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HISTORY OF SAUK COUNTY
the others being: Patrick, of -Baraboo; Mary, wife of John Scully, of
Juneau County; James and John, deceased; and Michael, deceased.
   While Mr. Horkan's material achievements have been exceedingly
creditable, he and his good wife deserve all added praise for the twelve
children who came into their household and most of whom have grown
to stalwart manhood and gentle womanhood. James W., the oldest, was
born November 4, 1871, and is playing the part of an active, and pros
gressive farmer on the old farm. By his marriage to Catherine Timlin
he has six children, named Loretta, Annetta, Glenn, George T., Fern
and Agnes. John Henry, the second son, was born March 25, 1873, and
is a resident of the State of Nevada. Frank Edward, born May, 18, 1874,
has the farm where his father resided until he retired and moved to
Reedsburg. His wife's maiden name was Catherine Welch. They have
no children. Mary E., the oldest daughter, was born February 4, 1876,
and by her marriage to Edward Donahue, of Dellona Township, is the
mother of 'seven children, Mary Elizabeth, Charles, Ann, Grace, Helen
and Edward and Eleanor, twins. Ellen Agnes, born February 23, 1877,
is now deceased. By her marriage to Nels Winney she was the mother
of two children, Helen, who lives with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Horkan, and Alice Thelma, deceased. Delia H., born October 27, 1878,
is living in Kansas City, Missouri, unmarried. Stephen Joseph, whose
home is in Baraboo, married Theresa Hayes, of Dellona Township, and
their two sons are Edward and Donald. George Thomas, born October
27, 1881, is a merchant at Reedsburg, and by his marriage to Lena
Welch has a child, Mary. Michael Austin was born June 14, 1883, and
died when a child in 1890. Caroline, born August 7, 1885, is a milliner
and is now located at Sterling, Illinois. Theresa, born March 24, 1888,
is a teacher at Wonewoc, Wisconsin. Catherine, the youngest of the
twelve children, was born May 27, 1889, and is still at home with her
parents in IReedsburg.
   JOHN QUINN. In the farming district of Washington Township are
many prosperous and progressive men who believe that the happiest life
as well as the most independent one is to be lived on the farm. Prominent
among these is John Quinn. Mr. Quinn has been identified with Sauk
County almost all his life, and his present home is a farm that was
developed partly by his father and partly by himself, from the woods
and wilderness which once held sway all over this section of Wisconsin.
   Mr. Quinn was born in Dodge County, Wisconsin, May 21, 1853, but
came with his parents to a farm in Washington Township on May 9,
1854. He is a son of James and Anna (Riley) Quinn, both natives of
Ireland, his father a native of County Wexford and his .mother of
Queens County. His father was born November 1, 1816. James Quinn
first married a Miss Laughlin, and there were two children of that
union, Michael and Elizabeth. By his marriage to Anna Riley there
was one child, John. Mrs. James Quinn was also twice married, her
first husband having been Thomas Cahill. Her two children by that
union were James and Michael, both now deceased.
   James Quinn came to America and settled in Dodge County in 1846,
two years before Wisconsin became a state. After moving to Sauk
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