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1855
Profitlich, Mathias
Rhenish Prussia
1853
Rahm, Conrad.
Canton Schaffhausen
1852
Rahm, John. .
do.
I852
Rieck, Carl, sen.
Claushagen, Prussia
1855
Rieck, William
do.
1855
Rieck, Herman J
do.
1855
Rieck, Albert A.
do.
1855
Runkel, J. P
Prussia.
Fall 1854
Reitz, Lambert
Stotsheim, Rhenish Prussia .. Gondelsheim, Baden
1855.
Raetz, John Adam
1851
Richtmann, Jacob
1855.
Rall, Fred.
1855
Regli, Caspar
1853
Regli, Conrad
1852 1851
Stoll, John G.
Wuertem berg
1853 .
Schank, Jacob
Romstein, Bavaria
1851
Schulmeier, Benj
Beberstadt, Prussia
1852
Stoll, Jacob
Canton Schaffhausen
Schlosser, Nicholas
France
Sigrist, Henry
Basel, Switzerland
1855 October 1851 1854
Oenning, J. B.
Prussia.
Probst, Urs
Biberist, Canton Soleure ... do. do.
Ransdorf, Rhenish Prussia Herrenberg, Wuertem berg. Canton Schaffhausen do.
Stein, Jolın Peter
Hessen Darmstadt.
1
569
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS I.
FIRST LOCATION.
PRESENT LOCATION.
TRADE, BUSINESS OR OCCUPATION.
REMARKS.
Waumandee Belvidere. . ...
Belvidere
Farmer do
... See Appendix.
do.
Cross do.
Teacher
.. See Appendix.
Waumandee FountainCity Alma.
Cross Died.
Tailor
.See Alma.
Alma (Town)
Died Dec. 1885
Farmer
See App. & Org.
FountainCity dlo.
Buffalo City ..
Nelson
Milton
FountainCity
Belvidere
Died '61 at Madison Died 1882 ...
Wagonmaker & Farmer Cabinetmaker
See Pioneers.
do.
Died 1876. Died in Lincoln ... Fountain C. Died 1877. Milton
Farmer.
Wagonmaker, Farmer etc. Farmer.
do. do.
4
Alma
do. do.
Farmer
Millwright
... See Appendix do. do. do.
Belvidere do.
Died. do.
Belvidere Nelson
Blacksmith & Farmer Farmer
Cross
Fountain C. Farmer, Grain Dealer Milton. do.
Milton.
FountainCity do.
Fountain C. Blacksmith, Hardware Merchant. do
Farmer do
Cross ..
...
Cross .
Farmer Merchant, Steamboat Captain etc. Carpenter, Farmer Farmer do.
... See Appendix.
do.
On the Chippewa.
Modena.
Died Ang. 25, '87 Carpenter, Saloonkeeper etc .
Waumandee FountainCity do. Waumandee Alma
Waumandee Died Nov. 1877. . . Fountain C. Milton Nelson.
Saddler
Waumandee Belvidere do Eagle Mills do.
Died Nov 11, 1887. Carpenter etc.
Turner in wood etc .. Farmer
Alma.
Fountain C. Farmer, Saloonkeeper !... See Appendix. do. Contractor & Builder Mason & Plasterer Buffalo City Nelson Farmer do. Milton
Waumandee Glencoe.
Arcadia . Farmer, now Merch't .. Died. Farmer .
Farmer do.
Lincoln
Alma (Town) Farmer & Hotelkeeper
Cross
.. See Appendix do.
570
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS I.
NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
DATE OF SETTLEMENT
Stirn, Henry
Schnug, J. P., sen.
Schnug, J. P., jr.
Schwarz, Peter.
St. Ingbert, Rh. Bavaria .. Keupenhagen, Prussia.
May 1855 October 1854 I850
Schmoker, Abraham
Interlaken, Canton Berne. Pommerania, Prussia
1855
Schilling, Daniel
Canton Schaffhausen
1851
Senn, J. J.
