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    WILLIAM HALL, deceased, a pioneer settler of Richland county, was born in Hampshire county, in what is now West Virginia, June 24, 1825, and he was the son of Simeon and Rachel (Carlin) Hall, both of whom were natives of the same county and state. When he was a child of nine years his parents removed to Ohio and located in Guernsey county. There the subject of this review was reared to manhood and educated, and in the autumn of 1856 he came to Richland county, Wis., and located on Fancy creek, in the town of Marshall, being one of the earliest settlers there. Farming was his principal occupation during life, and the town of Marshall remained his home until his death, on Mar. 16, 1901. His parents came west about 1866, and also located in Richland county, the father dying there at the age of eighty-two years and the mother at the age of seventy-five. William Hall was the eldest of five children that were born to these parents, the names and other facts concerning his brother and sisters being as follows: Eleanor married Madison Nichols and resides in Vinton county, O.; Sarah married Garrett Van Fleet and resides at Viola, Richland county; Catherine married Elijah Merry, and resides in the town of Bloom, Richland county; and S.F. was a resident of the city of Chicago, but is now deceased. The subject of this memoir was one of the early stock-buyers of Richland county, and he established a commission business in Chicago in the fall of 1879. He was engaged in the stock commission business in the city of the lakes until 1891; when, on account of failing health he returned to Richland county and continued the stock business there until the time of his death. During his career he filled several local offices in the town of Marshall. Mr. Hall first married Mary Ann Barrett, a native of Monroe county, O. They were married Apr. 2, 1846, and came to Richland county in 1856, where she died October, 1872. Mr. Hall married Dec. 23, 1873, Mrs. Margaret E. (Spaid) Ward, a native of the same county as himself, and a daughter of George and Rebecca (Moreland) Spaid, both of whom were born in Virginia and descended from old Virginia stock. The parents both died in Hampshire county, W. Va., about 1883, aged in the neighborhood of seventy years each. Mrs. Hall first married Evan Ward, born in 1827 in Frederick county, Va., who enlisted in the Confederate service during the Civil War and was wounded at Lynchburg, Va., in 1864, dying from the effect of his injuries a short time afterward. There were two children born to this union: Sada, who resides in Richland Center and Frances Virgin, who married George L. Cox and resides at St. Paul, Minn. Mrs. Hall and her daughter Sada, removed from the town of Marshall to Richland Center in 1902. The subject of this memoir was a member of the I.O.O.F., and he was a communicant of the Methodist Episcopal church.
    JOHN B. HALLIN, manufacturer of and dealer in granite and marble monuments at Richland Center, was born in the town of Akan, Richland county, on July 9, 1865, and is the son of Bernard C. and Gwenny P. (Davis) Hallin. Bernard C. Hallin, the father, made his first visit to Richland county in the summer of 1852, and purchased 160 acres, located on sections 17 and 18, in what is now the town of Akan. He built a log cabin and then returned to Millville, Jo Daviess county, Ill., where he followed his trade, stone cutter, until 1854. He then removed with his wife to Richland county and became one of the first permanent settlers of the town of Akan. They experienced many of the hardships of pioneer life. Their log cabin was without a floor for eighteen months and Mrs. Hallin did not see a white woman for the same period. Their principal food was game, of which there was an abundance, but this state of affairs did not long continue, however, for they soon raised vegetables and grain. Mr. Hallin would go away from home and work at his trade, thus earning money to buy clothing for his wife and babies. In 1864 he enlisted in Company A, Thirty-sixth Wisconsin volunteer infantry and served with the Army of the Potomoc. He was all through the Virginia campaign of 1864, being engaged at the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, and in the Siege of Petersburg. He was wounded in front of Petersburg on June 18, 1864, and in consequence had to suffer the amputation of his left arm at the shoulder. While still in the hospital he was nominated by the Democratic party for the office of register of deeds, but was defeated with the remainder of the ticket. Returning home, he was, however, elected to several town offices, and thus at one time did about all of the public business of the town of Akan. In 1865 he sold his property and purchased 160 acres of land on section 18, town of Richland, where he erected a neat stone residence and made good improvements. But he spent most of his time in working at his trade, and in 1880 he established a marble business at Richland Center. He was a famous joker, and on being asked how he could cut stone with but one arm, he replied, "I take the chisel in my teeth and strike the head with the mallet." Mr. Hallin was born July 15, 1826, in the County Kerry, Ireland, on the same street on which the father of John L. Sullivan was born, and he was the son of a marble cutter. He was educated at Killarney, and at the age of seventeen emigrated to the United States, where he first followed his trade in the city of New York about five years. He subsequently went to Carrollton, Ind., where he assisted in building some large factories, and there was married to Miss Gwenny Davis, who was born in Wales, but came with her parents to America when only four years old. She was a woman of great courage and well adapted to the pioneer life which she passed through. One example of her heroism is sufficient to illustrate her disposition. One day, while sitting in the door of the cabin, with her babe playing at her feet, she noticed a large bear drinking at a spring near the house. She at once bade her large Newfoundland dog to "seek him," which he proceeded to do without delay, but the bear, being very powerful, was about to overcome the dog, when Mrs. Hallin seized an ax and buried its edge deep in the flesh of the ferocious creature, killing it instantly. Just at that moment, W. H. Joslin, county sheriff, drove up, and skinned the bear, and Mrs. Hallin soon had a nice piece of meat over the fire to cook for their dinner. Mrs. Hallin died on July 5, 1894, having reared a family of twelve children, ten of whom are living. Thomas J. is a resident of Richville, Wis.; Kate married Noah Meeby and resides at Sprague, Wash.; Owen E., Oscar is deceased; Harry Arthur is a resident of Idaho; Alice married W. C. Pierson and resides in Chicago; John B. is he whose name introduces this review; Lucy married Thomas Costello and resides in Richland Center; Bertha married Dr. James Gunning and resides at Davenport, Wash.; Irene is deceased; Arthur is a resident of Davenport, Wash.; and Emmett served as a solider during the Spanish-American War. John B. Hallin was reared and educated in Richland county and he learned the marble cutting trade with his father in the shop where he is now in business for himself. He worked at his trade and on the farm, remaining with his father until the latter's death, and he then took charge of the marble business and has since conducted the same. He has the only establishment of the kind in Richland Center and enjoys an extensive patronage, maintaining the excellent reputation which the establishment has had since its first incipiency. Mr. Hallin was married on June 7, 1893, to Miss Ella Costello, daughter of Thomas Costello, an early settler of Richland county. The father of Mrs. Hallin died in 1905 and his wife in 1903. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hallin there have been born three children - Harry, Marie and Arthur. Politically, Mr. Hallin gives allegiance to the principles of the Democratic party, and fraternally he is a member of the Mystic Workers and of the Modern Woodmen of America.
    NELS L. HANSON is the owner of one of the finely improved farms of Richwood township and is one of the honored and influential citizens of this section of the county, where he is held in high regard by all who know him. He was born on the farm which is now his home and the date of his nativity was Dec. 29, 1860. He is a son of Lewis and Necoline (Anderson) Hanson, both of whom were born and reared in Norway, whence they immigrated to America in 1857, making Richland county, Wis., their destination and here renting a farm for the first two years. They then settled on the homestead now owned by their son Nels L., of this sketch. Here the father first purchased sixty acres, later adding 120 acres, and here developing a valuable farm, upon which he remained until his death Apr. 1, 1896, at the age of seventy-four years, his wife having passed away June 2, 1890, aged seventy-two years. Of their nine children, six are living. The parents were numbered among the sterling pioneers of the county and both were zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal church. The maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ingebor Anderson, came with her daughter to this county, where she died in 1870. Nels L. Hanson was reared to maturity on the home farm, and he assisted in reclaiming much of the land from the forest. After completing the curriculum of the district school he continued his studies in the high school at Boscobel. He is now the owner of a fine estate of 233 acres, and the permanent improvements on the same are of the best order, while everything about the place bears evidence of good management, thrift and prosperity. Mr. Hanson amplifies his regular agricultural enterprise by raising Hereford cattle, Poland-China swine and other good grades of stock, also being engaged in growing tobacco, to which he devotes considerable acreage. In politics he is an active supporter of the cause of the Republican party and he has served several terms as a member of the school board of his district. He and his wife are members of the Norwegian Methodist Episcopal church in Richwood township and he was a member of its building committee at the time of the erection of the church edifice, in 1895. Mar. 15, 1884, Mr. Hanson was united in marriage to Miss Thea Paulson, who was born in Christiana township, Vernon county, this state, being a daughter of Soren and Gunhild Paulson, who immigrated from Norway to America, first locating in Chicago and thence coming as pioneers to Vernon county. They celebrated their golden wedding May 29, 1905, and they still maintain their home in the town of Christiana, Vernon county. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson became the parents of fourteen children, all of whom are living except Gladys Rosa Adaline, who died at the age of seven months. The names of the children, in order of birth, are as follows: Nellie Grace; Nora Theresa; Francis Severa; Raymond Timothy; Schuyler Lafayette; Mabel Eveline; Delia Lucinda; Thelma Neressa; Glen William Benjamin; Gertrude Emily Octavia; Gladys Rosa Adaline; Ralph Benedict; Tillman Nansen; and Tinus Nelson.
