his disease being scarlet fever; Mrs. Eleanor A. Nichols now resides in her father's town k -4•■ ROCK COUNTY. il'J ( 1 ill tlie old Hay State; Mrs. Jessie Davidson makes lici- lioine in Kdgerton ; Benjamin Franklin is now livin_<>: in Minntniiolis, Minn.; Mis. Lnhi Learn is residing in Albion, Dane Co., Wis.; Glenn and Rosa are still at home vvitli llieir parents; and Liz- zie died witli scarlet fever at alioiit tiic same time of her brother's death. 'i'hiis have we given a brief sketcli of one of the older residents fif Edgerton, and one of Wisconsin's gallant soldiers, whose loyalty to ids country is only equaled by his faithful adherence to his friends. t)n the 1st day of March, 1878, he was called upon to mourn the death of his wife, a most estimable latly, at whose death a feeling of sadness pervaded the whole community. AVID CONGEU, one of the leading real es- tate dealers of .lanesville, has been a resi- dent of the city since 1879. He was born in Mt. Clemens, Macomb Co., Mich., in Ma}', 1838, and is a son of David B. Conger, who was born in Ontario County, N. Y. Ilis father was there reared to manhood and was educated in the Canandaigua schools, graduating at the college in that cit}' in the same class with Stephen A. Doug- las. Soon after completing his studies he went to Cleveland, Ohio, and entered the law office of an elder brother, who was practicing that profession in Cleveland. Later, returning to the State of New York, he married Miss Clarissa Decker, and it w:is some time after before he made a permanent loca- tion. As early as the year 183.5 he located in Michigan, but subsequently returned to New York, and in IS-l-l came to Wisconsin, when it was yet a Territory. Locating at Sheboygan Falls, he en- gaged In the practice of his chosen profession, and also followed agricultural and mercantile pursuits. He bifcame one of the prominent citizens of that town and was sent to the Legislature in 1852. In the fall of that year he removed thence on acrount of failing health, and resolveil to go to California, in the hope of being benefited by the salubrious climate of the Golden State. On reach- ing the city of New York he was induced to change his mind on account of the tlattering re- ports that were being received from Australia, and sailed for the latter country on the .second ship that ever left the port of New York for that desti- nation. After two years he returned by the Isth- mus of Panama, having sailed entirely around the world. His health was much improved by the Australian climate and the ocean voyage, and he acquired considerable money in mining operations, but was so unfortunate as to be robbed of his hard- earned wealth while crossing the Isthmus. Re- suming business in Sheboygan County' after his return, he continued practicing his profession until the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion. In 18G1 he raised and organized a company of 112 men, of which he was elected Captain. This com- pany became part of the 8th Wisconsin, the famous Eagle Regiment, and Capt. Conger remained in command for a year, when he resigned on account of failing health. He commanded the company at the battles of Fredericktown, Island No. 10, New Madrid, and the battles at Corinth on the 8th and 28th of May, 18G2. On retiring from the arm\- he removed to the city of Fond du Lac, Wis., and in 1864 went to Montana, where he lemained two years. Returning to Fond du Lac, he was elected to the Legislature, serving during the sessions of 1867 and 1868, and in the spring of the latter vear removed to.5 accompanied by his wife and children, Mr. Johnson, with a view of bettering his tinancial condition, came to the West and settled in Hock County, Wis., on what is now known as Jeffer.son Prairie, where he i)urchased eighty .acres of land. That formed the nucleus of his ])reseut line farm and to it he added until his landed possessions ag- gregated 436 acres, 340 of which he still owns, hav- ing flisposed of the other ninety-six acres. His pleasant home with its entire surroundings indi- cates thrift and refinement, the improvements are all that is necessary to the model f.arm of the nineteenth century and his stock is of the best grades. Mr. Johnson's life li.as been one of indus- try, and by his per.severanee, energy and good management, he has accumulated his large property. In political sentiment, he is now Independent, voting for the m.an and not for the party. For many years he supported the Greenl>ack parly and feels a pride in being numbereabcock, l)j' whom he has two cliil'Iren, Robbie and Ilariy; iiciilah, who is an aeconiplisiied lady and a gradu- ate of Lawrenee ITniversity, of Appleton, Wis., married DeWitt T. Johnson, and l)y their union three' childrt'u li.'ive been born — DeWitt S., I>ryant and lieulali. .Mis. ,I(>iins(jii, tiie mother of tliis f;iniily, who w:is a most estimable l.ady, died on tiie 1th d;iy "f November, ISSl. -MH-I- '^Ti I.lJKirr HOLMES, who is enijagcd in farm- l @yLl| i ing or. se.etion 10, in the town of Milton, is one of Rock County's pioneers, having for forty-seven long years, made his home within her borders. He was born in Stoddard, X. II.. .Ian. 11), 18;52, and is a son of Luke and Sally 1'. llulnies, the former also a native of New Hanip- sliire, ami tlu' latter of Massaehusctts. They were niaiiied in the old (iranite State, where iMi'. Ilohnes Sr. followed the oeeu|)atiiin of farming, and unto them was there born a family of nine ehildren, si.\ of whom grew to Tnauliooil and woni.-mhood, wiiile four are yet living. Cliarles, who is now a i-esi- dent of the town of Milton; Frank, who is engaged as carpenter .■luil builder in l''ayelte County. Iowa; M. .1.. who is transfer agent at Chicago, in the em- ploy of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Kail- road Compaii}', and Albert of this sketch. In IM2 the family left New Hampshire and re- moved to OiH'ida County, N. Y.. where they con- tinued to reside for ten ve.Mrs, and at the end of that tinu- emigrated to the Tei'iitory of Wisconsin, locating on the northwest quarter of the southeast ([uarter of section 10. in the town of Milton. Mr. Holmes there entered a claim of fort}' acres, and at once began the development of the faim upon which lie roideil until hi> death, which occuncd .Ian. 22, ls7l,at the age of seventy-seven years. His wife survived him until April 7, 188'.). depart- ing this lite at the verj' advanced age of ninetv years, nine months and four d.ays. On the death of Mr. Holmes the county lost one of its best citi- zens, one who was always in ihe front rank of all public enterprises. anlie has two children — - Eva L. and .Vlicc E. ; Addie the younger, who is at home with her parents. Both have received good educ.'ilional advantages, and are ladies of culture and i-etinement. For forty-seven yeai's Mr. Holmes has been num- bered among the citizens of Rock County and is residing upon the old homestead first located b}' his father, where the pioneer days were passed — the days when the counly w.-is in its infancy, when few settlement.- had been made, when its prairies were still in their primitive condition, and the smoke of Ihe Inui-ess and development, and has been i)iomineiit in the inoniotiuii of its so- cial, educational and religions interests. In politi- cal sentiment, he has followed in the footsteps of his father, and is a staunch supiiorterof the Demo- cratic parly, while socially he is a inemlier of the 1. O. (). V. The eounly has no better citizens than Albert Holmes and his wife.nliosc many kind deeds, acts of charity and upright lives have won for them the highest respect of all. Their circle of friends is extensive, and the regard in which they are held is well merited. The [jortraits of this worthy cou- ple will be seen upon anothci' page. LLEX S. r.AKKR, of the liaker Manufac- turing Company of Kvansville, is a native of Rock County, born at Kvansville, Jan. 12, 1K42. and is a descendant of one of the early 'Virginia families. On the patern.al side, the family is of English descent, and on the m.aternal side of German parentage. Ilis paternal grandfa- ther, Daniel Baker, was born in what is now the State of West Mrginia, but in early life removed to Ohio, settling near Cincinnati, where botli he and his wife resided until called from this earth by death. They were the parents of several sons and daughters, but John T., the father of our subject and Aaron were the onl^' members of tlie family who ever came to Wisconsin. The former became a resident of Rock County in 18:57, and the latter also settled in this county several years later, but smvived for only a few years. .lohn T. Baker was born near Cincinnati, Ohio, in October. 1800; and in the fall of 18:i7, made a settlement in the town of ,\von. Rock County, wheri' he entered a claim, upon which the family resided until the autumn of 1810, when seljing out he removed to the town of I'nioii. Again cnti'r- ing land, he developed a farm, the old honicsti'ad of the family, where he lived for man}' years, lie died in the village of Kvansville in April, 187(). He was twice married, his first union being with Miss Jennie Robinson, a n.ative of Ohio, who died in the town of Union, in llic fall of 18;')0, after which he weddeil Mrs. Jane (! ray Sale, whose maiden name of Jane Cray Sandford. .She still survives her husband ami resides in Kvansville. I'.y his lirst marriage. Air. Raker had a family of nine children, seven sons and two daughters, the lirst and last born being daughters. 'J'he eldest sister and two sons are now deceased, and the surviving members of the family are David K., who resides at Claremont. Iowa; Kdwartrnck in the abdomen b\- a ininie-ball. which instead of i)assing through his body took a circular cour.se around, struck his hip l)(Uie, and, glancing off, became deeply imbedded in the flesh of the spinal column. The surgeons feared to attempt the removal of the ball, lest an ar- tery should be severed in the act, ami the missile remained in the same position for many ^cars without any apparent change, wlu'ii it began work- ing its w.aj' to the surface, and on the lilth d.iy -4•- ROCK COUNTY. 485 of Maicli, ISMi), afU-r having remained in liis body for nearly twenty' -six years, tiie Imllel apiieareii at the snifaee, punctured tiie skin and w.as removed by Mr. Uaker easil\' without surgical aid. After being wounded at Gettysburg. Mr. Baker was not able for further service in the field and re- turned to his home where he resumed the bl:ieksinitli tra(h' and also engaged in carriage making. In the sjiringdf I.S73. the Haker Manufacturing Company was organized b^' several of the leading business men of Evansville, and engages spt'cially in the construction of pumps and windmills. 'I'liis enter- |>rise at first gave employment to but two men. It has now become one of the most ini|)ortant nianu- faclnring interests of Rock County, furnishes em- ployment to forty men and turns out about ^75,000 worth of work annually. Mr. IJakcr h:is had the general management of the enti^rprise since the or- ganization of the company, ami to a groat extent is its success due to his energies and business ability. lie won his wife under somewhat romantic circum- stances during the tr\ing scenes of the war. While in the hospital at I'hiladelphia, having then nearly- recovered from his wound, volunteers were called for from among the inmates of the institution who were then convalescent and able to |)erforni minor ser- vices, to guard the Rhil.-idelphia. Wilmington S; Bal- timore Railroad. lie was one of the volunteers on ttiat occasion, and while thus engaged an accident happened which to one of the party was of a danger- ous and painful character, but to Mr. Baker proved agOoil fortune :us it led to the acquaintance which resulted in his marriage. A young lad named Robert Sayers, living with his mother and sisters near the Held of duty, was severely injured by the accidental discharge of his gun. Mr. Baker and his fellow-comi-ades assisted in luirsing the lad ami thus he became acipiainted with the sister of the wounded boy, Margaret Sayers. Thnacipiaintance- sh'p begun under such painful circumstances ri|i- cned into a warmer attachment, anil when the '•cruel war" was nearl}' over he returned and made the huiy his wife; their maniage occurring on the 2:U\ d:iy of March. 1K(!.'>. Mrs. Baker w:is born on the historic Brandywine b.ittle ground, in the Stale of Delaware, in October, 184 I, and is a daugh- ter of John and Sar.ah ( lveeS7C. There were four children in the family, who grew to mature years, three sisters and a brother— Klizabeth, the eldest, died in IHHf); Margaret is the second in order of birth; Sarah, the youngest daughter, married Thomas Hawthorn, of Delaware, and Robert, the brother already mentioned, is also a resident of Delaware. Three children have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Baker — Klsie. born in October, 1867;John in .luly. I SCll; and Bessie, born in November, 187;). Mr. Baker is one of the representative business men of Rock County, and an enterprising and pro- gressive citizen of Evansville, in whose welfare he has always taken a deep interest. In politics, he was formerly a Republican, but is now independ- ent, yet favors the prohibition i)rinciples, believing that the liquor traffic should be suppressed by the strong arm of the law. Religiously, he and his wife are members of the Congregational Church. ^K,-^(»WARI) F. BMSS. treasurer and manager jf/jl' of the (iazette I'rinting Company, of Janes- J^^' ville, was born in Mount Carroll, Carroll (^ County, 111., Feb. 15, 1814. and is the .son of Lewis and Marj' (.lenkins) Bli.ss, the former a native of Massachusetts, and the latter of Connec- ticut. They were among the pioneers of Carroll County, III., settling there in 18;j;i. In his native count}' young Bli.ss grew to manhood, receiving a literary education in the common schools and a commercial educiiticm in active business. lie was reared on a farm, and when not in school assisted in farm labor. When twenty years of .ige he left home for Harvard, 111,, ndiere for the next six mouths he was engaged as clerk in a drug store. In the spring of 18(!5 he came to Janesville, and entered the employ of Wright A- Hunt, leather and saddler}' hardware dealers, with whom hecontinuc Lodge, Jso. .").'). A. V. & A. M.. the Royal Arcanum, Knights of Honor and Traveling Men's Association. In lioiitics he is a Republican, and for several years has been chairman of the Republican City Central Committee. He is vice-|)resident of the Publish- ers' Commercial Union of Chicago. As a citizen he is enterprising and active, having an eye single to the best interests of Janesvillc ami Hock Count}', and is ever ready to do his part in what- ever is calculated for the public good. jfs^lLO HIRLIURT CURTIS, of .lane.sville, (// \\\ is one of the well known, early settlers of ij 11' this County. He was born in Wayne * County, Pa., Aug. 29, 1S28, and is de- scended from good old Revolutionary stock. Both of his grandfathers served during the dark days of that struggle, and were with General Washington during his celebrated crossing of the Delaware River on the ice. Gideon Curtis, the father of our suliject, was a son of .losiah Curtis, and was born in Wethers- fielil, Conn. When a young man he went to Wayne County. I'a., where he met Miss Anna Goodrich, daughter of Charles (ioodrich. whom he married. JHss Goodrich wa.s born in Glaston- bury, Conn., her family and that of Mr. Curtis having been neighbors. Subsequently both fami- lies removed to Pennsylvania. Gideon Curtis was a stonecutter by occupation, and later a farmer, and also followed the business of lumbering during the winter season. He and his wife continued to live in the Keystone State, near the place where their parents lirst settled, until their death. The}' reared a family of five sons and five daughters. Our subject w.as the youngest son of that family and remaineil at home under the parental roof until seventeen years of age, when, in the spring of 181;'). he made a visit to the old home of his liarents in Connecticut. On his return to Penn- sylvania in the fall of I81G, he went to Luzerne County, where he remained si.v years. During the latter part of his stay he erected and operated a saw-mill at a point about eight miles south of •Scranton. Having determinecl to try his fortune in the AVest, and hearing a favorable report of Rock County. Wis., he resolveil to come hither, and the autumn of 1853 found liiin in .lanesviile, and in the following s|)ring he removed his family to this place. Dui-ing the tii-t year after his arrival he 0[)eraled a saw-mill on the east side of the river for A. K. Norris, and was tiien eng.aged in dr.aying for a number of years. For several years subse- quent to that time he was engaged in the wood trade as a member of the firm of Williams it Cur- tis. These gentlemen operated a retail woodyard. running wood down the river in boats until 1 807. when the business was discontinued. Since that lime ."Mr. Curtis has done much in the operating of stone quarries, furnishing stone by contract for railroad and street purposes. He wjis also, at one time, prominently identified with the manufactur- ing interests of this city. While in Pennsylvania he was united in mar- riage with Miss Elizabeth Stout, whose acquaint- ance he formed in Luzerne Countw where she was born. Mrs. Curtis was a daughter of Joseph Stout, who afterwards came to Wisconsin, and set- r ROCK COUNTY. tied in Richland County, wiiere lie lived until iiis (lentil. Mr. and Mrs. Curti.s luive a son, Cliaries 10., nliu resides in Janesville. For the long period of tliirty-five years, our subject has been a resi- (U'ul of .I.iMesvillc. and lias wiliiesM'd the gr(>at changes that the city and county have undergone in that time, lie has ever been one of the indus- trious and progressive bu.siness men, and has borne no inconsiderable part in the advancement of the interests of the community. -** 4 kOVELL R. GILBERT, deceased, one of the pioneer settlers of Rock County, was a n;i- - ^-^1 tive of \'ermont, born in I'ulney. April 27, IHl 1. lie "as there reared to niiuihond. and re- ceived a limited education on account of the weak- ness of his eyes which would not permit him to conline himself to his liooks. lie resideil under the parental roof until starting out to make his wa3' in the world, when thinking that the ojiportu- nities afforded yuinig men in the West were supe- rior to those in the lOastcrn States, he emigrated to Michigan and made his home in Kalamazoo, where he was employed in a distillei-y. While residing in that city he formed the ac((uaiutance of Miss Clarissa Joyce, who was born in the Empire Slate in 1817. Their friendship ripened into love and in IS III they were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. The young couple began their domes- tic life ill Kalama/.oo and their home was giaddenc(l by the presence of two children there born unto llicm — Eldriilge and Chark's. In the early spring of IJSIO, Mr. Gilbert c.-imi! to \\iscoiisin with the intention of .selecting a location and in the course of his travels reached what is now the town of Cliiitoii, Rock County. Being favor- ably impressetl with the country and its prospects, he immc(lialely returned to Michigan, and accompanied by his family again came to Rock County. The township had not then been organized, but soon after a meeting w:is held for that |)urpose in which several names wcih' pripposeMgli iihiin and unassuming in manner, he was earnestly devoted to his family and friends. Sympathetic and benevolent, many poor men liad reason to liold liis memory in vener- ation for substantial favor in the hour of need. He died at Ids home in Clavton County, Iowa..Iune 21, 1877. — ' o6o ' ~ JOHN .1. U. PEASE, of Jancsville. was born in Knfield, Conn., .lune 25, 1817. and is of the New England Puritan stock. His father, .hidge Lorrain T. Pease, w.is a lineal descendant of Robert Pease of England, who set- tled in Salem, Mass., in 1634. His mother, Sarali Marshall, w:is a lineal descendant of Thomas Mar- shall of England, who l)ecame a resident of Bos- ton, Mass., in 1034, and was for many years a deacon f)f the first organized church society of that town, and also a descendant from (apt. Samuel Marsliali, n son of said Thonuxs, who led llie Con- necticut Colonists in tiie bloody l)ut victorio\is as- sault upon the fort of the Narr.agansett Indians, on the litth day of December, 1075. in which en- gatrement he ami a large numlier of other brave men "died in the bed of honor." as recorded in tiie annals of New England. The grandfatiicr of Mr. Pease on both the paternal and the mntcrnni sides, served in tiie Revolutionary Aniiy and shared in many of its trials and battles. The residence of Mr. Pease in Wisconsin dates back to 1 S4II. in lime to be numbered in the United States Census of that year among its small body of settlers. For over three j'ears lie resided in (ireen J}.iy, spending his time as a law student and as clerk in the United States land ollicc, while he also engaged in the survey of Government lands. In the winter of 1843-4 he reported for the Argus news- |)aper of Madison, the proceedings of the Lower House of the Territorial Legislature of Wisconsin. Alioiil the fiist of February, 1844, Mr. Pease set- tled in .lanesville, and for a few months was a stu- dent in the law otHce of Hon. E. V. Whiton, then the leading lawyer in tlie Territorj-. During the 4* summer of 1844, much .against his will, tlie law- books were laid :iside, and for two years his time was given to surveying, there being a great rush of new settlers into .lanesville and the surrounding country, who wanted work done in that line, and Mr. Pease was the only person available and expe- rienced in such work, or who would undertake it. In 184fi, at the beginning of the Mexican war, he was tendered a clerkship by an early friend, in the Navy OtHce at Wasiiinglon, which offer he ac- cepted .and remained in that position until the close of the war. He then returned to Janesville, and was soon after admitted to the bar. since which time he has continued in the practice of law. On the 14th day of July. 1851. Mr. Pease was united in marri;ige with Miss Cornelia Ruger, a daughter of Rev. Thomas J. Ruger, deceased, late of .lanesville, W^is. They have three children liv- ing, daughters, who are all residing in or near to the iiome of their parents. From the early da3's of his settlement Mr. Pease has been identified with the moral, educational, so- cial and business interests of Rock County. Re- ligiously he is a communicant of the Protestant Ejiiscopal Church, to wiiich Ids parents also be- longed, in politics he is a Jeffersonian Democrat, and believes th.at eternal justice rules through the whole people. He has been elected by the peo- ple to various town, city and county ofilces. In whatever pulilic (losition placed he has endeavored to serve tiie interests of the people, having not the fear or favor of any party or person in view. C)f the public schools Mr. Pease has always lieen a friend and supporter. In 1841, when he became a resident of .lanesville. there was an angry contest going on about the erection of a public school- hou.se. He favored the project. The friends of sdiools prevailed and tlie house was built. No other public scliool-house was constructed in .lanes- ville until during the years 1M5() and 1.S57, when Mr. PciJse was mayor of the city. In that \ear two large school buildings were erected and a con- tract entered into for the building of the [iresent high school house. The site was a grant from Rock County to the city, conditioned for the loca- tion of the high school thereon, and the common council accepted the grant and made the location. ROCK COUNTY. 481' 4 The responsibility of accepting the jjranl and ile- i-i(liny the newly consolidated company. Mr. lVa.se, for his services as secretary and director of the Southern Wisconsin Railway Company, was ena- bled to recover the city bonut the company' became bankruiit after having - ,^^ IIARI.KS W. IJOYIXGTON. the pi.mecr fll ^. blat'ksmilii of I'.radford Township, and now e ^^ one of till' wellto-do farmers residing on section IK. was horn in Burlington. \i.. .Viiril 2, 1813. His parents .Tosiah and Pcrlie (Ward) IJoyiugton were man-ied in ^'ermont. The latter was a native of Chittenden County, tiiat State, while the former was horn in Hollis, New Hamp- shire. Three children were l)orn to them in the (ireen Mountain Slate. Charles AV. of this sketch; Samuel H., who is now a resident of St. .\lbans. \t.; and Kii/a M.. who married Cliestcr Rianchard, Ijolh now deceased. Tiie father of this family died in IH2(I. and his wife was called to her tinal rest in 1823. They were people who stood iiigh in the community wiierc they resided, and were members of the Baptist ('lunch. The subject of this sketch was a mere lad when the death of his parents occurred, and being forced to earn his own living at an early age. his e. Tracy, who is residing in Mil- ton, Wis.; Vaness, whose home is in Dodge County, Minn.; Albertina, wife of F. A. Williams, of Wal- worth County, Wis. Mr. .Stevens was a soldier in the War of 1812, and participated in the famous battle of TIattsburg. In 181.') he came to the West, locating in Rock County. Wis., but removed to Kansas, where his death occurred at the ripe old age of eighty-four years. Mrs. Stevens died at Geneva Lake. Walworth Co., AVis., at the age of ninety-two years. They h.ad traveled life's jour- ne^■ together for sixty-two j'ears, when separated by death. They were members of the Bai)tist Church, and sincere Christian people, who put their whole trust in the promises of the Bible. In 1X3() Mr. Boyington became a resident of Fort Ann, Washington Co., N. Y.. where he fol- lowed his trade until 184.5, when desiring to better his condition, he emigrated to the AVest. taking l)assage on a canal packet to Buffalo, and thence by steamer to Kenosha, >\'is.. where he secured teams and continued his journey to Rock County, where he located permanently. The county was then very si)arsely settled, bands of Indians roamed over the i)rairies, wild game of all kinds abounded, and the ditficulties and trials inci- dent to life in an}' new settlement were sliaied by our subject, lie at once entered a claim of eighty acres on section 18, Biadford Township, and, as no better habitation could be iiroiiiied. moved into a cellar until a cabin could be Imill. Within the area of Bradford Townsliip ilicrc was no lilack- smitii sliop until the ;uriv.Ml of .Air. Boyiny-ton. when he built a little shoi) and continued to work at his trade for a few 3'cars, and then turned his attention to farming, engaging in the cultivation of his eighty acres, to which he has since added, until now 320 acres of the finest farming land in Rock County pay triluite to the care and labor which he bestows u|)Ou them. Every thing alxjiit the place denotes thrift and enter|)rise. and the im- provements are all that are lu-cessary to the model farm. The union of Mr. and Airs. Boyington has been blessed willi three children. I'erlie, wife of Dr. AI. C. Stunlevant, of Morris. (Iruridy Co., III.; .lud- son, who died at the age of two years, and Thomas .1., a prominent f.armer of Bradford Township. This worthy couple passed the fiftieth anniversarv of a happy wedded life Feb. I.i, 1888, having -^ % i I HOCK COUNTY. 493 4:- shiired with each other the trials and pleasures, the joys and .sorrows, common to the lot of all for half a century. In earlj' life Mr. Hoyinglon was a Wliiy;. liut later afliliated with the Kreesoil party, and at the ornani/.atiou of the IvcpuMicau party joined its ranks and still continues a laitliful ad- herent to its principles. He is a man of more than ordin.ary ahiiily. honest and upriylil in his ilcalinj^s, anil is a consistent Cliristian, Ijclonjiini;' to the Con- gregational Church, in which his wife also holds nienil)eishi|). i^^^HACY .M()NTG()MKKV,a practical and en- ter|)rising farmer resiiling on section 2t), I'orter Township, was liorn on the 12th da^- .March, \Hl^, in (ienesee County, N. Y., and is a son of Henry and Maria (Tracy) Montgomery. His father was a natiye of NCraiunt. h.aying re- moved from that State to New ^'ork in 18112. He settled near the town of Auburn, where he engaged in the occupation of farming, until the breaking out of the War of l!SI2. when he enlisted in his country's service. After receiving his rliseharge, he rerno\ed with his family to Genesee County. N. Y., purchasing 100 acres of land, wdiicli was then wild and uncultivated. He at once I)egan ch'aring a farm, and endured many hardships while there lesiding, as that [lart of the country' was (luite unsettled. After several years spent in (Jencsee County, he sold out. and in tlie springi yit^MS.'id went to Krie County, N. Y., where, he followed farming until the fall of 1844. when'he came to Wisconsin. He . lu^ again solil out and removed to Green County, ] Wis., where his death occurred on the 20th day of ! Septendier, 184(!. A family of eleven children were liorn to Henry j anil .Maria .Montgoraer}-. of whom Tr.acy, of this sketch, is the eldest: C. A., the second, is residin^r in (ireen County. Wis.; J.ois L. is now the wife of Asa Gliddeu, who resides in Clarendon, Orleans Co., Y. Y.; John J. makes his home in Evansville. Wis.; the fifth child born Jan. 9. 1849, Feb. 12. 1873, became the wife of Daniel Sawtelle. a farmer ef Lake County. Dak., and to them have been born two sons — Le Fcn-est. born April 11. 1874. and Claudes, Aug. 19, 1883. Silas A., who was born .\ug. 17, 18.50, and is engaged in farming near Los Angeles, Cal.. married Edith Foster, Dec. 24. 188.'), and they have one child. Solomon and .'^iisan Mary, (twins) were born Oct. 20, 1851. but ilie lat- ter died Aijril 9. 18J3; Solomon, who is now living at Footville. Rock County, was unitearentage, and is a daughter of William and Janette Langmuir. Four children grace their union, three sons and a daugh- ter — William Henry, .lames Duncan, Isabella C. and Claj'ton Langmuir. The e, who were natives of New York .and emigrated to Du- buque, Iowa, in the Territorial days of that State, 'i'hc death of Mr. Morse occurred in Lancaster, Wis., in 1888. The lainc year, in the month of December, the hand of death was laid upon Mrs. Northrop, and she p.assed to her final rest respected by all who knew her. Not only her immediate family mourned her loss, but deep grief was felt by a large circle of intimate friends. Mr. Northrop is a warm supporter of the Re- publican party, but has never been a politician in the sense of otlicc-soeking. For nearly half a cen- tury lie liJis been numbered .aniong the promiiuait an and is a soi' of Henry K. Col- ling. His grandfather. William Colling, was a far- mer and reached the age of ninety years. The Colling family' has .attained notoriety in the field of arciiitecturc, James K. Colling, of London, a cou- sin of our subject, being a leading architect of that cily, while other mendiers of the family have also gained distinction in the .same line. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Henr^' K. Colling were born five children, four sons an <;tr^J>HRlD(;E (;ERRV EHTELD, an early ^ pioneer of Wisconsin, was born near Gil- , ' — ^ manton Corners, whicli is about fifteen miles northeast of Concord, N. H. His birth occurred on the 2d daj' of February, 1817. His parents, Samuel and Abigail (Leavitt) I'ilield. were natives of New iMigland. The father w:us engaged in mer- cantile pursuits in New Hampshire, and when our subject was three years of age removed with his family to Chittenden County, Vt., settling on a new farm. Elbridge piussed his boyhood on his father's farm, where, when be was old enough to be useful, he w:is trained to habits of industry, and. .as the farm was heavily' timbered and very rocky, such habits meant plenty of h.ard work. His early education was that which the district schools of the limes atTorded, and later in life w.as supple- mented by an academic course at Montpelier. After sixteen years' residence on the farm, Jlr. Fifield. in JLay, 1837, joined a family of eleven mem Iters and started for the Far West. Traveling * ^ -4•- 508 -■► ROCK COUNTY. was not as easily or as rapitUy iK-rfornied in lliose eaily days as at pivsfiit. 'riic tiist stages were made in an oid-fasliiuncd Concord eoaeli, wliicli was followerl l)y c-:inai-boat and steamer transport- ation nntii llie l>arty leaclied Detroit, when it was determined to go aeross the lower peninsula of Michigan inst;'ad of aroinid hy water. As it was impossible to lind conveyance for :dl the party, or, perhaps, a matter of ecouoniy malving it dcsiiahh . the young men of the party, of whom our subject was one, walkeil from Detroit to St. .loseph. Mich., a distance of 280 miles, wlience they secured pass- age on a small schooner, and during tiie first week of June reached Chicago, then a city in its infancy, containing a population of about three thousand. I'rom Chicago he went to Milwaukee with his party, making llie trip in a sciiooner. an<1 reached that village on the lltli of .hine. h.'iving been twenty-six days on the journey. Mrs. Brown, of their part\', expected to meet her son, K. (i. Darllni;, at Milwaukee, but found that he was at H:uk Hiver, now Hebron, Jefferson County, buiding a sawmill for the Rock IJiver Land Company. !Mr. Kilield volunteered to walk to liark Iviver and notify Rlr. Darling of tiie arrival of the party, lie was directed to follow the blazed line and w.igon tracks through the Mil- waukee woods to Prairie \'illage, now Waukesha, and from there to take the Rock River Trail to Bark River. I'roeceding on his journey, he in due time reached a double log iiouse, built of tamarack logs, and, on inquiring the distance to Prairie A'il- lage was informed that he was already there. He next inquired for the Hark River trail and the probable chance of finiling a good place to spend the night, and was told that he would find a house about a mile distant, but bej'ond for a distance of thirty miles to Bark River he would find no human habitation. He spent the night at the house desig- nated, and the following morning started on his lonely journey. After traveling a few miles, he was overtaken by a man mounted on an Indian pony, whom he at first mistook for an Indian in- tent on securing a white man's scalp, but, on closer inspection, found the stranger to be a white man, who turned out to be iSheriff Aldrich. of .Milwau- kee, who was trying to overtake him for the sake of company, as he, the sheriff, had learned that a young man had just started aiiead of iiim, both bound for the same destination. The sheriff proved an agreeable eoraijanion. and very kindly shared the use of his pony on the (ilan of -'ride ami tie," as he termed it. One would ride a mile or two, then tie the horse and proceed on foot. The other, coming up, would mount, overUd^e the first one, pass on a mile or so, and rejjcat the oper.ation. In this novel manner iUcy re.-ichcd Bark River alxmt 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Having discharged his business, .Mr. Filicld found himself fairly launched on his new life in the Far West. His cash assets amounted to the munificent sum of ¥2.50, wliile he was burdeneil witii a debt of *42, which he had contracted on leaving home in borrowing money for the ex- [lenses of his journey. As it would cost §1 pci- day for boaid at the log boarding-house where the company's iianils stopped, lie saw that he must se- cure Work at once, which he did by iiiiing to Mr- Darling U> drive a four-ox team, employed in hauling logs to the new mill. From the .saw logs hauled by Mr. F'ifieM was sawed tin' Uunber which Mr. .lanes purchase;, he was talxeii |)iisoiier and Iodised in jail. Man}' of his compatriots were tried, convic- ted of treason, and some of lliem lianyed. By a fortunate change in the administration of tiie Ilduic (iovernment. Mr. Conrad was released from inipris- onment and in 1839, moved to Rockford. 111., wliere lie cnijaged in business, but subsetiucntly re- turned to Canada. After remaining some lime and becoming dissatisfied with affairs, jiolitieal and linancial, he again returned to Uockford, whence he removed to Janesville. Wis., in 184G. Iteing a milhvrigiit and carpenter by profession lie built the ■•IJig" mill. Tiie following year he com- menced merchandising, on the site now occujiied liy a part of tlic Myers House. Kroni the time he first commenced business until he leliicd in 18C.'i, he was eminently successful. Pfissessed only of the most ordinary cdiicalidii. yi't ho had an intuitive faculty in regard to values anil a nerve in investment, tlial in tliese later d.ays won 111 have made him a prince among merchants. In politics he was an original Abolitionist and a Republican until 1872, when he joined the Liberal party, tliat led to the nomination of Horace Gree- ley. From that time until his death he was an In- dependent, and wore no part}' collar. Mr. Conrad was a member of the first City Council and sev- t'ral subsequent Councils, and was for many years a member of the lioard of Supervisors and a Direc- tor in the First National IJank. He was a man of positive ideas, strict honor, gre.at integrity, and in his death tlie State lost a man of decided natu- ral aliility. Of iiis family three children .•ire yet living — J. Ilemy Conrad, of the linn of Bell. Con- rad A- Co.. Chicago. HI.; and Charles 15., and Wil- liam I!., of the linn of Conrad Brothers, of Janes- ville, Wis. -+^S'=?5^=t^-^-- ^¥( AMKS HOl'KI.N.S, who hiis been a prominent I and inllueiitial citizen of this county since IS48, and who resides on section 3. Center Township, is an importer and breeder of fine iiorses. He w.as born in Sussex, England. March 12, 1827, and of a family of five children, was the fourth in order of birth. His parents, John and Sarah ((iiccii) Hopkins, were also natives of Sus- sex and in that vicinity the father engaged in farm- ing for many years. Accompanied by his family he left his native land in 1834, when James was but seven years old, and crossing the broad ocean be- came a resident of Canada. He located in ]3urham County, in the Province of Ontario, where he fol- lowed agricultural pursuits until the year 1818. He then came to Rock County, Wis., where he pur- chased 32(1 acres situated on sections 3 and 10, Center Township, at 4>C [ler acre. He became one of the leading farmers of the count}' and engaged in the cultivation of his land until 18.53. when calk>^- Clinti>n, Wis., was born in Tittsburg, J'a.. '^p Sept. 9, 1844, and remained under the par- ental roof until nine years of age, when the death of his mother occurred and he went to live with a distant relative. At the age of fourteen years he started out in life for himself, to make his own way in the world, and detcriiiining to try his fortune in the NVest. came to Wisconsin. He landed at Mil- waukee, where lie rcniaiiifd ;i short lime, and then came to Rock County, where he worked at any eniployiuent which he could tiiid. The year 181)1 found Mr. Anderson in .biiics- ville, and when the Civil War broke out he en- listed from that city, being among the first to enrol his name with the ilcfeiKlcrs of liis country. He enlisted in what was called the Hocky .Mountain Rangers, but that regiment was subsequently dis- banded, ami in Septt'mber, 18C1, he became a mem- ber of tlie l.Hth ^Visconsin Infanlry. being mustered in at Camii Treadway, .lanesville, where the com- ])any remained for three iiioiiths. They then re- ceived orders to proceed to Chicago, and thence on to (^uiucy. where they camped one night in an old rouiidliouse. At tiiat time winter had set in. the river was partiall\' frozen over, and the ground was covered wilh a deepsiiow. I'henext morning they were forced to cross tiie .Mississippi on cakes of floating ice — a very dangerous undertaking — .■uid marclieii through the snow, carrying their knap- sacks, which at that time were well loadeli tiu'dugh tiic water and mud in a most reckless manner, but before leaching Ft. Scott, his death (iccurred. lie did not seem to realize that he was much older, and his constitution was impaireil l)y age. After the little interval of rest the company i)ro- ceet over the eani|t, leveling nearly all the tents, with the exception of that occupied by the Chaplain. The Colonel did not fare so well, as his tent was blown over, antl in his nightshirt made his way to the Chaplain's tent, calling Qut in his Irish brogue. "Cliaplain let me in, me tint luisgoneto the D — ." While stationed at Moscow, Mr. Anderson had charge of a scpiad of men forming an escort to a United States Pay- master, who had in his possession ^1,000,00(1 with which to pay the army at Corinth. They were al- Uickcd by Wheeler's cavalry at Trenton, but after a few shots had been exchanged the enemy retreated. They pressed on to Corinth, and from there return- ing to Columbus. Ky., they were soon ordered to Fts. Henry and Uonelson, and participated in sev- ral expeditions, in one of which they hafl a skir- inisii with the rebel cavalry at IIo[)kiusville. killing twentv-five and ca|)turing several prisoners. While lying at the forks of a road a messenger came hurry- ing up, reporting that the rebels had attacked the .■>tli Iowa Cavalry, an wliii h Mr. Anderson belonged lie- came a part of the llli Army Corps, under Gen. Stanley. The 3d I'.rigade was commanded by William P. l.yon. The next s|)iing they were or- dered to Kasl Teuiu'ssce, and while on the way the news reached them of the assai^si nation of President Lineiihi, !in(l while at (Jreensbori/they heard of the suneMtand on Smilh Main street, where he and Mr. Bennett formerly carried on business, and there opened a large stock of dr\- goods, carjwts. cloaks and genUs' furnishing goods. In 1S82 his sons IJobert M. and Joseph I,, were admitteil a.- partners into the business uniler the firm name of J. M. Bostwick k Sons. This firm has two .separate stores on .South Main street silu.'itecl only two doors apart, at Nos. ll> and 20. The r lower one is stocked principally with cloaks and upholstery goods, while the one on the north car- ries a full stock of dry-goods, notions and carpet-s. Taken together they comprise the largest assort- ment anil heaviest stock in that line in the county. On the .'iOth of November, ISrj.'i, Mr. Bostwick was married to Miss Harriet M. Allen, daughter of Orange Allen, Es(|., of Genesee County, N. Y., and a native of Aurora, that .State. The ft)llowing children have blessed their union, all of whom are living except two: Fr.ank M., the eldest, is a lieu- tenant in the United States Navy on the ship of war "Palos," and is now stationed in Japanese wat- ers. He married Mrs. Alvira Ilartwell, and makes his home .at \'allejo, Cal.; Rf>bert M. is in business with his father; Henry Clark died in .\ugust. 1865, .aged three years; Joseph L. is the junior partner of J. M. Bostwick iVr Sons. The younger members of the family are Harry A.. Marion, Racine; Ed- ward, who died Aug. 21. 1881, ami Harriet. Mr. Bostwick is a Republican in politics, but h.as never sought or desired public oflice. preferring to devote his undivided attention to his extensive mer- cantile business. In 1875 he served as Alderman, which fully satisfieil his aspirations for official hon- ors, since which lime he has iledined to be a candi- date for any public trust. He has been the architect of his own fortune, for starting in life without capital oi- inlluence, he has by industry, strict in- tegrity and the observance of correct business pi'in- ciplcs achieved marked success. At the time of his father's death, being the eldest son. he assumed the management of the affairs of the family, aided and advised by his mothei'. and did much to preserve the family organiy.alion and ad viince their interests. IIi> life liMS been an active one and his efforts well direeleil by intelligent forethought. Nothing in the glitt«rof brilliantly-promising speculation ever temiited him from the well-beaten i)atlis of legiti- mate mercantile pursuits, and to-d.ay after fort)' years of experience in merch.audising he sUmds at ihe he.ad of one of the most important mercantile houses in Rock County. While still rugged and in the prime of life he has the satisf.-iction of know- ing th.at his sons, as fast as age permitted have be- come useful and respecteil members of society, far ailvauced in business pros|H'cts beyond those en- ,» 518 -«► ROCK COUNTY. jojed by liimself at their age; and be has won and retains the respect and esteem of the best of liis fellow-citizens with wliom lie has been associated in liusiness and social relations for so inan^- years. ^^ -> -T" ^^ AMUEL HOLDREDGE. of the firm of ^^^ Oreen & Holdredge. dealers iu leaf to- "ll^^ bacco, Janesville, Wis, was born near ^=^ Utica, N. Y.. on the '28th day of May, 1828, and is the son of Samnel and l.ucina (Harvey) lloldredge. His father was born iu Connecticut and was descended from an old New England fam- ily, while his mother was born in A'ermont. her ancestors being among the early New England colonists. Her grandfather was a soldier of the War of the Revolution, and lived to the remark- able age of one hundred and seventeen years. He preserved his faculties and physical powers so per- fectly that at the age of one liuinlred and six- teen years he addressed a nieeting of 10,000 people and upwards, at New York City. When one hundred and twelve years of age, having purchased some suburban lots in Utica, and his residence being five miles distant, it w:\s his custom to walk to his property, work there durinf the day and walk back at night. He used two canes, but made as good time .as the average pedestri.an. This remarkable gentleman was liorn in America, and was of Scotch line.Tge. .Samuel lloldredge, the subject of this sketch, w.as educated at Whitestown .\cademy and was reared on a farm. When twenty-three years of age he l)egan his business career as a clei'k at Utica, N. Y., and was married at Cedarville on the 6th day of July, 18.')l,to IMiss Mary R. Lee, a daughter of the Rev. Stephen Lee. Mrs. Holdredge wa.s lioiu in Herkimer County, near Utica. In 1855 Mr. Ilohlredgo with his family removed to Rock County, Wis., and seltle, Ijuying the same from the government. Not a furrow li.ad been degree the conlidence and esteem of all who know him. — -^i^i^- — ERRICK r.ARTLK'n', one of tlie leading farmers and dairymen of Newark Town- ship, residing on section 22. has been a resident of the county since l.SJ.'j. He was born in Caledonia County. \'t.. .Inly ."il. 1827. .-ind is the son of Nathan and .Mary (Cutler) I'.artlett. who were natives of Worcester County, Mass. The father w.as a farmer bj' occupation, and en- "an'ed in agricultural |)ursuits throughout his entire life. The paternal grandfather of our subject aided the Colonies in their struggle for inde|)eiidence, and was one of the 1.500 men who acted as are- serve when W.'Lshington crossed the Delaware. Mr. Hartletl still h.as in his possession the old Hint-lock musket which was used by his grandfather during that war. The Bartlett family in .\merica was fouuidd not be gained from te.\t books. (Jn the 27th of April, 18;i.i. Mr. Bartlett and Miss Nancy G. Deuel were united in marriage. The lady Wits born in Philadelphia. Jefferson Co.. .\. V.. Jan. 2t, 1831, and is a daughter of Reuben K. and Betsy (Cross) Deuel, the former a native of New r -4»- -•► 520 ROCK COUNTY, York, and the latter of New Hampshire. Tliej' are now living in Afton. Rock Co.. Wis., Iiulh li:iv- in^ passed tlieir ninetieth birthdays, yet tiie lady still attends to the hotispliold affairs, while Mr. Deuel does the work around the house, keeping a horse and cow. I'.oth are still in ijood health and are highly esteemed people, who receive the resiiect of all who know them. l!y the union of Mr. and Mrs. liartiett nine chil- dren have been born — lohn '1"., is still living .-it home; Choate A., is a real estate and loan agent of Minneapolis. .Minn.; I). B.. is the wife of Kdgar C. Gilman. a farmer of I'.utler County, Kas., and was for eight terms a teacher in the public schools; Lil- lie M.. is an artist of much ability ; Harry U.. is a me- chanic of I'.assadena. Cal.; Kdith V. like her sister, possesses much artistic talent, and many oil paint- ings, the work of their hands, adorn the pleasant home; Guy Klroy. the youngest son is still at home; Mary E., is eng.aged in teaching; aiid Luc^- Ktta, completes the family. Mi', anil Mrs. i'.arllctl have given their children good educations, and all are well qualified for teachers. Kor the long period of forty-four years, Jlr. IJartlett has been a resident of Rock County, and the greater |)art of that time has been spent upon the farm, upon which he set- tled on his arrival, where his children were born and where he still resides. The many improve- ment-s which have been made and the highly culti- vated condition of the land show th.at his life has not been an iille one, and the success in the various directions in which he has labored is due entirely to his own efforts. He is now the owner of 210 acres of land. 200 of which are under cidtivation, and upon the farm wdl be found a good grade of all kinast the Rev. Mr. Comfort, accompanied bj' his family migrated to Wisconsin in 1M4H. For one 3'ear he had charge of the church at Lake (Jen- eva, Walworth County, and for the same length of time i)erfornied the duties of the pastorate of .lanes- ville, when his health failing him he was obliged to abandon the ministry, and purchasing a small farm near Evansville turned his attention to agricult- ural pursuits. l"V>r two years he resided upon his farm, preaching only occasionally to supply a v.a- cancy or on extra occasions. He then again entered the ministry and became Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Madison. Wis., but afU^r one year's service was again obliged to remove to his farm near Evansville. The first and onlv hon.se and with the educational, social and moral interests | which he ever built is still standing in that tA^)wn. has ever been identified. The temiu-rance cause His death occurred in Dow City. Iowa, in the year finds in him a true friend, anil he labors earnestly in its behalf. He is opposed to the use and manu- 1877. The Rev. Mr. Comfort was an old time minis- ter, but unlike many, not all. of his eolemporaries. •^ ^^ dfCj/j^^^j^ ■^•- ROCK COUNTY. 523 was a fearless advocate of anti-slavery principles for several years prior to llie war. He was also a tirni advocate of total aljstinence, and many a hard lilow did he strike for the right in both these issues, his energy never llaji^in": or faltering while health was ijiven to him. lie was also feeble, but for nian\- years worked and preached and wrote, con- tendin<,' with a disease which w.as surely carrying him downward to the grave, but his end was peace .•uid he died fully trusting in the God of whose love he had so long iireached to others. -S^^« RTHUIJ C. KENT, manufacturer, of .biues- 3^0| ville, was born in Canada, on the line I Is between that country and the State of New ^ York, Seiit. 1 , 1837, and is the son of Cart- wright and Caroline M. (Smith) Kent, both of whom were natives of England, the former born in Lincolnshire, and the latter in London. They came to America in 1827, and settled in Canada. The subject of this sketch received his primary education in the public schools, after which he at- I elided Magill College, in Montreal, Canada. In the spring of 1 853 he eng.iged .as a clerk in the Intel-national Hotel, Niagara Falls, and there rc- m.iiued three years, hi 185G he went to Chicago, where he found em|)loyment with the Lake Shore A: Michigan Southern Railroad in the ticket oHice. In 18.')'.) he went to Denver, Col., as a member of the Original Chicago Mining Comp.au}', where he remained one year, engaged in mining. Returning to Chicago, he remained there but a short time, and then went to London, Canada, where he was en- gaged in distilling for one year. St. Louis, Mo., was his next place of residence. He there engaged in the slate and marble business for a short time, and then went to Cincinnati. Ohio, and thence to Lexington. Ky., wheri' he engaged in the same line of business. While Mr. Kent was in Lexington the Rebellion commenced, and he cami; North to AVisconsin, locating .at Janesville. Relieving in the righteous- ness of tlic Union <-:iuse. on the Gth day of Novem- ber. ISfil. he enlisted as a private in Company E, :>d Wisconsin Cavalry, for three 3'ears' service. Ik- was mustered in at Janesville Nov. 27, and soon after was sent to the front. On the Gth day of January, 1802, he was appointed Sergeant, and Aug. 13 following was commissioned Second Lieu- ten.ant, .and served .as such until Dec. 2, 1862, when he w.as commissioned First Lieutenant. On the 13th day of June, 1863, he resigned, and returned to Janesville, which has since been his home. On returning to Janesville Lieuti Kent engaged in the manufacture of high wines and vinegar, in which business he continued until 1877, when, hav- ing patented his corn-planter, which he christened "The Triumph," he began its manufacture. Sub- sequently he added to his business the manufacture of fauning-mills, clothes -wringers, steel-fiaine pul- leys and imitation cigar-box lumber. At the pres- ent time, in the spring of 1889, he emplo3-s on an average twent3--five men, his sales amounting to about §40,000 annually. Mr. Kent was united in marriage Oct. 23. IHGC, with Miss Hannah M. Liddle, a native of Can.ada and daughter of Frazier and Catherine Liddle. Three children were born unto them, all of whom died in infancy. Few men are more entcri)rising than the subject of this sketch, who never finds time to be idle. On all questions i)ertaining to the welfare of his adopted city ho takes front rank, always willin" to contribute to its material advancement. Polilitallv he is an independent. Ueligiousl}' he is a member of the Episcopal Cliiirch, of vvliicli body his wife is also a member. Hothare highly esteemed wherever known. A line portrait of Jlr. Kent is shown upon the op.positc page. 'i^^:- — - l|';OIlN HEATH, engineer on the Chicago & ] Northwestern Railro.ad. running the entrine . of the da}' exiness betweiai .lanosvile and ^f^fJ (ireeii May, entered the employ of that com- pany as fireman in December. 18C2, and in July, l.S(;:>. was promoted to engineer. He is a native of this State, having been born in the town of Delafield. Waukesha County, on the KUh day of Janiiarv. 1812. and is a son of .b)lin and .Margaret ((iarrilv) Hcatli. His fallii'r was born in England, ami when T / »► ■ ^« i 4= 524 "^ 11 <• ROCK f^OUNTY. n! -1 a young man eraignited to Canada, where lie was married, Iiis wife being a native of tlial connliy. Ill 183S he removed with lii.s family li> Wisconsin, settling at Ocoiiomowoc, wlierc lie spent three years and tlien hecaine a resident of Uelafield. lie there engaged in tiie erection of two mills, after wliich he removed to Snilivan. .IctT'erson County, wliere lie .also built two mills, called the Heath ^^iil^<, on l'.ark .River. His death occurred in July, 1.S7;'), and his wife departed tliis life in 1«G8. They were tlie i>arents of seven children, all of whom arc living with the exception f>f one. Michael C, who married Lena Kellogg, is engaged in the lumber business in Nestoria, IJaraga Co., Mich., where he still resides; Margaret is now the wife of George Cox, a farmer residing near Lin- coln, Neb.: John, of this sketch, is the next in order of birth; William died at the age of fourtteii years; Albert married Kliza Gilxson, f)f Republic, Wis., and is engaged in lumbering; Eliza is the wife of William 'IMiompson. a farnier in Waupaca County, Wis., and Nellie, the youngest, is the wife of Warren Axtel, a carpenter of I'ine City, Minn. When about three years of age our subject re- moved with his parents to the pl.aee now called Heath Mills, in the town of Snilivan, .Jefferson Co., Wis., and later went U> I'almyra, receiving his education in the village schools. He began rail- roading in the erii|>loy of the Milwaukee it I'rairic du Chien Kailroa'l Company in June, 18C0, as a fireman, continuing in that employ until Oct. 15, 1KC2, making two years anil four months' service. He was then engaged with the Illinois Central for a short time, after which he was fireman on the (ialena \' Chicago Lnion Railroad, accepting on the same day on which he left that road a position on the Northwestern, and since Dee. T). 1 .SG2, has been in the em|iloy of that company. In July, 1 «(;;!, he was placed in charge of his liist engine, and since that time he has .serveil .as an engineer. When he entered the employ of the company il h.ad but 210 miles of road and tliirl\-live engines, but now owns G,000 miles of road .and HdO engines. Mr. Heath has been a resident of Janesville since March 11, 1860, at which time he was united in marriage with Miss Kllen M. Bliss, of Chicago, 1 r a daughter of .\sahel and Samantha (Merrill) Bliss. | Mrs. Heath was born in Chelsea, Orange Co., Vt. Their union h.os been blessed to them with one son, Marcelbis Adelbert, who was born in Janesville. M.ay y, 1809. In 1802 Mrs. Heath removed from her Eastern home to Ereeport, III. In her father's family were four chililren — Erances, who became the wife of James C. Nichols, an engineer on the Canada, Waterloo tV Ontario Railroad, who for many years was in the employ of the Western Union and Hannibal it St. .loseph roails; Ellen M., wife of our subject; Erankliii, an old engineer on the Chicago, Milwaukee & .St. Paul, for twenty-five 3-ears running between .Savannah and Rock Islaand. married Adelaide Sweet and lives at Rock Islami; Newton M., an engineer on the Madison Division of the Chicago it Northwestern Rairoad, wedded Isabel W. Rnndlett. and lives at Barabot), Wis. 'I'he death of Mr. Asahel Bliss occurred on the 7th day of August, 1857. He was born in Lebanon. N. IL, and his wife, who died April 2, 1852. was a native of the (ireen Mountain .State. Mr. anil Mrs. Heath have been residents of Janes- ville for many years, and are highly respected citi- zens. He takes great interest in civic societies; is a member of Western Star Lodge, No. 14, A. E. & A. AL; of .Janesville Chapter, No. 5, R. A. M.; Janesville Commandery No. 2. K. T.. and h.as held various ottices in the same. Eor two years he was Worshipful Master of the Blue Lodge, was for four j'ears and is now H. P. of the Chaiiter, and is J. W. of the Commaiidciy. lie belongs to the (lebel Council, No. 2, and is a member of the (Iraud Council of the St.ate, and is (! rand Principal Conductor of the Work. He has recently been apiK)inted Foreign Correspondent f)f the (irand Council of Michigan, near the; Orand Council of Wisconsin. Eor twenty-five years he has been a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Kn gineers, and now belongs to .Janesville Division No. 185, of which he has been twelve years treasurer. He h.as been representative of thai order to lonventions held in Detroit, BiitTalo. Ncu Orleans, New York, Chicago, and Richmond, \'a., and has done effective work for his fellow en- gineers. He .as an ardent supporter of the Repub- lican party, and sustains the Congregational Church, of wliich his wife is a member. As an engineer ^^ ■^*- ROCK COUNTY. 525 Mr. Heath ranks liigli,and liis long term of service is a testimonial of his aliility and fidelity to the company's interests. He has never had an acei- (U'nt, nor has he ever heen off duty an entire month during; his service, with one exception. As lircman he lias made !);5,(j.").s miles; u|) to Juno .'?(), l.s,s;i. as engineer, 1)05,01 7 miles. Of the latter, (>1IS,2I7 were m.ade in tiic passenger service. ^f AMES HRADSIIAW, an old and highly respected citizen of Spring Valle\' 'I'own- sliip, residing on section 17, was born on y tiie 22(1 day of .Inly, 18(11, an.l d.-itcs his residence in lids county from .Inly -1. 18-15. He was l)orn in Derbyshire. England, where his an- cestry lived for several generations b.ack. 15otli liis paternal and maternal grandparents were na- tives of th.at c(jnnty. and the families were noted foi- longevity-. The paternal grandfather iiad passed his one liundredth birthday at the time of his death, and his wife was one hundred and five 3ears of .age, while tlic maternal grandfather was eiglity-two years of age. and his wife had attained her ciglily-second year. For more than forty j'ears Mr. Bradshaw re- sidc(l within one mile of his birthjilace, making ids home, in Liniondly initil his emigr.ation to Amer- ica, lie was married in Derbyshire, England, on the ;!(lth day of May. 1«2;5, to Miss liettie Coo()er, who was his companion through life's journey for more than lialf a century. A family of six clul- dren were Ijorn to that worthy couple, the birtli of live occurring previous to the removal of the fam- ily to tins country: Martha, who married Peter Smith, a native of Scotland, then living in Spring N'alicy Township, but now a resident of Wasliing- ton. died in 1888, leaving six of licr seven children to niouru tlu- loss of a mother; George died in his eightecntli year; .loseph died in infancy; Jane also dci)arted this life in lier eighteenth year; lietsy, who was liorn Dec. (!, 1839, became the wife of .lacob \'an Skike, Sept. 24, 1871, her husliand, who was a soldier of Company I. 9th Indiana Cavalry, having died Scjit. 2:3, 1880. since which time slie lias been living with her four children on tlie old <■ homestead; Maria, born Sept. 29, 1847, is now the wife of James Sterling Richards, and to them have lieen born four children, one of whom is deceased. In 1845, .acc( mi pan led by Ids family, Mr. Hrad- shaw left his native land and crossed the Atlantic to America. He arrived in Janesville, Wis., on the 4th day of Jul^-, of that year, and soon after- ward entered a claim on section 17, Spring Valley Township, comprising IIJO acres of land, to which he has since added forty acres, making in all 200 acres of fine arable land, which he lias placed under a high state of cultivation. His first house was a little log cabin, tlie usual home of the pioneer, and it is still standing, being used as a work and tool shop. Of an energetic and practical disposition, Mr. Br.adshaw has made a success of farming. Nothing which he undertakes proves a failure, for his industry and perseverance, alwaj's at last, if not in the beginning, accomplishes the result for which he is striving. He lias always been in the habit of laying his plans after retiring for the night, and on rising in the morning was re;idy to proceed to the labors of the da3'. He li:us never sold as much as 200 bushels of corn, believing it more profitable to feed his produce to his stock than to send it to market. He lias raised all kinds of farm produce adapted to the soil and climate of Wisconsin. Some years since he rented his farm to his grandson, onlj' retaining four acres for his own use, which he planted in vegetables, selling the same in Hrodliead. Although Mr. Bi-adshaw has nearly reached his eighty-fifth year, he is still vigorous, arises at 6 :30 in the morning, .at 8 o'clock starts to r.rodhead, and on his return spends the morning in reading until called to dinner. He is fond of a good joke, highly enjoys repartee, is a great reader, and his mental faculties are unim- paired. He can converse intelligently on any sub- ject, is well informed on all the general topics of the day, and bj' his genial, kindly manner, has gained friends wiierever he h.as been. In 1880 his good wife was called to her final rest, and her re- mains were interred in the cemetery near the Scotch sciiool-honse in .S|u'ing \'alley Township. She had been reared in the same familj' with Mr. Bradshaw. and their aopiaint.ance dateil from the age of seven 3'ears. ( )n att.aining to years of matu- I _ ■► i < • ^ i r^ 520. ROCK COUNTY. turity their friendship ripened into a deeper regjard, and for more than half a century they traveleil life's journey as man and wife, celchrntinir their golden weildinu in IK?-'?. -^-H^>=S>^4+-J- 7 n II. BILLINGS, a prominent contractor and Imilder of Janesville, Wis., wns liurn in Monltjomery County. N. Y.. en llic lltli day of January, IH-KI, and is a son of Ilirani and Eliz:ilietli ( I'.rown) Hillings. His father was horn on llie same farm where the liirth of our subject occnrred, ami tliroughout his life he fol- lowed agricultural pursuits. After his marriage with Miss Brown tliey eontinue<1 to reside in New York until IsT'.t, w iicn llu'\ renio\ I'll to Uoekford, 111., whore tiiey are still living. Tliey arc the parents of two children — D. II., of this sketch, and a daughter, who is now the widow of Stephen Snell. Our subject jiassed his early life in his native county, and in IHi'it), when sixteen years of age, first came to .lanesville with his father. The first house which he assisted in building in Rock County was erected during that senson on Turtle Creek, and is still standing, in 1 K.H".). Mr. Hillings' stay in Rock County at tliiit time was but temporary, as in March. 18.">7, he returned to the State of New Yoik. He served an apprenticeship to the carpen- ter trade at Amsterdam, near Albau\, and there continueil to work for cjglit years, when lie went to Michigan, where he passed the next six \'cars of his life. He then removed to Uoekford. III., where he continued for the sinne period of time, :uid at lenuth returiu'd to .lanesville. wiiere lie made a permanent location. In 18(!'2 Mr. Billings was united in marri.age with Miss Frances Fuhner, a daughter of Rev. \s:i:\c Fulmer, a Methodist clergyman, of Amster- dam. Two children graced their union — Frank, who is ;i macthinist liy trade anil now resides in Koekford, III., and F.dna, a .'Student of the high school of .lanesville. In 1H7!), on the '.ith of^.Iune, dentil robbed Mr. Hillings of his helpmate. In ISKl he married Miss Nettie Allen, a daughter of Alonzo and grandd.-uighter of Alexander Allen. On the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion Air. Hillings contemplated enteiiiig the service, and a.ssisted in raising the first company which enlisted from Amsterd:im, but on account of physical disability his services as a soldier were not ac- cepted. He is at present one of the prominent contractors and builders of Janesville, making a siiecialt}' of church and store buildings, .and the skillful and etiicient manner in which his work is performed has gained him an enviable reputation. Mr. Hillings is descended from .several families of note among the early settlers of New York. His paternal grandfather, Caleb Billings, was one of the earlj' settlers of Montgomery County, and wedded a Miss Mallorv, who belonged to an early Vermont family. The great-grandfather of our subject niarried a Miss Van Renssel.aer, who be- longed to an old Holland family whose meinbcrs were jiioneer settlers of the Mohawk ^'.•llley. The mother of Mr. Hillings was the daughter of David Brown, who was also numbered among the early settlers of Moulgomerv County, N. Y. of zen on (» ftlLLIAM S. YOST, one of the pioneers \/\jl' Rock County of 18 13, and a leading citizi ^^ of Beloit, w.a.s born in Johnstown, Kulti County, N. Y.. .M;ucli II, 1818, and is of (Jernian descent. His gr:indfather, Peter Yost, was born in Sax Cobeny, Germ.any, and emigrated to the United States when a young man, settling at .lohnstown. He was one of the founders of that place, built the first saw and lloiuMug mill, and w.as interested in many of its first enterprises. He married a lady by the name of Schultz, and to them were born seven children — John, Jacob, William, Nicholas. Ann, Mary and Elizabeth. William, the third child, and the father of c»ur subject, wedde(i. Ill' crossed the Atlantic witli his parents to Anieiica, tiic family continuing tlieir jonrneyinirs until rcacliins; Rocl< County, where they settled in the town of Milton, there spending one year, and at the end of that time removing to a farm i.. the town of Lima. The suhjecl of this sketch was married in .lelTer- son County, Wis., to Miss Elizaholh Phelps, the cerenKjny heiiig performed on the Tjth day of Oc- tober. 187.'i. The lady was horn in Mcllenry County. III., and is a daughter of Waterman Phelps. One child, a chuighter, Mamie, was horn of their union. Immediately after his marriage, Mr. Madden made his home in llie town of Harmony, where he engaged in farming. ct)ntinuiug in that location until 1881, when he moved to .lanesville, and formed a i)artnership with 'I'homas ISowles in his present business. They had already licen import- ing choice horses together for a year previous and have since huilt up a large and prosperous liusiness, in connertion with which tliey are also interested largely in Dakota lauds. Mr. Iladdiii and his family attend All Souls Church. ( liiitarian). In politics, he is a Demo- crat, lint has never heen an ollice holder, or had any desire in that du'ection. lie is an upright, honorable man, and is esteemed as such by a large circle of ai-(piaintauces. ^ ' i ' | "*~ r ,^^\ VHON 11. .SOVERlllLL, a leading dealer in leaf tobacco, of Janesville, has been a resident of this city since January, 1856. lie was born in New.ark, Wa^'ne Co., N. Y., .lulv 1 I. 1828, and probably is descended from .Samuel Soverhill, a native of Wales, who came to .\merica during Colonial days. He was a sailor, owning several coasting vessels, and at the time of tlie Revolution was engaged in the lumber trade l)elween Maine and Long Island. The British ca|)tured his vessels and endeavored to press him into their service, but he resisted their efforts, lost his life by so doing, and was thrown overboard into the sea. His son, the grandfather of our sub- ject, for that reason contracted a great hatred for the British, and when the War of 1812 (which was caused In- the British trying to impress American seamen into their service) broke out, he immedi- ately engaged in that struggle. He was at the time in command of a military company in the State of New York, lie took part in the engage- ment at Sodus Point, the battle of Chip|)ewa. and the battle of (^ueenstowii. in which Gen. Brock was killed. He continued to live in Wayne County until his death. He had a family of three daugh- ters and three sons — Isaac. Hiram, and Joel, the latter being the only one of the family yet living, his home being the old homestead in Wayne County. Hiram So\erhill, the father of our subject, was the first white child born in Arcadia Townshii), W.ayne Co., N. Y., the date of his birth being Nov. 16, 1800. He w.as reared to the oi'cupatiou of farming, and was united in marriage with Kliza .lessup, who w.as born in W.ayne County in 1808, and was a daughter of Lewis .Iessu[), a native of New Jersey, who settled in Wayne County .at an early day. A family of five children, three sons and two daughters, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Soverhill. and all are yet living, Mj'ron II , of this sketch. l)eing the eldest; Andrew I), is a resident of Newark, N. Y. ; Edward P. makes his home at the same place; Sarah is the wife of John K. Boyce, of Minneapolis. Minn.; and Mary, a maiden lady, is living with her sister. The subject of this sketch is the only one of the family who ever located in Wisconsin. He was reared to farm life, and leceived his education in his native county. After arriving at mauliood. he was joined in wedlock with Miss Adeline Saiiford, a native of Wayne County. N. Y._ and a daughter of .loseph H. and Dorcas (lluuiphiey) Sanford. Her father's family nun\bcred eight children, four sons and four daughters, but only three are now living — William, of Barry County, Mich.: Eiuil\. wife of Pliny Macomber, of Maple Grove, Mich.; and iMrs. Soverhill. In the fall of 1855 Mr. Soverhill ni:idc a lri|i to Rock County for the purpose of selecting a lo- cation, and purchasect a farm on section 8, in the town of Fulton. But little improvement had been made at the time of the purchase, hut he at once ■ •^- -^»" ROCK COUNTY. r>2'j l)i\s;!iii to (ievelop and cultivate tlio land, which he soon Iransfdrnicd into a licaulifiil f:iirii. which is yv\ iji liis (losscssiou. Ki'oiii l.Sf)!; until lfeen identified. In his religious views he is a I'resbyteiian. .Mr. and Mrs. Soveihill are the parents of live children, one son and four daughters: Sanfoid; .Minnie, wife of Mr. Tracy, of Chicago; Helen, wifi' of T. IJ. Karle, of Edgerton, Rock County; Elorcncc!. wife of H. I)e Forest, of Rock County; and Edith, who is at lionu'. ^I^^X A Til A .N I), li AS Tl )N, the pioneer mam II I/I l'"''''' '■'^ Beloit, who is known and lion IV^i^ tliroughout Rock County as one of its ATIIA.N I), li AS Tl )N, the pioneer maiiufac- onored :s most v.ortliy citizens, was born near Auburn, N. Y., on llie 17th day of March, IHIO. His father, .lames (iasioii, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and his mollu-r, whose maiden name was Eydia Irish, was uue of a family of fifteen children, twelve daugh- ters and three sons, born to the Rev. David Irish, a Haptist minister and pioneer preacher near Auburn. Near that city .Mr. (Jastoii and his wife were united in marriage, after which they began their domestic lile upon .-1 farm, but subsecpuMil ly I'enioved into the city, where the husbanil engaged in the livery and st.age business. There wen; boin unto them si.\ children, who reached nialure years, namely: Norman I,., who studied imtdicine, and became a proininent physician, locatetl lirsl at Etna, N. Y., and later became a resident *)f Deiavan. Wis., but his astonataii early age was apprenticed to the trade vt a gunsmith, ;iiid after working un- der instructions for one > ear. in order to become tainiliar with the tools, started out lo battle with the world, (ioing to Rochester, .N. V.. he secaired employment at making gun locks, and resided in that city one ye:ir, when he went fo Albany, in l.H.'S'i. there passing the live succeeding years of his life. In the me^intime he became acquainted with ;iiid married Miss .Vinelia C. Tillingliast, the cere- mony which unite"oui' cliildieu graced the union of this worthy couple, three of whom are yet livinw — Fred Y., born Dec. 2H, 1875; Roy 1'., Jan. 1, 1H8I ; and Eddie C, Feb. IC. 1881. The second child, Frank. W^., who was born Oct. 12, 1878, died April 22, 1880. Since 1871. .Mi-. Hart has been operating .'i.'iO acres of l;ind, and is an cntcriirising and progress- ive farmer. He owns a line grade of all kinds of stock and everything about the place indicates thrift and neatness. For the past year he has acted as salesman for the Rock County Co-operative Cieninery. lie has (illcd the position of Township Supervisor and has lu'ld various other local ollices. He is a worthy citizen and receives the respect of all who know him. ON. CORNEIJIS .MORTIMER I'REAT. who is a prominent antl representative citi- -^ zen of Clinton, Wis., is numbered among ^j the earlj^ settlers of this community, dating his residence from 1847. He is a native of Alle- gany County, N. Y., his birth occurring on the 25tli daj' of April. 1817. His parents were Am.-iziah and Sally (Colvin) Treat, the former a native of Massachusetts and the latter of Vermont, In their young days they removed to Monroe County, N. Y., where their marriage was celebrated, when they settled in Mendon. Tliej- subsequently moved to .\llegan3' County, N. Y.,but after a short resilience in that place returned to their former home. Their family numbered four children, namely: Diadaiiia, who was born in Mendon, N. Y., married Homer Barrett in 1831, they then removing to Huron County, Ohio, where they continued to make their home until 1849, at which time they became resi- dents of Turtle Township. Rock County, where Jlr. Barrett died, after which his wife removed to t 534 HOCK COITNTY. ■¥ her present home in Clinton; Sanih was united in marriage with Benjamin Park at about the same time of lier sister's union with Mr. Harrett, and to- gether tiiey removed to Huron Countv.Oliio. wliere they resided until heeoming residents of Turtle Township, Rock County, in 1817. Tliey are now livinsr ill tlic town uf Chnton; Cornelius M., of tills sketcli, is tlie third in order of liirth; Charlotte .\., who was joined in wedlock with Joel Miner, eaiiic Willi her liiisbamt to Rock County in l«4o. they, too. settliuij: in Tiulle Township. The hus- band died in Clinton. Init Mrs. Miner yet resides on the farm in Turtle Township. The father of this family e- iran earning his own living at the age of ten _\ ears, hiring out for the summer for a shilling per day or ^;i.25 per month. His mother desiring that he should olitain as good an education :is possible, he continued to attend the public schools during the winter months until nineteen years of age, when he went to New London, Huron Co., Ohio, and taught school, receiving *1(] a month as a compen- sation for his services, from which small amount he p:iid his own board. For seven years he taught in the same district, and for two years was employed in an adjoining district. In l!S4(> he came to Rock County on a visit to his sister, with the intention of also purchasing land if he found the ccuinlry to be what it was represented. As it fully met with his expectations, .and the future prospects were pleasinsi. he returned to Ohio and completed his arrangements for .•settling in this community, which he did in the spring of 1847. Mr. Treat has followed various occupations since that day when he left his home in the Kiist to try his fortune on the Western frontier. After two years spent in Rock County he removed, in the fall of 1S40, to Belvidere, III., where he became l)roprietorof a hotel known as the American House. At that time the Chicago and Northwestern Rail- road had not been built through the town, and the traveling was all done in wagons. Mr. Treat wouhl furnish supper, lodging and bre.akfiist an'.n\\ day of -Viignst, 1841. and to them have been boin two children — Emily I), and Curtis M. The former became the wife of Oscar C. Gates, and is the mother of three children — Cyrus M.. Fanny Alvira and \'oliiey Curtis. They live near Clinton. Curtis M. wedded Miss Jennie Farrington, of Mil- waukee. Two children have been born unto them. Lillian (icr'rndc and Leoni Farrington. lie was «#•- * ^ U0( K COUNTY. 535 - i iMliif.-iled in tlie liisrh school of Clinton, and also pursued a partial (.-ourse at Milton College. He fstalilislied the first |)apereve!- pulilished in Ciiuton, it being known as the Clinton Tiidejiendent. and it was said by Howell's Ke|)orter that he was the j'oungcst editor of a weekly paper in the I'liited States. He is now Secretary of the A.ssociation for the Advancement of the iUisiness Interests of Milwaukee, and was formerly connected w'ith the Waltrortli County Independent in connection with M. T. Park, who is the present Assistant Secretary of the State of Wisconsin. After continuing in that line for a short time he went to Racine, where he established the Daily Xews, and later was upon the editorial staff of the Sentinel \i\ Milwaukee for a number of years. Mr. Treat, whose name heads this sketch, is num- bered among the prominent and representative citizens of Rock County. In 1869 he built a nice residence in the town of Clinton, where he has since made his home. He is a man of good business ability, energetic and enterprising, anil by liis un- aided efforts has gained a handsome |)roperty. In his early life he was an earnest supporter of the Democratic party and a warm atliuirer of .Vndrew .lackson, l)ut on the organization of the Republican |)arty he joined its ranks, continuing a faithful ad- herent of the same until 1888, when he voted for (J rover Cleveland. In his social relations he is a Master M.ison, and was leading olKcer in the local lodge for many years. In 1888 he was elected to the position of (Jrand Junior Warden of thediand Lodge of Wisconsin. The portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Treat arc shnwii upon another i)age. u5^\ AMl'EL HULL, one of the well-to-do far- mers and dairymen of .lolinstuwn 'I'own. ship, residing on section 12, was born on the 181h day of February, 1821, in Cort- land County. >«'. Y..and is a son of Zerah and Roxy (Loomis) Hull, who were the parents of eight chil- dren, as follows: Klecta is the widow of Arah Hardy, who died in .lanuary, 1880, at the age of ,'hty-lwo years, having never seen a sick day in his life until his last illness; they had live children, two of whom are li\ ing; .logepli L. died in Lima, [{ock Count\-, leaving a widow- and three children to mourn his loss; .Michael died in Cortland County. N. Y.,over fifty years ago; James, a resident of Lima Ceulei-, is married and had four children, two of of whom are living; Elijah, who is engaged in general mcicliaudising in Lima Center, is married, and had five children, but only one yet survives; Elisha, twin brother of Klijiih, died in Eau Claire County, Wis., leaving a wiors of those earl}' daj'S were iiiileed ;irihioii.'s, they at length brought tlieir reward, the seed sown yi>llii|). Ilis pro^iessixe, enterpris- iiiH' s|iiril has leil him t', in the jjrouili and deveh)|)nient wliicii liave plaeed Rock on a par with any county in tliis great coninionweallli. The slf so prominent a gentleman as Mr. Ilnll will be pe- rused witli interest liy tlie leadeis of this Ai.iUM, and desci'vos an imiiortant place in this volume. Cjj^nKL.SON p. RUMl'. of .lanesville, is om- of l| jj' the hf>nored pioneers of Rock County, and ,1\,^; foi' many yeai-s lias been prominently iden- tified with its history. He was born in the town of Pompey, Onondago Co., N. V., on the 1 Itli day of April. ISIO. His [lareuts, William and Charlotte (Potter) Ihinip. were , also natives of the Empire State. :inil his father y-.all.'int ly served his cinintry duiiiig the ^\ ar of LSI 2. When Nelson wa.s a child, his parents ri'moved to Oarien, Gcnosee County, where they resided for ni;iny years, liis mother dep:utinii this life in that comnuinity. After th(^ death of his wife, Willi;iin 15nnip became a resi- dent of Wisconsin, and dicil at (he residence f)f his son. William II., in IM.aunolia. Of llie family of eleven children born to these worthy peoitle, but four are now living, two sons and two daughters — Nelson P. and Hiram are lesidents of .lanesville; William 11. died .March 2;{. ISHK, in Magnolia; .ind the two daughters. l{et,sy and Parmelia, are residing in New Vork. The sul)je('lt)f tliis sketch ren)aineil at home with his parents until 1 H31 . when, having attained his majority, he began the battle of life for himself, (loing to P.ulTalo, N. Y., he became clerk in the hotel known .as the Mansion House, of which Phi- ne;is IJarton w.as proprietor, ;nnl there p:i.ssed several years of his life. lie was next engaged on a steamboat on Lake lOrie for .M'vei-.-d seasons, after which he went to Huron, Ohio, where he was cni- plo\cd in the hotel liusiness. For two vears he re- niained in that city, but spent part of the time on the Lake, after which he became a resident of Ivower Sandusky, now called Fi-euKUit. He was llieii" engaged in conducting a hotel, and was also agent for Neal, Moore A' Co, in the stage busi- ness, until 1842, when he determined to cast his lot with the pioneers of the West, .and following the tide of hntnan emigr.ation, reacheil Racine. Wis. For four years lie rem:iined in that city. During' the earlier |)art of that time he conducted the hotel known as the Farmer's House. Later he assistetl Capt. Mapes in lilting out a new hotel calle(l ihe Con- gress Hotel, and subse(|uently became proprietor of the Racine House. After his arrival in Janesville in 184(5, he again eng.aged in the same line of business, having charge of the hotel known as the Stage House, which stooil U|)on the site of the pres- ent Myers Hotel. After four years spent as its pro- |)rietor, he turned his attention to ."igrieultural pur- suits, |)urch.asing a farm on the .M.-idison road, situ- ate(l within the present limits of the city of .lanes- ville. .Since tliat time he has engaged in farmin-f. and has owned several extensive farms. He atone time was the owner of several line fai'ins on the IVLadison road, which he snbsequenllv dis|)osed of, but is the jiossessor of considerable valuable-land in Freel)orn County, RMun. For fifteen years he was postmaster at Leyden. this county. Mr. Rump came to Rock County a single man, but here w.as united in niarri.agc with Miss Mary A. Thomas, a native of New York. To them has been born a family of eight chihlren, four of whom are now living — Franklin Pierce, wlio is residing in l{ri has witnessed almost it,s entire growth and development, has aided in its progress, and has nobly borne his part in llu- work of transformation which has changed it from its primitive state to the present a .•}8 ROCK COUNTY. llifir lives will then he reuil with pleasure by those who will see them no more. Not only as .a pioneer seltler, Imt as a friend, a companion an ^"-i^- ^1 i= AMKS H. liYKRS. a leading farmer residing on sectitm ><. Janesville Township, and one of the early settlers of the county, was horn in Herkimer County, X.Y., in 1824. and was the third in a family of six children, whose parents were .lames and Nancy (I)ockstadev) Byers. also na- tives of Herkimer County. 'I'hc father en<^aged in ■HMieral merchandising in the town of Herkimer for several years and his de.ath occurred in 18411. from drownintr. His excellent wife survived him hut one vear, her death also occurring in New York. Our subject received his education in lln- sihools of Herkimer and German Flats. N. Y., and after- wards cn'^aged in boating. He also learned the trade of building fanning mills .'ind resided in his native Slate until 18.')0. In the villageof Mohawk. N. v., in the year 1845. he led to the marriage altar Miss Louisa Price, a native of Montgomery County, that Slate, in which county her jiarents. .lohn and Mary (Dillenbeck) Price, were also born. Her father engaged in the manufacture of fanning mills, which he afterwards sold, and in 1856. em- igrated to the West, locating in liock County. Wis. He purchased an improved f.'uni in Janesville Township, and engaged in its cultivation until his death, which occurred in I 870, at the age of sev- enty-six years. His wife had previously been called to her final rest, dying in 1801), when sixty-five years of age. They were the [)aienls of four chil- dren — Jolm H.. who resided in Kock County until his death in 1861. when thirty-four years of age; Mary Emily, who wedded a Mr. Van \'rankin. and died in March, 1805, at the age of thirty-two years; Charles, who is married, and is engaged in farming in Ci'uter Township; and Louisa. Aftei- his marriage, ^Ir. liyers r'Mnaiiie(l .a resi- dent of his niitive Stale until 1S5(;. when desiring to make his home in the West, he emigrated to Kock County, Wis., locating on section 8, Janes- ville Township. He there purchased 120 acres of land, which had just been broken, erected a house thereon and commenced the improvement of his farm. At ilifferent times he has bought aiili tic Pomero}', who accompanied WiJIiani the Norman in the coiupiest of England, and w:is knighted for services rendered the eoncpicror. Our subject rci)rcsents tlu' eighth geni'ration in descent from Eldad Ponieroy. wlio came from England in 1 (i.'io. and was one of the founilers and proiirietors of Dorchestei-. M.ass. The latter moved to Windsor, Conn., in lO.'hi, and died in 1()7;5, at Northampton, Mass. whither he had gone a year previous. The second in this line of genealogy was Mcdad, born 10;i.s, Mud the third Joseph, born 1072. The latter settled in Snilield. •P f -4^ ROCK COUNTY. 539 '^r wliich adjoins Windsor. His son, Xathanid. born 1707, was llic father of t'apt.. Natlianicl. Iiorn 17.'U. The sixth gciicralion brings Nalhanii'l. boiii 1 7.">.S, who was an aiil on the staff t>f liis nncU', (Jen. Sclh ronicioy. in tiic Conlincnlal Army. 'I'ha(l(h'ns, of the scvcntli generation, married Margaret .Sniitii, wiio was, liier. 1831. Mrs. West survives ■•► ■«► 340 ROCK COUNTY. -t her husband, and is now iiiakini^ her liome with hor t^on James R., the sulijecl of this si^etch. Tilt' family circle of .lacoli West and wife was coniiiletod bj- the birth of eiuht children, seven of wiiom grew to mature years, while live are living at the time of this writing. 18H9. James R. was the second in order of birth, and is the eldest of the surviving ones; Leora is now the wife of Har- rison Thompson, a resident of Minneapolis, Minn.; Clarissa is the wife of James W. Osliorn. of Evans- ville, anil Celina J. married Albert Goddard, and resides in South Dakota; The deceased members of the family are the first ))orn. a son who died in infancy; Stephen, who was a member of Comjiany D, i;Uh Wisconsin Infantrj-, and died during the service at Leavenworth. Kan., in A])ril, 1SC2. after which his remains were brought back and interred in the cemetery at Evansville; John W.. who enlisted in tlie ranks of Company H. 4"2d Wisconsin Kegi- mcnt, was a successful teacher for many years and served six years as County Superintendent of the .schools of Rock County. He died about three months before the death of the father, leaving a wife and four children, two sons and two daughters, who are residents of Evansville. Jacob West was one of the most prominent pio- neers of his day, and |)robal>ly none exerted as much inHuence upon tlic educational, moral and religious interests of the community as did he. The Methodist Ei)iscopal Church of Evansville was or- ganized in the fall of 18 JO and Mr. West assisted greatly in organizing that boerintendent of its 8al)bath-.school. Many are now living who received their first religious instruc- tion in the Sabbath-school presided over by Mr. West, and many will remember his v. He was Postmaster of Evansville from 1855 until 1858. In politics he was a Repub- lican and a strong temperance man. James H. West, whose name heads this sketch, was born at Rock Grove, Stephenson Co.. III., on the 28th day of June, 18;!7, and was con- secjuently but three years of age when his parents came to Rock County. In 1851, at the age of sev- enteen years, accompanied by S. E. Robinson, a youth of about his own age. he started on foot for Appleton, Wis., for the purjwse of entering Law- rence University, and remained a student of that institution for abovit two \ears. He then entered upon an apprenticeship to the tr.ade of carpenter and joiner under Henry Boyce. and was to receive $.H per month for his services during his apprentice- siiip. l)Ut at the enil of the first year, his employer, unsolicited, paid iiira *10 per month for the time he had already served He continued with Mr. IJoyce almut three years, and in the winter of 1859-60 went to Albany, (ireen County, where he engaged in the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds, and continued in tlijit line until November, 1863, when he disposed of his interest in the busi- ness. On the 25th day of December folloH-ing his re- moval from Albany, Mr. West enlisted in Company F, of the 16th Wisconsin Infantry, assisting in re- cruiting the same. On its organization he was rn.ade Orderly .Sergeant, and entered the field in that ca- pacity. He served with his regiment in the gal- lant 17th Army Corps, and during the siege of Atlanta on the 21sl of Jul}'. 1864, reccired a gun- shot wound through both his thighs. At the time he was at a point on the field near where the gal- lant MePherson fell, ami only a few hours after that s.ad event. His wound clis(|ualifie company in .March. 1S65. -'^h^ 7- ROt'Iv COUNTY. .'543 Soon after lieinj; nuislcicd out of sorvice Mr. West was a|)iioiiilC(l Postiiiaslcr of Evaiisvillc, and oontiniied in that position until February', lK8t), a period of more llian twenty consecutive years. He was nianic'd, on IIk; lUtii of Fehrnai}', l.Sdl.lo Miss l'"loia Comfort, only dani;iiter of the Rev ( ). F. Conifoi'l,, a well-known eleigyman of I\oel< County durinj; the early days. Mrs. West is a na- tive of the Empire State, and by their union four cliiidren were born, two of whom are living, Mae M., a successfid teacher of l'>ansvi]le, and Eva. Those deceased are Minnie and Elbert .). Mr. West was a gallant soldier in the war for the Union, and is a worth\ •■ind esteemed citizen. lie is a prominent member of T. L. Sutphen I'ost No. 11. (i. A. K. of Kvansville, .and for live .and a half years was Coinmamler in that body. IIESTEU 15AIEEY, sui>erinlendent of the .lanesville Cotton Mills, since the establish - ^^ ment of the business in 1874, was born in Willianistown, Herkshire Co., Mass., on the ;50th day of Septemljer, 1821, and is the sou of diaries and Liicnna (Treadwell) Hailey. His father was born in Petersburg, Kensselaer Co., N. Y., and was de- scended from an old New England family, while his mother, who was also descended from New England ancestry was born in Willianistown. Mass. Her father was a native of Hhode Island, and her mother of Williamstown. The suliject of this sketch was reared in his na- tive town, educated in the common schools, and at the age of fourteen years entered a cotton mill to le.arn the trade of a cotton weaver and has l)een employed in that kind of work continuously since, covering a peiiod of lift}' three years. During this time he has served in nearly all the cap.'icilies in eouuection with the cotton manufacturing bu.sincss and has been sui>eriiitendent of such industries for over a (piartcr of a century. For fourteen years he was su|)eriiitendent of th(! Arnold .Mills of North Adams, Mass., and for the i)ast twelve years has been superintendent of the .lanesville Cotton Mills. On the -iDlhday of .Inly. l.Hll, at lIoDsic, N. V., Mr. liailey was uidted in Mi:irri:ige with .Mi>s Ui'tsy Iv Brown, a daughter of -lolin lirown, of I'owuall. \'t. Of their union a family of fiuir children were liorn — Enimett C., the eldest, married Miss .Jane Tower, of North Adams, and died in 1880, leaving a widow anil two chihiren: Harriet. Emma and Alice die(l in infancy; Arthur Enimctt, the second of that name (grandson of Chester IJailey), is a res- ilient of .lanesville and has charge of Ins grandfa- ther's cotton-batting mill. The death of Mrs. JJailey occurred in May, 1881, ami our subject w.-vs again married on Christmas d.ay of 1882, at .lanes- vdle, his second union being with Mrs. Maria Thurbei-, widow of Elihu Thurbcr, and a daughter of William Cousins. She is a native of Pittstown. N. Y. In the month of .lanuary, 187;'), Mr. Hailc}- came to Janesville, Wis., to take charge of the operating de|)artment of the .hmesvUle Cotton Manufactur- ing Company, !uid has been in charge of the works up to the present time, with the exception of about two years, from March 1, 1884, to .lune 1, 188(i, when he wsis ab.sent on private business. In 1880 he established a mill of his own at .lanesville, which i.^ known as the Bailger State Warp Mills, in which he manufjictures warp, twine and cotton- batting. The mill employs twenty hands and does an annual business to the value of $20,000. Mr. Bailey is sole proprietor of the establishment which he h;is carried on suceessfull}'. In politics he is an earnest Rei)ublican, but has never had time or inclination for the honors or emoluments of public oflice. He is mjister of his business, and the i)rosperity attend- ing the .lanesville Cotton Mills is largely due to his able management and faithful attention to the du- tii^s of his position. As a citizen he stands deserv- edly high in the esteem of all with whom he has business or social relations. See [lortrait upon .another page. — "♦ ■ > '> m< ' < ■ - ■ JT OIIN W. HOG AN. who has been Marshal of ll the city of .lanesville since the spring of || 1880, covering a period of nine years con- 1/ j^tinued service, was born in Stockbridge, Ma.-is., May 27, 18.")2, and is a son of I'eter .and Mary ilogan. who were both natives of Ireljuid. -•► 544 ROCK COUNTY. Tliey emigratefl to Amcrk-a riming youth. wore mar- ried in Massachusetts, some years later, and tame to Rock County, Wis., settling in ,laiu!sville. Af- ter four years residence in liiat cily. they removed to La Prairie Towiishiii. and are now living on a farm on section 21. wlu^re Mr. liugan owns KiC, acres of tine land. Tiie subject of this sliotcli was reared to farm life upon his father's faira in La I'r.iirie Township, and received his education in the district schools. He began his business career as a grocer in .)anes- ville, forming a partnership with his brother-in-law T. IL Keating, in 1X72, they carrying on the bus- iness for two years when he sold out to Mr. Keat- ing. He then returned to the farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1878, when he went to W.aukesha, Wis., and served as an oflicer of the Industrial School for one year, in charge of the boys' work shop. At the end of that time he re- turned to Rock County, and once more engaged in farming until his election to the t>tlice of INLarshal, in the spring of IHSd. lie was lirst appointed Marshal by Mayor Samuel Cobb, and a month la- ter w.as elected to that oltice by the Council, and hixs held that position continuously since. Mr. llogan was nnirried on the 2()th day of .Ian- nary, 1881, in .lanesville, Wis., to Miss Klizabeth Lawler. a daughter of John Lawlcr. Mrs. Ilogan was born in this city, where her parents were early settlers. A family of four children have been born unto them, three sons and one daughter — Thomas J. I'crtha M., William L.. and Krank. all born in .lanesville. In polities, Mr. llogan is independent, and so- cially, is a mendier of the A. (). of II. , Division Xo. 1. of Rock County. During the years in which he h.os been Marshal, he has also served as Deputv SheritT for two years nnowcrful physifpie, iwssessed of the es- sential (lualifications of a goo OSIAII WRIGHT, who is numbered aniong the early settlers and prominent citizens of .lanesville, is of Puritan ancestry, the histor}' of the family having been traced Imcktothe early days of New England. Several of its mem- bers served their country in the War of the Revo- lution. .losiah Wright was born in the town of Lennox. Berkshire Co., Mass., on the 12th day of .lanuary, 171)!), and was ;i son of Samuel Wright, who had a family of .seven children, but .all .are now de.id. Josiah being the last one of the family to pass awa^'. lie remaincil under the parental roof until fifteen years of .age. when he entered upon a course of study and was for some time a student of Len- nox Academy. Later he entereil PompeyHill Academy in the State of New York, where .•imong his schoolmates were numbered several who after- ward became famous, including Hor.atio Seymour. Governor of New York. Mr. Wright w.as, how- ever, diverteil from his deterniinalion to (Jiirsue a collegiate conrse by indnceiniiits In hi out by his cousin, Samuel Lighlbody, of Albany. X. Y.. who was conducting a leather establishment and who induced our subject to enter his emploj'. He did so, and there (jbtaineda thorough knowledge of the leather business, which became his life occupation. Although his school days were ended, Mr. Wright remained an ardent student, even piinsiiing the study of the classics in his leisure hours, and be- came an excellent scholor in both (J reek and Latin. He continued with Mr. Lightbody for a perio■>; Sarah I!., is the wifeof Edward Uuger, an eminent engineer; Henry T.aylor enlisted in the "id Wisconsin ISattery in the War of the Rebellion, but by the inllncnce of Gen. Mcl'her.son w:is tr.-uisferreil to one of the gnn-bo:its on the iMississimii River, where he s(Mved until the close of the w;ir. lie w.as then assigned to the Atlantic .Squjidion anil visited various parts of the world. He has now charge of the Washington Navy Yard, and is held in such high esteem that sexcral times he has been called upon to perform various im|)ortant connuissions pcrl.aining to the navv depaitment. which coidd oidy be entrusted to a man of ability .and woitli. .losiah Taylor Wright, was born on the litli day of Jun<-, 1.S30. He remained under the p:iriulal roof until twenty-live years of age, and in l.s.")4,niadc his first trip to Wisconsin in com- pany with liis father to seek a location. They (U'lidcd on .lanesville. and returning removed the family to this city during the same yeai'. The fol- lowing year Mr. Wright returned to New York, and in the city of .Vuhnin was unilt'd in marriage with Miss Eannie Hunt, d.-iughtcr of T. M. Hunt, llieir union being eelebratccl April 17, 185'>. In 18/)1, in connection with his fathei', Mr. Wright embarked in the leathei- business, though conducting the same un feet, which he maile his home for twenty years, but before taking up his residence therein he worked in the neighl)orhood as a farmhand, reeeiv- inu- only fifty cents per day for the arduous duties which he performed. Wlien evening drew near he would hasten to his claim and ilevote several hours to work upon his cabin, while he spent the rain}' days in the same manner. The hardships which he enilurcd makes his success all the greater. For four years he hauled the water which he used for a dis- tance of two miles, when at the end of that time by hard labor he succeeded in procuring the lumber to sink a well on his farm. During th.at time he engaged in breaking steers iu connection with his other work, thereby gaining the means with which to continue his improvements. As time passed, however, the care and labor which lie bestowed upon the land transformeil the once wild prairie into a tract of rich fertility, and his efforts of for- mer years were rewarded Ijy l)ounteous harvests. On the 27th day of March, 18;5'.). in the town of Sheridan, Chiiutauqua Co.. N. Y., Mr. Wright mar- ried Miss Caroline Smith, but on the Uth day of November, ISi'u. the good lady passed away. He was again married April 14, 18.i8, his second union being with Isabella (^u.ayle, who w.ts born on the Isle of Man. a small island between England, Ireland and Scotland. Two children have graced the union of this worthy cou))le: William Jr., who was born .hine 5, 18ij',>, and is now operating his father's farm, and Kale Patterson, who was born Riarch (5. I8()2, and is still under the parental roof. Mr. Wright is a mcmlier of the .Methodist Epi.s- ccipal Church, and Mrs. Wright is a mcinlier of the Episcopal Church, and the\ have ever been active workers in the Master's cause. He cast his first Presidential vote for William Henry Harrison. sup- porting the Whig parly until the organization of the Republican party, since which time he has each election given his influence and his ballot in its support, concluding with the election of 1888, when he voted for our present executive, the grandson of the Tippecanoe hero. Mr. Wright is now in his declining years, and can look back over a well- spent life with no regret for the past or fear for the future. 1.H0MAS .S. NOLAN, of the firm of Nolan it Cunningham, lawyers, of .l.anesville, is a ^ native of that city, born on the 1 1th day of October, 1856. His parents, Simon and Margaret (Coss) Nolan, were born in Ireland, the father in Kings County and the mother in (Jueens County. During the days of bis boyhootl Simon Nolan left the Green Isle of Erin and came with his parent.s to America, the family settling at Albany, N. Y., where he married Margaret Coss. He afterwards removed to . lanes ville. which city he made his ^ ■•►-41-^ KUCK COUJSTV, 5l;» lioinp until liis death, which occuiTed in 1858. His wilV (•;iine to America some years later than lii-r iHisharid, and is still a resident of .lanesvilli'. Two fliildren were born unto them, a sun and daujj;hter, Catherine M., who is now {\w wife of Dr. Walter E. Fernald. the |)resent .siipcriiitend- ont of the School for Feeble-Mindcd, at lioston, Mass. The son. 'i'hoinas S., Ihe sniiject of this sketch, received his preparatory education in the ,Ianes- villc city Schools, after which he was a student at the K'idjjetown Academy, at Riduetown, Ontario. Canada, for two years. He liesjan his law studies at York, Neliraska. in the ollice of Kdward T.ales, in .lidy, 1877, continuing with that jientlenian until January, 1878, wlien he returned to .lauesville, entering the law otliee of C.ossod.ay & Carpen- ter. I)ut two months Later became a student in the ollice of Eldredge & Fethers. He wa,s ad- mitted to the bar in September, 1879, and en- tcrc(l .-it once upon the piactice of his profession, continuing tliereat until the spring of 1880, when he was elected Police .Justice, which of- fice he held for two years. In December, l«si. in com))any with (larretl \'eeder and W. A. Leon- :ird, he incorporated the Recorder Printing CV)m- [lany, of which Mr. Veeder became President, while Mr. I,c(in;ud lield the ollice of Vice-President, anil Mr. Nolan was Secretary, Treasurer and editor. His connection with that coni|)any continued until .March. |H(;3, when he sold out and went to I'ierri'. Dak., where he pr.acticed law ans Chancellor Com- mander of the order in 1888; was a delegate to the last session of the (irand Lodge, and now lills the [losition of P. ('. lie is .also a member of Pierre Lodge. I. ( ). O. F., of Pierre. l)ak„ and his wife is ;i member of the llaptisi Church, The present partuershi|) with John Cunningham w;is formed in 1 8H8, and the lirni is securing a fair share of the Icg.al business of Rock County, .Mr, -Nolan is a bright, active lavvyer, earnest in all he undertakes, and is a highly respected niendier of the bar. <| ;|1LLLVM PAYNK, retired merchant, has \^// '"^^" ■'■ '■*'sidcnt of .l.anesville since I8(;i. \yW lie is a native of Connecticut, born in \\ :iteri)nry. New Haven County, in 181 1. His grandfather. Thonuus Payne, was a plain farmer of that town, about three nules from the site of the present city of Waterbury, where Ra|)hael Payne, f;ither of our subject, was born. Tradition savs that three brothers from iMigland l.-inded on the coast of New Knglaud among the Puritjui inuni- granls — two of whom settled in Massachusetts, and the other in ( 'onuc<'lieut. The lirsl two and their descendants spelled their name "Paine,"' while the progenitor of those inentioned in this article adopted the spelling ust'd li\- them. Raphael Payne married Ruth Mix. a native of Meriden, and soon after the birth of our snbjtet removed to Meriden to resiile. When William was live 3'ears old, the family removed to New York Stale, where the father died si.v years later. From this time forward the .son has made his own way in the worhl. At the age of thirteen he re- turned to .Meriden with his mother, and found em- jjloymeut in a sljo|) which was the nucleirs of the piesiMit mammoth .Meriden Uiitannia Com|)any. He proved an ai)t and amliilious workman, and in r ■^•■ ;")oO ^ ROCK COUNTY. a strife in which lie exceeded tiie aniDiiiit of work done by any other employe of the establishnienl, he lironjjht on a [lain in his side that compelled liim to leave the shop. lie was nrjw seventeen years old, and spent some time in canvassing for the snle of n hook, with good success. In 18.3.5. at New liritaiii, Conn., ho wedded .lulia, daughter of Abraham Thorp, wlio was of English descent. Proceeding at once to Geauga County, Ohio, he purchased a farm at Huutsburg, and eng.aged in its cultivation. His old weakness soon compelled him to abandon farming, and he resumed the occu- (lation of salesman, for which he was so well adapted. He engaged with a friend at Klyria, Ohio, who nia]iufactured silverware. ISesides the product of this factory he tlealt in jewelry and shell combs — the latter being then considered an indispensable ac- cessor}- to the toilet of every lady. In a short time Mr. Payne disposed of his farm, and began to em- ploy peddlers on his own account. The financial stress of 1H,37 bore hard upon him, and he w.as (jbliged to close up his business, and spent over two years in collecting sutKcient funds to jiay up claims against him — every dollar of which was met, with interest. An exception occurred in the case of one creditor, who refused to accept interest under such circninstaiices. For seven years Mr. Payne sold woolen goods from a wagon for an Ohio manufacturer. In 1842 he went to Pittsburg, Pa., and engaged as salesman in a wholesale drygoods house. Here his extensive acijuaintance with Ohio merchants proved of great value, and when his employers were burned out, wliich occurred in a short time, he was at once secured by another firm, viz: Shacklett d- Clyde. In 18.")()hewas taken as partner in the concern, under the firm name of B. C. Shacklett it Co., and seven years later became sole owner. In 1858 he .•idniifted a partner, and the firm became Wilson. Payne it Co. The business jirospered, but Mr. Payne was obliged by failing health to retire in in 1860. At that time he bought forty .acres of Land within the present limits of the cit}' of Janes- villc, and, after a year of travel, settled down here to reside. Most of his winters are spent in Florida, where he has real est:ite investments. As a means of avoiding idleness, Mr. Payne, with others, established the Janesville Woolen Mill, tlie pro[)rietors being P.ayne, Hastings & Co. Wlien the concern was incorporated, he was made its j)resident. but has nowdisposed of his stock. He is a stockholder in the .lanesville Machine Com- pany, but gives no attention to active l)usiness. He has alwa3's sustained the Republican party in na- tional issues, and with his wife is a member of the Piaptist Church, of .lanesville. Their only child, Mrs. M. 1'. Leavitt, who "resides with them, is also a worker in that societ}-. 'Sir. Payne enjoys the happj' reflection — which is denied to many — that no one ever lost a dollar through his transactions. The drygoods house of which he was a member did a business of half a million dollars per annum. It has been established for eighty-five years in the same city, and is probabl}' the oldest house of its kind in America that never suspended nor failed. =^i(UGUST WILLIAM lUGGS, dealer in (,@^JJ| wood and coal on North Academy street. 14' .lanesville. Wis., is a leading business man (^/ of Rock County. He first engaged in his i)rcsent business in company with his brother, William Buggs, in 1872, and the partnership was continued until 1881. when it was dissolved, the brothers each continuing in the same line of busi- ness, though se[)arately. Mr. Buggs is a native Suiitli America, wlieie her bushand has since died and where she is slill livinij. Anu;nst r>ugi;s and his Ijiolhcrs are res- pected citizens of .Jancsvillc, and he is numbered among tlie substantial and snccessfnl business men of the town. He is a leading nieniber of tlic (iev- man LutliL'ran Church of .Janesvillc, of which he was trustee for twelve years, and is independent in politics. ^ -^^3^ 5^ ^^IvIN \"INCP]NT, a relireil farmer and |)rorai- 11 jj nent citizen of Milton, Wis., is a native of ^^ Allegany County. N. V., born (m the 4th d.av of November, 1H07. His [larents were Joshua and Olive Vincent, and to them were born a family of fifteen children, seven of whom arc yet living. Onr subject was reared to manhood in the Empire State, receiving his education in the public schools, and in March, 1821), was united in marriage with Miss Lucy Babcock, who was Ijorn in the year 1.H1 1, and is a sister of Dr. Babcock. whose .sketch appears on another page of this volume. The young coujile began their domestic life in New York, but in .lune, 1818, left their Eastern home and came to Rock County, Wis. About three years previous Mr. \'incent hati made a trip to the West, traveling all over this State with a view to making a location. Being pleased with the future prospects of this county, he made a permanent .set- tlement in 1848, taking up his residence on section 1, in the town of Harmony, where he [uirchascd 100 acres of land. In connection with the work of developing and im[iroving his land, Mr. X'incent devoted considerable attention to the raising of sheep, owning the finest grade to be found in the county. In 18()5he abandoned agricultural pur- suits, and the following year settled in Milton, where he has made his iionic continuou.sly since, becoming one of its representative and leading cili/.ens. Mr. Vincent h.as been prominently identified with tile |)ublic improvements of the town, and has ever taken a deep interest in its welfare. He ha.s filled various local otHces of honor and trust, discharging his duties with promptness and fidelity; has served as school director, and for a number of years w;u> commissioner and trustee. In the cause of educa- tion he has been especially interested, and was the .second trustee of Milton College, which position he has .also held in the -Seventh Day Baptist Church, of which he is a member. He ca.st his first Presi- dential vote for .John (^uincy Adams, and sup- ported the Whig party until its dissolution, when he joined the new Republican jiarty, and at each succeeding election has cast his ballot for the can- didates of that great political organization. He voted forGeu.William Henry Harrison in 1810, and also for the illustrious grandson of the Tijjpecanoe hero in 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent have never had any familj' of their own, but have raised a. number of orphan cliildren, and though they have traveled life's journey together for upwards of sixty years, they are yet halo and lu-arty for per- sons of their age. See portraits on another |)age. -+*^€S=f-i-J-- d^T^^ETEU HADLEY. a representative farmer I Jj] and stock-raiser residing on section 21, . j*^ Porter Township, was born near Hancock, I \ Vt., on the 1 Dth day of Decmber, 1 8 1 >), and is a son of Amos and Mary ( Farnham) lladle}'. His father was a cooper by trade, .-ind also followed the occupation of farming. In the year 1821 he removed to Cortland County, N. Y., where he worked at his trade until 1822, at which time he becaine a resilient of Onondaga County, of the same State, there continuing to reside untd his death, which occurred during the summer f>f 18.il, from cholera, which was then epidenn'c through the country. The family of Amos and Mary Iladlcy numbered ten children, but only two are now liv- ing. The first five, Hannah, Hiram, Robah, Har- riet, and Mary have all passed away. Peter, of this .sketch, is the sixth in order of birth. He was foUowi'd by Rus.sell, Clarissa M., and .lohn I.eroy, who are also decea.sed. Andrew, thevoungest, who is a carpenter by trade, is residing in Jauesville, Wis. By the death of her husband, Mrs. Iladley was left with a family of ten children depending upon her for sup|>ort. She labored ami cared for them as I ■» i ^» 4•— 5;H •^^ ROCK COUNTY. f -t onlv a molluT can. until litT son PcUt had nttaini'il hiseiglileuntli year, when he hcc-ame nianajior ami provider for his widowed mother and the yal Church, and an earnest Christian woman, who labored faithfully in her .M:i.ster's vineyard and was an ae- live wrjrker in the cause of Christ. She made her home with our >ulijeel until the fall of 1845, wlieu her health failing her, she went to her son Iliram. then living in Michigan, with the hciie that a change of climate might prove heneficial. but after a vear's residence in that State, she was at- t;ickeid fever and deiiarted this life on llie 11th day of Septeniher. 1846, deeply mourned liv her chihlren and many friends. Our subject receivevl his eilucatiou in the coni- niou-scliools of New York State, and later learned the trade of a carpenter and joiner, to which he de- voted himself principally until the spring of 1847, when thinking that he might better his condition in the \Vest, he came to Rock Couut\-, locating in Torter Townshi|). He again resuine held by all. He has served as a member of the lioard of Supervisors in Porter Townshi|> for several terms, and has evei' been asupp(jrter of the Republican party, and an earnest worker for its interests. He has gi\en liberally of his means to any enter|)rise of public benelit, and is a represen- tative citizen. -->> « ^"[:|> ■ of Tnlly, Onondago Co., N. Y.. Oct. 8, 1817, and is a son of Luther and Nancy (St. .lohn) Wheelock. His mother was the tirst white child born in Fa- bius, Ononcll, who dicil in infancy. In polities, Mr. Hotelling is a Repulilican, and socially, is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, belonging to .lanesville Lodge, No. 55, A. F. \: A. M.\ .lanesville Chapter, No. 5, U. A. M. ; Diebolil Council No. 2; and .Tanesville Coinmaudery No. 2, K. r. He is a valued and worthy citizen of IJoek County, rcsiiected by all who know him, and a trusted employe of the railroad company. His long service is a high tesliiiionial of his abilily and of the confidence in which he is held. He has gained great favor with llu' traveling public, and richly merits their estceni. ^SLNATHAN SAWTKLL, who for many years was a prominent farmer of Inion Township, hut is now deceased, was a n.ative of Massachusetts, born in (iroton in 171)1. The family w.as foiindeil in America by ancestors who came to this country from Fniiice in the early col- oni.il days and settled in M.assachii setts. Our sub- ject w:i.s reared to manhood in his native State, and on arriving at years of maturity was joined in wed- lock with AH.ss Millie Pitt, who was of Knglish origin. I5y oecii|iation Mr. Sawtell was a farmer, and thronglKiiil his entire life engaged in .agrictil- tiiral pursuits. In the year IH,'$7, he rciny the union of .Mi-, and Mrs. Sawtell, a family of eight children were born, and with the exception of one, all attained to the years of maturity'. They nuiiibereil six daiighlers and one son, but before the emigration of the f.araily to this State sctveral were married. Those living at the present wrilint;- in IKS'.) arc four in number, n;iiiiely: ]Mis. Finily .S. (Jreen. who was born in M;issacliu.setts, and came to Fvans\ ille .several years after her parents had settled in liock County. .She was married in .laii- uarj-, 1.S80, becoming the wife of IJev. Henry Green, recfdr of the Fpiscopal Church of l-^vans- ville, whose death oi-eurred M.ay 12, IHH.'i. Mrs. Maria M. Howe is the next in order of birth, and resides in l.udlow. Vt.; Mrs. Lydia .1. AVdoley, is a resident of San l'"raneisco, Cal.. and FInaMian. the only son, makes his home in Fvansville. The deceased children of the family are iMrs. Hannah 15. Pettigrew, who came to Hock County with her husband at the time of the removal of her parents, and died at Sioiix Falls, Dak.. Sept., 1!*, IX/fS, while visiting friends in the city. Her husband had ilied previous to the death of his wife; Mrs. I'^liza \. Johnson died at Forest City, Ark., Aug. K'k 1875, and Mrs. Cornelia U. Long died in Jack- sonville, Fla.,iii Octoiier, 1KH2. Mr. .Sawtt'll was somewhat ailvanced in life when he emigrated to Wisconsin, being sixty-five 3'ears of age at that time. He devoted liis.alten- ttoii to agricultural pursuits, owning a farm in I'nion Township, and his death occurred in Evaiis- : ville, ALircli 31, 187H, at the ripi'old age of eighty- seven years. His wife survived him about throe I 3-ears, and was also eighty-seven years of age at the time of her death. He w:is one of the highly esteemed citizens of Fvansville, .-iiid he and his I wife were for many years faithful and consistent members of the Congregational Church. FInatli.an Sawtell, Jr., the only surviving son of I'vliiathan and Anilic(Pitt) .Sawtell. was born in the Green Mountain State, on the !7th day of No- vember, iK22, and resided in X'ermonI until 1H55, when he came with his parents to Kock Comity. 1 •^i^^ * ' 'toH ROCK COUNTY. i" «-Ht:moved to Waterloo, Wis., where he resided until August, 1872, when he became a resident of Jefferson. In the month of Ai>ril, following he established an odice and has since been engaged in practice. On the 3d day of November, 1885. Mr. Blanch- ard coni()l('tcd liis arrangements for a houie by wedding Mrs. Mary H. Thomas, their union l)eing celebratoil at Janesville. The lady, who w.as a widow of Kvan Thomas, aTid whose maiden name was Dennett, was born in the town of Milton. .Iinie 10, 1846. Her first husband w.as a native of Wales and came to this country when a youlli. lie -h ROCK COUNTY. 5oi) was .1 boot aiifl slice merchant of .lauesville, and (liodOcl. 17, 1882. .leremiali Demiclt. !lic I'.iIIkt of Mrs. IJlancliard. was horn al I'ortsnionlli, N. II.. aliont 18(10, and learned the trade of w cariienter. Mis wife, whose maiden name was Mary .luiinston, was horn in < il.asn'ow, Seotianil in 1S08, and came l(» America with her parents in ciiildhood. Slioi'tlv after their inarriaLje. Mr. and Mrs. Dennett re- nioveil to Can.-ida. whei'e they lived initil 184.'). when they came to Hoel< Coiintj', .scttiini;' in Mil- ton Townshii). Here, Mr. Dennett improveil a faiiii. makinu it lii.s homestead nntil his death, wliich occurred in 1871. His wife died April 11, 1.S8;), at tlie age of eighty-one years. They were the parents of live children, wlio reached matnrity, while one son died in infancy. Four of that luini- iierare now living — J.ames, who resides on the old homestead in Miltun Township; George, whose farm adjoins that of his lirother; Mary II., now Mrs. Blanchard; .lohn, who is engaged in fanning in .lanesvillc Township: Agnes K., married John Look, and died at her home in Sionx Falls, Dak. in .Vugnst, 188G. In his political sentiments. Mr. P>lanehard is a Republican, and has t;iken an active [lart in jiromo- ting the interests of that party, by deliverino- speeches and in other w.ays. His lirst Presidential vote was east for Abraham Lincoln in I8fi4. He has been Notary Public for many years, ami for several years acted as President of the Young Men's Library Association of Janesville. As a lawyer he ranks high, and as a citizen has the re- spect and esti'cm f)f all who know him. — !- rsTIN K. BURPKF, a lumber merchant of Janesville, w.ts born in the town of Corn- wall, Canada. May 8, 182'.l, during the temporary residence of his parents in that His father w.as born in Tenipleton, in A\'or- eesterCo., Mass., in 17!ll. and his mother w.-is born in the town of Sterling, M.ass., in 170.'). liothwerc descended from old New Fngland families, which were founded in America prior to the War of the Revolution, in which members of both branches participateil in the great struggle for American 1r independence. The father, whose Christian name was Elijah, was of French descent, and the mother, whose maiden name was Myra P.ailey, was born of Knglish parentage and was a lineal descendant of the Bailey family, so prominent in the history of New England. The subject of this sketch was reared in .Mount Morris, Livingston Co., \. Y., and received his primary education in the public .schools of that village, supplemented by a few terms at the Acad- emy at Nunda. in the same county and .State. His father, who was a furniture dealer, was for many years engaged in business in Mount Morris. Under his instruction. Austin learned the same busines.s, and in 1811). at Danville, N. Y., commenced busi- ness forhim.self in that line. In 185;! he removed to Ilornellsville, in the same State, where he re- sumed business, and there resided one year, after which he came to Janesville. and has since then made this city his home. On coming to Janesville, he commenced busi- ness as a carpenter and contractor, and con- tinued in that line until 18()J. In ISO;? he .served •as City Assessor, and in IWh received the appoint- ment of under Sheriff of Rock County. The .same year he was api)ointcd Deputy United States Mar- shal, in which position he serve<^l for several years, and in 18(5(j receivee was united in marriage with .Mi.ss Eliza F. Cliapiu, a native of Saratoga Cfiuuly. N. Y., and daughter ^ ■4^ ofiO ROCK COUNTY. of Jerry :in(l Mary 1". C'lmpiu. Five children were born to them, three of whom died in infancy'. One son, George L., born Jan. 19, ISGl.died April 1, ISHO; Fred C, the only surviving cliild, born Oct. 14, 18Gr>, is now a pr.-icticinf;; attorney in Janes- ville. He wedded Miss MattieC. Barker, a daughter of Edwin Barker, an old settler and highly esteemed citizen of Rock County. In politics Mr. Burpee is independent in the true sense of the word. Ik'lieving firmly in tiie cele- brated maxim of President Cleveland, that "a public ollice is a public trust," he disciiarged the dulies of every olfice which he has filled as he deemed best for the public good, and not for par- tisan purposes. While not cl.assed amongits distinctive pioneers, Mr. Bur|)ec has now been a resident of Janes ville for about thirty-five years, and is numbered among its respected citizens, one who has always been faith- ful to the best interests of liis adopted cit}', ready at all times to do his part in advancing any enter- prise for the public good. As such he deserves a place among those who have placed Rock County first among all the counties comprising the great Stale of Wisconsin. ■^-^^- -^ 1i w ILSON BROWN. Among the leading and re|)resentative citizens of Magnolia Town- shiji will 111' found our subject, who is now residing on section 22, where he is engaged prin- cipally in stock raising. He was born in Lanark- shire, Scotland, on tlic ITtli day of October, 1840, and is a son of William and Ann (Wilson) Brown, who were also natives of the same county. His f.-ithci- was a stone mason, and in connection with his trade carried on farming. Our subject was the eighth in order of birth in a family of thirteen children, eiglil sons and five daughters. In 1851, Mr. Brown, accompanied his father to .\merica and landed in New York. Soon after he canu; with his brother-in-law, James W.addell, to Rock County, and settled in Magnolia Township. He had received his education in the schools of his native land, and at I'hiiadelpliia, Pa., and on com- ing to this county assistcil ^Ir. Wadddl in the **Akr^ labors of the farm. He made his home with that gentleman until the breaking out of the great Re- bellion, when on the Ith day of November, 18C1. he offered his services in defense of the flag of his adopted country, enlisting in Company D, I3tli Wisconsin Infantry for a term of three years. The regiment was organized in Janesville. and in a short time was sent to Leavenworth, Kansas, where it was equipped .and prepared for active service. It was then ordered to Fort Scott, and sub.sequently to Fort Riley. The command there inejiared for an expedition to New Mexico, but the regiment to which Mr. Brown belonged w.as pl.aced on detached dutj', and the greater part of the time did garrison duty. Company D was subsequentl}' detached from the regiment and sent to Hickman, K}'., where it performed garrison dut3- for a year, joining the regiment at the expiration of that time, in August, 18C3, at Fort Donelsi^n. On the 19th d.ay of November, 18G4, the 13th Wisconsin was mustered out of service at Nashville, and paid off at Louis- ville, Ky., .after having been in the 1 iiion ranks for three years and fifteen days. After receiving his discharge, Mr. lirown re- turned to his home and again eug.aged in farming. On the 24th day of December. 180;"). he w.as united in marriage with Miss I^ucinda M. Crawford, a na- tive of Oneida County, N. Y., and a daughter of Oliver E. and Jane (Eager) Crawford. Five chil- dren have been born to them — William D., born Sept. 1. 186G; Benito D., Nov. II, 1870; Arte- mus, born June 27. 