- ALFRED H. HAWTHORN. Among the prosperous and substantial
farmer citizens of Clarno
- township, Green county, none is better of more highly esteemed
that Alfred H. HAWTHORN. The large farm of 322 acres which constitutes
the home of Mr. HAWTHORN, is located two miles southwest of Monroe,
Wis., where fine dwellings, commodious barns and outbuildings
of modern style, proclaim it to be one of the most desirable
in the neighborhood.
- Mr. HAWTHORN is a son of James and Mercy (BOYLES) HAWTHORN,
the former of whom
- was born Oct. 22, 1797, in Orange county, N.Y., of Irish
ancestry. In 1817 he decided to visit other states, and with
his knapsack in hand started from his home, in time reaching
Pittsburgh, Penn., where he took passage on an Ohio river boat
and made his way to New Orleans, returning to New York by means
of a sailing vessel. Soon after this he made his way West, and
for a time engaged in mining in Wisconsin, but finally purchased
the home here our subject now resides, and in 1833 built thereon
a small log cabin. Mr. HAWTHORN was of the stuff of which real
pioneers are made, possessing the perseverance, industry and
courage which have been the means of founding the cities of the
world. Amid the rush and strife of modern environment, we too
seldom pause to remember the debt we owe to those who have blazed
through the wilderness, the path which we so easily follow. Three
years later Mr. HAWTHORN married Miss Mercy BOYLES, who was born
in Pennsylvania in 1812, a daughter of William BOYLES, one of
the early settlers of Green county. She proved a valuable helpmate
to the sturdy young pioneer, and her death occurred ten years
prior to his, in 1881. Thirteen children were born of this union:
Andrew, of Monroe; Mary, who married Hickman BRYANT, now deceased;
Phebe, who married Aaron EELY, resides in Monroe; Ellen, who
married Thomas MILLMON, resides in Monroe; William, of Monroe;
Matilda, who married Edward TRICKEL, of Clarno, and is deceased;
Maria, who married Joseph BENDER, deceased; James, deceased;
Lucinda, deceased; French, a resident of Colorado; Alfred H.,
our subject; John E., mentioned elsewhere in this work; and Charles,
a resident of Monroe.
- Alfred H. HAWTHORN was born on Jan. 18, 1851, and was reared
on the home farm, receiving
- his education in the public schools. His tastes were different
from those of his father, his life having been passed in industry
on the old homestead, which he has improved and added to until
he owns a very large tract, little resembling the place upon
which his parents settled nearly seventy years ago. He is extensively
engaged in stock raising and feeds a considerable number of animals
for market annually. He raises Durham cattle, Cotswold and Shropshire
sheep and Shire and Norman horses.
- Mr. HAWTHORN was married Sept. 14, 1884, to Miss Nettie A.
CONNET, who was born
- June 15, 1851, a daughter of Daniel and Hester CONNET, of
Green county, and four children have been born of this union:
Ida Ellen; Alfred Roy; Wallace C.; and John N. An active member
of the Republican party, Mr. HAWTHORN has served as school director,
and for some time was the efficient road supervisor. He is one
of the leading and highly respected citizens of Clarno township.
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- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin,"
(c)1901 Union Publishing; p. 511.
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- Courtesy of Carol.
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