HISTORY OF REEDSBURG AND THE UPPER BARABOO VALLEY

Mr. Herbert D. Kelley, one of Reedsburg's active business men, and the proprietor of the only Shoe Store in the city, is one of the few men on Main Street who can claim the community as his birthplace. Herbert Dearborn Kelley, the youngest of the children of Charles Edwin and Emma Fish Kelley, was born May 2, 1872, on his father's farm (now the J. D. Fuller home) in the town of Winfield, Sauk Co., Wis. His people who have been Americans since the very earliest times represent several of the oldest families of America.

Charles R. Kelley was born in Sanborton, N.Y., Nov. 18, 1815. He served as a militiaman, and later assisted fugitive slaves from New Orleans boats at Portsmouth on their way to Canada. On July 26, 1839, he married Eliza J. Dearborn, daughter of George and Martha Demerit Dearborn. George Dearborn was in the battle of Plattsburg, War of 1812, and was a first cousin to General Dearborn. For some time after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Kelley resided at Laconia, N.H., from whence they moved to Meridithvillage, same state. In 1854 the family came to Baraboo, and the following spring, 1855, to Winfield.

Charles Edwin Kelley, our subject's father was born May 12, 1840, in Laconia, N.H., and came with his parents to Winfield in 1855. On March 5, 1862 he was united in marriage to Emma Jane Fish. Mr. Kelley enlisted March 8, 1865, Co. F, 51st W.V.I., and attained the rank of Corporal of the guard. Emma Jane Fish, daughter of Silas and Betsy (Raymond) Fish, was born Dec. 15, 1841, in Green County, N.Y. Mr. and Mrs. Silas Fish resided in New York until 1855, when they moved to Winfield, at which time Emma Jane was fourteen eyes of age.

Charles Edwin and Emma Jane Kelley took up housekeeping in Winfield and it was while living on their farm there that our subject was born.

On Sept 12, 1893, Herbert Kelley was married to Emma Hilmer. She was born Nov. 21, 1873, in Reedsburg, daughter of William and Elizabeth Oetzman Hilmer, who were natives of Germany. To this union were born four children: Leon H., who married Dorothy Keenan, and has three children, John, Leon Arthur, and Betty May; Loraine B., wife of C. P. Davis (they have one child, Richard); Myrtz (Mrs. Frank Stieve, Milwaukee); Uneta, at home. Mrs. Kelley died Jan. 9, 1912.

On July 6, 1913, Mr. Kelley married Mrs. Edward Grafke. She was born Oct. 1, 1876, Emma Rusch, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Pagel) Rusch. John Rusch was born in December 1845, son of Henry and Sophie (Dutte) Rusch, and was a native of Hanover, Germany. Ruth Pagel was also a native of Germany. Her parents died when she was very young, and in 1868 she came to America, accompanying her aunt, Mrs. Takham. Upon her marriage to Mr. Rusch, they settled on a farm on Narrows Prairie, where Emma was born, grew to womanhood and married Edward Grafke, Nov. 5, 1902. He died in October 1903, leaving one daughter, Florence, of Milwaukee.

Mr. Kelley is a successful shoe dealer, and for many years was a partner in the Darrenougue Shoe Co.; but for the past nine years he has been in business with his sister-in-law, Miss Marie Rusch, under the firm name of Kelley Shoe Co. Over thirty years ago he affiliated with the Nights of Pythias Lodge, and has always been an active member. Mrs. Kelley is prominently identified with the American Legion auxiliary and an active member of the Lutheran Church.

MR. AND MRS. H. LESLIE MAXHAM

Mr. H. Leslie Maxham, prominent farmer and ice dealer of Reedsburg, was born in the town of Washington, Sauk Co., Wis., March 10, 1869. His parents were Lewis and Harriet (Flitcroft) Maxham. Lewis Maxham was born April 25, 1827, a native of Oswego Co., NY., son of Asa and Cynthia (Sprague) Maxham. The Maxham family, originally of Scotland, settled in America, during the close of the eighteenth century, locating in New York, where our subject's grandfather, Asa Maxham, was born. In 1845, at the age of 18, Lewis Maxham accompanied his parents to Walworth Co., Wis., where he grew to manhood, and was married to Harriet Jane Flitcroft, Oct. 28, 1849.

