Sauk City, Miss C. Werner; they have three children-Louise, wife of Charles Wisenborn, proprietor of the Astor House, Sauk City; Bertha and Charles. Mr. Spiehr was President of the Free-Thinking Congregation of Sauk Co. three terms— s-nine years. He has held various town and school offices. In politics, he is Liberal.

MAX STINGLHAMMER, proprietor of the Sauk City Bridge on the Wisconsin River, Sauk City; was born in Landau, on der Isar, Bavaria, Germany, Oct. 6, 1824; in his native country, he learned the mason's trade, and followed it several years; in 1847, he came to the United States, located in Milwaukee, Wis., where he remained until 1850, when he came to Sauk City and engaged in the mercantile business for about two years, and afterward built a brewery, and engaged in brewing until the fall of 1865; in 1866, he purchased the Sauk City Bridge, of which he is now sole proprietor; maiden name of his wife was Anna Barbara Gohanni; they were married in Sauk City; she was born in Gennino, Switzerland. Mr. Stinglhaumer is a Republican in politics, and has acted with that party since its organization, being at its birth in Madison. He has been a member of the Board of Supervisors three years, Village Trustee two years, United States water-gauge keeper three years. He takes an active part in public affairs, and is very popular.

J. S. TRIPP, attorney at law, Sauk City. This representative gentlewan was born in Duanesburg. Schenectady, Co., N. Y., July 5, 1868; he was educated in Schoharie Academy, one of the oldest and most noted schools of his native State; after having finished the academical course, he began the study of his chosen profession, the law, in the office of Goodyear & Martin, leading attorneys of Schoharie, and, after completing the course, was admitted to the bar, June, 1853; at that time, Westward, ho! was the cry the attention of the youth of the Eastern States being directed particularly to Wisconsin as a land rife with splendid opportunities and golden prospects; so hither came the young lawyer to make his fortune and grow up with the country; he first located at Baraboo, and remained there until September, 1854, then moved to Sauk City and hung out his shingle; here he has since remained, and in the process of years has built a fine legal business and won the unlimited confidence of his friends and patrons; in 1862, he was elected to the Assembly, being appointed Chairman of Committee on Contingent Expenses, and one of the Committee on Corporations; he also served on several special committees, for which position he proved himself well adapted; he has been elected Chairman of the County and Town Boards of Supervisors several times, and has been Town Clerk of Prairie du Sac for more than sixteen years; in 1860, he was a promising candidate for State Senator; since 1868, he has been engaged in the banking business, and, in short, has been one of the representative men of the county for many years, in all general business relations. Mr. Tripp has been twice married; his first wife, Fannie W. Hallett, died in 1865; his present wife was Nellie M., daughter of J. I. Waterbury, of Prairie du Sac, Wis.

REV. JOHN THILKE, Prairie du Sac; was born in Hanover, Germany, April 7, 1816, where he remained until he was 15 years of age; he then went to Hamburg and lived in that city until 1843, when he went to London, England; from there he came to the United States, and, in 1844, he came to Wisconsin, and lived in Prairie du Sac until the following year (1845), when he located in the town of Honey Creek, thus becoming a pioneer settler of that town; he afterward removed to the town of Sumter, which town was his home for a number of years; in 1870, he came to Prairie du Sac, and has been a continual resident of that village since. He married, in New Orleans, March 3, 1844, Miss Mary Heidtmann; they have three children-Louisa, wife of A. Fisher, Prairie du Sac; Emma, wife of Rev. Charles Snyder, of Arlington, Wis.; Mena, wife of John Keller, of the town of Sumter. Mr. Thilke was Justice of the Peace in Sumter from 1849 until 1870, and was also elected to various other local offices. He was licensed a preacher of the Evangelical Association of North America in 1860, and has been active in ministerial labors since that time. He keeps constantly on hand all of the best makes of sewing-machines and a full line of supplies; also a line of organs.