    HARDIN M. HARDY, one of the representative farmers of Eagle township comes of stanch old southern stock and is a member of one of the prominent pioneer families of Richland county. He was born in North Carolina, Feb. 14, 1846, and is a son of Thomas and Sarah (Carson) Hardy, the former of whom was born in Halifax county, Va., and the latter in South Carolina. The parents were married in South Carolina and early in 1849 they removed from North Carolina to Ohio, where they remained until 1851, when they located in Howard county, Ind., which continued to be their home until 1855, when they came to Richland county, Wis., and settled in Eagle township, where the father secured eighty acres of land, which is now included in the fine estate of the subject of this sketch. Here Thomas Hardy continued to reside until his death, which occurred Aug. 6, 1866, and within the intervening decade he had effected the clearing and improving of a considerable portion of his homestead. His cherished and devoted wife died Sept. 24, 1877, having survived him by more than ten years. They became the parents of sixteen children and nine of the number are still living. Thomas Hardy was a man of ability and sterling character and was influential in local affairs of a public nature. He was a valued officer of his school district and the schoolhouse was located on his original farm, where the school of the district is still maintained. He and his wife were devoted members of the Dunkard church, and the first church edifice of this denomination in the county was built on his farm, being now known as Union church. Hardin M. Hardy secured his rudimentary education in the schools of Howard county, Ind., having been about nine years of age at the time of his parents' removal to Wisconsin. He was reared to manhood on the home farm and continued his studies in the local schools as opportunity afforded. He has continuously been identified with the agricultural industry in Eagle township, and is now the owner of a fine landed estate of 380 acres, 300 of which are in Eagle township and eighty in the adjoining county of Grant. He makes a specialty of breeding horses, particularly the Percheron type, and also raises purebred Poland-China swine and short-horn cattle. He keeps a dairy herd of more than thirty milch cows, and the agricultural department of his farm is maintained at the highest standard. His homestead place comprises 120 acres, the most of which he personally reclaimed from the virgin forest, and here he has erected large and substantial buildings, making the place one of model sort. In politics he is a stanch Democrat, but he has never consented to serve in public office except in connection with his school district. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Felows, and Mrs. Hardy holds membership in Union church, previously mentioned. Feb. 17, 1868, Mr. Hardy was united in marriage to Miss Arena Cornwell, who was born in Ohio, Aug. 10, 1850, being a daughter of Horace and Diantha (Burnington) Cornwell, both native of the state of New York. They came to Richland county in 1860 and both passed the remainder of their lives in Eagle township, where Mr. Cornwell was a prosperous farmer. Both he and his wife were members of the Christian church. In conclusion is entered brief mention of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Hardy; Lillian is the wife of Edward Lewis, a farmer of Eagle township; Burton is deceased; Mary Alta is the wife of Frederick Spellman and they reside in the state of Iowa; Wilbur, who assists his father in the management of his farm properties, married Miss Gertrude Troxell, of this county, Martha is the wife of Frank Burkhamer, a farmer of Eagle township; Guy is deceased; Grover remains at the parental home; the next child died in infancy; and Ray and Robert Thomas remain members of the delightful home circle, the Hardy residence being a center of generous hospitality and good cheer.
    SAMUEL HARRIS has been a resident of Richland county since his boyhood days and is a member of one of the well known pioneer families of the town of Marshall, where he is now the owner and operator of a well improved farm, also having the distinction of being a veteran of the Civil War. In the sketch of the life of his elder brother, Thomas, appearing in this volume, is given detailed record of the family history, so that a repetition of the data is not demanded in the present connection. He was born in the province of Ontario, Canada, Feb. 16, 1844, and in the same year his parents removed to Onondaga county, New York, where they remained until 1855 and where he received his rudimentary education in the common schools. In the year mentioned the family came to Richland county and he was a lad of eleven years at the time, so that the conditions and incidents of the pioneer days were firmly impressed upon his youthful and plastic mind. He early began to do hard work in connection with the reclaiming of the old homestead farm, in the town of Marshall, and he attended school at irregular intervals, during the winter terms. He continued to reside with his parents until he was thirty-two years of age, save for the period of his service in the Civil War, having married in the meanwhile. On Aug. 19, 1864, he enlisted in Company B, Forty-second Wisconsin volunteer infantry, being stationed with his command at Cairo, Ill., from September of that year until March, 1865, on guard duty, and being thereafter at Springfield, the capital of that state, until the close of the war, having received his honorable discharge June 20, 1865 at Madison, Wis. Though he took part in no decisive battles he was ever ready to respond to the call of duty and it was but a contingency that he was not called to the field of conflict. Mr. Harris bought a farm of sixty acres in the town of Aken, the same having been partially improved. He resided on the place five years and then returned to the old homestead, a part of which he owned. After the death of his mother, he continued to reside on the homestead until November, 1903, when he sold the same, since which time he has lived on his present farm, in section 28, the same comprising forty-one and one-half acres of most arable land, well improved and under a high state of cultivation. He is a general farmer and stock-grower and is a man of progressive ideas and of marked loyalty as a citizen. He gives his allegiance to the Republican party, and has served twenty years as a member of the school board. His wife is a member of the United Brethren church at English Ridge. Apr. 15, 1866, Mr. Harris was married to Miss Laura Gorsuch, of Hudson, St. Croix county, Wis., and she died in 1877. Of the five children of this union only the second is living, - Otis, who is a farmer in Akan township. Those deceased are Hattie, Ida, Bertha and Charles. As his second wife, Mr. Harris married Miss Penina Beeman, who was born in Indiana and whose death occurred in 1889. Her only child, Jay, died at the age of twelve years. January 1, 1894, Mr. Harris married Miss Martha Doudna, and they have one daughter, Laura H., who is attending the district school near her home.
    THOMAS HARRIS is a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of Richland county, and is the owner of one of the valuable farms of the town of Marshall, where he has maintained his home for more than fifty years. He was born in Devonshire, England, June 23, 1839, and is a son of John and Mary (Short) Harris, both of whom were born in that country. In 1841 the father came to America, landing in New York City, where he remained one summer, after which he returned to England and in the following year, brought his family to America, locating in the province of Ontario, Canada. There he remained two years, at the expiration of which he located in Onondaga county, N.Y., where he resided until 1855. At that time the entire family came to Richland county, Wis., and settled in the town of Marshall, where Mr. Harris had purchased in the preceding year 200 acres of heavily timbered land from the government, paying one and one-quarter dollars per acre. The land was in section 28, and as soon as possible he constructed a house of round logs, the domicile being eighteen by twenty-four feet in dimensions. With the aid of his sons he proceeded to reclaim his land to cultivation, eventually developing a good farm and adding to the area of his original purchase. He remained on the old homestead until his death, which occurred in February, 1889, his wife having passed away in March of the preceding year. Both were devoted members of the United Brethren church, having been numbered among the organizers of the church at English Ridge. He was a stanch supporter of the cause of the Republican party, but never sought the honors or emoluments of public office. Of this thirteen children two died in childhood and the others attained to years of maturity: Mary is the wife of James Ward, of Richland Center; John, Elizabeth, Richard, William and Abraham are deceased. Abraham having been a clergyman of the United Brethren church; James resides in Minneapolis, Minn.; Eliza is the wife of William Knox and they reside in Michigan; Thomas is the subject of this sketch; Frank is a resident of Sextonville, this county; Samuel is individually mentioned in this work. The subject of his review received a limited common-school education in Onondaga county, N.Y., and was sixteen years of age at the time of the family removal to Richland county, where he has since continued to reside. He remained at the parental home until his marriage, at the age of twenty years, when he settled on his present homestead, in 1859, the same comprising in the beginning forty acres of the land which his father had secured from the government. He has since added to his possessions until he now has a fine farm of 200 acres, the major portion of which he reclaimed from the forest. About 100 acres are under effective cultivation and excellent buildings are erected on the place. He has been successful in his operations as a general farmer and stock-grower, and is one of the substantial and popular citizens of his township and county. He is unwavering in his allegiance to the Republican party and served three years as a member of the town board, having also held minor offices and been a valued member of the school board of his district. He and his wife are members of the United Brethren church at English Ridge and he is a steward and trustee of the same. Oct. 9, 1859, Mr. Harris was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Gorsuch, who was born in Ohio and who died in 1869. Oct. 9, 1870, he married Miss Lucy Gordon, who was born in Cayuga county, N.Y. Mr. Harris became the father of five children, of whom four are living, the last having died young. Two were born of the first marriage and three of the second: Orland S., who married Rosa Davis, is a farmer of Marshall township; Lettie is the wife of Edward Ward, of Juneau county, Wis.; Walter married Lela Davis and is a farmer in the town of Marshall; Herbert, who is a farmer of Willow Creek township, married Miss Sadie Paul.
    JOSEPH HARSHA is a native son of Richland county and is one of the progressive and popular farmers and well known citizens of Dayton township. He was born in the town of Akan, this county, June 13, 1861, and is a son of Francis A. and Elizabeth (Shannon) Harsha, the former of whom was born in Kentucky, in 1818, and the latter of whom was born in Indiana. They came to Wisconsin as young folk and their marriage was solemnized in Grant county, this state, whence they removed to Richland county in the fifties, becoming pioneers of Akan township, where the father secured a tract of heavily timbered land, establishing his primitive, pioneer dwelling in the midst of the forest and then setting himself vigorously to the work of reclaiming his farm to cultivation. He first secured eighty acres, later adding to his landed estate until he finally owned 200 acres. He was a stanch Republican in politics and both he and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They continued to make their home in this county until death and were held in high regard by all who knew them. Of their ten children five are living. Joseph Harsha was reared on the old homestead which was the place of his birth and his education was secured in the schools of Akan township. He has continued actively identified with agricultural pursuits, and he is now the owner of a specially well improved farm of 280 acres, in Dayton township. In politics he is a Republican and he has served as a member of the town board. He and his family hold membership in the United Brethren church. Nov. 14, 1888, Mr. Harsha was united in marriage to Miss Della Robinson, who was born in this county, Jan. 18, 1869, a daughter of William and Eliza Robinson. The children of this union are Blanche, Eliza and Burton.