Harriet Flitcroft was also a native of New York, born Aug. 2, 1830. Her people were early colonial patriots, an ancestor having served in the continental Army of the Revolution. Her father, William A. Flitcroft, was born April 7, 1797; married Polly Parks, Dec. 24, 1818; she was born November 12, 1799. They resided for many years in New York, where eleven children were born; then, during the early 1840's moved to Walworth County, where Harriet Jane met and married Mr. Maxham. William A. Flitcroft died Aug. 28, 1870; and Polly, his wife, eighteen years before, in 1852.

In 1854 Lewis Maxham and his wife came to the town of Washington, this county, where they were among the earliest pioneers of that community (See Washington history.)

Our subject grew to manhood in Washington, and in 1892, came with his parents to Reedsburg, where they died, Lewis Maxham, Jan. 29, 1904, and his wife, March 28, 1912. Within a few years H. Leslie engaged in farming on his present farm. About twenty years ago he purchased the City Ice Business of Ed. Thompson, which he has successfully managed since. On Jan. 1, 1902 he was united in marriage to Susan Charlotte Goodwin, of Reedsburg.

This lady was born March 24, 1867, in historic Newport, Sauk Co., Wis. Her grandfather, William Goodwin, was a native of Biddeford, Maine, where he married Lucinda Tarbox. They had a numerous family of children, one of whom was Charles Abijah Goodwin. He was born in Biddeford, Sept. 15, 1832; and married, April 25, 1857, Miss Charlotte Clark.

Charlotte Clark's great-grandfather, James Clark, immigrated from Scotland, some time prior to the French and Indian War. He came with two brothers, George and Mathew, and settled in Colcraine, Mass. It was here that the last named was killed by the Indians during this war, as he and his family were fleeing to a fort. As he fell, pierced by an arrow, he was quickly overtaken and scalped, and his body flung across a tree. Tradition states that the family reached the fort in safety. The two brothers survived and removed to Halifax, Vt., where James married and where his five children were born, the fourth of whom was Elisha. Elisha Clark married Elizabeth Queen, of South Hadley, Mass., and they had four children, the second of them being James. This James, a schoolmaster, married Hannah Culver about 1805, and had fifteen children, the fourteenth of whom was Charlotte Jane, born Nov. 12, 1834. James Clark and wife died about 1862.

For some time after their marriage, Charles and Charlotte (Clark) Goodwin resided in Biddeford, Maine, where two children were born to them, Frank, who died in infancy, and Clara, widow of Frank V. Clark, formerly of Reedsburg. In 1860 the family came west to Newport. In 1874 the family moved to Reedsburg, where the father and mother spent the last years of their long and useful lives. She died July 17, 1911; he, Dec. 16, 1914. Three other children were born in Wisconsin, Edith (Mrs. G. A. Dunagan), Susan (Mrs. Maxham), and Fannie, a gifted musician at Madison.

Miss Susan Charlotte Goodwin grew to womanhood in Reedsburg, attended the Reedsburg High School and the Whitewater Normal, from both of which she graduated. Later she taught in district schools, and in the public schools of Reedsburg and La Crosse. Since her marriage to Mr. Maxham she has been intimately connected with the social and educational life of the city, a member of the Public School Board, of the Woman's Club and of the Women's Relief Corp.

Mr. and Mrs. Maxham have one son, Kenneth Edward Maxham, born Jan. 13, 1905. He is now with the Westinghouse Electric Company, of Pittsburgh, Penn.

MR. AND MRS. CHARLES HARRY STONE

Charles Harry Stone, son of John P. and Amy A. (Phillips) Stone, was born in the town of Reedsburg, January 28, 1883. His father was a native of Oxford County, Maine, born February 5, 1847. The paternal grandparents, Thomas Stone and Sarah P. Treadwell and great-grandparents, David Stone and Thomas Treadwell, were all natives of Maine, and the latter two, veterans of the Revolutionary War. John P. Stone came to Reedsburg as a boy, with his parents, in 1856. In 1857 the family located on a farm east of the city, where Thomas Stone died, leaving the care of the family to the widow and older children. John P. Stone's early years were spent on farms, but with his industry and ability he became prosperous, and in 1908, with a number of business men of Reedsburg, organized the State Bank of this city, of which he was made President.

