Daniel Grady
Daniel Grady (deceased), son of Lawrence Grady, was born in Ireland, one of a family of nine children. When he was eighteen years of age he came to America, leaving his parents in the old country. He came to Fitchburg, Dane county, and remained for several years with his brothers. He bought the place where the family now reside, and which was his home at the time of his death, December 23, 1900.
William Crapp
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.
Ed Amundson
ED. AMUNDSON, a prominent farmer of Rutland was born in Norway and came to America with his brother and sister, in 1871. Of a family if eight children but three left their native land. Ole, who lives with his brother, Anna, whose home is in Pierce County, Wis. and Ed. The other members of the family remained with the parents, Amund and Martha (Olson) Larson, in Christiania.
Ed Amundson was born Feb. 15, 1845, at Christiania, attended the common schools and worked on the farm until he was twenty-six years old, when he sailed for America and located at Pleasant Springs. Here he remained for a number of years and in 1896 purchased one hundred and forty-two acres of farmland in the town of Rutland, which is his present home.
Many improvements have been made by him upon the farm, until it is now very completely equipped.
Mr. Amundson is Republican in his political affiliations but has never taken an active part in politics. He is a member of the Stoughton Lutheran Church.
October 9, 1873, he married Miss Inga Erickson, daughter of Eric Erickson and Lena (Olson) Erickson, natives of Norway. Mrs. Amundson has a sister, Rebecca, and a brother, Edward, living in Dane county, but the remainder of the family never came to America. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Amundson, all of whom have attended the schools of Rutland and Stoughton. They live in Rutland; Alfred and Oscar are farmers; Sophia is a dressmaker; Hannah, Edwin, Josephine, Idella and Alf. Theodore remains at home. 1906 History of Dane County, Wisconsin, p. 32.
1906 History of Dane County, Wisconsin, p. 32.
Louis Black
LOUIS BLACK is one of the thrifty farmers of the town of Oregon, who, by his industry and careful management has won a position of influence in the community in which he resides.
Edward Byrne
EDWARD BYRNE is one of the old and highly respected farmers of the town of Fitchburg, which has been his home during practically all of the past half-century, but his nativity was in the little Emerald Isle, the country that has given America so many of her leaders in the various walks of life.
James Byrne
JAMES BYRNE, a retired farmer in the village of Oregon, is deserving of special mention in a work of this nature by reason of his high character and the results he has achieved by his industry and frugality. He was born in the county of Wicklow, Ireland, and is one of four children born to Michael and Anne Byrne, all of whom migrated to America and took up their residence in Wisconsin.
James Byrne
AMES BYRNE, who is recognized as one of the most progressive and up-to-date farmers of the town of Fitchburg, is a native of the Green Mountain state, having been born in Burlington, Vermont, on October 2, 1849.
James Carrison
JAMES CARRISON, a well-known and greatly respected member of Rutland’s farming community, is a native of England.
John Lewis Colby
JOHN LEWIS COLBY is as yet a comparatively young man, but he has achieved a degree of success in his undertakings that is usually only attained by men after years of strenuous endeavor.
Egbert Bennett
EGBERT BENNETT, one of the pioneers of Dane county, now living retired in the town of Dunn, was born in Albany, N.Y., June 4, 1819.