    THOMAS M. HART has been a resident of Richland county since early childhood, and his well-known capabilities have been recognized by his fellow-men in the election to various local positions of trust, among which is city assessor, an office which he now holds. Mr. Hart was born on April 12, 1851, in Columbiana county, O., and is the eldest son of John Hart, one of the pioneer settlers in the town of Marshall. John Hart was one of the pioneers and representative men of Richland county, and he also claimed Ohio as the place of his nativity, having been born in Columbiana county, that state, on Mar. 17, 1826. He was a son of John Hart, Sr., who came from New York and settled in Ohio in the early part of the nineteenth century, living the remainder of his days in Columbiana county. The father of the subject of this review spent his childhood and youth in Ohio, his time being occupied in going to school and working upon the farm. He was married in 1844 to Eleanor Marshall, who was also born in Columbiana county, July 2, 1824. The Marshall family came from eastern Pennsylvania, where the older members belonged to that pious religious sect, known as Friends or Quakers. Mr. and Mrs. Hart remained in Ohio until 1854, when they came to Richland county and entered timber land on section 11, town 11, range 1 west, in the present town of Marshall. The first tree cut on the place was for the pioneer log cabin, which was afterward replaced by a neat frame house. Mr. Hart also cleared a large farm and erected a commodious frame barn. There he resided until the time of his death, Apr. 14, 1876, living to see the wilderness in which he settled transformed into a finely improved and cultivated country, with good schools and churches. His wife survived him until April, 1903, when she died at the age of seventy-nine years. This honored couple were the parents of ten children, five of whom are now living, as follows: Maria is the wife of James Truesdale and resides on Fancy creek in Richland county; Thomas M. is he to whom this review is dedicated; Caroline resides in Richland Center; Georgia is the widow of Frank Doudna, deceased; and resides at the old Hart homestead on Fancy creek; and Millard F. is also a resident of the town of Marshall. The father while living had the respect and confidence of his fellow men to a remarkable degree, and his death was a loss not only to his family, but to the community and county in which he lived. Thomas M. Hart was four years old when the family came to Wisconsin, and he was reared in the town of Marshall, receiving his education in the public and select schools, after which he followed teaching for a time. In April, 1874, he came to Richland Center and entered the employ of Norman L. James, with whom he was associated in the capacity of book-keeper until 1900, when, on account of failing health he relinquished the position. He was married on July 31, 1875, to Miss Abbie Draper, daughter of James Draper, an old resident of the town of Sylvan, and to that union one child was born - Myra, who now is the wife of Henry Toms, a jeweler in Richland Center, who is given more extended mention on another page of this publication. The first wife died in June, 1883, and Mr. Hart was again married on Oct. 31, 1884, to Miss Lydia Mooney of the town of Marshall, a daughter of Patrick and Anna (Cassaday) Mooney, both of whom are now deceased. These parents were early settlers of the town of Marshall. Mr. and Mrs. Hart are the parents of three children, viz.: Frank, who holds the responsible position of time-keeper for the Bell Telephone Company at Fond du Lac, Wis.; Bernie B., who is an employe in Burnham's drugstore in Richland Center; and Ariel, who is a graduate of the Richland Center high school in the class of 1906. Mr. Hart has served as mayor of Richland Center two terms, and for two terms he also represented the city on the county board of supervisors. In the spring of 1906 he was elected assessor of Richland Center and is now filling that position. He is a Republican in his political inclinations, but reserves the privilege of acting independently when his better judgment dictates such a course.
    ANDREW HARTER is a leading citizen of the town of Buena Vista, his fine residence being located on section 28, while his farm, which contains 390 acres of excellent land, lies in sections 27 and 28. Mr. Harter is a native of Germany, having been born in Baden, Nov. 1, 1846, and he is the son of Nepomuk and Barbara (Gruber) Harter, both of whom spent their lives and died in the Fatherland. The subject of this review is one of twelve children who were born to the above named parents, and of these four sons are living - Vincent, who resides in Chicago; George, a resident of Richland county; Carl, who still remains in Germany; and Andrew. The latter, to whom this biographical sketch is dedicated, was reared to the age of fourteen and received his education in his native land. He came to America in 1860, two of his brothers having preceded him hither and settled at Sauk City, Wis. So to that place the youthful Andrew directed his journey, and four months after his arrival he went to Portage, where he secured employment in the harness-making business, serving an apprenticeship of three years and thoroughly mastering the trade. He then continued to work at that occupation at Quincy, Ill., and St. Louis, Mo., six months, at the end of which time he came to Lone Rock. His brothers were operating a flouring-mill at the latter place and during the succeeding fourteen years he remained in their employ. Being frugal and economical, as is characteristic of his race, he was able to purchase at the end of that time the place where he now resides. It is well adapted for raising stock, and to that branch of farming Mr. Harter has given considerable attention. He has been for several years extensively engaged in dairying and at the present time has more than fifty cows, doing the largest dairy business in the town of Buena Vista. He also operates a creamery upon his place and in the year 1904 he worked up 1,000,000 pounds of milk. Mr. Harter has been twice married, his first wife, to whom he was wedded on May 4, 1872, being Miss Emma Button, a daughter of Leonard Button, an old and highly respected citizen of the town of Buena Vista. The first wife died on Feb. 28, 1881, having become the mother of four children - Elmer, who is deceased; Emma L., at present a teacher in the Lone Rock schools; and Mary and Herbert, both deceased. The second marriage was to Miss Olive Burgoyne, a native of Iowa, and to this union there have been born three children, viz.,: Josephine M., who is a graduate of the Richland Center high school; Mayme E., and Ralph Henry, both of the latter being students at the present time. Mr. Harter is a pronounced Democrat in his political views, and he has served as assessor for the town of Buena Vista five years.
    MARCUS W. HASKELL, a prominent physician and surgeon at Richland Center, was born in Berlin Heights, O., Mar. 6, 1852, and is the son of David and Maria A. (Dickson) Haskell, the former of whom was a native of Madison county, N.Y., and the latter was born near Montrose, Susquehanna county, Penn. The father came to Ohio when a young man. He was a horseman by occupation and for several years conducted a livery stable at Norwalk. In 1874 he migrated to Wisconsin and remained eight years in Richland county, where he purchased a farm. He then removed to western Kansas, and resided there until his death in 1891, his wife still living in Russell county, that state. Two children were born to their union, he whose name introduces this review, and a brother, Eugene, born in 1856, who resides in Russell county, Kan. The subject of this review was reared in Ohio, and was educated in the public schools and at the Norwalk academy. While yet a boy he learned telegraphy on the Cleveland & Toledo Railroad, his instructor being Anson W. Stage, at that time superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph Company. Mr. Haskell worked at the telegraph business about four years, being stationed at different times at Belleview, Wakeman, Townsend and Oberlin, and then went into the minstrel-show business as a song-and-dance specialty man. His first engagement was with Skiff & Gaylord's minstrel company; after which he was employed during different seasons with Charles Shay's Inflexal troup, Happy Cal Wagoner's minstrels, Dufers & Benedict's minstrels, and he was with Forepaugh's circus two seasons and with J. Warrener one season. In 1871 he took up the study of medicine with Dr. W. W. Depue, of Vant Wert, O., and after two years spent under the instruction of that gentleman he took a course in the Ohio Medical college at Cincinnati. In 1873 he located at Richland Center, Wis., for the practice of his profession and that place has been his home since. In 1882 he graduated at the Fort Wayne College of Medicine, and in 1888 he took a course in the Rush Medical college at Chicago. His ability as a physician has been recognized by appointment on the United States board of pension examiners for Richland county during President Cleveland's administration and for the past twenty-one years he has been the local surgeon for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company. He also served six years as city physician for Richland Center. Doctor Haskell was married, Dec. 24, 1872, to Miss Annie E. Butterfield, a native of Illinois, and to that union four children were born, two of whom are living: Bertha, a resident of the city of Chicago; and Edna, the wife of Harry M. Smith, who is the steward in the Pfister Hotel at Milwaukee. Dr. Haskell and his first wife separated a number of years ago, after which he was united in marriage to Mary G. Ortel, a daughter of Judge Ortel, of South Milwaukee. Fraternally, our subject is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Independent Order of Foresters, and politically he is a Democrat.