Canton St. Gallen
May 1855
Schwy, Melchior
Canton Schaffhausen
June 1851.
Schwoebel, George
Hessen-Darmstadt.
June 1855
Schank, Anton
Romstein, Bavaria do.
1851
Schank, Peter
1851 ..
Sutter, John
Canton Berne.
Aug. 1854. ..
Spehn, Severin
Inglingen, Baden
1854.
Spuehr, Wm. Dr
Thekla, Saxony
1855
Swim, Alexander
Illinois
1854.
Schoepp, Christian, sen.
Ukermark, Prussia
1854.
Schoepp, Chr., jr.
do.
1854
Schoepp, August.
do.
1854
Schoepp, Ferdinand.
do.
1854
Schoepp, Carl
do.
1854
Schoepp, Herman.
do.
1854.
Schoepp, Frederick
1853
Suhr, Carl
1853
Schaeublin, Christ.
Canton Zurich
1851
Sonnemann, Fred.
Thuringia.
1854.
Schaaf, Franz Theod.
Rhenish Prussia.
1854.
Tuemmel, Fred.
Neustadt, Anglo-Saxony
Fall 1854.
Turnbull, Wm. R
St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.
March 1855 ..
Teckenburg, Henry
Sarkwitz, Oldenburg
Dec. 1853
Tierney, Peter
Clare Co., Ireland
July 1855 ..
Ulrich, Anton.
Kuessnacht, Cnt. Schwyz. 1855 do. do. 1855 1855
Canton Zurich
1855
Ulrich, Conrad, jr
do.
1855
Ulrich, Jacob
do.
1855
Ulrich, William.
do.
1855
Von Wald, Ulrich.
Canton Grisons
1855
do.
Schoenfeld, Frederick
Schultz, Martin Fr
Niedernhall, Wuertemberg Dreifeld, Nassau do.
1853. Sept. 1854 ..
Ulrich, Melchior
Ulrich, Meinrad.
Ulrich, Conrad, sen
do. do.
571
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS I.
FIRST LOCATION.
PRESENT LOCATION.
TRADE, BUSINESS OR OCCUPATION.
REMARKS.
Belvidere
do.
Belvidere .. .. do
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do
Blacksmith & Farmer
FountainCity Alma
Alma
Limekiln
Belvidere
Lincoln
Farmer do.
Fountain City
Fountain C. Teacher, Insurance A. See Org. & App.
Belvidere
DiedJune'81 Farmer
Cross
Fountain C. Farmer, dealer in Grain & Agr. Impl Milton Farmer
do.
do.
do.
Cross
Cross.
do.
do.
do.
do.
FountainCity
Died 1863 .. Unknown. . . Died
do.
do.
Waumandee Lincoln
do.
do.
Dakota
do.
do.
Lincoln
do.
do
Alma.
Laborer
do
Waumandee Milton
do.
Nelson . .
Died.
do.
FountainCity
Buffalo
Carpenter & Farmer ... Farmer do.
do.
Independence
Builder, Hotelkeeper. Fountain C. General Merchant.
SeeOrganization. do. .See Appendix.
Waumandee
Waumandee
Farmer
Alma ..
Died 1875 .
Farmer, Musician .
do.
Alma
Laborer, Fisherman
do.
do
Farmer
Waumandee
Fountain C. Farmer and Vintner .. See Appendix.
do.
Died 1887 ...
do.
do.
do.
Died
do.
do.
do.
Waumandee
do.
do
do.
Dicd 1872 ..
do.
... See Appendix.
Nelson . . .
Waumandee
do.
do.
Farmer
Eagle Mills ...
Waumandce Died
Fountain City
Buffalo
Physician
Farmer
Milton
Alma (Town.) Farmer
do.
Belvidere .. .
Farmer
.. See Appendix.
do
572
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS I.
NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
DATE OF SETTLEMENT
Von Wald, Caspar .
Canton Grisons
1855
Wieland, Ulrich
do.
1855
Westerkamp, J. H. .
Hagewede, Hannover
1854
Waegele, Leonhard .
Diessenhofen, Cnt.Thurgau Canton Grisons
1855
Wald, Jacob.
1854.
Wald, Conrad.
do.
1855
Wald, Ulrich
do.
1855
Wald, Peter
do.
1855
Wild, Caspar.
Canton Zurich
1848
Wolters, Bernhard.
Westerhanderspan, Netherland
October 1855
Wanger, Christian
Wattenwil, Canton Berne do.
1855.
Wenger, Christian
1848
Waters. Mathias.
Clare County, Ireland
1854
Wirtemberger, Henry
Hessen-Darmstadt.
1855
Winter, Henry, sen.
Netherlands
1855
Wright, Madison
Missouri
1848
APPENDIX to
the list of the "First Class" of Early Settlers.
This Appendix is intended to contain Special Remarks made by settlers who have reported. Such remarks were solicited with the understanding that they should be short, and that I reserved the privilege of condensing and remodeling, or of leaving them out altogether. Of this privilege I intend to make but limited use and I suppose the authors of remarks will recognize them again when they see theni in the book.
Some persons have expressed a desire that I should make these remarks, saying that I could do it better and knew all about it. I protest; for although I might know some points suitable for presentation, I do not mean to become responsible for the per- formance implied. What a man does not care to say himself, I do not care to say for him. The appendix will be arranged alpha- betically.
Henry Adams, born 1833 in Susquehanna Co., Pa., came to Naples June 1855, went back home and returned to settle 1856 in
573
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS I.
FIRST LOCATION.
PRESENT LOCATION.
TRADE, BUSINESS OR OCCUPATION.
REMARKS.
Waumandee
Farmer
Cross .
Unknown. Missouri.
do.
Fountain City
Fountain C. Shoemaker & Merch.
Milton . . .
Milton .
Farmer
Alma (Town)
Alma (Town.) Died
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
Alma (Town.)
do.
See Pioneers.
Belvidere
Alma
do.
Cross
Cross
do
Alma.
Alma (Town.)
do.
See Pioneers.
Waumandee Died 1881 ...
do.
Glencoe
Glencoe . .
do.
Belvidere
Died 1869 ...
do.
Nelson
Died there ...
Woodtraffic ..
.. See Pioneers.
May; selected land in Sect. 16 T. 24 R. 10 and lives upon it yet. He says: "Lived on bread and milk the first two years. I bought (once) a loaf of bread in Alma, cut a hole in it and put in some butter, and started up Beef River. It lasted me until I got up to Farrington's. The first meal I ate at L. D. Farrington's. I asked him for something to eat, and he told me to go down to the house, he had some flour and water, and I could mix me up some cakes."
Andrew Barth says: "I acted as interpreter at the first lawsuit in Buffalo County."
Hon. Orlando Brown says. "Came to Wisconsin 1842 with my father Walter Brown and family, lived for one and a half year at Elkhorn, Walworth Co. Indians, deer, wolves and other wild ani- mals were plenty. May 1844 removed to the town of York, Dane Co., Wis., when there were but two families in that township. In 1852 made the overland journey to Oregon and California by ox- train which consumed six months, returned with my father's family in 1854, and settled with them in La Crosse Co., Wis. In June 1855 I came with my brothers Harvey and Carlton and Grove Wood to Buffalo Co. The winters of 1855-'56, and '56-'57 were
. . See Appendix.
do.
FountainCity Fountain C.
do.
574
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
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severe, and the few settlers in the northern part of the county ex- perienced many hardships.
Mrs. Caroline Brown was born in Crawford Co., Pa., and settled here May 8th, 1860. Her husband
Harvey Brown, brother of Orlando, was born in the town of Naples, Ontario Co., N. Y., and settled in Buffalo Co. June 6th, 1855 in that part of the town of Naples, which is now the town of Mondovi. He always lived on his farm, where he died June 10, 1886.
