Rushford and Hokah, Minn., and came to La Crosse in 1865. He was in the Quartermaster's Department at Nashville, Tenn., six months, during the war of the rebellion. He lived in Nashua, N. H., from 1872 till 1877, and since that in La Crosse. Has six children-Emaline M., John C., Joseph E., George H. H., Carrie and Lillie May. His wife, to whom he was married in 1845, was Sarah Jane Wells, of Greenfield, Huron Co., Ohio.

C. A. COLBY is a native of Norway, born in 1846; son of Anders Colby. He was married in Norway in 1870, to Lise Tostensen, and has two children-Lottie and Carrie. Came to the United States in 1872, and has resided in La Crosse ever since. He was in the employ of C. B. Solberg till July, 1877, since which time he has been in the saloon business for himself, now located on Pearl street. JOHN J. COLE, attorney and counselor at law; was born in Albany, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1824; received a classical and scientific education at the Albany Collegiate Academy; graduated in 1840, and entered a law office as student at the age of 17; pursued the legal and classical course, which was then required for the bar, for four years, and at the age of 21 was admitted to the bar before Chief Justice Bronson, and to the Court of Chancery before Chancellor Walworth; practiced in Albany till his removal to Wisconsin in 1856, and in 1859 became law partner of William A. Tucker, at La Crosse, where he has resided ever since; has been candidate for the offices of City Attorney, District Attorney and member of Legislature, but, being always in the minority in politics, was not elected to those offices. He has been in no other business than that of the practice of the law, and incidentally dealing in real estate and loans; has been a Court Commissioner under the successive Circuit Judges during nearly all his twenty-five years' residence in Wisconsin. Mr. Cole is widely known throughout this and adjoining counties as a lawyer of great prudence, sagacity and perseverance. Well and correctly posted in legal matters, his opinions as to the merits of a case are generally sustained by the Judges, both of the lower and higher courts. As a collector, he has always been very successful. Of strict integrity and correct business habits, he merits the success that has attended his efforts.

CHARLES L. COLMAN was born in 1826, in the State of New York. In 1840 he removed to Green Bay, Wis., with his parents, remaining there five years, when he removed to Fond du Lac, Wis. In 1854, he removed to La Crosse, Wis., and engaged in the lumber business, in which he has since been actively engaged.

FRANKLIN D. COLVER, millwright and sawyer; born in Vermont in 1830; removed with his parents to Pennsylvania when about 1 year old; thence to Indiana when 3 years old, his parents being among the early settlers of that State. They afterward removed to Illinois, thence to the city of Oswego, N. Y. Mr. Colver went to Chicago in 1851, where he ran a planing-mill; also followed the lakes more or less for five years. He went to Iowa in 1856, where he was married to Matilda Collins. They came to La Crosse Co. in 1857. Mr. Colver enlisted in 1861, in the 8th W. V. I.; served about thirteen months, and was discharged for disability. He has seven children-Arletta, Alfred, Alma, Alvin, Abbie, Austin and Arthur.

MARSHALL CONANT, Land Commissioner of the S. M. R. R. Co., has been engaged in selling lands for this Company since December, 1866. He was born in Malone, Franklin Co., N. Y., and educated to the legal profession, but practiced only a short time. He entered the general office of the O. & L. C. R. R. Co. in 1851, and was Chief Clerk in that office previous to his engagement with the S. M. Co.

A. M. CONGDON, carpenter and millwright, was born in Marietta, Ohio, in 1852; learned his trade of G. W. Sherwood, of St. Paul, commencing in 1871. He has since worked in Chicago, Ill., Muskegon, Mich., Kansas City, Mo., Mason City, Iowa, and came to La Crosse in 1874. He has been in the employ of P. S. Davidson since January, 1880. He was married in September, 1880, to Miss Edna Brown, of Dakota, Minn.

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L. COREN, merchant, No. 83 Rose Street, has been a resident of La Crosse since 1868. was born in Christiana, Norway, in 1845, son of O. O. Coren, who is still living in Christiana. was educated in his native city, and came to the United States in 1866. He lived in St. Louis, Mo., one year, then came to Wisconsin, and lived in Edgerton one year, coming from there to La Crosse, where he was engaged in clerking in the dry goods trade till the spring of 1881, then started business for himself in present location. He was married, in 1872, to Miss Theresa Kjos, and has two children, Laura E. and

Alfred T.

HOWARD CRAMER, insurance agent, was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., June 23, 1820; is of German parentage. He remained in Dutchess Co. until 20 years of age, in the meantime attending the public schools. In 1840 he removed to Ohio, prepared for and entered Oberlin College, graduating from this institution in 1848. He then spent two years in traveling throughout the United States, and

located in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1850, where he studied law in the office of Finch & Lynde. to the bar to practice in Milwaukee Co., and subsequently admitted to practice in the Supreme Court. Removed to La Crosse July 17, 1851, where he practiced law about two years, and then located in Black River Falls, where he also practiced for two years. In the fall of 1854 he returned to La Crosse, and continued the practice of law. In 1855 he, together with A. T. Clinton, opened a banking house, carrying on this business under the firm name of Cramer, Clinton & Co., until 1858, when the partnership was dissolved, Mr. Cramer then forming a partnership in the banking business with the late Wilson Colwell, Captain of the Light Guards. In 1861, Mr. Colwell enlisted in the war, and the banking house was dis continued. In 1863, Mr. Cramer visited the Territory of Nevada, where he spent two years, residing there, and helping to gain the admission of that Territory as a State. He returned to La Crosse in 1865, and in 1866, was elected as City Assessor, and since that time has held various municipal and governmental positions, holding the positions of City Assessor, City Clerk, Internal Revenue Inspector and Deputy United States Marshal for this part of the Western District. In the meantime he has been engaged in the insurance business, which he is conducting at present.

EDWARD CRONON, of the Collection and Loan Agency of Scott & Cronon, is a native of Rensselaer Co., N. Y.; born in 1836; came to La Crosse in May, 1855. He was in Arkansas when the war broke out, but succeeded in making his way back to La Crosse, and in September, 1861, enlisted in Co. I, 8th W. V. I., and received a gunshot wound in the wrist, Oct. 3, 1862, at Corinth, Miss.,, which made it necessary to amputate the left arm near the elbow, in consequence of which he was discharged Nov. 24, 1862. He then returned to La Crosse, taught school twelve years, and has been in his present business since 1878. He was married in La Crosse, in 1877, to Miss Anna A. Mellor, and has two children-Alice H. and Grace. Mr. Cronon's brother, Daniel, enlisted at the same time as he did, in the same company and regiment, and served till the close of the war. He died in July, 1868, in La Crosse, leaving a widow and one son--James Edward.

JOHN A. CULLMANN, contractor and builder, has been in La Crosse since 1865, and in business most of the time, except two years on a farm. He was born in Rhine Province, Germany, in 1828; son of Charles Christian Cullmann; learned the cabinet-maker's and joiner's trade in the old country, and came to the United States in 1850. He resided in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., till 1854; then went to Louisville, Ky., and came from there to Wisconsin in. 1856, lived in Dunn Co. till 1859, then in St. Clair Co., Ill., till 1861, then back to Dunn Co., Wis., and came for there to La Crosse in 1865. He was married, in 1866, to Sophia Sander, of La Crosse, and has four children-Willie, John, Albert and Adolph.

GEORGE W. CUTLER, Assistant Yardmaster of the C. M. & St. P. R. R. at North La Crosse, has been in his present position since June, 1880. He is a native of Cortland Co., N. Y.. born in 1843. His father, Stephen Cutler, came to Wisconsin in 1845; lived nine years in Waukesha Co., and went from there to Fond du Lac, where he still resides. Mr. Cutler enlisted in 1861, in the 18th W. V. I., and was in the service three years and eleven months. He was wounded three times during his term of service, at Shiloh, Corinth and Kingston. He was married December, 1865, in Milwaukee, to Miss Libbie F. Darley, and has three children-Hattie, Willie and George.

