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
964-965

HENRY C. FIELD, proprietor of livery stable, Columbus;
was born in Onondaga Co., N.Y., in 1820; his father,
Stephen FIELD, was born in Connecticut; his mother,
Charlotte BERRY, was also a native of Connecticut,
died when he was quite young; he, with his father and
family, removed to Kalamazoo Co., Mich., in 1833, and
lived there on a farm till 1848, whence they emigrated
to Columbia Co., Wis., and located on a farm in the
town of Fountain Prairie, where his father died in
1852; Mr. FIELD lived on his farm in the town of
Fountain Prairie till 1876, when he removed to the
city of Columbus, purchased the livery stable of M. D.
ISNER, and has since been its proprietor.  He was a
member of the Town Board of Fountain Prairie for a
number of years, and Chairman of the same for four
years; he was elected a member of the City Council of
Columbus, in 1877.  In March 1850, he was married to
Miss Theressa, daughter of Asa and Mercy HICKS, nee
ROBINS; her father was a native of New York; her
mother of Connecticut; she was born in Yates Co.,
N.Y., in 1821, and removed to Kalamazoo Co., Mich.,
with her parents in 1834, where they afterward died.
Mr. and Mrs. FIELD have five children, as follows:
Carry M. (Now the wife of S. V. POTTER, station agent
at Calmar, Iowa), William (now in Redwood Co., Minn.),
Charles (now on the farm in Fountain Prairie), Henry
(an engineer on the Iowa Division of the Milwaukee &
St. Paul R.R.), Louis, at home with his parents.

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WALDO H. FIELD, farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. Columbus; was
born in Cheshire Co., N.H., in 1796; his father, Waldo
FIELD, was a native of Bridgewater, Mass.; his mother,
Mary ATKINS, was born in Waterbury, Conn., and removed
to Cheshire Co., N.H., a few years before the
Revolutionary war.  At the age of ten years, Waldo H.
removed with his parents to Washington Co., Vt., where
they afterward died.  He was a soldier in the war of
1812, and took part in the battle of Lake Champlain.
He was married in 1840 to Miss Lovisa, widow of Zebina
LYONS, nee CAREY, and daughter of Theodore and Silence
(COBB) CAREY, a native of Springfield, Vt., but
removed to Brandon Vt., at the age of 5 years; in June
1849, Mr. and Mrs. FIELD came to Columbia Co., Wis.,
and located on Sec. 30, town of Columbus, where they
have since lived, and now own 31-1/2 acres of land.
Their children are Martha (now Mrs. COLVILLE), Mary
(now the wife of J. FOLSOM, and lives in Dane Co.,
Wis.) - these two are by Mrs. FIELD's first marriage,
and by her second marriage, they have two - Almira
(now the wife of Hugh TWINING, and lives in the town
of Medina, Dane Co.), and Henry (now a resident of the
city of Columbus).  Mr. and Mrs. FIELD are members of
the M. E. Church.

REV. ERNEST FITZNER, Pastor of the German M. E.
Church, Columbus; was born in Prussia in 1839; he came
with his parents, Charles and Christina FITZNER, to
America in 1850, and located on a farm at West Bend,
Washington Co., Wis., and made that his home for
eleven years; Mr. FITZNER prepared for the profession
of teacher in the Academy of West Bend, Washington
Co., Wis., from which institution he graduated in
1861.  In October of that year, he enlisted in Co. D,
12th W.V.I., under Col. BRYANT, of Madison, and was
with his regiment in all its principal movements and
battles for one and a half years; he was then detached
and placed as member of the board, at the headquarters
of Maj. Gen. Howard, where he remained until the close
of the war and was mustered out of service at
Louisville, Ky., in 1865.  Returning then to West
Bend, in August, where he soon entered upon the work
of the ministry, he was assigned to the Charleston
Mission, and at the division of the mission, 1866, he
removed to Green Bay, which was then added to the
portion assigned him; joining the Northwestern
Conference at St. Paul, in the autumn of 1867, he was
then ordained Deacon, and appointed to the charge at
Oconomowoc in 1868, of the German M. E. Church.
During his stay at Oconomowoc, he was married, in
1868, to Miss Lizzie HORST, of Green Bay, and in the
fall of that year he was sent to New Bremen, Cook Co.,
Ill., where he remained in charge of the church for
three years; he was next at Platteville, Wis., for two
years; in 1873, he removed to Galena, Ill., and by the
Bishop was appointed Vice President of the
Northwestern German M. E. Normal School, which
position he resigned at the expiration of one year; in
1874, he was appointed to the charge at Fond du Lac,
Wis., and in 1877, to Madison, Wis., and in 1878 to
Columbus, where he now resides.  Their children are
Edwin, Charles, William Ernest, John, and Robert
Philip.

WILLIAM FRANZ, farmer, Sec. 7; P.O. Columbus; was born
in Prussia in 1831, and is the son of Martin FRANZ
with whom he came to America in 1848, and located on a
farm in the town of Lowell, Dodge Co., Wis.; eight
years later, he purchased a farm of 80 acres in Sec.
17 town of Columbus, Columbia Co., and in the fall of
1864, disposed of that and secured his present one of
208 acres in Sec. 7, of this township, and has since
made it his home; he devotes his time to farming and
stock-raising, making a specialty of sheep and cattle.
He was married in May 1855 to Miss Christina SCHANK, a
native of Prussia, their children are Louisa, now the
widow of the late John BOSKIL, deceased; Carrie, now
Mrs. Rudolph BANKIE, and lives in Lowell, Dodge Co.;
Charles, Matilda, Fredrick, and Mena, at home.  They
are members of the Lutheran Church.

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