I take the liberty to add that Mr. Harvey Brown was by pro- fession a printer, and withall a man of strong common sense and liberal views.
John Clarke says: Came from Fond du Lac to erect the Steam Saw Mill for Bishop and Carpenter in April 1855. In 1857 and '58 in company with John Buehler put up the Fountain City flouring mill, grinding the first grain in the county in 1858. Es- tablished the City Agricultural Works in 1867.
Hon. Geo. Cowie, born in Lasswade, Co. of Midlothian, near Edinburg, Scotland, whose first occupation was mining, sailed 1848 from Glasgow to Pictou, Nova Scotia, went from there to Pottsville, Pa., 1849, thence to California by way of the Isthmus of Panama 1851, returned to Lonacening, Md., in 1853, from which place he went to Wisconsin 1855.
W. H. Gates came 1852 to Nelson's Landing, 1855 to Alma, was married to Miss Elizabeth Marti, February 23, 1856 and ap- pointed postmaster the same year. He built the first house in the place 1855, and the same year J. A. Hunner, John Heinrich, Phi- lipp Kraft, John R. Hurlburt and E. E. Heerman built their houses the same year. The first stopping place was John Marty's, who came to Alma in 1851. The first sermon, (Methodist) was preached in 1856 in the dining room of the Alma House; the first wedding was Abraham Schmoker to Maria Haug, June 7th, 1866, Gates performing the ceremony. The first birth was a child of Mrs. Wengert, wife of the pioneer of that name.
Mr. Gates gave some further items which with the above may be used in the special history of the City of Alma.
Fred. W. Hepp: Drove first stage from Fountain City to St. Croix Falls.
575
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
Robert Krause: The only settlers (in Waumandee) were the two Altmann, Chas. Hohmann, John Kirchner, John Bringolf, Meuli's family Von Wald and Kindschy. (1855). John C. Richt- mann, J. P. Runkel, Levi Card, Ulrich and Jos. Knecht were here already. All then lived in flat-roofed shanties, very uncomfort- able. In spring 1856 a camp of about 300 Indians staid several days on land now occupied by C. Ochsner, selling blackberries and hunting; behaved well. In 1856 Bringolf and Jul. Altmann raised first grain; first visit of a Methodist preacher. In 1857 the first schoolhouse was built on land formerly owned by Levi Card and a Mr. Fitzgerald was the first teacher in this (Irish Valley) District.
Hartmann Kohlhepp, sen .: One of Alma's first settlers, there were but eight houses in the place.
John D. Lewis: Lived at first in the North half of Truemann's loghouse, then bought of Bronnenkant a fraction of Section 16 where he lived 13 years at the lower end of Fountain City. He continues: " At present I am farming, and have been, for the last 20 years. Previous to this I was a carpenter, painter, musician ' civil and military officc-holder, cominion laborer at anything I could make an honest dollar at, and a very fair judge of good beer."
John Le Gore: Was one of the first settlers in this valley; there were but two other settlers in the town at that time; moved my family into the town the following spring.
John More, born in Scotland, Parish of Lismahago, Lanark- shire, at Hazelbank, near the falls of the Clyde. He says: " Started on the 10th of May 1855 from Waukesha Co., Wis., with a yoke of four year old steers with my wife and children, in a covered wagon one cow and one heifer, all our earthly possessions with us, with Edward Lees and family, William Burt and family, also others that joined us on the way, not to forget my brother Thomas More.
Henry Mueller, was, with Mathias Profitlich, the first settler in Little Waumandee Valley in 1853.
John Maurer, born in Oberstammheim, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, came to Fountain City in June 1855, moved to Wau- mandee March 1856, sold the farm to Fred. Schoepp and moved to Fountain City in 1864. Kept the Eagle Hotel until 1873, when I sold out, kept the postoffice for some time and moved to Arcadia 1874, residing there ever since.
