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hog in the face without feeling guilty of blushing. Tea and coffee were quite scarce articles, as well as sugar, and were not used freely, although a little was kept for company. The country was ransacked for substitutes. Even such ar- ticles as wheat, barley, peas, beans, dandelion roots, crust coffee and many other substitutes, were resorted to and decorated with the names of tea and coffee, but when you came to taste, especially without sugar, the fraud was too palpable and would not go down in spite of all assurances that the drink was very healthy indeed, far more so than the real articles, which, as everybody knows, are noto- riously injurious to the system. I drank water mostly in those days.
"The mail carrier had to do many errands for the settlers, buying for them in Green Bay such light articles as tea or tobacco, and he was therefore a very popular character with the settlers. But, after all, the greatest dependence in emergencies, and the one most practiced, was borrowing. Every family knew pretty accurately the condition of the neighbors' flour or pork barrel and supply of groceries. In case of sudden emergencies, some youngster was dispatched to the neighbor with compliments and the request of the loan of a cupful of tea or some sugar, a few pounds of pork or a panful or two of flour for a few days. Those few days were often protracted into weeks, but the borrower was seldom called upon to return the loan until the lender herself found her own provi- sions exhausted, when frequently both parties had to wait together for better times and more propitious skies.
"After the establishment of stores the practice became less general. Yet, in spite of these many privations, the settlers had many happy days. The posi- tions in which they were placed made them more dependent on one another than now, and they were consequently excellent neighbors and always ready to assist each other, whether for a raising or a logging bee; there was, I think, a greater cordiality. Often they would start in the morning, with the old sled drawn by the yoke of oxen, and visit a neighbor perhaps three or four miles away and make a day of it, returning in time to do the chores and the milking, after en- joying their visit far more than our fashionable calls are now enjoyed. At those visits, each party told all its news and talked over its plans for the future. Party politics were entirely ignored in those days and the offices were bestowed upon the best man. There was also an inexpressible charm about the deep soli- tudes of the smiling prairies, dotted with beautifully variegated flowers. Deli- cious wild strawberries were so plentiful in places that one could hardly take a step without crushing some. The country was a veritable paradise for those who were fond of shooting, and many times I have got in two or three hours as many prairie chickens and pigeons as I could carry ; so that the people of the house declared they would throw them away unless I would do my share of the picking. The fish and waterfowl were equally abundant.
"This county has now attained a large population and considerable wealth. The original one hundred and thirty-nine of 1840 have grown into more than 50,000 in 1875. The poor early settlers are now living either in affluence, or at least, in ease and comfort. Their days of hardships, privations and toil have passed away and they can now sit under their own vine and fig tree to enjoy the repose they have so richly earned. Wealth has increased at a greater ratio than population. Good dwellings have taken the place of the old log cabin, refinement has succeeded cramped poverty. Fine turn-outs and good roads
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have replaced the sled and the ox team and the Indian trail. Schoolhouses, some of them elegant structures, dot the land. This is as it should be and with you I rejoice that it is so. But are we not running from one extreme to an- other? Are we not living a little too fast? Are our cakes and pies and pud- dings, our ice creams and sweetmeats and dainty fare generally as conducive to health and bodily vigor as the coarser food of former days? Do we take sufficient bodily exercise? Vigorous exercise creates a vigorous appetite for strong, solid food; a lack of it leads to dyspepsia and pallid cheeks, to a want of desire for food; the appetite has to be coaxed with dainty delicacies and con- diments which are injurious to the system. Late hours aggravate the evil. Please think a little on these things; they deserve the consideration of all. Re- member that there is neither happiness nor beauty without health.
"I would especially say a word of advice to those who are tempted to run in debt for the acquisition of perishable articles of luxury. The day of reckon- ing must come and embitter the enjoyment. Debt, in itself an evil under any circumstances, is only tolerable when contracted for purposes of legitimate production, the acquirement of imperishable real estate or articles of necessity, never for the gratification of luxurious living or ostentation. Better wait a year or two and get what you wish when you have the money to pay with.
