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
981-982

JOEL WINCH, retired; Columbus; was born at Bethlehem,
Grafton Co., N.H., March 28, 1808; he is the son of
Joel WINCH and Sarah SESSONS, natives of
Massachusetts, but emigrated to Bethlehem, N.H.,
shortly after their marriage, at Boston, which
occurred about 1806.  Mr. WINCH, our present subject,
was the oldest of a family of eight children; he
received an academic education; after which he devoted
a part of his time to teaching, from the time he was
20 until 30 years of age; the remainder of the time he
devoted to farming there until 1847; emigrating then
to Wisconsin, he located on a farm in the town of York
Dane Co., where he lived until 1872, when he disposed
of his reality, and removed to the town of York, Dane
Co., where he lived until 1872, when he disposed of
his realty, and removed to the village of Columbus,
where he has since lived a more retired life.  Sept.
29, 1835, he was married to Miss Louisa MOORE, of
Lunenberg, Essex Co., Vt.; they have three children -
George D., born May 19, 1837 (studied medicine with
Dr. EARL of this city, and graduated from the Rush
Medical College, with the class of 1863-64, but during
his course he was commissioned and was Assistant
Surgeon of a Wisconsin regiment; he subsequently
returned to college completed his studies, and was
commissioned, by Gov. Lewis, Surgeon of the 36th
W.V.I., with which he served until the close of the
war; returning to his home, he removed in 1865, to
Blue Earth Co., Minn., where he successfully practiced
his profession until his death, which occurred July 7,
1877; he was a man whom all held in the highest esteem
professionally and as a citizen); Harriet, own the
wife of Dr. E. CHURCHILL, of this city; Mary, born
Dec. 13, 1853, and died Sept. 24, 1868.  Mr. WINCH was
Justice of the Peace and School Superintendent, in the
town of York, Dane Co., for ten or twelve years.  Mr.
and Mrs. WINCH are members of the Presbyterian Church.

B. J. YULE, farmer; P.O. Columbus; was born in Oneida
Co., N.Y., in 1832; in 1844, his parents, John and
Elizabeth YALE, emigrated with their family to
Wisconsin, landing at Milwaukee, June 1; they came
thence to Watertown, where they stopped one year; in
1845, they removed to the town of Elba, Dodge Co., and
located on a farm where his parents afterward died.
Mr. YULE was educated in the common schools of New
York and Wisconsin, and has always devoted his
attention to agricultural pursuits.  He was married to
1856, to Miss Lucy POMEROY, a native of Ohio, but an
emigrant to Dodge Co., Wis., with her parents in 1850;
they located in Calumet Co., Wis., soon after
marriage, and made that their home until 1860;
returning then to Elba, Dodge Co., he resided there on
a farm until 1877, when he disposed of that and bought
his present one of 213 acres, in Sec. 12, town of
Columbus, Columbia C., where he has since lived.  Mr.
and Mrs. YULE have five children, as follows: Ella H.,
William H., Harvey E., Nellie May, and Hobart.  They
are members of the M. E. Church.

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