576
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
Charles Niemann ran the first stage line between Alma and La Crosse.
J. Philipp Runkel: Only two settlers in this neighborhood, when we came here, Theodore and Nicholas Meuli, who had come a few months previous.
Lambert Reitz of Statzheim, Rhenish Prussia, settled in Spring 1855 and resided at Fountain City until his demisc 1877. Left a wife and three children.
John Adam Raetz of Gondelsheim District of Bretten, Grand Duchy of Baden, left the old country, arriving July 10th, 1847 in Stevenson Co., Ill. He landed at- Wild's Landing, May 18, 1851, burnt the first lime at Fountain City, whichi sold at $1.00 a barrel. At Wild's Landing threc families were crowded into one house, until after a considerable time they made a patlı to Holmes' Land- ing, from which he started claim hunting. Built a little house on what is now Schumacher's farin October 1851 and passed a very severe winter in it. Here they had the not very welcome visits of Indians and were often scared, but never hurt. He ascribes this escape to providence. Lost his cattle in Spring and had generally a hard time of it.
Capt, Jacob Richtmann, came to Wisconsin 1848, then five years old. He gives a number of removals, of which, however, only those in this county are of interest in this place. He came to Buffalo Co. in 1855 and staid with his father on the farm in Wau- mandee until 1859, when he went to work for Doty in Pine Creek, whom he considers the pioneer of that region. He worked then on Mississippi rafts until the outbreak of the Rebellion, when he enlisted in the Second Regiment of Wisconsin Cavalry, and after his discharge 1866 went on his father's farm, started a store in 1873 at Fountain City and in 1883 began running his own boats, as related in the chapter on Transportation.
John Peter Stein. The notes taken at an interview with him will be used in the article on Belvidere.
Jacob Stoll, born in Guntmadingen, Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, came to America in 1850, to Fountain City in 1855, where he engaged in his trade as Blacksmith, built wagons in company with Mr. Sexauer, etc. and finally founded a hardware business, in which his son-in-law, Christ. Florin is associated with him.
577
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
Henry Sigrist of Cross is remarkable for still living in the first house he built about 33 years ago.
Henry Stirn says he could relate many things, but must be asked for them.
John J. Senn, born in the Toggenburg, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, was a laborer, teacher, and is now an insurance agent. His name is in the chapters on Political History and Organization, also in Education. He now lives at Fountain City as Secretary and General Agent of the Fountain City Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
Peter Tierney, of the Irish Valley, Waumandee, claims in cor- rection of the Buffalo Co. Atlas, that his son John Tierney was the first child born in Waumandee, Feb. 25th, 1856.
Conrad Ulrich, born in Stammheim, Canton of Zurich, Swit- zerland, has besides the three sons mentioned in the list two others, John, a teacher in the schools of Milwaukee, and Charles, Super- intendent of German instruction in the La Crosse schools. Mr. Ulrich deserves mention for many good qualities, and especially for his constant and successful enterprises in the cultivation of the grape.
J. H. Westerkamp, born in Hagewede, Amt Lemfoerde, of the old Kingdom of Hannover, in 1818, is a shoemaker by, and now for many years a merchant in the articles of, his trade. He came to Fountain City in 1854. It was then still Holmes' Landing and contained about four log houses.
Omitted from Class I:
Fetter, Ferdinand, lawyer, was born in Prussia, settled 1855 in Fountain City; died 1876. See Organization.
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578
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS II.
NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
DATE OF SETTLEMENT
Allison, William
Scotland
1858.
Amidon, W. H. H
Arms, Christian
Arms, Andrew
Alme, Erik
Braintree, Orange Co., Vt. 1858. Canton Grisons 1858. 1856. do. Lyster, Bergens Stift, Norway July 1856
Ashton, Wm .
Liverpool, England
Spring 1857.