1875, died Sept. 2G, 1882; Adrain A., born Oct. 17, 1880; and Oliver. Oct. 28, 1882. Mr. Brown made his first purch.ase of land in 18G7, and upon that farm resiiled until 1884, when he lutught sixteen acres on section 22. M.agnolia Township, where he h.as since made his home. He devotes much of his time and attention to the raising of stock. He is a practical and en- terprising stock dealer and is recognized as one of the leading men of Magnolia Township. He has always taken great interest in public affairs, and in politics, is a sujiporter of the Republican party, by which he has been elected to various township ofli- ces'. He is now the Township Treasurer, a position which he has filled for the past nine 3-ears, which is a sutliiieut testimonial of his ahility and faithful- f =t: #4v •^^^^ vr- % ROCK COUNTY. o63 4 ncss to duty. Up li.as also served on the school hoard for :i U ria of five years, doinif all in his power to prDiiiote the cause of education. Socially, Mr. Urovvn is a niemher of T. L. Suti)lion Post, No. II, t. Eiisha Newell, and Uelncca (ierrj' Xcwi'li. Iiulli of Eni^lish descent, ('apt. Khsha Newell foujrht in the Revolutionary War. lie died in Octolier, 18.'i2, leavint; three sons and three dauiihters. Of these children, the suhject of this sketch was the youngest. N\)ah Newell was horn July C, ITM, at IJradford, \'t., and his early life was spent on a \'erniont farm. In Nov. 1828) he married Elizaheth. daughter of Andrew Peahody, of ALiss. Andrew Peal lody was a cousin of George IV.diiidy the philanthropist. After marriage he continued to live on the home farm until 183). when in company with his hrother-in-law, Isaac Corliss, he ui.ade an extended prosi)ecting tour through what was then the " far west." With the exception of a p.assage from Alhany to Buffalo on a eaii:d hoal. this entire tour was strictly a pedes- trian (jne. From \erinont they went through New York, around the lakes to Detroit — where at that lime there were onl}' ahoul a dozen houses, and scaicely anyone who could speak English — and from Detroit to Logansport, Ind. The .Stale of Indiana was then pretty thoroughly walked over, after which they returned to \'ermont, taking pas- sage on a steamboat from Detroit to Buffalo. With the exceptions mentioned, this entire tour was made on foot, without guide, and with very small opportunity of ohlaining information, at a time when all the country west of New York was al- most a wilderness. They followed Indian trails, often melting whole trihes of savages iu all their war-painl. They forded streams and camped out whenever night overlook them, sometimes traveling fifty miles lietween sunrise and sunset, to get from lh(\ cabin of one squatter to that of the next. This western country reali/.eil the wildest dreams of these N'ermonl farmers, and in the spring of ^ 1833 they removed with their families to La Porte, Ind. Mr. Newell here went into njereantile busi- ness, keeping — according to the then custom — a miscellaneous assortment of everything that an_v- body was likely to want, from a pound of nails to a silk gown. In 1836 he went on an inspecting tour through Wisconsin, and eighteen months thereafter removed his family to Kock County, where they re- mained one year, the period required by law to secure the land purcha.sed from Government. He bought 1200 acres at $1.2.) per acre. At the close of this j-ear he returned to Indiana, where he re- mained until 1810, when he removed to his lands (ui Hock Prairie. Here he cng.aged in extensive grain and stock farming, at the same time continu- ing his mercantile business. In 18.')5 he made a trip to Kansas. This was at a period, as will be remembered, when " border ruftianism" was most rami)ant and dangerous, and political excitement ran fearfully high. The steam- boat was received .at the landing at Leavenworth by a military company, with glittering Jjayjonets, and on reaching the hotel after numerous diflicul- tics, he was ushered into his room, which he found to contain four beds in the four corners and a table in the centre, upon which was laid f)Ut an arra3' of sharpshooters, revolvers and bowie knives, for self- defence in case of an attack. Through some mis- take he had got into the secret conclave where the destruction of Lawrence was being planned. About this time he purchased 1G80 acres of land in Dunn County. Wis. In 18r(8 he removed to Janesville, and retired from active business. In the winter following he traveled through the South- ern Stales and to the West Indies. He continued to reside iu .lanesville until his death in Febiuary, 1880. lie was distinguished for untiring energy and remarkable honesty. It was ever his pride that the trite saying was in his ca.se literally true, and among business men, "his word was .as good as his bond." He left a widow who survived him but three years, and three daughters. The eldest mar- ried Dr. Theodore Treat. She died while on a visit to Tokio, Japan, in 1886. She left two chil- dren — Theodore N. Treat, who is at i)resent a resi- dent of Dakota, and Mis. Bl.ackledge of California. ' ^ 564 ROCK COUNTY. -p The two remaining daughters are living, one in Cliicago, the wife of Dr. Ueeves .Tackson, President of the College of Physicians and Snrgeons in that city; the other, the widow of the late B. (i. Web- ster, is residing in .lanesville. She ha.s one son, Frank Newell Welister, who is in business in Janes- ville. Sketches of the late Mr. Wcbstei- and bis son will be fonnd in this work. See (lurlrait of Mr. Newell on another page. aHARLKS WIIITK. who is engaged in farm- ing and stock raisins; on section 15. Porter ^ Towiishi|). is of Scottish birth. lie was born Aug. IH. 1S37, in Fifeshire. Scotland, and is a son of John and .lean (Stewart) While. While residing in his native land .lohn While engaged in the manufacture of linen goods, following that avocation until 1811, when selling out his interest, he embarked for .Vnierica. After landing in lliis co\intrv he spent one year in New York, during which lime he visited Wisconsin for the purpose of making a location. Heing pleased with the pros peels and laud of Porter Townsbip. he entered a claim anuildin» a little log c.-diin. he then began the work of cidtivation. transforming the wild and unimproved land into a fertile farm. As time passed, by industr}- and enterprise, he wa.s enabled to add to the original trad of lliO acres, which he preempted, until at length HOO broad acres paid tribute to the care and labor which he bestowed upon it. Mr. White was well known through the county and was an iinp(ut:int factor in the development and upbuilding of Porter Township. At the lime of liisdcith he still hael is the wife of .lohn Copley, a resident of Kdgerton. The father of this familj- departed this life Sept. 5. 1886, at the ripe old age of eighty- four years, and w.as laid to rest in Fulton ceme- tery by the side of his loved wife, who w.as sum- moned to her final home Feb. 12, 1883. Mr. and Mrs. White were members of the Presbyterian ( liurch. and socially he was a mendier of the Ma- sonic fraternity. In |)olilical .sentiment he was an ardent and in(1exil)le adherent of the Rc|)uiilican party, a firm believer in the principles of that great organization. Charles White, the suliject of this sketch, re- ceived the greater part of his education in the common schools, but for one ^ear attended the Albion Academj', in Dane County. His carl\ life was spent in much the same manner as other farmer lads, he assisting his f.ather in the management of the farm until his marriage, which occurred Dec. 10. 18i;.j, when Miss Mary A. Taylor became his wife. The lady is a native of Rock County, anil a daughter of Robert and M:uy (Smith) Taylor, who were early settlers of Rock County of 1842, when they located in Spring Valley Township, where ^Ir. T.aylor died in Jlay 1886. Mrs. T.aylor is still living on llieir olf land, which is a pait of the old n 4 ROCK COUNTY. ii^h^ 565 ^I'OHN AIENZIES, of JanesvilU', is one of the I leading and jn-ogressive attorneys of liiis j c-ily. who, though a eoaipaiatively joiing ' man. is rapidly gaininosition of Clerk, the duties of which otiice he performed in a satisfactiirv manner for live years, when he re homestead. His stock is all of the best grades, and he makes a specialty of the breeding of short horn cattle. Clydesdale horses, Shetland ponies and and Oxfordown sheep. His is one of the model farms of Rock County, the improvements on which arc equal to any, while the entire surroundings in- dicate the owner to be a man of thrift and enter- l)rise. On the farm of Mr. White are situated the Caledonia .Springs, in which is found an abundance of speckled trout. This is regarded as the best trout stream in the State. Pulilic S|)iriteil and progressive, Mr. White is a valued citizen and is a liberal supporter of all pub- lic enleri)riscs which have for tiieir object the pub- lic good. He has been prominently identified with the upbuilding of the community, and in the work of advancement and progress has borne no incon- siddruble i)arl. In his social relations Mr. White is a member of tlie Masonic Order, being a member of Waucoma Lodge No. 00, A. F. A- A. M.. and has filled the office of secretary. He is an ardent and enthusiastic Republican, and no resident of Rock County is held in higher regard. signed in order to enter upon the practice of his chosen profession. He began practice in the au- tumn of 188ti in Janesville, and is building up a lucr.ative business. In politics Jlr. Menzies is in- dependent; socially he is a member of the Knigiits of Pythias. ICHARI) WIGGIN, for fifteen 3 ears a resi- dent of Janesville, was born .Sept. 20. 1824, i^m in the town of Meredith, in that part of \^ Strafford, now constituting Carroll County, N. H. His grandfather. Ciiase Wiggin, came to Meredith from Newmarket. N. H.. where his Welsh ancestor settled about tw(j hundred 3-ears ao-o. Chase Wiggin and Mary Eaton, who were married and became the parents of our subject, were born in Meredith. Richard is the youngest of their eight children, seven of whom grew to adult age. He was reared on a farm, going from home at the .age of nine ^ears. AVith the exception of a quar- ter at the Higii School in Meredith Viil.age his edu- cation was wholly supplied by the old-fashioned district school. On reaching the age of seventeen, 3'oung AViffgin went to Boston, where he found employment for a year in the freight house of the Concord Railroad. After working four yeai-s as a stone-mason, he re- turned to railroad work, and became a freight con- ductor on the Boston. Concord & Montreal Rail- ro.ad in 1816. He remained in the employ of this corporation for seven 3onrs, during the last four years filling the position of station agent at War- ren and Woodsville, successivel3'. In 18.jt -Mr. Wiggin removed to Pittsbur^, Pa., where he secured employment as passenger con- ductor on the Pennsylvania it Ohio Railroad, now a |)art of the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne A Chicago line. In 1872 he w.as promoted to the position of Master of 'I'ranspf)rtation. and the next year took up his residence at Salem, Ohio. In 186 J) he was again promoted, being .appointed Assistant .Super- intendent of the eastern division of the Ft. W.a3-ne road; and a year later became Superintendent of the same division. This rapid advancement showe, I sr)(l, at Sand- wich. N. H., to Miss Rehecca II. .lohnson, a n.ative of that town. The lady is a daughter of Isaiah II. ami Klmira (Wilson) .lohnsim. of Knglish des- cent ami New Hampshire liirtli. Mr. and Mrs. Wiggin aie active communicants in the .lanesville liaptist Church, and valneil menil)ers of society. Their home is a hospitable one, and is delightfully located in the outskirts of the city. Of their six children, three are buried in Allegeny Cemetery, I'ittsb\irg. The eldest, Myra A., ilieucholz. carriage manufacturer of •lanesxillc. On the 1st day of .luly. 1 SS."p, he accep- ted his present position with the .lanesville Ma- chine Company, and has rem.ained with them c(ui- tinuously since. On the 12tli day of .lanuary. 1H81. Mr. McLean wedded Miss Nonie Scarcliff, their marriage lieing celebr.ated in .lanesville. 'I'he lady was Itorn in this city, and is a daughter of George ScarcliiT. one of the early settlers of Rock County. Four chililien have been born of their unicm, a S(ui and three daugliters — George .S.. died at the age of one year; Isal)el, ICinma Augusta, and Dollie complete the family circle. Ml'. McLean has scrveil his fellow citizens in vari- ous official positions. He tilled the otiice of Alder- man for one term, is now School Commissioner of the Fourth Ward, and for more than ten years lia.s been a member of tlie .Lanesville (Guards, his being the hnigest continued membership of that organi- zati(m with one exception. He isalso a nienil)er of Oriental Lfidge, N«). 22, K. of I'. lie is a young man of good business ability and has won the res- pect and couRdence of all with whom business or pleasure have brought him in contact. y,.. LLKN EltiENK RICH, passenger conduc- (©/lJIi ton on the Chicago it Nf>rthwestern Rail- /// vL road, is a native of New York, born in the f town of I'omfrct, Chautauqua County, Nov. 28, 1842. His early life was spent in his na- tive .State, his education being received in an acad- emy at Fast Randolph. Cattaraugus County. In the fall of ISIU, when but nineteen years of .age, he came to .lanesville, arriving here on the ittli day of October. On the ;5rd d.ay of the following December, he began breakiiii;: for the Chicago A- ROCK COUNTY. .")()7 Nurlliwi'stern Railway Conpany. In Septcinl)ci', 1S(J7. lie was pioniok'il to coiKluctoi-. anil in IS72. piaci'ii ill cliarifc of a passcnui'i- train. For tliii- tci'n years liis run was between Janesville and Chicago, lint now it is between tlie former city and DeKall). III. For a time Mr. iJiili made liis home in t'liie.-iiio, l)nt since lie Ikis liad ehari^e of a passenger train il lias been in .Janesville. in the former eity he was mar- ried Aug. yi, I.S77, to Miss Margaret Sharp. 'I'liey have one child, (ienevievc M., born in Chicago. Mr. Hich is a member of the Bower City Divisicjii No. 11;}, Order Riilway Cundiiclors. Politically, he is a Republican. In the twenty-eight years that he has been in the employ of the I{ailred inaugurate several of the industries and is now a stockholder in many of them. For several years Mr. Merrill was a vestryman in Christ Episcopal Church, of which himself and wife are members. He is a member of the Ma.sonic fraternity, and an independent Reimblicnn. While a resident of Milwaukee he w:is elected a member for the South Side of the Hoard of Three Commis- sioners, wlio controlled all the (lublic works of the city. He also served as Assessor for the South Side. The people of Janesville have honored him r 568 -•► ROCK COUNTY. « jiAVr WRIGHT, who i \/\Jl! farm of 200 acres on \l^^ Townsliip. is numberc Willi llicir sek'flion as Mayor, ami he lias also served as a meinber of llie Stale Lcgislaliire for Rock County. At Miicbias, Cattaraugus Co., N. V., on the "iOth i)f Oetuber, 185G. Mr. Merrill was marrientlis. During the win- ter he still continued to attend the public schools for some time. Until 1845 he remaiiiecl in his native county, when desiring to make his home in the West, he came to Rock County. From the meager earnings which he received for farm labor he had saved a siittieicnt amount to purchase land, and entered a claim of UJO acres, which was then in a wild and unimproved slate. His plow turned the first furrow c>n that pi'aiiie. ami liis hand per- formed the work of transformation by which it l)e- came one of the fine farms in the county. For some time he made his home in the family of a Mr. Winslow. and later built the first house which ho owned in Rock County, it being a small frame building, whose dimensions were 12xl() feet. On the 3d day of January. 1854, Mr. Hollister was united in marriage with Miss .Sarah .Smiley, a native of Pennsylvania, anil a daughter of Samuel and Sus.anna (Fisher) Smiley. She came with her l)arents to Rock County in 1845, the family locat- ing in Plymouth Township, where the death of both father and mother occurred. ^Ir. and Mrs. Hollis- ter are the parents of six children — Eleanor M.. born Jan 27. 1855, who became the wife of Russell liroughton, a farmer of Magnolia Township; Fran- cis S., born July 19, 185t). wlio is at home; \\illiam H., born Jan. 3, 1858, and who wodclcd Emma Hodge. Nov. 1, 18.S3, has devoted his life to the missionary cause and is now [jreaching the gospel to the people of India, to which country he was sent bv the Methodist lC|)iscopal Cliiinh in Diceni- ber, 1887; Violetta .M.. born May lit, ISGO, wife of John E. Craven, a railroad engineer residing at Waseca, Minn.; Mary S., born Seiit. 22, I8()3, be- came the wife of F. W. Cniven, dieil in 188(;: and Joseph Aaron, boin Jan. I, 1.^70. wlio is attending school. As the years have passed. Mr. Hollister has added to his original purchase, until now 205 broad acres pay tribute to his care and cultivation. His life has been one of industry, for since beginning busi- ness at the early age of sixteen, he has labored continuously, and during most of the time has fol- lowed agricultural pursuits. He is now the owner of one of the finest farms in Rock County, the im- provement of which is due to his own efforts; his barns and outbuildings are models of convenience, and upon his farm may be found a good grade of all kinds of stock, including sheep, to the raising of which he gives considerable attention. In con- nection with his farming interests for the past few years he has also operated a dairy. For almost 1 -4•- ROCK COUNTY. •*^ 573 forty-five years lie lias been iileiililied vvitli the his- tory of Rock County, and lias Imiiie a inomiiieiit part in the work of proijiess and development. His inHuence and ready support have ever been given to any enterprise for the public welfare, and in the advancement of educational, social and moral in- terests he is found in the front rank. Since the organization of the Republican party, he lias been one of its ardent supporters, and has been honored by his fellow-citizens with various local offices of trust. To the liquor traffic he is a strong opponent, working alwa^'s for its suppression, and exerting his utmost power to blot out the evil. For many years Mr. and Mrs. Ilollisler have been nieinbcrsof the Methodist Episcopal t'hiireh, and are untiring workers in the Master's vineyard. Mr. llollister has been very [iroraiucntly idinlitled with the Cluirch, having tilled all the various offices in that body,and w.as for many years a Class-Leader. He was Superintendent of the Sabbath School for several years, and was a successful teacher, and did much to promote the best interests of that imiiortant br-anch of the Church. Hoth have borne a prom- inent part in the work of the organization to which the}' belong, and by ever\- endeavor strive to teach others to follow the example set forth in llic life of Christ. Consistent Christian [leople, they are honored and reiiectcd by all. and are held in the highest regard by many warm friends throughout th(? county. 4}^$^ C^rS'llOMAS 11. LITTLK, M. A., who for four- ((^^ teen years s(» abl}' served as Superinteiulen- ^^Jy' of the Wisconsin Institute for the Kduca- tion of the IJIind. was liorn in Augusta. Me., on the loth d.iy of December, 18:!2. His parents, Thomas and Klizabeth (Howard) Little, were both descended from Knglish Puritan ancestors. Thomas l^ittle. the founder of the family in Ameiiea. emi- grated from England in the early days of the l'i\- niouth Colony, and married Ann Warren, daughter of Richard Warren, who was a member of the little band of I'ilgrims that landc(i from the Mayflower on that ever nienuu'able 21st of December, 1C20. The branch of the family from which our sub- ject is directly descended, settled at August.-i, Me., and at the time of the birth of Thomas II., his [larents were residing at the -'old fort" (Western) in that city. His preparatory education was re- ceived at the Hiidgeton Academy, after which he entered iiihui a collegiate course at Uowdoin Col- lege, graduating in the class of 1855. The suc- ceeding year he spent as a teacher in the High .School at Cardiner, Mc. and in .September, 185G, went to Columbus, Ohio, where he was emi)loyed three years as teacher in the institution for the blind. From there he went to I5;iton Koiige, La., where he was engaged .a.s teacher in the dc^jartnicnt for the blind in the Louisiana Listitution for the Di'.af. Dumb and Blind; but owing to the atlitinle of the Southern people during the presidential election of 1 8G() and the threatened trouble be- tween the two sections of the country, he closed his connection with that institution in the f.-ill of thiit year, and returned to Columbus. Ohio, where he taught :i graiumar school until August. l.Stil. At that lime he accepti'd the Su[ieriiitendenc\- of the Wisconsin Institution for the Education of the liiiiid. at Janesville. Mr. Little had made a speci.al study of the line of duty which he assumed in accepting this posi- tion, and was earnestly anil deeply interested in the education of the lilind. lie enteied with zeal and energy into his work, in which he was ably supported bj' his assistant. Miss Sarah F. Cowles, whose interest in the impiovement of the miforlu- naterincipal schools for the blind, comparing methods of teach- ■*► -I r •>-hM*^ a o74 ROCK COUNTY. iiii,' and uiaiiagenient, unil securing valuable in- foniiatiuii. He liad also [novidcd himself witli the best current literature on the subject, and at the time of his death had aceunniiated one of the largest and best libraries bearing on the education and care of the blind, in existence in the country. Mr. and .Mrs. Little were blessed with a family of four dnughters — Elizabeth II., Alice C. Clara 11. and Martha 1'. [.See sketch of Mrs. Little.] In .\|)ril, 1H71. the institution building was de- stroyed by fire. Although in [mor health at the time, Mr. Little distinguished himself by his bravery in rescuing some of the blind, but in doing so received serious injuries, from the effects of which he never fully recovered. His death oc- curred on the Uh dav of February, 1875, while planing the rebuilding of the institution. Tiie writer feels that he can ))est do justice to the char- acter and life work of Mr. Little l)y ()Uoting tlie eulogy delivered by Dr. J. B. Whiting, trustee of the institution and his warm and intimate friend. On the presentation of the memorial resolutions be- fore the Conveutiou of the .Vmerican Association of Instructors for the lllind. held in the hall of the I'ennsylvania InstitutifMi for the Instruction of the IJIind. at IMiiladeli)liia, in August, 1S7(), Dr. Whiting spoke as follows: •■ Afr. President: It is dillicult to speak fitting words of kindly eulogy of those we lovecl who have gone to their rest. I might speak of Thomas H. Little xs a personal friend, but when the State mourns the loss of a protiiincnt citizen and faith- ful |)ublic servant, all personal and individual grief is merged into and overshadowed by the gen- er.-d Sorrow. In IHtil Mr. Little came to Wisconsin to tr.ke charge of the Institution for the Education of tlie IMiud, as its Superintendent. From that time to the day of his death he devoted himself to his work with a constancy and faithfulness that challenges our admiration. In the spring of 1873 his board of trustees, noticing with alarm that his health was declining under his severe and i)ro- tractcd labor, unanimously passed a resolution ten- dering him leave of absence for several months, in order that he might have the season of rest and opportunity to travel by sea which his medical advisor deemed essential to his recovery. This ■► j u j^- was done with the hope that he might thus be re- stored to health, ami that the St^ite might not lose the services of so valuable an oHicer. "Although his leave of absence was tendered him solely that he might be relieved from l;ibor and care, he nevertheless entered at once ujion a careful examination of kindred institutions ^i (Ireat IJritJiin and on the Continent, thus giving himself little lime for rest and recuperation. While in \ ieiiua he was taken so seriously ill as to compel him to abandon all further labor, and when siilli- ciently recovereil to travel he returned to (ireat Britain, there spending a few weeks, after which he returned home, enriched by his experience while absent and .somewhat iminoved in his health, re- suming his Work in October. "In A[)ril of the following year the institution at .lanesville w;is destroyed by fire. In his efforts to remo\e the blind pupils from the liiirniug build- ing, he was himself so severely injured that he was coiifiiied to his room for .several weeks, and never recovered from the injuries then received. Tlie necessities of the case admitted of no rest for him, and lie continued his work, plauuing and arranging for the future. The plan of the building since built by the State for the blind was the oiitgrowtii of his brain, and was dictated by hiui from his couch, with head bandaged and hands muftled to mitigate the sutTering which the flaming tongue of lire had inflicteil upon him. Thus did Mr. Little labor on, forgetful of hiuisclf. niueiubering only the wants of the in>litution, which he loved more than himself. In the last days of .lanuary. l)S7j, he was attacked with pneumonia, which under more favoral)K' conditions might not have been fatal, but the tension of body and mind had been too grejit and too long-continued to emlure this ad- ditional strain, and on the 4lh day of February", at noon, the "silver ciird was loosed ' and the spirit of Thomas H. Little passed from earth, siugulaily un- coutiiminated by its contact therewith. It wa.s my sad privilege to Ije with him during the closing hours of his life and to listen to his latest words, and even in the midst of the delirium which clouded his mind at times, his utterances manifested the high i)ur|X)se and rare integrity of the man. •• Speaking of the future of the institution, at I ••»> ROCK COUNTY. ^ timt lime beset with many (li.seourageiiu'nts, lie ex- claimed with emphasis, • 1 will furnish the |pun- huiiesty, (iod himself will provide Mic true policy, and thus success will be sure.' So tlie eiieliration went on formulating the noblest thoughts, though the clouds of delirium had gathered about him. ( )iie of his last audible prayei's was that new avenues might be found along which the blind could be led to higher planes of usefidness. Thus died one of the purest men I have ever known, and if to- day there lives a single iii-^ '■^'RCllIK IJKIl). .Vmong the list of oom- ( ©/Lll i parativi'U' young men who are «ell antl I li favoralily known. iVi-ehie Heiil's name ^// stands out prominentlj'. Although only thirty-six years of age, none can show a better reeord as a sueeessful liusiness man. and a short history of his e.aieer will show the growing genera- tion what the possihilititts are fora young man with the re(pii>itf amount of energy and i)luek. Aichie lieid is a Seotelinian. horn in Aherdeen- shire, Seotland, and is the seventh son of .Vrehiliald and Uessie l{eiconsiu Infantry, and served until April, ISt;."), when he was musteicd out at l)aveni)ort, Iowa, on account of physical dis- .■ibility. Returning home from the service, he spent three months in recuperation, and -luly 1. l.SC'), entered the service of the Chicago 4' Northwestern Rail- road Company, with whi<'h he has since been eon- *^JUJM t 4 ♦- -«^ ROCK COUNTY. f tiinionsly ciiga<>c(l. He was first employed nt W:i- tortown, where lie ieni;iiiUMl until 1872, when as al- ri'a(l\ sl;iti'il. lie crime to .iMiiesville. While I'esidiiii!; in Wateitown. he was iinileil in marriage with Miss Lydia Linden, a native of \Va- tertown, Wis., and step-danghler of Joseph Lin^/ zies, settled in Harinony Township in 181.'). and is nnmherccl .-Mnong the pioneer settlers of this eominuiiit \'. having residecl on the old honicslcMd for the long period of forty-live years. 'I'lie Doe- tor was horn in Dane County, Wis., on the 2.Stli day of November IH.'iX. while his parents were temporarily residing at that jilacc. At the .age fif about fourteen years, he became a student at a select s<'hool in the city of .lanesville. and on linlsli- ing his pri'paralory course at that school, entered I'.eloit College, where the sneceediiig two yf ars of his life were piissed. Hi' then lliiished his literal v course of instriiction at .Milton College. During all this time he had the medical profession con- stantly in view, pursuing those studies wliicli would best Lay the foundation for the profession which he wished to m.ake his life work. In the ailliimu of IST'.l. he began the study of uiedicinc under the direction of Dr. Ki^bert !•). I.ooiiiis of .lanesville, and subsequently graduated from the Chicago Medical College, of Chicago, in the ela.ss of 1HH3. After his gr.ad nation he became resident physician and surgeon of Cook County Hospital of Chicago, a positifui which is attained by competi- tive examination and is open to all graduates of the regular school of inediciue. Me occupied this jjosition for a year anci a half, the full time allowed, when to more lirmly establish his health, which through continement to his medical duties had be- come somewhat impaired, he spciif some time in traveling through the South. This experience proved highly valuable as it enabled him to study the di.sea.ses incident to that portion of the country and the remedies used in their treatment. On his return he settled in .lanesville, where he has since continued to practice. The Doctor is still a young man, but h.as already established a good pr.aclice and secured the respect, contidcnci' and esteem of all classes of citizens. ^g*Ji|U^e ^f/DDlSON .1. RAY. Sccrctaiy of the .lanes- IB^/ull ville Cotton Millx, is a iiiitive of New York, and w.as born in Otsego County, on the l.Slh day of April, 1820. His parents were Daviil .-ind Arlalissa (Uiirlingame) R.ay. His father was born in lierkshire County, Mass.. and his mother in Rhode Island. The family remove(l lon \v;is a child, lie w.as educated in the public schools and was em- ployed in the cotton mills from early boyhood until he w.as twenty-two years of age, when he en- gaged in the hardware and cliiig business, at North Adams, Mass. The siicccc(liiig twenty years of his life were spent, by him in tli.at line and ten years in the mannfa<'ture of cotton goods, when he was iiiduceil to come to .lanesville to a.ssist in or- naiiizinir and operating a cotton nianufactiiring business. He reache. It is with pleasure that record his sketch, for since 1H54, the date his arrival, he has been prominently identified with the farming interests of the county, and with the growth ami development of Turtle Township. He was born in Herkimer County. N. Y., in the town of Norway. -Ian. 22, 18111, and is a son of of Nogle and Tempa (Kelsey) Ross. Roth parents were natives of Connecticut, the father born in Kent County. Dec. 26. 1782. the mother in Tilling- worth. June 25. 178;!. They were uniteil in mar- riage in Fnirlield. Herkimer Co., X. Y., Aug G. ISOC. .and had a family of twelve children, all born in Herkimer Counlv. namely: Dayton, who was born Feb. 5, 1807. and died .Ian. IS. l,H7l,.at the a"e of sixty-six years and eleven months; Charles K.. born May 5. 1809, died March 20, 18i:i; Eliz.a, •4^ born Sept. 24, 1811, is the widow of Nicholas Gardner; Charles, born June 28, 1813. resides at Lowville, N. Y.; Jemima, born .Sept. 21. 1815, is the widow of Heman Wafull: Daniel K., born Dec. 15, 1817, is a resident of Newport. N. Y.; onr sub- ject is the seventh in order of birth; Clarina E., born April 24, 1822. became the wife of Henry D. Parkhurst of Newport, Herkimer Co.. N. Y.; Les- ter, born April 18. 1824. is a carpenter and ;oiner of Beloit; Emily M., born April 28, 1826, is the wife of E. J. Car[>enter. a farmer of Turtle Town- ship; .Sophia L.. born Nov. 28, 1828, married Ben- jamin L. Spencer, whose home is in Newport, N. Y.: Almeda G.. born Aug. 17, 1831. is the wife of T. J. Wafull. of Herkimer County. N. Y. Nogle Ross, the father of these children was of .Scutch descent, and served as Captain during the War of 1812. and was on duty at Saekett's Harbor. He eng.aged in farming, .and also followed thetnides of a carpenter and a millwright. He owned 200 acres of land which he successfull}- oper.ated. and was one of the leading men of the county in which he lived. His death occurred at the age of ninety years and seven months. July 26, 1873. His wife preceded him to her final home, dying at New- port, N. Y., ^Larch 2'.», 1866. She belonged to the Close Communion Baptist Church and her husband at one time w.os a member of the Free-will Baptist Church, but for several 3'ears prior to his death was not a member of anj" church. The education our subject obtained w.os in the common schools of his native county, and during l;is early life he assisted his f.ather with the duties of the farm. He seemed to have a natural ability for the handling of tools, and also worked at the carpenter's trade, at which he became quite prt)- ficient. Until his marriage, which occurred July 5, 1843, he remained under the parental roof. The lady of his choice was Miss Mary B. Dodge, who was also a native of Herkimer County. N. Y., born in 181!l. Her parents, Cyrus and Johannah (Ye.ach) Dodge, were natives of Massachusetts, and the mother died at Newport. N. Y. Her falher'sdoath occurred at Sherlanil. 111., at the .advanced age of one hundred years. After his marriage Mr. I Joss rented the old home 1 farm in his native county, where he passed the next 4= ROCK COUNTY, 579 ten years eri<(a<;('(I in the iMiltivation of tliat hind, which ct)iiipi-isi'(l a tract of ll.'i acres. Wliile there residing four cliildren were Ixjrn to Mr. and Mrs. Koss: Mervin ('.. l)orn May Ti, 1811, served for eighteen months in the Kith Wisconsin retriinent during the late war, and died Jan. 21. 1H72; Sjicn- cer I)., horn Oct. 12. 1817, served as a soldier in the War for tlic Tnion in tlic M Wisconsin Infan- try, and is a resident of Keloit, where he is general agent for the Ecli|)se Windmill Company of that city; Marion A., horn Oct. 12, 1811). is the wife of .lolin .v. Yost, a farTuer of Beloil 'rowiisliip; Helen (!.. horn Fel). Ill, ISol. h.as charge of the domestic affairs at home; Fred L.. the youngest child of tiie f.'iiniiv, was hoi-n after tlieir removal to RockCoun- tv, on the 1st ilay of August, 18.57, and is in the same employ as his hrother Spencer. In 18ol Mr. Rcss, .accompanied by his family, emigrated to Rock County, and for a short time remained in I'.eloit. until a home could he erected on the farm which he |iurchase20 acres of wild, unimproved land, which he culti- vated for his children when they should grow up. placing the same under a high state of cultivation. In those early da3's, when the country was so un- settled, Mr. Ross could drive across the fields to Beloit, there lieing no house or fence to intercept his progress. This will serve to illustrate the un- settled condition of the county ;il that time, and Mr. Ivoss has not only witnessed the great changes that have since then lieen m:ule. hut has lieeii an active participant in the l.aliois which have luought about the great transforni.at ion, placing Rock Coun- tv ou an equal rank with any in the Slate. In 186(1 lie built a cheese factory, which he at once began to operate and which jjroved a successful enter|)iise. The product of this factory was of the finest grade, an(1. Their =t I I ^ '^^e^^^A.el^ ROCK COLNIY. 585 union is hlesswl with four cliiklren, one son and lliroe (laughters — Mary Louisp, Helen, William B. and Alma. In political scnlimcnt, Mr. .Maloue is a faithful adherent to the Repiililican party. He is a Knight Templar Mason, belongs to .Morning Star Lodge, Xo. 10, A. V. \- A. M.; Heloit Chapter, No. 9, K. A. M., Beloit Comraandery, No. 6. K. T.. and also holds menibersiiip in Beloit Lodge, No. 40. K. of 1'. Mrs. Malone is a member of the Second Con- gregational Church of Beloit, and they are highly rv'spi'ctcil citizens vf the ciimmunity. IICIIIB.VL!) WOODAKl), President of the H^VLJ' Clinton Bank, of Clinton, Wis., and one of III a the leading business men of that tiiriving little city, was born in this county on the liSlii day of April, 1846, and is a son of Archibald and Mary ( Heriim) Woodard, wlio were pioneer settlci's of Bradford Township. Their sketch ap- pears on another page of this volume. Archibald was an oid^- son, and his early life was sjient upon liis father's farm. He received liberal educational ad v.'uitagis. |)ursinng an academic course after compU'ting the rudimentary stmlies in the common schools. Possessing an ol)serving eye and a re- tentive memory, lie has alwaj-s kept himself well informed on the leading issues of the day, and is a Worthy and valued citizen. In isiil Mr. Woodard led to the marriage altar Miss .M.ar}' La Monte, where the unicm of hearts was consummated by the union of h.ands. The lady is a n.ative of New York, her birthi)lace being in Schoharie County. Six children have l)een born of the union of this worthy couple, four sons and two daughters, and the family circle ^I't remains unliroken. They are as follows: Arcliib:ild. (ieorge L., Morrison ('., Fannie, Daniel W. and Mar\-. Mr. Woodard is a man of more than ordinary ability, and in lioth his business and social relations stands high in the community. In 1886 he began the blinking business, which he has carried t>n success- fully since, it being one of the leading nionej'ed institutions in this p.art of the couut\-. He is very ^ V genial, possessing a kindly disposition, and makes friends wherever he goes. On the opposite page the (lortraits of Mr. and Mrs. Woodard are given. ILLIAM IIUYKP:, residing on section 34, JNLagnolia Townshij), has been a resident of V7\y Rock County since the pioneer days, and li.as borne a prominent part in its up-building and advancement. He has not only witnessed, but has participated in the growth and transformation which have placed the count3^ on a par with anj' in this gre.at commonwealth, and to him it owes a debt of gratitude which can never be repaid. ]Mr. lluyke was born in Montgomery Count\-, N. Y'., July 31, 1818, and is a son of Christopher and Mary (Jenkins) Huyke. Both parents were born, reared and passed their entire lives in Moutgomer3' Count3-, and were finally laid to rest in one of its cemeteries, the father dying in 1832, the mother in 1825. They had a famil}' of nine children, but only three of that number }'et survive — Elizabeth, widow of William Frecmyre, resides in Shelby, Or- leans Co.. N. Y.; William, of this sketch; and Peter, who is engaged in farming in Orleans County, N. Y. At the early age of fourteen years, our subject was left an orphan, and thus without the counsel or guidance of parents was forced to begin life's battle. He had previously attended the public schools, receiving a fair knowledge of the common branches, but on the death of his father began working b}' the month. For several years he worked at farm labor during the summer, attend- ing school in the winter time. In 1840 he went to Orleans County, N. Y., where he again engaged in farniing on shares during the summer season, and in the fall would operate a threshing machine in the neighborhood. On the lOlh d.ay of September, 1842. .Mr. Huyke was joined in wedlock with Miss Mary A. Letts, daughter of Simon and Margaret Letts, of Orleans County, N. Y. Shortly after their marriage, the young couple remo\cd to Calhoun County, Mich., where in 1843 the husband purcha.seusiness men of the city. ■^ KV. FAYETTE ROVCE,I)octor in Divinity, is the youngest son of Mary Burgess and -m\\ Lynian Uoyce. His mother. Mavv liurgess ^P was a daughter of .lonathan Burge.ss and Mary Collins, and she was horn in Saratoga County, N. Y., .Ian. 2H, LStlO. His father. Lyman Hoycc, was one of five sons of Sarah Tyler and Amos Royco, and he was horn .June 17, 1796, in the town of W.ashinglon, Litchfield Co., Conn. Robert Royce, of Boston, 1631, w.as the earliest American ancestor of the Royce family in this country. He was a supporter of Hutchinson and Wheel- wright in their religious teaching, and removed to Stratford before 1656. In 1657. w.ns of Nev,- Luniliin. Conn., where he spent the remainder of his life and -lived in good re|)uti'." In 1661, ( May session) he was representative of Xew Lon- don in the Colonial Legislature. He died in 1676. He had five sons and two da\igbters, the most of whom settled in Wallingford, Conn., near New Haven. From this Uoyce settlement came David Royce, the great-grand -father of Fayette, the sul)- ject of this sketch. David Rovcc. moving from near New Haven, settled in Semprouius, Cayuga Co., N. Y.. in 17i)8. Rev. Dr. Fayette Royce was born in .Moravia, Cayuga Co., N. Y., April 22, 1833. He was brought up on a farm, but the farm life was not to his taste. He attended the district school both summer and winter until twelve years of age; after tlmt the winter schooling h.ad to suf- fice, until he reached the age of sixteen. 'I'hen he was permitted to enter the Moravia Academy and attend two full terms e.ich y-ear. When he was eighteen he taught a district school in the town of Venice, Cayuga Co., N. Y.. at -SIO a month, and " boarded around." His efifort .at teaching proved so successful that the trustees invited him to con- tinue the school two weeks beyond the stipulated time of four months. During this winter he won quite a reputation as a public debater by defeatinsr in a challenged contest a middle-.aged man who was regarded as the champion debater in the town. The next winter he taught the district school in Montville, a little hamlet near Moravia villaoe, and received *20 per month. The expenses of his first year in college were defrayed by these earnings of two winters' teaching. Whilst teaching these winter schools he put in all the balance of the year in preparing himself for college at the acad- emy already referred to. He worked diligently. Four o'clock was his time of getting up in the morning. Then the lines of Virgil were scanned and studied. Sept. 3, 1853. he entered the Fresh- man cl.ass in Hobart College, Geneva. N. Y.,a cl.ass that numbered nearly thirty. He took the classical course and graduated with the same class .July 16, 1857, the class graduating nineteen in number. He stood eighth in general rank and second in mathe- matics. He won the first prize at declamation in the Soi)hoin()re I'rize Exhibition. Six months before he grael, fteneva, N. Y.. May 3, 18(13. and on June 1. 18G3. he took charge of (irace C'iiurcii. Xunda, Livingston Co.. N. Y., and Trinity Church, (aiiaseraga. Allegany Co., N. Y., bolli missionary stations, and buth i)lace.s having been vacant nearly tiiree years. He also took cliarge of the 15rooks Gi-ove Mission. During hi.s two years and nine months pa.storate. tlie work at Nunda was reviveil and at Caii.aseraga the member- ship was increased from eleven to sixty, and a new beautiful gothic cliurch was built and paid for and consecrated. The church cost $5 OOli. with a seat- ing capacity of 2;')0. On Aug. 14. ISiU. in St. Peter's Chapel, Geneva. X. Y , he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop DeLancey. being tiic last one ordained to that sacrcil function by that great and eminent bishop. Ou March 1, l.SfiG. he began his rectorship of Trinity Church. Bay City. Mich., then a rapidly growing city. It has since become llio thiril city in [jopulation in the State of Michi- g.au. During his two j'ears and eight inontlis pas- torate in Bay City, the meuibersliip was uearlv doubled and the congregatif)n becoming larger than the seating capacity of the cluucli could afford, the edifice was enlarged one-half bey(>ny many (li.aiiges. Not only has his [)arisli honoreil him by pernntling liis rectorshi)) to continue so long over it. but he feels that liis diocese, too, ha.s not kept back its honors from him. August 1, 1871, he was appointed Dean of the.Tanesville (afterward Madison) Convocation, by Bishop Armitage, wliich office he held for one year. Si.ic months later (Dr. H. W. S|)alding, then Dean, leaving the diocese) he w.as again appointed Dean, which office he has held by yearly a|>p1). 24. lS8fi, the degree of S. T. D. (Doctor of Sacred Theolog3) was conferred upon him by his Alma Mater, Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y. His family life began by his marriage to Minnie Hosctta \aii Antwerp, a niece of the R<>v. Dr. Van Antwerp, author of the popul.-ir Church His- tory. Themarriagi' w:is celebrated April l.i. 18."iX, in Grovelantl. Livingston Co.. N. Y.. at her father's home — James P. \'an Antwerp. She lived just one month beyoixl five years from that . 18C0. in Olean, N. Y. The son now resides at Spokane Falls, W.ashington, engaged as book-keeper in a larurn in lieioit. Wis., Dee. 10, 1X71. Dr. Iioyee was baptized into the ilnnch im April 1, 18;"),'), and was fonlinned liy Bishop De lyancey. in Ilciliart ('(illige Chapel, July !(!, in the same ycai-. Soon after this, anaslor who had bapti/.e(l him. and they were talking upon the suhjeelof the min- istry. The result of the conversation was a decis- ion to study for Holy Orders. It was a call from (iod, so he fell, and so he has evt-r since believed. .St. Paul's Protestant Kpiscop:d Church, P.eloit, was organized Feb. 2S, 1 S I 1 . al a niceting held at the house of Rev. Aaron llumphiey. Mi-. II. was at this time well advancetl in years, and had been supplying the services and ministrations of the Church in an infoiinal manner during the year prior to the eslablishmenl of St. Paul's. .\t this meeting C. II. F. (Hiodhiie and (!.\V. Hickiiell were elected Wardens; Otis P. Hicknell. .lohn C. Uurr and Leonard R. Humphrey, \'estrymen ; David.!. P>undy, Treasurer, and William II. I loli.-ut. Secre- tary. Rev. Aaion Huniphicy became the Rector of St. Paul's. and continued to labor for the Church until Xovendicr 184;"), when he was succeeded by Kev. Stephen C. Millett. .Mr. Humphrey died in IJcloit. ( )ctol)er 12. 1S.")8, at the age of ninety years. A beautiful marble talilct "in nicmoriam " has been recently placed in the side wall of the chancel of St. Paul's, on which are engraved the date.s of his service and his death. The public services of St. Paul's were held for the first three years in the vil- 4 Leonard Humphrey, at first for school purposes. This building was, during the latter part of the.se seven i'cars, purchased by, litted up and used exclus- ively for the church, and it was consecrated \>y Bishop Kemper in the summer of 184r). This was the first church edifice of any kind built in Beloit. At a vestry niceting held in May, 18|(!. during Mr. .Millett's rectorship, it was decidet carefully and orderly in .Mr. Smedes' rec- torslii|i. and his successors have scrupulously fol- lowc(l his example. Mr. Smeilcs perfornicd .'jT baptisms, presented to the Bishop 17 candiilatesfor conlirniation. iierformed 18 maii-iagcs, olliciated at 1 !) funerals and left 7.') communicants belonging to the parish when he resigned. March 27, I8.5(i, during Mr. Smecles' rectorship. Bishop Kemper consecrated the chuii-h in celeliration of its ci^un- plete relief from all linancial encumbrances. Dur- ing his rectorslii[), also, the shapely and beautiful spire of .St. Paul's was erected, thus completing the syminetry of a very graceful (Jotliic structure. Rev. .1. E. C. Smedes resigned .Inly 1, 18.")8. and after two months' interval he was succeeded by Rev. .1. II. Kgar. who resigned February 4. 1801, after a prosperous rectorship. Seven months later. Rev. L. W. Davis became Rector, and continued to serve the church until his resignation, October 1, 18G8. During his re«'toiship the society bought a rectory on the corner of Bridge and BliifT streets. November 1 . 18(58, the Rev. Fayette Royce became the sixth Rector in the Ingo schoollK)use, on School street, and for the sub sequent seven years in a brick building erected by I history of St. Paul's Church, and he is still Rector 4* — ^ — I ■» r -■► RUCK COUNTY. The priufii)al material iinprovciiu-nts during this rectorate have bieii a pipe organ, cxcavalions uudcr tiie Church, liic putting in of furnaces, mak- ing a new gallery, the huilding of a chapel, the set- ting out of trees around the rector^-, improvements in the interior of the church and about the chancel, a new altar and credence table, a new font, and in keeping all the church property in good rei)air. The cluueh, during these twenty years, had raised and expended for all purposes about $60,000, being an average of 83,000 a year. In January, 1884. a vested choir, twenty strong, was organized and trained, which has ever since rendered acceptable music to the congregation. The chuich has a membership of 17.5. and is in a healthy condition. The present officers are: E. Elolmes. Senior War- den; E. A. Looniis. Junior Warden: F. H. .Stark- weather. W. M. Ihittan, George Sherwood. Charles (). Jlillelt, George Frederick, II. II. JMeJjeucgan. R. J. Burdge and 0. H. Orton, vestrymen. — i^^' t LARENCE L. CI-ARK, Postmaster of .lanes- ville, and attorney' at law. was l)(.>rn in thi^ 5^^ city. Sept. 9. IS.j;"). His parents are Luther and Sarah A. Clark, and their sketch is given else- where in this work. Clarence received his pre- paratory education in the ijublicand select schools, and at the .age of sixteen jears began learning the printing business in the Farmer printing office, which was owned 1)3- Mr. .Stafford. After spending one year in that employ, he entered the t)llice of the Janesville Tunes, of which A. O. Wilson w.ns projirietor. and where he was employed for a period of two years. At this time, his eye-sight becoming impaired, he left the printing office and engaged in the grccery trade, being connected with E. C. Smith and later with Tarrant »t Dntton. Subse- quently, he went to Evanston. 111., and became a student at the Northwestern I'niversity. where he ))ursued a three years' course, after which he en- tered the law office of Capt. I'liny Norcross, at Janesville. as a law student. A few months later, he entered upon a course of study in the law de- partment of the State University at Madison, and after two years graduated in the class of 1880. He .•It once entered upon the practice of his professic>n in his native cit^- in partnership with E. M. llyzer. This connection continued until November, 1885, when he assumed the management of the Janesville Recorder Printing Company and also served as treasurer of the comj)any. On the Gth day of June. 1883, Mr. Clark led to the marri.agc altar Miss Carrie L. Hodge, daughter of the Rev. M. G. Hodge, i)astor of the First Bap- tist Church of Janesville. To them has been born one son, Gardner Winans, born JIarch 14, 1887. Mr. Clark is an earnest working Democrat, li.as borne a pron)inent i)art in local politics and has been a recognized leader of the joung Democracy of Rock County. In February. 1888. he was com- missioned Postmaster of Janesville, which position he still retains. He resigned the position of mana- ger of the Recorder Conipau}' on receiving his ap- poiiitinent. but still continues to serve as its trcas- uier. We can not better close this brief sketch than to quote from an editorial in the G'asy^c ( Re- publican) t>n the event of Jlr. Clark's appointment to the postniastership. ■' (ientlenianly in all his intercourse with his fellow man. he has gained the respect aii|>le- inent<', at the age of four vears; Henry Franklin, who is engaged in agricul- tural pursuits, .is also married; Fdith K. died May 2.). 1874, in the fifteenth year of her age; Frances iM. died March 2-, 18(!(). when four ye:iis of age; Lucy A. is the wife of Robert Strang, of Center; Sarah K., now Mrs. Williams, is living in Center; and IJessie A., the youngest, died .lime 24, 1884, when only one year old. Mr. Nott has given his children ample opi)ortunities for .securing good educations, and has lived to see them all become useful and honorable men and women. The entire family are members of churches. Mr. and .Mrs. Nott held membership with the .Methodist Episco- pal Church at Footville. He was the oldest living member in that organization, in which he held the positions of Trustee and Steward until his removal t- -^^ 592 ROCK COUNTY. 4- to Jaiu'svillo. in wliicli for thirty years he serveil ais Chiss-Lcador. For llic same Icnu'th of lime he was teacher of the IJilile class, and took a deep in- terest in this branch of religious work. The busi- ness meetings of the church were often held at his home. Tiieir membership is now with tlie Court street Church. In his political sentiments, Mr. Nott is a stalwart supporter of the Republican l>arty, with which he has atliliated since its organi- zation. He has served as Supervisor of the town- sliip. has served on both the Grand and Petit juries, and has been a member of the School IJoard. lie bore a prominent part in the organization of the school and road districts, and also assisted in the organization of the township. Sociall}', he is a member of Center Grange No. 35. He has been identified with tlie history of Rock County for the long period of forty-three years, and is numbered among its honored pioneers. He has not only witnessed the great and rapid changes which have placed it on a par with any county in the State, but has ever nobly borne his part in the work. As a liusband and father, he is kind and loving; as a neighbor and fi-iend, true and obliging; as a citizen he is loyal, and as a Christian, devoted and faithful. -J- #-# 4 KORGE C. BAliCOCK, Sheriff of Rock Count}-, Wis., was born in Chenango County, ^^^S N. Y., in the town of South Otselic, Aug. 26, 1834, and is a son of Harvey and Minerva (Tiff) IJnbcock. The parents of Mr. Babcock were born in Connecticut, and were descended from old New England families of Scotch ancestry. Our subject spent his earlj- life in the E.ast. and in the spring of 1853 came to.lanesville, but located at Clinton, Rock County, where he learned the blacksmith's trade, beginning when fifteen years of age. For three years he worked with his emploj'er, E. P. Williams, on railroad work, on the lines en- tering Clinton, and in the spring of 185Cwentto Iowa, wliore he took up a quarter-section of land in Mitchell County. In the fall of 1859 he was united in marriage with Miss Eveline Hastings, who died in the spring of 18G2. On the 22d day of August, following the death of his wife, Mr. Bab- cock enlisted for the late war as a private of Com- pany K, 27th Regiment Iowa Infantry, serving until the close of hostilities. He was commissioned First Lieutenant. May 1, 1865. His discbarge papers, which show that he was mustered out of tlie service on the 8th day of August, 1865. give the following list of battles in which he partici- pated : Fort Deressy, La., March 14, 1864; Pleas- ant Hill, April 9,1864; Old Oaks. Ga., May 1 8, 1864; Dutch Bayou. Ark., June 6, 1864; Tupelo, Miss., July 14, 1864; Old Town Creek, Miss.. July 15, 1864; Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 15 .and 16, 1864; siege of Bl.akeh', Ala., from April 4. 1865, to final surrender and cajituro. AjM-il 9. His compan}' was commanded b}' Ca|)t. Charles T. Granger, now Judge of the Supreme Court of Iowa. Mr. Bab- cock was neither wounded nor taken prisoner, al- though he was with his company and regiment in some of the hardest fighting of that great struggle. At the battle of Pleasant Hill alone, the company lost one-third of their number in killed and wounded. After the close of hostilities, 5Ir. Babcock re- turned to Clinton, Wis., and opened a blacksmith shop at that place, also engaging in ironing express trucks as a special business, which he carried on for sixteen years in addition to his regular trade of general blacksuiithing. In the fall of 1888 he was elected Sheriff of Rock County, and entered uiX)n the duties of the office Jan. 1. 1889. at the same time removing with his familj' to Janesville. He leased his business at Clinton with a view to return- ing to that place on the termination of his term of office. In the autumn of 1867 Mr. Babcock w.ns again married to Mrs. Susan E. Brand, daughter of Thomas Harnity. The lady was born in Rome, N. Y., and is a member of the Congregational Church. Two children were born of her first mar- riage — Emma, who is now the wife of .'^cth John- son of Clinton, and Eveline, wife of R. A. Wheeler also of that town. Of the last marriage there was but one child, a daughter, Mamie. Mr. Babcock is a member of Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 135, A. F. it A. M.. and of Royal Arch Chapter. No. 9, of Beloit. He also belongs to Ale.xis Tallman Post, No. 70, G. A. R.. at Clinton. He was a brave and I* ROCK COUNTY. oK.j patriotic soldioi- ;it)(l oflicer. Is an industrious and cni'i'nclic' niccliaiiii' and linsiiiPss man, and lias lived a useful and active life. lie is liut just lie- liinnini;' his ollieial career, hut l)iil.s fair U> adminis- ter tlio slierilT's odiee with clHciencv and fidelity. In |i(ilitics .Mr. Babcock is a Uepuhlican. and has always lieen a warm supportel' of that pai'ty. ~** .o*o-@>.<^^-o4o.- V-- KTEI! MYKR.S, an honored pioneer of .lanesville. and one of its best known citi- zens, died suddenly on Tuesday, March 13, 1888. From his earliest settlement here he was c(,Minected with the growth and pros- perit}'. the ])r(>gress and dcveloimient of the city, which for the long i)eriod of tV)rty-tliree years was his Ivonie. To the Janesvillc Recorder of March lo, we are niaiidy indebted for the facts given in this. biogra[ihical sketch. Peter Myers was a native of France, born on the banks of the Kiver Seine, l.")0 miles from I'aris, on the 8th day of February. 1819. His father, Peter Myers. Sr.. served in the grand army of Napoleon ]. and while particijiating in the battle of Moscow sulTere. the journey being ;iccompllsherovement of the city by the erection of two large brick stores on .Main street which con- tained Young America's Hall, where at one time the Circuit Court convened. The renting of those buildings proving a protitable enteri>rise, he con- tinued to build additions to the north until IH.ji), when he commenced the erection of the Myers House upon historic ground, once the site of the old .Stage House. The Myers Hotel is the I i^fc*-* u. -•»• 596 ROCK COUNTY. --^ ^ principal house in Soiitlieni Wisconsin ;ui 11) numbered .among its settlers of 1856, since gj, which time he has been quite prominently identified with the history of the county. He has ever been ready to aid in the advancement of its interests, has particii)atcd in its [irogress and devel- opment, and is a valuable and worthy citizen. Amos K. Ueigart w.as born in Lancaster. I'a.. M.ay 11, 1822, and is a son of Kmanuel C. and Barb.ara (Swarr) Heigart. His parents were both born in Lancaster County, and were descended from (Jcrnian ancestry. The father was an inlln- ential citizen of that community, a prominent at- tornej' of the city of Lancaster, and represented his district in the St.ate Legislature. He was one of the committee sent to Philadelphia to alter the 4^ UUCK CUUNTY. ■•►HH^ 5K7 State Ciiiistitiition mid draft new laws, which were to liL' presoiiti'd to the Asst'inhly and voted npon liy that body. 1m his early life Mr. Reiiiart was a nu'nil)er of the Whig party, hut joined tlie Hepuhliean parly on its organization. The death of his wife oeeurred ill 1.S38. She was a nu^iiher of the iMoravian C'hnieh, the oldest protestant eluirch now in exist- ence, while Mr. Reigart in his later years united with the l'resl)\terian C'liiireh, acting with that body until his death, which occurred in 180i). A family of seven children were Ikhii to Mr. and Mrs. lieigart, namely: .\mos E., who was the eldest; Henry a farmer of Clinton Township; Hamilton who is residing in Fluvanna County, ^'a.; .lohn II. who resides in Chicago but operates a farm in Rock County; Susan, widow of William 1'. liriltni. living in Lancaster, Pa.; Anna ('..widow of Samuel II. Sla\niaker, who was aniung the leading f.'irniers of the county, and Sarah, wife of II. II. McLenegen, a wealthy farmer residing in Turtle Township. The subject of this sketch received a liberal edu- cation in the scliools of Lancaster and York coun- ties, l'a.,and in early life learned the tanner's trade which he followed for a livelihood in his nalive cilv for several years. !)is|R)sing of his business he Ihcn liecanie proprietor of a saw-mill which he operated some time. Notwithstanding he met with losses (occasioned by high water he was (piite suc- cessful in this business, but at h'ligth selling out he turned his attentiijii to fanning anil engage he purchaseil 1 4C acres of but partially impro\ed land which he at once began to improve and cultivate. .Many tine improvements have since been made in accordance with his plans and under his directions and his farm is considered one of the best in tiie county. It comprises 200 acres on sec- tion '>{, and 240 acres on section 22, which is un- der a iiigh st.ale of cultivation, while the home with all its surroundings indicate thrift and relinement. l'r"vions to his removal to tiie West Mr. Reigart led to the marriage altar, on the Tith day of March, 1H,')(), Miss Lulitia A. .Montgomery, one of Penn- sylvauias' fair daughters, a native of Lancast.'i, .Air. liostwick w.as married .at Janesville to Miss Helen iM. Hailey, the first white girl born in Janesville, and a daugh- ter of W. H. H. and Mary (Dickson) Bailey. Her parents came to Janesville in the fall of 18;5(;, and her father w.as one of the leading men of the [lio- Wi r 1 a'J« ROCK COUNTY. 4 iiecr days of that city. (See sketcli of Mr. Bailej' t'lscwliere in this work.) Mr. and IMrs. Bo.-itwit-k are the parents of seven children, six of wiioni are livin;^. Morris M., the eldest, was educated in the city schools, studied law and was admitted to the har in 1885, and is now eraploj'ed in his fathei's store; Kenno B. was educated in the Janesville schools and is also clerking for his father; .John I), died April 24, 1883. The younger nienibers of the family are Kva II.. Mary B. and Mark W. The youngest son is clerking for his father. Mr. Bostwick is a democrat in politics hut has never sought or desired political preferment, lie is a mcniher of the Wisconsin Lodge No. 14, I. O. (). l'., .-ind also of Oriental Lodge No. 22 K. of P. Of the last-named lodge he was a charter member. Mr. Bostwick has now licen a resident of Janesville forty-two years, and for thirty years of that time has been identified with the mercantile l)usiness of the city. His clothing house is one of the best stocked in the town, and is as widely and favorabl}' known :is any store in Hock River ^'alle3^ As a business ni.an he ranks among the first in the city, .•ind his upright .'ind honorable dealings in all his ii'.tercourse with his fellow citizens have won their rei;:ard and conlidence. ,^;^ AMUKL IlONEYSKTr, a representative ^^^ taiinci- and stock-raiser rcsiiling on section Id//))) '' ^ I'lymoulh Townshiii, born Nov. 16, 1828, is a native of England, where he p.'issed his life until 18UI. Boarding the ship "Avey" on the 10th of April he sailed for the New World, and after a voyage of six weeks lanfMH) per year; Jesse is living ne.ar C.'islle Hock, Wash, and George. w4io has but lately at- tained his m.ajority, is still living at home. Mr. Honeysett and his wife are inenibers of the Baptist Church of t)rfordville. in which he has .served as Trustee for several years. He has also filled various official positions; for fourteen consec- utive years was .School T:easuier. and at the pres- ent time is a director. Since the organization of the Hepublican party he has been one of its faith- h ROCK COUNTV. 599 4 fill supporters and is a worthy and valued citizen of I'lynioulh Towiisliip, He lias ciulured tlio trials and liardsliips 3, and ilied in IS7tl: Willinin M., born at .lanesville in l.s(')5, died the same year; Susanna Martin was born at .Innesville in ISfifi; Kmma Maud, in the same city iii ISTO, died in 1S72; Allhea lugnmills. born in 1872, died in 1881; Stoakley Ingainills waj* born in 1873. The death of Mrs. Hutchinson occurred at .lanesville, on the 1 1th ilay of .lanuary, 18H(l. IMr. Hutchinson is a Democrat in politics, and served one term as alderman ■•iiid one as supervisor in the Rock Count}' Board. Socially he is a meni- ber of .lanesville Lodge No. 55, A. F. iV A. M. He is well skilled in his business, having followed the traile of a p;iiiiler for more tli.Mii lliiity years with marked success; and as a n(ughbor and citizen has ahv.ays been known a,; a man of strict integrity and courteous, kindly manner. The firm of Rogers !.{■ Hutchinson is the oldest in their line in the city, ;in. lS2'.t. His parents were .John anil Christ i:iiia (Musser) Skellv, of whom a sketch .appears elsewhere in this work. Our subject was reared to manhood upon a farm, and in his early years learned the carpenter's trade, •at which he worked l)Ut a short time. In 1848 he came to .lanesville. where his parents had located a short time [U'evious. He engaged in the grocery business in 1851, in which he w.as joined by his brother in I8G3, and continued in that line until 18G7. He was next employed as salesman with M. C. Smith, a leading merchant of this city, with whom lie remained for thirteen years. He subse- quently clerke(l for R. M. Rostwick for awhile, and h.is since tdien charge of closing out sales of bank- rupt stocks. A marriage ceremoii}- |)erforined on the Kith day of .lune, 18(12, united the destinies of Mr. Skellv anil Miss Amanda Crall. daughter of -loliii and .Sarah Crall, a history of whose lives is given iu this volume. The lady is a native of Richland County, Ohio. Six children were born of their union, four sons and two daughters. Rnrtoii, born .Sept. 20, 18G3, died May 27. IMC5; Willard .1., born .Ian. 31. 18GG, is the junior partner of the firm of KiiiLT 't SkelU'. stationers and book-sellers . ■» i. t ^ noo / -«»> ROCK COUNTY. of Janesville; Charles Elmer, lioiii Sept. 6. 1869; George W., Sept. 26. 1«71 ; Sadie C, Oct. 4. 1874, and Florence N., horn .Jan. 15, 1880, died March •2!l, 1886. Mr. Skelly and his family attend the Episcopal Church. In political senti- ment he is a Democrat, but ha.s never been an oflice-. seeker, yet he did accept a position on the School Board of the city, and served four years as a member of tliat body. For more than forty years Mr. Skelly has been a resident of Janesville, and has l)y his niiriuht and honorable life won the good opinion and confidence of the best c>f his fellow citizens. ►»!« ; • I "-— -t ¥^ I^II.LIAM H. HATFIELD, who is numbered among the early settlers of Rock County, is a leading farmer, residing on section 21), Union Township. lie was l)orn in Wethersfield, \V\-oining Co., N. Y., and was the fourth in a fainilv of six chililren, whose parents were Nathan and Cynthia (Wetniorc) Ilatlield. who were both natives of the Em|)ire State. In 1833 he removed with the family to Huron County, Ohio, where the father entered land in what was known as the Western Reserve. His location was in the midst of the heavy timlier, which he had to cut away in order to make a phice to erect his house. He cleared the land and in the course of time devel- opeil one of the best farms in Huron County, which lie continued to cultivate and improve until his ileath, which occurred in 1846. He was a (piiet. unassuming man. whose interests centered in his home :nul family, and was a worthy and valued citizen. Mrs. Hatfield survived until 185;'), when she was called to meet the loveil one gone before. Of their six children four are now living. Mary A., the eldest, is deceased; Elmira is the wife of C^MUS Frances, a farmer, resident of North Dakota; Hannah L., widow of .lames Howell, makes her home in Ohio; William is the next in order of birth; Harriet wcdileil (ieorge Rowcliff, who is en- gaged in agricultural p\irsuits in Peoria County. 111., and Charles N., the youngest of the family, died at the age of thirteen vears. In Huron County. ( )liio, the children were reaicd. and on at- 4» taining matuie years were married and left the parental roof. ()ur sul)jcct was educated in the common schools of Huron County, and remained at home until after the death of his mother, in 1855. lloth i)a- rents then having jjassed away, he started out in life for himself, and in February. 1856, came to Rock County, locating in the town of Magnolia. In the month of January, 1857. he married Miss Margaret Evans, a native of England and a daugh- ter of .Tohn and Jane (Evansl Evans. Her parents emigrated to America about the year 1851, and be- came residents of Albany, Green Co., AYis., where her mother died in 1855. Mrs. Hatfield came about two years later. Her father afterwards re- moved to Nebraska, making his home in Tecumseh. Johnson County, where his death occurred in 1S65. Mrs. Evans was a member of the E|)iscopal Church, and they were the parents of ten children, but only two of that once numerous family are now living — John, a retired farmer, residlnu' in Wisconsin, and the wife of our suliject. In 1857, Mr. Hatfield, having purchased ninety acres of land on section 2!l, in the town of Union, removed to his new farm, upon which he has from that time continuously resided. The uncultivated land by his energy and labor was soon transformed into a tract of rich fertility, to which he has since added until now 172 broad acres p.ay trilnitc to his care and cultivation. He has jfiven eighty acres to hi.s sons. The many fine improvements found thereon are the work of his h.ands, and ever^-- thing aliout the place indicates the thrift and enter- prise of the ownei'. He is a [jractical and |)r<»grcssive farmer, and is a leading citizen of the township. I>y the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield six chil- dren were born, namely: William E.. who wc(hled Wealthy Wowlcy.aml is now engaged in farming iu Union Township, near the old homestead; Charles L., who became the husliand of Seba Shaw, is the owner of a farm adjoiuinu' his father; Fi'cd 1!. is still at home; two children died in infancy, and (ieorge H. died in March. 1888. The death of Mrs. Hatfield occurred on the Hlh day of M.ay. 1880. She was a lady beloved by all who knew her for her Christian virtues, her high moral char- acter and kindly bearing tow.-ird all. In 185'.) she ^^U 4 4^ HOCK COUNTY. 001 united with the BajUist ciiiiich, as did also Mr. IlatrK'id.aiid her piaee in the house of worship was sehhmi vae;uit. Shi' hihored hniL;' and earnestly' in in her INIaslcr's vineyartl, and was also an iiidefati- •iahli' wiirliere, is numbered among the earlv set- tlers of this county. He was born in Londontlerry, N. H., March 1(1, l«i;{, and is the son of John and Sarah (Anderson) Holmes, who were descended from the ohl I'urllan stock. Their familv num- bered \'\\r children, of wiiom four grew to manhood ami Womanhood — .lames, who was a proniin<>nt \-M^ minister of the Congregational Church, served as a missionary in Ohio for several years, and for the long period of twenty-one years had charge of the church at Auburn. N. H., has passed to his reward, dying in 188H. Thomns is the next child; Caroline widow of Kev. William Murdock, is a resident of West Boylston, M.ass.; and J. A., the youngest, whose sketch is given elsewhere, resides in this county. In ISl'.l, ilio mother of these children was called to her final rest, leaving her familv of four little ones. She was a member of the I'resbv- terian Church. Mr. Hohnes w.as .ag.-iin nnnrled, his second union being with .Miss Marv Adams, of Dairen, N. H.. a daughter of William A-huns. She gave the kindest care and attention to the mother- less little ones, superintending their education and devoting herself to thera as a.ssidu0-2 ROCK COUNTY. -t acting upon this determination, located in Rock County, Wis. Previotirs to this tinie. Mr. Ilolines was married, Miss Mary A. Parker l)ecoraing' liis wife on the l.'Uli day of August. 1840. .Siie «as l)orn in Wor- cester County, Mass., Jan. 17, 1812, and is a daugh- ter of Gabriel and Olive (Fay) Parker, also natives of Massachusetts, and iironiinent nieiubers of the Congregational Ciiurch. Her father took a verj- active part in tiie work of that denomination, and for many years served as deacon in the society to wliich he lielonged. Both were called from this life to the realms above, while residents of Massa- chusetts. In 1853, Mr. and Mrs. Holmes started for their Western home, the husband having previous to this time i)iirchased a farm on section 8, Turtle Township, in Kock County, and in the little log cabin thej' began life in tliis State. The mode of living in the frontier was very different from that in the East, where every luxury and conven- ience could be secured, but Mrs. Holmes willingly- conformed her life to her changed surroundings and the days passed swiftly and merrily. .She was in very feeble health on her arrival in Rock County, but in tlie fresh and bracing air she soon regained her usual health and attributes much of her present vigor to her life on the frontier. After tluH'C years spent upon tlie farm. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes, in IHoli. removed to the village of Sho- picrc, where the husband engaged in general mer- chandising until 1877, wlien he laid .aside the du- ties of that life and has since given his attention to the management of his farming interests. He is the owner of 570 acres of l.and, 270 acres situated in tills county, and the remainder in .Spink County, Dak. He .also owns a handsome residence in Sho- piere, which is the liome of this worth}' couple. Mr. Holmes has held various local ollices of trust. For seven years he fdled the position of Town Clerk, was live j'ears Chairman of the Township Board and one year was Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors. Although his business in- terests were extensive, he has never neglected his religious duties, but h:us long been a faithful mem- ber of the Congregational Church, in which he hiis served in the capacity of deacon for many years. His wife is also a member of the same denomina- tion, and their influence and aid have ever been given in the promotion of moral, educational and social interests. Two children have been born to them. l)ut neither are now living. Their son, John A., died in his twenty-fiftli year. He wedded Miss Ella P'arr. daughter of Dr. Corydon Farr. who for many 3'ears was a prominent iihysician of Shopiere. and they became the parents of one child. Nellie, who is a graduate of the High .School of White- water. ,She is now living with her mother, wlio has since wedded Uewitt \'an Valem, in While- water, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes have now grown old. but they can look back over a life whose years have been well spent. The}' receive the highest respect and love of all with whom they have become ac- quainted, and are honored as pioneers and citizens. For thirty -six years they have resided in this com- munity, and even when they shall have p:issed awaj- their memory will long be enshrined in the hearts of the citizens who have luad the pleasure of knowing these worthy people. (?!S^HO.MAS T. HARPER, who is engaged in farming and stock-raising on section 34, M.agnolia Townshi|), is a native of .Shetland Island, where his birth occurred Oct. 8, 18;?G. He is a son of IJohert and Su.san (Thompson) Harper, who were also born on Shellanil Island, and had a family of nine children. The father was a seaman, and for many years engaged in whale fishing. In 1838, .accompanied by his family, he crossed the ocean to America, locating first in (ienesee County. N. Y.. where he resided until 1842. On landing he had but a small amount of money and a certili- catc from the pastor of his church, recommending him to the people of America. He soon secured work, iiowever, and while residing in lienesee County was enabled to save some mone}', which, on reaching Rock County, he expended for a small farm. Entering, as he supposed, eighty acres of land, he forwarded the money for the same to Washington, but when the land was surveyed it was found that he had but sixty-six acres, and the -♦ r 4- '■■-5%5" ,.^ -«i«- ROCK COUNTY. 605 surplus money was returned to him. Mr. Harper at once began the develupnieiit of a farm, and he became one of tlie large land owners of the county. The education of our subject was received in the tes for Harrison and .Morton. In religious con- nection lioth he and his wife are n\embers of the Presbyterian Church of Brodhe.ad. in which for many years he has filled the olHce of elder. None .are num'. actively interested in church work or do nu>re to advance the cause of the Master than our subject. I'.ut not alone in this direction is his life worthy of emulation. Charitable and benevolent, the poor have always found in him a true friend, whose aid is never sought in vain. Honored hy all, loved by many, he is a man without enemies, and his life has been well spent. ICIIARD HOrFK, a leading and represen- r^ tative farmer, residing on section i), town of Kulton, w.as born in Vorkshire, Eii<'- ^, land, on the 3d day of November, 1821 , and is a son of Thomas and Ann (Wormley) Houfe. His father was a farmer, and followed agricultural pursuits during his entire life, ivhich he passed near York, England. He and his wife were the parents of seven children, but of that family only two are now living — Beckwith, who still resides in his native land, and Richard, tlic subject of this sketch. The death of Mrs. Houfe occurred when Richard was but five years of age, and his father died before he had reached his eleventh year. He then made his home with an elder brother, who was a bricklayer and phisterer, and with him learned tb.at trade. His education was received in the common schools of his native land, and at the age of twenty- one years he started out in life for himself, receiv- ing at that time his inheritance from his father's estate, which amounted to §1,500. He continued to work at the trade which he had learned, and at the age of twenty-three years was united in mar- riage with Miss Ann Leedlc, their wedding being celebrated Dec. 3, 1843. The lady was also a na- tive of England, and their union was blessed with seven children, but four of whom are now living. Richard and Lizzie, the two elder, are deceased ; Ann has also passed away; Anna M.. born Jidy 5, 1850, is the wife of F. H. Green, a resident of Ne br.aska; Riclianl Henry, born May 15, 1853, is living in the town of I'ortcr; Emma (;.. born .Inly 31, 1859. is now the wife of K. W. I'hillips. a *► ■ ■^» a 4^ 606 ROCK COUNTY. Hr resident of Evansville; andThomns B.. tlie young- est, born Oct. 26, 1862, is still at liomc. The cliil- dren all received liberal educational advantages. and are now respected inen and women in the various coinmnnilies where they reside. Mr. .and Mrs.Houfe began their domestic life in their native land, where the Inisbaiid workeil n{ iiis trade of bricklaying and plastering until 18 lH. when he resolved to try his fortune in the New World, and accompanied l)y his family came to America. He embarked on a. vessel which sailetl from Liverpool, and after a long and tedious voy- age of five weeks and three days landed in IS'ew York City. His destination was Wisconsin, and after a short slay in the eastern metropolis he con- tinued his journey until i caching Cooksville, in the town of Porter. Looking about him for a de- sirable location, he purchased eighty acres of land in Dane County, and erected a small brick house; but after a year he sold out and resumed work at his trade, which ho followed for ten years. He was an expert workman and found no difficulty in get- ting employment, as the services of an able laborer are always in demand. After a decade spent in that line, he once more turned his attention to farming, and pvnchased 142 acres in the town of Porter, which was hut partially improved. The next ten years were spent in its cultivation and im- provement, when he sold out and removed to Kd- gerton, where he engaged in buying and selling stock. He also operated a meat market in connec- tion with his other business, carrying on the two lines fur twenty years. In I8H0 he purchased 187 acres of arable land on section i». in the town of Fulton, where he has resided continuously ever since. His farm, which is one of the best in the town, is in a high state of cultivation, and is pleas- antly situated adjoining the city limits of Edger- ton. He gives special attention to the raising of line stock, especially Norman horses and shoit-liorn cattle, of which he has a very line herd. JMr. Iloufe hits filled the office of Treasurer of the town of Eulton, and since becoming a resident of thel-niled States, has cast his ballot with the Republican partv. He encourages by his inlluence and linan- cial support all public I'uterprises for the up-liuild- ing of the comnuiiiity. and is recognized as a man mt """ of sterling worth and strict integrity. His wife, who is a most estimable lady, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Edgerton ami .ui eirnest believer in the faith of that denon)inatiou. Mr. Houfe and his family are well known throuyh- out Rock Count}', and a brief sketch of tlieii- lives is deserving of a jdace in its |)ernianent record. An interesting feature of tliis volume are the portraits of Mr. Ibiufe and his wife, which may be found on nnolher page. 1^--?^-^ _^LEXANI)ER COLDKN WICGINS. who @/L)J! is engaged in general farming and stock- raising on section 3."), Center Township, has been numbered among the citizens <»f this county since 1853. all of which time he has been identified with the leading interests of his township. He was born June 22, 1794, in New Windsor, Orange Co., N. Y., and is a son of Will- iam Wiggins. His paternal grandfather was born in 1732, and died in 180L His father was born in 176.'), in New York, an County, Iowa; Theoilore, born ^larcL 11, 1829, (lio(l on the 2(1 day of April following; William, wlio was born I'\'b. Ili, 1830, and served as a meni- bor of tlio ijtli ^Visl•onsin Infantry under (ien. (irant, losing a leg at the battle of the \\'il(lerne.si<, was uiiiUMJ in marriage with Mrs. Mary .lane East- man, anil is now llvingiu Evansville. Hock County; Frances J. . I)(>rn in Se|iternbei', I8;J2, wedded Henry Mettlei'. wiio died in 187 I. .iftei' whieh siie beeamc tiie wife of Henjaniin Bond; Harriot Maria, born Dee. 11, I8;i4. died Sei)t. ."). IX'M>; Emily, born Aug. 11), 18:!7. became the wife of Abel Barlow, and died Nov. 22, 1878; Cornelia, born Feb. 2.^, IM-IO, is unmarried; Alex, born May 13, 1842, now the iuisband of Miss Edna Helms, enlisted in the ser- vice of his eouutry in the ranks of the 13th Wisconsin Infantry, Company A. served over four years, and is now f.inniiig in I'lymouth Township, Rock County; Catherine, Ixjrn Oct. 22, 1845. is still single; Jjicul). born .laii. 18, 1850, is now engaged in oper- ating the old humeste.Md. Me wa> united in niai - riage Dee. 25, 18«4. with Mrs. Flora A. (Van Camp) Miller, who was born Dec. IK, 1855, and is a daughter of Nelson .nud Hannah (Colburn) Nan Camp. In 1H5.'5 Mr. Wiggins e:ist liis lot with the set- tlers of Rock County, Wis., and the same year pur- chased the farm which I'as since continued to be his home. He bought 380 acres of prairie land and a Kl-acre Wdod lot. The laud had been broken, but ni'ver ])lanted, and the improvemcTits were in- deed few. There was upon the i)laee at that time what is kniiwu as a griivel house, consisting of two rooms and an attic, but in 1852 it was replaced by the line structure, the present home of our sul)jcct. Mr. Wiggins has endured the trials and privations of pioneer life, and has aided in the developnien! of the county, having by his untiring lahor and energy made one of the model faims uf tlic com- niunity. In ItiHl he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the 31st day of March. Tluy had traveled life's journey together for almost lifly-si.K years, and her death pro\ ed a sad loss. Mr. Wiggins cast his b;\llot with the ^^ hig party until the org;iui//ition of the l{epul)lic;in party, when he became closely ideiitiHed with its interests, continuing to support that paity until recently, when he l)ecanie allieil with the rrohibilioni.sts. His first Presidential vote was ca.st for John Quincy Adams, and he has lived under all the administra- tions from Washington to Harrison, and rcraendiers well the death of the first President. He is a niember of the Methodist Church, and has always done all in his |)Owei- to advance the religious, educational, and social interests of the community. An honored pioneer and worthy citizen, Mr. Wig- gins receives the respect of all who know him, and is held ill high esteem for his many excellences of character. eHARLE.S H. WILDER, the leading lumlier merchant of Evansville. is a native of the Empire State, having been born at Attica, Wyoming County, on the 12th day of Ajnil, 1824. He is descended from one of the eaijy families of Massachussetts, his ancestors having emigrated from England to America in 1G38. A complete genealogy of the Wilder family has been [)repare(l by the Rev. Moses Hale Wilder and is very com- plete in its charsicter, containing ab^ut six thousand names and extending back to 1597, forty-one years anterior to the time of the founding of the family in America. Abel Wilder, the grandfather of our our subject, who removed with his family from M.assachussetts to Oneida County. N. Y., was born May 15, 17(;8. He married Miss Eunice Hale, and the date of their removal was 1811. He died in 1825, after which the family removed to Attica, N. Y., where the death of the mother occurred in 1847. Charles Wilder, the father of our subject was born in Massachussetts, .September, 1794, and at the time of the removal of the family to Attica, had attained to man's estate. He learned the trade of a carpenter and builder, and wedded Miss Amanda Conger. For many years he resided in the village of Var^sbuig, in the town of .Sheldon, and was one of the representative men of that community. He served as .lustice of the Peace for many years, also held various other local otiices of trust and occu- pied the position of iSuperintcndeiil of the Poor for 608- ■•► ROCK COUNTY. 4 many jears. His death occurred Oct. 14, 1868. his wife surviving liiin over two years, lier death oc- curring May 22. 1871. She was horn on tlie 2mh day of May, 1800. Mr. and Mrs. Wilder were the parents of eight eliildren. five sons and three daughters, all of wlioni grew to yeans of maturity with the exception of one son, wiio died in cliihl- liood. Harriet, tlie eldest in the family, is the widow of Wynian H. Ainsworth, and resides in Varysljurg, N. Y.; Cliarles H., of this sketch, is the second in order of hirth; Lucian J., is now en- gaged in merchandising in Brool4. Mr. Wilder sold out his business and returned to his native State, but ag.ain came to Wisconsin in 186.5, and at the earnest solicita- tion of the leading citizens of F^vansville. went to that town and there erected a cheese f.actory. In the tiianufacturc of cheese Mr. Wilder nry be regarded as one of the pioneers of Wisconsin. He erected his factory in the winter of 1865-6 and un- der his management, the industry became one of the most important of its character in the West. In 1x73. he began shipping the product of his dairv al>road and as an illustration of the business, it m.ay lie said that in 1«74. he shipped twenty- eight carloads of cheese to England, and the fiil- Ipwinsyi'ar slii|iped forty carloads to that country. Mr. Wilder was the first exporter of cheese from this State to Europe, and in the fall of l.s7,i. lu' went to the Old Wijrld to personally attend to his sales. In May. 1877 he embarked in the luinber business in Kvansville. sncct*ding the firm of Fifield A- (iould. He has perhaps the fini'st retail lumber yard in Wisconsin, and does a large busi- ness. His sales for 1875 were the largest foi- any oue year, amounting to 2.423,!)19 feet of boards and tiud)ers. 2,146.000 shingles, 5;54.()()0 lath, 11,108 pounds of building paper. 476 doors, 1,038 windows. 134 sets of blinds, and 53,942 feet of moulding. In .Iaiiu:iiv. ISIiT. Mr. Wilder was married to Miss Annette Lee, daughter of Zebulon T. and Sabra (Carter) Lee. Mrs. Wilder was born in the town of Daiien.fieneseeCo., N. Y., April 22, 1837, and tame West with her parents in 1842. The family settled in Darien. Walworth Co., Wis., and later removed to Allen's drove, where the father died. His wife departed this life April H), 1 S.S4. The family of which Mrs. Wilder is a mendier numbered seven children, six of whom are daugh- ters, the only son of the family being the youngest (•hild — t^uartus Lee. who died in early childhood: Laura Ann is now the widow of Chester I). Long, of Walworlh Counly : Mrs. Almlretl L. l!ahgelher with natural busine.«s ability, has made his own way in the world. He and his wife have a beautiful home in Evansville, erected in 1880. and are held in the highest re- gard by a large circle of acquaintances. =^KORGE SCAHCLIFF. the pi.ui.er meat ^^^, market man of .lanesville, the longest in ■;!^^i tli;it line of business of an^" in the city, is a native of Knglanil, and was born in Lincolnshire. .Ian. 18, 182(). His parents. Henry and Kleanor ( llortiin) Scarcliff, was boiii in Hie same shire, and his father was a fanner and inkeeper. John .Scar- cliff, llif eldest brother of oui- siiliject. was the tirst of the family to come to America. He came in 1810. s(ieiit three years in the new world, and returned to Kngland in 1813. The same year ho returned to America with his second brother, lleniy. and (Jeorge followed in the spring of 1 84 L Oil coining to the I'liilecl Suites Mr. Scarcliff sp'-iit a few months at Hushville, near Batavia, N. v.. going from there to Rochester, where he learned the butcher's trade. Frcim Rochester he came to Kock County. Wis., on the third dav of July. 18 18, and opened a meal market at .lanes- ville. in tiimpany with his oldest brother. Five weeks later the brother, .lolin. was accidentally ibowned in the Hock River, ami the next younger brodier. Henry, then j()ined George in the butcher- ing business, under the name of H. A- CI. SearclifT In 1858 Henry Scarclifif withdrew, and George has since carried on the business alone. Mr. ScardilT was married at Janesville on the 22(1 daj'of February, 1850, to Miss Sarah J. Ander- son, a daughter of William Anderson. Mrs. Sear- clifT was born in Upper Canada, and came to this city in 1845. .Six children have been born to them, two s<>ns anil four daughters, of whom only two are now living. F^mma A. was the wife of Charles B. Conrad, and died at the age of twenty- live years; Charlotte J. died aged twenty-three years; Clara Helen was the wife of Frank L. Smith, and died at the age of eighteen j'ears; Henry E. t « '? i» 111 hA ORRIS CLARK SMITH, who was for many ll i\\ .^ ^'''*'''* ^''^ leading merchant of Janesville, jj * was born at Riga, Monroe County. IS'. Y.. * on the Ith of December, 1820. His par- ents. Lyman [and Kiuiice (Clark) Smith, were na- tives of Uerkshire County, Mass.. and were of early Pilgrim ancestry. Tliey removed to Monroe County, N. Y.. in early life, and were there numbered among the well-to-do people of the community, lieing re- spected and esteemed as exemplary citizens by all who knew them. Our subject w.as reared on his father's farm, re- ceiving his primary educalion in the distric* schools, Mild subseipiently look a thorough English and mathematical course at the Churchville Acad- emy. At the age of sixteen j'ears he started out in life for himself, entering the counting-room of Iv ^I. Clark (his mother's brother), a merchant of Royalton, Niagara County, N. Y., where he spent two years, and there laid the foundation of his commercial education. From Roj-alton he went to Batavin. where he spent seven years in the same line of business with Alva Smith. In September, ] 84.S. he was united in marriage with Miss Bianca J. Allen, a daughter of Orange Allen. Esq.. of Ba- tavin, N. Y., and a niece of Judge Dibble, of that city, a very distinguished member of the judiciary of New York. Mrs. Smith was reared in the fam- ily of Judge Dibble, where she received the best educational and social advantages that wealth and the society of iieo])le of culture and refinement could afford. She died at Janesville. on the 26th day of April. 1881. leaving. Iiesides her husband, three sons and a daughter to mourn her loss. She was a lady of singularly amiable and sweet dis- position, who possessed that broad charily which so well becomes a true Christian spirit. Her de- votion to her family and earnest efforts in behalf of the temporal and spiritual welfare of her children marked every action of her life. One son. Edgar M.. died previous to the death of his mother, on the 13th of January. 1H72. in his twenty-third year. He was a bright, cultivated and promising young man. The surviving children are: Frank L., who is married and resides in Chic.igo, his, present wife being Kate I. Carter; Frc'Ierick A. who engaged in merchandising at Richland Center, Wis.; George H.. the youngest son. resides at Janesville; and Annie B., the only daughter, is the wife of Herbert A. Baker, a prominent grocer of this city. In the fall of 1847 Mr. Smith, accompanied by his famil}', removed to Janesville, and the follow- ing spring, with less than $1,000 capital, engaged in merchandising on .South Main street. His stock consisted of general merchandise, such as was usu- ally found in the pioneer stores of those days. He was later joined by his uncle. E. M. Clark, and, with capital augmented by the partnership with that gentleman, built a new store in 1849. and in- creased his stock of goods, using the old store ex- clusively for ready-made clothing, while in the ^jy ■» i ROCK COUNTY. 611 new OIK" 111' ciuiicil a ncneinl slock of dry-goods. li;ii(|w;iii'. t'lc-., to wliicli, in l.srd). In: iiddciJ .a iner- arlnership with \i. M. I'lostwiek in the clothing business on South .Main s'reet, which connection continued until 1S72. In I'.i'.ipany with .S. C. Cheney and ,1. .M. Uostwick, ho opened a general store at Monroe, Wis., under the (inn name of Bostwick, Cheney & Co. This lirm eoalinued business until 1882. He also opened a -t= clothing store at Richland Center, Wis., which later was converted into a general store, and which is now owned and operated by his son Frederick. Mr. Smith continued in active business until March. I8«.'). His death occurred on the 13th day of February, 18X6. from typhoid pneumonia after a short illness. In his deatli .lanesville lost one of her most prominent and respected citizens, one who had ever lieen actively identified with her in- terests for nearly forty years, and who during that time had stood foremost among the merchants of the city in enterprise and extent of business in- terests, and in infinence in municipal affairs. In politics he was a Democrat, and was chosen to va- rious positions of honor and trust. In April, ISnO, he was chosen Chairman of the 'I'own Board of Supervisor, and was relected to that position for the years of 18.51 and 18.52. his last term ending when the city government began, in 1853. As Supervi.sor of the town of .lanesville. he was also its sole representative in the County Board of Supervisors of Rock County for tliree years. Dur- ing those three years .lanesville made rapid pro- gress in business importance, and achieved the dig- nity of l)ecoming a railroad town, the first railro.id being extended through the city during that period. When the city government commenced. ,Mr. Smith's private business had grown to such a magnitude that he was obliged to devote his undivided atten- tion to his persimal affairs, and. .although often urged to accept public ai'ty was organized. lie joined its ranks and was one of the ardent sup- l)orters of its principles until his death. We have noted, somewhat, the surroundings in which the early life of our subject was passed. His education was received in the primitive log school house, and he was reared to the life of a farmer, assisting at an early age in the develop- ment of his fathei's land. In 1855, Mr. Tuttle was united in marriage, the lady of his choice being Miss Harriet L. West, who was born in iH.'il.in Dryden, Tompkins Co., X. Y., where their union was celebrated. ]Mrs. Tuttle was a daughter of 'Jardncr and Lavina (Pease) West, who remained residents of the East until their death. Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle were the parents of four children — Delia; De Wayne, who is in the electric light works at Chicago; Jennie and Hattie. The children have all been proviile(l with good o|)portunities for se- curing an education. Miss .lennie is .■! graduate of the Beloit High School and for eight terms was a successful teacher, giving the best satisfactic>n to those who employed hei-. ( )[i tlie death of her mother she nobly laid aside her school duties for which she stv'Uied so peculiarh' fitted and took upon herself the domestic duties of the home, sup- plying as far as possible for her father the |)lacc left vacant by his loving wife. The death of Mrs. Tuttle occurred :\I.ay 1!». 188S. She was a devoted member of the Baptist Church, to which the family also belong, and was a lady highly csleeme enter into practice. At that time his adopted country was engaged in a mighty' coii- llict for existence, and Mr. Smith determined to offer his services, and in August of that year be- came a member of the gallant 33d Wisconsin In- fantry. Before enlisting, however, he was united in marriage witii Miss .1. Clara, the second daugh- ter of Dr. Moses Meeker, of Meeker's (irove, La- feyelte County. She is a native of Wisconsin, born in Iowa County, her i):uents lieing among its earliest settlers. In November. lfSG2. he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Com|)aiiy H, 33tl Wisconsin Iiifan- trv. and a few days later started for Memphis. Teun.. and with his regiment took an active part in the t)xford and Hi^Uy Springs cami)aign under Gen. Grant. In April, 1863, he was promoted to First Lieutenant and immediately atter the siege of A'icksburg to Captain of Company II. In August. 18()3, he was ap|)ointed acting Assistant Adjutant (Jeneral on the staff of Gen. Pugh, who was in command of the 1st brigade of the Itli division of the I 7th army corps, but declined the ai>poiiitnient, preferring to remain with his company. Captain Smith remained with his company until January. 1865. when, in consequence of a wound in the foot, he sent in his resignation, which was -^^ accepted. During his term of service, with his regiment he took an active part in the siege of A'icksbuig. the Meridan expedition anil llie Red liiver expedition. While on the latter expedition he was placed in inilitary command of the ill-fated steaiUk;r John Warner, which was sunk below Alex- andria by the rebels, wjlli 2.000.000 rations. He took i)ait in the expcilition through Arkansas and Missouri after Marniaduke. and w.as in iiunierous battles and skirmishes. On returning home from the service Captain Smith became a law partner of his old |ircceptor. Mr. Williams, of Shullsburg, which partnership continued until April. 1866, when it was dissohed and he removed to Prairie du Chien. where he formed a partnership with the Hon. O. 1>. Thomas, who. at this writing, in the spring of 188!). is serv- ing as Congressman from the Seventh District of Wisconsin. In 1867 he was appointed Deputy Col- lector of Internal Revenue for the 3d District, and in this office served about one year, when he went to \\aukesha and took charge of the \\aukeslia Freeman, as editor and |)iililislier. At the cxjiira- tioii of two years he was induced to return to Prai- rie du Chien and take charge of the Union of th.at place. Purchasing the office he continued in charge of the paper till .September, 1.S7I. when he accepted the position of city editor <.)f the Janes- ville Gazette, and Jan. 1. 1878, succeeded Gen. James Bintliff as editor of that paper. During the sessions of the Legislature in 1871, 1872 and 1873, Mr. Smith was clerk of the Senate judiciary committee. For two sessions of that bodv he represented the Milwaukee Hentinpl as its regular correspondent from the State Capital. Dur- ing the first session of the Korty-thini Congress, he was the Washington correspondent of the same paper. In 1880 and 1881 he served on the staff of Gov. Smith with the rank of Colonel, and !is such participated in the Vorktown Cenleiiiiial Celebration. In .ALay, I8!S."), he was appoiuteil a member of the State Board of Supervision of Charitable Ueformatory and Penal Instiluiions of the State by Gov. Rusk, and still holds that posi- tion. Since coming to Janesville in 1871. Col. Smith has made this cit^- his home. Politically be is a , •T* I -4•- -«» 4- ROCK COUNTY. 617 , i stnhvarl Ke|)ul>lic!in. and as editor of the ('•ni'iltp has (U'alt some heavy l)l()ws at liis political oppo- nents. He is a nieniher of the Couicrcgational Cliiiicli, while his wife is a nieiiilier of the Court .Street Methodist lOpiscopal Clmreli. Colonel and Mr.s. Smith have four ehildreii. 'I'hcii- eldest son Charles Fenton. dieil April 2(i, 187 1. aged six years. The living are I'anline Lorena, Jessie Florence, and Marshall Denison. An excellent steel portrait of Col. Smith is sliown upon another page of this work. -J3- ^-^Ig^r- AKTLKTT 11. liAl.DW IX, Yard-.Master of the Chicago n account of his extreme youth his parents woidd not accede to his request for permission to enlist. lie waited un- til the fall of 18(1!, when he could not longer with- stand the urgent appeals for men. and going to ChicMgo. HI., he enlisted as a private in the GUth Hlinois Infantry and served three months. He then enlisted in the 11th Illinois Cavalry, and was actively engaged with his regiment in all its marches. >kirmishis and battles until Aug. 3. 18(;i. when he was captured l)y the enemy, while eng.aged in the celebrated Sloncman raid. For thenextseven months his life w.as spent in rebel prisons, first at .Macon. Ga., ami later at Audersonville. His ex- (lerience while in the latter iirisoii can never be ef- f.iced from his memory. The long dreary mouths passed with comrades dying all around him. ami seemingly no prospect of relief but at last the oyful news came that they were to be paroled or ex- changed. On the 2(;th day of February, 18(35, he left Andersonville with no regrets anrimnrv educa- tion receivt'd in the common schools was supple- mented by a course in the Fort Atkinson High School. Ilis early life was spent u|Hin his father's farm, and after com|ileting his education, he en- gaged in the profession of teaching wiiich he fol- lowed each winter until 18tli day of October. 1819. Mis father. .lohn Wins! was born in Albany County. .Ian. 19, 1797, and iiis an- cestors were among the pioneer settlers of the Colony of New York. Abram Winston, the great- grandfather of our subject, became a meml)cr of that colony during its infanc\'. and his son Isaac, the grandfather of our subject, was there born, lie served as a soldier in the Anu'rican army during the war of the Ivevolntion. and was the father of nine children, seven sons and two daughters, all of whom have now passed away. .lohn Winston was reared to maiilnxMl in his n;i- tive State, and married Miss Amamla Hently. who is still living at the home of her son Nelson, in Kvansville, having attained her ninety -lirst 3'ear. liy their union Ihcy became the parents of thirteen cliildieu. twiivc of whom, nine sous and tliree 1 (laughters, lived to adult .age. Five of that num- ber, three sons and two daughters, are now de- ceased. The father of the family died at his home in Rock County, Nov. l.i, 1 80 7, when nearly sev- enty-one years of .age. Me was a man of great en- ergy- and force of character, and took an active an Congregational Church, and are held in the highest esteem. Anson (;. Parsons, the father olitical views that it had become a question of Xorth and South, .and his patriotism prompted him to support the North. This loveof country was transmitted to his sons, for .at the breaking outof the Rebellion two of them en- tered the service, and one yielded up his life on the altar of his country. Mr. \aii Galder w.as an exemplary Christian and a member of the Free- will Haptist Church. His excellent wife, who died ill .Mediii:i County, Ohio, in 1848, was also a con- sistent Christian and a member of the same Church. Our subject began his .school life as a student of the district school in Medina County, Ohio, and in 1849 came with the family to Michigan. femaiiiineen born of the union of Mr. and .Mrs. Van (ialder: .\lice. born Feb. 23, 18,')'.). is now the wife of John llowjird. a farmer residing on section 28. La Prairie Township; Clarke T.. born March 22, 18G4, died Feb. 2(1, 1884; Louis, born Feb. 17, 1866; Charles H., April 13. 1870; Lester (i. and Gr.acie A., twins, were born .\pi il 3, 1872. but (Jracie died March i 4 -•► 622 ROCK COUNTY. -t 21, 1874, of lung fever; Ernest and Krvie were born March 24. 1874, but the former died Feb. 17, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Nan (iakler have given their cliildren good educational advantages, eminently fitting llipni fur resiionsihle and useful ])ositions in life. Our subject is engaged in general farming, and now owns and oijerates in one body 400 acres of land, all under a liigh state of cultivation. Upon tiie farm will bo found a good grade of the differ- ent kinds of stock, together with the latest im- provements necossarj' to a model farm. Mr. ^'an (Inlder has tilled various offices of trust in tlie township, and has been inominent in the promo- tion of religious, educational and social interestii. In early life he was a Wiiig, and a great admirer of the leaders of that party, but when the Republi- can party sprang into existence as an organization designed to prevent the furtiier extension of slav- ery, he enlisted in its ranks and under its banner has since continued to fight. In the days when Hock County was but sparsely inhabited, when the land was in a wild state and few improvements liad been niaile, when its brilliant prospects were hid- den behind the veil of the future, Mr. \'an Galder became a resident of I.a Prairie Township. Helms been iilentified with its growth and progress since that d:iy and is now one of its- prominent and prosperous citizens. r^HOMAS BOWLES, of the firm of Howies, Iladden & Co., importers of fine horses, 0' came to .Janesville in 18G5, bringing with him the fir.st Norman horse ever brought to Wis- consin. He is a native of New York, born at Alexander's Hay. .lefferson County, Aug. 11, 1833, and is a son of Leonard and Mary Ann (Stone) Howies. His mother was a daughter of Lord Leonard Stone, of England, of which countrj' his father was also a native. They were married in England, and in April, 1833. emigrated to America. Seven children had been born to them in the old world, and our subject was the first born after the .•irrivMl of the family in New York, his birth being followed by that of four other children. The family located in Jefferson County of the Empire State, where the parents resided until their death. Our subject was reared to manhood in his native countw and there learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed from 18.54 until 18(14. He h.id previously visited California, during the gold ex- citement in the State, returning to his home in 1853, and the following year was marriecL Shortly afterwards he removed to .lackson. Mich., where he carried on the boot and shoe business for some time, and then became a resident of .Toilet, III., on the 4th day of July. 18C1), making his home in that city until the spring of IHtiS. when he located in Princeton. Bureau Co.. III., again engaging in the boot and shoe business. Remaining in Prince- ton until May, 1865, as before mentioned, lie came to Janesville. bringing with him a stock of boots and shoes and the first Xorman horse ever in tiie State. In 1873 he brought to Wiscousiu the first ini[)Orted horse, which he purchased of Jlr. Dun- ham. He is truly the pioneer in his line in tiie county. .Selling out his stock of boots and shoes, he invested liis money in horses, and lias continued the V)usiness up to the present time, IMSO, with ever increasing success. In \>^S'A Mr. Iladden was ad- mitted to partnershij) in the business, and they- at I once began importing iiorses from the old country. The first year thei' imported four, in 1 884 made two importations, and in 188S imported a little less than 100 horses, principally Perclieroiis. French coach, English shire and French draft horses. They b.avc built up a fine trade, have done much to advance the grade of horse* in the county, ami have gained a wide reputation. Tiie firm of Bowles, Iladden S: Co. have one large brick stable, three stories in height, two stories of which open on a level with tiie ground, as the barn is situated on the side of a hill. The two lower stories arc fitted with box-s'.alls, and (he third is used for hay. In the rear of this building is a large wooden stable, three stories in height, also having two stories opening on the ground and liltetl with box- stalls. In all iiicre are 10(1 liox-stalls. Water is supplied from a large vat, containing 1 0(1 barrels, placed on the third lioor of the brick building. There is also a furnace for hcriting the w.-iicr. anil all modern conveniences are lliere siipplioil. The <» f /^' ROCK COUNTY. 625 stnlile (•ap.ic'ity and its perfect :i|ipointineiits are a surprise to tlie visitiiiij stranger, and liie class of horses kept are tlie choicest in tlie niarliet. In .letTerson ('i)Mnty, N. Y., Mr. liowles led to llie ni;nriage allar Miss Maiy Cheesni.-in. a daiiyiitcr of W'illiaui Cheesman. tlicii union being celebrated on the Mill day of Ma}', IH.Vl. Mrs. Bowles was born at Flat Rock. Jefferson Co., N. Y.. and is a nienibir of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Howies is a Hepiilijican in jjolilics. and is a mem- ber of the Ancient Onler of I'nited Workmen, at .lanesville. &0N. (iKOKGK C. McLEAN, founder of 1 the original Mcl^ean Manufacturing Com- pany, of .lanesville. AVis., and the present ,j^ superintendent and manager of the New McLean Manufacturing Cunipany, was l)orn in Inverness, .Scotland, on the 20th d.ay of December, 1.S20, and is the son of James Grant and Eliza (Cain|)liell) McLean. His father was a Govern- ment odiccr in Scotland, and his duties required several changes of residence, but he made his home in Galashiels much of the time. George C. attended various schools in his boy- hood, his education being completed at Fisher's School, at Galashiels, after which he learned the trade of manufacturing woolen goods, at which he worked until 1845, when he went to Sydney, Aus- tralia. After spending two years in that country he returned, in 1847. to Scotland, and was em- ployed at his trade in Selkirk. While residing in that city he was united in marriage, in 1847, with Miss Isabel Walker, who was bora in Stowe, .Scot- land, ami is a daughter of George and Johanna (Hrodie) \Valker. Two chihlren were born to them in Selkirk: George C, Jr., who married Miss Jennie Oliver, of Aberdeen, Miss., a native of Scotland, and is now foreman dyer and finisher of the New McLean Manufacturing Company; and Eliza, the younger child, who died at the age of two years. In 184'J, Mr. McLean, by the advice of Abbott Lawrence, the American Minister, emigrated to America, settling in Lawrence, Ma.ss.. whither his wife anil children soon folU>wed. He subse(|uently removed to Sutton's Mill, at North Andover, and in 18G1 went to Norwich, where he was em- ployed by King it Elting, manufacturers of arm}' goods. In 18G2 he established a woolen mill at Lisbon, Conn., and engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods for. the army and navy, the mill being the property of Gov. lUK'kinghani er in .Somerset Lodge No. 34, of Somerset, Conn. He is now a member of Janes- ville Lodge. On coming to America Mr. McLean .issociated himself with the Whig party, continuing his con- nection with that organization until its dissolution, when he joined the new Republican parly, sup|)ort- ing it with his l>allot until he became dissatisfied with the management and policy of that botly and joined the Democratic parly. He has filled var- ious public ollices of honor and trust. For several ye-irs he has been a member of the .lanesville Coni- *► t 1 626 ROCK COUNTY. 4 raon Council, and for six jears has served as a mem- ber of the Board of Education. In eacli of Uu se offices he has servetl the best interests of tlie city with fidelity- and ability. Mr. McLean has a tiior- ough knowledge of all the branches of woolen manufacture, and is indefatigable in liis exertions to improve and perfect the factory under his care, and to insure its successful oi>eration. He is a man of broad views 'on subjects of general iinport.ince, well-informed and ripe in the expeiience of the world. In person, he is of goodly size, strongly built and robust, possesses a vigorous intellect, is quick in perceptive faculties, and of a genial, kindly disposition. In all ills relations with men he is admired and respecteil for iiis high sense of honor and strict integrity. The sterling traits of character that distinguished his lligliland ance-slors are happily preserved in his personality. A por- trait of Mr. McLean will be found u\Mjn another page. -5 #^— ^- R. C. LOFTL'8 MARTIN, an early settler of Rock County, Wis., and a distinguished member and otticer of tlie Masonic Fra- ternity, both in Kngland and America, was born in IloUerton. Nottingliamsiiire, England. May 1, 180:5, and is a son of Mark and Mary Loftus (Cushman) Martin. His father, who was a farmer by occupation, was born in Uoncaster, Yorksiiire. and w.os the owner of the farm he oc- c'upieii. Ills mother was Imrn and reared in Not- tingbanisliire. Tlie subject of this sketch grew to maiiiiood im Ills father's farm, and attended school until he ac- quired a fair English education, which was ob- tained under some diHiculty, he having to walk four English miles daily to his school. His parents were thrifty, worthy people, who did .mH in their power to improve their children, both mentally and morally, ami were highly resi)ecte(l meiiilicis of society. On attaining his majority Charles L. left the parental roof. Being a younger son he had no share in the ancestral acres, and was obliged to make his own way in the world. After leaving his home he wended his w:u to Lonthin, wheic lie engaged as merchant's clerk, his duties involving those of collector as well as clerk. During his lei- sure hours he eutere. The following year he sold the farm, which is now the property of II. 11. McLenigan, and one of the finest pieces of farm property in Rock County. In 1857 he removed to .lanesville, where he estab- lished himself in practice as a veterinary surgeon, and where he has since continued to reside. His rare skill and marked success in his profession led to a large and lucrative pr.actice, which, although now in his eighty-seventh year, he has maintained with ease, covering a period of thirty-one years. On coming to .Vmerica the Doctor atli Hated with the ^\'llig party in politics, but his sympathies be- insi in favor of liiiman liberty, he soon became <^ ^^►HI-4« ROCK COUNTY. 627 identified with tlie Kree-soil party. anth day of .January. 1877, he w.as ai)]>ointed representative to the Grand Chapter of Wisconsin from thcGranil IJoyal Arch-Chapter of West Virginia. The Doctor has long been recognized as one of the most promi- nent Masons of this Stule, and his name will be founil inscribed in the reports of all the (irand bodies of that Order in Wisconsin, as one of the active working members of each, and often in the roll of officers. He has now been a member of the Order for fiftj'-seven years .and has worked zeal ously to advance its interests and to promote unity- and fraternal feeling among his brethren of the craft. Dr. Martin has long been identified with the Rock County Agricultural Society and has served as Vice-president and President. When the his- tory of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society shall be written, his name will necessarily figure conspicuously .as one who has labored long and faithfully in its interests. He assisted in the or- ganization of the Society and has served many years as an officer in the same, being Vice-president twenty-eight years. The Hon. N. D. Fratt. Presi- dent of the First National Baiik of Racine and ex- President of the Wisconsin Agricultural Society, in a recent letter to Dr. Martin, suggests the ap- propriateness of publishing in the transactions of the Society short biographical sketclies of the old veterans in the cause, with portraits, giving a place of honor to his friend, the Doctor. Such a propo- sition from a gentleman like Mr. Fratt is a hioh compliment. On the 16th day of February. 1858, Dr. Martin was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the 9tb regiment Wisconsin State Militia b^- Gov. Alex. Randall — an item of interest in the history of our subject not generally known even among his friends. He and his wife had no children but reared two girls. One, Miss Ann Cronk, was a niece of his wife, and is now the widow of James Hemming, and lives in Chicago. She .acknowlwlges the kind and fatherly care of the Doctor by filial affection and sincere regard. The other, Harriet (uildstone. is a niece of an English M.tsonic friend, and is now the Doctor's wife, their marriage having been cele- brated in 188.5. Though fourscore and six years of age. Dr. Martin is in full possession of his men- tal faculties, ami is remarkably hale and heirty. J. 628 ROCK COUNTY. moie so tban many men twentj- _years his junior. He is actively employed still in his business of veterinaiy surgery and maintains the confidence of his patrons in liis skill and abilit}'. As a man and citizen he is helrl in high esteem for his strict integ- rity and sterling qualities of head and lieart. It is with pleasure we present the fine portrait of the Doctor, which appears upon the opposite page. ^I^AXIEL II. .lEXKINS, a retired farmer I )Y residing in Lima Center, was Ijorn in the /fi^^ town of Kllisburg, Jefferson Co.. N. Y., ^^ on the 27tli (lay of Decemher, 1822. His father, fleorge .lenkius. was born in ^'ermont, Jan. 24. 178(1. and in c^rly manhood remo\ed to Jeffer- son County, where he formed the ac(|Uiuiitance of Miss Parthenia Wood, and on the 2d day of A|)ril. 1809. they were joined in wedlock. 'I'lie lady was also a native of the Green Mountain State, where she was born Oct. IG, 1791. They began their domestic life in Jefferson County, where the family circle was completed by the birth of seven chil- dren. ;is follows: Kstlier W., born Feb. 25, 1810. died Oct. 12, 1863; Abiah. born Aug. 21. 1812, dieassed aw.ay at 3:30 P. M. Among the last words she spoke were some snatches of hymns. incliKling her favorite hymn, beginning: •The Lord my pasture shall prepare.' and the .Scriptural passages, 'Bless the Lord, (), my soul.' ami 'All things shall work together for gocxl to theui that love God.' She was always ready with a word of .advice for the young. .Sjio lived to a grand old age. Her trancpiil life w.as as unselfish as it was useful, and the outside world, with its needs and progress, had a share of her interest and sympathy up to the last moment." The subject of our sketch wa-s educated in the district school of his native county, an. ^- ROCK COUNTY. 02!) ^ Wlien the last sad ritos were performed and the liody was; eonsiirncd to its resting plai'e to await the sounding of the Iriinipet whiuii shall sunmn^n both the ([iiiek and tlie dead, Mr. Jenkins delennined to remain ashore, and ;is a means of providing a sus- tenance for his f;\mil\ turned his attention to farm- ing, whicli occupalioM hi' followed while residing in .letTerson County, with tiie exception of a few years spent in tlie operation of a mill. 'I'll o\ir suUjeit and his excellent wife iiave heen liorn a family of three children: (Jeorge G., who was born M.ay 22. l«l.s. and died April 25, 1849; Cora ()., horn Sept. 11, 1852, became the wife of Kdgar Spangle, a resident of ]>ima Center, and they are parents of two children, William, at home. and Edith, )iow deceased: Edith, born April 11, l>s.')il, is the wife of Edward Smith, who is engaged In I'nrmini; in IJenton County, Iowa, and to them have been Ivoin one child. Louie A\illiam. In 1H(>(). accompanied by his famil\-, Mr. Jenkins left his home in tlie East, and with the desire of liettering his tiniuicial condition, emigrated to Wis- consin, lie purchased forty acres of land in Jef- ferson County, and In the course of time b\ suli- se(pieut purchase, douliled that amount, lie may his own unaiihMl industry, perseverani'c and energy, combined with good luisiness ability, he has lU'quired :i comfortable competency, which will eiiabU' him to pass his declining 3'eais in retire- ment from tin' nuue active duties of life. Mr. and Mrs. .lenkins have h^ng been ideiitilied with the I!apti-l Church, .-lud in the viiicyaid of the Master are earnest ami untiring workers. They have done much to promote the interest of the society towhieh they belong, and their many kind deeds have won for them the love and respect of all. Mr. Jenkins takes :in active part in political affairs, and is a stalwart supporter of the principles of the Republi- can party as taught by its eminent leaders and states- ine.i. Me is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Kellows, and his wife; l)elongs to the Re- liccca degree of that lodge, and also to the Ladies' Aid Society. He is liberal in his views of public jiolicy, and has been prominent in the promotion of the educational, moral .'ind rcliLjions interests of the community. His life has been one of the strictest integrity, and his sterling worth has made him a valued citizen. Surely he is worthy of rep- resentafioii in the history of his adopted county, and we are pleased to record this l)rief sketch of his life. 'l^^- RANKLIN GOULD, a retired farmer now residing in Lima Center, is numbered among Rock County's best citizens. He was born in Jefferson (.'ounty, N. Y,, on the 13th day of March, 1825, and was there reared to man- hood. His educational advantages were limited to such opi)ortunilies as the common schools afforded. He assisted his father in the riillivation of the home farm until attaining his m.ajority, when for his services he began receiving a compensation, re- maining with his father two and a half years. He came to Wisconsin in Septeinlier, 1848, and on the 27th of that month he led to the niarriag"^ altar Miss Mary A, Frasier, who was born in Lower Canada Oct. 8. 1829, and is a daughter of Jeremiah and Amy (Wood) Frasier. Her parents were na- tives of New York, whence they removed to Can- ada, but in 18;3o returned to the Ein|)ire State, and became residents of .St. Lawrence County, where thev made their home for twenty years. At the expiration of that time, in 185.'!, following the conrse of emigration which was sie:idily tlowing westward, they landed in Rock Counly. Wis., but after one year's residence removed to Maicpiette County. While there residing, the angel of death summoned the lo\ing wife to her final re.st, and her remains were interred in the cemetery at Oxford, and afterward removed to the Lima Cemeterj'. In 1872 Mr. Frasier came to Rock County on a visit to his daughters. .Mrs. Diantha M. Brown and Mrs. Gould, and while at the home of the hitter his death occurred, ou the 13th day of November, 1873. They were consistent members of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church, and their family was con- ^^^^' ■«► 630 ROCK COUNTY. -t sci( nliously reared. Unto them were born eleven children, all of whom grew to maturity, while nine of that number, five sons and f.jur daughters, are yet living: Oliver E.. the eldest, a resident of Canada; Mrs. Rhodn M. Child. Mrs. Diantha Brown, Mrs. fiould. Mrs. Elvira Saxe. Lorenzo. Mrs. :Martlia Visgar. Loren, Lewis, Cynthia, and Byron. lu the spring of 1860 Mr. Gould and his family returned to Kock County, and the following spring he acquired his brother's interest in the store of general merchandise which he carried on for two years. In LS62 he purchased a house and eight acres of land near Lima Center, where he contin- ued to reside until June. 1864, at which time he removed to the farm of Asa Pratt, comprising 172 acres of laud. For fifteen years he engaged in its cultivation, until February, 1879. when he took up his residence in his present comfortable home in the village of Lima Center. For the past few years, on account of failing health, Mr. Gould h.as been living a retired life, having by his efforts of industry, economy, and good management of for- mer years, accumulated a comfortable competence. Possessed of good business ability, his ventures in tlie various lines which he has pursued have been quite successful, and he is recognized as one of the leading citizens of the community. To all public enterprises he lias contributed his sujjport, and lent his influence to their promotion. Both Mr. Gould and his wife are members of the United Bretluen in Christ, and the active part which they have taken in the work of that denomination has been productive of much good. The life of Mr. Gould is full of encouragement to j'oung men who have an earnest desire to succeed, and are possessed of the necessary qualifications. On beginning life, his capital consisted of a good constitution, tem- perate and frugal habits, industry, and unques- tioned integrity of character, together with un- bounded pluck and perseverance. From humble beginnings he rose to the prominent position which he has held in the community for many years, and no man stands higher in the estimation of his fel- low-citizens. His life h.os been strictly temperate, not only as regards the use of intoxicating liquors, but the use of tobacco as well. Surely his example is worthy of emulation, and his record such an one as any citizen might be proud to own. lie regards the liquor traffic as the darkest blot upon the page of America's history since the days of human slav- ery, and with all his strength he will fight it to the bitter end. To Mr. and Mrs. Gould three children have been born, two sons and a daughter: Amos F.. born April 8. 18.').'5, wedded Miss Leila .1. Spangle, by whom he has two children. Nora E. and Charles .1.; Mar- tin F., the second son, was born July 8, 1855; Cynthia A., born Oct. 17, 1856. is the wife t>f El dredge L. Lowe, a resident farmer of Lenawee County, Mich., fornierlj- for nearly ten years a telegraph-operator in Wisc(»nsin. and of their union one child has been born. >>'ina .^1. The children were all born in Jefferson Count3'. N. Y.. and no pains were spared in giving them good educations. The Gould household is noted for hospitality, and every one receives a kindly welcome. aLLIAM F. WILLIAMS. Clerk of Kock Count\, ^Vis., was born in the .state of New York, on the 13th dav of May. 1844. and is the son of Wright and Elizabeth (Hughes) Williams. In 1854 at the age of ten years, he removed with the family to Hacine County. Wis., settling in Dover Township, where the father en- gaged in farming for two years. In 1856 they removed to a farm near Darien, Walworth County, and in 1859 became resi. Williams is a devoted member of the Episco- pal Church. One child has been born of their union, a daughter. MyrtaClive. born July 8. 1874. .Mr. Williams is a member of Union Lodge, No. 32. A. F. >ir A. M., of I<:vansville, and of T. L. Sutland I'ost, No. 41. (i. A. R. He is a worthy and valued citizen and by his many friends throughout the county he is held in high regard. ^ ' ^I ' t ' ^" "' ■ UGUST DAMEROW. a practical and en- |i tcrprising farmer of the town of Plymouth, residing on section 1.5. is a native of Ger- many. He was reared to manhood in his native land, and there received his education. On arriving at years of maturity be was united in mar- riage with Miss Caroline Plantz. a native of Ger- many, their wedding being celebrated in the year 1864. A family of nine children have been born unto them, but only four are now living. Bertha, the eldest of the surviving ones, resides at home; Charles also makes his home in Rock County; Amelia is still with her parents, and Herman is yet under the parental roof. The children who have passed nw.iy are Edward, the eldest, who died in Germany; Otto, who also departed this life in Germany; Ida. who died in Rock County; Agnes, who died in early childhood, anosition in life which they may be called upon to fill. In 1878 Mr. Damerow resolved to try his for- tune in the new world, and, accompanied by his family, sailed for America, the vessel casting anchor in the harbor of New York. Landing at Castle Garden, he immediately boarded a train for Janesville. Wis., whence he proceedetl to Hanover. Hock County, where for one year he was emi)loyed by Judii Owen. At the expiration of that time he turned his attention to .agricultural pursuit*, and renting a farm of eight}' acres, oiierated that land for a period of three and a half yeare, when, having accumulated some capitJil.he bought of Fred Dett- mar his present farm, the purchase price being 12.000 for sixty acres. Since March, 1883. he has resided upon that land, and now has the whole .imount under a high state of cultivation, while r •>-ll^^ i -^ 4- 632 ROCK COUNTY. inany fine improvements have been niadr. He gives some attention to the eultivation of toliaeco. the soil of Rock County being spcfially adapted to that product, and in connection with general farm- ing has also engaged in stock-raising, always keep- ing on hand a good grade of cattle, horses and hogs. He is a progressive and energetic farmer, and is regarded as one of the representative citizens of the town of Plymouth. He takes an interest in politiciil affairs, and since becoming a citizen of this country has cost his ballot with the Democratic party. He has served as Road master of the town, holding tiiat position for two years. He and his family are all members of the German Lutheran Church, and although they have been residents of Reck County for only eleven years, they have gained a large circle of friends and acquaintances, by whom they are held in high regard. -^*>- ^#^ ROCK COUNTY. 635 son County. Two cliilflrcn h.ive been born to Mr. ■•uiil .Mrs. (mhiIiI: MImim. Ihc clilcr. burn in .Icfferson County, X. V.. IX'c-. .51, IHli-'i, is now tin- wife of M. E. Tectsliorji, agent for the United States Ex- press Ci)ni|i;uiy at Winon;i, .Alimi.; Ora D., born March 11. 18(>7, is still with her parents. In 1H68, aeeoinpanieer. the eldest, who wsis born July 22,1810, died in .^« : 1851 ; Royal born Sept. 7,1818, has now retired from active life and is a resident of Janesville; Zelotes, born Oct. 25. 1820, is living in Ashtabula County, Ohio; Parmenas, born on the 4tli day of Sepleni- ber, 1823, died in 1853; Daniel M.. born .May 30, 1826, departed this life in 1877; and Volncy. of this sketcii. completed the family. Since I.Htii, our subject ha> been a resident of Rock County, and is numbered among the honcjred pioneers. At the time of his coming the pr.uries were uucullivaleil. but few settlements hail been made, and the process of development had scarcely begun.- Settling on a farm in Milton Township, he there made his home for twenl3-ninc years, when he removed to his present lesiilence. He has followed the occupation of farming through- out his entire life, and everything about his place indicates the owner to lie a man of thrift and pro- gressive ideas. In the month of August. l.Sli), Mr. Wood was united in raarri.age with Miss Catherine L. Austin, daughter of John and Rebecca .\ustin, whose sketch appears on another page of this volume. The early home of the Austin family was in the Empire State, hut in 1815. they emigrated to the West .-md became pioneers of Rock County. Wis. Hy the union of Mr. and Mrs. Wood, six children have been born, and although some have left the piucutal roof the famil\- circle has lict-n unbroken by the hand of death. Louisa M., the eldest, who was born .May 21). 