Townsend W. WHITSON, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Packwaukee [Marquette

County, Wisconsin], was born in New York City on 02 July 1848, a son of

Abraham U. and Hannah C. WHITSON, who were born on Long Island in 1810.

The family spent five years in New York City previous to coming to

Wisconsin in August

1851. They settled on their present place and began active operation for

making a home. They now have over 250 acres of fine land, 140 acres of

which are improved and under a high state of cultivation, with fine

buildings upon it.

Mr. [Abraham U.] WHITSON died in October 1879, and the splendid farm he

left is a monument to his untiring energy. His widow [Mrs. Hannah C.

WHITSON] is still living with her son Townsend [Townsend W.], who has

charge of the farm. He has been on the farm since its settlement, with

the exception of the time he was attending the Portage Business College,

from which he received a diploma.

SourceWI BIO - Marquette Co

History of Northern Wisconsin. Chicago Western Historical, 1881, vol

II, p 615

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Rosson Andruss

Long since called by death, but yet remembered by those who knew him and

entertained for him warm regard, Rosson ANDRUSS was born in Saratoga

[County], NY, 25 Dec 1805, his parents being Benajah and Abigail (NASH)

ANDRUSS, both of whom spent their entire lives in NY State. After

attending the common schools of NY, Rosson ANDRUSS engaged in teaching

school for several terms, and in 1839 arrived in Zion City [Lake

County], IL, but the following year crossed the border into Bristol

Township, Kenosha County. [Kenosha County, WI, was created in 1850, and

in 1839 was still part of Racine County, WI.] Rosson ANDRUSS first

purchased five 80-acre tracts of land and a 40-acre tract from the

Government, paying the usual price of $1.25 per acre. That the land

might be secured in that manner is indicative of the slightly developed

condition of the country at that time. Only three years before had

Chicago, IL, been incorporated, and Racine and Kenosha were but tiny

hamlets. There were still traces of Indian occupancy in this section of

the country, and upon many a broad acre now highly cultivated not a

furrow had been turned nor an improvement made at that time. Mr. ANDRUSS

at once began to clear, till and develop his farm, and continued to

reside thereon until his death.

In 1834 Rosson ANDRUSS wedded Miss Parmelia TOWNSEND, a daughter of John

and Hannah (FOX) TOWNSEND, who were natives of PA. They [Rosson and

Parmelia (TOWNSEND) ANDRUSS] became [p 683] the parents of six children

(1) Esther Ann, the eldest, now deceased, taught school in this county

for nine terms; (2) George Emery, also deceased, served as Justice of

the Peace for many terms; (3) Charles Rosson, who was in the regular

army for three years, married Emma WASHBURN, of Bristol [Kenosha County,

WI], and they became the parents of a daughter, Eda, who married F. E.

McCOLLUM, of Chicago [Cook County, IL], by whom she has four children.

Mrs. Emma (WASHBURN) ANDRUSS passed away in 1883, and Charles Rosson

ANDRUSS afterward married Mrs. Emma (KING) BAKER, their home now being

in Sterling [Rice County], KS. (4) Marvin J. taught in the county for

some time; he wedded Mary NOLAN, who died in 1873, after which he

married Alice O'CONNELL, of Salem [Kenosha County, WI], who died,

leaving a son, Rosson J., also now deceased. For his third wife, he

[Marvin J. ANDRUSS] chose Mary DRUMMOND, of Cherry Valley [Winnebago

County], IL, and they have one child, Joy May. They are all now living

in Alberta, Canada. (5) Mary B., the next of the family, died in

infancy. (6) Adelia E. attended the common schools in Bristol [Kenosha

County, WI], also an academy at Waukegan [Lake County, IL], and has

since lived in Bristol. She still owns and occupies a portion of the

original farm purchased by her father from the Government. She is very

prominent in lodge circles, holding membership in the Easter Star, with

the Mystic Workers, the Royal Neighbors, the Tribe of Ben Hur, and the

Equitable Fraternal Union.

Rosson ANDRUSS died in 1873, at age 67 years, while his widow [Mrs.

Parmelia (TOWNSEND) ANDRUSS] survived him until 1904 and had reached the

remarkable age of 97 years at the time of her death. They were laid to

rest in the South Bristol cemetery [Bristol Township, Kenosha County,

WI], as were the son [George Emery ANDRUSS] and two daughters [Esther

Ann and Mary B.] of the family who have departed this life. In politics

Rosson ANDRUSS was a Republican, and although he never sought political

office he was officially connected with the schools. Both he and his

wife belonged to the Christian church, and they were interested in all

that pertained to the moral progress of the community, displaying in

their lives many sterling traits of character which gained for them the

confidence and high regard of those who knew them.

Source WI BIO - Kenosha Co

The City of Kenosha and Kenosha County, WI. Chicago S. J. Clarke Pub.

