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ITEM: Josiah Batson biography SOURCE: The History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880 (Fairwater Historical Society, gift from Richard and Joyce Damerau)
DEACON JOSIAH BATSON, farmer; P. O. Fairwater; born in Otsego Co., N. Y., in July, 1829; he is of English parentage; he worked on his father's farm till he removed to the West in 1852; he bought land immediately on his arrival in the county, which he kept until 1862. He was married July 10, 1853, to Miss Arabell Wells, of Green Lake; they have had six children--M. Josephine, Warren A., Fayette J., Lora Belle; the other two children died in infancy. He has lived since 1862 on his present farm, Sec. 29, Metomen Township; has 300 acres on this homestead; he has also an improved farm of 160 acres in Minnesota; he began life poor, has now a competency; he is well known as the leading sheep-raiser of that region; he now has 550 grade Merino sheep; fleece averaged about seven pounds each last season; his barns are commodious, and nearly new, having been, not long ago, entirely destroyed by fire, with all their contents; loss fully $4,000. His wife has been in delicate health for several years; her mother, Mary Wells, aged 82, lives with them, and is still active, and claims the privilege of caring for the milk of five cows. For several years, Mr. Batson has been a Deacon in the Baptist Church; he is a conservative Republican.
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