    REV. EDMOND HASKIN is a clergyman of the Christian church and is one of the prosperous farmers of Richwood township, where he is held in unqualified regard. He is a veteran of the Civil War and in all the relations of life his influence has counted for good. Mr. Haskin was born in Middletown, Rutland county, Vt., Aug. 2, 1842, and he is a son of Ezra and Phoebe (Grandy) Haskin, both likewise native of the old Green Mountain State, where the latter died in 1844. Ezra Haskin was a son of Richard Haskin, who was a valiant soldier in the War of the Revolution, having served under Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga. He was one of the first settlers of Rutland county, Vt., where he remained until his death. After the death of his wife Ezra Haskin came to Wisconsin, accompanied by his ten children. He became one of the pioneers of Grant county, where he became the owner of 120 acres of land and where he passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1868. He was a Democrat in his political proclivities, and his wife was a devoted member of the Baptist church. The subject of this review was about two years old at the time of the family removal to Wisconsin, and he was reared to maturity in Grant county, assisting in the work of the farm and attending the common schools of the locality. He later supplemented this educational training by attending the high school at Keosauqua, Iowa, for two years. At the outbreak of the Civil War he manifested his intrinsic loyalty to the Union by tendering his services in its defense. Apr. 18, 1861, he enlisted as a member of Company H, Second Iowa volunteer infantry, and he served three years and six months, taking part in many important conflicts, among which may be mentioned the following named: Springfield, Mo.; Wilson's Creek, Pea Ridge; being then transferred to the navy arm of the service, and participating in the battles of Fort Pillow, Memphis, Vicksburg, Grand Gulf, Fort DeRussy; a second engagement at Fort Pillow and one at Simmsport, La. After the close of his military service Mr. Haskin returned to Iowa, where he remained until 1868, when he came again to Wisconsin, engaging in farming in Grant county. About 1875 he came thence to Richland county and located in the town of Richwood, where he now has a well improved farm of 160 acres, devoted to general agriculture and stock raising. For fourteen years Mr. Haskin held membership in the United Brethren church, and he then became a member of the Christian church, in which he has been an ordained minister for the past thirteen years. He is now retired from active pastoral work, save for the special demands made for his services in his home community. In politics he is a stanch advocate of the principles of the Republican party, and he has served twelve years as a member of the school board. In a fraternal way he is affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republic. Mar. 17, 1868, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Haskin to Miss Elizabeth King, who was born in Indiana, being a daughter of Hiram King, a native of Scotland and an early settler in the vicinity of Peru, Ind., where he died. To Mr. and Mrs. Haskin have been born seven children: Stella is a dressmaker by occupation; Eva, who was graduated from the graded school at Excelsior, is a successful teacher, as was also Cora, who was graduated from the high school at Muscoda, and who died at the age of twenty-four years; Mae, Flossie, William and Robert remain at the parental home.
    LESTER M. HATCH is the owner of a well improved farm of 110 acres, in Willow township and a portion of the same has been in his possession for forty years. He is a scion of one of the well known pioneer families of Richland county and is well entitled to representation in this publication. Mr. Hatch was born in Chenango county, N.Y., Dec. 25, 1841, and is a son of Watson A. and Amanda (Stewart) Hatch, both likewise native of the old Empire State, where the former was born in 1818 and the latter in 1819. They came to Wisconsin in 1856, arriving in Richland county in September of that year and settling in Willow township, where the father secured government land and developed a farm from the wilderness. He is still living and resides in the village of Boaz, this county, his wife having died a number of years ago. Of the six children in the family the subject of this sketch was the first born; Arthur Lorenzo lives at Sturgeon Bay, Wis.; Charles Adelbert is engaged in business at Richland Center; Marcelon Watson resides at Sturgeon Bay; Jesse Campbell is a resident of Boaz, Richland county; and Ella Mercy is the wife of Newton Bible, of Westford, this county. Lester M. Hatch received his rudimentary education in the schools of his native state, having been about fifteen years of age at the time of the family removal to Wisconsin, where he continued to attend the district schools as opportunity presented, in the meanwhile assisting in the reclamation and other work of the home farm. He has been identified with the agricultural industry from his youth to the present, and fully forty years ago he settled on a part of his present farm, reclaiming the greater portion from the forest and developing the place to its present high standard. In 1863 he went forth in defense of the Union, becoming a member of Company I, Thirty-seventh Regiment of Wisconsin infantry, in which he was a musician and with which he served until the close of the war, receiving his honorable discharge in July, 1865. He is affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republic, is a stanch supporter of the Republican party and his family holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. Nov. 13, 1863, Mr. Hatch was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Rhinehardt, daughter of the late George and Christina Rhinehardt, who were pioneers of the town of Willow. Mr. and Mrs. Hatch have four children: Kirk Lester resides in Waterloo, Wis.: Lisle Campbell is a resident of Black Earth, this state; Ada Lena is the wife of William Salisbury, of the town of Willow; and Ella Mereena is the wife of Francis Moore, of the same town. Kirk L. is a graduate of the Platteville Normal and at present is the principal of the Waterloo high school. Lisle Campbell is also a graduate of the same institution of learning, and is the principal of the Black Earth high school. Ella Mereena is a graduate of the Sextonville high school, and during the two years previous to her marriage was engaged in teaching.
    ADAM HENTHORN is the owner of one of the well improved and valuable farms of Sylvan township, having reclaimed the greater portion from the sylvan wilds and having resided on the homestead for more than forty years, so that he may consistently be designated one of the pioneer citizens of the township, and also one who is held in inviolable esteem in the community. He was born in Monroe county, O., Aug. 10, 1838, and is a son of Stephen and Sarah (Randall) Henthorn, both of whom were likewise native of that state, where the former was born Feb. 9, 1812, and the latter Jan. 4, 1811, both having been representatives of sterling pioneer families of the Buckeye State, whither the paternal grandparents of the subject of this sketch removed from Pennsylvania in an early day. The parents of Mr. Henthorn came to Wisconsin in 1864 and settled in Richland county, where the father purchased a half-section of land, in Sylvan township, the greater portion being unreclaimed. He improved the farm and there both he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. He was a man of integrity and marked individuality and he served several terms as a member of the board of county commissioners, having been a stanch Democrat in his political proclivities. Of the nine children in the family all are living except two. Adam Henthorn was reared to maturity in Ohio, in whose common schools he secured his early educational training, which was somewhat limited in scope. He anticipated his parents in coming to Wisconsin, having made his advent in Richland county in 1863 and having settled at once on his present homestead, which comprises 140 acres, all of which he reclaimed from the virgin forest, developing a farm which is one of the attractive and prolific places of this section of the county and he has attained success through his indefatigable and well directed efforts. His first residence was of the primitive pioneer type, but he now has a substantial and commodious house of modern design and the other buildings on the place are in harmony therewith. In the early days he assisted many of his neighbors in putting up their log buildings, the same courtesy having been extended to him, and he found no little demand for his services as a carpenter, having a natural aptitude for mechanical work. He has taken a deep interest in the development and progress of the county, is aligned as a supporter of the principles of the Democratic party, served two terms as township assessor and seventeen years as treasurer of his school district. He and his wife hold membership in the United Brethren church. In September, 1864, Mr. Henthorn went forth in defense of the Union, having been a private in the Twenty-second Wisconsin volunteer infantry, with which he served until the close of the war, when he received his honorable discharge. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and he receives a pension of seventeen dollars a month in recognition of his services and of disabilities incurred in the Civil War. In connection with diversified agriculture he makes a specialty of stock-growing, having twenty-two head of native dairy cattle, mostly Jerseys, and having a fine heard of Poland-China swine, eligible for registration. Feb. 2, 1860, Mr. Henthorn was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Ann Miller, who was born in Monroe county, O., May 19, 1840, being a daughter of Thomas and Comfort (Waller) Miller, both of whom were native of the same state, whence they came to Richland county, Wis., in 1863, settling in Mill Creek township and here passing the remainder of their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Henthorn became the parents of ten children, of whom three are deceased: Stephen died at maturity; Alexander resides on the old homestead farm; Joshua is a farmer of Sylvan township; George is deceased; Oakland remains at the parental home; Eva resides at Ladysmith, Rusk county, Wis.; Della and Norman make their home in Colorado; Ida is deceased; and Stella resides in Viroqua, Vernon county.
    ALFRED HILLBERRY is another of the representative farmers of the county who has the distinction of being native of the fine old Buckeye State, and he is one of the prominent and influential citizens of Eagle township. He was born in Monroe county, O., June 4, 1846, and is a son of George and Caroline (Roberts) Hillberry, the former of whom was born in New Jersey and the latter in Huntingdon county, Penn. In 1837 they removed from the Keystone State to Monroe county, O., where they remained until 1856, when they came to Richland county, Wis., and settled in Sylvan township, where the father bought 480 acres of land, south of Sylvan Corners. Later he removed to Eagle township where he owned a well improved farm of 170 acres at the time of his death, which occurred in 1881. His wife passed away in 1896, having been a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church; in politics George Hillberry was a stanch Democrat and he took deep interest in local affairs of the public order. Of the seven children in the family all are living except one. Alfred Hillberry was reared on the home farm in the town of Sylvan, assisting in the reclamation and other work of the farm and being afforded the advantages of the district school. He assisted in the erection of the little school house in which he pursued his studies. Mr. Hillberry has found the agricultural industry and its allied enterprises sufficiently attractive and profitable to gain his continuous allegiance from his youth to the present, and through well directed effort he has become one of the extensive and successful farmers of the county. He took up his residence in the town of Eagle in 1866, and at one time he was the owner of about 900 acres of land, his present landed estate comprising 640 acres. The property is excellently developed, is equipped with substantial buildings and is one of the model farms of this section of the county. In addition to diversified agriculture Mr. Hillberry carries on stock-growing, raising Durham cattle, Percheron horses and Poland-China swine. He also has the unique distinction of being a breeder of deer, having on his place a good herd of native deer and having followed this interesting line of enterprise for the past eight years. In 1864-5 Mr. Hillberry passed two summers in freighting on the plains of the great west, and he encountered some hazardous experiences, as the Indians were numerous and often hostile. In politics he is aligned as a supporter of the cause of the Democratic party, and he has served as a member of the town board and also as an officer of his school district. In 1875 Mr. Hillberry was united in marriage to Miss Ella Randall, who was born in Pennsylvania, being a daughter of Stephen Randall, an early settler of Richland county, where both he and his wife continued to reside until their death. Mr. and Mrs. Hillberry became the parents of six children, - Millie, Elizabeth, Myrtle, Florence, John, and Maude. All are living except John.
