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1905
Fond du Lac, first ward, H. Manowski; second, F. Pratt; third, A. T. Curtis ; fourth, N. Tice; fifth, J. W. Schleyer; sixth, A. Jens; seventh, H. Rosenkranz ; eighth, C. Freiberg; ninth, G. A. Boulay; tenth, P. D. Rogers; eleventh, F. W. Dequine; twelfth, F. S. Chandler; thirteenth, M. M. Finnegan; fourteenth, J. Annen ; fifteenth, Murt Malone; sixteenth, A. Engel; Alto, J. W. Kastein; Ash- ford, James E. Ward; Auburn, Peter Schrooten; Byron, M. Costello; Calumet, Joseph Halbach ; Eden, Timothy Hardgrove; Eldorado, Edward Murray ; Empire, H. D. Vinton; Fond du Lac, S. B. Stanchfield; Forest, John Diedrich; Friend-
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ship, James McGray; Lamartine, G. F. Brown; Marshfield, John A. Wirth; Metomen, Benjamin Patchett (Lewis Kenyon, resigned) ; Oakfield, G. W. Worth- ing : Osceola, P. W. Gallagher; Ripon, William Rieman; Rosendale, John W. Scribner; Springvale, Frank Brinkerhoff; Taycheedah, John Cody; Waupun, Heman Eells; Ripon, first ward, R. A. Wallner; second, J. W. Hall; third, J. J. Dillon ; fourth, John Grant ; Waupun, fifth ward, O. A. Morse; sixth, J. Murray ; Brandon, H. L. Brown; Campbellsport, Ignatius Klotz; North Fond du Lac, E. F. Calvey ; Oakfield village, T. E. Worthing.
1906
Fond du Lac, first ward, Charles Datschefski; second, Felix Pratt; third, A. B. Schuhardt ; fourth, Nelson Tice; fifth, Jacob Brenner ; sixth, Albert Jens ; seventh, J. G. Dick; eighth, C. F. Freiberg; ninth, J. T. O'Halloran; tenth, P. D. Rogers; eleventh, F. W. Dequine; twelfth, F. S. Chandler; thirteenth, E. P. Fitzgerald; fourteenth, W. W. Breister; fifteenth, Murt Malone; sixteenth, Jacob Freidel; Alto, Edward Bruins; Ashford, James E. Ward; Auburn, Peter Schrooten; Byron, M. S. Bannister; Calumet, Joseph Halbach; Eden, Timothy Hardgrove; Eldorado, Elias Davies; Empire, H. D. Vinton; Fond du Lac, E. S. Dunham; Forest, John Diedrich; Friendship, James McGray; Lamartine, G. F. Brown; Marshfield, John A. Wirth; Metomen, George Stelter; Oakfield, F. B. Lurvey; Osceola, John Burns; Ripon, William Rieman; Rosendale, John W. Scribner ; Springvale, Frank Brinkerhoff; Taycheedah, John Cody; Waupun, Heman Eells; Brandon, A. Pallister; Campbellsport, Ignatius Klotz; North Fond du Lac, E. F. Calvey ; Oakfield village, T. E. Worthing ; Ripon, first ward, Richard A. Wallner; second, Frederick G. Lueck; third, John J. Dillon; fourth, John Grant; Waupun, fifth ward, O. A. Morse; sixth, James Murray.
1907
Fond du Lac, first ward, Robert Remus; second, Silas H. Cole; third, George Wohlwender; fourth, Nelson Tice; fifth, Jacob Brenner; sixth, Albert Jens ; seventh, John G. Dick; eighth, Charles F. Freiberg; ninth, E. A. Hanks; tenth, Charles E. Cleveland; eleventh, F. W. Dequine; twelfth, Fred S. Chandler ; thirteenth, John Mensch; fourteenth, W. W. Breister; fifteenth, Henry Roll; sixteenth, J. J. Breister ; Alto, Edward Bruins; Ashford, William Berg; Auburn, Peter Schrooten; Byron, M. S. Bannister; Calumet, Joseph Halbach and George Rupp; Eden, Timothy Hardgrove; Eldorado, Elias Davies ; Empire, W. C. Ray ; Fond du Lac, E. S. Dunham; Forest, John Diedrich; Friendship, Ed Bellmer ; Lamartine, S. E. McCumber; Marshfield, John A. Wirth; Metomen, John Stelter ; Oakfield, F. B. Lurvey; Osceola, John Burns; Ripon, William Rieman ; Rosendale, George W. Scribner; Springvale, T. J. Madigan; Taycheedah, John C. Cody ; Waupun, Heman Eells ; Brandon, A. Pallister ; Campbellsport, Ignatius Klotz; North Fond du Lac, E. F. Calvey and C. L. Carberry ; Oakfield village, T. E. Worthing; Ripon, first ward, George Goodell; second, Herman C. Eversz ; third, Hugo Schultz; fourth, John Grant; Waupun, fifth ward, O. A. Morse; sixth, James Murray.
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1908
Fond du Lac, first ward, Otto A. Gabel; second, Thomas Thompson; third, George Bayer; fourth, Nelson Tice; fifth, Jacob Brenner; sixth, Albert Jens ; seventh, J. G. Dick; eighth, Charles F. Freiberg; ninth, E. A. Hanks; tenth, George B. McKnight; eleventh Fred W. Dequine; twelfth, Fred S. Chandler ; thirteenth, John W. Mensch; fourteenth, Jacob H. Wickert; fifteenth, Edward Blaesius; sixteenth, Louis Schlicher; Alto, Edward Bruins; Ashford, William Berg; Auburn, Peter Schrooten; Byron, M. S. Bannister ; Calumet, George Rupp; Eden, Martin Kaeding; Eldorado, Elias Davies; Empire, W. C. Ray ; Fond du Lac, E. S. Dunham ; Forest, Peter Loehr ; Friendship, Edward Bellmer ; Lamartine, S. E. McCumber; Marshfield, John A. Wirth; Metomen, E. B. Carter ; Oak- field, F. B. Lurvey ; Osceola, John Burns; Ripon, William Rieman; Rosendale, George Hyde; Springvale, T. J. Madigan; Taycheedah, John C. Cody ; Waupun, Frank H. Chase ; Brandon, A. Pallister ; Campbellsport, J. F. Norton ; North Fond du Lac, C. L. Carberry ; Oakfield village, T. E. Worthing; Ripon, first ward, George Goodell; second, Herman C. Mueller ; third, Hugo Schultz; fourth, John Grant ; Waupun, fifth ward, O. A. Morse; sixth, James Murray.
1909
Fond du Lac, first ward, Medor J. Commo; second, John A. Steen; third, Gail McKibbin; fourth, N. Tice; fifth, Jacob Brenner ; sixth, Albert Jens ; seventh, J. G. Dick; eighth, Charles F. Freiberg; ninth, Jacob Grebe; tenth, George B. McKnight; eleventh, Fred W. Dequine; twelfth, Fred S. Chandler ; thirteenth, John W. Mensch; fourteenth, Jacob H. Wickert; fifteenth, Edward Blaesius ; sixteenth, Louis Schlicher; Alto, Edward Bruins; Ashford, William Berg; Au- burn, Peter Schrooten; Byron, M. S. Bannister; Calumet, George Rupp; Eden, Martin Kaeding; Eldorado, Edward Murray; Empire, W. C. Ray; Fond du Lac, E. S. Dunham; Forest, Peter Loehr; Friendship, Joseph Carberry ; Lamar- tine, S. E. McCumber ; Marshfield, John A. Wirth; Metomen, George Stelter ; Oakfield, F. B. Lurvey; Osceola, John Burns; Ripon, William Reiman; Rosen- dale, George Hyde; Springvale, T. J. Madigan; Taycheedah, John C. Cody ; Waupun, Heman Eells; Brandon, A. H. Hobbs; Campbellsport, J. F. Norton ; North Fond du Lac, C. L. Carberry ; Oakfield village, T. E. Worthing; St. Cloud village, Anton Dreifeurts; Ripon, first ward, George Goodell; second, Herman C. Mueller ; third, Hugo Schultz; fourth, John Grant; Waupun, fifth ward, F. F. Zimmerman ; sixth, James Murray.
