Biographical Index: HISTORY OF VERNON COUNTY, WISCONSIN, 1884 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Janke 30 March 1999 ==================================================================== Biographical Index to: HISTORY OF VERNON COUNTY, WISCONSIN, 1884 Some biographies contain valuable genealogical information and should not be overlooked. Please note that this is NOT an index to every name in the book (many have been published). It is a biographical index only to use as a research tool. If you find a name of interest, what do you do next? Check interlibrary loan, Family History Center catalogs and online sources for book locations and reprints. (Contributed by Cheryl Janke = jankeca@aol.com) INDEX Name/Page Abbott, Prentiss, 541 Abrams, Belus Shepherd, 661 Adams, D. W., 501 Adams, Josiah, 609 Adams, L. G. P., 594 Adler, Casper, 752 Aiken, Lorin A., 561 Aikens, John W., 713 Alderman, E. S., 496 Alexander, Forest W., 517 Allen, Hartwell, 559 Allen, J. W., 254 Allen, James, 720 Allen, John Wesley, 577 Allen, Josiah F., 738 Allen, Martin F., 589 Allison, Daniel P., 255 Amunson, H., 598 Anderson, John H., 632 Anderson, John, 549 Anderson, Lewis, 618 Anderson, Thomas G., 473 Appleman, Jesse, 499 Appleman, John W., 499 Armbruster, Ambrose, 570 Arntzen, Ole, 756 Aumock, Philip, 633 Austin, William, 186 Babcock, John D., 742 Bacon, William, 640 Bailey, James M., 258,527 Bailey, Robert, 544 Bakken, Andrew, 498 Ballsrud, Christian H., 488 Barge, John, 635 Barrie, David, 610 Bass, Elijah, 514 Bates, Paul, 639 Bay, Reinhold, 479 Bea, Charles, 577 Beavers, W. F, 265 Bellows, Hiram, 660 Benn, Henry, 614 Bennett, John M., 257 Bennett, Van S., 331,755 Berggum, John O., 485 Bergh, E. C., 490 Bergh, M. C., 485 Betts, Charles G., 575 Bickford, L. B., 689 Biddison, Philip, 523 Bierce, Royal Clifton, 186 Blake, I. W., 709,713 Bolstad, Arne J., 663 Bond, Joseph S., 626 Bouffleur, Philip, 295,594 Bowman, William, 711 Brandon, Hugh, 542 Bratlie, Erick O., 489 Breidung, Johann, 754 Brice, John, 589 Brice, Samuel, 589 Brody, Patrick, 495 Brown, C. C., 712 Brown, Charles, 532 Brown, T. B., 261 Brown, William P., 723 Bryan, Adam, 633 Brye, Peter O., 553 Buchanan, R. H., 624 Burlingame, A., 758 Burns, Andrew, 526 Bush, George W., 524 Buswell, H. Parker, 559 Butcher, Robert, 667 Butt, C. M., 194 Cade, John Wesley, 661 Cade, Thomas, 520 Calkins, David, 555 Carlyle, Adam, 736 Carpenter, Amos, 641 Carpenter, John, 534 Carr, C. M., 513 Carter, W. N., 193 Cary, Philip W., 503 Casson, Henry, Jr., 285 Casson, John R. 258 Castle, B. J., 288 Chase, Arvin, 736 Chase, Henry A., 269 Chase, Henry, 553 Chesbro, Lorenzo F., 671 Christopherson, Chris, 488 Church, John W., 623 Claney, James, 614 Claney, John, 614 Clark, George C., 742 Clark, William P., 258 Clarke, C. Edward, 717 Clarke, George H., 717 Clarke, Robert P., 716 Clawater, William, 521 Clayson, J. W., 535 Clements, William, 525 Coe, Nathan, 696 