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
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
ISAAC A. KIERSTEAD, farmer, Sec. 12, P.O. Oregon; born in the town of Randolph, Cattaraugus Co., N.Y., Sept. 7, 1832;
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
JONAS JOHNSON, carpenter and joiner, McFarland; was born in Norway in August, 1825; he emigrated to Wisconsin in 1855, stopped six months at Milwaukee, whence he came to Stoughton, Dane Co., and thence to McFarland, where he has since lived. Mr. Johnson was the first blacksmith at McFarland, which he
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
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
GEORGE KEENAN, farmer, Sec. 20; P.O. McFarland; a native of Ireland; was born in Kings County, in August, 1818; when 16 years of age, he, with two brothers and two sisters, emigrated to America; their parents, John and Catherine, had previously died in Ireland.
Michael Killerlain is one of the highly respected citizens of the town of Dunn and he has followed that honorable vocation in Dane county during all of his mature life. He is a native of the Green Mountain state, and was born in the county of Rutland, Vermont on December
J.C. KISER, farmer and stock-breeder, Sec. 2; P.O. Oregon; born July 26, 1818, in Rockingham Co., Va., removed with his parents to Ohio, fourteen years later; spent eight years near Dayton, one year in Logan Co., three years in Peru, Ind., and was then for five years in mercantile business
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