"The periodical recurrence of commercial revulsions is always traceable, in a greater or lesser degree, to the prevalence of extravagant living and display and consequent debt in the community. Failures are simply impossibilities with those who owe nothing. A man who is largely in debt is like Damocles with a sword suspended by a thread over his head. He does not know when the sword is coming down; he is in constant dread and consequently cannot be happy. Micawber is right; let us live within our means and display nothing but what is our own-what we have paid for.
"A little reflection will enable you to understand how slow the improvement of the county must have been in the early times of its settlement. Nature had done much, it is true ; the climate was healthful, although the winters were cold, the soil was as fertile as could be wished, prairies were inviting and only re- quired to be turned over to produce abundantly ; but everything had to be done, and there was not even a blacksmith shop or a mill within twenty miles. We frequently ground wheat, or parched corn in our coffee mills, If an ax or hoe was lost or broken we had to procure others from Green Bay, sixty miles dis- tant, a journey of three or four days on horseback, the roads being impassable for wagons on account of the deep mud holes; nor do I think that there was a single lumber wagon in the settlement or a good span of horses. Hauling was mostly done with oxen with a sled or a cart.
"Our mails were brought to us on the back of an Indian pony every Friday evening. John Bannister was the postmaster at the old Fond du Lac log house. On that day I usually left my place about five o'clock in the afternoon and walked down six miles to get my mail. But I never went without my dog and my trusty double barrel. Sometimes on my return, between ten and eleven at night, it was so dark that I could not see my way. I had to feel the old Indian trail, which was worn some six inches below the adjoining level, and if I stepped out of that trail I knew it instantly. I occasionally saw glaring eyes apparently looking at me as I walked along, but was never attacked.
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"The mail carrier was a French boy of seventeen or eighteen, called Nar- cisse Baudoin. Upon one occasion, having left the mail bag with Mr. Ban- nister, he jumped on his pony to go and spend the night as usual with Laborde, three miles distant. When about half a mile from the house, he was suddenly attacked by a pack of wolves, which bit his nag very badly as well as his own legs, and did not relinquish their purpose until he reached the house and people came to his help with lights. If he had had much farther to go, he would have been inevitably devoured by the ferocious brutes.
"Improvement, I repeat, was slow. How could it be otherwise? How far could fifty pairs of arms go toward improving this great county or developing its resources ? You need not be told that all improvements are the results of human labor and capital. The labor means men to perform it, and they were not here; the capital, if we except a few tools, house furniture and provisions, was totally wanting. There was not a man who could show $200 in cash, and very few who had even $10. That was the time of wild-cat money. The banks of Michigan had all failed or suspended. There was one bank at Mineral Point which was good. There was also one bank at Green Bay, called the Bank of Wisconsin. In January, 1840, the cashier and teller took the assets of the bank and started in a double sleigh for Detroit. They were pursued and overtaken by some Green Bay people, and surrendered some of the wild-cat money, but it did not make much difference, for the money was good for nothing. Probably what the Waupun man took along with him was better money."
CHAPTER IV
OFFICIALS
MEN WHO GOVERNED THE COUNTY-FIRST BOARD NAMED COMMISSIONERS-LIST OF OFFICIALS FROM 1839 TO 1912
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
1839, 1840, 1841-Reuben Simmons, John Bannister, Edward Pier. 1842-George White, Edward Pier, Alonzo Raymond.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
1842
Fond du Lac, Henry Conklin; Calumet, George White.
1843
Fond du Lac, Edward Pier ; Calumet, John J. Driggs.
1844
Fond du Lac, Edward Pier; Calumet, George White.
1845
Fond du Lac, Edward Pier; Calumet, Rufus P. Eaton; Waupun, Frederick F. Davis; Ceresco, Lester Rounds.
1846
Fond du Lac, Edward Pier; Ceresco, Lester Rounds; Metomen, Almon Os- born; Rosendale, Samuel Sanborn; Lime, Edward Sykes; Byron, William Stewart; Waupun, Daniel B. Whiting.
