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Naples
Naples
Farmer
Glencoe .. . . Waumandee do.
Waumandee do.
do.
Nelson ...
. do
Nelson do
do.
Cross
do.
Fountain City
do.
Belvidere
do.
Alma
Butcher
Waumandee do.
Montana. . .
do.
Naples
Naples.
do.
... See Appendix
Belvidere
Belvidere do.
do.
Alma ..
Carpenter, now Farmer Alma (Town. ) Teacher, Farmer, Blacksmith.
... See Appendix.
Waumandee do
Redwood Co., Minn. Modena.
Carpenter, Farmer Farmer.
Modena ... Waumandee do.
Lincoln do.
do. do.
SeeOrganization.
do.
Glencoe.
do.
do.
Cross do. Belvidere Alma . do.
Farmer.
do
.. See Appendix. do.
.
584
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS II.
NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
DATE OF SETTLEMENT
Jahn, Charles
Maffersdorf, Bohemia. do.
1857.
Jahn, William
1857
Jung, Fred ....
Wuertemberg .
1856
Kessler, Henry, sen.
Kessler, Henry, jr.
Keith, Robert
Caithness Co., Scotland
1856
Kretschmer, Gustav
Gablonz, Bohemia
October 1856
Kuehn, Frank
Bavaria
1857
Kirchner, John
Wuertemberg.
1858
Kerkering, Henry
Holtwig, Westphalia
1858
Kirschner, Frederick
Prussia
1860
Klein, Henry
Lauffen, Wuertemberg
1856
Kempter, Richard R
Rottweil, do.
August 1858
Keller, Beat
Canton Schaffhausen
1856
Keller, Franz ...
1856
Keller, Balthasar
1856
Kappus; Jacob F
Wuertcm berg
1859
Knabe, Bernhard
Erfurt, Prussia
1860
Kurtz, John
Highland, Ill
1857
Kurtz, Gottlieb
Canton Berne.
1856
Kaste, Fred, sen
Harbassen, Hanover
1856
Kaste, William
do. do
1856
Kessinger, Lawrence
1859
Kessinger, Charles
1857
Kessinger, Joseph
1859
Laue, Fred
Schaumburg, Lippe
1859
Lawrence, Thomas
Sintoga Co., N. Y
1856
Lutzi, Lutzi
Jenaz, Canton Grisons
1856
Loomis, Daniel
Orange Co., Vt
1856
Morse, B. F., Rev
Utica, N. Y.
1856
Mueller, F. Wm
Gera, Reuss
1856
Muth, Gottfried
Thuringia
1856
Moeckel, Ernst
Schneeberg, Saxony
1858
Moser, John
1856
Moser, Conrad, sen
1856
Moser, Conrad, jr.
1856
Maerky, John
Canton Aargau
1857
Meuli, Christian
Canton Grisons do.
1858
Meuli, Caspar, sen
1858
Canton Thurgau do.
1857
1857
do. do.
1856
Kaste, Fred, jr.
Gottmadingen, Baden do. do.
Canton Zurich do. do.
585
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS II.
FIRST LOCATION.
PRESENT LOCATION.
TRADE, BUSINESS OR OCCUPATION.
REMARKS.
Waumandee Lincoln .. .
Farmer
do.
Died.
do.
Nelson
do.
Woodtraffic
Milton
Milton
Farmer
do.
Fountain C. Teacher
Waumandee do.
Died 1877. .. Lincoln
do.
Nelson.
Nelson
do.
do.
do.
do.
Buffalo City .. do.
Buffalo City Butcher
Belvidere ....
Belvidere ..
do
Buffalo City ..
Alma
Belvidere. . ... do. do.
Belvidere do. do.
do.
Nelson.
Nelson
Alma (Town)
Belvidere
do.
Belvidere
Alma
do.
Alma.
do
do.
Belvidere.
do.
do.
do. do.
do.
do.
Carpenter etc.
Author of this Book.
do.
Died 1863. ...
Laborer.
do.