Coffin, Peleg, 725 Cole, John J., 180 Collins, Brightman, 646 Collins, John, 542 Cone, Isaac, 651 Conner, Henry, 684,691 Conway, William, 578 Cook, James A., 697 Cooke, James A., 253 Cooper, Joshua A., 742 Corey, Adelbert S., 611 Cory, Albert, 272 Couper, James C., 572 Cowen, Jesse, 560 Cox, Edward, 531 Cox, William, 524 Creviston, James, 595 Crook, William, 615 Culver, Elvarus, 753 Culver, Nathan, 749 Curry, H. A., 627 Curry, John W., 255 Curry, Samuel Russell, 501 Cushing, William, 738 Cushman, James M., 610 Dach, Jacob, 522 Davis, Jesse L., 658 Davis, John C., 740 Davis, Miles G., 591 Davis, Samuel, 591,651 Dawson, John, 702 De Frees, Thomas J., 184 De Jean, Anson W., 634 De Jean, Thomas, 634 De Lacy, Patrick, 734 De Witt, Thomas P., 722 Decker, Moses, 676 Delaney, Jesse, 515 Demings, Jedediah, 616 Dennis, George, 717 Dickson, James, 500 Dickson, John S., 500 Dickson, John, 499 Dixon, William, 668 Doerr, Adam, 593 Dolen, William, 502 Douglass, Elisha D., 572 Drake, Lyman C., 617 Drake, Reuben, 611 Dunlap, Rufus, 676 Dustin, J. S., 661 Dyson, C. W., 504 Eastman, John B., 668 Edson, Seth, 612 Egleson, Even, 551 Ellefson, Christian, 313,525 Engh, Engrebret, 478 Engler, Christian, 564 Enochson, Enoch, 722 Estes, Samuel, 609 Favor, Daniel W., 705 Favor, Jerome, 593 Favor, Jonathan, 593 Ferguson, B. F., 718 Field, Albert, 573 Field, Walter S., 193 Finstad, Lars, 553 Flanagan, Thomas, 614 Flick, John, 581 Fopper, John, 533 Forbes, Stewart, 563 Foreman, James, 612 Forsyth, Henry Clay, 194 Fortney, C. C., 517 Fortney, Daniel T., 611 Fortney, John, 521 Fortney, Ole, 612 Fosdick, William, 738 Foster, James, 696 Fourt, Charles S., 661 Fransen, Christian, 757 Frazier, William, 584,591 French, Noah E., 740 Gaines, Levi R., 713 Gale, George, 174 Gardner, John, 253 Garrett, Jesse, 702 Gauper, Ole, 662 Geddes, William, 613 Getler, Ferdinand, 525 Getter, William, 659 Gibbs, Simeon, 657 Gillett, Rufus, 258 Gilman, James B., 660 Glassborn, Alfred, 588 Glenn, Isaiah, 721 Glenn, Jason, 703 Gochenour, Harrison, 718 Goode, William, 261 Goodell, E. S., 706 Goodell, Merchant, 706 Gott, William A., 269 Graham, Carson, 190,223 Graham, John, 580 Graham, Lameh, 588 Graves, Charles W., 195 Gray, Samuel, 636 Green, Amos W., 711 Greenman, J. W., 254 Griffin, G. W., 255 Groves, I. M., 594 Groves, J. W., 701 Groves, William C., 623 Guist, John, 557 Gullord, Ole Peterson, 551 Guscetti, Ferdinand, 532 Haflich, Henry, 573 Hage, Engebret P., 560 Hall, Ralph, 711 Hamilton, George W., 672 Hamilton, J. I., 270 Hamilton, N. W., 527 Hamilton, Seth, 590 Hammer, Otto F., 540 Hammer, Otto, Sr., 570 Hammond, John J., 716 Hanson, Andrew, 597 Hanson, H., 506 Hanson, Hans, 492 Hanson, Hans, 758 Hanson, Lars, 486 Harris, C. N., 191 Harris, Edward, 666 Harris, J. E., 596 Harris, Richard J., 513 Harris, William, 596 Hartshorn, George W., 405 Haughton, William, 263 Hay, Peter, 698 Hayden, Alvin M., 657 Hayes, John, 591 Heal, Stephen