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Schools .- The first school taught in the town of Smelser was taught in 1836 by D. B. Patterson in a log school-house near the pres- ent site of Georgetown. In 1847 a school was taught in the village by George Dingley. On the list of pupils are found the names of Cab- anis, Calhoun, Campbell, Bray, Smelser, Simmons, Richards, and For- queran. The school-house was burned in 1848 and school was taught in private houses until 1852, when a school-house was built and used
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until 1860, when it was sold for a residence and a new frame house 28 X40 was erected at a cost of $700.
Methodist Episcopal Church .- This society was organized in 1855 with a few members. Services were held in the school-house until 1867, when a frame church costing $1,500 was built. The ministers resident here have supplied the churches in several other places. Their names have been given in connection with the church at Big Patch.
Christian Church .- The society was organized in 1853 with Hugh Calhoun, James Plunkett, Ceylon Y. Otwell, Mr. Forqueran, and the wives of these, and Miss Fanny Pretts as members. Services were held in the school-house until 1867, when a frame church, 27X40, was built at a cost of $1,500. The following ministers have had charge: Revs. Charles Levan, Daniel Howe, Henry Exley, George Sweeney, E. Searles, Monroe, and others.
Georgetown Lodge, No. 185. A. F. & A. M .- The lodge was char- tered June 15, 1872, with twelve members and the following officers : Peter Heil, W. M .; R. A. Wilson, S. W .; William Thomas, J. W .; James O. Luce, Sec .; John Eplett, Treas. Meetings were held in Brandon & Jeffrey's Hall until the completion of the Masonic Hall. The present officers are : S. E. Smalley, W. M .; Frank Carns, S. W .; Emery Bray, J. W .; Wm. Williams, S. D .; J. P. Jones, Treas .; Jas. Jeffrey, Sec.
Morning Star Lodge, No. 185, I. O. O. F .- This lodge was organ- ized December 8, 1871, under a charter granted to Thomas Thomas, H. W. Smith, B. F. Saltzman, W. J. H. Newton, J. M. Quick, William Kay, and William LeValley. Meetings were held in Brandon & Jeffrey's Hall, until 1873, when, in conjunction with the Masons, they erected a hall.
CUBA CITY.
This is by far the largest and most prosperous village in Smelser. The first settler on the site of the village was Jack Debord, who, in 1846, built a cabin where the depot now-stands. In the same year Isaac Nichols built a house half a mile southeast of the village. In 1851 the Davis family built the Western Hotel and kept it as a hotel until 1859, when a man named Blodgett bought it and after running it a year sold it to William Miller. In 1865 Robert Packard took charge of the hotel.and conducted it in connection with his farm. S. A. Craiglaw bought the property of Debord and William Stephens bought out Packard. In June, 1875, Stephens & Craiglaw laid out
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the village on a large scale, making 422 lots. The railroad from Ga- lena to Platteville had just been built, furnishing a shipping point for a magnificent farming country, and the new village grew rapidly. It was at first called Yuba City, but the name was soon changed. Wil- liam and Thomas Mitchell put up the first building in the new village and occupied it as a wagon shop. Mrs. J. G. Schmole put in the first store. At present the place contains three large general merchandise stores, one of them dealing largely in farm machinery, three hardware stores, two drug-stores, two milliner shops, two banks, one furniture and undertaker's shop, two barber shops, two livery stables, two ho- tels, two butcher shops, one harness shop, three physicians, two dent- ists, one steam roller flouring-mill, and several blacksmith and other mechanic shops. A very large shipping business in grain, stock, zinc ore, etc., is done. Waterworks and electric lights serve to give the village an up-to-date appearance.
FREE METHODIST CHURCH, CUBA CITY.
Free Methodist Church .- In 1877 this society built a church in the village. It is a frame building 24x36 and cost $700.
