Hiram Albee, son of Artemas B. Albee and Beulah Clark, was born February 15, 1812, in Wardsboro, Windham County, Vermont. He died May 8, 1878, at Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin aged 66 years, 2 months and 23 days and was buried there in the Marcellon cemetery.

On May 27, 1838, Hiram was united in marriage to Mary Jane Barrett at Broadalbin, Fulton County, New York. She was born April 20, 1817 at Perth, Fulton County, New York, daughter of Sylvester Barrett and Ann Cummings. She died September 7, 1901 at Pardeeville, Columbia County, Wisconsin, aged 78 years, 4 months and 8 days and was buried there in the family plot in Section 7 of the Marcellon Cemetery near Pardeeville. Their known children, of whom the first four were born in Perth, Fulton County, New York and the rest in Marcellon, Columbia County, New York, were:

Emily Ann Albee born 19 Feb 1839
William Cummings Albee 1 Aug 1840
Euretta J. Albee 17 Mar 1843
George Washington Albee 30 Dec 1845
Marietta Albee 7 Jul 1848
Duane Juan Albee 14 Oct 1850
Guidetta Albee 29 May 1853
Fayette Albee 18 Aug 1855

The "Albee" gravestone in the Marcellon Cemetery is inscribed "Hiram Albee Born in Vt. Feb. 15, 1812 Died May 8, 1878" and "Mary Wife Of H. Albee Born in N.Y. Apr 30, 1817 Died Sept 7, 1901." His son Duane and Duane's wife are also buried in the family plot. Their names are alos inscribed on "Albee" gravestone as follows: "Duane J. Albee Oct. 14, 1850 Died Aug 22, 1891" and "Frances Wife Of D. J. Albee Born May 16, 1852 Died Sept. 1898."

It appears from information obtained from a gravestone in the Marcellon Cemetery, near Pardeville, Wisconsin, that Mary Jane married again after the death of Hiram Albee. Her gravestone is inscribed "Mary Jane Ross, Wife of H. Albee, born in New York, April 30, 1817, died September 7, 1901. Her second husband may have been Henry Britian Ross, also buried in the same plot. Henry Ross's first wife, Emily Ann Albee, died September 14, 1901 and is also buried in the same plot.

In 1828, at 16 years of age, Hiram moved with his parents to Montgomery County, New York, where he worked at farming during the summers and taught school during the winters for several years in the vicinity. He and his wife and family remained in Fulton County until 1846 when they went West with their four children and settled in Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin.

In 1847 the family moved to Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin, where they were one of the first settlers and where they lived out the rest of their days. Marcellon, now a township, was then only a small village with a church, school and a place to get mail. They first settled on land owned by John Steiner, but later sold it and moved to Marcellon village for a short time. Later they moved unto land owned by Joseph Dolojack.

During the harvest of 1848 Hiram tried to hire someone for 50 cents to go to Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin for supplies. Unable to do so, he went there himself, a distance of 60 miles with his oxen and wagon, working for his room and board on the way. He brought back the first sugar that had been in the house for a year.

Hiram helped organize the town and was the first town superintendent, an office he held for three years. He was a justice of the peace for 12 years, a deputy sheriff for one term, and during the Civil War he was the the deputy Provost Marshall. He always took part in educational matters and taught district school for 20 terms.

In the obituary of their son George, it was stated that the family left Perth in about May 1847 by canal boat and crossed the Great Lakes to settle in Pardeeville, Columbia County, Wisconsin. In the obituary of their son William, it stated that at 6 years of age (1846) he came with his parents to Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, and a year later (1847) moved to the town of Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin.