HUGH GARSIDE, deceased; was born at Cheshire, England, July 28, 1798; came to America in 1830; settled in New York; then came to Ohio; then to Wisconsin in the year 1845; entered 120 acres of land, built the old log cabin; he died at Bloomington, Wis., in 1876; his wife, Sarah Bagshaw, a native of Cheshire, England, born June 28, 1802; they married in 1825, and had seven children, three living - Sarah, now Mrs. Rhoads, now in Ohio; Edward; Mary, now Mrs. Beardsley. His brother, William, was in the 33d W. V. I., and was drowned at Vicksburg, Miss. The First Congregational Church of Blake's Prairie, was organized in the house of Mr. Hugh Garside.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.