    GEORGE H. HILLBERRY, who is one of the representative farmers of Richwood township, is a member of one of the well known and honored pioneer families of Richland county, being a son of George Hillberry, of whom more specific mention is made in the sketch of the life of his son, Alfred, appearing elsewhere in this work. George H. Hillberry was born in Huntingdon county, Penn., Aug. 25, 1835, and in the following October his parents removed to Virginia, where they remained until the spring of 1836, when they removed to Ohio, being numbered among the first settlers of Monroe county. They remained there until 1856, when they came to Richland county and settled in Sylvan township, passing the remainder of their lives in this county. The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in Monroe county, and accompanied his parents on their removal to Richland county, having been twenty-one years of age at the time. Here he assisted in reclaiming the home farm and continued to be actively identified with agricultural pursuits until 1864, when he went to Larimer county, Colo., where he remained until the spring of the following year, having engaged in agricultural pursuits. Upon his return to Richland county he located in Richwood township, where he purchased eighty acres of land, in section 25, the same having been the nucleus of his present fine estate of 534 acres, a considerable portion of which he reclaimed from the native forest. He has made the best of improvements on his farm and the same is one of the model places of this party of the county. In addition to general agriculture he is a successful stock-grower, raising Durham cattle, Percheron horses and Chester White and Poland-China swine. In politics Mr. Hillberry is a stanch supporter of the principles and policies of the Democratic party, and he has served as a member of the town board. He was formerly identified with the Grange, the local organization having lapsed. In 1863 he was united in marriage to Miss Marry Waller, who was born in Monroe county, O., in 1843, being a daughter of George and Sarah Waller, who came to Richland county in 1864, settling in Sylvan township, where Mr. Waller bought 280 acres of land, purchasing the same from the father of the subject of this sketch. He became one of the successful farmers of the county, was a Democrat in his political proclivities and both he and his wife were members of the Christian church. Mr. and Mrs. Hillberry have five children, namely: David W., Sarah, Philip A., John H. and Wade H.
    JOSEPH W. HOFIUS, of Richland Center, was born in Mercer, Penn., Dec. 13, 1853. His parents, James and Eliza (Wheaton) Hofius, were natives of the same state. They were married in Pennsylvania, and came to Richland county in 1856 and settled in the town of Dayton. Mr. Hofius remained on the farm of eighty acres which he acquired at that time until his death, in October, 1865, in his sixty-sixth year. His widow, who was nineteen years his junior, died in December, 1899, aged eighty, in the town of Eagle. The father received his education in Pennsylvania, and always followed the occupation of the farmer; he was a Republican and held at times several offices in local affairs. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church; they had three children, Joseph W., Ida and Effie. Joseph W. attended the district schools of Dayton township, and followed his father as a farmer, buying twenty-eight acres of the old homestead and adding to it until he now owns a farm of 220 acres, most of which he has cleared and improved. The forty acres on which the home is built was taken up as government land, by a relative of Mrs. Hofius, Lorenzo Woodman. The farm is operated for the general purposes, stock-raising and dairying, having upon it a herd of about twenty Durham cattle. Mr. Hofius is a Republican, and has served as assessor for three years, supervisor for four years and chairman of the board for five years; he has also served on the school board for eighteen years, holding at the present time the office of clerk of the district; he is an attendant and supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church and has for years acted as one of the trustees of that society. He was married Oct. 3, 1872, to Miss Cynthia Barry, a native of Jefferson, N.Y., and the daughter of James and Sylvia Ann (Woodman) Barry, the former born on Granador Is., N.Y., and the latter in the town of Lyme, Jefferson county, N.Y. They came to Dayton, Richland county, in 1865, and remained there until their death, his occurring Dec. 25, 1903, and hers in July, 1900. At the time of their death Mr. Barry was eighty years of age and his wife was eighty-one. They had ten children, of whom four sons and three daughters are living. They were both members of the Methodist Episcopal church and the husband was a Republican in his political views. Mrs. Barry's maternal grandfather, Jeremiah Woodman, was a native of Vermont, came to New York at an early age, and was one of the first settlers of Richland county. He served in the War of 1812, receiving a land warrant upon his discharge. He was a large owner of real estate. Mr. and Mrs. Hofius have one daughter, Sylvia, born Sept. 7, 1875. She was educated in the common schools of Dayton, and is the wife of George B. Smart, a farmer of the same township.
    HANS C. HOFSETH is one of the extensive farmers and stock-growers of Akan township and through his own energy and ability has accumulated the fine landed estate which he now owns. He was born in Norway in 1840, and his wife, whose maiden name was Carrie Haagesven was likewise born in Norway in the same year. They immigrated to America in 1868, making Wisconsin their destination. By way of Milwaukee they came to Richland county and purchased forty acres of land, to which he has since added until he has 320 acres, while he is associated with two of his sons in the ownership of an additional tract of 280 acres, a portion of which lies across the line in Crawford county. His homestead, in Akan township, was largely reclaimed by him and his sons and on the place he has erected large and substantial buildings and made other permanent improvements of the best type. His farm is given over to diversified agriculture and stock raising. He has a herd of about twenty milch cows, raises Shropshire sheep and about sixteen acres of his land is devoted to the raising of tobacco, which is one of the large and staple products of certain favored sections of the state. He is a Republican in his political proclivities and he and his family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church. He is one of the highly esteemed citizens of his township and is liberal and public-spirited in his attitude, being deeply appreciative of the advantages and institutions of the state and nation in which he has been able to work his way to a position of independence and definite prosperity. Mr. and Mrs. Hofseth became the parents of six sons: Charles, who is a successful farmer of Akan township, married Miss Rellie Eddy and they have one daughter, Leona; Julius is likewise identified with agricultural pursuits, being still a bachelor; Magnus, who is the owner of a well improved farm of 150 acres, married Miss Ada Ellsworth and they have three children, - Harry B., Hattie and Francis; Elmer and Anthony are associated in the work of the home farm; and John is deceased.
    FRED H. HOKE is one of the representative farmers of the younger generation in Ithaca township and has been a resident of Richland county from the time of his birth. He was born at Sextonville, Buena Vista township, this county, Sept. 9, 1874, and is a son of George M. and Marian (Johnson) Hoke, The former of whom was born in the state of New York, in February, 1844, and the latter of whom was born in 1846. They were married in Sauk county, Wis., and to them were born nine children, namely: Ora, who married Matilda Neiman and who now resides in California; Charles, who died in 1905; Joseph, who married Jennie Moore and who is a successful farmer of Ithaca township; Nicholas, who married Helen Ogden and who likewise is a farmer of this township; Fred H., who is the immediate subject of this sketch; Doc, who died in childhood; Clara Pearl, who is the wife of Westley Thomas, of Willow township; Ida, who is the wife of Jacob Wolfe of Washington township, Sauk county; and William, a cheesemaker by trade who makes his residence at present in Sauk county. The father came from the sate of New York to Wisconsin when a young man and settled first in Rock county and later in Richland county, where he purchased a farm in section 1, Ithaca township, where he now maintains his home. He was a loyal soldier of the Union in the Civil War, having enlisted in the spring of 1861 as a private in Company M, Second Regiment of Wisconsin volunteer cavalry, with which he served three years and six months, at the expiration of which he was mustered out and received his honorable discharge. The subject of this sketch was reared on the home farm and was afforded the advantages of the public schools. He has been identified with agricultural pursuits from his boyhood days and thus his technical and practical knowledge supplements his intrinsically progressive ideas and enterprising spirit. He has been most successful in his farming operations and in 1902 he purchased his present well improved homestead, which comprises 120 acres, in sections 17 and 21, Ithaca township. He gives special attention to the dairy department of his farm and also has a fine orchard of 500 bearing fruit trees. Mr. Hoke is one of the ardent supporters of the Republican party and has held various local offices, having served as poor-master and constable of his township and being at the present time under-sheriff. Sept. 26, 1896, Mr. Hoke was united in marriage to Miss Fannie Watson, who was born in this county, Aug. 22, 1872, being a daughter of Peter and Mary Watson, well known citizens of Ithaca township, where she was reared and educated. Mr. and Mrs. Hoke have thee children: George Joseph, born Mar. 19, 1897; Frederick Donald, born Jan. 16, 1902; and Clarence Arthur, born Oct. 16, 1905.