St. Rose's Catholic Church .- This was first established as a mis-
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sion of the Benton parish at St. Rose, now a railroad station about a mile and a half north of Cuba City. A small church was built there in 1852. In 1894 a fine brick church was built in Cuba City at a cost of $13,000. The congregation consists of about forty-five Irish and twenty German families. Services are held every Sunday by the pas. tor resident at Benton. The congregation maintains branches of the Catholic Order of Foresters, Catholic Knights, and Holy Rosary and Temperance Societies.
Methodist Episcopal Church .- This denomination has established the headquarters of a circuit in the village and built a church. The resident ministers have been, Revs. J. N. Mills, P. S. Mather, A. C. Halsey, and J. F. Poorman.
Schools .- Before 1878 the children of the village attended school in District No. 9. In that year a commodious school-house was built on the south side of the village. It is a two-story building 28x48, intended for two departments.
The Cuba City News .- This paper was started in August, 1894. It is a six-column quarto. One page is devoted to Hazel Green affairs and has a Hazel Green head. T. C. Snyder is editor and publisher.
The village was incorporated in 1894 and has the following offi- cers : President, E. D. McCormick; trustees, E. A. Gillham. John Clem- ens, George Hoffman, Clem Heitkamp, Joseph Harris, Jr., T. F. Splin- ter; clerk, William Mitchell; treasurer, Joseph Longbotham; justices, John Stephens, James Conlan; constable, J. O. Laird.
ELMO STATION.
In 1854 Emanuel Whitham built a large frame house at the junc- tion of the Galena and Platteville and Mineral Point roads and kept a tavern there called the Junction House. In 1875 the railroad com- pany built a depot near the hotel and Mr. Whitham laid off a village about the depot. J. S. White put in a store that year, and the next year a post-office was established there with T. H. Leslie as postmas- ter, and he put in a stock of goods. James Welch established a har- ness-shop at the place and Robert Whitham a blacksmith shop. Four or five residences were built, and the place was for a time a rival to Cuba City, but it soon fell out of the race, and now a single building, serving as a hotel, store, post-office, and residence, contains about all the business of the place except that done by the railroad company.
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ST. ROSE STATION.
This is a mile and a half north of Cuba City. In 1852 a small Catholic church was erected here, giving a name to the place. In 1853 Marsh Lukey kept a hotel in the brick house at the station, now a residence. In December, 1874, J. V. Donohoo laid out a village here with the understanding (or, as it proved, misunderstanding) that it was to be the only station on the road between Galena and Benton. He sold one lot to Thomas Murray, who built a residence there. A store, hotel, and blacksmith shop had been established there, but all these, and the church, have disappeared.
SMELSER, ORGANIZATION AND OFFICERS.
This is one of the original towns organized in 1849. It is Town 2, Range 1, containing thirty-six square miles. It is mostly excellent farming land. It has produced an immense amount of lead and is now producing considerable zinc. Its population has been as follows: in 1850, 729; in 1855, 981; in 1860, 1,115; in 1865, 1,330; in 1870; 1,291; in 1875; 1,330; in 1880, 1,283; in 1885, 1,191 ; in 1890, 1,295 in 1895, 1,372.
Smelser has had the following officers, as far as their names have been ascertained :
1849-Chairman, William Brandon; clerk, A H. Gilmore; treas- urer, Joseph Brandon; assessor, Hugh Calhoun.
1850-Chairman, William Brandon; clerk, Ceylon Y. Otwell; treasurer, Joseph Brandon ; assessor, Silas P. Luce.
1851-Chairman, Hugh B. Patterson; clerk, George R. Frank; treasurer, Joseph Brandon; assessor, Henry Wolford.
1852-Chairman, Hugh B. Patterson; clerk. George E. Cabanis; treasurer, Joseph Brandon; assessor, George McClay.
1853-Chairman, Hugh B. Patterson; clerk, John Koch ; treasurer, Jonas Jones; assessor, Strachman Davis.
