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    ALFRED J. DAKE, M. D., who is engaged in the practice of his profession in the village of Viola, is one of the representative physicians and surgeons of the county and is well entitled to consideration in this historical compilation. He was born at Hobart, Lake county, Ind., Aug. 18, 1869, and is a son of Charles B. and Esther (Rundell) Dake, both native of the state of New York, whence they removed to Indiana, where they remained until 1872, when they came to Wisconsin and located at Chaseburg, Vernon county, where the father became a prominent contractor and builder, there continuing to reside until 1883, when he removed to Newton, that county, where he is now living practically retired. In politics he is a stanch advocate of the principles of the Republican party and he has served as justice of the peace. He and his wife are members of the First-day Adventist church. Of their eight children six are living. Charles B. Dake was a valiant soldier of the Union in the Civil War, in which he served three years, having been a member of the Tenth Illinois cavalry, in which he rose to the rank of major. Dr. Dake was three years of age at the time of his parents' removal from Indiana to Wisconsin, and his early educational training was secured in the public schools of Vernon county. He was graduated in the high school at Newton and as a youth he learned the carpenter's trade, under the able direction of his father. He devoted about two years to teaching school and then began the work of preparing himself for his chosen profession. In 1891 he was matriculated in the Hahnemann Homeopathic Medical College, of Chicago, in which he completed the prescribed course, being graduated as a member of the class of 1894 and coming forth admirably prepared for the exacting work of his chosen vocation. After thus receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine he located in his home town of Newton, where he practiced one year, then removing to Woodstock, Richland county, where he continued in practice four years, at the expiration of which he took up his residence in Viola, where he has since continued in the work of his profession and where he has gained most gratifying success and prestige. He is a member of the Wisconsin State Medical Association and the Vernon County Medical Society. He is a stockholder in the tobacco warehouse and creamery in Viola and is a public-spirited and progressive citizen, and is the owner of considerable realty in his home town. He is a Republican in his political allegiance, and is a member of the village council at the time of this writing. He is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen of America, Mystic Workers of the World and the Beavers, being examining physician for the local organizations of each of these. Nov. 30, 1895, Dr. Dake was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Struthers, who was born in Vernon county, Wis., a daughter of William and Sarah (Farr) Struthers, honored pioneers of that county, where the father continued to reside until his death, having been a veteran of both the Mexican and the Civil Wars; his widow still lives in Vernon county. Dr. and Mrs. Dake have three children, whose names, with respective dates of birth, are as follows: W. Justin, Aug. 11, 1896; I. Merle, March 17, 1900; and Miriam A., Feb. 16, 1905.
    CHARLES J. DANFORTH, who is now living retired on his fine homestead farm, in the town of Forest, has had a somewhat varied and eventful career, having followed different occupations in many different states of the Union and having served his country with marked gallantry as a soldier in the Civil War. He has gained success through his own efforts, is one of the substantial citizens of Richland county and has the unqualified esteem of his fellow men. Mr. Danforth was born in the city of Providence, R. I., and Nov. 28, 1842, and is a son of Charles and Julia F. (Ward) Danforth, the former of whom was born in Providence, R. I., in 1815, and the latter in Massachusetts, in 1819. As a young man the father went to Massachusetts, where he became superintendent of a cotton factory. After his marriage he returned to his native city, where he was engaged in teaching school for a number of years. In 1849, he was of the intrepid argonauts who made the journey to California and he was thus a member of the immortal "Forty-niners" who initiated the gold-mining industry in that state. He remained about two years and then returned to his home in Providence. About June, 1852, he removed with his family to Meigs county, Ohio, the subject of this sketch having been nine years of age at the time. In 1864 he removed from Ohio to Mattoon, Ill., and Dec. 24, 1866, he took up his residence at Lone Rock, Richland county, Wis., where he conducted a wagon shop for the ensuing four years. He next located at Charles City, Iowa, where he made his home for some time, passing the closing years of his life in his native city of Providence, where he died July 5, 1901. His wife died in 1904, at Charles City, Iowa. Of their five children three are living. He was first a Whig and later a Republican in politics and was a member of the Protestant Episcopal church, his wife holding membership in the Methodist church. He was a son of Walter R. Danforth, who was a native of Providence and a son of Job Danforth, who was a soldier in the Continental line in the War of the Revolution and who died at the patriarchal age of ninety-seven years. Walter R. Danforth was educated for the legal profession but never followed the same. For many years he was editor of a paper in Providence, and his son Charles learned the printer's trade. The maternal grandparents of the subject of this review were Samuel and Nancy Ward, and both passed their entire lives in Massachusetts, Mr. Ward having been a shoemaker by trade. Charles J. Danforth, whose name initiates this article, received his early education in his native city and thereafter he attended school at intervals in Meigs county, Ohio, where he assisted his father in clearing a farm of 200 acres, upon which was also operated a sawmill. Oct. 8, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company C, Sixty-third Ohio volunteer infantry, with which he was in active service until about seven months before the close of the war, when he was taken ill and incapitated for duty, receiving his honorable discharge when the war came to an end in victory for the Union Arms. He took part in many important engagements, including the battle of Island No. 10 and the siege of Corinth. He is an appreciative member of the Grand Army of the Republic. After the war he joined his parents in Illinois and accompanied them on their removal to Richland county, Wis., in December of the following year, being associated with his father in the work of the wagon-shop about four years. He later became superintendent of a hoop factory at Lavalle, Sauk county, holding this position two years, passing the next year in Hall county, Neb. He thereafter was engaged in work as a carpenter and painter at Spencer, Iowa, for four years, then settling in Faulk county, S. D., where he became the owner of 480 acres of land, to the cultivation of which he devoted his attention for the ensuing decade, at the expiration of which, in 1892, he returned to Richland county, Wis., and bought a farm of 110 acres of M. V. B. Richards, in the town of Forest, also buying three acres of land in the village of Viola. He also conducted a general store in Viola for two years, thereafter giving his attention to the management of his farm until 1904, since which time he has lived essentially retired, though remaining on his farm, which is one of the well improved places of this part of the county, the farm being rented. In politics Mr. Danforth is aligned in the ranks of the Republican party but he has never sought office, though he served as an officer of his school district while residing in South Dakota. In December, 1875, Mr. Danforth wedded Miss Anzonette R. Davidson, who was born in Indiana, in 1854, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah Davidson, who came to Sauk county, Wis., in 1867, later removing to Faulk county, S. D.; the father passed the closing days of his life at Ladysmith, Wis., where he died in 1903 and where his widow still maintains her home. In conclusion is entered brief record concerning the children of Mr. and Mrs. Danforth: Clyde, who was born Sept. 28, 1876, is a successful merchant at Viola; Audrey Luella, who was born Dec. 16, 1882, was graduated in the Viola high school and now assists her brother in his store; Eula F., who was born Sept. 18, 1885, and who was educated in the public schools of Viola, remains at the parental home, as does also Leo C., who was born Nov. 15, 1894.
