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In December, 1861, Green County was credited with 229 soldiers. In August, 1862, her total credit was 708, and 355 men were still lacking under the calls that had been made at that time. In the fall, twenty-five men
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were drafted, but for various reasons only twelve of them were mustered into service. Under the call of October, 1863, for 300,000 more, the quota of Green County was 223. Under the four calls of 1864, dated February 1, March 14, July 18, and December 19, her quota was 1326. It has been impossible to find the cred- its of the several towns in the early part of the war, but the quotas and credits of each town, from October, 1863, to the end of the war, are shown in the following table:
TOWNS.
Quotas.
Recruits.
Veterans.
Drafted.
Distribution of excess
of 4,532 prior to Octo-
Distribution of 218 ex-
cess credited by order
of war department.
Total Credits.
Adams
51
30
4
14
6
54
Albany
95
72
II
5
IO
I
99
Brooklyn
71
49
9
4
8
I
71
Cadiz.
63
30
13
17
8
68
Clarno
S9
57
I2
12
II
I
93
Decatur
115
75
17
26
23
I
142
Exeter
50
35
II
9
6
61
Jefferson
115
95
IO
16
14
I
136
Jordan
53
32
IO
9
6
57
Monroe
207
139
67
32
30
2
270
Mount Pleasant.
86
69
6
6
II
I
93
Spring Grove. .
84
61
15
21
II
I
109
Sylvester.
74
56
5
6
9
I
77
Washington
59
34
12
S
9
63
York.
62
19
4
20
6
I
50
Total.
1,326
SS3
217
209
174
II
1,494
New Glarus.
..
52
30
II
4
6
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Green County's treatment of her soldiers and their families was generous as well as just. At a special meeting of the supervisors in May, 1861, on motion of Mr. Adams, it was " Resolved, that, in the opinion of this
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board, the county will be willing to pay all the necessary expenses of maintaining the families of all those who may volunteer (that may need such assistance) during the war." The aid thus early promised was continued to the end, and the towns were individually as prompt and persevering as the county. The following state- ment of the amounts raised to pay bounties to volun- teers, and to aid the families of the same, is from the Sentinel of July 26th, 1865:
TOWNS.
RAISED BY TAX.
BY SUB- SCRIPTION
TOTAL AMOUNT.
REMARKS.
Adams
4,760 00
1,100 00
5,Sóo oo Stated near as possible.
Albany
11,000 00
6,050 00
17,050 00
Brooklyn
11,900 00
3,500 00
15,431 92
Collect'd of tax voted, $5,700 00
Cadiz
4,120 00
1,000 00
5,120 00
Stated near as possible.
Clarno.
9,640 00
3,136 00
12,776 00
Decatur
14,000 55
8,994 45
23,595 55
For families support .. 142 45
Exeter
S,420 00
1,885 00
10,305 00
Collected.
8,705 00
Jordan.
3,300 00
1,200 00
11,035 00
All collected.
Mt. Pleasant . .
14,400 00
5,815 00
20,215 00
All collected.
New Glarus .. .
6,200 00
3,197 00
9,397 00
Collected of tax voted, 4,Soo 00 ¥
Spring Grove
14,113 00
3,100 00
17,213
Sylvester
10,237 00
4,400 00
14,637
66
6,237 00
Washington
6,900 00
2,900 00
9,800 00
York.
5,600 00
125 00
5,725 00
Collected of subscrip'n 2,600 00 Stated near as possible.
Total
159,535 55
67,114 45
226,682 47
Raised by the county for the support of the families of vol- nnteers, or their children, from the beginning of the war up to Agust Ist, 1865,
Whole total .
$ 54,102 35 2So, 784 82
Previous to any consideration of the history of the several townships, it may be well to take a general view of the progress made by the county, since the organi- zation of the towns, in wealth and population, in its indus- tries, and in its provisions for education. The county is free from debt, and its condition has always been one of increasing prosperity, as is indicated by the following statistics :
-
Jefferson.
13,500 00
7,900 00
21,400 00
Monroe-town .