185(1. is the wife of E. P. Keith, a resident farmer of Kossuth County, Iowa, anf her husband the mother of our subject, by hard work and careful management, carried on the farm and provided for her family. In 18o4 she became the wifp of .lohn Henry. They now reside on the old homestead, and one child has been born to thcni. Margaret Jane, born March 10, 1863. who still lives with her parents. The subject of our skcl(!h was reared to man- hood on the old honu'stead in .lohnstown. He worked on the farm with unceasing industrw the only relaxation being his altendanee at the district school during the winter months. In 18G9 he en- tered Milton College, where he attended several winter terms. His aniliitiini did not sliinil)ei', and finding himself partly de|)endcnt upon his own energies to secure an education, he began farming for himself during the summer and attending the college during the winter. In 1875 he taught school in the old school house where he first at- tended. He still pursued his college course, and for several terms was one of the assistant teachers. In 187'.) he graduated. Desiring to nnike the prac- tice of medicine his profession, he. with untiring zeal and well-directed ambition, entered the oflice of Dr. llenr\- Palmer as a student, and a year later entered the Chicago Medical College, from which he graduated with honors in 1883. During his last year at college he was appointed .\ssistant Surgeon of the Chicago cfc North ivestern Railroad Company, which is strong proof of the abilitv he possessed as a student, and whieh atTorded him a •4* wide experience in surgical [jraclice. This position he held for one year. A few d-ays after his gradu- ation he received the appointment of Assistant Physician in the Insane Hospital at Klgin.Ill.. where he remained two years. His practice here afforded him valuable opportunity for knowledge in the treatment of the insane. Desiring still further to extend his medical researches and widen his ex- perience, before entering general pnictice, he re- signed this position and went to Scotland, taking a course in the Edinburgh Medical University ami Edinburgh Infirmary and Lying-in-Hospital, where, among over eight Imndred patients, his observa- tions at the bedside and in the operating room were extensive. Going thence to London, he spent several months making observations in surgery in King's College Hospital under Sir .lames Lister and other eminent surgeons, also in hospitals devoted to the treatment of the diseases of women and chil- dren, and at Brompton Hospital for the diseases of the chest. Tliis proved a \ahiable and instructive school to him, in which he learned the metho -r *M* AJOR WILLIAM H. MORGAN, who is ijj \\\ engaged in farming and stock raising on I 111 section 9, town of Milton, was born in * Dan vers, P^ssex County, Mass., on the .'list day of March, 1831, and is a son of Isaac P. and and Rebecca G. (Gladden) Morgan, a sketch of whose lives may be found on another page of this work. When a lad of thirteen years the family removed to Lowell, M.ass., and in the schools of that city he completed his education. In liis early years he learned the painter's trade, which he fol- lowed for a time in Adrian, Mich., engaging in the same occupation .at various other places until tiie breaking out of the Civil War. Wlien the President issued his call for 7.t,0(I() volunteers to serve three years, acting upon his patriotic impulse and love of country, he responded to the call :uid enlisted in the 7th Wisconsin Regi- ment, as a member of Company H. The Regiment was mustered into the I'nited .States service in the month of May, 1861, and was then drilled and pre- pared for war. and ordered to the front. Mr. Morgan took part in the various battles and skirmishes until tiie 'iMth day of August, 1862, at the battle of Gainsville, where he was wounded. Being left on the field he was taken prisoner by the Rebels, but was subsequently paroled. After ly- ing in the (^ueen .Street Hospital at Alexandria. Va., for several months he had sufficiently recov- ered his health to again enter into active service and rejoined the command at Belles Plainos, Va.. where the 7tli Wisconsin was in winter quarters. With the regiment he marched against Fredericks- burg, and later met the enemy on the battle-field at Gettysburg, where occurred one of the hardest fought battles of the entire war. On account of the wound which he had previous!}- received, he was then sent with his regiment to Mrginia and transferred to the \'eteran Reserve Corps, com- posed of ilisabled soldiers who did garrison duty at Washington, 1). C. For S()me time he held the rank of Orderly Sergeant, when he w.as assigned to Con)pany C, 23d Regiment Reserve Corps, and commissioned Second Lieutenant, tlie commission being given and signed Ity Abraiiam Lincoln. He remained in Wasliington until 18Gt. when lie was ordered to report to Col. Green, Provost Marshal of Wisconsin Headquarters, at Madison, whence he was sent to X.ashville, Tenn., in charge of some prisoners of war. On his return he was assigned ty Company A, 23d Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps and placed in command of the patrol guard. Later he was sent to Ft. Snelling. Jlinn., and was there during the Indian massacre which occurred. In a sliort time, not lieing able to perfdiiu tlie duties of tliat post, he was sent to Milwaukee, where he had command of Company A of the 23d Regiment and aftorwanls acted as Post Adjutant, but subsequently was placed in coniniaiid of the camp. He was afterwards sent home to await fur- ther orders, and on tlie 10th day of .June, l.sdfi, was mustered out of service by a special order from the War Dcpartuient. having served for the long period of live years. He was a true and loyal soldier, ever faithful to his duty, and was alw.ays found ill the front rank until ill health, consequent upon the wound received, made it necessarv for him to perform ligiiter labors. Previous to theclose of the \\ ai-. .Majm- Morgan had purchased a farm of l.'iO acres on section '.). in the town of Milton, ami on the cessation of bus- r ^ 4 ROCK COUNTY. (Ul tilitios tnrnefl his attention to awricnltural pursuits, wliicli lie has since followed. He also raises a good grade of stock, and is recogni/.ed as one of the leading farmers of the coniinunity. Mo fur- ther completed liis"arrangenients for a homo h.v his union vvith Miss Lena II. Maass, the wedding cer- emony l)eing performed on the 27lh day of .lanu- ary, 1.S65. The lad^' is a native of Germany, but came to America with her parents during early childhood. To Mr. and Mrs. ^Morgan has been born one child. Benjamin F. He was a young man of great pi'omise, with, seemingl}-. the brightest possible fu- ture before him, l)nton just completing his school life, he was taken sick with the measles and died on the 'ittili day of April, 1HS7. He was a great fa- vorite with his schoolmates and teachers and the pride and J03' of his parents. None knew liim but to love him. and the life, cut down in the pride of its young manhood, was mourned by all. Socially Mr. Morgan is a member of the Masonic Fraternity and the (i. A. R. post of Milton. He has held va- rious townsinp oftices of trust, including three terms as Suiiervisor, and has devoted much of his time and attention to the advancement of the best interests of the community. He has atfiliated with the l{ej)ublicaii party since its oiganization. and .as a citizen none stand higher in the coniiiiuulty th.-in Major Morgan. (| jfelLLIAM M. HEMPHILL, one of the prac- \wn '''*^'''' '""' l'™g''^s®'^'^" fi'i'iners of the town '^\y of Fulton, residing on section l:\. was born in New Hani|)shiro on the l.'jth day of June. 1S2(>. and his parents were .lames and .Sarah (Dens- moie) Hemphill. Their birthplace was also in the Granite State, where the fathei' engaged in farinini; for many years. He afterwards removed to Onei- da County. N.Y., where ho followed the same oc- cupation for fifteen j'ears, when he took up his res- idence on a farm in Steuben Count\-. lie thei-e resided until his death, and was buried in the cem- etery at ll;irtsville, N.V. His wife, who survived hini for sometime, died at the home of her eldest son. and was laid to rest by the loved one gone be- fore. The family numbered eight children, live of I catin" whom, four sons and a daughter, are living at the time of this writing (1889). Hobert, the el.lest. is living on the old homestead in the Empire State; William M. is the next in order of birth; James M. is located in Oregon; Silas makes his home in Pennsylvania; and Ruth is the wife of the Rev. William C. Whitford, a resident of :\Iiiton. Wis. Mr. Hem|)hill and his wife were earnest Cluistian people, lielonging to the Seventh-day Baptist Church and were held in high respect in the com- munity where they made their home. In political sentiment the fornocr was a Democrat. Our subject passed the days of his boyhood and youth on his father's farm, but on attaiiiinir the age of twenty years bade good-by to his homo and friends .and started out to fight life's battle. He was first employed as a pile-driver on the New York i\r Erie Railroad for a period of six months and then Iiegan working as a farm hand, engaainc in that line during the greater part of the time un- til August, 1848. Following the course of emigra- tion, which was steadily flowing westward, he reached AViscousin and cast his lot witli the pio- neer settlers of Rock County. For three \ears he again engaged in farm labor, when he returned to New York on a visit to his parents. In the spring of 1851, attracted by the discoveries in Cali- fornia, he started with an o.\ team to tlie P.acific Slope, his journey being from ocean to ocean. On the 3d d.ay of April he left his home and after crossing mountains, fording rivers and enduring the exposure and perils of life on the plains, reached his destination Sept. 13, having been five months and ten d.ays in making the trip. He at once eng.aged in mining, which he followed with reasonable success for throe years, when he re- turned home. Not long after his arrival .Mr. Hemphill wedded Martha Langworthy. the marriage eeremonv be- ing performed Oct. 2. 18.")."). Two children were born unto them, namely: William E., who is now deceased, and Alida S., who was born March IG. 18(51, and is the wife of Charles M. .Morse, a resi- dent of Clark County, Miss. Mr. and Mrs. Hemp- hill spent the winter in the E:ist. and the foIiowin<>- S|)ring after their marriage came to Wisconsin, lo- land in Rock County which the husband f k •4 C42 ^^^h^ ROCK COUNTY. had previously purchased. A commodious liouse had been built, but otherwise no improvements had been made. The work of cultivating the wild land was at once begun, and though in limited cir- cumstances in those early days, he accunuilated by industry, good management andal)ility, a comfort- able proi)erty, and is now one of the most substan- tial farmers of the town of Fulton. Although experiencing many inconvenienciesand enduring many hardships the da3's passed merrily in the pioneer home until 1870. when a dark shadow cast by the gloomj- hand of Deatii blotted out for a time all sunshine. Tiie loving wife and tender mother died on the 2otli day of May. and was laid to rest in the burying-ground at Milton. Mr. Hemphill's second marriage was celebrated in October. IX''.\. the lady of his choice being ^Irs. Aurela C. (ireen, by whom he has one child. Nel- son K.. who was l)orn Oct. 8, 1875, and still re- sides at home. The mother died May 29, DiS'J, and her remains were taken to Independence, N.Y., wiicre they were interred. She was a most estima- ble lady, iiighly beloved for her many excellencies of character, and was a member of the Seventh- day Baptist Church, which represents the belief of Mr. Hemphill. The latter h.as always borne his share in the work of public improvement, is a rep- resentative citizen and is well knovvn throughout the community. He casts his ballot with tiic Re- publican party, with which he has altilialed since its organization. _^ ©♦o-@;>xA^..»»o.. v— ILLARl) BOWLES, a farmer and slock- \al- ong the pioneer settlei's of Rock County, dating his resi- dence from 1H4G. He was born in \erniont on the nth day of June, 1812, and is a son of John Bowles. His father was a soldier in the War of 1812. The subject of this sketch was reared to nian- luKxl in the Green Mountain State, there receiving his education, and in 1836 was joined in wedlock with Miss Mary Seeley. They became the parents of nine children, seven of whom lived to mature y^lLLAKI) BOWLES, a farmer and s raiser, residing on section 10, Spriui W^ le.V Township, is numbered amonj "^ j'ears: Azro, the eldest, who served in the ranks of the 13th Wisconsin Infantrj- during the late war from the time of its organization until the close of hostilities, and is now engaged in the furniture business at Parker, Dak., married Miss Wilson, by whom he has two childien. both yet living; Lewis N.. who wedded Abbie Fuller, ami has two chil- dren living, w.as also a private of the 13th Wiscon- sin regiment, and was wounded by a ball passing through the right hand, necessitating the removal of the middle finger; he now resides with his father on the old homestead. Mary is the wife of John Emmons, a practicing physician of Forrester. Iowa; Almira wedded Charles Gibson, a native of Scotland, now engaged in farming in Harmony Township, and has four children by her marri.agc: Willard, who is engaged in farming in the town of Spring Valley, is the husband of Libby Benscooter, by whom he h;is three children; George M.. who is also engaged in agricultural pursuits, and resides in Spring Valley Township, wedded Miss Emma Will- iams, and two children have blessed their union; Nellie, the youngest child, is now the wife of Jo- seph Fuller, a resident farmer of Magnolia Tow ii- shi|). and their family numbers two children. In 184G Mr. Bowles made his tii'st purchase of land, consisting of a I'l-acre tract, which had been boufiht by Amos Uemington. Ten acres had been broken and was enclosed by a rail fence, and a rude log house had been built, lie subsequently extendeil the l)oundaries of his farm by entering eighty acres, until it comprised 120 acres, but hav- ing since disposed of twenty .acres of woodhmii, it is now 100 acres in extent. Many fine improve- ments have been made, and the work of develop- ment has transformed the wild land into one of the line farms of the county. The old log cabin was torn down and leplaced by the |)resent com- fortable home. In the early days of his settlement JNIilwaukee was the nearest market-place, anrl. load- ing his produce into wagons drawn b^- (.)x teams, Mr. Bowles drove to that city, where he received only about fifty cents per bushel for his wheat. While he has not made a si)ei'ialty of fancy stock, there can always be found upon his f.uin a good grade of horses, cattle and hogs. Mr. Bowles and his wife, the companion of his ^*^U. ■*-. 4- ROCK COUNTY. 645 joys and sorrows, trials .and triiiin|)lis, have now reaeliod a ripf old a^e. Tlii'v arc enjoyiny fair lieallli. and in llicir dcidininn years arc resting from active diilics [irovided witii a good coniix'- lenc}', tlie result of liu'ir llirift, industry, frugality and perseverance in fonm r ycais. In political sen- timent the luisliand has supported the Kepublican parly since its organi/atiou. and his sons arc alsc) adherents of the same political faith. The family is one hold in high respect thronghont the comniu- nily, and all delight to do honor to the parents, who .'uc nuinlicred anmng the early pioneers. 'JIJ'AMES PIERCE, one of the very earliest pioneeis of Rock County, Wis., now an in- surance agent at Milton and proprietor of a farm in the northwest corner of that town, was born in Alfred, Allegany Co., N. Y., Dec. 26, LSI 7, the son of Samuel and Susan (White) Pierce. His |)arents were natives of Rhode Island, and had settled in Allegany County. N. Y., when thai region was a wilderness. James was reared on the tind)cred farm of his father, and was early inured to hard work. His onlj' advantages of education were found on a slab seat in a log school house, but having an aptness for the study of nialheniatics, he mastered the arithmetic, and was well u|) in other common branches of study, when he met Prof. I'"-. S. C'arr, a nephew of .Joseph Goodrich, who was studying higher mathematics, and who kindly gave him six weeks instruction in algebra, and also left him his text books on higher mathematics and sur- veying, when lie went awaj-. Our subject also studied pr.actical surveying, as assistant to Mr. (ioodrich, whose instruments he bought. Wlun twenty-one ye.ars of age, he hired out to that gen- tleman, and roceeds of tin' business to llie amount of ^3.50 to hand his employer. Mr. Crantlali. hav iug returned Kast soon after the selection of his land was made, arrived witii his family early in the fall of the same year, and made his home in Mr. Goo.aged eighty- three years. They left four sons — .lehoshaplmt. D.aniel. .Tudah and William. .lehoshaphat. .Ir. the great-grandfather of our subject, with his wife and perhaps one or two children, left Falmoulhand set- tled in Litchfield County. Conn., about the tinu' of the death of his mother, in 17;)0. They each liveii to the good old age of eighty-five years and were •*^ f J^ ^^►^ll-4« ROCK COUNTY. 64: biuioil ■\t Warren. Conn. On tlie headstone at the grave of the father is the qiiotation, "Tlie memory of Ibe just is l)lessed." Their children were Ward. Jiidaii. Elisha. Samuel, .Tehosliapiiat, Moses, Rufus. lU't.-iey. Jnanna and Ruth. We judge much of the ciiaracter of the parents bj' tiie names given their eiiildren. The ehihlren of .ludah and Sarah (F'inney) Kl- dred (the latter an aunt of President I''iiiney of Olierlin College and now deceased), were two sons — Zenas and Swift, .ludah Eldred and his wife, the patern.ll grandparents of our subject, lived long and useful lives in their native place. The father was an otiieer in the Revolutionary War and par- ticip.nted in the battle of Saratoga, where occurred the capture of Rurgoyne. and was .at the battle of Long Island as well as in the valley of the Mohawk. He participated in several hard-fought battles, and afterward drew a pension from the Olovernraent until his death, which occurred in 1843 at the age of ninety years. The records of Hartford. Conn., estat>lish the fact that .ludah Eldred was elected and served six years as a member of tiie State Legislature, and he was otherwise i)roniinent in the affairs of his county .and State. The remains of himself and his estima- ble wife were laid side by side in the cemetery at Cedarville. Herkimer County, by their son Zenas, the father of our subject. The chililren of the lat- ter and his wife, in her girlhood Lucina Carter, who grew to manhood and womanhooervisor for two years, representing the city of .Janesville uhiUt tlic l:nv p.Msscil liy the Legislature in IHCl, making one Supei\ isor from each Assem- bly District. In politics he has always been a sup- porter of the Republican party. The cause of tem- |)erance has ever enlisted his earnest sympathies an;lent member of the temperance society known as the Temple of Honor and he has aided mateiiallv the great cause. He was one of the organizers, and originally a stock-holder of tlie Central Wisconsin Bank, and also one of the incorj)orators of its successor, the First National Bank of .Janesville, of which he w;us and is the first A'ice President. In 1886 Mr. Eldred was called to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the 27th of January. He w.as again married, the 4th of September, 1888. to Mrs. Fanny E. Iloyt, of Grand Rapids, Mich. This lady was the widow of Benjamin Franklin Hoyt, one of the many who gave their lives for their country in the war of the rebellion. Mr. and Mrs. Eldred are honored members of the First Congre- gational Church at Janesville. and Mr. l-^ldred w.as the largest contributor in the building of the church edifice of that societj', which was completed in i8G8 at a cost approaching §4."), 000. He was one of the Board of Trustees at that time, and was chairman of the liuildiug committee and Treasurer of the society for a nunilier of years following. He has won the reputation of being a progressive, yet conservative linsiness man. exacting in his methods and always reliable. He stands deservedly high in the estimation of his townsmen for his many sterling qualities anil kindly, genial manner. -h S|E(»R(iK W. II.VLL, a general farmer and , dairyman, residing f)n section lit. Union J Township, is a native of the Green Moun- tain Slate, having been l)orn in Hardwick on the i;3th day of .lune, 18.'$2. His i)arents were both natives of the town of Orford. Grafton County. N. H.. and the paternal grandfather, .John Hall, w.as also born in that State, rt-arlng his cliildren to farm life. Our subject w.as the third in the family of seven children born to John and Sally L. ((irimes) Hall. Maria II. became the wife of S. W. Fairbanks, of Dane County, and died in 18;")8, .and her husband ten years later; Caroline A., wedded Lodowic-k Jones, and Itoth are now deceased; John A., who served as a soldier in the late war. died near St. Cloutl. Minn.. lea\ ing a wife and one child; Harriet f -,;* ROCK COUNTY. 64'.» S., who (lied wlieii about fourteen years of age: Mary E., wlio i.s tlio wife of Samuel 1). Tibby, a farmer of Dane Count}'. Wis., and Rebecca S., who married W. W. Foye, now a resident of Iowa, ;iiid died at Evansville in IS7K. The fatiier of this family departed this life Oct. 22. 1838. and his wife was called to her final rest Jan. 17, 1H7;!, in the seventy -second year of her age. Hoth were devoted members of the Methodist Ki)iscoi)al Church and took great interest in churuii work, doing all in their power to aid in the inouio- tion of the cause of Christ. When our suliject was but si.\ years of age, his father died, and two years later, he went to make his home witli an aunt, his mother's sister, with whom he remaine'. until 1840. .VI that time he became an inmate of the home of his uncle, Isaac Hall, and while residing with tliat gentleman was educated in the common schools. He continued to reside in the family of Mr. Hall until attaining his majority, but in the meantime the death of his uncle having occurred, he went to work by the month, and going to Orford, N. II., there resided until January. 18.)G. Thinking that he might bet- ter his condition in the new and gi'owing West, at that time he emigratetl to Madison. \\is.. and near that city secured work as a farm hand, continuing in that line until the fall of 18(!(J, when he canic to livansville. and embarked in the grocery business. He continued in business until 18G4. when dispos- ing of his stock, Mr. Hall rented a farm, which he operated for a j'ear. At the end of that time he purchased eighty acres of land on section I'J. Union Township, and at once turned his attention to ai^ri- cultuial pursuits and the developmiMit of his farm. A little log cabin had been built on the land and into this he moved his f;imdy. making it his home for some time, when he erecteil a small fi.une house, which in \Mi), wjis re|)laced by his present commodious residence. Mr. Hail has made the many line improvements to be found upon his farm, which is now under a high state of cultiva- tion, while the entire surroundings indicate the thrift and enterprise of the owner. On the 2iith d.ay of November. 1860. Mr. Hall and Miss Louisa Reynolds were united in marriage. The lady is a native of the Empire .State, born on 4* the 25th day of November, 1832. and is the eldest (laughter of .lohu G. and Maml.ania .S. (Grover) Re\nolds. Both the paternal and maternal grand- parents of Mrs. Hall were natives of the Green Mountain State, and were numbered among the respected and esteemed families of the community where they resided. The grandfather w.as a mail- carrier during the War of 1812. Jlr. and Mrs. Reynolds were both natives of New York, the former born in Bangor. His death occurred in Covington, N. V., on the 2d day of Febrnarj-, 184G, and his wife departed this life in Fredonia, Dec. 15. 1855. They were devoted members of the Baptist Church, and trained their children in the teachings of the Bible. Sarah K., their second child, was born July 5, 1834, wedded R. Byam, and died on the 3d day of July, 1869; Rebecca J., l)orn Feb. 17, 1836, is the widow of Silas Harbison, .and resides at Garden Plains, III.; Hattie died in infancy; Mandania S., born M.ay 7, 1813, is the wife of John Grant, a resident of (Jardeu Plains, 111.; Mary A., the deceased wife of Hiram Richard- son, w.as born Dec. 15, 1840; Sybil E., born Dec. 25. 1844, wedded S. C. Watson, of Denver. Col.; Martha R., born Nov. 4, 1846, died Sept. 4, 1850. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Hall has been blessed with si.\ children, five of wh(jui are yet living — Charles, the eldest, died in infancy; Arthur, who was born Se|)t. 19, 1863, is a carpenter by trade; Florence M.. born Feb. 28. 1865; Mark A., May 23. 1867; George. May 11, 1869; .and .Vgnes M., Sept. 8. 1871. They have received good educa- tional advantages such as will (it them for the i)rac- tical duties of this life, and if spared will bccimie useful men and women. Mr. .and Mrs. Hall ai'e ranked among the honored citizens of Rock County and hold a high position in the social world. He is oin' of the self-made men of the coniniuiiity. Reared without the guiding counsel of a f.ither, he started out in life with a cash capital of only ¥100, but liy the energy that characterizes all his actions, and the assistance of his estimable wife, he has at- tained to a high degree of success, and has become one of the well-l(j-do farmers of Union Township. In his political seutiment-s he is a supporter of the Republican party, and favors the adoption of pro- hibition principles. His life has always been such J -♦ r , . 650 ■»^ ROCK COUNTY. Ir as to win the confidence and respect of the best citizens of the conimunilj- in whicli he residcil. and ills man}' friends thmiijilioiit Rock County liold him in the highest legarc). ■^^-v^t^i-v. ^ "\f, OlIN WATSON, a pi-oniincnt contractor and bridge builder of Janesville. and a resident of tliat city since 1855. was born in Little- port. Cambridgeshire, England, on the IGth day of Xoveniber, 1826. His parents. AVilliam and Mary (Spinks) Watson, were also natives of En- gland. At the .age of thirteen years he began working on the railroad, but soon afterward was employed on bridge building, and was eng.aged in that lino of work on various railroads in the old country until 1849, when he emigrated from En- gland to America. He made his home in Chicago for one year, and was engaged in bridge build- ing and track laying for the Cliicago & North- western Uailroad Company on the old Galena division, between Chicago and J:igiu. After leav- ing Wheaton. twenty miles west of Chicago, he was placed in charge of the force. In the spring of 1850. during tlie great gold excitement, he went to California, going overland by team, and engaged in placer mining in Flacerville. The succeeding two years were spent in the gold mines witli vary- in" success, and .at the end of that time he returned to New; York, by way of Nicaiagua. and at once crossed the ocean to his native land. There must have been a peculiar attraction that influenced his motions, for we tind tliat he was married that same spring, on the 23d d.ay of March, 1852. in Spald- in", Lincolnsliire, to Miss .Susan Wilson, a daughter of .Tohn and Sarah (Taylor) Wilson, of that place. Within three months after his arrival in England Mr. Wats()n embarked with his bride for America, and on reaching this country made his home in Chicago, where for two and a half j'ears he kept hotel. In 1855 he came to .lanesville, where he spent six months in the same line of business, and soon after engaged in building bridges and culverts on the Milwaukee ife St. I'aul Railroad, between Janesville and lirodhead. That work oi'cupied one summer, when he began contracting and building ill the city. He built a store for J. .1. R. Tease, also the Jackman Block, and a number of dwell- ings, and in 1861 repaired the dam across the Rock River above Milwaukee street. About 1862 he built a railroad bridge and round-house at Janes- ville for the Chicago & Norlhwestern Railroad. He built the piers and foundations for the bridges at R.acine and Kenosha, and the smaller bridges on the Lake .Shore division for the Chicago & North- western Railroad, also the masonry work for the bridges on the line between Janesville and Green Haj' for the same company, as well as on the Madi- son division. He enlarged and straightened the tunnels at Sparta, AVis., liuill the masonry for bridges in Jlinnesota.and for the Air Line between Eond du Lac and Milwaukee. For several years he worked by coutr.act, but during the last eight J'ears of his employment on railro.ad work was en- g.aged on a fixed salary. In addition to his rail- road work, Mr. Watson has done considerable city, town and county bridge building, where he erected the entire structures. He has done a large amount of tunnel work, and altogether has employed or been in charge of a large number of men, more, perhaps, than any other one man in the State. During the high water of the spring of 1881. when Janesville was threatened with inundation, he came to the rescue, and liy his experience and knowledge of such work relieved the city of serious trouble. During that and the following year he built the race and lower cotton mill at Janesville. which was an extensive job. In 1882, when a large portion of the upper dam was washed o\it bj- high w.-iter, thus temporarilj' destroying the power, he checked the flow of water in a gap more than one hundred feet wide by fifteen feet in depth, in eighteen days, while the water w.as at its height, and restoreil the power for the use of factories and mills — a feat hardly supposed to be possible. At the end of two and a half months he had entirely restored the dam. Mr. and Mrs. Watson have been blessed with a family of six children, two sons and f(,)ur daughters. Mary Elizabeth, the eldest, is the wife of Orion Sutherland, of the firm of J. .Sutherland A- Sons, booksellers and stationers of Janesville; Eliza died in infancy; Sue E. is now the wife of Clinton Wil- ROCK COUNTY. 60 1 cox of Janesville; John Harry married Amelia Tevis and resides in llie same city; Will E. is tlie Imsband of Xeliie R(il)l)ins, and makes liis home in Now Mexico; Sarah May, the youngest, is the wife of Will T. King, of Janesville. Mr. Watson is a Republican in politics, hut has never sought or desired pulilii' otlice. While not connected with any particular cluirch, he has yet been liberal in support of all. IMrs. Watson attends the l>;iptist Church, and is recognized .-us a good Christian woman, and a highly respected raemlier of society. Mr. Watson has led a bus.\ and useful life. I'ossessing a spirit of enterprise, supported by in- domitable energy and pluck, he has never hesitated to iinderlakc a . D.. who still resides on the place, lie then purchased eighty acres on section 22, in the same town, an. D. Wixom. ICD acres of land on section 24. town of Fulton, wliich thej' oper- ated in partnership for two years. Then he sold his interest to his brother and purchased 100 acres of the farm on which he now resides. It formed the foundation of his present large property and and has been his home since 18G3. The land was partly covered with timber, which he cleared away, planting crops and beginning the development of a farm. Moving his household effects to the dwel- ling, which liad been previously erected, he kept •• bachelor's hall " until November 5. 1863. when he married Miss Clara !M. Ilurd. eldest daughter of Sil.is llurd, one of the lionored pioneers of the county, whose sketch api)ears on another page of this work. Three children came to gladden the home with their presence, and are still with tlieir parents. rhe\' are C'lnron W.. boin Sept. 1. 1804; Klla M., March 2!), 1 8(!!), and .Sllns H., June 13, 1882. Mr. Wixom intends giving his children good educational advantages, thereby fitting them for any position in life which they may he called upon to All. The daughter is now pur- suing a full course at Milton College, where she has been a student for three 3'ears. Our subject is numbered among the early set- tleis of Rock County and has been prominently identified with its history for many years. When fifteen j'ears of age, he came to Wisconsin, bring- ing with him a drove of sheep. With no one to aid him or keep him company, he (Irt)ve them from the town of Candor, N. Y., to Ithaca, N. V., a distance of twenty-five miles, and shipped them by canal to Buffalo, where they were transferred to a steamer. In that w.ay they reached Milwaukee, whence he drove them to Fulton Township, sixty-five miles dis- tant. He can truly be called a self-made man, for to his own unaided efforts is his success in life due. From a humble position, he h.os steadily worked his way upward, ste)) by ste[). surmounting all dif- ficulties and overcoming all obstacles, until he is now one of the wealthy farmers of .Southern AVis- consin. He never suffered defeat, liut accomplished every object for which he strove. Ambitious and energetic, he pressed on until by fair dealing, per- severance and good man:igemeut he attained a po- sition of wealth and influence. His landed posses- sions now aggregate 880 acres of fine land, which pay a golden tribute to his care and cidtivation. Corn is the principal product which he raises on his farm, though he has also for the past twenty years engaged in the cultivation of tobacco. In addition to his own property, his wife is the owner of 300 acres of arable lanil. which is apart of her iidieri- tance received from the estate of her father. Mr. Wixom deals quite extensively in stock and upon his farm may always be found the best grades of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. In his social relations he is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, belonging to Fulton Lodge at Edgerton; also a member of the Knights of Pythias, of Janesville ; and a charter member of the .Tanesville Grange, to which his wife and chil- dren also belong. He holds membership in the Rock County Agricnltur.al Societ}', and is one of the directors of that organization. He takes an active part in political affairs, has been a staunch advocate of the Republican party since its organi- zation. He has never sought public jierferment, but for several terms has served .as Supervisor. Public spirited and progressive. Mr. Wixom has contributed liberally to the support of all enter- prises which are of benefit to the i)ublic and tend to advance the best interests of the commHnit3-. He has been prominently identified with the upliuild- ing of town and county. Although in the fifty- fifth year of his age. ."\Ir. Wixom has never used to- bacco or been addicted to the use of spirituous liquors, of which fact he may justly be proud, and his example is well worthy of emulation. A man ; UUCK COIM'Y. ('>i>i> of sterling: wortli. liis strict inteiirily nnd hoiiostv fioin 1841 tol8i;5, inclusive, w:is tiicro eiinnsicd. of purpiisc liuvo won liini llii' confidence and re- liiiilding six locks iil n cost of more tiiiin *l(l(l, ()()(). ijiird of m1! Willi whom business or pleasure have lie was one of the commissioners sent toliica. l)ioMi:ht him in contact, and his sketch is well N. V., to make arraiiL'ements for the construction worthy a place in this volume. of the Chenango (anal, which was successfully carried out, lie liulldiiiii two miles of the saiiie. He also built three aqueducts and the culverts on nineteen miles, from (Jreen. Chenango Co., to Hinghampton, his work proving entirely satisf.-ic- tory to all parties concerned. In early life, IMr. Kna|)p was a Jeffcr.sonian Deujocrat, but afterwards cast his ballot with the Whig party, and later be- came a stalwart supporti-r of the Hcpulilicin party. For many years lie held the otlice of Justice of the I'eace. and when his neighbors came U) him for counsel he advised them to settle all diflicultics bv arbitration rather tli;iii law, thereby .saving them many dollars and much hard feeling. Both Mr. Kiiap|i and his wife were members of the Coiigre- gaUonal Church, consistent and faithful in their professions. For sixty years they traveled life's journe\' together, sharing the hardships and pleas- ures, the sorrows and joys incident to the life of all. At length on the Isl day of October, 1878, the year 181.5, lie married Jliss Hetsy Young, and the wife w.as called to her final rest, and the follow- by their union a family of nine children were born, iug year Mr. Knapp went to Hockton, ill., where all of whom lived to man and womanhood — Lucy, lie died Feb. 29, 1880. They now lie side Ijy side now the wife of J. S. Smith, of Chenango County, i" the Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh. -«»£-- FACON ANDKFW R KNAl'l', one of tlie jVj resiiecled citizens of l{eU)it. w.as born in Chenango County, N. V.. .lune 1.'), 1821), and is a son of Daniel B. and Betsy { Young) Kna[)p, the former a native of Danbury, Conn., born in 17i)4. the latter, a native of Scho- harie County, N. Y., born in IT'.KJ. When nineteen yeaVs of age, Daniel Knapp left his home in Con- necticut, and with only twenty-live cents in his pocket and a kit of slK)einaker's tools strapped across his back, started on foot for Chenango Counly. N. Y. In order to earn a livelihood, he went from hou.se to house woi'king tit his trade, which he had learned in his native State, a manner of working known as ••whi|iping the cat." About N. Y. ; George Y., who married I'hila Cushman, and is engaged in farming near Oshkosh, Wis. ; .\ndicw B., of this sketch; William B., a resident of Oshkosh, and the husband of Miss Betsy White; Levi F., who wedded Mi.ss Caroline Remington, and makes his home in Oshkosh; Maria L., widow of William X. Jones, residing in Home, N. Y. ; Elias D., who married Fni«liza Hicks, and is living near Oshkosh; Anna E., who became the wife of Isaac N. Shaw, and died in Cold Water, Mich., in 1884; Frederick H., who married Nellie Powers, and died in Oshkosh in 18(!3. When Daniel B. Knapp began life he was in lim- ited circumstances, but possessed of an energetic nature and determined to succeed, he at length be- ca ne a well-to-do citizen. He was an indefatigable worker in whatever he undertook, and his work The subject of this sketch was reared to man- hood in Chenango County, N. Y.. receiving his education principally in the district schools, at- tending, however, an academy at Slierburn, X. Y. for two or tlin-e terms. At the age of fifteen years, he resolved to become a servant of God and united with the Congregational Church, and when twenty-Bve years of age was made De.icon,an oliice which he has held almost continuously since. In 1841. he led to the marriage altar Miss Adeline (). Skinner. daughter of Alfred and Elizabeth (Costin) .Skinner. Iler father, who was a prominent farmer of (,'henango Countj'. was born April 20, 1781, and on the 12th day of December, 1802, was united in marriage with Elizabeth Costin. who was born .lune 2(), 1780. I'nto them were born a f.imil\- of fifteen children, thirteen of whom lived to adult was always accoTuplishecl in a satisfactory m,anner. age. The father died Oct. .5, 187."5, at the age of He was a contractor on the Black River Canal, and ninety-two years and six months, and the mother ■*► r 4 656 -«► ROCK COUNTY. died in Octoher. 1876. in tlie ninety -first year of iicr age. Tliey liad lived together as man and wife seventy-one years, ten montlis and fifteen d.iys, and tlieir wedded life was of the liappiest. By the union of Mr. and Mrs. Knapp, two cliil- drbn were born — Bostwiclv A., who is the short- hand reporter of the Hartford Fire Insurance Com- pany of Cliicago, married Ueijeeua Fulton, and to them were horn three children — M.abel A., Clarence A., and Dora Alice ; Eniilada O.. wlio is now the wife of O. A. Bronson, and has three children now living — Leslie, Gus A , and Robert G. Tliey arc residents of Waupaca. Wis., and Mr. Bronson is cniraged as a traveling salesman for a Milwaukee linn. On the 31sl day of May, 1872, the death of Mrs. Knapp occurred, and she was laid to rest in uhe Rivei-side Cemetery at Oshkosh. In Sept. 1, 1871, Mr. Knapp was again married, his second union being with Miss Julia R. Peck, a daugiiter of Hiram Peck, of Columbia County, N. Y. 8he is a refined, intelligent lady, was educaten; Ag- nes, born .Inly 9, 1869, is the wife of C. L. Culton. who resides in Kdgerton. Mr. Whitaker is numbered among the early set- tlers of Rock County, and fmm the early days of his residence has been prominently identified with its history. Public-s|)irited and progressive, he has ever been a liberal supporter of all enterprises for the public good, and is a re|)resentative and valued citizen. He has been called upon to fill vari- ous local offices of trust, including those of Town- Clerk and Sti]Kn-visor. and has discharged his duties with fidelity and promijtness. To i\Ir. Whitaker is due much credit for the success to which he h.is .•ittaincd. Few men lieginning active life at the early age at which he began to earn his own liveli- hood, have risen to as honorable and prominent a position. His fair dealing and upright course have won him the confidence and respect of all; his energy, perseverance and industry have gained for <• him a comfortable eoin|)etcncy, and he is one of the well-to-do farmers of the community, his landed possessions aniomiliiig to 265 .acres; forty of whieh adjoin the city limit,s of .lancsville. We are pleased to record this brief sketch of Henry Whit er and his family in the periii.-inent record of their adopted county, knowing that it will be read by their nv.my friends with pleasure. ^--^^^ ^ I'.RACE LAXG W( )KTH Y, j.^REDERICK — 'T); son of C. E. Langworthy, was born on the 2Ctli day of January, 1866. He received a liberal education in the common schools, and was reared to manhood on his father's farm, assisting in the labor of cailtivating and improving the land. He remained under the parental roof until 1887, when, going to Keokuk, Iowa, he was employed as a surveyor for the Santa Fe Railroad, working be- tween Ft. JIadison and Kansas City. After eight or nine months s|ient on that line, he returned to his home, and on the 23d day of May, 1888, led to the inarri.age altar Miss Carrie Cutting, the ac- complished daughter of Levi and Lizzie (Edwards) Cutting. The father resides in Janesville, but her mother has departed this life. By the union of the young couple one child has been born — Hugh Har- rison, born March 27, 1889. Jlr. Laugworthv has followed farming during the greater part of his life, and is now operating ninety -five acres of land, a jiart of the old homestead. His residence was erected in 1888, and is a fine two-story dwelling, which, being substantially budt and nicely fur- nished, makes a most pleasant home. Hospitality there abounds, a hearty welcome being extended to all. Although a young man, Mr. Langworthy pos- sesses good business ability, is energetic and indus- trious, and bids fair to become one of the well-to- do farmers of the county. He is now enu-a<^ed principally in the cultivation of corn, barley and tobacco, the Latter being one of the staple products of Southern Wisconsin. Socially, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen, and. politically, a Re- publican, having been identified with that party and its interests since attaining his majoritv. He is now serving as Constable of the town of Fulton, 4 ■*HI-* 058 ROCK COINTY. and also liolds the office of Clerk ol tlie School Board. The Langworthy family is one of tlie lep- resenlative families of Koek County, and their sketch deserves an honored place in the I'oKritAix and BioiiRAi-riicAi, Aluim. OlIN .1. I'KAR.SON, an enteriirising farmer residing on section 7, town of Fulton, was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, Oct. 14, / l»l->, and is a son of John .1. and Eveline M. (Pomeroj-) Pearson. Tlie father, a son of Samuel and Ann Pearson, born Dec. 7. 1803, w:i.s a farmer in ilonlgoinery County until the last two years of his life, when he engaged in the mercan- tile business. He had lioen married to Mary ^Yare- liani. (who had borne him seven children), [ire- vious to his union with Miss Pomeroy, which was celebrated Jan. 1. 184(1. His death occurretl on the l.'ilh day of June, 1849, at Locki)ort, Ohio, af- ter which Mrs. Pearson wiis again married, becom- ing the wife of AVilkerson Post. April 28. 1K85. Her death occurred March 16, 1887, and in the beautiful Kdgerton Cemetery she was laid to rest. Slie w-as born Aug. 24, 1818, at SulHeld, Conn. Our subject made his home with his mother until his marriage. On the 17th day of June, 1869. he was joined in wedlock with .Miss Helena Pyre, but scarcely more than a year of happy weilded life had passed when the young wife died, her death occurring Dec. 12. 1870. Pive years then passed, and on the 12lhdayof May, 1875, Mr. Pearson was again married, the lady of his choice being Mrs. Sarah G. Pomeroy, who vvas born at Sufiield Conn.. April 6. 1840, by whom he has two children. a son and daughter, both of whom are yet with their parents. Kvelino M., the elder, was born Dec. 9, 1876, and John Francis, April 25, 1878. Mr. Pear- son came to AVisconsin in 1 853, and to Hock County in 1854. He is financially a self made man. begin- ning life in limited circumstances. He engaged in the grocery and cigar trade in the village of Fulton, in partnership with H. Pomeroy. This connection contiuuee found, and Mr. (ileason makes a siiecnalty of the breeding of fiiu; Durham cattle. lie has now twenty-four cows of that breed which he uses for dairy purposes. He has been operating the dairy since ISGi). and has been quite successful in that line, the butter which lie turns out being of superi<)r quality. It finds a ready sale on the market and now has a wide reputation. As a citizen, Mr. (ileason is pub- lic spirited and progressive, and has been called upon to fill various local oftices of trust. lie is now serving as Side Su|)ervisor of th;; town of Lima, and discharges his duties with prompt- ness and fidelity. lie and his wife are mem- bers of the First Congregalioual Church, ami their pleasant liome is the abode of hospitality. 'l'lie_v always keep "oiien iiouse." and thcii- many friends, by whom they are helil in the highest es- teem, are always sure of a hearty wi'Icome. Since attaining his majority, Mr. (Jleasoii has allilialcd with the Hcpublican liarty and is a warm advocate of its princi|ilcs. Socially, ho is a member of the A. (). 11. W. -s^s?}^- \JX: RS.SAU.VII {'. M'l'TI.K. widow of riiomas II. Little, and [iresent Superiutcudent and Steward of the Wisconsin School for the lilind. at Janesville. was Ihhu in Oberlin, Ohio. March C, 18.3«. Iler father was tlie Hev. Henry Cowlcs I). I)., a professor of the Oberlin Col- lege, and an eminent divine, scholar and authui'. He was liorn in Litchfield County, Conn., and w.ns descended from an old New Ivigland famil\- of English origin. The family was founded in America soon after the great fire of London. Her mother, whose maiden name was Alice Welch, W!is for several vi'ars piincipal of the Ladies' de- partment of ()beilin ('eriutender:t. F.ach recognized a con- genial spirit in the other, and their acqu.aiutance resulted in marriage. This event ficcurred .hiiv 1 1, 18G2, at the home of the bride's parents in Oberlin, Ohio, This union has been blessed with four daughters: Elizabeth, the eldest resides with her mother; Alice, the second daughter. graointnient. Mrs. Little has inherited the strong mentality of Dr. Cowlcs, and the acumen and physical vigor of the AVelches. In the fifteen years that she has looked after the business and olher interests of this Large establishment, while |ierforming the duties of a man and public olllcer, she has lost none of the sweet, womanly character which is the eh.arni of her sex. Her care of the blind pupils has in it so large an element of mater- nal tenderness that the school is really a large family — at once a place of careful instruction and thorough discipline, ami yet a real home. .\t the meeting of the national convenliyn ofedu- -■^ 660 ROCK COUNTY. cators of the blinrl, at Philadelphia, in the summer succeeding her assumption of lier present position, she received a cordial recognition and won the liighest api)lause bj- her share in an instructive dis- cussion on methods of training the blind. At this meeting she was elected one of the officers of the American Association of Instructors of the Blind. Her address before the State Teachers' Associa- tion at LaCrosse. July, 1879, is a strong plea in behalf of the unfortunates who cannot see, and an instructive review of the efforts heretofore put forth by humanity for their benefit. IJeside her laborious duties at the institution, Airs. Little is felt and iiighly valued in all philanthropic and Christian work, the peer of any of the noble women who are serving their generation by the will of Cod. 4 THOMAS COTTRELL. who is engaged in sjeneral farming and stock-raising, and re- sides on section 22, in tiie town of Milton, is numbered among Rock County's best citizens. He was born in the town of Petersburg, Rensselaer Co.. N. Y.. on the 14th day of January, 181 1, and is a son of Benjamin and Polly (Burdick) Cottrell. His parents were natives of Rhode Island, but set- tled in Rensselaer County at an early day, there residing during the remainder of their lives. Both were called to their final rest in 1848. They were members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church and were consistent Christian people, whose daily en- deavor it was to follow the example of the Master. To them were born a family of nine children who grew to manhood and womanhood, but of that num- ber only three are now living. Two children also died ill infancy. Those who still survive are Thomas of thVs sketch; Sarah, who makes her home with lier brotlier; and Louisa, wife of Howard Humphrey, a resident of Dane County, Wis. The education of our subject was received in his native county. His father being in delicate healtli, at the early age of fourteen years, the en- tire management and control of the farm devolved upon him, but though the task was an arduous one for his y(uing shoulders, nobly did he discharge the duty. He continued to make his home with his parents, working and caring for them who had lovingly cared forhira in his younger days, forjmanv years. Tiie family removed to Allegany County. X. Y.. where he cleared and improved 100 acres of land, placing it all under a high state of cultivation. In 1846, Mr. Cottrell was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Mcllenry, and to them were born three children. Death visited the home, and within two years he laid to rest his wife his parents and a sister. Bowed down with grief, the stricken man de- cided to dispose of his property in the East and cast his lot with the people of Wisconsin. In 18.V2 he left his home and went to Dane County, where he purchased a farm of eighty acres upon which he lived for fifteen years. He was again marrie3, and his wife was called to her final rest in I84JS. They were mem- bers of the Baptist Church. Our subject w.as but four years old when his mother died and but nine years when his f.ather died. The following year, in compan}' with a brother-in-law. he caine to Rock County, and here received a common-school education. In Decem- ber, 1862, he enlisted at Shellsburg, Iowa, in the 10th Iowa Infantry, Company K, and was nnistered into the United States .service at Davenport. With his company he was .sent to Little Rock. Ark., and thence by the Cnmilcn road to Salem River, where he first engaged in battle. Seven of Ww, regiment were there killed. Returning to Little Rock, the eomp.any p.-u-ticijiuted in the r;iid through Missouri after Price; once more went to Little Rock and w.as then ordered to Forts Suiith luid (Gibson, where the men were stationed tin gu.ard duty until the close of the war. Mr. Hollid;iy received his discharge at Davenport. Iowa, and soon after went to Beloit. In 18()7. in that city, he was united in marriatje with Miss Inda De Laniontanye. a native of Orantre County. N. Y., and a daughter of John D.and Per- melia (Brown) De Lamontan3e, the former l>eing a descenst iiis wife, lie retired from business. .Mr. .Stevens was married, on tlie 24tli da^- of May, 1845, to Miss Eliza Doiihleday, of Onondaga County, N. V., a daughter of John Doubleday. Mrs. Stevens was born in Fabias, Onondaga Co., N. Y. One daughter blessed their union, Cath- erine, now the widow of Matthias Shank, and a resident of Janesville. Mrs. Stevens died on the !)th day of A|)ril, 1851. Mr. Stevens w.is again married, Dec. 21), 18.')!), in Syracuse, to Miss Kate HurUe. a daughter of Matthew Burke. She was born at Schuyler's Lake, Otsego Co., N. Y. She died Sept. 24, 1880, leaving three children: Capitola, the eldest, is the wife of James K. Sebree, proprie- tor of the Saratoga Hotel, Dearborn street, Chi- cago; Chester .and George are also in that city, employed by Mr. Sebree. Mr. Stevens is a mem- ber of Janesville Lodge No. 55. A. F. A' A. M. In political .sentiment he is a Republican, and in his religious views liberal. He is a member of All Souls Chun li. ii ILO SMITH is numbered among the hon- ored pioneers of Hock County, and his /// I* beautiful home, situated on section 15, Mil- ton Township, indicate.s him to be a man of energetic disposition ai.d industrious habits. He was born in Cliautauqua County, N. Y.,^Iarcli 13, 181'J, and is a son of James and Olive (^Viggins) Smith, the former a native of AVorcester Count}', Mass., and the latter of Chautauqua Covinty, N. Y. The family is of English ancestry, the great-grand- father of our subject liavuig emigrated from Eng- land to America during the early colonial days, ar.d settling in Salem, Mass. James Smith was a farmer by occupation. His death occurred in 1831, when Milo was but twelve years of age, and Mrs. Smith was .again married, becoming the wife of Jeremiah Cowden. Her death occurred ih 1882, at the ripe old age of eighty-four years, and both passed to their long rest in Chautauqua County. The family to which our subject belonged num- bered seven children, all of whom grew to man- hood and womanhood with the exce|)li(jn of the first-born, who died in infancy; Milo is the second in order of birth; Paul died of consumption in Chautauqua County, in IHtw; Philetta, widow of John UappoUe, is living on the old homestead; Al- ice, widow of Jonathan Maxon. is a resident of Osage County. Kan.; Catherine A., widow of (ieorge Rappold, makes hei- home in Jamestown, N. Y.; and Luke died in Chicago, in 1865. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Cowden were: Je- rome, who enlisted in the service of his country, and died in the prison at Salisbury, N. C; Alonzo, who died in infancy; and Robert L, who also served in the late war, and for six months was a prisoner, is now living in Chautauqua County, N. Y. The education of our subject was received in his n:itive State, and throughout his life he has made farming his principal occupation. The d.ays of his boyhood and youth were spent under the parentid roof, until he was eighteen years of age, when, in 1837, he went to Genesee Count}', where he made his home with an uncle for three years, attending school during that time. Going to Rome, N. Y., he spent his sununer months in farm labor, and en- gaged in teaching school during the winter season, until, with a view of bettering his financial con- dition, he resolved to try his fortune in the West and came to the Territory of Wisconsin. He lirst located in what is now the town of Milton, Rock County, where he purchased 160 acres of land on section 15, the purchase price being twenty shil- lings per acre. He made a partial pa^-ment, leaving •^100 yet due. and at once liegan work, in order to secure the means with which to clear his farm from all indebtedness, which in the course of time he ac- complished. He worked at various occuji.ations 1>\ the month, receiving from ^10 to ¥12 .as a compen- sation for his services. F'or some time he was en- g.aged in the pineries of northern Wisconsin, and received his pay in lumber, which he was forced to raft down the river and sell before realizing any profit. It was thus sometimes a year before he reall}- received his earnings, which at the best were very small. In 1848 he began breaking the land which he had previously purchased, and in IH51 erected a log c;d)iii. That being done, he decided to rent his f:irm, which lie leased nulil 1S5I. •4^ 1 666 ROCK COUNTY. 4 In that year Mr. Smith was married to Miss Klizalicth P. Tourtelolto, the wedding being cele- brated on tiie 7lh day of March. The Uidy i.s a daugliter of Amos C. and Elizabeth (Hervey) Tourtelotte, both of whom are natives of the Bay State. Imt tlie father was of French descent, and the mother of English origin. In 1853 they ctime with their family to IJock County, where they passed the remainder of their lives, the father dying in 1858, and the mother passing to her final rest .Ian. 3, 1862. By the union of Mr. and Mrs. Smith they became the parents of seven children, as follows: James Milo, who was born Feb. 9, 1855, and is now engaged in farming in Seward County, Kan.; Jessie L.. born Jan. 19. 1857, is the wife of John Marquart, a resident farmer of the town of million; Cl.ara E., born Sept. 16, 1858, wedded Josiah Auld, and the}' now resiiie in the town of La Prairie; H. Fremont, liorn Aug. 10, 1862, married Miss Nellie Serns, and is engaged in ojieraling the old home farm; Olive E., born Oct. 11,1867, died on the 27th day of September, 1869: Carroll L., born Aug. 4, 1871, is at home; Lynn T., born Aug. 13, 1874, is also with his parents. The children have all received good edu- cational advantages, therein" fitting them for useful positions in life, and are now respected men and women wIkj do honor to the family name. For the long period of upward of forty-six years Milo Smith has been a resident of Rock County. Wlien he first came to the Territory of Wisconsin, the land was almost entirely uncultivated, the greater portion of it being still in possession of the Government ; the red men were yet frequent visitors in the settlement, and the nearest neighbors were often miles aw.ay. The markets were at Mil- waukee and Chicago, and oxen were used in making the trips to those |)laccs. Even the most far- sighted would scarcely liave dreamed, much less realized the important changes which were sixin to take place and transfoiin the commuiiily from a wild ;\iul unsettled region into a count}' which has no superior and few eqiuds in this great common- wealth. To the nohle band of pioneer men and women, who left the East with its comforts and luxuries to make for themselves and f.-iiiiilies homes *(n the western fidulier. a debt of gratitude is due "♦■ which can never be repaid, and among that brave band is numbered our subject and his estimable wife. Mr. Smith ha-s devoted much time and at- tention to the i)romotion of public enterprises, and has filled various township olHces of trust. In early life he cast his ballot with the Whig party, but since its formation has been an ardent supporter of the Republican party, and is a great admirer of Gen. Benjamin Harrison, our present Executive, with whom he had the pleasure of sliaking hands, making a visit to Indiana in 1888, especially for the purpose. Sociall}'. he liolds membershij) in the I. O. O. F.. his wife being a member of the Re- becca Degree, and both are prominently identified witli the patrons of husbaudr}'. Mrs. Smith is greatly interested in the temperance cause, being a member of the AVoman's Christian Temperance Union, and Equal Suffrage Association of Wiscon- sin, and her efforts in both lines of work have been l)rodui-tive of much good. The home of Mr. ^ and Mrs. Smith is one of the most beaiiti- I ful in tlie community. The commodious resi- j deuce is surrouncied by man}' shade and ornamental trees, and before the house .are many beds of I lovely tiiiwiMS, filling the air with thcii' fragrance and delighting the eye of the beholder, that are tenderly cared for by Mrs. Smith. Cordial and genial in manucr, huspitabU' and entertaining, this worthy couple h;ive a large circle of friends and acquaintances, and are held in the highest regard hy I all. We arc jileased to present their portraits to the readers of this work. ^ €^-»- /^P^ OLLIN SMITH, a retired fanner now resiit- 'l[ ^, ing in Milton, is one of the honored pioneers ^^ of Rock County, of 1840. He was born near Port Dover. Norfolk Co., Ont., on the 17th ilay of May, 1835. His paternal grandfather was a native of England, and in 1776 emigrated to .\mciicato avoid serving as a soldier in the British army. lie settled in the State of New A'ork. where his son William, the father of our subject, was born. In the Empire State William grew to man- IioikI. nnject have received the Idgbest praise by those who have had the pleasure of reading them. .Much of her time and talents have been devoted to that cause; her articles are well written, her arguments logical and con- clusive, and the tliought displayed shows that her study of the subject in all its l)earings has been careful and Ihorough. Alone time, she was a regu- lar contributor to the colinnns of five different papers. Miss IJirdie seems lo have inherited her mother's talent, and many of her jjoenis and prose writings have won high laurels. IMEON SCHOONOVER. owner of one of the finest farms of Rock County, situated on section 33. in the Town of Fulton, was born in Candor, Tioga Co., N. V., June ],'). IMli). His parents. . Joseph and Margaret ( Decker) Schoonover, were born in New .Jersey, but became residents of New York in early life. The father wjus a farmer by occupation, ami in 1 s.'?8 removed from New York to Ohio, where he engaged in agricultural |)ursuits until his death, wliieli occurred abnut tlu' year 186"), at the ad- vanced age of ninety years. Mis excellent wife preceded him to the better home, dying about 1851. Unto them were born eleven children, but of that once numerous family only three are j-et living — Simeon, of this sketch; David, now a resident of Benton County, Iowa; and F.ayetle, residini;- near the old homestead in Ohio. Our subject received but a limited education, his opportunities being such as were afforded by the district schools, which he attended during the win- tor season, assisting in the labors of the farm dur- ing the summer months. He remained under the parental roof until twenty-one years of .age, when, leaving his home, he worked at various occuiiations until 1849. In the meantime, he had returned lo New York, antl in 18.")0 rented a farm, which he commenced operating in his own interests, but a year later he left the East, resolved lo try his for- tune in Wisconsin. Arriving at his destination in the fall of 1851. he pnich.a.sed forty acres of land in Fulton Township, Rock Connly. which jjroved the nucleus of his [)resent fine farm. The land was then in a wild and untadlivated condition, but a few furrows had been turned and the improve- ments consiste(l oidy of a little log cabin, into which the family moved. Willi characteristic energ3', Mr. Schoonover began the task of develop- ing the farm, and in the course of time, where was once a thick and rank growth of prairie grass, fields of waving grain greeted the e3"e. In the month of February. 184!t. .Mr. Schoon- over was joined in wedlock with .Miss Anna .M. Coiulwrighl. anil to them were born, two children, a son and daughter: Charles F., who was boiii in 18511, is now engaged in farming in the Town of Fulton; Caroline E., who was born in 1H53, and is now the wife of I). E. Hopkins, also a resident of Fulton. Mrs. Schoonover wa.< called to her final rest May 12, 1854, and interred in the Edgerlon Ceineter^'. She was a loving wife and tender mother, a kind and accommodating friend and neiirhbor, .and n faithful and consistent Chiislian lady, a mendier of the Haptist ClHirch. Mr. Schoonover is a self-made man. and his life has been one of industry and toil. Ambitious and energetic, the dilliiailties in his way only seemed to nerve him to greater effort, and overcoming .all obstacles, he ha.s stcadilv clindicd the ladder of •►Hh^ •^-^ ROCK COUNTY G6!i •f -.iiccoss until he is now one of tlie well-to-do farm- I'ls (if Kiilton. One of the eaily settlers of Koek Comity, he hiavely eiiduieil the trials uf piuneer life to make for himself and family a home. At the time of his settlement the lar<;e and thriving cities of .lanesville and lleloit. with Ihcir large maiuifactniing interests, their piihlic Imildings and eleg.'int residences, were hut small villages; in the tindiered regions the deer still found a home, and wild fowl was to lie found in abundance. In the work of lransforni.il ion and progress which has ctniverled this once wild region into one of the finest counties in this vast commonwealth, Mr. Schoonover has iiolil^- liorn his part. lie has aided largely in the development of tlu' land, and now has a line farm of 1 10 acres, all under cultivation. In 1872 the little log caliiu which had sheltered the family fi-<>m the storms of winter and the heat of the summer sun for twenty-two years, was replaced liy a large and commodious two-story lirick resi- dence, one of the pleasantest homes in the town. Mr. Schoonover has been honored with various ollicial positions; he has served as .Side .Supervisor, was Chairman of the Uoard for a number of terms, and h.MS acteil as 'rreasiirer of the school district; ami ill all these ditfereiit ollices has discharged his duties in a prompt and able inanuer. In politics lie is a Democrat, and a stalwart supporter of the party principles as advocated by its party leaders. He is a worthy and prominent citizen, whose ster- ling worth and uprightness of character have gained him the conlidcnce of all. .Mr. Schoonover is well known throughout the county, and this sketch of his life will lie welcomed by the readers of this work not oul}' among his friends of pioneer days, but by liis younger acquaintances of later years. ^KIHKN WINSTON, a member of the firm y of K. V. Randolph A' Co., lumber dealers i\ of Evansville, was born in Chenango ^p! County, N. V..on the ITtli day of Novem- ber. Ifi-2G. and is a son of .lohn Winston, whose sketch appears on another page of this volume. lie was reared to manlioc)d upon a farm, and when about (if teen years of age left his native State and came with his parents to Rock County, where he has since made his home, with the exception of a few years, lie began his mercantile career as a salesman in llu' store of his brother Nelson Winston, anil .Mr. H.-mielt. when those gentlemen were asso- ciated in business in Oregon. Wis. In 1.S.5I. he ein)>aiked in the inercanlile business for liiinseif at Stoi.ghton, Wis., forming :i partner- ship with .Sylvester Giles, which connection con- tinued for about a year when he sold his interest to his partner. At the time he engaged in business at Stougliton, the means of the firm were wliolly in.adequate for the purclia.se of such a stock of goods as they desired, but .Mr. Winston, who went to New York to select the goods found no difliculty ill obtaining what was wanted on credit. It is needless to say that prompt and full payment was made, for Mr. Winston is well known throughoul Rf)ck County as a ni.an of lujnor and fair deal ng. In the fall of 18.55, the flnn of .1. Winston it .Sons was formed, continuing until 1861, when it wa,s dissolved. Our subject was then not actively en- gaged in business for a year, when he and his father again opened a mercantile establishments under the firm name of .1. Winston tt Son, but after two or three years had passed the father withdrew and Keiibeii continued in business for many years, the firm being K. AVinston & Co. At length selling out bis slock of merchandise, he turned his atten- tion to the lumber trade, engiiging in that business, first with Daniel .Tohn.son for one year, when he bought out Mr. .Johnson and took into partnership a Mr. True, and carried on the business for a few years under the firm name of H. Winston ii Co., after which he bought out Mr. True and formed a partnershii) with Mr. F. W. Tolles, which contin- ued a few years, when he purclnised .Mr. Tolle's in- terest and formed his present ■tjusiness relations will Mr. Randolph. The firm does a flourishing business and is one of the leading establishments of the kind ill Hock Countj'. In 1852, Mr. Winston was united in marriage with Mi.'s Mary Helen Nichols, a daughter of Dennis Nichols, who was one of the early settlers of Rock County, but afterwards became a resident of Iowa, where he made his home for several years, and is now living in Nebraska. Three children 4^ ■t- 670 ROCK COUNTY. ^ -f liave heen horn of their union, nil daughters — Clara, their first l)orn, flied at the a^e of fourteen years; Amanda Elizabeth is now the wife of Geo. H. Butts, a resident of Milton .hinction. Wis.; and Kate is tiie widow of C. H. Ladd. Mr. Winston is one of the representative men of Kock County, and a wortii}' and esteemed citizen. In politics, he has ever supported tlie Republican party, and is a laitlifnl adherent to its [irineiples. For almost half a century he has resided in this county, win- ning the iiearts of man}' by his frani< and cordial manner and his kindly disposition. Tliough not a member of any ciiurcli, Mr. AVinston attends the Congregational Church, of which iiis wife and daugiiters are members. «^ LFRED HUBBELL. who is tlie owner of a l@/y| fine farm of "200 acres on section 3 1 , town of 1!' Fulton, was l>orn in the town of (Queens- bury, AVarren Co.,N. Y.,Jaii. 16. 1828, and liis parents, Isaac and Hannaii (Pray) Ilubbell, were also n.atives of that State. Their family num- bered nine children — P^sther, the eldest, is the wife of George Walkup. who resides in (jueensbury, Warren Co.. X. Y. Mary and Ziilaii are both deceased. Lucy wedded John Schofield. a resident farmer of the town of Fulton. Lovisa is the wife of Ebene/.er West, who also makes his home in Queensbury, Warren Co.. N. Y. Elsie married De Wilt Fuller, and is living in Center, Rock County. Frederick and .lohu P. also make their home in (Queensbury, N. Y. Alfred, of this sketch, completes the family. Isaac Ilubbell was a man of sterling worth and strict integrilj', and was a prom- inent citizen of the communit}- in which ho resided. In politics he was a Democrat, and gave hissuijport and influence for the advancement of that part3''s interest. He died on the 13tii day of April. 1831, and was buried in (iueensbury, Warren Co., N. Y. Many years passed, when Mrs. Hubbell was also called to her final rest, in 1869. and was buried liy the side of her husband. Since the early age of nine years, our sub- ject has made liis own wa}- in the worhl, and is in- deed a self-made man. His father having died when he was but three years of age. he remained witli his mother until his tenth year, when he was bound out, working for his board and clothes until he was seventeen years of age. During that time lie attended the district school, where he received his education, and on leaving the home of his em- plo\er to begin life's battle with the world, had but seventy cents in money. For five years lie labored as a farm liand in his native State, when, thinking that the opportunities aflordol young men in the West were superior to those in the older States of the East, lie emigrated to Wisconsin in 185(!t. and again was employed at farm labor. By industry and economy, lie accumulated a small sum of money, which in \X.')'2 he invested in property, purchasing eighty acres of land, on wh'cli he now resides. Building a small shanty to afford him shelter while developing his farm, he at once began to break prairie and otherwise cultivate the land. In the course of time his labors were crowned with success, his crops yielding abundant harvests, wiiich enabled him to purchase other land. His farm now comprises 200 acres. It is stocked with a good grade of horses, cattle and hogs; thereon may be found tiie latest machinery, and the neatness and regularity of the home and its surroundings indicate thrift and enterprise. In 1854, the temporar}' cabin which he had built was replaced by a more sub- stantial frame dwelling, in which he lived until 1882, when the present commodious two-story resi- dence was erected. Mr. Hubt)ell was united in marriage with Jliss Mary Miles, who was born in Ri|)ley County, Ind., and is a daughter of Jesse and Martha (Beckett) Miles. They had a family- of seven children, five of whom are living — I'lorence, the eldest, is de- ceased; Fred, born March II, 18,58, is engaged in farming in the town of Porter; Minnie, born Aug. 17, 1859, resides at home; Alfred is also deceased; John, born Oct. 12, 1870, and William and Nellie, twins, born Juh' 29, 1872, are yet with their parents. The entire possessions of Mr. Hubbell he has gained since becoming a resident of Rock County. He is numbered among the early settlers of this community, and has not only witnessed, but has participated in the rapid growth and development -^J^ ■^^ ROCK COUNTY. G71 vvliic'li liave taken place. Public-spirited and pro- uii'ssivt-. lie takes ;i deep interest in the advance- ment of all pnblic enterprises, and is a worthy and valued citizen, whose lioinirable and upright life has won liiiii the confidence and high regard of all. ^ OCX? . '^'oiSo~' jtp=!S)D\VAI{l)C. I'O WELL, one of Rock County's fNl leading citizens, residing on section 28, /I' — ^ town of Fulton, was born on the •27th d.ay of .Inly. 1H.')2. in a little log cabin on a farm, where he still makes his homo. His father, the hilc lb 111. Robert T. Rowcll. was a native of Long Island, horn in mil», and during his entire life he followed the occupation of farming. I^eaving his native State, he removed to Xew York, .and in 1842 emigrated to the West, settling in Rock County. Wis. For two years he engaged in teaching school at Milton, and siilise((uently followed the same profession in the town of Fulton, where he later purchased a farm, lie was united in marriage with Miss Emeline Carr, who was born in Troy, N. Y., in 182G, and came to Rock County in 18.39. She proved a true helpmate to him, nobly sharing ill the iii.iny clilliciiUie> and hardships of pioneer life, and was an earnest Christian woman. Five fliiblreii were born to them, but our s'llijecl is the only one now left to tell the stor)'; two died in in- fancy, and Ella and John passed away after reach- ing mature years, and were burieil in the Kdgerton Cemeteri'. On (Hilling his attention to agricultural pursuits Mr. Rowcll'purchased 12(1 acres of land, then wholly uncultivated, which forms a part of the farm now owned by Edwanl C. The entire (^ountrv at that time was almost an iinliroken prairie, over which the deer roamed, and the settlements were few and far between; the markets were miles away, times were hard and money scarce; the farming imple- ments were of rude construction, an •«» ROCK COUNTY. f is:ittcsteulilican. and for two years was Alderman in the Secoml Ward. For .sixteen years he has been a member of the Masonic Order, hold- ing membership with Western Star Lodge. No. 14. A. F. it A. M. He is also a member of Orient.'d Lodge, No. 22. K. P. While a resident of .lanesville but about twenty- four years. Mr. Thoroughgood has thoroughly identified himself with its business interests, and is regarded among the leading and progressive citi- zens of tiie city. During his residence, he has gathereil around him many warm friends, who highly esteem him for his worth as a man and a citizen. ■shire, vf'AMES G. WR AY. of .lanesville, is a repre- n.and ll sentative of one of the pioneer families of wliom ^-.,1! Kot'k County. His f.ither, John Wray, was oriner ^^/^ born in i-ecds. Yorkshire, England, in 1820. and in his native town was reared to manhood, and learned the trade of a mason. He came to the Unite0,(IOO. This company is engaged in the niamifacture of tacks and sumll nails, and is one of the iniporiant nianufacluring interests of Rock County. In his business dealings Mr. Snashall has always been the soul of honesty, thereby' winning the conBdence of all with wlioni he has been brought in contact. In liis itrivate life, his genial, kindly inaniicr has secured him the respect and esteem of all, and be and his wife hold a high social po.silion in the community. A family of three sons has been born to this worthy couple: Arthur A., who was born on the lOtli day of May. 1869: Bert L.. born in Augu.'it, 1872; and Claude, the youngest, born in Septem- ber, 1873. >^^§^k< (* ikILI.IAM ]'.. B.MNES. one of the early '\\a* settlers of this county, now residing in ¥ Hock Township, on section 10, was born in Giddington, Northamptonshire, Kngland, March 28, in the year 1830. and his parents, John and Marv Elizabeth (Branson) Baines, were also na- tives of the same country. The father engaged in the occu|ialion of farming and was also a proprie- tor of a hotel for many years. In the Episcopal Church, of which iie was a member, he served a.s trustee for several years. To them were born seven children: Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Brett, of Brig- stock, North:im[)tousliire, England; Josejih, a re- tired farmer, living in Burton-on-Trent, England ; William B. of this sketch; .lolin. a dealer of wood and coal in Chicago, 111. The other members of the family are all deceased. William Branson, the maternal grandfather of lhe.--e children, also fol- lowed the occupation of farming thrciughout his life. He wsis a man noted for his kindness of heart, and took great interest in his grandchildren. With them he shared their childish joys and pleas- \ires, and to him they came to receive comfort for their childish grief, and the sympathy the}' ex- pected was never refused. The subject of this sketch received his education in the common schools, which he attended until seventeen years of age. He then worked upon his father's farm for the succeeding two 3'ears, when, at the age of nineteen years, he bade good-by to his. home and native land and crossed the broad Atlantic with the intention of making his future home in the new world, whose prospects seemed more inviting to him than those offered by the Old Country'. Ills voyage completed he first set- tliil in .liilinstown. Fulton County. N. Y.. where he cMgageil as a farm hand for about fifteen months and then went to Montgomery County, where he was employed in the same manner. Later he went to Oneida County. X.Y.. where he ag.iin worked as a farm hand, and while in that county formed the acquaintance of Miss Elizabeth .Simons, a native of (ierman}' and a daughter of Martin Simons. wh(» was also born in that country. The acquaint:ince of the j'oung couple ripeneil into love and their wedding was celebrated April 7, 1852. After his marriage Mr. Baines again worked as a farm hand for a while, but afterward emigrated to Ashtabula County, Ohio, where he rented a farm, engaging in its cidtivation for a year, at the end of which time he bought eight}' acres of land, which he im|)roved and made his home for twelve years, adding to the original purchase until the farm comprised 274 acres. While making his home thereon oil w.is discovered near the land and he sold at a good jirice. in 1 K()4. In the fall of that year he left Ohio and with his family removed to Rock County, Wis., where he purcha.scd 2.50 acres of land on section 10, Rock Townshlj). the farm ui)on which Frances Willard, the noted temperance worker, was born and roared. Since that time he has given his attention to farming and to the rais- ing of tobacco, in which he has been quite success- ful. Many improvements have been added, both useful and ornamental, until his farm is now one of the finest within the limits of the count}'. .Since his pnrch.ase he has erected a fine residence valued at ^0.500 ; a barn h.as been built worth *2,000. and ashed which co.st §1,000 has been made for the storing of his tol)acco. Progressive ;uid enter- prising, he is a leading farmer of the community and is a member of the Hock County Agricultural Association. I'nto .Mr. and .Mrs. Baines have been born five ! children: William A., who resides in the city of *»• ■ ■» ^ -4*- ROCK COITNTY. .Innesville, married Miss Ella Mor->-> ^^^^^!i^i^^^ the West to try his fortune, and located in Madison, where he resided for one year. At the end of that lime he came to Hock County and set- tled pel inauenllv. ln^coniing one of the leading and <• substantial faimers of the town of Fulton. He purchased IGO acres of land, vvhicli was yet in its primitive condition, not a furrow having been turned or an improvement made, and at once erected a small frame house in which he passed his (lioneer daj-s. On the 5th day of June. 184."). Mr. Post led to the marriage altar Miss Rebecca Raden, and unto them were born two children, the younger of whom died in infancy; INIary, the elder, is now the wife of William Fergus and resides in Ohio. After four years of hai)py marrried life, the loving wife and mother was called to her final rest. 'Sir. Post was again married April 28, 1851. Eveline M. Pear- son becoming his wife. Two children were born of his second marriage — William T., who was born Sept. 29, 1852, and now has charge of the home farm; and one child who died in infancy. Mr. Post has resided on the farm where he now makes his home for the period of thirty -five years. His life has been one of industry- and toil, and to his own etforts and the assistance of William, a practical and progressive young farmer, may be attributed to his .success. He is engageuilding 2()Ox;5;i feet used in curing tobacco, and his other barns and outbuildings are all that are necessary for a model farm. Upon his land can be found a good grade of all kinds of stock, together with the latest improved machinery, and every thing about the place denotes the owner to be a man of thrift and enterprise. In 18C2, the little frame dwelling in which Mr. and Mrs. Postshared the trials and d'.tli- culties of pioneer life, was replaced by a substan- tial and commodious two story frame residence, one of the finest in the town of Fulton. On the l(5lh day of March, 1887. our subject was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, with whom he traveled life's journey for thirty-six 3'ears. She was buried in Edgerton Cemelery, since which time he has made his home with his son, William. William Post, who resides on the old home farm and was instrumental in placing it under its present high state of cullivation. was joined in wedlock on the 30tli day of .May. 1 8h7. with MissMarv ^ 4- ROCK COUNTY. 681 Miisselil, itiid tlieir union has been blessed with one child, a liulo daughter, Eveline M., who was hoiii .hiiie II. 1888. Both Mr. Post and his son are l\i'|)ulilii'ans in politics and take an active in- terest in the welfare iuid success of that party. They .'ue well-known and highly esteemed Ihi-ouyh- outHiick County, in the growth and |)ros|)erity of which they take an honest pride. »-ffi5»«^t^ <^5.£^-»tf~ eHARLKS II. BATKS, who is numbered among the early settlers of this county, .and now resides on section 22, Porter Township, is a native of the Empire State, having been born in Oneida County, on the 7tli d.ay of Janujuy, 1H()8. and is the son of .lohn and Koxanna (Robin- son) IJates. He is descended from the old Revolu- tionary stock, his grandfather, John Bates. .Sr., having served as a captain during the struggle of the Colonies for independence, while Isaac C. Bates, his brother, held the office of Colonel. .John Bates, the father of our subject, followed the occupation of farming through his entire life. lie al.so was a defender of his country, during tlie War of IK12, and after receiving his discharge re- turned to his home in New York. In 1S32. ac- companied by his family, ho removed to the town of Hudson, Ohio, where he engaged in farming. Six children were born to him and his excellent wife, bill of that number our subject is the only one left to record the history of the family. Those who have passed aw.ay are Roxanna, John, Will- iam, Emily, and Marietta. Mr. Bates was an iu- lluential and highly respecte?;3o,()0(), he had them shippe J' ] ACOB A. TICK has been a resident of Janes- I vilh' for nearly fort3' j'ears, the date of his ] arrival being 1850. He was born in Mon- ' mouth County. N. J., on the 28tli d.ay of Julv. 1S"2."). and is a son of Hdnumd Kearney Tice. 'IMie Ticc faniil}' is of Holland descent, and was founded in New .lersej- at an early day. The Kear- no}' family', the ancestors on the maternal side, were of Irish origin, and also became residents of Nesv Jersey in Colonial days. Mrs. Jacob Tice. the grandmother of our subject, was :> relative of Cien. Kearney, of Rc\ obilioiiary fame. Edmund K. Ticc was born in New Jersey. May 28, 1791, and on the lllh day of December, 1817. married Jane Allen, who was also born in New Jer- sey, though her father was a native of Connecticut. Her mother was also of New Jersey- birth. ^Ir. Tice learned the trade of a carpenter and builder, which he followed the greater part of his life. He and his wife were the parents of five children, three sons and two daughters, who grew to ma- turity, and all eventually came to Wisconsin, with the exception of one son. William 1)., who died in New Jersey before the emigration of the family to the West. Two years alter tiie location of our subject in Rock County. Mr. Tice. Sr.. accom- panied by the remainder of the familj'. also came to Janesville. lieing somewhat advanced in life when he came to Wisccmsin. he did not afterwanls engage actively in business, but was appointed Deputy City Marshal, and served acceptabh- in that i)osition. He w.as an upright, honest man. highly respected by all. His death occurred April y, 1804, and his wife departed this life June 12, 1872. The three chihlren who shared their jour- ney to Wisconsin were: James, who is still a resi- dent of Janesville; Margaret, who is now the wife of James M. Warn, of Charles City, Iowa; and Mrs. Eliza J. Thompson, wiio died in Janesville a num- ber of years ago, as did her husband. Jacob .\. Tice was reared to manhood in his na- tive State, and in May. 1850. located in the city of Janesville. when it contained but a scattered popu- lation, while the county was in a like unsettled coiiditiou. After his arrival, he turned his atten- tion lo ngricultur:d pursiiit-i. and engaged in farm- ing for about two jears. On discontinuing that Occui)ation. he established himself in business as a photographer, and. with tiie exception of an inter- val of seven years, has followed that vocation cf>ii- tinuously since. Nov. 20. 1854. he wedded .Miss Frances Hardgrove, who is of English descent, and two chihlren blest their union. Henry, who is chief clerk in the Division Superiiiti'iideiit's oflice of the Atcheson. Tojieka i^- Santa Fe Railroad Company, at Topeka. is married an little log cabin previously built, he moved his family. After one year, howevei-, he sold out and |iiirchas- ing propertj' in Indian Ford, removed to that town and embarked in the grocery business. He also conducted a hotel for two years, later purch.osing what is now known as the Fnited States House at Edgerton. He carried on business in that line until his death, which occurred .\ng. It, 1867. The hotel was conducted in an aide manner and gained great favor with the traveling public. [i(. .^iso owned a good farm, which, in connection with the hotel property, is now in possession of his wife, who makes her home in Edgerton with her youngest daughter. Though beginTiing life in limited cir- cumstances, with no capital save a strong riglil arm an(i the determination to succeed. John Hnt.son steadily worked his way upward and when called «^^ from this earth left his family in comfortable cir- cumstances. He was a member of the Church of Englanil (the Epise()pal.) to which his wife also belonged. He gave freely of his time and money U) the supjjort of all public enterprises, was prom- inently identified with the leading interests of the comnmuit\- and was numbered among Hock Coun- ty's liest citizens. Foliticallj'. he was a Democrat .and suppnrted that party from the time when he became a naturalized citizen. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Hntson nund>ered nine children, as follows: IJenjamlu. Willi.am. IIu- lett, JInry Ann, Deborah. Julia Ann, Thomas. James S., and Ellen. William Ilutson passed his early bovhood days in his native land, and when a lad of nine years came with his parents to .\merica. In the common schools of Michigan and Wisconsin, he received his education, and when twenty years of age began earning his own livelihoompleting his school life, lie next operateil a farm on shari'S for two years, and though making his home with his father, paid his board. Mr. Ilutson, Sr., then removing to Ivlgerton. our sub- ject worked for him in that city and while theie residing was united in the holy bonds of matrimony with Miss Laney C. Walrath, b\- whom he has two children — Mary A., the elder, born Oct. 2;5. 1855. is the wife of Sjicucer (iove. a resident of Edger- ton ; Clark H., born Dec. 13, 1862. is now living in Minnesota. In 1877. Mr. Hutson was called upon to mourn the lo.ss of his wife, who died on the 1 8lh ilay of August, of that year and was interred in the cemetery at Edgerton. He was again married Jul\- .'!, 18.H1. the lads' of his choice lieing Jane Cowing, a daughter of John and .M;ir\- (Waggoner) Cowing. Her mother still resides in Stoughton, Wis., but lier father is now deceased. In the spring of 1851, Mi-. Ilutson removed to a farm in Fulton Township, which he operatei-.s, hnt at length forming a partner- ship with some gentlemen, he o|)erated a ranch in that f:ir western State for two years. Returning at tlie end of that lime to Wisconsin, he again en- gaged in the eullivatiou of a farm on shares for the succeeding two years, when he purchased tiie eighty .icre farm on which lie now resides. Alliiongh it was then in its primitive condition, he has con- verted it into a trat-l of the richest fertility, h.as made many tine improvements, erected a large house and good liariis and stocked it with a good gr.ade of cattle, horses and hogs. Mr. Hutson has contributed freely to the su|)port of all public en- terprises and is recognized as one of the leading and substantial farmers of the community. He is a supporter of the Democratic parly, and a.s ever^' American citizen should do, feels an interest in political affairs, but has never sought or desired publii- preferment. We are pleased to record this brief .sketch of the life of William Hutson. one of Rock Count3''s honored [)ioneers, whose lesideuce dales from 1845. AVID (JAURISON .lOHXSON, who is engaged in farming on section 31, Fulton Township, was l>orn on the 2Gth day of .Vpiil. 181 2, in Milton. Saratoga Co., N. v., and is a son of Jonathan and Clarissa ((iar- rison) Johnson, who were also burn in the Em|)irc State. The father was a carpenter by trade and followed that occupation in connection with farm- ing during the greater part of his life. For many years he was engaged on the construction of the Oswego Canal. His ilcatli occurred in his native State and he was biiriert jiear Sj'racuse. Mrs. Johnson siu'v'.vcd her husl)and a few years. The subject of this sketch received a common school education and passed the days of his boy- hood and youth in the hnme of his [larents. ,\l m the age of twenty-one years he began his liusinoss career and was employed on the construction of the Oswego Canal until 18,')0, when, attracted by the gold discoveries in California, he started for the Pacific Slope, making the journey by water. Crossing the Isthmus of I'anama he boarded a I'a- cific steamer which carried him safely to .San I'ran- cisco. On arriving at his destination he engaged in mining for two years, which satisfied his desires in that direction and he returned to his home. In the year 1853 he came to the new State of Wis- consin and turned his attention to .agricultural pursuits, locating on 120 acres of land which he had purchased a few years jjrevious. Only fifteen acres of the whole amount had been placed under the plow, but moving into a little log cabin, he com- menced breaking the wild prairie and in the course of time converted it into one of the fine farms of the community and extended its boundaries until it now comprises 175 acres. In connection with gen- eral farming he raises a good grade of stock. His home and the many beautiful and useful improve- ments to 1h' found on the land are monuments to his industrious life, his energy and his persever- ance. On the 1-lth day of March, 1838, David Johnson and Miss Atlanta T. IJoyce were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. For the long period of forty-three years they traveled life's journey to- gether, sharing with e.ich other the jo^-s and sor- rows, the sunshine and sh.adow which forms a part of each life; but at length the da^' of separation came, and Mrs. Johnson was laid in the grave in 1.H81. Mr. Johnson takes an active interest in political affairs, and h.as been a stanch supporter of the Democratic party since casting his first Presiden- tial vote for Andrew Jackson. He has encouraged and supported the various enterprises of the coni- munit}- which promised to be beneficial to the public in general, and is highly regarded by all .as a worth}- and useful citizen. Harvey J. Johnson, nephew of the above, was born on the 7th day of .Vugust, 1852, in Syr.acuse, N.Y.. and since the age of two years h.os made his home with his uncle liavid. He rcceiveil his edu- cation in the common schools of Rock Countv.and _*► ■ ^> a. 4 088 IJOCK COUNTY. on attaining a sufficient age began assisting his un- cle in the lal)ois of the farm, lie is a piactieal anil [irogrossive farmer and is now managing the farm in his own interests. Mr. Johnson is a mem- ber of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Fulton Lodge, No. 09, A. F. "'! Cynthia (Cowan) Hind, honored pion- period of ten years. For four years while residing in Alleghany County he held the position of financial manager of Alfred Academy — now a University — during which time he secured for that institution a loan from the Slate of fil 0,000, which was later presented to the academy as a gift. He was several times elected Town Superin- tendent of Schools and also held the office of Justice of the I'eace. On the 16th day of Jann.iry, 1H31. Mr. (wven- man wedded Miss Mary H. .Maxson. who was born at Newport, R. 1., March 27, 1808. They became the parents of four children, all sons. Charles H., the elder, is proprietor of a nursery at Chatfield, Minn.; William H. died at Millon on the 3d day of September, 1853; John M. is a lawyer at Austin, Minn., where he h.as been several times elected l)is- eers of Rock County. They were natives of the Empire State, and the father w:us a farmer by occil- [)ation, engaging in agricultural pursuits through- out his entire life. When a young man of twenty- one years Silas llurd left New York to try his fortune in the then f.ir West, and became one of the earl}' settlers of Wisconsin, then a Territory. As the railroad had not 3'et spanned the continent, he was compelled to use some other means of travel, and made the entire journey by w.agon. He halted for a little while near the city of Beloit. planting a cro|) of corn, and then continued on his way until reaching the town of Fulton, where he purchased 100 acres of land from the Gftvernment. Erect- ing a little log cabin on the banks of Rock River, he at once began the development of the farm. breaking prairie, planting crops and otherwise im- t :;- UOC'K C'UliNTY. 4 |)i'Oving it, until that once wild rejrion was Irans- foinu'd into a tract of rich fertility. A family of seven chililien were lioiii to IMr. and Mrs. ilurd, as follow.s : C'hail(!s II., llie eldest, who is now deceased; Clara M., wife of Elijah 1'. Wixoin, a resident farmer of the Town of Ful- ton; Saraii K.. who wedded (leorge Schofield ans^^IIEODORE ni'ITS, who Is extensively cn- l'/^^ gaged in farming and stock-raising on sec- \^^' tioii 13, town of Eullon, is one of the honored pioneers of the coniily, and has been an imiiortant factor in the growth and ogau the work of carving out a home for his family on the frontier, and though many were the difficulties to be overcome and the obsta- cles to be surmounted, his labors were at length crowned with success. The crops planted yielded abundant harvests, and by the consequent rise in value of the land Mr. Butts became a well-to-do citizen. Our subject is the eldest of a family of eight cliildicn.all of whom are living witlione exception. Robert now makes his home in Minnesota; Jacob is also a resident of that State; Charles is now de- ceased; Jerome is living in Minnesota; Catherine makes her home in this county; Mary is living in Washington, and Rachel resides in Edgerton. Mr. and Mrs. Butts were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and were earnest workers in their Master's vineyard. Kind ami charitable, ever ready to extend a iielping hand, they received the love and resi)ect of all who knew them. In politics Mr. Butts wa.s a Democrat, and was numbered among the leading citizens of this community'. His death occurred on the 31st day of August, 1843, and though he has ly many friends and companions of pioneer days, llis wife, who was l)orn Oct. 13, 1801. survives her husband and lives with her son Theodore on the old homestead. She is now in the eighty-fifth year of her age, and all delight to do her honor, who for half a century has been a resilient of Rock County. Our subject was but twelve years of age when, with the famil3', he located in the town of Fulton. Manv anil i,neal are the changes which have been made since that day. The country w.as but sparsely settled, the land was still unturned bj' the plow, and the echoes of the forest had not been awak- ened by the woodman's ax. The city of Janesville. the metropolis of Southern Wisconsin, contained only a few houses and l)ut one store, and the first mill in the county was built at Beloit, to which, when a lad, Mr. Butts would drive with an ox team, and remaining over night in the mill, return the next day with his flour. Indians were still quite numerous in the settlement, but were friendlj', giving no trouble whatever. On this Western frontier our subject was reared to nianhoofl, and at the age of twent3--two years began operating, in his own interest, his father's farm, of which he has had control ever since. His l>fe has been one of indus- try, and by his energy and enterprise he has accu- mulated a comfortable competency. Cultivating and improving his land, he now has one of the best farms of Rock County, which is especially noted for its many beautiful homes. In 1867 he erected a large and substantial dwelling, but the little log cabin still stands as a memento of pioneer days, and is one of the few landmarks which have with- stood the ravages of time. In connection with the cultivation of his farm, Mr. Butts devotes con- siderable attention to the raising of fine stock, in- cluding horses, cattle and hogs, making a specialty of .Short-horn Durham cattle. He has been quite successful in that line, and deserves much credit for introducing an improved breed into the county. On the 17th day of May. 1849. Mr. Butts was joined in wedlock with Catherine Kimball, and of their union were born nine children. .\nn Eliza, boin April 14,1 8;')0. is the wife of George Parker, of Beloit; Dena, born Nov. 22, 1851, resides at home; Theodore. Jr., boin Sept. 3. 1853, is living in Wal- worth County, Wis.; Eugene, born Aug. 9. 1855. is engaged in farming in this county; Ella, born Feb. 12, 1857. is the wife of E. K. Peck, a resident far- mer of the town of Fulton; (leorge. born Dec. 11, 1859, makes his home in Milton Junction; Henri- etta, born Oct. 24. 1861. wedded Erford Frink,of Milton Junction ; Lincoln, born Dec. 8. 1863, located at Delavan, and Edward, the 3-oungcst, born Jlay 5, 1866. is still at home. The family circle yet re- mains unbroken, and the children are all now 't= ■^^ HOCK COUNTY. "•^TT^ 6!»1 lospi't'lt'd iiipii ;iii(l woiiK'ii. wild (li> lioiior to the fninily ikuir'. ,Mr. Itiills ami liis wifit arc c-niniiuniicaiits of the !\Iclli()(list I']|)isc-o|)al ClmiTli anil foiitrilmti' fiouly to tlie support of llial cause. He is a friend to all .social, moral ami eiliicalioiial interests, and like his father has lieen an important factor in the u|)- linildiii'.'- of the conimunity. He lia.s not only been a witness of the t,ndwtli and proirre.ss, Init ha.s aided in the nohle work of transformation which ha.s made Hock County in many respects the ban- ner c(junty of the State. Since his coming the ))ioneer homes have been replaced by substantial dwellings and elegant residences, towns and vil- lages have sjirnng np. churches anr's farm .iiid his education w.t.s supplied by Ashland Academj- and Xoi-walk Seminary, in his native State. He was .ambitious to complete a col- legiate course of study, but his anxiety to compass this end Ijroke down his lu'alth. and he was com- pelli'd to change liis i)lans of life. He taught several winter terms of school in order to attend school in the summer, .\fter s[)endiiig some time in the Sonth,hecani<;lo HockCounty in thespringof 1817. In the fall of that year he .settled permaiieutlj' in Janesville, and the next spring opened a book and st.ilionery store. This business, which began in a small way has continued ever since, and is now one of the most extensive in Southern Wisconsin. Much of his business has been resigned by Mr. Sutherland to the care of his sons, while he gives some of his thought to cpiestionsof public weal and progress. He has ever been in the front rank of those who sought to use their means and influence for the uplifting of humanity and the advancement of the State and Nation. For the material welfare of his town and county, he has aitled in securing railroads and maniif;icturing industries. He was made Treasurer of the Hock County Bible Society, on its organization in 1 848, and has filled that jjosi- tion most of the time since: he has also served the .society in the capacity of Director, Secretary and President. Mr. Sutherland lias been a liberal con- tributor to the support of the Wisconsin State His- torical Society, and is a life member. He is also a member of the American Historical Association. The tenth volume of the Reports of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin contains the sub- stance of an address he was honored with deliver- ing before that society, upon the antiquities, and early explorations of the territory now known as Wisct)nsin. On the admission of this State into the Union, Mr. Sutherland was elected the first Superintendent of Schoe)ls in the town of Janes- ville, and was also the tirst Superintendent of Schools for the incorporated city. When a Hoard of l-xluciition was formed to control the city- schools, he was elected a mem her of that body for several ye.ars. He was twice elected May^or of the cit}', in 1872 and 1873, by large m.ajorities. He :*^- 692 ■«»- ROCK COUNTY. i= lias served two terms, of two years cacli,asa mem- ber of the State Senate, iii the actions of wliiih hocly he took a prominent and active part. For tiirco years he was Ciiairman of tlie Committee on Education, School and University- Lands. To Mr. Sutherland belongs the credit for the establishment of our present beneficent Normal school system. He introduced the first bill for creating a fund for this purpose; and although it failed of passage at that time, it was his sulistitute bill, reported by his committee, that became a law the following session. It was sought to establish an educational fund for certain colleges, and the Committeon Education, through Chairman Suther- land, reported "a Bill for the Encouragement of Acadeniies and Normal Schools." This was car- rieractical workings of the iniquitous slave s.vstcm, and became its uncom- promising o|)p()nent. He took an advanced i)osi- tion in the Republican |)arty councils, at its organ- ization, and is still trying to lead it forward to the noblest action. While Mr. Sutherland has never been a third i)arty |ir<)hibilionist, he has alwavs been a friend and advocate of the cause of tem- perance, believing that while moral means must be resorted to mainly to forward this movement, yet at the same time it is the duty of the State to en- act the best temperance measures, which the people will enforce. He was among the first to espouse the Republican anti-saloon movement. He was a member of the first National conference to con- sider this measure, which met in the city of Chicago, .Se|)ten)ber, 188G. and served as one of the committee on resolutions. He believes that the life and suc- 1 cess of the political party to which he belongs de- pends u[)i)n an advanced movement upon this im- portant question. In November, 1816, Mr. F. H. Revell of Chicago and New York, published a neat volume entitled "Talks on Living Subjects," prepared by .Mr. Sutherland, which is devoted partly to a discuss- ion of the evils and the cure of intemperance. This work has been heartilv conimeinled bj- the press and the public generally'. By the solicita- tion of the editor, Mr. .Sutherland has become a contributor to the New York Mail and Expi-ess, and his articles are characLeristic in their sound logic and earnestness, without abuse of his op|)o- nent, and in their practical suggestions of reform. In December, lis 16. Mr. Sutherland wedded Miss Elizabeth Witliington, who w.as born inAkr(ni, ().. and is a daughter of Daniel and Temperance (( !ray) Witliington, of early English ancestry. The seven children of our subject are all residents of .laiies- ville, except the fourth who is engaged in mining in California, and the si.xth in practice at Rock- ton, III. Following are their names in order of birth: .lames A., Orion. Aicturus. Le Verrier, Araby, Charles Liniieus, .M. D.. and Lily Imogen. Tlie last is the wife of George Woodruff. The first two are associated with their father in business. ||r-:v()I5ERT WILLIA.M SCOTT, Superintend- ]l^ cut of Oak Hill Cemetery, .lanesville, was born in (ilasgow, .Scotlaiul. .March 15, 1844, P; and is the son of .loliii and Sarah (Stuart) Scott. When fourteen years of age be came to America and located in Toronto, where he remained until the fall of 186:3. when lie came to .lanesville, which has since been his home. Scarcely- six months had passed away, when daily reading and hearing of the awful struggle going on between the North and South, and with that love of liberty in- born in every human l)re;ist, and with a heart over- fiowiiig with sym|iathy for the oppressed race in the .South, he enlisted in the Union Arny as a mem- ber of Company F, ."ioth Wisconsin Infantiy, in February. 1804. For a little more than two years he served his adopted country' as one of its brave ■f<^' f\* cCp/vi^ "t/Vi^^ ( '-eyy ^ ^ 1U)CK COUNTY. ••^ G!)i1 sdldii'is. takiiiir P^'i't ill H'C Mobile ciiiiiimiuii and llu' .sic\i;i' and caiiliiri' of Spanish Foil. After Ihc war closed llie rcj^iinent spcnl a \ear in Tex.as. Willi liis renimenl he was inuslereil ont and re- ceived his discharge at .Mailison, Wis.. April Ij, On receiving his dischiirge. Mr. Scoll retiirnol lo .laiiesvillc. and for llic next two yi^ars was in the einph>y of the Cliiragu i^- North-W(>stern Railroad Company. In the nieanlime on Ihe 7lh day of Jnne. IHtUi. he w:is nnilcd in marriage vvilh Miss Mary .lane (iodden. a danghter of Robert and Rebecca Godden. Ten cliildren came to gladden their home but the Death Angel called fonr away, so that but six are left to gather ai-ound the family altar. The living are .lames, Walter, Isabel, Marian. Gerlnide, and I>uella. The deceased .ire Aichibald D., Willie, Charles, and Mattie. Mr. and Mrs. Scott are members of the First Presbyterian Churcii of .lanesviUe, and in the work of the Mas- ter lake special delight. In politics, he is an earnest Reiinblic.an. In August, 18(18. Mr. Scott received his present appointment, and for twent3'-one years he has made a most ellicient superintendent. The t.asteful manner in which this "City of the Dead" is kept, is an evidence of his fitness for the position. As a citizen, he is highly esteemed by a large ciraptist Churcii. Almost from the beginning he has fdled the ofHce of Deacon and has bornj a prominent part in the church. He now holds mem- bership with the church at Milton Junction, where he has lived since 1880. He has long since passed the allotted three score years and ten. but notwith- standing his advanced age. he still has possession of his mental anucy W. Green, their marriage being celebrated in Allegany County, N. Y. The lady was born iu Madison C(>unty, of that State, and is a daughter of Alpheus M. and Abbie (Wells) (ireeu, who were natives of Rode Island. In 1844 her parents came to Rock County, and for some years resided in Milton, but subsequently removed to Albion, where they passed the remainder of their days. Both were members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. In the spring of 1842, with his young bride. Mr. Buten came to this county and made his first loca- tion in the town of Milton, purchasing a small farm on section 18. Life on the frontier w.as there begun, but after four years he sold out and bought another farm iu the same township, which he con- tinued to make his home until November, 1888, when he became the owner of his present farm on section 8. As the days passed by, Mr. and Mrs. Buten saw their possessions increase, until they are now numbered among the well-to-do citizens of the community. Their home w.as blessed with the presence of nine children, who m.ade the pioneer cabin echo with their shouts and merry laughter. Thcv were all born in this county-, were here reared to maturity, and later left the parental roof for homes of their. own. Lucy, the firstborn, is now the vvife of Berry Keath, of Milton, and to them liave been born three children — Kldredge. George, and Lucv ; Al|)heus, the second child, is now de- ceased; DcForrest is a contractor and builder; Addis, who wedded Mary Bowers, is a railroad employe, and resides in Milwaukee; Helen, widow of A. B. Clark, resides in Chicago, 111.; Adelbert is still with his parents: and Arthur is now deceased. This family has been identified with the best inter- -nr u KOCIC COUNTY. ••► 6'.)7 ests of Rock Comity for tlie long jicriod of forty- scvcMi years, anil in their lius|iUal)le home fiiomls and neighbors are always sure of a hearly wclc-onie. The upright lives of Mr. and Mrs. Buteu have won for them the entire eonfldeiice and respect of tlie people of the community, and they are num- bered among its valued citizens. Many changes liave taken place since their arrival in this county. and they have borne no inconsideral)le part in the noble work of progress and advancement. Janes- ville, now a populous and thriving city, then con- tained but one store, behind the counter of which Thonuis J>ap|)in dealt out groceries, measured off dry-goods, sold shoes, and otherwise administered to the wants of his customers. When a cabin was to be erected, the entire neighborhood would as- semble .hnd .assist the newcomer in making a home. Tlie peoi>le lived for one another, and the com- mand "Love thy neiglibor" was fully carried out. Each sliared with the other the joys and sor- rows, the pleasures and [lains, and the feeling of goodwill pervaded the entire community. But two of tlie old neighbors are now left to tell the story of pioneer life when Rock County was situated on the Western frontier. The red man had not yet left his haunts at the time of the coming of Mr. Kulen, and he settled in the midst of their old hunting grounds. The beautiful Lake Koshkonoug, situated within a half mile of his home, was one of their favorite resorts, and when they were com- pelled to leave for the reservation beyond the Mis- sissippi, the night was made hideous by their wild yells. The religions services of the Seventh Day Baptist Church, of which Mr. and Mrs. Buten are devoted members, were, in those early days, held in the liarns of tlie settlers, where all congre- gated each Sabbath. To the noble band of pioneer men ami women who left comfortable homes in the Kast and settled on the Western frontier, enduring trials and hardshii)s of which nothing is known by the vouth of the present generation, all credit is due, and to them Ihe country owes a debt of grati- tude which can never be repaid. No praise is too "reat for them, yet words fail us in our efforts to express our admiration of their self-sscrificing and noble lives. In his early years Mr. Buten cast his ballot with the Whig party and voted for William Henry Harrison, the hero of Tippecanoe, at whose death the couutiy was draped in emblems of grief for thirty ilays. When the Re|)ub]ican jjarty sprang into existence, he joined the ranks of that great organization, and deposited his last ballot up to the present time, for the Hon. Benjamin Harrison, the illustrious grandson of that old hero. #^ ip^ SPENCER SNYDER, deceased, was one of ^^^^ the honored pioneers of this county, and a 111// ))) valued and worthy citizen. He was born in I'ennsylvania, Nov. 14, 1811, and was the eldest of thirteen children born to John and Sarah (Bowman) Snyder, but onlj' four of that once numerous family are now living. Caroline, the second child who resides in New York, married Stephen Bennett, and to them were born five chil- dren, three of whom are living; Lucy, now de- ceased, was the wife of .loseph Ennis, to whom were born eleven cliiklren, five yet living; Sarah is the widow of Alfred Barkley, by whom she had eight children; Ira, who resides in Albany, N. Y.. was married, his wife being Miss Elizabeth Scoutin; Alfred F., who is a resident of Albany, N. Y.. married Sar.ah Scoutin, their union being blessed with seven children, all of whom are liv- ing; Harriet, who lives in Pennsylvania, wedded George Kimliall. Our subject was reared to manhood in his native State, and continued to make his home in the E.ast until 1848, when he emigrated to Wisconsin, set- tling on a farm on section 28, in the town of Cen- ter. The farm comprised eighty acres of land, and to that he added another ten acres. It w.is almost wholly unimproved, but in the course of time, the land was all developed. After residing upon the farm for eight years, he left Rock County in 185(), and went to Kansas, locating near Hiawatha, but a six months' residence in that State convinced him that he would rather make his home in this county, and returning he took up his residence in Footville. For about three years he conducted a hotel in that town and continued there to make his home for the long period of thirty two ye.ars. On the 3d day of November. 1837. Mr. .snyder r J^ Ji G98 ROCK COUNTY. n' was united in the holy bonds of matrimonj' with Miss Mary Margaret, a ilaugliter of Nicholas and Margaret ( Lynn) Silverthorn. Tlic family of which she was a member, numbered twelve chihlren, six of whom are living — Sarah, the eldest, became the wife of Benjamin Plotts; John is now deceased, leaving a widow whose maiden name was Catherine llaiikson, and one child; Oliver, who resides in Iowa, married Anna Kishpaw, and to them has been born fourteen children; Joseph, who is now deceased, w:w tlie husband of Jano Dougherty, by whom he had one . 183;». (lic. 1864; Ira, born Aug. 29, 1842, was joined in wedlock with Sarah Jane Brown, by whom \w had four children, and after lier death Cena Lick became his wife, five children having been born unto them. He is now living with his family in Mower Count}', Minn.; Benja- min, born Sept. r.i, 1844, has two children b}' his marriage with Christi.ana Moore, both of whom are living, and makes his home in Union County, Iowa; William, who was born June 25, 1846, and is a resident of Mower County, Minn., was united in marriage vvith Roselta Fuller, and live children were born to them, but only three is now living; 4» Nicholas, born Sept. 22, 1847, are also living in Mower Count}', and wedded Josephine Begore, by wliom he has three children, all yet living; Cynthia, born Oct. 7, 1849, is the wiff of Samuel Wilcox, a resident of Lawrence, K.an., and to them have been born five children, but four have p.assedaway; An- drew, born Feb. 10, 18jl,is operating the home farm; Lemuel, born Jan. 28, 18r);5, died on the 8tli day of February. 1864; Alfred, born Oct. 24, 18.51. is engaged in the practice of me. Hayes. .Socially, he is a menilier of the Masonic I'"raternity. haviiiu iielonged to Kootville Lo.lge, No. 137, A. F. & A. ]M. since 1882. His aged mother resides with him on the old homestead. She is a ilevoted menihei- of the Christian Church and is beloved by all who know her. ^■"^f"^^' NDREW WKRllKR, a representative cit- i/.en. and progressive farmer, residing on sections 10 and 17, Johnstown 'lownsliip, is a native of Germany, born on the l.'3th day of March, 1818. He was reared to manlioO'l in his native land, but when thirty-four yeais of age, thinking to better his condition by removing to Ameriia. lie bade good-bj'e to his home and friends and on the 22d ilay of February, 18.52, hoarded a vessel bound for Xcw York. The voy- age was a long and tedious one, lasting thirteen weeks, but at length he reached his destination, on the nth day of .lune. Immediately after his arri- val he came to the ^Vest, and for two months was employed in a brickyard at .Milwaukee. Tliesue- eeeding two months he spent in railroading in the employ of the North-western Railroad Company, and on the 2('>tli , I8(;2. was united in niaiiiage Dec. 8, 1888, with Miss Uertlia .Schentzow, and is now operating the home farm; Julius, born July I i». 1864, is in the employ of a lumber company in Michigan; I'owell. twin brother of Julius, died when nine months old; Frank, born March 21), 18(;(;, is with his brother in Michigan; Caroline, born Jan. 26, 1868, is living in Janesville; .John, born Sept. 23. 1869, is at home; Emma, born Jan. 23, 1872, Charles. Jan. 23, 1875, and Clarence, May 7. 1878, are still at home with their parents. After their marriage Mr. Webber and his young bride began their domestic life upon a farm rented of Harris .lanes, working the land on the shares. The folhnving season ho operated the farm of Mr. Teetsliorii. and in 1 866 engaged in cultivating a farm which he rented of Eb. Hiirton. The follow- ing autumn he made his llrst purchase of land, con- sisting of a tract of fifty .acres, uiion which he resided for six years, when he became the owner of I his present farm of 225 acres of land on sections 16 and 1 7, Johnstown Township. Ills Land is un- I der a high state of cultivation, and many use- I fill and beautiful improvements have been made, I placing the f.iini on a par with any in the townshi|). He eng.ages ipiite extensively in stock-raising, and h.as done much toward advancing the grade of stock in Rock County. Politically. Mr. Webber i affiliates with the Democratic party, and for sev- eral years has held the ollice of Ro.ad Su])ervisor. lie is well known throughout the community in wliicli he resides, and is held in the highest es- teem by his many friends as a valued and worthy citizen. Mr. and Mrs. Webber arc members of the (ierman l-utheran Church. \I? UCIUS HUiniARD I'AtiE, one of the I (^ leading farmers of the town of Fulton, re- jl'-%, sifling on section 17, w:is born on the I 1th day of October, 1815, in Baltimore, Windsor Co., Vt., and is a son of Hon. Benjamin anlican, having supported the princi|)les of that party since its organization, and has held v.-irious local offices, in- cluding that of road commissioner, town clerk, assessor and treasurer, and was chairman of the board of supervisors for two or three years. In 1848 he was elected to llie State Legislature and while a member of the House discharged his duties with such fidelity and promptness that he won the approval of even his political enemies. He h.is been very liberal in the support of all public en- terprises and since 1843 has I)een prominentlv identified with the history of Rock County. Mrs. Page is a member of the Congregational Church at Fulton and Lakes an active part in the work of that organization. Although he is not .•ussf)ci:iled with any religious body, Mr. P.-ige adheres to the Baptist faith; he has ever lived . 'in honorable and ^^- ROCK COUNTY. 701 iipriijlit life uiid is held in the wai'mcst regard by his large circli' of friends and acqiiaintances. His a small way. rentinj^ an old house on 36th street, and Imildiiig a kiln, his wife doini; the decoratino-. sketch deservi's an honored place in the history of After many trials and failures, he finally succeeded In's adopted county, where he has so lonjj; made his in iirodnciny a creditalile style of decorated ware which he placed upon the market. This ji^aineil quite a reputation as the I'aurine Ware. As his sales increased, he increased his facilities. employin<>- a larger force and liuilt up a g(j()(l trade. While residing in Chicago, his attention was called to clay found at Edgerton. and several samples were sent to him, with which he experimented. Kindino- it specially suited to his purpose, he came to Kd- gcrton to see about making arrangements for pro- curing the clay for his work, and after consideiable correspondence, the citizens of the town in- ■ 4 l r ted to the construction of that kind of ware. Mr. J.acobus is a man of sterling worth, possessing good business ability and foresight, and mider his able management the factory is rapiill^- gainini; a position among the leading industries of the State of which the citizens of Edgerton and Rock County may well be proud. The force employed numbers about twenty-five men. On the 13th day of December, 18(;i. Mr. Jaco- bus was united in marriage with Miss Pauline Hog- ert, and unto them have been born two children — Allen D.. who was born May 2. 1803, and is now foreman of the I'auline Pottery Company: and i. -•»• 702 ROCK COUNTY. 4 Jennie P., who was boru Jan. 4, ISGit, and is now tlie wife of John P. P. Coon, junior partner of the firm of A. 8. Flagg & Co., hardware dealers of Edger- ton. I'loth cliililren received the advantage of a lib- eral (•(lucalion, while residing in Chicago. Altliough having dwelt here for little more than a year, Mr. Jacobus and his family hold a high position in so- cial circles and are greatly esteemed by all who know them. Mrs. Jacobus, who is a most estima- ble lady, is a member of the Baptist Church. Hu- eiall}', our subject is a member of the Blue Lodge of Masonry at Edgerton, and also belongs to Chi- cago Chapter, R. A. M.; Chevalier Ba^'ard Com- mandery, K. T.; Oriental Consistory and Medina Temple. N. M. 8.; and Orion Lodge, K. P., of Ed- gerton. He takes great interest In civic societies, and is a worthy member. Politically, he is a Re- pul)liean, having supjiorled thai party since casting his first Presidential ballot for Abraiiam Lincoln in IHfil. I'ublic spirited and progressive. Mr. Ja- cobus is a leading citizen of the community in which lie resides and has gained a prdiiiiucnt posi- tion among the business men of the town. We are [ileased to record his sketch in the permanent history of Rock County and its repiesentative citizens. \ftii, R. JAMES E. COAKLEY, wlio is engaged in the i)ractice of the medical profession in Milton Junction, and is one of the most po|)ulai' citizens of that jileasant little vil- lage, was born in Madison County, N. Y.. on the Dth ilay of October. 1839, and is a son of .lohn and Katie Coakley. Ills early life was spent under the parental roof, and in his native State he re- ceived a liberal education. He pursiu'd the rudi- mentary branches in the common schools, after which he took a two years' course in the New York Central College, at Mc(irawville, Cortland County. He also graduated at the Janesville Commercial College at the age of eighteen years. At the age of seventeen years, leaving his home in the East, he emigrated in company with two other young men to Wisconsin, locating in Rock County. For some time he followed the [irofession of teach- int;. being cniployid in that line in Lima Center and v.arious district schools, and for two years served as superintendent in Walworth County. Wishing to make the practice of medicine his life work, he entered the office of Drs. Clark and Rice, leading physcians of Whitewater, under whom lie pursued his studies for a few months. The same 3'ear, 1860, he entered Rush Medical College of Chicago, but about this time the counlr}' was threatened with a civil war. When Ft. Sumter was fired upon and the echoes of its guns went thundeHng over the land, awakening the slumber- iug patriotism in the breasts of Northern citizens, and President Lincoln issued his call for volunteers to put down the rebellion, he could not longer con- fine his attention to his studies, and in the spring of 1861, enlisted among the Boi'S in Blue of the 13th Wisconsin Infantry. He was appointed to the position of steward in the hospital and remained with his regimeut until 1863, when he was dis- cliarged from the service anvere born two children, one of whom, a little daughter, is now deceaseil. Lyman Wyllis. who wjis born Aug 25, 1874. is now attending school. In his social relations, Dr. Coakley is a member of the G. A. R. Post of Milton Junction, to which he has belonged for six j'ears. niid for ten ye;)rs has held menibciship in the Odd Fillows' Soiii'tv. .'ukI is also a nieiiiber of the .Mnsoiiic Order. lb- feels ^-^-— a^ A- 3*- 4- UUCK COUNTY. 705 ,\ + ail interest in political affairs and is a staunch sup- |iorter of tlie Reinihlicaii party. The cause of ed- ucation liiuls in the Doctor a warm friend, whose aid is always ready and whose inthience is ever tfiveii to the advancement of its interests. A lover of fine horses, lie has given considerable attention lo their breeding, and is now the owner of several horses of value. He is one of the most energetic and prt>gressive citizens of Milton Junction, alive to every enterprise which is calculated to be of public benefit, and nunc are held in higher regard than the Doctor, who is iiuiubered among the early settlers of Rock County, having for a third of a century made his home within its borders. ** *' ^ * ! ' |f ' i * ^ '* «•» - A WILLIAM TAYLOR MORGAN, deceased, \^f/ was born in Weston, Vt., Fob. 8, 1812. and V^^ was a son of Isaac Morgan. There were four sons in his father's family. Sumner; Isaac P., whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work; Thomas ; and William T., our subject. Thom.as was born in Weston, Vt., Nov. 20, 1809, ami mairied Miss Deborah W. Sowle. He was killed bj' a fall from his buggy, at Manchester, Mich., in June, 1.S77. and is survived by a widow .■ind one of their live children — Caroline, wife of Mark Wallace, a resident of M.'inchester. In early life William Morgan learned the shoe- maker's trade, and when nineteen years of age joined his lirother Thomas in the slioemaking busi- ness at Allen's Hill, N. Y. In 18.'55 be came to the West, locating at Manchester, Mich., where in that year he was united in marriage with Miss Abbe}- A. Sowle, who was born in Chenango County, N. \ ., and is a daughter of James and Abbey (Dillingham) Siswle; the former a native of Dutchess County, and the latter of Saratoga Springs. N. Y. While residing at Manchester Mr. Morgan engaged in the mercantile business, remov- ing from that city in 1842, when he settled in Mil- ton village, Rock County. Two ^ears subse(|ueiit to that time he built the Dii Lac Hotel, which he conducted for several years, and in IS()1 erected the Morgan House, at Milton Junction. The same year he purchased a half interest in the villaire plat, ^•— in connection with his brother. Is.nac P. Morgan. For ten years, in partnership with his brother Thomas, he conducted the Morgan House, but on Christmas Kve of 1876, it was burned to the ground, and Thomas returned to Michigan. Re- building the hotel he sohl li.alf an interest to his son-in-law, John C. Stetson, but subseqiientlj' re- purch.ased it. He then leased the hotel for several years, while he himself engagcrogress of Rock Covinty. and has been prominent in the pro- motion of its public enterprises. He is well-known throughout the community, and is a representative and valued citizen of Clinton. See portrait on another page. ^EORGE H. HUTTS. an enterprising and respected farmer, residing on section 28, \\V JJI town of Milton, was born In this county on the 2.3d day of July. 185(1. and Is a son of Stephen U. and Rebecca (Decatur) lUitts, who were natives of Pennsylvania. The father made his lirst visit to the Territory of Wisconsin In 1836, with the view of selecting a location. After traveling o\cr the State for some time, being ple.ased with the land, climate and future pros|)ects of Southern Wisconsin, In 18;56 he located a claim on what Is now the town of Milton, Rock County. .Vfter making a selection he returnctl to his home In Stroudsburg, Pa., where the lady of his choice. Miss Reliecca Miller, was awaiting his return, and on the 4th day of October, 1!^.'58, they weie united In the holy bonds of matrimony. The bridal tour of the young cou|)le consisted of a trip to the far Westt-rn home whii^h he had selected, and here In a little log cabin on the frontier they began their domestic life. To Stephen D. Hutts is accredited the honor of having turned the first furrow in the town of Milton, and for years he was prominently identified with the leading interests of the com- munity. In that little home his children, nine In number, were all born. The three eldest, Mary, John and Ilainiah. are deceased; .