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 962

JOSEPH DERR, farmer, Sec. 31; P.O. Columbus; was born
in Bavaria April 16, 1841; his parents, Joseph and
Magdaline (SCHMIDT) DERR, immigrated with their family
to America in 1846; they stopped a short time in
Detroit, Mich., and in the spring of 1847, came to the
town of Hampden, Columbia Co., Wis., where his father
entered one-half of Sec. 36, and made that his home
till his death, which occurred in August 1879; his
mother died in June 1877; Joseph, the youngest of nine
children, made his home with his parents until 24
years of age; he then bought 66 acres of his present
farm, which now consists of 217-1/2 acres, on Secs.
31, town of Columbus, and 25 and 36, town of Hampton;
he was married in 1864 to Miss Rosina, daughter of
George A. and Dorothea (LONG) THINE, a native of
Bavaria but an emigrant to America with her parents in
1848, and to Dane Co., Wis., in 1849, where her mother
died in 1862; their children are Mary M., Matilda B.,
Frank J., John, Anna D., Lizza A., Josephine R.,
Catharine E.  They are members of the Catholic Church;
Mr. DERR has been a member of the Town Board for two
terms, 1879 and 1880.

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G. T. DODGE, dry-goods merchant, Columbus; was born at
Greece, Monroe Co., N.Y., Sept. 22, 1834; his father,
Rev. H. B. DODGE, was born at Hanover, N.H.; graduated
at Dartmouth College, and soon after at a theological
college in the District of Columbia, and afterward
entered the work of this ministry as a Baptist
preacher in the State of New York; his mother, Eliza
BECKWITH, was a native of Plattsburg, N.Y.; was
married to the Rev. Mr. DODGE, June 13, 1830.  Five
years after marriage, they removed to Ohio, where Mr.
DODGE continued his ministerial labors for a few
years, and then returned to Plattsburg, where he died
Nov. 11, 1865.  Mrs. DODGE came to this city
(Columbus) soon after the death of her husband, and
made this her home till her death, which occurred Nov.
3, 1878; the family was composed of four sons and two
daughters, three of the former were for several years
merchants of this city.  Harvey K., was a soldier in
the 1st W.V.I., under Gen. Starkweather, and was
connected with the general pay department of the army
from 1862 to the close of the war.  He was married to
Miss Nellie DUDLEY of Naperville, Ill., who died in
six months after marriage.  He was afterward married
to Miss Julia MANNING, of Columbus.  Rufus S. was in
the 16th N.Y.V.I., and was in the battle of Bull Run,
and remained with and engaged in all the principal
battles and movements of his regiment till after the
second battle of Fredericksburg; he came to Columbus
in 1863, and was a member of the firm of DODGE
Brothers till 1879; he is now in business at Sparta,
Wis.  He married Miss Fannie COTTON, of Beaver Dam,
Wis.; they have one daughter, Nellie.   G. T., the
subject of this sketch, came to this city (Columbus)
in 1855, and has since been engaged in the dry-goods
trade.  He was married in 1864 to Miss Julia I., a
daughter of M. MEADE, of Columbus, who died in six
weeks after marriage.  His second marriage was at Le
Roy, N.Y., Sept. 11, 1866, to Miss Frane P., daughter
of Durus HINKSTON, a native of Clarkson, N.Y.; their
children are Bessie A. and Ruth M.  Mrs. DODGE is a
member of the Episcopal Church.

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