1854-Supervisors, John Wilkinson, Henry Ray, George E. Cab- anis ; clerk, John Koch; treasurer, Jacob Pretts; assessor, Joshua Law- rence; supt. of schools, Thomas Rawle; justices, John Wayne, Daniel Kies, George Mckay, James Metcalf; constables, Jesse Bray, Thomas Booth.
1855-Supervisors. George E. Cabanis, L. Gilmore, C. Jones; clerk, John Koch; treasurer, Joseph Brandon; assessor, Hugh Calhoun;
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supt. of schools, Thomas Rawle; justices, Jesse Bray, L. Gilmore; constable, H. E. Kenister.
1856-Chairman, William Brandon; clerk, John Koch; treasurer, Joseph Brandon; assessor, Henry B. Wood.
1857-Chairman, Hugh Laird : clerk, Ceylon Y. Otwell; treasurer, Jonas Jones ; assessor, Hugh Calhoun.
1858-Supervisors, Hugh B. Patterson, J. Fish, John May; clerk, C. Y. Otwell; treasurer, Jonas Jones; assessor, H. B. Wood; supt. of schools, George E. Cabanis; justices, H. B. Wood, B. S. Short, George E. Cabanis; constable, P. Bray.
1859-Chairman, George E. Cabanis; clerk, C. Y. Otwell; treas- urer, Joseph Brandon; assessor, George Kidder.
1860-Chairman, clerk, treasurer, and assessor, same as in 1859.
1861-Chairman, clerk, treasurer, and assessor, same as in 1859.
1862-Chairman, clerk, treasurer, and assessor, same as in 1859;
1863-Chairman, P. J. Neil; clerk, Hiram Gilmore; treasurer, Charles Dougherty ; assessor, George Kidder.
1864-Chairman, John Wayne; clerk, William Brandon ; treasurer, Charles Dougherty ; assessor, Nehemiah Haney.
1865-Chairman, P. J. Neil; clerk, C. Y. Otwell; treasurer, John M. Altizer ; assessor, George Kidder.
1866-Chairman, Jonas M. Smelser; clerk, C. Y. Otwell; treasurer, John M. Altizer; assessor, John K. Jackson.
1867-Chairman, George E. Cabanis ; clerk, H.B. Wood; treasurer, John M. Altizer, assessor, George Kidder.
1868-Chairman, George E. Cabanis ; clerk John Brandon ; treas- urer, John M. Altizer; assessor, J. K. Jackson ; justices, Uriel Harrison. T. G. Collins.
1869-Chairman, George E. Cabanis; clerk, John Brandon; treas- urer, James Hightshoe ; assessor, George Kidder; justices, John Eplett, Isaac Williams.
1870-Chairman, clerk, treasurer, and assessor, same is in 1869; justices, Hiram Gilmore, John O'Sullivan, U. E. Harrison.
1871-Chairman, George E. Cabanis; clerk, James H. Cabanis; treasurer, James Hightshoe; assessor, Bentley Rawson ; justices, U. E. Harrison.
1872-Chairman, Wm. Brandon; clerk, treasurer, and assessor, same as in 1871 ; justices, Hiram Gilmore, John O'Sullivan.
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1873-Chairman, David Wilkinson ; clerk, James Jeffrey ; treasurer, Josiah Fish; assessor, Bentley Rawson ; justice, U. E. Harrison.
1874-Chairman, Geo. E. Cabanis; clerk, Jos. Brandon ; treasurer, Josiah Fish ; assessor, Bentley Rawson.
1875-Supervisors, John A. May, David Wilkinson, Obed Smelser; clerk, John Brandon; treasurer, Josiah Fish; assessor, Bentley Raw- son; justices, Hiram Gilmore, U. E. Harrison; constables, William Wright, Jonas Rawson.