Alma
Lumberman.
Alma .:
Dakota Ter. Alma
Farmer do. do.
FountainCity Gilmanton
Gilmanton. .
Naples
Mondovi
Minister, Farmer.
See Religion.
Alma
Eau Claire ...
Tinsmith, Hardware ..
Nelson
Died .
Farmer
Buffalo City ..
Ashland, Wis. Ins. & Real EstateAgt. do. do.
Alma (Town) do. do.
Alma
Farmer and Vintner. ..
San Francisco, Cal. Lawyer
Nelson.
Farmer
Nelson. ...... Waumandee do.
Montana
Died
do. do.
.. See Appendix.
Buffalo City .. do.
do.
Teacher. Surveyor.
Died 1862 ...
Carpenter
... See Appendix.
do.
See Org.&Pol. His
do.
do.
Farmer
Waumandee Farmer
Watchmaker, now Wheatbnyer etc. Farmer
do.
586
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS II.
NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
DATE OF SETTLEMENT
Mauly, Caspar, jr.
Canton Grisons
1858.
Malles, Malcolm, sen
Scotland . . . .
1858
Malles, Malcolm, jr
Makesport, Pa.
1858
Maier, J. M
O. A. Esslingen, Wrtbrg .. Canton Berne
1856
McDonough, Barney
Ireland
1856
Mattausch, Joseph sen
Bohemia
1858
Mattausch, William
do.
1856
Mattausch, Stephen
do.
1857
Mattausch, Frank
do.
1857
Mattausch, Joseph, jr
do.
1857
Mattausch, Edward.
do.
1857
Mathieu, Peter
Ottenhausen, Rh. Prussia. Lanarkshire, Scotland
1856
Neukomm, Henry
Canton Schaffhausen
1856
Neukomm, Conrad
1856
Neukomm, John
1856
Oertly, John, sen
Canton Zurich
1857
Oertly, John, jr
do.
1857
Oertly, Jacob
do.
1857
Ochsner, Conrad
do. do.
1856
Pfeffer, Frederick
1858
Polin, Martin
1857
Polin, Peter
1857
Protz, Herman
Fehrbellin, Prussia
1858.
Protz, Rudolf
do.
1860.
Pratt, Jason M
1860
Pratt, Mathew
1860
Regli, Melchior
Canton Schaffhausen
1856.
Richter, William
Templin, Prussia
1858
Rauch, Adolph C. G
Schwarzburg, Sondershausen 1858
1857.
Ruehlmann, Ernst
Rathbun, Chauncey
Tolland Co., Conn
1858 1856
Roell, George
Hesse-Cassel .
1857
Rohrer, Joseph M
Saxeln, Cnt. Unterwalden 1856
Rowe, William
Moscow, Luzerne Co., Pa. Prussia . . .
1859
Richtmann, John
1856.
Risser, Fred J
Freiburg, Baden
July 1856
1859
Muir, James
do. do.
1859
Ochsner, John
Schmalkalden, Germany .. Zillis, Canton Grisons. . do.
Orange. Co., Vt. do.
Roesch, Christoph
Besigheim, Wuertemberg. Prussia
1857
Mossiman, Christ., sen
587
· LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS. .
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS II.
FIRST LOCATION.
PRESENT LOCATION.
TRADE, BUSINESS OR OCCUPATION.
REMARKS.
Waumandee Cross do.
Montana Cross.
do.
do. do.
Belvidere .. Waumandee
Belvidere ... Waumandee
do.
& Mason
.. See Appendix.
Maxville ....
Maxville
do
Waumandee do.
Lincoln
do.
do.
Buffalo City .. do. do.
do. do. do.
do
Miller, Carpenter etc.
Fountain C. Blacksmith etc.
Waumandee
Lincoln
Alma.
Nelson ..
Glencoe.
Glencoe.
Farmer etc. do. do.
Belvidere
do.
Washington Ter ..
Waumandee Minnesota ..
do.
do.
