J. Stephens Tripp 1828-1915

J. S. Tripp, attorney at law, Sauk City. This representative gentleman was born in Duanesburg, Schenectady Co., N. Y., July 5, 1828; he was educated in Schoharie Academy one of the oldest and most noted schools of his native State; after having finished the academical course, he began the study of his chosen profession, the law, in the office of Goodyear & Martin, leading attorneys of Schoharie, and, after completing the course, was admitted to the bar, June, 1853; at that time, Westward, ho! was the cry-the attention of the youth of the Eastern States being directed particularly to Wisconsin as a land rife with splendid opportunities and golden prospects; so hither came the young lawyer to make his fortune and grow up with the country; he first located at Baraboo, and remained there until September, 1854, then moved to Sauk City and hung out his shingle.  Mr. Tripp has been twice married; his first wife, Fannie W. Hallett, died in 1865; his 2ndt wife was Nellie M., daughter of J. I. Waterbury, of Prairie du Sac, Wis. who died in 1893. (1880 History Sauk County (Western)