History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 110

Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899; Western Historical Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Company
Number of Pages: 1304

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* D. S. Curtiss, in " Western Portraiture," 1851.

+ Horace Greeley, in New York Tribune, March, 1855.

# Bayard Taylor, in New York Tribune, May 5, 1855.

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intensely at a valley, it begins to 'swell up.' Madison contains about 9,000 souls, and I believe this includes the whole population, for, judging from appearances, I should say that every individual has a soul. Well, among these 9,000 there was a gas company formed last January. On the evening of our arrival the town was lighted with gas. They have determined to have water-works, and, if you should come this way in a few weeks, do not be surprised if you should see Neptune and all his Tritons spouting here.

"Madison is destined to be a resort for those who wish to retire from the turmoil of busi- ness. Around these beautiful lakes there will be seen many a lovely home reflected in the clear waters. Those to whom the bustle of Newport and Saratoga gives no recreation, will be delighted to come to such a place as this."*

A BUILDING MANIA.

A Madison paper of April 11, 1855, referring to the improvements going on, said :

" Never before was the building mania in Madison more apparent than now. Go where you will, visit whichever part of town you may, and you see on all sides, in every nook and cor- ner, apparently upon every lot, the most active, busy-bustle preparations for building. You pass an untouched, vacant lot in the morning, and at night you will find it strewed over with building materials, a foundation laid, frame raised for a good-sized house, nearly clapboarded and partly painted. This is what we saw last week. There are now no less than 150, and perhaps 200, buildings commenced and in the various stages of completion in this town to-day, and yet building has barely commenced. It seems that everybody is coming to Madison, and everybody who does must build. One stimulus to building this season is the fact that materials are much cheaper, as we are informed, than usual."

Another paper said : " Business in real estate in our city is becoming lively. We have before us the operations of a single individual during the week last past. From this, it appears that this person was one party to sales amounting in the aggregate to $33,000. These are simply the operations of one man in one week, and the property that changed hands is all within the city limits. Others, no doubt, have done as much, and perhaps more, of which we have no account. There has been no time when the business prospects of our place were brighter than at present. Strangers are flocking into the city in large numbers, all delighted with the place, and taking up their residence among us. In addition to an active business in sales of lots and lands, the building of stores, shops and dwellings, is unusually active this spring. New build- ings are being erected in every direction, and some of them of a superior order. It is truly gratifying to witness such indisputable evidences of prosperity. Long may it continue."

ADDITIONS AND RE-PLATS.

The following are the dates of the recording of the several additions to Madison, while it was an incorporated village :

University Addition, August 28, 1850; Block 9, in same addition, July 25, 1851; Far- well's Re-plat, July 25, 1853; Greenbush Addition, September 16, 1854; Farwell's Re-plat and Addition, March 28, 1855; Hoyt's Subdivision of Outlot No. 3, in the University Addi- tion, April 28, 1855 ; Hopkins' Subdivision of Outlot No. 2, in same addition, May 14, 1855.

The original plats of Madison only extended half a mile from the capitol on the west. The history of the University Addition is this : The Congress of the United States had donated to the State of Wisconsin a certain quantity of land for the establishment and endow- ment of a University to be located at or near the capital. The duty of selecting a site and commencing operations devolved upon the Board of Regents elected by the Legislature in 1848. Adjoining the town plat on the west was a quarter-section of land which included in its bound- ary the elevation upon which the University buildings now stand. This quarter-section, it was

*Noble Butler, il Knickerbocker M gazine, September, 1855.

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found, could be purchased at a moderate expense. The Regents purchased it, reserved forty acres for University purposes, and platted the remainder as an addition to the city, to be sold for the benefit of the University fund. From sales of these lots there was realized nearly or quite an amount sufficient to erect and complete the first of the buildings now on the grounds, in addition to the original cost of the land.

Farwell's Re-plat of 1853 was at the cast side of the village, lying along the west side of the Yahara, and extending north and south between the two lakes. The Greenbush Addition was at the west end of Lake Monona. Farwell's Re-plat and Addition, of 1855, was on the east side of the Yahara.

By an act of the Legislature, approved February 10, 1851, "So much of Sections 12, 13, 14, 23 and 24 of Town[ship] 7 north, of Range 9 east, and Section 7, of Town[ship] 7 north, of Range 10 east, as is included in the original town plat of Madison, together with blocks numbered from 1 to 17 inclusive in the ' University Addition,' shall hereafter be included in " the corporate limits of the village of Madison. By acts of 1855 and 1856, parts of Far- well's Addition to the village were vacated.