    GEORGE W. DAVIS, who is now living essentially retired on his fine homestead farm, in the town of Marshall, has been a resident of the county for more than half a century and is one of the venerable and honored pioneers of this section of the state, being also a veteran of the Civil War, in which he gave valiant service in defense of the Union. Mr. Davis was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, Aug. 16, 1823, and in the old Dominion state were also born his parents, Gerry and Betsy (Tomlinson) Davis. They removed to Knox county, Ohio, in 1835, when the subject of this sketch was a lad of twelve years. The father was aged and crippled at the time and in Knox county he leased land and effected the reclaiming of a farm, both he and his wife passing the remainder of their lives in that county. They became the parents of eight children: William, Thomas and James are deceased; Phelan is a resident of Knox county, Ohio; George W. is the immediate subject of this sketch; Harrison died in California; and Annie and Emily also are deceased. George W. Davis had practically no opportunity to attend school, as his parents were in very limited circumstances financially, and he began to depend upon his own exertions when only fourteen years of age. He was employed by a blacksmith for a term of seven years as manager of a farm. He then entered the employ of a Quaker in Ohio, with whom he remained seven years, engaged in farm work. In April, 1851, Mr. Davis married Miss Margaret Kirby, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (McDonald) Kirby, of Knox county, Ohio, whither they removed from Maryland in an early day. Mr. Kirby was there engaged in farming and school teaching until 1854, when he came to Richland county, Wis., being accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Davis. They drove through with team and wagon and were four weeks in completing the journey. They brought three horses, a colt, a yoke of oxen and two cows, and were thus better provided than were the average pioneers of the county. They located on a tract of government land in the town of Marshall, securing the entire southeast quarter of section 30, where Mr. Davis now lives. In the midst of the forest they erected a cabin of round logs, the building being eighteen by twenty-two feet in dimensions and having a puncheon floor, wide fireplace, etc. The door was made from the sides of the wagon box. In this primitive dwelling the family lived for a number of years, enduring the vicissitudes of the pioneer epoch but finding much of wholesome satisfaction in connection with the sturdy work, for the scattered settlers were friends in truth, hunting was of the best, and comfort was not lacking in the little cabin home. Mr. Davis has personally cleared many acres of land of the forest and in 1871 he erected the commodious dwelling in which he and his family now reside. Of the quarter section about one-half is under effective cultivation, and in his advanced years Mr. Davis is able to enjoy the fruits of his former toil and endeavor. He has lived retired for the past several years. He has two sons. Joseph Elmer, who is a successful farmer of the town of Marshall, married Mary Queen, and they have four children, -- Grace, Minnie A., Margaret O. and Beulah. Harris O., who has charge of the old homestead farm, married Addie Cook and they have three children, -- George W., Jr., Murley and Earl. Mr. Davis is a stanch Republican but has never desired or held public office. His wife has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church since she was fifteen years of age and she has been to him a devoted companion and helpmeet. In February, 1865, Mr. Davis enlisted as a member of Company G, Forty-sixth Wisconsin volunteer infantry. He proceeded with his command to Athens, Ala., and thence to Decatur, that state, where he was assigned to duty in transporting provisions and other supplies across the river on pontoon bridges, being thus engaged several months. He served eight months, taking part in no active engagements, and was then given his honorable discharge. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
    REMIGIUS M. M. DEDERICH is the owner of a prosperous general merchandise business at Bear Valley, in the southeastern part of Ithaca township, his trade ramifying throughout a wide and thrifty farming district. He is a native of the township in which he now resides, having been born March 5, 1869. His father, Anton, was born Sept. 22, 1822, in the historic old city of Bonn, Rhenish Prussia, where he was reared and educated. His wife, Mary (Schafer) Dederich, was born near the same city, Jan. 14, 1828, and she came to America in 1848, making Dane county, Wis., her destination. In the following year Mr. Dederich also immigrated to the United States, and the marriage of the young couple was solemnized in Roxbury township, Dane county, whence they soon afterward removed to Madison, which was then a small town. There Mr. Dederich engaged in business as a wagonmaker, operating a shop three years and then removing to Cross Plains, that county, where he continued in the same line of enterprise, also conducting hotel, no railroads having penetrated that section at the time. He there remained nine years, at the expiration of which, in 1862, he removed with his family to Richland county and purchased a tract of land in section 26, Ithaca township, where he reclaimed a good farm from the wilds and where he passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring Oct. 21, 1898. His wife preceded him into eternal rest, her death occurring Oct. 22, 1892. Their lives were marked by signal integrity and usefulness and they were numbered among the sterling pioneers of Richland county. Both were devoted communicants of the Catholic church and their remains rest in St. Patrick's cemetery at Loreto, Sauk county. They became the parents of thirteen children of whom ten are living, the other three having died in infancy. Margaret remains on the old homestead; Gertrude is the wife of Joseph Schmitz and they reside in Ithaca township, having eight children; Peter L., who is conducting a wagon shop in Bear Valley, married Frances Dederich and they have three children; John A., who is one the prosperous farmers of Ithaca township, married Kate Ruland and they have six children; Dennis Anthony, who resides at Loreto, Sauk county, married Sophronia Mansaw, and they have seven children; D. Hubert, who is a farmer of Sauk county, near Loreto, married Philomena Weisa, and they have five children; Henry J. C., who resides in Keyesville, Richland county, married Cornelia Grugeon, and they have one child ; Frances is the wife of John H. Munz, of Highland, Iowa county, and they have six children ; Gerhard W. is a farmer of Ithaca township ; and the youngest of the children is the subject of this sketch. Remigius M. M. Dederich was reared on the home farm and after due preliminary discipline in the district schools he continued his studies in the graded school at Cross Plains and later attended the high school at Sextonville for seven months, making good use of the advantages afforded him. After initiating his independent career he continued identified with agricultural pursuits for seven years, at the expiration of which he located in the village of Bear Valley, in 1899, and here established a general store, which he has since conducted most successfully, having a comprehensive and well selected stock, owning his own building and controlling a large and representative trade. His store building is of brick and stone and is a fine modern structure. Mr. Dederich is one of the enterprising and loyal citizens of his native county and is held in high regard in the community. In politics he is a stanch Democrat, and he has held various local offices of trust, having been a member of the township board for three years and having served as clerk and director of his school district. He is a member of the directorate of the Frankling Farmers' Insurance Company, having held this position for the past four years and being president of the company at the present time. He and his wife are communicants of the Catholic church at Keyesville. May 18, 1892, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Dederich to Miss Magdalene Misslich, who was born in Richland county, Sept. 25, 1870, being a daughter of Albert and Mary (Wirtzel) Misslich. In conclusion is entered brief record concerning the children of this union: Lauretta was born Jan. 1, 1894; Albert was born April 22, 1895, and died on the 3d of the following August; Anton was born March 17, 1897; Remigius J. was born April 9, 1900, and died November 8th of the same year; and Mary Magdelene was born Feb. 13, 1904.