19IO
Fond du Lac, first ward, Medor J. Commo; second, Gilbert Suprenand, Jr .; third, Gail McKibbin; fourth, N. Tice; fifth, Arthur Schuessler; sixth, Albert Jens; seventh, John W. Rosenbaum; eighth, Charles F. Freiberg; ninth, Bert- hold J. Husting ; tenth, George B. McKnight ; eleventh, Fred W. Dequine ; twelfth, Fred S. Chandler; thirteenth, Matthew Zehren; fourteenth, Jacob H. Wickert; fifteenth, August Kuehn; sixteenth, Matt Schmitz; Alto, Edward Bruins; Ash- ford, Thomas L. Johnson; Auburn, Peter Schrooten; Byron, M. Costello; Calu- met, George Rupp; Eden, Martin Kaeding; Eldorado, Louis Schwertfeger ; Empire, W. C. Ray ; Fond du Lac, E. S. Dunham ; Forest, Peter Loehr ; Friend-
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ship, Joseph Carberry ; Lamartine, S. E. McCumber ; Marshfield, John A. Wirth ; Metomen, H. C. Wilke (in place of E. B. Carter deceased) ; Oakfield, F. B. Lurvey ; Osceola, John Burns ; Ripon, John Sullivan ; Rosendale, George Hyde ; Springvale, T. J. Madigan; Taycheedah, John C. Cody ; Waupun, Heman Eells ; Brandon, James Irwin; Campbellsport, J. F. Norton; North Fond du Lac, C. L. Carberry ; Oakfield village, T. E. Worthing ; St. Cloud village, Anton Dreifeurst ; Ripon, first ward, George Goodell; second, Herman C. Mueller; third, Peter Volkerts (in place of Hugo Schultz resigned) ; fourth, John Grant; Waupun, fifth ward, F. F. Zimmerman; sixth, James Murray.
I9II
Fond du Lac, first ward, Medor J. Commo; second, Gilbert Suprenand, Jr .; third, Gail McKibbin; fourth, N. Tice; fifth, Arthur Schuessler; sixth, Albert Jens; seventh, John W. Rosenbaum; eighth, Charles F. Freiberg; ninth, Bert- hold J. Husting ; tenth, George B. McKnight ; eleventh, Fred W. Dequine ; twelfth, Fred S. Chandler ; thirteenth, Matthew Zehren; fourteenth, Jacob H. Wickert; fifteenth, Edward Blaesius; sixteenth, Matt Schmitz; Alto, Edward Bruins; Ashford, Thomas L. Johnson; Auburn, Peter Schrooten; Byron, M. Costello; Calumet, George Rupp; Eden, Martin Kaeding; Eldorado, Louis Schwertfeger ; Empire, John Reilly ; Fond du Lac, E. S. Dunham ; Forest, Peter Loehr ; Friend- ship, Joseph Carberry ; Lamartine, S. E. McCumber ; Marshfield, Anton Petrie; Metomen, H. A. Wilke; Oakfield, F. B. Lurvey; Osceola, John Burns; Ripon, John Sullivan; Rosendale, George Hyde; Springvale, T. J. Madigan; Taychee- dah, John C. Cody; Waupun, W. F. Whiting; Brandon, James Irwin; Camp- bellsport, J. F. Naughton; North Fond du Lac, M. T. Blewett ; Oakfield, T. E. Worthing; St. Cloud, Anton Dreifuerst; Ripon, first ward, George Goodell; sec- ond, Herman C. Mueller ; third, Peter Volkerts; fourth, John Grant; Waupun, fifth ward, F. F. Zimmerman; sixth, James Murray.