On April 22, 1874, John P. Stone was married to Amy A Phillips, and for more than fifty years they enjoyed the blessings of happy married life, until his death, which occurred July 19, 1925. His wife resides in Reedsburg. They were the parents of two children, Winnifred, wife of N. T. GILL of Madison, and Charles Harry, our subject.

Our subject has spent his entire life in this community, graduating from the R. H. S., class of 1899, the University of Wisconsin, class of 1903, Law School of Wisconsin, 1905, with a master's Degree. He has practiced law in Reedsburg since Sept. 1, 1905, and from 1907 to 1914, was City Attorney. From 1912 to 1924 he was Assessor of Incomes of Sauk County, and since 1909, he has been Proprietor of the Abstract Office. On the death of his father in July, 1925, he became President of the State Bank, which position he now fills. He has been President of the Sauk County Bankers Association, 1926-27-28.

On June 12, 1907, he was married to Miss Edna Bryden. This lady was born in Ironton, Sauk County, Wis., Feb. 2, 1883, her parents being David and Julia (Swallow) Bryden. Her father was born Oct. 16, 1831, in Achiltree, Ayreshire, Scotland. He came to America while still a young man, locating in the town of Ironton. On April 26, 1859, he was married to Julia Swallow. This lady was born at Putnam, N.Y., Nov. 10, 1838, and came to Reedsburg, in 1849, with her parents, Lucian B. and Malinda (Cutter) Swallow, and was eight generations removed from Mrs. Elizabeth Cutter, a widow, who immigrated from England in 1640, settling at Cambridge, Mass. To trace the Cutter genealogy this immigrant woman brought with her a son, Richard, who married Rebecca Rolfe, daughter of John Rolfe of Cambridge. They had a son, Ephriam Cutter, who, born 1651 at Cambridge, Mass., as an officer in King Philips' war. On Feb. 11, 1678, Ephriam Cutter married Bertha Wood, and they had, among others, a son, Ephriam, Jr. He was born at Charlestown, Aug. 9, 1680, and was a glazier by trade. His wife, whom he married June 9, 1703, was Deborah Stone. Their son, Isaac, was born Oct. 19, 1719, and married Elizabeth ________. Their son, William Cutter, born Nov. 2, 1750, married Submit Joslin, Nov. 29, 1772, and died Feb. 2, 1776. He had several sons, one of whom, William, Jr., born April 30, 1775, in Dana Mars, married, May 5, 1799, Sarah Wright, who was born Nov. 2, 1778, and died March 15, 1806. He resided in Massachusetts until his fortieth year, when he removed to Fairhaven, Vt., where he died, May 22, 1842. His third daughter, Malinda, was born Sept. 30, 1804, and married Lucian Swallow of Castletown, Vt., in 1832. Julia Swallow Bryden, was Malinda Cutter Swallow's third wife. Upon their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Bryden located on a farm near Wheelerburg, where, for many years, they resided, and where his death occurred, July 13, 1902. Mrs. Bryden moved to Reedsburg, where she spent her last years. She was very active in the Old Settlers, and often took part on the programs.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harry Stone, whose entire married life has been spent in Reedsburg, were the parents of four children: Thomas, born Feb. 23, 1909, a sophomore in the University of Wisconsin; David, born April 12, 1911, died Dec. 24, 1924; Portia, born March 9, 1917; and Rosemary, born Aug. 15, 1920.

JAMES A. STONE

Mr. James A. Stone, one of Sauk County's most widely known attorneys, for over fifty-eight years a resident of Reedsburg, long an outstanding citizen of the city, was born in Smithfield, Madison County, New York, Dec. 1, 1856. The Stone family was ever one of distinction in New York state, and our subject's father, as a stonemason, had a few peers in his profession.

James Riley Stone was born May 27, 1822, and married Miss Pamela Coe Ellinwood, March 29, 1849. This lady was born in Smithfield, Madison County, New York, Oct. 25, 1827, daughter of George W. and Hannah J. (Coe) Ellinwood. They resided at Smithfield, and after he left for the war, she continued her residence there, until December 1869, when with her family she removed to Reedsburg, where she settled. In later years she went to Sully County, S. D., but died in Reedsburg, Dec. 12, 1886. Her children were as follows: Willis, a practicing physician of Chicago; James A., our subject; Orna P., deceased; Mina L., wife of Mr. John Gabriel, Denver, Col.; and Orland L., of South Dakota.

