HISTORY OF GREEN COUNTY. 
 
stock, for $300, which comprised the sum total 
of his wealth. He then moved to Mount Pleas- 
ant and bought forty acres of land on section 
5. He subsequently purchased more land and 
his farm now contains 240 acres.  In 1862 he 
rented his farm and removed to Monticello, 
where he bought village property and erected a 
commodious frame house, which he has since 
occupied.  He was married in 1839 to Jane 
Morely, who was born in Susquehanna county, 
Sept. 28, 1818. Eight children were born to 
them-Hamilton J., Washington B., Ellen S., 
Elisha M., William M., Mary Jane, Coralee 
and Luella. Mr. and Mrs. Coates are members 
of the M. E. Church. 
Peter Jenny, a pioneer of Green county, was 
born in canton Glarus, Switzerland, in 1811. 
He learned the business of wood engraver, and 
followed his trade in his native country until 
1847, when he came to America and landed at 
New York.    He went up the Hudson river to 
Albany, then by the Erie canal to Buffalo, 
thence by steamboat to Milwaukee. At the 
latter place he hired a team to carry himself 
and family to New Glarus, this county. He pur- 
chased land in that town and occupied it two 
years, when he sold out and purchased another 
piece in the same town. He erected a log 
house, and also built a good log stable. He im- 
proved a portion of the land, and made it his 
home until his death, which occurred in 1858. 
He was married in the old country to Sarah 
Frauld. Three children blessed this union- 
Fannie, John and Annie. Mrs. Jenny died in 
1882. Their only son, John, was born in can- 
ton Glarus, Switzerland, on the 22d of March, 
1839, and was but six years of age when his 
parents came to America. In December, 1858, 
he was married to Ursula Baumgardner, born 
in canton Glarus, Switzerland. They settled 
on his father's old homestead, but only lived 
there one year, when they removed to the town 
of Mount Pleasant, and purchased 160 acres of 
land on section 28. His land is mostly im- 
 
proved. He has a nice, large frame house and 
out buildings, and has shade, fruit and orna- 
mental trees set out. Mr. and Mrs. Jenny have 
ten children-John, Anton, Magdaline, Matilda, 
Lucy, Annie, Peter, Emma, Lydia and Whilmi. 
John H. Trogner, deacon of the Baptist 
Church in Monticello, was born in Lewis Co., 
N. Y., Dec. 13, 1843. Wnen he was five years 
old, his parents removed to Wisconsin and set- 
tled in the town of New Glarus, where his 
younger days were spent. He obtained his 
education in the district school. Dec. 29, 1863, 
he enlisted in company K, of the 16th Wiscon- 
sin Volunteer Infantry.  The regiment re- 
mained at Camp Randall until the following 
March, then went south to Vicksburg, thence 
by way of Cairo to Clifton, Tenn., and soon 
after to Rome, Ga., where they joined Sher- 
man's command. He participated in the battles 
of Kenesaw Mountain and Atlanta, where he 
was severely wounded, on the 21st of July,1864. 
He was sent first to the field hospital, then to 
headquarters hospital at Rome. As soon as he 
was able to make the journey, he was granted a 
furlough and returned home. At the expira- 
tion of his furlough he reported at Madison, 
and was sent to the division hospital at Camp 
Randall, and there discharged, May 23, 1865. 
He returned home, and as soon as he was able 
to work rented a farm in New Glarus, lived 
there two years, then moved to Mount Pleas- 
ant and farmed one year. He then bought a 
farm in the town of York, which he sold one 
year later and moved to Exeter, where he lived 
five years, then went to Monroe and remained 
until 1877. At that date he came to Monticello 
and engaged in the flour mill, where he has 
since been employed. le was married in 1868 
to Esther Roby, a native of Ohio. She died in 
1872. In 1873 he was again married to Hattie 
Buck, daughter of Theodore Z. and Lucia W. 
(Harper) Buck. Four children have been born 
to themn-Ora A., Verne, Evelyn and Walter C. 
Thomas Sears, one of the pioneers of Green 
 
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