Surnames, Price County, Wisconsin

was born in Dane Co., Wis., July 12, 1851. In 1868, he went to Sauk County, then to Monroe County. and later came to Stevens Point. He came to Worcester in 1876. He came to Phillips in 1877, where he has done business since. In 1877, he married Miss Jennie Cleveland, of Woodstock, Ill.

BARRY

Phillips

Attorney at Law

was born in Queenstown, Ireland, July 4, 1846; received a common school education and emigrated to the United States in Fall of 1867. He stayed for a short time at West Randolph, Mass., when he engaged in the boot and shoe business. He moved to Montello, Marquette Co., Wis., in Spring of 1868, where he remained for about one year; from thence, moved to Bloomfield, Waushara Co., to engage in book-keeping; remained at this point about nine months, when he moved to Fremont, Waupaca Co., and remained there until the Fall of 1877. During his stay in the latter place, followed carious pursuits, principally, book-keeping; held the office of Justice of the Peace, and was elected Town Chairman in Spring of 1877. In the Fall of 1877, moved to Portage County, to engage in book-keeping there he stayed until February, 1879, when he moved to his present location, for the purpose of opening a law office, having been admitted to the Bar the previous January. Has held various local offices; was Deputy County Clerk during the first term of that office in the county, and is now Deputy County Treasurer, which position he conducts in connection with his professional business.

BORTHAM

H. J.

Fifield

General Supply Store

No information listed.

BRIGGS

W. H.

Phillips

Lumberman

was born in Manson, Piscataquis Co., Maine, Aug. 21, 1848. He was with his parents in Illinois in ’56 and then in Hortonville. His father was in the store, mill and farming business. He worked in a grist-mill, and in the woos, at times up to the time of his coming to Phillips, having been on Elk Lake in 1869, locating pine timber. In his business of locating land, he came to where Worcester now stands in 1873, from there to Phillips, in 1876, where he first worked at carpenter work, and in the Winter of ’80 and ’81, began lumbering. He also deals in real estate and pine lands, he being surveyor and practical woodsman.

BROWN

Walter

Phillips

Dealer in Pine Lands

was born on Fox Island, Maine, June 1, 1850; came with his parents to Columbia Co., Wis., in 1855. His father was a seaman and captain, but came West and settled on a farm; Walter attended school here, and when fifteen years of age went into the woods, and as woodsman, has traveled over most of the timbered counties of the State. Came to Price County in 1876, and located at Phillips, as dealer in pine lands; in 1879, was appointed Register of Deeds. In 1880, he married Miss Johanna Muir, of Portage City. He is a member of Temple Honor, and belongs to the Baptist Church.

BYRNES

Ogema

General Store

Was born in London, England, Aug 6, 1844. His parents came to America in 1846. In the Spring of 1847 they came to Oshkosh, Wis., locating on a farm where they have remained for thirty years. A. M. heloed clear the farm, and enlisted in the 17^th Wis. V. I., Co. B, Feb. 11, 1862; was wounded in the second battle of Corinth, and received is discharge May 6, 1863; he re-enlisted Jan 19, 1864, in the 3^rd Wis. Cav., Co I; was mustered out as sergrant in 1865. In 1876 he went to Medford and took a contract on the county road and bridges. Coming to Ogema he built a store and dwelling house; he now carries a stock of $2,000, and does a business of $10,000 a year; also deals in real estate. In 1863 he married Miss Anna M. Stretch, her parents being among the pioneers of Oshkosh. They have one child, Rufus Melvin. Mr. Byrnes has been Clerk of the School District and Postmaster, which position he resigned in June 1880. He is a member of the Catholic Church.

FARR

Fifield

Manager

(General Supply Store)

Was born in Franklin Co., Me. His parents and self located on a farm in Walworth co., Wis., as early as 1851, and moved to Waupaca in 1855, where they lived until 1875 and now are located in Iowa. J. Farr in 1855 started at woirk in the woods on the Wolf River and tributaries, and in 1864 enlisted in the 36^th Wis. V.I., Co. B; was mustered out in 1864, and came to Waupaca. He first entered the mercantile business in Evanswood, Spring of 1879, and afterward came to Fifield. In 1861 he married Miss Cornelia N. Starks. They have three children-Louella, Thera and Eugene, adopted.

GRAVES

Fred W.

