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
969-970

REV. FREDERICK KLUCKHOHN, retired, Columbus; was born
in North Germany in 1820; he was educated in the
common and select schools of his native country; at
the age of 14 years, he became apprenticed to the
blacksmith trade, with his father, and continued that,
together with farming there, till 1848; emigrating
then to America, he located at Chicago, where he
worked at his trade for nearly a year.  There, in
1849, he was married to Miss Charlotte FRIDAY, a
native also of Northern Germany, after which he soon
settled on a farm of 160 acres in Cook Co., Ill.; two
years later, he removed to a farm in Lake Co., Ind.,
where he remained two years; during the time of his
residence in Cook Co., Ill., and Lake Co., Ind., he
devoted much of his time to the study of theology; he
joined the Rock River Conference in 1854, and was
appointed to the charge of Manitowoc, Wis., for two
years, during which time he built the first German M.
E. Church there; he was assigned in 1856, to Fond du
Lac, where he also built the first German M. E.
Church, and remained there as its Pastor for two
years, and in 1858, to Wheeling, Cook Co., Ill; two
years later, he was appointed to the German M. E.
Church of Clybourne Avenue, Chicago, where he remained
for two years; in 1862, he was sent to La Porte, Ind.,
and, in 1864, to Bremen, Cook Co., Ill., where he
remained three years, going thence to Peru, La Salle
Co. for one year.  In 1868 he removed to Galena, Ill.,
and was Presiding Elder of that district for four
years, after which he was Pastor of the church there
for one year.  At the time of the division of the
Northwestern Conference, in 1872, at his request he
was transferred to Chicago German M. E. Conference,
and by it was again appointed to the charge of Bremen,
Ill., for two years.  In the autumn of 1875, he came
to Columbus as Pastor of the German M. E. Church and
remained as such for three years, when failing health
forced him to resign.  Mr. and Mrs. KLUCKHOHN have six
children - Fred, Louisa (now the wife of L. HERSCH,
and lives at Lemars, Iowa); Mary (now the wife of H.
BLUMENTHAL, of this city), Josephine, Henry, Emma.

Page 970

DAVID LASKEY, farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Columbus; was born
in the town of Greene, Chenango Co., N.Y., in 1841,
and came with his parents, Richard and Dorothy LASKEY,
to Wisconsin in 1844; stopped one year in Walworth
County; in 1845, came to the town of Hampden, Columbia
County, where he made his home till 1865; then he
bought a farm on Sec. 30, town of Columbus, disposing
of that in 1868, he bought one of 120 acres, 87 of
which lies on Secs. 33 and 34, town of Columbus, and
40 acres on Secs. 3 and 4, town of York, Dane Co.  He
was married Nov. 1, 1870, to Miss Susan, a daughter of
Henry and Mary McNAMARA, a native of New York City,
born in 1850; her parents were natives of Ireland, but
emigrated with her to Dane Co., Wis., when she was
quite young.  Their children are Albert J., William H.
and Uri D.  Mrs. LASKEY is a member of the Catholic
Church.

RICHARD LASKEY, deceased, was born in Leicestershire,
England, in 1784, and lived there on a farm till about
21 years of age; he then joined the British army as a
soldier in the War of 1812, and served most of the
time in Canada; at the close of the war, he deserted
the army, crossed the Niagara River on the ice into
York State, and located in the town of Greene,
Chenango Co., where he made his home till 1844.  He
was married there, Feb. 9, 1826, to Miss Dorothy
JOHNSON, a native of New Hampshire, where she was born
Feb. 13, 1800, but emigrated to New York with her
parents when 12 years old.  In 1844, Mr. and Mrs.
LASKEY, with their family of twelve children,
emigrated to Wisconsin, and located on a farm in the
town of Lima, Walworth County; a year later (1845),
they removed to Columbia Co., and located in the town
of Hampden, where they were among the first families,
and made that their home for about twenty-two years.
In 1867, they removed to the town of Columbus, and
settled on a farm, on Sec. 24, where he died in 1870,
and his wife in 1875; they were members of the M. E.
Church.  Their children are Rhoda, born Nov. 12, 1826,
the late wife of Thomas SMITH, now deceased; John,
born Dec. 13, 1827, who owns a farm of 60 acres in the
town of York, Dane Co.; Albert, born Nov. 30, 1828,
who with his brother John, owns a farm of 390 acres in
the town of Columbus; Louis, born Jan. 27, 1830, now
the wife of Perry J. KIDDER, and lives in the town of
Columbus; Thomas, born Sept. 30, 1831, enlisted in Co.
K, 18th W.V.I, and killed at the battle of Shiloh;
Stephen, born April 13, 1833, and died in the town of
Hampden; Asenath, born Dec. 13, 1835, now Mrs. Thomas
SMITH, of Columbus; Chloe, born March 7, 1837, now
Mrs. L. B. HUNTINGTON, of the town of Fountain
Prairie; Uri, born Feb. 14, 1839, enlisted in Co. A,
7th W.V.I., was wounded at the battle of Gainesville,
Va., died at Alexandria; David, born Oct. 23, 1841,
and he now lives in this town (Columbus).

PERRY LEE, deceased, was the son of Jesse and Jane
LEE; born in the town of Eaton, Wyoming Co., Penn., in
1816; he was educated in the common schools of his
native county, and devoted his time to farming there
till his marriage, in 1840, to Miss Esther, daughter
of Thomas and Polly MITCHELL, of that town and county.
After marriage, he, with a brother, turned his
attention to milling (having purchased a grist-mill a
short time before his marriage), and were its
proprietors till 1844; emigrating then to Wisconsin,
they located at Milwaukee for fourteen months, and in
December 1845, settled on a farm in the town of
Hampden, Columbia Co., which was their home till 1850;
removing then to Portage, he was proprietor of the
Wisconsin House for two years, and then purchased the
Lee House, of which he was proprietor till December
1859, when it burned down.  He was elected Sheriff of
Columbia County in 1852, and served in that office
during the years of 1853 and 1854.  He went to Denver,
Colo., in 1860, and there, with a company of men,
started South on a trip, but he was taken sick and
died at Abiquiu, New Mexico, in November 1860, leaving
a wife and five children to survive him.  The children
are as follows: Wm. D., who now lives in Texas; Mary
M., now the wife of Thomas SANDERSON, and lives in the
town of Hampden, Columbia Co., Wis.; Sarah, now Mrs.
J. J. SUTTON, of this city; Esther M., now Mrs. A. H.
WHITNEY, of this city, and Lillian E., at home with
her mother.  Those who knew Mr. LEE knew well his many
manly qualities, being a man who took interest in
public affairs, and whatever seemed to be for the
general good of the county or community he was ever
ready to support.  His acquaintance throughout the
county was very extended, and all who met him honored
him for his courtesy, his kindness, his manhood 

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