History of Door county, Wisconsin, together with biographies of nearly seven hundred families, and mention of 4,000 persons, Part 13

Author: Martin, Chas. I. (Charles I.)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Sturgeon Bay, Wis., Expositor job print
Number of Pages: 158


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From the Chief Engineer, Wm. T. Casgrain, we learn that the total amount of earth removed or excavated (to the date of the close of navigation 1880), in the canal and including dredging required to fill in back of the docking and revet- ment, is 1,005,648 cubic yards;


The Cost of Excavation being $229,867.32 Cost of Docking, Revetment, Ditching and Clearing 24,113.71


Services and Sundry Expenses of Civil Engneer's Department. 37,480.66


Grand Total $291,461.69


On the Harbor of Refuge, at the Lake entrance of the canal, the Government has appropriated $120,000, and expended to the close of navigation, 1880, $107,000; leaving $13,000 on hand to be used on contract not completed. The original estimate of the cost for the Harbor of Refuge, was $180,000. Therefore, there is yet to be appropriated $60,000. The present Congress (1881) will probably appropriate $10,000.


UNCOLORED FACTS.


The following is a true sketch of one of the early settlers now living in Nasewaupee township: Some 18 or twenty years ago a young man and his wife got a forty acre tract of land and set about making a farm. He had little or no capital; but he was full of hope and hard days work, and he went about his work with a full determination to success-and he did. All of our old settlers have a vivid recollection of the hard winter, when most of them were reduced to bread and potatoes for a diet, and some, as they express it, lived on potatoes and salt. Of this last class was the one of whom we write. During that long winter he worked on his lot clearing it up, and cutting cord wood. His diet not containing sufficient substance to sustain his strength as an ordinary farmer's meal would. For continued exertion he used to carry his potatoes into the woods in his pocket, and when hungry would roast and eat them. In this way he worked on, frequently assisted and cheered by his wife. Before spring, these two banked about thirty cords of wood, which they had conjointly drawn down to the shore on a hand sled, besides doing much other work about the place. This is but an instance of what men have been forced to endure in opening up a farm in this county only a few years ago; and he is not alone in suffering hard-


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ships, for most of the settlers were on the same level at that time. The pluck which actuated this man has had its reward. To-day he owns one hundred and twenty acres of land with well enclosed fields and good buildings; and cattle and sheep cluster about his barns. In a word, he is a well-to-do farmer.


COUNTY POLITICS.


No history of any county or state is complete without a sketch of its early organization, both geographical and political, and as the former phase of Door county has been given somewhat at length in this work, it is deemed but just to the readers of these sketches to relate the story of the first vote for Governor in the county-the first, so far as any data can be found. The occurrence took place in the fall of 1855. The contest then lay between William A. Barstow, Democrat, (who was a candidate for re-election,) and Coles Bashford, Republican. Up to that time, with the exception of Farewell, Whig, the Governors of the state had been Democratic, and Barstow would have been re-elected but from a large defection in the ranks of his party who believed that his administration had been tainted with "crookedness." The aid given to this project by the people of Sturgeon Bay may be gathered from the following :- When election day came, whether there was any legal authority for it or not, a board of election was organized in the dining-room of the upper mill boarding house. Here it sat in the cold until the votes around there were polled; and until the conclusion was arrived at that the statutes did not require even a board of election to suffer with cold while on duty for the State, so without adjournment, the members took exercise in the open air and warmed themselves in that way. Having an eye to business as well as pleasure in their walks, they strayed down to the middle mill, and polled the votes there. After warming themselves by the furnace, they again went on their travels- opening the ballot box to all they met on the road. The board next brought up at the lower mill, and getting ready for busi- ness in the engine room, the hands belonging to and working around the mill, to the number of about forty, were marched through the room and voted. When this work was completed, the board went back to the place of beginning, stopping by the way to take half a dozen votes of those coming from their work in the woods. It was sundown when the board got back to their starting place; but seeing boatman coming across the bay, they met him at the shore, took his vote, and then returned to the room where the polls were opened, and closed them there. The board then went to a private house to count the votes; and found that Bashford had received a majority of eighty-one votes in a poll of eighty-five or eighty-seven-if our informant's


