Joseph E. Flanagan
JOSEPH E. FLANAGAN, an intelligent, energetic and exceedingly popular young farmer of the town of Oregon, is the son of worthy Irish immigrants, who was born in the city of Stoughton, Dane county, on January 17, 1871. His parents were Martin F. and Sarah (Cunningham) Flanagan, both of whom were natives of the Emerald Isle, the father being born at Galway, November 9, 1823, and the mother at Sligo, June 24, 1832.
George Fox
GEORGE FOX, Sec. 35; P.O. Oregon; born in 1820 in County Westmeath, Ireland; son of the rev. William and Ellen (Lynn) Fox, who emigrated to the United States in 1834, with six children; they first settled near Tecumseh, Mich., then went to LaGrange Co., Ind., in 1842 (autumn), his elder brother, Dr. William H. Fox, and himself drove a horse across the country to Chicago, and with the same horse and buggy came via Crystal Lake, Delavan and Janesville to Madison, thence by circuitous course to the small prairie where their farms were located; Harvey Bush guided them to it, describing it as fine land, but in such an out-of-way place;
George H. Fox, M.D.
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;
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.
Christine Fredericksen
CHRISTINE FREDERICKSEN was born July 16, 1854 in Utterslev, Lolland, Denmark, baptized Sept. 2, 1854, and confirmed Oct. 4, 1868 in the same town by Pastor Jespersen. After confirmation he went to Naskov and lived there until he was 37 years old and then came to America.
Joseph Grierson Fox
JOSEPH GRIERSON FOX, of Oregon, was born in Suntown, Ireland, about fifty miles from Dublin, April 12, 1822. His parents were William and Eleanor (Lynn) Fox, both natives of Ireland. His father was a merchant of Dublin, but after coming to the United States, he took up the occupation of farming, settling in La Grange, Ind., which remained his home.
Rev. Matthew A. Fox
Rev. Matthew, son of William and Eleanor Fox, was born in Ireland in 1812. He received his education from private tutors and Trinity College, Dublin. In 1835 he was married to Elizabeth Jane Fletcher of Neury, Ireland. In 1836 he migrated to American and settled in Indiana where he united with the Presbyterian Church.
William H. Fox, M.D.
WILLIAM H. FOX, M.D., is a son of William Fox, of the family of O’Sionach (anglicized Fox)-his residence was in both Seffia and Kilconrcey, County Westmeath, Ireland, and the maiden name of his wife was Eleanor Lynn; their son, our subject, was born September, 1814, in Moate0aGranought County Westmeath, and received his early education there; came to America in 1833, and settled in Cleveland, Ohio, and in 1839 removed to Lima, LaGrange Co., Ind., where he began the practice of medicine; in November, 1842, the doctor came to Wisconsin, and, impressed with the natural beauty of the country south of Madison, entered his present farm at the Milwaukee Land Office; his large farm is on Sec. 35, one and one-half miles north of the thriving village of Oregon. In the spring of 1843, he settled and began making improvement here;
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.;