Rev. William Maine Fox
William Maine Fox was born in 1782 in Suntown County, Westmeath, Ireland. Mr. Fox received all the education available in that community and developed into a forceful speaker.
He united with the Methodist church in Ireland and became a circuit rider.
George W. Getz
GEORGE W. GETZ, wagon-maker, Oregon; born in 1820 in Northampton Co., Penn., worked on a farm until 20; learned the trade of millwright at Easton, Penn., and followed it five years; the family settled in Illinois in 1844; a year later, he went to Chippewa Falls, Wis., living for eight months in a howling wilderness, with only a few whites within 250 miles.
Nicholas Haight
NICHOLAS HAIGHT, Sec. 12; P.0. Syene; born July 10, 1818 in Westchester co., N.Y.; son of Caleb and Sarah M. (Jackson) Haight; he attended the common schools, and for eighteen months the North Salem Academy; worked seven years at harness-making and taught school seven years, principally in is native county and at Stamford, Conn.;
Christine Hansen
CHRISTINE HANSEN was Vice-President of the first Ladies Aid organization in 1895. She was born Dec. 19, 1855 in Rudkobing, Langeland, Denmark. She was baptized Jan. 13, 1856 in Skroblov Church by Pastor Sten, and confirmed in the same church.
J.T. Hayes
J.T. HAYES, dealer in machinery, Oregon; born May 22, 1847, in Montpelier, Vt.; five years later, his parents settled where they still reside, in Clinton Co., N.Y.; his restless and ambitious disposition led him to leave Oberlin College, to which good old institution he has been sent, and when only a lad of 12 he learned the saddler’s trade in Redwood, N.Y.;
Albert Hook
ALBERT HOOK, musician, Oregon; born in the town of Oregon, Dane Co. Wis.; son of Stephen and Lydia (see sketch of Stephen Hook); received a common-school education in the Dwight District, Oregon; enlisted in 1864 in the 42nd W. V. I.; was on detached service at Cairo, Ill., until the close of the war; returning, he attended Evansville Seminary two or three years, and has taught two terms of day-school; he began as a music teacher in the Geauga (Ohio) Seminary, where Gen. James A. Garfield once attended; after this he attended the Normal Musical Institute under H.R. Palmer; and since 1870 has devoted all his attention to the theory and practice of music.
Andrew P. Johnson
Andrew P. Johnson, a prominent farmer of the town of Rutland, spent his youth and young manhood in Norway and Sweden.He is of Swedish birth and ancestry and his parents, John Anderson and Bertha Anderson, were both natives of Ellstaate, Sweden. This was also their home after their marriage and their family of seven children were born on a farm in Ellstaate. The parents are now deceased and the family widely scattered. Mary, the oldest daughter, lives in Norway; Andrew P. and Lewis in Rutland; Tillie, in Madison, Wis.; Sophia, in Norway and Charles in Michigan. The youngest son, Edwin, died in infancy.
Sure Johnson
SURE JOHNSON, farmer, Sec. 3, P.O. McFarland; was born in Norway in 1838, and emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., in 1856; locating at that time in the town of Blooming Grove, he there followed farm labor and farming till 1865, except five winters, which he spent in the pineries; he located in 1865 on Sec. 3, town of Dunn, where he now has a farm of 117 acres;
Stoddard Johnson
STODDARD JOHNSON, who gave the beautiful pot of ground for the erection of the Methodist Church, was born January 28, 1807 in New York state. On January 13, 1831, he was united in marriage to Miss Patsy Waite, who was born July 5, 1806. The family moved to Oregon in 1844.
Isaac A. Kierstead
ISAAC A. KIERSTEAD, farmer, Sec. 12, P.O. Oregon; born in the town of Randolph, Cattaraugus Co., N.Y., Sept. 7, 1832;