    HERMAN DEMMER is at present the oldest citizen in point of residence in the town of Orion, and in the years that have passed since he located there he has seen the wilderness give place to well-tilled farms and all the other evidences of advanced civilization. He is the son of John Henry Demmer, who was one of the pioneers of the town of Orion, and who was born in Germany in May, 1808. When a young man the father learned the trade of ship builder, in which business he was engaged until 1848, when he left his native country and came to the United States. He first located in Milwaukee, where he was employed as carpenter and joiner, and in 1853 he came to Richland county, where he purchased a claim of Alanson Hurd, on section 3, town of Orion, entered the land and immediately began clearing. At that time there was no railroad west of Madison, and Mr. Demmer and his family made the trip from Milwaukee with a team of horses and a wagon. When they located in Orion there were no roads, and no settlement whatever marked the site of the present thriving little city of Richland Center. John H. Demmer devoted the greater part of his remaining years to his farm, working only occasionally at his trade. He was married in 1833 to Miss Eva Engleman, who died in 1870, leaving five children - Herman, who is the subject of this review; Frederick, who resides in Minnesota; Catherine, who is now the wife of Louis H. Miller; and John and Jacob, both of whom reside in Nebraska. The eldest son, Herman, whose name introduces this biographical sketch, was born Nov. 14, 1835, and came to America with his parents, continuing to live with them until 1861, in which year he was joined in marriage to Annie, daughter of Frederick and Christiana Schmidt. When the family came to the town of Orion it was necessary to have the land on which they located entered, and as the father was not able to attend to the matter, the son walked to Mineral Point and attended to the necessary requirements. On Sept. 21, 1861, he enlisted as a private in the Sixth Wisconsin Battery of light artillery and spent over three years in the service, being mustered out on Oct. 10, 1864, upon the expiration of his term of enlistment. He participated in the following engagements: Corinth, Raymond, Jackson, Champion's Hill, Siege of Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, and Lookout Mountain. He received a gunshot wound at the battle of Corinth, on Oct. 3, 1862, and was sent to a hospital at Keokuk, Iowa, where he remained two months and then returned to his command. On July 10, 1863, he was promoted to corporal. After his discharge from the service he returned home and settled on section 17 in the town of Orion, where he had purchased a tract of timber land. He cleared a farm and built a log house, which he weather-boarded and painted, giving it the appearance of a frame house, and in 1882 he rented this farm and moved to the old home of his wife's parents, on section 16, the place formerly owned by Frederick C. Schmidt. There he erected a nice frame house, and he has devoted his time exclusively to agricultural pursuits. He now superintends eighty acres of land himself, besides having deeded a farm to each of his two sons, making a total of 320 acres in possession of the family. Mr. and Mrs. Demmer became the parents of five children - Emma, who married George Sherman and resides in Iowa; Henry A. and Frank, both of whom are residents of the town of Orion; May who married John Carnick and resides in Iowa; and Ada, who married Richard Niles and resided in the town of Eagle. The mother of this family died on Dec. 18, 1903, and the father married for his second wife, Mina Niles, of the town of Orion. In his political views Mr. Demmer gives a firm allegiance to the Republican party and he has served as supervisor a number of terms and as school treasurer seventeen years. Fraternally he is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and his religious faith is expressed by membership in the German Evangelical church.
    CHARLES BRONSON DeVOE, the popular dealer in musical instruments at Richland Center, was born at Sextonville, in Richland county, on May 4, 1876, and is the son of Andrew J. and Olivia (Bangham) DeVoe. The father, A. J. DeVoe, was born in Turin, Lewis county, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1837, and is the son of Charles and Catherine (Gray) DeVoe, the former a native of Mohawk valley and the latter of Stone Arabia, on the Mohawk, both being from old Mohawk valley stock. Charles DeVoe was a blacksmith and came to Walworth county, Wis., in September, 1849, the following spring removing to Sextonville, Richland county. His old coal pit was the first house in Sextonville, and he was the first blacksmith to locate in the county, there being at the time only a wilderness where the city of Richland Center now stands. He continued to work at the blacksmith trade until 1875, when he retired, and he died at Sextonville in 1882, at the advanced age of eighty-two years. He never aspired to a public career, but always attended strictly to his own business affairs. He was highly regarded among his fellow-men, was of a genial disposition, and for several years was a deacon in the Congregational church. His wife was a member of a very prominent New York family, being a sister of Judge Gray, a former member of the appellate court of the state of New York. Mrs. DeVoe died on March 2, 1879, having become the mother of seven children, of whom the following facts are given as pertinent to this review: Edwin is deceased; Catherine married James H. Boyd, of the state of New York, and is also deceased; Mary A. married Joseph H. Post, and she and her husband are both deceased; Cordelia A. married A. H. Bush, a prominent man of Richland county, and died in 1904; Charles Gray died in 1905, in Sextonville, and his widow is the present postmistress at that place; Andrew married C. G. Thomas and resides at Sextonville. Andrew J. DeVoe was twelve years old when his parents moved to Sextonville and that place has been his residence since. He began his independent career as a farmer, but at the age of twenty-one began work with N. L. James in Richland Center, at ambrotyping, remaining thus employed about two years. He then worked at the jeweler's trade in Richland Center for a time, after which he spent about five years in Eau Claire, engaged at the photography business. He then engaged in the occupation of hop-raising at Sextonville, which he followed until 1868, and then re-engaged in the photography business, which he followed for several years, and during the last twenty-five years he has been engaged in the monument business. He has also been interested in agricultural pursuits, having 360 acres of land in the town of Buena Vista, besides real estate possessions in Portage county. His land is devoted largely to stock and dairy farming, and while he continues to reside upon it the land is rented to others. He was married on Dec. 19, 1865, to Miss Olivia Bangham, of Richland City. Mrs. DeVoe was born in Michigan and came with her parents to Richland county when but four years old. Her parents both died young, at about the age of thirty-eight years, her father's name being Bronsom Ira Bangham, and he was familiarly known as "Pap" Bangham. To Mr. and Mrs. DeVoe there have been born seven children, four of whom are now living, as follows: Fred is in the monument business at Wausau, Wis.; Alice married E. H. Edwards, of the firm of Edwards & Kelly, clothing merchants of Richland Center; Charles B. is he to whom this sketch is particularly dedicated; and Maud is a music teacher and resides at home. The father has