GEORGE DAGENDESH, contractor and builder, and member of the firm of Tanny & Dagendesh, was born in 1847, in Switzerland. His father, George Dagendesh, came to the United States with his family in 1855; settled in Milwaukee, Wis., and died there in 1875. Mr. D., Jr., learned the stone-cutter's trade in Milwaukee, and worked at it there till he came to La Crosse, in 1870. He was married, in 1867, to Emma, daughter of Martin Rybold, of Milwaukee; has six children-George, Theresa, Emma, Rosa. Mary and Catharine.

HANS DANCHERTSEN, Postmaster at North La Crosse, and dealer in tobacco, cigars stationery, etc, has held his office since November, 1875. He was born in Norway, in 1827; son of Denkert Danchertsen, a merchant of Bergen, Norway (where Hans was born); came to America in 1861, and located in La Crosse, where he has been engaged in the mercantile business up to the present time. He was engaged in farming in Norway for several years previous to coming to the United States. He was married, in 1864, to Emily, daughter of O. N. Solberg, of Onalaska, and has three children-Denkert Johan, Amelia and Hannah.

J. C. DANE, manufacturer of breech-loading fire arms, was born in Skowhegan, Me., in 1816; learned the machinists' trade in Bangor, Me., and came West in 1855. He lived at St. Anthony, Minn., till 1861, then came to La Crosse, where he has since resided. He has been engaged in his present business since 1872. He was married in Bangor, Me., in 1842, to Miss Matilda E., daughter of Lewis Hancock of that place, and has no children.

JOHN A. DANIELS, attorney at law, of the firm of Stogdill & Daniels, of the city of La Crosse; was born in the town of Franklin, Delaware County in the State of New York, on the 10th day of December, 1832. He received an academic education at the Delaware Literary Institute, located in his native town. In 1853 and 1854, he published a newspaper at Milford, Pike Co., Penn., called the Milford Herald. Mr. Daniels came to Wisconsin in 1856, and located at the city of Kenosha, in Kenosha Co., and completed the study of the law with Mr. H. F. Schoff, of that city. He left Kenosha in the fall of 1856, and located in Kewaunee Co.; and, in the fall of that year, he was admitted to the bar in Manitowoc Co., to which county Kewaunee Co. was attached for judicial purposes, and was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the State in 1858. He came to the Mississippi Valley in the latter part of August, 1858, and located at the village of Trempealeau, in Trempealeau Co., where he again entered upon the practice of his profession. He was elected District Attorney of Trempealeau Co., in the fall of the same year. In the fall of 1864, he came to the city of La Crosse, where he has lived and been in the active practice of his profession ever since. Mr. Daniels was admitted to practice in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the District of Wisconsin in 1868, and to the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the Western District of Wisconsin in 1870, and to the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois in the same year.

HOMER S. DANIELS, attorney and counsellor at law, member of the firm of Daniels & Toeller; was born at Ahnepee, Wis., in 1856; his parents moved to La Crosse in 1864, from Trempealeau, Wis.; attended the public schools of La Crosse until 1873, when he entered the modern classical course at the State University; graduated in the class of 1876, completing the four-year course in three years. Studied law with the firm of Stogdill & Daniels, and was admitted to the bar in November, 1877. Immediately commenced practice in La Crosse. In 1878, entered into partnership with William H. Stogdill and John A. Daniels, under the firm name of Stogdill & Daniels; continued in the firm of Stogdill & Daniels until November, 1880, when he formed his present partnership with Frank J. Toeller. Was married Oct. 15, 1878, at Dubuque, Iowa, to Mary Frances, daughter of Jacob Christman.

NELS DAVIDSON, river foreman for Robert M. Mover: has been in his present position since 1876; he was born in 1844, in Norway, where he learned the ship-carpenter's trade and followed that business till he came to America, in 1868; he settled in Onalaska, and has been in the employ of Mr. Mover ever since; he removed to La Crosse in 1879; has four children-Anna, Della, Christina and Nellie. His wife was Lottie Abramson, of Onalaska, and a native of Sweden.