NICHOLAS TRUNKENBROTT, Sauk City; was born in Coburg, Saxony, Germany March 19, 1838; he came to Wisconsin in 1860. He married, in Sauk City, Miss Louise Deininger; they have two children-Mena and Emma. In politics, Mr. T. is a Republican. He is a dealer in wines and liquors, and owns his place of business.

HON. J. I. WATERBURY, Prairie du Sac; was born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Aug. 4, 1818. In 1844, he married, in his native county, Miss F. M. Stone; they have one daughter, Nellie, wife of Hon. J. S. Tripp, of Prairie du Sac. Mr. Waterbury settled in Wisconsin in 1839, and located in the town of Prairie du Sac, Sauk Co., in 1840; in 1867-68 he was a member of the Wisconsin Assembly, and has been Chairman of the Prairie du Sac Town Board of Supervisors several terms; was a member of the first Board of County Commissioners, and collected the first tax collected in Sauk Co.

Mr. Waterbury has been a continual resident of the town of Prairie du Sac since 1840; he owns a valuable farm adjoining the village of Prairie du Sac; his home is pleasantly located in the village, and surrounded by all of the modern comforts.

HON. E. W. YOUNG, Prairie du Sac; born Oct. 7, 1821, in the town of Bingham, Somerset Co., State of Maine; was educated at Harvard University, Massachusetts, graduating in the class of 1848; was Principal of a grammar school in Lowell, Mass., from September, 1848, to April, 1849, and teacher of natural science in the high school, in Lowell, from April, 1849, to October, 1856; he studied law in the office of Hon. Tappan Wentworth, in Lowell, Mass, and was admitted to the practice of law in the Supreme Court of Massachusetts in October, 1856. He was married to Harriet Norton, of Lowell, Mass., in 1848; they have had two children-one, a daughter, died at the age of 20 months; the other, a son, was killed by runaway horses at the age of 17 years. Mr. Young settled at Prairie du Sac, Wis., in 1856, residing there since. He was a member of the Wi-consin Assembly from the South District of Sauk Co., in 1860; Assistant Clerk of the Assembly from 1861 to 1865, inclusive; Chief Clerk of the Assembly from 1866 to 1873, inclusive; was appointed Trustee of the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane, by Gov. Randall, in 1860, and held the trust until his resignation in April, 1874; was appointed on the commission to locate the Northern Hospital for the Insane, by Gov. Fairchild, in 1869; he was nominated by the Republicans, at the convention held in Madison, in August, 1873, as their candidate for Secretary of State; in polities, he was a Whig until the organization of the Republican party, and since then always a Republican.

TOWN OF SPRING CREEN.

DAVID D. DAVIES, druggist and dealer in books and stationery, Spring Green, was born in Cardiganshire, South Wales, on the 30th of November, 1841. He came to this country in 1853, lived in Pennsylvania until his coming to Wisconsin in 1856, arriving in Spring Green in August of that year, and has been almost a continual resident since. During the war of the rebellion, he enlisted at Madison in Co. E. 49th W. V. I., as a private; was promoted Sergeant, then Second Lieutenant, and was honorably discharged as such at the close of the war. In 1865, he engaged in his present business, and is always alive to every vital interest touching the prosperity of the village of Spring Green. Dec. 31, 1867, he married Miss Mattie E. Greene; they have three children. Mr. Davies has been Postmaster since 1865. Is Notary Public, Treasurer of the Auxiliary Bible Society, and holds, and has filled, various other offices. He is a practical man, his habits industrious, and he has been active in aiding in the building of schools, the organization of churches and Sabbath schools; all of the latter institutions he has been prominently identified with for a number of years.

JOHN BETTINGER, manufacturer of carriages, buggies, light and heavy wagons, Spring Green; was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1852; in 1869, he came to this county; his wife was Miss Louise Zilg, of Spring Green; they have one child, Carroll. Mr. Bettinger is a member of the Village Board of Spring Green; he has been engaged in the manufacture of carriages, buggies and wagons several years, and is now doing a good business in that line; he erected new shops in 1879, which are the equal of any in Sauk Co. Mr. Bettinger is a man of enterprise and is doing his share toward building up the business interests of Spring Green.