POPULATION AT DIFFERENT PERIODS.

For the year 1846, 626; 1847, 632; 1850, 1,672; 1851, 2,306; 1852, 2,973; 1853, 4,029; 1854, 5,126 ; 1855, 8,664.

L. J. FARWELL.

In 1847, L. J. Farwell, of Milwaukee, attracted by the beauty of the location of Madison, and foreseeing, as he thought, its advantages as a place of business, made an extensive purchase of real estate, comprising a portion of the village plat and of lands lying adjacent, which included the then unimproved water-power between Lakes Monona and Mendota. To his active enter. prise, his liberal policy and public spirit Madison is 'largely indebted for her present prosperity. During the following winter, he commenced the improvement of the Madison water-power. The fall between the lakes, as taken by a number of engineers, varied from three feet ten inches to four feet eleven inches. This variation was unquestionably owing to a variation in the lakes at the several times the levels were taken, Lake Monona being much the smaller, would be more affected by a rainstorm than the other. Among his first works were the improvement of the water-power and the erection of mills. His efforts at once infused new life into the settlement. Real estate, hitherto almost without value, began to be sought for, and to improve in price. Streets were cleared of their forests, roads were laid out to the surrounding prairies, bridges were built, the low lands drained, roadways carried through them and lined with shade-trees; and buildings and improvements of all kinds began to rise among the trees and dot the distant prairies. He matured a comprehensive system of advertising the advantages of the country abroad, and scores of thousands of pamphlets, filled with valuable information, were spread all over the Eastern States and Europe.

Perhaps no one person ever did more to promote the interests of Madison than Farwell. He not only built mills, but started the first woolen-factory and the first machine-shop and foundry. He set the example of first grading and filling streets, and building side and cross walks ; and in the projected railroad enterprises, designed to benefit Madison, he embarked heartily and liberally. In 1857, owing to the great financial difficulties of that year, he became involved, like many others, and his fortunes were seriously affected. The citizens of Madison will always bear cheerful witness to the greatness of his efforts, which had for their object the promotion of her best interests.

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CHAPTER XV.

MADISON AS A CITY.

MADISON APOSTROPHIZED-THE CHARTER-THE SITE-THE NEW-BORN CITY-CITY OFFICERS, 1856 TO 1880-REGATTAS-BANKS-THE BEAUTIES OF MADISON-TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATIONS-MONKS HALL-MANUFACTORIES-POST OFFICE-MILLS-FIRE DEPARTMENT-MADISON AS A SUMMER RESORT-UNITED STATES AND STATE CENSUS-FOREST HILL CEMETERY-BREWERIES-HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE-THE MADISON MAENNERCHOR --- ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETY-MADISON INSTITUTE- WATER SUPPLY-HEALTH OF MADISON.

MADISON APOSTROPHIZED. BY ROSELINE PECK. (The first lady settler in the city.)

Ho, Madison And its once starved and hungry crew, With stomachs expanded so wide, Who now, in their pride, can gulp down their stew, And oysters, and turkeys beside.

They should Look hack a few years, and remember their mother, Who perspired to give them relief, And have charity more for sister and brother, Whilst gorging their pie, cakes and beef.

THE CHARTER.

On the 2d day of February, 1856, the Trustees of the village of Madison appointed a committee, consisting of A. A. Bird, Simeon Mills, Thomas O. Edwards and J. P. Atwood, to draw up a city charter and to procure, if possible, its passage by the Legislature then in session. The charter was drawn accordingly, and Madison became a city by an act approved March 4, following. The city limits, as described by the charter, included all of Section 6, except the east half of the southeast quarter, and all of Section 7, except the east half of the northeast fractional quarter, in Township 7 north, of Range 10 east ; Lots 3 and 4 in the southeast quarter of Section 12; all of Sections 13, 14, 23 and 24; all of the southeast fractional quarter of Section 15; the east fractional half of Section 22; the east fractional half of the southwest quarter of the same section ; so much of the north part of the west half of the northwest quarter of Section 26 as was covered by the recorded plat of Greenbush Addition to the village of Madison, and the northeast fractional quarter of Section 27, in Township 7 north, of Range 9 east; together with the entire surface of Lakes Monona and Mendota, to the shores at high- water mark around the same.

