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
955-956

HENRY D. BATH, deceased; was born in Schenectady Co,
N.Y., in 1843; son of Levy and Agnes BATH.  His father
was a Baptist minister of New York, and came to
Columbus in 1861, where he was Pastor of the church
for a number of years.  He died in this city in April
1877, leaving four sons and one daughter, one of whom
died in June 1879, one having died in April 1876.  Mr.
BATH was educated at the Grass Lake Academy, of
Jackson Co., Mich.  In 1861, he enlisted as private in
Co. B, of the 7th Mich. V.I., under Col. Grovesnor,
with the army of the Potomac; was promoted to the
positions of Sergeant, Second and First Lieutenant;
was severely wounded at the battle of Antietam, Sept.
17, 1862, after which he came home for four months,
and early in 1863, he rejoined his regiment and with
it was mustered out in 1864.  He then came to Columbus
and read law two years with COOK & CHAPIN, and was
admitted to the practice at Portage in 1866.  He went
then to Milwaukee, and was city editor of the Daily
News till July 1868,when he returned to Columbus,
purchased the Columbus Transcript,and converted it
into the Columbus Democrat, of which he has since been
editor.  In March 1877, he, with his brother, W. E.
BATH, established the Portage Democrat, of Portage
City, and were editors of the same till the death of
his brother, which occurred in June 1879.  Mr. BATH
was married in 1866, to Louisa T., daughter of Matthew
T. D. and Theodore Nowell, of Columbus.  Children are
Paul T. and Dane.  Mr. BATH died June 8, 1880.

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RICHARD BARROW, deceased; was born at Hawkhurst,
County Kent, England, in 1782, and was the son John
and Susan BARROW, with whom he spent most of his time
till his marriage, in 1818, to Miss Lucy, daughter of
Humphrey and Mary (ROGERS) WICKHAM, a native of County
Sussex, England.  After marriage, they settled on a
farm in County Kent, which was afterward their home
till 1839.  April 28, of that year, they sailed from
London, and landed in New York (as emigrants to
America) the last deal of May following, locating at
Oriskany Falls, Oneida Co., N.Y.  They made their home
there for three years; then removed to Chittenango,
Madison Co., whence in June 1845, they immigrated to
Columbus, Columbia Co., Wis., and located on a farm on
Secs. 22, 23, and 27, now consisting of 181 acres, and
11 acres in the town of Elba, Dodge Co.  Here Mr.
BARROW died in 1854.  Their family consisted of
themselves and nine children; the latter are as
follows: Richard, born 1819, and now lives at Baraboo,
Wis.; Frances, born 1820, now Mrs. John H. VALENTINE,
and lives at Mason City, Iowa; John, born in 1825, now
at Merrimac, Sauk Co., Wis.; Ann, born 1827, the late
wife of George McCAFFERTY, now deceased; James, born
1830, now at home; Seymour, born 1832, now deceased;
Samuel, born 1834, now deceased; Thomas, born 1836,
now at home; Lucy, born 1839, now deceased.

JOHN BEBOW, farmer; Sec. 16; P.O. Columbus; was born
in Mecklinburg Schwerin, in 1828.  He came to America
in 1852; located in Erie Co., N.Y., where he followed
farming for nine years.  In 1861, he came to the town
of Columbus, purchased a farm of 65 acres on Sec. 16,
where he now owns 125 on Secs. 9 and 16, and also a
farm of 90 acres on Secs. 8 and 17.  He was married in
1852, to Miss Dorothea MINKEN, a native of
Mecklinburg. Their children are Louisa, now the wife
of Fred PRIERI, and lives in the town of Leeds; Mary,
now the wife of Henry REIDER, of the town of Columbus;
Matilda, Frank and Charles at home.  They are members
of the Lutheran Church.

NELSON C. BISSELL, merchant tailor, Columbus; was born
in Susquehanna Co., Penn., 1823.  His father, David
BISSELL, was a native of Connecticut; his mother,
Hepsibleth REYNOLDS, was born in New York.  When 15
years old, he began the tailors' trade in Montrose,
Penn., and five years later, he went to New York City,
where he continued his trade a year; returning then to
Pennsylvania, he worked three years at his trade in
Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., and afterward at Lanesboro,
for a short time.  Returning then to Montrose, he
clerked in a hotel for two years.  At Dundee, in May
1854, he was married to Miss Elizabeth IRETON, and in
August following they came to Wisconsin, and located
at Columbus, where he has still continued the merchant
tailor's trade.  They have one daughter - Katie.  Mr.
BISSELL was a member of the County board of
Supervisors from the Third Ward of Columbus in 1877.
Himself and family are connected with the Presbyterian
Church.

DEXTER BLANCHARD, farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. Columbus; this
pioneer of Columbia Co. was born in the town of
Rochester, Windsor Co., Vt., in 1826; his father, John
BLANCHARD, was a tanner by trade, and he worked much
of the time with him at the same business in his
younger days.  In 1846, he and his father came to
Columbia Co., Wis., and entered a farm of 247 acres on
Secs. 28 and 29, town of Columbus, where they built
their log shanty, covered it with prairie hay and
"kept bach" therein for about six months.  They
returned to Vermont in the fall, and in the following
spring (1847) came again with family to Wisconsin, and
located on the farm which was ever after their home
till their death; Mr. BLANCHARD has always made his
home on the original farm, and now owns 83 acres of it
on Sec. 28.  He was married in 1864, to Miss Emma J.,
daughter of Thomas and C. J. SALLSBEE, a native of
Ohio, but an emigrant to Wisconsin in 1856; their
children are John, William T. and Marietta.

HERMAN M. BLUMENTHAL, of the firm of TURNER & Co.,
proprietors of marble works, Columbus, was born in
Prussian 1853, and came with his parents to America in
1868; they located at Columbus, Wis., where he began
his trade in 1870, with MILLER & GRAHAM, and has since
continued his trade in this city; he became a partner
in the firm of TURNER & Co. in January 1878.  He was
married in May 1878, to Miss Mary, daughter of the
Rev. F. KLUCKHOHN, of this city; they have one son,
Edwin.  They are members of the German M. E. Church.
Mr. BLUMENTHAL is a member of the I.O.O.F.

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