James A. Stone spent his early years in New York, where he was graduated from the Evans Academy, prior to his coming to Reedsburg. After coming to this city he attended the Reedsburg High school, the University of Wisconsin; afterward entered the law office of Giles Stevens, and later still that of R. P. Perry, where he remained until he was admitted to the bar, 1889. He early in his profession achieved singular success and identified himself with the progressive wing of the Republican party, and has been an earnest supporter of Republicanism for many years. From 1901 to 1903, he was Assistant Secretary of State of Wisconsin, and in 1912 and 1916 was a delegate to the national Republican conventions. For a year and a half he was Federal Prohibition Director of Wisconsin, and served the city of Reedsburg as city Attorney for several terms; also as City Superintendent of Schools, and was interested in establishing the Sauk County Normal at Reedsburg.

On April 19, 1884, he was united in marriage to Miss Minnie L. Corwith. To them were born three children: Anna L., who died in 1914, the wife of James R. Semple; Riley, of whom an extensive notice appears elsewhere in this work; and Millie C, wife of Charles R. Fisher, of Beaver Dam. Mr. Fisher has been engaged with the Untied States Geological Survey since graduating from the University of Wisconsin in 1911, except during the World War, during which he served in France as a captain and engineer.

Mrs. Stone died in 1924, and on October 31, 1925, James A. Stone married Barbara L Wentworth. This lady was born to John and Anna Tarnutzer, Swiss pioneers, at Black Hawk, Sauk County, Wis., Aug. 29, 1862; and was married June 14, 1889 to Walter J. Wentworth, a conductor of the Madison Division of the Chicago and Northwestern R. R. He died in 1899, at Baraboo, Wis. Widowed, she went to Madison, where she took a position with a mercantile concern; then she was employed as secretary to John W. True, Secretary of the State Agricultural Society. She worked in the State Capitol for seventeen, several years in the adjutant General's office, where she was employed until her marriage to Mr. Stone. Her death occurred Sept. 28, 1928.

MR. AND MRS. CHARLES A. CLARK

Mr. Charles A. Clark, manager of the Reedsburg Canning Company, was born on what is now the County Farm, Jan. 21, 1866, son of James B. and Clarinda (Carver) Clark. His paternal grandfather, Daniel Clark, was a native of the Empire State, and at an early date came to Walworth County where he remained until 1849, when he came to Sauk County, settling on a farm on Narrows Prairie. James P. Clark was born in Herkimer County, N.Y., and was in the California Gold Rush of 1849, after which he returned and located also on a farm on the Prairie. In 1871 he sold his farm to Sauk County for a Poor Farm and Asylum, and moved to Reedsburg, where he afterward resided. He purchased a farm west of the river, and erected a brick house where the U. B. church now stands. James B. Clark held many offices in the early history of the town of Reedsburg and was its chairman for many years. His wife, whose maiden name was Clarinda B. Carver, was a daughter of Daniel and Amanda (Skidmore) Carver, also early settlers of Reedsburg, the story of whose coming is given elsewhere. Amanda Skidmore was a sister of Mrs. Eber (Harriett Skidmore) Benedict, and a representative of several early American families. Mr. and Mrs. James Clark were the parents of four sons, Frank and Irving, deceased, Albert H., of Washington, D. C., and Charles A., our subject.

Moving to Reedsburg with his parents in 1872, Mr. Clark is one of the older residents of the city, and was a pioneer in the electrical business in Reedsburg. Always an active businessman, he served on the County Board for nineteen years, for nine years chairman of that board. He has been a member of the City Council and the Library Board, and during the World War was appointed by Governor Phillip, Federal Appeal Agent and was chairman of the County Council of Defense.