Dakota Ter. Montana. ...
do
Buffalo
do
Waumandee
do.
do.
do. and Miller
See App. & Org. See Buffalo City.
Alma
Alma
Died 1870 ...
Merchant, Wheatbuy'r do. Joiner and Carpenter. do.
See Pol. History & Alma.
Buffalo City .. Alma
do.
Gilmanton .. . do
Farmer. do. do.
Belvidere ...... Buffalo City .. do.
do. Gilmanton ... do. Eau Claire ... Wabasha Co., Minn. Buffalo City Glencoe .. .. Died 1881 .. Odessa, Tex. Nelson
Machinist etc.
Glencoe.
Farmer
Cross
do.
do.
Gilmanton. Nelson
Belvidere
Mondovi . . . . Waumandee Buffalo ..
Belvidere .. Eau Claire ... Waumandee Buffalo
Farmer & Merchant. Farmer
... See Appendix
Died.
Cooper and Farmer .. Carpenter
Farmer do.
General Merchant. Farmer do.
Buffalo City .. Buffalo
Locksmith
do.
... See Appendix. SeeOrganization.
Mason
do. do & Dairyman Merchant.
Farmer
do.
588
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS II.
NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
DATE OF SETTLEMENT
Ruf Peter
Canton Berne
1858.
Schneider, Nicholas
Bavaria
1859
Sutter, George
Canton Grisons
1856
Schwinn, Philipp
Hesse-Darmstadt
1858
Schwark, Christ
Mecklenburg, Schwerin . .
October 1857
Scherer, Albert
Donomeschingen, Baden. Hellmeringhausen, Prussia Omenhausen, Wrtbrg
1856 .
Smith, Paul
Canton Grisons
April 1860 ...
Schultz, Christopher
Pomerania .
1856
Scheiner, Henry
Gotha-Saxony .
1856
Schmidt, Frank
Wittlich by Trier
1858
Stern, John
Luxemburg
1856
Schlumpf, Joseph
Wasselnheim, Alsace
1860 .
Senn, John, sen
Senn, John, jr.
1858
Schulz, Herman
Schlossstein, John
1858.
Schaettle. Charles sen
1858
Sisson, Fred. A
Oberndorf, Wuertemberg. Geauga Co., Ohio
1860
Schmoker, John
Fountain City, Wis
1856
Sieker, William
Melle, Westphalia
1858
Schweizer, Christian
Thun, Canton Berne
1856
Schroeder, George
1856.
Schroeder, Herman
Severson, Sure
Norway .
1857 1859
Stuber, Jacob.
Biberist, Canton Soleure . 1856
Sendelbach, Michael
Karbach, Bavaria
1857
Scafe, Joseph
England
1858
Schirlitz, August
Thuringia
1856
Staeublin, Geo. Jac
Baden
1857
Schmid, John
Stammheim, Cnt. Zurich Prussia
1859
Schaub, Frederick
Lippe-Detmold 1857
Hesse-Cassel
1858
Trautvetter, Ferdinand Traenkle, John
Kleinaspach, Wrtbrg. .
1859
Tscharner, Lutze
Fuerstenau, Cnt. Grisons 1857.
Thompson, William
Tester, John A.
Turton, John
Lincolnshire, England . . 1858 Rongellen, Canton Grisons 1856 Lancashire, England .... 1859
1857
Schuster, Herman
1856
Schaefer, John
Ruemendingen,Cnt. Berne Zimmerwald, do. Wichmamesdorf, Prussia Bavaria
1858
1857
Ukermark, Prussia do.
1856
Schmid, Frederick
589
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS!
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS II.
FIRST LOCATION.
PRESENT LOCATION.
TRADE, BUSINESS OR OCCUPATION.
REMARKS.
Waumandee Buffalo.
Gilmanton .. ,
Farmer
Died 1871, age 83 .. Storekeeper.
FountainCity Lincoln
Farmer
Glencoe.
Glencoe.
do.
FountainCity
Fountain C. Laborer ..
do. do.
do. do.
