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 940

N. G. COULTER, farmer, Sec. 31; P.O. Rio; born Nov. 9,
1830, in Delaware Co., N.Y.; came to Wisconsin March
6, 1862; spent nine years lumbering, with home in Fond
du Lac; for some time dealing in real estate, and two
years in merchandise; store on Second and Main
streets; came to this farm in September 1859.
Married, Dec. 30, 1875, by H. B. MOULTON, of Empire,
Fond du Lac Co., Vina N. HAYES, daughter of Jonathan
HAYES and Sarah (MORRISON) HAYES.  Mrs. COUTLER was
born in Aroostock Co., Me.; have two children - Mary
Helen and Mattie A.  Mr. COULTER has a fine farm, with
good buildings; 40 acre grove nicely seeded with
grass; also a half-mile trotting course; farm in good
state of cultivation, and well fenced; will sell for
$10,000; 285 acres in Secs. 31, 32, and 12, in Otsego;
230 acres cultivated.

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LEMUEL HASTINGS DOYLE, farmer, Sec. 35; P.O.
Doylestown; born on Mount Washington, town of Bath,
Steuben Co., N.Y., Nov. 26, 1832; at about 6 years of
age, went with parents to Allegany Co., and, at 20
years of age, to the town of Otsego, this State; June
23, 1853, came to his present home.  Married, at
Arkport, Steuben Co, N.Y., Dec. 3, 1856, Amanda J.
HALL, who was born in South Danville, N.Y., Feb. 13,
1833, and died in Whiting's Valley, Allegany Co.,
N.Y., Sept. 16, 1857.  Married, Sept. 27, 1858, Mary
Jane EDWARDS, at Fountain Prairie, by Rev. Isaac
SEARLES; second wife was the daughter of David and
Mary H. (ALLING) EDWARDS, of New England; had two
children by second wife - Edward Joseph DOYLE, born at
city of Waterloo, Iowa, Nov. 16, 1863; Lemuel Hobart
DOYLE, born at Doylestown, Wis., June 15, 1868.  Mr.
DOYLE was the son of Joseph DOYLE, who was born in
Bath, Steuben Co., N.Y., June 4, 1805, and Hannah
(SEGER) DOYLE, who was born in Dryden, Tompkins Co.,
N.Y., May 7, 1807, and daughter of German parents from
the valley of the Rhine, who were married Jan. 10,
1832, and came to New York in 1837.  Mr. DOYLE's
mother died Oct. 5, 1839, and his father came to
Doylestown, Wis., in January 1866.  The grandfather of
Mr. DOYLE (Samuel DOYLE) was born in Providence, R.I.,
in 1757, and went to Bucks Co., Penn., with his
parents.  He enlisted in 1776 to the Pennsylvania
Rangers, and served until the close of the war, being
at Valley Forge during the memorable winter, and his
father was killed by Indians near the present site of
Doylestown, Penn.  After the war, he (the grandfather
of L. H. DOYLE) married Mary ARBOR, who was born in
Monmouth Co, N.J., her parents having moved to
Pennsylvania.  In 1790, they went with a colony from
Pennsylvania and founded the village of Bath, Steuben
Co., N.Y., where he died in 1817, his wife having died
in 1836, aged 84.  The great-grandfather of Mr. DOYLE
came to Rhode Island with Roger WILLIAMS in 1636.  The
father of Mrs. DOYLE (David EDWARDS) was born in
Amherst, Mass, Jan. 12, 1820, and her mother was born
in New Haven, Conn., Oct. 5, 1821.  Mr. DOYLE was
Supervisor of Otsego in 1868 and 1869; went to
Waterloo, Iowa, in November 1859, and returned in
1865, and purchased 235 acres on the present site of
Doylestown; laid out the town in August 1865; was the
first Postmaster in town and sent out the first mail
Aug. 1, 1865; resigned Jan. 1, 1880; was railroad and
express agent from Nov. 1, 1866, until 1873, and
resigned that also, naming successor in both cases; he
also distributed gratuitously 100 lots to induce
settlement; he established a nursery at Doylestown in
1866, and sold in 1878 about 100,00 trees.  Attends
the Methodist Church, and is a Republican.  Owns 280
acres in Secs. 5, 26, 34, 35; 90 acres improved;
balance timber and pasture.

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