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
982-983

HENRY R. CLARK, farmer, Secs. 8 and 9; P.O. Hampden;
was born in the town of Springport, Cayuga Co., N.Y.,
Oct. 5, 1819; his parents, Henry R. and Sally (CRAFT)
CLARK, were also natives of New York.  Mr. CLARK is
the third of a family of seven children, and with his
oldest brother, Albert, came to Wisconsin and located
in the town of Darien, Walworth Co., where his brother
died in 1847 or 1848.  In June 1846, he came to the
town of Hampden, Columbia Co., and purchased a claim
to some land on Secs. 6 and 7, where he made his home
for a few years; then removed to his present home on
Secs. 7, 8 and 9, where he now owns 600 acres.  Mr.
CLARK has been for several terms and is at present, a
member of the Town board.  He was married, Sept. 28,
1850, to Miss Lucy J., daughter of Elias and Elizabeth
IVES, a native of Cortland Co., N.Y., born March 19,
1832, and came with her parents to the town of Milton,
Rock Co., Wis., in 1845, and to Columbia Co. in 1850;
they now live at Leeds Center.  Mr. and Mrs. CLARK's
children are De Witt C., born May 6, 1852, died Sept.
8, 1862; Harriet F., born May 12, 1854, died Nov. 24,
1854; Elias H., born April 26, 1858, now married and
lives on Sec. 8 of this town; Hattie M., born June 1,
1863; Albert J., born April 2, 1866; Lucius I., born
March 27, 1868; Ezra A., born Aug. 17, 1872.

Page 983

WILLIAM H. CURTIS, farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Columbus; was
born in the town of Maria, Essex Co., N.Y., in 1840;
his father, Austin CURTIS, was a native of
Massachusetts; his mother, Polly CONN, was born in
Vermont; he came with his parents in 1851 to Columbia
Co., Wis., and located on a farm in the town of
Otsego, but soon removed to the town of Hampden.  Mr.
CURTIS enlisted in battery M., of the 1st W. H. A., in
August, 1864, and was with his regiment in all its
movements till mustered out at Milwaukee in July 1865;
he returned then to Columbia Co., Wis.; in 1869, he
went to Bremer Co., Iowa, for a short time.  He was
married Jan. 24, 1868, to Miss Emma J., daughter of
James Ortha MONTGOMERY, of this town; their children
are Elida M. and Carrie D.  Mr. CURTIS owns a farm of
76 acres on Sec. 1, town of Hampden, and 38 acres on
Sec. 6, town of Columbus, upon which he settled in the
spring of 1870.

JOHN DERR, farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. Columbus; was born in
Bavaria in 1828, and came, with his parents, Joseph
DERR and Magaline SCHMIDT, and eight brothers and
sisters, to America in 1845, leaving three in the old
country; they landed in New York in November, and came
thence to Detroit, Mich., whence, in the spring of
1846, they removed to the town of Hampden, Columbia
Co., Wis., and located on a farm on Sec. 36, where his
mother died in June 1877; his father in August 1879,
leaving seven children, three of whom now live in this
county.  John, the oldest, and subject of this sketch,
made his home with his father till 28 years old.  He
was then married, in October 1855, to Miss Mary R.,
daughter of Joseph and Caroline RINCK, a native of
Bavaria, but came with her parents to the town of
Bristol, Dane Co., Wis., in 1848, where her father
died in March 1874; her mother now lives there.  Mr.
and Mrs. DERR located on Sec. 36, town of Hampden,
soon after married; have since made it their home; he
now owns a farm of 260 acres on Secs. 35 and 36.  Mr.
D. has been a member of the Town Board for several
terms and has served as chairman of that body for four
or five terms; he has been elected to various other
minor offices, but did not accept them; their children
are John, at home; Annie, who was married in February
1879, to Henry SCHEY, and lives in this town
(Hampden).  Mr. and Mrs. DERR's family are members of
the Catholic Church.

INGERBRIGHT EVERSON, farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Hampden; was
born in Norway in 1833; his father, Ever JOHNSON, was
also a native of that country and later died there;
his mother, Sarah HALVERSON, came with him to
Wisconsin in 1859, and made it her home till her
death.  Mr. EVERSON began the life of a sailor at the
age of 18 and followed sailing on the North Sea for
nine years; he came to America in 1859, and located in
Green Lake Co., Wis., and in 1860, he came to the town
of Hampden, Columbia Co., and located on a farm of 125
acres on Secs 5, 8, and 9, where he has since lived.
He was married in 1862, to Miss Ingeborg HOLSTENSON, a
native of Norway, but emigrated to America in 1857;
their children are Hawkin, born in 1863; Henry, 1865;
Sarah, 1867, now deceased; Gena, born 1869; Ida, 1871;
John, 1873; Elizabeth, 1875; Annie, 1877; Herman,
1879.  They are members of the Lutheran Church.

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