THOMAS SUGDEN, retired farmer; North Prairie; is one of the first settlers in Waukesha County; he was a native of Millington, in the East Ridings of Yorkshire, England; born June 12, 1810, and is son of John and Jane (Rickal) Sugden; was educated in the common-schools of England, where his younger life was spent; first coming to America in the spring of 1834, he remained at Detroit, Mich., until fall, when he returned to his native land. He married, April 1, 1835, Miss Hannah, daughter of John and Elizabeth Slightarn, of his native village; that same spring, the widowed mother of Mr. Sugden, with four of her children, himself, wife, and her relatives, emigrated to and have since been residents of the United States, Mr. Sugden, in May, 1836, came up the lakes on the old New York, the first boat to run from Detroit to Milwaukee that spring landing at Milwaukee, he made his first visit and his first claim in Waukesha County, in, June, 1836, claiming the northeast quarter of Sec. 19, in the present town of' Mukwonago, the farm now owned by George Henderson; this was his residence most of the time until the fall of 1843, when he settled on Sec. 14, in Eagle, remaining here until the fall of 1849, when he located on the southeast quarter of Sec. 29, Genesee, and has since been a resident of this town. In politics, an old-time Whig; Mr. Sugden, since the organization of the Republican party, has been one of its most, steadfast and loyal members; he was appointed Notary Public by Gov. Nelson Dewey, in 1849, and has held the office under every succeeding Governor; also represented his district in the Second Wisconsin Legislature in 1849, in 1853, and again in 1857; has been Chairman of his town six or seven consecutive years, and held many minor offices in Eagle and Genesee. Mr. and Mrs. Sugden have three living children – Elizabeth (now Mrs. Hugh Jones, of Juneau Co., Wis.), and two sons, James and Thomas (both residents of Saline Co., Neb.). 1880 History of Waukesha Wisconsin