G., 738 Healy, Patrick, 564 Heinrich, Heinrich, 756 Hektoen, P. P., 714 Henderson, John, 523 Henry, Marvin, 700 Henry, Oscar S., 524 Hermonson, Hermon, 490 Herrick, Gilbert, 603 Herron, William A., 590 Hewey, James H., 262 Hickok, Thomas J., 546 Hicok, Hiram A., 702 Higgins, Jacob, 520 Hill, Vilentia B., 562 Hinkst, Michael, 519 Hodge, William A., 740 Hollingstad, Charles, 499 Hopkins, Albert H., 610 Hopkins, Henry B., 616 Hornby, James, 703 Hornby, Robert, 521 Horton, D. W., 559 Hosmer, Addison A., 730 Houghton, E. B., 271 Houghton, Edmund, 731 Hoverson, Knudt, 524 Hoverson, S., 589 Hoyt, Joseph W., 552 Hunt, Cyrus, 662 Hurd, J. Alanson, 643 Hurd, John, 689 Hutchison, B. C., 616 Hutchison, William, 617 Ingersoll, C. L., 288 Jackson, G. F., 597 Jackson, W. H., 599 Jacobson, O., 483 Jager, Ernest C., 488 James, Thomas, 592 Jenness, John S., 500 Jerman, Thomas, 703 Johnson, Albert, 652 Johnson, Andrew J., 522 Johnson, Andrew, 490 Johnson, Christopher N., 651 Johnson, David, 578 Johnson, Jacob, 507 Johnson, Ole, 254 Johnson, Robert, 652 Johnston, William, 558 Jordan, Moses, 537 Jordan, T. S., 670 Joseph, H. C., 265 Joseph, Lemuel, 265 Kauffman, Abraham, 545 Kegley, Elias, 538 Kelland, O. O., Jr., 699 Kerr, Hugh, 669 Kile, James, 515 Kimball, Moses, 564 Knapp, Henry, 501 Knower, W. H., 266,528 Kuehn, Albert F., 533 Lacy, George, 573 Lake, John R., 615 Lamb, Anthony, 747 Lamb, Ransom, 517 Landrum, Charles, 564 Larkie, August, 561 Larson, Hans K., 485 Larson, Hans, 723 Larson, Helge, 615 Lathrop, John, 514 Lathrop, Napoleon B., 515 Latshaw, Alexander, 741 Latta, George, 617 Latta, Josiah, 617 Lawrence, Thomas, 725 Lawton, Chauncey W., 632 Layne, Jame H., 704 Layne, Newton May, 190 Layne, P. J., 257 Lee, Henry L., 546 Lee, Lars Hanson, 546 Lier, Simon P., 507 Lincoln, S. C., 255 Lind, Edward, 255 Lind, Henry, 546,576 Lindeman, W. F., 706 Lisso, Joseph, 478 Longley, John, 253 Lowrie, Alexander, 262 Lowrie, J. P., 595 Lowrie, James, 254 Lowrie, W. W., 261 Lowrie, William, 595 Ludwig, Carl, 574 Lyttle, C., 742 Maddin, Patrick, 576 Mahr, David, 542 Mallow, Adolphus P., 550 Manhart, Joseph, 563 Markle, J. C., 554 Marshall, J. J., 514 Masterson, John, 491 Maxwell, James, 590 May, Alonzo F., 598 May, Reuben, 598 May, William J., 598 McAuley, H. W., 185,735 McAuley, R. M., 736 McCartey, J. J., 618 McClurg, J. Booth, 659 McClurg, John, 707 McCollough, John, 516 McConnell, William T., 707 McGrath, John, 636 McGrath, Timothy W., 636 McGrath, Timothy, 636 McKie, N., 715 McKitrick, A. James, 671 McKitrick, Samuel, 257 McLees, John M., 547,558 McMichael, Robert S., 259,687 McMichael, Samuel, 265 McMichael, William C., 256 McSharey, James, 603 McVey, Eli, 632 Medary, T. C., 288 Mellen, Peter J., 653 Mellen, S. A., 271 Michelet, John, 486 Millard, Henry, 643 Millard, O. H., 753 Miller, H. P., 273 Miller, Reuben, 545 Milligan, Robert, 665 Millison, Levi, 643 Miner, P. D., 657 Minor, John H., 662 Minor, Thomas, 662 Minor, Watson W., 663 Mitchell, Erastus, 574 Mockett, Robert S., 640 Mohs, Augustus, 576 Mollinger, John, 570 Monti, Mathew, 534 Moody, Hiram, 707 Moody, Nathan E., 708 Moore, James, 639 Morgan, George W., 715 Morgan, Henry H., 739 Morley, Calvin, 704 Morris, C. H., 579 Morrison, Nathaniel, 712 Morse, William A., 592 Morterud, Christian A., 493,502 Mullin, David G., 550 Mutch, James, 573 Naperud, Torger Nelson, 487 Naprud, Elias H., 697 Nelson, Einer, 549 Nelson, Hans, 487 Neperud, John A., 506 Nesting, Ole Evenson, 507 Newell, James Evans, 192 Newman, Alfred W., 182 Newman, D. B., 271 Newton, Andrew, 560 Newville, Abram, 526 Nichols, Henry, 678 Nichols, Marshall C., 151,701 Nixon, A. M., 594 Nixon, Irvin C., 277,640 Nixon, R. S., 594 Norris, John, 492 Nuzum, George W., 732 Nuzum, Isaac F., 732 Oakes, E. L., 534 Officer, E. C., 591 Older, A. H., 186 Olson, Christian C., 651 Olson, Frederick, 615 Olson, Hans, 486 Olson, Knudt, 551 Olson, Lars, 559 Orrison, Hiram, 632 Osborn, Marion, 497 Ott, Charles, 532 Ott, John, 531 Otteson, Solfest, 659 Outland, William, 665 Owen, Pearly J., 503 Parker, Joseph O., 635 Parker, Robert, 642 Parr, John, 501 Parsch, Frank, 478 Patterson, Robert, 555 Paulsen, Soren, 489 Peaslee, Isaac, 651 Peck, P. Melvin, 663 Pelton, Ezra O., 642 Peterson, Knudt, 526 Peterson, N. Christian, 526 Phillips, W. F., 757 Pickerael, Elisha W., 267 Pierce, Lorenzo A., 184 Pinch, Francis I., 579 Pitcher, Charles W., 267 Poff, C. M., 272 Poff, J. M., 504 Pollard, S. R., 262 Poorman, Isaac D., 670 Poorman, Jacob N., 671 Porter, Henry G,. 735 Potter, E., 635 Potts, Jonathan, 499 Powell, Elijah, 528 Prentice, George, 753 Preus, H. N., 255 Priest, D. B., 191, 284 Proctor, Alfred, 741 Proctor, H. P., 169,195 Pugh, William, 605 Pulham, William, 532 Puls, Christian, 658 Pulver, Wendell H., 698 Purdy, William S., 189,698 Rabbitt, Lemuel S., 626 Radcliff, L. L., 263 Read, Daniel, 600 Reed, Ellis, 596 Reiter, Charles, 739 Rentz, Michael, 599 Revels, John, 513 Rhinehart, Horace A., 545 Richards, J. B., 270 Riley, Aaron, 704 Riley, William S., 533 Roberts, Benjamin, 510 Robinson, H. A., 267 Rodgers, J. C., 514 Rogers, Benjamin, 618 Rogers, C. E., 261 Rogers, Earl M., 712 Rogers, James H., 737 Rudie, Nels J., 699 Rundlett, J. R., 270 Rusk, Allen, 621 Rusk, James, 268 Rusk, Jeremiah M., 760 Sabin, David, 671 Sacket, N. A., 595 Salts, Milam, 576 Salts, William F., 574 Sandon, Elbert W., 756 Sandon, Robert, 205,754 Sandon, William, 752 Sangstad, Even T., 487 Saxton, A. B., 589 Saxton, Norris W., 589 Schneider, Philip, 609 Schnell, Fred, 578 Schoenberger, John, 659 Schooley, J. H., 268 Schreiner, J. K., 718 Seal, John H., 534 Seely, Dempster, 639 Shattuck, George W., 641 Shaw, Joel T., 737 Shaw, John, 514 Shaw, L. N., 599 Shear, Isaac, 575 Shear, Peter, 577 Shear, Thomas J., 576 Sheets, John, 596 Sheets, William V., 596 Shisler, Elias, 531 Shreve, Caleb, 540 Shreve, Hezekiah, 543 