HISTORY OF GREEN COUNTY. 
 
oall for troops, in company C, of the 3d Wis- 
-wnsin; but that call was filled and he did not 
serve with-the three months troops. He imme- 
diately re enlisted in the same comlany and reg- 
iment, for a term of three years, was mustered 
in at Fond du Lac, in July, 1861, and went to 
the front'and joined the army of the Potomac, 
at Harper's Ferry. After serving three months 
in this regiment, he was detached and joined the 
signal service, in which he remained until June, 
1862. He was then discharged on account of 
disability, and returned home. July 28, of the 
same year, he re-enlisted in company G, of the 
22d Wisconsin. He was commissioned as 2d 
lieutenant, and went with the regiment to Ken- 
tucky. He was promoted in November, 1862, 
to 1st lieutenant, and in December, 1863, to the 
rank of captain. He served until after the close 
of the war, and was discharged with the regi- 
ment, at Washington, June 12, 1865. He was 
mustered out at Milwaukee, June 22. Among 
the more important battles in which he took 
part, were, first: while serving in the signal 
corps, at Mill Spring, Ky., then, when a mem- 
ber of the 22d, at Thompson's Station, Tenn., 
Brentwood, in the same State, where he was 
taken prisoner, sent to Libby prison and con- 
fined one month, then exchanged. He joined 
Sherman's army at Chattanooga, went with them 
to Atlanta, participating in the battles on the 
way. From Atlanta he returned to Lookout 
Mountain, and was on detached duty in eastern 
Tennessee, some time. He then went to Dalton 
where he did garrison duty until March, 1865, 
then joined Sherman at Goldsboro and procee'ded 
with his army to Washington. Soon after his 
return home, he moved to Iowa and settled in 
Taylor county, where he bought land. In 1867 
he sold out there and returned to Green county 
and purchased his present farm on section 25. 
He has since purchased other land, and now 
owns 217 acres on sections 23, 24, 25 and 31. 
He was born at Batavia, Genesee Co., N. Y., 
July 28, 1841. lie remained there until 1856, 
then engaged. in farming one year, in Rock 
 
county, then came to Green county, and worked 
on a farm until 1858, when he returned to New 
York. In the fall of 1860, he came back to this 
county and located in Decatur, where he was 
living at the breaking out of the war. He was 
married, March 22, 1865, to Olive, daughter of 
John J. and Magdalena(Fleek) Putnum, a native 
of Licking Co., Ohio. They have three chil- 
dren-John Burton, born in Iowa; Edith M., 
born in Mount Pleasant; and Flora B., born in 
Jo Daviess Co., Ill. In 1875 Capt. Annis rented 
his farm here and removed to Jo Daviess Co., 
Ill., where he lived three years, and then 
returned. 
Jabez Clark settled in Green county in 1857. 
He was born in the parish of Haugham, Lin- 
colnshire, England, March 8, 1828.  When he 
was very young his parents moved to the parish 
of Minting and there his father died when he 
was six months old.   Soon after his mother 
moved to Hatton parish, where he lived with 
her until fourteen years of age.  He then weiit 
to work to earn his own livelihood, lie was emi- 
ployed by a farmer who paid him £3, equal to 
$14.52, the first year.  The second year his 
wages were incrdased to £3 ;the third yearto £;,; 
and the fourth year, to £7. When nineteen veai's 
old he went to Derbyshire and worked upon a 
farm six months, then went to Yorkshire and 
spent two years. He then went to Sheffield and 
engaged in dealing in produce, in which enter- 
prise he was not successful, and continued it 
but a short time, then resumed farming. In 
1857 he left his native land and came to Amer- 
ica, coming immediately to Wisconsin and locat- 
ing in Green county. His sole capital was good 
health and willing hands, and ie rented land 
until the fall' of 1859, when he bought forty 
acres on section 18, also a small frame house 
which he moved to the land and occupied for 
some years, until lie built the more commodious 
dwelling which he now occupies.  He has en- 
gaged in mixed farming, raising (lifferent kin ds 
of grain arid stock.  He has been successful, 
and at different times, has addel to his lan 1 
 
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