    GEORGE M. HOKE is the owner of a well improved farm in section 1, town of Ithaca, is a representative of one of the sterling pioneer families of Richland county and is a veteran of the Civil War, in which he made a gallant record. Mr. Hoke is a native of the old Empire State of the Union, having been born near Cooperstown, Otsego county, N. Y., Feb. 5, 1845, and being a son of Cornelius and Delia (Bush) Hoke, both of whom were born in the famous Mohawk valley of that state, where the respective families were founded more than two centuries ago. Cornelius Hoke, who was a shoemaker by trade, came with his family to Wisconsin in 1850, locating in Rock county, where he was identified with the operation of a saw mill until 1852, when he removed to Richland county, securing 160 acres of wild land, in the town of Willow. About 1854 he bought 160 acres in Ithaca township, where he remained until 1856, when he took up his residence in the village of Sextonville, where he worked at his trade and also engaged in operating a saw mill. Thereafter he passed about two years in Juneau county, whence he returned to Sextonville. Two years later he located on a farm in the town of Sylvan, where he passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring Dec. 6, 1880. His first wife died in 1861 and he later married Mrs. Dary, widow of Jacob Dary. She still survives him and resides in Sylvan township. He was a Democrat in his political proclivities and was consistent member of the United Brethren church. Of the five children of the first marriage the subject of this sketch is the eldest; Mary is the wife of Hiram Barden, of Clark county; Charlotte is the wife of George Toptine, of the same county; James B. is a representative farmer of Sylvan township, as is also Nelson. Two children were born of the second marriage: Emma is the wife of Frank Frye, of Sylvan township; and Winifred remains with her mother on the old homestead farm. George M. Hoke was but five years of age at the time of his father's removal to Wisconsin, and owing to the conditions of the pioneer days his early educational advantages were very limited in scope. He learned the shoemaker's trade under the direction of his father and thereafter he gave his attention principally to agricultural pursuits until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he promptly tendered his services in defense of the Union. On Jan. 1, 1862 he enlisted as a private in Company M, First Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry, which went into camp at Kenosha, shortly afterward (Mar. 17, 1862) proceeded to St. Louis, Mo., and remaining in that state until May, 1863, fighting bushwhackers. The regiment then joined General Rosecrans at Murfreesboro, taking part in the battles of Shelbyville, Chickamauga and other engagements and then being sent to Knoxville, to relieve General Burnside, being engaged in a number of sharp conflicts with the enemy. Later the regiment joined the forces of General Sherman, near Chattanooga. At the expiration of his term of enlistment, Mr. Hoke re-enlisted, as a veteran, becoming a member of the same company and regiment. In April of that year he was granted a veteran's furlough, passing the period at his home. He joined his command, which was stationed in Louisville, Ky., for two months. He was assigned to scouting duty in that locality, and after about two months marched with his regiment to Nashville, where he was similarly engaged for the ensuing four months. He rejoined his regiment at Calhoun, Ga., and shortly afterward returned to Louisville, where he did recruiting work. He then started for Nashville with his regiment, proceeding as far as Bowling Green and then being ordered to follow General Lyons, whose forces were overtaken at Hopkinsville, Ky., a running fight continuing about two weeks. The First Wisconsin then returned to Nashville and was ordered to West Point, Miss., taking part in Wilson's raid, and later assisting in the capture of Selma and Montgomery, as well as Tuskegee. Apr. 15, 1865, the regiment assisted in the capture of West Point, Miss., remaining there two days and then being ordered to Macon, Ga., where the command was stationed at the time of the final surrender The First Wisconsin Cavalry assisted in the capture of Jefferson Davis, and Mr. Hoke has a copy of the original report of the capture. In June his regiment was ordered to Nashville, remaining about one month, and there he received his honorable discharge, July 19, 1865. Though he served during the entire course of the great civil conflict Mr. Hoke was fortunate in never being wounded or captured. He was promoted to the rank of sergeant and as such received his discharge. After the war he returned to Sextonville, and for the folowing five years he was engaged principally in farming. He then took up his residence in Sextonville again, and for the ensuing twelve years he was engaged in managing and operating a sawmill. In 1883 he bought his present farm, of 120 acres, in section 1, Ithaca township, and here he makes a specialty of fruit culture and the general nursery business, having built up a successful enterprise in this department of his farming operations, and having one of the valuable places of the township. Mr. Hoke is a stanch support of the cause of the Republican party and has served in various local offices in his township. In a fraternal way he is enrolled as a member of W. H. Bennett Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Richland Center, and he is also a prominent member of the lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Sextonville, having been identified with the same for the past thirty years and having held the various official chairs. He is well known in the county and his course has been such as to retain to him the confidence and good will of all who know him. Jan. 19, 1867, Mr. Hoke was united in marriage to Miss Maria Johnson, who was born in the state of Illinois, being a daughter of William and Mildred (Sexton) Johnson, honored pioneers of Richland county. Of the nine children of Mr. and Mrs. Hoke seven are living: Ora W. is engaged in the mercantile business in the sate of California; Charles A. is deceased; Joseph M. who married Miss Jennie Warren, is a farmer in Ithaca township; Nicholas J. remains at the parental home; Frederick H. is a farmer in the town of Ithaca, the maiden name of his wife having been Fannie Weitzel; William J. is a cheesemaker by occupation and resides in Sauk county; Clara is the wife of Wesley Thomas, of Sauk county; Ida is the wife of Jacob Wolf, of that county; and the ninth child died in infancy.
    AUGUST HOSKINS is well known as a veterinary surgeon in Richland county, where he has followed that useful occupation for more than a half century, and now in the evning of a long and useful life he is spending his days in comparative retirement in the beautiful little city of Richland Center. He was born in Cayuga county, N. Y., on Mar. 8, 1829, and hs is the son of Daniel and Annie (Tower) Hoskins, the former of whom was also a native of the Empire State and the latter of Vermont. When the subject of this review was an infant his parents removed to Richland county, O., and there his father followed farming until 1855, when he came to Richland county, Wis., and lived the remainder of his life in the town of Rockbridge, on a farm belonging to his son, who had preceded him there. The father died at the age of seventy-two years, and the mother in 1881 at the age of seventy. They were the parents of five children, concerning whom the following facts are given: Amasa settled in Richland county in 1850, but later moved to Nebraska; Saloma married McFadden Luyten and died in 1896; August is given more extended mention in the latter part of this review; Maria married Marion Morrison and resides in Indiana; and Oina is a resident of Madison. The subject of this review remained with his parents on the home farm in Richland county, O., until he reached the age of eighteen years, and he then went to Stevenson county, Ill., where he engaged in the practice of veterinary surgery, he having followed that occupation in Ohio from the time he was fifteen years old. He remained in Illinois until 1849, and one year later came to Richland county, Wis., settling in the town of Rockbridge, where he engaged in the practice of his chosen profession. He resided there until 1887 and then removed to Richland Center, which place has been his residence since. During his long and active career he has practiced veterinary surgery all over the country, and he is the oldest practitioner in that profession in southwestern Wisconsin. He and his brother, Amasa, were the first settlers on Fancy Creek, and at the time of their settlement there, their nearest neighbor was sixteen miles away. Wild game was very plentiful, especially deer, bear and wolves, and Mr. Hoskins has probably killed five or six hundred of those primitive denizens of the forest. Our subject married in August, 1848, to Miss Julia Striker, of Richland county, O., and after sharing with her husband the trials and privations of a pioneer life and the comforts that followed the triumph over those early difficulties, she died on May 6, 1903. Five children were born to this union: Alva, who resides in McMinnville, Ore.; Augusta, who married Jacob Janney and resides in Richland Center; Addie, who married George Mosier and resides in Richland Center; Selona, who marries Calvin Johnson and resides in the town of Rockbridge; and Ora, who married Anson Smith, and since the death of her husband has resided with her father in Richland Center. Mr. Hoskins was one of the organizers of the town of Rockbridge and served as its first supervisor, afterward officiating as assessor, member of the town board and justice of the peace. During the Civil War he was in the hospital service at Camp Randall, from October, 1863, until March, 1864, when he was discharged. He has always been a Republican in his political affiliations, since the organization of that party, but in early life he was a Democrat, casting his first vote for Franklin Pierce, in 1852. He has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows since 1870, and he is a communicant in the Dunkard church at Sylvan.
    GEORGE HUFFMAN is a leading farmer of the town of Rockbridge, where he has resided since first locating in Richland county, about thirty years ago. He was born in Licking county, O., Jan. 24, 1854, and he is the son of William and Prudie (Denman) Huffman, both of whom were also born in the Buckeye State. The father followed the occupation of wagon-making in early life, but in later years he devoted his entire time to agricultural pursuits. The family came to Wisconsin in 1876 and settled at Bloom City, in Richland county, where the father continued to reside until quite recently, when he removed to the home of his son, John, in the town of Rockbridge, and is now living in quiet retirement at the advanced age of eighty years. The mother died in 1893 at the age of sixty-six. To these parents there were born six children, of whom John, George, and Thaddeus are all residents of the town of Rockbridge; Charles is in the mercantile business at Bloom City; Elizabeth married Perry Moser and resides in the town of Bloom, as does also Sarah, who married John Poyser. George Huffman, who is the immediate subject of this biographical review, was reared and educated in the Buckeye State, and he remained at home with his parents until after their migration to Richland county. He began his independent career in 1876 by purchasing the farm upon which he now resides, and which comprises 112 acres, immediately adjoining the village of Rockbridge. There he follows general farming and dairying, and his labors have been rewarded by a fair meed of success, as is evidenced by his prosperous and up-to-date surroundings. Our subject was married on Mar. 28, 1891, to Miss Eugenia Chesemore, a daughter of Newton Chesemore, and to this union there have been born eight children: Myrtie (deceased), Emery, George, Allen, Norm, Grace, and two infants that died unnamed. Mr. Huffman gives his allegiance to the principles of the Democratic party, but has never sought or accepted public office.
