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Preble
Found this write up in the book “History of the St. Croix Valley”, Volume 2, page 1065, (published in 1909)
James A. Preble is a native of Vassalboro, Me., born September 1, 1850. His parents, Eli and Martha J. Preble, were born in that state, the former October 28, 1820, and the latter September 25, 1825. The father followed farming and lumbering until 1853, when he located in Prescott, Pierce County, Wis., purchasing 160 acres, which he broke and improved. In 1859 he sold the farm and went to Pike’s Peak, crossing the plains with “Kit” Carson, whose team he drove. After eighteen months in the West he returned to Prescott, Wis., and did general work until 1862, when he joined the Union army, serving in Company F, Thirtieth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He did good service and was discharged in 1863. Coming back to this section of the country, he ran the mail route between Prescott and Hudson, Wis., in 1865, and then moved to Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wis. For three years he ran a sawmill, then pre-empted eighty acres in Lincoln township, Polk County, Wis., afterward going to North Dakota, where he took up 160 acres. In 1906 he came back to Lincoln Township and lived with his son, James A., until his death, April 24, 1908. His wife died February 8, 1906. James A. received his education in the public schools of Prescott, Wis., and worked in the woods and on the river until twenty-six years of age, then doing general work for several years until 1888, when he first rented and afterward purchased eighty acres in Lincoln township, Wisconsin, which he now conducts, carrying on general farming. He was married, June 19, 1881, to Anna Jones, born August 7, 1860, daughter of William and Mary (Lanigan) Jones, whose sketch is found elsewhere in this work. This union has been blessed with eleven children: Eli W. was born February 10, 1882; Mary, January 6, 1884; Myrtle, June 27, 1885; Frances, January 14, 1887; Alta, November 4, 1889; Stella, May 9, 1891; Irma, January 21, 1893; Lloyd, September 30, 1895; Alice, March 22, 1898; Ramona, January 12, 1902, and Leroy, August 31, 1904. Mr. Preble is a Republican in politics and has been road overseer three terms. He is a Mason, both he and his wife being members of the Eastern Star. The family religion is that of the Baptist Church.
William R. Jones is a native of Prince Edward Island, Canada, born June 13, 1825, son of James and Ann (Richards) Jones, natives of England. They came to Prince Edward Island about 1810, where the mother died in 1831. The father came to Iowa county, this state, with his son in 1848, passing away in 1868 at the age of eighty four.
William R. received his education in the schools of his native province and came to this country with his father, purchasing 120 acres in Iowa County. February 10, 1865, he enlisted from Madison, Wis., in Company A, Forty-ninth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, serving under Capt. Charles E. Hull and Colonel Fallows, receiving his discharge at Madison in November, 1865. Shortly afterward he returned to his farm at Ridgeway, Iowa County, and continued farming until 1867, when he homesteaded 160 acres in Lincoln Township, breaking the land and making general improvements. In 1893, after carrying on general farming for many years, he retired and turned the management of the farm over to his son, Harvey E. A Republican in politics, he served the township as supervisor for fourteen years and was a director on the school board three years. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and belongs to the G. A. R. Mr. Jones has been a hard working, industrious man, and all the success that he has achieved has been due entirely to his own efforts. In 1908 a disastrous fire broke out, September 10, which destroyed a 24X100 barn, with fifty tons of hay, harnesses, tools, horses and other property. The barn will be rebuilt.
Mr. Jones was married, December 23, 1850, at Blue Mound, Ill., to Mary, daughter of Thomas and Ann (McKinsey) Lanigan, natives of Prince Edward Island. This union was blessed with seven children: Bridget, born April 22, 1852, married J. J. Jones; Thomas J. was born October 26, 1857; George J. was born February 9, 1859; Ann was born August 7, 1860, and married James Preble; Andrew A. was born November 22, 1862; William was born September 23, 1865, and Harvey E. was born March 8, 1867. Mrs. Mary Jones passed away at the old homestead, December 13, 1893.
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