1876-Supervisors, George E. Cabanis, Joshua Lawrence, Nadab Eastman ; clerk, John Rawson; treasurer, Josiah Fish; assessor, Richard Ryme: justices, John O'Sullivan, T. H. Leslie; constables, Jonas C. Rawson, William Cooper, John Smith.
1877-Supervisors, Robert A. Wilson, H. J. Witherbee, Simon Har- ker; clerk, John Brandon; treasurer, Josiah Fish; assessor, William Brandon; justices, H. Gilmore, U. E. Harrison; constables, W. H. Cooper, Jonas C. Rawson, Nicholas Welsh, Jr., E. Whitham, Jr.
1878-Supervisors, R. A. Wilson, Joshua Lawrence, John Harms; clerk, J. H. Cabanis; treasurer, Josiah Fish; assessor, Simon Harker ; justices, T. H. Leslie, J. H. Smythe; constables, E. Whitham, G. Har- ker, J. C. Rawson.
1879-Supervisors, Joshua Lawrence, John Harms, Arthur Doyle; clerk, John Eplett; treasurer, Josiah Fish; assessor, Simon Harker; justices, Hiram Gilmore, W. E. Harrison; constables, Jeremiah Rose, Daniel Wright.
1880-Chairman, R. A. Wilson ; clerk, John Eplett ; treasurer, Jo- siah Fish; assessor, Simon Harker ; justice, John H. Smyth.
1881-Chairman, clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1880; justices, Hiram Gilmore, H. J. Witherbee.
1882-Supervisors, R. A. Wilson, Joseph Kay, Henry Spink ; clerk, treasurer, and assessor, same as in 1881; justices, H. J. Witherbee, J. H. Smyth; constables, Wm. Kay, Jonas C. Rawson, Anthony Gibson.
1883-Supervisors, Jas. H. Cabanis, Arthur Doyle, Henry Spink ; clerk, John Eplett; treasurer, Josiah Fish; assessor, Simon Harker; justices, Hiram Gilmore, John Stephens, U. E. Harrison; constables, Wm. Kay, Thos. Mitchell, Wm. Kopp.
1884-Chairman, clerk, and treasurer, same as in 1883; assessor, J. M. Quick.
1885-Chairman, Arthur Doyle; clerk, John Eplett; treasurer, Jo- siah Fish; assessor, John M. Quick.
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1886-Supervisors, Arthur Doyle, J. A. May, H. Spink ; clerk, John Eplett ; treasurer, Josiah Fish; assessor, J. M. Quick; justices, John Stephens, Jas. Jeffrey; constables, Wm. Kay, Jonas Rawson, Mike Banfield.
1887-Supervisors, Arthur Doyle, J. A. May, Fred Heil; clerk, John Eplett; treasurer, B. F. Saltzman; assessor, J. O. Luce; justice, G. McFarlane; constables, Jonas C. Rawson, Wm. Kay, Mike Banfield.
1888-Chairman, Arthur Doyle; clerk, James Jeffrey ; treasurer Benjamin Saltzman; assessor, Wm. S. Williams; jusitces, John Steph- ens, T. Harper; constables, Michael Banfield, Wm. Kay.
1889-Supervisors, Arthur Doyle, John Clemons, Charles Hilton; clerk, James Jeffrey ; treasurer, B. F. Saltzman; assessor, W. S. Wil- liams ; justices, Hiram Gilmore, James Bonham, John Harper; con- stables, Frank Nash, Wm. Kay, Jonas Rawson.
1890-Supervisors, Arthur Doyle, John Clemens, Charles Hilton; clerk, James Jeffrey; treasurer, B. F. Saltzman; assessor, W. S. Wil- liams; justices, Hiram Gilmore, John Stephens; constables, Frank Nash, William Kay, James Rawson.
1891-Supervisors, James P. Jones, George Cullen, James Jeffrey ; clerk, James Jeffrey ; treasurer, B. F. Saltzman; assessor, D. N. Smal- ley; justices, John Harper, D. B. Walker; constables, William Kay, John Knelling, William Kopp.