Shreve, James H., 543 Shreve, John S., 541 Shreve, William S., 541 Shreve, William, 543 Sidyie, Thomas, 653 Silbaugh, Edward, 702 Silbaugh, Jacob, 705 Sims, Samuel, 477 Slack, Nathan J., 581 Small, John, 636 Smith, Ananias, 699 Smith, Charles E., 616 Smith, D. T., 657 Smith, James C., 500 Smith, Samuel, 640 Smith, William, 523,581 Smith, Zachariah, 613 Soloi, Ole E., 525 Somerby, J. A., 282 Southwick, Milton, 520 Spellum, John C., 700 Spencer, John, 723 Sperry, G. S., 271 Spurrier, Green, 265 Staley, John, 544 Stark, Ethan A., 718 Starner, Jonathan, 642 Steadman, M. W., 744 Steenson, Steen, 757 Steinmetz, Philip F., 672 Stelting, Dederick, 510 Stelting, Frederick, 513 Stelting, William C., 513 Stephenson, Stephen, 701 Sterling, Harvey, 649 Sterling, Le Grant, 650,656 Sterling, Lewis, 261 Stevens, Ira, 735 Stevenson, James, 528 Stevenson, John, 559 Stevenson, William, 533 Stoddard, V. A., 758 Storer, Robert, 626 Stout, Stanley, 623 Strang, Edmund, 253 Strawn, David, 714 Struthers, William, 555 Sudduth, John H., 268 Suttle, H. J., 270 Swain, George A., 268,519 Swain, George W., 553 Swan, L. P., 506 Tainter, Anson, 516 Tate, J. Henry, 715 Tate, John, 625 Tate, Robert, 625 Tederick, William H., 752 Tenney, Jeremiah T., 739 Terhune, William F., 133,772 Tewait, Solomon W., 650 Thompson, Andrew T., 652 Thompson, Ellis P., 597 Thompson, Lewis, 658 Thompson, Luther, 525 Thompson, Sever, 613 Thompson, Thomas, 700 Thoreson, Torger, 560 Thorp, I. F., 265 Tilton, Elijah, 714 Tilton, Simeon H., 714 Timerman, Hiram, 755 Tinker, Elisha W., 268 Tinker, Jerome S., 705 Tollefson, Louis, 187,195 Tollefson, O., 718 Torgar, Ole T., 522 Towner, Frank M., 715 Tripp, Dier N., 565,572 Trott, Benjamin, 730 Turner, H. L., 621 Turner, William, 623 Upham, Charles H., 742 Vance, Alexander, 650 VanWagner, Felix K., 523 Vumback, John H., 626 Wakefield, Adelbert, 654 Wakefield, Leonard, 654 Wakeman, Gaylord S., 503 Wakeman, William, 503 Walker, Perry, 755 Walker, Samuel, 754 Wallar, Frank A., 262 Walloe, J. L., 270 Ward, Cincinnatus, 624 Waters, Clark, 593 Waters, Isaac, 581 Waters, W. S., 593 Watson, Samuel, 544 Watterman, Carlos F., 577 Weaver, Alfred, 515 Weber, Henry, 654 Weber, Nicholas, 653 Webster, William, 272 Weeden, Henry G., 268 Welch, Michael, 708 Wells, John H., 515 Westby, Ole T., 489 Westrum, Arnt, 663 White, French B., 652 White, Giles, 752 White, John W., 737 White, W. S., 255 Whitworth, John, 705 Widmer, Arnold, 758 Wigdahl, Peter, 627 Wilkinson, Mons S., 627 Willey, Froland, 564 Williams, Benjamin, 526 Williams, Clarke D., 711 Williams, Howard D., 711 Williams, Israel, 708 Williams, Roger, 578 Williamson, George, 590 Wilson, De Witt C., 290 Winslow, Aaron, 270 Winslow, L. B. T., 575 Winsor, Ora, 758 Wise, George W., 623 Wisel, Orin, 256 Wolfe, G. W., 287 Wood, C. L., 596 Wood, Jonathan, 596 Wood, L. J., 596 Wright, J. N., 263 Wyman, O. B., 193 Yakey, D. C., 500 Zabolie, Albert, 535 Zink, John, 478