1912
Fond du Lac, first ward, Medor J. Commo; second, Gilbert Suprenand, Jr .; third, Gail McKibbin; fourth, N. Tice; fifth, Arthur Schuessler; sixth, Albert Jens ; seventh, John W. Rosenbaum; eighth, Charles F. Freiberg; ninth, Bert- hold J. Husting; tenth, George B. McKnight; eleventh, Fred W. Dequine; twelfth, Fred S. Chandler; thirteenth, Matthew Zehren; fourteenth, Jacob H. Wickert; fifteenth, Edward Blaesius; sixteenth, Matt Schmitz; Alto, Edward Bruins; Ashford, Thomas L. Johnson; Auburn, Peter Schrooten; Byron, M. S. Bannister ; Calumet, Anton Moersch; Eden, Martin Kaeding; Eldorado, Louis Schwertfeger ; Empire, John Reilly ; Fond du Lac, E. S. Dunham; Forest, Peter Loehr; Friendship, Joseph Carberry ; Lamartine, S. E. McCumber ; Marshfield, Anton Petrie; Metomen, H. A. Wilke; Oakfield, F. B. Lurvey; Osceola, John Burns ; Ripon, O. C. Turner ; Rosendale, George Hyde; Springvale, T. J. Madi- gan; Taycheedah, John C. Cody; Waupun, W. F. Whiting; Brandon, James Irwin ; Campbellsport, J. F. Naughton; North Fond du Lac, W. C. Pierce ; Oak- field, T. E. Worthing; St. Cloud, Anton Dreifeurst; Ripon, first ward, George Goodell; second, C. E. Flowers; third, Peter Volkerts; fourth, John Grant; Waupun, fifth ward, F. F. Zimmerman; sixth, James Murray; Eden village, R. E. Salter.
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COUNTY CLERK
1848-Eli Hooker. 1850-C. J. Allen.
1852-A. W. Paine. 1854-A. A. Armstrong. 1856-C. F. Kalk.
1858-J. V. McCall. 1860-A. B. Cary.
1862-C. W. Prescott.
1866-C. H. De Groat. 1870-W. H. F. Smith. 1874-H. I. Davidson.
1876-E. Blewett. 1880-A. C. Jeleff.
1882 -- D. E. Whiting.
1884 ---- Mark Crain.
1890-Owen Ferguson.
1896-C. E. Atkins.
1898 A. Schussler.
1900-A. R. Wilkinson. .
1902 -- A. Schussler. 1904-A. R. Wilkinson.
COUNTY TREASURER
1848-K. Gillet. 1850-P. V. Sang. 1852-D. R. Curran. 1854-R. Jenkinson. 1856-A. J. Reid. 1858-J. B. Wilber. 1860-John Potter. I862-C. C. L. Webster. 1864-J. A. Smith. 1866-Thomas Bryant. 1870-E. Beeson. 1874-John W. Hall.
1876-J. C. Perry. 1878-L. Manderscheid. 1882-C. F. G. Wernicke. 1884-Louis Muenter. 1894-F. J. Rueping.
1896-David Thomas. 1898-H. R. Potter.
1900-A. C. Dallman.
1902-E. H. Lyons.
1906-John F. Carey. 1908-A. J. Pullen.
CLERK OF THE COURT
1848-Isaac Brown. 1850-Fayette S. Brown. 1852-J. J. Driggs. 1856-John C. Bishop. 1858-Edward Beaver. 1860-David Babcock. 1864-M. W. Simmons. 1866-George W. Carter. 1870-M. McKenna. 1876-James Russell.
1878-S. G. Leland. 1882-A. E. Richter. 1884-J. W. Watson. 1888-T. K. Gillet.
