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
998-999

STEPHEN JAMES, farmer, Sec. 23; 200 acres, 140 acres
cultivated; P.O. Otsego; born Aug. 12, 1813, in
Pembrookshire, Wales; son of Daniel and Dinah (LEWIS)
JAMES, came here in 1839, and went to Erie Co., Penn.,
and worked at the carpenter trade, thence went to
Waterford a short time, and went sailing on the lakes
four or five seasons as fireman and engineer; then
went to Racine Rapids, wagon-making one season; then
made a wagon for himself and bought a yoke of oxen,
and loaded up his wife and their effects, and started
to this town; got here Aug. 15, 1844; went on foot and
alone to Green Bay, to enter land; struck a hollow
Indian trail and old military route; had a compass to
steer by, and was gone nine days; entered south half
of Sec. 23, carried on farming ever since (also wagon-
making), except two years at Beaver Dam.  He was the
first Treasurer in the town, and made the first wagon
in the town; at that time, people came from Columbus
to get wagons repaired; he built the first wagon in
his house (where he made a bench), and when they went
upstairs had to put a chair on the work-bench and then
climb; went to Beaver Dam and sold his wagon to
procure some grub, as they called it, and lumber to
build a house; on his way home, he pulled stakes out
of the fences to make spokes for a new wagon; the
fence was at a spring where he stopped to drink (it is
now the celebrated mineral springs); Mr. JAMES is a
Baptist; Republican, naturalized at Green Bay.  Was
married April 13, 1843, at Erie, Penn., by Rev. M.
BROWN (Methodist), to Rachel H., daughter of Thomas
and Jemima (FISK) HENTON (see Cyrus ROOT); wife was
born in Chautauqua Co., N.Y., April 16, 1825; their
children are Thomas D., born Feb. 23, 1846, married
Emily HENTON, now on Sec. 23, and has a daughter,
Mary, aged 2 years; Benjamin W., born April 2, 1847,
married Miss May HAINES, of Lincoln, Ill., now lives
at Wausau, Wis. - two children were buried last
summer, both boys - he is a leading lawyer of that
place; Mary J., born March 7, 1850, died April 24,
1869; Hannah C., born Jan. 31, 1853, died March 5,
1863; Stephen E., born Dec. 7, 1854, married Miss Etta
HASKIN, of Fall River.

Page 999

LEGRAND LLOYD, farmer, Sec. 36; 80 acres; P.O. Otsego;
born in Oneida Co., N.Y., Nov. 21, 1828; is a son of
Washington and Amy (UNGERFORD) LLOYD; came to
Chautauqua Co., N.Y., at 6 years of age, and six years
after to Springfield, Erie Co., Penn, with parents; at
20, he came to Westfield, and remained three years;
then to Erie Co., Penn., two years; and in the fall of
1854, to Dodge Co., Wis.  On April 3, 1856, was
married by Rev. Mr. SMITH at Saybrooke, Ashtabula Co.,
Ohio, to Miss Ellen, daughter of Asa and Phila (CASS)
ANDERSON; wife was born June 25, 1834; had four
children - Watson, born April 23, 1857; Anice, born
July 10, 1859, wife of James P. GOODMAN, of Hampden;
Burton, born Jan. 29, 1862; Minnie, born June 10,
1866.  Mr. LLOYD is a Methodist and a Republican; has
been Supervisor two years, District Clerk, President
of the Otsego and Springvale Insurance Company, and
Secretary of the Hampden Cheese Manufacturing
Association; had one brother (Albert), died in
Memphis, Tenn., during the rebellion; also, two
brothers (Henry and Loammi), in navy and infantry,
latter in Indian service.  Mrs. LLOYD also had a
brother (Charles ANDERSON), in army three years.  Mrs.
LLOYD's father was born Feb. 15, 1804, and is living
in Erie Co., Penn., and her mother was born March 2,
1811, and died 1872, at Geneva, Ohio.

F. R. MORRIS of the firm of MORRIS & Co., Rio; dealers
in grain, produce, hides, salt, furs, etc.; was born
in Livingston Co., N.Y., Nov. 21, 1845; son of Marshal
and Sarah (HOARD) MORRIS; came to Wisconsin in 1866,
settled at Tomah, and engaged in the lumber trade;
then to Arlington, on the "Madison and Portage road,"
where he engaged in the lumber and grain trade; then
went to Texas, with a view to settlement; came back in
April 1878, and went into business here with his
brother, C. M. MORRIS, who is unmarried.  They have,
in connection with the elevator, a steam "feed mill";
also an elevator at Doylestown.  The father of Mr.
MORRIS was killed at the battle of Bull Run, Aug. 30,
1862, being a member of the 15th N.Y.V.I.  He had
three children - Harry, born Dec. 4, 1874; Mabel, born
July 3, 1876; Paul Wm., born Dec. 20, 1879.  His wife
was Elnora AUSTIN, daughter of Wm. AUSTIN; she was
born Sept. 15, 1856, at Hannibal, N.Y., near Syracuse,
and married at Portage, Wis., by the Rev. Mr. RITCHIE,
Feb. 2, 1873.

REV. HENRY R. MURPHY was born at Forge Hollow, Oneida
Co., N.Y., Sept. 17, 1852; he is the son of John and
Margaret (ROCHE) MURPHY, who were from the County
Wexford, Ireland, and came to America in 1850.  He
resided for a short time at Elba, and went from there
to St. Francis' Seminary, near Milwaukee, where he
remained eight years, when he took charge of the
"Rocky Run Church," in Wyocena, and also of St.
Patrick's Church at Doylestown, where he resides;
orders conferred June 24, 1877, by Archbishop HENNI;
his charge embraces 125 families (about 600 members),
mostly Irish.  Father MURPHY is, physically and
mentally, a man, and  genial, "liberal-minded"
gentleman; is successfully conducting a good work, and
is highly esteemed by all alike, regardless of
political or religious faith.

OLIVER NOBLE, farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. Rio; 140 acres, 80
cultivated; was born in Steuben Co., N.Y.; son of
Harvey and Sophia (ELY) NOBLE, of Herkimer Co., N.Y.;
came here in 1850.  He was married April 16, 1850, by
Elder JARVIS, at Richfield Springs, Otsego Co., N.Y.,
to Charlotte ELY (born in Herkimer Co., N.Y., July 25,
1823), daughter of Gad and Lydia (BRADLEY) ELY, and
had eight children - Sylvester E., born Jan. 11, 1851;
Helen L., born Jan. 14, 1853, died Sept. 3, 1854;
Martha A., born Oct. 14, 1855, died Sept. 14, 1857;
Frances L., born Dec. 29, 1857, wife of Thomas BATTY,
at Rio; Lydia M., born July 3, 1859; Harriet S., Sept.
23, 1861, died Jan. 11, 1879; Elmore N., died at about
5 months of age; Anna A., born Aug. 30, 1867.  Mr.
NOBLE was Supervisor, Clerk, Treasurer and Director
several years.  Gad ELY was a soldier of 1812.

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