Baker & Hotelkeeper General Store
Belvidere Waumandee do.
Lincoln
do
FountainCity
Alma
do.
Belvidere
Belvidere.
do.
Nelson . do.
Unknown Alma
do.
Alma .. do.
do. do.
Farmer, Saloonkeeper Shoemaker, Laborer ... Laborer.
Milton.
Belvidere
Farmer
Belvidere .
Died 1883
do.
Merchant
Modena
Modena
Farmer do.
Cross
Cross.
do.
Alma
Alma
Carpenter & Farmer. Carpenter
Buffalo City .. do
Lincoln
Carpenter & Farmer
Nelson
Nelson
Farmer
Belvidere
Belvidere
do.
do.
Waumandee Maxville.
Waumandee Since 1866 in Mo.
do.
Nelson
Texas
Bridgebuilder.
Cross
Buffalo
Blacksmith, Farmer Farmer
Waumandee
Died.
do.
do.
do.
Buffalo City .. FountainCity
Farmer, Register of Deeds.
Farmer
Waumandee Alma .
Merchant.
[Waumandee
Waumandee Farmer
... See Appendix. See Buffalo City ..
do. do. do.
do
do
California Buffalo City Alma Waumandee) Alma ... . .
Joiner ..
See Organization See Pol. History.
Died 1879 .. Dover
Farmer
do.
Buffalo City ..
Alma
FountainCity
Fountain C.
Died 1862.
590
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS II.
NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
DATE OF SETTLEMENT
Thompson, Thomas
Lyster, Norway
1858
Tritsch, John A ..
Oetigheim, Baden do.
1856
Tritsch, Franz Xaver
1856
Tacke, William
Melle, Hannover
1860
Unzel, John
Wuertemberg
1856
Vollmer, John G
Thusis, Canton Grisons
1857
Waters, Michael
Waumandee
Feb. 15, 1856
Wilk, Christopher
Wierow, Prussia
1860
Wilk, John
Wodarg, Prussia do.
1860
Walter, Ferdinand
Briesenhorst, Prussia
1858
Walter, Gottlieb
do.
1858
Walter, August
do.
1858
Walter, John
do.
1858
Walter, John, sr
do.
1858
Waelty, Henry .
Canton Zurich
1856
Wyman, W. W.
Canada
1860
Weibel, Peter
Valendas, Canton Grisons. do.
1856
Weinandy, Nicholas
Alma (Town)
1858
Waites, Joseph .
Luxemburg, .
1856
Warner, Ernest A
United States
1859
Wirth, Jacob
Stammheim, Cnt. Zurich
1858
Zierzow, Fred
Pomerania, Prussia.
1856
Zittel, Jacob.
Muggensturm, Baden
1858
Zittel, Anton
Durmersheim, do.
1858
APPENDIX TO CLASS II.
Erick Alme, born in Lyster, Bergens Stift, Norway, came to this county July 3d, 1856, settled in Norwegian Cooley and re- mains on the old homestead now 31 years. He was one of the first of the Norwegians, who settled in this county. The winter of 1856-57 was remarkable for the deep snow. Indians were plenty during the first year.
Samuel Cooke, who, though not one of the earliest pioneers of the whole county, was the first, and for about two years the only settler in what is now known as the town of Dover. The follow-
1858
Weibel, John
Weinandy, John
Faha near Trier, Prussia 1857
1860.
Wilk, Fred
591
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS II.
FIRST LOCATION.
PRESENT LOCATION.
TRADE, BUSINESS OR OCCUPATION.
REMARKS.
Nelson Alma
Nelson Alma
Farmer
do.
do.
Blacksmith & Merch't do. do
FountainCity Buffalo
Farmer
Nelson .. ....
Wabasha, Minn .... Alma (Town) Waumandee Lincoln
do.
Belvidere do.
..
do.
do.
do.
do.
Crookston . ..
Brewer
do
La Crosse
Saloon
do.
