HISTORY OF GREEN COUNTY. 
 
and opened a restaurant and confectionery in 
Brodhead, also carried on the ice business in 
that village.  Mr. Chace was born at Boston, 
,Mass., in 1821.  He resided in New England, 
and the State of New York, and Ohio, until he 
came to Wisconsin. He was married in 1843, 
at Portsmouth, R. I., to Abby Gifford, a native 
of that place. Mr. and Mrs. Chace have three 
children-George F., Helen K. and Charles S. 
A. A. TenEyck resides on land which his 
father obtained from the government in 1839, 
who first settled in the town of Spring Grove 
and commenced improvements on this farm 
about 1859. It is located on section 34, town of 
Decatur, and was occupied by A. A. TenEyck, 
in.October, 1874. He was born in the State of 
New York, on the Hudson river, but came to this 
county from Canada with his father.  He was 
married to Amanda Moore, a native of Ver- 
mont, and a daughter of Isaac Moore.  They 
have six children-Albert M., Lena A., Sarah 
J., Belle, Robert T. and Frank A.  They lost 
one son-Walter. The farm contains 376 acres. 
'Jacob L. Roderick owns and resides on the 
first farm entered in the town of Decatur. It was 
entered by John Moore, in the fall of 1839, and 
originally contained 160 acres. It now comprises 
237 acres. Mr. Roderick was born in Fayette 
Co., Penn., in 1850, and came to this county 
with his father, in 1862, and has been a resident 
of Decatur since that time. He was married to 
Allie Fleek, a daughter of Benjamin H. Fleek. 
She- was born in 1851. rhey have four chil- 
 
dren-Iva M., Myrtle M., Susan A. and Benja- 
min H. 
Mrs. Mary Cole, widow of Austin Cole, re- 
sides on section 3-2, town of Decatur, where 
they settled in November, 1867, but were resi- 
dents of the county several years previous. He 
was born in Erie Co., Penn., Oct. 31, 1833, 
where he lived until his marriage, in 1857, when 
he came to Green county.  He married Mary 
Shults, born in Erie Co., Penn., in 1838. Mr. 
Cole died May 24, 1878, in his forty-fifth year, 
leaving his wife and two children-Fred., born 
in 1868; and Ella, born in 1870. The farm con- 
tains 140 acres. 
Andrew Smith resides on section 13, where he 
settled in 1866. His first settlement was on 
government land, in the town of Spring Valley, 
in Rock county, where he lived before making 
his present selection in February, 1866. He was 
born in Roxburghshire, Scotland, March 4, 1825. 
le came to this country with his father's fam- 
ily, in 1840. The family lived three years near 
Portage, N. Y.  The father settled in Rock 
county, in 1843, where he lived until his de- 
cease. Andrew was married to Ellen Atkinson, 
who was born in Yorkshire, England ,in 1824, 
and came to the United States with her parents 
in 1843. Her family came to Wisconsin three 
or four years later, and settled in the town of 
Albany, where they still live.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Smith have four children-Belle, wife of Ronal- 
do Fleek; Archie, Janie, wife of William Bell; 
and Bessie, at home. The farm contains 200 
acres. 
 
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