Sergeant William Soden

Downtown Oregon in the 1900s

(Enlisted in Company K, 1st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (three months) from Stoughton, Wisconsin, April 17th 1861 and mustered out August 21st 1861 Milwaukee, Wisconsin.)

Private James S. Taylor

Downtown Oregon in the 1900s

Enlisted July 29th 1862 Oregon, Wisconsin by J. Bull for three years, mustered in August 30th 1862 Madison, Wisconsin.

Private Erastus B. Whitmore

Downtown Oregon in the 1900s

Age 26, single, blue eyes, brown hair, light complexion, 5’8”, a farmerEnlisted September 27th 1861 at Madison, Wisconsin by Eri S. Oakley for three years, mustered in September 30th 1861 Madison, Wisconsin.

William Comstock

William Comstock and wife

WILLIAM COMSTOCK, deceased; was born in 1808, in Rhode Island; he was the second of eight children of Aaron and Patience (Spencer) Comstock, and with whom he removed, when a young man, to Delaware Co., N.Y., and there devoted his time principally to farming till the spring of 1844;

John Norton Ames

John Norton Ames

John Norton Ames was born July 7, 1822, in Steuben, Oneida County, New York. He was the son of David H. and Betsy Norton Ames. He was married to Mary Ann Ball on October 24, 1844. 

Egbert Bennett

Downtown Oregon in the 1900s

EGBERT BENNETT, one of the pioneers of Dane county, now living retired in the town of Dunn, was born in Albany, N.Y., June 4, 1819.

1877 History of Oregon, WI

Downtown Oregon in the 1900s

This article entitled “Oregon,” was written by Dr. Isaac Howe and published in 1877 book History of Madison, Dane County and Surrounding Towns.

John Culb

Downtown Oregon in the 1900s

JOHN CULB, a prosperous farmer of the town of Oregon, was born in the province of Bavaria, Germany, on September 11, 1848, and is one of three children born to Henry and Elizabeth (Brown) Culb both of whom are also natives of the Fatherland, where the father served six years in the German army.