20,845 00
1,777
22,622 00
Collect'd of tax voted, 10,845 00
Monroe-village.
11,035 00
4,500
7,013 00
TABLE SHOWING INCREASE OF WEALTH IN GREEN COUNTY FROM 1849 TO 1877.
1849.
1859.
1869.
1876.
Total valuation of
Real Property as
Total valuation of
all Property as
Total valuation of
Real Property as
Total valuation of
*Valuation of Real
Property.
Total Aggregate.
Total valuation of
Real Property as
Total valuation of
Valuation per acre as
equalized by County Board in 1876.
Adams. .
$
13,Soo
$ 19,147
102,519
$
IOS,773
$ 162,329
$ 235,822
193,494
243,823
$ S 5
Albany. .
42,600
49,252
147,370
272,338
346,759
445,759
356,917
425, 162
14 00
Brooklyn
32,000
34,415
104,316
172,589
278,3SS
363,388
290,594
378,689
12 00
Cadiz ..
48, 100
53,SS2
168,224
17S, OS9
263,767
343,916
285,105
353,670
12 00
Clarno .
58,297
61,700
304,914
330,90S
421,512
536,512
419,634
520,554
IS 00
Decatur
41,800
47,141
283,869
306,273
510,791
685,791
338,624
432,315
16 00
Brodhead
253,826
437,SOS
Exeter ..
33,000
33,000
161,999
192,831
263,081
351,110
247,696
339,284
10 75
Jefferson
45,382
52,368
274, SI7
321,741
456,45S
581,458
467,166
590,506
3.00
Jordan.
IS,900
21,063
104,104
111,317
129,704
199,736
143,962
195,976
6 25
Monroe
68,31I
77,084
243,216
267,437
353,010
413,010
331,695
430,025
15 00
V. of Monroe.
38, 100
39,716
191,959
202,319
329,950
440,630
325,726
444,731
14 00
New Glarus . .
54,100
60,416
222, 141
226, 105
345,600
445,600
385,745
475,3SI
15 38
Sylvester
43,794
54,S33
229,652
259, 135
353,755
457,755
343,500
417,011
15 00
Washington .
15,000
16,565
109,212
116,750
171,592
240,299
217,379
293,366
9 50
York ....
14,S00
17,265
79,877
92,766
146,995
217,424
176,680
244,467
7 50
Total. . . .
$ 572,984
$ 637,847
$ 3,160,635
$ 3,642,847
$ 5,209,131
$ 7,165,964
$ 5,697,830
$ 7,565,856
.
*Assessment List adopted May 25, IS6S, and June 21, 1868. See General Laws of 1868, Chapter 130.
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TOWNS.
equalized.
equalized.
equalized.
all Property as
equalized.
equalized.
all Property as
equalized.
·
$95,814
696,075
1,020,655
Mt. Pleasant ...
106,399
131,050
IS7,940
275,940
224,012
310,903
9 00
Spring Grove ...
.
263,017
352,426
487,500
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The taxes levied in Green County in 1876 were as follows:
State tax,
$17,770 19 County school tax, $ 3,523 54
County tax,
19,723 II State loan tax, 1,475 50
Delinquent tax,
483 77
Total tax, 42,976 II
MANUFACTURES.
The attention given to manufactures has been limit- ed by the insufficient facilities for transportation. It is thought that the completion of either of the projected railroads running north and south, would give a new im- petus to creative industries. But even now the manu- factures of the county are varied and important, as will be seen by reference to the histories of the several towns. The progress of the county in this respect has been much greater since 1870 than the progress indica- ted by the following table for the decade ending in that year :
STATISTICS FROM CENSUSES OF 1860 AND IS70.
1860.
1870.
No. of establishments,
115
201
No. of steam engines,
I IO
No. of water wheels,
Not given.
38
No. of males employed,
253
647
No. of females employed,
63
Capital invested,
$283,625
$470,035
Wages,
77,716
197,967
Cost of materials,
605,099
671,494
Value of products,
S55,950
1, 133,364
AGRICULTURE.