1847
Fond du Lac, Edward Pier ; Calumet, George White; Byron, William Stew- art; Oakfield, Harvey Buell; Forest, Henry C. Giltner; Seven Mile Creek, A. C. Everest ; Auburn, John H. Adams; Rosendale, Samuel Sanborn; Alto, Milton Tolcott; Waupun, T. C. Snow; Taycheedah, George D. Ruggles.
1848
Fond du Lac, Edward Pier ; Auburn, R. F. Adams; Rosendale, Samuel San- born; Oakfield, Charles Willard; Calumet, George White; Alto, Milton Tol-
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cott ; Waupun, T. C. Snow ; Byron, William Stewart; Taycheedah, G. D. Rug- gles ; Seven Mile Creek, A. C. Everest.
1849
Fond du Lac, Selim Newton ; Calumet, George White; Taycheedah, Charles Doty; Forest, H. C. Giltner; Auburn, James M. Adams; Eden, Peter Vander- voort ; Byron, William Stewart; Oakfield, James Patterson; Lamartine, Peter V. Sang; Rosendale, Jonathan Dougherty; Ceresco, D. P. Mapes; Springvale, Warren Whiting; Metomen, H. C. Eggleston; Alto, Samuel A. Carpenter ; Waupun, Moses Campbell; Eldorado, M. S. Barnett. The board was largely increased and changed somewhat by the elections in newly organized towns and at the last meeting of the year was composed of the following: Fond du Lac, J. C. Lewis; Lamartine, P. V. Sang; Rosendale, Jerome Yates; Byron, Wil- liam Stewart; Auburn, Thomas S. Wilcox; Chili, D. D. Wilcox; Eden, P. Van- dervoort ; Taycheedah, George W. Elliott; Oakfield, W. I. Ripley; Springvale, Warren Whiting; Friendship, H. W. Bruce; Ceresco, William Starr; Waupun, Moses Campbell; Calumet, R. P. Eaton; Forest, Joseph Wagner; Metomen, Peter Wilsey; Alto, Henry Boardman.
1850
Fond du Lac, Edwin Flint; Taycheedah, Francis S. Crons; Forest, Joseph Wagner; Auburn, Thomas S. Wilcox; Eden, Joseph Lawler; Ashford, D. D. Wilcox; Byron, William Stewart; Calumet, George White; Friendship, H. W. Bruce ; Eldorado, L. M. Dunham ; Rosendale, C. F. Hammond; Metomen, Rob- ert Jenkinson; Springvale, Warren Whiting; Ceresco, William Starr ; Waupun, Samuel K. Vaughn; Lamartine, Fayette S. Brown; Oakfield, James Patterson ; Alto, Daniel Wilcox.
1851
Fond du Lac, Isaac Brown; Ashford, Seth G. Pickett; Auburn, Thomas S. Wilcox; Alto, Henry Boardman; Waupun, N. M. Donaldson; Oakfield, James Patterson; Byron, Daniel C. Brooks; Eden, Joseph Lawler; Osceola, J. W. Whitney ; Metomen, C. P. Dunning ; Springvale, Henry I. Ackerman ; Lamartine, Andrew Smith; Empire, John Y. Westervelt; Forest, Joseph Wagner ; Ceresco, Warren Chase; Rosendale, C. F. Hammond; Eldorado, L. M. Dunham; Friend- ship, Miner Wilson; Taycheedah, John Islett.
1852
Fond du Lac, city, north ward, E. H. Galloway; south ward, W. H. Hiner ; Fond du Lac town, Edward Pier ; Friendship, Brigham Payne; Eldorado, N. S. Thompson; Rosendale, C. F. Hammond; Ceresco, E. A. Newton; Metomen, George W. Parker; Alto, James McElroy ; Waupun, N. M. Donaldson; Spring- vale, A. C. Whiting ; Lamartine, F. S. Brown; Oakfield, Oscar Hurlbut ; Byron, D. C. Brooks; Eden, William Stewart; Empire, J. Y. Westervelt; Ashford, Henry Crownhart ; Auburn, C. D. Gage; Osceola, C. W. Prescott ; Forest, Joseph Wagner; Taycheedah, Charles Geisse; Calumet, Augustus Hugssen.
