History

Croyden Sargeant

CROYDEN SARGEANT, farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Brooklyn; born Jan. 27, 1821, in Chesterfield, N.H.; attended the common schools, the old Chesterfield Academy, and a review course at the M. E. Seminary at Newburg, Vt., began at 18 and taught five terms in New England; came West in 1843, and paid

Samuel Shepard

SAMUEL SHEPARD, farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. Oregon; born Aril 25, 1814, in Byron, Genesee Co., N.Y.; his parents, William and Mary (Hill) Shepard, were farmers and New England people;

Garrett Runey

GARRETT RUNEY, farmer, Secs. 24 and 23, P.O. Oregon; is a son of the first settler of Oregon Township, viz. Bartley Runey, who was born in Maryland in 1795; married in his and her native State, Margaret Garnett; they settled in Ohio in 1824. Garrett Runey was born in Preble,

Hans Peter Olsen

HANS PETER OLSEN was the other of two “tilletsmann” or Trustees on the first Church Council. He was born March 11, 1851 in Rolokke from Lolland, Denmark.

Cassius M. Palmer

Cassius M. Palmer was a dealer in real estate, lived at 1809 Jefferson Street, Madison. He was born in Erie County, Pennsylvania on September 19, 1844 to O.M. and Huldah Palmer. In 1853, O. M. Palmer brought his family to Wisconsin, settling on a farm Oregon after O.M.’s parents, Daniel

Nels Peterson

NELS PETERSON, of Oregon, is the only son of Claus Peterson, a small farmer of Denmark.

Peter H. Peterson

PETER H. PETERSON is recognized as one of the leading tobacco growers of the town of Oregon, where he has lived during the past forty years. He is a native of Denmark and the date of his birth is November 7, 1845, his parents being Peter Mortenson and Dorothea Hanson,

S. Peterson

S. PETERSON, farmer, Sec. 23; P.O. Stoughton; was born in Norway in 1835; he came to America in 1865; stopped in Chicago for nine years, and in 1874 came to Rutland, Dane Co., where he then bought this farm of 80 acres. He was married in Chicago, in 1869, To

J.G. Pierce

J. G. PIERCE, farmer, Sec. 4, 5 and 3; P.O. Oregon, born in 1836, in Jefferson Co., N. Y. son of John and Alvira (Hyatte) Pierce, both natives of New York; in June, 1842, the family settled on a wild, new farm near Janesville, Wis. and after building, breaking, etc.,

Jacob Rasmussen

JACOB RASMUSSEN was born Oct. 1, 1851 on Bjerne Mark, on Forsenge Svendborg in Denmark, baptized the next year in Brininge Church and confirmed in the same church on Mikkelsdag (St Michael’s Day) 1865. He came to America August 24, 1879 and joined the Rutland Church. Later he was active

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