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
1004-1005

WM. H. HILL, farmer, Sec. 23; P.O. West Point; son of
Cyrus HILL, who was born in Vermont in 1813; he came
to the State of Wisconsin about 1837; he came from
Sauk Co. to Columbia Co., and settled where his son
now lives, in 1850; his first wife, the mother of Wm.
H., was Miss Rhoda M. HILL; she died soon after the
birth of her son, Wm. H.  His second wife was Betsy
Polly, whom he married in the fall of 1849.  He has
two children by his first marriage - Maria LIVERMORE
and Wm. H.; the later was born in 1848.  He was
married to Mary CARNCROSS, daughter of Enias
CARNCROSS; they have two children - Arthur and Harlow
H.  Lost one child - Cyrus E.  Farm contains about 230
acres.  The father of Mr. HILL now lives in Jefferson,
Greene Co., Iowa.

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MERRILL JOHNSON, farmer, Sec. 20; P.O. Prairie du Sac;
was born in the State of Maine, Sept. 13, 1827.  His
parents removed to Northern New Hampshire when he was
an infant, where he lived until 1850, when he came to
Columbia Co.  His father, Samuel JOHNSON, came at the
same time; he now lives at Wyocena.  Mr. JOHNSON
settled on his present farm in 1860.  He was married
to Hannah S. COLBY, born in New Hampshire.  They have
three children - Irving N., Ernest W. and Nellie I.
Mr. JOHNSON's farm contains 80 acres.

REV. WARREN N. KING, Baptist minister, Sec. 36; P.O.
Farr's Corners; born in Windsor Co., Vt., in 1809,
where he lived till 19 years of age, when he went to
Boston, Mass., and learned the trade of a cabinet-
maker.  He was married in 1830 to Cynthia PENNOCK; he
removed to Canada for two years; returned to Chelsea,
Vt., where his wife died.  He was married, 1833 to
Jane WALDO; he began the ministry in Bridgewater, Vt.;
in 1844, engaged as missionary among the Brothertown
Indians in Winnebago Co., Wis.; settled in Racine in
1846, where he lived three years; he started for
California in June 1860, but stopped at Nicaragua,
where he labored as missionary among the natives for
about one year, returning in 1862; has four children
by second marriage - Walter M., George W., Cynthia J.
and Sarah A.; the two sons were soldiers in the
rebellion; Walter M. was a member of 3d W.V.I.;
George, 23d W.V.I.  Mr. KING's present wife is his
third, by  whom he has one son, Warren, went to
California in 1869; remained two years; settled where
he now lives in 1878.

J. J. NEWCOMB, farmer Sec. 22; P.O. Farr's Corners;
was born in Vermont, but his parents removed to
Manchester, N.H., when he was a child; they removed to
Sauk Co., Wis., town of Prairie du Sac, and came to
Columbia Co., and settled on present farm in 1861; his
father, Bethurs NEWCOMB married to Delia CHRYSLER,
daughter of Wm. B. CHRYSLER; they have three children
- Wm. B., Lizzie C., and Rosella M.  Farm contains 160
acres.

G. H. OSTRANDER, farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. West Point; was
born in Albany Co., N.Y., in 1808; he afterward
removed to Montgomery Co.; thence to Denmark; he came
to Wisconsin in the fall of 1865, and settled where he
now lives in the spring of 1866.  He married Polly
HURNING; born in New York; they have five children -
Wilson, Wilbert, Mary, Ann, and Myron; lost two
children.  Farm contains 111 acres.  Enos, aged 6
years, was drowned in the Black River, N.Y., at
Brownville.

JULIUS A. PARR, farmer, Sec. 27; P.O. Farr's Corners;
was born in Franklin Co., N.Y., June 15, 1834; he came
to Wisconsin with his parents, Wm. H., and Catharine
BABCOCK PARR, in May, 1850; his parents settled in the
town of Dane Co., where they resided till the death of
his father, December 1857; his mother resides in Eau
Claire Co.; Mr. Julius A. PARR purchased of the
Government; a farm in the town of Maxwell, Buffalo
Co., where he settled in 1861.  He enlisted Aug. 7,
1862, in Co. E, 25th W.V.I.; his regiment went North
into Minnesota, after the Indian massacre of 1862;
went South, March, 1863; participated in the siege of
Vicksburg, Sherman's Atlantic campaign, where he was
wounded on the 9th of August, 1864; he came home on
leave of absence; rejoined his regiment Nov. 14, 1864;
was promoted to First Sergeant, May 1863; to Second
Lieutenant, August 1863; to First Lieutenant,
September 1864; in Sherman's march to the sea, he
commanded Co. G., and commanded Co. D. from Beaufort
to Washington.  He was married to Maria WELCH, born in
Canada East.  Has 138 acres of land; settled on his
present farm in the fall of 1867.

DALTON PECKER, farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. Prairie du Sac;
born in Lynn, Mass., Jan. 7, 1810; his ancestors were
from Scotland, but came to America over two centuries
ago; the house in which Mr. PECKER was born, was also
the birthplace of his mother, his grandfather and his
great-grandfather.  He was married to Sally BARTLETT,
of Marblehead, Mass.; came to Wisconsin in 1861, and
settled where he now lives; has two children - Abner,
who resides on the homestead, and Anna, now Mrs. CHAS.
H. KNIGHT; has lost three children - Mary, Sarah and
Frances GARDNER.  Farm contains 160 acres.

SAMUEL SCHRINER, farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. West Point; was
born in Lycoming Co., Penn., in 1834, where his father
still lives; came to Columbia Co. in the spring of
1855; in the fall of 1858, he went to Dane Co., where
he lived one year, then returned to Columbia Co., and
settled at Okee.  He was married to Miss Melinda
WOODLEY, daughter of Mr. John WOODLEY, who died at
Okee, Jan. 2, 1860.  Mr. SCHRINER settled on his
present farm in the spring of 1866; has seven children
- Rachel, Samuel, Emma, Mary, Frances, George and
John.  His farm contains 80 acres.

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