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1853
Fond du Lac, north ward, Jerod Chapel; south ward, John Nichols; Fond du Lac, town, Edward Pier; Ashford, Peter Johnson; Auburn, William Pool; Alto, William Brisbane; Waupun, N. M. Donaldson; Oakfield, O. Hurlbut; Byron, Henry Conklin; Eden, Aaron Walters; Osceola, John Beeson ; Metomen, G. W. Parker; Springvale, A. C. Whiting; Empire, J. E. Fisher ; Forest, Joseph Wagner; Ceresco, T. B. Robbins; Rosendale, G. D. Curtis; Eldorado, B. F. Hatch; Friendship, A. Henning; Taycheedah, Charles Geisse; Calumet, W. R. Tallmadge; Lamartine, P. V. Sang.
1854
Fond du Lac, first ward, Isaac Brown; second ward, J. M. Taylor; third ward, G. W. Sexsmith; Fond du Lac town, S. N. Hawes; Ashford, Peter John- son; Auburn, William Pool; Alto, R. M. Harwood; Waupun, Daniel Wilcox ; Oakfield, H. D. Hitt; Byron, Henry Conklin; Eden, Aaron Walters; Osceola, S. L. Marston; Metomen, William Plocker; Sringvale, A. C. Whiting; La- martine, R. R. Crowe; Empire, John Berry; Forest, Joseph Wagner ; Ceresco, A. B. Beardsley ; Rosendale, Bertine Pinckney; Eldorado, B. F. Hatch; Friend- ship, John Stoddard; Taycheedah, O. R. Potter; Calumet, John Boyd.
1855
Fond du Lac, first ward, Henry Conklin ; second, D. E. Hoskins ; third, J. M. Taylor; fourth, George W. Sexsmith ; fifth, E. Delany ; Fond du Lac town, S. A. Chase; Ashford, Jacob Haessly; Auburn, William Chapman; Alto, Rufus M. Harwood; Waupun, N. M. Donaldson; Oakfield, H. D. Hitt; Byron, C. B. Brown ; Eden, A. Walters; Osceola, S. L. Marston; Metomen, A. F. Bush ; Em- pire, John Berry; Forest, Joseph Wagner ; Ceresco, A. B. Beardsley ; Rosendale, Clinton Matteson; Eldorado, P. Macken; Friendship, John Stoddard; Taychee- dah, O. R. Potter; Calumet, John Boyd; Springvale, W. B. Disbrow; Lamar- tine, E. B. Lyman.
1856
Fond du Lac, first ward, H. Conklin; second, John B. Wilbor; third, J. M. Taylor; fourth, T. S. Henry ; fifth, E. Delany ; Fond du Lac town, S. A. Chase ; Ashford, Jacob Haessley ; Auburn, H. Parsons; Alto, R. M. Harwood; Wau- pun, Joel Savage ; Oakfield, H. D. Hitt ; Byron, Franklin Nye; Eden, A. Walters ; Osceola, E. C. Airhart ; Metomen, William Plocker; Springvale, W. B. Disbrow ; Lamartine, F. S. Brown; Empire, A. T. Germond; Forest, S. K. Barnes ; Ceres- co, D. P. Mapes; Rosendale, Clinton Matteson; Eldorado, P. Macken; Friend- ship, John Stoddard; Taycheedah, T. Magnussen; Marshfield, Joseph Wagner ; Calumet, John Boyd.
1857
Fond du Lac, first ward, K. A. Darling; second, J. B. Wilbor ; third, C. A. Rider; fourth, George Williams; fifth, E. Delany; Auburn, C. D. Gage; Ash- ford, Peter Johnson; Eden, A. Walters; Osceola, William Mitchell; Byron, Franklin Nye; Friendship, Charles Carberry ; Fond du Lac, S. A. Chase; La-
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martine, F. S. Brown; Eldorado, P. Macken ; Oakfield, Orin Hatch; Springvale, H. N. Jewett ; Rosendale, H. W. Wolcott; Waupun, John Savage; Waupun vil- lage, A. H. Rounsville ; Alto, O. L. Olmstead; Ripon, A. Thomas ; Metomen, William Plocker; Empire, A. T. Germond; Forest, S. K. Barnes; Taycheedah, Charles Geisse ; Marshfield. J. Wagner; Calumet, John Boyd.