The city was divided into four wards. The elective officers were to be a Mayor, Treasurer, Marshal and Police Justice for the city at large. There were to be for each ward three Alder- men, one Justice of the Peace, one Assessor and one Constable elected. The Mayor and Aldermen were to be denominated the Common Council. The elections were to be held on the first Monday of March in each year. At the first election, Jairus C. Fairchild was chosen Mayor ; A. B. Braley, Police Justice ; J. J. Starks, Treasurer ; Frederick Mohr, Marshal. The following Aldermen were elected : First Ward-Adam Kraetz, Thomas Herran, A. E. Brooks. Second Ward-N. B. VanSlyke, D. J. Powers, J. N. Jones. Third Ward-C. G.

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Mayers, P. H. Van Bergen (resigned, W. F. Baker elected), A. S. Wood. Fourth Ward- S. M. Van Bergen, Joseph Hobbins, Timothy Kinney. The charter provided for the appoint- ment of a Clerk, while the senior Alderman was to be ex officio Street Commissioner. The appointment also of City Attorney and City Surveyor was provided for. The officers appointed the first year were William N. Seymour, Clerk ; Daniel R. Coit, City Attorney ; P. W. Mc Cabe, City Surveyor.

THE SITE.

Madison is situated in latitude 43 degrees 4 minutes and 20 seconds north, and in longi- " tude 89 degrees 20 minutes west from Greenwich, England, and 12 degrees 20 minutes west from Washington, D. C. The city is about seventy-five miles in an air line from Lake Michigan, about ninety miles from the Mississippi River, thirty-nine miles from the southern boundary line of the State, and 240 miles from the nearest point on Lake Superior. It is therefore very near the center of the State (of which it is the capital) on an east-and-west line, but far from the center on a north-and-south line, being much nearer the southern than the northern boun- dary. It is twenty-three miles from the western, and nineteen miles from the eastern boun- dary of Dane County, of which it is the county seat, and midway between the northern and southern boundaries, being fifteen miles from each.

The site of Madison is an undulating isthmus, having Lake Mendota on the northwest, and Lake Monona on the southeast.

The most elevated ground upon the site is " University Hill," the summit of which is about 125 feet above the surrounding lakes. The ground upon which the capitol stands is about seventy-five feet, and the ridge that skirts Lake Mendota about eighty feet above the level of the water. Northeast of the capitol each of the lakes is skirted by a ridge thirty or forty feet high. Between these ridges the ground is flat, and was formerly a wet marsh. The efforts to reclaim this tract by draining have been successful, and a number of dwellings and. shops have been erected upon it; also the works of the Madison Gas Light and Coke Company. Southwest, also, of the capitol, is a low, level tract ; but this portion is not as wet as the other. The site, with these exceptions, is abundantly high, and so rolling as to afford excellent drainage and beautiful building sites.

THE NEW-BORN CITY.

In April, 1856, there were " five first-class dwellings going up, five brick dwellings, forty framed dwellings and sixteen stone and brick buildings for stores in progress " in Madison. The evidence of thrift and enterprise was very apparent. The number of new-comers was large and increasing, and the prospects for the growth and prosperity of the city were never so promising. The names of the more important buildings, business firms and institutions in the city were as fol- lows : The brick block built by W. D. Bruen, and known as Brnen's Block, occupied by the Dane County Bank and J. Richardson & Co., on the corner, as land agents; Hale & Harris, dry goods ; D. S. Durrie, books and stationery ; D. Holt, jeweler; and Wright & Mayers as land agents and agents of the American Express Company-all on the first floor. The second floor by Orton & Hopkins, Atwood & Haskell and Hood & Tenney, attorneys ; Drs. Bowen & Bart- lett, physicians ; Maul & Grimm, bookbinders ; State Agricultural Society ; Powers & Skinner, publishers ; and State Journal editorial rooms. The third story by the Madison Mutual Insur- ance Company ; Madison Gaslight Company ; S. V. Shipman, architect ; the City Council and Clerk's office; the Norske Amerikan Norwegian newspaper ; N. W. Dean, office ; W. H. Wyman, insurance agent; and Western Union Telegraph Company. The fourth story, the State- Journal printing office ; Museum of the Wisconsin Natural History Association, and Mr. Bron- son, artist. The building adjoining, on Pinckney street, occupied by S. Marshall as the State Bank, on the main floor ; Delaplaine & Burdick, on the second floor, and by ex-Gov. Farwell as a real estate office. The frame building next east occupied by L. Guild & Co., dry goods ; similar building adjoining by Colwell & Go., druggists ; next, G. W. Gilman, boots and shoes, the second floor by J. C. Howells, dentist. The next building of brick, known as the Badger .