Died
Farmer
Waumandee
Waumandee Mondovi
do.
Modena
.
Cross .
do.
Winona. do. do.
Jeweler & Pharmacist Farmer & Hotelkeeper Farmer & Carpenter ... Farmer
... See Appendix.
Alma (Town) do.
Buffalo City
Teacher
Nelson.
Nelson.
Farmer
Nebraska
do.
Died.
Tailor
SeeOrganization.
Lincoln
Farmer
Died 1874 .. do.
do. do.
ing notes are from answers to questions sent to his son Chauncey H. Cooke, who now lives on his father's homestead.
Samuel Cooke was the lineal descendant of Samuel and Hope Cooke, who came from Kent, England, and settled in Wallingford, Connecticut, in 1667. He was born in Franklin County, Ohio, in December 1818, and became a saddler and harnessmaker by trade. He first came to this county in 1855, when he purchased the land in Elk Creek Valley in Township 23, Range 10. In June fol- lowing he brought his family and settled on his land. A born hunter and lover of the chase, he followed the trail of the elk and
Musician
Farmer
Alma (Town). Waumandee Belvidere do.
do.
Alma. Buffalo City .. do.
Alma (Town.) Buffalo City
do.
do. Waumandee Belvidere .. ... do. do.
15
592
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
bear with a zest as keen as that of an Indian, and a rifle as un- erring.
He always kept a lot of pets. Bears, deer and common sand- hill cranes were domestic animals at his house. Wolves were , frequent and sometimes attacked his cattle. Mr. Cooke claimed to have owned the most noted bear dog in Wisconsin. The deep snow of 1856-57 completely isolated the family in their new home, and it was not until March 1857 that they learned of Buchanan's election. Within two years there was an accession of only two settlers to the population, Geo. Wooster below and Ed- ward Cartwright above Mr. Cooke's, in the same valley. At first he considered Patrick Mulcare of Glencoe, 15 miles away, his next neighbor, but soon discovered the Loomis Settlement, about seven miles west of him. In 1868 Mr. Cooke bought the American House in Alma, and remained its landlord until 1874, when he moved back to his farm, where he died, April 10th, 1879, at the age of 60 years and four months.
Four of his children, Dora, Chauncey, Warren and Kit, came with him from Ohio; two, Samuel and Eva, were born in this county.
Probably I ought to apologize on two sides, first, to my friend Chauncey, for having mercilessly lopped off the ornaments of his narrative, second, to the readers for the long story, which, I trust, is interesting enough, nevertheless. I hope this apology will be accepted in good faith.
Some of the material furnished by Mr. C. H. Cooke will be more appropriately employed in the history of Gilmanton and Dover.
John Callahan of Cork Co., Ireland, came to New York, 1848, and to this county Dec. 1, 1856. He says: "I paid one hundred dollars cash from Dunleith for me and wife, cabin passage. The anchor ice was running so that we had to stop at Winona, Minn., and paid fifty dollars for team to Wabasha; found out on the way that we could get across at Alma, and paid fifteen dollars for cross- ing in skiff at Alma, to a gentleman named Spany, now dead."
Traveling under difficulties, I should say!
John S. DeGroff, who came in the Fall of 1857, remarks: "First election in Nelson (which was then Nelson and Maxville combined) the ballot box was an old boot."
593
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
Chas. F. Eager, son of Luther and A. M. Eager, was born in Derby, Vt., Sept. 28, 1852, and came to this county in April 1856. His father located on the old Eager farm 1} mile southwest of Mondovi. He says: "My mother was one of the first three women who settled in the northern part of Buffalo Co., the other two were I think, Mrs. E. B. Gifford and Mrs. James Hunter. When we first settled near Mondovi our postoffice was Eau Galla, and I re- member of father carrying groceries in a basket from Alma. Wild game was plenty, bears, deer and wolves. I have seen many a bear in broad daylight in the valley now a part of the old farm, and I have seen the deer hauled in by sleigh loads, like a large load of wood. I lived in Buffalo Co. 21 years." My friend Charles will permit me to add, that I know him as one of the best informed teachers of that part of our county where he resided.