1858
Fond du Lac, first ward, E. A. Brown; second, Edward S. Bragg; third, J. M. Taylor : fourth, John Maginnis; fifth, L. Canfield; Fond du Lac town, J. Goss : Friendship, John Stoddard; Auburn, Delos Wilcox; Ashford, John A. . Hendricks: Eden, A. Walters; Osceola, Asher Armstrong; Byron, F. Nye ; Calumet, John Boyd ; Empire, A. T. Germond; Forest, J. W. Hall; Taychce- dah, Charles Geisse; Marshfield, H. C. Giltner; Lamartine, F. S. Brown; El- dorado, P. Macken ; Springvale, W. B. Disbrow ; Oakfield, T. Conklin ; Waupun, B. H. Bettis ; Waupun village, A. H. Rounsville ; Alto, R. M. Harwood ; Meto- men, William Plocker; Rosendale, J. W. Sanders; Ripon town, A. Thomas ; Ripon city, first ward, William Starr; second, Lyman Town.
1859
. Fond du Lac, first ward, J. H. Hayford; second, E. S. Bragg ; third, T. W. Dec: fourth, George Williams; Fifth, C. R. Harrison; Fond du Lac town, G. K. Stanchfield; Friendship, John Stoddard; Auburn, William Pool; Ash- ford, A. Dierenger ; Byron, J. M. Adams; Eden, A. Walters; Osceola, C. W. Prescott; Empire, A. T. Germond; Forest, John Tracey ; Marshfield, Joseph Wagner; Calumet, John Boyd; Taycheedah, Charles Geisse; Lamartine, F. S. Brown ; Eldorado, P. Macken ; Springvale. W. B. Disbrow ; Oakfield, O. Hatch ; Waupun town, B. H. Bettis; Waupun village, A. H. Rounsville; Alto, J. Mc- Elroy ; Metomen, William Plocker; Rosendale, J. W. Sanders; Ripon town, A. Thomas; Ripon city, first ward, H. S. Town; second, H. T. Henton.
1860
Fond du Lac, first ward, Edward Beeson ; second, E. S. Bragg ; third, G. W. Sawyer ; fourth, R. A. Baker ; fifth, C. R. Harrison; Fond du Lac town, G. K. Stanchfield; Friendship, John Stoddard; Auburn, Charles D. Gage; Ashford, A. Dierenger ; Byron, N. C. Lewis; Eden, A. Walters; Rosendale, C. Matteson ; Empire. A. T. Germond; Forest, John Tracy ; Marshfield, J. Wagner ; Calumet, John Boyd; Taycheedah, Charles Geisse : Lamartine, W. S. Warner ; Eldorado, P. Crane ; Springvale, George F. Wheeler ; Oakfield, O. Hatch; Waupun town, B. H. Bettis; Waupun village, C. B. Whitton; Alto, J. McElroy ; Metomen, A. Osborn ; Rosendale, S. Fordice; Ripon town, A. Thomas; Ripon city, first ward, W. Kingsbury ; second, H. T. Henton.
1861
Fond du Lac, first ward, W. D. Sherwood; second, Peter Rupp; third, B. F. Moore; fourth, R. A. Baker; fifth, M. Lockwood; Fond du Lac town, S. A. Chase; Friendship, Charles Carberry ; Auburn, C. D. Gage ; Marshfield, Joseph Wagner; Byron, C. P. Phelps; Eden, A. Walters; Osceola, C. W. Prescott ; Empire, John Meiklejohn; Forest, J. W. Hall; Calumet. John Boyd; Taychee-
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MAIN STREET, FOND DU LAC, IN THE EARLY SIXTIES, LOOKING NORTH FROM FOREST AVENUE
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dah, B. F. Smith ; Lamartine, W. S. Warner; Eldorado, L. M. Dunham ; Spring- vale, Warren Whiting; Oakfield, B. R. Harrington; Waupun town, Joseph Fairbanks; Waupun village, T. W. Markle; Alto, A. J. Mattoon; Metomen, William Plocker ; Rosendale, Stanton Fordice ; Ripon town, T. B. Robbins ; Ripon city, second ward, J. McCord.