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Building, first floor, Catlin, Williamson & Barwise, land office and exchange dealers, and Smith & Keyes. as attorneys. The upper part was used by the United States Hotel, which adjoined it on the east ; the basement by W. H. Noland, barber, P. L. Mohr, real estate dealer, and the United States Hotel. In Fairchild's Block, on Main street, S. Klauber & Co., dry goods, occupied two stores on the first floor, and Corss & Merrill, one, clothing ; on the second floor was the St. Julien Saloon ; the third floor was occupied by Langrishe & Atwater, as a theater. In the basement, A. P. Doerschlag han a saloon. In the adjoining frame building, was Gleason & Memhard, first floor, dry goods and hardware, and G. E. Woodward, attorney ; the next by Isaac Bonnell, stove store, and A. Neuhoff, clothing; adjoining, by Donaldson & Tredway, dry goods, and second floor by Abbot, Clark & Coit, attorneys, the banking house of M. T. Martin, B. U. Caswell's hat store, and French, as a saloon. The next brick store, owned by J. C. Fairchild, occupied by D. C. Poole, dry goods and crockery, and second floor by Vilas, Roys & Pinney, Drs. Gray & Brown, Col. Fairchild's office, and that of William Welch, Justice of the Peace. The adjoining building, the Capitol House, kept by Nelson & Rus- sell, also occupied by Cook & Belden, jewelers, and M. Strauss, as tobacconist. Across Wis- consin avenue, the next business firm was R. T. Curtis & Co. (T. Reynolds), dry goods and groceries, in the brick store built by W. C. Wells in 1851 ; the next building was occupied by W. B. Jarvis, land agent, T. S. Woodward, drugs and medicines, and S. R. Fox, hardware; and, across Carroll street, Miss McMahon, milliner ; A. Abbott, marble shop ; and Sanderson, milliner ; Reuil Noyes, land office ; the adjoining building, across Fairchild street, being the County Court House.

Among other buildings erected this year was P. H. Van Bergen's Block, corner of Clymer and Pinckney streets ; R. S. Bacon & Co., Commercial College Building ; Billings & Carman's Plow Manufactory, City Engine-houses, Fox & Atwood's stone block (occupied by S. R. Fox, Mrs. Trevoy and A. Rasdall), stone block on King street, James Campbell's Planing-mill on Washington avenue, south of the capitol, and several private residences.

But the next year (1857) was a disastrous one in a financial point of view. Early in the fall, the " monetary panic" came over the country, and the Western States felt it severely- Wisconsin as a State, and Madison as a city. A number of merchants were obliged to yield to the pressure and scarcity of money and close up their places of business. The private improve- ments of the city were much affected.

During the sessions of the Legislature of 1858, an effort was made to remove the capital to the city of Milwaukee. A bill was introduced into the Assembly, and, on its being read a third time, there was a tie vote. J. H. Knowlton, who had opposed the bill, changed his vote for the removal, which carried the bill. He then moved to re-consider the vote and to lay that motion upon the table, which was adopted, thus virtually killing the bill for the session.

MADISON IN 1857.

The business men and women of Madison, at that date, were as follows :

Attorneys and Counselors at Law .- Abbott, Clark & Coit, Atwood & Haskel, C. Ains- worth, W. F. Baker, John R. Baltzell, A. B. Braley, J. M. Blake, D. C. Bush, Cutler & Ford, Frink & Carskadder, Thomas Hood, J. W. Johnson, William B. Jarvis, J. Gillett Knapp, R. W. Lansing, H. M. Lewis, J. W. Mayhew, Daniel McFarland, J. H. McAvoy, Orton, Hopkins & Firmin, M. H. Orton, Remington & Rollins, Roys & Pinney, Smith & Keyes, Wakeley & T'en- ney, William Welch, George E. Woodward.

Physicians and Surgeons .- Allopathic-C. B. Chapman, John Favill, A. J. Ward, Joseph Hobbins, William Hobbins, E. A. Woodward, Alex Schue, Edward N. Heath, James J. Brown, J. P. Fuchs, Joel Rice, Samuel Carman, F. Fischer, Walter Failing. Homoeopathic- J. B. Bowen, E. G. Bartlett, S. B. Thayer. Eclectic-J. C. Rudd.