CAPT. P. S. DAVIDSON; was born in Lawrence Co., Ohio, in 1827, and, at the age of 25, entered the steamboat business, first on the Ohio River, where he remained four years, and then on the Mississippi, where he continued his business until 1862, when he came to La Crosse and settled. He at once came prominently before the public as an enterprising, go-ahead steamboat man, and has maintained his position at the head of the business ever since, and is at present President of the St. Louis & St. Paul Passenger and Freight Line, a company which was organized in the spring of 1881. Mr. Davidson is also the owner of two saw-mills in the Fifth Ward with a combined capacity of 200,000 feet per day. He was married in 1861 in Lawrence Co., Ohio, to Miss Johnson, daughter of Judge Johnson, of that county. Has had eight children, of whom five are living, namely-William F., P. S., Arthur, Frank and Louis.

A. H. DAVIS, senior member of Davis & Medary, was born in Canada, near the Vermont line, in 1826, being a Vermonter in all respects, save the accidental circumstance of being born outside the limits of the State, of which his parents were residents. At the age of 20, he emigrated to Galena, where he engaged in the confectionery business till 1866, when he came to La Crosse, and engaged in his present

vocation.

ISAAC DIMON, foreman car department C., M. & St. P. R. R., at North La Crosse; is a native of New Jersey, born in 1832; came to Wisconsin in 1855; was at Horicon, Milwaukee and several other places, and settled in La Crosse in August, 1859; has followed railroading ever since he came to Wisconsin, and has been in his present position ever since he came to La Crosse. Has been Trustee of Village Board of North La Crosse. His first wife was Maria Gilmore, who died in 1870, leaving two children— Arthur J. and Charles, the latter died at the age of 2 years. His second wife was Miss Priscilla Atkinson, of La Crosse; has one child by second marriage-John F.

LEO DOERFLINGER, merchant and saloon-keeper, Fourth street, between Jay and King; was born in Baden, Germany, in 1826; his father, Joseph Doerflinger, came to America in 1848, and settled on a farm in what is now the town of Shelby, La Crosse Co., Wis., his being the second farm settled in the county; he died in 1860, at the age of 60. Leo came to America in 1855; lived on the farm with

his father two years; has resided in the city since 1857. He was married in La Crosse, in 1857, to Mary

Magdalena Bundru, also a native of Baden, and has three children-William, Mary Lucy and Mary Magdalena. William D. was born and brought up in La Crosse; has been clerking since 1872, first for Rau & Klein, and afterward for John C. Smith, and is also in company with his father in the store on Fourth

street.

FRANK DOERRE, hardware merchant; is a native of Bohemia, Austria, born in 1836; came to America in 1855, landing in New York; he went to Canada where he resided one year, and came to Wisconsin in 1856; he lived two months in Madison; then went to Sauk City and worked six months, and came to La Crosse in August, 1856; he remained in La Crosse till October, 1859; then went South and worked in Memphis, Tenn., Jackson, Miss., and New Orleans, La. In 1862, he enlisted in New Orleans in the 14th Me. V. I., Co. H, and served nearly a year under Gen. Butler, and was then discharged on account of sickness. After his discharge, he returned to La Crosse and has resided here ever since July 6, 1864; he went into the hardware business at No. 54 Pearl street, and carried on business in the same building till 1878, when he removed to his present location, Pearl street, where he has a general stock of hardware, stoves and tinware.

JOHN C. DONAGHOE, hotel and saloon keeper, is a native of County Tyrone, Ireland; born in 1832; came to America in 1849, arriving in La Fayette Co., Wis., in July of that year. The following spring he removed to Galena, Ill., and remained there till July, 1861, when he came to La Crosse. Has been in his present business since 1863.