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recollection serves him aright. The votes for Barstow were cast by Frenchmen who asked as a privilege that they might be allowed to vote as their fathers had voted before them-Dem- ocratic, and the Republicans knowing ,no doubt, that they had a good working majority for Bashford, allowed them to vote as they desired. When the vote was announced the clerk was directed to write up the returns, and present them to the members, next day, for signature, which was done. A messen- ger was sent from the lower mill to carry the result to Green Bay. From thence it went to Fond du Lac, by private express, where the railroad was "met," and the "returns" were sent on from there to Madison by mail, and were counted according to the make up. The tickets voted here on that occasion were not what politicians call "straight"-being composed of good men from both parties. In fact, the only strictly party ticket used that day were those voted by the Frenchmen spoken of above, the balance of that kind of literature being stowed away in the pockets of one of the clerks until the next day, after it was too late to make "corrections, &c." It may be claimed as beyond controversy that this election originated the system of split tickets in this county, and the example then set has been followed to a great extent ever since-at times bringing to "ashes" the hopes and calculations of numerous apirants for official place. Admitting the illegality of the proceedings, and the further fact that the polls sought the voters instead of the voters seeking the polls, the election was conducted as fairlyf and honorably as many have been since, both here and elsewhere. There were no candidates "buzzing" the voters, and "setting up" the drinks; no deposits in saloons for free drinks to the electors; no repeaters to swell the poll list, or any vote taken or offered from a "man of straw;" hence there was no necessity for a 7 to 8 commission to determine the legality of the vote of the county. The only prejudice this election could have to the interests of the nation, may be that in looking for precedents, those who managed the Louisiaua affairs and made Hayes President, may have found an unwrit- ten record of the Door county election of 1855, and acting upon its teachings gave their celebrated verdict which set aside the uation's choice. The population of Door county in 1855, as shown by the census of that year was 739. Allowing one voter for five inhabitants the total number of voters would be 148. Of these 85 or 87 were cast at Sturgeon Bay with a majority of 81 for Bashford. The certificate of the State canvassers that year gave Barstow, Democrat, 36,355 votes, and Bashford, Re- publican, 36,198-a majority for Barstow of 157. The Supreme Court set aside this certificate and decided Bashford elected. By this it will be seen the important part played by Door


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county in her first gubernatorial vote.


We have spent much time searching old records and docu- ments concerning the result of elections held in the county, and believe our searchings have ferrited out the correct results. Standing aloof from the pow-wow of politics, we shall give facts and figures only. The following is the vote for Gov- ernor, from 1855 to 1879 (the present official being elected in 1879):


VOTE FOR GOVERNOR.


1855 .* Coles Bashford, Rep 84 1869*Lucius Fairchild, Rep. 390


Wm. A. Barstrow, Dem


3


Charles D. Robinson, Dem 208


1857*Alexander W. Randall, Rep. T. B. Crosª, Dem


38


J. R. Doolittle, Dem. I66


1859*Alexander W. Rrandall, Rep. 72


Harison C. Hobart, Dem 78


C. C, Washburn, Reb. 538


186r*Louis P. Harvey, Rep 105


Ferguson, Democrat 62


1875*Harrison Ludington, Rep 453 Wm. R. Taylor, Dem 366


1863*James T. Louis, Rep 220


1877*Wm. E. Smith, Reb 477 James A. Mallory, Dem I26


Henry L. Palmer, Dem 49


1865*Lucius Fairchild, Rep 309


Harison C. Hobart, Dem 68


1879*Wm. E. Smith, Rep 617


1867*Loucius Fairchild, Rep 404


John J. Tallmadge, Dem 125


James G. Jenkins, Dem. 94 Ruben May, Greenbacker 315


NOTE .- Those marked with a


* were elected.


VOTE FOR ASSEMBLYMAN.


During the year 1852, '53, '54, '55 and '56, Door county was included in an assembly district with Brown county, and was represented in the Assembly by a Brown county man. For about twenty years after 1856, Door county was promiscuously "mixed up" with Oconto, Kewaunee, and Shawano counties, forming an Assembly District. Below we give the names of the counties or county that, with Door, formed an Assembly district, but we only give the vote of Door county, marking the name of the candidate elected with a *, and post office address. As with other public offices, the candidate elected for Assem- blyman does not take his seat until the beginning of the year after his election, for example :- A man elected in 1856, does not take his seat until January, 1857. The following is the total vote from 1856 to 1880:


(Assembly Dist. Door, Kewaune, and Oconto Counties.)


1856*E. B. Stevens, Sturgeon Bay, 64 | Moses M. Strong .. 4


(Assembly Dist. Door, Kew., Oconto & Shawano.) 1857*J. C. Hall, Marinette 13'| J. J. Mc Clellan 52


( Assembly Dist. Door, Oconto, and Shawano).


