of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, in 1846; was elected a member of the legislature of Vermont, from that town in 1854; he came to Wisconsin in 1855. and settled at Mukwonago, Waukesha county; removed to Eagle, where he now resides, in 1863; is by occupation a real estate and insurance agent; was a candidate for the assembly, first district, Waukesha county, in 1869; has been a member of school board, justice of the peace, chairman of the town board of supervisors, and held various other town offices. He received 1,506 votes, against 1,266 for J. D. McDonald (Dem.) SECOND DISTRICT.-(Towns of Delafield, Brookfield, Lisbon, Menomonee. Merton, Oconomowoc and Pewaukee.) The member is DAVID RHODA (Rep.), of Oconomowoc. He was born in Copake, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1818; received a common school education; is by occupation a farmer; he came to Wisconsin in 1858 and settled at Oconomowoc. He received 1,346 votes, against 1,183 for Byron H. Kilbourn, (Lib.) WAUPACA COUNTY (IN PART.) (Towns of Caledonia, Dayton, Dupont, Farmington, Fremont, Helvetia, Iola, Lind, Little Wolf, Scandinavia, St. Lawrence, Union, Waupaca and Weyauwega.) The district contained a population, in 1870, of 10,977. The member is COLUMBUS CALDWELL (Rep.), of Lind. He was born in Charlotte, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Sept. 25, 1830; received a common school education; is by occupation a farmer; he came to Wisconsin in 1836 and first settled at Kenosha; removed to Rochester in 1839; to Waupaca county in 1849; went to California in 1852, and returned to Lind, Waupaca county, in 1959; was elected register of deeds of the county in 1867, and chairman of the town board in 1872; he entered the military service during the war for the union, as a private, in the 1st Wis. Cav., in 1861; participated in the battle at Cape Girardeau, Mo., and at Chickamauga: was taken prisoner by Gen. Wheeler, near Cleveland, Tenn., in 1864; was first taken to Andersonville, then to Macon, Savannah, Charleston, (where he was placed under fire,) Columbia and Wilmington, where he was exchanged in March, 1855. He received 1.502 votes, against 04 for John A. Ennis (Dem.) WAUSHARA COUNTY Contained a population, in 1870, of 11,279. It has one member, SHERMAN BARDWELL (Rep.), of Plainfield. He was born in Allegany county, N. Y., August 17, 1823; received a common school education; is by profession a merchant; he came to Wisconsin in 1856 and settled at Plainfield: has filled various town offices. He received 1,383 votes, as an independent Republican, against 732 for Adam Prutsman (also ind. Rep.) WINNEBAGO COUNTY Contained a population, in 1870, of 32,279. It has four members. FIRST DISTRICT.-(1st, 2d, 4th and 5th wards of the city of Oshkosh and the towns of Oshkosh and Vinland.) The member is THOMAS WALL (Dem.), of the city of Oshkosh. He was born in Lockport, Niagara county, N. Y., May 4, 1839; he received a common school education; is by occupation a lumberman; he came to Wisconsin in 1855 and settled at Oshkosh; was elected alderman of the city in 1870 and was re-elected in 1872. He received 1,223 votes, against 968 for H. C. Jewell (Rep.) SECOND DISTRICT.-(Town of Clayton, and towns and villages of Neenah, Menasha and Winneconne.) The member is THOMAS MCCONNELL (Rep.), of Winneconne. He was born in Goshen, Elkhart county Ind., Feb. 28, 1836; received a common school and printing office education; is by profession a printer and resided at newspaper publisher; Valparaiso, Ind., twenty-five years, and was connected with the Republic, at that place, as associate editor for several years; he came to Wisconsin in 1866 and settled at Princeton, Green Lake county, and established and published the Princeton He reRepublic for three years. ceived 1,509 votes against 772 for 1. W. Hunt (Lib.) THIRD DISTRICT.-Towns of Algoma, Black Wolf, Omro, and the 3d and 6th wards of the city of Oshkosh.). The member is CARLTON FOSTER (Rep.) He was born in Willsborough. Essex Co., N. Y., August 20, 1826; received a common school education; is by occupation a manufacturer of lumber, sash and doors; he came to Wisconsin in 1855 and settled at Oshkosh; was mayor of the city in 1865 and 1866. He received 975 votes, against 547 for Ellis Thompson (Dem.) |