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
951-952

F. B. LANGDON,or "Uncle Frank," as he is called,  was
the first permanent settler in the town of Marcellon;
he came here from Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, in the fall of
1845, arriving with his family on the 3d day of
November, having selected his land about ten days
before; he took off his wagon-cover and used it for a
tent, living in it till he got his house built; his
nearest neighbors at that time were Samuel and John
McCONOCHIE, of the town of Scott; has lived on the
same farm ever since; helped to organize the town of
Marcellon, and was a member of the first Town Board;
he was born Jan. 27, 1810 in the town of Wilbraham,
Hampden Co., Mass.; son of Christopher LANGDON, who
removed to Geauga Co., Ohio, in 1814, and died there
in 1822.  Mr. LANGDON was married in Tuscarawas Co.,
Ohio, on Sept. 1, 1833 to Lydia HAMBLIN, who was born
Nov. 9, 1812, in Grand Isle Co., Vt.; daughter of Asa
HAMBLIN, who removed to Ohio when she was 7 years old.
Mr. and Mrs. LANGDON have had four children, but the
only one living is Rosellia, who was born June 11,
1834, and married to John BRADEN, who died in the army
from a gun-shot wound, received in battle in Missouri;
he belongs to the 14th Iowa V.I., and his death
occurred Oct. 31, 1864; he left five children - Alma,
Julia, Erwin, Datus, and Herbert; she is now the wife
of S. R. PECK, and has one child by the second
marriage - a daughter, named Mandania.  Mr. and Mrs.
LANGDON have lost three children - Christopher,
enlisted in the 32d W.V.I., was under Sherman, and
died in North Carolina in the 27th year of his age;
Asa, died Jan. 10, 1862, in his 24th year, and
Marinett, died Dec. 20, 1841, aged 1year.  Mr. LANDON
has 191 acres of land on Sec. 24; P.O. Marcellon; is a
Republican.

Page 952

BARNEY LOVELL, farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Bellefountain;
born Dec. 2, 1820, in Cayuga Co., N.Y.  Was married
Sept. 11, 1842, in Livingston Co., N.Y., town of
Sparta, to Elizabeth SPICER, who was born May 3, 1826,
in Sparta, daughter of Asa SPICER; Mr. LOVELL came
from New York to Michigan in 1851, and lived in Cass
Co., till August 1865, then sold out, came to
Wisconsin and bought the farm he now owns and
occupies; have four children living - Nathan V. lives
in Berrien Co., Mich., Henry C. and John T. are living
on Sec. 11, in Marcellon, and Mary Elizabeth, is now
Mrs. Alman INGLEHART, of Cambria, Wis.; have lost one,
Frances Adel, died March 6, 1875, aged 16.  Nathan V.
spent four years in the army; belonged to the 7th
Mich. V.I., Co. B, almost a year; was taken prisoner
in Murfreesboro and taken to McMinnville, Tenn., where
he escaped, and reported at Camp Chase, Ohio; his
regiment being badly cut up, what there was left of it
was disbanded, and he re-enlisted in the 7th Mich.
V.C., Co. B; spent thee years with Sheridan and
Custer; was with Grant when he took Richmond, and was
discharged at the close of the war; had nine horses
shot under him, and was once shot through the heel,
but never left his regiment, and never spent a day in
the hospital.  Mr. and Mrs. LOVELL were both members
of the Christian Church, in New York, but are not
members of any church at present; he is Republican,
and has 80 acres of land.

PELEG L. PECKHAM, farmer, Sec. 13; P.O. Bellefountain;
born May 24, 1819, in Madison Co., N.Y.; his parents
removed to Monroe Co. when he was in his 16th year; he
remained at home till he was 21 years old; came to
Columbia Co., Wis., in August 1844; lived near
Columbus till January 1846, then came up and located
the land he now owns in the town of Marcellon, and has
lived on it ever since.  Was married April 19, 1846,
to Minerva AUSTIN, who was born Oct. 4, 1825, in
Mexico, N.Y.; daughter of Lyman AUSTIN, who came to
Wisconsin in 1845, and settled near Lake Maria, then
in Marquette Co.  Mr. and Mrs. PECKHAM have five
children - John lives in Harrison Co., Dakota;
Lucretia is now Mrs. Thomas VINING, of Faribault Co.,
Minn., and Elizabeth, Charles and William are still
living with their parents; lost one child which died
in infancy; has 280 acres of land.

E. R. PERRY, farmer, Sec. 29, P.O. Pardeeville; born
Dec. 28, 1830, in Riga, Monroe Co., N.Y.; son of W. L.
PERRY, who came to Wisconsin in 1845, and lived in
Dodge Co., town of Clyman two years, then came to
Columbia, and lived in Randolph ten or twelve years,
and died in Marcellon, May 30, 1874, aged 73 years;
Mrs. PERRY died in June 1835, in Riga, N.Y., aged 34. 
E. R. PERRY was married Sept. 17, 1856, in Monroe Co.,
N.Y., to Mary RICHMOND, daughter of Joshua RICHMOND
(see biography of H. J. RICHMOND); she was born in
Ogden, Monroe Co., N.Y., and died March 26, 1876, aged
43 years, leaving two children - Charles E. and Ella
D.  Was married the second time, Nov. 27, 1878, to
Mrs. Maria BROWN, daughter of Killian HEPLER, of
Pardeeville; she was born in Medina Co., Ohio, April
28, 1845; had one daughter by her first husband, Addie
E. BROWN.  Mr. PERRY is a Democrat, and held the
office of Constable in Randolph, and Justice of the
Peace in Marcellon; has 160 acres of land.

A. W. RESSEGUIE, farmer, Secs. 1 and 12; P. O.
Bellefountain; born Oct. 30, 1848, in Susquehanna Co.,
Penn.; son of Lewis RESSEGUIE, who came to Wisconsin,
and settled in Berlin in the spring of 1850; he died
Jan. 15, 1879, aged 69; Mrs. REESQUIE died in 1851.
A. W. RESSEGUIE was married, Oct. 29, 1872, in Berlin,
to Miss Lutie LEONARD, of that place, and followed
farming three and one-half miles southeast of Berlin
till March, 1877, then sold out and removed to his
present location; has 216 acres in his farm, with good
brick residence.  In politics, Republican.

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