1858*Mathias Simon, Ahnapee ___ 69 | J. J. Mc Clellan .. IOQ


39 1871*C. C. Washburn, Rep. 578


1873*Wm. R. Taylor, Dem 213


Edward P. Allis, Greenbacker 383


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(Assembly Dist. Door, Oconto, and Shawano). 1859*John Wiley, Shawano . 52 | Wm. S. Finley. 100


(Assembly Dist. Door, Kewaunee. Etc. 1860*Wm. S. Finley, Kewaunee. . 100 | Unknown. 47


(Assembly Dist. Door, Oconto, and Shawano).


1861*E. B. Stevens, Sturgeon Bay __ 219 | J. McCormick (Assembly Dist. Door. Oconto, and Shawano.)


22


1862*G. C. Ginty, Oconto. 198 | Edwin Hart_ 103


(Assembly Dist. Door, Oconto, and Shawano.)


1863*Hermann Naper,, Shawano ___ 239 | Louis Goldstucker 24


(Assembly Dist. Door, Oconto, and Shawano.)


1864*D. A. Reed, Sturgeon Bay ____ 248 | J. W. Coullard. 42


(Assembly Dist. Door, Oconto, and Shawano.) 1865*Isaac Stephenson, Marinette -- 336 | Charles Bagley. 20


(Assembly Dist. Door and Kewaunee.)


1866*David Youngs, Ahnapee. - 440 ! Constant Martin. I13


(Assembly Dist. Door and Keweunee. )


1867*M. Kilgore, Bailey's Harbor ___ 108 | Dovid Youngs. 402


(Assembly Dist. Door and Kewaunee.)


1868*J. R. McDonald, Ahnapee. -490 | Wm. Frisby 160


D. A. Reed I35 |


(Assembly Dist. Door and Kewaunee. )


1869*C. L. Harris, Jacksonport .. ... 354 | G. W. Allen. 337


(Assembly Dist. Door, and Kewaunee.)


1870*J. McCormic, Ahnapee 352 | D. W. Stebbins 495


(Assembly Dist. Door and part of Kewaunee.)


1871*G. W. Allen, Sturgeon Bay ____ 282 | John Garland. 453


(Assembly Dist. Door and part of Kewaunee.)


1872*D. W. Stebbins, Ahnapee 878 | M. Mc Cormick. .205


(Assembly Dist. Door and part of Kewauuee.) 1873*D. A. Reed, Sturgeon Aay ____ 317 | Moses Kilgore 277 J. R. Mc Donald. I37|


(Assembly Dist. Door and part of Kewaunee. )


1874*Charles Scofield, Red River .___ 790 | A. J. Eooze_ 359


(Assembly Dist. Door and part of Kewaunee. )


1875*L. M. Washburn, Sturgeon Bay 432 | John Noyes 385


(Assembly Dist. Door county, only.)


1876*J. T. Wright, Sturgeon Bay -_ 641 | Henry Reynolds 488


H. G. Spring - 360 | Geo. Walker 158


(Assembly District Door county.) .


1877*E. S. Minor, Fish Creek 550 | Geo, Bassford 427


(Assembly District Door county. )


1878*C. A. Masse, Sturgeon Bay 856 | J. E. Hoyte 559


(Assembly District Door county.)


1879*E. S. Minor, Fish Creek


·528 | Moses Kilgore


-391


George Pinney


95 |


(Assembly District.)


1880*E. S. Minor, Fish Creek


- 1,218 | Jarvis T. Wright. 856


Rufus M. Wright


66 1


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COUNTY OFFICERS.


SHERIFF.


The earliest county record we are able to find on the vote for Sheriff, is 1858. The following is the vote from 1858 to 1881:


1858, Lorenzo Brown 62|1870, J. P. Simon. 338


John F. Lessey 56


Chris Daniels


.321


D. M. Whitney


Sept Stephenson I27


1860. E. F. Battershill 175


J. Delfosse


59


Nelson R. Lee I70


1872, David Houle. 45I


Scattering 22


J. A. Campbell


3.38


1862, J. E. Thorpe


196


Wm. Davis


288


U. L. C. Beard


54


1874, Wm. Wagener 552


Scattering


47


Thomas Scott .30+


1864. J. P. Simon


289


J. P. Simon I74


Scattering


4


J. R. Mann


95


1866, Jesse Kimber


.239


1876, David Houle 982


Nicholas Simon


217


1878, Thomas Scott 641


1868, J. R. Mann


.253


Jacob Thorp. 419


J. P. Simon 227


C. L. Hayley. 383


Chris Daniels .192


1880, Arnold Wagener 1345


C. L. Nelson I28


John Noyes 802


COUNTY CLERK.