taken an active interest in the cause of temperance, and has affiliated with the Republican party ever since its organization, casting his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. The DeVoe family is of Holland descent and settled in New York, or rather New Amsterdam, as the colony was then called, at the time that section of America was colonized. The members of the American branch of the family are direct descendants of the royal family in Holland. The Bangham family is also of Holland descent, the father of Mrs. DeVoe having been a native of the state of New York, where his early ancestors located upon coming to America. He was the first postmaster of Richland City, the oldest village in the county, and he spent his life there, meeting with an accident that caused his death at a comparatively early age. Charles B. DeVoe, whose name introduces this genealogical memoir, was reared in Richland county and received his education in her public schools, graduating in the Richland Center high school with the class of 1894. He then took a course in piano-tuning in the Northwestern Conservatory of Music at Minneapolis. He then launched upon his independent career by engaging in the insurance business, which he followed about three years, and he then engaged in the monument business, following the same until 1904, when he became established in his present occupation. He has the only exclusive music store that has ever had an existence in Richland county, and he carries a full time of pianos, organs, sheet music, talking machines, etc. He handles twenty-two different makes of pianos, but makes a leader of the Emerson, and he is meeting with very flattering success in his line of the mercantile business. Mr. DeVoe was married Oct. 15, 1901, to Miss Leah K. Gibbs, of Richland Center, a daughter of Orrin W. Gibbs, one of the early settlers of the county, who is now living retired after an active career devoted to the cabinet-making business. Fraternally, Mr. DeVoe is a member of the order of Beavers.
    DAVID DEWEY, is one of the prominent farmers and lumber manufacturers of the town of Richland, and he has resided in this county for more than half a century. Mr. Dewey was born in Rutland county, Vt., May 5, 1833, and is a son of Azariah and Daphne (Smith) Dewey, both likewise native of the old Green Mountain State, whence they removed to Richland county, Ohio, when the subject of this review was but eight weeks of age. In 1854 they came to Wisconsin, locating in Sheboygan county, where the father died, after which his widow came to Richland county, passing the closing years of her life in Richwood township. Of the eight children in the family the subject of this sketch is the only one living. He passed his boyhood and youth on the home farm in Ohio, and there received a common-school education. In 1854 he made his way to Iowa and in the autumn of the same year he located at Port Andrew, Richland county, Wis., soon afterward securing eighty acres of wild land in Richwood township, later adding to the same until he became the owner of 125 acres, which constitutes his present well improved homestead. In 1866 he engaged in the manufacturing of lumber, establishing a sawmill on his farm, and he has since continued operations in this line. For three years he was identified with railroad work, and for two seasons he was engineer on a steamboat on the Wisconsin river. In politics Mr. Dewey is a stalwart Republican, and he has rendered efficient service as a member of the town board, having been chairman of the same at the time of the erection of the county court house. He has served nine successive years as clerk of his school district. He is affiliated with the lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Eagle Corners and he is a citizen who commands unqualified esteem in the community. In 1854 Mr. Dewey was united in marriage to Miss Ann Dudgeon, who was born in the state of New York and whose death occurred on the present homestead farm of her husband, in January, 1903. Of this union were born three children: Lydia Jane is the wife of Chauncey W. Elliott, of whom mention is made in this publication; Diana Eleanor died at the age of eighteen years; and Zylpha is the wife of John C. Powell, a successful farmer of Richwood township. Dec. 17, 1905, Mr. Dewey contracted a second marriage, being then united to Martha J. Powell, of Bird's Creek, this county.
    CHARLES F. DIETER, who is the owner of a valuable farm of 200 acres in Akan township, where he was born, is a representative of the third generation of the family in Richland county and is one of the popular citizens of his native township, which he is now serving in the office of clerk. He was born on the old homestead of which his present farm is a part, May 30, 1864, and is a son of Louis and Julia (Karo) Dieter, the former of whom was born in Baden, Germany, Nov. 12, 1833, and the latter in Pommner, Prussia, July 27, 1842. The paternal grandparents of the subject of this sketch were Christopher and Elizabeth (Fenninger) Dieter, and they immigrated with their children to America in 1846, taking up their residence in Butler county, Penn., where they remained eight years, at the expiration of which they came to Wisconsin and located in Grant county, in 1854. In 1859 they came to Richland county, where the grandfather secured eighty acres of wild land in Akan township, where he passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1863 and his widow surviving until 1877. Louis Dieter secured his fundamental education in the fatherland, having been thirteen years of age at the time of the family immigration to America and having continued his studies in the schools of Butler county, Penn. He accompanied his parents on their removal to Wisconsin and settled in Akan township in 1859, here becoming eventually the owner of 400 acres of valuable land, much of which he personally reclaimed from the virgin forest, becoming one of the prominent and influential citizens of the township and here continuing to make his home until he was summoned to the life eternal, Jan. 13, 1906, his widow still surviving. He was a stanch adherent of the Democratic party and served for some time as a member of the town board. The family have long been identified with the German Lutheran church. Louis and Julia Dieter became the parents of ten children, of whom five are living. The subject of this sketch was reared on the old homestead farm and after completing the curriculum of the district school he continued his educational discipline in the high school at Richland Center, being there graduated as a member of the class of 1890. He put his acquirements to practical use by engaging in teaching, to which he devoted his attention for three terms, being successful as a representative of the pedagogic profession. Since that time he has consecutively been identified with agricultural pursuits and he now owns 200 acres of the old homestead of his honored father, being engaged in diversified farming and making somewhat of a specialty of the dairy business, having a herd of fourteen milch cows and supplying the product to the local creamery. Both politically and religiously he clings to the faith of his father, being a stanch Democrat and holding membership in the German Lutheran church, as does also his wife. He has served as chairman of the town board and for the past five years has been the able and popular incumbent of the office of town clerk. Feb. 21, 1903, Mr. Dieter was united in marriage to Miss Eva J. Walther, who was born in Jefferson county, this state, Dec. 12, 1876, and they have one son, Herbert Arthur, who was born March 14, 1904.