Co., 1916, Vol II, pp 682-683

Claudius ELLIS was born in Schuyler County, NY, 03 Aug 1822, the son of

Benjamin ELLIS, a native of Dutchess County, NY, born about 1776, and

died in Schuyler County, NY, in 1859. The grandfather of our subject was

also named Benjamin, and was a farmer, which occupation the family has

followed since. The grandfather died in Dutchess County when about 75

years of age. His wife was a Miss CARPENTER, and they had two children;

one died young; and the son became the father of our subject.

Grandfather ELLIS was one of six brothers who came to America from

Wales, and served in the War of the Revolution, although some of his

brothers took part in the same struggle in the British navy.

Benjamin ELLIS, the father of our subject, was reared to the life of a

farmer, and married Martha TOWNSEND, a lady of German extraction, and

she bore him 11 children, of whom our subject is the youngest and the

only survivor. They moved west to what is now Schuyler County, WI, near

Seneca Lake, in 1816. The removal was made with teams of their own, and

they bought a squatter's claim of 200 acres of heavily timbered land.

They moved into the rough log cabin until they could build a better

habitation. The means of the subject were limited, but what was a

necessity for family use for food and for seed, he paid $200 for 100

bushels of it. His first crop was marketed at Geneva, which he took down

the lake in a boat of his own building. He gave 12 bushels of wheat for

one barrel of salt, and 8 bushels for one pound of cotton yarn. The

first 10 acres were cleared by himself and two grown sons in the first

year. They sold this farm, which was all well improved many years later,

and bought another in Townsend, Steuben County, NY. Martha (TOWNSEND)

ELLIS, the mother of these children, died in middle life, and the

Benjamin ELLIS, the father, was again married. The cause of his death

was a smoke cancer.

Claudius ELLIS was brought up on the farm, but learned the trade of a

carpenter and joiner, beginning at the age of 16, and by the time he was

21 he was a contractor and builder. Claudius ELLIS was married before he

was 19 years of age, and his wife was nearly 20. Her name was Janet

ROOD, of Reading, Schuyler County, NY, now Steuben County. Her father

was Rockwell ROOD, and her mother was Sally DAVIS, born in Saratoga

[Saratoga County], NY. Mrs. ELLIS had a good education and had taught

school for three terms in that section. Claudius and Janet (ROOD) ELLIS

came West in 1853, and soon settled on their present farm. They came by

water to Toledo, OH, and by rail to Chicago, IL, and landed in Verona,

Dane County, WI, 14 Oct 1853. They brought their own teams and drove out

from Chicago. They had sold their old farm in NY for $65 per acre, and

bought 204 acres here for $1,650 [about $8 per acre], and the first year

his [p 174] wheat crop repaid him his money. The price that year was

from $1 to $1.50 [per bushel], and within three years he sold 1,400

bushels at 48 cents [a bushel]. They first bought a farm in Middleton

Township, and sold it at an advanced price of $1,000, and that was one

of the financial bargains of his life.

Cladius ELLIS has always done mixed farming. The three children of

Claudius and Janet (ROOD) ELLIS were born in Schuyler County, NY B. R.,

E. R., and Alice. B. R. ELLIS, now a farmer in Windsor Township, Dane

County, WI, married Olyette SMITH, of NY, and they have a son and

daughter. E. R. ELLIS married Martha LELAND, who was born in Dane

County, WI, of New England parents; they have four sons and three

daughters, and still reside on the farm. These sons [B. R. and E. R.

ELLIS] were in the Civil War. The eldest was the first to go from the

Madison University, at the age of 20 years, and enlisted as a Private in

the cavalry, but was made a Sergeant, and served three years; he was

never wounded, although he had two horses fall beneath him; the one he

brought home had a ball through it jaws. The second son went into the

army the last year of the war [1865], and entered the 2nd Cavalry as a

Private. He was with CUSTER in TX, and came home sound. Cladius and

Janet (ROOD) ELLIS had but one daughter, Alice, who married David DAVIS,

of Windsor [Dane County, WI]. They settled on a fine farm in Windsor,

and have one son, Robert E., and one daughter, Nettie A. Janet (ROOD)

DAVIS died 15 May 1889, aged 37 years. She was an accomplished teacher,

and had taught 18 terms before marriage. She is sadly missed, as her

many lovable traits made her very dear to husband and children.

Cladius ELLIS was chairman of the Board of Supervisors for two years,

and served three years during the war. He was Justice of the Peace for

many years, and has been a Democrat all his life. The quota of soldiers

in this town was filled largely through his efforts, and he paid out

$18,000 in bounty during his administration, for his town of Westport

[Dane County, WI].