LEMUEL DRAKE, contractor and builder, has been in his present business in La Crosse since May, 1857, and a resident of the city since May, 1856. He was born in 1829, in Essex, England, Parish of Great Pullingbury; son of James Drake, who was born and died in the same parish. When 13 years old, young Drake went to London, where he resided till he was 20, then came to America in April, 1849; lived one year in Appleton, Wis., then went to Ohio and lived five years in Cleveland, then one year in Chicago, and came from there to La Crosse in spring of 1856. He learned the carpenter's trade in Appleton and Cleveland. His first wife was Emily Drake, of Essex, Eng., who died in 1865, leaving four children, Isabella, William, George and Lemuel. His second wife was Ketura Viner, also a native of England, by whom he has six children, Eliza, Louisa, Lettie, Henry, Fannie and Katie.

DAVID DRUMMOND, dealer in diamonds, watches, clocks and jewelry, No. 35 Main street, has been in business for himself, in present location, since September, 1877. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, Sept. 25, 1849; son of D. D. Drummond, who came to America in 1853, settled in Clayton Co., Iowa, and now lives in Dubuque. David Drummond learned his trade in McGregor, Iowa, working with R. Hubbard three and a half years, and six months with French & Richmond of same place. Came to La Crosse, Jan. 13, 1873, and has worked at the business since. Was married Feb. 3, 1873, in McGregor, to Miss Julia, daughter of John Shadbolt, now of Georgetown, Colo. Has two children, Prentice and Harry.

WILLIAM DUNCAN, policeman, has been on the police force in North La Crosse since the spring of 1876. He is a native of Canada, born at Kingsley Falls, Province of Quebec, in 1847; son of John and Margaret (Strutch) Duncan, natives of Scotland. Came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1867, and has resided in La Crosse since that time. He was engaged in lumbering, as foreman for L. R. Stafford, for several years, and afterward for Hogan & Chamberlain. He was married in 1872, in La Crosse, to Eliza A., daughter of Thomas Elliott, and has two children, Edna and Mabel.

JOHN EDWARDS, house and sign painter, was born in Suffolk, Eng., in June, 1829. When 5 years old, his parents emigrated to America, and settled in Canada West. His father's name was Israel Edwards. John left home when 10 years of age and went to Rochester, N. Y., where he learned his trade of William H. Green, serving four years. He went from Rochester to Lockport, N. Y., where he remained three years, then three years at Niagara Falls. Came to La Crosse in April, 1855, and went soon after to Winona, Minn., and lived there and in Hastings, Minn., till the spring of 1857, then returned to La Crosse. In the spring of 1858, he went to Texas, but only stayed a few weeks. In the fall of 1876, he went to California and was gone two years, then returned to La Crosse. He has four children-John, William, Ida and Medora. He was married in La Crosse, in 1859, to Miss Maria Bradfield, a native of Ohio.

GEORGE EDWARDS, lumberman, was born Dec. 1, 1818, at Windsor, Broome Co., N. Y. Lived there three years, when his parents removed to Chenango Co., N. Y., he being numbered with their household valuables. Here he remained until he was 18 years of age, when he started for the West, stopping on the Lodi Plains, near Ann Arbor, Mich., where he worked for a short time on a farm. In the fall of that year, he traveled on foot all the way from Detroit, Mich., to East Troy, Wis., where he worked on a farm for Augustus Smith, at $12 per month. In 1839, he made a purchase of a farm of