Real Estate Dealers and Agents .- Wright & Mayers, James Richardson & Co., Catlin, Williamson & Barwise, L. J. Farwell, William B. Jarvis, Carpenter, Noyes & Co., Delaplaine &

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Burdick, A. E. Brooks, Chapman & Smith, C. Ainsworth, James P. Falkner, Cheney & Cleve- land, P. L. Mohr, R. S. Riley, J. W. Mayhew.

Private Bankers .- Catlin, Williamson & Barwise, William B. Jarvis, Cheney & Cleveland, James P. Falkner, C. Hayes & Co., R. S. Riley, Harris & Keefe.

Insurance Agents .- Julius T. Clark, David Atwood, S. G. Benedict, E. W. Keyes, S. V. Shipman, W. H. Wyman, C. Hayes & Co., N. H Rich.

Dry Goods Dealers .- L. Guild, W. S. & A. H. Main, S. Klauber & Co., Donaldson & Tredway, F. &. J. H. Whittlesey, J. J. Starks, Hale & Harris, H. G. Dodge, McKey & Bros., George Webb & Co., Dudley & Powers, A. Rosenthal, D. S. Thurston, J. G. Griffin, J. T. Marston, Hutchings, Bros., J. Rodermund, George Ott, D. K. Butler, E. Burrucker.

Fancy Goods and Millinery .- R. F. Powers, Miss Barry, Misses McMahon, Miss Young, Misses Slots, Miss Buckley.

Ready-made Clothing and Merchant Tailors .- A. G. Campbell, S. Klauber & Co., Friend & Crawford, Flesch & Fecheimer, Levi Strauss, A. Newhoff & Co., Sulsbacher & Rosenthall, Lodwick Jones, G. Yagla, W. Griffith.

Principal Grocers .- Etheridge, Shoemaker & Co., Mesick & Lansing, B. W. Bowen, J. H. Foote, P. B. Marvin, L. Davenport, R. Kamlah & Co., Wright & Paine, F. Massing, S. Engle, E. H. Gleason, A. Turner, P. Tschndy, P. L. Carman & Co., N. A. Brown, A. P. Doerschlag, J. C. Fortin, George E. Fess, B. E. Hale, Hale & Dickenson, Thomas Heeran, B. A. Atwell, Mr. Angell.

Confectioners and Fruit Dealers .- Fred Mossner, J. J. Myers.

Clocks, Watches and Jewelry .- Cook & Belden, Gennet Brothers, R. J. Smith, Amos Parker, Ezra P. Copp, A. Scott.

Hardware Dealers .- Tibbits & Gordon, Samuel R. Fox, Gleason & Houghton, Adams & Adams.

Books, Stationery, Periodicals and Book-Binding .- D. S. Durrie, Weed, Eberhard & Co., Charles H. Wilson, Grimm & Maull.

Musical Instruments .- David Holt, C. T. Flowers, R. J. Smith.

Crockery and Glassware .- D. C. Poole.

Boot and Shoe Dealers .- Geo. W. Gilman, F. D. Fuller, D. M. Burwell, A. Noyes, H. C. Blanchard, C. Beckmann.

Leather Dealer .- G. V. Ott.

Drugs, Medicines, Oils, Etc .- Wright & Paine, Colwell & Co., F. S. Woodward & Co., Mols & Co., Powers & Jones, H. C. Lee.

Cabinet Ware .- Darwin Clark, O. C. Buck & Co., J. Fisher & Co., G. Barckham.

Tobacconists .- M. Strauss & Brother, C. Mayer, F. W. Lindhorst.

Saddlers and Harness Makers .- George C. Albee, T. Chynoweth, J. J. Fuller, Wm. H. Worden, H. Bodensteiner, M. Boehmer.

Produce Dealers .- G. A. Willard & Son, James H. Hill & Co. ; and several wheat and grain buyers at the railroad depot.

Carriages and Wagons .- Bird Brothers, J. M. Griffin, Barton & Wiser, D. Wais, P. Fields, Henry Berbaum, John Lamp, T. Herfurth.

Plow Manufacturers .- Billings and Carman, S. Haley.

Hat, Cap and Fur Dealers .- G. B. McGie & Co.

Dentists .- C. W. Cook, J. C. Howells, N. Chittenden, L. G. Mead, George A. Hoffman. Architects .- S. V. Shipman, Donnell & Kutzbock.