\nna is now the wife of Frank Fletcher, a grain dealer, residing in Columbia. Dak.; (ieorge H., of this sketch, was the next in onler of birth; Austin is a practicing attorney in Springfield, Mo.; Charles is now de -f J^ UOCK COUNTY, -•►■ 707 ceast'd; Hattic is now tlie wifo of Daviil Horn, a prominent attornej' and banker of Clear Lake, Iowa, and Martha, the j-oungest, has also departed lliis life. I'lilillf-gpiiiteil and i)rogrossive, Stepiion I). Butts was a leading citizen of Rock County, and was al- ways round in the foremost ranks in any enter- prise calculated to he of public benefit. In the advancement of the edncatidual. social and moral interests of the community he took a i)roininent part, and his name is in.-ieparable from the farming records of the town of Milton. He and his wife are earnest Christian people, devout and consist- ent, and for many years were communicants of the Congregational Church of Kast Milton. Their up- right lives won them the confidence of all; their deeds of charity and their kind and benevolent ads caused them to be the recipients of man3' a blessing and heartfelt thanks from those upon whom they Inivo bestowed their bounty. On com- ing to this county their capital was indeed small, consisting largely of willing hearts and strong hands and a determination to make for themselves a home. The success which crowned their efforts and the prosperity which has followed them through life are due alone to their great industry, their en- ergy, perseverance and ability. From the wild and uncultivated prairie thev developed one of the finest farms in the county, upon which they erected a be.autiful brick residence, where they made their home until 1887, when they removed to Clear Lake, Iowa. There we find them on the -1th day of October, 1888, surrounded by their children and grandchildren, who have gathered to celebrate the golden wedding of that worthy couple. For fifty ye.irs they bad traveled life's ;ourney together, sharing with each other its joys and sorrows, its pleasures and its pains, and now a happy company had assembled in commemoration of the day when they had promised at the marri.nge altar to take each other for l)eller or for worse. The daj- w.as passed amid congratulations and gnal and and moral interests, and has been identified with tlie history of the county for many long years. Socially he is a member of the Patrons of Indus- dustry. Kor man}' years he atliliated with the Rep\ililican party, believing that through that or- ganization the most good would be accomplished for the greatest number of jieople. but of late years, thinking that the su])pressioii of the licpior trafiic has become the first question of importance, he lias joined forces with the I'loliibilionists. As a valued and worth}' citizen, and representative of one of the honored pioneer families of tlie county, his sketch deserves a proniinent place in this vol- ume, and it is with pleasure that we record this brief outline of his life's work. -^ •5- *¥^ 1^^ KV. E. M. CRAXDALL, pastor of the ]lt=r^ Seventh Day Adventists (luircli. of Milton ;4i W, .lunction, Wis., is a native of New York, \^ born Nov. 27, 1823. at Itrookfield, Madi- son County, and is a son of .Joseph S. .nnd Olive (Coon) Crandall. Their family numbered eight children, of whom onr subject was the first in order of birth; Cornelia became the wife of Isaac Prosser, and is now living in .\llegany County. N. Y.; Leroy and Daniel are both deceasecl; Nar- cissa, wife of Green Cliam]ilain, is living in Alfred, N. Y.; .lane was united in innrriagc with Samnel Chaiiiplain, also a resident of Alfred, N. Y. ; Orson is now deceased; and Jenette is the wife of .James A. Coon, who is now living in Dane County, Wis. The days of his bo3'hood and youth our subject passed under the parental roof, and his education was received in the schools of his native county. In 1847, li(^ was joined in wedlock with Miss Fran- cis G. (ireen. who was born in Allegany County, N. Y. A family of four children graced their union, three of whom are yet living — Ella D., the (iist born, whose birth occurred in IS lit, is now deceased; Orval (<., is a machinist, and resides in llica, Dane Co., Wis.; M:irsella M.. wife of Mar- "^»" zena Slillman, is living in Winona. Dak.; Luella wedded Marshall Coon and makes her home in Walworth County. Wis. The children all received good educational advantages, thereby being fitted for th(! practical duties of this life and are now respected citizens of the several couimuiiities in which they reside. In IS.'il, when twenty-sexen years of .age. Mr. Crandall left his home in the East and emigrated to Wisconsin, locating in Dane County. Purchas- ing ninety acres of land, he turned his attention to farming, which he followef which he is now [lastor. lliscpiiet and unostentations life, and the haniiony with which it accords with his prc|fes- sion. has won him tlic resi)ect of :ill and by»his people he is greatly behived. For five 3'ears he has now had charge of the same church and has .accomplished much good in the commu- nity. The church is now in a iirosperous and thriving condition, the best feeling exists be- tween its memlieis and it is a power for good in the community. Mr. Crandall believes that knowl- edge is necessary to good citizenship and is a warm friend to the cause of education. Me has contributed liberally to the support of schools, has done all in his power to advance their interests, and W.1S one of the founders of the Milton College. In political sentiments he is a stanch Republican, having suiiporled that part}' since its organization. II. 1!()N1). one of the leading citizens of Rock County, now living a retired life at Milton .lunction, is a native of Virginia, having been born in Harrison County, May 10, 1801. The days of his boyhood and youth were pa.ssed in llie Old Dominion, and he remained at home with his father, Abel Bond, until he began life for himself. On arriving at man's estate, he wj\s united in marriage with ."SIiss Ann Moore, a _ ^ B "4 UOCK COUNTY, 7()1» 4 ivsiilent of Hridgeton, N. ,1., tlioir union being oelo- hniU'd in JMarcli, 1825. I>y tlicii' n);iiiiago a fam- ily of six c'liiliiicn nerc l)ui-n, as follows: Daniel M., now a piaclieing pliysician of Iron River, Mich.; Lewis A., who died when two years of age; Lewis A., (second) wlio died on the Istluniis of I'anaina; Ann K., who died when eight years of age; Alex C, now a resident fanner of Farina, 111; and Still- man C, who is a fainier of the town of Harmony, Ivoek ( 'onnl3'. A luimano and s\ mpathetic man, Mr. liond could not endure the |);uii of seeing any of the hu- man raee in bondage, and on account of liis aboli- tion piineiples had to leave the South. Saying farewell to his boyhood home, he removed to tlut Noitli. .-md in IHl'.} came to Rock County, wdiore he has since residetb He Inis dealt ((uite exten- sively in I'eal estate, and at one time owned 'A'2i) acres of tine arablo land in this county, and Mrs. IJ(»nd^pw owns consideral)le property' in Milton .luMction, yielding an income sufficient to prevent all business cares. He is a public-spirited and progressive citi/en, one who feels a deep interest in the advancement and welfare of iiis town and county, and has been prominent in the promotion of its public enterprises. In e.arly life, lie was a supporter of the Democratic part\', but when the Ivcpublicaii parly was formed to prevent the further extention of slavery, he w:is among the lirst to espouse its cause and lias since remained one of its lirm adherents. At eacli election he has de- posited his ballot for the candidate of that great organization, his Inst vote up to the present time having been cast for Hon. Benjamin Harrison. He has been elected by his fellow townsmen to the various oflicial positions of trust, inclndiug that of Collector, and has ever discharged his duties with the same promptness and fidelity which has marked his intercourse in the various other walks of life. In liS72. AH-. Bond was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died at her home in Mil- ton Junction. He was again married, his sec- ond union being with Mrs. Mary P. Nudham, of AHlton. This worthy couple are held in the high- est regard Ijy all who know them. They are num- bered among Ro<'k County's best citizens and in their hospitable home their many friends receive a 4* hearty welcome. Mr. and Mrs. Bond are sincere, devoteil Christians and belong to the Seventh ])ay Baptist Church. Mr. Bond eaily embr.aced Chris tianity, and has been a mendjer of that religious denomination for upward of seventy ^ears. _*, o*o..@^n. I.illie. \<];i and Mary. They have spared neither labor nor expense in i>ro- viding their children with good opportunities for securing an etlucation, and all of them have been teachers in the district schools. They are fitted to (ill positions of prominence and res|(onsibility, anil do honor to the prouant. :is h.as Mr. Cravath, is an honoi- conferred on but few. Prominent in the |)romotion of all the best interests of the county, aiding in the growth of town and village, his life has certainly been one of industry, and it is with great pleasure that we present to the readers of the Pokthait and Bioi;i!Ariiic.VL Ai.uim this brief sketch of his life. «. : :g^^ii^ c : ■> \f? UCR'S BINGHAM, a retired farmei- ami il (^ honored pioneer of Rock County, now resid- ji l;^ ing in .Milton, is a native of Connecticut, having been born in that State on the 13th day of M.ay, 1814. His parents. Elisha and Trypheua (Olney) Bingham, had a family of six children, ■h *► i r^ 712 ROCK COUNTY. I)ut oul3' two are now living — Louisa, who nialves 'jei- liorao in Cortland County, N. Y., and Lucius, who is fourth in order of birth. Those deceased are George J. John, James and Sally Ann. When our subject was but two years of age his parents removed to Susquehanna County, Pa., where they resided for eight years, when they became resi- dents of Cortland County, N. Y. The father there purchased a farm, and Lucius remained at home under the parental roof until seventeen years of age, when he began working for an older brother in Tioga County, N. Y. After remaining in his employ for a short time, he became a traveling salesman, selling a patent self-acting head block, but later was employed by a New York firm in the same capacity. He was next employed as foreman of a saw-mill for about one year, when he went to Syracuse, N. Y., and in 1837 started for Michigan, his destination being Kalamazoo. While en route for that city he was taken sick, and for some time was unable to do any work. Making his home in Michigan until 1 839, Mr. Bingham then went to Hockford, III., and continued his journev until reaching Jauesville, Wis. He made a contract with a man for building a barn, and as compensation for his services received a tract of land near Emer- ald (irove, which comprises a part of his present farm. He carried on carpentering and building for several years, when in 1843 he commenced the improvement of his land, and from that time en- gaged i)rincipally in agricultural pursuits. Build- ing a little house, he m.ade it his home until 1S(!:>. when it was replaced by the present substantial residence. In connection with general farmiu"-, he engaged quite extensively in stock raising, an^^l to him is due the credit of introducing the" first Durliam cattle in this part of the country. Several times he took the first premiums at the Rock Coun- ty Fair on his cattle, to which Ins other stock was in no wise inferior, his horses especially being of the best grades. He began life in this count^• in true pioneer style, enduring the hardships and difficulties which come to all who make homes on the frontier, but his arduous labors of f(;rnier years have at length received their reward. Beginning life in limited circumstaaces, he has by good man- agement, enterprise, industry and business-like ♦- haliiis become one of the well-to-do citizens of the country. On the 13tli day of April, 18J2, Mr. Bingham was joined in wedlock with Miss Jane E. Janes, a daughter of Hiram Janes, one of the early settlers of Rock County. Three children were born of their union, two of whom are living: Auirustus J., the eldest, born Oct. G, 1843, enlisted in the service' of his country during the Civil War, there con- tracting disease from which he died in 18G4; Ann Eliza, who was born April 28, 1845, and resides in Milton, married Eben Bacon, who is now de- ce.ascd, and for her second husband wedded Hiram Bullock; Jane, born Feb. 22. 1847, and residing at West Union. Iowa, is the wife of Herman Love- lace. In October, 1847, Mr. Bingham was auain married, his .second union being with Harriet J Leonard, a daughter of Jarvis Leonard, who w.as a native of Massachusetts, and became a resident of Johnstown during the early days of its settlement. Mrs. Bingham was born Nov. 5, 1821. in Oneida County. N. Y., and removed to Michigan, where she resided until becoming a resident of Johns- town. She has one brother living, Charles B., who was born Nov. 15. 1822, and is engage.! in the real estate business in Iowa County. Iowa. .Se\Jn children have graced the second union of Mr. Bingham, but four have now passed awav— Loyal who was born June 18, 1848, and resides in Ames' Iowa, where he is engaged in the hardware business, married Ellen Adams of Evansville Kock County, and to them h.is been born onj daughter, Beulah; Lucius, born June HI. 1 ,s.-,(). di^d Sept. 26. 1852; Mary F., born May 14. 1852. died on the llth day of October following; Hattie E., born Jan. 15. 1854, died Feb. 7. 1857;' Charles F ' born July 21, 1856, has g.ained the reputation of being one of the best cornet pl.ayers in the United States, and is now filling an eng.ageinent in Pitts- burgh. Pa.; Cora May. born Aug. 16. 1 MOO. died Feb. 9, 1861; Elmer L., born Sejit. 7. 18(12, is re- siding on a farm of 160 .acres on section I 2. ll;,r- mony Township, and on the 13th day of October. 1887, was united in marri.nge with D.dsv M. How-' ard, by whew York, on the loth day of May, 1 H42, and is a son of Eiastus P. and Mary .lane (I'eck) Clarke, the former a native of the Empire State, and the latter of Cumberland Conntj', N. J. He had but one brother, Wallace Clarke. (See sketches of his father and brother.) Our subject passed his early boyliood in his native State, and when eleven ^ears of age removed with his parents to New Jersey, where the succeeding three 3-ears were spent. The family came to Rock County, Wis., in 1H;')6, settling in Milton, where Willis has since resided. He began his education in the public schools of New York, and complet(Ml his studies in Milton College, graduating from lh;it institution in the class of 18G1. Mr. Clarke had but just com[)leted his studies when the Civil War broke out, and he wiis among the first to respond to the President's call for troops. He svas then liut eighteen years of age, but notwithstanding his extreme 3-outh he enlisted in his country's service and became a member of the 'iud Wisconsin Infantry; but after ten days he was called home on account of the serious illness of his mother. On the 7th day of October. 1 StU , he re-cniisted for three years or dur- ing the war in the 13tli Wisconsin Regiment, be- coming a member of the company commanded by Ca|>t. Pliny Norcross of .lanesville. He was with the command the greater part of four years, except- ing on the march from Fort Donelson to Clarks- ville and return, when he was prevented from being with the regiment on account of sickness. He fought valiantly and well, never shirking duty, 4» and was alw.Hys found at his post. Wluii his teiin of three years had elapsed and he received his dis- charge, he immediately re-enlisted and served until the close of hostilities, when on the 24th of .Nov- ember. 18(J5, he was mustered out of service, and on the 27th day of December following was with the regiment discharged at Madison, Wis., being the last one of the i;5th Infantry to receive his dis- charge papers. He had enlisted as a private, but was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. He was never wounded in any w.ay and was nevei- off duty except dqring the winter of 1863-J, when he was confined in the hospital by sickness. Mr. C!arke was united in marriage in 18(;7, with Miss Lucy A. Clarke, a native of New Jersey, and their union has been lilessed with two children. Bessie K. and Ray Willis. He is now ciigaucd in the drug business in Milto;ird, and for fifteen conse- cutive years ha-s been secretary <;f the Hoard of Trustees. He also filled Iheofficeof Postmaster for two years, when a change of administration caused his removal. He was for some years Town Clerk of the town of .Milton. Public spirited and prOi,'res- sive, Mr. Clarke has taken a deep interest in the welfare of the town in which he resides, and is a valued citizen. EV. WILLIAM WALKEU', a resident of Milton, was born in Orange County, Vt., Oct. 3, 1808, a son of Aaron and Judith '^y (.Sanborn) Walker, and one of a family of twelve chiltlren. four of whom are living. His parents came to Rock Ci)le, and were numbered among the lionored pioneers of the county. Our subject remained at home until eighteen j-ears of age, assisting his father in the labors of tlie farm, and on leaving the parental roof began learning the blacksmith's trade, which he followed for about live years. He fitted fur college at Pottsdara, (N. Y.) Academy and Middlehury College, and in ISSf) entered Amherst College, graduating from that institution in the class of 1838, when he entered the Andover Theological .Seminar}', com- pleting liis course in 1811. He was ordained at (ircenboro, Vt., November, 1841, and in December of that year, was sent by direction of the Board of I'dreign .Missions to Calioon, West Africa. Ucforc leaving liis native land, Mr. AValker was united in marriage with Miss Prudence Richardson, a native of Massacluisetts, who died in Africa May 2, 1842. .\fter spending four years in missionary labors on the " Dark Continent," he returned to the United Stales, and was again married October 29, 1845, iiis second union being with Zcriali Levina. daugh- ter of Peter Slimnway. of Oxford, also a native of Massacliusetts. In the month of February, 184G, he visited his parents and friends in Hock County, liut soon afterwards returned to New York, and again sailed for Africa. Deatli again visited his liome in tiiat far off country, liis wife passing to her final rest April 2.'5, 1H48. He continued iiis inliois in the missionary field until 18.")(), when he returned to his native land, lecturing on foreign missions, traveling tlirougli many Stales of the Union. He translated (Jenesis, Exodus, Psalms, Proverbs, Matthew and Acts, into 'the Mapongrol language and is the author of a Mapongrol gram- mer. He came to Rock County in 1871, and lectured fiom Portland, Me., to Omaha, Neb. For about six years he delivered puliiic addresses on foreign missionary work under tlie direction of a secretary. In 1851, Mr. Walker married Miss Katliarine Hardcastle, of New York City, who died October 27. 1877. Two years later, in l.S7',l, he again went to Africa, returning in .Tune, 188;5. During that lime lie was engaged in translating the Bible into 4* the African language, and had charge of a Mission Church with a membersiiip of about seventy. His labors in Africa have proved a blessing to the dark race. The greater part of his life since completing his studies has been spent a.s a missionary in foreign lands, cariyiiig the Bible to the races which for ages have been clothed in the darkness of heathen- dom. Studious in habit, he has devoted much time to literal'}' work, his greatest labor being the trans- lation of the Bible. IModest and unassuming, he makes no pretensions, but daily endeavors to live in accordance to tlie teachings of his Master, and is loved and respected by all who know him. He has held the office of United States \ic('-Coiniiieicial Agent at Gaboon, West Africa. ^^ MILUK W. BABCOCK. the leading merchant |1U] of Kdgerton, is a native of the FInipire State, If' — -^ having been bom in l>rf)okfield, Madison County, on the IHli of January, 1835. The grand- the father of our suliject. Charles liabcock was one of pioneer settlers of that portion of New York, and his father. Henry C. Habcock. was there reared. The latter married .Miss Temperance Burhter of the Rev. Alanson and Charlotte (Kcciei) Roiitrhton. hoth of whom were natives of Onondayo County. N. Y. For the long period of forty-live years her father followed the ministry, preacliini"; the faith of the lUiptist Clnii-eh. His iiprii^lit life and Christian eharaeter, combined with hi.s powers as an orator and reasoner, won many souls and by his inlluence manj' were brought to a knowledge of God and his goodness. lie was one of Nature's noblemen and of him it can truly be .said the world is better for his having lived. While residing in Cortland County, N. Y., the union of Mr. and INIrs. Clarke was blessed with the birth of a daughter, to whom they gave the name of Charlotte. She is now the wife of .S. M. Ed- wards, !\ resident farmer of the town of JIagnolia. After the renu)val to this county, the family circle was increa.sed I)v the birth of three children — Hell F. ('.. wife of Wilbur C. Garrigus, a livery- man of Bloomington. III.: Nelson C., who is en- giiged in farming in .Milton Township; and one child. May K.. who died in infancy. The residence of Mr. Clarke in Hock County d.ates from 18.')'.!. In that year he b.ide goodby to the home of his childhood and emigrated to Kansas. Iiut after six months' residence in that State, came to Hock County and rente(l a farm in the town of Lima, where we find him at the break- ing out of the Civil War. Stirred with patriotic impulses, in October. IHfil. he responded to the country's call for troops and enlisted among the boys in blue of Company II, 13th Wisconsin In- fantry. The regiment was organized at .lanesville. whence it was ordered to Leavenworth. Kan- sas, and subsequently stationed at Stephenson, Tenn. The 13th won a reputation for trustworthi- ness and bravery, which was fully ileserved. During the greater part of the war it did guard duty or was engaged in skirmishing with the bushwh.'tckers, and although its services were not such as to cover it with renown, its worth w.as no less real or its hardshiiis any the less severe or rigorous. For four years and three months it was on Southern soil, taking part in long marches and undergoing much exposure, wliieh w;is followeil liy disease and »► ■ ^« t death, many of its mendiers now occupying un- known graves in the sunny South. At the close of hostilities, the Hegiment receivcrl its discharge and was mustered u i ROCK COUNTY. 725 'i indy liolds the office of chairman of the Board of 'I'mstees. He is well known througliout tlie conimuuity and is lield in high regiU'd l)y a large circle of acquaintances. A |)ortrait of this worth}' man will be found upon another page. f ' S i lf i t » '^' « " ■ 4 EV. ALAXSOX I'.OUGH rOX, dece.ased.was for years a minister of tlie Baptist Church. His noble life, his many acts of kindness, !his fidelity to Ids professions teacli us a les- son that all might follow with |)rofit. He was a native of Onondago County, N. Y.,and at an early age he resolved to devote his life to the cause of the Master. On arriving at years of niaturit}', he was united in the holy bonds of matrimony with Miss Charlotte Keeler. and liy that union two chil- dren were born — Caroline E., who was muted in marriage. Oct. 3, 1852, with Corydon L. Clarke, a prominent farmer of the town of Milton: and Xel- son, who is now deceased. The latter was a man of much more than ordinary ability, and 'after his marriage removed to Oakv.ale, Iowa. He became one of the leading citizens of that place, received tlie ai)pointinent of iiostra.aster of Oakvale, and wa.s also a prominent merchant and farmer. His honorable life and uprightness of char.-icter won him many friends, but he met his death at the hands of an assassin, who struck him down in cold blood. Tiie murderer first plunged a knife into his breast, and then made another thrust into his back, striking the heart. Mr. Boughton reaching back, with his own hand drew forth the knife, and then fell dead. He left a wife and two cliiidren to mourn his loss. In 18,53, on the 3d of October, hi had wedded Miss Mary E'isher, and their union was blessed with two children, who share with the grief-stricken mother the loss of one of the kindest :i;id most tender husbands and f-itlicis. iNIarv. the daughter, is with her niotiier, and Daniel II. resides in Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. He became a student at the Military .Vcademy at West Poini. from which he graduated with iiigh honors, and is now a Lieutenant in the regular service. After the death of his first wife. Mr. Boughton was again married, his second union lieing with Miss Hannah Squairs, by whom he had a family of five ciiildren — Mary A. is now the wife of Paul L". Brooks, a prominent citizen of Lawrence. Kan ; .lost^ph Smith, who served as a soldier in the late war, is now a leading journalist and editorof Law- rence. Kan.; (ieorge A. is engaged in the practice of law ill Stodclard County, Mo.; Ellen is the wife of Alviii >Vicks. also a resident of Lawrence. K.'in.: and (iertriide is the wife of Samuel I. Blackwelder. of Ciiicago. After a long and well-spent life in tiie service of his Master, Rev. Mr. Boughton passed to the reward pi'epared for the righteous, his death occurring at -■ "iT^ ROCK COUNTY. 72' Moravia, N. V., in 1879. F'or forty-five years he engaged in i)reai'liing the gospel, ami his labors were productive of the greatest good, altiiougli it can never be estimated by human measurement. Ilis wife, who .still survives him. makes her home with lier (laui,'liler. Mrs. Brooks, of Lawrence, Kan. ^ R. AHTHllJ L. BLUNT, a leading physi- cian and a prominent citi/cn of Milton, Wis., was born in Jolmslown. Rock County, on llie -Ith day, of Dccemlier. 18.51, and is a son of Francis and Delilah A. Blunt, both of whom were natives of New York. 'I'licy had a family of eight ciiildren. and the family circle yet remains unbroken. Albert, the eldest, is living in Huron. S. Dak; Arthur L., of this sketch, is the ne.vt in order of birlh; Florence Ella, who was educated at the Whitewater Normal, has been suc- cessfully engaged in teaching for several years; RLtrion, who lesides in Hurt n, S. Dak., is book- k(ei)er in the employ of the Northwestern Railroad Company; Aslier, who makes his home in Denver, Col., is engaged in the laundry business; Ida M. is a student of Milton College; Seward is engaged in operating the home farm; and Seymour, the youngest of the family is still uniler the parental roof. Our subject received his i)rimary education in the public schools, and in 1872, wiicn eighteen years of age, entered upon a course at Whitewater, attending one term. He then eng.iged iu teaciiing in .Johnstown, District No. 1, and in 187.'^ resumed his studies at Whitewater, continuing a student of that institution for two years. In the spring of 1K7(!, he st.arled out in life for himself, going to Nebraska, where he remained one year, and then went to Huron, Dak., spending the two succeeding years in that city. For one term he engaged in teaching school, when he entered the emi)loy of the Northwestern R.ailroad Company, remaining in that position until 1878. At the expiration nf that lime he removed to Pierre, Dak., where he pur- chased a hotel, aiul conducted the same for about two years, returning to Rock County in 188;$. He engaged largely in dealing in real estate, and later -^a went to Chicago, where he began the study of medicine, under the direction of Dr. Hart. After one year lie entered the Bennett Medical College, where he remained for three years, and during the last twelve montlis had charge of the free dispens- ary and dissecting room. He graduateil with the highest honors in the class which completed the cour.se March 20, 1888, and was elected v.aledictor- ian. He also graduated in ophthalmology, and otology, and for some time, while i)ursuing his studies, also engaged in practice. He entered regu- larly upon the practice of his i)rofession in Chicago, where he remained for about oiu' year, and on the l.'ith of Nov., 1888. located in Milton. He has already built up a good practice, having booked over 1500 during February and March, 1889, and is con- stantly increasing his business. His oftice is fitted up with all the modern appliances, including an elegant set of surgical tools and operating chairs. Since Dr. Blunt became a resident of Milton, he has cured a case of spinal irritation, the lady hay- ing previous to that time been unable to walk without a crutch for a year. He has also healed several chronic cases, and is rapidly gaining promi- nence in his profession. In October. 1888, the Doctor was united in lu.'ir- riage with Miss Alice Struby, a most estimable young lady, and a native of Louisville, Ky. Though their residence has been of but short dura- tion, they have gained many friends in Milton, and are held in high esteem b\' all who know them. EV. ELSTON M. DUNN, pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of ^lilton, ^\V, Wis., was born in Plaintield, N. J., on the \^j 9th day of September, 1832, and is a son of William and Hannah M. (Marsh) Dunn. Their family numbered seven children, five sons .and two daughters, four of whom ere ^et living, Elston M. was the first in order of birth; Edward L., the second, is now deceased; Alexander M., who re- sides in New York Cit3-, is a salesman in a large wholesale iiouse; Margaret liecame the wife of John H. Cuthbert, but is now deceased ; Mulford AL, residing in Boston, Mass.. is engaged in the ""■ 'L 9>-HI^ (28 ^^►*-* ROCK COUNTY. Y niamifactiire of aijrieultur.il implements; Agnes W.. wife of Mr. Ilnirv Park?^. is a teat-licr of elocu- tiMii in tlio Art, Ci>nsei'vatoiy of Cliicn,-ars, which position he resigned and entereil the Haptist Theological .Seminary of Chicago, where he completed the course in two vears. In .luly. 1H7G. while still in the seminary, he w.is called to supply the pulpit of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Milton; was soon after called to the iwslorate of the church, and was or- dained a minister of the gospel. From that time he has remained in charge of the church at Milton, covering a period for almost thirteen consecutive years. lie has also occupied the position of i)ro- fessor of Greek and mental and moral philosophy for three years in Milton College, and is at present a member of its board of trustees. Rev. Mr. Dunn has preached a great deal during his long and only pastorate .at Milton, for the v.ari- ous first-day churches in .Janesville, Ft. Atkinson, and in all the neighboring villages, and is at the present time supplying two Congregational churches in the county. In 1H57 Mr. Dunn was united in marriage with Miss Helen E. Clarke, a daughter of Kphraim and Angeline L. Clarke, the former deceased and the latter a resident of Walworth Count3-, Wis. Three children have been born of the union of ' this worthy couple. Clara 1).. the eldest is the wife of J. Xelson Humphrey, professor of Latin in the Xormal .School at Whitewater. Wis., and lo them has been born one child. Ileywood Cuthbert; Alexander ('..who is residing in Miuiu'apolis. is city agent of the Chicago. .St. I'aul. .Minne.';])olis ct Omaha Railroad, hfiving served in that position for two j'oars; .leiuiie, the youngest of the family, is still with her parents. The two older children are graduates of the college at Milton, and Miss Jennie ! expects tt) complete the course in .Inne, 1890. .Mr. Dunn is a worthy and vahied citizen of Hock County, where he has made manv friends and is well and favorably known throughout the \ ctmntv. lie is gre.-itly beloved by his church, with wlioui lie has been for so many 3-ears. and his work has been greatly blessed of God in the conversion of souls and tlie edification of the church. THOMAS DAVIDSON, one of the leading KSj5,\ citizens of Milton, was liorn on the 2()th ' d.ay of .lanuary, l^OG, in Litchfield County, j Conn., and is a son of John and Asenalh (Fletcher) Davidson. He was reared to manhood in his na- tive State, and when twenty j'ears of age removcti to New York, where for twenty j"ears he engasred I in faiining. He is numbered among the i>ioneers I of Rock County of l^>4(j. having left New York in that year and emigrated to Wisconsin, reaching his destination on the "ifith daj' of June. Going to the home of James Sowie he took up his temporary residence in a little log cabin. He at once engaged in farming and in connection with that occupation did job work for some time. In 1852 he pur- chased a farm in the town of Milton. .Subse- (pienlly he erected a home on a farm of eighty acres, which he had purch,ased in 18(10 on section 19. He owned that land for about twelve years, engaging in its cultivation and development, when he sold out in 1881 and retired from active life. He has made his home in Milton, where he is an honored and prominent citizen, most of the time since 1847, when he built a log house on the northeast quarter of section 27, in the south part of the town. In lf» he Imilt a frame house. f HOCK COUNTY. 729 which was burned in 1873. In 1874 he built iiis present residence. Wlien Mr. Davidson came to .Milton there were in tlie south p.art of tlie village only the Peter McI'^w.tu house on the .Janesville road, and a store building on the site of Mrs. Col- lins" house, owned by Alexander Paul and occu pieil i)y John Alexander, his log house being the third building tiiere. In I82!t. while residing in New York. Mr. Da- vidson led to the marriage altar Miss Maria Hriggs, with whom he has traveled life's jourucv f<1."5. The hidy is a daughter of (4corge and ]')sther (Haines) Nicol, the former a native of Ilagerstown, Md.. the latter of the Old I)(.)initdon. i'wo years after their marriage, Mr. and .Mrs. Paul left the iiuekeye State, and in the spring of 181.'). came lo Millon. Wis. During the following autumn, in connection with his brother, he pur- chased KiO acres of land in the town of Milton, which constitutes the |)resent home of iiis wife. 'I'hat fall he broke forty acres of the land ans>esseil of unbounded energy and perseverance, no dilliculty was so great that it deterred him from accomplishing the end which he was striving for, but with dauntle,ss courage he pressed steadily for- ward until his efforts were crowned with success. In early life he alliliated with the Whig party, but afterward became an enthusiastic admirer and ad- vocate of the Re|)ublican party. The death of that h()nore'' all who know her. She has now at- tained the allotted three score years and ten, and her numerous fiiends sincerelj' wish that her life may be extended through many years to come, and that peace anil happiness will alw.ays accompany her. 3-r$^3-6- ^SNUnKK A. FKADKLL, who is engaged in I )l hlacksmithing in Milton, Wis., was born in ^^ (iermany, Jan. 2 4. 1840, and is a son of Jacob and Kalherine Fradell. When nine years of age he left the Fatherland and came with his mother to Wisconsin, settling in Jefferson in 1846. Later he went to Home, Jefferson County, where for seven years he engaged in farming and in the fall of 18;3(). came to Rock County, making his home in Lima. For two and a half jears he was in the employ of J. Winch, farmer, after wliich he went to Jancsville, where he learned the trade of blacksmithing with .Vdam Wilson and followed that occupation until the beginning of the late war. .Mr. Fradell was one of the first to respond to the country'-- call for troops during the late war, enlist- ing in the spring of 1861, in Captain Ely's Com- ■ :^ *' i ■» ROCK COUNTY. ^^^■"■■"^ pany. After drilling in .Innesvillt' until May. Iio went with tlic company to Madison, where the -^<1 ■Wiscon.sin Infantry was organized, and on the lltli day of June the company w.a.s mustered into .service for three years, as Company D of that regiment, and, nine days later, left Madison for Washngton. After camping about a week, the command crossed the river, in July, to Arlington Heights, where the company did picket duty. On the i:3th of July, they moved to Ccnterville, and on the 18th met the enemy in an encounter at Rlackburn's Ford. The 21st witnessed the first battle of IJuU Run, in which the 2d was the only regiment from Wisconsin participating. When the Union forces were obliged to retreat. Mr. Fradell went with the corajjany to Fort Corcoran, thence to Chain Bridge, on the Potomac, to erect fortifications, and then on to Fort Tilliughast. where the army went into winter quarters. Jn the spring of 1862. Mr. Fradell. with his command, moved on to Centerville, and then returned to Alexandria, where it remained a week, when under the command of Gen. McDowell, the army took possession of Fredericksburg. The F"ederals met Lee's army at Cedar Jlountain. where the Union forces ivere successful, and not long afterwards were engaged in the second battle o'f Bull Run, which lasted for more than two days. The Unionists then moved on to Frederick City Md., by way of Washington, and on the 14th day of September, 1862, engaged in the battle of South Mountain, which lasted several hours. The next engagement was at Antietam. where a hard fought battle occurred on the 17th, both sides losing heav- ily. After remaining in that vicinity for about a month the Union forces proceeded to Belle I'laiu. near Fredericksburg, where they went into winter quarters. During the winter occurred the liattks of Frederickslnirg and Chancellorsvillc. General McClellan was superseded by Gen. Burnside while on the march after the battle of Antietam. In the spring of 1863, Gen. Burnside was succeeded by Gen. Joseph E. Hooker. After the battle of Chan- cellorsville the array remained in camp until .lunc, when it moved north to Gettysburg, and on thj eve of battle Hooker was supeiseded by Gen. (Jeorge G. Meade. The greatest conlliet in the his- tory of our country then took place, raging durino- the first three days of July, 1863. Our Mibject was in the first corps under (ien. Reynolds, which arrived on the field about 10 o'clock. July 1. and supported Buford. The •• Iron Brigade," of which Mr. Fradell's regiment formet/^&'^!TFn<^-snr^ ^j^KANCKS EL1ZAP.1-:TII WILLAUIX the iQl subject of this sketch, needs no introtist Church at Dublin, near Kcenc. N. H. Josiah Flint Willard. gran.lson of the latter. an8, and is l)iiri(cl in Rose Hill Cemetery, Chicago. Frances E. Willard was born at Chnrchville, near Rochester. N. Y., Sept. 28, 1839. In a story entitled -Three Children and How They Amused Theniselves." and in the memoir of her sister. ••Nineteen IJeautiful Years," iVHss Willard has ijiven many pleasing |)ictures of her childhood. Oliver was older, Mary younger than Frances. Tlieir ptircnls were their companions and playmates, as well as their teachers, and made life at ''Forest Home." as they called the farm, so ileliglitful. that the children seem never to have known an irk- some hour. Resides the usiinl ;iniusenu'iils of country chil- (h'Mi tlii'v had ninny pinys peculiar to themselves, the outgrowth of their circumstances and of the actively intellectual life of father and mother. Their farm was to them a city, with streets and pulilic buildings, where they held temperance and political meetings, and celebrated National events. They had a weekly paper, an art club, established with due formalities, and a studio in which to hold (juarterly exhibitions, "for the purpose of cul- tivating the tastes of any who might atteiul. and also in the expectation that we might, at these ex- hibitions, dispose of any works of art. such as sketches, (jaintings or statuettes modeled in clay, which we should be able to furnish to the iiublic" — the public lieing mother, brother, and now and then a friendly visitor. Both Mr. and Mrs. Willanl had been teachers, and until Frances was twelve years old, they were the children's sole instructors. A governess then assisted in their education for two years, at the end of whit'h time a .school-house was built near the river. Two or three j'ears of school life here were followed bj- a term in the Woman's College at Mil- waukee. The family soon afterward removed to •►*-«• Evanston. 111., where the girls graduated from the Northwestern Woman's College. The elder sister became a teacher; the younger died in 18()2. and their father a few years Later. Miss Willard taught in the Woman's College at Pittsburgh, was Pre- ceptress of the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, N. Y.. and Profes.sor of Science in the Woman's College at Evanston. After her father's death, in 1868, she spent two years in travel through Europe and the East, and while absent was corres- pondent of the Independent, the Christtan Union, and other papers in New York and Chicago. On her return she was elected Dean of the Evanston Woman's College, and Professor of vF^sthetics in the Northwestern University. Her success as a te.acher was great, her influence over her pupils ex traordinary. -'What are j'ou going to do in the world.'" was her oft-asked question. Her aim was to develop character, to reveal to each |)upil her special powers, and to cultivate a love of giving and doing one's best always. She appeared beferaiK'e worker of tliat. reiiion. Ill IS.s;! IMiss Wiliard foimdrd the World's Wo- man's Christian Temperance Tnion. its object the formation of "a world-wide organization of all wo- men interested in any form of tem|ieranee, or soctial purity, or any otjier branch of Christian, philan- thropic, or reformatory work tlirouiihoiit the whole world, without respect to nationality', class or creed. It is not intended that this federation shall hamper or control in any way the jilans or actions of any society or individual, but that it shall simply unite tliein all into one common organ- ization for the better furtherance of the pur- pose that animates each." Miss Willard is I'resi- dent for the United States of this society. She is also activel}' interested in the societies for the pro- motion of personal purity, an),aiid Woman in the Pulpit (1888), a strong argument for the ecclesiastical equality of women, introduced by letters from the Rtv Dr. .Joseph Parker, the Rev. Dr. Talinage, and Joseph Cook. It aLso contains a counter-argument by the Rev. Dr. Henry .1. Van Dyke, Sr., .and a reply by the Rev. Dr. L. T. Townsend, in support of Miss W'il- lard's position. She is also the author of Glimpses of Fifty Years, undoubtedly the crowning work of her life, brought out in the spring of 1889, and which is having an enormous sale. "As a public speaker," says James Clement Am- brose, in Potter's American Monthly. -I think Miss A\illard is withoutapeer among women. With much of the Edward F:verett in her language, there is more of the Wendell Phillips in her manner of de- livery. She is wholly at home, but not forward on the [)latform, with grace in bearing, e.ase .and mod- eration in gesture, and in her tones there are tears when she wills. It is the voice books call 'mag- netic' — a spell is in it to please and carry away. It is musical and mellow, never thin, and on an excep- tionally distinct articul.ation, winds awjiy to remot- est listeners as sounds from the silvery bells of the Sabb.ath. Altogether she wears the emph.asis of gentleness under |)rofouiid conviction." ^A #-# 5^ |SAAC PAP.SONS MORGAN, a retired hard- ||| ware merchant anawrence, Mass., and for a period of four years was located at South Royallon. \'t.. remaining in lliat place until liis removal lo tlie West in IX'jS. Not long after entering u|)On his l)usiness ca- reer Mr. Morgan wedded Miss Hebccca (i lading, a native of Salem. Ma^s.. born in 1«1(), who is still his conqianion and iielpmate in life's journey, 'riicir union w.ns celebrated in 18'29. Mrs. Morgan is a d:uighter of William and Mary (\'anderford) Cilading. tiic former a native of Phil:idel|)hia, and the laltcr of Salem. She lived in the exciting times of the War of 1812. in wliich her father served. He was made prisoner during lliat strug- gle, and the hardships'and confinement of Dartmoor prison so undermined his health that he died of consumption. He served on board a man-of-war, ;uid .Mrs. Morgan remembers visiting her father on the vessel, wliere she fre((uently recited foi- the en- tertainment of tlie seamen. Siie also recalls the visit of La l''.(; came to Wisconsin, settling in .Milton, whcic he has since resided. He has taken an active i)art in the growth of the tfiwii. and as a buililer has assisted to erect about half the buildings therein. I.cforc leaving his native State, he married Miss Mary Jane I'cck. a native of Cumberland County, N. .1., their weilding being celebrated on the 7th oii that determination, came to Rock County, the date of his arrival being the 8th of November. Removing to the Peter McEwan farm, he purchased 200 acres of land, but has disposed of part of it, still retain- ing possession of eightj'-three acres. In October, 1861, Mr. Cole enlisted in tlie 13tli Wisconsin Infantry, and was mustered into the service at Janesville, November 1st following, and commissioned as Sergeant. After serving five months he was honorably discharged, and return- ing to Milton, he resumed farming. In 1868. retiring from the more active duties of life, he removed to Milton. Soci.ally, he is a member of the G. A. R. Post at IMilton, and politically, an in- flexible Republican, liaving supported that party since its organization. He is a public-spirited enterprising man, and a worthy and valued citizen, and has always been found in the foremost rank of any public enterprise which was calculated to be of benefit to the community. His sterling worth and Strict integrity have secured for liim the confidence of all. Mrs. Cole is an adherent of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. ^ ARSHALL R. COON, who for a contin- uous period of almost half a century has 'Y been identified witli the best interests of Rock County, is nosv engaged in farming on section 9, in the town of Milton. He was born in Alfred Centre, Alleghany Count}'. N. Y., May 22, 1838, and is the son of (leorge N. and Eusebia (lUirdick) Coon. His parents were also natives of the Empire State, and their family consisted of but two children — Marshall R. of this sketch and Luanna. wife of Anson L. Rose, a farmer of Milton Township. In early life, the father learned the black- smith's trade, whidi he followed for a livelihood in liis native State, and also engaged in that occupa- tion after becoming a resident of Wisconsin. Accom- panied by his family, he emigrated to Rock County in 1840,and took up a claim near Lake Koshkonong, in Milton Towiislii|). He entered 160 .-icres of government land and erected a huge log cabin, 1 8x.'56 feet, which was the first home of the family in the county. There they lived in true iiioneor style, and many were the happy days there spent, when the country was new and unsettled. In some directions the eye could look out upon what seemed to he uiibouiukd i)rairie. while in others, it rested upon regions of heavy timber, the haunt of many kinds of wild game, and where wolves were also frequently seen. Mr. Coon afterward erected the first frame building on the river road between Stoughton and Milwaukee, and on the banks of the little lake established a small store, where he traded with the Indians and the few white settlers of the community. His stock was hauled from Milwau- kee, and in exchange for his goods, he received all kinds of produce, furs and numerous other articles. Monej- w.as scarce and wheat which was iiauled to Milwaukee by o,\ teams only brought twenty-five cents per bushel, while corn sold at ten cents. In connection with his other business interests Mr. Coon also engaged in blacksmithing. He resided upon the claim which he first entered until 1853, when he bought the farm adjoining his original l)urchase ou the west, and in the course of time ex- tended its boundaries until it comprises 300 acres. Probably no man has done more toward the devel- opment of the wild land than (ieorge X. Coon. He placed the entire tract which he owned under a a high state of cultivation, made many beautiful and useful ini|)rovements and otherwise increased its value until he l)ecame one of the well-to-do citi- zens of the county. Wishing to retire from active life, in 1881. he left tlie farm where he had made his home for so many years and removed to Milton Junction, where lie continued to reside until his death, which occurred in 1880. at the ripe old age of seventy-two years. He dic been born, Kusebia M., born Sept. 22, 1H72. Tlu' have si)ared neither pains nor monej' in the cdur.'ition of their daughter, who is an ac- comiilishcil young lady. She has been thoroughly instructed both in literary studies and music, and is now preparing her>elf for a teacher. The fauiilv to which Mrs. Coon belongs num- bered ten children, six of whom are yet living — George \V.. who is now engaged in farming in the town , and is a represen- tative of one of the early families of the c<»unlv. His father, J.acob Fislier. was a native of Pennsyl- vania, born in Luzerne County, and emigrated fioin that State to Wisconsin in 184(i, residing in this community until his death, which occurred on the 27th of iVugust, 1878. (See sketch on another page.) The subject of this sketch w.as born in I'lymoiilh Township, Hock Co., on the llth d.ay of August. 1849, and lias followed the occupation of farming thronghout his entire hfe. On the 2;3d day of September, 1872, he w.as united in mari-iage with L. -h A. ROCK COUNTY. Miss Mary ^I. Douglas. .i ermancnt history' of Rock Count}', in whose welfare and advancement he takes groat interest. DWAUD T. HA.MILToN, a resident of fej Milton, was born on the 1 9th day of Jan- L^ uary, 1819, in Allegany County, N. Y., and is a sc)n of Freeborn and Tacy (Green) Hamil- ton. He was one of a family of twelve children, seven of whom are now living. The subject of this sketch was reared to man- hood in his native State, receiving his education in the common schools. Thinking that the opportun- ities afforded young men were l)etter in the West than in the older states of the East, lie came to Wisconsin in 1812, and bought land in the town of Harmony. After some months he sold his land to his brother Horace (i. and returned to New York, where in 1843 he was united in marriage with Miss Weltiiy M. Burdick. a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth liurdick. They hf^d a family' of nine children, six sons and three daughters, all of whom are still living, with one exception. Daniel M. and Waite S., the two eldest of the family are still liv- ing in New York State. Harriet E. is now de- ceased. The others are Kdon 1'., Benjamin F., John A., Mrs. Hamilton. Charles R. and Abigail. Mrs Hamilton was born on the 23d day of Ma}-, 1824. She has had five ciiildren. Albert E., born March 27. 181.'), is tiie first in order of birth; a lawyer by i)rofession. living in Harper. Kan. Elnora, born .luly 2-3, 1847. is living in IMilton; Charles W., born Marcii 3o, 1849, was married and diejl in 1880; Haltic L. born May 19, 18;)2. is now deceased; and Ida M. was born June 22, 185.5. Shortly after their marriage l\\.v. Hamilton and his young wife came to Rock County, and settled on a farm of IGO acres in Ijima Township, he en- tering an 80-acre tract and purchasing the remainder. He there eng.aged in farming, develop- ing the wild land and making many useful improve- ments until his farm became one of the best in the community. In 18G1 he removed with his family to Milton, but retained the owiiershiji of the land on which he first settled until 1881, when he sold out. For some time he engaged in stock dealing, mak- ing a specialty of horses, and was quite successful in that line of business. Financially, he is a self made m.an. Starting out in life with no capital, he h.as steadily worked his way upward, gaining by good management, industry and enteri)rise, a com- fortable coinpctencj' which enables him to pass his declining years in retirement from the more active duties of life. Rrevious to the war he was a sup- porter of the Abolition party, but now casts his ballot with the Prohibition party. Throughout his life he has taken a deep interest in tem|)erance work, and aiiled in the |)romotion of temperance principles. He is a member of the Seventh Day n* k I ^ I ROCK COUNTY. -•► 745 i liaptistCliuixh. of Milton, iind is mnnbered among till" fail}' settlers of that town, in tiie enterprises of wliieli lie has ever been found in the foremost ranlis. An honored [Moneer, a progressive and pulilie spirite7, accompanied by his eldest son, ! L.i)., he went abroad, spending a year visiting most of tlie principal places of interest in Europe. Soon after his return he came to Janesville, and being impressed with tiie many advantages of the city .and its healthful ehar.acter, decided to locate here. He purchased an improved and already beautiful home and settled down to rest after a lifetime marked with sturdy toil which had been rewarded with a competence. Here he and his interesting family gathered about them many warm friends, and here he p.assed the remainder of his life, his death occurring July 28. 1877. He was a Chris- tian gentleman, altogether such an one as could ailiiin a life of ease, exemplif3'ing before younger men the profit of an .active life, the value of integ- ritv and the final compensation of steadfastness to principle. Those who knew him (and his friends were many) bear tribute to his memory, to his man^' virtues, to liis clear mind and abounding goodness. He was a man whose heart never grew old. Venerable in appearance, his flow of spirits seemed to come from another life from within, as in truth it diil. for his faith, his religious life was joyous. He permitted no doubts. When he came to die there was no hurried anxiety to balance eternal accounts; he was ready. Dr. Thorwaldsen .ludd, whose name heads this sketch, is the only one of the family who did not accomp.any his fatlier to Colorado. He was born in Mercer Co.. Pa., in 184G, and was Init about four j-earsof age when his father removed with his family to Uock Island, III. Later he was sent to Norwalk, Conn., to attend school, and there re- mained for about three vears, rejoining the fauiily after their removal to Brooklyn. His father in- vested largely in the Kagleton Manufacturing Company in that city, and gave to his two sons. L. I), and our subject, an interest of ^7.5,000 in that business. Several years later the business w.as sold to Demas Barnes, and in 1868 the family came to Janesville. Soon after Thorwaldsen engaged in the hardware business under the firm name of K. S. Barrows it Co., whic!i connection continued about three years, when tiie partnership was dis- solved and he carried on the business alone, gradu- ally converting it into the manufacture of gas gen- erators, automatic machines for generating gas. w'hich he invented and for which he obtained a patent. In 1872 he went to Philadelphia, and with his brother. Dr. L. D. Judd. engaged in the manu- facture of this m.achineon a large scale. The busi- ness finall}- merged into a stock company and he became its manager. While residing in Philadelphia. Dr. Judd led to the marriage .altar Miss Abbie T, Lanman, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and a daughter of David T Lanman, a resident of that city and a representa- tive of one of the early Connecticut lamilies, being descended from the eminent Trumbull family of that State. LTnto them one son h.as been born, Frederick H.. whose birth occurred in November. 1884. In 1877 the Doctor returned to Janesville and eng.aged in the study of dentistry. He is one of the energetic and progressive citizens of Hock County, and these elements of character are illus- trated in the pursuit of his profession, in which he holds high rank. He is an earnest and consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, and is Super- intendent of its Sabbath-school. In his political sentiments he is a Republican, and socially is a member of the Order of the Knights of Pythias. He was one of the organizers of the Janesville Guards, which was afterwards converted into the Janesville J.,ight Infantry, and served !»s Quarter- master .Sergeant of the former organization, also as Quartermaster of the regiment. «-fr^ D'ir ORRIS W. ADAIR, deceased. It becomes I the duty and the pleasure of the hislo- to perpetuate the lives of those who lave borne a prominent part in the history of the ^r •^^1^^ a r48 ROCK COUNTY. country, and therefore we are pleased to record this sketch of Mr. Norris W. Adair. He was niunhprod among the leading attorneys of Rwk County, and was a resident of Evansville. In this State lie passed liis entire life, having licen l)orn in Green County, Wis. He was a son of Jlathi.as and Elizahetii (Becker) Adair. His fatiier bravely enlisted in the service of the country during the late Civil AVar and was one of the thousands wlio offered up their lives on the altar of their country in order that the Union might be preserved. The death of his father (iccurring when lie was a lad of seven years, Jlr. Adair was then thifiwn upcui his own resources and from that time made liis own way in the world. He w.as truly a self-made man, .and the success to wliich he attained Avas but the greater on account of the station from which he arose. He received his education in the common schools, and on looking about him for .some trade or profession chose the law as the one which he most wished to inake his life work. With deter- mined energy he set to work to master that |irofes- sion, and being of a studious nature, undaunted by an}' trial which might cross his path, he soon gained a knowledge of the law which would have done credit to man)- an ')ld jirMClitioncr. In 187!) he was admitted to tlu; bar of Rock County in Janesvillc and located in the thriving little cit\- of Evansville. In 1877 Mr. Adair was united in marriage with Mi.ss Am.anda Winston, a daughter of Reuben Win- ston, of Evansville. Two little sons came to bless their union, Ralph and Herman. After locating in Evansville, Mr. Adair applied himself with untiring zeal to his i)rofession and se- cured a good practice. He was rapidly gaining a prominent position at the bar and displayed marked talent and ability, but contining himself tooclosely to his work, over-study and his arduous labors im- ]>aired his constitution, and on the ■i'.lth of M.areh, IHlSl.the flame of life burned itself out. In his death tlie community lost one of her most brilliant and promising citizens, the young wife a lovint; ai.d leniler husband, and the little sons a kind and indulgent father. On being thrown upon his own resources he had resolved to make for himself a place in this world, and his ambition and love of study spurred him on until his health gave way before the strain. His life was one of the strictest integrity and uprightness, and he leaves to his chil- dren the [)riceless heritage of a good name. On the 2d d.ay of Ajiril. 1885, Mrs. Adair was .again married, becoming the wife of (Jeorge II. Butts, a leatling farmer residing on section 28, in the town of Milton. Her children are yet with her, and are bright intelligent little lads, of whom she may well be proud. Wlien only four 3'ears of age Ralph was atHicted with spinal mengenitis, which left the right lower limb paralyzed. He suffered greatly and at length lost the entire use of that limb. It was then thought best that the member shovUil be amputated, and it was Uiken off just above the knee. -*-^ ••o*o..{5JX®-of<. *,.— \f:*^ AVID WALSH, a retired farmer, resifling in Milton, Wis., is a native of the Emerald Isle, where his birth occurred on the 22d day of December. 1822. He is a son of John and Rebecca Walsh, who were also natives of Ireland, and unto them was borii a faniil\ of nine children, only three of whom are now living, namely: James, who resides in Winnepeg. Canada, where he is engaged in the commission business; Richard, a veterinary surgeon, residing in Port Perry, Ontario; and David, the suliject of this sketch. The members of the family now deceased are William. .lolui. Mary, (Jeorge. Charles and Mary. Our subject was but four years of age when with his parents he left his native land and emigrated to Canada. He. however, remembeis many things about his liirlhi>lacc. The family located ncarMont- real. Canada, where for some time the father eng,aged in farming and the dairy business, but later remov- ing to Cavau Township. Durham Co.. Ontario, he bought a farm ami eng.igcd in it.-* cultivation. He added to his original purc-hase until his landed \k>s- sessions aggregated 800 acres. l^avid was leareil to manhood upon that farm in Canada, and while there residing became acquainted with Miss Lucre- tia liarnhanlt. a native of Canada, who .afterward became his wife. She was born on the l,5'.h dav of n >•»• ROCK COUNTY. lit June, 1828, anrl lias two brolliers. John, who is li\ iiiii; in St. Cloud. Minn., and Zaciiniiali, wlm ic- .sides in Miliirook, Canada. Mr. and Mis. Walsh ii.MVf no cliiidii'n of their own, bnt have adoptinl a niece and nepliew, upon whom they lavish .all the eare and allentioii of fond parents. Mr. Walsh is nnnibercd among the early settlers of Rock County, datinu- his residence fiom 1855, when he left his Canadian home .and came tt> Wis- consin. At that lime he purchased 135 acres of land on section 12. in the town of Harmony, and for aliout thirty years there made his home. Hn has i)laccd the entire farm under a high state of cultivation, has made man\ line improvements, and otherwise increased the value i)f his Land. For some time he engaged in the dairy business, in which he was ijuite successful, turning out an arti- cle of butter which gained an excellent reputation. In connection with general farming, he also devoted considerable attention to the raising of fine stock, and made a specialty of Jersey cattle. Possessed of an energetic nature and good ability, he was quite successful in the line of his l>usiness, ami by his own elYorts has aiciiinulated a comfortable com- petence, which enables him to pass his declining years in retirement. In 1881 he erected a nice residence in Milton at a cost of ><3.()00. and has there since made his home. Religiousl.y. ^Ir. Walsh is a member of the Methodist Kpiscopal Church, and is a leading and representative citizen of the community. For some time he served his fellow- citizens as I'athinastcr. and for one year filled the odice of Supervisor. The cause of eilucation finds in him a true and constant friend, one who takes a prominent part in the advancement of that interest, believing it to be a necessary (lualilication to goi>d citizenship. For \ ears he ser\cil as Treasurer of the School lioard. and also filled the position of School Director. Politically, he is a Repiil)lican. having supported that i)arty since its organization. While living in Harmony he served as Justice of the Peace. In tlie many years of his residence in Rock County, Mr. Walsh has not onlj' witnessed the great transforniatinn which has taken place, but has been a participant in its progress and develop- ment and has aided in the advancement of its en- terprises. Many and great are the changes which have taken place during the past forty years, and the most far-sighted could scarcely imagine the promi- nent position to which Rock County has attained. To the early settlers it owes a debt of gratitude which can never be repaid, but we can perpetuate their names and lives by a written history which will last for .ages. MOS P.. SPAlLDlNi;. who is now living ^W 11 ^ retired life in Milion .luuction, is one of 11 iSt the representative citizens of Rock County. ^ and though he has made his home in this coniinunit^' but a short time, i» one of ils most popular men. He is a native of the Empire State, having been born in the town of Plaiiifield. Otsego County, in 1815. He is descended from good old Revolutionaiy stock, his paternal grandfather hav- ingserved in the War for Independence under Gen. Washington, partici|)ating in the far famed battles of Bunker Hill and Brandywine, and in several other important engagements. The father of our subject was Sewell .Spauldiug. Amos 15. Spaulding was reared to manhood in his native State and there received his eilucation. He was always one of the strongest opposers of the institutions of slaveiy, regarding It as the darkest blot on the page of America's history. When the Abolition party was organized, he was one of the first to advocate its cause and cast his l)allot for the .\bolition candidates at a time when but two others in that town voted for the part3\ His busi- ness career was spent in the mercantile pursuits, he carrying on a store in Leonardsville, N. Y., until his removal to Wisconsin. Po.ssessed of good ability, he was veiy successful in that line, and bj' his honest^' and fair dealing and his earnest desire to please his customers, won a liberal share of the public patronage. Throughout his life Mr. Spauld- ing remained a resident of Otsego County, N. Y., until his removal to this State in 1878. He locatetl in .Milton Junction, where he has since lived in retired life, and is recognized as one of its worthy and valued citizens. He h.as traveled quite exten- sively, however, has made a trip into Canada and t ■^•- -•»> 750 ROCK COUNTY. 1' ' V visited many other places of interest, therehy gaining a knowledge of the world, its people and affairs, which could never have been acquired Ijy the study of hooks. Wliile residing in his native State, on the 'id day of October, 1876, Mr. Spaulding w.is united in mar- riage with Miss Mary B. Smith, who was also born in New York. They have no children, but theirs is one of the most hospitable homes of Milton Junction, and their circle of friends and acquain- tances is large. Liberal in his views of public pol- icy, Mr. Spaulding is a supporter of all social edu- cation.al and moral interests and of all enterprises calculated to benefit the communit3-. He has served as Town Assessor, has filled the oflSce of Justice of the Peace, and in 1883, was appointed Postmaster of Milton Junction tc fill the vacancy caused by a removal. He discharged his duties in a manner satisfactory to all concerned and proved an able and an efficient officer. Mr. Spaulding is a man of sterling worth and uprightness of char- acter, and by all those who have the pleasure of his acquaintance, he is held in high esteem. AVe are pleased to record this brief sketch, knowing that none are more worthy a rei)resentation in the Poii- tk'.vit and BioGKAPiiiCAL Album of Rock County. #^ -5- -i- E. OSBORN, a retired farmer residing in Jlilton, was born in AVyoming County. N. Y., on the "ilst day of JIarch, 1827. and is a son of Cliancey and Polly (Skinner) Osborn. His father was born in New York in 1798. By trade he was a carpenter, but he engaged in farm- ing while yet quite young. AVhen only fourteen years old he enlisted for service in the war of 1812, serving a year and a half as drummer-boy and part of the time on picket duty. He was mustered out in 1814, and returned to his home and re- engaged in farming. He w:i,s married in New York in 1816 and had twelve children. His wife W!is born in 1798. When our subject was five years old his father, with his familj'. removed to Erie Count}% Pa., becoming one of the early settlers of that community, wliere he built a double log cabin, into which the family at once moved. After ten years residence in Pennsylvania. Mr. Osborn left the East and started for the Territory- of \Viscon- sin, which he reached in the month of June, 1843. That was before the day of railroads, when the means of travel were quite inferior to the improved methods of our daj'. Locating at Oconomowoc, AVaukesha County, in the midst of the timber, Mr. Osborn developed another farm which he bought in 1844. At that time the Indians had not left their home on this side of the Mississippi for the "Western reservations, but were still quite numer- ous in the neighliorhood. There the fjimily lived until 18o7, when they removed to the town of Harmon^-, Rock County, where Mr. Osborn bought a farm of 160 acres. He died in 1876, but his wife is living at the advanced age of ninety years. In 1853 our subject bought a farm of eighty acres on section 12. in the town of Harmony. Only ten acres had been broken, and a little log cabin constituted the onl}- imi)roveuient. Iminedi- atel}', as was his habit when an}- Labor awaitcl li. and Catherine (Btirdick) Collins. Her father was a celebrated physician of Allegany County, X. Y., and his death occurred Aug. 27, 1851, his wife de- parting this life in New York, April 14, 1860. Their family nundjered six children, of whom Mrs. Babcock is the eldest; John, the second iu order of <• birth, is living in Georgia; Amos and Lorenzo, are residents of Alfred, N. Y.; Teresa married Dr. William Henry Overt, of Clintonville, W.aupaca Co., Wis., and William, who resides in Missouri. Dr. Babcock received his literary education at Alfred Centre N. Y., and then entered the Medical College of Castleton, \\,.. from which he later grad- uated. He then attended a course of lectures in New York City for al)out a year, graduating from the institution there in the class of 1842, and the following 3"ear. was above stated, as united in marriage. Shortly afterward the young couple came to Johnstown, Rock Count}', settling on a farm near that place, where Dr. Babcock engaged in practice, and also devoted his attention to .agri- cultural pursuits in connection with his father. After a few years had passed, he went to ililton, where he opened an office and establishe(l one of the largest and best pr.actiees in this part of the country. Whatever the we.ather, whether in win- ter's cold or summer's heat, or in the storms wdiich visit us at all seasons, he responded to the call from the sick and suffering ones, and would ride for miles to visit his patients, often going without food for an entire day. In consequence of his exposure and fasting, consumption slowly fastened upon his frame, but for seven years he lingered on, during which time he could not ride out. but for some time would make calls in the town .as he considered the exercise beneficial. At length, with the hope of a i)artial if not a total re- covery, he sought the warm climate of California. where he p.assed away Jan. 19, 1875. Dr. Babcock was a member of the Seventh D.ay Baptist Church, and took a deep interest in its ad- vancement, and in the promotion of any enterprise for the public welfare. He w.as an ardent sup- porter of the Republican party, earnestly advoca- ting its principles, and while residing in Johnstown was twice elected to the Legislature, serving in the General Assemblies of 1847 and 1848. His public duties were discharged with promptness anwM of Lima for several terms, was a member of the School Board, was elected and served as District Treiisurer and also as Town_Clerk. He was elected Ro.ad Commissioner in 1888. has been Overseer of Highw.aysfor several years, and is now President of the Board of Health Commissioners. The promptness and fidelity with which he h.is discharged the various duties in- cumbent upon him. has madi' him an eflicient and faithful officer, and he is recognized .as one of the l)rominent and enterprising citizens of Milton Juiu'- tit>n. For about twenty-three years he has acted as Deacon of the Seventh Day Baptist Church, in which he holds membership, and is an untiring worker in his Master's vineyard. In politics he is a Republican. He is numbered among the honored pioneers of the county, has witnessed its develop- ment from a wild and almost unsettled prairie until -t ;l* -•^ ROCK COUNTY. it is on fi par with any county in this vast common ■ wealth, anil lias eviT l)t'en |ii'(iiiiiiii'nt in tho [ivo- motion of its l)est inU'rests. Upriyht anil honoralilc. his course Ihrougii life has always hccn such that he has uaincd the resiJcct and yood will of those with whom linsiness or pleasure have lirouyht liini in contact, and few men are more widely and favcu'- alily known. II. SCIIUKMAN, pholojiiapher, of Beloit, is a native of I'rince Kdward's Island (now if- jii=^ . one of the provinces of the Dominion of Canada) where he was liorn December 1.5, 1844. Ills parents were Isaac and jNIiriam (Tupper) Schur- man. The fnrmcr vras a native of that island, and the latter of New York, but who in early life went with her father's family to Prince Kdward's Island. Mrs. Schnrnian belongs to an old and prominent family, beinu a sister of Sir Charles Tup|)er, one of Canada's most distinijuishey his parents removed to Nova .Scotia, where his father w.as enoks and stationery, of Milton, Wis., is „ „ the younger son of Er.astus P. and Mary .lane (Peck) Clarke, whose sketch will be found elsewhere in this volume. He was born in Una- dilla. N. Y., Dec. 25, IS47, .-md when a lad ofnine years came with his parents to .Milton, having since that time been a resident of Rock County. At the age of fifteen years he left the parental roof and entered the employ of R. Willi.ams. a merchant of Milton, with whom he remaiueil until 1881, during a period of nineteen consecutive years. At the expiration of that lime he established business for himself :i*i a deaK'r in books and stationery, and is the only one engaged in that line in Milton. He \r ^t^fM^ 758 ROCK COUNTY. rl floes a good business, winning the confidence of all by his fair and iionest dealing, and is well deserv- ing of tlie ])iil)lic patronage. In 1«7(; .Mr. Clarke led to the marriage altar Miss H. \ine Cramlall, a native of Allegany County, N. Y. and a daughter of Ezra Crandall. She is a member of the Seventli Day I'.aptist Church and a most estimable lady, who has many friends in this community. Mr. Clarke is an Odd Fellow, having joined the lodge at Milton on its organization in 1H73. and since January, 1885. has been its treasurer. Politically, he is a warm suii- porter of the Republican party, takes an .active part in politics, and has served as secretary of the Repulilican Club, working earnestly for its inter- ests and advancement. For about fifteen jears he has been local correspondent of the .lanesville Ga- zftte and the Chicago Times, lie is a man of ster- ling worth and is held in high esteem by all with whom business or pleiisure have brought him in contact. ORKNZO R.VSFY. a leading farmer and stock-raiser of Reloit Township, living on section 17, is a native of New York, born in Itica, Oneida County, Nov. 27. 1835. His pa- rents, .Salathiel and Ermina E. (Hale) Rasey were n.ati ves of Rho.. the second child, born Dec. 20, 1833, is engaged in farming in Marion. Waupaca Co., AVis. ; Mary E., widow of F. D. Wray. resides in Washington County, N. Y.; Clark ().. who. at the early age of seventeen years, enlisted in the late war in a cav- alry company under (ien. Kilpatrick. was for many ye.ars a resident of lieloit. but is now living in Passadena. Cal.; Delia E. became the wife of Al- bert Williams, a farmer in West Pauleth. A't. : Hen- ry L. is living in Washington, llarlaud M. makes his home in Hebron. Washington Co.. N. X .: Samuel S. is also located in Washington. In the common schools of his native county, our subject received his education. Throughout his entire life he h.os followed the occupation of farm- ing. At the age of thirteen years he began life as a farm hand, giving his earnings to his mother, and followed that pursuit for several years. In lisOC he was united in marri.age with Emily L. A'ail, who was born in Rutland County, At., and is a daughter of Edwin and Margaret V. (Staples) \-a\\. Her parents were natives of Vermont, hut in 1852 removed to Washington County, N. Y., where the union of Mr. and Mrs. Rasey w.as]celebrated. Her father died upon the farm in that county in 1858, and her mother dei)arted this life in 18H3. Their family numbered live children, Emily L.. who was born Dec. 13, 1839. being the eldest; Harris E., born June 19, 1841, is a farmer of Middlebury. Vt. ; Marcus J. born Oct. 1., 1814, is |)roprie- tor of a hotel in Washington County. N. Y.; Ellen .S., b(.ni April 6, 1840. is the wife of .Solon C. Mason, a grocer and flour and feed dealer of W.ash- ington County, N. \'. ; Herliert I., born M.ay 14, 1854. is a resident of Boston. .M.ass. The ancestors of Mrs. Riisey, the Vails and Staples were originally from England, and were t^uakers. The Vail fani- ♦ n 4= •«► ROCK COUNTY. 75!) ily was founded in Aniorica by three brothers who cnnic over in the Mayllower. and tlie Sta|>le.s family, by ancestors who came at that time or soon after. In IHtiT Mr. and Mrs. Rasey ilecidod tocast their lot witli the citizens of Rociv County, and conse- (inently the iiiisband purchased 213 acres of land on section 17. Ueioit Townsliip. which was im- proved, fenced, and on whicii a small barn and his present dwelling had been built. His landed posses- sions have since boon increaseil to 1.31 acres. 391 of which is situated in Heloit 'I'ownship, the remain- iuii' 41) being located in Newark Township. The many improvements which Mr. Rasey has made has transformed his land into one of the finest farms in Rock County. He h.as an elegant resi- dence, while his barns are among the largest and most convenient in Southern Wisconsin. The di- mensions of the main barn arc 50 x !16 feet, with 24 foot posts, witli a 9 foot basement under the entire building. His main barn will shelter sixty- four head of stock, while in connection with this he has stabling room for one hundred head. He also has stor.age room for two hundred tons of foeil. He milks sixty cows and successfullj' oper- ates a dairy. Though ver}' quiet and unassuming, he is recognized as one of the leading farmers of Rock County, is an honored and esteemed citizen, and h:us l)ecn identified with the social and educa- tional interests of the community for many years. Politically he is a Republican. By his own indus- try and energy, his possessions have been accum- ulated, and he is now a wealthy farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Rase}' are the parents of one son, Edwin L.. who was born .luly (!, I.S(!9. and is now attending school in Beloit. -J- #-# -8- ir^^KYNOLDS .1. (i RKKNM.VX. a leading citi- IL^ zen and lumber-dealer, and editor of the News, of AHItou Junction, Wis., is a son of \^ H. G. (ireenraan and a native of New ■^'ork, l)orn in nornellsville, July 24, 1810. When eleven years of age he came with the famil\- to Milton, where he has since made his home. His education was {•om[)leted at the academy, now the college of Milton, near the parental home, lie .as- sisted his father in liusinoss during his vacations and leisure hours, and also maile a thorough study of the law. His arrangements at one time were all made to V)egin the iiractice of that profession, but he abandoned the plan in order to engage in other business. His knowledge of law, however, has been of great value to him as well as to some of his fellow-citizens. He has been counsellor to the whole community, many people coming to him for .advice. Being of a kindly disposition he has al- ways used his best endeavors to prevent litigation, thereby preventing much bitter feeling and saving the parties considerable money, which would other- wise have been spent in lawyers' fees. On March 25, 1862, Mr. Greenman was married to Miss Lois P. Collins, daughter of Dr. F. B. and Tncy A. Collins, the marriage ceremony being per- formed in Milton by the Rev. W. C. Whitford. Her parents, as is also Mrs. Greenman. were natives of Allegany County, N. Y.; her father, B. V. Collins, was born on the ith d.ay of November. 1813, and her mother, Tacy A. Babcock. on Nov. 30, 1823. Lois P. Collins was born at Alfred Center May 30, 1842. Mr. Collins died at Milton Oct. 10, 1864, and his wife passed aw.ay .at .St. Peter, Minn., on the 2d d.ay of February, 1888. They were highly respected Christian people. Of the three children born to IMr. and Mrs. Greenman two are yet liv- ing, namely: Mary Floy, born at Milton Junc- tion Nov. 11. 1863, who on the 3()tli d.ay of June. 18H6, became the wife of F. R. Morris, the present postmaster and joint proprietor and local editor of the Milton Junction Neics; and .Stella A., born at Milton Junction April 12, 1871, who is still with her parents. Bertie Greenman w.as born Jan. Ki. 1867, and died Aug. 7, 1869. In 18G3 Mr. (Jreenman entered upon his busi- ness career as a lumber dealer, at Milton Junction, and immediately after locating in that place was elected to the otlice of .lustice of the Pe.ace, serv- ing in that capacity for ten years. He built the first private residence on the vill.age plat of Milton Junction, and his lumlier ollice was the first build- ing on Merchant's Row, now the principal business street in the town. He is liberal in religious senti- ment, .sympathizing with the doctrine of I'nitarian- ism, and is independent in |)ulilics. lie has coii- 1 ' 760 ROCK COUNTY. "^^T^ •r tiibuted liberally to every church in the place and also to every enterprise calculated to advance the interests of the public. He has advocated a lil)eral educational jiolicy, and served almost continuously on the Seliool Board of the district. He served .six years on the town" Board of Supervisors, and for five consecutive years was chairman of that body. From June, 1883, until May. 1885. he was chair- man of the County Board of Supervisors. Beinsi possessed of literary tastes Mr. (Ireennian has accu- mulated a line lil)rary and is well informed on the general topics of the day. lie has contributed fre- quently to the columns of the press, is a fluent pub- lie speaker, and is now joint proi)rietor and editor of tlie Milton Junction Nen-s. ,REN 1). VINCENT, who is engaged in farra- ino- and stock-raising on section 8, in the 111 !§l ^ \\sJJJ town of ^Milton, was born in Almond, Alle- gany Co., N. v.. on the -IQlh day of June, 1828. and is the son of David and Freegift (Saunders) ^■incent, the former a native of New York and the latter of Rhode Island. Unto them was born a family of sixteen children, fifteen of wh, this county-. He was b(jrn in the State of New York, in 1828, and is a son of Austin and .\rmenia (Howe) Kellogg. The family is of Kuglish descent, the paternal grand- father. Helmont Kellogg, having c mmigrated from England to America prior to the Revolutionary War. in which he served as a soldier, and for his services drew a pension until his death. Austin Kellogg was a blacksmith by traile, but also en- gaged in milling. In the summer of 1835. he emigrated to Wisconsin, locating near Kenosha, where he was among the first settlers, and tliere made his home for many jears. lie was accom- panied by his wife and five children: namely. Ar- temecia H.. wlio became the wife of Alonzo Bur- gess, of Racine count}'; .Mary S., who married the Rev. John Cruinmer. who is now living in Iowa; George J., of this sketch; .Maria I'"., now the wife of Dr. James Ozanne. a practicing physician of Soniers. Wis.; and Martha A., who became the wife of Hiram Balcolm, deceased, now living in Iowa. After their arrival in this State another child was born. Wilbur K., who is now engaged in farming near Red Cloud, Neb. Our subject was but seven years of age when his parents emigrated to Wisconsin. He was reared to manhood upon his father's farm, and at the age of eighteen went to work at lumbering in the northern part of the State. He also taught school for severa terms, but in 1849, with an ox team, made an overland trip to California, reaching his destination after one hundred and fort3'-six days of travel. He engaged in gold mining, in which he was reasonably successful, until July 1852, when he returned to Wisconsin, coming by waj- of the Isthmus of Panama, and located in Rock County. Purchasing forty acres of land, he beg.an its cul- tivation, and in 1854 embarked in the nurserj^ business, which he has since continued. In 1854, Mr. Kellogg was united in marriage with Frances M. Piatt, a native of New York, and to them w.as born one child, O. G., who is now living in Chicago. The death of the mother oc- curred in 1859. He was again married, in 1861, becoming the husband of Miss Emily Lewis, who was also born in the Empire .State, of English and Scotch ancestry. The second union has been blessed with a family of four children: namely, (iertrude. a successful teacher, who is now em- ployed in the schools of Minneapolis, Minn.; Leonard F.. Edith A. and Marcus L. Mr. Kellogg is a member of the Wisconsin Hor- ticultural Societ}', the Rock Count}' Agricultural Society and the Farmers' Institute, in which he h.as been engaged for three winters, delivering short talks on horticulture and several valuable papers. He is also a correspondent of the Farm, Field and Stockman. The Prairie Farmer, The Western Rural anil other papers on horticulture which are pub- lished in the East. He t.akes great interest in the work, knows more than he tlid twenty-five years ago, but not half as much as he thought he did then. He has added to his original purchase until his farm now comprises seventy-one and a half acres, most of which is devoted to this special work. Mr. Kellogg h.as ever taken a deep interest ^ in ;dl public enterprises, and has held several local -^»- ■*► T ROCK COUNTY. 4 offices in tliis comm unity, and is now .lustiee of the Peace. He and his wife are both members of llie Molliodisl Kpiscop.d Chuicli, and have taken a prom- inent paiL in the work of l)Olh cliurch and Sunday- school, and are devoted Cliristian peoiile. lie has served as chairman of the Board of Trustees, and has also held tlieotfieeof .Superintendent of the Sundaj'- school for many years. In liis political sentiments he is a Prohibitionist, and has the entire respect of the comnuinity in which he resides. « n^II.LlAM 1;L0D(;KTT is the pioneer set- \rJ// tier of Beloit, having lived in that city W^ longer than any other resident. He was born in Columbus, Ind., on the 13th dn^- of March. 1834, and is a son of S. K. and Mahalia (Norris) Blodgett, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. In 1836 he came with his grandfather and mother to Rock County, being then but two years of age. At that time not a house marked the site of the beautiful city of Beloit, but as far as the eye could see stretched one vast, wild waste of land. In the pioneer .school-house of that early day, which would now cause a smile if it could be ])laced alongside of the elegant modern buildings of Beloit, William Blodgett received his primary education. Desiring a better business education, after accu- mulating means enough from his own earnings, young Blodgett pursued and completed a full course at D. V. Bell's Commercial College (now Br\-ant & Stratton's Commercial College) in Chicago. 111., re- ceiving his diploma for a thorough knowledge of commercial law and book-keeping, in the spring of 1856. He was united in the holy bonds of matri- mony in IS.Oe. with Miss Elizabeth M. Hodge, a native of New York, and around the fireside of this worthy couple once gathered a little band of five children, but only two are now living: Frank H., who is book-keeper in his father's office, and Alice M. Since 18.'>7 Mr. Blodgett hiis been engaged in the milling business, being a partner in the same until 1888, when he became sole proprietor. Socially, he is a member of the Masonic fraleinitv. beloiii;- ^•■ ing to Morning Star Lodge Xo. 10. A. F. cV- A. M.. Beloit Chapter No. 9. R. .V. M.. and Beloit Com- mandery No. 6, K. T. He is also a member of Myrtle Lodge No. 10, I. (). (). F. In ix.litical sentiment he is a Democrat. He has been honored with several local offices of trust, including that of Alderman of the Fourth AVard, in which capacity he has served for three terms. Mr. Blodgett is a man of more than ordinary ability, and in his business relations stands high in the community. He is genial, possesses a kindl}' disposition, and makes friends wherever he goes. In all the numerous official and responsible ))osilions ho has held, lie has ever proved himself eapal)le and upright, and in every way trustworthy, while in tb.e citv of Beloit nf) man stands higher in public esteem than does William Blodgett. ^fl O. WILSON, editor of tlie .lanes ville [@/yil Recorder, w.as born in Bradford. I'enobscot ' Co., Me., and was reared on his father's farm. He was educated in the common schools, and at Hampden .Vcademy, leaving that institution in the fall of 1864, to strike out for himself. In December, 1866, he went to Minneap- olis, Minn., but subsequently settled in Janesville. where he has resided since August, 1867. He studied law with the Hun. II. A. Patterson, the present municipal Judge, and was admitted to the bar in 1870 before Judge William P. Lyon. Soon after this event he entered upon the publication of the Janesville City Times, continuing the same until the spring of 1886, when the Times and the Recorder were mergeil. In i)olitics Mr. Wilson has been a consistent Democrat all his life. He was the Democratic candidate for Clerk of the Circuit Court against the late A. W. B;Udwin. when that gentleman w.as first elected, in 1868. Subsequently he ran for Police Justice of the city, but was defeated by William Smith, Es(i. Although always active in politics, he has never sought nor held a political office except Postmaster of the Wisconsin Asseml)ly during the session of 1874. He has, however, held the oHice of School Commissioner for eight years consecii- -w^ -4^ ROCK COUNTY. 767 •tivel}', and is now n memlier of the Boiird of Education, was clerk of the board two years, in 1885-80. and w.as re-elected to the clerl^ship in tiie spring of 1889. Mr. Wilson has lieen the political editor of the Jatiesville iJai/i/ and Weekly Kecmxler for the past three years, lie was married in August. 1879, to Miss Lizzie IJlinn. of Orwell, Ohio, they having one child, a dauLfhter. y 11. MAM ALEXANDER, one of the lead- ing; and representative farmers of the town of Lima, residing on section lo, w.as born in Roxburghshire. Scotland, on the 2.')th day of August. 1825, and is the only child of William and .lanettc (Douglass) Alexander, who were also born in the same shire. The first home of the family in America was in the Empire State, where they i-csided until 1842. when they became resi- dents of Rock County, where Mr. Alexander made his home until his dcatli, which occurred about the year 18.")('). For a number of years, he was a mem- ber of the Presbjterian Church, but after his re- moval to Milton, worshiped with the Congrega- tionalists. Our subject passed the days of his lioyhood and youth in his home beyond the sea. and received his education in the schools of his native land. In 18.51, he led to the marriage altar Miss Maiy A. Goodfellow, and the following spring with his young bride crossed the broad Atlantic to America. l)n reaching the shores of this country, he at once continued his iourney until reaching Milton, ^\'is.. whore he arrived in the month of Aiiril. Having no caiiital with which to begin life in his new home, he at once began looking about him for emiiloyment and soon secured work, but received as a compensation for his services only ^12 per month, from which meager sum he paid his own board. For live years he was variously employed, and from the wages thus secured he saved enough to pturliase a farm. He bought eighty acres of land on section 1.5, in the town bf Lima, and in 18.50. moved into a small frame house, which w.as but par- tially finished. As soon .as he had made a comfort- able home, he began the work of developing a farm, clearing the land of the brush, splitting rails with which to fence the field and turning the broad , furrows on the hitherto unculiiv.ated prairie. His life in those d.ays w.as surely a busy one; from morning until night he labored in the fields, culti- vating the land and planting the crops, which, in the autumn season, brought an ample return for his labors. As the days sped by, his efforts were crowned with success, .and the bountiful harvests which he gathered, together with the natural in- crease in the value of Land, made him one of the well-to-do farmers of the community. To his original purchase he has added until now 325 broad acres pay a golden tribute to his care and cultivation and his farm h.as become one of the finest in the township, with a good grade of all kinds of stock, its improvements many and beauti- ful, and the entire surroundings indicating that he is a man of thrift and enterprise. In the dwelling, where they have so long made their home, unto Mr. and Mrs. Alexander have been born six child- ren: William G., who now has charge of the farm; John H., a leading physician of Waukesha County, Wis.; Janet, who is still with her parents; Marj-, wife of Rev. George Runciman. a Presbyterian minister, residing at the Cattaraugus Indian Res- ervation, Erie Co,, N. Y.; and Andrew and Thomas, deceased. Since Mr. Alexander became a resident of Rock County, he has been numl)ered amonii' the leading citizens of the town of Lima, and has identified himself with its best interests. His life h.as been well spent, and he is widely and honorably- known. His excellent knowledge of the value of stock and farm property h.as led to his election to the respon- sible position of assessor, at each election for six years and he was two years chairman of the Board of Su|)ervisors, and the prompt and able manner in which he has ever discharged his duties is testified by the general approbation in which his services are held. He is a man of sound judgment, firm in his convictions of right and wrong, aned his education. He there be- came acquainteil with and married Miss Clara Lillibridge, who was born in Connecticut, April 5, 1834. Their marriage was celebrated on the 27th day of October, 1850, and unto them were born four children. Mary, the eldest, born Nov. 22, 1851, became the wife of Henry Cutting, a resident of Kearnej-, Neb., by whom she has six children; William, born July 5. 1854, wedded Mary Mizo, and resides in Milton; James V., born Oct. 17, 1856, married Eva Elilritlge, by whom he has two children, Clara and .James, and is now engaged in the commission Ijusiness in Milton; Charlie, born Oct. 25, 1870, is the 3-oungest. and makes his home with his mother. .Mrs. Anderson is a daughter of Edward and Lucinda (Swan) Lillibridge, who were natives of Connecticut, and is the 3'oungest of a family of four children, the other members being Lorenzo, who died in M.ay, 1885, at Brooklyn, Conn.; George, who dep.arted this life about ten years ago, and Louisa, who is the wife of Alexander Mitchell, of North Webster, Mass., by whom she h.as had six children, five of whom are living. In his younger years Mr. Andeison learned the tratle of manufacturing cotton goods, and for some time previous to the removal of the family to this county was overseer in cotton factories in different New England factf)ry towns. Wishing to tr}' his fortune in the then far West, he disposed of his business interests in the East and emigrated to Wisconsin. On the 1st day of October, 1858, he reached Rock County. Locating in Milton, he engaged with his brother in the manufacture of tinware. He later purchased a small farm west of the town and turned his attention partially to farming, whicli he followed until his death, in 1873. He was a public. spirited and progressive citizen, who felt a deep interest in every enterprise calcu- lated to be of benefit to the community. Always well informed on the le.«i UOCK COUNTY. rc!) Nov. 28. 1848. He married Miss Nellie Salsmnn, who w;is liorn in .lerscy City. X. J., but came with her i>:uents to Wisconsin in infnncy. :>nil was roarc(l in Milwaukee. Chailes K. was cihicatcd in this city, and in 18.S(; bought out his father's gal- lery. Mr. Glass was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife in 1884. her death occurring Sunday Au- gust 3. Kor many years she wa.s a consistent mem- ber of the Court Street Methodist Episcopal Cinircli. and ber death proved a sad loss to many friends as well as her immediate family. In politics. Mr. Glass is a Democrat, and is a member of Janesville Lodge No. .")."), A. F. it A. M. His honorable, up- right course of life has won him many friends in Rock County, and he holds an enviable position in their regard. KA NCIS E. PECK, who is numbered among the early settlers of Hock County, Wis., dat- ing his residence in this community back to 184."), is a native of New Vork. born in Monroe County. Nov. 28, 1840. His parents. Elisha F. and Eliza (Moore; I'eck. were married in that county, and there iiad a family of three children. James R.. Francis E. and lOlisiia B. In 18(5. the familj- removed to the West, stopping for a short time at Delavan, Wis., after which they continued their journey to Rock County, where the father entered a claim and developed a farm in Newark Township. The mother w.as permitted to enjoy her new home but a short time, for after two years liad passed she was called to her linal rest, in 1847. In 186;i, the fathei' removed to the city of Hcloit. where he continue(l to m.ike h'.s home until 187(). when he became a resident of California, when; he is still living. Our subject was but li\e years old wiicn his parents removed to this county. He was i-eared to farm life upon the claim which his father entered in Newark Township, and his educational advan- tages were indeed limited. His knowledge of the text books was received in a pioneer school house, built of logs, covered with sod. and withouta floor. This wiis only one of the inconveniences attendant on pioneer life, which, though the hardshi[>s were 4^ often great, also had its pleasures. On Dec. 24, 18G;i. Mr. Peck was united in marri.age with Miss Ellen Royce, who was born in Lewis County. N. V., Feb. 24. 1847. and is a daughter of William and Mary (Newton) Royce, of Lewis County, in that State. In 1861, the family emigrated to the West, locating in Newark Township. Hock County. The children were nine in numlicr, eight of whom are now living. Lorinda, Jenette, Charles A., Ellen, Eflie, Hubbard. Elizabeth and William. The parents both died in this county. On .Ian. 20. hSIU.Mr. IVck bade good bye to his briile of a mouth and enlisted in his country's service, becoming a member of Company F.. Sixteenth Wisconsin Infantry. He then served until the close of the war. participating in all the engagements of his regiment from that time. While fighting in the front ranks at Leggetts Hill he was wounded, losing one finger, and after being confined in the hospital for some time obtained a leave of absence and returned home, expecting to join his regiment at Nashville. His furlough being over, he proceeded to that city to find that the command had joined .Sherman's army, and from there he was sent to .Savannah, Ga.. where he w.as detailed and ordered to ISIoorhead City. N. C, as quartermaster. Subsequently he was sent to Waslungton, I). ('., and later to Louisville. Ky.. where he was honorably discharged, July 15. 18G5. Around the fireside of our subject and his ex- cellent wife cluster a family of six interesting chil- dren, namely : M.'iy Hell, born Aug. 1, 1867; Frank E., May 1, 1871 ; Minnie E., Dec. 21, 1875; Mervin, Aug. 29, 1881; Vena Vella. Feb. Hi. 1885; and Harry A., July 31, 188G. Mr. Peck is numbered among the energetic and enterprising citizens of Hock County, and is held in high esteem by all who know him. He is an active supporter of the Republican part^-. \|7 oris FHEDEHICK KNIl'l'. proi)rietor of '^^ the city brewery of Janesville, Wis., estab- ik' jlL^ lished business in this city in 1882. He i^ a native of Wisconsin, having been born Nov. 1, 1853, in the city of Milwaukee, and is a son of ■:^*rr^' , i 770 ROCK COUNTY. 4- i= William and Louisa (I?crg|es) Knipp. both of whom were natives of (M'l-many, wlio emigrated lo Amer- ica in 1852, settling in this State. The deatli of the motlier occurred in 1888, but the father still survives and is residitig in Kansas. The subject of this sketch was reared to man- hood upon a farm, and received his education in the common schools. When eighteen years of age, he was employed with the Fred Miller IJrewery Com- pany, and subsequently was engaged with the Mil- waukee Brewery Association, with wiiicli he re- mained until 188-2. when he estalilished Inisiness for himself in the same line at Janesville. He formed a partnership with C. II Gezelschap. under the firm name of (iezelschap & Knipp. proprietors of llie City Brewery, that connection continuing until Mr. Kniiip bought out his partner, in January 1887, since wliich time he has been alone in busi- ness. His lirewery, wliich is situated at the cor- ner of River street and Mineral Point avenue, is the largest in the city or county. Since starting he has increased his facilities, and his annual output is u|)ward of 5,000 barrels of beer. On Sept. 26, 1877, Mr. Knipp was happily married, Miss Annie Siegel becoming liis wife. Their marriage was celebrated in West Bend, Washington Co., Wis., and the lady is a native of this State and a daughter of Lawrence Siegel. An interesting family of four children, one son and three daughters, have been born of their union, William, Annie, Lizzie and Laura. Mr. Knipp attends the Lutheran Church of Janes- ville, and his wife is a communicant of the Catholic Church. In politics he is a supporter of the princ- iples advocated by the Democratic party, and so- cially is a member of the Concordia Society. He takes an active interest in the affairs of the com- munity and is a worthj' citizen. ^^^ OL. JESSE SMITH, an honored citizen and [if ^^ pioneer merchant of Rock County, was born ^^^ in Thompson, Conn., July 5, 1784, .and was the son of Enos and Keziah Smith. His father was born in Connecticut, March 4, 1738, and tlie mother in the same State on the 13th day of June, 1745. Her death occurred March 28, 1830. Both were descended from English Puritan ancestors. Our subject was reared on a farm, and was married in 1812 to Miss Betsy Willmartii. of Berkshire, Mass. .Soon after his marriage Jlr. .Smith engaged in merchandising at Philadelphia, Jeflferson Co.. Is. V. where his wife died in 1839. leaving six children to mourn her loss. JNIarcia, the eldest, was the wife of Timothy Jackman. a prominent business man of Janesville; her death occurred Nov. 23d, 1888. The next eldest was Shubael W., who was a leading business man and banker of Janesville. His death occurred M,ay 3d, 1884. Hezekiah mar- ried Amy (iifford, and died in 1882. Abbie A., remained single, and died !it the age of sixty years. Hannah died when twenty-two years of age; and Caroline, the youngest, dieil when she had reached the same age. Mr. Smith was married again on the 2d day of February, 1841, at Newport. Herki- mer Co., N. Y.. to Miss Mary Caroline Brooks, daughter of Dr. John and Nancy (Rcddington) Brooks; the father was born in Worcester. Mass., but resided for forty years at Boriiardstoii. l-"rank- lin County, of that .State, where he was success- fully engaged in the practice of his ))rofession. Mrs. Brooks was born in Lunenburg, Mass., and was descended from an old New England family. Mrs. Smith was born at New Fane. Windom Co., Vt., on the (Jth day of March. 1808, was liberally educated, and at the age of sixteen j'ears engaged in teaching school, and pursued that vocation for seventeen years. In 1839 slie ventured out to Newport, Jefferson Co , N. Y., against the wislies of her friends and engaged in teaching; tliere siiu met iSIr. Jesse Smith, and in 1811 became liis wife, proving to be a worthy and loving hcl|)niate through the thirty-two years of their wedded life. She survived her husband and while now past four- score years of age, is in tlie full enjoyment of her mental faculties, entertaining in conveisalion, and warmly esteemed by all who know her. Three children were liorii of her marri.age to Mr. Smith, one son and two tlaughters. The son. Stanley Brooks Smith was born at Philadelphia. N. ^^ on the 4th day of October. 1 843. and received his education at private schools, was married to Miss Martha M. J±J f' ■♦- KOCK COUNTY '1 Lognn, of Grecnsburg, Pa., and is the present cMsliier of tlie Hock County National Bank. Ki-.an- ees Klizaliotii, the eldest dauiriiter, was born Sept. 1 1, I 84.J, is the wife of Tiionias Alsop, and lives in Brooklyn. (Jiven Co., Wis. Mary Catherine, the youngest, was born Dec. 22, 1H47. anil is the wife of Warren L. Richardson, of Eldorado, Kan. In 1846 Col. Sniitii and family removed to Wis- consin an and barbed wire, in partnership with James Harris, under the firm name of Harris i- Smith. In 1885 he disposed of his interest in this enterprise to Mr. Harris, and did not resume active business until November, 1888, when he entered into part- nership with John H. Gatele}-, under the firm name of >Smith & Gateley, in the coal, wood and ice trade. The firm does an extensive business and has two large j-ards — one east of the river on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, the other west of the river on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. There is an office at each yard, but the principal office of the firm is in the First National Bank building. Messrs. Smith & Gateley have es- tablished branch yards at the following i)oints about Janesville: Lima. Milton Junction. Shopiere Afton, Hanover, Footville, Evansville and Jeffer- son. The nucleus of this large business was estab- lished by Mr. Gateley several years ago, but it has lately increased with a rapidity far out of propor- tion with the increase of a similar period at any earlier stage of its history. Mr. Smith was married in September. 1865. to Mary I. Shumway, of Wauwatosa, Wis., dauo-hter of Hon. P. J. Shumway, who was a member of the first Wisconsin State Legislative Assembly, and was returned to represent his district in that body at a later date, and who, at his death, was under- sheriff of Milwaukee County. Mr. and Mrs. Smiih have five children, named as follow.s: M.uy H., D. P., Jr., Harriet, Charles (;. and May. Two sons died in infancy. Politically, Mr. Smith is ii Rcpulilican. He cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln at his second election in 18G4. He represented his ^t;^^ X i^ (?, ^ ROCK COITNTY. 775 ward in tbe common council of the city of .lanes- vilie two years, his term liavinij expired in 1889, and received tiie last Hepiiblionn nomination to the maj'oralty of the city and was defeated at the polls hy a majority of only 124 votes. Personally, lie is very popnlar with all classes, and few men in •lanesville have a larger circle of friends than he. Liberal and heljifiil to a great degree he is ever ready to aid any measure for public improvements or for the manifest benefit of an}- large number of his fellow citizens. With his famil^^ he attends the services of the Congregational Church. Still in the prime of life having scarcely reached middle age, enterprising, popular, far-seeing, there are those wlio predict for him a useful and successful future. -^m- ENRY Z.\DER, of .lanesville, is a pioneer )lj settler of this county, and dates his residence from Oct. 1. 1844. lie is a native of (ier- nian3', and was born near the city of Hano- ver, on the 2.'kl day of June, 1817. His parents were George and Elizabeth Zader. His mother died when he was but fourteen years of age. and in Ajiril, 1837, the father, with his two sons. Ilenrj- and .John, came to America, the jiarty being on the ocean en route for the I'nited Stiites when Heni-y passed his twentieth l)irtli-ilay. The name of the family was originally- spelled in German. Solder, and with tlie exception of oursuliject all retain theoriginal mode of spelling; but Henry, wishing to spell it in Eng- lish .as pronounced, changed to the above mode. After landing in America, the little party went di- rectly to Rochester, N. V., where .lolin passed the remainder of his life, dying in .June. I.ss7, at tlie age of sixty-eight years. .Soon after his arrival in America, the father went to Meadville, I'a.. where he died a number of years later. Henry lived in Spenceriiort, X. Y., until he came west in 1814. In his youth he had learned the trade of a weaver, but after <-omiMg to America adopted farming as the occupation which he wished to follow and continued in that line until he retired from the active duties of life. John Zader, or Soeder, the grandfather of Henry, was a Hessian, ami at the time of the Revo- ^ ' lutiimar}- War was about to be drafted into the 4* service to come to America to assist the armies of Great IJritain. Not liking the idea he left his native place and located near Hanover. Mr. Zader has been four times married. His first wife was Miss Damiris Marvin, who died in the Stale of New York about a year after their marriage. His second wife was Sarah Thatcher, who came west with her husband in 1844 and died in 18.j;'>. He next wedded Mrs. Laney Wands, who died in 1868, and his next union was with Mrs. Clarissa li fi'owninjj difficulties tlironj,' liie way. and tliat wliicli he believes to be wronjc lie will as oiieniy and fearlessly condemn. lie lias been an active partici pat or in Milton events for tlie |>ast fifty 3'ears. lie lias lieeii chosen to many places of responsibility and trust, and his liistory is interwoven with the lecurring; events of the |)ast. lie raised the oriijinal stock of the Mil- ton Academy, when it was incorporated in 1854, to which he contributed liberallj' himself. And when the great Rebellion came with its call for volunteers, and draft followed draft for more men; when the money in Milton had to come $0000 at a time, and men's hearts failed them, and all seemed to lose hope, Mr. (ioodiich volunteered, not to tiji;ht, but to ;;et the money and the men, and soon Milton's quota w.as filleil. Ipon finding Milton College hopelessly involved in Kofi's, through the unauthorized expenditures of its chief ollicer, which disheartened its friends who had contributed time after time for its relief, Mr. (ioodrich again came forward and volunteered to secure them aid. Having just completed his house, he detcrmineil upon the expedientof getting up a big house w.arniing. to which he would get the people out and let them have a good time, williout knowing of his scheme for their subscri|)- tions for llie iKMiefit of the College. He invited 300 guests, and provided siqiper for all, with tallies for seating 1.50 at a time. He had the house bril- liantly illuminated, and furnished with 450 chairs. The Slipper w.as followed by soul-cheering music, and w hen all seemed at the zenitli of good feeling, Mr. (ioodrich arose. called attention and announced the real object of the gathering, which was to lift Miltdii College out of a tight place. He told them of the heavy, though nn.authorized indebtedness incurred by the College president, whose note of Jil,500 was in liank, on the verge ' of protest, and could not be again extended; that | it was indorsed by three old college trustees, and 1 not a dolhir in the treasury to meet it; and of the special etTort they had just made to raise means, which had utteiiv failed. He referred to the in- terest lliey each and all had in maintaining the | college, and said that in helping it, tliev were really helping themselves. Tears of gratitude tell thick , and fast from the president's eyes, .as he followed Mr. Goodrich, half hoping, and half doubting, with .some pathetic and touching remarks; and then the Rev. Darwin K. Maxson arose and ex- horted them in his magnetic way, as Darwin E. Maxson only could do. Mr. Goodrich then led with subscriptions, and a beipiest. which aggregated *2,;jO0. and the marvelous result was over $8,000 was subscribed on the spot; and the president w.as furnished with the money to pay his note at bank the next day. And, within the following week Mr. (Joodrich secured subscriptions which increased the total amount to $13,000, of which about $5,000 was for an endowment fund for the College. Again, in IStSO when the cpiestion of locating and building a graded school building came up in Milton, as is usual, two (larties appeared. The College and its friends favored the location on the Hat in front of I. C. I'luinb's, while .Mr. Goodrich and others preferred the present site on the public sfjiiare. The latter location finally prevailed, as also did Mr. (Joodrich's plan and specifications. He superintended the erection of the building, the enclosing of the grounds, and the setting ami preservation of the trees; and also in procuring and erecting a line lilierty pole, giving hundreds of dollars of unrequited labor. He also superintended improving and enclosing the little North Park, and setting the trees in the same. He next turned his attention to Milton Ceineterv, which had lost its legal organization, b}- the neglect to elect officers, and which had been allowed to grow up to uncouth trees, shrubs, briars and weeds. The stakes .and landmarks for lots were also mosti}- rotted and gone, and graves were made in the walks, while walks were leading over graves, and many lots never had walks around them at all. Mr. Goodrich first secured a new charter, and a reorganization, by the election of trustees and offi- cers; he next secured the purchase of additional grounds, the enclosing of all with a fence, the plat- ting into lots, with each lot surrounded with a walk, and all ornamented with trees. He removed the picket fences surrounding some lots, and inaugu- rated a system of uniform grading and sodding of lots, which linally m.aile Milton Cemetery one of f *L 780 ROCK COUNTY. *F the finest and most beautiful in the State. He gave much unrequited labor in accomplishing- this work. In the political campaign of 1877, Mr. Goodrich in his usual fearless manner charged a reverend Republican candidate with the embezzlement of sacred funds. He was promptly arrested for libel, and t;10,000 damage was iisked, and he was required to give $8,000 bail to keep out of jail, which was trumpeted with much gusto all over the State. The trial was a hot one and it lasted for twenty-three days, the jury alone actually costing the county exceeding $2,000. They found for Mr_ Goodrich, and gave him a verdict for costs. Of late years his hobby has been the highways, as he deemed good public roads a mark of the highest civilization. He inaugurated a system of special taxation for grading and graveling the roads. Thisi like his other schemes, at first met with much oppo- sition, but like the schools, the parks, and the cemetery, it finall}' won general approbation, and Milton has now the finest school grounds, parks, cemetery, and public highways of any town in the State. He was elected in 1887 to drive the saloons and liquor shops out of the town, which was also effectually done the first year. He is generally conferred with in regard to the leading incidents occurring in his town, aud though not a lawyer is often employed as counsel in court. July 1, 1889, he w.as chosen President of the Rock County Pioneers' Association. He is pro- prietor of the Milton House, which his father opened in 1839; and he is a farmer on the same old farm where lie has lived for the last fifty years, and where he proposes to spend his declining d.ays. ■ I > ;@ : -aura (Ciiapman) Glass, removed during his infancy. He received his educ.'itiou in the city schools, and on the 3d day of November. 1881, led to tlie marriage altar Miss Ella F. S-ilsman.a native of Jersey City, N. J., and a daughter of T. J. Salsman. who for many year.-^ was a merchant of Milwaukee, after- wind a |)rominent liotei man in ^Vauk^^silil. ('alniar. Iowa; Omaha and Janesville. .Mr. Glass has been connected with the pli(jtograpliic business from early youth, entering his father's gallery at the .age of eighteen years, in 186.'?. He continued with him, becoming thoroughly conveisant with the art in all its details until lissc. when he purchased the busi- ness. He is now one of the most popular artists in the cit3' and well deserves a liberal share of the < H — ^ public patronage. The gallery is complete in all its appointments, and furnishes work of the best class in all sizes and styles of the photographic art. In political sentiment he is a sujiporter of the Re- publican party, and sociall.\-, is a member of Ori- ental Lodge No. 22, Knights of Pythias. He was also one of the charter members of Compan\- A, 1st Regiment Wisccmsin State Guards, in which he was promoted from the rank of ( )rderly Sergeant to Second Lieutenant, and subsequently became Captain, being in command of the company for two years of the seven in which be was numbered in its ranks. He is a leading business man of Janesville and is highly respected by his manv fi'iends. \f|OIIN RICHARDS, a resident of Keloit and a native of the Keystone State, was born in Luzeine County, on the 21st day of June. 1844, and was one of a family of six chil- dren, three .sons and three daughters, born to William and Catherine (Albert) Richards. Frances, the eldest is now the wife of C. W. Fangenroth. a resident of Edwardsville, III. ; Oliver is living in J^aFayette County, Wis.; Alice is now deceased; William makes his home in Mason Cit^', Iowa; and Mary is the wife of Henry Smith, of LaFayette County, Wis. William Richaids w.a.s a leading citizen of Luzerne County, Pa.. In 18.")7 he left his eastern home, and accomi^anied by his familv, emigrated to LaFayette County, Wis., where he en- gaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a great reader, was well informed on all affairs pertaining to the Government, and was a f.aithful adherent of the Repul)lican party. The education of our subject was received in the common schools of his native county, and in 18.")7. he came with the family to this State. He remained under the parental roof until 18()2. when, though only eighteen years of age, he enlisted in the ser- vice of his countr3', being mustered in at Racine, and was assigned to Company E, of the Slst Wis- consin Infantry. From Racine the Company- was sent to Cairo, III., and thence to Columbus, K_y., doing guard duty until 1864, when it joined the 20th .\rniy Corps. Asa member of that command. »► f ♦ -•^ r82 ROCK COUNTY. -r Mr. Richards participated in the battles of Pieach Tree Creek and Tullahoina, the siege and capture of Atlanta, and was with Sherman on his celebrated March to the .Sea, and through the Carolinas. At the battle of Bentonville. X. C, the last engage- ment of that victorious armj', he was wounded and placed in the field hospital, where he remained for several daj-s, when he was sent to Goldsborough, then on to New Berne, whence he proceeded bj' steamer to New York. On the 28th day of May, 1865, he received his discharge at Madison, Wis., after having faithfully served his country for three 3'ears. Heturning to his home at the close of the war. Mr. Richards remained a resident of LaFayette Count}- until 1870, when he removed to Monroe, Green Co., Wis., where he was engaged as fore- man of the Monroe Wagon Works, continuing to fill that responsible position until 1882, when he became a resident of Beloit, where he has since niiide his home. Socially, he is a member of the G. A. R. Post of that city, and in political senti- ment is a faithful adherent to the principles of the Republican party. Although but seven j'ears have elapsed since he became a resident of Beloit, lie has gained manj' warm friends in the city, and is higlily respected by all with whom business or ple:isure have brought him in contact. In 1868. Mr. Richards was united in marriage witli Miss Beulah Berbe, a resident of LaFayette Count}-, Wis., where their wedding was celebrated. By this union two children have been born — Den- nie and Kittle, who are slill at home witli their l)arents. $-£§^5-« Ij^ RASTUS GILBERT SMITPL A. M., Ph. D. ») Professor of C'liemistry and Mineralogy in l^—^i the Beloit College of Beloit, Wis., is a na- tive of Massiichusetls, having been born in South lladley, on the 3()th day of April, 185.5. Ilis pa- rents were Byron and Nancy (Dwight) Smith, the former a descendant of Rev. Nehemiah .Smith, who emigrated to this country about the year 16.S4, and the latter descended from an old New Kngland family. Byron Smith wius a prominent business man and a leading citizen of South lladley. Mass., and in that town was united in marriage with Nancy Dwight. Two cliildren were born of their union — Rebecca F., a graduate of Mount IIol- yoke Seminary; and Prof. Smith of this sketch. Politicall}'. he was a supporter of tlie Republican part}-, and at the time of the Rebellion materially aided in the service of his country by placing men in the field. He held several local offices in the town where he made his home, and for many years served as selectman. The early life of our subject was spent in his na- tive State, and his primary education was received in the public schools of South lladley, graduating from the High School of th.at town in the class of 1873. He graduated from Amherst College, in 1877 and received from the same college the de- gree of A. M., in 1880. For a time he was then employed as professor in chemistry and elocution at Willston Seminary in Easthampton, a leading Eastern school, and in 1881, he came to Rock County. AVis.. having been offered the Professor- ship of Chemistry and Mineralogy in Beloit Col- lege. The following fall he went abroad iind for about a year and a half remained in the old world. visitingQits historic scenes and pliices of interest and attending the rniversity at Gottingen, re- ceiving from that institution the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. In 1883 he returned to Beloit. where he luis since continued to reside. The s.ame year of his return. Prof. Smith led to the marriage altar Miss Fllizabeth Mayher, a daughter of John and Ele.anor Mayher, residents of F^.asthampton, Mass., of which city her father is a prominent business man, being President of the Savings. Bank and of the Valley Steam Pump Works. Mrs. Smith is a l.ady of superior intelli- gence, refined and cultured, and is a graduate of Mount Holyoke .Seminary. Unto them have been born two children — Gilbert M. and Pliilii) M. Prof. Smith is a young man of sterling worth and a live business man, not only in connection with his college duties, but .also as regards the welfare of the city of Beloit. In 1887 he was elected Mayor, and in 1888, re-elected to that of- fice, discharging his duties with faithfulness and fidelity. He and his wife are members of tlie First Congregational Church of Beloit. and for two years -t Jjyr-ay ay? u ROCK COUNTY. 785 he has served as Superintendent of the Sabbath School. At present he is making a special studv of the natural waters of the Central States, with particular reference to their application as a source of supply for the towns and cities. Extended analysis has been made in this direction for the city corporation and private companies of many of the larger cities. p-'/ir^ t ii RA HARDY was born in the town of Scm- 0iui pronius, Cayuga Co., N. Y., June 18, 1806. * He moved with his father, while a boy to the town of Scott, Cortland Co., N. Y., his father iiaving sold his farm in Scmpronius and bouglit a farm and mill in Scott. He worked there at farming and milling until he was twentj'-seven jears old. Meantime, June 18, 1828, on his twenty- second birthday, he hail married Miss Electa M., daughter of Zerah and Roxcy Hull, of Cortland County, and now, wishing to build a home of his own, he removed to Seneca County, Ohio, bought a small farm in the wilderness, cleared it up, stayed five years and then returned to Cortland Countj'. In the fall uf 1839, in company with Zera Hull, his father-in-law, Mr. Hardy came to Wisconsin, making the trip from Buffalo to Milwaukee by boat across the lakes, in search of a Western home. He located 160 acres of land near Milwaukee and another claim of ninety-three acres, which with the exception of thirteen acres extending into Wal- worth Count}', was in Rock County. Not return- ing East with Mr. Hull before the close of naviga- tion, he made the journey of more than 1.000 miles back on foot in midwinter, traveling about forty miles a day. In May, 1840, he returned to Wis- consin with his family, again making the journey by way of the lakes, and settled in the town of Eima, in which most of his land lay. Hy industry and economy he increased his financial resources, and was enabled to add to his possessions until he at length owned 5.33 acres, the greater part of which was fine timber land. On arriving in the county he erected a house of the most primitive kind as a tem- porary shelter for his family, while a more substan- tial residence W!»s being built. It was made by driv- ing heavy posts into the earth, to which slabs were nailed, thus forming the sides, while the same rude material was used in the construction of the roof. Under that primitive roof-tree the family resided until Christmas Day, 1810, when they moved into their new residence, which had just been com- pleted. His family comfortabl}' settled, Mr. Hardy then began the improvement of one of the best farms to be found in the county, and the success to which he attained was such as always crowns the efforts of a persevering, energetic, enterprising and capable man who determines to reach a desired end, and with that fixed purpose in view pushes steadily' forward. In whatever community he lived Mr. Hardy was numbered among its prominent and influential citi- zens. While a resident of New York he was cap- tain, commanding a companj- in the State Militia, and after coming to Wisconsin w.as ever found in the foremost ranks in all public enterprises. He was cordial and genial in manner, yet very unassuming, was kind and sympathetic in disposition, and was a man of the strictest integrity and sterling worth. He was intelligent, a good conversationalist and an entertaining companion; his circle of acquaintance was extensive, and when once he secured any man's friendship he ever afterward retained it. His home was the abode of hospitality and good cheer, the latch string was always out, and the visitor was sure of a cheery greeting. Ever ready to help his friends and assist the needy, he was often too gen- erous for his own interests, and iii more than one instance he deprived himself of what many would call the necessaries of life, to assist others. He found true happiness in making others happy, and his moments of despondency were cheered by his noble efforts to brighten the lives of those weaker or less fortunately situated. So conscientious was he that his word was as good as his note, which was al ways at par, and his acts clearl}' demonstrated that he wanted nothing that could not be obtained hon- estly. In politics Mr. Hardy was a stanch Republican. He was elected and served as Justice of the Peace, about 1858. During the war of the Rebellion, be- ing too advanced in year.s to enter the service, he was ever ready and willing to assist with his ample - » T -•► ^ p "I ROCK COUNTY. means. .@J^<^^.o»o- ^y^l LFRKD McDOUGALL is numbered among (,@jO| the early citizens of .lanesville, dating his 1*' residence from the month of May, 18o(). He was born at Morristown, Morris Co., N..J., on the 3d da>- of August, 182.J, and is of Scotch descent. William McUougall, the grand- father of our subject, was a native of Scotland, but emigr.ated with his jjarents to America when a youth. His eldest lirother was Genend ;\Ic!)ou- g.all, who gained distinction as an ofliccr in the American army during the Revolution.-ny War. William McDougall was one of the first pieachers of the Metiiodist Episcopal (lunch in .America. Walter McDougall, the father of Alfred, was born in Richmond. \'a.. on the 9tli day of June, 1779. and was taken by his [laients to New Jersey soon after his birth. He married Miss Clarissa Stark, a lineal descendant of (Jen. John Stark, the iiero of the battle of ISeMuiugton, and his wif»'"s name, Molly, ii.as been a family name through sev- * ► ■ ^- eral generations. Walter McDougall and his wife were the parents of eleven children, but of that number onlj' three are now living: John and Will- iam, who are both residents of New Jersej' ; and .Vlfred of this sketch. In his _youth our subject learned the carpenter's trade, which occupation his father followed through life. He remained at home under the parental roof until twenty-two years of .age, and while residing in Brooklyn N. Y.. was united in marriage with Miss Emily Cyphers, a native of New Jersey. In .lannary, 18.j(;. Mr. McDougall made a trip to the West for the pui'pose of looking up a location witli the view to making a permanent settlement. The new city of .lanesville seeming to offer favorable inducements, he decided to make it his future home, and retui-ning for his family, took up his residence in this city in Mav of that year. For thirty-three years Janesville has now been his home, and he has witnessed its growth from a com- paratively small village with a few dwellings to its present size and im|)ortanco. He has been idenii- fied with the great progress that has been going on through these years and in the work of advance- ment has borne no inconsiderable part. Mr. and Mrs. McDougall are the parents of three children: (iertrude C, wife of Oscar I). Rowc, a tol)acco dealer of .lanesville; Leahretta. wife of C. W. Jackmau, also of Janesville; and Edward, a resident of Galesburg. 111. Mr. McDougall is a man of sterling integrity, courteous and affable in manner, and enjoys, as he deserves, the respect and esteem of all classes of citizens. *^ -S- i-RUMAN SHEPHEKD. deceased, was born in Litchfield County, Conn., on the fith day '' of December. 1800. His father. George Shepherd, was born December 11, 1 77.'i, and served as a soldier in the War of 1812. He nnir- ried Sarah Weed, whose birth occurred on the 27th , and to them were liorn a familv of seven children, as follows: Susan, born .lanuary 28, 17f»('); Cynthia, i^ec. G, 17'.>7; Truman, December, 1800; Emily, Dee. 21, 1805; Norman, .hine 22. 1812: Jemima. Nov. 1.'). ISl.'); Esther, -4^ ROCK COUNTY. 787 Nov. 2.>. 