James Courtier
JAMES COURTIER, farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Union; a native of Pennsylvania; was born in Bradford Co., in December, 1825; his father, John Courtier, a farmer, was also born in Pennsylvania of German parents;
JAMES COURTIER, farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Union; a native of Pennsylvania; was born in Bradford Co., in December, 1825; his father, John Courtier, a farmer, was also born in Pennsylvania of German parents;
JOHN H. COWARD, boot and shoe maker, Oregon; born in Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire, England, Oct. 30, 1824;
C.H. Cronk was agent and operator of the C. and N.-W. R.R., Oregon; born in Rensselaer Co., N.Y. in 1831; his father’s people were early settlers on the Holland Purchase, and his mother was of Dutchess Co., N.Y.; they came West in 1847, and still reside at Brodhead; the son
WILLIAM CRAPP is recognized as one of the progressive farmers of the town of Oregon, and his success has been achieved entirely by his own efforts and the counsel and economy of his faithful wife.
WILLIAM E. FINCHER, a prosperous young farmer of Oregon, is a Pennsylvanian by birth.
JAMES M. BYRNE has been a resident of the town of Fitchburg during the past 20 years, and so well has he ordered his affairs and so indefatigably has he toiled that he has won a secure position among the progressive and prosperous farmers of that portion of Dane county.
Age 20, single, blue eyes, red hair, sandy complexion, 5′ 7-3/4″ a farmer
(Enlisted in Company K, 1st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (three months) from Stoughton, Wisconsin, April 17th 1861 and mustered out August 21st 1861 Milwaukee, Wisconsin.)
Enlisted July 29th 1862 Oregon, Wisconsin by J. Bull for three years, mustered in August 30th 1862 Madison, Wisconsin.
Age 17, single, gray eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5’8″, a farmer. Enlisted August 27th 1864 Oregon, Wisconsin by Captain William C. Young for one year, mustered in August 25th 1864 Madison, Wisconsin.
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