Daguerreotypists and Photographers .-- Johnson & Fuller, Sidney Wood.

Auctioneers-A. Childs, A. T. Bruce.

Gas Fixtures .- Mr. Gibbs.

Lumber, Shingles, Doors and Sash .- H. C. Bull & Co., Charles Mears & Co., Hibbard & Luce.

Planing Factories .- Stevens & Thayer-two establishments.

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Foundries and Machine Shops .- Waldo Skinner, S. Haley.

Bakeries .- S. H. Cowles, J. F. Myers.

Meat Markets .- Conley & Rhodes, Dewey & Bemis, Robert Nichols, John Weisler, William Jenkins, Fred Hummer, Jacob Kielian, William Manning.

Gunsmiths .-- T. N. Bovee, Herfarth & Anschutz, C. Lamb.

Marble Factories, Etc .- Abijah Abbott, A. S. Wood, John Heeran.

Master Builders, Carpenters and Joiners .- Karnes & Howard, Benjamin Judkins, Deards & Moxley, R. White, E. W. Gardner, James Hopkins, Franklin Vial, S. M. Calkins, Jack & Richardson, R. T. Davis, C. C. Pierce, Michael Cosgrove, Knowles & Hutchinson, Burwell & Wescott, C. J. Kidd, E. E. Wyman, James Campbell, John Myers.

Masons and House Contractors .- A. A. Bird, Parkin & Mitchell, Livsey & Carroll, Andrus Vial, Oakley & Sharp, Brooks & Swift, W. H. Demarest, Woodhurst & Coleman, Harvey & Johnson, Hokey & Josephs, E. B. Quinn.

Painters and Glaziers .- W. P. Towers, J. W. Tolford, J. S. Webster, Dyke & Sons, S. Francomb, A. Canfield & Son, Williams & Christie.

Blacksmiths .- John McGregor, C. Pearson, John Reiner, Mr. Herfurth, Barton & Wiser, Muldoon & Thurston, P. Fields, Mr. Maynard, S. L. Hegan, John Lamp, Mr. Renard.

Livery Stables .- Dorn & Perry, Dutcher & Brownwell, F. A. Pomeroy, American Stable, H. Miller, J. Huddart.

Hotels .- Capital House, United States Hotel, American House, Madison Hotel, City Hotel, Lake House, Hyer's Hotel, Wisconsin House, Madison Depot House, Gaust House, Baltic Hotel, Pennsylvania House, Schmidt's Hotel, Christiana House, Dimock's Hotel, Houk House, National Hotel, New England House, Fuller's Hotel, Barry's Railroad House.

Tin and Sheet Iron Manufacturers .- Tibbits & Gordon, Adams & Adams, B. F. Perry, B. C. T. Theiss.

CITY OFFICERS-1856 TO 1880.

1856-Jairus C. Fairchild, Mayor ; William N. Seymour, Clerk ; Johnson J. Starks, Treasurer ; A. B. Braley, Police Justice; Street Superintendent (Senior Alderman) ; Fred Mohr, Marshal; Daniel R. Coit, City Attorney ; P. W. McCabe, City Surveyor. Aldermen- First Ward, A. E. Brooks, T. Heeran, A. Kraetz; Second Ward, N. B. Van Slyke,. J. N. Jones, D. J. Powers; Third Ward, C. G. Mayers, P. H. Van Bergen (resigned, W. F. Baker elected), A. S. Wood; Fourth Ward, S. M. Van Bergen, Joseph Hobbins, Timothy Kinney.

1857-58-A. A. Bird, Mayor; W. N. Seymour, Clerk (disabled by a stroke of paralysis, S. H. Carpenter, elected 1857, resigned 1858); F. Sauthoff, Treasurer ; A. B. Braley, Police Justice ; Street Superintendent (Senior Alderman) ; Andrew Bishop, Chief of Police; Abbott, Clark & Coit, City Attorneys; William M. Hough, City Surveyor. Aldermen-First Ward, Abiel E. Brooks, Thomas Heeran, Casper Zwickey ; Second Ward, Napoleon B. Van Slyke, D. J. Powers, J. T. Clark (resigned) ; Third Ward, C. G. Mayers, J. G. Griffin, D. R. Hyer ; Fourth Ward, S. M. Van Bergen, T. Kinney, Joseph Hobbins.

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History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 110

Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899; Western Historical Co., Chicago, pub Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Company Number of Pages: 1304

Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899; Western Historical Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Company
Number of Pages: 1304