Sauk County, Wisconsin, Posted Biographies

GIBSON, RADWELL: JOSEPH RADWELL, farmer, Sec. 19 and 24 (he has 100 acres); P.O. Delton; was born in Kenosha Co., Wis., Feb. 18, 1852. He was married Jan. 15, 1879, to Miss Jessie A. Gibson; she was born in Rock Co., Wis. In Politics, Mr. Radwell is a Republican. Contributed by Linda Wright

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

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

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

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

GLEN, WHITELAW: JOHN GLEN is the Greenfield philanthropist; he was thoroughly educated for this calling in Scotland, but came to Wisconsin to carry out his mission of doing the greatest good to the greatest number; when he cam to Greenfield, he turned Mr. Prentice’s mill into a sanitarium, thus founding the only benevolent institution in Greenfield; he has prevented sourness from entering many homes, giving light for darkness, so that far and near families eat their bread with gladness; he understands all the mysteries of ancient and modern milling, having run the second purifier ever operated in Milwaukee, in the mill of J.B. Martin, but he believes the old process to be far better for the consumer than the new, and is doubtless making the best family flour in Sauk Co. Mr. Glen came to this planet in January, 1836, making his entrance at Glasgow, Scotland, stopping at the home of John and Elizabeth Glen, who kindly cared for and educated him after the straightest of the Scotch Presbyterians. At the age of 20 he was married to Miss Margaret, daughter of James and Susan Whitelaw, born at Glasgow, in 1837, by whom he has had five children – James A., born in 1864; Charles J., in 1868; William M., in 1871; Forrest, in 1874, and Robert in 1877. Mr. Glen is making up his mind on the political issues of this country. Contributed by Linda Wright

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

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

JONES, MORGAN, OWENS: THOMAS JONES, son of Griffith and Ann (Morgan) Jones, was born in Cardiganshire, Wales, Aug. 10, 1827; his father was a mechanic, but Thomas had a taste for farming, and left home for America in 1847; he came directly to Sauk Co. and settled on Sec. 28, a part of his present farm, since which he has bought the 40 acres on which his residence now stands; instead of the two shillings which he had when he came to Baraboo, he now owns 200 acres of beautiful land, well-located and productive, 160 acres under cultivation, with buildings that costs $2,500; where the herd of deer then pastured and the wolves prowled about for their prey, and the rattlesnakes coiled ready for its deadly spring, he now counts his varied stock. Mr. Jones was married, Sept. 4, 1848, to Anna Morgan, from his former home in Wales, by whom he had two sons, David and John M., and a daughter Elizabeth, who died of accidental burning in 1854; Mrs. Jones died in confinement March 7, 1859. Mr. Jones was married to Miss Ellen, daughter of Robert and Jane Owens, in Caledonia, in November, 1860, by whom he has had eleven children, eight of whom are still living – Robert, Evan, William, Jane, Nellie, Elizabeth, Margaret, Luella and Thomas; Three daughters – Jane, Elizabeth and Kate, died in infancy. Mr. Jones’ people attend the Calvinistic Methodist Church and Sabbath school. He is an advocate of free-trade, but left the Democratic party on account of slavery, and cast his first

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

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

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

KONKEL, WILKINSON: HENRY W. KONKEL was born in Lycoming Co., Penn., April 13, 1828, where he lived until he was 22 years old; he came to Sauk Co. in 1850, and, in the following year, bought his farm on 160 acres in Sec. 36, Greenfield; after five years of hard labor and privation, he returned to his native county and married, Nov. 8, 1855, Mrs. Mary Wilkinson, a lady of English descent, who was born June 9, 1834; they have seven children; the eldest, DeWitt Clinton, was born Dec. 16, 1856, and has recently taken a homestead in Custer Co, Neb.; Clara Ella, born April 7, 1858; Walter Howard, May 12, 1859; Emily Alice, March 20, 1862; Henry W., Jr., April 13, 1867; Reuben W., Oct. 28, 1868; Lila Bell, Jan. 8, 1874. Mr. Konkel has been a very industrious farmer, is much esteemed by the neighbors, belongs to the Republican party and is a public-spirited citizen. Contributed by Linda Wright

BOSS, KRAMER: JACOB KRAMER was born in Bavaria Oct. 13, 1830; son of Peter and Catherine Kramer; his father was a soldier under Napoleon I for six years; was three years in the Peninsular war; spoke very fluently in Spanish, French and German languages; he died at the age of 89, in Waukesha Co. Jacob Kramer came to Columbia Co., N.Y. in 1846, where he remained ten years; in 1856, he removed to Waukesha Co., Wis., and farmed in New Berlin two years, at Vernon Center seven and at Mukwonago ten; then removed, in November, 1874, to Sauk Co., and settled on Sec. 3, in Greenfield, where he has an excellent stock and fruit farm of 110 acres, with a good orchard. Mr. Kramer was married, in the fall of 1845, to Christine, daughter of Mathias and Maggie Boss, by whom he has nine children – Konrad born Sept. 12, 1846; Eliphalet, Jan. 23, 1849; Jacob, Dec. 26, 1850; John, Aug. 25, 1853; Susan, April 26, 1856; Kate, Oct. 26, 1859; Peter, Dec. 28, 1863; Christina, Dec. 8, 1865; and Caroline, June 25, 1870. Contributed by Linda Wright