    GRANT M. DILLON is now serving his second term as treasurer of Richland county, and his high standing among his fellow citizens is evidenced by the flattering majorities which were given him each time that he asked for their suffrages. He is a native son of the county whose people have thus honored him, and he was born in the town of Henrietta on April 25, 1862. The Dillon family is of old Virginia stock, and Jonathan Dillon, the father of him to whom this sketch is dedicated, was born in 1819 at Wheeling, W.Va., which was at that time a city of the Old Dominion. Jonathan Dillon grew to manhood in the vicinity of his birth, but in 1857 he decided to try his fortune in the then far west, and accordingly migrated to Wisconsin, settling in Richland county and first making his home in the vicinity of Sextonville. He later removed to the town of Henrietta, where he purchased a farm and has been engaged in agricultural pursuits during a long and useful life. He has served as chairman of the town board of Henrietta a number of terms and has filled other local positions. He has been a Republican since the organization of that party and prior to the Civil War, even while living in a state that recognized and sanctioned the institution of slavery, he was a pronounced abolitionist. Farming having always been his occupation, in his old age he remains on his farm in the town of Henrietta, and one of his sons has charge of the homestead. Previous to his migration to Wisconsin, Mr. Dillon was married to Miss Jane Harris, a native of Belmont county, Ohio, the place of her birth being just across the Ohio river from the city of Wheeling. She proved a faithful helpmate to her husband through all the trials of a pioneer life and with him lived to see the wilderness of the town of Henrietta converted into a region of fine farms and comfortable homes. She died in 1898 at the advanced age of seventy-six years, having become the mother of a family of five children, the subject of this review being the last born. Alcinda, the eldest married S. S. Culey and resides in Richland Center; Elna remains at home with her father; William remains at home and operates his father's farm; Jonathan, Jr., is a farmer and resides in the town of Henrietta; and Grant M. is he to whom this sketch is more particularly dedicated. Grant M. Dillon was reared on the home farm in the town of Henrietta and received his education in the district schools. In early manhood he followed the vocation to which he had been reared, and farming was his occupation until 1890, when he engaged in the mercantile business at Yuba and was thus engaged for about two years. He then bought a farm in the town of Richland, which he still owns, and followed tilling the soil until elected to the position which he is now filling so acceptably. While in the mercantile business at Yuba he received the appointment and served as postmaster for about two years, and after his removal to the town of Richland he served as a member of the town board two years and as town treasurer three terms. In the autumn of 1902 he received the nomination for county treasurer on the Republican ticket, and at the ensuing election, although there was considerable scratching and a portion of the ticket was defeated, he was elected by a handsome majority, and two years later the same conditions prevailed with a like result. Mr. Dillon was married on Sept. 7, 1890, to Miss Bertha E. Miller, a daughter of William H. Miller, a respected citizen of the town of Richland, and of this union there have been born three children: Neta, Dena, and Ula. Mr. Dillon and wife are members of the Christian church.
    CAPTAIN HENRY DILLON, deceased, was one of the most prominent of the may men that Richland county sent to the front during the dark days of the Civil War, and none performed his duty more valiantly or showed greater devotion to the cause of the Union. Captain Dillon was born at Maguire, in the province of Ontario, Canada, Sept. 22, 1828. He was the son of Frederick Dillon, who served in the British army all of his life, having run away from the parental home in Ireland when seventeen years old to enlist in the English army. He had been quite well educated and was quite proficient in scholarship, and he was enabled to rise from the ranks and become a British officer. He served fifty years as a soldier, and then served the later years of his life on the retired list, with the usual officer's allowance. As a further reward for gallant service he was given a medal with his military record inscribed thereon. His wife, who became the mother of Captain Dillon, was a Miss Mary Platt, a Canadian lady, and after marriage they established their home in Niagara Falls, which remained the place of their domicile throughout their lives, both father and mother dying at that place. When Captain Dillon was seventeen years old he enlisted in the Third United States artillery for service in the Mexican War, and he served throughout that conflict as a private soldier, participating in the battles of Buena Vista and Chapultepec, and a number of other engagements. After the close of the Mexican War and his discharge from the United States service he went to Lockport, N.Y., and engaged in the tailoring business, remaining there several years. While there, on May 30, 1850, he was married to Miss Ann Butler, who was born in Cambridgeshire, England, Jan. 19, 1830, her parents being Richard and Susanna (Saddler) Butler, both of whom were natives of the same place, where her father was a carpenter and millwright. Captain Dillon and wife came to Lone Rock in 1854, and there he engaged in the tailoring business until the breaking out of the Civil War. Then, in the autumn of 1861, he supervised the recruiting and organization of the Sixth Battery, Wisconsin light artillery, and with it was mustered into the service, as its captain, on Oct. 2, 1861. It remained at Camp Utley, Racine, until March 15, 1862, when it left the state with orders to report at St. Louis. The record of Captain Dillon's services is the history of the Sixth Battery, which occupies an important place in the annals of Wisconsin patriotism. It participated in the siege of Island No. 10, and in October, 1862, was engaged in the battle of Corinth, sustaining a loss of four killed and twenty-one wounded. In May, 1863, it joined the forces in the vicinity of Vicksburg and overtook the enemy at Jones' Cross Roads, where a sharp skirmish ensued, in which the battery participated. Pursuing the retreating enemy, it started for Jackson, before which place it took part in the battle of May 14, with the loss of two men wounded. It was constantly engaged in the duties of the siege of Vicksburg, participated in the battle of Missionary Ridge, and during the summer of 1864, operated in northern Georgia in connection with General Sherman's Atlanta campaign, Captain Dillon was promoted to the position of chief of artillery, and he served the full three year term of his enlistment, being mustered out on Oct. 10, 1864. He was fortunate in the fact that he escaped serious injury by wounds, but he had a horse killed under him at the battle of Corinth. At the end of his term of enlistment he returned to Lone Rock, and shortly thereafter, in 1865, he moved to a farm on section 34 in the town of Buena Vista, where he followed agricultural pursuits until his death, Jan. 10, 1882, and his widow still resides on the place. Captain Dillon was a man of pronounced views on political subjects, and when the greenback movement started he earnestly espoused that cause, being at one time the candidate of that party for sheriff of Richland county. He also served as chairman of the town board of Buena Vista one term. Fraternally he was a member of the Masonic order, of the I. O. O. F., and also of the temperance organization known as the Good Templars.