On December 14, 1892 he was united in marriage to Martha Thornton, daughter of John and Hannah (Harrison) Thornton, of Ironton. Her paternal grandfather, Rueben Thornton, was a native of England, and came to America in 1849, locating on a farm in the then town of Marshall (Ironton). His son John was a native also of England and came with the family to America and in 1856, married Hannah Harrison, daughter of George and Martha Harrison. George Harrison was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, March 2, 1792, and died Feb. 25, 1867; and Martha, his wife, was born in the same place, May 25, 1798, and died Sept. 30, 1869. In 1847 the George Harrison family immigrated from England, the male members of the family and Hannah coming to a track of wild land in the town of LaValle, while the mother and daughters procured employment in the textile mills of Massachusetts. Later, the mother came west and Hannah went east to work in the mills with her sisters. After spending some time in these mills the three sisters came west to live. Unable to come any farther than Madison by rail, one of them was left in charge of their baggage while the other two, Hannah and Martha (Mrs. Charles Pearson), set out on foot, and walked the entire distance, arriving at LaValle, a little after midnight on the second day, having spent one night without shelter. John and Hannah (Harrison) Thornton were the parents of five children: Jane and Edward, who died in infancy, Rachel (Mrs. John Conklin) who was killed in an auto accident in 1923, Harry Thornton of LaValle, and Martha (Mrs. Clark).

Mr. and Mrs. Clark were the parents of two children, James and Lucille; James married Katherine Kleb, and has a daughter of Emma Lou, and resides in Edgerton, Wis., where he holds a responsible position with the Highway Trailer Company. Lucille married Richard Butler, who is a teacher in the Manitowoc High School. They reside in that city and have one child, Charles William. In 1924 Mr. Clark took over the managership of the Reedsburg Canning Company, and at the present time is its President and manager. Mrs. Clark has ably performed the secretarial duties of the office.

MR. AND MRS. N. A. CUSHMAN

Mr. Nelson Ackley Cushman, prominent poultryman of Reedsburg, was born near Lime Ridge, Sauk Co., Wis., Aug. 25, 1859, son of Charles and Almira (Warner) Cushman. His father , born in Monroe Co., Ohio, Oct. 26, 1826, was a lineal descendant of the Cushmans of Puritan days. Charles Cushman grew to manhood in Ohio, was married at Cardington, Ohio, April 6, 1850. His wife was born Aug. 31, 1829, at Fabius, Onondaga Co., N.Y., daughter of John and Julie (Robinson) Warner, granddaughter of John Robinson, born at Edinburgh, Scotland, Jan. 30, 1744. John Rrobinson immigrated to America, and married Eunice Wilcox of New Hampshire.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cushman resided at Cardington, Ohio four years. In 1854 came to Sauk Co., living a short time in Washington, but settling later near Lime Ridge, he gave name to the Postoffice - See Ironton history. In 1863 the family moved to Ironton, where for abut 20 years he was one of the engineers in the foundry. He died Jan. 4, 1887; his wife died Feb. 24, 1911.

Nelson Ackley Cushman grew to manhood in Ironton. After working in Janesville and in the Deering works in Chicago for some time took up painting and interior decorating. On Oct 27, 1889 he was married to Mary E. Harris, living at Lime Ridge until 1895, when they moved to Reedsburg, where for a number of years, he was one of the foremost workers at his trade. Mr. Cushman early became interested in purebred poultry, specializing in white leghorns, and a pioneer in baby chick hatching. In 1913 he purchased land on East Main St., where their present home is, and continuing in these lines is now one of the best known breeders of White Leghorns in the state, and a prominent Wisconsin hatchery man.

Mrs. N. A. Cushman, who for nearly twenty-two years has been librarian of the Reedsburg Public Library, was born in the town of Washington, Oct. 12, 1869, and represents a number of early Colonial families. Her father's paternal great-grandparents, Lieut. James Harris and Captain Danforth May were Revolutionary soldiers, and their children, Frank Harris and Angeline (May) Harris, parents of Alanson C. Harris, were residents of Stamford, Bennington Co., Vt. Alanson C. Harris, born at that place Nov. 4, 1827, married there Miss Mary Elizabeth Potter, Nov. 28, 1846. She died Dec. 4, 1863. See Washington history for picture of A. C. Harris.

Mary E. Potter was descended from Roger Williams, through his daughter, who married Samuel Winsor, Mary Winsor daughter of Samuel, married Fisher Potter. James Potter, son of Fisher, married Amy Steere and had ten children, one of them Lyndon, father of Mary E. Potter. James Potter was born Jan. 31, 1760, at Smithfield, R. I., and died at North Adams, Mass., Jan. 22, 1849. He served in the Continental army, enlisting first Mar. 16, 1778 for 15 months. The 3rd enlistment was on Mar. 16, 1780, for 12 months. Lyndon Potter married Lucy Blackmore Jennings, Nov. 23, 1820. They were the parents of seven children, two of whom are the above mentioned.

Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Harris came to Ohio in 1851 and in 1854 to the town of Washington. Their son Arthur E. Harris, born at Stamford, Vt., April 25, 1848, came with his parents to Wisconsin. Jan. 8, 1869, he was married to Hannah Elizabeth Walton, at New Lime, Ohio, and that spring bought an eighty acre farm one half mile south of Lime Ridge, where, with the exception of a short time they made their home until his death, which occurred in Ohio, July 27, 1883. The family moved to Reedsburg in 1887. Mrs. Arthur E. Harris was born Aug. 29, 1848, at Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, the father of Henry Gibbs and Elizabeth (Willman) Walton. Henry Gibbs Walton was born and raised near Oxford, England, and came to Ohio about 1844.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Harris were the parents of four children: Mary Elizabeth, Lucy Blackmore, Bernice May (Mrs. Albert Thorne), and Frank Walton who died in childhood.

Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Cushman have a son, Rolland Corey, who lives near them. He has a thriving business in commercial art. He was married Aug. 24, 1921 to June Inez Butterfield and has two children, Neal Ackley born July 5, 1923, and Harriet Inez born Oct. 21, 1924. Rolland C. Cushman was born Jan. 3, 1900.

MR. AND MRS. ORLOFF TWIST

The last resident member of the Westfield's pioneer family, Mr. Orloff Twist, living retired on his farm south of Loganville, is one of the few residents of his community who hold dear the tradition and significance of owning the homestead upon which his people settled in pioneer days.

Mr. Twist was born June 23, 1859, in Hingham, Sheboygan Co., Wis., son of Lewis and Emma (Brooks) Twist. The name of Twist is Holland Dutch, and was brought to America during the early 1600's by the immigrant ancestor, Lyman Twist, who settled in New York. Lyman Twist married and had a son Nathaniel, who, in turn, had two children, Elijah and David Twist. David, our subject's ancestor, married Anna Baker, by whom he had five children, two of whom were Joseph and Lyman Twist. The former, Orloff Twist's grandfather, was born Aug. 29, 1800, in Cambridge, N.Y., and married Margaret Grosebeck, March 2, 1823. They had a numerous family, and Lewis, our subject's father, was born June 17, 1835, in Chenango Co., N.Y. In 1847 the Joseph Twist family came to Sheboygan Co., Wis., where they resided until 1856, when, with their son Lewis and wife, they located in the town of Reedsburg, where Joseph Twist died, April 17, 1875. His wife preceded him about 1873. Mrs. Lewis Twist, whose maiden name was Emma Brooke, was born in Cinningsby, England, Jan. 28, 1837. Her father, Thomas Brooke, was born in Kirkstead, England, Jan. 10, 1807, and was married to Mary Auckland, Sept. 13, 1813.

Orloff Twist grew to manhood in Reedsburg township, and on March 4, 1880, was united in marriage to Mary Alice Twist, daughter of Lyman and Lydia (Scoon) Twist. Lyman Twist, son of David and Ann (Baker) Twist, was born Nov 3, 1808, and married his wife in the East. She was born Dec. 21, 1812, daughter of William and Nancy (Pratt) Scoon. William Scoon was born in Scotland April 24, 1776; married, in America, March 24, 1808. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Twist settled in Westfield in 1853 on the farm now occupied by our subjects, where they died, she, Oct. 18, 1879; he, June 8, 1897. Mrs. Mary Alice (Twist) Twist, was born in 1854, and died Sept. 28, 1921. She was the mother of two children, Fleta and Emma. Fleta married Andrew Meechler, and had one daughter Gertrude, who, wife of Morgan Barke, is the mother of three children, Betty Jane, Morgan and Janette Alice. Emma married Elgie Seldon, and has four living children, Alice, Ardell, Ruth and Glyde.

On Nov. 8, 1922, Orloff Twist was married to the present Mrs. Twist. This lady was born March 22, 1863, Jennie, daughter of John and Catharine (Holton) Bates. The Bates family settled in Reedsburg about 1853, where Jennie was born, the fifth of a family of nine children. Mrs. Bates died in July 1892. Jennie Bates grew to womanhood in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Cox, of Loganville, and was married Oct. 21, 1877, to William E. Westenhaver. He was born Nov. 4, 1864, in Delton, son of Jonas and Sarah (Weary) Westenhaver. Jonas Westenhaver was of Pennsylvania Dutch descent. Mr. and Mrs. Westenhaver located on a farm in Westfield, and later moved onto a farm in the town of Franklin, where his death occurred, Dec. 8, 1918. They had four children, of Franklin, where his death occurred, Dec. 8, 1918. They had four children, Crittie B., Earl, Leola and Chester W. Crittie married William GILES and has three children, Arlo, Leslie and Naomi. Arlo married Hazel Brooks, daughter of Frank and Deette (Ransom) Brooks, of Winfield, and has two children, Gene Marie and Duane Merle; Leslie married Ruth Miles, and resides at Evansville. Naomi is a school teacher. Earl Westenhaver married Emma Carpenter, daughter of Isaac and Keno (Dewey) Carpenter, and has one child, Gladys, now the wife of Maurice Hoege, of La Valle. Leola Westenhaver married E. P. Turner, and has two sons, Donald W. and Robert. Chester Westenhaver married Leona Schultze, daughter of Wm. Schultze, of Reedsburg, and has five children, Gareldine Emogene, Harriett, Chester W. and Leona. Chester Westenhaver resides in Long Beach, California. Since her marriage to Orloff Twist, Mrs. Twist has resided on the Twist homestead, where she and her husband live in quiet retirement.

MR. AND MRS. CLARENCE POWELL

Mr. Clarence Powell, who is a worthy representative of two of Winfield's pioneer families, was born in that township, Oct. 14, 1865, his parents being Thomas and Elizabeth (Fish) Powell. The mother was born at Rensslaerville, Albany County, New York, June 7, 1826, daughter of Silas and Betsey (Raymond) Fish, her grandparents being Silas and Amy (Spencer) Fish and Lemuel and Temperance (Nichols) Raymond. A genealogical tracing of the names of Fish and Raymond will be found in another part of this volume. Thomas Powell was born in the state of New York, Jan. 30, 1822, son of Harry Powell, a native also of that state. He was of Welsh descent. During his early days our subject's father was at one time in military training, in which he was obliged to flourish a sword, and the instrument is now in our subject's possession. In May 1885, in company with Mr. and Mrs. Silas Fish and family, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Powell, came to Winfield, where they were among the early pioneers of the town. They located on the H. E. Powell farm, and it was here that Clarence S. Powell was born, Thomas Powell died May 1913. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Powell were married in New York, Jan. 15, 1851.

Our subject grew to manhood on the Winfield farm, and on Sept. 14, 1890, was united in marriage to Miss Edna Cottington, daughter of Amos and Elmina (Fish) Cottington, and granddaughter of Jesse and Rebecca (Forward) Cottington and Elisha and Polly (King) Fish, and great-granddaughter of James and Sarah (Woodshell) Cottington, Robert and Mary (Waters) Forward and Elisha and Hannah (Sisson) Fish, the latter's parents being John and Mary (Underhill) Sisson. Elisha Fish I, and Silas Fish, Sr., were brothers, sons of Benjamin and Prescilla (Arthur) Fish. Amos Cottington was born Dec. 14, 1838, in Ticehurst, England, came with his parents to America in 1841, and to Winfield in February 1851.

Elmina Fish, his wife, was born in Rensslaerville, N.Y., July 19, 1836, came to Winfield about 1855 and for some time was engaged in teaching. Her mother, widowed, came to Winfield in 1857, locating on the O. E. Cottington farm. On Dec. 3, 1862, she was married to Amos Cottington and they purchased the farm of her mother, and afterward resided thereon. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Cottington had two children, Orna E. and Edna.

Edna Cottington grew to womanhood on her father's farm and there resided until her marriage to Clarence Powell. They purchased an adjoining farm, which was settled in 1855 by Alfred Lawton, in 1893, and there reside until their retirement to Reedsburg in 1914. They were extensive farmers and now live in comfortable retirement, in a home which they built on East Main St., pictured above.