Ogema

Agent

(WI Central Railroad)

Was born in Calumet Co., Wis., June 10, 1859. He lived in Graysville and attended the Chilton High school in his native county. In 1873 he went to Colby, Clark Co. In 1876-7 he learned telegraphy and was sent to Brancroft Station. IN 1878 he removed to Auburndale. Later he accepted the position of night operator at Pl;ymouth, from there was promoted to Ogema. In 1880 he married Miss Nellie Perry. They have one child. Mr. Graves is a member of the Episcopal Church.

GUMAER

W. D.

Phillips

Real Estate and Pine Land Agent

was born in Fairfax Co., West Virginia, May 16, 1848. His parents came to Wisconsin in 1849, locating in Winnebago County, and establishing a trading post at Menominee; they remained there till 1860, when they went to Juneau County. In 1873, he left home and went on to the Big Suamico, and took charge of an office as shipping clerk. In November, 1875, moved to Phillips, taking contract for right of way. He was one of the first Side Board elected; he was County Surveyor, and, in 1880, was elected Register of Deeds. In December, 1873, he married Miss A. Howard, of Juneau, and they have three children, Prucilla, Richard, and an infant.

HAND

Willis

Phillips

Lawyer and

County Judge

was born in Columbia Co., Wis., May 1, 1849. He was raised on the ffarm, and, when old enough, he attended a common school. In 1866, he went to the Baraboo High School, afterward the Normal School of White Water, and commenced the study of law. In 1873, he entered the State University, and graduated from the law department in 1874. The Winter of 1874-5, he read in the office J. B. Taylor, and then went to Neillsville, Clark Co., and practiced law till 1877, when he came to Phillips. He opened a law office, and when the county was organized, he received the appointment of County Judge from Gov. Smith. In 1878, he married Miss Mary E. Muir, of Portage County. They have one child, Wheeler G. Judge Hand belongs to the Temple of Honor and to the I.O.O.F., of Neilsville. He and his wife are church members. His father, J. F. Hand, now Postmaster here, was a member of the Assembly in 1864-5, from the Second District, of Columbia County, and has held other offices of town and county. He has also been a church member for fifty years, and a Son of Temperance sixteen.

HATTON

W. S.

Phillips

Book-keeper

(with J. H. Favell)

was born in Manchester, England, April 9, 1854, and came to America with his parents. In 1870, he learned telegraphy and went to Appleton, Stevens Point and Marshfield. In 1872, he was in the employ of the railroad company, and came to Phillips in 1876, to take charge of station here. In 1880, he was employed by J. H. Favell, as book-keeper and clerk. In 1879-80, he was Treasurer of the town, and is now a member of the Temple of Honor and of the I.O.O.F.

HINTZ

W. F.

Fifield

General Store

Was born in R. B. Brombarg, Kries, Wirsitz, Germany, Sept. 26, 1848. In 1866 he came to Green Lake Co., Wis., where he located on a farm. In 1874 he opened a store in Colby. He has carried on business at Fifield since 1878. His Summer stock amounts to $10,000 and his business to $48,000 in one year. On the 25^th of September 1875 he married Miss Odelia Steinke, of Green Lake, Wis. Mr. Hintz was the first Town Treasurer of Fifield, and belongs to the Lutheran Church.

HORTER

Edwin

Fifield

Trader

Was born in Washington Co., N. Y., April 11, 1836. He left home when he was thirteen years of age and after some wandering came to Green Bay, Wis., and engaged in lumbering. In 1876 he came to Fifield and commenced trading with the Indians; had a trading post on the Manitosh Lake and one on Lake Flambeau. In 1876 he moved his family up and kept a hotel in Fifield. In 1853 he married Miss Mary J. Smith of Cooper’s Plains, Steuben Co., N. Y. They have had five children-Monroe, Ida, Carrie, Coa, who died June 29, 1881, and Eddie.

KUHN

W. D.

Phillips

Restaurant

was born in Chautauqua Co., N.Y., July 9, 1854, and came with his parents to Winnebago and Fond du Lac, where he attended school. He began as a confectioner in Waupun, and was acting as drummer for tobacco house there, when he first visited Phillips in 1877. He went into the Lake View House, as clerk, where he remained till 1879. That year he started a restaurant. In 1877, April 16, he married Miss Gertrude Batterson, of Nora Springs, Iowa. They have two children, Charles H., three years old, and Lulu. Mr. Kuhn is a member of the Temple of Honor.