1892-Supervisors, James P. Jones, Job Slack, Jacob Harris ; clerk, treasurer, and assessor, same as in 1891; justices, John Eplett ; con- stables, William Kay, William Kopp, James O. Laird.
1893-Chairman, J. P. Jones ; clerk, James Jeffrey ; treasurer, B. F. Saltzman; assessor, David Wilkinson ; justices, John T. Harper, Joseph F. Fortney.
1894-Supervisors, Jas. P. Jones, John Clemens, John Cox ; clerk, James Jeffrey ; treasurer, Charles Bazinet ; assessor, David Wilkinson ; justices, John Stephens, Joseph Fortney ; constables, William Williams, James O. Laird.
1895-Supervisors, Fred Heil, John Clemens, Samuel Farrall; clerk, Sherman Smalley ; treasurer, Charles Bazinet; assessor, David Wilkin- son ; justices, David Walker, Robert Corlett; constables, Louis Baury, W. S. Williams.
1896-Supervisors, Fred Heil, John Clemens, David Walker; clerk, J. P. Jones; treasurer, Charles Bazinet; assessor, David Wilkinson; justices, John Stephens, Joseph F. Fortney ; constable, Louis Baury.
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1897-Supervisors, David Walker, John Clemens, N. Link ; clerk, Sherman Smalley ; treasurer, Frank Heil; assessor, Arthur Doyle; jus- tices, D. N. Smalley, John Harper, constables, John Blades, James Rawson.
1898-Supervisors, James Jeffrey, Fred Heil, Samuel Ferrell; clerk, James Jones; treasurer, Benj. Salzman ; assessor, Jonas Rawson ; jus- tice, Joseph Fortney ; constables, William Williams, James Rawson.
1899-Supervisors, James Jeffrey, Fred Heil, James Barren ; clerk, J. P. Jones; treasurer, David Wilkinson; assessor, J. C. Rawson; jus- tices, John Harper, George Geyer ; constables, R. Dingman, A. Rawson.
1900-Chairman, clerk, treasurer, and assessor, same as in 1899; justices, L. D. Dingman, John T. Harper; constable, James Rawson.
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CHAPTER XIX.
LIBERTY AND ELLENBORO.
Liberty-Stitzer-Ellenboro. LIBERTY
This town was organized in 1852 out of a part of Highland. As it had no mines nor other particular attractions, it was not settled very early. Jacob Roth and Andrew Ritchie came in 1847. The latter, was a prominent citizen until his death in 1893. Mr. Roth died in 1877. John A. Boerner came in 1858, and was a leader among the Germans who settled up the town. He was prominent in organizing the German Evangelical Church Society which built St. Paul's church, better known as the Rock Church, in Section 19. Solomon Clough came to the town some time in theforties. Bernard McCormick settled on Section 28 in 1850, and Thomas Weir on Section 19 in 1856 .. John Wilkinson came in 1854 and Frederick Martin in 1859.
Liberty is Town 5, Range 2, and contains thirty-six square miles. It is considerably broken by the valleys of Platte River and its tribu- taries and the tributaries of Grant. The population has been: In 1855, 359; in 1860, 644; in 1865, 712; in 1870, 907; in 1875, 882; in 1880, 895; in 1885, 1864; in 1890, 881 ; in 1895, 902.
The following is the roster of the principal town officers as far as can be ascertained. For the first two years the records are missing or defective.
Chairman. Clerk.
Treasurer. Assessor.
