. Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county . N altogether new characterin the civil and politicalhistory of Wisconsin, andone which has but few coun-terparts anjwhere, is WilliamDempster Hoard. lie wasJj born at Stockbridgc, MadisonCo., N. Y., Oct. 10, 1836, andwas the son of a Methodist Cir-cuit- Rider. His early educationwas derived entirelj from thecommon schools, which werethen none of the best. At the asreof twenty-one he settled near OakGrove, Dodge Co., Wis., where heW3rked
. Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county . N altogether new characterin the civil and politicalhistory of Wisconsin, andone which has but few coun-terparts anjwhere, is WilliamDempster Hoard. lie wasJj born at Stockbridgc, MadisonCo., N. Y., Oct. 10, 1836, andwas the son of a Methodist Cir-cuit- Rider. His early educationwas derived entirelj from thecommon schools, which werethen none of the best. At the asreof twenty-one he settled near OakGrove, Dodge Co., Wis., where heW3rked upon a farm, but removed to Lake Mills,Jefferson County, in 1860. In Jlay, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, 4thWisconsin Infantry, and served until July, 1862,wlicn he was discharged for disability. Soon re-gaining his health at his former home in New York,he re-enlisted, in Company A, 1st New York Artil-lery, and remained in the service as a private tu theclose of the war. There are flippant and carelesssouls wiio declare that Gov. Hoard and Phil Cheek, Jr., are the only private soldiers left in AVisconsin,At the close of the war lie returned to Wiscon
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