LUNT

Phillips

Land Examiner

(Wis. C.R.R.)

was born in Oldtown, Penobscot Co., Me., Oct 8, 1836. He came to Oshkosh, Wis., for the purpose of lumbering, and then commenced locating on Wolf River and on Mill Creek. In 1872, he went to work for the Wis., C.R.R., getting $2,000 a year, and expenses paid. Commencing at Stevens Point, he worked up the line just in advance of the railroad, having, in 1872, his office in Medford, Taylor Co., and in Phillips in 1880. He has sold in one year 466,000 acres of pine land for the company. Mr. Lunt is not married. He is a charter member of the Blue Lodge, of Grand Rapids, and belongs to the Forest Chapter, of Stevens Point, also the Chippewa Commandery, of Eau Claire; has been a Mason twenty years.

McKINLEY

James

Phillips

Hotel

was born in County Armagh, Ireland, June 2, 1837. Came early to America, and located in Renfrew Co., Canada, where he attended school. He then commenced lumbering, and in 1868 came to Oconto, where he was engaged in the same business until 1869, when he went to Monroe Co., Wis. In 1875, he located in Town 37, Range 2 west, of Price County, buying 160 acres for farming purposes. Having cleared fifty acres, he moved to Phillips, in 1876, and built the McKinley House, which he now keeps. He is also engaged in lumbering and farming. He was one of the Town Board first elected. In 1870, he married Miss M. J. McConnel, of Canada. They have one son, Charlie H.

MACKEY

John

Ogema

Hotel

The Mackey Brothers are proprietors of hotel in Ogema, erected in July 1881, and called the Mackey House. The brothers John and William, were born in Canada in the years 1847 and 1857, respectively. John left home in 1870 and William in 1875, coming to Wisconsin. They lumbered at Green Bay, and finally came to Ogema. In 1879 John married Miss Catherine Lawler, of Brown County and they have one child, Cora Ann. He is now Assessor for 1881. William is unmarried, and is Constable.

MACKEY

William

Ogema

Hotel

MEANS

J. R.

Phillips

Restaurant

was born in Waldo Co., Me., Feb 19, 1859. He lived on the farm and attended school, and in 1878 left home and came to Stevens Point, Wis., where he worked in a sawmill. In 1881, opened his restaurant in Phillips. In 1881, June 14, he married Miss Hannah R. Corrigon, of Buena Vista, Portage Co. Mr. Means belongs to the Temple of Honor. And is doing a business of about $4,000 per year.

MURRAY

E. W.

Phillips

Hotel

was born in Philadelphia, April 8, 1843. Remained there till the death of his mother, when his father took him back to Ireland, County Sligo, where he lived until his father’s death, when he returned to America with a relative. His home was in Rhode Island until 1859, when he came to Juneau Co., Wis. There he attended school. In 1862, he went South and enlisted in the Miss. Marine Brigade. This organization went out of existence in 1865, but he was in the department til 1866, when he returned to Juneau County, and entered into a speculation there on the river. He was employed by the Wisconsin Central Railroad in 1872. In the Dall of 1876, he came to Phillips and started a hotel and general store. In 1881, he opened his present hotel, which he is now enlarging. He has married three times; in New Orleans in 1865, his wife leaving three children- E. W., J. C. and Eugenia; he married again in 1876, his wife dying the same year, and in 1880 he married Miss Julia Chambers, his present wife. Mr. Murray is now Superintendent of the County poor, and County Judge elect for 1882. Has been Deputy County Treasurer and Secretary of School Board.

O’BRIEN

Phillips

Real Estate

County Treasurer of Price County for1881.

ROSER

Phillip

Hotel

Was born in Bavaria, Germany July 31, 1838, and came, in 1855, with his parents to Baraboo, Sauk Co., Wis., where they located on a farm. In 1861, he enlisted in Co. A, 6^th Wis. V. I. Served three years and was mustered our in 1864. The next five years of his life were spent in various wanderings. In 1869, while fishing and looking up pine, he visited the place where Phillips now stands, and in August 1876, came to Phillips to remain. On the first train that came was a car-load of lumber, with which he built his 16x32 boarding house. His custom increased so fast that he sent for blankets to Milwaukee, and by giving each guest a blanket, he would find his own place to sleep, often times around camp-fires and on the g