    JOHN W. HULBERT is a pioneer of Wisconsin now living retired in Grant county, where he is held in high esteem as a citizen. He is a veteran of the Civil War and his career has been somewhat varied and eventful. He was born in Lewiston, Niagara county, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1836, and is a son of Asel, who was born in Vermont, in 1801, and of Grizell (Buchanan) Hulbert, whose parents were of Scotch birth and lineage. As a boy Asel Hulbert accompanied his parents on their removal to the state of New York, where he was reared and educated and where he learned the shoemaker's trade, at which he was employed for some time in Rochester, where he was foreman of a shop. He finally went to Canada, where his marriage was solemnized, his first wife having died in St. Catherines, Ontario, in 1839. His second wife bore the maiden name of Jones and was a resident of Brantford, Canada, at the time of their marriage. In 1849, in company with his wife and eight children, he came to Wisconsin, locating hear Stoughton, Dane county, and being one of the early settlers of that section. Three children were born of the first marriage, -- Asel, Jr., deceased; John W., of this sketch; and Grizell, who is the wife of Thomas Parrot, of Fond du Lac, Wis. Five children were the offspring of the second marriage: Mary and Marian are deceased; Elizabeth resides in Des Moines, Ia.; Addie is a resident of Garner, that state; and Charles is a resident of Nora Springs, Ia. For his third wife he married Nancy King, a native of Indiana, and they had three children, of whom only one is living, Isabelle. Soon after locating in Dane county Asel Hulbert took up a tract of wild land, clearing and improving a considerable portion of the same and there remaining eight years, at the expiration of which he removed to Monroe county, where he secured another tract of wild land, which he later traded for a farm near Peru, Ind., where he lived several years. He then returned to Wisconsin, first settling in Richland county and later buying an improved farm in Grant county. Upon selling the latter property he returned to Richland county, becoming the owner of a good farm in the town of Richwood, where he passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1900, only a few months before his one hundredth birthday. He was a man of superior intelligence and his faculties remained alert until his death. He was an ardent Republican and took a lively interest in the questions and issues of the day. Seven of his paternal uncles were soldiers in the war of the Revolution and are buried at Bunker Hill. His mother was a collateral relative of Benedict Arnold. John W. Hulbert, to whom this sketch is dedicated, was thirteen years of age at the time of the family removal to Wisconsin, and his educational advantages were limited in scope. At the age of sixteen years he left the paternal home, passing varying intervals in different parts of the state and going to Peru, Ind., in 1859. He was employed on the old Wabash canal until the call to higher duty caused him to go forth in defense of the Union. In 1862 he enlisted as a private in Company C, Eighty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which he took part in the battles of Perryville, Stone river and Chickamauga, besides numerous minor engagements. He served eighteen months and then received an honorable discharge on account of physical disability, having been taken ill and also having an organic disease of the heart, which further rendered it hazardous for him to remaining in the service. By virtue of his faithful efforts as a soldier of the Union Mr. Hulbert is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. After leaving the army he engaged in farming in Indiana. In 1864, shortly after his marriage, he came to Wisconsin and located in Grant county, where he secured a small farm, improving the property and finally disposing of the same, after which he bought another farm in that county, where he resides at the present time. In politics he is an aggressive Republican, taking deep interest in the party cause, and he has served as justice of the peace and held other town offices. As a member of the Grand Army of the Republic he is affiliated with the post a Muscoda, Grant county. In the autumn of 1864 Mr. Hulbert was united in marriage to Miss Rosa Ann Fuller, of Lima, O., and in conclusion is entered brief record concerning their children. Grant S. was born in Muscoda, Grant county, Wis., Feb. 11, 1866, and he was there reared and educated. Dec. 25, 1888, he was united in marriage to Miss Vellety Cox, who was born in Richland county, and of their eight children six are living, -- Melva, Bessie, Leland, Kittie, Edith and Gladys. Grant S. Hulbert remained in Grand county until 1888, when he came to Richland county, where he farmed rented land for two years, passing the ensuing five years at Nora Springs, Ia., where he was engaged in the draying business. He then in 1898, returned to Richland county, where he bought the Foley farm, of 160 acres, and later the Lowrey farm, comprising eighty acres, where he no maintains his home, in the town of Marshall. He has about sixty acres under cultivation and is one of the progressive and popular farmers of the township. Elsie, second child of the subject of this review, is the wife of Hiram Peer, of Grant county, and they have nine children. Charles resides in Grant county, where he is an engineer and farmer. Maude is the wife of Matthew Dilley, of Ladysmith, Wis. Edith is the wife of Robert Homewood, of Blue River, Grant county. Nina is the wife of Edward Wardell, of Ladysmith.
    FRANK A. HULL, a representative farmer of the town of Forest, was born in Dundee township, Cook county, Ill., Aug. 1, 1852, and is a son of Andrew H. and Lucy N. Hull, honored pioneers of Richland county, whither they removed from Illinois in April, 1856, settling in Forest township. Frank A. Hull has thus lived in this county since he was four years of age, and to the common schools of Forest township he is indebted for his early educational training. He has been continuously identified with agricultural pursuits from his youth to the present time and is now the owner of a valuable and well improved farm of 260 acres, on which he has erected excellent buildings and provided other appurtenances of a model farmstead. He devotes considerable attention to stock-growing, keeps a good herd of dairy cows and also raises tobacco. He is a man of progressive ideas and marked business ability and takes a loyal interest in public affairs of a local nature. In politics he supports the cause of the Democratic party, and in a fraternal way he is affiliated with Viola Lodge, No. 257, Free and Accepted Masons, and Star Lodge, No. 230, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Jan. 19, 1879, Mr. Hull was united in marriage to Miss Clara D. Green, who was born in Kickapoo township, Vernon county, Wis., being a daughter of Samuel W. and Mary Jane W. (Lawton) Green, the former of whom was born in Connecticut and the latter in the state of New York, a daughter of Isaac R. Lawton, of whom mention is made in the sketch of his son James W., appearing elsewhere in this work. Samuel W. Green came to Jefferson county, Wis., in an early day and there was married. He later removed to Kickapoo township, Vernon county, where he became the owner of a good farm. For years he was there engaged in the hotel business and also conducted a general store. In 1862 he removed with his family to what is now the village of LaFarge, Vernon county, where he accumulated property and where he served as postmaster for twenty-nine years. While a resident of Vernon county he was superintendent of schools for his township and he also served many years as notary public. He was a Republican in politics and was identified with the Masonic fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having been influential in his community and having commanded uniform confidence and esteem. He died Jan. 19, 1903, and his widow is now eighty-two years of age. Of their three children two are living: -- Mrs. Hull and Charles S., the later being a successful farmer of the town of Stark, Vernon county. Mr. and Mrs. Hull have one daughter, Fernly L., who was born in Forest township, Dec. 3, 1879; she was graduated in the high school at Viola and is now a successful and popular teacher, having taught in the public schools of this county for seventeen terms.
    JOB M. HURLESS may well be termed one of the founders and builders of Richland county, since he located here in the pioneer epoch, -- more than half a century ago, bending his energies effectively to the reclaiming of land from the virgin forest and in the course of time becoming one of the substantial representatives of the agricultural industry in this now favored section of the Badger State. He assisted in the building of roads and in making other public improvements and has always been loyal to the higher duties of citizenship, so ordering his course as to retain at all times the unstinted regard of his fellow men. He is now living essentially retired on his fine farm, in the town of Bloom. Mr. Hurless was born in Pendleton county, W. Va., which was at that time still a portion of the Old Dominion State, the date of his nativity having been May 15, 1831. In the same county also were born his parents, John and Sarah C. (Hartman) Hurless, the latter of whom died in the year after the birth of the subject of this review. The father later married Sallie Sawyer, and he continued to be engaged in farming in his native county until 1834, when he removed to Carroll county, Ind., becoming one of the pioneers of that section, where he passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1843. The children of the first marriage were: Rebecca, Henry, John, Sarah, Elizabeth J., and Job M. The last mention was but twelve years of age at the time of his father's death, and he was thereafter reared to manhood in the homes of Dr. Curry and Philip Kingery, of Carroll county, Ind., remaining with the latter until he was twenty years of age. He grew up under the sturdy discipline of the farm and had such educational advantages as were afforded in the primitive schools of the pioneer days in the Hoosier State. At the age of twenty-one years Mr. Hurless assumed connubial responsibilities and dignity, having been united in marriage, Mar. 6, 1853, to Miss Cynthia D. Trobaugh, who was born in Greene county, Tenn., being a daughter of Myers M. and Martha (Foster) Trobaugh, both native of Greene county, Tenn., the former having been a scion of Pennsylvania German stock and the latter of New England ancestry. They finally removed to Carroll county, Ind., where they remained until 1854, when they came with the subject of this sketch to Richland county, Wis. Mr. Trobaugh took up 160 acres of government land, heavily timbered, in section 18, town of Bloom, where he reclaimed a good farm. He and his wife, honored pioneers of the county and devout members of the United Brethren church, passed the closing years of their lives near Richland Center. They became the parents of twelve children: William resides in Carroll county, Ind.; Elizabeth is deceased; Mary resides in Richland Center; Margaret is deceased; Cynthia D. is the wife of the subject of this review; David resides in Carroll county, Ind.; Isaac D. is deceased; Catherine resides in Jackson county, Wis.; Nancy Jane is the wife of Willison Jewell; Alvira is the wife of Henry Shockhart; Harvey resides in Augusta, Wis., and Eliza is the wife of William Cole, a resident of Richland township. To Mr. and Mrs. Hurless have been born seven children: Martha is the wife of Thomas Burt, a farmer of Bloom township; John M. resides at Ladysmith, Wis., being treasurer of Rusk county (1906); Henry M. is an extensive farmer in Clay county, Neb.; Ivan, who resides in West Lima, Richland county, is a farmer and stock dealer; Hattie is the wife of Jacob Potts, of LaFarge, Vernon county; Rosetta is the wife of Harry Krumbacher, a farmer of the town of Bloom; and Ora is a successful farmer and stock-grower of the same township. Mr. Hurless, in company with his wife and her parents, and other members of the latter's family, arrived in the town of Bloom, this county, Oct. 4, 1854, the journey having been made with teams and wagons and three weeks having been consumed in making the trip from Indiana. He secured wild land in section 5, and later in section 8, where he put up his primitive log cabin, clearing and otherwise improving a considerable portion of his original tract of land. Later he removed to section 15, where he bought seventy acres, on which a small clearing had been made and a log house and a log stable been erected. He had previously bought 120 acres in Sauk county, and he traded the later property, together with fifty acres in the town of Bloom, for 120 acres of his present farm, in section 6, Bloom Township. He added to his landed possessions until he had about 600 acres, 140 acres lying across the line in the town of Union, Vernon county. He cleared a great amount of land and has turned out as many as 700 fence rails in one day, having shown much prowess in this line in the pioneer days. His present homestead farm, which is under high cultivation and improved with excellent buildings, comprises 190 acres. He continued actively engaged in farming and stock-raising until 1901, when he retired from active labors, having effectualy borne the "heat and burden of the day" and made his efforts count for individual advancement and for the development and upbuilding of the county. He is a loyal supporter of the cause of the Republican party, but has never sought or held office. He and his wife are zealous members of the Christian church and are active in good works, holding the high regard of the people of the community in which they have so long maintained their home.