DAVID J. DAVIES, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Spring Green; was born in South Wales in 1830; he came to this country in 1853, locating in Jackson County, Ohio, where he remained a short time; then moved to Armstrong Co., thence to Spring Green, Sauk Co., Wis., which has been his home since. Nov. 28, 1860, he married, in Spring Green, Mary T. Jones, of that town; they have had seven children-Minnie D., Joshua deceased, Eliza M., Thomas A., Benjamin F., George W., and Gracie. Mr. Davis owns 182 acres of land; his home farm is most desirably located in close proximity to the village of Spring Green; Mr. Davies has been a continual resident of Spring Green since 1853, and has taken au active part in the improving and advancement of the town; he is a citizen of much energy and enterprise, and takes a deep interest in the advancement of the educational and other public interests of general good.

REV. JOHN DAVIES, Spring Green; was born in North Wales in 1821. He received a liberal education in his native country; in 1848, he came to this country, lived in Evansburg, Penn., about one year; then moved to Blossburg, Tioga Co., and was there ordained a minister of the Congregational Church Oct. 7, 1849; he had pastoral charge of the Congregational Church at Blossburg until

1854, then was appointed to the charge of the Welsh Congregational Church in Racine, Wis., where he continued until the following year (1855), when he came to Spring Green, taking pastoral charge of the congregation at that place, and taking an active part in the organization of the English Congregational Church in Spring Green; and afterward having charge of Congregational Churches at Fish Creek and Bangor, and has been actively engaged in ministerial duties down to the present time, in various places. May 26, 1851, he married, in Charleston, Penn., Annie Edwards; they have had six children, three of whom are living. Mr. Davies has a proficient medical education, and followed the practice thereof for over eighteen years. Much of the present efficiency and the past success of the religious and educational interests of this portion of Wisconsin are due to him; he takes an active interest in the passing events of the day, and his love for the best works in literature is permanent; he is thoughtful and independent in the formation of opinions, and is possessed of dignity and firmness in maintaining his ideas of right and duty; his home is pleasantly located in the vicinity of the village of Spring Green, where he owns a finely improved farm of over 100 acres of land

A. M. DYE, proprietor of jewelry store, Spring Green; was born in Cedarville, Herkimer Co., N. Y., March 17, 1840. During the war of the rebellion, he served in Co. B, 121st N. Y. V. I., and participated in the battles of Rappahannock Station, Mine Run and Gettysburg, was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness, served three years and was honorably discharged. He was married, in Herkimer County, to Miss Ettie Ellsworth; they have one child-Leon, born in Cedarville, N. Y.; in 1877, they came to Wisconsin and located in Spring Green; Mr. Dye has been engaged in the jewelry business for over nineteen years, and is an excellent workman; he keeps a full line of jewelry, watches, clocks, etc. He takes an active interest in matters pertaining to the advancement of all the local interests of Spring Green.

DANIEL J. EVANS, farmer, P. O. Spring Green; born Oct. 15, 1856, at Dodgeville, Wis.; his parents, John and Elizabeth J. Evans, natives of Wales, came to Wisconsin in 1854, locating in Dodgeville, where they remained until 1862, when they removed to this town (Spring Green), making it their home during their life; their children are Annie, now the wife of Charles A. Palmer, Kansas; Daniel J., whose name appears at the head of this sketch; Mary and William; Daniel J. owns a desirably located farm, situated only a short distance from the village of Spring Green; he is a very successful farmer.