1817. The fatlior of llii.s fiuiiil}- was called to liis final rest Aulc. (j, 1852. During the days of iiis youth our subject re- moved to New York, and in November, 1835, in Wyoming Co., Ky., led to the marriage altar Miss Kliza Willis. The young couple began their do- mestic life in the county where their union was celebrated, and there continued to make their home for ten 3'ears. when determining to try their fortunes in what wa.s then the Far West, in 1845 they left New York and came to Hock County. Railroads had not then been built, and they had to make the journey with teams, but after man\' daj-s of fatiguing travel they arrived at their des- tination in the fall of the year and s|)ent the first winter in Clinton. The following spring they re- moved to a farm on section 10, in the town of Clinton, which had been entered by W. W. Willis, the father of Mrs. Shepherd. The first purchase made by our subject consisted of a tract of eighty acres, to which he added by subsequent purchase until his farm coniprist'd 1(11 acres. This he placed under a high state of cultivation and improvement, making a beautiful home, upon which his son now resides. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd numbered five children, four of whom are jct living: Dr. (iilbert. w1k> received his literary education at lie- loit College, then pursued a course at the Hahne- mann Medical College at Chicago, and is now a prominent physician of La Crosse, Wis., married Helen Cocman, by whom he has three children: George II., Kittie L. and Carrie 15.; Frank C., who wedded Hattic Simmon. i ■•► 788 ROCK COUNTY. Unto them liave been born seven children, three sons aiilin. Eliza, Lillian, M.ay, and Edward. In 1865 Mr. Behrendt first engaged in liis present business as proprietor of the Farmer's Home on East Milwaukee street, from which he removed to his present location on Nortli Fifth street, in the Union House, in liSCT. In 1888 ho built the Windsor Hotel, adjoining the Union, on the north- east corner of North Maine and North Fourth streets, a description of which is given'in the sketch of Frank E., who is manager. Mr. Behrendt is a worth}' citizen, highly respected by ail. — HAHI.ES H. WOODBURY, section 6, Por- ter Township, was born in Windsor County, _, Vt., Se|)t. 1 1, 1834, and is a son of Earl and Abigail (Frost) Woodburj-, wlio were also natives of that State. Earl Woodlmry was a farmer bj- occupation, and remained in his native State until 1819, when he came to Wisconsin and purchased 160 acres of land in Porter Township, which he improved, and on which he remained until 1862, when he sold out. and in the village of Cooksville engaged in the mercantile business, which he fol- lowed for about three years, and then lived a re- tired life. Politically, he w.is a Republican, and was a firm believer in the principles of that party. By the union of Earl Woodbury and .Vbigail Frost there were seven children, namely: George, who "resides in California; Ellen, now the wife of Benja- min Hoxie, who resides in Evansville; Ryland, now residing in Evansville; Henry, deceased; Ch.arles, the subject of our sketch; Mary Jane, deceased; Josei)hine, the wife of Hosea Dow, now residing in Duluth, Minn. The father of these children passed to his final re-st in June, 1880, at the .age of eighty, and was interred in Waucoma Cemetery. The mother's death occurred Se|>t. 27, 1«71, at the age of seventy-three. Charles Woodbury, the subject of this sketch, received a common-school education in his native State, and came with his parents to Wisconsin in 1849. He remained at home, assisting his father in the cultivation of his farm, until the .age of twent^-- one j'ears, when he engaged .as a clerk in a store at Cooksville, where he has since continued to reside. After a four year's clerkship he purchased a half- interest in a store at that place, where he rem.ained for about two years. He then sold out and en- gaged in farming, which occupation he continued until 1864, when he enlisted in Company K, 2d Wisconsin Cavalry, and served until Aug. 20, 1865, when he received his discharge and returned to Cooksville. On his return to the vill.age he purchased a stock of general merchandise, .and with the exception of about six mouths, he luis since engaged in the mercantile business. On the 31st (lay of December, 1857, Mr. Woodbury and Sarah Elizabeth Brooks, a native of New York, were united in marriage. One daughter came to bless their union. Mabel, born March 19, 1869, yet residing at home with her parents. Mr. Woodbury is now doing a thriving business in the mercantile line, and carries a complete stock of merchandise. For eleven years he w.as Post- m.aster of Cooksville. and is at present Clerk of the town of Porter, an oHice which he h.as held for six terras. He is a member of the Masonic frater- nit}% and politically, he is a Republican. His first Presidential vote was cist for John C. F'remont. in 185C. He has always been an .active worker in the ranks of his party, and has always been very libe- ral with his means for its support, and for the ad- vancement of all public enterprises. Few men enjoy the confidence of the community in which they live in a greater degree than Charles II. Woodbury. -^■^- bE^T LEOX.VRD, a retired farmer residing in Evansville, is nund)ered among the .-^_^i pioneer settlers of Rock County, dating his residence from 1840. He was born in Broome Countj', N. Y.. in 1815. His grandfather, Capt. Joseph Leonard, was one ot the few survivors of the Wyoming massacre, and w.as the earliest settler of Broome County, N. Y. The Leonard family in .\mcrica originated in Connecticut, and \v;is of t -^^ ROCK COIINTV. 789 •>-4: Knjllish descent. After settling in Broome County, ('.•i|>t. Leonard there continued to reside until his divilh, which occurred at the advanced age of iiinclv-six years. His son, Amasa J>eonard, the father of our subject, was the first white child horn in the county. After arriving at 3'ears of matur- ity, he wedded Miss Lorana Bennett, a daughter of Silas and Lydia (Crocker) Bennett, who were long residents of Broome County, where they made their home until death. Our subject was deprived of a mother's care when only seven years of age, after which he went to live in the family of his paternal grandfather, where he remained for a nundjer of jears, when his father remarrying lie returned to the parental roof, where he made his home until his emigration totlieWestin 1840. He had tiu-n attained toman's- estate, had received a good English education, and had also followed the profession of teaching. Wlien he left his father's home in 1810 his object- ive point was not tlie Territorj' of Wisconsin, for he had resolved to make his home in the .Sunny South, where he iH'()|)osed to engage in teaching, lie was accompanied by William Brown, and to- gether they started for the land of Dixie. Going- west to Chemung County. N. Y., the^- there en- gaged to raft Unnlier M -*-' 792 ROCK COUNTY. -*-IH^ the death of the mother occurred, ami her remains were interred in the cemetery at New Britain. Mr. Shepard was a second time married, wlicn Miss Jennie Yale, of Ware. Mass., became his wife. Her loving care blest his later years, sourroimding his last daj-s with happiness. Mr. Shepard's religious convictions and life were most decided, clear and earnest, while the strong beliefs of the evangelical system filled and satisfied his mind. In iiis 3-ears of business activity, as well as in the months of disease and suffering which closed liis life, thougii his sickness was lingering and painful, his last hours were peaceful, and when his eyes were finally closed in death, his countenance assumed a dignity and serenity, in harmonj- with an .assurance that it was well with him. After appropriate funeral services on the Sabbath da^' at his late residence conducted by the Rev. Dr. Bushnell, his wife and son accompanied his remains to Connecticut, laying them to rest in the famil3' burial [>lace at New Britain. Mrs. Shepard and Miss Anna are now traveling in Italy. Tlie}' are ladies of refinement and culture, holding a high position in the social world of this communit}'. and are members of the First Congregational Church of Beloit. Throughout his boyhood andj'outh the great de- sire of William SI)epard,our subject, was to become a farmer, and for the purpose of permitting him to carry out his cherished scheme, his father removed to Beloit and purchased a farm in Turtle Town- ship. From the school room he at once embarked in life .is an agriculturist, and is now operating 250 acres of land, pleasantly situated within two and a half miles of the cit}- limits of Beloit. During the eight j-ears he has followed his chosen occupation, he has made most rapid advancement, having begun without experience or practical knowledge of the methods for operating a farm. Considering his past success, we predict for him a bright future in his life work. Many improvements have been added to the land, the barns and outbuildings are models of convenience, a 20-foot windmill has been put up. arrangements made for the curing of corn fodder and green clover, and in f.act every in- vention necessary to a well-reguLated farm will be found on the land. In connection with his other interests Mr Shepard is engaged in operating a I dairy, and is the owner of a fine herd of Jersey and Guernsey cattle, while he also owns Poland-China hogs and a fine grade of slieep. Mr. Shepard resides in an elegant residence on Oaklawn avenue, in the city of Beloit, presided over by a charming lady, whose maiden name w.as Miss Mary Yale, who is now his wife. She is a daughter of Dr. John Yale, a prominent physician of Ware, Mass.. and of their union two children have been born. Marion and Stanley. They are members of the First Congregational Church, and in )iolilics, he is a Republican. In every enterprise for the improvement or advancement of the com- munity, Mr. Shepard stands in the front rank, and is a worthy citizen of Rock County. He has traveled extensivelv on the Pacific Slope, and owns some property in the beautiful city of Los Angeles, Cal. /^^ LARK G. PEASE, deceased, was uurabere( fl(^, among the prominent phvsicians of Janes ^^Jfl ville during its earlier history. He was LARK G. PEASE, deceased, was numbered fanes- story. He was a native of Concord, N. H., born on the 30th day of December, 1821, and w.as a son of John and Judith (Iloyt) Pease. He was liberally educated, complet- ing his literary studies in Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in the same class with Salmon P. Chase. Wishing to pursue the medical profes- sion he entered the Castleton Medical College of Ca-stleton, Vt., and after receiving his diploma from that institution, entered upon his life work at IIol- yoke, Mass. For a year and a half he was also engaged in teaching at Lansingburg, N. Y. On the 26lh day of October, 1850. at Albany. N. Y., Mr. Pease was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Strong, daughter of Timothy and Aurelia (Goodsell) Strong. The same year, with liis younor bride, he came to Wisconsin, and deciding upon Jiiuesville .as a location, entered at once upon the practice of his profession in that city. He con- tinued in this and built up a good practice until the f.ill of 1861, when he enlisted in the service of his countrj- and was commissioned surgeon of the 2d AVisconsin Cavalry under Col. C. C. Washburn. Ilis was the first surgeon's commission signed bv Gov. Harvey, and he continued in active service ;- t ROCK CUl NTY. 795 until .Imio 27, 1801. niifii his (lc;itli occMurcd from lilcKxl poisoning. Two cliildri'ii were lioiii fit" llic iinioii of Doctor ami Mrs. IVaso — Kiiiina 1'. ami Kdv.aril. 'riio for- mer is now the wife of Garrctl \' coder, a resident of .lancsvillc. In her early life she was engaged in leaching sciiool, until Oct. 2.'?, 1872. when she I)ecMme tlic wife of 1. Newton Otis, a Preshyterian niinisler. tln'ii living in Kalamazoo. Mich. Tiiere were three ciiildreii horn of their union — Mnrdock. Willis ;nid Lillian. .Mr. and Mrs. Otis resided at .Stillwater .Minn., for al>ont live years, and then removed to A'alnmnt. C"ol., where the death of Mr. Otis occurred on the 2'.ltli day of October, 187i). After the death of her husband. Mrs. Otls taught one year in thc> puli- lic scluKjls at Boulder, Col., and then came to .lancsvillc. where she was married Sept. 10, 1885, to Mr. \'ceiler. They have one son. (iarrett. who was born Oct. 80, 188(). Kdward, the younger child of Dr. and Mrs. Pease was l)orn Feb. 1, 185(), and is now engaged in farming ne.ar Wichita, Kan. Dr. I'ease was one of the valued citizens of .lanesville, and his death wassincerely mourned by many. He made friends wherever he went, and was highly respected as a man of sterling worth anadies' Seminary of .lanesville, and was very successful in that line of work, which she followed for eight years. Cultured and refined, and of a higli moral chanicter, she exerted great inlluence over her pupils. Her death occurred on the 23d ng, three stories high, 40x57 feet and 10x70 feet; one building, two sto- ries high. 30x70 feel; another. 30x100 feet, one stor3'; and one. ."Vi.xGO feet, two stories high. .Vbout thirty hands are emi)loyed, and the work the}' turn out is not excelled in any estal)lishment of the kind in the West. During the year 1888 the business amounted to more than >!00.0OO. Mr. lUichholz was married at .lanesville on the IGtli day of .lannary, 1863. to Jliss Dorothea Pos- sen, a daughter of .Martin and Sophia (.laneike) Possen. Mrs. Huchholz was born in the city of Berlin, Prussia, on the 19th day of March, 1842, and came to America with her parents in 1847, when five years old. The family settled in the town of Theresa, Dodge Co., Wis. In the for- est her father made a farm, which he improved and where he now lives in comfort, having reached the advanced age of eighty-eight years. His wife also lived to a good old age, and died .Inly 7, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Huchholz have five children, three sons and two daughters: William, the eldest, horn June 3, 1865, is now employeil at his trade of car- riage trimmer, in .Salt Lake City, I'tah; Eda Fran- cisco was born Maj' 22, 1867; George Otto .and Carl Alexander, twins, were born May 20, 1875; the youngest child. (Jertrurle Alma, was born ^ -4^ T- ■^*- r96 ROCK COUNTY. March 15. 1883. in Janesville. the birtliplaee of all the other children. Mr. and Mrs. Buchholz and their ohler children arc nieuiliers of tlie Lutheran Church. Mr. Buchholz is a Republican in politics and has held the offices of Supervisor and Alder- man. He is a member of Western Star Lodge, No. 14. A. F. it A. M.; Janesville Chapter, No. 5, R. A. M.: of Oriental Lodge, No. 22. K. of P.; of Olive Branch Lodge. No. 36, A. O. l'. W.; and of the Concordia Singing Society'. Mr. Buchholz is recognized as one of the active and enterprising business men of Janesville, who l)v persevering in- dustry and the exercise of good business ability, has achieved marked success. He began in Janes- ville with no other capital than .skill in his trade and habits of industry and economy. He has worked hard and managed prudently and gradually urcw into a prosperous business and a good prop- erly, and to-day the establishment of which he is llie head is one of the important industries of the cit}'. S/ T. ROIiERS. The following contains a I (^ few facts in the life of L. T. Rogers, of jIL^ Milton Junction, Wis., with a brief account of his ancestry, .lames Rogers, tlie 1st (who was by his family tradition a son of John Rogers, the martyr, that was burned at Smithfield, England, for his religious belief and his non-adherence to the rules of the established Church of England, during the reign of C^ueen Mary), came over from Enuland in the sliii) "Increase" in 1G35. and, ac- cording to his family history, settled first at Strat- ford, Conn., where he married Elizabeth Rowland, the daughter of one Samuel Rowland. He after- ward removed to Milford, Conn., and then lo- cated at New London, Conn., on the river Thames, where he spent the remainder of his . days and reared his family. He w:is promi- nent in both civil and ecclesiastical affairs; six times he was chosen a ••Representative to the Gen- eral Court." Between the years 1660 .and 1670 he had a greater interest in the Port of New Lon- don than any other person. lie became quite wealthy: his landed possessions were very exten- ;ive, consisting of several hundred acres on Great Neck, from four to five miles southwest of the citj' of New London, on the north shore of Long Island Sound; several town lots, and 2.100 acres east of the river Thames, held in [)artnership with Col. Pynchion, of Springfield, Mass. His children were as follows: .Samuel. Jose|)h. John. Bathsheba, James, Jr., Jonathan, and Elizabeth. He and his family, with the exce|ition of Samuel and his wife, became dissenters from the P^stablished Church in Connecticut, and during the years 1674 and 1675 embraced the doctrine and faith of the Seventh Day Baptists. Hnd united with the Seventh D.ay Baptist Church, of Newjjort, R. I., which was organized Dec. 23, 1671, as the first Seventh Day Baptist Church in America. His son John Rogers after- ward dissented from the Seventh Day Baptists and formed a new sect, which were, and are now, called. Rogerene (^)uakers. 'I'hey are a small sect, and are located northeast of the city of New Lon- don, Conn. .lames Rogers, the 1st, by his will gave his lauds east of the river Thames to his sons Samuel, Joseph, and John; to bis son James, the Ooshen farm; and to Jonathan, the Magunk Farm on Great Neck. To his son Joseph he also gave the Brewin Neck farm, west of Jorden Cove — the sons paj'ing the daughters their shares in money. The said Joseph Rogers, .son of James, the 1st, and Elizabeth (Rowland) Rogers, was born May 14, 1646, and married Sarah (surname not given.) Of his children we have no account, except of James, the 3d, who was born in 1672, and mar- ried one Sarah Stevens and lived on his Great Neck farm. At the age of forty-nine he was acci- dentally killed by a gun set bj- the Indians to kill game. His wife died Jan. 4. 1752. Of his chil- dren we have no account, except of James, the 4th. who was born July 6, 1717, and who married Mehitable Newbury and died in 1700. He owned several farms, a plantation, and many slaves. His children were: Mehitable, Sarah. Elizabeth. .lames the 5th, Ames, Solomon, Hannah. Stevens, Mary, and Isaac. Isaac, the youngest son of James the 4th and Mehitable (Newbury) Rogers, w.as born June 30, 1762. and married Marj- Grifflng. of Lynne. Conn., April 13. 1786, and died at the age of seventy- i~ n^ w ROCK COUNTY. -«► 7!)7 T anil 4^ eiglit, his wife livinjj to I>c nhoiit ninety yt-ai's old. His i-liildrt-n wfie: .Iiimes the (ilh, David. X;ipoleon Bonaparte, Fanny, Isaac. .Ir., Joseph (irilliim'. and Thomas .lefferson. Isaac, .h-.. the fourth son of Isaac Roger.s, .Sr., and Mary ((J rifling) Rogers, was born Nov. 3, 17^0, and married Elizalu'th Tinker, daiigiitcr of Ezeldel and Elizabctli Tinlavin2: one son, Lester T'uker Rogers (the subject of this biography), aged five years and two montlis. After a few years the said Isaac, Jr., settled in business in New York City, and in tlie year 18.');i married one Mar^- \Vhite. of Middletown. N. J., and through her in- fluence and otliers. they went with the Mormons to Nauvoo, III., and thence to Salt Lake City. He afterward went to San Francisco, Cal., after iiis his household gooils tiiat liad been shippeil around Cape Horn. He was taken sick and died ttiere, at the age of fifty-five. Ezekiel Tinker, above mentioned, was the second son of Samuel and .Vnna ( Lester) Tinker), and a descendant of John Tinker, who came to New P^ng- land in 1G37, and married one Sarah Barnes. He was the Attorney in tiie Middlel)ur\' Court, founded the city of Grcton. Mass.. and was an extensive fur trader with the Indians. He is supposed to be a relative of Tlioinas Tinker, who came over with the noble band of I'ilgrims on the "Mayflower," in 1820, who, with his wife and one child, died soon after their arrival, .as stated by Gov. Bradford. The said Fzekiel Tinker was born July 20, 17G2, and died Oct. 12, 183.5. He married Elizabeth Beebe, daughter of Othniel Beebe, who died durin"' the War of the Revolution. Kzekiel Tinker was a soldier of the ReVolution, and drew a pension from the United States Government. His children were Lester an); Justice of the Peace, four years (from 18(!7 to 1870 in- clusive; Supervisor, three years (1863, 1875 and 1876); Town Clerk, eight years (1881 to 188!) in- clusive, and still holds that office). His children liy his liist wife were as follows: Delana Fran- ^ eeanya, born Oct. 9, 1857; Benedict Wescote, Oct. 9, 1859; Eliz.abeth Arloine, born Sept. 9, 1867, died Feb. 16, 1884. His son, Benedict Wescote Rogers, studied medicine with Dr, Henry Palmer, in Janesville, one year, and attended lectures three years in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in Chicago, where he was graduated on the lOlh day of March, 1885. After remaining about six mouths in Chicago, he removed to Rockford, III., where he practiced medicine one year, and was married. Oct. 5, 1886, to Mrs. Adda Garnhart, of that place. He then returned to Chicago, where he now has a successful practice. Mr. Rogers is a member of the Rock ('ount\ Pioneers' Association, and his time is almost wholl}' t.aken up with jjublic business, which testi- fies to his executive ability, ami also shows that his labors are highly a|)|)recieated by his fellow-citi- zens. He is one of the progressive residents of his township and county, and has been very active in maintaining a temperance sentiment in the conunn- nity. I'olitically. he has been a sujiporter of the Republican part}' since its organization. He is strongly in favor of the Anti-saloon movement, and utterl}' opposed to license for the sale of in- toxicating liquors as .a beverage. Aii\ ATIIIAS GUNDEL. a retired farmer re- '// W siding on section 15, Plymouth Township, is a n.ative of Bavaria, and was born on the 29th day of Decend)cr, 1812. The days of his boyhood and youth were spent in his native land, and his education was there received. When twenty-seven years of age he resolved to try his fortune in the New World, anrts of industry, per- severance and good nuuiagemeul, and the manv line im|ir(ivcments on the farm are the work of his m* ■ ■■ ■ bauds. He built a barn at a cost of $1,500. but .Sept. 13, 187(), had the misfortune to have it de- stroyed b^- lightning, though he at once rebuilt it. Ever3-thing about the place denotes the thrift and enterprise of the owner, who is one of the leading- citizens of the town of Plymouth. Having gained a competency sufficient for his declining years, Mr. (lUndel has now retired from the more active du- ties of life, enjoying the benefits of his former d.ays of toil. He is well known throughout the com- munity, where he has made his home for the long l)eriod of fort^-five years, witnessing almost the entire growth of the count}-, and is held in high regard by man}' friends. They are Iioth members of the Lutheran Church at Hanover. Mr. Gundel is an ardent supporter of the Democratic parly, has held the office of School Director and Hoad Supervisor, and we are pleased to record the sketch of this worth}- couple in the history of Rock County. cC>o S: ]AMES MONTGOMERY, a prominent anport of the Church, and was every where known for his kind and benevolent s|)irit. His family numbered eight children, bvit of that number oidy three are yet liv- ing. William died in IJrookficld, Ohio, and Rob- -i. 4 i 800 ROCK COUNTY. -Mh-H 4 ert, Samuel, John and Nancy have also passed awaj'. Of the surviving members of tiie family James is the eldest; Hugh is engaged in fanning near 15rook- field, Ohio; and Kliza J., widow of Wvatt McKay, is living on tiie old homesteaarents were natives of the Empire State, and settled in Ohio at an early day, where they passed tlie remainder of their lives. Four children of that family are yet living— Mrs.] Montgomery; James, a prosperous farmer, who has been a resident of Huron County, Ohio, for half a century; Au- "ustus, whose home is in Sylvester township. Green Co., Wis.; and Lavina, widow of H. B. Stewart, wlio was a prominent and wealthy citizen of Brod- head. Wis, where she is yet living. In 1839, Mr. Montgomery and his young wife removed to W.ayne County, Ohio, where he pur- chased a farm, but on account of the unhealthful- ness of the climate, he disposed of his property in 1840, and became a resident of Portage Countji, Ohio. In 1845, accompanied by six families he started for Uock County, Wis., where he h.as since continued to reside. Purchasing 160 acres of land on section 17, I'nion tuwnship, he moved into a rented house and thus commenced his life on the frontier. Not anotlicr house was in sight, only the broad and desolate i)rairie stretching away as far as the eye could see. Nothing daunted, however, Mr. Montgomery having resolved to make a home, set about to accomplish that end. He was first 4* compelled to build a house. Cutting the logs, he hauled them to the mill, prepared his own shingles, and on tiie IGthday of April. 1846, raised tlie little cabin, whicli he had made un.assisted. Into this the family moved, and shelter having been provided for his wife and children, he inimediatelj- turned his attention to the development of the land. Day liy day the work of cultivation and improvement was carried forward; the original boundaries of the farm were extended, until it comprised 221 acres, and he became the owner of t)ne of the finest farms in the county. In 1856, the little log cabin was replaced by a handsome residence and many other improve- ments have since been made. The beautiful ever- greens and the fine fruit trees were set out by Mr. Montgomery, barns and outbuildings were erected and ever}- thing necessarj^ for a model farm was made. When we know that ]\Ir. Montgomery started out with a cash capital of $100, we wonder at his great success, but the results whieli have l)een accomplished are not due to money alone, Imt )jut to his indefatigable energy, his untiring industry' and skill, and the assistance of his frugal and in- dusirious wile. By the union of our subject and his wife five children have been born, but only one remains; Lawrence, the eldest, died in infancy. Mary J., born in Ohio, March 27, 1845. is the wife of (ieorge Shaw, a boot and shoe merchant of Berlin, Wis., and to them were born three children, Minnie, Low- ell and Wayne, the last named being the only one now living; and the only grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. INIontgomery, Augusta, born April 7, 1847, l)e- came the wife of William Pierce, of Greene County, and died Nov. 30, 1879. Major and Sidia, twins, were born Jan. 10, 1857. The f(jrmer died on the 9th day of April, 1 874, and the latter May 1 9, 1 875. On the 16th day of November, 1888, the parents passed the fiftieth anniversary of their wedded life. They can now look back over well spent years, with no regret for the past and no fear for the future. As the result of the labor of other years, they have a comfortable competenc3\ which will enable them to live in peace and retirement dur- ing the remainder of their d.ays, knowing that it will not be long until the summons to their final home is heard. Progressive and public spirited, r ..fe. ROCK COUNTY. 801 Mr. Montudiiieiy lias been ono of the le.'xding citizens of the county and has taken an active part in its pnlilic interests, ^\'llen the Greenl)ack party was making its influence felt throughout the land, he was one of its foremost members in this coni- inunity and belunged to the .State Central Com- mittee, in which he was an earnest worker. He be- lieved in the enacting vf laws that wouhl do the greatest good to the greatest number and did all in liis power to promote tiiat principle. In later years he lias not atliliated with any party, but votes for the best man. Straightforward and honorable in .all his dealings, he has the entire conli- dence of his fellow citizens, and his word is as good as his bond. Loved by his friends, respected by his .acrpiaintances, his sketch will be welcomed and read with interest liy the readers of this volume. -€-*-^ ' ARK ALLEN NORRIS, was born in the city of Janes ville, Oct. 19, 1851. lie is the eldest of three children born to Alvin and .\nna ( IJates) Norris. He enjoyed the .advant.iges of a eomnKin school education; sujiple- mented by a course of study under a private in- structor, having previously spent a portion of two years .as a student in Lawience Universit}-, at Ap- pleton, Wis. For a few years after leaving school he assisted his father in conducting the old Norris House, one of the e.arly hotel landmarks of the city — which then occupied the site of the present Windsor Hotel, at the corner of Main and North First streets. Mr. Norris was actively engaged for several years in newspaper work. He w.as an attache of the Janes ville Da/I;/ Rccdrder when the paper was in its infancy, undci- the management of Uarrett Yeeder and W. H. l.eon;ird. It was in this office that he learned the practical details of the "art preservative." He was for a eonsiderable lime employed in the business office, and subsequently was promoted to the editorial room. In 1H71I he W!Ls nominated as the KcpulJican candidate for City Clerk in opposition to the late J. M. Burgess, the Democratic incnmlient of the office. He w.as defeatcil by a small majority. His opponent an old and highly respected resident, was deiiendent for support entirely upon his earnings, and jiopular sympathy re-elected him to the office. Mr. Norris h.as always been a Republican, but since his defe.at h.as never entered the list for office. Accompany- ing Col. p:dward Ituger's engineering expedition to New Me.\-ico in the spring of f880 he remained in that territory until .Inly. 18«2, filling various posi- tions of responsibility and trust in the employ of the Wiley Construction Company. The summer and autumn of 1882 was spent in travel through- out New Mexico, Colorado and I'tah. Returning to Janesville he accepted his former position on the stati' of the Recdrder which he soon afterwards re- signed to accept a position .as business manager of the Pierre, Dakota. Recorder, a promising newspa- per, founded shortly before by Myhr and Nolan, of Janesville, Wis. He removed to Pierre early in 1883 to assume the duties of his ])osition. A ye.ar later he purchased a one-half interest in the business, and for several months edited the pajjcr. Disposing of his interests in the West he returned to Wisconsin to engage in his present enterprise. He was a mend)cr of the Fire Department for sev- eral years before its reorganization, holding at times the offices of Vice President of the depart- ment and Secretary of the Water Witch Kngine Company No. 2. He w.as one of the drill-team of the Janesville Gu.ards, and holds an honorable dis- charge for service to the State in the First Regi- ment, Wisconsin National Guards, having served the full teim of enlistment; is a member of good standing of Janesville City Lodge No. 90, I. O. O. F. ; is manager of the Janesville Thermo-Tlierapeu- tic Baths and Magnetic \acuum Institute, which is situated in Norcross Block on River street, in Janesville. The pro|)rietors are ftlrs. A. B. and Mr. M. A. Norris. The treatment consists of Turkish, Russian, electro-thermal and medicated baths; massage; electric, magnetic and vacuum equalizer treatments. This institution is first-class in all its appointments, has perfect ventilation and highest temperatures. The Turkish bath is .ap- proved and recommended by the most eminent medical authorities and physicians every where. The business was established in 187."). liy Mrs. A. B. Norris, and our subject has had an interest since r i ■^*- 802 ^ ROCK COUNTY. -t its inception, and since 1886 has bepn activelj- con- nected with its management. Mrs. Norris was first led to undertake the estalilishment of this institu- tion by being cured of paralysis, by means of the magnetic, vacuum and electro-thermal bath treat- ment. Wishing to give suffering humanity the l)enettts of her experience she has made this her life work and stud3-. Starting in a modest way, the benefits to patients have been so pronounced tiiat the bu.siness has grown to important proportions and has justified the proprietors in fitting theestab- tablishment with the mcjst complete of modern fa- cilities for successful treatment of the sick and well. M. A. Xorris, the manager, is well versed in all that pertains to the business and has won hosts of friends l)y his courteous and unremitting atten- tion to the wants of his patrons. —■- ^ ROCK COUNTY. received the name of Eyansville. From lSo2 until 1855 lie held the ofBce of postmaster, and in 1853 was elected to the Legislature of Wisconsin and was again a member of the General Assembly in 1873. After the breaking out of the late war. in October, 18G1, he was commissioned Surgeon of the t 13th Regular Wisconsin Infantry, and ent^ned the field with his regiment, contiiuiing in active service until March, 1865, when his health failing him he resigned and returned home. The labor and expo- sure attending his army experience was such as to seriously and permanently impair his health. On the 1st day of June, 1854, in La Porte. Ind.. Dr. Evans was united in marriage with Miss Emma Clement, who is a native of New York, but re- moved with her parents, Richard and C'hloe Clement, to Indiana, when she was a child. The union of the Doctor and his wife has been blessed with three children, two of whom are living, a sou and a daughter. The latter. Elizabeth Emma. w;is born April 7. 1855, and the former, .lohn M., was born Nov. 14, 1858. He was educated in the public schools of Evansville, read medicine with his father and graduated from the Rush Medical Col- lege of Chicago, after which he engaged in practice at Evansville for three years. In August. 1888, he went to Europe to complete his medical studies at the famous school at \ienna, Austria, one of the most noted medical institutions in the world. Dr. Evans, Jr. is a j'oung man of much ability and gives promise of eminence in his i)rofession. The deceased child, Annie Penelope, who was second in order of birth, was born Sept. 22, 185G. and died Aug. 26, 1858. Dr. Evans is one of the oldest and most zealous Masons in this part of the State, and has been prominently identified with the order for nearly half a centurj'. He was initiated into the myster- ies of that ancient and honorable society March 21), 1841, at La Porte, Ind., becoming a member of La Porte Lodge, No. 41, A. F. and A. M. He be- came a member of Janesville chapter. No. 5, April 17, 1851, and joined Janesville Commandery, No. 2, Jan. 28, 1857. On the 24th day of October, 1882, he became a member of H. A. S. V., Orient of Wisconsin, Valley of Milwaukee, and on the 27th of the same month w.os advanced to the 32d -^^ degree of that body. He has also Iteen inducted as an honorary member into the •• ( )riental Order of the Palm and Shell." an honor that has been con- ferred upon but few Masons in the State. During these many years he has filled various official posi- tions in the order. He was W. M.of Union Lodge. No. 32, for twelve consecutive years, and was High Priest of Evansville Chapter. No. 35, during the first six j-ears of its existence. In 1882-3 he w:u> Grand High Priest of the State. The Doctor is a member of the Episcopal Church at Evansville and h:is held the office of Senior Warden of that body since its organization. In the formation of the parish he was quite active, and has ever been active and influential in this body, contributing largely of his means to its sup- port. For several j-ears he has been a lay reader in the church. Dr. Evans bears tlie distinction of being not only the earliest physician of Evansville, but one of the earliest of Rock Count}'. He has been identified with the county for forty-three years, has witnessed its growth and development and has borne a prominent part in the advancement that has been made during that long period of time. His long and successful career as a ph^ysician has given him a wide acquaintance and his characteris- tic sympathy and kindness has endeared him to the hearts of the people. Few men enjoy the confi- dence and esteem of the community in which they reside to a greater degree than does Dr. J. M. Evans. \¥) .VMES VANDERLYN. deceased, w.as a highly resi)ected citizen of Rock County and one of its pioneer settlers. He was born in Cortland County, N. Y., March 7, 1818, .and was a sou of James and N.ancy (filenny) Vanderlyn, who were of Holland descent, their an- cestors having emigr.ated from that country dur- ing the early d.ays of the history of New Y'ork, and settled in the Mohawk Valley. Our subject never received the iirotection of a mother's lov- ing care, Mrs. Vanderlyn dying when he was only about seven months old. His father soon after- ward married again, and at the tender .age of eight - i^f^^^^ ^^^JPa^^ fW ^a4^<>) /^^;2C:^^-^-^l_- JU ROCK COUNTY. ■u 809 years, lie was placed adrift on life's great sea to battle alone with its winds and tempests. From that time lie has made his way unaided, and though many would have given up in despair he worked on with !i lirave heart, and at length his ef- forts were crowned with success. On the 3d day of January, 1841, iSIr. Vanderlyn was joined in wedlock witli Miss Elizabeth Case, their union being celebrated in Cortland County, N. Y. Unto them were born two children, one of whom is living at this writing, in 1889 — Elnathan, a prominent farmer of this county. In 1848, ac- companied bv his family, our subject, with the de- sire of bettering his financial condition, emigrating to the West and settled in Rock County, locating the land which is now owned by his son. With characteristic energy, he began the development of a farm until he had the whole tract highlj- cultiva- ted and improved. As his income was increased, he extended the boundaries of his farm until at one time it comprised 100 acres of valuable land, which paid a golden tribute to the care and labor which ho had bestowed upon it. Truly he was a self- made man, whose successes were all the greater on account of the dirticulties which he had to over- come and the adversities to be met. In early life, Mr. Vanderl3'n was a Whig, and supported William Henry Harrison, but on the dissolution of that party he joined forces with the Democrats, ever afterward supporting that organi- zation. He was never ambitious in a political sense, preferring to devote his attention to farming interests, rather than accept public oflice. He died at his home in Clinton, on the 1st da}' of April, 1889, of heart disease in the seventy -second year of his age; his death mnrked a sad event in the history of Clinton, which had so long been his home and his pride, and to the prosperity and growth of which ho had so liberally contri- buted. It may truthfully be said that in all his long years of varied and extensive business exper- ience, he w.as never known to intentionally wrong any one. Just and prompt, courteous and consid- erate, he possessed the confidence .and kind regard of all with whom he came in contact, from the hum- blest laborer on his farm to the highest official and wealthiest capitalist of the city. In manner, he was plain and unassuming, free from all ostenta- tion or display, earnest in his devotion to his family and friends, sympathetic and warm-hearted. The story of the life of such a man as James Vanderlyn is both interesting and instructive, and teaches a lesson that may well be studied by young men of coming generations, as well as the present, encouraging them to renewed efforts when reverses overtake thom. .and pointing the way to success like a beacon star in the sky of the future. Mrs. Vanderlyn, who was a consistent member of the Baptist Church, died on the 12th day of July, 1888, preceding her husband a few months. She was one of nature's noble women and was beloved by all for her many excellencies of character. '-^^^:^^!^^^^tf^ ' . <. .>. Sf->— )HOMA.S B. FIFIELD, an early settler and an honored citizen of J.anesville, w.as born in Gilraanton, Belknap Co., N. II., on the 21st day of June. 1809. His parents, S.amuel and Abigail (Loavitt) Fifield, were natives of New England, and were people well connected and highl}- respected. His father was a merchant of Gilmanton; and in 1820, removed with his family to Chittsnden County, Vt., where he made his home on a new farm. Thom.as B., then eleven j'ears of age, attended the district school in the winter time and at other seasons of the year assisted his father in clearing and working the farm. In this way he grew to manhood, inured to hard work and trained to industrious and frug.al h.abits. The moral teach- ings of his parents and the wholesome influences of his New England home developed a character that fitted our subject for an honor.able course in life and in his subsequent career he proved himself worthy of the confidence and hopes of his parents. Having attained his majority, he engaged in farm- ing, and in the course of time purchascti a small farm in Berlin, just across the river oiiposite Mont- pelier and in the suburbs of that city, which he conducted sever.al years. The pl.ace w.as one of groat beauty, and the farm house, which had been the residence of Judge Buckley, was one of great elegance. Mr. Fifield sold tli.at property about ISoii, and r » 1- ■•► 810 ROCK COUNTY. 4 came to Janesville. Wis., wliere he joined his brothers in tlie lnml)ei' business. He was niarrifd in this city on the 3id day of Januaiy, KS(i.5, to Miss Eliza Isabel Waterman, a daugliter of the Hon. Aruiiah ami Mehitjible (Dodge) Waterman. Mrs. Fifielil was born at .Arf>nti)elier. Vt.. and was reared and educated in New England. Her father was born in Norwich, Conn., and wa.s of English Pu- ritan descent. The Waterman family originated in America by the advent of two lirothers of that name, vvlio took passage for .Vmerica in the consort of the ••MayHower." which vessel, it will be remem- bered, got disabled and was oliliged to return to port. The following year, they again started from England and this time landed safely at the Ply- mouth Colony. They settled in Connecticut and one branch of the family, the grandfather of Mrs. Fifield. subsequently located at .bjhnson, \'t.. near Montpelier. His cousin. Capt. Hyde, accompanied him and located at Hyde I'ark. He was a man of [jrominence and for him Hyde Park w^•^s named. The Hydes were a distiuguisiicd family both in England and in the New World. Mrs. Fifield's fa- ther was a man of prominence in his day and held various official positions of importance, serving in the State Senate of Vermont and in the Lower House. He w.asalso Probate .ludge and held other offices. His wife, Jlrs. Fifield's mother, was born at New Boston, N. H., and was descended from an old New England family. Three children, two sons and a daughter, were born to >rr. and Mrs. Fifleld. Charles L., the eld- est, born at .lanesville, Oct. 10, ISfio, w.as educa- ted in the city schools, and in 1884, entered upon the study of law in the office of Judge J. W. Sale, of Janesville, where he spent two years. He then became a student of the law department of the Wisconsin State University, from which he gradu- ated in the <-lass of ..luiie, 1888, and was admitted to practice in the Circuit and Supreme Courts at the same time. In August of that year, he was admitted to membershi|) in the law firm of F'eth- ers it Jeffris, now Fethers, Jeffris & Fifield, his partners being the acknowledged peers of any in the legal profession in Soulheru Wisconsin, while the junior member is a thorough student and indus- trious lawyer, who with years and e.xperience is sure to win prominence in his chosen profession. The second child. Emily May, a young lady of briglit promise, died March .30, 188.'). at the age of seventeen years. George Waterman, the yf)uiig- est, was born at Janesville, March 12. 1872, and is now attending school at IJeloit. preparing for col- lege. He is a voung man of intelligence and good moral principles, and promises to do justice to the teachings and precepts of his parents. Mr. F'ifield continued in the lumber Inisiness with his brothers with slight iiUerriiptions until 187;"), when he sold his interest to the other mem- bers of the firm and retired from active business. A few years later his health began to fail and liis death occurred at his home in Janesville on the 7th d.ay of July. 1882. Mr. Fifield was a consistent member of the Congregational Church, and a He- pulilican in politics, but was never in :\ny sense a politician or olHce seeker. He preferred the more quiet way of legitimate business in which he was quite successful. In all the affairs of life he was ever known to be uijright and honorable and lived in the enjoyment of the respect and confidence of his felk)w citizens. Mrs. Fifield survives her hus- band and with her sons resides at the old home in Janesville. .She is an active meml)er of the Con- gregational Church, and is highly esteemed by a large circle of acquaintances. UILLIAM DEWITT KELLOGG, a leading attorney at law of Beloit. Wis., and Special ^^/ Agent and Adjuster for the Citizens' In- surance Compan3' of Pittsburgh, is a native of Massachusetts, having been born in Lee, Berkshire County, on the 4th day of .\pril, 1858. He is a son of Leroy and Jidia (Steadraan) Kellogg, the former a native of Soutliwick. Hampden Co., M.ass., and the latter of Berkshire County. The}- were the parents of two children who are 3"et living — Wil- liam of this sketch, and M. Isabel, the latter being a lady of culture and the possessor of superior ability as a poetess, many of her i)roductions hav- ing been published in Harper's Magazine. Leroy Kellogg was for many years a prominent merchant of Lee, Mass.. and in politics was a staunch Demo- r ROCK COUNTY. 811 4 t-rat. ami well posted on all tlie affairs of the coun- try. Me iwssessed a splendid piiysif|iie, and atone time was the stronj^esl man in Massacliusetts. The subject of tiiis skelcii was reared to man- iiood in liis native State. He received his literary education at the Academies of Stockbridge, Mass., and Sutlield, Conn., after which he took a prepara- tory course at Fort Edward Institute^ New York. In 1877, he entered Yale College, graduating from the literary department of that celebrated institu- tion with the highest honors, after which he took a course in the law department, ranking third in scholai'ship in a class of 180. After leaving Yale, he traveled extensively throughout the North and Southwest, thereby gaining much information of the world, and in October, 1882, finally located in Beloit, where he has been in active ])ractice contin- uously since. iMr. Kellogg was joined in wedlock in Beloit, in 1887. with Miss Tedie R. Rood, a graduate of the Beloit High School and a daughter of J. F. Rood, one of the earl}' settlers of Rock County. I'olitically, our subject is a stalwart supporter of tile Democratic party, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, who were also faith- ful adherents to the principles of that organization. Although a young man, he ranks high among ids brethren at the bar and bids fair to become a prom- inent man in his profession. His natural abilities have been suiiplcniented by the best educational advantages and he is thoroughly conversant with the law in all its departments. His arguments are logical and conclusive, and, speaking without an apparent effort, lie convinces his lieareis of the correctness of liis statements anentencv which enables him to rest from active labor in his later years. Since becoming a citizen, he has supported the Repul)lic.'ui party by his ballot and intluenee. ^^ ALV1>J PERKINS, a retired farmer and (l( _ representative citizen of Rock County, now ^^^ residing in Clinton, was born in Guildhall, Essex County, Vt..on the lOth da3- of April, 1815, and is the son of James and Eunice (Howe) Per- kins, whose family numbered five children: Althea, the eldest, married Israel Cheney, who was one of the earl^' settlers of Beloit; Mary became the wife of a Mr. Rosencranz; Fivilla married Leander Be- mis; Maria was first the wife of Arthur Kincaid, and after his death wedded William Legett. In 1876 the death of Mr. Perkins occurred, and his widow was again married, becoming the wife of David Tucker. They later removed to the West, settling in Turtle Township, Rock County, but subsequently became residents of Eureka, Green- wood County, Kansas, where both p.assed awaj'. Calvin Perkins, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the common schools and was reared to manhood in his native State. After reaching ma- ture years, he in 1838 was united in marriage with Miss Mary Curtis, a native of New Hampshire, born in Strafford on the 30th day of April, 1818. Their union was tilessed with four rliildrcn, two sons and two daughters, as follows: Althea. who is now the wife of Myrou Favor, a resident of Greea- i» -h ROCK COUJSTY. 813 wooil County. Kjui., is the inotluT of five children, \Villi;ini I*.. (Jeorge. Cleoii, Eda aiirl Jessie; George N., who WMS numbered among the brave Boys in Bine of the 22(1 Wisconsin Infantry, belong- ing to Company B, served with iionor for three years, participating in many hard fought bat- tles; Amanda hecauie the wife of Artliur Wain- wright, and died in Clinton. Wis.; .lames is now in the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Kailroad; he m.-irried Alice Griflith, Nov. 12, 1873, and one child h.as been horn tot'.iem, Arthur G. In 1852, accompanied l)y hisf.unilj', Mr. Perkins emigrated to Rock County and settled in Turtle Township, where he [nirchased a farm. With characteristic energy he .at once began tlie cultiva- tion and development of his land, which he con- tinued to operate with good success until 1882, when, retiring from active life, he removed to Clinton where he h.as since made his home. In his political views Mr. Perkins, in early life, was .an ardent supporter of the Whig luuty, and in 1840 cast his ballot for William Henry Harrison, whose illustrious grandst)n, our present Executive, be voted for in 1888. He takes that interest in polit- ical affairs which ever}' true .American slionid feel, and is well inft)rmed on all the leading questitms of the day, both State anil National. Honest and up- right in all his dealings, he lias gained the respect and good will of all with whom business or [)leasure have brought him in contact. In 1884 he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the l.')tli daj' of December. "if) GUN DATES, one of the honored pioneers of this county, residing in the city of Heloit, was born on the lOtli day of Se|)- ' teniber, 1813, in Dutchess Countv. X. Y., and his parents were .Viidrew and Elizalieth (M.as- ton) Dates. They had a family of five children, :is follows: Julia A.; .lohii. of this sketrh; Harry; Gertrude, who is residing in Tompkins County, N. v.; and Thomas, of Uochester, N. Y. The an- ceslnrs of the Dates farnih- emigr.ated from Holland to America in the early colonial days, settling in the Mohawk \'alley. and the father of John Dates was a soldier in the war of 1812, and his grand- father w.as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Andrew and Elizabeth Dates have both now passed aw.ay, dying in Pouglikeepsie, N. Y. Our subject received such educational advan- tages .as the district schools afforded, and was reared to manhood upon a farm. When nineteen years of age he left home and began life's l)altle for himself. He first went to Chemung County, N. Y.. and subsequently located at Monroe, near Rochester, where on the 28lh day of April. 1842, his inarri.age with Miss Caroline VerA'alin was cel- ebrated. The lady is a daughter of Col. Isaac H. A'erValin, who was a soldier in the War of 1812, and who for his services received a pension. His death occurred in 1884, at the age of eighty-five years, and his wife died in Beloitin 1872. Col. \'erValin was a I'liiversalist. and Mrs. ^'er^'alin a member of the Methodist Church, and were both earnest, con- sistent Christians. In the year 1844, Mr. Dates, accomi)anied liy his wife, left the Empire State, and followed the course of emigr.ation westward, becoming a resident of Winnebago County III., where he remained for one year. At the expiration of that time he came to Beloit, where he has since made his home. At that time Rock County was almost in its primitive condition, but few settlements had been made, and in the present flourishing city of Beloit but one house h.ad been built on the west side of the river. Like all others who settled on the frontier, Mr. Dates endured the many trials and incon- veniences of pioneer life, but has been one of the active participants in the upbuilding of the county, and in the work of development which h.as trans- formed its wild lands into farms of great fertility. Immediately after his arrival, he purchased the land now owned by A. B. Carpenter, within the city limits of Beloit, paying $6 an acre. At that time, only a (piarter of an acre had been put under the plow, and the improvements consisted of a little fr.ame house, but he immediately began the work of cultivation and development, and in the course of time was the owner of one of the fine farms of Rock County. Mr. and Mrs. Dates are the parents of three chil- dren. George enlisted in the late Rebellion, in the _ «► ,i i -H|^^ Church, and took great interest in church work, training their children to love and respect the teach- ings wf the Bible. This earl}- instruction lias not been forgotten by them for all have become respects able men and women, occupying useful and respon- sible positions in life. Their family numbered nine sons and two daughters, all of whom attained to mature years— Philander W. is now living in New York in the town of Gloversville; Mont- gomery one of the first settlers of Wisconsin, died in this State; Ambrose, who was a leading citizen Magnolia, died in 1877; William died in Black River Count}-, N. Y. ; Philip was a resident of this State during its pioneer days, but later returned to New Y'"ork, where his death occurred man)- 3-ears ago; Betsy M. became the wife of Peter Merritt, of Albany County. N. Y. ; John E. is a minister of the Adventist faith, now in Otter Tail Count}-, Minn. ; Caroline became the wife of James Christie, and died in 1870, her husband's death occurring in 1872; Francis O. died in Los Angeles, Cal., in 1883; Clinton W. is engaged in farming in the town of Magnolia. Our subject was twenty years of age at the lime of the removal of the family from New York to Rock County, since which time, he has been num- bered among its citizens. He assisted his father in the cultivation of the farm until the 12th day of February, 18G5, when he enlisted in Company I, of the 44th Wisconsin Infantry, but was discharged in July of the same year on account of disability caused from the exposure and hardships incident to army life. While in the service he did duty at Nashville, Tenn., Padueah, Ky., and at E.ostport, Ala. After his return, being broken down in health, he w-as compelled to lay aside the duties of the farm for some time. On the 1st day of January, 1862. Mr. Moore and Miss Fannie B. Rodd were united in marriage. The lady w-as born on Prince Edward Island, Jan- uary 4, 1846, and is a daughter of John and Caroline (Horn) Rodd, whose sketch f.ppears on .another page of this volume. Six children have been born unto Mr. and Mrs. Moore, all born on the old homestead. Phila M. the eldest, is the wife of Harry Blakely, a farmer of Nebraska; Carrie E. is now the wife of Herman Schroder, of Center town- -•► ^ / ^Zli't(' llie family. Mr. Moore is now tlu' owner of tiie old homestead consist! nj; of 120 acres of arable land. Since coming into his (josscssion h»; has made improvements npon it, and the farm is considered one of the best in Magnolia 'I'ownshiii. The stock is of the best grades, the barns and out- bnihiings are well kept and every thing abonl the place denotes the thrift and industry of the owner. In iiis i)leasant home he is snrrounded by all the comforts of life, and he has become one of the well- to-do farmers of the comnninitj-. Mr. Moore casts his ballot with the Democratic (larty. and has been called upon to fill various townshii) offices, and discharges his duties in a manner satisfactory to all concerned. .Socially, he is a memljer of the Masonic fraternity of Evansville. Energetic and progres- sive, he has made bis life a success, and has won the respect of all with whom business or pleasure have brought him in contact. t= ►l-^f=^^^^-J- |, IfelLLIAM. T. OOODHUE. One of the \/\j/i P''"'>''"i''it n\cn in IJeloit's past history was \\Af the lion. AVilllani T. Goodhue, who died on the lllth day of April. 1879. Mr. (Joodhue was born at .Sherbrooke, Lower Canada, .lanuary 18th, 1823. He was christened by the Lord Hishop at Montreal, in infancy, the Kev. Mr. Le Eevra the clergyman of Sherbrooke stand- ing as his godfather. His father was the Hon. Charles Freder'ck Henry Goodhue who was for many years a member of the Canada rarliament. William T. Goodhue was the youngest of the three sons and the fourth in age of the family of five. In the summer of 1835 or 1836 (ieorge. the eldest brother, in company with his uncle Tyler H. Moore, came west, touching first at Chicago where they purchased a tr.act of land where now stands the Trcmont House. Thence they went to Uelvidere, III., where they tarried but a short time. In 1857. the father came west to join the party that had preceded him. William T. at the age of fourteen years, a pale-faced boy, started alone in the year 1837, to make the trip around the lakes, and during the journey of three weeks he saw no one that he knew till he landed in Milwaukee, where stood his brother Cieorge on the wliaif to meet him. Thence the two proceeded to Chicago, then to Belvidere where the father and uncle ha figured prominently in the early history of L.incas- t€rshire, and represented Ireland in parliament before the relijrious movement known as the Reformation. The}- founded the town of Pilling in that siiire, and built the cathedral which was confiscated at the time of the religious wars. This change brought a reverse of fortune to the family, and caused their descendants to turn their attention to other things than politics as a vocation. Thomas I'illing and his two brothers were engaged in man- ufacturing, first in Manchester, England, then in America. His brother Samuel came to this country in 18 Hi, and a few years after started the second print works in the United States, at Frankfort, Pa., em[)l()ving at one time 1.000 wtnkmen. Thomas Pilling and his family came to the United States in 1821, After residing in Germantown. Frankfort and Trenton, N. .1.. he at length settled at West Farm, N. Y.. where he established bleaching works in connection with the cotton mills of James liollon, a brother-in-law. In 182G he removed his factory to .Stockport. Mr. Pilling died in 18:?.0, leaving nine children. He was a Liberal in the l)est sense of that word, and w.is honored for his chariUible spirit. His second wife, Anne Beau- mont, was born in lIudderBeld, England, in 1790. Her family were of French origin, went to England by wa}' of Scotland at an early ilay, and resided there for some time. Her immediate family en- gaged in the manufacture of silk and woolen goods anil in agricultural pursuits. Her father, Luke Beaumont, was one of the younger branch of a titled family. Airs. Pilling died in 1877. Mrs. DeForest was born at Stockport in 1827, and received hei- education at the State Normal School at Albany. N. Y. Her untiring energy of mind and hand, so necessary to the pioneer, has contributed in no small degree to the success of the Waveland Garden. After her marriage Mr. and Mrs. DeForest made their home in Albany for two j-ears, spending the succeeding year in Claver- ack. l^eciding to remove to tlic \Vest, tiiey arrived in .lanesville, Dec. 1, 185G, and one year from that date located a half mile west of the city limits, on .Mineral Point avenue, where tliey yet reside. Having inherited a natural taste for horticultural pursuits, Mr. DeForest's selection of a home was made with a view of gratifj'ing his ambition in that direction. The result was the establishment of the Waveland (iarden. the first market garden in Rock Count}'. In early years he raised small fruits in connection with vegetables in large quantities, and was the introducer of the leading varieties of small fruits and vegetables in general cultivation in this vicinit}'. Public improvements of all kinds have ever met with his hearty approval. He has taken a deep interest in i)()litics, but was never an aspirant for office. He formerly voted with the Republican party, but of late years has been inde- pendent. He is a free-thinker in religion, and finds among his associates a sympathizing element on all subjects pertaining to the welfare of his fellow men. Mr. and Mrs. DeForest have four diughters and three sons — Shirlie. Rosamond (deceased). Jessie, Beaumont. Anna (deceased), Eugene and John Tel- ler. Beaumont married Anna Home Jan. 10. 1H82. .■Mid to them was born one child. Harry Beaumont. The mother died Dec. 25. 1882, and on the 10th of February, 1886, he married Florence, daughter of M. H. Soverhill. of Janesville. by whom he has one child, Annie Florence. -^ 4>^ ^ i UILLIAM LATTA. a practical and progres- sive farmer. resi> r *^f^^ ROCK COUNTY. ■«»- 821 t= ou the 13th day of May, 1864, as a member of tlie 40th Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers, w.as as- sig-ned to Com[)any H and was mustered in at Mad- ison, where he remained two weeks, when the regi- ment was ordered to Washington, hut while makint;' the trip to that city, a telegram was received with orders to ])roceed to Memphis. It was there doing guard duty when Forest made a raid against the city at which time Mr. Latta was lying sick in the hospital, which was surrounded by Rebel troops. At the close of the term of his enlistmoit. Sept. 21. 1864, be was mustered out at Madison. After his return from the army, he attended Bryant (k Stratton's Ihi.siness College at Milwaukee during the winter, and in the spring of lH(io, worked on the farm. lie then went to Cliicat;(>, where he again attended college, and spent the winter of 1M0.')-C in Detroit, Mich., engaged as a clerk in a coal nllicc. lie then si)eiit the time in Clinton until the winter of 1867, when he went to Sharon, Venn., where he was employed as s.alesman in a general store until the s|)ring fif 1868 when he returned to Rock County, where he has since made bis home. In the autumn nf IfsC'.i. a marriage ceremony performed in Darien, Wis., united the destinies of William Latta and Miss Emma .Schutt, a native of Sturgis, Mich., and a daughter of Minard and Catherine E. (Gillette) Schutt, both of whom were natives of New York. The former raska; John, who is engaged in farming in Iowa; and Urcelia, wife of .lolin I'nderwood, a miller residing in Kalama- zoo, Mieii. In 18(il, during the first year of our Civil War, Mr. Smith emigrated to America, and after landing in this country came ilireetly to Rock County, making his home vvith his son-in-law, James Simp- son. After some time lie removed to Iowa, living with his son, JNIalcolm Smith. Ilis death there occuired in 1882. at the age of eight^'-five years, and his wife departed this life four years later, in the eiglity-eiglith year of her .age. They were both devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal ( liureh. and were universally respected liy all. □"V, OBERT MORTON, wlio is engaged in gen- ■' eral farming and stock-raising, is the owner n of a fine farm of '2'.(t acres on sections ^35 and 36, Johnstown Townsliip. He is a native of Fifeshire. Scotland, born Nov. 3(1, 1839, and a son of John and .Lane (Barclay) Morton. He was the fourth in order of birth in a family of six children, four of whom are now living — John, the eldest, died in Johnstown Township, in the month of Septemlier, 1876; .fames, whose sketch will be found elsewhere in this work, is a leading fanner of Rock County; Jane is the wife of David Carter, of .lolmstown Township; Robert is the next in order of birth; Alexandei- died in La Prairie Town- ship, in -Vpril, 187"J;and Margaret is living with her sister in .lolmstown Township. The early life of our subject was spent in his na- tive land, but at the .age of fifteen years, he emi- grated with the family to America, the ocean voy- age la.sting thirty -seven da3-s. Landing at New York in the latter part of June, 1855. the father then went to Albany on a steamboat, whence he proceeded by railroad to Rocl\cster, continuing his journey by canal to Piflard. then traveling .across the country al)out five miles to Peoria, where his brother-in-law. James (iordon, w.as liv- ing. That gentlem.an at the lime of his death, w.as the oldest Postmaster in the United States. He died in January, 1887, and his wife still survives him, yet enjoying excellent health for a lady of her age. Locating in Livingston County. N. Y.. Mr. Morton sent for his family who were soon in- stalled in their new home. Shortly after his arri- val, our subject began working as a farm hand for James Dow, who resided in the town of York, and remained in his employ for about seventeen months. During the winter of 1856-7, he attended school in Peoria, which completed his eihication. and the following spring, he came to Rock County, his pa- rents having in the meantime become residents of this community. Tlie same spring, he enjjaged to work for Willi.am Oalbraith, continuing with liiui until 1859, when he w.as employed as a farm hand by Quartus Torry, a farmer who resided on the present home of our subject. He w.as employed by him from the spring of 1859 until the sjiring of 1863, having almost the entire charge of the farm work, which fact testifies to his ablity- and the con- fidence placed in him by his employer. In the winter of 1863, he was married, but continued to oper.ate that farm until 1870. The previous year Mr. Torry died, and in 1870, Mr. Morton pur- chased of the widow 160 .acres of land, comprising a part of his present farm, at a cost of $8,000. He afterwards bought eighty acres of fine land in 187 I. from the heirs to the estate, and l)ef()re the deed reached him it had traveled through every Slate in the Union, all of the heirs, who were scattei-ed in various pLaces over this broad land, beiuL;- required to sign the same. He is now the owner of 291 broad acres, 240 of which on section 35. to- gether with thirty-two .acres, on section 36, are under cultivation. For the past twenty years Mr. Morton has given considerable attention to the breeding of Clydesdale horses, and now has Ihirtv- one bead of fine animals upon his farm. For nine ye.ars he has also been eng.aged in grading Polled Angus cattle, and has done much toward the intro- ducing of fine stock into Rock County. Every thing about his place denotes the thrift and enter- ' 4^ 824 ROCK COUNTY. l)rise of the owner, and his farm is one of the best in Jolmstown Township. In the month of February, 18G4, Mr. Morton led to the marriaire altar Miss Isabel Gentle, a daughter of James Gentle. Tlie family of which she is a mcmlier numbered five children, liut only two are now living — .lames, who married Wilhelmina Hos- sovv, a daughter of Louis Rossow, by whom he had seven children, died in May. 1888; Agnes, wife of Duncan (Graham, a resident of La Prairie Town- ship, who died in Kansas in August. 1879, had four children by her marriage, and her death occurred Oct. 1, 1866; Mrs. Morton, who was born in Kinro- shire, Scotland, in May, 184.5, is the third in order of birth; Ellen departed this life in Johnstown Townsln|i, in Februarv, 1804; George, who was burn in May. 1851, is tlic husband of Delilah Sco- ficld, a d.aughter of .lolin and Clarissa (I'ember) Scoficld. lly the union of Jlr. and Mrs. Morton five chil- dren have been born, .and the family circle remains unbroken — John, the eldest, born May 15, 1865, is still at home; James, born June 15, 1868, is a stu- dent of the commercial college of Janesville; Jane Isabella, born Nov. 29, 1871, attended school at Whitewater Normal for two years but is now at home; Agnes Margaret, born M.ay 3, 1873. and Ella, Oct. 21, 1878, are still living with their pa- rents. In his political afliliations, Mr. IMorton is a Democrat, and he and his wife .are members of the Presbyterian Church of Johnstown Township. They are numbered among the highly respected people of tlie comnuinity where they reside, and during their lesidence in Hock County have gained many warm friends, by whom they are held in high regard. -t ^ ON. JAMES iMEXZIE, a prominent and well-to-do farmer. rcsin wliich he has erected a com- fortable and commodious residence, at a cost of §52.000. The barn.s and outl>uildings for the care of his stock and m.achiner^' are in keeping with his pleasant home, and the entire surroundings denote thrift and enterprise. I'ublic: spirited, forward in tiic advance of any enterprise of public benefit, and he has won the entire confidence and respect of the people of Rock County, and is numbered among her leading citizens. ^=^EOR(iE IIANTHORN, ex-Sheriflf of Rock Ij ^=j, County and a retired farmer, was born in *^^J5) Dilworthstown, Delaware Co., Pa.. May 2(5, lS32,and is theson of Thomas and l^ouisa (Coburu) Haiitliorn. His father was born in the same town, on the 1st day of March, 1807, and was a farmer by occMiwtion. Tlie family moved to Chester County soon after George's birth and his mother now resides at West Chester. She was born August 11. 1810. on the same farm as her luisliand. an Wis- consin in 1847, when they settled at .Shopiere, where Mr. Dockstader engaged in f:uniiiig until death called him in November. 1807. His wife died six j-ears previously. They left a family of nine chil- ' dren, four sons and five daughters, eight of whom are yet living, namely: Maria, wife of .Jacob Dunn, a resident f)f Iowa Ealis, Iowa; Sarah A., who wed- ded A. F. Turner, of Beanian. Iowa; Joseph, who is living in La Prairie 'I'ownship, Rock County; Cornelia, wife of E. F. Dole, of Shopiere; Cather- ine, now Mrs. Dennis Jacobs, is a twin sister of Mrs. Gardiner; Jacob is a resident of Chatfield, Minn. ; Frederick makes his home at West Su|)crior; and Hezekiali died aliout 1863. leaving a wife ;ind two children. Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner have a family of nine children, four sons and five daughters, all of wJKini are still at home witii their parents, though Willie D. is now a law student at Madison. Tiie children in order of their ages are as follows: S. Kate, Willie D., Charles J.. C. Lillian. Edwin. Emma C.. Benjamin H., Gr.acie E. and .Mar}- E. Mr. Gardiner is one of tlie representative men of Rock County. He began life In the pi(>neer days with little means, in fact had only sutlicienl capital to pa\ fi>r his land, but b\- industry and good management on the part of himself and wife he hiLs accumuhited a comfortable competence. While a resident of tlie town of Bra'lfurd lie was called ui)on to serve in various oflicial positions. and the duties pertaining to those offices were dis- charged in a thorough and satisfactory mannoi-. He was for twelve years Chairman of the Board of his town, and for two years was Chairman of the County Board. In 1M7M he w:is nominated for the position of Representative and w:is triumphantly elected, the returns showing l.")76 voles in his favor, while liis opponent. W. 11. r>;irden. rec<'i\ ed but oitS vote;*. He is a Repul)lican and a warm ad- vocate of the principles of that great political or- ganization, and was one of the foundeis of that party in Janesville. In religious connection Mr. and Mrs. (Jardiner are members of the f'ongrega- ! tional Church. Her parents were .also for many f -4»- ROCK COI'NTY. 831 years comiectoil with that religious b()')_y, and four of tiicir children have united with that church. Mr. and Mrs. (iardiner have a pleasant home on Ituger Avenue, where they reside. The^' iiave ever received the esteem, respect and confidence of their fellow-citizens. -■^5 ^-€|^^ ;- Ljii H. ASIICRAFT is one of the representa- i// live and early business men of Janesville. \Jf^ He was bt>rn in the Empire State, in Ot- sego County. N. Y., on the 1st day of August, 1833. The traditional history says that the fam- ily settled in the Connecticut colony- long previous to the Revolutionary War. and it is certainly- known that W. II. Ashcraft, the great-grandfather of our subject, was long a resident of that State. Jared Ashcraft, the paternal grandfather, was a native of Otsego County, N. Y., where he passed the greater part of his life, but his death occurred at the home of his son in Michigan. .Icdidiah Ashcraft, the father of W. H.. was also born in Otsego County, of which county iiis wife, whose maiden name was Miss Hannah Smith, was also a native. They became the |)arenls of three sons and a daughter, who grew to mature years, and all. with liie exception of our subject, are still residents of New York. \V. H. Ashcraft was reared in his native county, and remained under the parental roof until sixteen years of age. His father was a cabinet-maker by occu[)ation, and tlic son assisted him in his business from an early age, when, arriving at tiie age of fif- teen years, he was possessed of a good knowledge of the trade. The following year, in 1849, he left home, and, going to Binghainpton. N. Y.. worked at his chosen occupation for a peiiod of four years. At tlie expiration of that time he emigrated to the West, locating in Janesville, where, two years later, in IS.'iG, he established his present business .as a furniture dealer, which he has carried on continu- ously since. He began on .1 small scale as a retail dealer, but not long afterward engaged in manufac- turing, conducting Imtii liranches of the business. He now owns a fine store, in which he is located, on the north side of West Milw.inkec street, of which he <■ took possession in 1870, and also the store building adjoining it on the west. His success is due entirely to the careful attention which he has given to the details of his business, together with bis honest, u|)right dealings, which have secured the confidence and resi)ect of the public. I>eginning business in Janesville when liut a youth, and with no means save his personal earnings, he b.as gradually built up an extensive and substantial trade, and is num- bered among the leading and enterprising business men of the city. In 18.54 the marriage ceremony which united the destinies of Mr. Ashcraft and Miss Martha C.arodine was performed. The lady is a daughter of .lolin Carodinc. an earl}' settler of Green Count}', AVis., who is now residing in Albanj', that county. Mr. and Mrs. Ashcraft have two children — Estella H. and William H. The latter is asso- ciated with his father in business. He is a gradu- ate of the Oriental School of Embalming, and makes a specialty of ernb.alming the dead, being verj- skillful in that art. He is now married, his wife having been Miss Kate Carle, a daughter of W. F. Carle, of Janesville. E LLIS SHOPBELL, senior partner of the firm of Sliopbell & Noiris. proprietors of the Fha'uix Planing Jlill, was born in Lycom- ing County, Pa., March 20, 1835, and is a son of Peter and Catherine (Hill) Shopbell. His parents, who are now deceased, were also natives of Penn- sylvania, and were higlil}'- respected people. Ellis received a common-scliool education, and when nineteen j-ears of age began to learn the carpenter's trade, at which he worked until August, 1862, when he enlisted during the late war as a member of the 12th Wisconsin Batter}', and served three years. He took part in the following battles: luka, Corinth, Raymond, .lackson. Miss., Vicksburg, Mis- sionary Ridge and All.atoona. He was then witii Sherman on the march to the sea, after which he engaged in the battles of Savannah and Benton- ville, N. C. On being discharged from the army. Mr. Shop- licll returned to Janesville. where he had made his r A. ,t 4«— 832 RUCK COUNTY. 4 home from 1856 until the time of his enlistment, !ind resiimefl work nt liis trade. In 1871 he begnn the niMiiufncture of sash and doors, and in 1872 formed theexistin? ])artnership with Siiltoii NOrris. Their estahli.shment is known as the PluBni.K Plan- ing ]\Iill. and employs from fifteen to oiyhteen men. They engage in the mauufafttne of sash, doors, blinds, mouldings and brackets on tlie race near Milwaukee street, and also manufacture the Jackson Refrigerator, the most popular refrigerator in the market. They are the sole proprietors of the patent of the improved common sense weather strips, for Wisconsin and Illinois. This indispensable inven- tion is known as ••Kellogg ' — ^^ YRUS OSHORNE, deceased, w.as for many ,l| _ years numbered among tlie prominent and ^^^^ influential citizens of Rock County. He w.as born in Newport, Herkimer Co., N. Y., Dec. 7, 180.5, and was the son of Asa and .Sarah (Hyde) Osborne. The family is descended from English ancestors, who settled in Connecticut in an early day. Our subject w.as one of a family of five children: Simeon married Miss Hannah Farrington and set- tled in Herkimer County, where ten cliildren were born unto them; Asa, who resided in INIedina, Ohio, became the husband of Sophia Hullard. by whom lie had three children, two sons and a daughter; Lucy married Joseph Miller and located in Oswego Count}', N. Y., their family circle being completed bj' the birth of five children; Sally was united in marriage with Hiram Getuian and to them two children were horn; Abijah wedded Sarah Caswell and their union was blessed with four children: Cyrus is next in order of birth; and Cynthi;i is the wife of Aljjheus Suiitli. liy whou) she has four children. The subject of this sketch was reared to man- hood on his father's farm and received such ednca- tioniil advantages .as were afforded by the district schools, he attending school during the winter months, wliile in the summer season he assisted his father in the labors of the farm. In 1825, he left the parental roof and led to the marriage altar Miss Elizabeth .Swift, a native of Connecticut, born in .Sharon, Aug. 16. 1805. Her parents, Jonas and Asenath (Griswold) .Swift, were also natives of Connecticut, and their family numbered two daughters and a son, of whom Mrs. Osboi-ne is the eldest; Aaron, who wedded Marj' Johnson, of Newport, N. Y., is now a resident of Richfield .Springs, in the same State; Maria became the wife of Harvey .Stowell and died in Otsego County, N. Y. Mr. :uid Mrs. .Swift were kind and accommo- dating neighbors, true and loyal friends and faith- ful and consistent members of the Kaptist ('liurch to which they belonged. The death of both oc- curred at Newport, N. Y.. to which they removed in 1809. when that community w-as almost a wilderness. Mr. and Mrs. Osborne began their domestic life in Ilerkinier County N. Y.. where he carried on the milling and lumber business but subsequentlv removed to Richfield Springs, Otsego County, where he eng.aged in merchandising for the long period of thirty years. At length retiring from active busi- ness life in 1871. he came to the West and made his iiome in Clinton until his death, which occurred in February, 1888. Aroun. He married MattieC. Barker on the 13th day of .lanuarj', 1887. He commenced the study of law in the oHice of the law firm of Winans (k llyzer on the Istd.-iy of January 188(i, and was ad- milted to practice on the 21(111 day of .\ugust, 1888. 4 OHN C. SPENCER, born in the vill.age of Little Falls, Herkimer Co,, N. V., May 17, 18.'!8, is the third son of A. C. and Lucina (IJye) Spencer, the father being a n.ative of Vermont, of English descent, and the mother of Cattaraugus County, X. Y„ of Irish descent. In the autumn Of 18i5, when John was in his seventh year, his parents emigrated to the West, settling at Danville. III., at which place his father followed the occu|)alion of school te.acher; later liis parents re- moved to Covington, Ind., thence to Bloomington, 111., and in 1852 the family removed to Janesville, arriving here in December of that year. Our sub- ject received his limited education in the private schools of that day, the first public school he at- tended being at Covington, that being the first term of the free public schools of Iniliana, in the winter of 1849. In his boyhood previous to com- ing to Janesville, John was employed in the sum- <• mcr season herding cattle and sheep on the prairies of Illinois; in the summer of 18.J2 he drove team hauling earth in the construction of the Illinois Central Railro.ad between Bloomington and Ran- dolph Grove, eight miles south, and also north of Bloomington to the present site of Normal; he drove one of the ox teams (four yoke) employed in breaking the ground for the planting of the I'lKcnix Nursery at Bloomington. In December, 1852. he entered the employ of the Janesville Gaz- ette, then owned by Messrs. Alden & Holt, carrying papers one day e.ach week. In March, 1853, he entered the office as an apprentice, and with the exception of two months, .lanuary and February, 1854, he has been constantly employed in that office, and has successively filled every mechanical department in that estaljlisliment, taking a greater liking to the news department. For ten years p.ast Mr. Spencer has been in charge of the local department of the Gazette, as city editor. AVith the exception of Hon. David Atwood, of the Madi- son Journal, he is the oldest newsiwper man in point of service in one office in the State of Wis- consin. On the organization of the Janesville Fire Department in 1855, he became a member, being appointed as torch boy of Company No. 2, and has from that time to the present been constantly connected with the organization, holding every official position in his company, serving twelve years as Secretary of the Fire department, two years as Assistant-Chief-Engineer, two years (1885-6) as Chief, and is now serving as First-As- sistant-Chief. The recent re-organization of the fire department was mostly by his suggestion, and it is his aim to further increase the efficiency of the department bring it up to the maximum, thereby decreasing the insurance rates sufficient to meet the cost of its maintenance, including the hydrant rental. Mr. Spencer is frequentlj- appealed to by the citizens in reference to the local events of the past, and he is said to be almost a perfect enc^-elo- pedia in relation to the history of Janesville and Rock County, and no man has a more extended acquaintance in the county. As city editor of the Gazette, he lays no claim as a brilliant writer, yet he is a hard wtiiker, and aims at getting local news of which the columns of the Gazette are an illustra- f 834 ROCK COUNTY. tion of his success. Socially, he is a raember of the A. F. & A. M. and I. O. O. F. fraternities. Politicallj-. he is an outspoken Republican, yet he never allows his politics to cause estrangements in his personal relations with others. On the 30th day of October, 1870, Mr. Spencer was united in marriage with Miss Helen M. Brown, a native of Portage, Wis., and daughter of the late Daniel G. Brown of this city. This union has been blessed with three daughters and two sons — Marion E., born Aug. 28, 1871; Clara, Feb. G, 1874; Llewellyn R., Jan. 30, 1882; Jessie, Nov. 13, 1884, and Harrison M., Nov. 11, 1887. All are abiding at the family home, 217 Nortli Blufif Street. ■^fJOSKPH (4. C'ARR, residing on section 32, town of .Milton, is numbered among the en- terprising and representative farmers of this county, and well deserves a place in its per- manent record. Of him can be said what is true of but few of Rock County's citizens. His entire life, exce|)t during time spent in travel, has been passed in the township where he now makes his home. He was born March 19. 1840, and is a son of Peleg S. and Deborah (Goodrich) Carr, who em- igrated to this county in 183'2. I'orter Township, has passed his entire life in Rock County, where he was born on the 7th day of .Vpril, 18.")0. He is the son of D.aniel and Rachel (Khinehart) Rogers, who were natives of New Ycjrk, the father of (icrnian and the niother of Scotch descent. His grandfather on his father's side was a soldier in the Revolutionar}' War, wliile his grandfather on his mother's side, served in the Wjir'of 1812, and was in the United States service fourteen years, enter- ing at the age of eighteen. His ancestors, on his mother's side, emigrated to this country about 1770, and on his father's side aliout 17(;(!. Daniel Rogers was a fairner by occupation, and in 1822 removed from New York to AHchigan, before the territory was organized. In 18IGhecame to Wis- i-onsin. and on the l.'Uli day of September, located In the town o( I'orter, where he puri'liased a farm on whieh he passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring March 11, 1850. Mr. and Mrs, Daniel Rogers had a family of four children — Emily, who is now the wife of Nelson Everson, re I sides in Evansville; Daniel, of this sketch, and two children who died in infancy. Within the course of three or four years after the death of her first husband, .Mrs. Rogers was again married becoming the wife of Charles Everson. who enlisted in the late war, and gave his life for the cause of freedom. Mrs. Everson is now residing on section 30, in the town of I'orter. The subject of this sketch when four years of age, went to live in the home of his grandfather, where he remained until attaining his thirteenth Near, when he starteil out to fight life's battles for hiuLself. Previous to this time he had received a common school education in the district schools, l)ut not content to consider his education com- jileted, he resolved to continue his studie.s. He began working upon the farm during the summer and with the wages received for his labor paid his tuition for a term of schooling in the Evansville Academy, and in this way he continued until he completed a two years course in that institution. He afterwards took a private commercial course with .1. M. Cregg, of Evansville, which completed his educational career. He has. since however, pur- sued a course of reading which has proved beneficial to him, and is well informed on all the le.adlmr topics of the da^'. On the 1st d.ay of April. 1874, Mr. Rogers was united in marriage with Miss Emma Barnard, and to them have been born four children — Claude De- Wjiyne, who was born April 5, 1876; Zoe Elnora, Feb. 11, 1878; Daniel Lamont, Oct. 11), 1881 ; Flo- rence Maud, ,l;ui. 15, 1884. Mr. and Jlrs. Rogers began their domestic life upon the farm where they yet reside. He is now operating 320 acres of land that is highiy improved and well cultiv.ated, .and he makes a specialty of raising thoroughbred stock, including hogs, cifltle and horses, Mr. Rogers is truly a self-made man, for since the age of thirteen years he has been de- penflent upon his own resources, beginning his business career as a farm hand, 3'et by his enter- prise, his industi-y and honest labor has acquired a comfortable comiietenee. He receives the re- spect which he so richly deserves, and is a friencl to all. always having a kind word and cordial greet- ing for every one. Socially he is a member of the •► , i 836 •«► ROCK COUNTY. Masonic fraternity, belonging to Lodge No. 90 A. F. & A. M.. of Waueonia, in vvhicli lie lias held all the offices, and is also a member of Evansville Chapter K. A. M., No 3.5. He has also received a diploma of the Oriental Order of the Palm and Shell, one of the ancient degrees of Masonr}', which without doubt but few men in the State of Wisconsin have taken. In politics. Mr. Rogers is a Democrat. He votes from principle, not for party, supporting a candidate because he thinks him well able to fill the oflice and not l)ecause he has been nominated bj' a certain political organi- zation. -J^^- EZEKIEL GAVEY, deceased, was born on tlie Island of Guernsey-, France, in the j-ear ' 1826. He received a liberal education in his native land, where he remained until sixteen years of age, wlien, in 1842, lie bade good-by to home and friends and crossed the Atlantic to America. Locating in the city of New York, he learned the cabinet-maker's trade with his brother, Frederick Gavey, who was engaged in the manufac- ture of furniture in the eastern metropolis. After three years spent in tiiat line our subject came to Janesville, and the same year of his arrival, 1845, purchased eighty acres of land, a claim which had been located by J. I'. Dickson. In the spring of 1846 he engaged in the work of developing his farm, an3 until the spring of 1871, when, in connection with .S. S. St. .John, be began editing the Rock County Ileciirdcr. a weekly newspaper. In the month of December, 18HI,.Mr. \'eeiter formed a i)artnership with T. ,S. Nolan ;iiid W. II. Leonard, and the linn l>ecame incor|)or;itcd under the name of the Recorder Printing Company of which Mr, ^■oeder was elected President, and with which he continued his connection until the spring of 188."{, lie then sold out his interest, and one month later purchased the interest of W. II, Towslej- in the Times job ollice, then located in the Lappin Block. In April, 1888, he moved the office to its present location in tiie Jeffris Block at the west end of the Milwaukee street bridge. In September, 188G, Mr, \eeder began editing his present paper, the Janesville Signal, which is a bright, new.sy sheet, |)Ul)lished weeklv. It is inde- pendent in politics, gives the latest news of county ■► 11 ^ -■ » II <• 840 ROCK COUNTY. i' ;vi)fl nation, and is esi)ccially adapted to the families of the vicinity. In connection willi the paper. Mr. \ceder operates a job office whicli turns out as line work as is done in the county. He lias mas- tered tlie printing trade in its every detail, and as an editor ranks anionji- the best. He started in Janrsville witii a casli cipitnl of i*70(l. but with a strong determination and energy to succeed, he has .accumulated a handsome property, his real es- in -lanesville consisting of his residence, office and two oilier buildings, lie is now the oldest resident editor and publisher in the county. Mr. Vceder is a genial, vvhole-SOule dawalt, who also makes his home in Sharon ; Teressa M. is now the wife of Charles Iloyt, a shipping clerk ill the employ of the State at Madison; Ade- lia is the wife of Luke Fuller, a resident farmer of Hiiml)olt County. Iowa: Dorothea was united in marriage with John Kilpatrick, of Dickinson County. Iowa; Eugene married Nellie Emerson, and resides in Auroi'a County. Dak.: Eva is the wife of Edwin Miller, who makes his home in Dickenson, Iowa. In his early political afiiliations Sylvester (uis- wold was a Democrat, but later joined forces with the Whig party, with which he cast his ballot until uniting with tiie Republican party at its organiza- tion. As every true American citizen should do, he felt a deep interest in i)olitical affairs, but he never sought or desired public preferment. He was a great reader, and was always well informe(l on the leading issues of the day. He was a man of the strictest integrity, scorning dishonesty in ever}' form, .and his word was .as good as his bond. His death occurred in 1864. and the community in which he resided felt the loss of a valued citizen. After the death of her husband. Mrs. ( Jriswold made her home with her son Cyrus, until she. too, passed away, though she died in Madison. Fell. 25, 1879. They were rniversalists in religious belief. On the death of the wife, in an obituary notice it was said: "Mrs. Griswold ever manifested a kind, generous and loving spirit, and b}- a large circle of friends she was esteemed as one of the excel- lent of the earth. By all the members of her family, children and grandchildren, she was tenderly loved, and in their iiearts she will continue to live on, though the earthly form has been con- signed to the grave. As in her life she w.as calm and tranquil, so in her death was she peaceful .and happy, fully resigned to tlie will of her iieavenly Father." "Sweetly she slept from tlie toils of life. Sweetly awaking to life and love; Sweetly she passed from an e.arthly home. Sweetly she rests in the home above." Our subject was a mere infant when his parents removed to Huron Count}', Ohio, and on that wild and unsettled frontier he was reared to in;inhood. *r ^ .^ ^ ]: ■^- llOCK COUNTY. ••► »41 He iccpived such e(hie:itioiial :ulv:nitages as were afforded liy the priinilive scIkjoI in those days, the schoolhousc hciiii;- Iniilt of loijs, vvith a piiiK'heun lloor. slab seats, a hiiirc fireplace and an ohl diim- iiev luiiltof sticks and mud. When a lad of twelve j'ears. he went to live vvith an nncle, Reuben Car- penter, with whom he made his home until nine- teen years of age, when he let't the Buckeye State and emigrated to Wisconsin. On the Oth day of .lune. l.S4il. he landed in Rock County. This was his lirst introduction to the community in which lie has ever since resided. For a few years after his arrival he worked at his Iratle of shoeraaking, which he followed until ISO"), when he |)urchased land on section 7, Clinton Townsliip. and has there resided contiinionsly since. lie now owns 142 acres of fine land, higidy cultivated and improved, and which is pleasantly situated a mile and a half from the village. After becoming a resident of Rock County, ^Nlr. Griswold formed the acquaintance of JMiss Fannie A. Eggleston, a native of Onondago Count}', N. Y., in which county her parents, Nathan and Ruth (Carpenter) Eggleston, were also born. The ac- quaintance of the young people at length ripened into a warmer relation, and on the Gth da}' of April, 1S,');J, they were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. Eight children have been born of their union, live of whom are living — Nellie, the eldest, is now the wife of D. I). Winkley, of this county; Ina is still at home; Ernest married Lottie Miner, and is now living in Dickenson, Iowa; Loreu died at the age of twenty-four years; Arthur died when two j'ears of age; Fay is still at home; Harry i.s now em|)loved as salesman in the hardware store of C. v. Drake; and Blanche died at the age of thirteen years. Mr. Griswold came to Wisconsin when Rock Counly w.a.s almost in its infancy, and consequently has witnesseil almost its entire growth. He has been prominent in the promotion of all public en- tcr|)rises which have for their object the general welfare of the communit}', and has borne no in- consideralde part in the upbuilding and progress which has been steadily carried forward since the earliest days. lie cast his lirst I'resi 842 ROCK COUNTY. occurrefl in May. 1882. nnd proved a loss to the entire coniiniinit^'. He was an lionored pioneer. Laving witnessecl almost tlie entire growtli of the county, had been i)ri)niinentl\' identified witli the worli of devch>|jmcnt. and was an iinportant factor in tlie upbuilding of all leading public interests. His excellent wife is still living in Milton, where she is surrounded by a large circle of friends. The following items of the history of the family of Mrs. Abbie (Burleigh) Root, wl o became Mrs. Wood, will be found interesting in this connection. Cyril Burleigh, her grandfather, moved from Con- nec^ticut to Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y., and thence to \'erona, N. Y. In 1817 he went to Covington, Wyoming Co., N. Y., and built a house on the summit of a steep eminence since known as Bur- leigh Hill. After a few years he removed to the adjoining town of Bethany', and thence to Sweden, Monroe Co., N. Y'., where his wife died June 8, 18."52, aged sixty-one years. Removing to Bj-ron, N. Y., where he was a farmer and hotel keeper, lie married .Sally Darling, a sister of his son-in-law. lie later moved successively to Caryville, Baire and Murray, and thence back to Barre. In 1844 he came West and located in Milwaukee, where he died Jidy 5, 1847. Having been Justice of the Teace many years in his early life, he was known as 'Squire Burleigh. His health was always good, and he retained his mental and physical faculties in a reniarkalilc degree to the end of his life. A man of sterling integrity and fine social qualities, he had a wide acquaintance and was highly respected by all who knew him. His son, layman Burleigh, was born in Union, Conn., Sept. 7. 17!>l.and died in Albion. N. Y., Oct. o, 18fi3. He was married .at Verona, Oneida, Co., N. Y., March 8. 181;"), to Nancy Bishop, who died in 1888. His daughter, Abbie .1.. granddaughter of Cyril Burleigh, was born in N'erona, X. Y.. and was married May 1, I,s36, to Francis Asbury Root, who w.as a grocer at Barre, N. '^■.. and at AHlwaukee and Trenton, Wis., and died at the latter |)lacc Aug. 30. 1850. at the age of forty years. Her sul)sequent marriage to the late 1). B.Wood is above referred to. Her children by her former marriage were as follows: Lyman Bur- leigh Root, born in Clarindon, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1837, married, at Barton. Wis., Ella Foster, and is now a farmer at Cold Springs, Jeflerson County, who has children — Francis .\sbur3'. born at Tren- ton. Wis.. .Inly 4, 18G(j. and Albert Jay, born at Cold Springs, Wis., Dec. 24. 1869; Celia Elizabeth, liorn at Albion. N. Y.. Aug. 21, 1840. who married Barnc}' Potter, a merchant of Trenton, Wis., had a son named Albert Lyman, who died young, and died at West Bend. Wis.. Feb. 2, 18G6. Horace Bishop Burleigh, lirotlicr of Mrs. Wood, was born in Covington, N. Y.. and marrifd. A])ril 12. 1847, Miss Elizabeth C. Strong, d.-uighter. of Timothy Strong, long the able editor of the Orleans AniPri- can, at Albion, N. Y., and lived most of his life in that town, but during the past few years has lived in Dakota. He has a large family, who rank among the most respectable people in the coniniunities in which they have their homes. J?OHN W. CKIST, a leading farmer, residing on Section 14, Beloit Township, has been a ; resident of Hock County since 1858. He ' was born in Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., August 27, 181 G. and is a son of Philip and Martha (Kinbark) Crist, the former a native of Pennsyl- vania, and the latter of Orange County, N. Y. During his early life, before the d.ays of railro.ads, Philip Crist engaged in driving a mail st.age in New York .State, and subsequentl}^ purchased a farm in Orange Count}' and engaged in its cultiva- tion until his death, which occurred in 1878, at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. By in- dustry and enterprise he became one of the wealthy farmers of Orange County. It was after he bo- came a resident of the Empire State that he became acquainted with tlie lady whom he afterwards wed- ded, their union being celebiated in 1808. Unto them were born ten children, all of whom lived to adult age, while eight are 3'et living — DeWilt. an extensive farmer, residing near the old homestead; Yirgil, who is living in Orange County, N. Y.; ■lohn W of this sketch; Thomas, who is living in Orange County; Theodore and Philip, who are also residents of the same county; Mary, widow of Samuel Foster, residing ne.ar Ann Arbor, Mich.; Ann. widow of George Cranse, who makes her i *r .#-i^ ROCK COUNTY. 843 home in (Joslien. N. Y. Washington and Nelson l)()lli (lieii in New York Stnte. ( )ur subject received a limited education in tlie coniuion school of liis native comity, vvliicli lie at- tended durinj;- the winter term, while his siiiiiiners were largely spent in assisting his father in the laliors of the farm. At the age of sixteen he started out in life for himself, first entering a |)rinling otllci^ at Goslien, N. Y., where he served an apprenticeship, after which he went to New York City, wliere he secured employment in tlie office of the Joitriuil of Omiiierre. During the presiilential campaigns of 1 8;3() and 1840 lie was on the force of the New York Tribune, ,and subse- quently was employed in Harper Bros.' ofHce for several years. Ilis experience as a primer has been of vast importance to him, cultivating his powers of observation and consideration, while it served as a school in which he studied the characters of different men and the current events of the day. At length he relintiuished his business in this direc- tion, making a trip to New Orleans, La., where he remained for two years, when ho returned and es- tablished a job printing office in New York City, wliicli enterprise proved one of success. Health failing, he was forced to abandon the office in 1858, and selling out, he came to Hock County, Wis., in the month of April, and purchased the farm which lie still owns. It is situated on sections 14 and lo, Heloit Township, and comprises 300 acres of Brooklyn, N. Y.. about the year 18o7, and Mr. Crist was again married, wedding Mrs. Marj^ Law- rence, widow of William Lawrence. By her for- mer marriage two children had been born. Henry and Jennie: the latter is now deceased, and l)v the second union the children arc: .lohii W. .Ir., who is a carpenter and is a resident of Montana, and Het- tie, who is engaged in teaching in the pnlilic schools of Milton. Wis. In the month of March, 1884, Mr. Crist was again bereft of his wife, who was a mem- ber of the Kpisco|)al Church, and a most estimable lady. His third union w.as celebrated in 1885, when be became the husband of 'Mvs. ALargaret Haggett, a native of Lawrence County, N. Y. Since coming to Rock County Mr. Crist has been honored b\- his fellow citizens with various offices of public trust. For six years he served his town- ship as Treasurer, and for the same length of time held the office of County Supervisor, acting as Chairman of the Town Bo.anl and member of the Count}' Board. His official duties were discharged with [iromptness and fidelity, reflecting credit not only upon himself, but also upon those who elected him to office. His life has been one of honest indus- try and he is numbered among the self-made men of the county. From the age of sixteen ho has been diligently employed, either as i printer or as a farmer, and the success which has crowned his ef- forts is truly well deserved. We take pleasure in presenting this sketch of John W. Crist to the land, which was then in a wild and uncultivated \ readers of this Album, knowing it will be gladly state, but the improvements and care which he has received and read b}- many. He has been a life- bestowed upon it have developed it into one of the long supporter of the Democratic parly and is a finest farms of Rock County. A fine residence has fi'""> advocate of its princijiles and policy. l)een erected, a large biirn has been built and the entire surroundings indicate the thrift and enter- lirise of the owner. Upon this land will be found a good grade of all kinds of stock. Mr. Crist was united in marriage with Miss Eliza Dibble, a native of Danbury, Conn., and a daugh- ter of Taylor and Clara Dibble, who were also born in the same State. The children born of this union who are yet living, arc: Charles, who makes his home in Beloit; Edward, who is cashier in a bank- ing house in Huron, Dak; Joseph, who is living at home: Mary, wife of Walter McCord, a miller in Beloit. The mother of these children died in 'SfOHN WINANS, Janesville. was born in the town of A'ernon, comity of Sussex, New Jer- sey, on Sept. 27, 1831. His f.-vther, Wil- liani R. Winans. and his uncle, Ross Winans, of Baltimore, were descendants of the Hollanders, who were among the earliest settlers of that State. The subject of this sketch, after reading law at Newton and Trenton. N. .1., and a portion of the time with Martin Rverson. since one of the Su- i ^^ ■«►■ -4•■ •«^ 844 ROCK COUNTY. preme cand circuit judges of that Stale, was, in the fall of 1855, admitted to practice in all the courts. In the fall of 1857 Mr. Winans came to Wiscon- sin, locating at tlie city of Jane.«ville. engaging in the practice of his profession, where he lias since resided. Tiie source of every lawyer's wealth, so far as the practice of his profession is concerned. is the confidence of the people in his personal and professional integrity. This confidence, though ea.sily lost, can only be won and retained by a long and honorable professional career. His very large and successful legal business demonstrates that Mr. Winans has not only won the confidence and es- teem of his fellow-citizens, but that he easily and justly retains them. lie possesses all the (lualifications requisite to a great lawyer. In his mental organization he is clear, calm and comprehensive, and wliile in his affections he is tender and symi)athetic, yet his will- power and sense of justice are so strong tiiat iio cannot be moved from those tilings wliicli he be- lieves are just and proper, or swerve in the least from the path in which duty and honor call him to o-o. AVell grounded in the principles of the law, industrious and attentive to business, he brings to all cases entrusted to him thorough preparation and earefid study. Some lawyers iiave great power in discussing questions of fact to a jury, but are not equally able in arguing tlie points of law to the court. Mr. AVinans is fortunate in possessing those qualities of mind and heart whicii enable him to excel in both positions, and it would be ditli- cidt for his brethren to determine in whicli he takes the highest rank and is most successful. His arguments to the jury are clear, forcible and imi)ressive, and in important cases are characterized by a sinceritj', zeal and persuasive eloquence that at once command and retain the attention, and not infrequently touch and move every heart, while those addressed to the court are models of logical clearness and legal analysis. In Rock C'oimty. which has always had an able bar. Mr. Winans stands to-daj' the acknowledged leader, and his brethren throughout the State acconl to him a position in tlie very foremost rank of the profes- sion. The late Senator Carpenter, whose fame as a lawyer is national, said that if he had an inqior- tant case of his own. iie would as soon commit it to Mr. Winans, or one other lawyer whom he named, as to any member of the bar of Wisconsin. His uniform kindness and courtesy to his professional brethren are as noticeable as they are worthy of Imitation, and however vexatious or |)er|)lexing the circumstances of a case may be, he never becomes angrj' or for one moment loses his self-possession. It may be unnecessary to add that such a man and lawyer is ever a faithful friend and an upright, honorable citizen. In politics Jlr. Winans has been classed as a Uemocrat. though he follows his own convictions instead of the dictations of party. In 1864, he w.as a member of the Democratic Na- tional Convention of Chicago; in 1868 the Demo- cratic candidate for Congress in the Second con- gressional district, then composed of the counties of Rock. .Jefferson. Dane and Columbia, which being largely Republican, he was defeated; and Member of the Assembly in 1874 and 11^82. To every public position he has been called to till, whicli have been many, he has brought abilities amply adequate to the performance of every duty, and a sincerity and uprightness of pur|iose which places all his acts above cavil or reproach. Mr. Winans. both in his professional life and in his pulilic acts has ever been governed by high moral principle. And this is •■ the only torch to light the way of a lawyer amidst darkness and obstruc- tion. It is like the spear of the guardian of para- dise." The above, taken from The Bench and Bar of Wincongia, pulilished in 1!S82. is understood to be from the pen of .ludge .John R. Bennett. Since its publication Mr. Winans has been called to several [)f)sitions of honor and trust. Although pre-emiu- eutl3- a lawyer, tiis success in politics has been re- markable. Living in a Republican State and in an overwhelmingly Republican congressioTial and as- senil>ly district, he has tdways adheied to the Demo- cratic |iarty. but as a Democrat has disjilayed a liberality and iinlepeiideuce that brings respect and confidence from political opponents. 'I'lie ])eo- l)le irrespective of party, conscious of his ability aiid desiring his services, have on three seveial occasions elected him. although a pronounced Dem- ocrat, to represent them in the Legislature. He *P ,.?«««^*^- A ♦- ROCK COUNTY. 845 ', T was so plected in the fall of 1873. and was made cliairniaii of llie C'otiniiitU'o on Jiidiciarv, and took a lending' |)art in all matters before tlie House. During that session the IMilwankee Ereiiiiif/ IF/s - rii/isin. said: "Mr. W'inans is tlie eoneeded leader, although several others .ispired to that distinction, lie is the nu)St elo(inent speaker in the assembly, and is always listened to with attention." The Milwaukee iVcT.s, referring to him, said: "lie was the ablest debater on the reform side of the Mouse." Mr. Winans was again elected to the Legislature from the .lanesville (listriet in 1882, and served with distinction. 11' was nominated and voted for by the Democrats as Speaker of the Assembly, but his party, being in the minority, was of course; defeated. During the session of 1882 the Milwau- kee Sentinel said of him: "Mr. Winans is one of the most interestini; speakers in the Assembly. He is forcible, elocpienl and sensible, and never gets up to address the Assembly unless he has something to say." In referring to one of his speeches the Madison Democrat said: "One of the ablest and most effective speeches ever made in the Legisla- ture of Wisconsin was made 153- Assemblyman Winans on Thursd.ay morning, on the bill to ap- priate $2,000 to the widow of the murdered Sheriff Coleman. The bill came np fi also honored by being selected as the Demo- cratic candid;ite for I'niled States Senator, against I'hiletus Sawyer, the political complexion of the Legislature of course pre\enting his election. The RLadison Dcniocrat. in speaking of him during the session, said: "Just after the adjournment 3'ester- day a squad of Republican members, on passing out of the liuilding sai> •o*c.-^y^^^..o4<>^ <.-. U<\: ILTON P. TRKAT, furniture dealer of Clinton, Wis., wxs born in New London, Huron Co.. Ohio, on the 2Isl day of Sep- tember, 1837. and there resided until eight years of age, when, in IHl.";, he emigrated with the family to the 'i'crritory of Wisconsin, and since that time has made his home in Rock County. He here received a liberal education in the common schools and academies. In 1863 he left the pa- rental roof and was united in marriage with .Aliss Fausta A. (Jonklin, a daughter of 1). I. Conklin. of Darien, Wis , hut after three short years of happv wedded life the wife w.os called to her final rest. Mr. Treat was again married in 18(;x, the lady of his choice being .Mrs. Catherine J. Sa.\ton, a resi- dent of Stephenson County, 111. In his political altiliations our subject is a Re- l)ul)lican, having sui)ported that party since its org.anization. He feels a deep interest in its suc- cess, but is a faithful adherent to the princii>les of temperance and religion, holding these above party ties. He is a prominent business man and repre- .sentative citizen of Clinton, and with good ability anil fair and honest dealing combines an earnest -•► ■^^ ■•► 846 ROCK COUNTY. desire to please his customers, which secures for liini a liberal share of the pul)lie patronage. Both Mr. and !Mrs. Treat are members of the Baptist Church in which they take an active interest. For a number of years he lias filled the office of deacon in the same church, and for thirty years has been numbered among the prominent .Sunda^'-school workers, and is probably one of the olilest superin- tendents, in point of service, in Southern Wiscon- sin. Such men are an honor to any comnuinit}-, and Clinton may well be proud tlial he is num- bered among her citizens. v^i YRON KYES, who is numbered among ;// (\\ the early settlers of Rock County, of 1 854, is a general farmer and slock- raiser of .Magnolia Township, operating 388 acres of land on section 5. He was born near Kingston in Ontario, Canada, on the l!)th day of December, I.s;5C. and is a son of Thomas M. and Eliza A. (l)ockham) Kyes. The paternal grandfather of our subject, for ser- vices rendered the British government, was given a tract of land comprising 800 acres, about forty miles frtnn Kingston, Ontario, and at Landsdown, the name given to the farm in honor of Lord Landsdown. Thomas Kyes was born. He was tliere reared to manhood and married the lady above mentioned. Four children were born to them in Kingstijn and nine after their removal, of whom eleven grew U> manhood and womanhood. M}n-on, of this sketch, is the eldest of the family; Jason is a farmer of Isemaha County, Neb.; Sarah is the wife of E. Peebles, a farmer of Green County, Wis. ; Asel ia a commission merchant of Yankton, Dak.; Harlej- P. is living in Washington; Emma C. is the wife of Leander Patterson; and Lester is a resident farmer of Dakota. In 1854, Mr. Kyes, accompanied by his family, removed from Jefferson County, N. Y., to Rock Cnuuty, Wis., and purchasing 134 acres of land on section 5, Magnolia Township, began life as a pio- neer in the little log cabin which had been built thereon, which is one of the few landmarks of pioneer days yet remaining to remind the people of the wonderful progress made bv our western civilization. He at once began the develoiiement of the wild land, step by step, transforming the hitherto uncultivated prairie into a tract of the greatest fertility. He became one of the leading citizens of the community and when the final sum- mons came was mourned by all who knew him. He filed in February. 1867, his wife surviving until September, 18G',). Plain and outspoken, fearless in defense of the light, during tlie days of slavery, he labored earnestly for its abolition. He could well defend his political views, being well informed on all subjects, and for hours could hold a crowd wait- ing eagerly to he.ir his next utterance and his con- clusive arguments. He lived to see the fulfilment of his wishes brought about by the Civil War. He was highly respected by all who knew him, .and his memory will long be enshrined in the hearts of many who have witnessed his good deeds and shared in his generosity. The five children of .Mr. and iNlrs. Kyes who have passed to their long rest, are Reuben who was drowned at the age of seven ; Alexander, who died in infancy; Nelson. who'w.TS killed b}' the Indiiins in Montana; John, who was a member of the 44lh Wisconsin Infantry and died in the service of ins country in the hospital of Paducah. Ky.; Mary, deceased wife of O. A. Pat- terson; and T. M., who died in Nebraska. The early education of our subject was received in the common schools of Jefferson County. N. Y., and his entire life has been passed upon a farm. In 1854, he came with his parents to Rock County, whicii w.as then in a wild state, and after the death of his father, assisted by his younger brothers, he took charge of the farm, providing and caring for the mother who had devoted herself to his interests in earlier years. He cheerfully performed the arduous labors, making many improvements, and placing the land under a high state of cultivation. Mr. Kyes was united in marriage with Miss Diana Peebles, a native of .Schenectady County, N. Y., and a daughter of Seth V. and Mary (.Stevens) Peebles, who were also natives of the Empire State. The death of the father occurred in .Vlbanj-, Green Co., Wis., in 1883, but the mother is still residing with her son in that township. The children of their famiiv were William H., who is engaged in ^p M*"^ ■-B' A^V: ^^^^-fLX-y-L^ o^' -4*- UOCIv COUNTY. 849 M farming in Green County-, Wis.; Edwin, who is living in the same count}'; Dinah, wife of our sub- ject; and Ilial G., whose iiome is in Lincoln, Neb. By the union of Mr. and Mrs. Kyes four children have heen born, but only one, Alarcia M., is now living, the other three having died in infancy. Mr. Kyes has been one of the sucfossful fanners of Rock Count}', and now owns and operates 388 acres of land in one body, situated on section o. Mag- nolia Township, and section 32, Union Township. Mis farm is acknowledgerl to be one of the finest in the vicinity, and is stocked with a good gr.ade of .tU the farm animals. Fn earlier years, our subject was an ardent supporter of the Republican party, and wa.s an active worker in its ranks, but of late years, he has identified himself with the Prohibition party, and is unfaltering in his support of that or- ganization. He is not afr,ald to advocate its prin- ciples, but warmly defends it whenever an oppor- tunit}' presents itself, believing that onl}' through the agency of a national political party can the cause of temperance win. The cause of education also finds in him a staunch friend. In all his labors for the .advancement of the interests of the com- munity, he has been ably seconded, whenever op- portunity afforded, by Mrs. Kj'es, who is one of Rock County's noble women, beloved and respected b}- all. We are pleased to record the sketch of this worthy couple, whose names sre familiar in nearly every household. Their honorable, upright lives .are well worthy of emulation, and the}- .are deserv- edly held in the highest regard. Ir^) KV. NATHAN WAHDNER, pastor of the ilkir .Seventh Day Baptist Church at Milton Junction, was born in Wheatland, Monroe ^ Co., N. Y., on the 12th day of April, 1.S20, and is the ninth and youngest child of Philip and Polly (Wise) Wardner who were natives of Ver- mont. The family on the father's side is of Ger- man descent. The paternal grandfather of our sub- ject, Jacob Wardner, was born on the Atlantic Ocean, while his parents were en route from Ger- many to America. After attaining to mature years he settled on a farm in Roxbury, Vt., where Philip was born and reared to manhood. He m.ar- rietl Polly Wise, who w.as probably of English de- scent. He was a carpenter by trade, but resolved to secure some land for his children, and with that end in view removed to the unsettled portion of Western New York, where in the midst of the for- est he developed a farm. He was ordained a Dea- con in the regular Baptist Church in 1827. and continued to fill that position until his death in 1852. While laying the foundation for the mater- ial welfare of his children, he was unable to afford them many literary advant.ages, but his youngest sou, our subject, resolved to secure an educa- tion. Determining to carry out his resolution, on reach- ing his majority, with only eighteen pence in his pocket, Nathan Wardner left his home for the school room. By perseverance and the closest fru- gality, he secured the benefit of a course at Alfred University, in Allegany County. N. Y His cash outlay for a year was not allowed to exceed *75, a sum which would seem very meager indeed to the youth of the present d. ^ »► i f <^ 850 ROCK COUNTY. another cliild died at the age of nine years, and after their return to America. The living son, ^Morton Smitli, is now a successful physician and pharmacist in Chicago. Altiiougii never full}' re- covering her health, Mrs. Wardner survived until Oct. :>, 1888, when she was called to her final rest. In consideration of his distinguished services and his success in mastering tlie Chinese language, Mr. Wardner was awarded a diploma by the uni- versity at Alfred, N. V.. on liis return to this country'. For eight \'ears he was pastor of the Church at Alfred, Allegany, Co., N. Y., and for a year and a half had charge of the church at West- erly, R. I., when he received a call from the church at West Ilalleck, Peoria Co.. 111., where he remained for seven years. The two succeeding years were spent in nussionary work in Scotland, and after his return, in the autumn of 1877. he be- came pastor of the churi'li at Milton Junction, where he has since remained. Since ado))ting the seventh day as the Subbatli, Mr. Wardner has been very zealous in spreading the doctrines of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. In 1807 the Ameri- can Sabbath Tract Society, published a series of four powerful sermons prepared b}' him on the subject of the .Sabbath, which were revised and published in 1875. Having l>ecome involved in a discussion with the editor of the Battle Creek Be- view and Herald, and being shut out of the columns of that journal, Mr. Wardner pulilished in 1882 a review of tlie whole discussion, wliicli had a wide circulation. He has also published numerous tracts, reviewing the fallacies of the American Re- form Association, and on other subjects which con- cern the public niiiul. Ho lias taken an active |)art in the abolition and temperance movements, and by delivering lectures and in other ways has shown his deep interest in the vital issues of theda}- affect- ing the welfare of mankiml. In 1877. Milton College conferred upon Mr. Wardner the degree of 1). D. ♦ > » < ♦ 4 EUGENE H. SKINNER, the owner of one of the most highly improved farms in Newark Townshiii. situated on section 7. and also a raiser of tobacco, was born in ^Vayne County. N. '\'., ^1 Dec. 6, 1846, and is a son of Jacob and Eliza (Peck) Skinner. His father was a native of Kent Count}'. P>ngland, his mother of Monroe County, N. Y. Mr. Skinner had previously been married, wlule a resident of England, and by that union two children were born — Elizabeth, widow of William Golding, of ]\Iinnesota; .and Theroii. who was a member of the 22d Wisconsin Infantry, was taken prisoner, and died at the home of our subject from disease contracted while in Libby Prison. About the year 1840, Air. Skinner emigrated with his family to America, becoming a resident of New Y'ork. where his wife died. In that State he afterwards became acquainted with and married Miss Eliza Jane Peck. In 184tl he removed to Rock County, Wis., and pre-empted fort}' acres of land on section 7, Newark Townsliip. luit subse- quently added to his original purchase until his farm comprised 1 20 acres. He there made his home \intil December, 1857, when he made a visit to his mother in New York, where he was taken sick and died. His wife survived him until Feb. 7. 1881, dying at the old homestead in this cotmty. They were the parents of four children — Eugene, of this sketch; Sylvester A., who is living in Louis Coinity, Wash., was a soldier in the late war, serving in the 13d Wisconsin Infantry, from October, 1804 till July 18G5, when he w.as honorably disihargcd : Mary J., wife of K. K. Felt, of Washington County, Kan.; and Hannah A. The earlier years of his life our suliject passed upon his father's farm, and in the common schools of the county received his education. When thirteen years of age. however, he left his home and went to live with an uncle, with whom lie re- mained until his eighteenth year. Returning to his home in 18()3, he took charge of the farm, con- tinuing to ra.anage affairs tintil 18(!5. when he bought the interest of the other heirs. He now owns 2()-"5 acres of line land, ISO of which is nniler a high state of cultivation, while the improvements are among the best to be found in Newark Town- ship. He has a fine grade of all kinds of stock, including short horn cattle, and his l).irns provieen re- elected. The company insures nothing but farm property. Honorable and u|)right in all his deal- ings, Mr. Skinner has won the confidence and respect of all who know hira. — ••4*i«J'J*^'* "" ■ "vT^ARNABAS BALLOU ELDREDGE, a pio- l^^, neer lawyer and honorc(l citizen of Janes- ville, was l)orn at Sharon Springs, Schoharie Co., N. Y., on the 2nd day of February, 1824, and is descended from an old New England familv. Ills parents were David and Sall^- (Swift) Eldredge, and his father was also born in Sharon Springs. The Eldredge family on the paternal side is of \Velsh origin and dates its advent in America back to 1 TijO, when two brothers, Zenas and Edward Eldredge, emigrated from Wales to America, settling on Cape Cod, Mass. The latter, from whom our subject traces his descent, w.as born in Wales, Sept. 9. 17.37. came to America in his youth and w,as married in Massachusetts, to Jliss Adna Hammond, an annt of Judge Hammond, a well known iiolitical writer of New York. She was born at Dartmouth, M.ass., Ma}- 2.5, 17,35, and died at Sharon Springs, N. Y., on the 5tli of De- cember, 182."), her husband having died at the same place, March 28, 1821. Barnabas Eldredge, their son, was born at New Bedford, Mass., Sept. 2;i. 1708, went to New York with his parents, where he married Dacia W.ads- worth, daughter of Josiali Wadsworth, of Pough- keepsie, formerly of Hartford. Conn. Eleven chil- dren were born of their union. The father died at Sharon, Sept. .i, 1«12, and his wife died at the same place, Dec. 5, 1825. David Eldredge, their son and the father of our subject, was born at Sharon, .Sept. 3, 17t)7, and married :Miss Sally Swift, on the 9tli of October, 1816. She was born in Otsego County, N. Y., Nov. 11, 17;)8, and was a daughter of Thoni.as Swift, formerly of Rhode Island. Her death oc- curred Oct. 8,1865. Five children were born of their union, one son and four daughters — Irene, who was born ,at Sharon, April U, 1818, is the widow of William Dale, who was the superintend- ent of construction of the great acqueduct bridges of New Y'ork and New Jersey ; Nancy, born in Sha- ron, F'eb. 8, 1820, wedded Philip H. Palner, and died at Cherry Valley, N. V.. M.arch 19, 1882; Ju- lia, born Dec. 14, 1821, is the wife of William Becker, of Easton, Pa.; Barnabas B. i> the fourth child; Louisa, born Sept. 11, 1825, is the ^id'>w of a Mr. Worthing, and resides at Sharon Springs, N. Y. Barnabas B. Eldredge took a preparatory course of study at the Clinton Liberal Institute and grad- uated from Hamilton College In the cLass of 1845. He entered upon a course of stud}' in the Cam- bridge Law School under the direction of Prof. Greenleaf and Judge William Kent, son of Chan- cellor Kent, closing his term at the lavv school in 1847. Next, he went to Alb.an}', N. Y'., where he pursued his law studies with the Hon. Samuel Ste- vens, of that city and was .admitted to practice in the courts of New Y'ork at a terra of the .Supreme Court held at .Salem, in May, 1848, Judges Cady, Hand and Willard presiding. He liegan practice at Sharon Springs, but soon after made a trip to Wis- consin for the purpose of selectiag a location. The serious illness of his father recalled him to New York before he had established .an ollice, and he re- mained in his native State until 1850, at which time he came to Janesville, arriving at his destina- tion on the 9th day of November of th.at year. At Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y'., on the 2nd d.ay of Februarv, 1848, the marriage of Mr. Eldredge and Miss Louisa M. Ilutchens w.as celebrated. The lady was born at Clinton, May 6, 1825; and is a daughter of William Ilutchens. Two children were born to them. William Mellen. the elder, ■► ^ « 'i 852 " •► ^ B * ROCK COUNTY. who was born at Clinton, X. Y.. in 1848, maiiied Miss Sarah C. Pease, daughter of ilie Hon. .lohn J. R. Pease, of Janes\*ille. and is enjraged in the drug business in this city; CiiarU'S C'lianiliiu-hiiii. the younger, was born at .lanesville. July 1", 1856 and died in infancy. The mother. wi)0 was a lady possessed of many excellencies of eliaractcr. died March 29, 1877, in this city. On coming to Janesville, IMr. Kldredgo formed a law partnership with Isaac Woodell and .1. .1. R. Pease, under the firm name of Woodell, Eldredge ife Pease, which connection continued until June 0, 1851, when Mr. Woodell retired, the firm remain- ing Eldredge it Pease until January, 186C. In 1857, Thomas H. Ruger, wiio was afterwards a General of the United .States Armj', joined Messrs. Eldredge & Pease .