Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-07


Crawford county; the second time in
Missouri. while in the services of his
country.
Josiah Latta: "My frss vote for
Lincoln was in the good cid Buckeye
state: the second time, while | was
serving in the army"
Uncle John Geary of Chaseburg is
enthusiastic in his S9th year over the
fact that !le voted for honest Abraham
Lincoln IN 1860 and 1864. Mr.. Geary
enjoys fairly good health although af-
tiicted with rheumatism.
Henry E. Petit of Viroqua, cast his
first vote for James Buchanan, for Lin
coin the first time in the town of Chn-
ton, and in 1864 at Johnville, Tennessee,
while in the war.
Tim Risen, Viola: 81 voted for Old
| Abe at Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1864.
before had reached my majority, and
| have always been glad of it although
| did an illegal act. We boys in the
army felt that we were entitled to the
same privileges as the older men when
we we're fighting for our country.
Charles Waters. Portland, Oregon:
Born IN Illinois in 1890; was not old
enough to vote for "Tippecanoe and
Tyler too. IN 1910. Settled in Wis
consin in l8i3, it being a territory until
June, 1913, casting my first presiden-
tial vote for Old Zachariah Taylor and
fer every republican candidate for pre-
sident since. and | think Taft is
| splendid specimen.
Isaac w. Roberts. Town of Forest:
Il cast my vote for President Lincoln
! the first time | ever voted, and that
was in 1860, in Ashtabula county, Ohio:
the second time near Culpepper, Vir-
ginia, while in service in the civil war.
| was a member of Company /, 9th
| Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers, en-
listing in Viroqua, under James Lowrie,
/ December 3, 1868. have voted and
worked for the republican party CON
tinually since those days, and / ex-
pect to as long as live, and want my
| boys to do the same ! am n years
old, and was born in Massachusetts.
Robert Parker, Viola: 81 see by the
CENSOR that the boys s.ill have testi-
monials in behalf of grand Old Abra-
ham, and it fires NY soul. My first
vote was for Abe although | was not
of age. | was challenged at the
polls | told them | was of voting age
| because my mo her gave her consent
! for me to go to fight and preserve the
Union and our home. That made me a
voter. If it did not, will go home and
| let you fight out your own salvation.
| | got my vote in at Atlanta, Georgia,
and have been ON deck ever since to
VOTE for the right. .
George N. Esler, Ogilvie, Minnesota:
4 would like to add my name to the
| list of old boys who are telling of ex-
periences and votes for honest Old Abe.
| moved from Dodge county, Wisconsin,
with my parents to Vernon county in
the year 1856, and located on a farm
near Chaseburg. / voted for Lincoln
in an old log school house on the Baker
farm in the town of Harmony. | en-
listed in Springville in December, 1861,
in Company ID, 18th Wisconsin Volun-
teers. was discharged from Moundy
City, Illinois. hospitali in February, 1863,
and came home in September, 1868.
| might add that | was in the battle9 of
| Corinth and Shiloh and Inka and Boil
var and. several skirmishes; was slightly
wounded three times but not enough to
cripple me any, and / am a pretty
healthy old man and the youngest one
and the only one left of a family Of
eleven children. ! married Miss Ro-
zetta Haney who was then living with
old Captain Wizard of Bad Axe Valley.
! In 1864 | voted again for Old Abe, in
| the town of Harmony. lu 1865 | was
/ feeling pretty well and re-enlisted in
| Company G, 44th Wisconsin Volunteers,
and served until the close of the war
! The 18th of this month | viii be n
| years old, and the one act of my life
| that am Ashamed Of, and have always
regretted, is that | cast my first vote
! for James Buchanan, but | have voted
for every republican president since and
am glad that can say have not had
| TO lose my vote but twice in almost
/ fifty years. | am always glad to see
something in your paper about the boys
/ who wore the blue and also the old
| friends and neighbors Of dear old Yer
non county. have great many
| friends and relatives there.
Hon. Edgar Enc, Valley: my first
vote was for Lincoln. ! will tell you
under what circumstances it came about.
enlisted in Co. /, II Regiment Wis
eonsin Infantry, in the fall Of 1861, in
my nineteeth year. In the fall of 1864,
after the Atlanta campaign, was given
sick furlough and sent home. My
! transportation papers landed me in
Mauston on election day, IS miles from
nome How to get home / did not
know, | knew no one in Mauston and
I had only $3.50 in government script.
/ While trying TO get conveyance | came
/ across Albert Emons, soldier in good
/ deal the same condition that | was in.
/ He was from the army of the Potomac,
! stranger to me, and lived near Hills.
/ boro. We hired a livery rig paying
! g. 90 to take us to Mr. Emon's (Albert's
/ father. ! remember it was cold chilly
/ day. when we got to Elroy We stopped
I to warm. There was q small store,
| blacksmith shop and house. They were
( holding their elc lion in the school house,
/ here cast my first vote for Abraham
/ Lincoln. We got " Emons' about
0 clock there was no one at home.
( Albert got into the hoIse while the
/ team was being pRt n The barn. Soon
after Mr.. and Mrs. EmOns came; they
/ had been to Hillsboro. Such sceae
1 1t looked queer to me then. can ap-
! preciate it now. They knew their son
/ was sick but did not expect him home.
Mrs. EmJns hugged her boy and tears
ran down her cheeks. There was moth.
4 ing too good for us. In the morning
was taken TO Hillsboro. | was then