Age 34, married, blues eyes, brown hair, light complexion, 6’0″, a carpenter. Enlisted January 4th 1864 at Oregon, Wisconsin by Sgt. Ellsworth for 3 years, mustered in March 18th 1864, Madison, Wisconsin. Detached service with division Pioneer Corps since June 1864, mustered out with company September 5th 1865 at Demopolis,
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 was born July 7, 1822, in Steuben, Oneida County, New York. He is the son of David H. and Betsy Norton Ames. He was married to Mary Ann Ball on October 24, 1844.
In the autumn of 1845, he and his wife migrated from New York
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.
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
GEORGE H. FOX, M.D., Oregon; is the eldest son of Joseph G. and Mary (Lalor) Fox. J.G. Fox, son of William and Ellen Fox, was born in County Westmeath, Ireland, April 12, 1822; was educated at Waterford Seminary; came to America (first time) in 1834;
SIMON DREHER, of Oregon, is of Pennsylvania stock. He was born in Evansville, Rock County, April 15, 1853. His parents were Simon and Mary Ann (Widows) Dreher, both born in Northampton County, Pa. Simon, Jr. has spent all of his life in Dane, and all except eight years in the
ANTHONY O. FARRELL is one of the highly respected retired farmers of the town of Oregon, which has been his home for many years, and where by honest effort and strenuous toil he has gained a competence that makes his declining years one of quiet enjoyment.
M.J. FISHER, of Powers & Fisher, Oregon; born in Cooksville, Rock Co., Wis. Oct. 1, 1849; his parents, J.W. and P.S. Fisher, settled in Rock Co. in 1845;
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