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 982

ROBERT BELL, farmer; Secs. 10 and 11; P.O. Columbus;
was born in the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co.,
Wis., in 1845, and is the son of Frances and Mary
BELL, natives of Ireland, but emigrated to America in
1838; his father now lives in Waukesha Co.; his mother
died there in 1853.  Mr. BELL lived with his father on
the farm in Waukesha Co. until 1861, when, June 12 of
that year, he enlisted in Co. B, of the 5th W.V.I.
under Col. Amasa COBB; he was with his regiment in all
its movements and battles (losing only one day), until
mustered out at Madison, Wis., July 28, 1864;
returning then to his home, he spent a year on the
farm, and in 1866 he went to Nevada, where he engaged
in various kinds of businesses until June 28, 1868;
coming then again to Wisconsin, he with his brother,
Stewart C., purchased a farm of 182 acres, on Secs. 10
and 11, town of Hampden, Columbia Co.  He was married
in February 1864 to Miss Flora M., daughter of Levi
and Hannah NELSON, of this town.  They have one
daughter - Kittie.

STEWART C. BELL, farmer; Secs. 10 and 11, P.O
Columbus; brother and partner of Robert BELL, whose
biography appears above, was born in Brookfield,
Waukesha Co., Wis., in 1847; he went with his brother
to Nevada in 1868, and was a bookkeeper at Austin and
White Pine, Nev., until 1868; returned, and with his
brother, bought the farm on which they now live.  He
was married Nov. 15, 1869 to Miss Merzia, daughter of
Eli PHILLIPS, of the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co.;
their children are Francis E. and Alma.

NICHOLAS HENRY BOCK, farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Columbus;
was born in Hanover in 1819; his parents, John Peter
and Anna Maria BOCK, both died in Germany.  Mr. BOCK
was a farmer in his native country, and in 1854, with
his brother, A. T., came to America; they stopped a
year in Milwaukee, and then came to the town of
Hampden, bought a farm of 160 acres on Sec. 16, where
they now own 240 acres.  He was married in Germany in
1841, to Miss Anna S. D. WALTMANN; their children are
Augusta, the late Mrs. F. DUEBORE; Christopher Henry;
Matilda Sophia, now the wife of Fredrick DUEBORE, and
lives in this town; Anna Sophia Dorothia, now Mrs.
William LADWIG, and lives in Hampden, and John Peter;
they are members of the Lutheran Church.

WILLIAM BRADLEY, farmer and stock-dealer, Sec. 16;
P.O. Columbus; was born in Yorkshire, England, March
4, 1826; his parents, Ralph and Elizabeth BRADLEY,
both died in England.  Mr. BRADLEY spent his time at
farming in his native country till 1854, when he
emigrated to America; he stopped for three months at
Utica, N.Y.; he went then to Essex Co., N.Y., where he
followed farm labor for a short time, and afterward
followed teaming in an ironstone mine for the firm of
LEE, SHERMAN & WELBY; he came to Milwaukee, Wis., in
1858, thence to the town of Columbus, where he made
his home with T. Clark SMITH for two months, removing
then to the town of Hampden for nearly a year; he next
went to the town of Otsego, where he lived till March
1866, when he returned to Hampden and located on his
present farm of 245 acres on Secs. 16, 17, and 21,
where he has since lived.  He was married, Oct. 10,
1859, to Miss LOCKEY, a daughter of Levi and Lucy
(FORCE) NELSON, of the town of Otsego; their children
are William J., Delbert (deceased), Martha M. and
Elizabeth.

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