    THOMAS C. DOUDNA, one of the representative farmers of the town of Marshall, is a member of one of the pioneer families of Richland county and is one of the brave "boys in blue" who went forth from Wisconsin as a soldier in the Civil War. He is native of the old Buckeye State, having been born at Barnesville, Belmont county, Ohio, March 21, 1847, being a son of Isaac and Martha (Peebles) Doudna, the former of whom was born in Belmont county, Ohio, and the latter in the state of Virginia. Isaac Doudna was reared and educated in his native county, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1861, when he came with his family to Richland county, Wis., the subject of this sketch having been fourteen years of age at the time. The father purchased eighty acres of wild land in the town of Marshall and later purchased the farm where his son Thomas C., of this sketch, now lives. He passed the closing days of his life in the home of his son John, in this township, his death occurring in September, 1898, and his cherished and devoted wife having passed away in September, 1886. Both were birthright members of the Society of Friends but they became devoted adherents of the United Brethren church, in whose faith they died. Isaac Doudna left a definite impress upon his community, having been a man of sterling character and strong individuality and having commanded uniform confidence and esteem. He was a Democrat in politics and served several years as town assessor and as a member of the school board of his district. Of his children brief record is here given: Deborah is the widow of Benjamin Magill and resides in Osage, Iowa; Marian married Elam Bailey and both are deceased; Benjamin enlisted for service in the Civil War, having been a member of Company G, Twentieth Wisconsin Regiment of volunteer infantry, and having been killed in an engagement at Prairie Grove, Arkansas; John who served as a member of the Eleventh Wisconsin Regiment of infantry, is a retired farmer and now resides in Richland Center; Thomas C. is the immediate subject of this sketch; Euphema is the wife of Samuel Harris, a farmer of Marshall township; Isaac is engaged in farming in Mitchell county, Iowa; William is a farmer of Rockbridge township; Frank, who likewise was a farmer of Richland county, is deceased; Burwell died at the age of four years; and Edgar is a farmer of Marshall township. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm and his early educational discipline was secured in a log school house of the primitive type, in his native county, his scholastic advantages being limited, since he began to work for neighboring farmers when but twelve years of age. He accompanied his parents on their removal to Richland county, and here was reared to manhood. In February, 1865, at the age of eighteen years, he enlisted in Company I, Forty-sixth Wisconsin Regiment of volunteer infantry, with which he proceeded to Alabama, where he was assigned to detached duty, becoming a government teamster and crossing the mountains from Decatur, Ala., to Aberdeen, Miss. He then returned to Decatur and later joined his regiment, with which he remained until after the close of the war. He received his honorable discharge at Nashville, Tenn., in October, 1865, after which he returned with his regiment to Madison, Wis., where he was mustered out. He then came again to Richland county and soon afterward he bought forty-eight acres of land in section 21, Marshall township. This served as the nucleus of his present fine landed estate of 273 acres. The greater portion of his original purchase was covered with the native timber and he has not only reclaimed this to cultivation but also a considerable portion of the land later secured, having 150 acres now available for the propagation of the various crops best adapted to the soil and climate of this section. He has erected good buildings on his homestead and is known as a progressive and scientific farmer and loyal and public-spirited citizen. In politics his allegiance is given to the Republican party and he has served in local offices of trust, having been chairman of the town board three years and a member of the school board nine years. Both he and his wife are prominent and zealous members of the Fancy Creek Presbyterian church, in which he is an elder. Mr. Doudna has been twice married. Nov. 27, 1867, he wedded Miss Jennie Fogo, who was born on Columbiana county, Ohio, and who died May 29, 1884. On Christmas day, 1888, he married Mrs. Margaret Wanless, widow of John D. Wanless, and a daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth McDonald, both native of Scotland, whence they came to America when young, becoming early settlers in Columbiana county, Ohio, where Mr. McDonald died. His widow came to Richland county, Wis., in the fall of 1859 and here passed the remainder of her life, her death occurring, in the town of Marshall, in 1891. They were the parents of three children. Seven children were born of the first marriage of Mr. Doudna: Pearl E., who died in Colorado Springs, Col.; George B., who is a farmer of Marshall township; Marian, who is the wife of Jesse Cattle, of Marshall township; John F., who is a representative physician and surgeon of Lake City, Michigan; Cecil C., who is a farmer of Marshall and incumbent of the office of township treasurer at the time of this writing; Frank, who is principal of the Poynette public school; and Hugh M., who is a dentist by profession and engaged in practice at Lake City, Mich. Mrs. Margaret Doudna, the present wife of the subject of this sketch, had two children by her first marriage, -- George, who died at the age of four years, and James A., who is a farmer of the town of Marshall. Pearl E. Doudna, eldest of the children of the subject of this sketch, was an earnest student from his boyhood days, having applied himself at night and having assisted in surveying his father's farm when but twelve years of age. He was graduated at the head of his class in the Richland Center high school, and during his course he taught in the district schools one year. In 1890 he entered the University of Wisconsin, from which he was graduated in 1894, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts; in 1897 his alma mater conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts. After leaving the university he engaged in teaching in the public schools, and one year later, in 1895, on account of impaired health, he went to Colorado Springs, Colo., were he became an instructor in Colorado College, being made professor of mathematics in that institution in 1899 and also having charge of the meteorological department. He retained his chair in the college until his death, which occurred January 7, 1900. Dr. John F. Doudna was graduated in Colorado Academy, in Colorado Springs, and then entered the medical department of the University of Colorado, at Boulder, where he continued his studies for some time, being later graduated in Barnes Medical College, St. Louis, Mo. Hugh M. Doudna attended the Colorado Springs Academy, the Whitewater Normal School, at Whitewater, Wis., the Keokuk (Iowa) Medical College, and the Milwaukee Dental College, from which last he graduated as a member of the class of 1905.
