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
JOHN C. LALOR, of Oregon, is a native of Dane county, having been born in Dunn township, August 2, 1865. He is of Irish ancestry, his father, William Lalor, came to this country when he was twenty-five years old and his mother, Amelia (Fox) Lalor, when she was ten.
JAMES LINDSAY, of Terwilliger & Lindsay, Oregon; born July 29, 1844, in Lancaster Co., Penn.; was educated in his native State, where he learned the trade of machinist;
ANTON T. ONSRUD is a prominent farmer of Rutland Dane county. His parents, Thora Larsen Onsrud and Bertha (Gutormson) Onsrud, were natives of Ullensacker, Norway, where they were married and spent their entire lives. Of their four children, all except Allte, who died in Norway, came to America. Caroline is
A.R. LOVELAND has served as postmaster at the village of Oregon in Dane county since July 1, 1897, and no better evidence of his efficiency and courtesy is needed than the mere statement of this fact.
SEWELL NYE, deceased; born in State of Maine, March 9, 1829; his parents, Sewell and Ann (Nutting) Nye, were also of Maine; the family came West in 1846, locating on several hundred acres of land on Nine Spring Prairie, where the old couple ended their days.
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