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
968-969

ADOLPHUS W. INGALSBE, Columbus; was born in Washington
Co., N.Y., in 1822; he was educated in the common
schools of his native county; he went to California in
1849, and spent three years in the West; returning to
his home in New York, in 1852, whence, in the fall of
that year, he emigrated to Wisconsin, and located at
Columbus in February 1853, where he has since devoted
his time to farming and stock-raising; he now owns a
farm of 600 acres in the towns of Columbus, Columbia
Co., and Elba, Dodge Co.  Mr. INGALSBE was a member of
the Town board for several terms, and Chairman of the
same two years.  In October 1853, he was married to
Miss Maria BUTTERFIELD, of Washington Co., N.Y., who
died at her home in Columbus, Wis., in July 1876,
leaving three children, as follows: Burr, now living
in Nebraska; Nora and Millie at home with father.
Mrs. INGALSBE was a member of the Baptist Church; Mr.
INGALSBE is an Ancient Odd Fellow.

Page 969

E. E. JONES, Columbus; was born in Flintshire, North
Wales, in 1828; is the son of Edward and Arabella
JONES; he was educated according to the school system
of his native country, and, at the age of 14 years,
was apprenticed to the mercantile trade, which he
continued there and in Liverpool till 1848, his father
having died when he was not yet a year old; in 1848,
he with his mother emigrated to America, and located
at Columbus, Wis.; he engaged in teaching for a year,
and then began clerking for Mr. BASSETT, in the
mercantile trade; after continuing with him for some
years, he next became a partner with Mr. HAZELTON, in
the business, and in 1861, he and Mr. JOHNSON bought
out Mr. HAZELTON, and continued the business for three
or four years; disposing of his business, he soon
became employed by BASSETT & DAVIES, in the dry-goods
and general merchandise store, and has remained with
them since.  He was married in 1853, to Miss Elizabeth
JONES, of the town of Elba, Dodge Co, but a native of
Carnavonshire, North Wales, and an emigrant to
Wisconsin with her parents, about 1845; they have one
daughter - Katie.  They are members of the Welsh
Calvinistic Church; Mr. JONES is a member of the
Temple of Honor.

THOMAS JONES, farmer, Secs. 23 and 26; P.O. Columbus;
was born in Merionethshire, North Wales, Oct. 20,
1833; his father, Thomas JONES, was born in
Merionethshire, and died in the town of Columbus,
Columbia Co., Wis., Nov. 7, 1849; his mother,
Elizabeth GITTINGS, was also a native of that shire,
and died in Wisconsin in August 1862.  Thomas, our
present subject, is the oldest of five children, with
whom his parents landed in New York, as emigrants to
America, July 8, 1845; they settled in the town of
Macy, Oneida Co, N.Y., for nearly a year, and then
removed to the town of Columbus, Columbia Co., Wis.,
where they arrived June 3, 1846, where they located on
a farm on Sec. 27; Mr. JONES made his home on the farm
till his marriage in 1861, to Miss Mary J., daughter
of Dan and Hannah M. TOMPKINS, a native of Yates Co.,
N.Y., but an emigrant with parents to Wisconsin, in
1854, and located in the town of Otsego, Columbia Co.,
where her father died in 1876; her mother still
resides in that town.  Mr. and Mrs. JONES located soon
after marriage on a farm of 170 acres, on Sec. 22, and
made that their home till Feb. 8, 1876, whence he
removed to his present farm of 135 acres on Secs. 23,
25 and 26.  He has been a member of the Town Board for
two terms.

JOHN A. KITZROW, farmer, Secs. 16 and 21; P.O.
Columbus; was born in Mecklenburg in 1838; he came to
America in 1857, and located in the town of Columbus,
Columbia Co., Wis.; he now owns a farm of 160 acres,
Secs. 16 and 21.  In 1866 he was married to Miss
Augusta PRIEN, of the town of Arlington, Columbia
County; their children are Otto, Edward, Charles and
Mary.  They are members of the Lutheran Church.

ALBERT EUGENE KOENIG, Columbus; was born May 2, 1848,
in Berne, Switzerland, and came to America in April
1867; located in Fayette Co., Iowa, and was in the law
office of Mr. GOODRICH for about nine months, and then
went to New Orleans, and to Cuba, and was there till
December 1870; then he went to California, from there
to Shanghai, China, where he contracted the yellow
fever, and on account of ill health, returned to
California, and was in the employ of his brother for
three years, and then he went to New York, and in
1876, came to Columbus, Wis., where he still lives,
and is now in the employ of J. FOX, Esq.; he has
charge of the livery and feed stables at the FOX
House.

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