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 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.
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
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, 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
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
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
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
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