J. N. FINN, merchant, Spring Green; born in Edinburg, Saratoga Co., N. Y., Feb. 12, 1831; when he was 8 years of age, he removed with his parents to Ontario Co., N. Y.; thence to Vernon, Waukesha Co., Wis., and from there to Union, Rock Co., where he remained until 1852; afterward he lived one year in Arien, Wis., then went to Buena Vista, Richland Co.; remained there until 1855, in which year he commenced clerking in a store at Richland City; in 1857, he went to Steele Co., Miun.; in 1858, returned to Wisconsin and engaged in clerking in a drug store at Lone Rock one year, then learned broom-making, and was engaged in that and farming until 1867, when, in connection with his brother, Charles W. Finn, he engaged in business at Spring Green. In 1873, he purchased his brother's interest; he keeps a full stock of general groceries, fruits, etc. He is Town and Village Clerk, also Justice of the Peace. He married, in Spring Green, Wis., Ella Finn; they have one son, Frank J. Finn.

THOMAS FRANCIS, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Spring Green; born in North Wales in 1834; he came to this country while a young man, and lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, Lawrence Co, Penn., and Wheeling, Va., prior to his coming to Wisconsin; he has, at present writing, been a resident of Sauk Co., Wis., for more than twenty years. He married, in Iowa Co., Wis., Miss Margaret James (daughter of Benjamin and Catharine James, early settlers of Dodgeville, Iowa Co.); they have five children-Eliza A., John H., Emma K., Mary E. and George E. Mr. Francis owns 140 acres of land; his farm is located in Cold Brook Valley, and is well improved.

WILLIAM H. HARRIS, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Spring Green; was born April 26, 1832, near Mansfield, Ohio; he came to Wisconsin with his parents, Jonathan W. and Abigail C. Harris, and settled in the town of Troy, this (Sauk) Co., in about 1845, where they platted the village of Harrisburg, and a thriving local business has been carried on there since. During the war of the rebellion, William H. Harris, the subject of this sketch, enlisted at Harrisburg, in Co. K, 23d W. V. I., and participated in the battles of Chickasaw Bayou, from Dec. 25 until Dec. 31, 1862; Ft. Hinman, Jan. 11, 1863; Cypress Bend, Feb. 19; Port Gibson, May 1: Champion Hills, May 16; Black River Bridge, May 17; Vicksburg, from May 19 until July 4; Jackson, from July 12 until July 23; Carrion Crow Bayou, Nov. 3 (in this battle he was wounded); Sabina Cross Roads, April 8, 1864; Cain River, April 23; Jackson, Oct.

5; Dallas Station, Dec. 24-25; Greenville, from Feb. 16 until Feb. 23, 1865; siege of Mobile, March 25 until April 12, 1865; the records of his regiment show that he was always in active service, and was under fire in all of the above battles, and that he was honorably discharged at the close of the war as First Sergeant. He married, in Decorah, Wis., Dorotha Benson, a native of Pennsylvania; they have resided in Spring Green since 1866; their children are George W., Abigail N., William L., Helen I., Jennie B., Eva E., Bertha, Irwin S. and Alma G. Mr. Harris owns 230 acres of land, located in the vicinity of the village of Spring Green, and well improved. He has been elected to various offices of trust, and has the confidence of the entire community.

S. M. HARRIS, dealer in general merchandise, Spring Green; was born in Richland Co., Ohio, Nov. 15,1837; he came to Wisconsin with his parents, Jonathan W. and Abagail C. Harris, in 1845, and settled where Harrisburg now stands, it being named for them; in early life. S. M. Harris learned the carpenter and joiner trade, and continued in it for about seventeen years, a great portion of the time being engaged in contracting and building; he engaged in the mercantile business in Spring Green Jan. 1, 1872, and has a large and constantly increasing trade. He is a leading and prominent member of the Masonic Fraternity. Mr. Harris married in Troy, this county, Mary, daughter of Samuel Davis, an esteemed and early settler; they have three children-Florence C., Gilbert L. and Effie. Mr. H. takes an active interest in educational matters, and has filled various school and other local offices; he is everywhere regarded as a man of superior business attainments and a man of integrity.

