History of Vernon County, Wisconsin. Together with sketches of its towns and villages, educational, civil, military and political history; portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens.

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HISTORY OF VERNON COUNTY.
June, 1863. Mrs. Hinkst was the mother of four children-^George, who resides in Virginia City, Nov., and three daughters—Jane, Lydia and May. All were students at the State Nor¬ mal School at Platteville, and are now engaged in teaching school.
Jacob Higgins was one of the earlier settlers of Franklin town, and is well remembered by the pioneers. He was born near Ithica, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1802, and was there reared, re¬ ceiving a good education. He taught school in New York in early life, and then went to Michigan, where he opened a store and was engaged in mercantile pursuits. On Nov. 10, 1842, he there married Phebe Wisel, and seven years later came to Vernon (then known as Bad Ax) county. Wis., arriving May 10, 1849. He located at Liberty Pole, and immediately bought a quarter section of land on sections 25 and 26, town 12 north, range 5 west. He continued in mercantile pursuits, was also post¬ master of what was then known as Bad Ax postoffice, and continued in that office until his death.    He held various town offices. In March,
1857, he removed his family on his farm one mile west of Liberty Pole,where he permanently settled, and was a prominent and well respected citizen up to his death, which occurred  Sept. 4,
1858. Mrs. Higgins was born at Parma, Catta- raugas Co., N. Y,, and removed to Indiana with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Higgins have two living children—Sidney, who was born in Steuben Co., Ind., Sept. 2, 1843, has always lived on the old homestead, married Lucy A., daughter of Jesse Davis, an early settler of this town. They have four- children. Judson the second son, was boj-n in St. Joseph Co., Mich., Aug.  11, 1845,  married  Alice  Robson,
' and has four children. Zuleima, the only daughter, was born at White Pigeon, Mich., Dec. 28, 1847, and died on the old homestead, Feb. 16, 1868.
Milton Southwick has resided here since 1851. His father, Amasa Southwick, was born in New York, and was married at Jamestown,
Chautauqua county, in his native State, to Permelia Sherwin. He removed his family to the village of Harmonsburg, Crawford Co., Penn., and there resided until 1846. In the latter year he loaded up his family and house¬ hold effects, and with a team of oxen as the motive power, started westward over the moun¬ tains of Pennsylvania. He traversed the hilly country of eastern Ohio, and the flat prairies of northern Indiana, and finally stopped at Janes¬ ville, Rock Co., Wis. In 1851 Mr. Southwick removed his family to Vernon county and pur¬ chased a claim of State land of L. D. Smith, at that time a merchant of Liberty Pole. 1 his land was located on section 28, and was farmed by Mr. Southwick until his decease. He died July 17, 1860, leaving a wife and six children. Mr. Southwick learned the carpenter and joiner trade in New York, and followed it for some years after locating here. Mrs. Southwick resides at Salem, Oregon, with her three youngest children—Frank, Mary and Ella. The other children are as follows—Sarah E., wife of David Cary, resides near Soldier's Grove; Mil¬ ton and Nancy A., wife of Myron Goodell; Amy and Matilda (Brown) are dead. Milton, the eldest son, resides on the home farm, which now comprises 130 acres. He was born in Crawford Co., Penn.,-in 1836, and was fifteen years of age when his parents came to this county. During the war he enlisted in the 6th regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served about two years. He married Juliette, daughter of Ransom Lamb, who was one of the early settlers of this county. They are the parents of eleven children, all living—Amasa R., Maria J., Burnham, Ada, Emma, Lucy, Myrtia, Edna, Vesta, Helen and Frank B. Mr. Southwick has also served his neighbors and fellow citizens as chairman of the board of supervisors, road supervisor and town treasurer for several terms.
Thomas Cade, familiarly known as "Capt." Cade, is one of the successful and enterprising farmers of Franklin township.    He was born