Part 17 (1/2)

PHILIP B JEWELL was born in Hopkinton, New Hampshi+re, Oct 25, 1816; was raised on a farm; obtained a common school education; in 1841 was married to Hannah J Fuller, and in 1847 came to St Croix Falls, where he lived until 1851, when he re on the St Croix At the beginning of the late war he enlisted in the Twelfth Wisconsin Infantry and served during the war In 1874 he was appointed inspector of logs and lumber of the Fourth district Mrs Jewell died in 1875 He married, as his second wife, Ellen Restiaux

JOHN TOBIN--Mr Tobin was born in Ireland in 1818 His father died in 1830, and he came with an uncle to this country He settled at Marine in 1842, and in 1853 came to St Joseph's townshi+p, where he resided until his death, Jan 22, 1880 He was married in Illinois in 1848 and hisstill lives at the old ho

HORACE A TAYLOR, son of Rev Adolphus Taylor, of Norfolk, New York, was born in 1837 His father died in 1842 At the age of ten years Horace was earning his living on a farm At thirteen he came to River Falls Some time after he returned East and spent four years on a fare line between Prescott and Hudson In 1857, with his brother Lute A, he established the River Falls _Journal_, and, in 1860, purchased the Hudson _Chronicle_ and changed its name to the Hudson _Times_ Four years later the _Times_ and the _North Star_ were consolidated under the title of the _Star and Tiaged in real estate transactions on a large scale He is a man of quick perceptions and of ready wit and has been honored with soent of railroad lands He was appointed consul to Marseilles by President Garfield in 1881, but resigned the position in 1884 In 1860 he was o

JEREMIAH WHALEY was born in 1818, in Castile, New York His father dying he aided in caring for his ed mother He was married in Pike county, New York, in 1839, and caed in the mercantile and real estate business and acted as post a o sons in Michigan, one in Pipestone, Minnesota, and four daughters

SIMON HUNT was born in Camden, Maine, in 1826 He lived at home until seventeen years old; acquired a common school and academic education; served an apprenticeshi+p of five years at boot and shoe etown, Massachusetts, and came to Hudson in 1851 He was married to Jane C Arcy in Maine in 1854 Mr Hunt has served as mayor of Hudson and was for several years superintendent of schools Mrs Hunt died in 1880

JOHN S MOFFATT was born in Tompkins county, New York, in 1814 He received a common school and academic education In 1844 he was married to Nancy Bennett He removed to Hudson in 1854, and was in the land office several years He is a lawyer by profession; has served thirteen years as police justice, and eight years as county judge

JAMES H CHILDS was born in Montear county, Pennsylvania, in 1825; caed in the real estate and lu business He was married to Elisabeth McCartney, in Hudson, 1860

WILLIAM DWELLEY was born in Foxcroft, Maine, in 1816; came to the St

Croix valley in 1850, and settled in Hudson in 1854 Mr Dwelley was an explorer, scaler of logs, and surveyor He died April 8, 1885

JAMES M FULTON--The ancestors of Mr Fulton came from Scotland and settled in New York about 1770 His father served in the ar the war of 1812 and died while in the service James M Fulton with his faed about forty-six Mrs Fulton still lives in Hudson

MARCUS A FULTON, oldest son of James M Fulton, was born in Bethel, Sullivan county, New York, in 1826 He caed with his brother in the mercantile and real estate business He was elected to the state senate in 1866 and 1867

In 1878 he was elected mayor of Hudson He has also served on the board of education, and as alderusta Ainsley, who died in 1876 In 1877 he was married to Adelia Frances Ainsley

DAVID C FULTON, second son of James M Fulton, was born in New York, February, 1838 He ca a coed in mercantile and real estate business Mr Fulton has been elected to various important positions He was mayor of Hudson one term, supervisor of St Croix county three years, member of the board of education, alderman, and member of the state asse the Civil War as captain in the Thirtieth Wisconsin Infantry, and was promoted to position of major Since the war, he served six years as one of the board of ers of the National Ho, by appointment of President Cleveland, as United States marshal for Western Wisconsin Mr Fulton was married in 1866 to Minnie Champlin