G. S. HARRISON, proprietor of harness-shop, Spring Green; was born in Iowa Co., Wis., Oct. 18, 1854; his father, William Harrison, came to Iowa Co. in 1842, and there married Maria Hodgson; they were both natives of England; they still reside in Iowa Co., well-to-do and esteemed citizens. G. S. Harrison learned harness-making in Dane Co.; he located in Spring Green the present year (1880) ; he has a good stock of harness, saddles, and everything usually kept in the harness line; he has a good trade, which is constantly increasing.

THOMAS HILL, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Spring Green; was born Oct. 16, 1847, in Lancashire, England; in 1855, he immigrated to this country with his parents, Thomas and Margaret Hill; they first lived in Racine, Wis., a short time, then removed to Spring Green. Thomas Hill, the subject of this sketch, first engaged in clerking in a mercantile store, which he continued in several years; in 1872, he engaged in the mercantile business on his own account, continuing in it until 1877; in 1879, he purchased the farm he now resides on; it is adjacent to the village, is well improved, and contains 120 acres. He married in Spring Green, Emeline S., daughter of E. P. Newell, an early settler, and for a number of years a leading merchant in Spring Green, holding various offices of honor and trust, highly esteemed in every respect, and enjoying the full confidence of all; they have three children—Ernst T., Earl and Carl. Mr. Hill is an active and energetic man, social in disposition, and is deservedly popular. Himself and wife are leading members of the Congregational Church.

N. B. HOOD, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Lone Rock; was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., Aug. 14, 1840; he was educated at the "Iron City" College, Pittsburgh; he came to Wisconsin in 1859, locating in the town of Spring Green, Sauk County, which has been his home ever since, with the exception of the time he was in the service of the Union, and the year 1868, which he lived in Loganville, this county. In the war of the rebellion, Mr. Hood first enlisted in the Sixth Wisconsin Battery; was enrolled in September. 1861, and served in the battery until December, 1862, then was transferred to United States Signal Corps, in which he served until July, 1864, and in January, 1865, entered Co. E, 49th W. V. I., and served in that regiment until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. In politics Mr. Hood is an active Republican; at present writing he holds the offices of Justice of the Peace, Notary Public and Clerk of District Schools. He has been twice married; his first wife was Miss M. Sweet; she died Dec. 31, 1862; two children by the first marriage-Ida and Sylvester; his present wife was Miss Jennie Tunnicliff, of Loganville, this county; they have five children-Clarence C., Victor V., Eliza E., Adda A. and Ralph R. Mr. Hood owns a valuable farm, well located and improved.

S. P. HOXIE, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Spring Green; was born in Piscataquis Co., Maine, April 30, 1832; in 1847, he came to Wisconsin and located in Cooksville, Rock County, where he remained until 1865, then removed to his present home in Spring Green, Sauk Co., Wis. He married in Richland Co., Wis., Miss Elmina Cass; they had four children-Frank A., James A., Lillian B. and Freddie. Mr. Hoxie owns a finely located and well improved farm of 110 acres, in the vicinity of the village of Spring Green; he has been a continual resident of Wisconsin since 1847, with the exception of three years he spent on the Pacific Coast. In politics, he is a Republican; he is a prominent member of the Grange, and has filled various offices in that society.

M. F. HORLEY, President of the Board of Trustees, Spring Green, was born in County Waterford, Ireland, in 1819; in 1841, he emigrated to British America, and to the United States in 1850; lived in Boston, Mass., and Chicago, Ill., until 1859, when he came to Wisconsin; located in Richland City; in 1850, came to Spring Green; he has been Chairman of the Village Board several terms, and a school officer over nine years. He married in the Province of Nova Scotia, B. A., Miss Mary A. Duggan ; their children are John, Michael, Ellen, Celia, James and Annie; their oldest, John, is salesman for a Milwaukee firm; Ellen is the wife of James McKanna of this town; Celia is teaching school.