Averbeck, Henry .
Westphalia. Prussia do.
1860
Allemann, John Peter
Allemann, Wieland
Baader, Anton.
Fuessen, Bavaria.
1858
Bucher, Leonhard
Canton Zurich
1856
Bandli, Michael
Canton Grisons do.
1857
Buecker, Adolph
Hannover
1859.
Brenner, John
Wuertemberg
1858
Berg, Caspar.
Hebel, Hesse-Cassel
1858.
Buehler, George
Canton Grisons do.
1856.
Brandhorst, Fred J
Hannover
Sept. 1815 1856
Blei, Peter
Dettingen, Wuertemberg .. 1856
Braem, Jacob, Sr
Engi, Canton Clarus
1856.
Bailey, S. W
Burlin, Washington Co., Vt. 1860 .
Bump, J. W
Hartford, N. Y.
June 1856
Busdicker, Henry, Sr.
Hannover .
1857.
Brugger, Christian
Lauffen, Wuertemberg
1856
Bechmann, Henry
Thuringia
Aug. 1857
Burt, Robert
Dumferline, Scotland.
1858 1856
Cooke, Samuel S
1856
Cooke, Chauncey C
1856
Winnebago Co., Ill
Cork Co., Ireland .
Church, W. H
Madison Co., N. Y
Creese, Joseph
Gloucestershire, Engl.
1857
Carish, Balthassar
Ilauz, Canton Grisons
1857.
Christenson John
Lyster, Norway
June 1858 ...
Cashel. Michael J
Ireland
April 1857 ...
1860.
Averbeck, Theodore
Heinzenberg, Cnt. Grisons 1857. do. 1857
1860
Bandli, Christian
1858
Baertsch, Anton
Baertsch, John
Canton Grisons
Burgess, John
Lockerbie, Scotland
Castle, James Callahan, John
April 1860 ... Dec. 1856 .. October 1860
579
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS II.
FIRST LOCATION.
PRESENT LOCATION.
TRADE, BUSINESS OR OCCUPATION.
REMARKS.
Max ville.
Died.
Farmer
Member of Legislature for Pepin Co, Dist. 1880.
Gilmanton.
Dover. Died.
do. do.
Cross
do.
Cross.
do.
Nelson.
Nelson ..
do.
See Org. & App.
Milton
Died in Glencoe.
do.
Belvidere.
Belvidere. ... do. Alma (Town.) do.
do.
Hunter and Farmer
Farmer
Buffalo City ..
Nelson .. . do. Buffalo City Lincoln .... Died.
Carpenter & Farmer ... Sawmill & Lumberman Blacksmith & Farmer. Farmer
Eagle Mills ...
Belvidere ... Buffalo City Died in Arcadia. Died.
do.
Milton
Buffalo.
Buffalo
do.
Eagle Mills . Alma (Town) Lincoln.
Alma (City) Alma
Miller and Farmer Farmer do.
Naples
Mondovi
do
Buffalo City .. Belvidere
Winona. Minn .. Belvidere .. ..
Carpenter, now Hotelkeeper Farmer
FountainCity Fountain C.
Bricklayer now Druggist See Organization
Glencoe
Glencoe
Miner, Farmer
Nelson.
Alma
Farmer
See Pol. His.&Org ... See Appendix.
Gilmanton do.
Saddler, Farmer, Enter Farmer
do.
Dover do. Gilmanton ... Mondovi . Gilmanton. . Nelson
do.
Naples .
do.
.See Appendix.
Mondovi.
Nelson.
FountainCity
Alma
Modena
Modena.
Glencoe.
Farmer do.
Glencoe ..
Milton
do.
Gilmanton.
Dover
do.
do.
do.
do.
Alma (Town) do.
Nelson.
do.
Carpenter
do. do. do.
Cross
do.
do.
Carpenter, Farmer. Farmer, Wheatbuyer
580
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS II.
NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
DATE OF SETTLEMENT
Courtney, Thomas H
Christ, Conrad
Linlithgowshire, Scotland Kueblis, Canton Grisons
April 1857 ... October 1857
DeGroff, John S.
Oneida Co., N. Y
Fall 1857 . .
DeGroft, John W
New York state
1857.
DeGroff, A. H ..
Dodge Co., Wis
1857.
Doelle, Engelhard
Heiligenstadt, Prussia Erfurt, Prussia
1859.
Duff, Jacob
Sumwicks, Switzerland
1856
Elima, John
Baden . .
1856
Engel, Anton
Canton Grisons
1857
Egbert, Gerhard
Lemfoerde, Hannover.
Sept. 1857
Ellers, John
Emden, Hannover
Fall 1858
Erding, Henry
Westphalia, Prussia
1858.
Eager, Luther
Vermont
April 1856 . 1856
Eager, Chas. F
Derby, Vt ....
Hammelspring, Prussia Lanarkshire, Scotland . . . . Ruemicon, Canton Argau. Jenatz, Cnt. Grisons
1857
Fried, Leonhard
Fried, John
do. .
do.
Fugina, Marcus
Fugina, Joseph
Fiedler, Michael
Dieterode, Prussia
Zillis, Canton Grisons
Ireland
May 1857
Fetzer. Mathias
Florin, Andrew
Ginzkey, Henry
Ginzkey, Franz
1855
Ginzkey, Julius
Grover, William
Grover, Henry
Grover, John . .
Guettinger, Joachim Ganz, J. C.
Goll, George
Hellsheim, Baden
Haldenstein, Cnt. Grisons Nendingen, Wuertemberg Erfurt, Prussia
May 1856 . .
Huber, Caspar
Hershleb, Caspar
Reutlingen, Wuertemberg Serneus, Canton Grisons Maffersdorf, Bohemia . do. do.
1857 1858 1856
1857 1856.
Hannover do. do.
May 1857 1856
Ober Winterthur, Canton Zurich 1856 Canton Zurich
May 1857 1856
April 1857 .. 1850
1858
Faulds, James, jr
1856 .
May 1856 1856 1856
Fried, Ulrich
Austria do.
Fimian, George
Fox, Thomas .
Nov. 1860 1860 April 1856 . . 1857
Fetting, Ludwig
Fisher, Anton
May 1856
Dreise, Henry
Gasser, Thomas
581
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS II.
FIRST LOCATION.
PRESENT LOCATION.
TRADE, BUSINESS OR OCCUPATION.
REMARKS.
Glencoe.
do.
Arcadia. Montana
Farmer
Nelson
Nelson
do. do.
do.
Alma
Chairmaker, Editor
do.
Nelson
Merchant
Cross
Belvidere
Cross. Albany, Pepin Co .
Farmer do.
FountainCity Buffalo
Alma
Alma
Blacksmith, Farmer Physician
.. See Education.
Cross
Milton
Farmer do.
Belvidere Buffalo City ..
Minneiska, Minn.
Sailor, Miner, Farmer Tailor, Farmer
Mondovi .... do.
Volga, Dak. Ter.
Banker
.- See Appendix.
Eagle Mills ..
Died 1874 . .
Farmer
Glencoe.
Died.
do do
Farmer and Teacher Farmer
.. See Appendix
do. do.
Fountain C. Farmer, dealer in Agricult. Impl.
FountainCity do. do.
do. do.
Merchant do.
do.
Teamster
Alma
Alma (Town)
Farmer do.
Maxville
Maxville
Alma
Alma
Tailor
Glencoe.
Montana
Farmer
Alma.
Alma
Merchant and Banker Farmer
Alma
Alma
Saddler, Saloon
Cross
Cross.
Farmer
do. do.
do. do.
do.
Farmer, Teacher etc
Buffalo City .. Waumandee do.
Belvidere .. . Died 1878. .. Lincoln
do
... See Appendix.