For sixteen years (from 1856 to 1872) the office now known as "County Clerk," was called "Clerk of the Board of Supervisors," but, in reality, the officers are one and the same thing, and we give the total vote from 1856 to 1881, as County Clerk, viz:


1856, Joseph Harris, Sr 48


C. A. Masse -306


H. S. Schuyler 20


J. Kimber .92


1858, Henry Avery 91


1870, C. A. Masse 354


Wm. B. Lawrence 8I


John Garland 285


1860, Wm. K. Dresser .I77


C. E. Hoyt 204


A. G. Warren 152


1872, C. A. Masse 719


M. McCormick. 44


H. Harris. 363


-705


John Garland 69


John Fetzer .445


Robert Graham, Sr 48


T876, A. D. Thorpe John Fetzer 786


Scattering. 37


1864, John Garland 287


1878, A. D. Thorpe 798


Scattering


5


Joseph Nuesse 645


1866, John Garland. 359


1880, George Nelson II45


M. Kalmbachı .193


L. D. Mowry


1002


1868, John Garland .4IO


COUNTY TREASURER. The following is the vote from 1856 to 1881, for County Treasurer:


1856, Robert Graham 67


1864, Joseph Harris, Sr 279


B. F. Sawyer


I


Scattering .


7


1858, Robert Graham. 100


1866, Joseph Harris, Sr 412


E. B. Stevens 64


Robert Graham


143


1860, Joseph Harris, Sr 229


1868, Joseph Colignon 354


A. M. Iveson . 149


John McKinney 277


1862, Joseph Harris, Sr. 226


A. G Warren 172


A. G. Warren


41 |1870, Joseph Colignon 65℃


Scattering 391


Wm. K. Dresser 188


1862, Wm. K. Dresser. I48


1874, C. A. Masse


Arnold Wagener .672


Scattering. 97


52


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1872, Joseph Colignon -715|1878, Chris Leonhardt 730


Allen Higgins 355


Chris Daniels .71I


1874, Chris Leonhardt -701


1880, Chris Leonhardt 1091


Chris Daniels


837


Joseph Zettel


206


REGISTER OF DEEDS.


The following is the vote from 1856 to 1881, for Register of Deeds:


1856, Joseph Harris, Sr 48 -


J. F. Gilson 81


H. Schuyler


19 1870, Peter Zenners


232


1858, Joseph Harris, Sr


110


D. H. Rice 217


Wm. B. Lawrence 61


G. H. Demmons 161


1860, John Garland


156


H. Seidemann


Jacob E. Thorp 136


A. B. Duchateau 81


639


1862, J. F. Gilson 149


Samuel P. Drew IO3


G. F Rowell 55


Scattering 44


1874, Jas. Keogh, Jr.


304


1864, J. F. Gilson.


264


H. C. Wilson 26


J. Garland


182


1866. Joseph Colignon 217


J. Pommier 182


H. C. Wilson 189


A. Degrandagnage 91


C. A. Masse. 121


1876, Jas. Keogh, Jr 1498


J. F. Gilson 26


1868, Peter Zenners


454


Henry Hahn 178


D. H. Rice. 49


1880, Jas. Keogh, Jr 813


B. J. Thorpe. .33+


DISTRICT ATTORNEY.


The following is the vote from 1858 to 1881 for District Attorney:


1858, J. F. Loy 91


B. J. Brown 79


1860, D. A. Reed .207


E. Hibbard 158


1862, Soren Peterson 209


D. A. Reed 33


.272


1876, D. A. Reed 873


O. E. Dreutzer 668


E. M. Thorpe 90


1878, G. W. Allen -595


O. E. Dreutzer -529


D. A. Reed 292


1880, G. W. Allen I185


O. E. Dreutzer


-954


CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT.