JOHN T. JONES, far.er and stock-raiser; P. O. Spring Green; was born in Dodgeville, Wis.; is therefore a native to the manor born; his parents, Thomas E. and Martha Jones, settled in Dodgeville in 1844, and shortly after the birth of John T. removed to Spring Green and built and run the first store in that town and were honored and esteemed citizens; their childaen were John T., whose name heads this notice; Margaret E., now the wife of J. T. Barnard, of Spring Green; Thomas E, deceased. Mr. J. T. Jones owns over 500 acres of land, and is one of the most extensive farmers in Spring Green; his paternal grandfather, Evan Jones, was the third person to settle in the town of Spring Green, and took an active part in the improvement of the new county.

EDWARD LESTER, farmer. Sec. 32; P. O. Spring Green; was born in Leicester, England. July 16, 1841. In 1848, his parents, William and Mary A. Lester, emigrated to this country and settled in Dane Co., Wis., where they still reside, esteemed citizens. Edward Lester, the subject of this sketch, lived in Dane Co. until the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion, when he enlisted at Madison, in Co. F, 11th W. V. I.; served four years and participated in every engagement his command was in, and always in active service. He married, in the town of Troy, this county, in 1866, Miss Agnes Stewart, daughter of Alexander and Agnes Stewart, old settlers and still honored residents of Troy. Immediately after they were married, they moved to Spring Green, where they have since resided; they have two children-Helen E. and William E. Mr. Lester owns 200 acres of well-improved land. He is a Republican in politics.

WILLIAM MAGOFFIN, M. D., Spring Green; was born in Harrisburg, Ky., in 1824; studied medicine in his native place and in the New York Medical Institute, graduating in about 1857; he first practiced his profession in New York City about one year; then went to Woodville, Miss., and practiced there the greater part of the time until the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion, when he returned to his native State and was in the Confederate service in the position of surgeon during the war. At the close of the rebellion, he engaged in the practice of his profession at Savannah, Ga.; until 1872, when his health began to fail, and, in consequence, he moved to Minnesota, thence to New Albin, Iowa, where he resided until the autumn of 1878, when he came to Spring Green. He has a large practice and enjoys the confidence and esteem of all, and is universally respected for his sterling integrity and liberal views. Dr. Magoffin married in Savannah, Ga., Miss Annie B. Patterson; their children are Marian, William B., Annie and Jennie.

SILAS F.NICKEY, an extensive farmer and stock-dealer; P. O. Spring Green; was born in Morrow Co., Ohio, Sept. 1, 1852; his parents, Abraham and Margaret Nickey, moved to Wisconsin the same year and settled in Spring Green. Silas F. married Miss Frances Sherwood, a daughter of Melvin Sherwood; they have one child-Gertrude. Mr. Nickey is, at the present writing, Chairman of the Town Board of Supervisors, a position to which he has been elected four times; he has also filled local offices in the village of Spring Green; he owns a large and well-improved farm, which he manages, besides giving a good deal of his time and attention to buying and shipping stock, in which he is largely interested.

T. C. PECK, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Spring Green; was born Oct. 3, 1825, in Wayne Co., N. Y., where he remained until 1846, when he came to Wisconsin, locating in Newark, Rock Co., where he resided about seven years, at the end of which time he removed to the town of Franklin, this (Sauk) Co.; lived in Franklin one year, then moved to Spring Green, which has been his home since. He married, in Howard, Ill., Miss Mary Colwell; they have eight children-Eva I., their oldest daughter, is the wife of P. Morrison, of Newark, Rock Co., Wis.; Ruth. Mary, Frank E., Lydia, George H., Sylvester and Fred L.; the younger children are all at home. Mr. Peck has, for a number of years, filled the office of District School Treasurer, and has been a member of the Town Board of Supervisors several terms; he owns 280 acres of land, desirably located and well improved. Mr. Peck came to Wisconsin two years prior to its becoming a State; then he had scarcely any of this world's goods, but he came with a determination to win and make for himself a home and competence; how well he has succeeded, is proved by his broad acres in a high state of cultivation and improvement, and the many comforts which surround his home.