1892-J. L. Carberry. 1894-Henry Hayes. 1896-A. E. Leonard. 1900-D. O. Williams. 1904-C. A. Worthing. 1910-William F. Sealy.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
1848-S. S. N. Fuller. 1850-I. S. Tallmadge. 1852-W. H. Ebbets. 1854-E. S. Bragg.
1856-I. S. Tallmadge. 1858-A. W. Paine. 1860-James Coleman. 1864-George Perkins.
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DISTRICT ATTORNEY-CONTINUED
1870-George P. Knowles.
1898-M. K. Reilly.
1872-S. L. Brasted.
1900-R. L. Morse.
1876-N. S. Gilson.
1904-E. P. Worthing.
1878-J. J. Foote.
1906-Bonduel A. Husting.
1880-F. F. Duffy.
1908-F. W. Chadbourne.
1910-Bonduel A. Husting.
COUNTY JUDGE
1890-George Perkins.
1890-1912-A. E. Richter.
SHERIFF
1848-F. F. Davis.
1850-F. D. McCarty.
1852-Robert Jenkinson.
1854-Edward Beaver. 1856-G. W. Mitchell.
1880-John C. Pierron. 1882-Neil C. Bell. 1884-Fred Konz. 1886-W. E. Warren. 1888-Thomas Cale.
1858-Andrus Burnham.
1890-David Whitton. 1892-Peter Brucker.
1860-George F. Wheeler.
1862-J. L. D. Eycleshimer.
1894-George W. Watson.
1896-Simon Schafer. 1898-Charles W. Keys.
1900-B. Sheridan. 1902-T. G. Sullivan.
1904-J. C. Harcum.
1906-George P. Dana.
1908-Will J. Seeve. 1910-Charles H. Graham.
1848-H. W. Newton. 1850-J. S. Dalman. 1852 -- J. E. Tompkins. 1856-H. W. Newton 1858-James Fairbanks. 1860-Lathrop Ellis. 1866-J. DeVry. 1868-H. W. Newton. 1870-Joseph Haessly.
SURVEYOR
1874-J. W. Bowe. 1876-Joseph Haessly. 1890-W. H. Ferber. 1892-Joseph Haessly. 1894-B. K. Fairbanks. 1902-J. R. Stewart. 1904-F. L. Anders. 1905-George H. Stanchfield. 1910-C. A. Christianson.
1864-H. A. Francis. 1866 -- John Peacock. 1868-H. S. Town. 1870-M. B. Pierce. 1872-Peter Rupp.
1874-Nicholas Klotz. 1876-Hazen R. Hill.
1878-Edward Colman.
1886-J. H. McCrory.
1894-H. E. Swett.
OLD COURTHOUSE AND THE SQUARE, FOND DU LAC, IN 1872, Showing also the Volunteer Fire Companies in Uniform for Annual Review
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CORONER
1848-John Bannister. 1850-A. Raymond. 1852-Isaac Cooper. 1854-James Hamilton. 1856-J. Bassett. 1858-George Morse. 1860 -- A. Armstrong.
1862-J. W. Hall.
1864-Isaac Tompkins.
1904-H. H. Beeman.
1866-Z. L. Chapman.
1905-Herbert H. Brown.
1870-S. B. Taylor. 1872-James O'Reily.
1876-P. V. Sang.
1878 H. W. Burnell. 1880-F. F. Parsons. 1886-E. B. Pride. 1888-F. F. Parsons. 1894-P. K. Pickard.
1896-G. W. Worthing.
1900-J. H. Simmons. 1902-F. F. Parsons.
1906-Lyman G. Colburn. 1910-Albert G. Abbey.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
1864-E. Root. 1866-I. N. Cundall.
1870-W. L. O'Connor. 1876-D. B. Lyon. 1884-Thomas E. Lyons. 1888-A. T. Blewett.
1892-W. H. Ferber. 1894-Myron E. Keats.
1900-A. B. Adamson.
1907-Edward P. Crain.
1909-Ruby M. Acker.