The following is the vote from 1858 to 1881, for Clerk of the Circuit Court:


1858, John B. A. Mapes 161| 1864, Wm. K. Dresser 285


J: S. Curtis. 8


Scattering 5


298 1866, John Mc Kinney -393


1860, D. C. McIntosh U. L. C. Beard 63


W. K. Dresser 131 Scattering 12


Scattering 23


1862, M. E. Lyman 98


1868, Henry Harris .594


Wm. H. Warren


H. B. Stephenson 213


Scattering


35|1870, Henry Harris 840


M. E. Lyman 64


E. M. Thorpe 54


1872, D. A. Reed .544


G. J. Tisdale.


.528


1874, O. E. Dreutzer 610


Anton Masse


529


1864, D. A. Reed Scattering


9


1866, D. A. Reed. 357


G. W. Allen 152 ៛


Scattering 36


1868, Wm. K. Dresser -511


G. W. Allen 262


1870, G. W. Allen 664


C. L. Hayley 175


1878, Jas. Keogh, Jr. II24


Joseph Englebert .301


W. H. Warren 38


Scattering 94


1872, Peter Zenners 140


Robert Noble. 381


Robert Noble


276


Joseph Colignon 438


1876, C. A. Masse. .990


Chris Leonhardt .679


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1872, Chris Daniels 876


J. R. Mann.


.194 1878, C. A. Masse


-729


1874, Chris Daniels 666


R. M. Wright -273 1880,


C. F. Overholt I68


1876, Chris Daniels 1180


COUNTY SURVEYOR.


The following is the vote from 1856 to 1881, for County Surveyor.


1856, Henry Schuyler 66|1870, James Pinney 850


N. Schuyler I


1872, James Pinney. 681


1858, L. H. D. Sheppard 83


Wm. H. Warren -391


Henry Schuyler 78


1874, H. Schuyler. 588


1860, Wm. H. Warren 293


B. G. Hannan -454


Henry Schuyler 78


W. H. Warren 85


1862, Henry Schuyler 91


1876, W. H. Warren. 1003


John Garland 24


J. C. Pinney. 657


Seattering 3


1878, James Pinney -710


1864, Wm. H. Warren 290


H. T. Scudder


-5.38


Scattering 4


1866, Wm. H. Warren 384


1880, A. G. Warren 1099


H. P. Jacobs 156


1868, J. C. Pinney .. -713


W. H. Warren 75


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.


Previous to 1863 each township elected a Town Superinten- dent of Schools. The following is the vote from 1863 to 1879, for Connty Superintendent:


1863, M. E. Lyman. W. H. Warren 77


124


John James 57


Scattering 77


Anton Braasch I74


1865, Wm. H. Warren 205


R. M. Wright. I66


E. M. Squire


81


1873, Chris Daniels 546


Scattering


52


1875, Chris Daniels. 516


George Bassford 161


F. J. Hamilton .247


G. W. Allen


63


B. G Hannan 57


Samuel Foss


92 1878, James Keogh, Jr 566


Scattering 56


F. J. Hamilton 416


869, R. M. Wright 585


1879, Chris Daniels 654


George Bassford


149


R. M. Wright -357


COUNTY JUDGE.


There was no vote for County Judge until 1861, and that year the election was a warm one; the towns of Sturgeon Bay and Sevastopol were thrown out of the summing up of the returns. The vote from 1861 to 1877, was as follows:


1861, M. E. Lyman 152


A. G. Warren. 283


Henry Schuyler 151


1873, R. M. Wright .800


1865, D. H. Rice. IOI


G. J. Tisdale 29


Scattering


1877, R. M. Wright 950


1869, R. M. Wright. 410


G. W. Allen -433


NOTE .- It will be noticed that many of the men who appear to have been competitors for office, received a very small vote. The fact that they were not always candidates, but were voted for by personal friends, is the explanation.


1470


Edward Kinney 700


R. M. Wright. 694


H. C. Graham


Wm. H. Warren 185


J. C. Pinney 927


W. H. Warren


8I


1871, Chris Daniels 397


1867, R. M. Wright. 391


F. J. Hamilton 247


C. Feldmann 76


P. G. Wright. 460


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HISTORY OF DOOR COUNTY. VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.


The following is the vote in Door county from 1856 to 1881, for President of the United States:


1856, Fremont, Reb. 64 |1872, *Grant, Rep 873


* Buchannan, Dem 4


Greeley, Lib. Dem


.214


1860, *Lincoln, Rep Breekinridge, Dem 123


250|1876, *Hayes, Rep 1095


Tilden, Dem -516


1864, *Lincoln, Reb 256


Cooper, G. B. 3


MeClellan, Dem 75


1880, *Garfield, Rep I109


1868, *Grant, Rep.


643


Hancock, Dem 625


Seymour, Dem 165


Weaver, G. B. I66


NOTE. - Those marked with a * were elected.