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

JEFFRIES, SEYMOUR: Memorial and Biographical Record and Illustrated Compendium of Biography of Citizens of Columbia and Adams Counties of Wisconsin Published 1901 by G.A. Ogle and Co.
MERTON EUGENE SEYMOUR Merton Eugene Seymour, a practical and progressive farmer of Dellona Township, Sauk County, who is meeting with marked success, in the prosecution of his chosen calling, is proud to claim Wisconsin as his native state, his birth having occurred upon his present farm, December 1, 1858. He is a son of Hon. S.J. Seymour, of whom extended notice appears elswhere in this volume. After leaving the district school, our subject attended the Reedsburg High School, from which he was graduated in 1881, and a few years later he took a short agricultural course at the Wisconsin University, being a member of the first class to pursue that course. He afterward spent some months in California and five years previous was for a time with his brother, Walter F. Seymour, at the Jackson Sanitarium in Dansville, New York. In 1887 Mr. Seymour took charge of the homestead farm, which he purchased five years later and which he has since sucessfully conducted. By his education and previous training he was well fitted for the occupation he has chosen as a life work and prosperity has crowned his well-direct efforts. He devotes the greater part of his time and attention to the live stock and dairy business and makes a specialty of the raising of high-grade short horn cattle and Poland China hogs. His farm consists of two hundred and five acres with first class improvements and conveniences, and as a progressive and enterprising agriculturist he takes an active interest in promoting improvements in the agricultural methods of that county, and had become a prominent and influential member of the farmers institutes and similar societies. He is also interested in horticulture and has often been an exhibitor at the Sauk County fair, where he has won many premiums. On the 23rd of March 1898, Mr. Seymour married Miss Blanche Jeffries, of Baraboo, who was born in Kilbourn City, Wisconsin and is the daughter of William and Nellie Jeffries. For a number of years he has been a elder in the Presbyterian Church of Reedsburg, of which he is an active and prominent member. In politics he has been a lifelong Republican, has frequently served as delegate to the county conventions and took the census of Dellona in 1890 Contributed by: Jaimee Hedlund

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

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

FETER, STOTLER: JOSEPH STOTLER, son of Roman and Lucinda Stotler, was born in Prussia, Dec. 18, 1822; was a soldier in the Prussian Cavalry service for six years’ came to America in 1854, and was married in Buffalo, N.Y., to Miss Lucinda Feter, by whom he has five sons – John, Charles, Sophia, Louis and Joseph; and two daughters – Alme and Lucinda. Mr. Stotler spent one year in Madison and in 1855 he removed to Greenfield, Sec. 14, where he now owns 256 acres of meadow and upland, with and orchard of 150 bearing trees, and buildings that cost about $1,500. When he first came to the Bluffs, there were many deer; sometimes they came in herds of twelve or twenty; one winter, when there was a deep snow and a thin crust, the slaughtered great numbers of them. Mr. Stotler has been very fortunate in business and has a nice income aside from the proceeds of his farm. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Roman Catholic. Contributed by Linda Wright

DOLLEY, SIMONDS: ORSON SIMONDS was a soldier in the civil was, enlisting in the 10 Battery of W.V.A. Sept 1864; he joined the army at Atlanta; the battery was under Gen. Kilpatrick’s command, with Gen. Sherman, on his campaign through Georgia and the Carolinas; Mr. S. followed the fortunes of the war till it closed with the grand review at Washington, May 25, 1865. This son of Joseph and Susannah Simonds was born at Hanover, N.Y., Feb. 12, 1826; came to Two Rivers, Wis., in 1847, and worked three years in steam saw-mill; came to Sec. 4 in Greenfield in 1854, where he now resides on a god fruit farm of 78 acres, having about 200 trees. Mr. S. married July 18, 1852, to Miss Evaline, daughter of Elisha and Polly Dolley, who was born in Otsego, Co., N.Y., Oct. 5th 1825, by whom he has seven children – Martin O., born June 5, 1843; Helen M., Aug. 14, 1854; Mary M., Sept. 1, 1855; Freeman W., Nov. 7, 1856; Martha J., July 1, 1858; Cyrus H., Feb. 6, 1860, and Edwin Ray, Oct. 11, 1872. Mr. Simonds is a Republican; he served upon the Town Board; worships with the Congregational Church, and believes in soft money. Contributed by Linda Wright

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

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