200 acres, by borrowing money. He then worked out by the month, day or job, for two or three years, and finally succeeded in building himself a little shanty and purchasing a yoke of oxen, when he began the cultivation of his own land. In the spring, he was taken sick with inflammatory rheumatism, all alone in his shanty, but was soon discovered and sent to East Troy, where his brother resided. He was sick all summer with the rheumatism, and in the fall had a severe siege of the bilious fever which came nearly proving fatal. His parents came from New York and took care of him. While sick, he sold his farm for $1,000. After again gaining his health he opened a grocery store in the town of East Troy, and while in this returned to his native home in New York, and married Electa S. Edwards. He then carried on the grocery business until his health again failed him, when he sold out his stock of groceries, and with his wife and one child went to Texas, where he remained through a winter, and in the spring returned to East Troy. In 1853, he came overland, with his brother, to La Crosse Co., and purchased 320 acres of land, near West Salem. He returned to East Troy in the fall, remaining there through the winter and in 1854, again came to La Crosse, purchased two city lots of C. K. Lord, where he now lives on Sixth street, together with property on Front street, which he purchased from F. M. Rublee, and in the spring of 1855, moved his wife and family to La Crosse, and during that year formed a partnership with B. P. Hart in the hardware business. In March, 1859, their store and stock of goods were entirely consumed by fire. Subsequently he entered the hardware business alone, following it for three years, and was afterward in the same business with Sylvester & Shepherd, and then with Chris F. Scharpf, and finally sold and went into the lumber and wheat business with James Vincent, remaining with him about six years, and has since been in the logging and lumber business, and is the owner of a considerable amount of pine lands.

JOHN M. EGAN, Superintendent of the Southwest Division of the C., M. & St. P. R. R.; has been in his present position since June, 1876. He is a native of Springfield, Mass.; his father, M. Egan, removed to Amboy, Ill., in 1855, with his family, and still resides there. He was there in 1852, engaged in the construction of the Illinois Central Railroad, and has been connected with that road ever since. Mr. Egan was connected with the Illinois Central Road from 1864 to 1871, and from that time, till 1876, was in St. Louis connected with the St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern road.

LOUIS EGGERS, saloon-keeper, corner Third and Pearl streets, was born in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1853; son of Henry Eggers, who died in Milwaukee in 1863. Louis came to La Crosse in the spring of 1871, and has been in business for himself since 1879. His wife, to whom he was married in La Crosse in 1873, was Pauline Meyer, and they have two children-Amelia and Melvin.

CHARLES W. EHMAN, saloon-keeper on South Third street, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1854. His father, August Ehman, was a locksmith, and came from Silesia, Prussia, to the United States in 1844; lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, till 1859; then in Detroit, Mich., till 1865, and since that has resided in La Crosse. Charles W. was educated in Detroit, and came to La Crosse with his parents; was engaged in clerking till summer of 1879, and since that has been in his present business. Nov. 20, 1879, he married Annie L. Smith, of La Crosse, and has one child-Louisa.

JOSEPHUS EMERY, proprietor of livery stable; was born at Corrinna, Maine, July 29, 1834. He left here when a boy of 10 or 11 years of age, going to Tedbury, Mass., remaining there about a year, and then going to Lowell, Mass. In February, 1852, he removed to Geneseo, Henry Co., Ill., and was there engaged about six months in opening a farm, when he removed to La Crosse, where he went to work logging on Black River for his uncle, S. F. Weston. In the fall of 1854, he returned to Lowell, remaining there until 1860, when he again came to Wisconsin, and logged for his uncle on Eau Claire River; remained there until 1862, when he opened a livery stable in Geneseo, Ill., conducting this until 1868, when he sold out and went to Baraboo, Wis., where he ran two stage lines, one from Baraboo to Portage, and the other from Baraboo to Kilbourn. In 1869, he was engaged in selling lumber on the Mississippi River, soon afterward starting a lumber-yard at Fountain, Minn. He removed to La Crosse, Feb. 19, 1873, and purchased a livery stable, which he has since conducted.

ENERSON & OLSON, saloon-keepers on Third street; have been in business in present location since March 13, 1880. Henry Enerson was born in Norway in 1843; son of Ener Hendrickson, who died in Norway; came to America in 1867; was in Indiana a few months, and has resided in La Crosse since. He kept hotel on corner of Third and Jay streets from 1873 to 1875; then went into the Nora House, corner King and Third, till July, 1879, and has since been in the saloon business. His partner, Christ Olson, was born in Norway in 1844, son of Ole Hansen; came to America in 1870, lived in Clark Co., Wis., three years, then went to California and engaged in lumbering there till 1878, when he returned to Wisconsin and tended bar for his present partner till they went into business together; both unmarried.