Mrs. A. M. Eager resides in Dayton, Washington Ter., and James T. Eager, his brother, in Gera in the same territory ..
James Faulds jr., born at Banliston, Lanarkshire, Scotland, came to this county from Pennsylvania in the spring of 1856. He was a miner, engineer and farmer in succession, and but 50 years old when he died. Landed at Fountain City 16 miles from his destined home, on which his family still resides.
Leonhard Fried, has been Town Clerk of the Town of Cross for three years, Justice of the Peace for six, and Chairman of the town for four years. He has also been for many years a successful teacher, and for some considerable time treasurer of the Fountain City Mutual Insurance Co.
John C. Ganz came in May 1857. His son Edwin F. reports: Theodore Meuli built the first cabin in the upper Waumandee Valley on Sec. 2, T. 21, R. 11, which was afterwards occupied by the above settler.
Ferdinand Horst, born at Luedenscheidt, Westphalia, Prussia, settled at Buffalo City in August 1857, took a homestead and set- tled upon it in 1863 in the town of Belvidere, where he lived until 1878, when he removed to Independence, Trempealeau Co. He was a machinist and sawyer, and is now a machinist, blacksmith and merchant of hardware in the last named place.
Jacob Hentges, sen., born at Merl on the Moselle, in 1818, came to this country in 1852 and to this county May 1st, 1857. He was in the old country a farmer and cultivator of the grape, which
594
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
latter pursuit he is engaged in yet on his farm in Cross, adjoining the Trempealeau valley.
Caspar Huber of Nendingen, Wuertemberg, is the only one of the citizens of this county whom I remember to have known in the old country. This was in 1839-40, when I was not quite 14 years old, and he was a young journey man shoemaker in the city of Schaffhausen, Switzerland. He came to Buffalo City, April 24, 1857, and when two years later I came to that place, he was, be- sides working in his trade, carrying the mail between it and Foun- tain City, mostly on foot, in high water times, however, in a skiff.
Alexander Harvey, born in Horton, Nova Scotia, came to this county in 1856. His name also appears in Class I, among the sons of Robert Harvey deceased. I really had no reliable informa- tion in regard to his father's advent into this county and this may serve as a correction of previous statements.
Count Pulaski Johnson, born at Sardinia, Erie Co., N. Y. settled with his father's family in 1857 in September, in the Eastern part of Waumandee on the bluff. He says: I am the oldest living son of Mordecai Johnson, formerly known as "Johnson on the Bluff," the first and for a while the only settler on the ridge between the Waumandee and Trempealeau Valleys, from John Burt's near Fountain City to Cook's Valley, five miles by nearest wagon road to next neighbor. Saw some tough times in opening up a settle- ment. We had to camp in the woods until we could build a house and had no stove to cook with for three months; we subsisted mostly on roasted potatoes and milk, when we could find our cows and get the potatoes. The latter we had to get in Waumandee Valley and carry them three miles, and up the bluff, on our backs. For two days I had nothing to eat but acorns and milk, as it stormed so, that we could not go for potatoes. We were the only family on the bluff, that did not desert the place in the big Indian scare at the time of the Minnesota massacre in 1862. My father was born in the same place as myself and now lives in Redwood County, Minn.
Henry Klein, born at Lauffen a. N. Ober-Amt Besigheim, Wuertemberg, arrived at Belvidere Sept. 6th, 1856 and bought the land, then owned by Joseph Berni, on which four acres were un- der cultivation and of buildings a very small log-house. The road from Fountain City to Alma, what there was of it, was still very
595
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
bad. Mr. Klein is one of the most extensive growers of grapes in this county. He has three sons, Gottlieb, in Bohri's Valley, Fritz in La Crosse, and Gottfried on the old farm.