-uul the firm was El- dredge, Pease & Ruger, till tlie breaking out of the late war: when the latter entered the service and the old firm name was resumed. In 1853, Mr. El- dredge was appointed local attorney for the Mil- waukee & Mississippi Railroad Company, serving iu that capacity until 1860, and in 1855, became .attorney for the Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac Railroad Company, now the Chicago & Xorth- western, serving until February 1866, when he re- turned to Sharon, N. Y., with the intention of re- tiring from business, but on the 1st day of July, 1868, he again came to Janesville, where he lias since made his home. Me did not resume practice again for several years on account of the delicate condition of his wife's hea[th, which made it necss- sary for him to devote his whole time to her care, until her death, which occurred in March, 1877. Soon after that sad event, he opened a l.aw oflice in the same rooms which he liad formerlv occupied, and on the 1st day of January, 1«78. formed a partnership with Ogden II. Fetliers, continuing with him until January, 1881, since which linu' he has been alone in practice. Mr. Eldredge was a Democrat in early litV and east his first vote for Silas Wright for Governor of New York. In 1848, while in the Empire State, he was a delegate to the convention at Utica, which nominated Martin Van Burcn for the Prcsidenc_v, and was also a delegate to the Harnburners con- vention, held at Rome, N. V., where the object was to c(msolidate the Ijarnlnirners and the Hunk- ers, hut which failed of its purpose. He then voted for Mr. Van Buren and continued to frater- nize with the Democrats until the organization of the Re|)ublican party, when he joined that ])olit- ical body and has since been recognized as an ac- tive Republican. On the 17th day of .hine. 1S7><. IMr. KIdrcdge was again married, bei-oming the husband of Miss Mary A. Hunter, who was born at t^ueliec, Canada, and is a daughter of the Rev. .lames Hunter of Galashiels, Scotland, ller father was a remarkable man in tiiat he retained his physical and mental vigor until nearly a hundred years old. He died of cholera at the age of ninety- two years, only two days after what proved to be his last sermon. He was a minister of the Congreg.ational Church, of which his daughter is a member. Mr. Kldredge's jiarents both died at their home in New York, of an epidemic, within a few daj's of each other, the mother dying Oct. 3, 1865, the father on the Sth day of the same month. Mr. Eldredge is a member of the K|iiseoi)al Church Mt Jnnesville. He w.as one of the incori)o- rators of the Rock County National liank. and was President of that institution from Nov. 19, 1H8I, to Jan. 17, 1887, since which time he has served as Vice-President. He is also a stock-holder and di- rector of the New McLean Manufacturing Com- pau}'. proprietors of the woolen mills. He took a deep interest in the ipiestion of procuring a good water supply for the city and was the first to ad- vocate the plan of sinking .an artesian well for that puriwse. in oiiposition to all plans to utilize river or creek water. He w.as elected a member of the Board of Water Commissioners and was largel}' instrumental in carrying through the plan for arte- sian water, being ably supported by John J. R. Pease and Milton M. Phelps. The well was sunk to the depth of 1,087 feet with an eight-inch bore and tiie water rose to :\ height of fort\--two feet .above the level of the water surface in the river, discharging at the rate of 800,000 gallons every twenty-four hours. The water is of excellent (piality, and the system now in use. which is vir- tually the same with slight variations, as the one proposed by the original Board of Comniissioners, s^ t- -^^ ROCK COUNTY. is voted a graiul success. Mr. Eldredge is entit- k(l to jjieat credit lor liis early conception of the artesian S3'steni and liis indefatigable efforts in fa- vor of its adoption. lie was the first to advise, while a meraher of tlic Rock County Agricultural Association in 1S71, the sinking of such a well at the fairgrounds, as a test for agricultural purposes, which was carried through successfully, excei)t so so far as raising the water to the necessary height for the purpose stated. lie personally secured the subscription for the purpose, which he headed with a liberal sum. Mr. Kldredge, while one of the very few left of the early lawyers of .lancsville, has always been conspicious as a leading member of the Hock County bar. He has been proniincntl_y identified with llie growth and de\eliipuient of the city and ciiunty and has always Imrne his i)art as an enterprising and public spirited citizen. In manner, he is courteous; in discourse, interesting; and is universidly cstccnu'^ •it R^jRIGADIER (;ENERAL ELON .1. FAWNS 'l^^ WORTH was l)orn in (ireen ( )ak, I.iviug- 5^1 III son Co., ^lich., on the ;?Oth day of July, 1i"ation mourns the inestimable loss. -^ .^^ ^ ^OIIN P. TOWNE, who is numbered among the older members of the bar of Rock County, having opened a law office at Edgerton in _ September, 1858, is a native of the " Old Granite State," having been born at Milford in 1 826. He is descended from one of the early New England families, which w.as founded in America by William Towne, who emigrated from England in' 1640 and settled at Topsfield, Mass., only twenty years from the landing of the Pilgrims from the Mayflower at Plymouth Rock. The longevity of many members of the family is quite remarkable, many of them having attained to a very old age. The subject of this sketch is of the sixth generation in lineal descent from William Towne. His great- grandfather left Massachusetts, the first home of the family, and removed to Milford, N. H., in 17(11. The farm 0]i which he first made his home is still in jKjssession of his descendants. .lonathan Towne, the father of our subject, was born, lived and died on the old homestead where his grandfather first settled. Theie, also, .John P. resided from the age of three years till mnidiood, and there his mother, with one of her sons, still resides. She has readied the very advanced age of ninety-nine years, having been born on the Pith day of February, 1790. Her maiden name was Clarissa Hojt. and she also is de- scended from one of the early families of New England, her grandfather having been one of the first English children born at Concord, N. H. The ancestry of Mr. Towne were i)rominpntly identified with the early settlement of New England and were j)eople held in the highest respect. His great- grandfather, who. as stated, settled in Milford, N. ^^M ^' -U ■» n -^ 856 KOCK COUNTY. H., in 1761, fought for Independence in the War of the Revolution and died in the Army at Crown Point, in July, 1776. His maternal grandfather. John Hoyt, was a Captain in tlie American Army during the AVar of 1812. Throughout his life Jonathan Towne followed the occupation of farming. He and his wife were the parents of ten children, all of whom, with the exception of one, grew to mature jears. Of the five sons and four daughters who attained to man- hood and womanliood, two sons and three daugh- ters are living, in 1889. Of these, John P. is the eldest. His surviving brother, Ezra C, resides on the old homestead in New Hampshire with his aged mother, and the daughters still living are Mrs. Clarissa Adams, Mrs. Nancy Duncklee and IMrs. Carrie Nye. The members of tlie family who have passof' nwaj' are William, Jonathan, Nathan and Mrs. Mai_ Hamblett. None of the family, except the subject Oi this notice and his brother, Nathan- iel, ever left their native State to find homes in the West. The latter settled at Manchester, Iow\a, where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred in March, 1889. On the old homestead in New Hampshire John Towne was reared to manhood. He received his education at the Military' Academy at Norwich, \'t., and in 1853 left the jiarental roof and started out in life for himself. His course lay to tlic westward, and he continued his journey until reaching John- son County, Ind., whei'e he eng.aged in teaching un- til 185C, when he came to Wisconsin, locating at Milwaukee. ' Previous to this time he had pursued the study of law and had lieen admitted to the bar of Indiana in 185C, and after settling in ^Milwaukee he continued his studies in tliat line for a 3X'ar. At the end of that time he became a resident of Pal- myra, whence he removed to Edgerton in 1858. At once opening a law oflice in tjiattown.he began practice, which he has carried on continuf)usly since with fair success, gaining an honorable repu- tation among his professional bretliren. Mr. Towne w.as married in 1860 at Edgerton, Rock Co.. to Miss R(«illa Ford, a native of Oswego County, N. Y., and a danglitcr of Nelson Ford, who settled in Waukesha County. Wis., in 1842, and later made his home on Rock Prairie, this county, whence he removed to Cambridge, Dane Countj', and subsequently became a resident of Keokuk, Iowa. A family of three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Towne. Louis H., the eldest, wiio was born in Edgerton in April, 1863, received his literary education at the schools of that city and at Milton College, and graduated from the Law Department of the State University, in the class of 1884. He is now engaged in the practice of his chosen profession in Edgerton and is a joung man of high ability and much promise. Angle F., born in 1871, and Metta, born in 1873, arc still at home with their parents. Mr. Towne is one of the representative men of Edgerton and has ever been prominent in the pro- motion of any object which tends to advance the best interests of the community. In 1861 he was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace, and for twent3--six years served in tiiat position. In 1887 he declined a re-election. He has also served as a member of the school board for seventeen years, and in his political sentiments is a su|)porter of the Republican parly. In his religious views he is liberal, but since the organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church at F^dgerton he has acted as one of its trustees. In addition to liis other Ijusincss interests he is connected witii the bank, in which he holds the office of Vice President. Throughout the many years of his residence in this comnuinity liis life has been one of the strictest integrity and he has won the highest regard anation of a farmer, but on coming to this coimtr3' in 1849, he located at Ilazelton, Pa., and there engaged in coal mining. He remained at H.-izelton until about 1854. when J ±J* ■» -k. A^ ROCK COUNTY. iot he f.ame to Rock Countj' and loc:vtcd in I'orter Township, wlicrc hcag;iin i'ngai>T(l in f:irinin C'li.aiiiberlaiii lias sr.ained liim the confldence and esteem of liis fellow-citizens, and his name is fam- iliar throughout the county as belonging to a man of unswerving integrity. Wiienever in his power, he lias aided in the advancement of the community, and not only has he witnessed the remarkable growth and progress, Init has participated in tlio great development which has been made. ^ ANDALL WILLIAMS, a resident of. lanes- '( ville. was born in Chenango County, N. Y., on the 13tli day of March, 1812, and is descended from good old Revolutionary stock. His paternal grandfather, McKane Will- iams, was a native of Lancastershire, England, and in his native land married Miss Anna Cranson, who was born in Holland. In 1765, accompanied by his family, he crossetl the Atlantic to America, set- ling in Ixhode Island. When the Revolutionaiy War broke out, lie espoused the cause of the Colo- nies and enlisted in the service, taking part in the battles of Lexington and IJunker Hill. He received a wound in the last named battle, and his son Ileniy, an uncle of our subject, volunteered and took his father's place, continuing in the arni\- during the remainder of the war. Robert Williams, a lirothcr of McKane. was killed at the battle of r.miker Hill. After tlie close of the war, McKane Williams accomiianied his son James from Rhode Island fo the Stale of New York, settliug in Chenango County. Others of the family emigrated at the sanic time, including Henry. l>efore mentioned, and aniither son nnmarried. The father died at his hdiiK' ill New ^'ork. in the one huiidi-ciith vt'ar uf his age. James Williams, the father of our subject, was of the nuniber who emigrated from Rhode Island to Chenango County, N. Y. While residing iu the former State, he was united in marriage with .Mi.ss Uetsy Hiirvey, who was born in Rhode Island, of English descent, and belonged to a seafaring fam- ily. Of their union the following children were born, all of whom grew to mature years, but of these only two now survive; Cranson, who is now living in Jackson County, Mich., and Randall, the youngest of the sons. The deceased members of the family are Uetsy, the eldest, who died Feb. 10, 1817, at the age of tw^enty-three years; Nancy married William Snider, and died in August, 1882; David died in Jackson County, Midi., several years ago; George also died several years ago, ne.ar Ctica, N. Y.; William died at his home in Broome County N. Y., March 22, 1880, at the age of seventy-seven years. Randall AVilliams, whose n.ame heads this sketch, resided at home on his father's farm until fifteen years of age. In 1813 the family removeil from Chenango County, N. Y., to Cortland County, where the death of the father occurred. His wife survived her husband, and died at the home of her daughter, in Wayne County, Pa, At the age of fifteen years, Rand.all left the parental roof, and, going to Ulster County, N. Y., engaged to work for the Delanare (fe Hudson Canal Company, [)er- forming such work as a boy of his .age was adapted to He was employed with the rei)Miriiig force of men, and was there eng.-iged for two years, when, in the interests of the same company, he went to Pennsylvania, working on the Pennsylvania section of the canal. For thirty years he coiilintied with that company, being all that time employed in the department of repairs, which fact is suflicicnt testi- monial to his faithfulness to duty, and the ability with which he performed his various labors. .Mr. Williams now had a family of children, and desiied to make a change which would be beiieli- cial to them. In 1855 he came to Rock County with a \iew of making a location, but returned to the Ivist without having fully decided where to make his future home. In 1857, however, .accom- panied by his family, he again came to Rock County, and here leaving his family, went to Kan- sas, where the 15ordi"r Warfare of that state was being carried on. He was absent but a few weeks, when he returned, and leaving two of his children at school in Milton, again went back to Pennsyl- vania with his wife and three children. On the 13th day of November following, the death of Mrs. Williams occurred. She was a native of Pike County, Pa., and her maiden name was Mary Ann Kimball. Her death proved a sad loss to her t -4•— 8(50 ■■» I I ■» ROCK COUNTY. ■T famil}', consisting of five children, tlie eldest of wliom was but eighteen \-ears of age. while the youngest was only three years. In the month of March, 1858, Mr. Williams returned to Janesville, locating permanently in this city. P'or some time after his arrival he was engaged in the hakerj- busi- ness when, disposing of that, he bought a planing mill, which he operated for several years. He next, in company with Milo Curtis, engaged in the wood business, and subsequently emliarked in the grocery trade, in which line he continued for a number of j'ears. In connection with the last named l)usi- uess, he also owned and operated, in company with W. W. Walker, a tloiiring-mill at .Sloughton, Dane Co., Wis. Mr. AVilliains has also owned sev- eral farms wliich have engrossed a considerable portion of his lime, and proved quite .•enumerative. Ill the line of building, he has also done consider- able for the growth of Janesville, aud now owns several good business houses in the cit}-. In the nuinth of November. 18G0, in .lanesville, Mr. Williams was united in marriage with Mrs. Dudley, who, in her maidenhood was Miss haura Ann Miison. Two eliildreu have been born to them — Lewis 15. and .lessiu.l.; while of his first marriage Mr. Williams has four surviving chil- dren, namely : Franklin, Ann Maria, Alonzo and Mary. Among the progressive and leading citi- zens of Janesville, our subject has ever been found in the front ranks, and has borne his share in the upbuilding and advancement of town and county. In politics he is a supporter of 'the Republican party, and for many years he has been a consistent member of the Methotlist Church. 0~ Al'T. WILLIAM U. NEWTON, a pruiiiin- ent citizen of Beloit, is a native of the Empire State, having been born in Chen.-ui- go County, N. Y.. on the l.'Uh day of Fel)ru:iry, 182(i. His parents were ('apt. .lolin Miid .Vliiaii (.Miller) Newton. In the coininon scliools of his native county he received his ele. and eoiisetpienlly when the engagement was over he was ea|ptnred b}' the rebels. In a short time he found h inself enjoying the hospitalities of JJbb\ i)iison. wIkmc his lacerated arm was ampu- lateil. During his eonlinement noop|>ortnnit\ was •-P offered for communicating with his friends at home, who even then were mourning him as lost to them forever. In due <-ourse of lime he was exchanged, and obtaining a leave of absence at Annapolis, im- mediately i-eturned to Wisconsin, finding his wife as al)Ove stated at Portage. The surprise and joy of the meeting need not be recounted here. It w.as one of those strange and joyous events that marked the progress of the great American conllict at every stage. .Vt the close of the war he was honorably discharged, and again became a resident of Fiicndship. While in Libby ])ri.son he was commissioned ca|)tain. but was never mustered in as such. Returning ti> his okl home, Ca|)t. Newton there continued to reside for many years. He received the appointment of Postmaster at Friendship, and for twenty-one years servi'il in that ca|iaeity, prov- ing an effieieut and competent ollicer. Socially he is an honored nu'udier of the (4. A. R. Post. In 1887 he became a resident of Beloit, and during his short stay in that city has won many friends. W. CHEEVER, editorand proprietor *.'!.')0 per month, but was forced to idiandon that .-jituatiun on account of his father's health whiu\ers of leaf tobacco, for which business Janesvillc has be- come quite celebrated. Since 1881 he h.a.s been continuously engaged in this line, and now has a flourishing trade. His office and warehouse, which is known astheE.agle warehouse, is situated at the corner of Wall and Madison streets. Mr. Howe is a native of the Keystone State, hav- ing been born in Clara. Potter Co.. Pa., on the Uh day of July, 1847. His father, John S. Ruwe. emigrated to AViseonsin with his family in 1 S5 I . and settled at Palmyra, JelTer.son C'junty. Oscar was one of a family of tiiree children. His only brother, Henry S., who was borh in 1850, is now engaged in the real estate business in Portland, Ore. He formerly followed railroading, having received his pre[«iration for that business under the instruction of his brother. In the public schools of Palmyra onr subject re- ceived his education, and when eighteen years of i 864 ••► ROCK COUNTY. age went to Edgerton. Rock Countj', where he se- eurt'd the position of telegraph operator in the em- ploy of the Chicago. Milwaukee A- St. Paul Rail- road Company. After continuing in that position for one year, he was appointed clerk in the com- pany's freight office at Janesville, but after three years returned to Edgerton as station agent, con- tinuing to discharge the duties of that position until embarking in his present business in 1881. Mr. Rowe was in the emplo\' of the railroad com- pan3' for the long period of seventeen consecutive years, which fact is evidence of the faithfulness and ability with which lie performed his various tluties, and the appreciation of his services on the part of his employers. As further evidence of his attention and fidelity to the trust imposed in liim, it may be said, that during that long period, he did not lose a d.iy's coini)ensatioii for his services. Mr. Rowe was joined in wedlock with Miss Ger- trude C. McDougall. a native of Brooklj-n, N. Y.. born ill 1S.")0, and a daughter of Alfred McDou- gall. a [lioncer settler of .lanesville. The famil}^ circle of Mr. and Mrs. Rowe was completed bj' tlie birth of four children, a sun and three daughters — Jennie L., Clarence AV'., Kmnia W. and Leahretta. The success to which Mr. Rowe h.as attained in life is due entirely* to his own efforts. At an earl\- age he started out for himself, and without cajiital or assistance, save his own industry and energy, he has secured a comfortable competence, and is re- garded as one of the prominent business men of Rock County-. In his political views he supiiorts the principles advocated liy the Republican party. I'ublic spirited and progressive, he is highly es- teemed .a-s a citizen. In disposition he is cordial and genial; in his dealings fair and honorable, while his life has been such as to win the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens. D. SOWLES. residing on section 27, Mil- ton Township, is numbered among the honored pioneers of the count}', dating his residence in this community from 1842. lie was l)orn on the .'id d.iy of November. 18(i7, * ' ill Chenango Count}'. N. V.. and is a son of James and Abigail (Dillingham) Sowles. His father was born in Dutchess County. N. Y.. and his grand- father was also a native of that .State. The mother died when our subject was a lad of fifteen, her death occurring in 1822, from starvation, caused by ulcers in the throat, which prevented her from taking food. The children of the family were James, who died in Michigan, in March, 1887; David D. of this sketch; W. W.. who is living in the old homestead, in Michigan; Rebecca wedded Smith Blaisdell, and they now reside in Ilardscrab- ble. After the death of his first wife, !Mr. Sowles was again married, and l)y the second union were born three children. Jlary. wife of George lUirris, who is living at St. Louis; Eaiinie. who married Newton lU'iiedict. and resides in Oakland. Cal.. and Clara, who is now the wife of Lcaiidcr Hallock. a Methodist minister. In 1832. when twenty-five years of age. our sub- ject left his native State on a Friilay in the moiilli of March, and in a sleigh containing seventeen people, came to the West, reaching ^Michigan after several d.ays. Locating in Washtenaw Count} . lie built a mill, and engaged in its opei'ation for some time. The best winter wheat could then be bought for three shillings u bushel. He also engaged in farming in Michigan, and followed milling until 1842, when he came to Wisconsin, locating in this county. Driving - of August, 18711, to Ida M. Tracy, who died April 22, 1888, leaving one child, Ethel, who w.as born on the 3d day of July, 1882; Josie II.. born Aug. St, 1853, was uni- ted in marriage Sept. 30, 1882, with Rev, Perry Miller, a Methodist minister of Waupaca, W^is., and fo them has been born one child, Junia M., born Jidy 11, 1884. .Since becoming a resident of this county, ^^Ir. .Sowles has been engaged in farming, and is one of the leading citizens of the community. Finan- cially he is a self-made man, beginning life without capital, he has steadil}' worked on until becoming well-to-do. P'or nine jears he continued to make his home in the little log cabin, wdien he erected his present residence. His farm now corai)rises 200 acres of valuable land, and is one of the best in the county, with all the latest improved machinery, good gr.ades of stock, and all that is necessary to a well regulated farm. In political sentiment Mr. Sowles is a staunch sup|)orter of the Republican party, a warm advocate of the principles of that great organization. and has voted for both William Henry Harrison and the present executive. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been an active worker in that so- ciety. This worthy couple are numbered among the highly esteemed residents of Milton Town- ship, and have many warm friends throughout the county, where they have made their home for llie long period of forty-seven years. Is.aac .Sowles, who is now man.-iging the farm, was joined in wedlock, at I'nion, Minn., June 20, 1876, with Miss Mat}' Molton, a daughter of I'owers Molton. a native of New York. Two chil- dren have been born to their union. Earl, who was born .Ian. 15. 1880, and Joseph Leslie, Nov. 5, 1883; In 1865 Mr. Sowles enlisted for the late war, as a memlier of Com|)any C. 49lh Wisconsin ^»— Infantry, and from INladison was ordered to Benton Barracks. St. Louis, the journey from Chicago being made in cattle cars. On the 1 3th day of March, they arrived at Rollo, Mo., where they were engaged in guarding trains until Aug. 17, when they returned to St. Louis, remaining in th.at city until Nov. 1, when they were ordered to Madison, Wis., and discharged Nov. 8, 1865. Mr. Sowles then re- mained on the farm until 1869, when he began working for the American Express Company at ^^'inona, where he remained until 1880, at which time he entered the employ of the Northwestern Railroad Com|)any as fireman. After two years spent in that line, he was placed in charge of an engine, and continued to run on the road .as engi- neer until 1885, when he returned home and took charge of his father's farm, which he has operated continuously since. Socially he is a member of the G. A. R. Post, and in December, 1885, joined Du Lac Lodge, I. O. O. F. of Milton, his wife becoming a member of the Order of Rebecca, on the 12th d.ay of M.ay, 1887. LA' IN ■]. .SAWIN, a retired farmer and one of the honored pioneers of Rock County, now residing in Evansville, is a native of 15^ New York, having been born in Chenango County on the 19th d.aj' of February. 1819, .and is a son of John and Orrel ( Lennanl) Sawin, the for- mer a native of Tolland County, Conn., and the latter of Otsego County, N. Y., born of English .ancestrj-. Our subject is of the fifth generation in direct descent from John Sawin, the founder of the family in America, who settled in the Massachu- setts colony in 1650, only thirty years after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock. He was a son of Robert Sawin, of Boxford, Suffolk Co., England, and married Abigail Munning. The family of John and Orrel Sawin numbered thirteen children, twelve of whom grew to man- hood and womanhood, and all became residents of Wisconsin: Aurilla, the first born, whose birth oc- curred in July, 1814, is now keeping house for our subject; Ann Eliza, who became the wife of Wil- liam Gdtt. is residing in Walworth Countv, Wis.. :^Mf-* •t^f^ 866 ROCK COUNTY. 4 and to tlicm have been born two children; Emma, who married Henry Krdley; and Watson, of Wal- worth Connty, Wis., who wedded Emma Hicks; Alvin. of this sketch, is the third in order of birth; Clarissa, wido\v of Albert Tillineen blessed with two children. Flora and Charles. The subject of our sketch first came to AViscon- sin on a prosi)ecting tour in 1811, and deciding to locate in this Slate eng,aged to work as a farm hand. The following year his father visited the State, and being also pleased with the country re- turned to his eastern home for the jnirpose of pre- l)aring to become a permanent resident. In 1846, .accompanied by bis family, he located in Green Countv, entering land on the soullnvcst (puirtcr of section 12. in the town of Brooklyn. He built a shantw into which the family. nunil)cring wile and ten children moved, and began life in true pioneer style. The stars could be seen through the roof of the little cabin and in the winter the snow drifted over the beds, but notwitlislanding the many hard- shi|)s to be endured, prosperity attended the little band of emigrants and success crowned their eflforts. In the winter of 1846-7 a comfortable frame residence was built, the lumber being hauled from Racine. In the course of time the young pio- neers left the parental roof and started out to make homes for themselves. The sons have all now be- come well-to-do farmers, and are leading and rep- resentative citizens of the State. Alvin. the sub- ject of this sketch, is now the owner of the old home farm, wdiich comprises 2(10 acres of aralile land under a higli state of cultivation. Lorenzo D. is also the owner of a fine farm of l.'>() acres in Green Count3\ and his home jilat comprises sixty acres, the total aggregate being 21(1 acres. He has a handsome residence surrounded by all the com- forts of life, and is now a wealthy farmer. Time passeil merrily in the i)ioneer home of the Sawin family, each one perfoitning the task allotted him and assisting in the accumulation of a compe- tency for the beloved parents, but after twent3- years had come and gone the little home was over- spread by the deepest urief, caused b^- the death of the father, who passed from this earth Alarch li). 1866. in the cighlielh year of his age. His con- sistent Christian life, his loving kindness to all and his heartfelt sympathy won him the friendship, re- spect and confidence of all with whom he came in cont.act. In 182,t he was ordained a minister of the liaptisl Church, aiul his life was speiit for the good of mankind. The loving wife and mother survived liei- husband until Aug. ;'). 1 1S7.3, -when she too was calle(l to her final home at the age of eighty years. She was a most estimable lady, and was also a devoted member of the Baptist Church. — ♦ S ■ ! g -=^^:-|H-H- fjLFRED C. FISH, one of Rock County's honored pioneers, now residing on section 22. I'nicin Township, is a native of Con- necticut. .Hid was horn in New London County, on the lOth day of M.ay, 1816. The Fish faniily was founded in America during the early colonial days, the original ancestors settling in Connecticut, where their descendants are still num- erous. They have also scattered through various I -4^ ROCK COUNTY. States of tlie I'nion, and especially in Ohio are many representatives of the family still residing. The family have been chictlj' engaged in agricul- tural pursuits for many generations. Daniel Fish, the father of our subject, was reared to manhood in Connecticut, and there married Matilda Chester, also a native of that State. With his brother Moses, accompanied by their families, he emigrated to Ohio in the year 1818, locating on what was then called New Connecticut, or the Western Reserve, his brother Ebenczer having pre- viously settled there. The three brothers all lo- cated and continued to reside on the land they first purchased, until death. Daniel Fish departed this life in 1880, at the age of eighty -three years, his wife dj-ing three years previous. They were the p.aivnts of nine children, eight of whom grew to mature years, though but three are now living. The subject of this sketch was the oldest of the family, and the other members who yet survive are J>eonard and Ebenezer, who own and occupy the old homestead in Ohio. Alfred C. Fish was reared to manhood upon the Ohio frontier, his parents having removed to that State w.hen he was but two years of age. The present great .and important city of Cleveland was then but a trading post, containing no buildings save a few log houses. After attaining to mature years. Jlr. Fish eniragcd in farming and lumbering in the lUickeye State, continuing there to make his home until the fall of 1812, when he came to Rock County anil selected a claim, remaining in this eom- nmnity during the winter. In tlie sjiring of 1843 he went to Milw.'iukee Mild entered the land which he had selected, and later returned to Ohio. In May, 1«4.'), while visiting at his old home, he led to the marriage altar Miss Phiebe Rrainard. who w.as born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, on the liith day of Apiil, 1821, and is a daughter of Dem.-is and Nancy Hrainard, both of whom were natives of Connecticut. In the s]>ring of 1848, ac- compiuiied by his wife, he returned to Rock County, settling on the land which he h;ul entered five years previous, and where he has made his home continuously since, his farm lying on sections 22 and 27. I'nion Township. Mr. and Mrs. Fish have been the parents of three children, two sons and a m* daughter, but only the daughter is now living. Their eldest son, Marcus II., who was born March 11, 1846, enlisted in his country's service, and be- came a member of a battery of Illinois light artil- lery. The last year of the war he served under the command of A. .). Smith. The long marches, the forced exposure and the trials incident to army life led to the development of pulmonary trouble, which resulted in his death. He died at the home of his parents on the 30th day of August, 1884. having lingered for years after the war. Although his health was poor, he was .for some time manager of a store in Evansville. and was also employed as clerk in the post-office for a period of four years. He was but eighteen years of age when he entered his country's service, and was a most exemplary young man. He was a gallant soldier, ever faith- ful to his duty, and sacrificed his life upon the altar of freedom. The death of their only son w.is an irreparable loss to the parents. He died at the age of thirty-seven years. As before stated, he be- longed to the command of A. .1. Smith, and with his regiment served in many important expeditions. On the failure of his health he was sent to the hos- l)ital at Vicksburg, where he partially recovered, and was then employed as nurse. At the close of the war he was sent to St. Louis, where he w.as to be discharged, but the vessel on which he had cm- barked collided with another steamer and was sunk. He had a narrow escape, a)id had it not been that he was an expert swimmer he would have lost his life, as did many others on that ill-fated vessel. The second child of Mr. and Mrs. Fish was (iil- bert M., who was born in IS 17 and die were the parents of ten children. Rebecca, the oldest, is the widow of Peter Young and resides in New York; John is a resident of the town of Har- mony ; Abagail, widow of Eber Sawyer, is living in Waterford, Wis.; David makes his home at Brodhead, Wis.; Mary Jane wedded Morris Pratt, a resident of Whitewater, Wis.: Thomas II. was the next in order of birth; Catherine, wife of Vol- ney Wood, is living in Johnstown Center; Eber died leaving a wife, who now resides in De Kalb County, III.; Sarah married George .Sharp, whose home is in I'axton, 111.; and Eliza became the wife of Gregory D. Hall, a resident of Johnstown. In 1842, our subject, in company with his father, made a trip to the West for the purpose of viewing the country prior to making a location and while on that trip visited this county. This was his first intruduction to Wisconsin, which was to be his future home. The father purch.ased 1100 acres of land in Rock County, and after returning for his family settled permanently in this community, where he engaged quite extensively in farming un- til his death, which occurred July 31, 1872. He was born in 1789. Mrs. Austin departed this life in 1847, when forty-five j'ears of .age. Thomas was unmarried, when, with his father, he made his first trip to Wisconsin, nor did he make a home for himself until several years later. Ueturning to the Empire .St.atc, he remained with the family until their preparations for removing to Wisconsin were completed, when, with the others he started for the new home, reaching Milwaukee on the 1st d.ay of June, 1845. Continuing under the parental roof until three years had passed aw.ay. Mr. .Vustin then united his destiny with Miss Caroline R. Williams, a daughter of Alpheus and Laura (Powell) Williams. She was born in Vermont on the 4th day of December, 1834, and was one of a family' of twelve children. Her father was born March 1, 1798, and died Jan. 11, 1873, while iier mother, who was born Feb. 9, 1799, died Aug. 24, 18G8. At one time eleven children gathered around tiie fire-side of Mr. and Jlrs. Austui. but several are now in homes of their own, while one has been called to the eternal world. William Henry, the oldest, is a farmer and is now living in Lima Center; Edward is a resident of Johnstown Center; Lester is at home; Laura is the wife of George Charleton, whose home is in Janes- ville; Rebecca May is now dece;ised; Frank is at ■*P^l^ -^^ ;OCK COliXTY. homo; Grant isnttomliiiy: the State ITniversity; Al- plieiis ;iiiil .Minnie l,illian art; students of IMillon Collej^e ;GeoiKe and ISeit are still with their parents At the time of his marriajre our subject was tlie owner of .'52(1 aeres of land. Ilis life has been one of iuduslrj' and in his business |)ursnits he has been very successful, Ijeinii' one of the most extensive land owni'rs in the county. His various farms ag- jiregatc "2,400 acres of land, which is l(X'aterobabiy mon; largely interested in this important industi'y than any luaii in l{ock County. He has exported cattle to the Knglish market, and in the early part of ,Inne, 1M.S9, he slii[>ped from .lanesville for export 1 r.l head of cattle, which were ;idniitlod by .all to be the linest shipment of cattle ever scmt from this county. In connection with his agricultural pursuits, he cultivates an average of about twenty acres of tobacco annually. Mr. Austin ha.s always taken a lively interest in educjlional matters and has given his family all the available advantages for .accpiiring education to fit them for any position in life that they nia}' be called upon to till. Mr. Austin is not a politician in the ordinar\- sense of the word, and has not sought public dis- tinction in that direction, preferring to devote his time and energies to the more agreeable pursuits of farm life. He is an enterprising citizen in whom every worthy public enterprise finds a warm sup- porter. In reccnding the life work of this worthy pioneer, we cheerfully give place to one who has not only witnessed the entire growth and develope- meiit of the county, but has borne no inconsiderable part in its advancement. On his farm may generally be found L'tO head of cattle, 200 head of hogs anil about thirty horses. In his political sentiments, Mr, Austin is a sup- porter of the Republican parly and has served as a member of the township board of supervisors. He and his wife attend the Methodist Kpiscopal Church and are held in high respect by their many friends. An energetic, enterprising business man, honest and upright in all his dealings, he wins the conlideni'e of all with whom he comes in cont.act and is every where acknowdetlged to be one of Rock County's best citizens. ^^ ^fw^- >^ i^^'IlOMA.S H. FARMER, a pioneer of 1814. and an energetic, intelligent citizen of Heloit, was born in Oneida Ctjunty, N. Y., on the 2:5(1 day of March, 1821. His parents, Henjaniin and .Sarah (Davis) P'armer, were natives swego County, Js. Y'., and Amos D.,of Bristol, 111. The death of Mrs. Curran occurred in Oswego County in 18(;f;. She was a member of the JNIethodist Kpiscopal Church, and was a devoted Christian lady. His father dying when our subject w:is a 3'oung lad, he made his home vvith Moses Davis, a great uncle, remaining in his family until he attained his majority. His education was sadl^- neglected, but being of a studious nature and possessing an ob- serving eye and retentive memory', he li.as largely overcome the disadvantages of earlier years, and possesses a fund of knowledge which many a per- son who has had excellent opiwrtunities might well cnv}'. In 1844 he turned his face toward the set- ting sun, with the determination of carving out his fortune in what was then considered the far West. r •►-11^^ 872 ROCK COUNTY. •f After sailing round the lakes lie reached Kenosha, whence he proceeded to Beloit, making the jour- ney on foot. Knowing that he had to gain his own liveliliood, he at once began making inquiries for a position, and at last secured employment in the lumber-yard of .John Ilackett. In 1848 Mr. Farmer further completed his preparations for a home in this county by his mar- riage with Miss Anna S. Button, a daughter of Charles and Cynthia Button, of Green County, Wis. The lady was a native of Onondago County, N. Y., where she was born April 15, 1824. In 1850. leaving his young wife in Beloit, Mr. Farmer crossed the plains to California, and for a j'ear en- g.'iged in mining on the Pacific slope, returning b3' the \v;.y of the Isthmus of Panama and New York City. While en route the vessel caught fire and one of the engines was disabled, but it at length reached port in safety. After returning to his home Mr. Farmer went to Indiana, where he em- barked in the mercantile business, which proved a dis.astrous enterprise, he losing nearly all the money he had accpiired in California, amounting to $1,800. About this time the Galena Branch of the North- western Railroad wiis in course of construction, and he went to the river of Pickatomca, where he established a small supply store, and subsequentlj^ removed to Warren, where he engaged in mercan- tile pursuits for ten j-ears, gaining some §6.000 or $7,000. While in that place he was elected to the ollice of Justice of the Peace, and also held other po'^itions of public trust. After selling his stock and trade he came to Beloit. and purchasing a f.arni near the city, turned his attention to agricul- tural pursuits. lie has made niany improvements since that time, and has become one of the promi- nent citizens of the comraunit}', In 1876 he built a good residence, and in 1879 erected a line brick dwelling, wiiich com))ares favorably witli the best iiomes in the city, and also owns a neat cottage. He does not take an active part in political affairs, never seeking public preferment, but is well in- formed on all the leading issues of tiie da\', and has cast his ballot with the Republican party in times past, but is now a Prohibitionist. On the 24th d.iy of IMay, 1888, his wife passed to the silent land, to which her parents had been previously called. Her friends were manj-. and deep grief was felt not only by the loving husband whom she left behind, but by all who had the pleas- ure of her acquaintance. She was an earnest, con- sistent Christian woman, whose life was an ever present lesson and often proved more effective than the most logical or eloquent sermon. She was regular in her attendance at the house of worship, her place never vacant unless made so by sickness. Modest and unassuming, kind .ind forgiving, her amiability and sweetness of disposition were her chief characteristics, while she possessed a benevo- lent spirit in a marked degree that manifested itself by kind actions at the sick bed, a cheering and sympatlietic word to the distressed, or a needed gift to the destitute. She will long be held in loving remembrance as one who has made the world better by her having lived. Mr. Farmer is numbered among the self-made men of Rock County, for his success in life is due entirely to his own efforts of industrj', perseverance and good management. He has ever taken an active interest in the enterprises which are for the advancement of the community, has borne a promi- nent part in the work of developing the county from its primitive state to one of the highest culti- vation, and his strict honesty and integrity have made him honored and respected by all. \f7 EANDER D. GREGORY was Ix.rn at I (^ Ilubbardston, Conn., July 20, 1808, and /I'— ^VN previous to coming West, was a successful farmer for many years in Wey bridge, \'t. In his young manhood the hope was cherished by liiui of a collegiate training, that he might be a minister of the Gospel, but the vulnerableness of a delicate nervous organism prevented — a disap|)ointment which aflfectcd all his subsequent life. At that time he was frequentlj' engaged in teaching in the winter. Later, before leaving the East, he was Financial Agent of the Middlebury College — a friend of the distinguished President Thomas A. Merrill. Mr. Gregory, coming to Beloit especially for the opportunity of educating his children, soon became :??r¥-^ ■U. A^ ROCK COUNTY. 873 Treasurer of the Beloit Collejie, a ixisition that he hi'ld vvitli irrcat etlicieiK'y for nearly twenty years. Hetirinj^ and reserved by nature, he vv.as a safe counsellor and .sagacious and prudent in action. As a oiti/.en. lie was cautious, but iutelliijent and insistent, regarding the principles of which i)ublie and |)rivate affairs should be conducted. lie was especially of great service in determining by his own enterprise in an early day. the methods of suc- cessful farming. He wa.s one of the first to intro- duce into New Knuland the raising of Merino sheep, and after coming West, he was a pioneer in giving attention to the breeding of stock. Our subject was a man of very marked individ- uality and the circle of his intimacy was small; but he was a warm friend to those whose principles he resijceted and the |ioor found in him a true and kind helper, lie could be trusted by an honest man in trouble, as much as any one. I have been Idld that before he left \'crmont. when some neigh- bor had f.'iUen out with him for years, and cherished ;igainst him a deep animosity, upon that neighbor's coming to die, he made l)eac-on (iregory executor of his will and guardian of his children. lie was chosen Deacon in the First Congregational Church immediately on coming to r>ek)it. an oflice he had held frum early manhoiid iu \'ermi)nt, and he re- raaiiieaptist Church at New Market, N. J., in April of that year, lie immediately ac- cepted the position of pastor of the ciiurch of his faith at Milton, AVis., and held that charge for two years, when he assumed the charge of Milton Academy, in the summer of 1858, and has continued to serve as president of that institution and of Milton College, which is an outgrowth of tl;(e acad- emy, .until the present time, covering a period of thirty-one years. During five ye.ars of this time his connection witli the college was onlj^ nominal, as he was granted a leave of absence to serve as Sui)erintcndent of Public Instruction for AYiscon- sin. to which oflice he was elected in the fall of 1877. Under his administration, Milton Academy enjoyed healtliy development and rajiidly accpiired great vigor and popularity. During the late Civil War, the spirit of patriotism led to the enlistment in the military service of the country of 311 of its students, many of whom were aided by Mr. Whit- ford in securing good positions in various regiments in the Stat<'. For nine years, the school as an academy was under his charge, and in 1867, largely through his efforts, was converted into a college. .Mr. Whit- ford has not only served as president of the college all these 3-ears, hut has .also been the he.ad of its Board of Trustees. Under his administration old debts have been canceled, additional rooms aud other accommodations furnished aud quite a large endowment fund secured. In the denomination to whicli Presitleut \\'liit- ford belongs, he has filled inllueutial positions, among which is the presidency of its Conferences in this county, which he has Iwii-e lield. He also served more than four jears after 1f:l'2 in an im- [wrtant agenc}' for raising a Memorial Fund of fliat people, visiting in that lime most of the churches of the Seventh Day i;a|)tists in the United States. From 18G5 until 1882. with tiie exception of intervals amounting to three years, he serveil as a member of the State Board of Normal Regents, and for a while was an ex-ofBcio Regent of the University of Wisconsin. In 1867, he was elected a member of the Wisconsin Legislature. an/ Eilwation — a monthly. He is now corresponding secretary of the .'seventh D.ay Baptist Education Society, and one of the correspoiuiing editors of the Sn/tfjath Reorder of Alfred Center, N. Y., also has been editor of the (Quarterly, pub- lished b^' that denomination. Since residing in Milton he has been Superintendent of the Sabbath School of his church for fifteen years. Mr. Whitford has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Klmina K. Coon, a gradn.ate of De Ruyter Institute. N. Y., to whom he w.as married at that place Oct. Ill, 1.S50. She was a most ami- able and accomplished women, who had fitteil her- self for teaching and a missionary life. Her death occurred within six months after her marriage, from quick consumption. Mrs. Whitford was a *<" •V— ^ OSIAll M. K\ERI':TT, a leading and iiromi- nent farmer residing on section 2G, Turtle Township, is numbered among the pioneer settlers of this county, dating his residence back to 1844. He is a native of New York, his birth occurring in Onondaga County on tlu' 11th day of December, 1818. His parents were .losiah and Lydia (Hale) Everett, the former a native of Massachusetts ami the latter born in New York. His father and the father of Edward Everett, the eminent statesman, were cousins, and his mother was descended from Puritan ancestiy. .b)siah Everett, Sr., removed to the Empire State in an early d.ay, and there became acquainted with the lady whom he subsequently married. During the earlier years of his life he engaged in merchandis- ing, Ijut iu after years was engaged as a stock- dealer. His home for many \ears was in ( )nond:iga County, N. V., where he passed away Jan. 14, 1805, at the .age of eighty-two years. His wife departed this life five days previously, her death occurring in her seventy-eighth year. In the work of the Presbyterian Church, of which they wei'e both members, they took an active part, and .Mr. lOverett built the first house of worship for that de- nomination inOtisco, Onondago County. Their family numbered five children, three sons and two daughters: Emily, born in 1808. became the wife of N. 15. Hostwick, a resident of Onondaga Count}', i A •«»> 878 ROCK COUNTY. ^ N. Y., and her death occurred April 25, 1885, at the age of seventy -seven years; Dwight, the second in order of lurth, died in Nevada; .Tames, born in Onondaga County, N. Y., in 181(!. is a resident of Blossburg, I'a.; Lydia, who wedded Abraliam Willf much nu)re than ordinar}' .ability, was a tireless student, a great reader, and possessed .an excellent education. lie was an expert steno- grapher and w:is ipialified to fill irn|MirtauL posi- wedded Miss Angerona Barningham, who was born in Durant, 111.. .June J, 1856, and is a daughter of .Toseph and Villette (Brewer) Barningham. the for- mer a native of Yorkshire. England, and is yet living, the latter a native of Otsego County, N. Y., and died Oct. 5. 18H2. and one child graced their union. Milton Wayne, born June 22. 1881. Albert K., born Dec. 2!», 185f). is a resident of Chicago; Eddie A., born March 23, 1861, is also a resident of Chicago, and on the 10th day of November. 1884, wedded Nellie Tascott. On April lltli, 1876, the mother of these children was called to her final rest. She was a member of the I'resby- terian Church of l^eloil. a lady noted fnr her kind- ness of hand and heart, and her death was mourned ^ by many friends. § The life of Mr. Everett is a fair example of what !' can be accomplished by energy, enterprise, perse- 3 verance, and honesty. Notwithstanding his cash capital on his arrival in this county consisted of but *50, he has now become one of the well-to-do farmers of the community, his success being due to his own efforts, lie has now retired from the active management of his farm, it being under the control of his sou Charles, who is an able manager and system.atic farmer. In his political sentiments Mr. Everett is a stalwart supporter of the Demo- cratic parly, and though not an aspirant f(U' politi- cal distinction, he takes a lively interest in all matters ])ertaining lu the public good. r -h 'm ROCK COUNTY. 879 4 tions in that busiiioss. Cliaritalile and pbilantliropic he had a licart to foci for all. anil his sympathies were always enlisteil hy a tale of suffering or sor- row. The childien of Mr. and Mrs. Ilayloek were (ieorgi' W., the sultjeet of this sketch; and .Vniclia. who is the wife of C Coo[)cr. who resides in Lon- don, Kngland. The death of the father occurred on the ."Jth da\ of October, 1 H80. at the age of sev- enty-five years, and his body wjis laid to rest in the cemetery in Suffolk, Englan competency. His fine and well cultivated farm comprises 120 .acres of fertile land on section 11, Porter Township upon which may lie found all (he necessary buildings for the care of grain ami stock, together with many valuable improvements. His home is a nice two story frame residence and is the alHjde of hospitality, where all receive a he;irlv welcome. In politics. INIr. H.aylock is a L'cinibli- caii and a faithful a'.lieieut to that party. All [lublic enterprises receive his hearty support and s\mi>athy; and like all true .Vmerlcan citizens he makes the welfjue of the comiMuiiity his own. His honorable :ind upright course of life, his kindly and genial inniiner has won him many friends b^' whom he is held in high regard, while lie is re- siiected by all who know him. We arc pleased to record this biii'f sketch of (leorge llaylock. know- ing that it will be received with pleasure by his large circle of ac((uaiiitances. ^^^ARON LUCIUS CIIAIMN. first President ^^/ 1 1 ^'^ Beloit College, was born in IIailforected citizens, who, when called from this busy life to his final home, was mourned by all who knew him. He was born in York County. Pa., in the month of August. 1830. and is descended from German ancestry, who came to this country in 1720. His parents. Stephen C. .and Susan (Rcigart) Slaymaker. were also natives of the Keystone Stale, and the father wasji prominent iron manufacturer of Pennsylvania. .Samuel received his primary ed\icatlon in tlie common schools, and being an apt student was soon so far advanced that at an unusually early age he entered the university at Pittsburgh. Subsequently he took a course at Franklin Academy at Lancaster, now called Marsh.ill College, where he completed his school-room studies. "But though having left school he contiiuiod to read and improve his mind. which habit formed in early life continued with him until the end. After completing his literary edvication. he entered a printing ottiee to learn the trade, and during his term of apprenticeship gained a useful and valuable knowledge of the ways of the worlil. On the otii d-Ay uf March, 18.j(!, the union of Mr. Slaymaker and Miss Annie C. Reigart was celebrated in the city of Lancaster. The lady was born in that town .and is a daughter of E. C Rei- gart, whose history is given in connection with the sketch of A. E. Reigart. Immediately after their their marriage, the young couple, following the course of human emigration which was steadily Howing to the West, came to Rock County, and on section 28, Turtle Township, Mr. Slaymaker pur- chased 260 acres of laud, the foundation of the pres- ent beautiful farm on wiiich his widow now resides. When he took possession of the land, it was but partially improved, but he immediatel3' began its cultivation and soon transformed it into one of the finest farms in the county. He planted the magni- ficent shade trees which now |)rotect the home from the burning r.iys of the summer sun. and under his direction the barns for the shelter of his cattle, horses and large herds of sheep, were built. The boundaries of the farm were extended until it com- prised 400 .acres, which have been improved and cultivated to a high degree. Though his business interest were extensive, he yet found time to devote to public matters. He was first in all that per- tained to the public welfare, encouraging others both by precept and example and doing ail in his power to advance public enterprises and objects. Religiouslj', lie w.as a member of the Episcopal Church, .and politically w.as an ardent supporter of the principles advocated by the Rei)ublican party. For many years he served in official positions. w:is chairm.an of the Township Board of Supervisors, and was also a memberof the County Board. He w.as also Vice-President of the Second National Bank of Beloit. But at length death visited his home and his life was ended. He died Dee. 12, 1882, and tiie loss sustained by his loving wife w.as shared by the entire community. One of the most valued citizens of Rock County had been called to his final rest but his memory will long be cnsiirined in the ■» ■ , <■■ i •MFSji ROCK COUNTY. 8«7 lieartsof llu' niiin\' friends left beliiiul. Mrs. Slay- maker still survives her liushand ami resides on the beautiful farm in Turtle 'rownsliip. Siie also is a member of the Episcopal Church. JrJACKSON J. BUSHNELL was born in Old 1 S.aybrook. Conn., Feb. 19, 1H1.5. His name |l (Jackson) is explained by the victory- which. ^_^ / a month before his birth, secured to the country the great valley to which his manhood was devoted. Serving a.s a clerk in a country store in his youth, he was early miniled to obtain a colle- giate education and be a minister of the Gospel. Securing such preparation as he was able he entered Yale College in 1837. and though he had the ad- vantage of but a single 3-ear of preparation he maintained throughout his course a place in the front rank of his class, at the same lime supporting himself by his own exertions. Such an education laid the foundations for peculiar efficiency in life. After leaving college in 1841 Mr. Bushuell spent a few years in the Theological Seminary at Ando- ver, Ma£s., and several years as instructor in West- ern Reserve College, and as its financial agent. He came to Beloit April 27, 1848, and there found the main work of his life. That work was to build a Christian College, which had been ahead}- i)lanned, as a center of good for this region, and for all time. Here he applied himself not only to instruction but to agency for the college. As other men devote themselves to build up private enterprises, he had an ambition to acquire resources to use for the pul)li(' good. As lie identified himself with the college, so he identitied the college with the com- tnunity. Whatever would build up Beloit as a thriving place concerned the college, and concerned him whether it were a Sabbath-school or a church or a bank, a railroad or a hotel; and so the city is full of the monuments of his energy and self-sacrilicing public-spirit. His public enthusiasm repeatedly led him into enterprises commended rather as needed for the public goo liini. He then made ar- -H- •»^r^4^ 888 ROCK COUNTY. ' ' tea rangements to return to Englanri, and hired a tc.-inislcr to take liimself and family to Milwaukee, intending to go bj' lake to Buffalo. N. Y.. and from New York City to take |iassar his native land. On arriving at wliat was known as Ball's Tavern, in Porter Township, the teamster was taken sick, and as they could not go farther they rented one room and resided there one 3'ear. A few days af- ter moving into this house. Mr. Gleave wa.s taken sick and remained in ill health for a year. After he had regained his health, he worked by the day for about two j'ears and then purchased forty acres of land which he at once commenced to improve, and to which he added 120 acres more. Erecting a house on the hist tract, which w.os located near Little Lake he moved into it and there resided un- til his death, which occurrcil April 5, 1882. His body was buried in I'ortcr cemetery. Religiously, lie was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which body his wife was also a member. In the old country he was a member of the Odd Fellows Society. He was a man thsit enjoyed the respect of his fellow men to an unlimited degree. His good wife, who shared with him all the hard- ships of pioneer life, is still living, and resides with her son on the old homestead. Five children were born to this wortliv' cou|)le, namely: Piiilip, resid- ing in Jackson County, Ore,; Thomas, who re- sides in the town of Lnion; Martha, who died in infancy; .lames E., the subject of this sketch; Lois, now the wife of James H. Bliss, who resides in the town of Rock, where he is engaged in farming. The subject of this sketch came to this country with his parents and received his education in the common schools of this country. He remained with his i)arenls until 18G1, when he enlisted in Com- |)any F, IJUh Wisconsin Infantry, and was sent to the front. After a few weeks service he w;is t.aken sick and w.as discharged in 1862 for disability. Returning home he remained until the summer of ISC)', when lie again enlisted, becoming a memlier of Battery L, 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery. He served until about three mouths after the close of the war when he was discharged and returned to his home. On the l()th day of February, 18()C, he was uni- ted in marriage with Miss Sarah E. Stewart, a na- tive of New York, born April 25, 1845. Four children have been'born unto them — Frances, born Dec. 30, 1866; Lewis, Feb. 13, 1869; Marg.aret. Nov. 24. 1871; Iv.an, Dec. 7. 1877. All the chil- dren yet remain at home. After his marriage. Mr. Gleave took charge of his father's farm, which he operated until his f.a- Iher's death. He then bought the homestead of the heirs and has since operated the farm for him- self. He has 160 acres of land under a high slate of cultivation, together with a valuable residence in Evansville. where he resided two years for for the special purpose of educating his children. Politically, Mr. Gleave is a Republican, and an earnest worker and believer in the principles of that party. He has servevell. a native of Chautauqua County, \. Y., and a dangh- of Barney Slilwell. Bui a few days after his mar- riage he enlisted in the 74th regiment. Illinois Infantry, for three years, or during the war, and was assigned to Company I). lie participated in ilie liattle of ^Inrfreesboro, after which he was taken sick willi typhoid fever, and after his recov- ery was put into the invalid corjjs, and remained wit'.i it until he receiveil his discharge after the close of hostilities. -Vfter the war was over he bought fifty-six acres of partly improved land in Rockton TowiLship. Wiimebago Co., III., and cn- gagetew him. He has not t)nly been a witness i>f the great ch.-uiges that have taken place during the forty-eight years of his residence in Rock County, but luus been an ac- tive participant in the work of development and progress. He has ever been liberal in the support of all enterprises calculated to advance the inter- (•■its of the cuminunity and has served his fellow- citizens in various otlicial positions, discharging his duties with honor and to the satisfaction of all con- cerned. For many years he was President of the .Mutual Fire Con)i)any of the town of Lima and [iruved to be an able and etlieient ottieer. His wife is a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church, and though he is not a communicant of any religious body, he contributes freely to the sup- port of the church, as he does to social and educa- tional interests. - o'r>o - ^^1 resilient lEORGE \V. CROS.SMA.N, a pioneer settler Rock County, of wliich he h:is been a it for forty-two years, resides 37 a certain tract of land, embracing the present town of Taunton and some other territory, was bought of the Indians by forty-six persons, one of whom was John Crossman. His paternal grandfather was Nath.in Crossman. who married Miss Nanc}' Pratt, a descendant of William White, who came over in the "Mayflower." His maternal grand- father, Elisha Clapp, w;is born in Rochester, Plym- outh Co., Mass. Warren Crossman learned the trade of a carpen- ter in early life, which he followed for many years. About 1800 lie removed to Oneida County, X. Y., in company with his fallier's family, who were numbered among the earl}' settlers of that com- munity. He was there reared to manhood, assist- ing in the develo|)ment of the farm, and in that vicinity was united in marriage with Susan Clapp. In 1811 the family came West, settling first in Lake County. III., where they lived four years, during which time Warren Crossman worked at the carpenter's trade. In 1848 he emigr.ated to Rock County, settling on section 34, where he bought 150 acres of land in a wild, uncultivated state. From the virgin soil he developed a fine farm, making it his home until his death, which occurreil Oct. 1, 1880, at the age of eighty-two years. His wife is still living, and makes her home with her son, B. P. Crossman, of Janesville. He w.as a member of the A. F. & A. JI., and, politically, was r -4^ •«► 892 ROCK COUNTY. a supporter of the Republican party, of which he became a member at its organization. He was quiet and conservative, yet was well informed on all the leading issues of the day, and was a promi- ment citizen in the communitj*. Warren and Susan Grossman were the parents of seven children. Helen M. became the wife of John H. Chandler, of Camden, N. J., who for many years was a missionary in foreign lands, being sent by the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions. He was first sent to Burmah, and from there to Siam. While in the latter country, he was tutor to the present King of Siam. Jane A. became the wife of the Rev. W. H. H. Eddy, and both are now de- ceased: .lennctte A. wedded Robert J. Evans, but both are now deceased; Lucy M. became the wife of J. M. Trezsdale, and l)Oth have since passed away; Elisha C. is residing in Chicago; George W. if the uext in order of birth; Benjamin V. is a resiarents were St. ^'aleire and Calista (Whcelo(^k) Mayhew, the former a native of Vermont, and the latter of Jef- ferson County, N. Y., where they were married, and where si.\ children were born unto them: Al- fred I)., who was the first in order of birth, died in California in 18.')1; Edward Bruce is now a resi- dent of Brownville. Jefferson Co., N. Y.; Albert V. makes his home in Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y.; Lucy H., who became the wife of William Lonsdale, died in Jefferson County, N. Y., in 1882; Adelaide wedded Charles Loomis, a resident of Clinton; William \,. of this sketch, completes the family. Mr. Mayhew was a highly respected citi- zen, and was a i)romiuent and influential citizen of both Jefferson County, X. Y., and Rock County, Wis. In early life he was a supporter of the Whig party, and a believer in the policy .advocated bj- Wendell Phillips. While residing in New York, he purchased some of the first Covernment bonds ever sold in Jefferson County, which were then sup|)osed to be worthless. In the spring of 1869 he came to Rock County, where he made his home until his death, which occurred in 1882. He w.-is an honorable Christian gentleman, a great Hible student, and w.as a charitable and benevolent man. His wife is still living, and makes her home with her children. Our subject received a liberal education in his youth, i)ursuing his rudimentary studies in the common school, after which he pursued a course at the rnioii Academy', at Belleville, graduating from that institution in the class of '8(). When the late Civil War broke out and the President issued his call for troops to put down the rebellion, he cnlist(Ml, on the 2d of June. I8(!2, !is a member of the 10th Xew York Heavy Artillery, and was mus- tered in at Madison Barracks, Jefferson Count}', on the 11th day of Se|)tember following. Willi the regiment he was then sent to Washington, where he served until 18(11. when he joined the Army of the Potomac during the last daj' of the battle of the Wilderness. He then participated in the en- gagements at Cold Harbor and White House Land- ing, and on the 1st of July, 18G4, was stationed with the arm}' in defense of Petersburg, where he remained until September, when Early made his attack on Washington, and the company joined Sheridan's army, under whose command they en- gaged in the battle at Cedar Creek. Mr. Mayhew was a witness of Gen. Sheridan's famous ride. On the 1st day of January, I8G5, he was transferred to the Army of the Potomac, and after a time was stationed at Petersburg. He then served on de- tached duty, acting as a detective until receiving his discharge on the 7th d.ay of Jul}', 1865, after three years of continuous service. After being mustered out. he returned to his home, and took a •<*• •> M < • t 894 •••^H^ ROCK COUNTY. course in Mead's Commercial Business College, and then engaged in teaching scbool for four winters in the Kast. and four in the West. Deciding to make Ills future home in the West, in ISOH. he eniigr.ated to Wisconsin and puichased a farm on sections 2 and U. Clinton 'rownship. Hock ('mintv, which lie still owns. On the litth day of October, 1870, Mr. Mayhew was joined in wedlock with Miss Rissa Mayhew, who was born in Jeflferson County, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1851. They became tlie parents of three children, onlv one of whom is now living, William A., Jr., who was born Jan. IG. ISM. Politically. Mr. May- hew is a Republican, having affiliated with that p.-uty since attaining his majority. In 1886 he was a delegate to the convention which nominated Gov. Rusk, .^nd in 1885 was made Doorkeeper of the Lower House of the AVisconsin (ieneral Assem- bly, lie is a niemlier of several civic societies, is a Master Mason, and was Secretary of the local lodge; holds membership in the I. O. O. F.. and has hllccl every position in the subordinate lodge; and is a member of the tJ. A. R. I'ost. having held the ollice of Adjutant and delegate in the Grand Encampment at .Milwaukee in 1889. Although many have longer been residents of Rock County than Mr. Mayhew. none are held in higher esteem by their acquaintances or are more deserving of the respect and confidence of their fellow-citizens. ►» 1 < S ' I ' " 'iWil'DClE WILLIAM HOLMES, deceased, was one of the early settlers of Rock County, Wis., having become a resident of the county when there were but two families within its borders, those of Samuel St. John and Dr. James Heath. Judge Holmes was born in Washington County, Pa. .on the 1st day of July, 1780, and was a son of James and Ann (Whitaker) Holmes. His father was born Feb. 13, 1748, and the family was founded in this country by three brothers who emi- grated from England to America. One lirother died of lockjaw, and Thonuis settled near I'liila- deli)hia. Pa., where he reared a family, numbering among his sons J.ames Holmes, the father of our nibject. James and Ann Holmes were the parents of fifteen children, thirteen sons and two daughters, and with the exception of one all grew to manhood and womanhood. Judge Holmes was the third son and was reared to manhood in Washington Countj', Pa., where he was united in marriage with Miss Rachel D.iy. He engaged in farming in his native State for some time, but later removed to Newark, Ohio, where he followed fanning and milling until 1820, when he became a resident of Maiion. Ohio, then in its in- fancy. While residing in that embryo city he was elected Associate Judge, and served in that posi- tion for several years. At length leaving Marion, he located in La Porte. Ind.. in 1833, where he again engaged in agricultural pursuits until March, 183G, when he emigrated to the wild and unsettled Northwest, and on the Slth d:iy of March located permanently in Rock County. A son of Judge Holmes, in company with Miio Jones, a Surveyor, had visited this region the previous year, and had made a claim east of the river. They built several shanties, one of which was situated on what is now the site of the Miltimore pioperty. In the follow- ing winter, 1835-3(> the boys returned to Indiana, and loading two or three teams with goods again came to Rock County. As before stated Judge Holmes with his family settled at what was then called Rock|)oi-t, now a part of Janesville, March 9, 1836. From Chicago to Beloit but two houses were passed, and from the latter city to the present site of Janesville the trav- elrs followed an Indian trail. On reaching the bluffs south of the town, the night was so dark that they lost the trail, l)ul finding a Imgle horn, with that thej' called assistance and were piloted on their way. Mr. Holmes owned a section of land on what is now West .Milwaukee street, north to the AN'ood- ruff place, where he made bis home for man\- years. During those pictneer d.ays tlie nearest market place was Chicago, where all goods, provisions and ever3'- thing needed had to be obtained. The city of Be- loit consisted of a few Indian homes. The first frame house built in Janesville was made from lumber which was cut by a whi|)-saw by Judge Holmes' men on the west side of the river in the fall of 183(). With his family he spent the first six months in this county in a log cabin on a bluff on ^ I •4^ ROCK COUNTY. 805 tlie south side of the river until tiie erection of a more suitable home. He alwa^'s took ji^reat interest ill the welfare of tlie county, was prominent in the promotion of its enterprises, and was an honored pioneer, who was held in the highest respect liy all. liy the union of .Judge Holmes and his wife (Mght ehildreii were born, five sons and three daughters, but tlie former have all passed away. Thomas A., who was born March IS), 1804, and was three times married, died July 2, 1888; Ly.dia, born Nov. 9, 180r), is the widow of J. V. Sears, and is residing in Denver, Colo.; (Jeorge, born Dec. 10, 1807, was the first white male who died in Janesville, his death occiaring Aug. 20, 1836; John D., born Feb. 20, 1810, wedded Miss Hannah Richards, and died in Leavenworth, Kan., in 1878; William, whose birlh occurred July 22, 1812, became the husband of Susan Shook, and departed this life in 1873; Joshua, born on the 7th day of October, 1814, mar- rriod Rosetta Lemon, and died March 30, 1861; Lucinda, born Oct. 22, 1816, is the widow of Sam- uel O. Wells, and now resides in the town of Texas, Mich.; Catherine A., who was born in Newark, Ohio, Aug. 9, 1819, became the wife of Volney Atvvood, in Janesville, June 30, 1847, and they are still residents of Rock County. Tlie death of .ludge Holmes occurred April 7, 1861. He was a valued citizen, an honored pio- neer and was mourned by man}' friends. In his early life he supijorted the Whig party, but after the organization of the Rei)ublican ])art\' cast his ballot with that body. He was of the P^piscopal faith, and w;is one of the volunteers from Licking Coiintv, Ohio, in the M'ar of 1812. JOHN HKNRV NICHOLS, who is numbered among the settlers of Rock County of 1854, and is engaged in'general fanning and stock- raising, is of Knglish birth. He was born in Buckinghamshire, Kngland, Aug. 19, 1825, and is the only child of Matthjas and Mary (Clark) Nichols, who were also natives of the same country. The f.ather passed his entire life in his native land, his death there occurring in the mdiitli of August. 1826. After the death of her husband Mrs. Nichols was again married, bccomingthe wife of William Nibbs, and in 1832 the family crossed the bio.ad Atlantic and located in Herkimer (nunty, X. V., where they resided until 1865. At that lime they came to Wisconsin, locating in Dane County, where she c(ni- tiniied to m.ake her home until her .leatli. which occurred on the 20tli d.-iy of S,.pU'.Mh,.r, l,S72.at a ripe old age. The life of our subject has been tiujv an indus- trious one. At the early age of eight years lie be- gan earning his own livelihood, working on a farm in the State of New York, and receiving for his services only $4 per month. His e.lucational ad- vantages were indeed limited, he working two days .11 a week for his school privileges. He continued to labor as a farm hand until he was twenty-five years old. 0„ the 1st day of January, 1850, he was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Dalton, and of their union two children were born— sons- Frank, who resides at Ft. Atkinson, Wis., and Henry, who is now deceased. The death of the mother occurred April 6. 1851, and she w.as buried at Utica, N. Y. After his marriage he worked a urchased 160 acres of land in Dane County, ctdtivating the same for a period of three years. On the 19th day of October. 1856. Mr. Nichols was again married, his second union being with Bridget Kealey. Tlie\ became the parents of thir- teen children, as follows: George, who was born Dec. 4, 1857; Mary, March 26, 1859; K.atv. April 10. 1861; William, April 6. 1863; Lizzie. Jan, 26. 1865; Mark, Feb. 13, 1S{;7: Joseph, born May 22, 1868, is now deceased; Winfred F.. born July 22, •^t^f^ t ■^*- 890 ROCK COUNTY. 1870; Gertrude A., Sept. 4, 1872; Joseph, de- ceased; Teresa, bora Dec. 22, 1875, is deceased; Andrew born Nov. 28, 1877, and Josephine, May 17, 1880. In the fall of 18.^9 Mr. Nichols purchased forty acres of land, and subsequently, in 1862. bought another fort\' acres, which was still in an unim- proved condition, and with characteristic energy began transforming the wild land, clearing it of the brush, building fences and otherwise improving it until he had a tine farm. Mr. Nichols has followed the occupation of farm- ing throughout the greater part of his life, and is a man of energetic disposition and practical ideas. He resided on his farm of eighty acres before men- li(jned until 1881, when he removed to Dunkirk, Dane County, where he purchased 120 acres of land tin Wheeler Prairie, whore he continued to reside until March 17, 1881. At that time he returned to this county, and has since made his home within its borders. He then purchased 1(!0 acres of land on section 22, Porter Townshii), his present fine farm. He is regarded as one of the leading and represent- ative farmers of the community, and his home with its entire surroundings stands as a monument to his laljor and ability. He is truly a self-made man. There are but few who have made their way unaided through life from the early age of eight years .as Mr. Nichols has done, and tothe3'outh of the pres- ent generation it would seem an unbearable bard- ship. Mr. Nichols and his wife arc members of the Catholic Church, are held in high esteem by their many friends, and in politics he is a supporter of the Republican (larty. OKACE HOBAKT. called familiarly Deacon Hob.art, was one of the earlier settlers of Beloit, having come there in 1838. two '1^ yeai-s after its earliest American inhabitant. His native place was Colebrook. N. H., where he was born in 1802. He was a carpenter by trade, luit Mils hardly ex- presses the part he served in the histor3^ of this now prosperous and beautiful city. When, in 1847, the main building of Beloit College w.as erected he -4* was occupied in its construction ; but the industries of Beloit and its ample lines of railroad connec- tion wliich furnish to it such ample facilities for in- tercourse and tratlic are due in no small measure to him. His broad and judicial mind made him an excellent counsellor, and he was equall}' able in active affairs. It is not too much to say that no one of the citizens of Beloit has contributed more to laj'ing wisely the foundation of its prosperity. He was one of the endowed builders of .States. The college at Beloit owes nuich to his encourage- ment and support. Deacon Ilobart was a member of the First Congi-c- galional Clanch in Beloit. anil. In 1857 they emigrated to the Fuiled States, lo- M^ ROCK COUNTY. i4»> 899 -i eating in Rock County. Wis., purchasing- land in Jancsville Township. The sons engaged in its cultiviition. Mr. Ilorne iiflerward bought lan.; Frederick, who died at the age of eighteen months; William who is married and lives in Dakota; Henrietta, who died on Prince Edward Island, when only one year old ; Eliza, now Mrs. Richmau, of Magnolia, Wis. ; I'li.scilla, now Mrs. Patridge, of Green County, Wis.; .Sam- uel, who is married ami resides in Denver, Colo. ; James, who is living in Rrodhead, Wis., is also married; Joseph is married and makes his home at Edgerton, Rock County; Margaret is the deceased wife of James Nighhart.of (ireen Count}'; Hannah, now Mrs. Smith, residing in Dakota; .Sto|)hen is married and resides in Brodhead, Wis. Our subject pjissed tlie days of his boyhood and youth on Prince Edward Island, where he also received his education. When twenty years of age he came with his parents to Rock County, and in 1859 was united in marriage with Elizabeth C. Newitt, their union being celebrated in Jancsville. The lady was born in New York, and is a daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Hargroves) Xewitt, the former a native of Ireland, and the latter of the F^Qipire State. Her father followed the occupation of farming throughout his life, and his of Julius Ward, _ ■ » ■ ^ "^»~"M -^^ 908 ROCK COUNTY. *^1 a resirlent of Montello. Wis.; and Mrs. Cole, the younirest, w.as horn Nov. 10. 1832. .Seven eliildren li;ive firracc'l llie union of our sul)ject and liis sec- ond wife: Kstber, who w'as born Sept. 2. I8.')(). is is the wife of Mr. Wolf, a resident of Nebraska, and to them have been born two daughters — Clara B. and Alice; Cora, liorn Jan. 14. 18.58. m.nrried Charles Palmer, and they have one child. Grace; Samuel is a farmer by occupation, and resides in Potter County, Dak.; Addie. born March 30. 1804. is the wife of Louis Story, of Minnesota, and h."is one daughter; Hattie Belle, who was born .Sept. 1. 1872, but died in infanc}'; Lois, born Seijt. 21. 1875. and Orville. .Ian. 5. 1878, arc still with their parents. Mr. Cole has been .an ardent supporter of the Republican part\' since its organization, and in early life was a stanch advocate of the Whig party. In the days when William Henry Harrison was running for President, he wsis a member of a Tip- pecanoe Glee Club, and took part in manj^ of the stirring political meetings held in those d.iys. He was one of the band of thirty-two boys and girls who attended a grand Tippecanoe rally at Syra- cuse, N. Y. They rode on a wagon decorated with flowers, flags and trees, and dr.awn by eight gray horses. There were three large trees on the wagon, one of which was thirty -two feet high, and among its br.anches were chained three live coons. A bar- rel of cider was placed in the rear end, and as thej- drove from .Skaneatelcs to Syracuse, N. Y., the woods rang with such songs as "With Tippecanoe and Tyler too. We will beat Little Van." Arrived at the meeting, they were entertained by the sing ins- of Mr. Iloxie, of New York City, the gre.at musician who made the campaign of 1840 one long to be remembered, and also by William II. Seward, who there made his famous speech on the tariff question and the national bank system. In 1804 Mr. Cole left his home in New York and emigrated to the West, settling in Rock County, where he purchased the farm on wliich he now re- sides. It then comprised 200 acres of fine land, but he has since dis|)Osed of 100 acres, ow^ning now liut forty acres. He has engaged largely in buying and selling horses all his life, and now his attention is chiefly devoted to the raising of fine stock. He ^ >. has done much toward advancing the grade of slock in this county, and giving it the reputation of bcins: one of the best stock markets in the State. In former j'ears, Mr. Cole also dealt quite exten- sively in real estate. He possesses superior ability as a business man. and liy liis fair and honest deal- ings has won the confidence of all with whom lousi- ness or pleasure have brought him in contact. .\1- though he has reached his three score years and ten, he is enjoying the best of health, and in his old age seems as readj^ for business .as when a young man. His life record is such as any man might well be proud of. and he is hehl in the highest esteem throughout the community. While residing in New York, he was a member of tlu' I. (). O. F.. and also held membership in the Temple of Honor. We are pleased to record this brief sketch cjf one of Rock County's honored citizens, knowing that it will be received with |)leasure by all the readers of this AuuTM. ^-i-^^^=€-«-H (, IIARLES M. FAIRBANKS, a substanliai and progressive farmer living on section ;{, Inion Township, is a native of Vermont, born in Rutland County, Sept. 1.1840. His parents were Elisha W. and Clarissa D. (Gibson) Fair- banks, the father a native of M.assaeliHsetts, and the mother of New Hampshire. He was a third cousin of Mr. Fairbanks, who has attained notoriety as the proprietor of the Fairbanks .Scale. The family w.as founded in ^lass.achusetts .at an early daj', and the (iibson family were among the early settlers of New ILampshire, residing in that .State at the time when the ro.ad between there and Bos- Jon w.as only a path made by blazing trees. The paternal grandfather of our subject was an officer in the Revolutionary War, and participated in the biittle of Bunker Hill. Elisha Fairbanks worked upon a farm in early life, iiut at the age of eighteen. I)uying his time, iiegan selling wooden ware and Yankee notions. This was in 1830, and for twenty years, he contin- ucil in that line, but at length selling out bought a farm in Rutland County. \t.. which became the birth iilace of all his children, numbering two sons f ROCK COUNTY. afc M ^11 909 , , ! I Mild three (hiughters. One son died in infancy; Ella C. became the wife of Isaac Morgan, of Rock- ford, III.; Addie M. is tlie wife of .John James, fore- man in the car siiops at .Savannali, III.; and Emma L. is the wife of Harris Hosley, a resident of Rock- ford, 111. In 185G, Eli-slia Fairbanks sold the old home in \'ermont and removed to Wheaton, HI., where he howLihl a farm and turned his attention to agricult- ural pursuits. His wife died in the fall of 18;')G, and about the year 18G0, while in .Miissachusetts on a visit, he married Maria Wheeler, returning with his wife to his farm in Illinois. He there contin- ued til reside until 18()1, when he came to Evans- villc. Wis., and engaged in the mercantile business, in connection with his brother, Stephen AV. Fair- banks. In 18G8, the brother died antl he liought the entire stock, carrying on the business until the following year, when he traded his goods for prop- erty in Evansville, which he again traded for nine- ty-eight acres of land on section i). Union 'I'own- ship. He removed to the farm in March, 1868, and added to his original possessions, until at the time of his death, which occurred Dec. 12, 1888, he owned 257 acres of land, which was in a fine con- dition, being highly improved and cultivated. He was the third time married in I87G, Miss Elizabeth .Smith, of Union, becoming his wife. He was a man highly respected by many friends, and at his death the county lost one of its best citizens. The early education of our subject was received in his native county, and he again attended school after his removal with the family to Illinois. Throughout his entire life he has followed agricult- ural pursuits, and for many years had charge of his father's farm. On the 18tli of December. 1876, he wedded Miss Missa Smith, a native of Green Ciiunty, Wis., born Oct. .5, 18.')7, and a daughter of William R. and D. (Foster) Smith. Her father was one of tlie lirsl settlers of (;reen Cuuntv. and is nuw an honored citizen of that com- munity. The iniion of Mr. and .Mrs. Fairbanks has been blessed with three children — Millnii \\ .. born Doc. 8, 1«77; Frank E.. April. 2G, 187'.t; .Mild Flora E., Oct. 11. 1884. Ill 1867. our subject made his lirst purchase of land in Nodaway County. Mo., consisting of eighty •Ht:^ acres, but had only resided there a sh<»rt time when his father persuaded him U> come to Rock County, and take charge of the home farm. In 1872, he sold his land in Missouri, and bought 102 acres on .section 3, Union Township. A log cabin had lieen built and into this the family moved making it their home until 1880, when Mr. Fairbanks erected a comfortable two-story frame residence, the main l)uildiiig being 18x2G feet, with ,aii L, 14x20 feet. The little cabin was about the only improvement at the time of his piireh.t.se, but he built the barns and outbuildings, cultivated his land, stockeil his farm with a good grade of all kinds of farm ani- mals, and now h.as one of the best homes in the county. In politics, he is a Republican, and is one of the leading citizens of the community. His wife is a most estimable lady, intelligent and entertain- ing, and is a fit mistress for their ple.a-sant home. This worthy couple are well known throughout the country, and are held in high regard l)v all. ON. 8ETH FISHER, who resides on sec- tion IG, Center Township, is practically '^ one of the self-made men of this county. '^) He was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in the year 1821, and is of lOnglish descent. His great-grandfather on the paternal side was born in the north of England, but emigrated to this coun- try in the early days of its history. He was a weaver by trade. The jiaternal grandparents, Joseph and Margaret (Pigeon) Fisher, were l)oth born in \iiginia. but in <'arly life emigrated to Pennsylvania. Later they returned to their native Stale, but afterward removed to Ohio, where they passed the remainder of their lives. I'jiey were strict members of the Society of F'riends. and the husband was a wheelwright by trade. The ma- ternal grandparents were Samuel and Nancy (Rogers) Wallahaii. The former a native of Ire- l.iiiil. the latter of England. During their younger years they became residents of America, locating in Pennsylvania, but later removed to the Buckeye State, where the death of both occurred. The parents of our subject were Sylvanus and Ann (Wallaiian) Fisher. The father was born in •► -r- ••► 910 ROCK COUNTY, t Lynchbur":, Va., and when a mere lad emigrated with his parents to Ohio. He was reared to man- hood upon liis father's farm and received his literary education in the graded schools of the Buckeye .State. Desiring to make the practice of medicine his profession for life, he entered a med- ical institution at Lexington, Ky., from which he later graduated. In 1822, he was united in mar- riage with Ann Wallahan, who w.as born in Ohio, and in 1854, accompanied by his family, came to Rock County, first settling in Janesville Township, Later lie became a resident of Monroe, Green County, AVis., and in 1857, removed to Center Township, where he pa,ssed the remainder of his life, dying in 18G0, at the age of sixty-two years. He was reared in the faitli of the Society of Friends, and consequently never took an active part in political affairs. His wife, wlio was a lady beloved by all, departed this life in 1843, while residing in Ohio. Th«y were the parents of seven children, of whom Seth was the eldest: Abel wlio was a ])racticing physician of Galena, 111., died in that city in 1845 from the effects of over-( xertion; (Samuel, who came to Rock County single in 1849, but was afterward married, followed the occupation of farming until 1882. when he was elected sheriff, but his ("'path occurred the following year in the fifty -seventi, year of liis age; Charles, who located in this county in 1849, and afterward married, is now engaged in farming in Center Township; La- ban, who was a twin brother of Urban, who is now deceased, emigrated to Kock County in 1852, settling in Center Township, and is now married and resides in Western Nebra.ska; Hannah Jane is the wife of Dr. Braden, of Footville. Wis. The subject of this sketch spent the days of iiis bovliuod and youth ujion the farm of his uncle, William Fisher, and in the graded schools of Ohio, received a liberal education. In 1842, when eigh- teen years of age, he emigrated to the West, lf)cat- in"' ill Galena, 111., where he worked in the mines for four years. At the expiration of that time he first came to Rock County, locating in Center Township, where lie entered eighty acres of land. Thai larm now constitutes his present home, and has been in his possession forty-three ye.ars. It was in a wild, uncultivated state, and during the first year, while he was breaking the land, Mr. Fisher boarded at the home of a neighbor. In the fall of 1846 he erected a little log cabin, in which for several years he lived in true pioneer style. In 1848. he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Ann Crow, and in that i)riniitive home they began their domestic life. The lady was born in Ohio, and is a daughter of John and Sarah (Hartzell) Crow, who were also natives of the same State. Her grandparents were natives of Pennsylvania, but at an early day emigrated to Ohio, and were numbered among its pioneers. Her father has followed the occupation of farming throughout his entire life. In 1846 he came to Rock County, Wis., settling in Center Township, where he entered and improved land, and now resides on section 23. His wife departed this life in 1887, at the age of seventy years. Since his arrival in the count}', Mr. Fisher has continuously engaged in the occupation of farm- ing. With his own luand he broke the land of his first claim, and the work of cultivation and im- provement then begun has l)een steadily carried forward. The farming implements used in the pioneer days were often of rude construction, but as time passed the latest improved machinery was introduced. He owned the first threshing m.acliine in the township, and his first McCormick reaper he hauled all the distance from Chicago. In 1857 the little log cabin was replaced bj' his present substantial residence, and in 1862 good barns were built, thus providing shelter for his stock and grain. He extended the boundaries of his farm until at one time it comprised 600 acres of fine laud, but portions of this he has since given to his sous, yet now owns 300 .acres, which is highly improved and cultivated. Mr. Fisher is known throughout the State as a successful and prominent breeder of short-horn cattle, and his stock li.as taken many prizes at the various fairs held through- out Wisconsin. He also makes a speciality of raising Southdown sheep and Xorman horses, and is the owner of a fine imported stallion, which he keeps upon his farm. In political affairs he takes a prominent part, and is an ardent supporter of the Republican partj-. He is now chairman of the Board of Supervisors, \r r -♦- ROCK COUNTY. 911 "liifli position he lias held for severnl years, anrl in 1869 was elected to the Wisconsin Lcirislature, serving a term of one year. He has .also held other offices of pulilic trust, and in the various official positions lias ever discharged his duties with promptness .and fidelity. For several years he was president of the Rock County Agricultural Society, .and is now vice-president of the State Agricultural Society. lie has also formerly been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, .and although not a member of an^^ church, feels a deep interest in the advancement of the cause, and aided materially in the erection of a house of worship built by the Disciple Church, of which his wife is a member, lie h.as .also been prominent in the promotion of educational inter- ests, and aided in the organization of the township in which he resides. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher arc the parents of eight ciiildrcn, five of whom are living: Abel, who is married and resides in this count)'; Harvey, who is married and lives near the old homestead; (irant, a farmer of Center Townsliip, is also mar- i-ied; Anna and Jennie are at home; William died ill 1 f nine children, five are yet living — Richard, who came to America in 1853, died in Indiana in 18G7; Thomas is a resi- dent of Sussexshire, England; George died in Kent County, England in the year 1886; William, of this sketch is the fourth in order of birth; Mary A., died in December, 1867; Henry, is now residing in Jetferson County, Ore.; John died in early childhood; Esther makes her home in Ju- neau County. Wis.; and Crace is living in the same county. Our subject was reared to manhood and received his education in his native land. On the 10th day of March, 185.5, he was united in marriage with Miss Mercy Baker, a daughter of Thomas and Mary Baker, and on the :i()th day of April, follow- ing, the young couple embarked on a vessel for America. Crossing the broad Atlantic, they land- ed in New York, where Mr. (iulvin spent the three succeeding years engaged in farming. At the ex- piration of that time, accompanied by his family, he st.arted for the West, and on the 13th day of December, 1857, reached Rock County. Wis. Building a house on a farm of eighty acres in Har- mony Township, owned by James Holmes, the family were soon installed in their new home and ]Mr. Gulvin turned his attention to the cultivation of the land, upon which he resided for ten years. He then spent one year in Milton, and in 1868. purchased the farm on section 17. Johnstown Township, where he has since continued to reside. He has alw.ays on hand a good grade of stock, and the inprovements are all that are necessary to a well-regul.ated farm. On the 20th day of February, 1 880. he w.as called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who for almost thirty-four years had shared with him the joys and sorrows of this life, and had bffen to him a true helpniiite in his laliors. She died at her home in Johnstown Township, and her remains were laid to rest in Johnstown Cenieter)-. A faithful member of the p]piscopal t'hurch, she had many warm friends Ihrouijhout the community, and w.as be- loved liy all knew her. She was born in England on the 17th day of October. 1 f<28. and was the j'oungest in a family of twelve children. Mary, her eldest sister, is iiowllvingin .Australia; .*^aniuel, t- i. . 912 ROCK COUNTl. ^i^K-4« pjlizaheth and Maria liave all passed away; Moses is also a resident of Australia; Ann yet makes her home in England; Aaron is living in Australia. Mr. and Mrs. Gulvin were the parents of two children — Henry B., who was born in the town of Marion, Wayne Co., N. Y., op the 1st day of July, 185G, and married Miss Clavie Putnam, March 20, 188'J. He received his ])rimarj' education in the common schools, supplemented by a course at Blil- ton College. He is a carpenter by trade and is an expert in that line of work. Alice A., born May 17, 1861, still makes her home with her father. Politically, Mr. Gulvin is a Demooral. Ijut in I860, voted for Abraham Lincoln. He also favored the President's policy (hiring the war and paid $75, for recruits during that struggle. He has never sought public preferment, his attention being given entirely to his farming interests, but he is regarded as one of the representative and progressive cit- izens 'if the township, and is held in high respect by all. (S^N, ATHAN BARTLETT. deceased, one of t I jl' early and respected citizens of Rock Count lk\./^j Wis., was born in Connecticut, in 178 •T (i>^ixATIIAN BARTLETT. deceased, one of the ity, (86. Wiieii he was a little lad of five years, he removed with his parents to Ro3alston, M.-iss., where he was reared to manhood, and after attaining his majority was joined in wedlock with Miss Mary Miller, a native of Royalston, born in 1789. While residing in that town, thi-ee children were l)orn to them, Chauncej', Ira and Esther. In the spring of 1814, he removed with his family to \'erniont, settling in Caledonia County, where eight children were born, namely: Elizabeth, widow of George W. Brazer, now a resident of Beloit; Iloratiiis N., who settled in Michigan, whp is now supposed to be dead; Luke C, who is living in Brodhead, Green Co., Wis. ; Lucy C, who makes her home in Beloit; JIaria M., widow of Dr. M. 1). Jaynes; llerrick; Mary, wife of Hamilton Pratt, who is living in El- dorado County, Cal.; and Martha, widow of Jacob liiiikin. now residing in Hennepin County, Minn. In 1845, Mr. Bartlelt eniigr.atod to the Far West, locating in the town of Newark, Rock Co., Wis., where he engaged in agricultural pursuits, devel- 4« oping a farm from the wild and uncultivated land. At that time the wliole county was almost a wilderness, no railroads had been built in the North- west, and the settlements were few, but he lived to see the great growth and progress which were made, placing Rock on a ])ar with any county iu this great commonwealth. In early life, he was a sup- porter of the Whig part3'. He possessed more than ordinal'}' ability, was progressive and public spir- ited, and took great interest in the affairs of both State and Nation. He was never a member of anj'' church, but attended the Congregational Church to which his wife belonged, and contributed to the sup|)ort of the gospel. He was an upright, honest business man, in whom all placed the highest con- fidence, and nauyht could be said asjainsthis intea:- rity. His deatli occurred in 1872, and his wife departed this life in 1852. Mrs. Maria M. Jaynes, daughter of Nathan Bart- lett, was born in Caledonia Count}-, Xt., Nov. 14, 1825, there residing until her removal to Beloit in 1846. Aftei- becoming a resident of that cit}', she formed the acquaintance of Dr. M. D. Jaynes, and thej' were united in marriage. One child was born unto them, a son, William C. who is now a |)rac- ticing physician of Durand, 111. His literary educa- tion was received in the Beloit schools, and choos- ing meiJicine as his profession, he began studying under the direction of Dr. Alerriman of Beloit. In 1883, he graduated from the Chicago Medical College, and has since been activeh- engaged in practice. He was married in Beloit in 1888, to Miss Emma Johnson. Sociallj-. he is a member of the State Medical Societ}-, and also belongs to the Masonic fraternitj\ Mrs. Jaynes is a lady who stands high in the social world of Bi'loit. where she has many warm friends. Her husband died in the South during the late war. George W. Br.azer, deceased, was born in New York City, on the 4th day of June, 1802, and when sixteen j'ears of age went to Saratoga Count}-, N. Y., whore he was united in marriage with Miss Elizalieth B. Bartlett. a native of the Green Mountain State, born Sept. 28, 1814. They were the parents of six children — Nathan B., who en- listed in the 18th Wisconsin Infantry, when seventeen years of age, and served with honor »► ■ ■» I- ROCK COUNTY. 1)13 ^ ^ until llie close of the war, paflici|i.iliiiii' in many hard fought hattU's. Thouuli many hullets pafso'l through bis clotlu's, he remained uninjured and af- terwards enlisted in the Regidar Army, dying in New Orleans, at the age of twent^^-three years. William II. died wiien two j'ears of age; Augustus 1'. Is now a resident of Troj", N. Y.; Maria E. died in infancy; Kva makes her home in Lansinburg. N. Y.; and Josephine died in Saratoga County, N. Y., at the age of twenty-five years. Mr. llra/.er, for twenty years, was in the govern- ment employ of tlie State, and discharged his duties in a manner satisfactory to all concerned. In pt)litics. he was a Jackson Democrat, and social- ly', he was an active mendier of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His death occurred Dec. 31, 1878. The following year, in 1879. Mrs. Rrazer came to Ueloit and is n(iw livinu' with her sister, Mrs. Jayues. In 18IG, she became a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has since been a cousisti'iil .and active worker of that dcnoniinalioM. ■*^»^M-J»t^- ancaster County. Pa., and a daughter of .John and Ann (Henry) Chambers. The young couple began their domestic life in Westmoreland County, Pa., where they resided until the .-uitumn of 1856, at which time they cast their lot with the settlers of Rock County. Mr. Reigart at once purchased land in Clinton Township, one mile north of the village and now has a fine farm of 212 acres under t 916 -•► ROCK COUNTY. a high state of cultivation. Many beautiful and useful iiiii)i'Ovements have lieen ni;i(le, and his pleasant home with its entire suiTOunciings, indicates thrift and refinenient. His fields nre nil richly cul- tivated; the latest improved macliineiy can there be found, and his farm is an ideal one. In polilii^s he is a stalwart sni)porter of the Democratic parlw but has never souii'ht public ollice. preferring rather to give his exclusive attention to his business interests. By the union of Mr. and Mrs. Reigart there have been born six children, four of whom arc now liv- ing: .lames, who married Miss Caroline 1}. liruce, is now living in Freeport, 111.; Emanuel C, who wedded Miss Carrie Dean, makes his home in this county; Annie f the farmers plied between Beloit and .lanesville and as it was long before the day of railroads in the West, was a source of great convenieuce to the people in ■♦- ^T* 4 ^^- -•^ ROCK COUNTY. that vicinity. As late as 1845, Mr. Stewart says that deer were almost as .•ilmiiclaiit as are the shoej) at the present time; all Uiiids of wild jiame was fmind ill alniiidaiu'e and wolves were quite numer- ous. At one lime lie shot one (if those animals when forty-fiiur rods distant, and after running about a half a mile the wolf (Iropped dead. The cabins of those days were of the most primitive style, in yreal contrast to the homes of the East, yet hospitality and good will abounded between the settlers, and notwithstanding their arduous labors, the ditlioulties to be endured, ami the obstacles to be surmounted, the days passed mer- rily. The change .which has been effected In the past half century, is due almost entirely to the ■noble band of man and women, who settled on the frontier ami to tiiem is due a delit of grntitinU' which words can liut feebly express. Such an one is Mr. Stewart, who is respected and esteemed by all who know him. -'^^m- t ^^EORCK FKl.LOWS, an early settler of this ill ^—, county, who dates his residence back to ^^^ IS.') I. and Is now engaged in farming on .section 4, (enter Townshii). was born in Kipley County, Iiid., l)eceiiiber 5, 18"2G. He was the oldest ill a family of seven children Imjiii tn Fred- erick and Emily (Hubbard) Fellows, the former a native of Berkshire County, Mass., and the latter of Connecticut. The parents emigrated to Indiana at an early day, settling in Ripley County. After remaining there two years they returned to Monroe C'ounty, N. V.. where they remained until DS'il, and then moved to Loraine County, Ohio. In ix.")4, Mr. I'"eliows continued his journey westward until reacliiiiL;' Center Township, Rock County, wliere he bought a partly improved farm. He e(jnlinued the cultivation of that laud during the remainder of his life, and died in 1^71. He was nuniliered among the prominent farmers of the community and was a man highly respected for his many excellencies of character. His wife survived liim several years, dying on the "id daj'of .lanuarv. l.s.siK, at the ripe old age of seventy-eight. Their hildren were as follows: Edward, who is married 4« and resides in Union Township; Maria, now Mrs. Lee, of Magnolia Township; Mary, wife of .Mr. Case, a resident of Belmont, Iowa; Sarah A., now Mrs. (iillam, of Evansville. Wis.; Henry, who is married imd iiKikcs his lioiiii' in Evansville; Fran- ces, who is living in I'lilon Township, is also marrieil. Our subject vv.is reared to farm life and received a common school education. When a lad his parents removed to Monroe Coniitv, N. \.. and while residing in that countj^lie led to the maiiiage altar Miss Delilah Timmerman. the wedding being celebrated in Il.amlin in 18.">l. The lady was born in Montgomery County. N. Y., and her parents. .Solomon and Maria (Ale) Tiraniermau, were natives of the same county. Her father followed the occup.'ition of f;iriiiing throughout his entire life, his death occurring in the month of June. 1882. His wife, who was a most estimable lad^- was called to her final rest in 18.5,'). The young couple began their domestic life in New York and thence removed to Ohi(j, but after spending some lime in the I)ncke3c .State, followed the course of emigration which was steail- ily drifting Westward and became residents of Rock County, Wis. Three cliildren have been born unto them, Edgar, the eldest, died at the age of two years; Fred S., who is married and is en- gaged in fanning; Louis B.. who is also married, arid still makes his home with his parents. After arriving in this county, Mr. Fellows pur- chased seventy-three acres of land, the only im- provements thereon consisting of a log stable ami a little log house, while onl3' ten acres had been broken. He immediately began the work of im- provement and cultivation and as time p.assed h.as added to the original iiiircliase until now;3I2 broad acres pa}' a golden tribute to his care and labor. Two good farm residences have been erected, a good barn has been built and other iniprovements neces- sary to a well regulated farm have been made. Since he becam(!tlie owner of thelaml. a small station has been built upon it and is called Fellows Station. It furnishes good shipping facilities to the farmers of the surrounding country, h.as one general mer- chandise store and receives two mails per day. In connection with general farming. Mr. Fellows I L i ' > 018 ROCK COUNTY. makes a s|)ecialtv of raising Norman horses, a good grade of cattle and other stoelv, and is the owner of a fine, thoroughbred, imported Norman stallion. In his earlier years he supported the AVhig party with his hallot. but since the organization of the Repub- lican party, has been a member of that body. For a nunilicr of years, lie served his fellow citizens as Township Supervisor and ha.s also held other official positions of trust, in which he ever discharged his duties witli fidelity and promptness. The cause of education finds in liiiu a loyal friend and to every enterprise for the public welfare he gives his earn- est support. Ills honest, upright course of life during the long years of his residence in this county has won him many friends an.J.(^Ji i-jz.-^ ROCK COUNTY. 923 wliicli Occurred in 1881. The paper .assumed its present title in 1878. After the dealli of Mr. Tous- ley, it was conducted under the managenuMit of the administrator of the estate, until it was purchased by Mr. Coon ou the 1st day of July. 1882. The paper is independent in |)olitics, and as its name implies, is devoted largely to the tobacco interests of Wisconsin. The success to which the paper has attained since it came into the possession of Mr. Coon, is indicated by the fact that during this time its circulation has increased from 800 to 2500 copies. The Reporter is a handsome sheet, ably conducted, and is of great value to the tobacco growers and dealers of the State. The editor is a practical newspaper man, having had many j-ears' experience in the business, and is well deserving of a liberal patronage. Mr. Coon is a native of Dane County', Wis., his birth occurring on the 14th day of June, 18o0. He was reared to manhood, gaining his education .at Albion Academy, and at the .State University, from which he graduated in 1873. In August, 1874, he removed to Ocononiowoc, Waukesha County, and began the puhlicallon of the Oeonomowoe Local. of that city, in company with A. C. Macorie for one year, and continued his connection with that paper until 1883. about a year after purchasing his present paper, when the property was sold. Mr. Coon is a public spirited and i)rogressivc man, who takes an active interest in the welfare of the com- munity, and is held in high respect by all who know him. ^•(B) : — . 1854, and married Miss Vashti Luella Irish, a daughter of James Irish, of Clinton, and is now editor and proprietor of the Clinton Herald; Ar- thur, the younger, was born Jan. 8, 1864. The death of Mrs. Cheever occurred on the 1st day of January, 1873, and our subject was again married Oct. 17, 1878, to Mrs. Dell L. Bailey, widow of L. P. Bailey, a native of the Bay State, born in Stur- bridge, July 21, 1825. She had one child by her former marriage, PhcBbe L., who was born in Del- avan Wis., May 28, 1860. Since becoming a resident of Rock County, Mr. Cheever has served his fellow citizens in various local offices, the ihities of which he h.as alwaj's dis- charged in a prompt and able manner. He filled the the office of Supervisor of the Township, was Justice of the Peace for fifteen years, and in 1871. was hon- ored by an election to the State Legislature. The fidelity which he manifested to the interests of the people, and his ability in the performance of his la- bors, led to his re-election in 1872, while his course during the entire time of service won the respect and confidence, not only of his friends, but also of his political enemies. For seven years he filled the office of Trustee of the Wisconsin Institute for the education of the deaf and dumb. His labors in the interests of the Republican party, of which he is an ardent sujiporter, have been productive of much good for that organization. .-111(1 in the temperance cause, he is alw.ays found in the front ranks, fight- ing that enemy of human happiness, the liquor traffic, to the bitter end. In his social relations, Mr. Cheever is a member of the JMasonic frater- nity, belonging to Beloit Chapter, and religiouslj', is a member of the Baptist Church. His honorable, upright career in the various walks of life, has won for him the sincere esteem and confidence of all who know him. and we are pleased to record this i "-k^ ROCK COUNTY. 925 , . brief sketch in tiie history of ills adopted county, in whose upbuilding lie has been so prominent and important a factor. lu 1873 (lov. Washburn ap- pointed Mr. Clieever chairman of the committee to visit tlie cliaritable and jienal institutions. His colleagues were .1. E. Irish and J. L. Mitchell, of the Senate, and C. S. Kelse^' and Joseph Rankin, of the Assembly. See portrait of .Mr. and Mrs. Cheever on another page. "♦•• > ' ^^B^ ' < • ••• - ON. .SOLOMON C. CARR, residing on sec- tion l!l. in the town of Milton, is one of the honored pioneers of Rock County, and one of the leading citizens not only of the com- munity but of the State. By his work in the Patrons of Husbandry, he has gained a wide reputation, of which he may justly be proud. He was born on the I'Jth day of December, 1830, in New York, and is a son of Pelcg S. and Deborah (Goodrich) Carr, who were natives of Rensselaer County, N. Y. The father was descended from Scotch ancestry, and the mother was of English origin. Peleg Carr followed the occupation of farming throughout his entire life. He grew to manhood in his native county, and was there joined in wedlock with Miss Good- rich, who proved a true helpmate to him. In 1839, with the desire to better his financial condition, he resolved to emigr.ate to the West, where the ad- vantages were superior to those afforded by the older States of the East. Accompanied by his fam- ily he reached the Territory of Wisconsin on the 2Gth day of May, 1839, and the next (Lay bought a claim of 480 acres in Milton Township, Rock County. The land was uncultivated, and excejit on one acre not a furrow had been turned, and not a fence had been built or an improvement made. He moved into a little log cabin, which became the first home of the family in this county. Underneath its roof they shared the trials and privations incident to frontier life, and witnessed the growth of town and county. Ten children were liorn to Mr. .and Mrs. Carr, six sons and four daughters : Poll^^ A. be- came the wife of Nathaniel Rose, and are both now deceased. She was born .Ian. 24. 1817; Ezra S.. born March 19, 1819, studied medicine and attained to a .^Ah^ place of jirominence in the ranks of his professional brethren; Nelson lives in California, aged sixty- seven; Enieline w.as born August 14, 1826. and mar- ried Robert Powell; she is now deceased. .John S., Iiorn .Tune 18, 1822, died in 18o0; Solomon Carpen- ter was the sixth in order of birth ; Eleanor M.. born Jan. 26, 1833, is the wife of Henry Powell, a conduc- tor on the Chicago. Burlington &, Quincy Railroad, residing in Chicago; Elijah M.,born March 11, 183."), is a prominent fruit-grower residing in .San Luis, Obispo Co., Cal.; Sarah C, born November, 1.5, 1836, became the wife of H. W. Maxon, and is now- deceased; Joseph G.. born 'March 19, 1840, is rep- resented elsewhere in this work. As the children reached a sufficient age they were afforrled good opportunities for securing an education, and were thus fitted for useful and responsible positions in life. Mr. Carr. the father of this family, died at his home in the town of Milton, Sept. 28. 1846. at the age of fifty-three years. He was permitted to en- joy his new home only a short time, but had the satisfaction of knowing that his family was well provided for. His wife survived him many years, dying on the 24th day of Septembf^r. 1874. Thev were sincere and earnest Christian people, devoted members of the Free Will Baptist Church. Eor many years the members in the community assem- bled ill their cabin each Sunday morning for wor- ship and lifted their hearts and voices in i)raise antl gratitude to the Giver of all good. Solomon C. Carr has been a resident of Rock County since the age of nine years. His education was received in the schools of the town of Milton, where for more than half a centuiy he has had his home. He w.a.s reared to manhood on his father's farm, and throughout his life has followed agricult- ural pursuits. Enterprising and progressive, from the early history of the community he has liecn nnmbcred among its leading citizens, one whom an}- State might be glad to enumerate among her inhabitants. On the 31st d.ay of December. 1851, he led to the marriage altar Miss Isabella Mackey, a native of the Keystone State and a daughter of George T. Macke^, one of the pioneer settlers of Rock County. The same year he bought the old homestead farm, comprising 240 acres of fine ara 1' >► ll ^ » 926 ROCK COUNTY. ble land, which is situated on sections 19 and 20, in liie town of Milton. The young couple tliere lii'<.'an tin ir domestic life, and the home was glad- dened liy the presence of four children tliere burn unto them. Under its sheltering roof (heir child- hood da3-s were passed, and they grew to manhood and womanhood. William 8.. the eldest, who was born Jan. 9, 18.i3. and is now in the railroad em- ploy, residing in \V;ir>aw. Wis., was married in May, 1883, and has two children — Cecil G. and Minnie G.; Mnemisyue I., born Oct. 28, 1855, is the wife of William C. King, a book |)ul)lisher, of Spiiiigfield Ma-s.. and tliey are the parents of two cliilkri 11 — Grice Bill and Ethel May ; Florence S.. liorii May 20, 18G1. is a practicing physician of Springfield, Mass.; Kittie Euphrosyne, theyoungest. born Oct. is, 186(). was married, Dec. 4, 1888, to Clinton E. Marquette, a resident farmer of the town of Milton. Mr. and Mrs. Carr have spared neither expense nor labor in providing their chil- dren with good educational advantages, and they have all become honorable and useful men and women who do credit to the name. Rock County has few citizens who have gained for themselves so prominent a position as has Mr. Carr. As a farmer he is practical and progressive and h.as done much for the agricultural interests of the State. His farm is one of the finest in the community, the land is highly cultivated, the barns and outbuildings are models of convenience, and his machinery is of the Latest improved kinds. His jjleasant home is the abode of goodwill, and the hospitable host and hostess extend to one and all a kindly greeting. In political affairs Mr. Carr has also taken a deep interest, and has been one of the leaders of the Republican partj' in this community. In 1865 he was nominated as a candidate for the General Assembly, and triumphantly elected, re- ceiving 651 votes against 233 cast for his oppon- ent. In 1874 he w-as again elected to the same office, .and was a member of the House at the time of the pass.age of the Potter Law. He acted upon the railroad and other committees, and while in the Legislature gave to every question which came up before the House his careful consideration. By his thouglitful investigation he wa.s prepared to cast an intelligent ballot for the interests of the people in general, which he did without fear or favor. A man of strong convictions, when once his mind is m.ade up and he h.as decided as he believes in the right, neither ridicule nor praise, censure nor flat- teiy could turn him. The labors of Mr. Carr in behalf of the Pat- rons of Husbandry have been of untold benefit to that organization, and he lia.s been sustained and aided in his work by his four brothers, who are also prominent leaders in the grange. For the past eight years he has fillled the position of Worthy Master of the Wisconsin State Grange, and spent much of his time delivering lectures on agriculture. Truly the Carr brothers have done much for the fanning interests of this country, and have devoted their time and talent also to the development of the mind, believing that knowledge is necessary to the successful agriculturist. In the winter of 1888-9 Solomon C. Carr, Worthy Master (t{ Wisconsin Grange, made a visit to C.alifornia. where he de- livered a number of lectures in behalf of the Pat- rons of Husbandry. He was everywhere greeted with well-filled houses, and his laliors so endeared him to the hearts of California's hospitable people, that, to quote from one of their papers, "It brought him so closely to our hearts that we almost feel that he is one of us." On arriving at .Santa Rosa he entered a large gathering, and, surrounded by the public, was introduced to his brother whom he had not seen for thirty-five years. Three brothers were there present, Hon. S. C. Carr, J. G. Carr and Nelson Carr, all Masters of Granges. The other brother, E. 'M. Carr, is also a prominent worker in the order, but was not present at the reunion. Surely the sketch of these honored men is worthy a representiition in the permanent record of Hock of County, of which they have all been residents, while two are yet numbered among its le.iding and v.alued citizens. ^(ONAS IT. BART LETT, who is engaged in farming and stock-raising on section 19. Newark Township, is a native of the Green Jlountain .St.ate, having been born in Cale- iloiiia Count V, Nov. 13, 1839. His paients, Chan- ^ ^^ H (f T':^ A ><— -^-**^ i^-nri^^" ■► m^^ ROCK COUNTY. cey and .Iciiiima (Stoddard) I>aitk'tt, were also na- tives of \'erniout. The general history of the Bartlett family is given in the sketch of Hcrriek IJartlett. In 1814, the father came to Wisconsin, antl located a farm on section 22, Newark Town- ship, where the family resided until 1848. when he preenipteil fort}' acres on section I'.l, and huildinga little loi,^ cabin, took up his residence in his new home. That farm is the one now owned by our subject, and the little log cabin, in which the pa- rents passed the remainder of their days is still standing, being used by him as a barn. The fa- ther's death occurred March (>, 1877, and his wife departed this life in April, 1871). Mr. Bartlett was a man who took an active part in all pulilic mat- ters, and was an ardent supporter of the Republi- can party. He and his wife were the parents of three children. Eniilj', who is now the wife of Capl. Reed, a resident of California; Helen wedded Hoyt Uerrick and emigrated to California, where she died in August, 1886. Our subject w.as educated in the common schools of Newark Township, and upon the farm where he still makes his home was reared to manhood. He was united in marriage, on the 2d d.av of October, 18G8, with Miss Helen M. Carpenter, who was born April 28, 1845. in Gloversville, Fulton Co., N. Y., and is a daughter of E. L. and Tryphosa (Mead) Carpenter. Her parents are both natives of New York, ami now reside in Janesville. Her father is one of the leading citizens of Rock County, and for many j'ears has held public offices, discharging his duties with credit tohim.self and to the satisfaction of his constituents. The young couple began theirdomestic life upon the farm where they still reside, and on the death of the father Mr. Bartlett became owner. He has steadily continued the work of improvement, and now has 145 acres under a high state of culti- vation. In 1883, he erected a two-story frame res- idence, the pleasant home of himself and family. The farm is stocked with a good grade of horses and Jersej' cattle, and is one of the best in Newark Township, the entire surroundings denoting thrift and enterprise. While devoting most of his atten- tion to his farm work, Mr. Bartlett yet finds time to devote to public matters, and is well informed on all the leading issues of the day. He is a sup- porter of the Republican party, but has never sought or desired public office. His wife is a mem- member of the Baptist Church. This worthy cou- ple have an interesting family of tive children. Harvey C, who was born April 1<(, 1871; Frank C, .luly 6, 1873; Charles K.. March 31, 1876; Harry Raymond, March 17, 1880, and Jones W., April 16,1883. Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett are numbered among the leading citizens of Newark Township, and hold a high position in the social world. -5 .^^ 5- ilL---. ON. W. H. TRIPP, who is numbered amonf if jl the early settlers, is a native of Pennsylva- -^^ nia, having been born in Lackawana County, '^) in 1821. His parents were Stephen and Nancy (Benedict) Tripp, the former a native of East Greenwich, R. 1.. the latter "of Warwick, Orange Co., N. Y., and both were of English de- scent. The paternal grandfather, Isaac Tripp, served his country during the Revolutionary War. With his faniih. he removed from Rhode Island to Luzerne County, Pa., when Stephen Tripp w.ts ten years of age, and in that county the latter remained until his death, which occurred Sept. 10. 1X41. at the age of sixty-five years. He was united in m.ir- riage with Nancy Benedict, and to them were born eight children — Horace, who is now living in Gi-n- essee County. N. Y., at the .advanced age of eighty- five years; Harriet, deceased wife of Samuel Church, her death having occurred in Oregon. Warren Co., in 1884; Hannah, wife of H. B. Uailey, of Prophets- town, 111.; Samuel, who died in Pennsylvania, at the age of fifty-four years; Xiamya, W., a lead- ing farmer of Rock County, Wis.; Polly, widow of James Hartley, of Scranton, Pa.; Fannie, wife of Lewis Armstrong, of W^'oming County, Pa. Stephen Tripp, the father of these children, was a prominent citizen of the community in which he resided, and took an active part in political and public affairs generally. He was numbered among the pioneers of Luzerne County, Pa., to which he removed when ten 3-eai-s of age. The county w.as then very sparsely settled, trading pl.aces were distant and the mills were miles away. Often, when going to mill r^^r^f-^ ..u 928 ROCK COUNTY. Hr to get tlie grain ground, he would have to travel over country through which no road had been made, following only an Indian trail, which at times would be obscured and at its best was never very distinct. The cause of education found in him a true friend. Not receiving opi)ortunities for instruction himself, he resolved that his children should tu)t know the difficulties which such a dis- advantage caused, and gave them opijortunities for obtaining such knowledge as would lit them for the practical duties of this life, and he lived to see them o -cnpying respectable and responsible po- sitions. The hardships ondurcd in that early Pennsylvania home cannot be imagined, save by those wiio have had a similar experience. On one occasion Isaac Tripp took his young son, .Stephen, with liiin to mill at Wilkesbiirre, a distance of eighteen miles from their home. They rode one horse and placed their grist upon another. As usual they were required to wait some time for their turn. ' On securing their meal they mounted their horse as before, with the meal strapped upon the back of the other. As they were slowly winding their way homeward, some wild animal came suddenly into view which fright- ened their horses, which, plunging around un- loosened the strings of the s.ack in which wa-s their meal, and all was spilled upon the ground. When they quieted the horses, they tried to scrape up the meal, but only secured enough for one baking, which was the first bread they had eaten for seven weeks. Either at this time, or upon another occa- sion, when the family was without bread, a Con- necticut family in passing through, offered to sup- ply their wants, but the old gentleman, with a great deal of dignity, thanked them for the offer, but said that he did not i)ropose any one should say that they ever kept the Tripp family from starving. The subject of this sketch w.as reared to agricul- tural pursuits and remained a resident of his na- tive State until 1849, when he emigrated to Hock County, Wis., locating on section 4, Kock Town- ship, on the farm which still continues to be bis home. He purchased 200 acres of land and imme- diately began its cultivation and improvement. On the 14th day of January, 1844, he was united in t marriage with Delilah Thomas, a native of Wyo- ming County, Pa., and to them were born three children — Theodore F.. who was a soldier in the 3.5th Wisconsin Infantry, offered up his life on the altar of his countrj-. his death occurring when nineteen years of age; George B. is now married and resides on the home farm; and Hattie H. is the wife of Josei)h H. Porter of Cooksville. Wis. Socially, Mr. Tripp is a member of the ^I.asonic fraternity, and his wife is a member of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church. In politics he is an ardent siipjiorter of the Republican party and has been honored by his fellow citizens with various official positions. For two years he served as Chairman of the iJoard of County .Supervisors; for four years held the office of County Commissioner, and in 1857 was elected to the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of Wisconsin. He also held the office of Trustee of the Institute for the Blind for the long period of twenty consecutive jears. receiving the appointment from the various governors of the .State during that time. During his long residence in this county, he has been prora inently identified with its development and growth and to his individual efforts c.'in be attributed in no small degree the many public improvements of which its citizens arc justly proud. Public spirited and progressive, honest and ui)riglit, he enjoys the respect and confidence of the entire community. JOHN STOCKMAN, residing on section 6, Harmony Township, is one of the early set- tlers of the county, h.'uing since 184."i liecn numbered among tlie citizens of this t-um- munity. He was born in County Antrim, Ireland, and is a son of James and Rebecca (White) Stock- man. The children of their family were John, the subject of this sketch, who w:is born ,'^cpt. 2, 1827; Robert born April 3, 1830, and is now farming' in Milton Township; Sophia, born Oct. 31, 1H31. and died in September, 1875; .lane, widow of Rev. An- drew Walker, was burn .Ma\ 10. I83C, and resides in Milton; H. H., l)orn Aug. 17. 1839. resides in the township of Milton, and is farming; James, who was born in 1841, died in 1856; Rebecca, born May 26, 1845. is the wife of Thomas Lormer, of Stough- Y -^^zk^ A^ ROCK COUNTY 920 ton. Dane County. Wis. The parents of these childivii were l)oth natives of the Emerald Lslo. The father wa.s born in 1797, and in hi.s youth followed the trade of a stone mason. He emi- trrated to America in lis31.and lived in the city of I'iiiladelpliia two years, and then removed to Sara- toga County, N. Y., and in the spring of 1843, with liis family, came to Milton, Rock Co.. Wis., where he resided until his death, in Sei)tember, 1S74. His wife was l)orn in 1802. and died March 4, 1877. Our subject came with his parents to America. .•Hid remained under the parental roof until twenty- six years of age, when he wedded Miss Elizabeth Nicholson. Dec. 14, I8o3. She is a native of Lin- colnshire, England, born Aug. 17, 1834. and was the eldest of a family of live children, whose pa- rents were William and Mary (IJoolh) Nicholson. The eiiildren of that famil}' were as follows: Eliza- beth, Henry, Richard, Alice and Isabella, all of whom are now deceased with the exception of Mrs. Stockman. Mr. Stockman uml his jouiig bride began their domestic life upon a farm of 134 acres in the town of Hrirniony. wlilcli he had pre- viously purchasefl. This Land was partly improved, fifteen acres having been put under the plow, while a little log cabin had been built. His present resi- dence was erected in 18o(). and is built of liriek wliich were manufactured on the farm by himself and his l)r()ther Robert, who burnt a kiln of 150,000 brick for the erection of Ilieir homes. In connection with his land on sections a and t!. Harmony Township, iVIr. .Stockman is the owner of eighty acres on section .31. Milton Township, and operates in all 214 acres. He is regarded as one of the leading farmers and citizens of tiie community in which he resides, and since 1872, at which time the Farmers' .Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Harmony, Milton, Fulton and .lanesville townshi|)s was organized, has served as its Secretary. Socially he is a member of Milton Lodge, No. ().">, L O. O. I"\, of Milton .lunction. and of the P. of H. Order, he- longing to Du Lac Grange, No. 72. which is also in Milton .lunelion. He and his wife are members of the Preshyterian Church, and he is also a strong advocate of temperance principles. ' '' In his political alliliations he is a Republican of the truest type, but is not an aspirant for public office. For forty-six years Mr. Stockman has re- sided in Rock County, and is numbered among its honored pioneers. He has witnessed almost its entire growth and development, has participated in the progress and transformation that have taken place, and has been prominent in llie promotion of public entei'prises wliich have for their object the good of the communit}'. Mr. and Mrs. Stockman have been the parents of eleven children, of whom eight are now living. R. H. is the eldest, and was born Nov. 25, 1855. He is now living in F'ullon Township, Rock County, and is farming. He married Lillian 15. Peek. Sept. 1, 1880, and to them have lieen born two children, Hlaneiie P. and Robert K. W. J., born Feb. 8, 1850. married Miss Alma V. Story, and is engaged in farming in Potter County, S. Dak.; John R., born Dec. 23, 18G0. unmarried, is a teacher in this county; Rebecca A., born Dec. 11, 1862, wedded Dr. L. V. Bennett, of Lyons, Wis., and to them has been born one child, (ieorge S.; Sophia, born April 24. 1865; Martha .T...Iuly 18. 1867; Ellen K.. Aug. 24. 1860; Matilda, May 10, 1873. \'^AM1CS HL'LL, a retired farmer and promi- nent citizen of the villatre of l^ima Center. Wis., is a native of the Fiiipire .State. Inv- in by Mr. and Mrs. Hull. It w.as in the middle of winter, and heav}- snows had fallen until the roads had become so blocked that, before Mr. Hull could reach his intended bride, a path had to be cut through the drifts. The father of the j'oung lady, holding the office of I'athm.-ister. he saw that the ro.ads were promptly cleared, and in due time the marriage ceremony was performed. In the spring of 1840 the young couple bade good-by to their home and friends in the East, and started for the Western front'er to carve out a fortune for themselves. Thus the county- secured two of its best citizens. Moving into a little log cabin, thej- began life in true pioneer style, and though the hardships and trials were many, and the inconven- iences and ditliculties were great, many hai)py days were passed beneath that humble roof, and the old logs rang with the merry laughter and shouts of four light-hearted children, but at length a dark shadow cast its gloom over the home. As the flowers were beginning to fade and die, and nature was clothing her children in sombre hues i)repara- torj' to the coming winter, the loving wife and mother was called to her final rest. She died on the 12th diiy of .September, 18.V2. at the age of thirty-two j'ears, seven months and fifteen davs, and was interred in the family burying ground at Whitewater. For many j-ears siie had been a member of the Congregational Church, and was a tried and true Christian, who taught her children more by example than by i)recept the righteous way of life. Kind and accommodating to her neighbors and friends, tender and loving to the home circle, her death proved a sad loss to the community. She left a husband and four children, two of whom have since followed her to that l)ettcr land — Erastus, who died I\'b. 11, 1853, and Henry W., who w.as killed b^' the cars at Northfield. Minn. The two remaining children are Jason W., a har- ness-maker residing at Decorah. Iowa, and Ellen .1.. wife of L. Stei)hens, a resident farmer of the town of Lima. On the second of March, 1853, Mr. Hull wjis ■T I -4•- ROCK COUNTY. 9.31 airaiii maiiii'(l, tlu' Indv of his clioice l>eing Miss Abigail S. Bacon, a native of Cape Cofl, Mass. After ttieir nianiaijeour siilijeet biiill a large two- story frame residence on liis farm, where they made their home until .luly, If^.'^l). when he erected his presen'. conifortalile dwellinL; in the village of Lima Center. Tliey there t'xpei't to pass their re- ni.aining days in retirement from tiie more active I'rairic duCbein. when' hisyoutiifiil days were spent and his earl\ edncation received. For a period of six years he was a student in the pre- paratory department of the college in that city, which was under the charge of I'rof. J. T. Lovewell, now of W.ashliurn College, Kansas. In 1873 he entered ui)on the classical course of the college, graduating on the 21th day of .June. 1877. when he received the degree of B. A. Immediately after conii)lcting his studies he engaged in the profession of teaching, and after a brief experience as teacher of a district school was tendered and accepted the position as i)rinci[)al of the high school of Pepin. His next engagement was as superintendent and principal of the high school at River Falls, and at the end of one year he accepted the professorship of mathematics in the State Norm.al School of that eit}'. resigning his office as superintendent. This department of the Normal he conducted in an able and satisfactory manner, but the schools of the city had been highly prosperous under his administra- tion, and the public was unwilling to lose his serv- ices, believing that the best interests of the schools demanded his return. lie was therefore induced to resume charge of the public schools, and he contin- ued until called to Janesville in 1885. Prof. Keyes h.as been prominently connected with the educational interests of the .State of Wisconsin for the i)ast twelve years, and has long been .ac- knowledged as one of the most successful conduct- ors of institutes within her borders. In fact, it can he truthfully said that no high school principal in the State has done a greater amount of this class of work than he. When we stop to consider the great value of institute work, the intluenee it li.as exerted in bringing the public schools up to their present high stanntgomery Count}'. N. Y. liolh Mr. and Mrs. .Shults were members of the Lu- theran Church, and were ix'ople highly respected in the coinmunil}" where they resided. They had a family of twelve children, seven sons and five dauiihtcrs. and ten of thai iiuuiIht lived to mature years. John, the eldest, is a resident of New York City; Alonzo, a retired farmer, is living in Paw Paw, Mich.; Daniel I)., is a speculator of Little Falls. N. Y'.; Walter is the next in order of birth; Catherine, widow of Daniel D. Sliull, resides with her children in Sac City, Iowa; Elauor is the wife l^ -4- ROCK COUNTY. ;i:i3 of John IMoore, a farmer of Kulton County, N. Y.; Klizalieth, siniilc, is a resilient of Montgomery, County, N. Y.; Sarali. who makes iier home in Paw Paw, Midi., is the widow of Harry Harris; Mary is the wife of Charles Hunlmau. of Parkdale, Canada; Hein-y. .Jacob and Frazier are all deceased and were buried in Montgomery County, X. Y. Our subject received his education in the com- mon schools of his native county, and his early life was spent upon the farm. At the aye of fifteen years he left the parental roof and started out in life for himself, being first employed as a clerk in a general store at Canajoharie. For two years he was engaged in that capacity, when in 1852, he went to New York Citj' and entered a wholesale notion house as salesman. He was next employed for two years as a clerk in a country store, after which he returned to the old home where he remained until the spring of 1801. He came West at that lime and settled in Ivock County, locating in La Prairie Township, whcic he engaged in farming on 120 acres of renti'd land. He made his lirst purchase of land 18G7, when he became the proprietor of a tract of 120 acres on section 21, La Prairie Township. He removed to that farm .-md began its improvement, and in the course of time placed it in a high state of cultivation, by subsequent purchase he has extended its boundaries until it now conqirises 200 acres. At one time lie owned ijoo acres of land in Rock County, but li.is since dis- posed of 240 acres. In 1880 he removed to his present home in Turtle Township where he owns si.xty acres of land on, section 10, located in the vil- lage of Shopiere. He also owns the homestead farm in Montgomery County, of 14.5 acres, which Inis been in posession of the family for three gen- erations. On the 7tli day of September, 1802. the marriage of Walter Shults and Miss Rachel A. Uockstader was celebrated. The lady is also a native of Mont- gomery County. N. Y., and her parents, .lolin F. and Catherine ('. (Wiley) Dockstader, were liorn in the same place. They came with their family to Wisconsin in 18;')2, but in 1802, removed to Mitchell County. Iowa, where they yet reside. 15y the union of Mr. and Mrs. Shults have been born four ciiildren — Katie May, Rosie (iay, Walter F., ^ .: : and Elizabeth A., to whom they have given good educational .■ulvantages and of whom they may well feel |iroud. On his arrival in this county. .Mr. Shults was in limited circumstances, but he deter- mined to make life a success and with characteristic energy began his labors. It is entirely due to his own efforts of industry and jierseverance that he has become one of the wealthy men of Rock County. He gave his whole attention exclusively to his farming interests, w.as shrewd and careful in his business and so rea|)etl the just reward of his labors. He has never sought or desired iniblic office, in fiict has steadily refused to accept any such posi- tion. In politics, he is a Democrat, and his wife is a member of the Congregational Church. They hold high rank in the social world and are num- bered among the county's best citizens. -^ -^-#^ ^— N. PAl^MEK, one of the progressive and enterprising farmers of Sjiring Valley Town- ship, residing on sections 3 and 4. is a native of Vermont, his birth having occurred in that State Dec. 20, 18;?2. His parents. John N. and Ann (Snow) Palmer, were numbered among the pioneer settlers of this county, ha\iiig arrived in Janes- ville on the 4th day of July. 184;j. Locating in Johnstown Township, his father iire-erapted 100 acres of land on section 18, where he made his home for about two and a half years, when, in the winter of 1848, he removed with his family to M.agnolia Township, settling on section 34. Foi many years he made his lujme on that farm, when, in 1870, he became a resident in the home where our subject now lives. His death occurred in ,Se])- teinber, 1873. He took an active interest in the affairs of the county, was a leading member of the Baptist Church, in wliieh he held the ollice of deacon for many years, and w:ls everywhere known as Deacon P.almer. His wife dieennie W. The deceased are Bertha L., who 9^ i •^f^^ ROCK COUNTY. 937 died Oct. 21. ISMd; Anii.i H., who died July 20, 1874; Kayiiiond E.. who was horn .Fi'li. 17, 1882, died ill infancy. Tliiis have we jiiveii a luief slietch of the life of one of l\oci< County's most worthy citizens, wiio from llie pioneer days has been iden- tified with its history, and frono his many friends receives tlie highest respect. "jiioHN W. CLIFFORD is a h-adinj. farmer of III Magnolia Townsliip. residing on section 17. ^.^ ll The liistory of Hocli County would he incom- (^J/' plete without the sl., N. H.. on the 27th da3' of Feliruary, 1 .S2.'). aiier mother, who died in that city on the 4th day of July, 1885. Mrs. Clifford is the only one of her father's family now living. In 1849, she became the wife of Samuel N. Clifford, who was drowned tlu'ee months after their marriage, while l)atliing in Charles River. As before stated, she wedded our subject in 1850, and to them have been born eleven children — Olivia, who was born in Norfolk County, M:iss., Dec. 22, 1850, is the wife ot Daniel Greatsinger. a resident of Evans- ville; Ella J., who was born in Norfolk County', M:\ss.. May 0, 1853, died in that count}- on the 31st day of 'May. following; John M., born in Rock County, June 24, 1 855, graduated from the Madison University, is now a real estate and loan agent of ^Madison, and wedded Miss May Adams of Evansville. by whom he has three children. Orace C, Pearl G. and John; Alvin S.. born June 17, 1857, is engaged in farming in the town f)f Magnolia; Herbert F. was born Sept. 11, 1860, wedded Rosa A. Robbins. a nniive of this county, bj- whom he has one child. Ethel, and is now en- gaged in farming near Hartley, Iowa; Will L., born May 22, 18GI, has for some time followed the pro- fession of teaching; Elinor D.. born Oct. 8, ISlJG, is a teacher in Bryant Ar Stratton's short hand school of Chicago, having been selected to that position out of a large chtss of pupils; Ellen O., born Nov. 17, 1868, is also engaged in teaching; Dollie J., born Oct. 7, 1870; D.aisy E., born March 23. 1873; and Cecil L., born Nov. 2, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford have given their cliildicn good education.')! advantages, such as will Ht them for the practical duties of this life. The elder children are already respected citizens of various communities and do honor to the family name. In 1860 our subject made his first purchase of land in this county, consisting of eighty- acres adjoining the site on which his present home now stands. .\ block house had Ijeen built upon the land, and into this the family moved, Mr. Clifford .at once giving his entire .attention to his farming interests. He is now the owner of 240 acres, the last 80-acre tr.act having been purch.ased in 1881. In 1867. he purchased the eighty acres on which his home now stands. In 1885 he h.ad the misfortune to lose his dwelling house by fire, but the following year he erected the handsome two story residence, the present home of the family. Upon the farm will be found a good griide of all kinds of stock, and the various improvements which have been made, place the farm on a par with any in Magnolia Township. Mr. Clifford is truly one of the self- made men of the community, for since the early age of eight 3'ears he luas made his own wa}' in the world. During the da\-s of pioneer life in this count_v, his labors were indeed arduous. Often ling he cr.adled grain all through the day and spent the night in l)inding. The present generation cannot 1 -4^ ROCK COUNTY. 939 realize the hardships and trials endured by the early settlers, but to those noble men and women tlie county owes much of her present prosperity. In his political sentiments. INIr. Clifford has alwaj's been an ardent supporter of the Rei)uhlic:in party, by which he has been eiected to various township and county otHces. His oflicial duties liave ever been discharged witli promptness and fidelity and in a manner entirely satisfactory to his constituents. Mrs. Clifford, who is a lady held in high esteem by all who know her. is a meml)er of the Methodist Kpi.scopal Chiircli. Public spirited and progressive, Mr. Clifford h.is ever been found in the front rank in matters pertaining to the welfare of the com- munity, and is regarded as one of the leading citi- zens of Rock County. Charital)le and benevolent, his deeds of kindness will be remembered long after he has passed away, and his memory will be enshrined in the hearts of many, while of him it will 1)0 said •• the world is better for his having lived." HOMAS TL'TTLE, ^vho is numbered among the i)ioneers of this county in 1840, was born in New England in 1789 and was des- cended from one of the old families of that region. lie was reared to manhood in his native .State and on tlie bre.aking out of the war of 1812 responded to the call for troops. lie participated in the bat- tle at Sackett Harbor, and for his services in that engagement received a land warrant, which he afterwards located in this State. Mr. Tuttle was married in Oneida County, N. Y., to Miss Rlioda Woodrulf, a native of Connecticut, born in 1790. Soon after their marri.age, the young couple re- moved to Rutland, Jefferson Co., N. Y.. where a family of five children w.as born unto Iheni, four of whom grew to manhood and womanhooil — Charles married Almira Gilbert, by whom he had six chil- dren. Eugene, his first born, was a soldier in the late war, and died at the age of twenl3--three, at Fort Riley, Kan. Egbert died at the age of eleven years. His living children are Volney. who mar- ried Carrie Chamberlain, and now lives in Jewell County, Kan.; Marietta, who wedded Dr. Jenks, resides in Kansas; George, who became the husband of Ellen Jones; William, who married Eva Ken- nedy, resides on the old homestead. Charles Tuttle came to Rock County in 18:37, locating land on which the village of Clinton now stands. He w.is a valued and respected citizen, a member and faithful worker in the Congregational Church, and his death occurred in June, 1873. Henry, the second child of the family is now a resident of Clinton. Julia, widow of Milton S. Warner, makes her home in Clinton. Rachel, the youngest, is the widow of Griswold \\eaver, and makes her home in Clinton 'lownship. She is the mother of five children, Mortimer G., Olney Weaver, Ellen and Jessie. One died in infancy. Throughout his entire life JNIr. Tuttle followed the occupation of farming. In 1840, he removed with his familj- to Rock County, which was then an almost unbroken wilderness, and carried on that vocation. In his political views, he was in early life a Whig and a warm friend of William Henry Il.arrison. Later, he joined forces with the Free Soil part}% and when the Republican party was formed to prevent the further e.vtension of slavery. he joined its ranks and continued to fight under its banner until called from this life. As a citizen, he was true and loyal; as a husband and father, kind and affectionate; as a Christian, firm and faithful. He died at a ripe old age in Clinton, in June, 1873, and his wife was laid- to rest in February, 1871. ENRV WELLS, one of the .self-made men i) of the county, and a leading farrncr. re- siding on section 7, I'l^-mouth Townslii|). was born on the 27th day of January. 1830. in Kent, England. His parents, John and .Susan Wells, had a family of eleven children, c: which he was fourth in order of birth, and eight of that number are 3'et living: John, who resides in Cen- ter Township; James, who is living in Kent, Eng- land; Susan, who is also a resident of Kent; Henry, of this sketch; George, who is living in I'lymoulh Township; Betsy, who makes her home in Kent; William now residing in Kent; and Charlie, whose home is in London. The subject of this sketch was reared to man- ^ 940 ROCK COUNTY. Iiood in his native land, was educated in the publit- sciiDols. and while yet a I'esident of England was jdiiied in wedhnk witli Miss Eliza Kittle, a daugh- ter of George and Mary (Little) Kittle. The fam- ily to which she belonged, and of which she was second in order of birtli. was composed of the fol- lowing members: Harriet, who is now residing in Pingland; Mrs. Wells, wife of our subject, born Nov. 7. 1833; George, a resident of Kent, Eng- land; David, who is located in Texas; Cornelius died in 1872; Edward died in the eighth ye.ar of his age; Henry is now living in California; Thomas died in the sixth year of his age; Mary Ann is residing in Kansas City, Mo ; Charlotte is living in Kootville. Wis.; and John, who is a mason and plasterer, is located at Plymouth. Not long after his marriage. Mr. Wells, accom- panied by his young wife, bade good-bye to the land of his birth, and sailed for America, thinking that he miglit better his condition by a remt>val to the new world. On the 'Jth of December. 1S.5.'), the vessel. '-Tap Scott." on which he embarked, sailed for America, and after a long voyage of nine weeks landed in New York Feb. 1, 1856. At once proceeding by land, lie reached Janesville after seven da\ s and three hours more of travel, arriving at his destinaiion on the Isl dav of March. He then had but ten cents in his pocket, but with characteristic promptness both Mr. and Mrs. Wells at once devoted every energy to the work which they secured in order to gain a home. For two weeks the husband was employed at the stone- mason's trade by John AVatson. when he and his wife began working for Oliver Elms, and later came to Footville, where Mr. Wells secured work on the Methodist Episcopal Church. In the fall he worked at harvesting and in tiie winter was en- •rageil on the construction of a saw-mill for Mr. Gilbert. That season, by the aid of his estimaiile wife, lie was enabled to save IslOO, with which he purch.ased a yoke of oxen in the following spring, and worked the Gilbert farm "on the shares. The following season he worked the farm of Robert Knott. In 1858 he sold his ox team and purchased a span of horses, and the next season also rented the Knott land. In the spring of 18(i0 he removed to the farm of Mr. Wilson, in Rock Township, <■ where he remained one year, and in 18(il cultivated the farm of Dan Lovejoy. near .lanesville. In the meanwhile the country had become cnvelopeil in a great war, and in the summer of 18(;-2 Mr. Wells was drafted for the service, but was unable to go. He again engaged in farming. I>ut the war brought on hard times, and it was found very difiicult by our settlers to make both ends meet. In the spring "of 1865 he was again drafted, liut before called into active service hostilities were at an end. He then removed to the farm of John Carroll, where he lived for one year, and in .March, 1M(JG, removed to his present home, on section 7. Plymouth Town- ship. His first purchase consisted of l.iO acres of land, but now 230 broad .acres pay tribute to his care and cultivation. The entire iniprovemeuts at the time of his purchase coidd hardly have been valued at ^.i(l. but the farm is now one of the most highly improved in the community. In the early days the little cabin was in such poor repair that dur- ing the hard rainy weather they were often obliged to hold an unjbiella over them. At that time corn sold for eigliteen cents per bushel and oats for thirteen cents. In one season Mr. Wells raised I.IOO bushels of oats, which he sold for that ()rice. Not only did his wife, who has indeed proved a helpmate to him, perform all the labors of the house, but she also assisted in the out-door work. At one time she husked $1,000 bushels of coru. re- ceiving for her labor the small compensation of but two and a half cents per bushel. Mr. and Mrs. Wells aie the parents of six ciiil- dren. four of whom arc living: .lane, the eldest, born June 25, 1856, married \\illiain Dobson. and died May 12, 1886, leaving four children— Will- iam, George, Fanny and Alice; Henry, born April 7, 1858, died at the age of three years; (ieorge, born Dec. 5, 186(1, is living at home; William, born March 27, 1862, is residing on the home farm; Alice, born .Inly 27, 1871, is still with her parents; Charlie, born Aug. 12. 1874, is now attending school. Mr. Wells has given all his chiUlren good educational advantages,' theiebv fitting them for useful and responsible positions in life. He and ills wife are members of the Disciples Church at Footville. and in politics, since the organization of the Republican party, he has been a supporter of I 1 r ROCK COUNTY. 941 its interests ;infl an active worker in its helialf. He is held in liigh rejj:ar(l as a citizen and friend, and receives tbe respect of ail wrtli wiioin bnsiness or pleasure has broiiijlit idni in contact. His life is .an example of wiiat can be .acconiplislied by in- dustr}', perseverance .and integrity, and is well worthy of emulation. ,KV. JA.MKS FRANCIS liOWE, the worthy ' pastor of St. .Joseph's Church at Edgerton, was born in 1850 in Ozaukee County, Wis., \^) and his education w.as received at St. Michael's College of Toronto, and at .St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukee. He w.is graduated from the latter institution in the class of 1876, and wiis ordained on the 25tli day of July of that year. The church at Edgerton is his first charge, he be- coming its pastor in 1878. Father Bowe also has charge of St. Michael's Ciiurcli in the town of Porter, Rock County. Services of the Catholic Church were hellic interest ct)ncerning tiie welfare of the com- niunitj'.he h.as given his influence and support. and especially to the promotion of the cause of educa- tion, believing that to be a useful citizen, one must be educated. For several years he served as a member of the School Committee at Easton, Mass., was Treasurer of the town of Spring Prairie, in Walworth Co.. for three years, served as Chair- man of the Board of Supervisors of his township during the last year of his residence in Walworth County, has filled the office of President of the Village Board of Evansville for two j'ears, was a member of the Board of Supervisors of Rock County for three years, and is now, in 1889, serving his ninth year as a member of the Public School Board of Evansville. In addition to the foregoing offices, he has been called to legislative honors. In 1880. he w.as elected to the Lower House of the Assembly, and in 1888, was again the people's choice for that position. Since the organiza- tion of the Republican party, Mr. Pratt has been one of its supporters, and is an earnest and able advocate of its ])rinciples. In the year 1869. while residing in Spring Prairie, Wis., Mr. Pratt was united in marriage with Miss Eveline E. Holmes, a native of Charlestown, Mass. By their union h.as been born one child, a daughter. Edith M. This worthy couple hold a high position in the social wc)rld of Evansville, and are greatly respected by their many warm friends. OVELL RADWAY. one of the early and III iiej) respected citizens of Rock County, now re- j'"--^\ siding in Beloit. was born in Windham County, Vt., .\ug. 26, 1809, and is a son of .lona- than and Martha ( Wescott) Radway. The wedding of his parents wsis celebrated in '\Vilnlham.^■t.. and unto them were born a family of ten children. Bertha, who married Calvin Fuller, first located in Vermont, but subsequently removed to .^ladison Count}', Ohio, where they both v;il of the f:iin- ily to PeiinsylviniM. Nicli'ilns. of this skiieh was the first in order of birth; Flizi, the .-ecind. i» the wife of Dewey .McKinstry, win- is now livin- in tlie town of Wells. Faribault Co.. .Minn.; Dennis, who was born in 1828, wedded Miss Mary McDowell, a native of the Keystone .State, and died .May 29. 18K7; Clark, who was united in marriage with a .MiffS Eskin, and h.as two children, is living in Ash- land Count}', Neb. ; Adeline is the wife of .lames Fer<:usoii. a native of Hock C<.>untv. now living in -4•- 944 ROCK COUNTY. ^ 1 ' 1 Michigan, and thej' have one child; Ezra, who raalves iiis lionie in Nebraslta, married Miss M. A. Carr. and their union has been blessed with six children; Darius W.. ii resident farmer of Center Township, is the husband of Miss Minnie Owens, by whom he has one child. The subject of our sketch, at the age of twenty years, came with his father's f.arailj' to Rock County. Wis., in 1845. and since that time has been numbered among its leading citizens. On the 23d day of November. 1859, he was united in marriage with jNIiss Ellen Carr, the ceremony being per- formed in F'ayette County, Wis. Iler parents were James and Diadema (Bowman) Carr, the former a native of West Virginia, of German and Irish ori- gin, the latter a native of Ohio, born of German parentage. Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Carr, namely: John married Miss Fannie Cochran, and l)oth are deceased, leaving four chil- dren; Elizabeth died many years ago; Mrs. Pepper is the next in order of birth; Christina, who be- came the wife of Charles Brower, died in 1 869; Rob- ert, who laid down his life on the altar of his coun- try, dying from a wound received at Spanish Fort; Abrain, who was also one of the boys in blue, and parliciitaled in the battle of Pea Ridge, wedded Miss Ellen McCarty, and three children have been born unto them; Millie Ann is the wife of Ezra Pepper, a resident of Nebraska; Hannah Jane wedded David Cheney, by whom she has six chil- dren, and also lives in Nebr.aska; Catherine is the deceased wife of John l)ickey,of Iowa, and Racliel. wlio wedded Joseph Fisher, of Storey County, Iowa, and died in 1883, leaving three children. One died in infancy, unnamed. The family circle of Mr. and Mrs. Pepper was completed by the birth of six children, four of whom are }'et living. David L. died at the age of four years; Caroline Augusta died at the early age of twenty months; Lucy Ann became the wife of John (ioldsmith, a farmer of Center Township, on the 1st day of Januarj', 1888, and to them has been l)()rn one child; James F.. born July G. 1865. is at home; Henry, born May 11, 1868, is still under the parentiU roof, and George E., born April 14, 1872, is attending school. Mr. Pepper is numbered among the honored pio- neers of Rock County, where for the long period of forty-four years he has made his home. When he came to the Territory of Wisconsin, the country' was in a wild and uncultivated state, the prairies were covered with a thick growth of rank grass, wild game of all kinds abounded; the settlements were few and far between, and the smoke of the Indian wigwam had hardly cleared .away. In the great and rapid changes that have taken place, in the work of development and progress. Mr. Pepper has borne no inconsiderable jiart, and to him Rock County owes a debt of gratitude for liis labors in her behalf. Public spirited and progressive, he has been prominent in the promotion of the interests of the community, and is a valued citizen of Cen- ter Township. In politics he supports the Reinib- lican party. His l)usiness life has been spent in agricultural pursuits, and he now lias one of the finest farms in the county, consisting of 160 acres of arable land, and thirty acres of timber land. Possessing good business ability, and that enterpris- ing spirit that overcomes all obstacles, he has made his own way in the world, andean truly be called a self-made man. JI_^ ALVER NELSON, a pioneer of the town of jfjij Newark, of 1842, was born in the Parish of l^^ Nohre, Norway, on the 12th day of August, (^) 1781. In his native country he learned the clock-maker's trade and there married Miss Guri Fruegne. Mr. Nelson was an ingenious workman and possessed a talent for invention. He manu- factured needles and wire in a small way and spent much time in planning inventions that he never had the means to carry through successfully. In April, 1842, accompanied by his family, he emi- grated to the United States, settling in the town of Newark. Rock Co., Wis., where he found but few neighbors and they far apart. They were mostly his own countr3'men and consisted of the following named persons: Gullik O. Gravdale, Mrs. Gunil Odcgorden and her four daugiiters, Tollev Helge- son, Gullik Springen, Gunnul Stordock, Lars, Gjermund and Herbrand Skavlem. Knudt Cresi)en- sen, and two Scotch families. Mclvinsler and Briggs. ^ "» ■» ■ ♦ ROCK COUNTY. 940 'riie two last named di() not settle permanently in tlie cDunty. Mr. Nel.son contrixed to do a little woik at his tr;id(^ hiil nut haviiii; tlu' proper tools had to manufacture .some. He made his lirst clock in I.S44. and it is still in the jjossession of the family to which it was sold, the Crispensens. This is in all prohaliility the lirst clock made in Wis- consin. Mr. and .Mrs. Nelson hail hut one child, a daugh- ter, Ciroe, wdio became the wife of Lars Skavleni. and is the mother of ex-sherift II. L. .Skavleni of Janesville. She has heen a widow for many years, and, althouoh well advanced in years, is bright, intelliuent anil active. Her home is in Beloit. Mr. Nelsun bouirht ami im|)rovi(l a tract uf Government land on section I I, Newark Tnwnship, where his death occurred in August, 1850. IJis wife survived him. and died on the 11th day of April. 188(5, Had she lived until the following August, she would have been ninet}' years old. They were religious people and their log house, which was a favorite stopping place for the Nor- wegian nunisters, was often used in the early days ag a place in which to hold divine service. ||J_^()N WILLIAM M. NYE, who resides on l[|j section 28, Beloit Township, is one of the /^^' representative citizens of Rock County, who (§Q) receives the respect of .all who know him. He was born in Herkimer ( ounty, N. Y., April 28. 1829. and is a son of Clark and Abigail (Mor- gan) Nye. (his father's sketch appealing on another page of this work). His early life was passed in his native countw in the uneventful routine of farm life. He assisted his father in the labors of the farm, and attended the common schools for one term. Thus we see that his advantages for securing an education were indeed limited, but lie imi)roved his every op[)ortunity and used his lci^ure time fiu' securing a knowledge of those studies which are essential to every business. He eagerl}- devoured the books which he could obtain, and is still a great reader, being well informed on all the leading issues of the day. When seventeen years of age. ^Villiam left his native county and came with the family to Wiscon- sin, They resided in Beloit for a period of six years, during which time heattended a select school for two terms. He engaged in teaming for two years, and in 1848, in connection with his brother ! Ira, he began the improvement of a farm. Pur- chasing an ox team, they turned the first furrow on many acres of wild prairie land, which previous to this time was still in its primitive condition. For four scM.sons our subject eiiiiaged in this occupa- tiim, when, in 1n52, the family removed to the old homestead in Beloit Township, and he aiibd in the cultivation of the farm. The years p.a.ssed tin rrilj' to l\n> family who there took up ll eir jib dc unlil the death angd vi-itnl their honir. taking from it the loved wife and mother. In 1^57, Mr. Nye left the paiciital roof and engaged in fanning for himself. The lirst land which he owned was a claim of 1(10 acres, located on Crow Uivcr. in Miniii sota. This he cultivated until the fall of 1^5«, when he returned to Rock County, and in 18.'iy purchased 120 acres of land- on section 28, Beloit Township, upon which he has now resided for thirty years. It was then raw land, but by care and ciiltiv.ation he has developed it into one of the finest farms in the township. With his own hand he planted and tended the now tower- ing trees which throw their welcome shade around the home, and, in 1809, he erected the large two- story frameresideneewhichwas presided over by one of Uock County's most noble women, whose hospi- tality and kindness was extended to all. On March 10. 1860, he wedded Miss Fannie Miller, a native of Massachusetts, and a daughter of Thom.as and Salina (McGee) Miller, who came to Rock County about 1855, and are still residents of Beloit. Two children were born to them, Nellie and Lou. Twentj'-lwo years of happy wedded life had passed when Mrs. Nye was called to her final home, her death occurring Sept. 25. 1882. She was an untir- ing worker in the Baptist Church, an earnest, sin- cere Christian lady, who was beloved by all for her many excellencies of character. For several years prior to her death she was an invalid, but she bore her afHiction with patience and true Christian for- titude, Mr. Nye is still engaged in general f.irming, and :?^^f^ 94G ROCK COUNTY. •T his farm, which now comprises 162 acres is unricr a high state of cultivation. Politicall}-, he is a faithful adherent of tlie Republican party, and has borne a prominent part in local political affairs. For thirteen terms he served his townshii) as as- sessor, and. in 1887. was nominated by his party as their Representative to the General Assembly and triumphantly elected. His course as a member of the Legislature has met with the approbation of all concerned. To each question that comes up before the House he gives his careful consideration, cast- ing his ballot for the best interests of flie people. He is a man of sound judgment, a logical thinker, careful in his business transactions, and is held in the highest regard by all. As a citizen he is loyal and true, and his sketch deserves an honored place in the history of Rock County. (|^^^ O. WAGLKY. a representative farmer and I )/' stock-raiser, who is numbered among the liy^ig) pioneers of this county of 1841, is a native of Norway, his birtli occurring in that country on the I'Jlli day of Septeml)er, 1819. He w.as reared to manhood in liis native land, and in 1841, wish- ing to try his fortune in the New AVorld. bade good-by to home and friends, and embarked on a steamship bound for America. After a long and tedious voy.age of ten weeks across tlie Atlantic, he landed in New York, and immediately continuoil on his wa^- until reaching Wisconsin. He com- pleted llie journoj' by steamer and canal to Mil- waukee, whence lie came with an ox-team to Rock County. The countr}' was in a wild and unculti- vated condition, the prairies were still covered with a wild growtii of grass, deer and all otlier kinds of wild game were to be found in abundance, Indians were freijuently to be seen in the neighborhood, and the settlements were few and far between. At that time no bridges had been built, and Mr. Wag- ley was forced to cross the Rock River in a cnnoc, swimming his oxen. He made a location on what is section 32, Plymouth Township. Building a little log cabin, he began life on the western frontier in true pioneer style, making that house his home for a number of -years. He used oxen in breaking the prairie, and for almost all other purposes for about ten j^ears. when, in 1851, he began using horses upon his farm. The tract of land upon which he first located comprised ICO acres, to which by subsequent purchase he has added, until he now has 260 acres of arable land in a high state of cultiva- tion, and upon his farm may be found the latest improved machinerj- and everything necessarj' to the model farm of the nineteenth century. His arduous labors at length brought their reward, and he is now one of the well-to-do farmers of the county. In 1881 he sold the farm to his son and retired from farming. In 1862 the little log cabin was replaced by an elegant residence, erected at a cost of ijsl.200, and an addition built in 1878 increasing the value to about ?;2,000, and in 1879 a fine l)arn was built. In the year 1845, in this county, Mr. \\agley was united in marriage with Carrie Skavlem, with whom he traveled life's journey for thirty-seven happy years. Five children were born of their union, but all have passed away willi the exception of two sons, (). N., who is a resident of Newtoli, Iowa, and II. N. Wagley, who is living on tiie old homestead. After the death of his lirst wife, in 1882, he .again married in 1884, his second union being with Maren Riiigen. Mr. AVagley is a mem- ber of the Lutheran Church, and he and his wife are numbered among the highly respected citizens of the community, where thev liave manv friends. F. PEMBER, M. D., of Janesville, is one I of the younger representatives of the medi- ■al fraternity of Rock Count}-. He also (^^^ belongs to one of its early families, his father, Reuben T. Pember. who still resides in Johnston Township, where he settled at an early day, being numbered among the pioneers of Rock Count3\ (See sketch elsewhere in this work). The Doctor was born on the old homestead in Joiinston Township on the 12th day of December. 1857. and was reared to the occupation of farming. II is primary education was obtained at the district school, after which he completed his literary- stud- ies at Milton College, where he was a student for :??rf^ .1- ROCK COUNTY. 4 947 , , tlirec yejirs. Choosing the medical profession as one (lcsiral)le as a life occupation, lie began his studies under the direction of Dr. Henry Palmer, of •lanesville. Imt subsequently entered the Chicago Medical College, from which he was graduated in March, 1883. After his graduation, by virtue of a successful competitive examination, he became house physician and surgeon of Mercy Hospital, Chicago, where he remained the alli)tled lime, one year. He nest received the appointment as physi- cian at the Insane Hospital at Dshkosh, where he remained two years, when, I'eturning to Chicago, he opened an oflice in that city, but soon after accepted the appointment as physician and surgeon of the Minnesota Granite Companj-, and located at Hinsdale, iMinn. He continued with this company until it retired from business, and in September, 18M8, locateil at Janesvilh', where lie has already established a good general (iractice. He has also received the appointment as county i)hysician of Rock County. Dr. I'ember has chosen as his helpmate for life !\Hss -Vda Humphry, a daughter of William Hum- phry, and their marriage was celebrated (Jet. (J, 1 )S87. The knowledge Dr. Pember received through instruction in the science of medicine, and his natural adaptation to the profession, give assur- ance of a successf\d career, and he bids fair to take a front rank. ■"*'"12/©"^*-^^^ -S^S/^"'*^'' \f/()llN (;. S.VXK, a le.ading and represent- ative citizen of .lanesville, has been engaged in the real-estate, loan and insurance busi- ness in this city since the 1st day of March, I87!t. He is a representative of one of the i)ioncer families of Rock County, and was born in the town of Lima, .luly lit. 1><47. His father, Christian F. Saxe, settled in Rock County in IHl 1. He was born in Greene County, N. Y., of (ierman ancestr3-, and while a resident of the Empire State married Rebecca Teachont, continuing to live in New York until his removal to Wisconsin as above stated. Mr. Saxe settled on unimproved land in the town of Lima, which he immediately began to cultivate and soon developed into a fini^ farm, upon which he made his home until his death, which occurred on the 2:tth day of .\pril. 187."). His wife, who was born April 27, l«l(t, is still living and retains her physical and mental powers to a remarkable degree for one of her advanced years. Mr. and Mrs. Saxe were the |)arents of nine chil- dren, five sons and four daughters, all of whom are living, namely : Kmiline, widow of Roswell Rice; Kzra, a resident of the town of Lima; Ste- phen S., who is engaged in dentistry, is living at Whitewater, Wis.; Charles Weeley. also of White- water; Nellie, wife of (). H. Cheney, of Aberdeen, Dak.; Wilbur F., a resident farmer of W'hite water. Walworth County; Margaret, wife of Frank Hall, of Dakota; John G,, who is the next in order of birth; and Emma, the \oungest. now tlie wife of Edwin F. Th.ayer, of Whitewater. The old homestead in the town of Lima, where Mr. and Mrs. Saxe settled forty-five \ears ago, is still in possession of the familj'. Christian F.Saxe was a highly esteemed and respected citizen. He was especially active in Christian work, was a lead- ing member of the MethoVaterman, a resident of the town of Harmony. On the 1st day of March, 1879. Mr. Saxe estab- lished his present business in .lanesville .as real- estate, loan and insurance agent. He combines en- ^ ^^ m ^» -I «*^ 948 •«► ROCK COUNTY. ergy and perspverance with natural ability, and in consequence has built up a good trade. He has served bis church in the offices of Clerk and Trus- tee, and in the Mutual Protective Association has filled the positions of Secretary and General Super- intendent. In his political sentiments Mr. Saxe is a supporter of the Republican party, and he and his wife are members of the Congregational Church, in which they are active workers. They are held in high regard by many friends, and receive the respect of all. #^ H ON. HAMILTON RICHARDSON, a prorai- \, ncnt liusiness man and early settler of ^ .lauesville. Wis., was born in the town of J^ Le Roy, Genesee County, N. Y., on the 17th day of October. 1820. and is a son of William and Mary (I'ierson) Richardson. His father, who was of Scotch and English descent was born in Johns- town, N. Y., and the name of Hamilton, which our .sul)joct l)ears. was the maiden name of his mother, who "as of Scotch ancestry. :Mr. Richardson's mother w:\s .also born at Johnstown and on her father's side was of English descent, while her mother, who was a Van Valkenburg was of the old Muliawk Holland .ancestry. Our subject was reared on his fatiier's farm and received his cdiicaLion in the district schools which he attended until fifteen years of age. when he left the the farm and entered the service of a mercantile firm and became a member of the family of one of its part- ners, a personal friend of his father's, and a most ac- complishetl business man, with whom he emigrated to Michiijan when that State had just been admitted to the Union. Tlie entire State, except along the southern border, was almost an unbroken wilder- ness. The firm witii whicl\ young Richardson was eniplovcd. located in (lenesee County, at wliat is now the thriving city of Flint. They laid out a lartre part of that town and built the first dam across tiie Flint River at that point, erected the first saw-mill and established the first mercantile house in the city and county. Their business included l>-inking and for a time was i)r(>speri)us. but when Vlij great commercial and fiuaucial panic of 1837 ■^•— ^ : occurred, they, like thousands of other business men. were forced into bankruptcj'. Through his entire connection with the firm. Mr. Richardson participated in the management of their extensive business and iiad the varied experience of opening, conducting and closing an extensive enterprise. In the financial history of the country, the panic of 1837, marks a disastrous epoch of which but few of tiie business men of the present day have anj' personal knowledge. Mr. Richardson is one of tlie few, and to the experience acquired at that early day ma^' be attributed the caution and forethought that has marked his course through life, and to which he is largely indebted for his uniform suc- cess in the various business enterprises in which he has been engaged. In 1840, he returned to New York and renewed his studies in the academy of his native town, but he was too much imbued with the Western spirit to long content himself in the East, consequently, in the spring of 1842, he again wended his way Westward and located at Mil- waukee, Wis., where he secured employment as bookkeeper in one of the large commercial houses of that city. In the year 1844, he engaged in the hardware business at Racine, but not realizing his expectations in that line, he sold out in the spring of 1846, and removed to Jauesville, where he again engaged in the hardware business. In 18.50, Mr. Richardson, in connection with Mr. Tuesdell. erected the Excelsior Mills, later known as the Hodson Mills. The venture proved an un- fortunate one as the property was at first nearly destroyed by fire and later by flood. A succession of poor crops had produced dull times which still farther enibarr:u5sed matters, and Mr. Richardson, to make a change of base, in the fall of 1851, removed to California, where the gold excitement of that day had caused a great rush of emigration. He selected Marysville, at the head of navagation on Feather River, as the site of future operations, and there established a mercantile house through which he furnished supplies to mountain traders and miners. At that time Marysville was an im- portant commercial center and for four years he carried on the business above mentioned with marked success. In the course of his operations, he was obliged to make long trips over the moun- f u ■*¥ 1 ROCK COUNTY. 949 If r tains, visiting various miner's camps anil new hamlets. While on one of these expeditions he was attacked and rohlied hy a portion of .loacniin's noted band of highwaymen and ii.iirnwly escaped with his life. \\ hile a resident of Califmiiia, Mr. Richardson helped to organize a company which operated a line of steamers on the inland waters of the State in opposition to a giant monopoly that w;is robbing the public by their extortionate charges. He was one of the largest stockholders in the enterprise and served as Secretary and 'rreasiirer of the company. The new line proved a great success and broke up the monopoly as its projectors and managers in- tended. After live years spent on the Pacific Slope, he returned to Janesville and again entered into business at that place. Although just on the eve of the great commercial crisis of 1857, he made successful investments in real estate and has since .ac<|uired extensive property interests here. He is a stockholder in the various manufacturing estab- lishments, including the New Doty Manufacturing Company, and the .Janesville Cotton Mills, and is a stockholder and director in the First National Bank. lie ()wns two store buildings on South Main street anil three on West Milwaukee street. On the Itth d.ay of August, 18.58, Mr. Richarilson was married at Janesville, to Miss Caroline A. Peiise, the dau^diter of the late Judge Lorrain T. Pease, of Hartford, Conn. She w.as born at Enlicld, Conn., but w.as reared and educated at Hartford. Her father was in Government employ and in dis- cliarge of bis dutN' visited (ireen Bay, Wis. and Fort Snelling, Minn, during the early settlement of of the Northwest. His son, the Hon. .Fohn J. R. Pease, a pioneer settler of .lanesville, came to Green Bay, Wis. with his father in 1840. as did the daughter. Mrs. Richardson. On the consumation of their marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Richarilson went abroad, spending the remain- der of that and the following year in a tour of Europe. On returning to Janesville, the liusband erected the elegant mansion now their home. He ■also bought into the Dotj' Manufacturing Company and is now the largest stockholder in the New Doty Manufacturing Company. I'liur ti> the late war. he was a Democrat in ])olitics, but on the com- '4» I mencenient of that great struggle lie joined the party of the administiation and gave the govern- ment a patriotic and hearty sii|)port. He contri- buted largely both in tinie and means to raising troops for the war. He was one of the committee of three which raised the L'Uh Reyiment, Wisconsin Infantry and was aii active member of nearly every committee that was organized for war pur- poses in the city of .lanesville. In 18G4, be was elected to the Legislature bj- the unitf'd Republican and war Democratic vote, and in 18(18. was elected County Commissioner and appointed a member of the committee on Public Buildings which had the charge of the erection of the Rock County Court House, an edifice, which for beauty, stability and convenience is unrivaled in the St.-itc. He was subsequently twice elected a member of the County Board of Supervisors, and in 187(i, was elected to the State Senate and served from January-, 1877 until 1882. During the session of 1877, Mr. Rich- ardson introduced and managed the pass:ige of a l)ill which |)roviiled that all charitable and refor- matory State institutions should be under the management of one Board of Control; a law that has tended to produce a more unifoi'ni and satis- f.actory operation of these institutions. In the session of 1881, he introduceil a bill to provide for the humane care of the chronic insane, not t)ther- wise provided for. which established the present system of combined State and county control. He was chairman of the committee on Charitable and Penal Institutions of Wisconsin, and in March. 1881, presented an exhaustive and comprehensive report on the subject of the investigation of the State Hospital for the Insane. On the 30th day of March of that year, he delivered a very elegant autl touching enlogj- on the character of the late Hon. Matthew Hale Carpenter. In all his relations with the Senate, Mr. Richardson was recognized .as a useful and influential legislatoi. His connection with import.ant committees was marked by ener- getic and prompt action and liis views and opinions were alwa3's respected and valued by his fellow senatore. In Jul}', 188;3, he w.as a|)pointcd by President Arthur to the [wsition of Postmaster of Janesville and served in that capacity until Feb- rvuuy, 1888. Mr. Richardson is a Mason, belong- f- 4 950 -•► ROCK COUNTY. ing to West Star Lodge, No. 14, A. F. & A. M.; Janesville Chapter, No. 5. II. A. M.,aiiil .lanesville Cumnianderv. No. 2, K. T. Mr. and Mrs. Kieliard.-joii arc the p.-irents of six children, five sons and one daughter. Victor V., Itorn at Janesville in 1859. graiUialed from the .lanesville High School, was admitted to West Point, wliere he spent tliree years as a student, is the present President of the New Doty .Alanufact- uring C'omi)any, and wedded Miss Mary Diniock of this city; Sarah M. is the second child; Hamil- ton P., wlio was educated at Amherst College, is an attorney l)y profession ; John was educated at Janesville; Marshall is a student of the State I "ni versify; and Lorrain T. is attending school in this city. In 1873, Mr. Richardson again visite families of botli Mr. and Mrs. McLenegan. for bothoecuiiied promin- ent positions in Pennsylvania, and were largely identified with the history of tliat .State. By the union of our subject and his wife four children have been born: Charles E, who was born in Rock County, Jan. 2.'L 1858, is now professor in the High .School of Milwaukee; Samuel li. was born Feb. 20. 18G1, in Rock County, is in the Revenue Department of the I'nited States (Jovern- ment, and resides at San Francisco, Cal.; Arclii- bald R., born' Aug 7, 1868, in Rock County, and Anna S.. liorn April 12, 1875, in Rock County, are both at home. Mr. McLenegan remained a resident of Pennsyl- vania until 1857. when he came to Rock Count}- and purchased 180 acres of land, which he imme- diately began to cultivate and improve, being now' the owner of one of the many fine farms in this part of the State. He has never sought or de- sired [luiilic office, but has given his undivided attention to his home, his farm and his family. His children are now tilling useful and responsible positions in life, having nobly followed the pre- cepts and example furnished them by their ances- ters. By their honorable, upright, yet quiet and unassuming lives, Mr. and Mrs. McLenegan have won the esteem of their many friends in Rock County. lh.A AX PFENNKt, a resident of Janesville. is one of the representative German citizens i^ of Rock County. He is a native of Prus- sia, having been born on the banks of the far-famed Rhine, in the year 1835. He is a finely educated gentleman, being a graduate of Berlin University, entering at sixteen years old and tak- ing his degree at that celebrated institution in 18.' I. He was educated for the medical profession, but other business being more suited to his taste, he his -4»- ^ -h ROCK COUNTY. •«»* 951 'i- never eiisafreil in its piiuticc. On ncfount of his Mipcridr attninineiils as a scholar, lie was cxfused fioni niiiitary service after spending a year in tlie army. ROCK COUNTY. 953 liijious matters, and for many lonii' years was a meinl)er of tlu' llaptisl Cluireli. during the giealer part of uiiich time he I'iIUmI the olliee (jf Deacon, lie (lied as he had lived, a faitliful servant of his Master. Charitable and lienevolenl. he won the love of all. and of him it can be truly s;ud the world is better for his having lived. Mrs. Tuttle still survives her husband and makes her home in Beloit. Like him she has been a follower in years. In 1880 he eame to .Tanesville. and estab- lished his present business in this city. lie is a young man of good business al)ility. f;ur an. When five years of age she was taken by her parents to I,a I'orte County, Ind., j and ten years later to Rock County, Wis. Imme- diately after their marriage, the young couple re- moved to Waushara County, Wis., where they re- mained live years, and then returned to Milton, Rock County, where they resided until their death. The former ville, was born in Newark. N. J., on the 1st day of May. 18;>(), and is a son of Silas and Nancy (Gillispie) Norris. His parents were also natives (^f New Jersey, but the father was of Eng- lish descent and the mother of Irish. Both were descended from .'incestors who d.-ile their ri'sidfin'C in this countiy back to Die <-oloiiial da\s of our history. Our subject was reared to manhood in his native town, and there received an academic education. lie learned the caipenter's ti'ade while in Newark, and followed that occupation until 1857. when he decided to try his fortune in the West and came to Janesville. where he worked al his trade for four years. At the expiration of that time he went to Jlonroe, and engaged in the same line until Octo- ber, 18G4, when he enlisted in the service of his country at St. Louis in the quartermaster's depart- ment, serving imtil his discharge in April. iHfij. He then returned to Monroe, where he continued ■*► f 4 •«► 9o4 ROCK COUNTY. to engage in contracting and building until 1875. He has erected many buildings of note, including jails, school-liouses and court-houses. As before mentioned, in 1875, he again came to Janesvilte, and in the month of October, formed a partnersliii) with Mr. Sliopbell. which connection has continued until the present writing, covering a period of near- ly fourteen years. Theirs is one of the leading enterprises of the city. They are engaged in the m.anufacture of the .Jackson refriger.ator and the improved common sense weather strii)S. They al- so make sash, doors, blinds, mouldings and brac- kets and employ- on an average eighteen hands. On the r2th day of .July, 1871, Mr. Norris formed a matrimonial alliance with Miss Sallie A. Carrington, a daughter of Rowland Carrington, and a native of the P^mpire State. They have an adopted daughter, Grace. Mrs. Norris is a member of tlie Congregational Church of Janesville, and Mr. Norris lielongs to Wisconsin Lodge, No. 90, I. O. O. F. In politics, he is a faithful adherent of tlie Republican party, and is now serving his sec- ond term of two years as a member of the City Council. t ENRY MARSDEN, of the lumber firm of yl] Marsden, Whittet & Co.. one of the leading enterprises of Edgerton. was born March ijg^ 14, 1832. in Birchover, Derbyshire, Eng- land, and is a son of Samuel and Ann ^larsden, who are numbered among the early pioneers of this .state. The fatlier was born in Derbyshire Feb. 10, 1795. was reared to the occupation of farming, and in his native laud married Ann Ilem- slock, who was horn on the 17th day of .laniiar}-, 1798. In the summer of 1844 Mr. Marsden emi- grated to the United States, Vieing accompanied by his wife and ten children, six sons and four daugh- ters. Two married daughters. Mrs. Priscilla Vick- ers and Mrs. Hannah Vickers, remained in Eng- land. On arriving in this country Mr. Marsden came with his family to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Albion, Dane County, where he located Government land, and made his home until his death, which occurred Feb. 5, 1863. Ills wife died in 1881 at a ver}' advanced age. 4' He and and his family were accompanied to this country by John Slater and family, together with others. Those two gentleman were warm personal friends, and became jjromincnt among the early pioneers. Mr. Slater, however, did not long sur- vive, his death occurring the second or third year after settling in this countrj-. He was a wor- thy citizen, and in connection with Mr. Marsden. erected the first church ever built in Albion. It was a primitive Methodist Church, and both gen- tlemen were local ministers of that religious or- ganization. Mr. Slater left quite a numerous ffim- ily, none of whom are now residents of Wisconsin. Samuel Marsden was a worthy and esteemed citizen, a sincere and earnest Chistian gentleman, and left to his children that priceless heritage, a good name. Although his earthly career is finished, he still lives in the memory of his family and friends, and of liim it can truly be said, the world is better for his having lived. In early life, after becoming an American citizen, he affiliated w ith the Democratic party, but when the riueslion of human slavery divided the great political world, he cast his lot with the opponents of that most in- human system, and was ever afterward an Aboli- tionist, Init w.as not permitted to live to witness the establishment of universal freedom in his adop- ted land. Though an Englishman l>v birth and education, and cherishing a deep love and respect for his native country, he was yet a true American in principle, appreciating and admiring our free institutions, and was ever loyal to our starry banner. Samuel Marsden and wife were the parents of fifteen children, nine sons and six daughters, but three of his sons died in j-outh, before the removal of the family from England. Of the remaining numlier four sons and four daughters are living at the time of this writing: I'riscilla, before men- tioned, is the eldest of these, and still resides in England, where she has a numerous family; Han- nah, now Mrs. Vickers. remained in lier native land when the family came to this countrj-. but several yea-s later she followed them across the Atlantic, and now makes her liome in Dane County; Mrs. Esther Wileraan. who with her parents and her husband, James Wileuian. came to \\'isconsin • •► 1 -4•- ROCK COUNTY. 955 1 in 1844, is a resident of tlie town of Albion, Dane County; Job also lives in Albion near the old lioniuslcdd; Heiirj', of this sketch, is the next in order of birth; Joseph makes his home in tlie town of Sumner, Jefferson County; Mary is now tlie wife of Samuel Tall, of Albion; and Samuel, the youngest son, owns and occupies the old home- stead. Jonathan, the eldest of the sons, died soon after reachiu"' Dane County, at the age of twenty' years; Martha, the eldest, became the wife of Will- iam Wright, and died at the age of thirty years, leaving a daughter, now the widow of Samuel Hall; George, fatally shot himself while hunting with his brother Samuel, being in his seventeenth j-ear at the time of his death, which occurred in the 3ear 1855; and Ruth, who became the wife of Samuel Clarke, died Aug. 9, 188-2, at the age of sixty-one y cars- Henry ^Nlarsden, whose name heads this sketch, resided in England until about twelve years of age, at which time he came with his parents to America, lie ili^tiuctly remembers the condition of the coun- try forty-five yeai'S ago, its wild and unbroken jjrairie, over which the deer roamed, its uncut tiuilicr. the liaunl of many kinds of wild game, its little pioneer cabins and its villages, which have now become thriving cities. He w:xs reared to niiuiliood on the homestead farm, and married Miss Margaret C. Whittet, a daughter of James and Margaret \Vhitlct. pioneers of Dane County. Their union has been blest with four children: James C, Margaret -Vnn, Arthur and John Marvin. Though reared to the occupation of farming and always owning a fine farm, nevertheless, when a M>ung man. Mr. Marsdcn learned the trade of car- |)cnter and builder, serving an apprcnticeshi)) with .1. J. Naset. lie followed that occupation for eighteen years, at the same time overseeing his farming operations. He now owns a line farm in Albion Township. Dane County, of nearly 200 acres, 1 GO of which arc comprised in the old liome- ste.ad of his father. In May, 1883. he embarked in the lumber business as a member of the firm of Marsdcn, Whittet it Co., and removed with his wife and chililren to Edgertoii. No family is more worthy a place in the pioncir history of Wisconsin than that of Samuel and Ann .Mai'sinL' and puMic s|)irit(Ml citizens. An idea of the scope and extent of his transactions may be gained from the fact that in the p.ast thirty-live years he has expended in improvements in Beloit over $200,000; for he is a conspicuous representative of that class of men who have done so much to develop the resources of the West, recognizing the fact that the surest way to advance their own interests is by the advance- ment of the general interest of the communities in which they live, thus reaping the legitimate reward of well doing. The best executive ability, practi- cal common sense and strict integrity of character have been the distinguishing characteristics of his business career. So unbounded was the confidence reposed in him. in the great financial rise of the coiuitry, that, at a time when the mone\- market was especially stringent. Mi-. Carpenter was enabled to use in Beloit ^70,0(10 entrusted to him by an Eastern banking institution on security that the loaners had never seen. The enterprise and liber- ality of Mr. Carpenter have ilone more toward the upbuilding of Beloit than the individual efforts of any other of its i)ublic spirited citizens, for he hus ever been a willing and liberal contributor to every measure calculated to in any manner advance the public interests or insure the general welfare. One of the most onspicucnis monuments lo Mr. Carpen- ter's enterprise is the Grand Hotel, whieli lie erect- ed in 1884, at a cost of ¥30.(100. It is the practi- cal outgrowth of an idea he conceived of building in such a manner that additions could be adiled from time to time, as the growth of the cit\- might demand, a hotel that should be the pride of the city. He is the owner also of several well known business properties and of quite a numlier of res- idences in different parts of the town. Mr. Carpenter married Almira L. Dutcher, at Troy, N. Y., July 5. 1839, .and they celebrated their golden wedding July 5, 1889. Nearly 1,000 invitations were issued and man3- were accepted, and the affair was one of the most noteworthy so- cial events in the history of Beloit. Among the regrets received, all accompanied by kindest wishes, were those of President and Mrs. Harrison. .Senatf)r .Merrill, of Vermont, and President W. B. Strong, of the Santa Fe Railroad, and wife, of Boston, and others from nearly every Stale in the Union. All appropriate address was made by Mr. J. B. Dow. presenting to Mr. Carpenter a valuable gohl- headed cane fiH)m fifty ladies of Beloit. and to Mrs. Carpenter an elegant gold-mounted umbrella from fiftj' of her husband's old friends and business as -J^ ROCK COUNTY. 95y suciates, and Mrs. Xorman Dutclier read a fitting pocra. One of the pleasantest features, one so uiK'onnnon as to be worthy of comment, was the presence at their golden wedding of all the chil- dren who had been born to Mr. and Mrs. Carpen- l>cnler. These are — James M. C'arijentcr. Mrs. llattie M. Scaring, Mrs. Annie B. F^awrence and Mrs. C. 15. Salmon, of Heloit; Mrs Mary A. Greene of Minneaiiolis, Minn.; and Mrs. F. D. Caldwell, of Kvansville. Iiid. Mrs. Carpenter's brother, Xorman Duteher, who witnessed their wedding fifty years before, was present, .is was also John E. Dnteher, another one of her brothers. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter are blessed witli eleven grand- children, all but one of whom were present. If Mr. Carpenter has had success, he has won it. If he has happiness and peace in his declining years, he deserves them. Ilis life has been the life of a good man who lovts his fellow men. and all wlio have come within its influence have been ben- efitteil by it. —:- : : D i o ; : ^^ ENHV M. HOWE, now residing on section * 1, Spring \'alley Township, where he is en- \^ gaged in general farming, first came to ^j Wisconsin in 1840. He is a native of Ver- mont, his birth occurring on the 24th day of .May, 1820,011(1 is a son (>f John and Pluebe (Dexter) Howe, the former a native of Connecticut, and the latter of New Hampshire, while both were of Eng- lish descent. The maternal grandfather. Stepiicn Dexter, served in the Kevobitionarv war. partici- pating in the rialtle of Hiiiikcr Hill, and many other engagements, but received no wounds. The grandfather Howe was engaged in business at New London, Conn., and in 1812. the martial law being declared, he went to the defense of the cit}' with his fellow townsmen antl was killed. The family of which our subject was a member numbered eight children, all of whom grew to years of matu- ritv. Edsen, the eldest, served in the Seminole War, weilded Miss Mary Moore, of New Hamp- shire, and died in California in ISUt. He was a great traveler, belonged to the I'nited States Navy, was three times ship-wrecked and twice cast away, <■ at one time landing on an island in the ocean. He visited many countries, including the Holy Land, where he saw many objects of interest, among which was the Mount of Olives, the city of Jerusa- lem, and the chair in which .IdIih the Haptist was bound at the time when he was beheacltd by the command of the king's daughter; Almira, the second child, married George Boyce, of Northfield, Vt., by whom she had six children, and her death occurred in 1888. her husband being also deceasevere born unto them: .lohn. who is now a jirominent business man of Lee, Mass., engaged in the manufacture^of knives; Mary A. and Rex.T.,of this sketch. Jared Dowd was a man of more than ordinary ability. Possessing a studious nature, and being a close observer of men and events, he be- came well informed on all the general tojiics of the day. and was also a (lueiit speaker. Religiously, be was a member of the Baptist Church, and was a liberal supporter of the gospel. His deiith occurred in Lee, M.ass., in 1863, and his wife, who was an exemplary Christian and most estimable lady, died in 188(1. I'he subject of this sketch grew to manhood in Berkshire County, Mass., and receiveil his primary (■(lucMtion in the public schools. He later attended the Connecticut Literaiy Institute at SuHield, Conn., 4 * .acquiring a thorough knowledge of book keeping and higher mathematics, which have been of great service to him in his after life. When eighteen years old he wjls apprenticed to the trade of knife- making, serving out his full term and becoming quite familiar with the business in all its details. In the year 18,')7 he formed a partnerslii|) with his brother under the firm name of .1. and R. J. Dowd, and engiiged in the manufacture of knives at Lee, >Mass.. for the long period of twenty years. In 1877 he resolved to come West, and acting upon this determination located in Beloit, Wis., where be again embarked in the manufacture of knives. He is the owner of the only establishment of that kind in the Northwest, and his goods find a ready sale in the neighi)oring States. He h.as now carried on the business for about twelve years, and his trade is constantly- increasing. He furnishes employment for eight men. In 18.59 Mr. Dowd w;is united in marriage with Mi.ss .Sarah A. Kelsey, a daughter of Silas W. Kelsey, their union being celebrated iu Lee, Mass. Two children have been born unto them, sons: Olenville Arthur, now a student of Beloit College, and Robert Irving, who is engaged in business with his father. Mr. Dowd, his wife and sons, are members of the Second Congrega- tional Church, and are numbered among the highly respected citizens. He has been prominently iden- tified with its leading business interests since be- coming a resident of Rock County, is now Presi- dent of the Beloit Savings Bank, while his estab- lishment is one of the important manufacturing enterprises of the city. --^-*- ^«^HELI)ON W. PECK. The following are ^^^^ the principal events which have occurred ltl/_^j in the life of one who. dependent from early youth upon his own resources, has won his vv:iy slowh" but surelj- to an honorable po- sition -4n the mercantile world. He was born in Libhfield County, Conn., Aug. 31. 1810, and the family of which he was a member numbered four children. His parents. Elijah and Abigail (Whitel- sej") Peck, were mari-ied and reared their family iu Litchfield County. Henry, their eldest chihl. died r 962 i«^ ROCK COUNTY. 4. -t= when a young- man; Sheldon \V. is tlie second in order of biith : James is also deceased, and Maria is the widow of Rev. Joseph Whitelsey, a Congre- gational minister. By a former marriage with a Miss Beckwith one son had ln-en born to Mr. Peck, but he was drowned when a young man. The pa- rents of our subject were active and consistent members of the Congregational Churcii, and re- ceived the respect of all who knew them. In his political sentiments Elijah Peck supported the Whig party and was a great admirer of its leaders. He never sought or desired political preferment, giving his attention to his business interests, but was well informed on all the leading questions of the day. The days of his boyhood and youth (.>ur subject passed on his father's farm, his farm duties being alternated by attendance at the district schools during the winter months. On attaining his ma- jority he left the parental roof and started out in life for himself. He became associated in business with Dyer, Wadsworth it Co., who were engaged in selling' the Seth Thomas clocks, and for ten years was in the emploj' of that firm as collector, traveling extensively over the South. In 1841 he was united in marriage with a lady of excellent Christian virtues and character, Bliss Olive G. Beebe. Her grandfather was a soldier in the Revo- lutionary War, enlisting as a i)rivate at the early age of sixteen years, and for meritorious conduct on the field of battle was promoted to the rank of Colonel. Mrs. Peek's parents, Hon. William and Clarissa (Sanford) Beebe, were natives of Litchfield County, Conn., and to them were born six chil- dren, namely: Eliza, who married Dr. John Rus- sell, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, where her death occurred; Rebecca wedded Alexander Howard, and both are now deceased ; Hon. Philip S., of Waver- ley, N. Y., represented his district in the Legis- lature for many years; Harriet died at the age of twenty-one; Olive G., wife of our subject, and Clara, wife of Joshua Darling, now of Winsted, Conn. William Beebe was a man of prominence in the community where he resided, having several limes been elected to both houses of the Legis- ture, in which he represented his constituents with honor. For many years he was Probate Judge of Litchfield County, where he was held in the highest regard. A short time after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Peck left their home in Connecticut and started for the far West, their journey being bj- cars to Au- burn, N. Y., which was then the terminus of the railroad, after which they proceeded by stage to liuffalo. where they took passage on a lake steamer for Chicago, arriving at their destination after a long and tedious journej'. The city which now ranks third, if not second, in population in the I'nion, then contained l)ut 10,000 inlial>itants. There was no Madison street bridge, while but a few scattering settlers resided on what is now known as the West .Side. Soon after thei.i arrival Mr. Peck, in compan}- with Thomas Dj'er, pur- chased the onl}' exclusive crockery store in the city. He afterwaids bought a block in connection with L. M. Boyce, on JMadison street, the present site of Charles Farwell's wholesale store, and erected a linseed oil mill, the first estalilishment of the kind in the city, and probably' in the State. He also purchased three lots on State street, vvhere he erected a handsome residence, one of the finest in the city at that time, then sold the other two lots at an advance, which paid for the one he had built upon, together with the cost of the residence. Fortune seemed to favor his ever)' effort in the city, and he rapidly accumulated mone)', and had it not been for the cholera, he would probably lie yet numbered among its residents. Leaving his Chicago home in 1856, Mr. Peck came to Beloit and immediately established himself in the luml)er trade, though he subsccjuently built a warehouse and handled grain in connection with his other business until 1878, when he retired from active pursuits, having since lived a private life. The union of Mr. and Jlrs. Peck has been blessed with a family of six children. Clara, who was the wife of John S. Kendall, died in Chicago in 1886; Kate; (ieorgana died at the age of twenty-one; William S. is living in Shelby. Ala.; Mary died at the age of three years, and Robert is located in Chicago. The parents are both members of the Congregational Church, and in the social world of Beloit hold a high position. During his earlier jears Mr. Peck supported by his ballot and inflii- t -4•- ROCK COUNTY. 9G3 once the Wliig |)a.rty. Iml wlien the Hepubllean parly spraiiu; into existence sis an organization, de- sirinii: to prevent the furtlier extension of slavery, he enlisted in its ranks, and lias since been a loyal defender of its banner. Almost half a century has passed since his .arrival in this part of the country, at which time but a few settlers were scattered over the vast Northwest. The few improvements that had been made were of a primitive character, while the work of development and progress had hardly been begun. In the great and gram! work of transformation which has taken place Mr. Peck has been not only an eye-witness, but has taken an active part in producing this change. He has labored long and faithfully in the interests of the community. n)id the esteem in which he is licid is well merited. ■'o*c~(ey^^\;(^o*o.. AMES ATNSLIE, who is numbered among I the pioneer settlers of Rock County, is a I prominent farmer of the town of Lima, re- -i: J (^^// siding on section 17. He, .as his parents were before iiim. is a native of Scotland, born in 1818, a son of .lames and Isabel Ainslie. The family is noted for longevity, his paternal grandfa- ther. Anih'ew Ruthford Ainslie, having lived to the advanced age of one hundred years. The children born to James and Isabel Ainslie were ten in num- lier, seven sons and three daughters, of whom our subject is the only one living. Six sons and two daughters grew to manhood and womanhood and two brothers and one sister liecame residents of America. .Samuel w:is a prominent merchant and banker in Castalia. Ohio, and his family are well-to- do and inllueiitial. one of his sons being I'resident of the Wisconsin Central Railroad. Mr. Ainslie's nu)thcr died in her native land; his fatiier in Ohio, in 18 10. 'I'liey were both consistent Christians and members of the Presbyterian Church. Our subject w!is educated in Si'otland and in his early life was si farmer, and also engaged in teaming. When a young man, he resolvement of the land. Mr. Ainslie was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Ruthford, who was born in Roxsbury- shire, Sept. 22, 1840, a daughter of Richard and .lanct (Dougl.ass) Ruthford. to whom were born four cliildri'ii. The |)areiits died in their nati\e land, and accomiianieil liy her brother and two sisters, Mrs. Ainslie came to America in 1870. She was the eldest of the family; her l)rother and sister, Andrew and Catharine, are living in I'aivnee County, Neb. Her sister Jane shares her home. To Mr. and Mrs. Ainslie h.ave lieen born an in- teresting family of five children — .lanet. Belle, Maggie, Christina and a son who died in infancN'. Mr. .\inslie li.as 2 Id .acres of line land, compris- ing one of the best farms in town. It is well stocked with a good grade of horses, cattle and hogs and h.as many useful and beautiful improve- ments, while the home with its entire surroundings indicate thrift and relinement. Its owner is a prac- tical and i)rogiessive faiiner, energetic and enter- prising, though beginning life in limited circum- stances, working by the day at any labor by which r 961 ROCK COUNTY. he c'Oulfl earn an honest dollar, he has steadily made his way ujjward. and by habits of industry and economy has a<'cuniulated a comfortable i)rop- ertv. He and his wife are members of the Pres- byterian Cluircli. In i)olitical sentiment he is in- dependent, not fettered by any party, but votinj; for the man wiio he thinUs will best fill the oflice. Ills honorable upright life during tiie forty-four years of his residence in HocU County has won him the resi)ect and confidence of all, and he well de- serves a representation in the history in tiie com- munity where lie has so long made his home. OHN >S. McMillan, residing on section l.o, \ Union Township, is numbered among the pioneer settlers of the county, and is a rep- resentative of one of its honored and re- spected families. He is a native of Franklin County. N. '\'.. born Feb. 14, 18:32, and is a son of Charles and Marian (Brown) McMillan. The father was born .luly 11. l.snii. in Fr.ankliu County. N. Y.. and the mother in Lower Canada in liSlO, and their marriage was celebrated in the native count>- of Mr. McMillan. The family is of Scotch descent, and the religion of the Scottish peo|)le. the doctrine of the I'resbyterian Church, was faithfully adhered to by Charles McMillan. In 1H33 he removed with his wife from Franklin Couuty, settling in Seneca County. Ohio, where he rented and operated a saw- mill until 1H;?s. In that year he continued his journey westward until reaching Wisconsin, and spent twelve months at what is called the Lyden House. In tlie fall of 1839, .accompanied by his family, he reached the banks of the Rock River, which he crossed on a ferry and found himself in .lanesville. then but a mere handet. Kutering 160 acres of Governnuut land on the northeast quarter of section l.'j. in what is now ITnion Township, he erected a double log cabin, into which tiie family moved, and which for many years continued to be their home. That little dwelling was the abode of hospitality, and the traveler journeying westward always received a hearty welcome from our pioneer. Ctiarles McMillan loved hit life on the frontier and round great pleasure in the simple mode of living. lie made his home on the original purchase until 1852, when he removed with his fruuily to the pineries in the northern p;u-t of the State, where he was employed until about 1868. when he returned to his ohl homestead, where he spent the succeed- ing two years. At the expiration of that time he returned to the lundier camp, l)ut finall}' sold out and became a resident of Wood Couuty, where he remained until 1S7;>. Going on a visit to his son David, who was a resident of Wautoma, Waushara Co., Wis., he was there taken sick and died. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. McMillan survived her husband until Nov. 3. 1886. when she too passed to her linal rest. She was a woman who placed the utmost faith in the |)romises and power of Christ, and when the final summons came was ready to respond to her Master and cross the dark river to meet the loved one gone before. This worthy c()U|ile have now passed avva\' but their memory will ever be held dear by their many friends in Hock County. They were re|)re- scntatives of the noble pioneer, and took great delight in performing an act of kindness or doing a charitable deed. They were the parents of ten children, six of whom are living at this writing in 1889. Sarah A., widow of Fdwin Martin, who was killed in the late war just before the surrender of Lee; .lolin S., of this sketch ; David H. , who is residing in Oshkosh. Wis.; Eliza, wife of Alfred Harold, a farmer of Swift County, Minn.; Hannah, wife of A. C. Thorp, a prominent stock dealer of Evansville; IMatilda, wife of N. D. Luce, a lumber dealer of Wausau. Wis. The deceased meudjers of the family are Amanda, who became the wife of William Ray and removed to Missouri, where both died; James, Edward and one child who died in infancy. I5ut few citizens of Rock County have been num- bered among its resfdents for the long period of hall a century', but more than fift}' years have elapsed since John S. McMillan settled with his parents in Union Township. lie was then a lad of six years, consequently almost his entire life has been spent in the community where he yet resides. He was educated in the common schools of the county, and was reared to manhood on the old homestead, within :i half uiilc of bis present resi- -•► ROCK COUNTY. 9G5 i I dence. Although the trials and hardships of pioneer life were many, yet those early ilays on the frontier were not without their pleasure, for the early settlers lived not alone for self, but shared with each other the joys and hapiiiness whicii came to them. At the time when tlie McMillan family crossed the river toJanesville it contained hut three log cabins and a little store owned by Thomas Lappin. The grain was hauled to market at Milwaukee, our sub- ject making his regular trii)s to mill and selling his wheat in that city. At one time, on his return, the price of wheat being so low and his expenses so so much, he found that he had $6 less than at start- ing. This is but one of the few inconveniences which were endured bj- the early settlers. On the 10th day of October. 1852, Mr. McMillan vv.as united in marriage with IMiss Lucretia Thorp, whow.as born in Wyoming County, N. Y., July 13, 183(;. and is a daughter of Charles and Betsy (Dinsinore) Thorp. In 1840 her parents came to Wisconsin, settling in Kenosiia. where the father died in tlie t';ill of the same yeai'. Mrs. Thorp afterwards went to visit her brother, who was living in IJoone County, 111., and there became llie wife of Peter Johnson, liotli are now deceased, the wife dying near .Sharon. 111. The domestic life of Mr. and Mrs. McMillmi was begun on the old family homestead, wiiere tiiey continued to reside until I8.J5, when the iuisbaiid l)urciiased forty acres of land, which formed the nucleus of his present farm. He is now tiie owner of eighty acres under a liigii state of cultivation, forming one of the best farms in tlie township. They have l)een blessed willi four children, Init the eldest, Chark's. died in infancy; I'llla is tlie wife of F. B. (ilidden. a leading farmer of Hancock Countv, Iowa; .Mice wedded O. L. Richards, now a retired farnier of JanesvUle; and Henry Eugene, who was born Jan. 14, 186G, is in charge of the home farm. .Mr. McMillan is one of the leading citizens of Rock County, and has been identified with many of her important enterprises. He has not only witnessed but has been an active partici- pant in the great and rapid changes of the bannei' county: has seen the little cabins re|)laced by sub- stantial and lieaulifid residences; the ox teams sup- planted by the locomotive and the palace cars i ^» which rival a parlor in splendor; has marked the rapid growth of town and village, and has aided in the development of the wild lands into beautiful farms and homes. Mr. and Mrs. McMillan hold an enviable [ilacc in the hearts of the peojile of this {•ommnnity, and are respected by all who know them. The family are all members of the First Baptist Church of Union with the exception of our subject, who, though not belonging to any religious organization, gives liberally in support of the gospel. .Socially, he is a member of Union Lodge, No, 32, A. F. it A. M., of Evansville, and is regarded as a valued citizen. In politics he is a stalwart Republican, and has filled various official positions. Thus we have given the main facts in the life of one of Rock County's oldest jnoneers. ENRY BRAYTON JOHNSON, a pioneer I settler of Rock County of 1.S14. dating his residence in Johnstown from the 4th day of ^) July of that year, is a nali\e of New York. He was born in the town of W.alton. Delaware County. May 15. 1HI8, and is a son of Chapman and Hannah (Edwards) .lohnson, whose birthplace was also in Delaware County. The family was founded in Rhode Island many years prcvitius to the Revolutionary War. The great-grandfather served in the French and Indian War begun in 1755. and also aided the colonies in their strugo-|e for independence. The father of our subject was a soldier in the War of LSI 2. When Henry was a young lad he removed with his parents to JetTer.son County. N. Y.. and was reared to the occupation of farming, but afterward engaged in lumbering and merchandising in the town of Natural Bridge for a few years. Leaving his native State in 1844. he came directly to Rock County, Wis., settling in Johnstown Townshij), where he engaged in farming. His l:uided posses- sions at one time amounted to 500 acres, but he lias recently disposed of all of it witli the exception of seventy acres. In 1 84(1 he remo\ed to Jolinslown Center, where he built a hotel, oiK-rating the same for eighteen years, at the same time carrying on ■► ,^ ^» 4= 906 -•^ ROCK COUNTY. f exten.^ive agricultural operations. In 1869 he ereeteil another hotel, of which his son, Horatio Seymour, is now proprietor. He was also for sev- eral years engaged in mereliandising in that town, keejjing a general store. In .Jefferson County, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1846. Mr. Johnson was joined in wedlock with Miss Margaret (irenis. who was born in Oneida Countj'. N. Y.. and is a daughter of John and Elizabeth Grems. Her people were descended from the old Knicker- liockor stock of tlie Empire State. To Mr. and Mrs. .lohnson two children have been born : Edwin Chapman, who married Miss Fronie Cheeney, daiiglitcr of Henry C'lieeney, is novv living in Janes- ville, Wis.; Horatio Seymour married Miss ]>illian Amlik'r, daughter of Hiram Ambler, and is now conducting the .lolinson Hotel at .Johnstown Cen- ter, in connection with which he operates his farm of ciglitv acres in .Tohnstown Township. In .Inly. 1887, Mr. .lohnson came to Janesville and bought into liis present business. He now deals in grain and feed, doing both a wholesale and re- tail trade. In politics he is a Democrat, but has always refused to accept public ofiicc. eHARI.ES G. Tl^JNEY, millwriiilit. of Ke- loit. Wis., is a native of Conneclicut. and was born in Bridgeport, on the 4th day of .lanuaiy, 1825. His i)arents. Seth I), and N'ar- cissa (Rriscoe) Turnej', were natives of Fairfield Co., Conn., the former born Jan. 26. 1790, and tlie latter March 24, 1790. Their marriage was cele- bratcf " M;u'- beth." His father was a slate (piairyinan and for Muuiy years leased and o|ierated Hirnam quarry near his home. In his earlier years our subject at- tended the Drummond (School, anil later, during t!ie winter months, he attended the parish schools, enjoving (piite limited opportunities for the acqui- sition of an eilucalion. which, however, have been f largely supplemented by private stuily and obser- vation. He served an apprenticeship to the car- l)enter's trade, at which he worked until his emi- gration to America. June 2P, 1838, he set .sail from Greenock, on the '• Lad.\- of the Lake," com- manded by Caittain Hugh Munn. accompanied bv his mother, four sisters and his brother -lames. After a tedious voyage of nearly seven weeks they landed at New York, August 12, and came directly to Wisconsin to join his brother Teter, the journe\ from the Atlantic consuming four weeks more. His sisters were Beatrice, who died at INlilton in 1876; 'Margaret, who became the wife of James Murray and resides in Milwaukee; Calhaiiiie. who wedded James Holmes and lives in Milton; and Elizabeth, who became tlic wife of D. 1 riiuh.ut. and is deceased as is .also her husband. Mrs. .Mc- Ewan, the mother of this family, died at Milton in 18G6, .aged eighty-one 3'ears. Mr. McEwan located at the village of Milton, then containing but two houses. re|iaired the dwell- ing of his brother, made some furniture foi- the house, and lived there until the spring of 1K3'J, when he went to I'latteville, Wis.. wlitMc he worked at his trade two seasons. He entered a claim in the southwest quarter of section 34 and bought eighty acres at the land sale in 1810, subseciucntl y buying the remaining eighty acres, making 160 in all. In 1811 he worked .at his trade a short time in Janesville. and from there went to Beloit, where he was likewise employed the balance of that sea- ,sou. While at Beloit he built a boat and loaded liis tools therein, and, in company with his cousin. James H. Dow, started down the river. intendiuL; to visit the South. AVith this boat they proceeiled as far as Muscatine, Iowa, before securing a river boat, when the}' took pass.age on a steamboat for St. Louis, bidding adieu to their frail craft and re- lincinishing it to the mercy of the waves and cur- rents of the Eather of Waters. At St. Louis Mr. McEwan met some friends who gave him letters of introduction to friends of theirs in New C)r- leans. Proceeding to Vicksburg, Mr. McEwan and Mr. Dow separated, the former remaining at N'icksburg and the latter returning to Wisc(,)nsin. In the spring of 1842 Mr. ,McEwan returned to .St. Louis anri there worked at his trade until the fol- 4 <*• 970 ROCK COUNTY. -t lowing August, when he deciiled to come back to Milton. I'pon his arrival at G.ilena, 111., he met with a Metliodist preacher named Henry \V. Reid, who wanted him to inakc some repairs on a liouse lie had bouglit. As there seemed to be consider- able money in circulation at Oalena, IMr. McEwan concluded it would be a good place to locate for a wliile. While doing the work for Mr. Held lie was casting aliout for some means to improve his for- tunes, liuying a machine for manufacturing sash, he engaged in that business, thus establishing the first sasli factor}' in Galena. Remaining there until the fall of laiT, he went to Memiihis, Tenn., where lie worked at his trade until June, 1848. While at Mciiiplii^i Mr. McEwan finished a fine residence for I. 15. Kirtlaiid, a nephew of Governor Kirtland, the job having been begun by two brothers named Case, from Ohio, who liad been obliged to leave the place for their own safety on account of their pronounced anti-slavery views. Early in .July, 1848, Mr. McEwan returned to Milton, and, in connection with his brotlicis, he soon erected the building now occupied by Collin Smith and, with his brother Peter, engaged in mercantile business, whicii they continued until 18.jG, wiicn they sold out, Mr. McEwan removing to ids farm and en- gaging in agricultural pursuits and stock-raising, in which lie was successful. Tn 1878 he returned to the village, where he has since lived, having given up the management of his farm to his son. Mr. McEwan was married in .lanesville to Mrs. Caroline C. Carr, widow of John E. Carr and a daughter of Simon and Koxie (Risle}-) Atherton. Mrs. ^IcEwan wjis born in Bolton. Tolland Co., Conn., and her parents were also n.1 the death of the mother occurred, and Mr. liurdick was again niarrieerl of even his political en- emies, and his duties have been discharged with the same promptness and fidelity which character- izes all his undertakings. In 18;)1 he was elected the third President of the Agricultural .Society, which position he held for three years. During his early life he sup|)orteurncy to Wisconsin, and having a chance to sell ^his farm to advant.age, he resolved to cast his lot vvith the early settlers of Rock County, and emigrating to the West, located near Beloit. Lands were cheaper further from the city, but Mr. Nye desired to provide his children with good educational advantages and selected that farm. He bought 120 acres of land, entering an- other tract of forty acres, and at the time of his death, which occurred March 21, 1881), resided upon his original purcha,se. which continued to be his home with the exception of six years spent at Beloit. Feeling that the loss of an education had been a detriment to him through life, he deter- mined that his children should receive liberal ad- vantages, and to that end removed to that city. "^^ Seven children were born of this union — William N.. who is now a prominent farmer of Beloit Town- ship; Caroline, widow of John V. Hugunin. who was a leading farmer of La Prairie Township, still resides on a farm; Ira P., a prominent attorney and real estate agent of Eureka, Kan.; Sarah, widow of Lyons Bentley, is now living on the old home- stead ; Charles is a well-to-do farmer of Beloit Township; Joseph ('., a banker and prominent citizen of Eureka. Kan., is also an extensive ranch- man in Greenwood County; ^Nlary, wife of Henry Albertson. who is a leading citizen of Des Moines. Iowa. In 1878 the mother of these children passed to her reward. Fov fifty years Mr. and Mrs. Nye traveled life's journey to- getlier, sharing with each other it-s joys and sorrows, its pleasures and its pain. The lady was an earnest, devoted Christian, and for many years w.as a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her children received the kind- est care and attention, and it w.as her daily en- deavor to teach them the true w.ay of life. She was permitted to live to see them honored and use- ful members of society, of which .any mother might be proud, and when death called her she was ready to respond to the Master's summons. .\ It hough her altsence makes a void in the family circle which nothing can fill, her family can look forward to a happ\' reunion when the toils and trials of this life are over. For about forty-three years Mr. Nye was identi- fied with the history of Rock County. On his ar- rival in this community the country was in a wild, uncultivated state, settlements were few, and wild game was seen in abundance. From his own land he dug tlie stone which was used in building his house, and from Milwaukee, which is distant eighty-seven miles, he hauled the luniliei-. He immediately began the cultivativation and im- l)rovement of the land, clearing it of brush, plant- ing crops, erecting bai'us, and continuing the work of transformation until he became the owner of one of the best farms in this section He was truly one of the self-made men of tlie community. Starting out in life when only fifteen years of .age, his capi- tal consisted of only .a strong determination to succeed, combined with a young man's bright hope •►Hh-4^ ROCK COUNTY. 973 \ of the future, but by enterprise, hard labor and ability he gained a comfortable competency, and became one of the well-to-do fanners of the town- ship. His home was the abode of hos|)itality. and kindness and charity were extended to all. The poor had no truer friend than Mr. Nye, and to many he reiidereil most kindly a.ssistance. In early life he was a supporter of the Whig party, and cast his ballot for William Henry Harrison, the the hero of Tippecanoe, but on the dissolution of that ]iarty he joined the new Republican party, which he has since supported, and in 1888 voted for Gen. Henjaniin Harri-son. the illustrious grand- .son of the Whig President. For sixty j-ears he w:us a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and as time passed his faith continually grew stronger In the Bible and its promises. He h.as given liberally in support of educational and re- ligious institutions, and no citizen of Rock County- is held in higher respect. 'i^m- A IVILLIAM C. RICHARDSON is engaged in \/\l/' f'i''"i'"8' "" section 7. Union Township. V5^ ^\'e lind in this esteemed gentleman one of the honored iik)neers of Rock County, who for the long period of forty-live years has resided within her liorders. He has shared the trials and hard- ships incident to life on the frontier, and has wit- nessed the entire growth of the count}'. He w.as born in Franklin County, N. V., on the 7th day of August, 1S28, and is a son of .Tohn K. and F.unice T. (Curtis) Richardson, both of whom were natives of X'ermont. In 1832 .John Richardson removed with his fam- ily to Chuutauiiua County, N. Y.. where he con- tinueniirie. However, he broke many acres of land in Rock Count}-, and liis plow turned the furrows on the second cfardcn on the west !>ide of the river, which i.s now in the heart of the city of .Tanesville. lie was one of six men who built log cabins in f)r(ler to hold claims on the site of the present village of Albanw in (ireen County, and in many other wa\s aided in the development and growth of tiie community. In 1847 he went to Janesville, where he served an apprenticeship of two and a half years to the blacksmith's tr.ade. At the expiration of tiiat time be returned to his home with the intention of going at once to -St. Louis, hut, being offered work in Albany at %1.50 per day, he changed his mind and accepted the posi- tion in Green County. After two mouths spent in that employment, however, he was taken sick with chills and fever, and returned to his home. His father pevsu.aded him to remain at home and work upon the farm, which he did for eleven months' though being still alHicted with the chills. At the end of that time, when the crop was harvested, he was forced to abandon farm life, and, finally secur- ing mone}- enough to buy a bellows and a small stock of blacksmith's supplies, he opened the first shop in Evansville. In the spring of 18.51, lieing attracted by the gold discoveries in California, he resolqed to make a trip to the mining districts. Loading his blacksmith tools in a wagon, he started for the Pacific Sl(j|)e with but ¥L') in money. The journey across the plains, where danger threat- ened on every side, was then a long and toilsome one. the Indians causing much trouble to travelers, and often committing barbarous massacres. Mr. Richardson, after six months s]ienl in making the journey. reached California and opened a blacksmith shop, which he operated for a short time. He then began working in the mines, at which he was reasonably successful, and at the time of his return home had saved iil, 250, witli which he purchased the old homestead. conii)rising the forty acres originally entere(L and eighty acres which were afterward purchased. He at once began the de- velopment and imi)rovement of the farm, in con- nection with which he worked at w.agon-making for sorae time, and also eng.aged in breaking prai- rie. Since becoming the owner of the old home- stead, he has extended its boundaries until it now comprises 2;)4 acres, and he also owns a farm of 200 acres in Dane County, making a total of 454 acres, which pays a golden tribute to the care and labor wliich he bestows upon it. I'pon the farm will be found eight}- head of fine cattle .twenty- three head of horses, and, in general, a large drove of hogs, but the |):ist year he has suffered great loss in the latter from cholera. In 1856 Mr. Richardson was united in marriage with Miss May I)aven|)orte. a native of Ohio, with whom he had become acquainted while she was on a visit to her brother. By this union ten children have been born, eight of whom are now living: M.ay. wife of Henry Banks, of Mead, Kan.; Ada, wife of Charles Phelps, a resident of Chicago; Fred W.. John C, Carrie, Charles, Warren, Neva; Eunice and Gr.acie, who are now- deceaseil. In the spring of 1881 Mrs. Richardson was called to her final home. She was a loving wife and tentler mother, ami was moiuned, not only by her family, but !)}• many friends throughout the communit}-. Mr. Richardson was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Klizabcili (Vest) Durst, a native of Galena. 111. Her mother w.as born of German i>arent.age. Iier father was of Kuglish ori- gin, and he was a son of one of the soldiers who did guard duty at the old fort in Portage, Wis. He also served four years in the Civil War. first enlist- in the 17th Wisconsin Infantry, and later in the 20th Wisconsin Infantry. By her first marriage Jlrs. Richardson had a family of seven children — Jehu H., Adam, John, Mamie, l>en.a, Amelia and Fannie. Two children have graced the second marriage — William ami Lillie Alice. In politics Mr. Richardson generally suijjjorts the Rejniblican part}', but is very liberal in his views, voting for princi|)le rather than to supjjort a political organization. Since becoming a resi- dent of Rock County, he has taken an active part in its upbuilding and in the promotion of its in- terests. The story of his life during the pioneer daj'S would be an exciting and intensely interest- ing one. The traveler stopping in the [irosperous and thriving towns and cities, or driving across the country where stretches out before him l)road and fertile farms, could scarceh- realize th:it foilv- ^ a ^•■ ROCK COUNTY. five years ago Rock County' was almostan unbroken wilderness, Imt at that time, when ^Ir. Riciiardson first located witliin its borders, the settlements were very few, the nearest neighbors were often miles away, the prairies were still in their primitive con- dition, wild name of various kinds, including diH T, were in their various haunts, and the smoke of the Indian wigwam had scarcely cleared away. How great is the change which has l)oen wrought in the past half century 1 The pioneer homes have been replaced by substuntial and elegant resi- dences, and where the ox team slowly plodded over the unl)roken prairie the locomotive witli its palace cars sweeps b^-. The little towns and vil- lages have become prosperous and thriving cities, and the county is inliabited b^' a well-educated anirth; Maria be- came the wifeof (ieorge I.ee. a farmer of the town of .Magnolia: Mary wedded M.'u-tin Case, who is engaiied in I'arniing iii'ar l>eluiont, Iowa; Sarah is the wife of Ra\- (iilman, a clothier of Kvansville; Henry is a resident of Fvansville, and Frances is the wife of Clinton Scolield, a resident fai'mer of the town of Union. The faniil}- resided in New York until IS;')!, when they became residents of Loraine County, Ohio, where Mr. Fellows pur- chased a farm of 1 10 acres, lie engaged in the op- eration of that land until IH.'jO. when he came with his wife and children to Kock County and .again resumed farming. He [jurchased 2 10 acres of laii«ix AVID MEHRILL is a leading farmer of Ij) licloit Township, residing on section 10. Probably no man in Rock County has done more for its development and upbuilding than our subject, who has been a resident since 18H. but of this we will speak htreafter. Jn Shel- burnc, Franklin Co.. Mass., he was born Dec St, 1M2. His parents. Capt. Thadileus and Achsah (.Severance) ^lerrill, were of English descent. His maternal great grandfather came to America dur- ing the early Colonial times and the stor^' of his life is one of thrilling interest. He was a brave, fearless man, and twice served his country as a sol- dier. Pie enlisted in the French and Indian War and was twice captured by the red men and sent to Canada. He also aided the Colonies in their strug- gle for independence, and lived to a ripe old age, and died in his ninety-third year. At one time having been taken prisoner by the Indians, he came, with his captors to a stream. They felled a large tree, laid it across the water and then sent their prisoner over to hold the other end of the log to keep it from rolling. When the old chief started to cross the water, without the slightest fear of the consequence, Mr. Severance rolled the log, thereby causing the Indian to fall into the water. On reaching the bank the chief drew his tomahawk to kill the old gentleman, but the other Indians, who were greatly amused by the perform- ance, interfered and thus saved his life. He made his escape from the Indians by providing the chief with liquor until he became intoxicated, and then forcing him to make his mark which he used when passing the Indian guards, and in that way reachetl his home. He at length laid down his life after a long and useful career. The parents of our subject. Thaddeus Merrill and his wife had a family of thirteen children, all of whom reached mature years with the exception of one. Joel. Ira. Strong and Lloyd are now all de- ceased; Levi is living in Shelburne Falls, M.ass. ; David was the seventh in order of birth; one died in infancy; Thaddeus, Jr., makes his home in Ab- ingdon, 111.; Martin died in 1887; Solomon is lo- cated in Kej', N. 11.; Nathaniel is a prominent citi- zen of Milwaukee, Wis.; Tirzah, widow of Cyrus Pelton, is living in Cuylerville, N. Y.; and Hannah is deceased. The parents both died in Shelburne, M.ass.. the father at the .age of seventy-six years, and the mother at the advanced age of ninety. He was a member of the Unitarian Church, while she held fellowship in the Congregational Church. The early education of our subject wjis pursued in the common schools and .academy of Shelburne, -^ I ROCK COUNTY. 977 ]Mass., and in 1835. he took a prei)aratory course with till' intention of entering eoUeite. However, in liie spring of 18;!(;, lie w;is imliiced to change his mind and accompany a parly of travelers to the West. On reaching Ann Arlior, Mich., lie left Ills friends and in thai coiniiiiinily secured a posi- tion as leachcr in the piililie sehiiols. while in the evenings lie trained a singing class. In the month f)f November, 1837, lie first came to Wisconsin, re- maining in Milwaukee until Ihe spring of 1838, when he returned to .Vnu Arbor, Mich., where he made his home until the spring of 1841, during which time he w.as principally engaged in teaching. During thai spring he went lo Whitewater, Wis., where during the summer he worked upon a farm. The following winter lie was engaged in teaching singing schools along the l{t>ck River from Rock- foi-d. III., to Whitewater, Wis., and in that man- ner formed an extensive acquaintance. On tlie r.ltli vlay of March. 1842, he married Agnes Fonda, this being one of the first public weddings in the county, and was celebrated in the Congregational Churcli of r.eloit. The lady was a native of Ful- ton Coiiiily, N. \.. and a daughter of John Fonda. The young couple made their home in AVhite- water until Nov. 17. 1842. when they started for Heloit. The sleighing was fine, and reaching Fletcher's .about 1 o'clock they started to cross Rock I'rairie, where for the distance of nine miles there was not a single house. .Vfter having pro- ceeded on their journey for about a mile a blizzard struck them, and so blinding was the storm that night came ()litical alliliations was a menilier of the (irecnltack [larty until 1884. wiien he joitied forces with the Democratic party, and has since adhered to its principles, lie enjoys, as he richly deserves, the rcs|)ect of .all. and is well knnwn throughout the coninuinitv. 0B?:RT LILBl'RX. residing on section .'). Bradford Township, is a well-known citi- zen of Rock County, which he has claimed as his home for more than forty-lour years. lie is a native of Scotland, born in Uinrosshire, Julv 1, 1842, and is the son of James and .Margaret (Laurie) Lilburn, now deceased, whose sketch ap- pears in thi.s volume, lie was but three years of age when he accompanied his parents across the broad Atlantic to the beautiful prairie home which his father had selected the [previous year. In this new home he lived until the age of twelve \ears, when he was sent to Scotland, and there accpiired a thorough knowledge of Scotch farming. After remaining in his native land three ^ears, he re- turned to bis father's house in Bradford Township, 4^ glad, no doubt, to again be amid the scenes of his earl^' childhood, and wliere he could enjoy the loving counsel of his father. The vocation of a farmer he chose .as his life's work, and a visit to his home, surrounded as it is by every evidence of the [H-ogressive farmer, proves that his choice was wdl made. In 18()7 Mr. Lilburn once more returned to liis native land, anil there chose for his life cfiin|)anion Miss Mary Lilburn, a most estimable lady, their marriage occurring on the (Jlh day of .Inne, 186(i. She is a daughter of Thomas and Agnes (Horn) Lilburn, who were also natives of Scotland. Soon after their marriage, he brought his young wife to this fair land, and installed her as mistress of his beautiful home. For more than a .score of years they have trod life's journey' together, and three children came to bless their union. One son, Lc- roy, ilied in 1888. The living are James and Roberta Agnes, who are 3'et inm.ates of the paicntal home. Robert Lilburn can traci' his ancestry back several hundred years, one of his ancestors, likewise named Robert Lilburn. Iieing .'imong the number who tried anil signed the death warr.mt of Charles I. But it is not because of his ancestry that he claims recog- nition. Like the native born .Vmericin. he wishes to be judged on his own merits. Still he has rea- son to be [noud of the stock from which he sprung, and like all .Scotchmen lu^ has a love foi' his native country, and a pride in its history and in the lives of its heroes that have rendered im|)erishable the name of bonnie .Scotland. His good wife shares with him a love for her native laud, and although her lot has been cast in the New World, in memory she often lives in the good old days when she was a bonnie Scottish lass. Success has crowned the eflforts of Robert Lil- burn, and to-day he is the owner of 960 acres of as fine land as the sun shines on. together with a large amount of personal pro[)erty, rendering him inde- [lendent in the fullest sense. In addition to gen- eral farming, he makes a specialty of tine stock, especially rolled Angus cattle, of which he is an extensive breeder. He is a member of the Polled Angus A.ssoeiation, both of Scotland and America. For some years he has been engaged in iiniiorting -•► -•► 980 ROCK COUNTY. and selling Shetland ponies, and is a member of the Shetland Pony Association of ihe Inited States. Politically, Mr. l>ill)urn is a Democrat, bnt not nil :u;tive politician, i)referring to devote his atten- tion to his business interests. Religiously, he was reined a Presbyterian, in whicli faith his wife was ;ilso reared, though tliey now worship with the Con- gregationalists of Emerald Grove. Bradford Town- ship. As a citizen he is held in iiigh regard by one and all. I'USTINli. FESSENDEN. a practical and representative farmer and raiser of tobacco, residing on section 24, Porter Township, ig|/ was born in Chatauqua County, N. Y., on the Cth ilay of February, 1840. His parents. Ho- race and Salome (IJeebe) Fessenden, were natives of the Empire Slate, and tliere resided for many years. Horace Fessenden -.vas a lumber dealer, following that business in Hanoou, N. Y. until I8;i(), when he purchased a farm in Chatauqua Cnunty, and turned iiis attentions to agricultural |)ursuits. After operating his land for ten years, he sold out and in 1846, following the course of emigration which was steadil}' drifting westward, landed in Rock C'oiuity, Wis. ImniiMliatcly after his arrival, he purchiised a farm of ICO acres on section 20. Porter Township, the land then being in a primitive condition. He built a little log cabin into which the family moved and immediately be- gan clearing the land. Mr. Fessenden was one of the earliest settlers of Rock County and was an im- portant factor in the upbuilding and development of the township. He added to his origin.al purchase until his farm comprised 430 acres, which he |)laced under a high state of cultivation and greatly im- proved. As a citizen, lie was public spirited, enter- prising and progressive and filled various offices of trust, serving for three or four years as town Treasurer, and for a number of years was a mem- ber of the 4"own Board. All moral and social in- rests received his ready su|)port and he was a true friend to the cause of education. In political sen- timent, he alfiliated with the Democratic party, aud a> every true American citizen should do. took an active interest in politics, but was never an office- seeker. Through the community in which he lived, he was held in high regard and won the confidence and respect of all with whom business or pleasure brought him in contact. His excellent wife died on the 2od dav of August. 1859. and was laid to rest in Taylor cemetery' in Porter Township. A 3-ear had not jet passed when the husbanleasanl families of the county. In connection with general farniinyf. Mr. I^'csscnilen cnfj'iRcs in the cultivation of tobacco, having' raiscil that [)roiluct foi- nineteen years. On the Glh day of September, 18(50, Mr. Fessen- (len led tu the ni.arriage altar Aliss Emily Vaughn, a native of New Yorl<. Uy their union .seven child- ren have been born — Orpha A., who wa.s born .Marcli 2G. 1862. is li vino- in tiie town of I'orter; Forre.st G., born April l.'i, 18().5, is still under the parentJil roof; Fred C, born Feb. 14, 18G7, is now deceased ; Luella ]\I., born Aug. 15. 1801*, is at home; Frank W.. born July 19. 1 871. is now dead; j;inia S.. born April 12, 1877, and IJoyd B., b(jrn Sept. 8. 1882, yet reside with their parents. The children have all received good educational ad- vantages, thereby fitting them for the practical duties of life. Possessing progressive ideas. i\Ir. Fessenden has always taken an interest in .-ill public measures and has been iironiinently identilied with many of the leading enterprises of the community. lie has served his fellow-citizens as a member of the Town IJoaril, has (llled the office of Treasurer, and at different times has served as Side Sui)ervisor, dis- charging his various duties with promptness and fidelity-. In political life, be has followed in the footsteps of his father, being a warm supporter of Democratic principles. Mr. and 3Irs. Fessenden hold an iMiviable place in the hearts of their many friends and the respect which is rendered them is well merited. — -i^m- — I i DWAHI) (iILLi;Y. residing on section 5 of Ethe town of I'orter, is numbered among the pioneer settlers of the county, dating his residence from tlie month of May, 1843. He was born in I'.els.iy, in the i)arisli of Holain, Xorthum- berland Co., England, and is of Scotch ^i^^^^^^S^^^^ \¥OHN GRH'T-TTHS, deceased, was l>orn in j South Wales, Sept. 24, 1841, and was a son of Thomas and Caroline (Howell) Griffiths, who were also natives of Wales. When John was eight years of age, his father ilied, and the following year, 1850, he came to the I'liitcd States with his widowed mother. After landing in this countr}-, they proceeded at once to Janesville. where our subject attended the city schools, and when thirteen years of age, began learning the tin- smith's trade with R. J. Hich.ardson. Having served the term of his apprenticeship, he then worked at the bench until July, 18(!3, when he opened a shop on the site of his late business block. Beginninir in a modest way, with almost no capital, he pushed his business with promptness and energy, and rap- idly built up a good trade, increasing his stock in proportion to his increased capital vmtil he reached an aruuial business of from ?!75,000 to ^80,000. in the fall of 1809 he purchasi'd the tine brick block, located at Nos. 9 and 1 1 West .Milwaukee street, the east half of the first (loor of which he occupied as a sales room. The building is 44x135 feet on the ground, and is three stories in height. He also built the adj(_(ining store on the river front, now occupied by W. C. Holmes as a merchant tailoring house. Mr. Grirtiths was married in Chicago, J.an. 29, 18G5, to Miss Emma M. Carpenter, a daughter of Curtis Carjienter of Mooretown, ^'t,, but after four years had passed, the lady's death occurred. May 28, 1869. He was again married at Janesville, on the 2i-ith day of .\i)ril, 1885, his second union being with ^liss Lizzie F. \'ai\ Etta, daughter of James Van Ett.a. Mrs. Griffiths was born in Utica, N. Y., and is a member of the E|)iscopal Ghunli. i- •<- ^i^K-* ROCK COTTNTY. 9k;) Tlie3' Imve one child, a son, William Van Etta, who was born Feb. 2. 1886. Mr. Griffiths' mother made her home with lier son until her death, which oc- (•uii-(m1 ill December, 1873. The death of Mr. Grif- fiths occurred .lunc 18, 1881). lie w.as confirmed ill the Kpiscfipal Church, shortly before his death. ( )ur subject was a stockholder in the Janesville Machine Company, and in the new McLean Manu- facturing Com|)any, bolli important manuf.acturing institutions of Janesville. He was also interested in .agriculture and was the owner of a fine farm of 120 acres lying two and a half miles east of the city, which he stocked and improved at consider- able expense, c.anying it on for some years under his personal directions. Mr. Griffiths was essentially a Self-made man. Starting in life a poor bo}-, with- out intluence or means, by close application to work and business and the exercise of industrious and frugal habits, he achieved a marked success. Upright and honoiable in all his relations to the world, he h.as established a business reputation sec- oml to none in the city, as a fair and reliable man. Energy and enterprise, with a conservative, though progressive spirit, marked his course in life, and insured his success. In his political sentiments he was a Republican, but had neither time nor inrliiiM- tioii to ct)urt official favors at the hands of the people. '" ■ > ' ^^^^ ' E j—^- — ^1 G. PATTERSON, eilitor and proprietor of the Edgerlon Index, published at Edgerlon, Wis. ,w.as born in Jefferson. .feflferson County. i^j^' this State, on the 24th day of August. 18(10. lie is the son of Jiisuph 1!. Patterson, who removed to Jefferson in 1842. and assisted in laying out that town, where he still resides. He has been prominently connected with the liistor}' of South- ern Wisconsin, and also a.ssisled in the laying out of Janesville, where for a short time he made his home. The subject of our sketch w;is reared t{es much at- tention to the tobacco interests of the State. It is published weekly, with a circulation of about 0(10 copies, and is a well edited sheet. In 1882 Mr. Patterson was united in marriage with Miss Gr.ace I. Banks, a daughter of James Banks, one of the early settlers ioin|)toii. Four children were born unto them, as follows: John .S.. now deceased: James J., the subject of this sketch; Agnes E., who became the wife of John Zook. a resident of .Sitiux Falls, Dak.; and George, a farmer in the town of Milton. In 1841 the family emigrated to Rock County, where two other cliildien were born — Mary, who is the wife of H. 11. Hlanchard, of Janesville; and John S.. who wiis the second of the family' of that name, a farmer in the town of Janes- ville. (In his arriv.al in this county .Mr. Dennett entered forty .acres of land on section 31. town of Milton, and after erecting a small cabin, of which the family at once look possession, began the de- velopment of a farm. At the lime of his purch:isi' i:ise T; -4•— 984 -•► ROCK COUNTY. *!= the land was in a wild, uncultivated condition with no imppovcments, nor had a furrow been turned. Prosperity attended liis efforts, and as his financial resources increased, he extended the boundaries of his farm until 260 acres paid a golden tribute to his care and cultivation. After a residence in Hock County of almost twenty years, during which time he won the respect and confidence of all. he was called to his final rest, dying in 1863. His wife survived him until April 11,1889, when she too was called to tlie reward prepared for the righteous. In public affairs Mr. Demett took a deep interest, and was a true friend to the causes of education and religion, doing all in his iiower to aid in their promotion. At his death the county lost a valued citizen, and his neighbors and friends a kind and accommodating companion. Our subject is numbered among Rock County's earliest settlers. In 1844 he left his native place and came with his parents to the Territory of AVis- consin. His education was received in the common schools, and his boyhood days were passed in much the same manner as those of ottier farmer lads. He was joined in weillock in this county, with Miss Fannie Bond, in October, 18C6. The l.idy is a daughter of Jonathan and Polly (French) Bond, who were natives of Pennsylvania, and became residents of this community in 1847. They here passed the remainder of their lives, and left a large family to mourn tlieir loss. Mr. and Mrs. Dennett have one child, a son, Carleton B., born Aug. 14, 1807. Our subject is now engaged in general farming, and is the owner of the old homestead of 160 acres, which is under a high stale of cultivation, and is stocked with the best grades of cattle, horses and hogs. A handsome two-story fr.ame residence marks the spot where once stood the old log cabin, and is one of the most hospitable homes in the town. Fortj'-five years have come and gone since Mr. Dennett became a resident of Hock County. Many great changes have taken place since that lime, and little could one imagine tliat, where now aae beautiful homes and farms, flourishing towns and thriving cities, was but a few years ago a wild and uninhabited prairie; neither did the earlj- pioneer dream of the wonderful transformation which was to take place — yet it is to his efforts that all credit is due. Not only has Mr. Dennett been a witness of the ra])id growth and progress, but has been an active participant in the work. At the time of his coming Janesville, the metropolis of Southern Wis- consin, was but a mere hamlet; grain had to be hauled to Milwaukee, and hogs and cattle were driven there to market. What a contrast to the present time, when a perfect net-work of railroads span the State, crossing and recrossing each other, while with the telegraph and the telephone one may send a message or communicate with a frieml miles away. The forest trees that then stood and were used as land-marks have fallen and decayed, but in their stead are giant oaks, whose towering branches seem to touch the blue sky above. The pioneers are one bj- one being called from earth, and lew now remain to tell the story, and to them all h(jnor is due. In his |)olitical sentiments. Mr. Dennett is a firm and inflexible adherent to the principles of the Republican partv, and is a warm advocate of the temperance cause, using every means in his jKiwer to banish the liquor traffic from our land. A man of sterling integrity .and fair dealing. Mr. Dennett has won the respect and confidence of all who know him. Both he and his wife arc members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church, and are ever ready to aid in the advancement of the ^Master's cause. (YiU^ORACE G. HAMILTON, one of RockCoun- 11 J: V^'s pioneer settlers, now living a retired !^^ life in Milton. Wis., was born in the town (^) Brookfield, Madison Co, N. Y., on Feb. 18, 1810. The family is of Scotch descent, and is noted for the very advanced age to which some of its members have attained. The parents of our subject were Freeborn and Tacy ((Jreen) Hamilton. The father w.as numbered among the early settlers of Alleganj- County, N. Y.. where he resideil for many j-ears and died Oct. 8. 1 «(>!). at the age of eighty-three years and eleven months. His wife preceded him to her final rest, her death occurring on the old homestead in Allegany County, Sept. 1. 1840. in the fifty-first year of her -t 4= ♦- ROCK COUNTY. 985 i age. Tli.nt woitlij' couple were the pnrcnts of eleven eliildien, seven of whom are now living. Sanmel, the eldest, is now deecaseil ; II. (i., of this sketch, is the seconil in the order of hirth; Orpha died in Minnesota; Lavin.n niaiesides his own residence owns two otiiei- buildings. ALVIN S. CROW, a leading farmer re- siding on sectional, Center Townshi]), is g^ numbered among the early settlers of this county, dating his arrival b.ack to 1850. He was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, July (!, 184(1, and w.as the third in a family of six children born to William and i^ucinda (Herbert) Crow, the former a native of Wjishington Countv, Pa., and the later of Ohio. In his veins run the blood of a Revolutionary hero, for his great-grandfather was -•► 4 "*•- 9SG •*^ ROCK COUNTY. -r- one of the gallant defenders of the Colonies in their struggle for Independence. His paternal grandjjarents, William and Crow, were natives of Pennsylvania, but were born of Irish and Scotch (li's'jent. The maternal grandi)arents. Stewart and Herbert, were also natives of Pennsylvania, born of Irish descent, tlie great-grandparents having emigrated from the Emerald Isle to America in an early day. AVilliam Crow, the father of our subject, was a man of pnjminence in the communitj' where he resided. He was a cooper by trade, and in his polit- ical sentiments afliliated with the Democratic party and was an earnest .advocate of the principles of that organization. In 1848, he was stricken with typhus fever, from which he never recovered, his death occurring at the age of tliirt3'-three years. Six children were born of this union with Miss Ilerliert — Henry AV.. who is married and resides in Nebraska; Margaret A., now Mrs. Dann, who lives near Footville; Matilda Jane, who is now Mrs. Forbes, of Montgomery- County, 111.; Lucy, wife of ]\Ir. Warner of the same county; and Calvin S., of this sketch. After the death of her first hus- b.and. Mrs. Crow was again married in 1852, be- coming the wife of Samuel Ramsey, and to them three children were born. They removed from Ohio to Southern Indiana, and in 1862, our subject induced them to become residents of Rock County. 