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
985-986

LEVI NELSON, farmer, Sec. 11; P.O. Columbus; was born
in Genesee Co., N.Y. in 1823; his father, Levi NELSON,
was a native of Massachusetts; his mother, Lucy FORCE,
was born in New Jersey; they both removed to York
state when young; Mr. NELSON spent his early life on a
farm in his native county till the fall of 1849, when
he emigrated to Jefferson Co., Wis., and, in the
summer of 1851, to the town of Otsego, Columbia Co.,
and made that his home till April 8, 1865; he then
removed to his present home on Sec. 11, town of
Hampden, where he now owns 400 acres of land; his
mother died in the town of Lowville, Columbia Co.,
Wis.; his father in New York.  Mr. NELSON was Assessor
and also a member of the Town Board of the town of
Otsego.  He was married in 1853, to Miss Hannah, a
daughter of Riley and Elvira MONGER, a native of
Attica, N.Y.; their children are Flora, now the wife
of Robert BELL, and lives in this town (Hampden);
Elvira, now a teacher of this county; Frank and
Myrtie, at home.

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JOHN E. PERKINS, farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. Columbus; is
the son of Francis and Alice (KELLEY) PERKINS; his
father was born in Bennington Co., Vt., and removed on
foot to Cayuga Co, N.Y., which he afterward made his
home; his mother was a native of Ireland, and came to
Washington Co., N.Y., when only 7 years old.  Mr.
PERKINS, our present subject, was born in Cayuga Co.,
N.Y., in 1830, and spent his time at farming there
till 1852, when he came to Wisconsin and located on
Sec. 24, town of Hampden, Columbia Co., in 1854, where
he now owns 150 acres on Secs. 13 and 24.  He has held
the office of Town Treasurer one term.  He was married
in 1856, to Miss Laura A., daughter of Loyal and Rhoda
MORTON, a native of Franklin Co., N.Y.; she died in
Hampden, May 26, 1879, leaving three children - Alice
A., Warren M. and Ellen G.

CHARLES REMUS, farmer, Secs. 14 and 12; P.O. Columbus;
was born in Prussia in 1842; is the son of Charles and
Louisa (HOFFMAN) REMUS; he came to America in 1862,
and located at Watertown, Wis., where he followed farm
work for two years; in 1865, he came to the town of
Hampden and located on Sec. 15, and two years later,
he bought 90 acres of his present farm, which now
numbers 200 acres on Sec. 14 and 20 acres on Sec. 12. 
He was married in 1862, to Miss Augusta, daughter of
William and Charlotte SCHULZ, a native of Prussia, but
then living in this town (Hampden); their children are
Eddie, Clara, Annie, Martha, Paul, Mary and Delia;
they are members of the Lutheran Church.

CLARENDON ROYS, farmer and stock-breeder; P.O.
Columbus; is a native of Berkshire Co., Mass., and is
the son of William ROYS and Mary A. HICOCK, born Jan.
20, 1828; his father dying in the East about 1843, he,
with his mother and four brothers, came as emigrants
to Columbia Co., Wis., and located on a farm of 160
acres on Sec. 29 and 30, town of Hampden, where his
mother died Jan. 18, 1879.  Mr. ROYS now owns between
1,600 and 1,700 acres of land in this town; he has
been largely interested in the importation of the
Percheron stock of horses into this county; he has
been Chairman of the Town Board one term.  His
brothers are Edwin, born Nov. 13, 1836, and enlisted
as a private in Co. B, 16th W.V.I., at Waterloo, Wis.,
in 1861, was elected First Lieutenant of his company,
then promoted to the captaincy of his company, in
which capacity he served till January 1862, when he
resigned; he now lives on the farm with his brother;
Theodore was born in 1842, and makes his home on the
farm; Martin D. and Tunis V. are deceased.

ARCHIBALD SANDERSON, farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Columbus;
was born in Selkirkshire, Scotland, in 1837; his
father, John SANDERSON, was a weaver by trade, and was
born in Scotland in 1805; his mother, Isabel TROTTER,
was born in 1815; they came to America in May 1849,
and located in the town of Hampden, Columbia Co.,
Wis., where his mother died in 1854; his father now
lives in this town.  Our present subject spent the
first twenty-one or twenty-two years of his life with
his parents on the farm, after which he began business
for himself.  He was married in 1863 to Miss Mary A.,
daughter of James and Orpha MONTGOMERY, a native of
Vermont, born in 1846, but came with her parents to
Columbia, Wis., when a mere babe.  Their children are
Ellen, born Sept. 6, 1865; Jennie, born May 1, 1868;
William, born May 23, 1873; Thomas, born Feb. 7, 1875.
They located on a farm of 164 acres on Sec. 1, town of
Hampden, in 1868, where they have since lived.  Mr.
SANDERSON has been Town Assessor for two terms, Town
treasurer, for three terms, and Town Clerk for five or
six years, and was re-elected to that office in the
spring of 1880.

SAMUEL SMITH, farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Columbus; was born
in the County of Suffolk, England, in 1822; his
father, John SMITH was born in 1798.  His mother,
Rachel BARBER was also a native of that county, but
died there when he was not yet 2 years old, leaving
him and a younger sister; Mr. SMITH was brought up as
a farmer's son in England, and was married March 21,
1846, to Miss Ann, a daughter of Thomas and Ann
JENNINGS, with whom he sailed from London for America
in May 1853, and landed at New York after a five
weeks' sail; they came thence to Hampden, Columbia
Co., Wis., and located on Sec. 15; six and one-half
years later, they removed to Sec. 28 of this town, and
in 1866, to Sec. 14, where he now owns 200 acres.  Mr.
SMITH has been a member of the Town board for several
terms, and Town Treasurer for one term.  Their
children are William, born in England, Nov. 4, 1846,
died Nov. 24, 1853; Alfred, born in England, April 1,
1849, now resides on Sec. 6 of this town; Thomas, born
in England, April 2, 1851, now resides in the town of
York, Dane Co.; Julia A., born Sept. 27, 1855, now a
teacher of this county; Francis, born Nov. 1, 1859;
John, born Sept. 3, 1861; Celia A., born April 11,
1864.

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