In 1859 Claudius ELLIS went to Pike's Peak, and was in that country for

two years, prospecting, and he took a ranch near Denver, CO, which he

improved by building upon it. He owned some village property there. He

went across the plains with a company of 40 others, of whom he was the

captain. His team was two yoke of oxen and one yoke of cows; the party

was three months on the way.

SourceWI BIO - Dane Co

Biographical Review of Dane County, WI. Chicago Biographical Review

Pub. Co. 1893, Vol I, pp 173-174

James O. ACKERMAN, M. D., Mayville, [Williamstown Township, Dodge

County, Wisconsin], was born in Morristown, St. Lawrence County, New

York, 19 November 1841. He came to Byron, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin,

with his parents in 1847. Here [Fond du Lac] he attended school, and

resided until 1861, when he enlisted in the 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer

Infantry. He was with the Army of the Potomac at Antietam,

Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Cold Harbor, Brandy Station, second

Manassas, Wilderness, and Mine Run. He re-enlisted in the 6th U. S. Reg.

Cavalry, and was with STONEMAN and SHERIDAN on their famous raids. The

Doctor was wounded in the left knee at Funkstown, Maryland. He was in

several battles and minor fights not herein mentioned, and was honorably

discharged in June 1864.

He [James O. ACKERMAN] began the study of medicine at Sheboygan Falls

[Sheboygan County], Wisconsin, with Dr. VESTEY, and graduated from the

Detroit Homeopathic Medical School [Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan] in

1872; settled in Mayville in 1874, and practiced until 1876, when he

entered the Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago [Cook County, Illinois],

graduating in 1877; has since practiced in Mayville.

He [Dr. James O. ACKERMAN] married, 01 October 1864, Miss Libbie H.

TOWNSEND, of Orleans County, New York. They [Dr. James O. and Libbie H.

(TOWNSEND) ACKERMAN] have three children (1) Mabel M. C., (2) Jessie

E., and (3) George W. The Doctor is Independent in politics, and is in

accord with Christianity. He is a member of Mayville Lodge, No. 200,

Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Source WI BIO - Dodge Co

History of Dodge County, Wisconsin. Chicago Western Historical, 1880, p

643

Isaac W. YOUNG was born in Knox County, Ohio, 14 September 1840. His

father, Evin G. YOUNG, brought his family to Green County, Wisconsin, in

the autumn of 1846 and settled in the Town of Jefferson, about two miles

south of the Village of Juda. There were fourteen children in the

family, five sons and nine daughters (1) William, now deceased, born 27

February 1845 in Knox County, Ohio; (2) Samuel, born 19 August 1838 in

Knox County; (3) Isaac W., the subject, who enlisted on 23 October 1861

in Company B, Eighteenth Wisconsin Volunteers, and was transferred to

the Veteran Reserve Corps in 1864; (4) Zenas, now deceased, born 02

February 1842 in Knox County; (5) Joseph L., born 18 April 1846 in Knox

County, Ohio, who enlisted in 1863 in Company G, First Wisconsin

Volunteer Cavalry and serving until the end of the war, and married on

29 November 1869 [Miss] Eunice STRAW, a daughter of Malachi [STRAW], and

is now living near Greenwood, Cass County, Nebraska; (6) Nancy, who

married Joseph MELICK on 23 February 1842; (7) Elizabeth, who married

Andrew RILEY on 04 January 1847; (8) Savenia, who married John

VANDERBILT on 24 July 1851, now a widow, John VANDERBILT having died a

prisoner in Andersonville prison during the War of the Rebellion; (9)

Martha [Martha A., deceased], who married William RILEY [related to

Andrew RILEY the husband of her sister Elizabeth?] on 16 February 1862;

(10) Mary J., who married Clarence BRYAN on 12 March 1865; (11) Alice

J., who married Henry G. TOWNSEND on 18 May 1866; (12) Catharine,

deceased; (13) Rowena, deceased; and (14) Levina A., deceased. [Numbers

added by submitter; not representative of birth order.]

Isaac W. YOUNG, the subject of this sketch, lives in this town on

Section 15, which was a part of the Charles WOODLING place. His [Isaac

W. YOUNG's] father, Evin G. YOUNG, died at Juda [Green County,

Wisconsin] in December 1880. His [Isaac W. YOUNG's] mother's death [the

death of Mrs. Evin G. YOUNG] occurred less than one month later [thus in

December 1880 or January 1881].

Isaac W. YOUNG was married on 31 May 1868 to Eliza WOODLING, daughter of

Charles WOODLING. The year following his marriage, Isaac W. YOUNG worked

his father's farm in Jefferson, and then moved to his present location.