'Ihey soon returned to Indiana, however, and there resided until the death of Mr. Ramsey. His wife is still living and makes her home in western Ne- braska. Our subject was reared to farm life, and since the early age of ten years ha.s been a resident of this county. With an uncle he settled in Center Township and made his home with that gentleman for two years, wlien he began life's battle for him- self as a farm laborer, working by the month. In after years by his economy and industry, he was en- abled to purchase a farm and bought land on section 21, Center Township, where he has since continued to reside. He is now the owner of 125 acres, com- prising one of tlie best farms in the township, and his land is now highh' improved and cultivated. His home is pleasantly situated about nine and one- lalf miles from the city of Janesville, and he is re- garded as one of the leading farmers in the com- munity. In the balmy month of .Tune. 1861. Mr. Crow led to the marriage altar Miss Louisa \'. Parmle^-, who was born in IJerlin, Mahoning Co., Ohio, and is a daughter of Curtis and Matilda (Isahower) Parmk^y. Her mother w.as a native of Ohio and her father of Cromwell. Conn. He engaged in agricultural pursuits throughout his life and in 1816. became a resident of Rock County. locating in Centre Township. Enteiing land from the Gov- ernment, he immediately began its improvement and continued its cultivation until 1880, when he w.os called from the earth at the age of sixtj'-five ye.ars. He was an earnest, sincere, Cliristian gen- tleman, a member of the Disciples Church and he will long be held in loving rememberance for his man}' acts of kindness. He also took a deep in- terest in political affairs and voted with the Repuli- lican part}-. His wife departed this life in 1867. in the forty-sixth year of her age. By the union of Mr. and Mrs. Crow eight children have been born, six of whom .are living, the daughters being accomplished ladies and each having cultiv.ated a talent in some direction. Eva, the oldest child of the famil}-. who died Jan. 22, 1885. at the age of tweutj^-two years, w.is a very able student; one child died in infancy; May L., now Mrs. Fuller, resides near the old homestead; Adda B. is an artist of considerable ability, her paintings being well deserving of praise; Lottie, wife of Mr. Fer- guson of Footville, is teaching music and h.as a large class; Blanche is numbered among the most successful teachers of the county ; Lucy has at- tained distinction as a penman, having t.aken the prize for i)eumanship at the Count}' Fair; Nettie is at home. Mr. Crow takes an active part in local political affairs, and is a stalwart supporter of the Republi- can party. He has held various otlicial |)ositions of public trust, has served in the capacity of Town- ship Supervisor, was candidate for Sheriff of the county, and is now Township Clerk, a position which he has held for several years. Socially, he is a member of the A. F. i\r A. M. fraternity, be longing to Footville Lodge, No. 137, of Footville in which for five or six years, he h.as served as —-—— ^ ^' -4^ KOCK COUNTY. 987 Worsliipful ^Faster. lie is :iI.so.a meinl)er of Center (i range, No. Si), in which he has jielcl tiie ofHee of Lecturer for the past year, and his wife is a mem- her of the Disciples Church. The life of Mr. Crow lias been one of industry-. At tlie early age of twelve years he began earning his own livelihood and from the humble position of a farm-laborer has risen by his own efforts until he is now numbered among the well-to-do farmers of the county. Dur- ing his long residence in this community, his hon- orable, upright course of life has won him the respect of all and by his many friends he is held in liiirli rctrard. Qtro - OCJO a APT. JAMES , mer residing ship, is anatl\ i= APT. JAMES C. GOOCII. a prominent far- on section 31, Center Town- p, is a native of Vermont, born March 2G, IK 1(1, and was the second in order of birth in a f.imily of three children. The eldest, Thomas, born IMarch 26, 1808, and has been twice married, first wedded Miss Thomas, by whom ho had two chil- dren, a son and daughter, both living, and for his second wife married Mrs. Noyes, who is now liv- ing in Brooklyn, X. Y., with their only child; Thomas died at Morceana, N. V.; Samuel, the youngest, died at Hoston, Mass., many years ago. The father of this family died during the War of 1812, when our subject was but two 3'ears old. His mother then removed to Boston and remained there until James was twelve years of age. He then spent one year at the home of an uncle in Hoston, where he attended school, and at the age of thirteen shipped on the sea as a cabin boy on board a vessel bound for Havana, Cuba, and re- turn. After about two months he again reached Hoston and \vent ns cabin boy on the ship -Jasper.'" Capt. Crocker, commanding. The vessel made two voyages per year, loading at Boston with a general cargo, discharging the same at Charleston, where a cargo of cotton was received and taken to Liverpool, wliere the shij) was again re-ladenef the community, and for ten years served as a member of the School Board, during -<•■ which time he labored earnestly for the advance- ment of the cause of education. In political senti- ment, he is a Republican, having vote » i - -^•- ROCK COUNTY. 1 989 death, she was tenderly cared for by lier devoted cliihlren. Koth the parents and their youngest son lie side b}' side in Mt. Olivet cemetery. The first Catholic mass celebratetl in Janesville was held in the humlile cabin of Mr. Ryan. The first child born to ("alhollc parents at Janesville, was Daniel, a son of Mr. Uyan, whf) was carried in a lumber wagon to Milwaukee to l)e baptized by the Bisho)). On this occasion, arr.angemenls were made for an occasional service among the scattered communicants of this faith in Kock County. Pu- litically, Mr. Ryan was a strong Democrat. The family embraced ten children, of whom seven are now living. The eldest has been men- tioned. John R., the second, resides in Janesville, and is engaged in railroad contracting; Dennis, born in Xew York, dwells at Footville, this eounlj-, and follows farming and contracting; Daniel, of Janesville, owns a fine farm in Rock Township, and conducts a large livery business in Janesville; Mar\- A., wife of Daniel Dvvj'er, lives near Spencer, Clay Co., Iowa; Mich.ael died at the age of five years; Margaret M., (Mrs. P. W. Meehan), lives in .Iniiesville; William P., a railroad contractor, resides at St. Paul, IMinn.; James II., died in 18H2, aged twenty-seven jears; Catherine K., is the wife of Thomas F. Crawley, section foreman of the Chicago. Milwaukee it St. Paul Railway at Milton Junction. All are successful, and a credit to tlieir e&Tly training. (f SAAC F.VRNSWOKTII, treasurer of the Janes- I ville Machine Company, was born in Fairfield, ii\ Franklin Co., Vt., on the 18th] day of August, 1837, and is a son of Joseph A. and Eliza 11. (lUirr) Farnsworth. His parents were born in the same town. The parental grandfather of our subject was a prominent man of his state, a physician li}' profession, and for man3' 3-cars judge of the cir- cuit court. He came of an old New England fam- ily of English origin. Mr. Farnsworth's mother's family was of Englisli I'uritan descent, and the family name is prominently identified with the early history of the American Repul)lic. His parents came to Wisconsin at the same time he did, and settled at Lancaster, but came to Janesville with him in 1864. The father died in January, 1883, but the mother still survives him. When Isa.ac was twelve years of age, the family removed to St. Albans, Vt., where he was educated at the public schools and at Hampton Institute, at Fairfield, that Slate, lie was engaged in farming until shortl3- after the breakingout of the late war, wiion, in the fall of 1861, he enlisted as a private of Com|)any D, 5th Regiment, ^'ermont Infantry. In July, 18C2, he was commissioned second lieu- tenant of Company A, of the same regiment, but was subsequently made rpiartermaster sergeant, and served until (lie fall of 1862, when he resigned on ac- count of physical disability. He returned to Ver- mont, and in 1861 came to Wisconsin, locating at Lancaster, Grant County-, where he was engaged in general merchandising, until the fall of that year, when he removed to Janesville. Here he formed a partnership with R. L. Colvin in the dry goods busi- ness under the firm name of Colvin & Farnsworth. That connection continued until 186!l, when he purchased his partner's interest, and continued the business alone until 1878. In the spring of that 3'car, and prior to going out of the dry goods busi- ness, Mr. Farnsworth bought a half interest in the Janesville Gazette office, but was not actively en- gaged in the management of the paper. He re- tained his ownership in that establislunent for five years. In the fall of 1878 he accepted the position of secretary of the Harris Manufacturing Company, continuing in that ollice until the new companj' was formed in 1881, when he bought an interest in the business, and was chosen to the same position with the Janesville Machine Companj', the successor of the Harris Manufacturing Company. On the 1st day of July, 188"), he bought a half interest in the jewelry firm of Webb & Hall, and devoted a por- tion of his time to that business until March, 1887, wlipn he sold out, and has since given his time en- tirely to the business of the Janesville Machine Companj", of which he is the present sceretarj', and which has now attained important proportions. Mr. Farnsworth wa.s married at Lancaster, Wis., on the 27tii day of December, 1858, to Miss £liza Harnett, daughter of Andrew Barnelt. of that citj-. Mrs. Farnsworth was born at Itrookfield, Pa., and 990 ROCK COUNTY. came west with her parents, in an earlj- daj-. Five diiklren were horn of tiieir marriage, a son and fonr daughters. Catiierine, tlie eldest, is the wife of Frank C. Haselton, of Rockford. 111.; Frank 15. lives at Rockford; IMary E., Alice 1)., and .loseph- ine A. are at home. Mr. and ]Mrs. Farnsworth are members of the Congregational Ciuirch. In poli- ties lie is a Republican, but has been in no sense a politician desirous of pulilic office. For upwards of a quarter of a century, Mr. Farnsworth has been associated with the citizens of .lanesvllle as a mer- chant and business man, and li.ns won a safe and iionored place in the esteoin of his fellow-citizens. 4 ON. L. T. PULLEN, one of tiie jironiincnt i.j and well known business men of Rock ^ County, has been identified with the bank- ing interests of Evansville, his present home, for many years. Tlie present bank of the town was organized as a National bank in 1870, the chief promoters of the enterprise being L. T. ruilen. Nelson Winston and I. M. Bennett. Mr. I'ulk'n was elected president of the institution and the other gentlemen, vice-president and cashier respectively. In 187.5, tiie institution was changed from a National to a State bank, tlie charter .as a National bank being surrendered. The object of re-organizing the bank under the Slate law was to secure a greater degree of independence. Mr. "Winston and Mr. Bennett then withdrew from the enterprise and J. C. Sharp, who had previously been book-keeper and assistant cashier, and Mr. L. T. I'uUen, purchased the stock of the other parties. Mr. Sharp was m-idc cashier, a position which he occupied for a nuinlicr of years and Mr. I'uUeu continued in the presidency. Finally other, parties purchased the interest of Mr. Sharp in the b.'uik and he withdrew. Mr. Pullen then became cnslucr, his son, Charles F., was assistant cashier, and 1). M. Rowley became president. A year later Cliarh'S F. I'ulleu was elected cashier, his father ayaiu becoming president and Mr. Rowley filled the ollice of vice-president. In 1889. the oflicials of the Evansville Bank are L. T. Pullen, president; r.cor"-e L. Pullen. cashier; C. I'". Pullen, vice-presi- dent; and D. M. Rowley, second vice-presidentt. This is the onl3' banking institution of Evansville, and does an extensive general business in that line. The subject of this sketch was born in the town of Anson, Somerset ' Co.. Me., in 1825, and is descended from Revolutionary stock, his grand- father. Stepiien Pullen. having aided the colonies in their struggle for iudei)euilencc. His p.arents were Greenleaf and Mary E. (Hancome) Pullen, and his father, who was also a native of Maine, was a soldier ill the war of 1812. They had a family' of five children, two of whom, a son and a daugiiter, died in infancy. Three sons grew to manhood and two are living at this writing. The deceased brother. Alvin II.. had reached middle age at the time of his death, and the surviving brother of our subject is Charles B., who is now residing in Ber- rien Springs, Mich. AVlien Mr. Pullen was a young lad he removed with his parents to Kingfield, Franklin Co., M., where the family settled on a farm. He was there reared to manhood and on attaining his majority began his business career as a merchant. In 1849. he was united in marriage with Miss Catherine B. Pike, who is also descended from an early family of Maine. Her father was Charlei Pike, and her grandfather was John I'ike. an early settler of the town of Norway, in the Pine Tree State. Mr. and Mrs. Pullen attended the centennial celebration of the settlement of that old town. Three children grace their union, two sons and a daughter — their eldest child, Charles F., was born in Kingfield, M., on the 12tli day of June. 1852, w.as edu- cated at the seminary of Evansville, and after- ward took a course in Bryant it Stratton's Com- mercial College of Chicago, graduating from that institution in 1871, and then eng.aged in merchan- dising at Evansville for some time. Later be be- came cashier, and is now vice-president of the Evansville Bank. lie married .Miss Eva M. Winston, a daughter of John Winston. The second son, George L., now cashier of the bank, was born at Argyle, Wis., Aug. 9, 18(!0, was also educated at Ev.ansville, and wedded Miss Lillian Spencer, a daughter of Louis Spencer, one of the pioneers of Rock County. Both sons are enterprising, success ful business men ami worthy and esteemed citizens ^f""^ ^l <^ ROCK COUNTY. 'I'lio (laiifflitcr. IMiirv !•'., is a studont of the New Kiitchiml C'onsei'vaUiry of Music, at Boston. Mass., now puisuing lii'i- third year's course m tliat insliln- tion. In 18;j4. Mr, Pullen came to tlie West and took np his residence in La Fayette County, Wis., eji- liaging in merchandising at Argyle. For several years he resided in tliat town, but in 1867. settled in Evansville and for three years cng.aged in mer- chandising. In 1870. when the banking house were established, the mercantile firm of Winston, Puilen & Co. was also formed. In eaily life lie was a Democrat, but on the organization of the Kepublican party, joined its ranks and has ever been a warm advocate of the principles of that political party. .\t different times he has been c-tilled upon to represent his constituents in the the General Assernblj' of the St.ate, in 1861 and again in 18(!3, was sent 1)}' La Fayette County to the Legislature, and in 1876 was the represeiitative of Rock County. Mr. I'ullen is cordial and genial in disposition, fair and honorable in liis dealings and possesses tiie respect and confidence of all who know him. He and his wife are consistent mem- bers of the Methodist F.piscopal Church, of which their eldest son anc' daughter are also communi- cants. ENRY R. CHARLES, who is engaged in farming in the town of Lima, on section 22, is a native of Fond du Lac Count}', 'i^ Wis., where his birth occurred Nov. 6, 1848. His father, Richard B, Charles, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, on the 16th day of No- vember, 1818, and was reared to manhood in his native land. Wishing to try his fortune in the New World, in 1840 he bade good-by to the green isle of Erin and sailed for America. On reaching the shores of this country, he first located in New Y'ork. where for three years he was employed in the capacity of foreman in a sawmill. At the expira- tion of that time lie continued his journey west- ward until reaching Fond du Lac, Wis., where he entered Government land and developed a farm, wliercon he made his home until his removal to Rock County in October, 1871, when he purchased the RockafcUow farm in the town of Lira.i. For some years he made his home in this community, but subsequently became a resident of Whitewater, where he now resides. He is a stockholder in the Citizens' Bank of that place, and is also the owner of two farms in Fond du Lac County. He pos- ses.ses good business ability and sound judgment and is systematic and accurate in every transac- tion. He was twice married, our subject being the only child of his first marriage, while by his second union a daughter was born, who died in Fond 'hout his entire life. He is a respected and worthy citizen and is widely known throughout the county. He is a member of the Masonic and Oddfellow fraternities. Three chil- dren grace the union of Mr. and Mrs. Charles: George R., who was born December 12, 1870, and has been liberally educated in the normal schools; May, born Feb. 27. 1878; .and Lilah, born August 29, 1886. SAHEL W. SOPER. who for many years ''- has been ideutiQed with the history of this !i count}', and now resides on section 2, in the town of Clinton, was born in Hunting- ton, Long Island, August 9, 1829, his birth occur- ring in an old block house, such as was common in Colonial days. His jiarents were Asahel W. and Elizabeth (Sherwood ) Soper,the former born of Eng- lish parentage, the later being of English and Scotch descent. His father served as a soldier in the war of 1812, going first as a substitute for a friend, but later was drafted. Our subject is one of a family of seven ciiddren, four sons and three daughters,all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. Charles P., the eldest, was twice married, his first union being with Harriet Washburn, bv whom he had one son, Frank, who was drowned at the age of fourteen years, and after the dcalh of his first wife, he wedded Wealthy Gallop, and three children were born unto them — .lames. Mary and Harriet; Elizabeth C, widow of Stephen \'arnell, is now living in California with her daugiiter, Josephine, the wife of Elijah Higham; Herbert resides at Sauk City, Sauk Co., Wis.; Tread well, a resident of California, married Is'ancy Evans of Oneida County, N. Y., and unto them was boru three chil- dren. Clara. Edgar and Nellie; Jane is now the wife of T. C. Williams, of R.acine County, and Mr. Williams oldest son is an attorney at law and ex-district attornc}- of Milwaukee County, and their family numbers five children, W. C. Pliny, Dora, Clara and Retta; Pliny who was a soldier in the late Rel)ellion in the 13th Kansas Infantry, and was detailed and served as chief clerk under his Colonel, married ]\Iiss Fannie Leland, bj- whom he had one son. now a practicing attorney of Topeka, Kan. He held a position in the Pension Department, during President Arthur's .adminis- tration, and is now retired. About the year 1838, Mr. Soper removed with his family to Oneida County, N. Y., where he made his home until the spring of 1844, which witnessed his arrival in the Territory of Wisconsin. He became one of the pioneer settlers of Walworth County, but was only permitted to enjoy his new home for two years, death claiming him as its victim in September, 1846. His wife departed this life in February, 1869. They were life-long members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and at their house, the ministers of tiiat denomination always found a home. Mrs. Soper was a woman of more than ordinary ability and possessed a most extraordinary memory, always remembering any- thing which she once read. Politicall}', Mr. Soi)er w.as what w.os known as an old line Whig, and was a great admirer of Gen. William Henry Harrison. The subject of our sketch resided in his native cit}- until about nine 3ears of age, when he removed with his parents to Oneida County, N. Y., where his school life began. His education was com- pleted in the schools of Walworth County, to wliich the family removed in 1844, and in that county lie formed the acquaintance of Miss Meribe Fenders, a most estimable young lady, who became liis wife in 1850. She was born in Schoharie County, N. Y., in the month of March, 1829, and is a daughter of John W. and Kate (Fredendall) Enders. Soon after their marriage, the young couple removed to Linn County, Iowa, where Mr. Soper purchased a farm, but after engaging in its cultivation for two years, returned to Walworth County. He there m.ade his home until 18,56, when he came to Rock Count}-, locating iu itrudford Township, and has ¥ :??:#-*• ; -^^ t ROCK COUNTY. 903 since enj^agofl in farming. In 1809, he purchased liis present farm in the town of Clinton wiicrc he lias a pleasant home. He is recognized as one of tlie leading farmers of the commnnity, is practical and progressive and I'Verytliing about the place denotes thrift and enterprise. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Soper — .Terome. the oldest son is a Horist of Rock- ford, 111. ; lie wcrldcd Miss Adell Winn, and they have a family of four children — liertha, fieorge, I.loyd and H.'ury. John, the youngest, who is now ticket agent at Clintim in the employ of the Chicago & Northweslcrn Railroad Company, mar- ried Miss Klvir.-i Westby of Wasliiiigton. I). C. and their union li.as been blessed with four chililren — Roy, Lillian. Ethel and Jjizzie. ■ Mr. Soper cast his first presidential vole for Gen. Fremont and since that lime has been a staunch su|)porter of the Republican party and a warm advocate of its princijiles. Me takes an active part in the i)olitical campaigns, earnestly working for the interests and success of the candidate whom he supports, but never seeking ollicial honors for him- self. As a citizen, he is true and loyal and was instrumental in sending niany 1o the front diu-Jng the late war. .\t that time, he was chairman of the Township Committee and handled large amounts of money which were always luinoiabh- accounted for. Fair and honest in all his dealings Mr. .Soper has won the respect and confidence of each and every one with whom business or pleasure h.as brought him in contact. He and his vvife have Ijeen mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church for manj' years. -:— ^ — ^ m lEIT. CIIARr>ES A. HA'I'llHUN, one of the gallant soldiers of the late war, who is now proprietor of the Paper Pail Wcjrks of Keloit, was liorn in Norwich, Chenango Co., N. Y., on the 17th day of June, IH'ii. anr and was borne insensible to Chesapeake Hospital, where he lay for two months. At the end of that time he received his discharge and returned to Bcloit. As soon as his health would permit, Lieut. Rath- bun entered the telegraph office as operator, and was seated at the instrument wlien the sad news of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln Hashed over the wires, he laking the dispatch and reporting it to the people. On the 17th d.iy of April, 1864, he married Miss M. McCaflfre}-, a daughter of Hugh and Rosa (Markey) JlcCafifrey, who emigrated to Wisconsin in 18;>2. One child h.as been born of their union, Charles Edward, born April 2, 1865, who married Miss Cora Lenderman of Winnebago County, III. In 1868, Mr. Rathbun purchased a farm and be- gan its cultivation, but his health again failing, he was forced to abandon it and for several ^-ears was employed as a commercial traveler. In 1885, he purchased the Paper Pail AVorks of Beloit, one of the leading industries of the cit}-, and still con- tinues in that line of business. Sociall}-, he is a member of the G. A. R. Post, also of the Masonic fraternity, a member of Morning .Star Lodge, Xo. 10, A. F. & A. M., Beloit Chapter, No, 9, R. A. M. and Beloit Commanderj- No. 6, K. T. He is a charter member of G. A. R. Post No. 54, and Mrs. Rathbun is a charter member of the Woman's Relief Corps, No. 49, and t.akes an active interest in that organization, while their son is a charter member of a Camp of the Sons of Veterans of Beloit He was a loyal and gallant soldier during the war, and now serves the interests of his adopted cit}' with as much faithfulness. He is held in the highest respect by all who know him, .and we are pleased to record his sketch in the per- manent record of Rock County. -?-l5i^3-«- J^ AC015 B. HYZER, an early settler of Janes- ' ville, w.as born in Dutchess Count}', N.Y., near Poughkeepsie. on the 1 1th d.ay of Sep- »' tember, 1820, and is the son of Michael Hyzer. The Hyzer family was founded in Araer- •> i ^ ^u ROCK COUNTY. 995 ica at the time of the Revolution by a soldier of the Hessian armj', who came to this country at tile command of his government, as an ally of tlie Britisli, and was at the battle of Bunker Ilill. His sympathy lieing with the Americans, lie, lilce many others of his comrades, deserted and settled in the valley of the Hudson River. Jacob B. Hyzer was reared on a farm, and was for many years eng-aged in the tin and stove busi- ness in this city, but lias now retired from active life. He was married in Feb. 1848, at .lauesville, to Miss Mary Chase, a daughter of William C. and Mar}' (Gilson) Cliase. Three children were born to them, sons: William W., married Miss Alice Cortzenberg, and resides in Chicago; Alvin C. died aged seven years; and P^dward M. married Miss Harriot Lappin, and is a member of the law firm of AVynans it Hyzer. of .lanesville. Mr. J. R. Hyzer is a Hepniilican in politics, and together with his wife is a member of the Methodist Kpiscopal Church. (|/ n?AM M. COHH. one of the respecte.l citi- |r)j' zens of Clinton. Roc-k Co.. Wis., was born lA^ in Walerbury, Vt., June 4, 182H. His '(^ parents were Ebenczer Cobb, a st)ldier of tlie ^^'ar of 1 SI 2. who participated in the engage- ment at I'latlslinry, N. V.. and Rlioda (Farns- woilh) Cobb. They were married at Pollock, \t., an^ ^ti'AMES LILBIRN. deceased, was a well known pioneer of Rock Count}', and num- bered among the settlers of 1844. He w.-us 'f^Jj/J a native of Scotland, born in Kinrosshire, Nov. 30. 1804. and there grew to manhood and re- ceived a liberal education. The occupation of a farmer he followed in his native land, and he there wooed and won Margaret Laurie, with whom he was united in marriage. Possessed of a spirit of enter- prise, and believing the New World better adapted to its development than the Old, he deter- mined upon removal. But that he might not he too hasty, and do an act for which he might after- ward repent, he resolved first to make the trip across the ocean, leaving his loved ones behind. If the country met •l7isexi)ectations he would return for them. Accordingly, in the spring of 1844, he -4^ r -» y ^ 996 ROCK COUNTY. embarked in a sailing vessel, and after a long and tedious voyage landed in New York in the month of July. Coming directly to Rock County, in the new territory of Wisconsin, ami being much pleased with the country, he purchased 640 acres of land in the towns of Bradford .ind Johnstown. Re- maining here until fall, he returned to Scotland, and in the spring of 1845, brought his family, then consisting of a wife and one son. Robert, to his far western home. At that time the greater part of this, the banner county of Wisconsin, was but lit- tle better than a wilderness. The land that he pur- chased was wild prairie and in its virgin state, but with characteristic energy, he at once went to work, and in due time had one of the best farms in Southern Wisconsin. The improvements which he made were of a substantial cliaracter. A frame house he at once erected, and it is still used as a residence. His Ijarn and other outluiildings were built principally of stone, including large granaries and Ills root cellar. Inlike the great majority of pioneers, Mr. Lil- burn was in comfortable circumstances on his arri- val in lliis county, and tlierefore did not experi- ence many of the hardships endured by those not so comfortably fixed, but he was not content to merely hokl his own, and so used all his (lod-given powers for his advnneement in this life, and added to his possessions until lie was numbered among the wenitiiiest farmers in Rock County. But wealth did not si)oil him nor lessen the esteem in which he was held by liis neighbors and the community at large. The loved companion of Mr. Lilburn lived but two short years after her arrival in this country, her death occurring March 17,1846. But when the summons came she w.as ready to go, having from early life been a member of the Presbyterian Church, and a sincere believer in the Christian re- ligion. Iler husband survived her many years, his de.ath occurring Oct. 29, 1879. Like his wife, he was a believer in the religion of Christ, and also a member of the Presbyterian Church. In the thirty- five years of his residence in Rock County he sur- rounded himself with many friends, who sincerely mourned his death. As a citizen he was loyal, and as a Christian true and faithful. Death to him had no terrors, and when the call was made to come up higher, like Samuel of old, he could bravely say, '•Lord, here am L" The memory of such a man should ever be lield dear. ^/ AMES McEWAN. who is now living a re- tired life in Milton, is a native of .Scotland, born at Comrie, Perthshire, May 8, 1823, and is the fourth son of William and Eliza- beth (Dow) McEwan. His education was received in the parish schools of his native land. In June 1838, in company with his mother, four sisters and his brother William, he left Scotland for the new world. Thej- sailed from Greenock in the "Lady of the Lake," commanded b}- Capt. Munu, and after a journey of seven weeks and four days landed at New York. Thence they came by rail, canal and the chain of great lakes to Milwaukee, the trip oc- cupying about ten days. At Milwaukee they were met by his brother Peter, who conveyed them to their new home with an ox team, over new and rough roads, a part of which was corduroy. The journey was somewhat tedious, and a delay of sev- eral hours was caused on the way by the breaking of the wagon, and while the repairs were being made our subject and some other members of the family regaled themselves on blackl)erries picked by the waj-side. They arrived at JMilton Sept. 11. For a short time after his arrival he worked at farming and then went to Milwaukee, and engaged at carpentering, and remained there four years.jbut continued in that Ijusiness for about twenty j'ears in all. In 1853 he purch.ased 160 acres of land from his brother Peter, and improved it from time to time, and since that time has been more or less interested in farming in connection with his vari- ous other pursuits. On the 20th of Oct. 1861, Mr. McEwan was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth McEwan who was also a native of Scotland. By this mar- riage he has a daughter, Mary B., who is a graduate of Milton College, and is now a successful teacher at Wan pun. In 1866 Mr. McEwan engaged in merchandising and kept a general store for about thirteen j^ears, ■» m^ n* f i ^11 ^ ROCK COUNTY. 997 (lurinij which time ho was successful. Since retir- ing from mercantile puisuils, he has not been idle, but spends his time looking after his landed inter- ests, and his village property, for though possessing a comfortable competency, he is one of those men who lielieves •' it is better to rust out tiian to wear out." On the I3th day of August, 1878, Mr. McEwan was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife. He was again married Nov. IG, 1881, becoming the husband of Miss Margaret Young, who is a native of Shetland. After arriving at maturity he became a su|)porter of the Democratic party, but suhsc- queutl3' joined the Free Soil party. His natural love of liberty made him an opponent of the insti- tution of slavery and on the formation of the Re- publican party he siipported its policy. He is rather independent in politics, preferring to sup- port the best men regardless of party. He h.as never been an aspirant for public office, though he has filled various local positions of trust. He has taken a commendable interest in educational af- fairs, and all matters pertaining to the public good. He is an adherent of the Congregational Church, and contributes to its sui)i)orl. He is a (piiet, un- assuming man who is universally respected in the community where his home has been for upwards of half a century. ■<^ T ■♦- -•► •<^ T- I -^•- •"-■^ 4 3— ,^-5=7=5^1^ '^Wi ^:l£. fir !?^:#-^ .4^ -•► r^ *► w ^* " ROCK COUNTY. 9!)9 4 PHYSI6AL FEATURES, -''^%pSi ^4r ■^ ■1 r UK County of Rock com prises twenty congressional tonnsliips, eacli about six miles square, known as town- ships 1. 2, ."5 and I, of ranges 10, 11. 12, 13 and 14 east. The surface is generally level, only a small portion being bro- ken or irregular to .'iny ap|ire- ciable extent. At the lime of li_ the survey more than one-half was prairie land, and the balance consisted chietly of oak openings and densely timbered tracts, there lieinir also some marsh land. The ditiferent varieties of oak. hickory ami other woods indigenous to this [lart of the State, predominate. The county is traversed in nearly all directions b\ li\ing streams, and is dotted here and there by springs and lakes. Rock River enters its borderson the north line of the town of .Milton, in .section 7, at the indentation of the county by Lake Kosliko- nong. and Hows through the entire width of the county from north to south, its general course be- ing a little east of the center of townships 1, 2, 3 and 1, range 12 e:ist. Other streams having their sf)urces in or flowing through portions of the county are .Sugar River, Y.ahara or "Catfish" River, Turtle Creek and tril)utaries. Radfish, Af- ton or -'Rass," Otter, .Mien's. Taylor's. Marsh, North I'rall's and tdon Creeks. ^« — — — The foot of Lake Koshkonong occupies about 1,000 acres in sections />, G, and 7 in the town of Milton. Other lakes in the county, none of them more than a mile in lengtli, lie in the norlhern jiart. Big Siiring Lake on .section 27, in the town of Porter. Little .Si)ring I>ake between sections 27 and 34. in the same town. Clear. Duck and .Mud Lakes in section 20. in the town of Milton, (irass Lake in section 17. in Milton, and .Slorr's Lake between sections 25 and 2(5. in Milton. The principal prairies in the county are Rock, exteniling almost the entire length of the county from east to west, and varying from six to eighteen miles in width; .lelTerson. lying mostly within the boundaries of the town of Clinton, but extending north into liradfoni and west into Turtle; l)u La<'. mostly in Milton, but extemling into Lima on the east; Cattish, extending through the towns of Ful- ton, Porter and I'nion; and Ramsey's and Morses'. both in Fulton. l.AXnMAKKS or .\N KXTINCT liACK. Throughout the valleys of the rivers traversing this part of the Stale, have been discovered works which have hail nothing to distinguish them from those more within the pmper region, as it were, of the mound-builders, and some such have long been known to exist within the borrlers of this county. On the college gnnuKls in Heloit. Prof. S. P. La- throp surveyed sonic ancient works in 1852. They consisted of circular and oblong moumls. Ou the «^ . ■» f 4 1000 ROCK COUNTY. east bank of the river, three-quarters of a mile above the cit3', he also surveyed that year some in- teresting mounds, believed to have been left bj* a pre-historic race, some of wliicli were in animal shape. On a bluff overlooking Turtle Creek about two miles and a half east of Beloit, there is a group of earth mounds whicli also represent animals of different kinds. Proceeding up Rock River the first works worthy of notice are near the confluence of the outlets of the four lakes at Fulton. At Indian Hill, a mile above the mouth of the Yahara or "Catfish," Dr. I. A. Lapham in 18.i0, surveyed a series of oblong mounds on the steep slope of the hill, converging toward a point where there is a "dugway" le.idinjr to the river. The hill has an elevation of seventy or eighty feet, and from its summit the valley of the river m.iy be overlooked for several miles above and below. It has been suggested that this maj- have been a very impor- tant post of observation, and that the peculiar ar- rangement of the mounds was intended to guard the access to the water from the hilltop, for though quite steep, tlic hill bears evidence of having been originally constructed by art. .\t the intersection of Main and State Streets in the village of Fulton, Dr. Lapham found in 1850, an irregular oval earth- work, consisting of a flat ridge and somewhat re- sembling a modern turnpike, the breadth of what represented the roadway, varying from thirty to fortj' feet, its elevation ranging from two to three feet in the middle. Tlie diameters of the oval were 5(10 and 300 feet. "What was the purpose of this work is part surniisal. Dr. Lapham found also nu- merous tumuli of the ordinary circular form sup- posed to be sepulchral, occasionally ranged in more or less regular rows along the margins of brooks or valleys. I'suallj' two or three mounds near the middle of the row were found larger than the oth- ers. Three of these mounds were found on the east side of the Yahara. half a mile below Fulton, and a group a mile above the village. Two miles above, on sectitm 11, was found a group of eight circular mounds; a mile below Fulton a group of fourteen ; and on the side of Rock River another group. Some of these mounds had been opened, .ind it is snid most of them contained remains of human skeletons, frequently of several persons iu the same mound. In 1834 the government sur- veyors noted eight mounds on the west shore of Lake Koshkonong immediately above where Rock River leaves the lake. Ten or fifteen j-ears ago one of these mounds sixty feet in diameter and eighty feet above the water, was opened by \V. C. AVhit- ford and W. P. Clarke, disclosing Indian skeletons and relics, and what were believed to be the skulls of a trio of Mound lUiilders. 1 ' T .»-#^^ ROCK COUNTY. 1001 ~^^^-te->- r^^ mm -^ Indian Oseeupaney^ f •^r SHERE is evidence that the territory now known ns Rofk Couuty was occupied by llic Winnebago Indians prev- ious to the advent of the whites. One of their villa- ges was located at the ex- treme northern boiindarj' of the county, as now detined; another at the extreme southern boundarj". The tirst, known as Tay-e-hee-dali, was on the northwest fractional (piartcr of section 6, township 1 \*^ yl^^T"' """'f'^- "'' rangi' 13 east, on the west ' ^^' i^ side of ]>ake Koshkonong and upon S' N/ rV iis bank three-quarters of a mile '^ iy niirtli of where the river leaves the lake, and, consequently, within the present limits of the town of Milton. When, in 1834, the (iov- ernment surveyors were there, they described it as " the ruins of an old Indian village." It was de- serted some time before the Rlack-Hawk War, but how long before is not known. Helow Tay-e-hee- d:ih, at or near the mouth of the Yahara or " Cat- fish," on the west side of Rock River, it is probable that there wiis also an Indian vilhige, hut there is little really known of it. Where Heloit is now lo- cated, was the Winnebago village called b}' the early traders and explorers "The Turtle." When Oen. Atkinson passed that point in pursuit of Black Hawk, he found the dwellings deserted. There were many tribes of Indians who claimed to l)e sole owners of all the lands embraced within the present limits of ^» « Wisconsin when it came under the jurisdiction of the I'liited .States; but all conllicting claims were wiped out by a succession of treaties, Ijy the last of which, in 1838, the Winnebago Indians ceded to the I'nited States all their lands east of the Missi.>'sippi River. "With this treaty," says a writer, "the United States obtained an una.ssailable title to all lands lying within the present bounds of Rock County; but so fond of their homes in this locality were the Rock River Winncbagoes. that even after they had been removed to the reservation i)rovidey the Sacs. Tlieir subsequent expe- riences, which have been ninny times published in their own language, form an interesting episode in pioneer history. The march of (Jen. Atkinson through Rock County is thus recorded by one who participated in it: '■ The 30tli da}- of June, 1832, we passed through The Turtle village [now the cit}' of Beloit], whicli is a considerable Winnebago town, but it was de- serted. We marched on about a mile and encamped on the open prairie near enongh to the Rock River to get water from it. We here saw very fiesh signs of the Sac Indians, where the}' had apparent]}' .been fishing on that day. Gen. Atkinson believed we were dose to them, and appreliended an attack that niglit. Tlie sentinels fired several times, and we were often paraded and (irepared to receive the enemy, but they never came, though from the accounts given b}' the sentinels to the otliccrs of the day there was no doubt that Indians had been prowling about the camp. "July I. — We had marched l)ut two or three miles before an Indian was seen across Rock River at some distance off. on a very high prairie, who no doubt w.as a spy, and likel}' was one that had been prowling about our encampment the night before. We proceeded a few miles further and came to the jilace where the Indians, who had taken the two Misses Hall prisoners, had staid for several days [near the present city of Janesville]. It w.as a strong position, where the}' could have withstood a very powerfid force. We afterward discovered they always encamped in such places. We had marched but a few miles from this |)lacc before one of our front scouts came b.ack meeting the army in great jiaste and stated that tiiey had discovered a fresh trail of Indians, where they had just gone along in front of us. M;ij. Ewing,who was in front of the main army some di.stance. immcdiatelv formed his men in line of battle and marched in that order in adv.ance of the main army about three-quarters of a mile. We had a ver}' thick wood to march through, where the undergrowth stood very high and thick; the signs looked very fresh, and we ex- l)ected every step to be tired upon from the thick- els. We marched in this order about two miles, nut stopping for the unevenness of the ground or anything else. l)Ut keeping in line of battle all the time, until we found the Indians hatl scattered ; then we resumed our common line of march, which was in three divisions. Soon after we had formed into three divisions the friendly Indians that were with us raised an alarm, by seven or eight of them shoot- ing at a deer some little in advance of the army. The whole army here formed for action, but it w.as soon ascertained that these children of the forest had been at what their whole race seems to have been born for — shooting at the beasts o^ the forest. •• We here camped by a small lake [Storr's] this night, and had to drink tiie water, which was very bad, but it was all that cduld be found. Here a very bad accident lihp|)ened. One of the sentinels, mistaking another that was on post, with a blanket wrapped around him, for an Indian, shot him just below the groin in the thick of the thigh. At first, the wound was thought mortjil. I understood be- fore I left the ai-my that the man was nearly well. Here (ien. Atkinson had, on this night, breastworks thrown up, which was easil}' done, as we were en- camped in thick, heavy timber. This was a ])re- caution which went to show that he set a great deal by the lives of his men, and by no means was any mark of cowardice, for generalship consists more in good management than anything else. ••July 2. — We started this morning at the usual time, but went only a few miles before M.aj. Ewing, who was still in front with his battalion, esi)ied a very fresh trail, making otf at about a left angle. lie dispatched ten men from the battalion, in com- pany with Capt. George Walker and a few Indians, to pursue it and sec, if possible, where it went to. He moved on in front of his battalion a short dis- tance further, when we came on the main S,ac trail of IJlack-lIawk's whole army, which appeared to be about two d.ays old. Capt. Karly, who commanded a volunteer independent company, and had got in advance this morning, called a halt; so did Maj. Ewing with his battalit)n. Then Maj. Ewing sent b.ack one of his staff t)tlicers for the main army to call a halt for a few minutes. He. with 3Iaj. An- derson, of the infantry, Capt. Early and Jonathan H. Pugli went a little in advance, when Maj. An- derson, with a telescope, took a view across the lake, as we had now got to Lake Koshkononsr. -♦ t ROCK COUNTY. 1003 1 Tlu'v tlicn (liscdVficd three Indians apiiarently in tlieii- canoes. Maj. Kwing went liiniself and in- formed Gen. Atkinson what discovery was made, and requested Gen. Atkinson to let him take his battalion rouml througii a narrow defile that was between two of those lakes, where we su))posed the Indians were. 15y this litne, our scouts, who had taken tiie trail that led off on our left returned bring iug- with them five white men's scalps. They fol- lowed the Indian trail until it took them to a large Indian encampment that they had left a few days before. They reached it; the scalps were sticking up against some of their wigwams; some of them were identified, but I do not recollect the names of any, except one, which was said to be that of an old gentleman of the name of Hall. Maj. Ewing tiun marched his l)attalion about a mile, where the pass on the side of the lake appeared so narrow, that ho dismounted his men and had the horses all tied, and a few men left to guard them. The rest of us marched on foot about one mile through a nar- row defile on the (cast) bank of Koshkonong Lake." GOVERNMENT SUUVEYS .VNI) LAM) SALES. Soon after the Black Hawk war and the acquisi- tion by the United States of the Indian title to all the land West of Lake Michigan, not reserved to the Indians or secured to specified individuals by the terms of the several treaties, a survey was be- gun by the general government, during which the townships now constituting Uock County were laid off and described. When, in 1834, two land dis- tricts were created, embracing all that tract north of the State of Illinois, west of Lake Michigan, south and southeast of the Wisconsin .and Fox rivers, in the then Territory of Michigan, Rock County was included in the Eastern or (ireen Ray District. In 183G, the Milwaukee land district was created out of the southern portion of the Green Ray district. A portion of Rock County was dis- posed of at the first sale at Green Baj*. in 1835, and the balance w-as brought into the market at the first sale at ^lilwaukee in 1839. ^ ^^^ 4^. "T^ I _ «» ■ 4* •4 ,t 1004 ROCK COUNTY. ,,,a&aat!i^f }j^; %'TV'ff^^'- •(f^ff'^.f- ^f%■^^:%■ TTT t T'J'V TT "f %'''^%' ft^fl* Scuttle ii]C:i5 1 bj W'l^ilos, ^^^- pJHC*"^*^' »)» urs^i^^ ■^-&5^1>-€- HE return home of soldiers who had partieiixited in tlic 151ack-IIa\vk war. all of whom told glowing tales of the hcaiitv and fertility of the Rock River Valley, called the attention of tiie people in all JJ the older portions of our land to the extraordinary natural advantages of this then virgin country. On the 14th of July, 18."?.'). John Inraan. of Luzerne County, Pa., and William Holmes, of Ohio, "started frora Milwaukee' IJ to spj' out the land in this nuioh \fi vaunted valley. Procuring a J] couple of Indian ponies upon which to jiack their provisions, and armed with the trusty rifle, without which no (jne in the North- west traveled iu those days, they set nut \i|)on their explorations. Two da3's' march from Milwaukee brought them to Fort Atkinson, then just evacuated hy the officer for whom it was named and his com- mand, where they went into camp for the night. The next day they traveled west and soutli, and camped at night at the mouth of the Vahara ^Cat- lish) River. When morning came, they found their ponies had taken French leave, and that tiicy must either pack their own traps, or leave them behind. Tiiis was an inconvenience, to be sure, but not a disaster to hardy pioneers; so they shouldered their U\(r(riicre and continued their explor.ations, follow- ing the course of the river southward till they reached the point now occupied by the city of Janesville. where they camjied on the point of the bluflf on the Racine road. From tliis point they saw Rock Prairie stretching away in the distance to the east and south, till the verdant plain mingled with the blue of the horizon. They saw before them an ocean of waving grass and blooming flowers, and realized the idea of having found the real Canaan — the real paradise of the world. Con- tinuing their journey to the eastward, thev came within half a mile of a beautiful grove, iu which they found unmistakable indications of its having been occupied not long before as an Indian en- campment, to which they gave the name of Ulack Hawk Grove, which it still bears. Shortly after this they disccivered their ponies, and. having se- cured them, set out ui>ou their return to Milwau- kee, entirely satisfied witli their investigations, and fully determined to make this magnificent and fer- tile prairie their future home. They reached Mil- waukee on the -iSd of July, having been absent ten days. In all their travels they had found but one white family — that of Mr. McMillan, who resided where Waukesha now stands. "On the loth day of November, 183."», John In- man, Thomas Holmes, William Holmes. Joshua Holmes, Milo Jones and George FoUnier started from Milwaukee with an ox team and wagon, the latter containing provisions, tools and other necessaries, and on the 18th day of the same month, arrived opposite the "big rock.' The biting frosts of winter were at hand; no time was to be lost. The banks of the river on either side were 1 1 UOCK COUXTV. U 1005 lined witli oaks, maples and ash. There was no .seaicily of building material. The woodman's ax soon resounded from the forest, and within a weel{ a losj house graeed the hillside. This was the first settlement in Kor'k County." A little more than a nujnth after the arrival of .hihn Inman and his eompany u|ion Koek River, Samuel St. .lohn and his wife eame, and soon afterward Dr. James Heath and wife joined the little eolonj*. All win- tered in the log cabin together. The names of other [lioneers in the county are given in the sketches of Janesville. Heloit and Milton, at wliich points the earliest permanent settlements were made. Settlements soon followed in other parts of the county. About ten years before actual settle- ment began, one Thiebaut (pronounced Tebo) established himself at the '-Turtle Village," (at Heloit) where he remained until the advent of the pioneer settlers of the count}-. His cabin is noted in the plat of the government survej- of the town- ship in 1831. rj^ t n 1006 ROCK COUNTY. .t §L,J OUNTY ORGACIZATION ^J0 AX act of the Territorial Legislature of Wisconsin, approved D c c e m b e r 7, IS.SO. to^ynships 1, 2, 3 and I iiorlli. of ranges 11, 12, 13 and 11 east, of the Fourth Principal Meri<]ian, afterwards the towns of Newark. I'lymouth, Center. Porter, I5eloit. Rock, JunesviUe, Fulton, Tur- tle. La Prairie, Harmony, IMillon, Clinton. Bradford, Johnstown and Lima, were taken from Milwaukee County and constituted a separate county, called Rock. It took its name from tlie " big roi^k " on the north side of the river, now within the limits of the city of Janesville. By an act. ap- roved ,)une 21. 1838. townships 1. 2. 3 and 4 north, of range 10 cast, subsequently the towns of Avon, Spring Valley, Magnolia and Union, were added to Rock County. Though tiius enlarged, the new conntv remained attached to Racine Countj' for judical purposes, until its organization; meanwhile liv an act, approved December 27, 1837, the seat of justice was located on " part of the northwest quar- ter of section 36, in township 3 north, of range 12 cast, of the Fourth Principal Meridian." April 2, 1838, election precinct were established at what is now Beloit, at " the public house — Mr. Hackctt. Dr. White and Mr. Field, Judges." and at the public house of Nevins, in the village of Janesville — Hiram Brown, Daniel Smilieand Henry F. Janes. Judges. At the second annual session of the Commissioners. April 2, 1839, Rock Countj^ was divided into two road districts, by a line running cast and west about the middle of the county. An election was held May 28, 1838, for " pathmasters," which resulted in the choice of Lucius G. Fisher in Beloit, and John P. Dickson in Janesville. The county was organized by an act approved February- 13, 1839. An election of county ofHcers was provided for, to be held " on the Grst Mond.iy of March, 1839," and the ofHcers then chosen were empowered to borrow money on the credit of the count3-. not exceeding *2r(0. for three years, at 12i per cent, per annum, to be .applied to i)rocuring land for the seat of justice. An act. api)roved Februar}' 28, 1839. fixed the time for election of county otlicers for the third Monda}' of Marcli fol- lowing; directed the canvassing of the votes; divided the Commissioners elected into three cl.asses, whose terra of office should expire in .lan- uai-y, 1812. 1841 and 1840, rcspcctivel3', and de- volved upon them all the duties specified in the preceding act. At the election held in pursuance of this law, AV. S. Murr.ay, William Spaulding and E. J. Hazzard were elected a Board of County -4^ ROCK COUNTY. 1007 Commissioners and concluded ncsjotiations with H. F. .lanes wlieieb}- llie county obtained title to the land designated in the act of December 27, 1837, as the seat of justice. In 18.39 and the following year, all other county ofticials re([uired by law to be elected, were chosen and qualified. With the entrance of these officers upon the discharge of their duties, the organization of the county was perfected. COURTS. When the Teriitorial Government of Wisconsin was established the Territor3' was divided into three judical districts. By an act of the Territorial Legislature approved November lii, 1836, Brown and Milwaukee counties were constituted the third district and assigned to .Judge William C. Frazier. Rock County was then included in IVfilwaukee County. In 1839, Walworth, Rock, Green and IJane Counties were made the second district, and the first term of tlie district court was held April 15-17, following, in a small wooden building on Main Street, .lanesville. The following named ])ersons constituted the first giand jury of Rock County: .losepli Bullard, N. G. Storrs, Thomas Stoughtou, Farnuni Chickering, Joseph Goodrich, Ansel Dickinson. D. A. Richardson, Phineiis Arme.7, Charles Butts. Levi St. .loiin, .lason W.alker, David McKillups. Wiili.-un \irgin. .lolin Putnam. Luke Stonghton, .Tohn A. Fletcher. Jeremy- D. Warner. A. Blakcslcy. Francis A. Tyler, Elisha Newliall and .Icsse Corlis. .losepii liuil.-ird was appointed Foreman. .Judge David Irwin presided. Tiic next term commenced on Monday, the 21st day of October, 183lt. A public hall having been finished in the .lanesville Stage House, the first hotel of any pretensions in tlie village, the court conveiie(l in this new anl>!ir(l, Union; .lobn Smiley, Plymouth ; W. II. Mc'lntyre, Lima; .1. M. Lyncli, Avon; Clinton 15abl)ilt .incl S. T. Momll, Keloil; W. 11. Wheeler, I>. .1. IJuiclge anrl A. B. Carpenter, city of Beloit; K. ii. Bennett, and Charles Sexton, .lanesvillc at larjre; James Kirkpatriek, Sprinii' ^'alley; G. II. Crosby, Turtle; William (innn, Uh Huntley, ^\'i]liam C'ripi)in, II. IJealcs, W. F. Thompson. William Grimes and Joseph Watson. There were numerdus Norwegian pioneers. They laid out a village which they called Bornitz. wiiere in 1847 they had built a church. The Kev. Claud Lars Clauson was their lirst pastor. Avon, in the town of Avon, twentv-live miles southwest of Janesville, contains two churches, a school, the steam llouring-mill of J. Finch, a <;ene- ral store, and a shoemaker's shop, a blacksmith shop and a pum|) f.actory. Population 150. Beloit. jELOIT was created a municipalit\- Feb. 17, 1842. and then embraced an area e(]ual to about four townships, including the present towns of Beloit. Avon, Newark and Turtle. Its boundaries have been several times changed, and it is now co-extensive with townshij) 1 north, of range 12 east. The settlement began where tiie city of Beloit now is. The first town meeting was held April 5, 1842. -•► -h ROCK COUNTY. lull Bi-adfoitl. llrSl, KADFORl) is silnatod in liic soiitiicast part I'L^^ of tlio county on its casici-n houndary line. I'ltsvlli " ""s oi'S^mizccl for niiini(i|)al purposes un- ^■^^r^ der an act of Lo<>islaliir(', apinovcd Feb. 2, l.S4(). Previou-ly thosoiitli half of the |)ro.seiU town was inchidc'il in Clinton and the iKjrth iialf in Janes- ville. Eraslus Dean was the first settlor, in 18;3(i. Otiier early comers were Andrew McCullagli, \Vill- iaui C. Chase, James Winnegar, Joseph Maxon, William B. Aldrieh. C. Dylvcnian, William Wyman, S. 8. Hlocknian and Alva liloclvraan. There are two postofBces in this town, Kinerald Cirove and Fair- field. Emerald Grove, in the town of Bradford, eight miles east of Janesville, contained in 1856 a postofflce, a tavern, a church, a blacksmith shop, a store, a grocery, a school-house and fifteen dwell- ings. Since tliat date it lias grown considerably in extent and population. It contains a steam feed mill, the proi)ert3' of Alexander Mc(iregor, a gen- eral store, a hotel, a Congregational church and a Methodist church and a population of about one liundred. ^VUU2/®^^ .-^^WOT»>» Center. Cjv KN'IT^R, in the northwestern part of tlic county, was organi/.ed by a legislative en- f' actment approved Feb. 17, 1842, and tiien included the present town of Center and portions of I'lymoutli, Spring \alley, Magnolia, and Janes- ville west of tiie river. Magnolia was set off Feb. 2, 1846, and other towns were formed, wlioll^^ or in part, from its territory at later dates. Its present limits are those of township 3 north, of range 1 1 east. Andrew Stevens, the first settler, located .at Black-Oak Grove in October. I84;i. llis nearest neighbor was five miles awa3-, the next nearest ten. Other earlj- settlers were David and I'liilander Davis, William Webb, William Warren and Elijah Wood. The first election was held at the house of James V. Knowlton. 4> \r Clinton. HE act of tlic Territorial Legislature oigau- izing Clinton was approved Feb. 17, 1842. The town as organized embraced the Clin- ton of to-day. and the south half of Bradford and portions of Turtle and La I'rairie. Five sections in the present town of Turtle were annexed to it in 1843. At this time the town comprises township 1 north, of range 14 oast. Doctor Dennis -Mills, Mil- ton S. AVarner. Charles Tuttle and William S. .Mur- ray were the first explorers of the town, before the land was in market. Selections of land were maile and taken possession of in the name of the Jeffer- son Prairie Company, and it was on the west side of this prairie that the first settlements were maile. in April, 1837. A little later Daniel Tasker and wife and Stephen E. Downer and wife located on the southeast side of the prairie. Subsecpieut early settlers were Oscar II. Pratt, Frank Mitchell, Stacy L. Pratt and father and sisters, Reuben P. and Si Willard, Ezekiel and IIumi)hrey Brownell. M:irtin Moore and Henrj' Wheeler and their families, H. S. Warner, Albert and Hcnrj' Tuttle, (!riswoll aud incorporated as a cit^' in 1883. It is an ■^ important station on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. The shipment of tobacco is the principal industry, nearly half of what is raised in the State being shipped from this point. Robert and Daniel Stone and William .Squires were the pioneer settlers. Thomas (^uigley came in 1843, and located sixt3- acres wliere the railroad depot now stands. Soon after him came Lucius M. Page, who bought eighty .acres north of (^uigley's claim. That part of the village north of the railroad was laid out by H. S. Swift, that part south of the rail- road by Adin. J. and E. A. Burdick. Ferdinand Davis built the first frame house in 1853; U.S. Swift built Swift's block in 1857; the Exchange and the United States Hotel were built by Nelson Coon, who opened the former in 1854; and the American House was built in 1854. The first birth was that of Frank Hall, the first marriage that of John l^uigley and Theresa Malian. and the first death that of Mr. Hakes. The post-olflce was es- tablished in 1854, with William B. Hall in charge. The place contains Methodist. Catholic. Baptist and (ierman Lutheran churches. German and jjublie schools, two banks, two hotels, a well-equipped fire department, and two weekly uewspai)ers — the Wis- consin Tobacco Rfiporler and the Etigerton Index. Live stock, grain and lirick are shipped. Poiiula- tion. 2.000. Indian Ford, on Rock Uiver, ten miles north of Janesville, in the towi. of F'ulton, is so called be- cause, in 183G Black-Hawk and bis braves forded the Catfish River on the site of what is now the village. It owes its existence to Guy and Clouden Stoughton. who obtained a charter for the water- power from the government, erected a dam there and liuilt a mill, in 1843. .Mr. Guy Stoughton, to whom the credit of the latter work must be given, was the first bona-fide settler and claim-holder on the village plat, and erected the first house thereon. Jlr. Silas Ilurd and Mr. George E. Cowan were the first settlers in the neighborhood. The first store and tavern were kept in is 10. by a man named Ellett. The first school was opened about 1842. The village contains two llouring-mills, tw'o churches and several siiiall mechanics' shops. Po])ulation, 250. Fulton, on the west border of the town of Ful- ^ -th-<* ROCK COUNTY. -4' liMli toil, oil Cattisti Creek, twelve milos northwest of Jaiicsville and four miles soutliwe.st of Kdiijertoii, was settled in ISK!, by Eiiiainiel Corker, who soon began the erection of a gristniill. Other early sel- th'rs, who came soon after him, were James Jler- win. Ivlward Ilyland, Nelson Coon, David J^. Mills, Stiles Makes, and Henry M. Dickinson, who opened the first store. Nelson Coon huilt the hotel, which was opened by Philip Davault, under the name of the Fulton House. A creamery was estab- lished in 1875. A frame school-house was erected in 1847, and gave pl.ace to a brick one in 18(J4. The first Sund.ay-school w.as organized by Frank Sayre in 1449. The gristmill of White Brothers was )nirchased by them about twenty j'ears ago. It is the same built orininallv by l''.inaiuu'l Corker. -Ji3- e^ Hiii'iiioiiy. .VK.MONY was organized from .Janesville l) March 1!, 1848, and comprised the north half of township "2, and all of township 3 north of range Ki east. Later the n*rth half of township 2 was detached, and became a part of La I'rairie. The first town meeting was held at Mt. Zion school-house, April 1, 1848. Daniel A. Richardson was the first settler, in 1837. Charles and Ale.xander Hart came soon after. Other earh' settlers were Arvali Call, Jeremiah Warner, Ansel Dickinson, William and Joseph Spaulding, I'hinwis Amies, John X. Dean and John Turner. Jiiiiosville. «=i''F;i?RrARY 17. 1842, township 3 and the Pi north half of township 2 north, of ranges 1.3 and I 1 east, and all of that p.art of township 3 and 4 north, of range 12 east, lying east of Rock River, were organized into a town by the name of Janesville. On March 21, 1843, that part comiirised in township 3 north, of range 14 e.ist and township 4 north, of range 12 east, was organized into a town by itself. On the 10th of April of the last mentioned year part of townshii) 3 north, of range 13 cast, wa.s annexed to Janesville. In 18.50, the east half, which was township 3 north, of range 12 east, was organized into a separate town; and thus the town of Jane.s- ville W!is made to include township .3 north, of range 12 east. Among the prominent fanners of the town thirty to forty years ago were Z. 1*. Bur- dick; Charles Terwilliger, Thomas Welch, K. Strunk, Gideon Cliapin,K. W. Barker. 11. R. Cul- ver, Henry Search, James Carl, Roliert Shaw, David JetTris, II. H. Simonds. John B. Carl. George Johnston, John Holmes, William Brace and Wil- liam R. Hall. As the first .settlement in this town was identical with that of the village and city of Janesville, an account of it is reserved for a place in the history of the latter. The first suix-rvisors were W. H. H. Bailey (chairman), George K. Cowen and Jesse E. Corless. — •> .o»o-(SJA><\J(53..o4o. *,*. •loliiistown. ~ OHNSTOWN, on the eastern border of the county, was organized bj' an act of Legis- lature, approved March 21. 1843. The first settlement was made by Norman .Smith on the site of .lohnstown Center, in 1837. The second settler w.as Caleb B. Hill. Daniel .McKillip (who built the first frame house). Elisha Newhall and his sons, Wright and Klliridge (J. Newhall, Noah Newell. John A. FIcIcIut. Daniel Rhelps. William Virgin, John A. Pickett and .lohn I'utnam were among other early settlers. Among those who were enterprising farmers there thirt3'-five years ago were AVilliam Galbraith, John Mct^rath and bro- thers, Robert Burlass, .lohn and William Ziiill, .lohn and Davis McLay and John Wynn. Old .lohnstown, in the town of .lohnslown, twelve miles east of Jaiiesville(so called in contradistinction to Johnstown Center), is a village of about 125 persons. It owes its existence in a great measure to the presence of Messrs. Carter, Fletcher, Camniell and Hill, who settled on the location of the village aboutl83;i, and built the llrst house. It contains a church find some small shops. .lohnstown Center, in the town of Johnstown, ten miles east of Janesville. was located in 1,'<37. by ■» >► i r^ -«► U)14 ROCK COUNTY. \ i Norman Smith. The first minister there was Elder Mills and the church-house there was built in 18-47. The village contains a blacksmith shop, a siioe- siiop, a wagon shop, a general store and niarlile works. Population, 200. Janes' Settlement, near Johnstown, in the town of Johnstown, derives its names from the settle- there, in 1842. of the Janes family. It at present consists of the residences of about a dozen fam- ilies and a church, erected in 1861, hj' the Free Will Baptists, at a cost of about ^2,000. ■ t^^^^^f^r* — La Prairie. 'if? A PRAIRIE, so named from the fact that I (©) tlie town is mostly prairie land, was organ- /l is^^ ized bj- an act of tiie Legislature, approved March 2G. 1849, and originally comprised those parts of tlie towns of Ilnrmony and Turtle which were included in townsliip 2 nortii, of range 13 east. The west iialf of section G was subsequent!}' set off to the city of Jancsville. The limits of the town now are those of township 2 nortli. of range 13 east. The first town meeting was held at the house of Justus P. Wheeler. April 3, 1 849. Among the early settlers were Samuel and Levi St. Joiin, ^\■illiam Mertrom, Nathan AUyne, Lucius llurn- iiani. Clark W. Lawrence, James Chamberlain, L. li. Ally lie and Mr. Waterman. The town being nearly all prairie, it did not settle as rapidly as most (itlier parts of the county. Justus P. Wheeler made his purchase in the fall of 1840; Eliakim Thatclier in 1843. A man, by the name of Hocum, made a claim on section 3 and afterwards sold to Mr. Covil. Charles C. Cheney, Henry Cheesebro, William Loyd, Adcliiion Sherman and Epliraim Leach, .Ir., made their i>urchascs in the years 1844 and l.slu; Almerin Sherman, Peter ShiifeU, James L Iloyt, William (i. Kasterly and .Mr. Foi. Among otiiers of the largest farmers of La Prairie, in 1856, Freeman Hitchcock. Alfred lias- kins. Aniaziah Sherman. J.acob Van Gelder. Wil- liam H. Read. R. AV. Schenck, Hiram Finch, Har- vey Sessions, S. L. llalste.ail, E. Cheesebro, Thomas ^» ■- Auld, James Chamberlain, Harvey- Hart, E. W. Blish, James V. Beltings, J. P. Wheeler, William H. Stark, Ouy Wheeler, C. W. Lawrence, George Rliodes, William Schenck. Lima. \l7 IMA, in the northeast corner of the county, ll (© comprises township 4 north, of range l.'i /J^Vi east, and was organized for muncipal pur- poses, Feb. 24, 1845. It had previously formed a portion of the town of Milton. The first town meeting was held April 1, 1845, at the school- house in district No. 9. As early as the summer of 1836, Col. James M. Burgess visited wliat is now the town of Lima and made a claim on section 17. but as he never improved it. it is to be presumed it lapsed. He was followed, in June. 1837, by Solomon L. Harrington and Thomas Vanhorn. who located and built a sawmill on the west l)ranch of Whitewater Creek, in the cast part oses; but he found no jjurchascrs for his lots, settlers selecting other sites. A post-otHce was established in 1848, with (ieorge McKenzie in charge. Kev. Mr. Jame- son was the first preacher. ( )sborn Howaril and others began manufacturing spring beds in 1877; J. U. Whitney embarked in plowmaking in 1879; There are two churches. Population, 250. Magnolia Station (Cainville). in the town of Magnolia, on the Chicago ut as a village. Subsequent events seem to confirm •►-HH^ 1016 ROCK COUNTY. 4 this idea. On the return of Mr. Goodrich to his old home, he made ijublic what ho had done. Oiiiii S|ir:igiie. with whom he was not on very siood terms, on learning the facts, immediately sold out and, with his family, at once started for Rock County. Arriving iierc, he reported to Mr. Mc- Ewan that he was sent out by ISIr. Goodrich to start a blacksmitli shop. On ids representatJDn. Mr. JIcEwan staked off for him a lot on which to erect his cabin and shop, on that ])orti()n of section 27 whicli he, McEwan, had claimed. The caliin and shop were at once erected, and, when Mr. Goodrich returneil. March 4, IM'J. he found his old enemy in full |)ossession. That he was dis- pleased is staling it mildly. During the year 18;i'J no further improvements were made to the prospective village, with the excep- tion of a second building l\y Mr. Goodrich, which was the original .Milton House, and the erection by him of a substantial barn. Tu .Alarch, 1839, the sur- veyors locating a road between Chicago and Madi- son reached Goodrich's, and in May following con- tinued the survey on to IMadison. One point was now made for the new village. On the 18th day of July, 18;!'.l. llie people of the vicinity met at the residence of Joseph Good- rich for the purpose of raising for him a barn. While here assembled, it was delerniined to peti- tion the Government to here establish a postofflce under the name of Grainlield. and to api)oint Mr. Goodrich Postmaster. A meeting was subsequently held at the residence of Peter McEwan, and the name was reconsidered and that of Prairie Du Lac substituted. The petition was sent on, but the name was rejected by the authorities on account of its similarity to Prairie du Sac, an otlice which had already been established. At a meeting held Oct. 1, 1839, the name of Milton was suggested by Daniel Butts, and adoiited. The ollice was soon afterward established, with Joseph Goodrich as Postmaster, who held it until 1853, when he was succeeded by W. T. Morgan. The first land sale in which the people of this section were interested was held in April. 1810, at Milwaukee. This sale w.as attended by Messrs. McEwan, Goodrich and Sprague. It had been learned that no one could purchase more than one- half section of land. Mr. McEwan, as already stated, had nuuKt rluiiii to tlie north half of section 31 ancl the south half of the noi'theast ((uarter of section 27 — a total of 400 acres. If he purcha... son t)f Orrin Sprague, April 2;i, 1S|I). The first death in the town was th.at of .lane Bowers, daugiiter of Andrew and llann.ah Bowers, Sei)t. I-f. 1838. Tiie third (ieath, Mrs. Diana Wa- terman, wife of Ilezekiah Waterman, who died Nov. '), 1839, and was buried in Milton Cemetery, the first there interred. The first marriage was that of .lames .Murray and Margaret McKwan. Jan. 1, 1840. No building was erected in the village of INlillon in 1839 save those mentioned, but in 1840 a build- ing wa.s erected b3" Mr. Goodrich, and occupied by Mr. F^gglcston as a blacksmith shop. Mr. Bassetl, a cari>enter, erected a building for him.self near the northeast corner of the square, while Jacob Davis built at the northeast corner of the square. For some cause there was no convej'ance made by Mr. Goodrich to either of those men for several years after their settlement. The first conve3ance was to Sprague; the second was to Davis, March 14,1844; the third to .Tohn Chittil, Feb. 13,181(5. Mr. Chittil soon afterward erected a store build- ing, and was the third person to engage in mercan- tile trade. During this year James L. Quirk, who for a time had been engaged in tailoring, added a few groceries in connection, purchased a lot and erected a building. Slowly the village i)egan to form .around the square laid out by Mr. Goodrich. In the first ten years he m.ade about fifteen or twenty conveyances of lots, principally on the north and west sides of the square. In the fall of 1844 John Alexander came to Milton bringing with him a small stock of ^19 ' goods. Renting a room i]i the house of Peter Mc- Fwan he opened up the second store in Milton, Jan. 29, 184.'). Alexander Paul purchased a lot of McKwan fronting the park, on which he erected a store building, into which Mr. Alexander moved his stock of goods. A large granary was subse- (luently erected by Mr. Alexander for the storage of grain taken in exchange for- merchandise. At cer- tain seasons of the year he shipped the grain to Mil- waukee by teams, which, returning, brought loads of general merchandise. The second building erected fronting the i)ark on the southeast corner was built by Asa Weaver as a dwelling house. The Congre- gational Church was the third on the south. About 18|(;Peier McKwan donated a lot opi)osite the park to the CongregationaPChurcli, .and from time to time he sold other lots from off his tract, the northeast quarter of section 34. Thus the vill.agc has spread out until at present writing (July, 1889) it covers an area of about KJO acres. It has never been incorporated, l)ut now c(>utaius about 1. 000 inhabitants, and is represented by the vari- ous lines of lousiness necessary to supply the wants of the community. l{eligiousl3', the Congregation- al ists, Methodist Episcopal and Seventh Day Bap- tists arc represented, the latter greatly preponder- ating. The first to commence the proclamation of the gospel, it has held the lead, and is represented by Millf)n College, an educational institution which has sent forth a large number of men and women, who have become noted in church and State. In 1852 the present Chicago, Milwaukee and .St. Paul Railroad was built through the place, and shortly afterward a small portion of the village ly- ing on either side of the road, was platted. All the remainder has been sold by metes and bounds with- out being platted. Milton Junction, lying one mile west, owes its existence to the building of the Chicago & North- western Railroad, which crosses the Chicago. Mil- waukee it St. Paul Railroad at this point. The road was built through here in 18.")8. when G. W. Mat- thews erected a hotel at the crossing of the two roads on the site of the present .Morgan House. The village has since had a slow but steady growth, and to-daj' numbering about 1.000 inh.abitant.s. T I 1018 ROCK COUNTY. i presents a very neataiifl attractive appearance. Its business men seem to be thriving, with almost every chiss of business represented. There' are three churciies in the villaare. aiifl its public sciiools compare favorably with any in the county. The Milton Junction News is a live local paper, and is published \veels monthly. One of their number, a female member of the church, born on heathen soil, em|)loys most of her time in this work, and is remuneiated bv the voluntary contributions of the church. The church is doing otlier missionary woi'k on the fii-st t ■► m^ RUCK COUNTY. 1019 (lay of the week. orLf.'uiizinf^ aiifl concUicting' Sun- (l.iy-seliools uiul supplying (kstitute neigh borlioods with preaching. Tiie Methoilisl Kpiscopni Ciiiiich of Milton, Wis., was organized in the fall of 1840 by Kev. jMatlliew Bennett, with a memhershlp of nine, viz.: .\l)raham Biillis and wife, William P. Ind and wife. .Jacob Bowers, Mrs. 1). 1). Sowles. Miss C. C. Atherton, now Mrs. William MeEwnn, and a local preacher. Rev. A. Warren and his wife. Previous to this organization, meetings were held from time to time liy preachers .sent by (he Illinois Conference. As early as 18:57, Rev. Jesse Ilalstead |)reaclied to the settlers. lie was followed by Rev. C. 1). Pills- bury, Rev. Hodges and Father McK.ay. The first services of the society were held in the old stone •school-house. In .laiuiai-y, 18.54, steps were taken to erect a chuich wliith was completed in the fall of the same yeai-. Messrs. Abraham Bullis, William P. Ind, Jacob Bowers. Loander Ilalleck and Charles M. Drake constituted the l)oard of trustees. Messrs. P. G. McComber, Joel Wood and David Walsh were af- terward added to the board. The church was a frame building with a stone basement, with a seat- ing capacity of 225 and cost ^1,500. The lot uiion which it was erected was the gift of Mr. Peter McHwan. The church was enlarged and repaired at a cost of -^2,400 under the pastorate of Rev. D. L. Barrows, and is now a beautiful house of wor- ship, car|)eteil throughout, with elegant seats and pulpit furniture. The Milton .lunction Methodist Episcop.al Church was organized and a church erected in the year 1HG7 under the pastorate of Rev. A. A. IIos- kin, at a cost of ^2,000. It was built originally as a Methodist church with the privilege of being used by other denominations, when not occupied. For several years the church was closed, until in 1883 Rev. I). L. Barrows began services, since which time they h.'ive regularl}' continued. The house was handsonu'ly decorated in 1888 and otherwise improved under Rev. W. B. Robinson. There is now a good congregation ani-ter. ORTER lies in the northwestern part of the county, its northern boundary separating it from the county of Dane. By an act of the Legislature, approved Feb. 2, I84(!, it was incorporated b^' the name of •• Oak." At the next session, an act was approved changing its boundaries and name. It was made to include town- ship 4 north, of range 11 cist, its present liniil.s. It received its name in honor of one of the principal and proprietors in the town — Dr. .lohn Porter. The first settlers were Joshua Webb, William Webb, John Rhinchart, John Winst^>n, Joseph Os- born, Robinson Bent. Charles Stokes, Solomon Griggs, John R. Boyce, John Cook and Daniel Cook. A list of early farmers shows, among the largest, Daniel Lovejoy. Horace Fessendeii. .Samuel Pound. .Ier(»me V:iughaii. .lohn While, I'^arle W(i(hI- i ^ a 4 * 1020 ROCK COUNTY. "M^ Iniry. Levi Sanires. C. ^'a^Igllan, Robert ]N[erviii, .1. P. Miller. William Webh, J. Pouiul, Roger Shepherd, Dennis McCarthy and Stepher Allen. Couksville, in the town of Porter, on the Chi- cago & Northwestern Railway, twenty' miles north- west of Janesvillc. was laid out in 1842 by John Cook, who honghl and platted the west half of sec- tion () under tiiis name. Cook built a saw-mill on Badfish Creek in 1812. and in 1844 sold it to John Shepard, who began the erection of a gristmill which was completed in 1847. Another has since been built. One is owned by W. H. Leedle & Son; the other is managed by Charles W. Jock cV' Son. The first store was opened in 184.5 by John J). Chambers, and in 1845 the owner of the east half of section platted it under the name of Waucoma. The post-oflice was established in 1849, with J. D. Chambers as postmaster. The village contains two gristmills, two churches and a i)ublic school. Population, 175. Plyiiioiith. .LYMOITII is situated in the southwest ([uarter of the county. It w.as organized b}- act of Territorial Legislature, approved March 8, 1848, to include all of township 2 north, of range 11 east, was first settled in the spring of 1841. David and Stephen C. Douglass and Samuel Colby arrived with their families from Michig.an on the 31st of May, and pitched their tent near the center of section 2. on the bank of a branch of Bass Creek. They made use of their tent and covered wagons, of which they had three, for a habitation, and they were enabled to build a house for the elder Douglass. Their nearest neigh- bors east were Jasjier P. Sears, on Rock River, and Judge Holmes and family, who lived on the farm now (1856) owned by David Noggle. To the west were John Crall, Abraham Fox, John D. Holmes, Alansou Clawson, Wendel Fockler, George W. Adams and father, with their families, some nine miles distant. The first town meeting was held AuLT. 28, 1848. The supervisors elected were Caleb Luman. chairman ; George Ayers and Samuel ^ « Smiley. The number of votes polled was seventy- one. Hanover, in the town of Plymouth, at the junc- tion of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail- way and the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, eight miles southwest of Janesvilie, was first located by Joseph Ilohensheldt, in 1844. He was followed the next year by Mathias Gundel and wife, but about that time imigration almost ce.ased. The village was platted April 16, 1856. by John L. V. Thomas and wife, proprietors. The Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad, as the Chicago, Milwaukee cfc St. Paul road was then called, was finished so that the first freight was received at Hanover, Sept. 4, 1857. In 1856 a post-office w.as established, with William Ranney as postmaster. The first birth was that of Montana Hohensheldt in 1845. TUe first marriage was that of Simon Hohensheldt and Miss Fox. in 1854. The first store was opened in 1856, by Nathan Highme. A gristmill was built in the same year by S. F. Chapman and is now owned by A. Beekman. The school-house was erected in 1858. The village has one church, of the German Lutheran denomination. Footville. on the northern border of the town of Plymouth, on the Chicago & Northwestern Rail- wuv, ten miles west of Janesvilie, was first settled in 1845. by Mr. E. A. Foot, from whom it derives its name. The locality was formerly- knuwn as Bachelors' (4 rove, and for six years had the distinc- tion of being the terminus of the (iaiena & Chicago Union Railroad (as tiie line was first designated) then in course of construction. E. F. Richards was the second settler, and his and Mr. Fool's and two other families, who came later, constituted Footville's population until 1854. when the railroad became an established fact. The first store was opened by Watson Beacli, in 1853; the second in 1854, by Bancroft it Northway. The first born here was a daughter of E. F. Richards, who later became Mrs. N. L. Maxon. The first marriage was that of E. A. Dougl.ass and Martha Beach, Christ- mas, 1846. The first death was that of a woman at Mr. Foot's house. Julius Gilbert taught the first school in a log-house belonging to Mr. Foot in 1848. About a 3'ear later a school-house was built half a mile north of the village, in Center, which in r h ROCK COUNTY. 1021 ^ ,! 1853 was removed to Footville ami was occupied there for school purposes till 185;), wlieii tlie Methodist Church was built and tlie scliool was re- moved to it. coiUiiuuii<>- tliere till 1875. when the chuich l)uni('d and an adequate frame school-house was huill. The post-otlice, formerly Bachelors' (Jrt)ve, was establislipd in 1815. witli E. F. Richards as postmaster. 'J he village contains two stores, two l)lacksniitli-shops. a harness-shop, a shoe-shop, a hotel and three churches. I'opiiiation .'iOO. •i- -*^ llotk. ^ilpj"!) V an act of the Territorial Lesjislature, ap- jl^ proved March 8, 1839. the town of Rock ■jfM) I: was erected. Its boundaries were originally ^^s=^ co-extensive with those of Rock County at the present time. Almost three years i)assed before it w.ns organized. It was tiien reduced to almost its present limits; for the act of the Legislature, apjiroved February 17. 18 12, restricted it to ''town- ship 2 nortli. of range 12 east, excepting fractional sections 1 ami 2, lying north and west of Rock River," which was "oi'gani/.ed into a se|)arate town by the name of Rock." It w.as also declared that the iirst election should "be held at the house of .lasper .Sears." As the city of .lanesville afterward absorl)ed the whole of sections 1 and 2. in township 2. north of range 12 east," the town included, as now, the wliole of the towr.ship just named, except these sections. The first town election was held Aprils, 1812. when the following ticket was chosen: Supervisors: — George W. Briltain (Chairman), .lames Heath and J. V. .Scars; Town Clerk, Ira AV .ash- burn ; A.s.sessor, Rufus Washburn; Treasurer. Richard S. Inman; Collector. .1. Wesley Inman. .Some of the earliest prominent settlers in this town are mentioned in the history of the city of Jauesville. In Xi)vember, 18;{(i. Richard Inman arrived with his family and entered land in section 27. .Mr. Clau- son settled on Iho Youngs' farm in 18.^7. The Uathernmn farm was settled by .leremiah Roberts il'e s;ime year. The site of the village of Aflon w.is settled by Hiram IJrown about the same time. Rufus and Ira Washburn and J. I'. Sears made the tirst settlements on the west side of the river in •^ ^^^^ 1838, and the Major Inman farm was settled by Mr. Fox; (J. W. Rrittain settled in the town, .and Hrestol m.ade the first claim on I). W. Inman's farm the same year. In 1810. Kzekiel Clapp and Prosper A. Pierce settled on section 2. and Klijah Nourse came into the town. In 1841 came Israel Inin:ui, .lohn Dougherty and .Mr. Hurt. -In 1842," wrote one of the pioneers, '-Mr. Nan Antwerp arrived." In 1841 J. F. Willard purchased Mr. Warren's claim in section 10. The Antisdells, Comstocks and Newtons came about 1843-44. In 1850, a colony from Rensselaer County, N. Y., .settled in the northwest [lart of the town. Among them were Z. P. Hurdick and his biother. M. L. Hurdick, A. P. ILayner. Israel Smith and subsecjuently. Mr. J. P. J. Hayner. These arrivals :idded not a little to the agricidtural reputation of the town, as they pursued the Eastern mode of farming, which con- trasted very favorably with the loose Wisconsin method. The first 'breaking' done in Rock, or in the county, was on the northwest cpiarter of section 11, upon the farm of .1. F. Willard, by John In- man, in the spring of 1830. It was 'cropped' with buckwheat, and produced a fair yield. He was com|)ellcd to go to Rockford to get his plow sharp- ened, it taking two days to make the trip. The first house erected on the west side of the river was bj- Ira Washburn, in 1838. The first wedding in the town of Rock took i)lacc at the house of Richard Inman. .^lareh 30. 1840, the parties being (■eergfi W. Rrittain and Mi.ss .Sylvania Inman. "If the opinion of speculators and large real- estate operators from the East is enlitletl to consid- eration and respect, the town of Rock stands number one. if not more, in regard to superior lo- cations and natural .-ulvantages for building up cities and villages; for surely no town in the county has figured so largely in that de|)artnient as the town of Rock. Its corner and water lots have made no small figure in Wall stree; its lithogra|)hed city plats have been honored with a conspicuous place in all the great land-agency olHces of the country. At one time, this town could boast of four cities and villages — 'Wisconsin City,' 'Kosh- konong Cit}',' ' Rock[)ort,' ■ Monterey ' and • Afton.' Rockiiort was laid out l)y Thomas Holmes in De- cember. 1815. and was the first surveyed village (or t f- u •«»> u 1022 ROCK COUNTY. city) in the county. 'Wisconsin City ' was surveyed by luraan. Breese and Slie|>lierd, in 1836; 'City of Koslikonong,' in the sununer of tlie same year, by Kenzie. Iluntur and I5ool)y; 'Monterey,' by Ira Miltimore. in 1850. By an act of the Legislature of Wisconsin, approved March 19, 18.53. tlie city of .lauesville was incorporated, and, by its charter sections 1 and 2 of tlie town of Rock were brought witliin its limits. Consequently, ' Monterey ' and • Kockport ' are now a part of the territory belong- ing to the city of Janesville. With sections 1 and 2, there also passed from the town many of the lo- calities "where the pioneers located." Afton, near the soutliern border of the town of Rock, on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, six miles southwest of Janesville, first became known through the medium of the railroad, in 1855. J. Allen, John Jloore, Reuben Deuel, and Mr. Dimock were the first to locate on its site. It was laid out in 1855 by Joseph Cliurch (the land then belonging to Tripp, Hoyt and Hodgson) .and speedily settled. The first birth was that of Sally, daughter of Charles Tulker, in i855. Rev. Albert Newton (Baptist) anil Klvira Washburn were the first couple married. The first death wjis that of a non-resident 3'oung man who, while stopping there, took strychnine for quinine. The school w.as opened by Charles Newton in 1847, in the old Watts Hotel, a mile north of the village. The gristmill was built in 1872 by J. F. Leitel and is now operated by Uehling & Bodden. The vilLage also has a church and a creamery. Population, 140. Spriiij; Valley. ^\ PRING VALLEY lies in the southwest portion of the county, its western boundary separating it from Green. It was org.an- ized by act of the Legislature, approved Feb. 2, 1846. Its territory includes township No. 2 north, of range No. 10 east. The first town Mieeting was held at the house of Nicholas E. Phelps. John Call was the first settler. Among those who soon after made claims were James Kirk- pat rick, Erastns C. Smith. Robert Taylor, Roderick M. Smith, James Bradshaw, Almerin Sprague. Amos Remington, Allen Ilurllmt. S. C,. .Mills and Solomon Rose. Orfordville is an outgrowth of the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul Railroad, upon the line of which it is situated, in the town of Spring \alley, sev- enty-four miles southwest of Milwaukee, and four- teen miles southwest of .binesviilc. It was first settled in 1850 by Isaac Wright, who located on a farm south of the raili-oad; l)ul it w.as not until 1857, when the railroad was completed to that point, that it began to grow. • The vill.age was laid out and named by J. T. Dodge, a surveyor of Janesville. in 1855, and included about sixtj- acres, part of which was re-devoted to farming when jt l)ecame evident the village would not cover it. The first merchant was Edwin Ibuimg- ton, who begiin business about about 1855. A year later David Il.arris and Daniel Mow built a store, which was occupied by onetireenleaf. About twelve months after the opening of this second store .'I third — a grocery and liquor store — was es- tablished by Thompson & Diamond. The first birth was that of "Patsey" Coleran, in 1857; the first marriage that of Edward Wright and Edith Clark, in 1856; the first deatii that of Mrs. David Harris, in 1859. The first school was taught in 1846 bj' Clara Sprague, in what was afterw.ird the residence of Isaac Wright. A second school-house wiis built in 1848, which gave place to the present one in 1862. The hotel w.as opened by S. A. Thompson in 1857. The village contains Baptist, Lutheran, and Methodist Churches, and ships live- stock anil grain. Population, 300. Turtle. 5)URTLE is situated on the southern boundary of tlie county. It was organized by an act tif the Legislature, approved Feb. 2, 1846, and included in its limits township 1 and tlie south half of township 2 north, of range 13 east. Subse- quently the last half township was set off to La Prairie. Among the first settlers were D. B. Eg- ery, D. Bennett. R. Doll, Chauncey Tuttle, John Lewis, A. Lewis, S. G. Calley, and .lohn lIoi)kiiis. ■♦- :?^rf-^ I -^•- ROCK COb^'TY. 102.i Others, 'viio came from 183(5 to 1S5G, were the fol- lovvinji-: D. IM. Pelton, J. II. Puole, All)eit I'oiter, W. riekelt, C. Provost, Chiiiincv Hoss. .1. F. Ross. K. C. Reigart, L. K. Ross, F. L. Ross, .1. 11. Reig.art, S. I). Ross, Wi Ilium II. St:iik, .Swingle, S. II. Shiy- maiier, Alexander Tliom. II. L. Shoemaker, W. S. Thoni, C. M. Treat, S. \V. Hart, li. F. Mnrray, S. .AInrray,G. M. Murray, II. II. MeLenegan. II. J. Murray, Joel Miner, C. 1'. .Murray, S. A. Murray, N. McLaugliliu, Philo Porter, IJenjainiu Park, George W. Porter, R. J. liurdette, William Hraud, Adam liell, Thomas Crosby, Mrs. A. E. Coe, K. .1. Carpenter, C. T. Curtis, (i. II. Crosby, G. U. Cul- ver, E. .1. Dole, I). D. Egery, .1. M. Everett, O. C. Gates, .1. B. (Gordon, William (iates, Erastus (iiles, Edward (iiles, Russell Harvey, F. A. IIunn)lirey, and Thomas Holmes. The first town meeting was held April 7, 1816. Sliojiiere, in the town of Turtle, on Turtle Creek, and on the Chicago i^- Northwestern Railroad, eleven miles south of .lanesville. was first made the abiil- ing place of a white man in 1831), by Caleb E. Culver. Mr. lIoi)kius came in 1840, Mr. Ulack- stoiie and Mr. I'.lodgelt, two or three years later. The lirst log house was erected by Mr. Culver, the first farm house by Jared Randall, in 1811, and the first stoiU! house by Jlr. Cuher. in 1 8 J2. Mr. lUack- stone opened the first store. The first birth was that of Charles (Udver, shortly after the arrival of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Caleb E. Culver. The post-ollice was established in 18.')0. with .S. P. Har- vey as Postmaster. The llouring-niill was built in 1848-l'.t by Harvey, Randall it Dextader. George Sears ac()uired a half-interest in it in 18()C. and became sole proprietor in 1873. The Turtle Cheese Factory was established in 1873, by F. N. Parker. The school house was built in ISaG. Hesides the fiouring-mill. .Shoijiere contains a wagon factor}' and two churches. Population, 300. Union. ^NU»N, the northwestern town in the county, was organized by an act of Legislature ap- proved February 11, 1812. and .at that time Porter and the included what is now Union, north half of Magnolia. Its present limits are identical with those of township i north, of range 10 east. The earliest settlers were Iraand Stephen .lones, Uoyd Phelps. Charles McMillan, Hiram (iritlith, .John .Sayles, Erastus Quiney* Washington Iligday. Samuel Lewis, Jacob West, John T. Baker, Levi Leonard and Willis T. Uunton. Evansville, in the south part of the town of Lnion, on the Chicago, St. Paul & Milwaukee line of the Chicago & Northwestern Railwaj', tiventy- two miles south of Madison and sixteen miles northwest of J.ancsville, was incorporated as a vil- lage in 18()7. The first settler on what is now the village plat, was Amos Kirkpatrick, in 1842. Wil- hur Potter came about the same time and started a chair factory. Ilenr}' and Lewis Spencer arriveil a little later and erected the lirst frame dwelling, rp to 1848 the jjrincipal center of business between Janesville and M.atlison was at the vill.age of I'nion. three miles north of the present site of Evansville. In that year, William Winston .and C. R. Bent built and o|)ened the first store at this point, which at that d.ate had neither name nor post-ollice. The post-otHce was established in 184'.t under its present name. Jacob \Vest had the first contract for car- rying the mail, and his son, James R. West, then twelve years old, carried it ou horsehack. The first postmaster was Curtis R. Bent. The village was platted in 1855. The first .school was taught in a log school-house by Levi Leonard. The old semi- nary building w.as erected in 18.").') and the graded school building in 1868-(JU. The Bank of Evans- ville was organized as the Firet National Bank of Ev.ansville, in 1870. It surrendered its charter in 1875 and was reorganized under the State law and soon afterward changwl hands. The capital is ?!50,000, Lloyd T. Pulleu is president and (ieorge L. Pulleu cashier. Evansville is fast gaining that prominence as a manufacturing center, which its location and the liberal i)olicy of its citizens justly entitle it to. Among the principal industries are a large pump and wind-mill factory, a cjuriage and wagon manuf.actory, a tack factory, a creamery anti a llourmill. There are five churches, two good graded schools and a public hall. Two weekly newsiiajiers. the I'Jntfrprise and the Rerieir. are ably edited. The population i- 1.700. f 4~ f 4•— 1024 ROCK COUNTY. rm fwl ^-^ ^ -^ ri 'LAM ^•••fcS'^ AN'JE, located ueiiily in tlu' geographical center I if Hock Comity, and about three and one-half hours trav- 1)V railway from Milwau- \ i%:>./ kca and Chicago, is the seat ej^_ 'i;,i^P^ of justice of tiiis county and one . I of the most iiii|)ort.>nt commer- cial and manuf.acturing centers ^ in this part of the country. It is provided with fine water-power, afforded by Roek River, which Hows iliagonally acro.ss the town. and excellent railway facilities, both of whii-h have contributed largely to advance the cit_v to its present ackiiowledgod importance. Janesville was made the .seat of justice of Rock County in 1839. .Settlement at this point was begun .about tifty years ago. The first settlers in the vicinity were .lohn Innian and some companions. In December, l.H.'i.")., Samuel St. John anlved partnership in July, 1849, ^ and Mr. Lappin continued in business by himself. In 1811, the second store was opened, near Lap- I'in's. by D. A. Richardson. McClure iV Felton, a -Milwaukee firm, also opened a store. They failed in 1M44 and were succeeded by Stonghton. Law- rence (fc Co. This firm later became Lawrence it Alwood. The principal citizens of Janesville in 1839 were John P. Dickson, W. II. H. Bailey, Henry F. .lanes. Judge Holmes. Charles .Stevens. Luke Stoughton. Dr. Cny Stonghton. John Lang- don Kimhajl. General Sheldon and Thomas Lappin. In December. 1843, there were 157 dwellings and 855 inhabitants. Twenty-six of the buildings were brick, nine were stone, seven were log and the others were frame. A tri-weekly line of four- horse stages passed through from Milwaukee to Galena, two weekly two-horse stages connected the village with Madison, tri-weekly lines were run to Dixon's Ferry and Racine and a weekly mail wagon ran toChicago. In 1849 the town contained 1,812 inhabitants and had the following mills: — A starch factory, a brewery, two plow shops, three cabinet shops, two fixnning-mill shops, two chair factories, tiiree carriage shops, nine blacksniilli shops, one sash and blind factory, two jewelers' shops, two tin shops, a bakery, two lumber yards, three brick yards, two stone wharfs, and two saddlers', four tailors', three milliners', and two coopers' shops. The growth during recent years has been rapid and the present po|)ulation is about 12,00(1. Janes- ville's manufacturing history woidd be interesting could it be written in full, and few inland cities exhibit a record of such rapid and substantial pro- gress. The first mill was that of Charles St<.-vens. built in 1845 and later remodeled and known as the -Old F'ord Mill." The "Old Big Mill" wa« erected in 184G. by Ira Miltimorc. for A. Hyatt Smith, James JlcClurg, Martin O. Walker and Shul)£iel W.Smith. Other mills erected later wore the •• Ilodson," •• F.armers'." •■ Stone." and •• Bower City ■' mills. These and other enterprises marked the beginning of manufacture here. The earlier productive establishments have piisseil away to make room for factories of greater |)retensions and wider resources, and a great variety of manufac- tures are turned out at this time, includini!' imots and shoes, cigars, morocco, agricultural impir- w^ ^ r I 102G ROCK COUNTY. ' iT* incnts, machinery of near!}' all kinds, carriages and wagons, woolen goods, brick, furniture, sash, blinds, and liuildors' materials, harness and sad- dles, lager beer, iron products of various kinds, brooms, perfumes and proprietary medicines and numerous other goods which find a ready market in all parts of the Iniled States and in nearly every enlightened foreign land. The Janesville Cotton Mills Company was in- corporated in March, 188G. and is an outgrowth of the Janesville Cotton Manufacturing Company. The first lioard of Directors of the new company consisted of W. A. Lawrence. F. S. Eldred, E. C. Smith. George Sutherland, E. W. Fisher, A. J. Ray, 11. I'arker. William Macloon, A. P. Lovejoy, James Sheaier and II. Reichwald. The first offi- cers of the company were Henry Palmer, Presi- dent; George Sutherland Mce-president; F. S. Eklred. Treasurer; A. J. Ray, Secretary; John IT. i\Ivers, Manager. Ttiese gentlemen have since filled the resi)cctive offices to which thej' were then elected. The present Board of Directors is com- prised of H. Palmer, G. G. Sutherland, F. S. Eld- ri'oard wiw conqjosed of David Jeffris, President; A. A. .laekson and John ^IcL.ay, Vice Presidents; and H. (i. Reichwald, Cashier. The board of directors consisted of William M.ac- loon, David Jeffris, L. R. Cash, II. Palmer. II. G. Reichwald, Frank Leiaiul. A. II. Sheldon, Setli Fisher and A. A. .laekson. The present ofh'cers arc Henry Palmer. President; A. H. Sheldon and F. Kimball, N'ice Presidents; W. F. Jeffris, Cashier, and William RIadon. Assistant Cashier. The di- rectors arc II. Palmer, W. Macloon, David Jeffris, A. II. Sheldon, F. C. Cook, F. Kimball, .Tames Shearer, Ceorge E. Sutherland, and W. S. .leftris. The Merchants' and Mechanics' Savings Rank is one of the leading financial institutions of the countv, and does a general banking business. Jt consists of two departments — a commission bank and sav- ings bank. The ba]ik w.as first located in the Lappin RIock on Milwaukee street, where business was carried on for ten years, when, in August, 1885, it w.as renidvcd to the new ollice in the Jeffri> Rlock. at the west end of Milwaukee street bridge. The room was especially fitted up as a banking office, .and the vault is one of the most complete In the West. It Is absolutely fire and burglar proof, measures 7x9 feet, is eight feet high inside, and lined with chrome steel, drill proof. The solid masonry of this vault is two feet in thickness out- side, with two air chambers between the lining .and the outside wall. The doors are double, the out- side doors weighing about 4,000 pounds. Inside this are steel folding doors, a 60f)0-pound Hall safe, with a consolidated time clock, and, inside this safe, the reserve chest. The vault is also supplied with a nest of 143 deposit boxes, which are rented to persons desiring a safe place to deposit valualilc papers, etc. These boxes are provided with single key locks, which arc kept by the depositors. David .Icffris, the first president of the bank, remained in that position until lie w.as succeeded bj' D. H. Pal- mer, the present incumbent. Mr. Reichwald filled the office of cashier until July, 1883. when W. S. •Icffris succeeded to the position. The bank has had a prosperous existence, and is fine of the lead- ing institutions of the city. The first sehool-Iiouse erected within the city limits was a log one. The charter for the establish- ment of a free academy was obtained in 1843, and in 1844 a stone building w.as erected for the occu- pancy of the institution, on the site of the central school-house, and under the charter it became an important factor in municipal affairs. The second anil fifth ward school-houses were built about 18o(;. Otheis have been added as required, until now the city has accommodations for 1.685 pupils. Last year's enrollment was 1.608. Thirty-nine teachers are employed. The Roard of Education consists of seven members. Schools other than the public schools are the Catholic school of St. Joseph's Con- vent, the (iernian Lutheran school. Mrs. C. A. Hunt's select school. Miss Lulu Williams' .Short- hand school. .1. W. .Sander's Shorthand and Tvpe- writing school, the \'alenline Rrothers school of telegraphy. Silsbee's Commercial College, and the Wisconsin Schnol for the Rlind, which was orii.'iu- nally established as a private institution at the home of .Mr. llnnler on North J.iokson street. The first sii|ieriiiti'i|ilc'nl of the iM^lrtulloii w.-i.s .In h ■<*• ••► 1028 ROCK COUNTY. sepli T. Axtel, who remained in charge until Aug. 1, 1851, wlien he vvas succeeded by Mr. McDonald, who served until 18.5:5, when C. B. Woodruff was placed in charge. After tliree years, in 1856. he vacated the position, and William B. Churchman, who was himself blind, had charge of the insliiu- tion from 185() until 18G1. Mr. Churchman, a noted te.acher in various institutes, was a man of niarlied ability, and during his leadership, more than any other, the school increased in .ittendance. gained the favor of all and became a success as an institution. In August, 18(;i, Thomas H. Little succeeded Mr. Churcliniaii, having charge of the institution until his death, which occurred Feb. 4, 187.'). Under his direction tiie school also pros- pered, and the advancement of the pupils was rapid, and the management was satisfactory to all concerned. After tiie death of Mr. Little his wile was appointed to fill the vacancy, and h.as remained ill charge since, having tlie honor of being the only lady occupying a like position in the world. In tlie spring of 1881, the system of the school was changed and a State board was placed in charge of its business affairs. .Tanesville will compare favorably with other cities of like ijopulation in the number, variety iind ((iiality of its places of religious worship. It has twelve church edifices owned and occupied by the various Christian denominations. Of church oro'aniz.itions it has one ljai)tisl, one Congrega- tional, two Methodist Episcopal, one Presbyterian, two I'rotcstant Kpisct>i)al, two Roman Catholic, one rnitariaii. one (ierman speaking Evangelical Lutheran and one Norwegian. These are suffl- cientlv strong and energetic to sustain the ordinan- ces of norship. all but one having settled p.astors who are wholly devoted to the work of the minis- try. Church enter|)rise has fullj' kept pace with the general growth and improvement of the cit^'. Sabbath congregations are good, Suiid.aj--schools are prosperous and considerable earnest work is bestowed upon mission schools in neighborhood and school districts in adjacent towns. All of the popular secret and social organiza- tions are represented, niimliering among members of local lodges, many of Janesville's leading pro- fessional and business men. The press is represented b}' the Janesville Daily and Weekly Gazette, the Janesville Daily and Weekly Mecorder. and the Sii/nal. the latter being [lublished weekl}-. The first named is the leading Republican paper of Southern Wisconsin, while the second is the leading Democratic paper. 'l"he e- longed to the government, and Blodgett had no title to it, but he proceeded as if he had, building a huge double log house, and beginning the erec- tion of a saw-inijl, and .selling one-fourth of his in- terest in it to Charles F. II. Goodhue, one-half of which (iiii)dhue sold to Charles Johnson and -lohn Doolitlle. An impet\is was given to the settle- ment by the purchase of one-third of Blodgett's claim by tlu; New i;ngland Kmigrating Company, which had been organized in New Ham|)shire in 18;i(), through its agent, Dr. Horace White. Prior to this purchase, the settlement consisted only of Caleli Bloilgetl and his fan)ily, John Ilackett and his wife. Major Charles Johnson, the Guddhues. 1029 A John J)oolittle, Z. Jones and brother, James Carter and a Mr. J^elamater. March <), IHlil. II. }'. Cane and O. V. Becknell, members of the companv. cauje, and later came other meml)ers. among them Henry Mears, his wife .and two of her brothers. Dr. (;eorge W. and Kdwin Bricknell. A. L. Field, Horace Ilobart, Asahcl B. Howe, Captain Thomas Crosby and wife, Israel C. Cheney. James Cass and wife. Among the early settlers not connected with the comp.any were Ira Ilersey, Ben- jamin Cheney, Walter Warner and David No. Lansing and R. .1. Dowd. The financial committee was composed of R. .1. Burge, O. C. .lohnson and the president and vice; presidents. The )iresent ollicers are R. .1. Dowd, President; E. .1. Smith and C. D. Winslow, Vice- Presidents. The board of trustees is composed of R..I. Dowd. K. G. Smith, S. T. Merrill, Dr. E. N. Clark. H. AL ^Vhilney. C. E. Wheeler, E. J.Smith. H. IVntland.C. 1). Winslow, J. B. Peet, P. John- son, and .1. A. Holmes. The Beloit Savbigs Bank is the only institution of the kind in the .State. It has been a jviying enterprise since its organization, and from the be- ginning it has paiil ;i dividend of 2^ per cent, every six numtlis. amounting to x9.(i89. The de- posits at this writing, .lune, 188'.t, amount to jslT.- 300. and r:w be made in sums from 2.') cents to >!1000. This institution has been of steady' growth from the l)egiiuiing and is one of the important business concerns of Beloit. The press is represented l)y the Free Press and Citizen. An account of the former is given in the biogr.aphical sketcli of ROCK COUNTY. 1031 J Cham Ingeisoll. Tlie Citizen was established in 1879, when it was tliought by some people that it was lime for a second paper to be established in Heloit, consequently tlic WWkh/ Graphic was pre- sented, edited mimI pulilislu'd by Matliews & Filmore. 'I'iu' paper was vigorously edited and the oHico did a thriving business. Later, Mr. Mathews severed his connection with tlie olliceand went to Nebraska. Mr. Filmore died in the har- ness and the Graphic newspaper passed into other hands and was later re-issued under the name of The Outhok, wiih Mr. Truesdale, editor and pub- lisher. Like its predecessor the Oailook enjoyed a good business and seemed to thrive on the "'fat of the land." Hecomino; personally embarassed, Mr. Truesdale sold out and went to St. I'aul, where he was engaged on the Pioneer Press and went to Washington as the Press corresi)ondent, where he is now located. From Mr. Truesdale's time to the spring of 1S83 the Outliink had a checkered career and passed into ciiarge of numerous editors. In the spring of 1883, Mr. F. F. Livermore purchased an interest in the office and later became sole proprietor and the proijerty has since remained in his charge. Ill 1888 some of the citizens of Beloit felt the need of a second daily paper and organized a stock comiiany with a capital of ^1,000, of which i\Ir. Livermore took a half interest and citizens of Beloit a half, the company purchasing the plant of Mr. Livermore, and it has since issued what is known as the Daily and Weekly Citizen. 'J'he company also do an extensive job- and printing- business — the work turned out of the ollice being second to none in the county. The office needs much better facilities for doing work and the de- mands upon it seem to warrant a better outfit. Mr. F. F. Livermore, secretary and manager of the company, is an exiierienccd printer of sixteen vears' practice, having successfully published a newspaper for four years in Berlin, Wis., and four years at Lanark. 111., and has for the p.ast six years been located in Beloit. Mr. A. II. N'an Tassel, city editor, is a graduate of the Beloit College; other members of the company .are representative educational, m.anufacturing, professional and busi- O ness men of the city. All enjoy the highest social and business couQdence of the community. BKLOIT COLLEGE. This celebrated institution has earned the repu- tation of being the ecpial in ever_v respect of an}' institution of its kind in this country. The first Freshman class, composed of five members, under the direction of the II(m. S. T. Merrill, of Beloit, was started Nov. 4, 1847, in the basement of an old stone church, located on the northwest corner of Broad and Prospect streets. In M.ay, 1818, the faculty was increased liy the acquisition of Profs. J. J. Bushnell and Joseph Emerson, cla-ssmates at Yale. In 18.')0 Rev. A. L. Chapin was called to the college, and became its first president in July of that year, retaining that position for more than tliirty-six years. The first college building, now known as Middle College, was erected in 1847 and 1848, the corner- stone being laid June 24, 1847, and was ready for occupation in the autumn of the following year, and for six 3'ears was the only college building; all |)ublic exercises being held in what is now the geo- logical room, except Commencement, which was iield out-doors. The buildings have since been increased to eight, all of which are situated upon a beautiful bluff on the eastern side of the Rock liiver. A new awid- emj' building is projected. The college grounds consist of twenty-five acres, the larger part of which was donated b}- the city of Beloit. The lo- cation is not only one of great beaut}', but most healthful. This college in every respect offers every advantage that the best Fiastern colleges offer, without the besetting temptations so common to college cities. The citizens of Beloit manifest a cordial interest in the welfare of the students, and a healthful restraint is put on anything th.it would have the least tendency to lead them into vicious channels. It is a settled principle of the faculty not to retain any one as a student who does not show a manly purpose to make good use of the ad- vantages afforded. The cost of tuition is compara- tivelv low; board and home comforts are obtain- able here at much lower rates than in the Fast, while many opportunities arc presented by which indus- ■» ■ ■•► 1032 ROCK COUNTY. -f trious students can meet part of their expenses while attending college. The library contains over 1 1,000 volumes, which have been thoroughly indexed, facilitating their use by the students. Astronomical studies arc rendered specially interesting and practical through the col- lege observatory, which contains a telescope sur- passing even that of Yale College. Students of astronomy have much more latitude in the use of this telescope than is given elsewhere. The col- lege has an equipment of thirteen large micros- copes. The course of geology is unsurpassed for extent or thoroughness, by any universit}-, east or west. The gymnasium is well equipped, and offers an unfailing means of exercise and recreation. An idea of the general method of ])rocedure adopted by the college can be conveyed in no bet- ter way than by quoting a few paragraphs from its prospectus, i. e., "The work comprehends a train- ing (a) in language, as the great instrument and condition of all culture, civilization and thought; ( b ) in mathematics and exact science, as a most valuable discipline, as well as furnishing the mind; (c) in the histories of nature and of man, as the source of practical knowledge; and (d) in those philosophic and religious principles necessary to complete the general preparation for a broad and useful life, and, when supplemented b3' special tech- nical training, for the best success in any good profession or employment. This work is distrib- uted in two departments: 1. The college proper, with two parallel courses : (a) A classical course, giving prominence to ancient languages and litera- ture, (b) A philosophical course, combining with Latin a wider range of science and of modern lan- guages. 2. The academy, which is under the im- mediate charge of the principal and his .assistants. The college F.acull3' have a general ilireclion re siiecting the duties, advise concerning the disci pline. and take part in the instruction of the school. The work of the academy comprises three courses of study — a classical, a scientific, and an Knglish or business course." The classical and scienlilic courses are es|iecially designed to prepare the student in a most thorough manner to enter the college, while the English j cour.se is designed to thoroughly prepare students | ^ to enter upon the active duties of business life, and for teaching in the common schools of this region. Suitable apparatus is provided in each department, necessitating their use, and qu.antitative and quali- tative chemical analysis is a special feature of lalj- oratory work in the department of chemistr3' and mineralogy. Several prizes and scholarships are annually' distributed, the most deserving, of course, being the reci|)ients. Voluntary literary .societies in the several de- partments are sustained by the students. The degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Phi- losophy, respectively, are conferred upon graduates of this college, while at any time, not less than three years after graduation, the degree of Master of Arts will be conferred upon any student of Be- loit upon presentation of satisfactory evidence that he has spent at least one year of the intervening time in some line of professional or liberal study, together with a satisfactory thesis on some topic of science or general literature. Although undenominational, tiiis college was started with a conviction that a complete liberal education must combine in its culture, learning, re- ligion and morality, that christian truth received and obe3'ed in love, is essential to the devel<)|)ment of the faculties of perception and reason, and is the spring of righteousness in the individual life, and of pure and healthful morals in the .State. I'r.ayer and biblical study are among the exercises of the w-eck, while on Sundaj" evcr\- student is recjuired to attend divine worshij) .at some one of Beloit's churches. The influence for good that has gone out from this model institution has ditfused itself through every avenue and by-wa\' in this vast country', emanating, as it continuall}- is, from the persons of hundreds of noble men, whose mental, moral and spiritual faculties have been quickened into a l)roader and deeper thought at tliis overllnw- iiig fountain of the waters of true life. 'I'hey are now discharging their respective duties among their fellow-men in varying capacities, as ministers, college presidents, editors, physicians, lawj-ers, statesmen, manufacturers, merchants, etc., in a manner most ci editable to themselves and to the institution, as well as .acceptable to those among whom they labor. ^ h ROCK COUNTY. 1033 From its inception, the scholarship of this institu- tion li;is ranked with the most famed Eastern eoilcijes as a comparison of liie alumni will verify-. Founded by men from Yale, they modeled it after their Alma Mater. At a great pecuniary sacrifice the scliolarship has been maintained on a higii plane, as many who desired an education by an easy process would not undergo the rigid courses of Hcloit College. The second and last [jresidcnt of this institution to the present time, Rev. Kdwanl D. Katon.D. 1)., LIj. I)., was called to the position on the retirement of Uev. Dr. Ciiapin. a biograi)liical sketch of whom appears on another page. Mr. Katon was born in l^ancaster. Wis., .Ian. 12, I8.J1. After ids gradua- tion from Beloit College in 1872, he look a lln-ce years' theological course, the first and third years at tlie New Haven Theological Seminary, from which institution he graduated in 187.T,and the second year at Andovcr Theological Seminary. After spending some time in educational pursuits at Leipsic and Heidelberg universities, in 187(5 lie accepted the pastorate of the Congregational Church of Newton, Iowa, and in ] 87!) that of the Oak I'aik. III., Congregational Ciiunh. where he remained until, in 1876, he accei)led the Presidency of Heloil College. In 1887 the degree of LL. D. was conferred upon him by the University of Wis- consin, and that of 1). 1). by the Northwestern Uni- versity at Evanston. Heloit College is especially strong in its faculty, which ranks among the ablest in the I'nited States. Rev. Joseph Kmcrson, D.C, professor of (ireek, has l)een identified with the college since its incep- tion. He is a graduate of Yale College and was a nuMuber of the Yale faculty when he received the call to Beloit. He had also stuavis, Henry 223 Davis, Will 953 Davis. P. F 719 Dawe, John 407 Dayton, J. S 319 Decker. C. S 306 Dc Forest, O. L 819 DeLong.H.B 260 Dennett, J.J 983 Dewey, .Alfred 259 Dewey, Nelson 135 Dickinson. E C 233 Dixon, Martin 298 Dockstader, Joseph .284 Dodge, Henry n -•► t t^ INDEX. 344 117 ..3.8 360 ■ .961 ..418 •4«S ,737 Doty.H. A I'oty. James I) - . . Douglas, K. A. . . . Doi.cl.is. H. O ... Dowel, R. J Drake, J. F Dresser, J. G D.inn, Rev. Elslon M £ Kclwards, D. W 460 Eldrcd, V. S 646 Eldredgc, K. B 851 Ell wood, James H 225 Everett. Josiah M 877 Evans, John M 807 F Fairl);tnks. C"h;ts. M. Kairchiltl, Lucius. . . Karmer, Thos. H.... Farnsworth, J. P.... Karnsworih, Isaac .. Farnsworih, Brig. Clc Farwell, Leonard J . Fathers, Samuel. .... Fathers, John Fathers, James A... Fathers, Wm Fellows, George. . . Fellows, Edmond . . . Fcnton, F. S Fcnton, P. S Fessenden, Austin B Felhers. Oi^den H... Fificld. E. (J Fifield, Thcs. B.. . Fillmore, Millard. . Finch, Lorcn Fish, Alfred C Fisher, Scih Fisher, Jacob Fisher, E. \V Flagg, A. S Fraddell. Oliver A. Frcdendall. J. C. 008 '57 87» 3M 9S9 853 izg 819 S.6 S°« 818 giT 975 435 =37 q8o 896 507 809 67 305 866 909 956 74" 434 73' qi8 G (laardcr.Olc V 818 Gardiner, Wm 830 Garfield, James A 95 Gaston, N. B 5»9 Ga vey , Eiekiel 836 Gifford, A. 720 Gilbert, Zina 695 Gilbert, C. T 388 Cilberl, Lovcll R 487 •f L'.illcy, George goo 4* Gil ley, Edward gSi liilman, Geo. .A 419 Gish, S. •-* 790 Gliss, Henry B 768 Glass, Charles V 781 Gleason, Hon. Geo 751 Gle.ison, Normnn M 658 Gleavc. J. K B87 Goldin. Theo.W 661 Gooch. J. C 987 GoodhuL-, Wm. T 817 Goodrich. Hon. Joseph 443 Goodrich, Ezra 778 Gould, Fred — 6^a Gould, Franklin 6^9 Grant, Ulysses S 87 Green, F. G 709 Green, P. M 725 Greenman, H. G 688 Grccnman. R. J 759 (Jregory, Lcander D 87a Griffiths. John 982 Griswold, C 840 Gulvin, Wm gii Gundcl, M 798 H Hadden.Wm 527 Hadley, Peter 55.^ Hall, Geo. W 648 Hamilton, E. T 742 Hamilton, H. G 984 Hamilton, Samuel C. 473 Hammond, Holmes 263 Hamlin, Cyrus 919 Manchcit, G. M 474 Han thorn, Geo 829 Hardy, Ara 785 Hardy, Zcrah 906 Harrison, Benjamin 107 Harrison, William H 51 Harper, 'I'hos. T 602 Hart, S. W 530 Harvey. Louis P 145 Hatfield, Wm. H two Hayes, Rutherford B 91 Hayes, George 580 Hay lock. Geo. W 878 Heard, William D 181 Heath, John 533 Hcimslreet, E. B 504 Helm. Warren 430 Hemphill, Wm- M 641 Henderson, Wm 354 Hobarl, Horace 896 Hodge, Rev. M.G 464 Hogan, John W 543 Hohanshelt, Joseph 494 Holdredge.S 5'8 Holliday, Abncr J 601 Hollistcr, A. F 56* Hollister, Truman 1 413 Holmes. W. C 498 Holmes, Ihomas 601 Holmes, Albert 483 Holmes. John A 675 Holmes, WiHUm 894 Home* Robert 1 898 Honey sell, Samuel 598 Hopkins, James 513 Houfe. R 605 Howard, Charles A 579 Howe, Henry M.. 959 Hoxic, L A 7 390 HubbelL Alfred 6jo HulL James 929 H u!l, Samuel 535 H umphrcy, Frederick 569 Hurd. John C 688 Huseman, Halvor H 283 Hutchinson, Stoaklcy . - ....599 HoicllinE^ Stephen 556 Hutson, Wm 686 Huykc. Wm .585 Hyzcr* E. M 498 Hyzer.J.B 994 Ingersoll, ("ham 503 Inman, Jonas ...... 358 Inman, Col. Edward 337 Isham. Albert S 771 Jack, Wm ^74 Jackman, C. S 340 Jackman, C. W 24^, Jackman. Timothy 343 Jackson, Andrew 43 Jackson, C 330 Jacobus. O.I. 701 I ames, W 426 Jeffris. David 745 Jeffris, M.G 31c Jeffris, Wm. S 390 Jefferson, Thomas 27 Jenkins, Daniel H. 6a8 Jenson, Andrew 6^5 Johnson", Andrew 83 Johnson, J.J 480 Johnson, Daniel 229 Johnson, .\biathar 246 Johnson, H. B -9*5 Johnson, D. G .687 "Jones, J. Boyd 199 Judd,T 746 Judd, Samuel S 315 K Kellogg, Wayne L .930 Kellogg, Geo. J 765 Kellogg, W. DeW 810 Kendall, Charles 389 Kent, A. C 523 Kent, E. J 320 Kenyon, S. B 191 Kcycs. C. H 931 Kimball, Fcnncr 198 King, John 337 King, Robert W 305 Kin:;. Thomas 195 Kirk, Thomas 195 Kirk pal rick, J. B 353 Knapp, A. D 655 Knipp, Loui% F 769 Kycs, Myron ...E46 Langworthy, F. B 657 Langworthy.C. E ..672 Lappin. Thomas 217 Lathers, John W 32S Lalta, Benjamin 1(^7 Latta, William 830 Lawrence, W, A 285 Leonard, Levi 788 Lepper, Wm 313 Letts, George G 40S Lever, C 457 Lewis, James T 153 Libby, C. A 344 Lieh, Frank 455 Licnau, John 68^ Lilburn, James 995 Lilburn, Ro!>crt 979 Lincoln, Abraham 79 Little, Thos. H 573 Little. Mrs. Sarah C 659 Livingston, 1 . 1. atS Loudon, F. W...^ 403 Loudon. M. V 467 Lord.S. S 333 Lovejoy, A. P 243 Loyd, H.G 375 I,.oyd. Henry 4*7 Ludingt*n. Harrison 169 M .McDouBall. Alfred 786 McEwan. Wm 969 McEwan. Peter 400 McEwan. James 9yft McGinniiy. Rev. E. M 373 McGuirc. P. A 340 Mclntyre. Wm. J «i8 McKellipj. Daniel 897 McKey.Geo. M 780 McKey. Edw. and Michael. . .3sr .Mcl.ean.Ceo. C «15 McLean, Colin C 5«« Mcl.enigan, Henry H fsf McMillan. John S 9*4 Madison. James 3' M alone. Booth s*o Manley, Dr.A. B »« _ ■» _ ■ ^» ■ » W 4» ■•►Hh-* Marsdcn, Henry 954 Martin, Dr. C. L 626 Mayhcw, \V. A S93 Mayo. Joseph 278 Marzluff. F. M 857 Mendcnhall, James 873 Menzics, John 565 Menzies, James 824 Menzies, Hugh -577 Merrill, Hiram 567 Merrill. I>avid 976 M etca If . J . C 399 Miller, Chas 268 Miller, lason B 346 Miller. D.P 30 Mills, R. H goo Mills. Dr. James 638 Miner, Joel 416 Minor. J. B 868 Monroe, James 35 Montgomery, James 799 Montgomery, Tracy 493 Moore, Z. C 814 Morgan, Wm. H 640 ^! organ, Isaac P 737 Morgan, Wm. T 705 Morton, Robert 823 Morton. James 885 Alunger, A 250 Murray Heman 368 Myers. Peter 595 Myers, John H 380 N Nelson, Hah'cr 944 Nelson, J. J 776 Newell, Noah 563 Newton, W. K 860 Nichols, J. H 8g5 Nolan, T. S 548 Norcross, Pliny 253 Normingtou. Dr. Clara 1 988 Norris. M . A 8oi Norris, Sutton 953 Norris, Alvin 918 Northrop, H arson 404 Northrop, S. S 447 Northrop, J- O 499 Nott. Robert J 590 Nowlan. O. F 418 Nye, Clark. 971 Nye, Wm. M 945 o Ohouni, S. S M9 Oliver. Wm 574 Osboiirn, F. H 750 Osborne, Cynis 83» Otis. S.E 3J« Ott, M. A 377 Ottraan. J. E 377 INDEX. Ottman, Henry 366 Ottman, Theodore 330 Page, Lucius H 699 Palmer, N.N 933 Palmer, Henry 364 Parker, J. J 45.^ Patterson, J. (J 983 Patterson. Henry A 196 Paul. Wallace 637 Paul. Wm 730 Payne, Wm 549 Pearson, John I 658 Pease. J. J. R 488 Pease, Clark O 792 Peck, F. E 7G9 Peck. S. W 961 Peckham. John A 219 Pember, Dr. J. F 946 Pember R. T 307 Pennycook, Francis 279 Pepper. Nicholas .943 Perkins, Calvin 812 Perry. F. C 267 Pfennig, Max 950 Phillips, A. J 433 Pierce, Clias. E 780 Pierce, Franklin 71 Pierce, James 645 Playter, C. J 295 Plumb, J.C 679 Polk, James K 59 Pomeroy, Ralph --SSS Pomeroy & Pclton 951 Pope, Virgil ... ^78 Porter, Isaac G. . 109 Porter, Wm. M 409 Post, Wilkerson 6S0 Potter, Chas. A 288 Powell, E. C 671 Powers, A. C. 294 Pratt, M. V 941 Pratt. Henry 309 Pratt, Selden 410 Prichard, M. S 325 Prichard, A. P 266 Proctor, Eli 350 Pullen, L. T 990 Pyre, Frai\k 389 R Radway, I, o veil 942 Randall, Alexander W 141 Ranous, Clark E 576 Rasey, Lorenzo 758 Rathbun, Chas. A 993 Ray. A. J 577 Reid, Archie --576 Reigart, H. M 915 Rcigart, A. E 596 Resseguie, A. C 303 Reynolds, Nelson 722 Rich, A. K 566 Richards, Wilbert B 277 Richards, Albion 446 Richards, John 781 Richardson, TTamiUon 948 Richardson, Wm. C 973 Richardson. Alex 339 Richardson. M. L 393 Robinson, Rev, W. B 75a Roche. Rev. R. J 862 Rodd, John 913 Rogers. L. T 796 Rogers, Daniel S 835 Rogers, Henry 466 Rogers. B. C 914 Roheny, J. S 856 Ross. Chauncey 578 Rovsiter, Robert 365 Rowe, O. D 863 Rowley. D. M 338 Royce, Rev. Fayette 587 Rusk, Jeremiah M 177 Russell, Geo. W 280 Russell, Joseph 3^3 Ryan. Patrick 988 Salomon, Edward 149 Sawin, Alvin J 865 Sawin, Lorenzo D 865 Sawtell, Elnathan 557 Saxe,John G 947 ijcarcliff, George Cog Schenck, Nicholas 205 Schoonover, Simeon 668 Sell ur man, L. H 757 Scott, Robert W 692 Selleck, A. R 288 Shaw, Wm 811 Shaw, Geo 415 Shepherd, W. N 791 Shepherd, Truman 786 Sherer, Albert 952 Sherman, Amaziah 224 Shopbcll. Ellis 831 Shults, Walter 932 Simpson, James 204 Skavlem, Lars Halverson ...433 Skavlcm, H. L 215 Slaymaker, S. H 886 Skelley, Chas 509 Skelly , John 823 Skinner, Eugene H 850 Smith, Dr. Chas. M 449 Smith, Peter 406 Smith, Nichol 832 Smith, E. G 78a Smith, Collin 66(S Smith, Nicholas 615 Smith, .'\. Hyatt 414 Smith. E. H 478 Smith, D. P 773 Smith, Col. Jesse . .770 Smith, M. C 610 Smith. Milo 665 Smith, Shubacl W 725 Smith, William E 173 Snashall, C 677 Snyder, S.Spencer 697 Soper, A. W ^3 Sovcrhill, Myron H 528 Sowles, D. 864 Spa ulding, William. 2^5 Spaulding, A. It y^g Spence, E. L ^(t) Spencer Bros ^^d Spencer, John C 833 Stark, Chas. Wm 005 Stebbins. Harri-^on 715 Stebbins, Clouden 236 Stevens. Thomas E 247 Stevens. And re .v . .468 Stevens, F. F 437 Stevens, Chauncy 662 Stewart. Lucius 916 Stillman, H. W ^38 Stockman, Robert 729 Stockman, John gaS Stokes. John 238 Stone, Wm. A 888 Stoney, John W 802 Strang. Jacob 4g5 Sutherland, James 691 Swan, Taylor 293 Taltmadge, N. P 121 Talmadge, F. A 436 Tasker, Daniel 440 Taylor, William R 165 Taylor, Zachary . 63 'Ihoroughgood, John 676 Tice, Jacob A 682 Towne. J - P 855 Treat, C. M 533 Treat. M. P 845 Treat, E. Hamlin 821 Tripp, W. H 927 Turner, Chas. F 609 Turney, C. G 966 Tuttle, Thomas ... 939 Tutile, James F 6it Tuttle. Chauncey 953 Tuttle, Henry. .. 955 Turner, Watson 209 Tyler, John. 55 V "^f^ Van Buren, M.irtin • 47 Vandcrlyn. James .3o8 Vanderlyn, E. F .889 Van Galder.S. C 6jo Van Kirk, Wm. T .467 Van Wart, David 978 h INDEX. Vceder, Garrett 839 \'inccnt, O. D 760 Vincent, Orin. ■ ^(,J n' Wagley, N. O 946 VWilker, Rev. Wm 717 Walsh, David 748 Wardner. Rev. N 849 W.-»rner, Deacon Milton S... 899 W.Tshljnrn, Cadwalladcr C. . . 161 Washington, George 19 Watson. John 650 Weaver, M. G 434 Webber, Andrew 6(j9 Webster, Kitcl G 834 Webster, Frank N 637 Wells, Henry 939 West, J. R 539 Whcelock, Elijah O 554 Whitaker, Henry 656 White, Charles 564 White, Alexander 456 White. Horace 919 Whitford, W. C 875 Whitehead, James 393 Wickhem. J. G 8y2 Wiggin, Uichiird 565 Wiggins, Alexander Colden-.6o6 Wilder, C. H 607 Willard, Frances F. 735 Willis. G. N 705 Williams, W. F 630 Williams, Randall 859 Wilson, A. O ..766 Winans.John 843 Winston, R 669 Winston, Nelson 619 Winslow, C. T 638 Wixom, K. P 651 Woodard, A 585 Woodward, Archibald 450 Woodbury, Chas. H 788 Wood. n. B 841 Wood , Volney 636 Wray, J. G 676 Wright, Wm. 1 547 Wright, Josiah 544 Wright, Sidney 39O Wright. Wait 568 W y ma n . W m 383 \'ost, Wm. S 536 Zader, Henry 775 A. i Adarn^, John 22 Adams, John Quincy 38 Arthur, Chester A 98 Aiild, Josias ai8 Anld, Mrs. Clara F, 219 Habcock, Daniel C 754 Hacon, Phinney V 216 Hacon, Mrs, J. A 216 Pailey, Chester 542 liarker, Jiidson C 27a P.arkcr, Mrs- J. C 272 Tarlass, Andrew 46a Harlass, Mrs. M. G 462 Barslow, W. A 132 Hashford, Coles... 156 Bennett, John R 190 Blaisdell, J. J 202 Buchanan. James 74 Buchholz, Herman 794 Checvcr. Dustin G ..gaa Chcever, Mrs. 1>. L 92a Child, William W 322 CUrk, Lewis aia Clary, Rev. Ocxtcr 50a Cleveland, Grovcr loa Davis, Henry aaa _Dewc> , Nelson 134 Dickinson, F.nos C 2 la Dodge, Henry -tia Doty, James D 116 Kvans, J. M 804 Kvans, Mrs- Hmma 805 Fairchild, Lucius 156 Farnsworth, J P 31a I'arwell, Leonard J • 128 Fillmore, Millard 66 Finch, Lorcn \--^<*S Finch. Mrs. Nancy J 305 Garfield. James A 94 (^berl. Zina ^94 Goodrich, Joseph 442 Goodhue. William T 816 Grant, L'lysscs S 86 Green, Paul M 724 Griswold, C 840 Griswold. Mrs. C 840 Hammond, Holmes a6a Hammond, Mrs. H. ........ . 26* Hamilton, Samuel C 472 Hamilton, Mrs. H. B 472 Hanthorn, George 826 Hanthorn, Mrs. Kebecca A . .>i27 Hardy, Ara 784 Harrison, Benjamin 106 Harrison, Wm Henry 50 Harvey, Louis P 144 Hayes, Rutherford B 90 Hoard, William D 180 Hohanshpli, Joseph 492 Hollister. Truman L 412 Holmes, Albert 482 Holmes. Mrs- A 48a Holmes, John A 674 Hopkins, James 512 Hopkins, Mrs. Klizabeth 51a Houfe, Richard 604 Houfc. Mrs. Ann 604 Jack man, Timothy 34a Jackson, Andrew 42 Jefferson, Tljomas. a6 Jeffris, Davi