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
1002

AMOS F. ABBOTT, farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. West Point; was
born in Lemington, Essex Co., Vt., in 1822; when about
10 years of age, he removed with his parents, George
W. and Lucinda ABBOTT, to Lyman, Grafton Co., N.H.;
his father was a millwright by trade; he died in 1852,
in the town of Lyman; when 17 years of age, Mr. ABBOTT
went to Montpelier, Vt., where he learned the trade of
a printer, in the office of the Patriot of that city;
this business he followed for seven years; a part of
this time was engaged in publishing the Coos Democrat,
of which J. M. RIX was editor; thence in 1846, to
Pittsburgh, Coos Co., where he engaged in farming;
here he also represented three towns of the county in
the Legislature of Vermont.  He came to Wisconsin in
May 1855, and settled on his present farm.  He was
married in 1844, to Miss Emily ELLIOTT, daughter of
Daniel and Susan ELLIOTT, born in 1822; they have
three children - Edna A. BLIVEN, born May 23, 1845;
Zoe A. BLIVEN, March 18, 1848, and Noel G., May 14,
1853.  Mr. ABBOTT enlisted Feb. 14, 1865, in 49th
W.V.I., Col. Fellows; he was mustered into service
Feb. 22, 1865, at Madison; was transferred from the
49th to the 50th, and appointed First Sergeant of Co.
E.; he was discharged Oct. 31, 1865, at Sioux City,
Iowa.

FRANK B. ABBOTT, farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Farr's corners;
son of Moses S. ABBOTT, who was born in the town of
Bath, N.H., Oct. 22, 1806; his father, Josiah ABBOTT,
removed to Lemington, Vt., when Moses S. was 5 years
of age; he was a soldier of the Revolution; was an
adjutant in the army, and served five years in the war
of independence; he died in 1837.  Moses S. ABBOTT
lived in Vermont till 1828, when he removed to the
State of New Hampshire; he came to Wisconsin in June
1854, and settled on the farm which his son, Frank B.
now owns, and with whom he resides; his wife was
Sophroma LADD; she died in 1872; he has had seven
children - Sewell W., Madalon M., Adeline D., Azro G.,
Adalaide A., Amanda M., and Frank B.; the latter was
born on the farm which he now owns, Jan. 22, 1857.  He
was married March, 1879, to Mattie, daughter of Mr. J.
ATKINSON, born in Door Co., Wis., in 1863.  Farm
contains 54 acres.

WILLIAM A. BLACKMAN, farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Merrimac,
Sauk Co.; was born in Luzerne Co., Penn., in 1842; he
came to Columbia Co. with his parents in 1858, they
settled in the village of Dekorra; his father, a
Methodist clergyman, now resides in Sharon, Walworth
Co.; Mr. BLACKMAN enlisted in February 1862, in the
18th W.V.I., and served till the close of the war; was
at the battle of Shiloh, siege of Corinth, second
battle of Corinth, siege of Vicksburg, and in all the
campaigns and battles in which his regiment took part;
after the war, he worked at his trade, that of a
carpenter and joiner, for several years.  He was
married to Mary STANLEY.  His farm contains 120 acres.

ROBERT BOEHMER, farmer, Sec. 29; P.O. Prairie du Sac;
was born in Rhine Prussia, April 30, 1834; his father
died in Germany; he came to this country with his
mother and family in 1852; they lived three years in
Racine Co., then to Dane Co., where they lived about
ten years; Mr. BOEHMER bought his present farm in
1867.  He was married to Sarah LAMBERTY, from Germany;
they have five sons and two daughters - Paul, Mary,
Joseph, Hubert, John, Mathias, and Lizzie; his farm
contains 180 acres.

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