Issac W. and Eliza (WOODLING) YOUNG have four children (1) Willie W.,

born 31 March 1869; (2) Orletta, born 29 March 1871; (3) Anna M., born

22 August 1872; and (4) Clyde E., born 28 March 1878.

SourceWI BIO - Green Co

History of Green County, Wisconsin. Springfield, IL Union Publishing

Company, 1884, p 1075

R. J. REAMER, Postmaster, Waterloo; born in Aurora, Cayuga Co.,

N.Y., March 27, 1837. Enlisted Sept. 17, 1861, in Co. D, 75th N.Y.V.I.;

went into active service with regiment, and participated in all battles

in which it was engaged; re-enlisted as veteran in same regiment; was

wounded at battle of Winchester, W. Va. After participating in sixteen

general engagements, was mustered out of service Sept. 25, 1865.

Returned to Aurora, N.Y., and engaged as clerk in mercantile business;

in 1867, came to Wisconsin, located at Waterloo, went to selling

agricultural implements and machinery. In 1873, went into Post Office

as clerk; in March, 1874, was appointed Postmaster. In 1875, started

also general mercantile business. Is member of A.F & A.M., of Temple of

Honor, and of Good Templars. Married, at Aurora, Cayuga Co., N.Y., Nov.

1, 1875, Miss Janette Townsend, of Troy, N.Y.; have two children - John

W., born Oct. 30, 1867; Charles E., born June 14, 1875.

***note marriage date and dates of the birth of their children are

reproduced as published.

Source The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin", published Chicago

Western Historical Company. 1879.

On 13 February 1877 at West Paulet [Rutland County, Vermont], S. Henry

ARCHIBALD was united in marriage to Esther A., daughter of Daniel D. and Mary

E. (TOWNSEND) NELSON. Four children have blessed their union Nelson Henry,

Eva E. (deceased), Walter, and Mary Townsend. In his political creed Mr.

ARCHIBALD is a loyal Republican, but his energies and time have been mainly

devoted to his professional studies and duties, yet he has served as

superintendent of schools in Wallinford for seven different years, and is now

chairman of the board of directors. [See also the Bennington County

biography of his brother, Frank C. ARCHIBALD; and the Addison County

biography of his father, Thomas Henry ARCHIBALD.]

TOWNSEND, Elijah C.

LAFAYETTE COUNTY

Related State(s) WI

Farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Shullsburg; he was born 14 July 1818 in Steuben

Co., NY; in 1830 he came to Fayette Co., IN; May 1883 he came to

Shullsburg; he engaged in mining; continued at it for many years, and

was engaged by Mr. CORWITH of Galena to manage his mining interests

here; he represented this county in the Legislature during 1860, and has

held about all the town offices; he then went South and engaged in the

livestock trade, whic business he now follows, as well as farming;

during 1879 he traveled about 25,000 miles in shipping; he owns about

500 acres of land, well improved; he has a rock house, built in 1855,

cost about $5,000; he attended the first school ever taught in Galena in

the winter of 1833-34, taught by John WOODS and wife. Married Fannie

WELLS in 1845, she was born in Jefferson Co., NY; they have seven

children, two sons and five daughters.

Source

History of La Fayette County, WI - 1881 - Chicago Western Historical

Co., p 741

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TOWNSEND, Add A.

General insurance agent, Shullsburg; born 20 August 1838 in Shullsburg;

his father came to Gratiot's Grove, La Fayette Co., 12 May 1827, and is

one of the earliest settlers in the county; he worked with his father at

mining and farming, till about 1871, when he engaged in farming

implements; this he continued till 1877; he has been engaged in the

insurance business since 1863. Enlisted in 1861, Co. I, 3rd W. V. I.;

was discharged on account of sickness 23 April 1863; participated in the

battle of Wincester, VA and others. Has been Village Marshal six years,

Deputy Sheriff four years, and Sheriff two years; has also been Deputy

United States Marshal. Married Marian E. FREWELA 1 January 1865; she was

born in Scales Mound, IL; they have three children Adda, Charles C. and

Irena.

Source

History of La Fayette County, WI - 1881 - Chicago Western Historical

Co., p 741

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James H. TOWNSEND, of Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin, was born in

Pelham Township, Westchester County, New York, 16 September 1841, a son

of James L. and Sarah (DEDERER) TOWNSEND, natives of the same county.

They emigrated to Cambridge, Dane County, Wisconsin, in 1850. James H.,

the youngest living son, attended school until seventeen years of age.

One year later, in 1860, he went overland to California, returning in

1863.

James H. TOWNSEND was united in marriage, 09 September 1868, to Miss

Jenny DOW, a native of Jefferson County [Wisconsin], and a daughter of

George and Janet DOW, of Cambridge [Dane County], Wisconsin. They [James

H. and Jenny (DOW) TOWNSEND] have had four children Joan, Sarah

Elizabeth (deceased in infancy), Isa Gavina, and Georgia Dow. Mr.

TOWNSEND has always remained a resident of Dane County, Wisconsin.

Source Chicago Biographical Review Pub. Co. 1893, Vol II, pp 460