Thomas Lawrence of Sintoga Co., N. Y., came to Buffalo Co. March 12, 1856. He is now living in Brown Co., Dak., and is do- ing well, which, I am sure, will please many of his old friends and acquaintances. There were some shady sides in his career in this county, but after all, I think he did not take any grudge with him when he left, nor did he leave any among his neighbors.
Christian Mosimann, sen., reports: "I took up the land I now occupy in 1852, September 24. It was the first land taken up in the town of Waumandee. John Baechler took up his land the same day."
James Muir of Fauskin, Lanarkshire, Scotland, a coal miner before, but farmer since living here reports: "I came here with father, William, and mother, Grace Muir, and brother John and sister Jane. We were the first settlers in this valley, buying 160 acres, a forty in each of Sections 25 and 26, 35 and 36."
Peter Weibel, of Valendas, Canton of Grisons, came in June 1858 to the Eagle Valley in the town of Cross. In the winter fol- lowing we moved the house of Jos. Marchion from the town of Buffalo, on the sloughs, to the Eagle Valley. Lives now in Wi- nona, keeping a hotel.
696
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS III.
NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
DATE OF SETTLEMENT
Allen, Ahaz F
Ellisburg, N. Y.
June 1862 .... October 1864
Bond, Jos. S. ..
Monroe Co., Pa
Bodenstab, G. A. Dr
Diederson, Hannover
August 1864 Spring 1865
Baclı, Elizabeth
Rhenish Prussia
1862
Brose, Fred
Ukermark, Prussia.
1863
Brose, Chas.
do. do.
1863
Becker, Math.
Luxemburg.
1865
Benker, Christian
Canton Berne.
Sept. 1862
Bielefeld, John
1862
Balk Charles
1863
Butler, Isaac.
Pennsylvania
1864
Boehme, Chas. A
Muegeln, Saxony
1861
Brenner, Anton.
Neidingen, Baden
1862-3
Barth, Louis
Born in the county
1861
Cochran, Georgc
Randolph, Vt.
1865
Cody, Mathew
1864
Cody, James.
Duerkopp, Carl
Brunswick, Germany
1861
Danuser, Florian
Felsberg, Cnt. Grisons
1860
Durish, John.
Maton, Canton Grisons
1861
Ehrich, William
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1861
Ender, Jacob
Lichtenstein.
1860-61
Eberwein, Adam
1860-61
Foster, Anton
Vaihingen, Wuertemberg. Andelfingen, Cnt.Thurgau 1862 Canton Grisons
1862
Fluri, Florian
1862
Fluri, George.
1862
Grotjahn, Christ
Dahlum, Hannover
1862
Geissbuehler, Ulrich
Lamperswyl, Cnt. Berne -
1863
Graf, Joseph.
Lichtenstein
1862
Guelzow, Frederick
Gross-Tetzleben, Prussia ..
1865
Gebus, Michael ..
Batzendorf, Alsace.
1864
Heuser, Michael
Baden
1862
Hynes, Thomas.
Ireland,
1863
Hunner, John.
Buffalo, N. Y.
April 1862 ...
Hebard, Charles Dr.
Randolph, Vt.
June 1865
Haigh, John
Yorkshire, England.
1863
Hunner, Louis P
Buffalo, N. Y.
June 1864
Blank, Geo. Leonard
Wuertem berg.
1863
Brose, William
Pommerania, Prussia do.
New York City do.
Oct. 1864 .
Fluri, John
do. do.
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS III.
FIRST LOCATION.
PRESENT LOCATION.
TRADE, BUSINESS OR OCCUPATION.
REMARKS.
Gilmanton.
Gilmanton ... |Farmer
Naples.
Naples
do.
Fountain City Waumandee
Fountain C. Physician.
Waumandee Carpenter & Farmer ...
do.
do. do.
do.
do.
Farmer do. do.
Alma . Nelson.
Alma
Farmer, etc.
do.
Died 1870 .. Alma (Town.) Lincoln
Carpenter & Farmer Farmer do. do.
Nelson
Died.
Alma
Merchant.