SUMMARY.


No matter how many incidents are related of the early day hardships, the coming farmers of Door county will scarcely comprehend the difficulties under which the early settlers labored in getting their lands ready for the plow -- and crop. The soil was covered with heavy timber, and in too many in- stances held a large crop of rock. Both the timber and rock had to be harvested, to make room for a crop of grain. He who believes that this labor was light and pleasant-who sur- mises that the rock could be pitched around as easily as a cro- quet ball can be batted, or the trees hauled as lightly as a billiard cue-greatly mistakes the situation, and undervalues the days, and in fact years of unremitting toil the old settlers put in to make farms here "in the wilderness." Most of those who came here to make farms, came to stay, and went to work under unfavorable circumstances in too many instances, to build ap a home in which to spend the remainder of their lives. How they succeeded is evidenced in every section of the county. The broad fields, stripped of their original upper and lower crops, show how faithfully the pioneers performed their work and paved the way for their successors to make a fair start in life without undergoing the hardships incident to the opening of a new country. To-day we are forced to acknowledge that they have succeeded better than the dream- ers of those early days claimed they would do, and if there is any credit in preserverance on so unpromising a field as this then looked, those brave workers are entitled to that credit. If their successors do faithful work, our county will stand as a monument of what labor and preserverance can do, even under adverse circumstances. Our belief is that this work, like revo- lutions will never go backwards.


The present winter of 1880-1 has fully recorded the fact that the climate here is as desirable as any, and preferable to many sections of the Northwest. We do not have the extreme low temperature in winter experienced in other sections, probably


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owing to our proximity to the Lake, which remains open throughout the year, and exercises great influence in equalizing the temperature. Neither is this county subject to storm of extreme nature, as is fully proven the present winter by the numerous snow-blockades that have taken place elsewhere. Our friendly summers, with breezy days and cool nights, can- not be surpassed.


Like all other places on "mother earth," we have some draw- backs, but taking all in all, it must be acknowledged by the unprejudiced that Door county is one of the prettiest little kingdoms of material wealth and beauty in the whole North- west.


At this date the opportunity for land buyers is excellent, but these lands cannot long remain at present ruinous prices, nor will they long go begging for enterprising buyers.


COUNTY OFFICERS FOR 1881.


The following are biographies of the county officers now fill- ing their respective positions:


SHERIFF :- Arnold Wagener, born in Prussia 1844; married Isabella Terens 1874; has three children. Mr. Wagener came to America 1852, and to Door county in 1874.


COUNTY CLERK :- George Nelson, born in New York City 1850; married Mary Madden 1871; has three children. Mr. Nelson came to Door county 1860.


COUNTY TREASURER :- Chris Leonhardt. Biography given on page 41.


REGISTER OF DEEDS :- James Keogh, Jr., born in Ireland 1850; married Rosa C. Simon 1873; has three children. Mr. Keogh came to Door county in 1855.


DISTRICT ATTORNEY :- Gideon W. Allen. Biography given on page 41.


CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT :- Henry C. Graham, born in Ohio 1843; married Celestia M. Thorp 1868; has two chil- dren. Mr. Graham came to Door county in 1858, and in 1868-9 carried the U. S. mail from Fish Creek to Sturgeon Bay-there were no roads on that route then, and his com- pensation for services were $2.50 per week in County orders, and the orders would bring about 50 cents cash on the dollar.


COUNTY JUDGE :- F. J. Hamilton, born in New York in 1842; married Ellen A. Raymond 1869; has three children. Mr. Hamilton came to Door county in 1871.


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HISTORY OF DOOR COUNTY. FINAL MENTION OF SETTLERS.


In giving the organization of each town in the county, we endeavored to give a biography of every settlér residing in the town, who had lived in Door county ten or more years. Though we made a thorough canvass, of course not a few of the old settlers were missed-some being away from home when we called, etc. We have persistently advertised from time to time for those we failed to see, to send in their bio- graphies, and if any are missed in this final mention, the fault rests with themselves for not furnishing the information. We have given these biographical sketches, in order that a record might be had of the old settlers of the county, and particularly handy for hunting up those encircled by the band of relation- ship-which record will. be more valuable when a few years have elapsed than now. The following will conclude the bio- graphical mention of old settlers.


1853, is the year Wm. Jackson, of Bailey's Harbor, came to the county. He was born in Green Bay 1827; married Caroline Schermer 1858; has eight children. Is a farmer by occupation.




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