1853 Jonas Wannamaker
1854
do Wm. Woolsten-
holme Thos. Tormey David Chestnut
1855 August Blaufus do do
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1856 Thomas Weir
Charles Fulks do Charles Fulks
1857 do do Jonas Wanna- Wm. Woolsten- maker holme
1858 do
Wm. Woolsten- Charles Fulks John Wagner
holme
1859 Solom'n Clough do
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1860 Thomas Tormey
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Chairman. 1861 Ed Children
1862 Philip Kelts
Clerk. Treasurer. Assessor. Sam'l Monteith Henry Marsden Wm. Monteith Wm. Woolsten- John A. Boerner Henry Marsden holme
1863
do
do
do
Thomas Weir
1864
do
do
do
do
1865 August Blaufus
do
do
do
1866 Andrew Ritchie John Wagner
do
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1867
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do
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1868 Solom'n Clough
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C. Bingenheimer Fred Martin
1869 Thomas Weir
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do
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1870
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George Aupperle
1871
do
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Louis Heberlein John Aupperle
1872
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do
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Thomas Weir
1873 Peter Clayton C. E. Wanna-
maker
1874
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1875 John A. Boerner John Wagner
1876
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Philip Kelts
1877
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1878
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1879
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Henry Smith
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1880
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1881
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1882
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Wesley J. Weir Louis Heberlein
1883 Louis Heberlein
do
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Philip Keller
1884
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Wesley J. Weir J. B. Mauer
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1885
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1886
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1887
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John A. Boerner
1888
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Jas. Woolstenholme
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1889
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1890 J. J. Wenzel
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1891
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Robert Medley H. O. Wagner
1892
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J. B. Mauer
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1893
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Louis Boerner
1894
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Henry Lind
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1895
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F. H. Schuppener
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1896
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1897
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Louis Briel
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Chairman. Clerk. Treasurer. Assessor.
1898 J. J. Wenzel Jas. Woolstenholme Louis Briel
August Lenz
1899 do
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1900
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STITZER.
This village was built as the result of the building of the railroad from Woodman to Lancaster in 1878. It is situated on the north- west corner of Section 9, on land formerly owned by Bernhard Stitzer, an old settler. A depot was built here and W. W. Ford came from Lancaster to be station agent A store was put in by Smith & Berg- heger. Since 1884 this firm has been Bergheger, Mauer & Langridge. A. Wefel & Son put in a second store. H. L. Fischer established the first blacksmith shop in 1879. Soon after Bernard Belskamper put in a blacksmith shop and began selling farm machinery.
Before the village was built there was a post-office in the vicinity with John Bingenheimer postmaster. The office was removed to the new village and W. W. Ford became postmaster. He was succeeded by Fred. Schuppener, John Gerhardt, Thomas A. Finnigan, and Thode Sherman, the present incumbent.
The village now has two general merchandise stores, one hard- ware store, a meat market, two blacksmith shops, one hotel, one bar- ber shop, one furniture store, one lumber yard, one shoe shop and two saloons. It has an efficient physician, Dr. Nathan L Bailey, and three churches: the German Evangelical, Rev. H. Koepp, pastor; the Ger- man Methodist, Rev. F. O. Barz, pastor, and the German Presbyterian, the pulpit of which is supplied by the pastor resident at Lancaster.
There is a post-office and railroad station called Liberty Ridge near the Rock church in Section 19.
ELLENBORO.
This town was organized in 1852 by the division of the town of Highland. Probably the earliest settler within the present limits of the town was J. H. C. Mckinsey, who came from Platteville about 1837, and remained a prominent citizen of the town until his death August 21, 1871, aged 71. In 1853 he built a saw-mill and grist-mill on the site of the present village of Ellenboro. His wife was a sister of Major Rountree. He was long the postmaster and storekeeper of the village. Lyman C. Drake settled on Section 28 in 1839. William Foland came in 1840 and was a citizen of the town until his death in
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1889, aged 81. George W. Cowan came in 1848 and the same year Manley Dean came from Big Patch to live on the farm of Almon Alling, father-in-law of M. S. Trowbridge, of Lancaster. Among the resi- dents of the town at that time were Philo Tucker and George and Chester Brownell (who were noted as having the only horses in the town) and Chauncey Finley and Potower, who were burning char- coal. The first school taught in the town was by W. W. Robe in 1847. John M. Cannon settled in the town in 1848. Among the other set- tlers in the town at the close of the forties were Porter Alling, Henry Hopkins, Frank and Darwin Bevans, Henry Utt, and John M. Barr.
