Michael Barry

Downtown Oregon in the 1900s

Michael Barry was born in 1812 in the Parish of Ahada, County Cork, Ireland. In 1834, he left Ireland for America and settled in St. Lawrence County, New York. Starting out as a laborer, he earned a living clearing timber and gradually worked his way up until he was able to purchase a small farm of his own.

James M. Byrne

Downtown Oregon in the 1900s

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.

Egbert Bennett

Downtown Oregon in the 1900s

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.

J.S. Bell

J. S. BELL, of Brooklyn, a veteran of the Civil War, comes of a soldierly line. He was born in Sussex County, N. J., February 9, 1842. His parents, Almond and Mary (Sutton) Bell, were natives of the same state, the former born in 1800 and the latter in 1821.