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 967

JOHN HASEY, Columbus; was born in the town of
Londonderry, Windham Co., Vt., in 1817; is the son of
John and Rhoda HASEY, who emigrated to Genesee, N.Y.,
about 1828, and to Wisconsin in 1844, and afterward
died in Columbus, Columbia Co., Wis.  Mr. HASEY came
to Dodge Co., Wis., in 1845, and located in the town
of Elba; two years later, he removed to the town of
Columbus, Columbia Co., where he entered a farm of 160
acres, and made that his home till 1856; removing at
that time to the city (then village) of Columbus, he
began dealing in produce, and continued that line of
business for nearly 20 years.  Mr. HASEY has been a
member of the City Council of Columbus since its
charter as a city.  In 1843 he was married to Miss
Albina S., daughter of F. C. FARNHAM, of Alexander,
Genesee Co., N.Y.  They are members of the
Universalist Church.

Page 967-968

SAMUEL HASEY, P.O. Columbus; was born at Londonderry,
Windham Co., Vt., in 1822.  His parents, John HASEY
and Rhoda EMMONS, were also natives of Vermont, but
were among the early settlers of Genesee Co., N.Y.;
they came with their family to Dane Co., Wis., in
1844, and later to Columbus, where they afterward
died.  Mr. HASEY, our present subject, came with his
parents to Dane Co., Wis., in 1844, and in the
following year, removed to the town of Elba, Dodge
Co., where he followed farming till 1866, returning
then to Dane Co., and in 1868, removed to Columbus for
a short time; thence to a farm of 240 acres on Sec. 9
and 10, town of Hampden, and made that his home for
eleven years, and in November 1879, returned to the
city of Columbus, where he has since lived.  He was
married in 1852 to Miss Mary E. ANDERSON, a native of
Genesee Co., N.Y.; their children are James H., who
was born at Danville, Dodge Co., Wis., in 1853, and
lived with his parents till his marriage in 1879, to
Miss Alice, daughter of Robert and Alice McBURNIE, a
native of the town of Hampden; they now live on the
farm in that town; George E., also on the farm; Mary
R.  Mr. HASEY was Chairman of the Town Board of
Hampden for three terms, and was elected a member of
the Wisconsin Assembly from the Second Assembly
District of Columbia Co, in 1874.

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WILLIAM K. HOSKEN, photographer, Columbus; was born in
London in 1836; is the son of James and Mary KOSKEN,
when about 7 years old, he began the study of drawing
and art in his native city, and devoted his attention
to that study more or less of the time there till
1857; emigrating then to America, he located at
Altoona, Penn., and there followed various kinds of
business for awhile; he next resumed his travel, which
he continued over many of the States; in 1862, he
located at Madison, Wis., and there, in 1865, began
work at photography; in the latter part of 1866, he
removed to Oconomowoc and continued this business
there till 1869, when he removed to Milwaukee; he came
thence to Columbus in 1873, opened a studio and has
since continued his profession in this city, doing
work also in crayon, water-colors and pastel.  He was
married in 1866 to Miss Angeline STOWE, of Sun
Prairie, Dane Co., Wis.; their children are Charles
L., Edith A., and Emma J.  They are connected with the
Universalist Church.

CHARLES HOTON, farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Columbus; was born
in Yates Co., N.Y., in 1833; is the son of Aaron and
Nancy HOTON, with whom he came to Wisconsin in 1843,
and located on a farm on Sec. 3, town of Columbus,
Columbia Co., where his father afterward died.  Mr.
HOTON spent most of his time with his mother on the
farm till his marriage in September 1874, to Miss
Alice McBURNIE, of the town of Hampden, this county;
after marriage, he located on a farm of 120 acres on
Secs. 3, 9 and 10, town of Columbus, which he bought
in 1859, and has managed and controlled since that
time; they have one son - Clarence.

WILLIAM K. HURD, farmer, Secs. 7 and 18; P.O.
Columbus; was born at Bridport, Addison Co., Vt., in
1820.  His father, William HURD, was a native of
Connecticut, but his mother, Mary KENDALL, was born in
Vermont.  William K., the subject of this sketch,
spent his early life on a farm in his native State,
and in 1839, removed to Akron, Ohio, where he was
engaged in a flouring-mill for seven months, and then
clerked in boatyard there for five months.  He was
married at Akron in 1840, to Miss Jane L., daughter of
Calvin MAY, with whom, in the autumn of that year, he
returned to his home in Vermont; after spending a year
on his father's farm, they removed to Randolph,
Cattaraugus Co., N.Y., where he worked at the
carpenter and joiner's trade for four years; in 1845,
they removed to the town of Richmond, Walworth Co.,
Wis., where he bought a farm, built what was known as
the old "Gravel House" and kept tavern in connection
with farming for three years, removing then to the
town of West Troy, Walworth Co., where he kept tavern
a year, after which he continued the carpenter and
joiner's trade till 1854; while there, he built twenty
miles of railroad fence for the M. & M. road, it being
the first for that company in the State; in the fall
of 1854; he bought a farm of 120 acres in Sec. 7, town
of Columbus, Columbia Co., Wis., which has since been
his home, and where he now owns 196 acres in Secs. 7
and 18; here his wife died in March 1855; their
children are James E., who now resides in Schuyler
Co., Mo.; Helen, now Mrs. Alonzo CHASE, and lives at
Wells, Faribault Co., Minn.; Achsa L., now the wife of
Monroe PHILLIPS, and lives in Brookfield, Waukesha
Co., Wis.; Arthur C., deceased; Charles M., deceased;
Reuben S., living now at Kasson, Minn.; Oscar A., who
now lives in Iowa; his second marriage was in August,
1855, to Mrs. Mary A. MURPHY, nee CURTIS, of the town
of Hampden, Columbia Co., Wis.; she had two daughters
by her first marriage - Frances M., the late Mrs. J.
J. SUTTON, now deceased; Sarah A., now Mrs. Isaac
THOMPSON, and lives in the town of Columbus.  Mr. and
Mrs. HURD have two children by their second marriage -
William F., who married Miss Eliza BAKER in March
1879, and lives on his father's farm and Fred W., at
home; they have an adopted daughter - Mary.  Mr. H.
has been Justice of the Peace and Notary Public for
several years.

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