1912-Julia Ryder.
REGISTER OF DEEDS
1848-Nelson Wood. 1850-Nelson Wood. 1852-Rudolph Ebert. 1854-William White. 1856-N. H. Jorgenson. 1858-Solon G. Dodge. 1862-M. W. Simmons. 1864-Dana C. Lamb. 1868-C. L. Encking. 1870-J. L. D. Eycleshimer. 1874-C. L. Pierce.
1878-F. B. Hoskins. 1882-J. H. McNeel. 1884-C. B. Bartlett. 1888-S. G. Leland. 1890-Matthew Serwe. 1894-P. G. VanBlarcom. 1896-John E. Holland. 1900-John W. Eggert.
1902-James T. Dana.
1904-E. T. Markle. 1910-Paul W. Thiel.
SENATORS, EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT
1848-Warren Chase. 1850-J. A. Eastman. 1852-B. Pinkney. 1854-C. A. Eldredge. 1856-Edward Pier. 1860-E. L. Phillips. 1862-G. W. Mitchell. Vol. I-7
1864-G. F. Wheeler. 1866-E. S. Bragg. 1870-H. S. Town. 1872-W. H. Hiner. 1878-A. A. Loper. 1880-G. E. Sutherland. 1882-E. Colman.
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SENATORS, EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT-CONTINUED
1884-J. F. Ware. 1886-Ignatius Klotz.
1888-S. B. Stanchfield. 1892-S. M. Smead.
1894-L. W. Thayer. 1900-Elmer P. Morse.
1904-C. H. Smith. 1908-E. H. Lyons.
MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY
1880-William A. Adamson.
1861-2-C. F. Hammond.
1895-Frank L. Bacon.
1883-John Hardgrove.
1882-Ezekiel Babcock. 1855-B. R. Harrington.
1871-John A. Baker. 1862-W. W. Hatcher.
1891-James Bannon.
1885-Chester Hazen.
1859-S. K. Barnes.
1858-H. D. Hitt.
1851-57-M. S. Barnett.
1875-George Hunter.
1868-79-H. C. Bottum.
1877-William T. Innis.
1891-Frank Bowe.
1903-J. Jacobs.
1871-J. Bowen.
1901-R. Katz.
1855-70-Johın Boyd.
1851-Charles L. Julius.
1865-Thomas Boyd.
1856-Peter Johnson.
1860-77-W. T. Brooks.
1868-R. C. Kelly.
1865-J. H. Brinkerhoff.
1880-Ignatius Klotz.
1856-Isaac Brown.
1876-77-Lambert Brost.
1903-J. Carberry.
1867-L. H. Carey.
1870-D. Cavanaugh.
1868-Seth A. Chase.
1866-67-James Coleman.
1872 -- Elihu Colman.
1870 -- Jerre Dobbs, Jr. 1848-Charles Doty.
1855-W. H. Ebbets.
1897-Wynn Edwards.
1882-Louis Eudemiller.
1871-Truman M. Fay. 1901-09-James Fenelon.
1887-George H. Ferris.
1878-James Fitzgerald. 1865-Egbert Foster. 1858-67-Charles D. Gage. 1863-4-E. H. Galloway. 1881-James E. Gee. 1864-Charles Geisse.
1879-Philip Greening.
1861-John W. Hall. 1869-Irenus K. Hamilton.
1868-Nicholas Klotz.
1887-G. A. Knapp. 1881-Fred Konz. 1893-99-L. A. Lange. 1874-James Laferty. 1859-60-J. C. Lewis. 1873-R. M. Lewis. 1853-Querin Loehr. 1889-Peter Loehr. 1873-A. A. Loper.
1859-S. C. Matteson. 1858-F. D. McCarty. 1895-P. McGalloway. 1864-James McElroy. 1862-C. McLean. 1882-John Meiklejohn. 1870-71-U. D. Mihills. 1852-B. F. Moore. 1861-Selim Newton. 1849-50-M. L. Noble. 1863-S. O'Hara. 1855-56-G. W. Parker. 1859-H. O. Peters. 1905-10-Christ Pickart. 1875-William Plocker.