Canton
-
Canton.
Farmer
Cross
Fountain C. Farmer, Teacher, Machine Agt.
Gilmanton
Farmer
do. do.
Gilmanton .. , do. do.
Farmer, Carpenter. do. and Miller
do.
Farmer do.
Alma. Glencoe. do.
Arcadia. . . .
do.
Alma.
Alma (Town) Waggonmaker, Farm'r
Nelson.
Nelson
Farmer etc.
do.
Died
do. Brickmaker, Farmer
Farmer
Fountain City Glencoe ... . . . do. do.
Cross. . Montana. do. do.
do.
do.
Modena . ..
do.
do
do.
Alma (Town) Waumandee
Montana
Cross Waumandee Eau Claire ...
do.
Merchant, etc.
... See Appendix
Mondovi .
Mondovi
Lincoln
Lincoln
Alma
Druggist, Merchant, Banker etc ...
See Alma.
See Pol. History.
... See Appendix.
... See Appendix.
Modena Nelson do.
Nelson .. Ellsworth, Wis ..... Alma (Town) ..
do. do.
do.
Cross
Waumandee Alma
Physician & Surgeon Farmer .
Alma
Farm, Saloon & Store.
do. do. do
Lincoln
Buffalo City ..
Montana
597
898
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS III.
NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
DATE OF SETTLEMENT
Hadley, Daniel
Hartford, Vt ..
1861
Hunter, Peter
Clackmannanshire, Sctld.
May 1865
Hoefling, William
Fulda, Hesse-Cassel.
Fall 1863.
Horbach, Jacob
Ditweiler, Rhen. Bavaria Nassau, Germany.
1863
Imrie, James.
Scotland .
1864.
Iberg, John
Canton Aargau
1863
Jackson, Walter
Fifeshire, Scotland
May 1862
Kindschi Paul
Canton Grisons .. do.
1864
Kohlhepp, William
Hanau, Hesse-Cassel
1861
Kochendorfer, John.
Wuertem berg
1865
Korb, John .
Coelln in Pommerania
1862
Kent, Wm. E.
Warren, Vt.
1864
Kins, Herman Jenson
Norway
1861
Kins, Jens.
do.
1861
Kins, Henry H.
do.
1861
Kins, Nels.
do.
1861
Kins, John.
do.
1861
Leonhardy, Jacob.
Canton Grisons
1861
Lee, Halvor A.
Valders, Norway
1864
Litchfield, Thomas
Springfield, Vt.
Sept. 1864
Lee, Cornelius.
Ireland
1865
Lengert, Geo ..
Erfurt, Prussia
1864.
Leonhardy, John S
Schwanden, Cnt Glarus
July 1863
Leonhardy, Emil
Parpan, Cnt. Grisons do
July 1863 1863 .
Leonhardy, John
Canton Grisons
March 1863
Mathys, Christian
Summer1864
Mathys, Christian
May 1863
Morgan, Frederick
Sept. 1862
Morgan, Vesper.
1862.
Muehleisen, Geo
Wuertemberg
1865
McCabe, James
Ireland .
1861.
Meisser, Michael.
Canton Grisons.
1865
Mecklenburg, John
Mecklenburg do.
1864
Mecklenburg, Charles
1865
Mann, Anton
Dornstadt, Wuertemberg
1865
Merritt, M. S.
Canada
1861
Merritt, Loren A.
Ohio
1861
Leonhardy, J. M.
do. do.
West-Randolph, Vt .. do.
1865
Kindschi, Nicholas
Feb. 1865
Huett, Adolph
599
LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.
EARLY SETTLERS, CLASS III.
FIRST LOCATION.
PRESENT LOCATION.
TRADE, BUSINESS OR OCCUPATION.
REMARKS.
Gilmanton.
Gilmanton .. Glencoe.
Carpenter & Farmer ... Farmer
Alma
Teacher and Agent.
do.
Fergus Falls, Minn. Died 1866 ... Alma (Town) .. Maxville ...
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