N S HOLDEN was born in 1822; was one of the early settlers of the St Croix valley, and forand scaling He died suddenly, July 4, 1882 He left a o sons and four daughters

WILLIAM H SEMMES was born in Alexandria, Virginia He cae McMillan, in Stillwater He was a young reat promise, but died early and much lamented, Sept 13, 1854

STERLING JONES was born in Steuben county, New York, in 1812 He removed to Indiana in 1833, and in 1835 was married to Elisabeth Sines They removed to Beloit, Wisconsin, in 1847, and to Hudson in 1850 Mr Jones died in 1874 Mrs Jones, five sons and two daughters are still living Edwin B hter of Rev W T Boutwell

Jerobert, of Hammond, and resides in Hudson He has been sheriff and treasurer of St Croix county and has held town and city offices The rehters, Eunice M and Sarah E, are married and reside in Hudson

D R BAILEY was born April 27, 1833, in Verraduated in law at Albany Law School, in 1859 He was collector of custoate, Vermont, from 1860 to 1864 He practiced law at St Albans, Vermont, ten years, and was state representative in 1866 and 1867 He was a delegate to the Republican National convention in 1878, and a member of the Vermont senate from 1870 to 1872 He made his residence in St Croix county in 1877, where he resided till 1883, when he reaged in far

HENRY C BAKER was born in 1831, in Genesee county, New York; graduated at Albany University, New York, in 1854, and was admitted to the bar in 1858, and came to Hudson in 1859 He has practiced law continuously since; has also held many town and county offices; has been attorney of the various railroads centring in Hudson, and is now attorney of the Minneapolis, Soo St Marie & Atlantic railroad He was married in 1860 to Ellen M Brewster

MERT HERRICK was born in Orleans county, New York, in 1834 He received a common school education He came to St Croix in 1857; wasof the Civil War in the Thirtieth and later in the Fortieth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served during the war He has held the office of treasurer of St Croix county for six years He is at present a member of the Hudson Lumber Company

D A BALDWIN, president of the West Wisconsin railroad, built a fine residence on the shore of the lake, north of Willow river, in the latter part of the '50s, and did much to promote the interests of North Hudson, which he surveyed into village lots in 1873 D A and H A Baldwin erected a commodious hotel in North Hudson in 1873 The hotel was subsequently sold to H A Taylor and removed to Hudson, where it was known as the Chapin Hall House Mr Baldwin removed from Hudson when the West Wisconsin railroad passed into other hands

JOHN COMSTOCK was born in Cayuga county, New York, in 1813 When he elve years old his parents rean He here served an apprenticeshi+p of three years to a ed in business at Pontiac until 1851 He came to Hudson in 1856, and was city contractor six years In 1863 he founded the First National Bank of Hudson, in which he has ever since been a director

Mr Coed in many public enterprises and has been uniformly successful He is one of the most reliable and substantial of the business men of Hudson He was o county, New York, October, 1827 At eighteen years of age, he went to Weston, New York, where he studied laith Martin Grover and W J Angell He was married in 1849 to Sophia Antremont, and in 1856 rehth district, Wisconsin, and served six years

JOHN C SPOONER--Mr Spooner was born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, Jan

6, 1843 He was educated at the district schools until 1859, when his father, Judge Spooner, removed to Madison, Wisconsin This re upon a course of classical instruction in the State University, which he would have completed but for the Civil War In 1864 he enlisted as a private in the Fortieth Wisconsin Infantry He did honorable duty at the front until co served a short ti been restored to health, he raised a coii the Indians, and was stationed at Fort Rice, Dakota In July, 1866, it was mustered out of the service

He then returned to Madison and commenced the study of law