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., exchanged for 160 acres of the Pierce farm in Oregon; Mr. P. and sons did good work here, cleared the scattering burr oaks, the father owning 120 acres, J.G. 280, Sylvester 120 and Alfred 80; there were nine children-Mary A., Sylvester, Orelia, John G., Jane, Rebecca and Nancy; were born in Jefferson Co., N. Y.; Melvin was born and died in Rock Co; Alfred was born in Oregon.
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 Elizabeth Ellingson, a native of Norway; they have three children-Peter, Sena and Nils; they are members of the Lutheran Church.Ref. 1880 History of Dane County, Wisconsin, p. 120.
Charles Neath
CHARLES NEATH, who is one of the prosperous farmers of the town of Rutland, is a fine example of the self-made man, and his life in an illustration of the opportunities that America affords for the industrious and preserving youth.
William H. Myers
WILLIAM H. MYERS, machinist, Oregon; born in Janesville, Wis., Oct. 27, 1845;
Levi Mutchler
LEVI MUTCHLER, Sec. 17, P.O. Stoner’s Prairie; born June 7, 1834, in Warren Co. N.J.; son of J.G. and Mary (Metz) Mutchler, both natives of New Jersey.
J.B. Munger
J.B. MUNGER, proprietor of the Oregon brick-yard, was born Dec. 13, 1817, in Fenner, Madison Co., N.Y.;
William Morrison
WILLIAM MORRISON, farmer, Sec. 17; P.O. Rutland, was born in Montgomery Co., N.Y., in 1823; when he was 13 years old, his parents, Martin and Mary (Rutter) Morrison, natives of England, and who had emigrated to America in 1816, removed from Utica, Oneida Co., and in 1840 to Jefferson Co., N.Y. where they settled on a farm, and where his father died in 1851;
John McWilliams
JOHN McWILLIAMS, Sec. 25; P.O. Oregon; born near Cornwall, N.C.; his parents Robert and Elizabeth (Brownell) McWilliams, settled, ten years later, in Oneida Co., NY; the son grew to man’s estate here, in the fall of 1843, he accompanied a family named Augur, via the lakes, to Milwaukee, thence by stage to Madison, and in September, 1843, he began work for Mr. A. on his then new farm (the present farm of Arthur & Fox); his rude shanty was a mile from any house; during the winter and summer he split 7,000 rails;
Henry H. Marvin
HENRY H. MARVIN, dealer in hardware, Oregon; born June 11, 1850, in Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio (see sketch of A. B. Marvin); H.H. Marvin received his schooling in Oregon; learned his trade of a tinner in Beloit, Wis., at 18, left Beloit at 21, and opened a stock of hardware in the old building of C.W. Netherwood; fortunately, removed six weeks before it was burned. During the past six years, he has done business in the old building built by W.S. Bedford, as a residence, having thoroughly remodeled it;
A.B. Marvin
A.B. MARVIN, dealer in grain, Oregon; born Aug 29, 1824, in Lyne, New London Co., Conn.; his father, Ulysses, was a native of New York, and his mother Elizabeth, of Middletown, Conn.; he removed in his fourth year to Ohio, his father, strong and robust at 80, still residing there, he taking the census of the town of Stowe, Summit Co., in 1880.