HISTORY OF GREEN COUNTY. 
 
on the 11th day of August, 1827.  He united 
in marriage with Ann D. Foster in October; 
1845. She was born in Essex Co., N. Y., on the 
24th of May, 1829. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have 
had three children-Henry, Warren and Arti- 
missa. 
Robert Godfrey and his two sons, G. G. and 
Clark, settled on section 32 in 1845. He after- 
wards removed to Monticello. 
William R. Smith, Sr., in the fall of 1845, 
settled on section 15, and there resided until 
his death in 1856. Mr. Smith was born in Lon- 
don, England. When a mere youth he went on 
board a ship as cabin boy, and for many years 
subsequently followed the life of a sailor. 
While in Canada he was married to Catharine 
Eldridge. He subsequently lived in the States 
of New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, coming 
from the latter to Wisconsin. Mrs. Smith died 
on the 22d of July, 1880. Of the eight children 
born unto Mr. and Mrs. Smith, six are now liv- 
ing-William  R., Caroline, George L., Lucy 
Ann, Cyrus and Mary. 
James Nelson Patterson became a resident of 
the town in 1846, in October of which year he 
pre-empted the northwest quarter of section 22. 
The first town meeting was held in his log 
cabin. He remained a resident of the town 
until April, 1881, then removed to Evansville 
and retired from active life.  Mr. Patterson 
was born in the State of New York, removed 
with his parents to Ohio, then united in mar- 
riage with Harriet VanDusen, thence came to 
Wisconsin, making the journey with a team, 
and became a resident of Green county. 
Emerson Patterson, a young man and brother 
J. N. Patterson, also came in 1846.  He, how- 
ever, remained but a short time, then went into 
the pineries. He died at Necedah in 1868. 
Jeremiah Anderson in 1846 settled on section 
23, and was there engaged in farming for many 
years. He afterwards resided in the village of 
Brooklyn, where he died. He had a son- 
Amos, who went to California. 
 
Ezra Doolittle is one of the pioneers of 1846. 
He was born in Washington Co, N. Y., Nov. 
23, 1817.  His parents, Leonard and Anna 
Maria (Atwater) Doolittle, were natives of 
Connecticut.  In 1824 the family moved to 
Mercer Co., Penn., where Ezra grew to man- 
hood, and united in marriage Dec. 17, 1840, 
with Jane Potter.  He followed farming and 
lumbering. His wife died Dec. 20, 1843, leav- 
ing one daughter, Margaret Jane, born Oct. 31, 
1843, who is now the wife of D. H. Glidden, 
living  in the town of Brooklyn.  In June, 
1846, he came to Wisconsin. His brother Leon- 
ard, who came here before Ezra, settled on sec- 
tion 10, where he lived until 1854, then moved 
to Lake Co., Ill., where he now lives, engaged 
in farming. Here Ezra took an invoice of his 
worldly goods and found that his capital 
amounted to $23.60. He went immediately to 
work at whatever he found to do. In 1847 he 
made a claim on section 10, now in the town of 
Brooklyn, and hired some breaking done, and a 
few acres of wheat put in. In tlie fall of the 
year he returned to Pennsylvania, where he 
had a small sum of money due him, but he was 
unable to collect it and was obliged to remain 
there all winter. On his return to Wisconsin 
he found his claim entered, but he bought the 
claim, paying 25 per cent. interest for three 
years for the money. Here Mr. Doolittle set- 
tled and followed farming for several years. 
March 16, 1854, he was married to Caroline M. 
Mack. In November, 1859, he moved to his 
presett home, located on section 9.  His wife 
died April 6, 1862, leaving one daughter, Ida. 
Jan. 6, 1868, he was married to Sarah A. Jones. 
He now owns 200 acres, and his improvements 
are among the best in town. He is engaged in 
general farming. In politics Mr. Doolittle was 
formerly a democrat, but since 1860 has voted 
with the republican party, and has held local 
office. Mr. Doolittle's present wife was Mrs. 
Sarah Jones, previously Sarah A. Roberts, and 
formerly Sarah A. Melvin. She was a native 
of Maiue, and came to Wisconsin in 1856, She 
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