For a few months, beginning in December, 1876, Ellenboro had a a newspaper, although a very small one: the Pleasant Point Press, published by Ira D. Hurlbut, now of the Prairie du Chien Union. It was 6x9 inches in size.
The only bloody crime of which the town has been the scene was the murder of Mrs. Christina Nuernberg, by her husband, George Nuernberg, August 21, 1884, who hung himself on a tree immediately after shooting his wife. When found, his dog was watching the corpse and would not allow anyone to touch it.
David Boyd, a farmer living on Platte River, a few miles east of Lancaster, committed suicide by hanging himself with a halter, July 2, 1877. Financial trouble was the cause.
The nucleus of the village of Ellenboro has always been Mckinsey's Mill. It has had a post-office since 1853, a school-house, a blacksmith shop, and two stores until recently, when a third store and a harness- shop were established. It has a creamery, established in 1895, which does a very large business.
Ellenboro is Town 4, Range 2, and contains thirty-six square miles. It isconsiderably broken by the valley of the Platte and the tributaries of that river and the Little Platte, but contains considerable good ag- ricultural land. Its population has been : in 1855, 735; in 1860, 801; in 1865, 713; in 1870, 803; in 1875, 809; in 1880, 777; in 1885, 803; in 1890, 814; in 1895, 823.
The principal town officers of Ellenboro have been as follows :.
Chairman. Clerk. Treasurer. Assessor.
1852 J. H. Barnett
1853 I. C. Jones
H. B. Hopkins George Page J. M. Barr
1854 S. F. Clise E. L. Blodgett W. McCord C. H. Bacon
1855 do John Hopkins Henry Clark do
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Chairman. Clerk. Treasurer. Assessor.
1856 S. F. Clise George Reynolds John Moses
J. H. C. Mckinsey
1857
do Samuel Barstow do Charles Boyle
1858 Albert Springer G. W. Cowan Wm. Campbell Benj. Springer
1859 S. F. Clise do J. H. C. Mckinsey George Page
1860
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1861 do
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do Steven Beck with
1862 G. W. McCord S. F. Clise
do Lyman Haskell
1863 do J. H. C. Mckinsey F. A. Bevan George Page 1864 Steven Beck with Sam'l Barstow C. M. Beckwith Abram Lillie
1865 Joseph Teasdale do Harrison Bell Gottl'h Aupperle
1866
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John S. Maiben James H. Rowe do
1867 E. D. Bevans do
Zach Thomas James H. Rowe
1868
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do
do do
1869
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John C. Bradley do
1870 do J. H. C. Mckinsey
do
do
1871 John S. Maiben
do
do
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1872 James H. Rowe James C. Orton
1873 John G. Hudson
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Robert Bell
do
1874.J. H. C. Mckinsey
do
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do
1875
do
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1876 Samuel Barstow
do
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Jas. McCormick
1877 J. H. C. Mckinsey
do
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1878
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do
do
do
1879
do
do
do
do
1880 Jas. McCormick
do
do
F. L. Bidwell
1881
do
do John C. Bradley John Cannon
1882 G. H. Springer
do John C. Bradley Wm. D. Burr
1883 Jas. McCormick
do
Almon Brownell do
1884
do
do
do
do
1885 G. W. McPherson Wm. D. Burr
do
Nelson Baker
1886
do
Jas. C. Orton
do
do
1887
do
do
do
John B. Clough
1888
do
do
do
do
1889
do
do
Wm. D. Burr
Jas. McPherson
1890 G. H. Springer
do
do
Nelson Baker
1891
do
do
do
do
1892
do
do
do
do
1893 D. H. Lillie
do
do
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