Biographies from The History of Columbia County,
Wisconsin, 1880 


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From The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, 1880,
publ. by Western Historical Company, Chicago, Page
910-911

HENRY LITTLE was born in the town of Gardner, near
Augusta, Me., May 19, 1848; moved to New Orleans in
1857, and attended school in that city until he came
to Wisconsin with his father, William LITTLE, to
Fairfield, Sauk Co., in February 1861; his father died
there in 1863.  Henry lived in Fairfield most of the
time until he came to Portage in 1865, and was engaged
in farming; and since coming to this place has been
engaged in the livery and omnibus business.  Mr.
LITTLE married Mary BOLTING, a native of Portage,
Sept. 22, 1865; they have had two children, one
living, Henry Wm.; lost one son, died in infancy.  Is
a member of the I.O.O.F.

Page 911

R. J. LLOYD, horseshoer and jobber; was born in Wales
in 1839, and came to America in 1846, and settled in
Oneida Co, N.Y., where he remained nine years; in
1855, he came to Oxford, Marquette Co., where he lived
till 1866, when he located in Portage, which is still
his home.  On the 20th of May, 1860, he was married to
Miss Jane WATKINS, formerly of Pennsylvania; they have
six children - William, Wallie, Robert, Lillie, Daisy
and Lawrence.  He has been proprietor of one shop ever
since he came to Portage; he owns his shop on Main
street, and his house on Conant street; employs one
journeyman, and has a good run of patronage.  Himself
and wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church
of Portage.

SAMUEL S. LOCKHRD is a native of Ayrshire, Scotland;
son of John and Agnes LOCKHART, who came to America
with their family in 1853, locating first at
Williamsburg, L.I.; in 1854, they removed to Caledonia
in this county, locating on Sec. 3; they now live on
Sec. 9, in the same town, engaged in farming.  Samuel
S. was born Nov. 20, 1850; he passed his early life on
his father's farm; attended the high school of
Portage, where he graduated the summer of 1874; prior
to this had attended the district school of his own
town, and had also taught some; his first-graded
school was at Pardeeville, where he taught the summer
of 1876; in the fall of the same year, entered
Randolph public school, and had charge of that as
Principal, until the summer of 1878; during vacations
studying law in the office of James B. TAYLOR; was
elected Clerk of the Court in November 1878, which
office he now holds.  Married in the town of Randolph,
March 29, 1879, to Hallie L. MARVIN, daughter of Hon.
G. G. MARVIN; she was born in the town of Randolph.
Mr. L. is a member of the A.F. & A.M.

RODNEY O. LOOMIS, is a native of German Flats,
Herkimer Co., N.Y.; born Sept. 17, 1833; came to
Pacific, Columbia Co., Wis., in September 1852, and
has resided in this county ever since; was employed in
the store of N. H. WOOD as clerk until 1857, when he
became a member of the firm of WOOD, LOOMIS & OSBORN;
at the expiration of one year, Mr. OSBORN retired, and
the business was conducted under the firm name of WOOD
& LOOMIS for one year; then the firm of N. H. WOOD &
Co. was formed, which consisted of N.H. WOOD, R. O.
LOOMIS, Geo. H. OSBORN, and Frank E. WOOD; in 1861,
the firm name was again changed to WOOD, LOOMIS &
OSBORN; from 1863 to 1865, the business was carried on
by WOOD, LOOMIS & Co., Mr. C. R. GALLETT becoming a
member of the firm; from 1865 to 1867, the firm was N.
H. WOOD & Co.; in the spring of 1867, L. BREESE became
associated with them, but the style of the firm name
was not changed; in 1869, the present firm of LOOMIS,
GALLETT & BREESE was formed.  Mr. LOOMIS married Susan
WOOD, Sept. 8, 1856, at Dubuque, Iowa; she died Oct.
5, 1865, leaving two children; one, an infant,
eighteen months old, survived the mother but a short
time; one son, Fred W. was born March 30, 1859.  Mr.
L. was married the second time at Lyons, N.Y., to
Isabelle H. COLE, Oct. 23, 1867; she was born in
Lyons; there are three children by this union -
Isabelle Chester, Mary Emily and Frank Breese.

JOSEPH LUDWIG, born in Bohemia Dec. 25, 1825; came to
America in 1848, worked in New York City from June to
October of the same year, then came to Milwaukee;
December to May, worked in tannery; in the spring of
1849, commenced buying hides, wool, etc., running a
small tannery a short time before coming to Portage;
he learned the tanner's trade in Europe; in 1851, he
came to Portage and engaged in buying hides, which
business he is still engaged in, besides caring on the
tannery ever since he came here; he commenced the boot
and shoe business in 1857, and has been in his present
locating since 1859.  His present wife was Mary ROHN;
she was born in Germany; they have five children, two
girls and three boys.  Mr. L. has two daughters by a
former marriage.

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