Glencoe .. . . .
Montana
Buffalo City .. Belvidere
Canton. ....
Canton
Shoemaker, Farmer Farmer
:
.. See Appendix. Ses Pol. Hist .. Org. & Press
do.
Cross. Belvidere.
Died
Farmer
... See Appendix.
Belvidere.
Belvidere
Cross
Cross.
Died .
Waumandee
Died
Farmer
do. do.
... See Appendix.
582
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS II.
NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
DATE OF SETTLEMENT
Hohaus, Joseph
Wuenschelburg, Silesia .
1858
Huestel, Jacob
Rhenish Bavaria
1858
Harget, Henry
Hessia
1857
Harrison, Eve
Michigan or Ohio .
1859.
. Hoch, Andrew
Simonswald, Baden
1856 .
Horst, Ferdinand . Hentges, Jacob, sen.
Luedenscheidt, Prussia
Aug. 1857
Hentges, Jacob, jr
Rhenish Prussia do.
do. 1858 ...
Hellman, Adam
Rhenish Bavaria
1857
Hellman, Jacob
Cincinnati, Ohio
May 1857
Huebsch, Anton
Dobern, Bohemia do.
Fall 1857
Hutchinson, J. M.
East Braintree, Vt.
May 1856 ..
Henry, Andrew C
Bothwell, Scotland .
April 1856 ...
Herrmann, Ernst
Gamesfeld, Wuertemberg Westphalia, Prussia do.
1859
Hoevel, Herman
1859
Harry, Victor
1856
Harry, John
1856
Harry, Fred.
1856
Harmon, Joel
Andover, N. Y.
1859
Herbert, Henry
Silver Spring, Pa
1860
Hohmann, Frederick
1856
Hohmann, Chas.
1856
Hanson, Ole ..
Lyster, Norway
Hooland, Jens J
Norway
Sils, Canton Grisons do.
Herold, Wm
Thuringia
June 1860
Hemrich, Andrew
Uiffingen, Baden
May 1856 . .
Heyden, William.
Dersewitz, Prussia
Nov. 1860
Helwig, August
Hesse-Darmstadt
1856
Harvey, Alexander
Horton, Nova Scotia
1856
Durmersheim, Baden
Apr. 1858 ...
Canton Aargau
May 1856 ...
Johnson, Count Pulaski
Johnson, Mordecai
Jensen, Peter.
Erie Co., N. Y. Sept. 1857 .. do. do. Schleswig Holstein Spring 1856.
Jahn, Julius
Maffersdorf, Bohemia 1860
Jahn, Joseph
do. ៛ 1857
Nov. 1858
Huebsch, Franz
May 1857
Hoevel, John.
Biberist, Canton Soleure do. do.
Hesse-Darmstadt. do.
July 1856 do. 1856 Spring 1859. June 1857
Hunger, Benedict
Hunger, John P
Heck, Eustach Iberg, Gottlieb
May 1857
583
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS II.
FIRSTI LOCATION.
PRESENT LOCATION.
TRADE, BUSINESS OR OCCUPATION.
REMARKS.
Waumandee |Lincoln
Nelson do. do.
Nelson do.
Farmer do. do.
Claimhunter
Belvidere
Unknown. Belvidere
Farmer
Buffalo City .. Independence
Machinist, Hardware
Cross
Cross
Farmer and Vintner ...
FountainCity Fountain C. Teamster
Buffalo City .. Buffalo City
do. do.
do.
Mason .. Farmer
do.
Shoemaker & Dealer
do.
do.
Shoemaker & Saloon Farmer .
Gilmanton ... Gilmanton ... Waumandee Fountain C. Farmer, Hotel.
Belvidere . ... Belvidere ...
do.
Waumandee Buffalo City
do.
Lincoln
do.
Alma.
Died Alma
do.
do. do.
do.
Woodtraffic, Wheatbuyer do.
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