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MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY-CONTINUED
1850-B. Pinkney.
1883-W. W. D. Turner. 1858-W. S. Tuttle.
1905-J. W. Powell.
1876-E. A. Putnam.
1865-D. C. Van Ostrend. 1856-71-Joseph Wagner.
1910-II-Roy Reed.
1899-H. A. Ripley.
1872-5-Aaron Walters.
1857-E. L. Runals.
1906-07 --- Fred Soper.
1880-3 --- J. F. Ware. 1869 ---- W. S. Warner.
1877-79-F. W. Spence.
1889-91-J. W. Watson.
1893-J. M. Stock.
1874-T. S. Weeks.
1885-S. B. Stanchfield.
1863-F. M. Wheeler.
1861 -- H. Stanton.
1867 ---- C. A.' Whiting.
1863-4 --- William Starr. :
1859-W. Whiting. 1874 ---- D. Whitton.
1878-A. A. Swaim.
1853-4-I. S. Tallmadge.
1857-J. B. Wilbor. 1864-E. Wilcox.
1893-L. W. Thayer.
1878-M. Wirtz.
1854-7 -- M. J. Thomas. 1871-G. T. Thorn. 1880-D. D. Treleven.
1878-Uriah Wood.
1872-A. J. Yorty.
1879-M. Thelen.
CHAPTER V
PROGRESS
COURT HOUSES AND JAILS BUILT-THE INFIRMARY AND INSANE ASYLUM-MILLS- DAIRYING-VALUATION OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY-POPULATION.
COURT HOUSES AND JAILS
The careful reader will have noticed that in a former chapter reference was made to the donation of a tract of land, by Dr. Mason C. Darling to the county of Fond du Lac, for court house purposes. The gift was accepted and on the 4th day of March, 1844, Dr. Darling and his wife, Naomi Darling, executed and delivered a warranty deed to the board of supervisors of the county of Fond du Lac, Territory of Wisconsin, of the land on which the court house now stands, the consideration being one dollar in hand paid; Dr. Darling also entered into a contract "to build and locate a county court house" on the land, which is described in the deed in the following words: "North half of the Northeast quarter of Section 15, Town 15 North, of Range 17 east, of the Fourth Meridian east, in Green Bay Land District, and containing 90,000 square feet." At the time of making this contract Dr. Darling entered into the follow- ing bond :
"KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Mason C. Darling, of Fond du Lac, county of Fond du Lac, Territory of Wisconsin, am hereby held and firmly bound unto the Board of Supervisors of the county of Fond du Lac, in the sum of $500, good and lawful money of the United States, to be paid to the said Board of Supervisors or their successors, to which payment well and truly to be made, I do bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators firmly by these presents, sealed with my seal, and dated this 4th day of March A. D. 1844. The condition of this obligation is such that if the above bounden Mason C. Darling, shall provide, or cause to be provided, a suitable room for the use of the county of Fond du Lac, free of expense, then this obligation shall be null and void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written.
"K. A. P. DARLING, HELEN M. DARLING, witnesses.
(Signed) MASON C. DARLING."
These instruments were acknowledged before Alonzo Raymond, justice of the peace, and filed for record with Oscar Pier, register of deeds, on the 14th day of October, 1846. Plans submitted for a court house by the firm of Brown & Arnold, composed of Isaac Brown and Leonard Arnold, were left with Ed-
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ward Pier, who was instructed to have them inspected by mechanics. A firm of architects was paid $io for the plans and specifications which made provi- sions for a jail to be part of the building. On October 14, 1846, the board ap- propriated $1,400 for the building, and in the following September made a fur- ther appropriation of $100 for "stoves and fixtures for the court house."