    J. W. HUSTON, a prominent citizen of Richland Center, is a product of the county in which he resides, his birthplace having been at Spring Valley, and the date Sept. 22, 1856. He is the son of Jacob and Mary (Snyder) Huston, the former of whom was a native of Coshocton county, O., where the Hustons were early pioneers, the family being of good old American stock. The family to which the mother of the subject of this review belonged came from Germany, and members of the family were also early settlers in Ohio. The parents of our subject came to Wisconsin in 1853 and settled in Spring Valley, where they purchased land from the government. The father was a farmer, which honorable calling he followed throughout all of his active career, but after living four or five years in Spring Valley he removed his family to Richland Center, purchasing a farm adjoining the city limits, and he continued farming there until the time of his death, in 1882, at the age of sixty-three years. The mother died on Mar. 18, 1890, at the age of seventy-one. These parents reared a family of eleven children, only three of whom are now living, however, the names of the latter being Mary, who married John Patno and now resides in Clark county, Wis.; J. W., who is the immediate subject of this review, and William, who is a resident of the state of Michigan. J. W. Huston was the ninth in the order of birth in this family of children, and he was only two years old when his parents established their residence in Richland Center, where he was reared and educated. He began his independent career at the age of nineteen, by serving an apprenticeship at the plastering trade, and he continued to follow that occupation eighteen years, doing contract work most of the time. Since 1893 he has been engaged in farming and the quarrying of building stone. He has an extensive sand-stone quarry on his farm, which adjoins the city limits of Richland center, and he has an exclusive business there in that time of industry. In 1895 he erected a fine dwelling house on his farm, just west of the city, the material of its construction being stone from the quarry mentioned, and it is no exaggeration to say that if is the finest residence in Richland Center. In addition to his active participation in the material affairs of life Mr. Huston devotes considerable attention to what might be called the sentimental side, and he has gathered a large collection of curios, consisting of Indian relics, antique implements of warfare, etc., among other valuable and interesting articles being a land warrant issued by Gov. Patrick Henry, of Virginia. The subject of this review has been twice married: First, on June 22, 1880, to Miss Elizabeth Winn, who died on Feb. 27, 1903; and the second marriage was on Mar. 8, 1905, to Miss Alma Scheibel, of Madison. The later is a daughter of August Scheibel, a prominent citizen of the capital city. Mr. Huston is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and also of the fraternity known as the Yeomen. Politically he is a Prohibitionist, and he and his wife are communicants of the Christian church.
    CHARLES HENRY HYATT is quite extensively engaged in agricultural pursuits and also in the manufacture of line in the town of Richland, and the good reputation which he enjoys and sustains is but a continuation of the high regard in which the Hyatt family has been held since first locating in Richland county, more than a half century ago. Alfred Hyatt, the paternal grandfather of the subject of this review, was born in Franklin county, Va. His father died when he was but five years old, and he then went to live with a grandfather, accompanying is to Madison county, Ky., where the youthful Alfred lived until twelve years of age. His mother then married William Foster, and he accompanied the family to Butler county, O., where his stepfather died shortly afterward. He then removed with some friends to Henry county, Ind., and lived two years with Samuel Turgerson, after which he went to Cincinnati, O., where he learned the brick-maker's trade, and in 1836 he went to Carroll county, Ind., where he carried on the brick-making business until 1838. There he met Christiana Clark, who afterward became his wife, and after the marriage they continued to reside in Indiana until 1855, when Mr. Hyatt removed his family to Wisconsin and became a resident of Richland county. He first engaged in farming in the town of Bloom, where he also kept a small store, and in 1858 he removed to Richland Center and engaged in the manufacture of brick. On May 10, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company H of the Firth Wisconsin infantry, and on July 26, left the state with his regiment for the front in Virginia. He served with his command until June 20, 1862, when he was discharged on account of physical disability, and returned home. After regaining his health, on Sept. 24, 1863, he re-enlisted as a veteran recruit in the First Wisconsin heavy artillery, battery C, and remained with it until the end of the war, being mustered out on Sept. 21, 1865. Battery C was organized under the superintendence of Capt. john R. Davis, and left Camp Washburn on Oct. 30, 1863, being assigned to position at Camp Wood, Chattanooga. It subsequently moved into Fort Creighton and finally into Fort Sherman, where it remained until Mar. 29, 1865, when it moved to Athens, East Tennessee, thence to Mouse Creek, and finally to Strawberry Plains. On Sept. 21, 1865, the men were mustered out at Nashville and returned to Madison, where they were paid and disbanded. After the war Mr. Hyatt did not engage in any particular business, and he and his wife both died at Richland Center. They were the parents to five children, only two of whom were reared to manhood-Samuel C. and Valentine G., the latter being now a resident of Pueblo, Colo. Samuel Clark Hyatt, the elder of the two sons mentioned, and the father of him whose name introduces this memoir, was born in Carroll county, Ind., Aug. 11, 1839, and came with his parents to Richland county in 1855, and there he was a resident during the remainder of his life. As a youth he learned book-keeping, and followed that occupation and clerking in stores until the outbreak of the Civil War. In 1861 he enlisted in the United States service and served with a regimental band on year, at the end of which time he was discharged. Returning home he commenced work at the printer's trade and afterward became part owner of the Richland County Observer. In 1864 he assisted Capt. Elam Bailey to recruit Company F, Forty-first Wisconsin Regiment, and enlisted on May 17, of that year, being commissioned first sergeant, and he served in that capacity until mustered out of the service on Sept. 23, 1864, upon the expiration of his term of enlistment. The regiment left the state on June 15, and proceeded down the Mississippi river to Memphis, Tenn., being then placed on picket and railroad guard duty, relieving the veteran regiments which were sent into the field to reinforce the several armies that were engaged in the great military operations which characterized the summer campaign of 1864. Returning home after being mustered out, Mr. Hyatt worked a short time at the printing business, then took a course at the Chicago Commercial College, and in 1867 he began keeping books for G. & A. H. Krouskop, continuing with that firm until 1871, when he engaged in the mercantile trade two years, after which he clerked for others the remainder of his active life. Before Richland Center was incorporated as a city he served as town treasurer, and later he was elected as the first city treasurer, being successively re-elected, and he continued to fill that position until the date of his death, Mar. 12, 1905, aged sixty-five years. Politically he was a Republican, and fraternally he had membership in the G. A. R., and the F. & A. M. Mr. Hyatt was married in 1866 to Miss Sarah C. Carpenter, who was born in Herkimer county, N. Y., and who came to Richland county with her parents-Halsey C. and Sarah Ann (Vanatter) Carpenter-both of the latter being also natives of the Empire State. These parents first settled in the town of Rockbridge, where they lived many years and then removed to Kansas, but they afterward returned to Rockbridge, and later took up their residence in Richland Center, where they both died. Four children were born to them, of whom Charles H. is the subject of this review; Emory A. is a resident of Richland Center; Nellie Agnes married E. Box, a traveling salesman, and resides in Richland Center; and Josephine remains at home with her mother. Charles H. Hyatt, whose name introduces this memoir, was born in Richland Center on Mar. 11, 1868, and that places has been his residence during all the succeeding years. He received his education in the Richland Center high school, and as a young man he worked at the cigar-making trade a few years. But his time has been mostly devoted to farming and lime burning, the firm of Hyatt Bros. manufacturing lime for local consumption and also shipping to several adjacent towns. The kilns are located on the farm of our subject, which consists of 120 acres of fine land located one mile from Richland Center. Charles H. Hyatt was married on Sept. 5, 1901, to Miss Mildred K. Brown, daughter of Baxter and Catherine (Long) Brown, who were early settlers of the town of Richland, and to this union there have been born two children-Catherine, and Samuel Edward. Our subject is a Republican in his political affiliations; fraternally he has membership in the Knights of Pythias order, and he and his wife are communicants of the Presbyterian church.
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