At the election in November, 1861, the form and manner of the county government was changed, at which time a supervisor was elected for each of the five assembly districts. The result was as follows:
1862-63
Henry C. Bottum, first district; R. M. Harwood, second ; B. F. Moore, third ; John Berry, fourth; S, L. Marston, fifth.
1864-65.
I. N. Woodruff, first district ; Dr. Elliott Brown, second; B. F. Moore, third; Joseph Wagner, fourth; W. H. Metcalf and N. Filby, fifth.
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Henry Wright, first district; William Thompson, second; E. H. Galloway, third ; John Boyd, fourth; Aaron Walters, fifth.
Before the election in the fall of 1866, the county was divided into six dis- tricts instead of five. A supervisor at large was added, increasing the county board to seven members and one half the members were elected every year. Under this plan the county board was composed of the following members :
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Gustave de Neven, at large; Henry Wright, first district; William Thomp- son, second; James Ewen, third; E. H. Galloway, fourth; A. Walters, fifth; J. E. Meiklejohn, sixth.
1868
Gustave de Neven, at large; A. M. Skeels, first district; B. H. Bettis, sec- ond; James Ewen, third; E. H. Galloway, fourth; A. Walters, fifth; Joseph Wagner, sixth.
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E. H. Galloway, at large; A. M. Skeels, First district; B. H. Bettis, second ; Hannibal Woodworth, third; U. D. Mihills, fourth; Aaron Walters, fifth; J. Wagner, sixth.
1870
E. H. Galloway, at large; A. M. Skeels, first district; A. J. Yorty, second ; Hannibal Woodworth, third; S. A. Chase, fourth; A. Walters, fifth; Joseph Wagner, sixth.
The county board was at this time changed back to the "town principle" of representation, the first election being held in April, 1870, and has since continued in that form. The different boards have been as follows :
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1870
Fond du Lac, first ward, H. Shattuck; second, C. L. Alling; third, H. P. Brown; fourth, William Rueping; fifth, U. D. Mihills; Ashford, Jacob Haes- sly : Auburn, J. P. Post : Alto, H. C. Williams ; Waupun, Warren Whiting ; Oak- field, E. A. Putnam; Byron, D. D. Treleven ; Eden, Henry Hayes; Osceola, Dabiel Cavanagh; Metomen John Wormwood; Springvale, S. Wilkinson; La- martine, E. P. Hall; Fond du Lac, G. K. Stanchfield; Empire, A. T. Germond ; Forest, J. W. Hall; Ripon, A. A. Loper ; Rosendale, J. W. Sanders ; Eldorado, C. W. Frederick, Friendship, J. Kinsman; Taycheedah, B. F. O'Laughlin ; Marshfield, J. Wagner; Calumet, Thomas Boyd; Ripon city, first ward, Wil- liam Workman; second, J. J. Foote; Waupun, north ward, T. W. Markle.
1871
Fond du Lac, first ward, William Koehne; second, C. L. Alling; third, H. P. Brown; fourth, S. A. Chase ; fifth, O. C. Bissell; Alto, James McElroy ; Ashford, Peter Johnson ; Auburn, J. V. Harter; Byron, D. D. Treleven ; Calu- met, C. Thuerwachter ; Eldorado, C. W. Frederick; Eden, N. Klotz ; Empire, A. T. Germond; Forest, J. W. Hall; Friendship, J. Kinsman; Fond du Lac, D. C. Lamb; Lamartine, E. P. Hall; Metomen, A. J. Yorty ; Marshfield, J. Wagner; Osceola, D. Cavanagh ; Oakfield, V. E. Galloway ; Ripon, A. A. Loper ; Rosendale E. C. Stewart ; Springvale, S. Wilkinson ; Taycheedah, B. F. O'Laugh- lin; Waupun, Warren Whiting; Ripon city, first ward, S. Sumner; second, J. Dobbs, Jr .; Waupun, north ward, T. W. Markle.