This building was not a very imposing affair, nor was it kept in the best of order. The first floor above the basement was built of stone and was used as a jail. The second floor was given over principally to elections and jury rooms, and the third floor for elections by the first ward of the city and the holding of county and circuit courts. The building was made the subject of a great deal of ridicule, as the following article will show :
"The same year that Wisconsin was admitted into the Union as a State, Fond du Lac County built a Court House. At that time, it was regarded as a model architectural pile, and it was built to stay. It was founded upon a rock ; for men were pure in those days; and the winds and rains of forty years have beat upon that house, and still it stands, a noble wreck in ruinous perfection. The elements have failed to sap it, and no amount of prayer or profanity has been sufficient to consign it to 'where the worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.' Incendiaries, who are thoroughly depraved and have not one re- deeming quality, have persistently and maliciously withheld the torch. Like the Pennsylvania Democrat, who has wended his way to the polls every elec- tion since 1840, and consistently put in a vote for General Jackson, the Fond du Lac Court House maintains its position and repels all innovations. The story that the wood of which a part of it is composed was once of a celebrated vessel, and that a boy who was on board the vessel cut his name in one of the planks with a jack knife, is doubtless untrue. It is believed that a young lawyer, in Judge McLean's court, cut the name himself, while waiting for the opposing counsel to make his plea, and that the word is 'Joseph' instead of 'Japhet.' And still the building is pretty old."
It was made to answer the purpose for which it was intended until 1883 when fate stepped in and it was burned to the ground, after many years' agitation for a new one. After the fire and until 1884, when the present building was erected the county offices were located in rooms of the postoffice block, on the corner of Macy and Division streets, when the present building was erected at a cost of $70,000, including furnishings. This structure is an imposing affair, and while it is not architecturally modern, still it was honestly and splendidly built and will for some time meet the needs of the county.
The first court house soon became too small and insufficient for the county archives. To meet this disadvantage a one-story brick building, reinforced with stone and iron, was erected and finished in 1854 at a cost of $1,200. The floor and walls were of stone and the roof was covered with ashes to the depth of two feet, making it as its builder, John Nicholas, thought, fireproof. The building was erected for the county register's office, for the reason there were no fireproof rooms in the court house. But before the new court house was built, the register's office had become so full of records and valuable documents as to make it entirely inadequate. In the old court house building when first erected, the county offices were in the first story and also the jail, but this part of the building got so badly out of repair and useless that a new place for the
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HISTORY OF FOND DU LAC COUNTY
confinement of prisoners and a residence for the sheriff and jailer became im- perative, therefore, in 1869, the board of supervisors made an appropriation for the erection of a county jail building and the contract was let to Theodore Eul. The plans required that the structure should be of stone and iron and the building was ready for occupancy in the latter part of the year. mentioned. It was erected on the west side of Linden street, not far from Western avenue, and cost $42,000. The main walls were of Fond du Lac gray limestone, with dressings for the doors and windows of Joliet stone. Recently the front of the building has been remodeled and presents a homelike and fine appearance.
THE COUNTY INFIRMARY AND INSANE ASYLUM
The first land purchased by the county for the purpose of furnishing a home for its indigent and helpless people was in December, 1856, when seventy acres were procured on sections 21 and 28 in the town of Fond du Lac, to which other tracts have since been added, until the county now owns a beautiful and productive farm, upon which have been built substantial buildings. These have been as the occasion demanded, remodeled and added to. At first the farm was supported by general taxation, but this plan was changed to the more equitable one of charging the towns and collecting of them the cost engendered by the care and support of their people sent to the farm. In 1878, a building was erected for the insane of the county and in 1885 the County Insane Asylum was erected on a tract of land near the county farm, containing thirteen and one half acres, at a cost of $40,000, where not only the county's charges are taken care of, but where other counties of the state send their unfortunates at their own cost. This institution is self-supporting. It is more than that, it is a source of revenue to the county, as the following report for 1911 of the super- intendent, who also is in charge of the poor farm, will show:
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