Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western

Excelsior:

Seneca J. Lamberton, farmer, Sec. 13; P.O. Baraboo; born at Geneva, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, Oct. 14, 1823, where he resided till about 18 years of age; was engaged in the tailoring business in various places till he came to Wisconsin, in 1854. He was married Aug. 31, 1844, at Kenosha, to Miss Eliza Huntington, daughter of William J. and Laura (Kuler) Huntington; has five boys- Adelbert M., William A., Frank W., Percy C. and Charles H. Mr. Lamberton came to Wisconsin in 1844, located at Kenosha and engaged in the clothing business; after about a year, he moved to Delavan, continuing at his trade till 1849; he moved to Baraboo, where he opened a clothing store; this was the first house of that line in the village; previous to this, he had entered the northeast quarter of Sec. 13, Township 12, Range 5, now a part of Excelsior; this was in 1848; here he made improvements, the first to be seen on that road between Baraboo and Reedsburg; the first machine thrashing in the town was done on this place. Mr. Lamberton continued to carry on business in Baraboo until 1854, when he moved to his farm, where he now resides; he has now 400 acres of land; in reference to the business in Baraboo at the date of Mr. Lamberton's settlement there, he says his cash receipts for the first six months were $6.30, he having to take lumber in payment for goods; this was made into rafts and poled down the Baraboo River to the Wisconsin, and from there to the Mississippi, before a market was found and it could be converted into money.

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