1872
Fond du Lac, first ward, William Koehne; second, C. F. Kalk; third, S. W. Edson; fourth, C. L. Encking; fifth, Nathan Parker; Alto, G. H. Downey ; Ashford, Peter Johnson; Auburn, Andrew Dierenger; Waupun, Warren Whit- ing ; Oakfield, N. Filby; Byron, John Bell; Eden, N. Klotz; Osceola, D. Cav- anagh; Metomen, R. C. Kelley; Springvale, S. Wilkinson; Lamartine, E. P. Hall; Fond du Lac, H. Van Allen ; Empire, A. T. Germond ; Forest, J. W. Hall; Ripon, A. A. Loper ; Rosendale, H. C. Bottum; Eldorado, James Lewis ; Friend- ship, Hector Munroe; Taycheedah, B. F. O'Laughlin; Marshfield, J. Wagner ; Calumet, Lambert Brost ; Ripon, first ward, William Workman; second, H. S. Town; Waupun, north ward, T. W. Markle.
1873
Fond du Lac, first ward, L. R. Lewis; second, C. F. Kalk; third, M. W. Simmons; fourth, C. A. Galloway ; fifth, N. Parker; Ashford, Michael Serwe; Auburn, A. Dierenger ; Alto, G. H. Downey; Waupun, Joseph Fairbanks ; Oak- field, E. A. Putnam; Byron, John Bell; Eden, Ignatius Klotz; Osceola, D. Cavanagh; Metomen, John Wormwood; Springvale, T. K. Gillet ; Lamartine, A. A. Johnson; Fond du Lac, D. C. Lamb; Empire, A. T. Germond ; Forest, J. W. Hall; Ripon, A. A. Loper; Rosendale, H. C. Bottum; Eldorado, James Lewis; Friendship, Hector Munroe; Taycheedah, B. F. O'Laughlin; Marsh- field, J. Wagner ; Calumet, Lambert Brost; Ripon, first ward, George E. Suther- land ; second, J. Dobbs ; Waupun, north ward, J. W. Oliver.
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Fond du Lac, first ward, T. F. Mayham ; second, C. L. Alling ; third, M. W. Simmons; fourth, S. A. Chase; fifth, John Gill; Ashford, John A. Hendricks ; Auburn, C. Oeder ; Alto, G. H. Downey; Waupun, Warren Whiting; Oakfield, E. A. Putnam; Byron, John Bell; Eden, I. Klotz; Osceola, D. Cavanagh; Meto- men, John Wormwood; Springvale, T. K. Gillet; Lamartine, A. A. Johnson; Fond du Lac, D. C. Lamb; Empire, John Meiklejohn; Forest, J. W. Hall; Ripon, A. A. Loper ; Rosendale, H. C. Bottum; Eldorado, C. W. Frederick ; Friendship, Charles Carberry; Taycheedah, Michael Wirtz; Calumet, Lambert Brost; Marshfield, William Wolf; Waupun, north ward, T. W. Markle; Ripon, first ward, J. Bowen; second, J. Dobbs.
1875
Fond du Lac, first ward, J. F. M. Gaertner ; second, C. L. Alling ; third, John Spence; fourth, C. L. Encking; fifth, O. C. Bissell; sixth, Leroy Graves; seventh, A. Habermann; eighth, O. Hatch; Ashford, Michael Thelen; Auburn, C. Oeder; Alto, G. H. Downey; Waupun, L. H. Hills; Oakfield, A. A. Swan; Byron, John Bell ; Eden, I. Klotz ; Osceola, D. Cavanagh ; Metomen, John Worm- wood; Springvale, F. M. Wheeler; Lamartine, P. Greening; Empire, John Meiklejohn; Forest, Peter Loehr; Ripon, E. P. West; Rosendale, H. C. Bot- tum; Eldorado, C. W. Frederick; Friendship, Joseph Kinsman; Taycheedah, Michael Wirtz; Calumet, Lambert Brost; Marshfield, Richard Schrage; Wau- pun, north ward, T. W. Markle; Ripon, first ward, E. L. Northrup; second, J. Dobbs.
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