    ALBERT A. DOUGHERTY, M.D., a practicing physician of Boaz, comes of a long line of Irish patriots. His paternal grandfather, Patrick Dougherty, served in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, and in 1820 came to Ohio. His wife was Rose McTague, a native of the Emerald Isle, who died in the Buckeye State in 1829. Patrick Dougherty died in 1854. On the maternal side Dr. Dougherty is a grandson of Hugh McManaman, a native of Ireland who emigrated to Ohio in the early thirties and died there in 1854. His wife was a Susan Harren, a daughter of John and Rebecca (Lyon) Harren, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of New Jersey. Mrs. Harren was a member of the family of General Lyon. Capt. William Dougherty, son of Patrick Dougherty, born across the water Aug. 29, 1816, married Margaret, daughter of Hugh and Susan (Harren) McManaman, born in Ohio May 22, 1837. To this union was born, on Oct. 16, 1865, while the family were residents of Monroe county, Ohio, Albert A. Dougherty, the subject of this sketch. Capt. William Dougherty in 1861 enlisted as captain of Company K, Sixty-second Ohio volunteer infantry. He was a participant in the battles of Winchester, Fort Republic, and Bull Run, aside from smaller skirmishes, and at the end of a year was discharged because of physical disability. Dr. Dougherty received his early education in the public and private normal schools of Ohio and on March 26, 1896, he was graduated from the Starling Medical College of Columbus, Ohio. For several years he taught school and then for a year practiced at Alledonia, Ohio. At different times and for different periods he practiced in Baker City, Ore., and Tomah, Wis., and finally returned to Boaz, where he has built up a large and successful practice during the last ten years. Politically Dr. Dougherty is a Democrat and takes an active part in the campaigns of his party. Several times he has acted as chairman of the county Democratic convention. He and his family are communicants of the Catholic church of their home village. On June 25, 1889, he married Sarah E., daughter of Mathias and Mary A. (Hudson) Shipman, both natives of Ohio, where the father died in 1875. Mrs. Shipman is still living, a resident of Delaware, Ohio. Her daughter was born Oct. 2, 1867. To Dr. and Mrs. Dougherty have been born five children: Charles F., a student at Sacred Heart College of Prairie du Chien; Ralph died at the age of three years; Mary E.; Clara C.; Lucile M. Dr. Dougherty is a member of the American Medical Association, the Wisconsin State Medical Society, the Richland County Medical Association, the Knights of Columbus, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Catholic Order of Foresters and the Mystic Workers of the World. Dr. Dougherty is one of four living children of the original family of nine.
    ALFRED H. DOW, who is now living essentially retired on his fine homestead farm, in Ithaca township, has been prominent in business and public affairs in this section of the county and is a member of one of the well known pioneer families of this township. Mr. Dow was born in Turin, Lewis county, N.Y., Aug. 1, 1848, and in the same place were born his parents, Henry S. and Harriet (Bush) Dow, the former of whom died and was buried at Nashville, Tenn., in 1864, while serving as a soldier in the Civil War. His wife long survived him and her death occurred in Ithaca township, Richland county, Wis. They came to this county in the autumn of 1850, and the father secured a tract of wild land, in Ithaca township, reclaiming a considerable portion of the same to cultivation before his death. This worthy pioneer couple became the parents of eight children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the first born: Herbert B. is now a resident of Alma, Neb.; Ralph died in infancy; Emeline V. is the wife of J. F. Simpson, of Alma Neb.; Josephine is the wife of John Simpson, of Nampa, Idaho; Roland is deceased; Carrie M. is the wife of James Shaw, of Ithaca township; and Vionell is deceased. Alfred H. Dow, the immediate subject of this sketch, was but two years of age at the time of his parents' removal from New York to Richland county, and he was reared to maturity on the pioneer farmstead, in Ithaca township, being indebted to the common schools at Sextonville for his early educational discipline. He continued to be associated in the work of the home farm until he was sixteen years of age, when he responded to the call of higher duty and tendered his aid in defense of the Union. March 7, 1864, he enlisted in Company H, Thirty-sixth Wisconsin Regiment of volunteer infantry, proceeding to the front and taking part in a number of important battles, including those of North Anna river, the Wilderness, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. He received his honorable discharge Nov. 10, 1864, on account of disability. He then returned to his home in Richland county and here learned the carpenter's trade, to which he gave his attention for twenty years, having become one of the successful contractors and builders of the county. He then engaged in farming, and in 1895 he opened a general store in Aubrey, where he also became postmaster, holding this office until the establishing of the rural free delivery system, when the office at Aubrey was discontinued. He sold his mercantile stock and business in the autumn of 1905, on account of failing heath, and returned to his fine farm, in Willow creek valley, where he now maintains his home, giving a general supervision of the farm of G. P. Derrickson and to the work of his own farm, which comprises twenty acres of most fertile land and which is improved with excellent buildings. He is a Democrat in his political proclivities, and he served five years as treasurer of Ithaca township and six years as postmaster at Aubrey. He was appointed to superintend the erection of the county asylum. November 3, 1867, Mr. Dow was united in marriage to Miss Harriet E. Derrickson who was born and reared in Wisconsin, being a daughter of Thomas P. and Rachel Leah (Chew) Derrickson, the former of whom was born Oct. 15, 1819, being still a resident of Ithaca township and being one of the venerable pioneers of Richland county, and the latter of whom was born Feb. 11, 1823, and died March 4, 1897, being laid to rest in the Willow Valley cemetery. The parents of Mrs. Dow settled in Ithaca township in October, 1848, and the father here developed a valuable farm. He is one of the few survivors of the Mexican War, in which he served two years, being discharged at the termination of the conflict. He served under General Scott and other distinguished officers and made a gallant record as a soldier. He came to Wisconsin after the close of the war and has since maintained his home in Richland county, where to him is accorded the respect and veneration of the community. Mr. and Mrs. Dow became the parents of three children, one of whom died in infancy. Georgia, who was born January 3, 1874, was married, May 24, 1893, to Dr. Charles F. Bowen, of Richland Center, and they now reside in Pasadena, California. They have three children, -- Charles F., Neal Dow, and Alice. Leon A. Dow was born May 9, 1880, and on the 26th of July, 1904, he married Miss Emily K. Douglas. They have one child, Dolores D., who was born July 26, 1905. Leon A. is a resident of Ithaca township.
    CHARLES H. DOWNER is the owner of a well improved farm of sixty-five acres in the town of Forest and is one of the sterling and honored citizens of this county, where he has maintained his home for many years. He was born in Oneida county, N.Y., Aug. 2, 1838, and is a son of Don S. and Lucinda (Force) Downer, the former of whom was born in Vermont and the latter in Delaware county, N.Y. In the latter state their marriage was solemnized and in Utica, N. Y., the father's death occurred in 1854. His widow survived him by many years, passing the closing days of her life in the home of the subject of this sketch, in Richland county, Wis., where she died in 1867. They became the parents of two sons and two daughters, and of the number only two are living, -- Charles H., subject of this review, and Andrew N., who is a resident of Elgin, Ill. Charles H. Downer passed his youth on the home farm near Utica, N. Y., and there he received a common-school education. As a young man he came to the west, passing about two years as an employe in a wagon shop at Dundee, Kane county, Ill., and then coming to Wisconsin, being employed for some time in shops at Rome, Jefferson county, and also doing farm work at intervals. In 1863 he went forth in defense of the Union, enlisting as a private in Company A, First Wisconsin heavy artillery, with which he served until the close of the war, taking part in numerous engagements and making an excellent record as a leal and loyal soldier of the republic. In 1865, after having received his honorable discharge, Mr. Downer returned to Wisconsin and located in Richland county, purchasing forty acres of his present homestead farm, which now comprises sixty-five acres. Much of this land he reclaimed from the native forest and he has made good improvements in the way of buildings and other appurtenances. He has been successful in his farming enterprise, having been indefatigable in his efforts and having brought to bear good business judgment in his diversified operations. In politics he has been identified with the Republican party from the time of attaining to his legal majority, having cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. His interest in his old comrades in arms is signified by his membership in Jerry Turner Post, No. 85, Grand Army of the Republic, at Viola, his wife being a member of the adjunct woman's Relief Corps. He also holds membership in Viola Lodge, No. 182, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Daughters of Rebekah, with which latter Mrs. Downer also is identified. She is president of the relief corps mentioned and is a member of the Presbyterian church. In 1860 Mr. Downer was united in marriage to Miss Lucinda Taylor, who was born and reared in Jefferson county, this state, where her father, Abel Taylor, settled in the early pioneer days; he died in 1900, at Eau Claire, Wis. To Mr. and Mrs. Downer were born six children, four of whom are living, namely: Etta, Ellery, Arthur, and George. The second child, Henry, died in infancy, and Estella, also, is deceased.
    EDWARD W. DURNFORD bears an enviable reputation as a manufacturer of and dealer in fine furniture, and his place of business is one of the leading emporiums of trade in Richland Center. Mr. Durnford is a native of Richland county, having been born in the town of Marshall, July 27, 1859, and he is the son of Alfred Durnford, deceased, who deserves more than a passing notice in a work devoted to the history of Richland county and her people. Alfred Durnford was a native of England, born in Peckham, near London, May 1, 1818. His father, Andrew Montague Isaacson Durnford, was lieutenant-colonel in the Third Guards, British army, and the family was consequently not permanently settled at any given place, but resided in various parts of Great Britain and Ireland. Alfred Durnford was educated for the legal profession, and for a number of years was engaged in parliamentary solicitorship in London. In 1840 he was united in marriage with Annie Smith, and in the fall of 1854 emigrated to the United States. He stopped at Milwaukee until the following spring, then moved farther west and became one of the early settlers of Richland county. There was no railroad leading west from Milwaukee at that time, and he made the trip to his destination with an ox team. He first purchased land on section 2 in the town of Dayton and engaged in farming, but as he was admitted to the bar soon after coming to the county he gave considerable of his time to the practice of law. As his practice increased he left the farm in 1864, and removed to Richland Center, where he gave his entire attention to the legal profession until 1880, when on account of failing health he retired from practice and resided on a tract of land, pleasantly located in the north part of the city, until his death, April 17, 1898, his wife having died Nov. 3, 1878, at the age of sixty-four years. He became associated with the Democratic party soon after coming to America and ever after adhered to the principles of that organization but he never took any further interest than to perform his duty as an enlightened citizen. He was court commissioner several years and also served as justice of the peace. His religious convictions were in accord with the Presbyterian faith. Mr. and Mrs. Durnford were the parents of seven children: Annie, Harriet, and George are deceased; Rosa married Lewis E. James and resides in Richland Center; Alfred is deceased; Edward W. is the subject of this review; and Frederick resides in Richland Center. Edward W. Durnford was educated in the public schools and began his independent career at the age of twenty-one, working at the carpenter trade. The following year he commenced contracting and building in Richland Center and vicinity, and afterward also operated in Vernon, Crawford and Sauk counties. He built the Presbyterian church at Richland Center, was connected with the erection of the high school building at the same place, and a great many of the fine residences in Richland's county seat are monuments to his handiwork. He has made a specialty of all kinds of fancy architecture, doing a great deal of work in that line, and he employs as many as fourteen men to carry out and complete his numerous contracts. In 1902 he erected a factory in Richland Center, where he does all kinds of finishing work for house-building, and he also manufactures furniture, tables, parlor stands, kitchen tables, cupboards, etc. He also conducts a large furniture store, comprising two stories and a basement, where he constantly has on hand an extensive stock of furniture and wall-paper, and it can be said without exaggeration that he is one of the enterprising business men of Richland Center. Mr. Durnford was married Aug. 20, 1880, to Miss Ida Porter, of Fort Atkinson, daughter of Isaac R. Porter and wife, both of whom are now deceased. Mrs. Durnford's parents were early settlers in Fort Atkinson, coming there from New York state about 1850. Mr. and Mrs. Durnford are the parents of four children: Rosa, Cleavie, Freddie and Willie, (the two latter being deceased). The two living children reside at home with their parents. The subject of this review is a member of the Mystic Workers and the Yeomen, and he and his wife are communicants of the Presbyterian church.
    FREDERICK H. DURNFORD, of Richland Center, was born in the town of Dayton, Richland county, June 8, 1862, the son of Alfred Durnford, also mentioned in this work. He was educated in the schools of Richland Center, entering the high school with the class of 1881, although he did not remain in school until the completion of the course. He bought a farm of 140 acres when he was nineteen years of age, but afterward sold it, and was for fourteen years a traveling salesman; changing his occupation to that of farming, he purchased a farm of 160 acres, which he runs largely for dairying and stock raising, making a specialty of a breed of Yorkshire hogs; he is also a dealer in and a shipper of stock. Besides his home farm, Mr. Durnford owns 100 acres of land in the town of Willow. He was married Dec. 22, 1886, to Miss Ella Morrison, a native of Richland county, and the daughter of H. J. and Sallie (Fox) Morrison, both deceased, who came from Ohio to Richland county among the very early settlers. Mr. and Mrs. Durnford have had eight children, viz., Dorothy, Harold, Fred, Henry, Helen (deceased), Willie (deceased), Dewey and Gladys. Mr. Durnford is a Republican, and he and his family are members of the Presbyterian church of Richland Center.
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