The agricultural products of the county have changed materially within the last ten years. This was formerly
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a great wheat county, many farmers raising forty bush- els an acre. Soon after 1860, while no marked change was observable in other crops, the wheat crops, from some cause not clearly understood, grew smaller. Even on new land the yield was comparatively small, and farmers wisely turned their attention to the raising of cattle. Now, wheat is brought here from other states, and stock, cheese, butter, eggs, hides, tallow, and wool have taken the place of the wheat, corn, and oats that used to be shipped to the eastern markets.
The following table shows the number of acres de- voted to the culture of specified crops in 1876:
TOWNS.
Wheat.
Oats.
Corn.
Barley.
Rye.
Hops.
To- bacco.
Adams
783
1,456
2,167
50
60
Albany.
373
2,847
3,675
24
302
IO
17
Brooklyn.
IS3
3,090
3,442
IO
28
1
3
Cadiz. ..
1,240
1,714
3,970
241
454
5
Clarno.
727
2,598
4,508
145
345
14
Decatur .
S46
3,258
4,856
22
IS9
II
Exeter .
377
2,258
3,48I
28
IO
I 12
Jefferson
576
3,195
5,480
270
190
Jordan .
643
1,180
1,740
30
395
Monroe.
502
1,478
2,756
95
96
Mt. Pleasant.
601
3,916
4,559
20
40
New Glarus.
1,50I
1,614
1,739
93
31
Spring Grove
895
2,584
5,796
30
376
4
Sylvester. . ..
So5
3,095
4,450
28
71
3
Washington .
730
2,201
2,703
II2
60
York
997
1,43I
1,534
95
60
Total
11,779
37,915
56,856
1,293
2,707
41 1/2
3I
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SELECTED STATISTICS OF THE AGRICULTURE OF GREEN COUNTY FROM UNITED STATES CENSUSES.
1850.
1860.
IS70.
Bushels of Wheat
148,997
531,966
541,859
Rye. . .
540
5,052
25,469
Indian Corn
133,595
540,402
947,105
Oats. .
152,487
359,374
743,019
Barley.
4,365
9,623
15,107
Buckwheat.
987
1,025
5,226
Pounds of Wool.
14,858
37,717
139,110
Potatoes.
16,634
75,366
184,195
Butter
113,867
673,966
909,485
Cheese
8,417
76,227
358,830
No. of Horses.
1,779
5,570
9,744
Milch Cows.
1,277
8,254
11,474
Working Oxen
1,402
2,194
154
Sheep. .
5,764
10,817
39,477
Swine.
8,026
17,291
35,879
Value of farms ..
$ 1,044,736
$ 5,061,339
$10,269,402
Acres of improved land
47,307
190,229
250,998
Value of orchard products ..
$
484
$
2,812
$ 28,952
Since stock raising has been one of the leading pur- suits-and now nearly every farmer is a stock dealer- much attention has been given to the improvement of stock. The importations during the past seven years have been many and large. At the present time there is probably no other county in this state, or in Illinois, that sends as many and as good hogs and cattle to mar- ket as are sent from this county, and the indications are that Green may soon take the lead in fine sheep and horses also. A natural result of this new industry is the increased manufacture of cheese. In IS70 there was not a cheese factory in the county. In 1876 there were in operation more than fifty factories, which made in the
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aggregate over 2,000,000 pounds-much more than was made in any other county, and about one-eighth of the whole quantity made in the state.
The high rank of the county as an agricultural coun- ty, is due in part to the influence of the Green County Agricultural Society. This society was organized July 4, 1853, with the following officers: E. T. Gardner, President; J. V. Richardson, Secretary; John A. Bing- ham, Corresponding Secretary; A. Ludlow, Treasurer; and six vice-presidents. A fair was held in November of that year, at the court house, at which time one hun- dred dollars were paid for premiums. The next fair was held in October, 1854, in a new fair ground, just north of the village of Monroe. The money to fence the fair ground and erect the necessary buildings, was raised by selling life memberships at ten dollars each. At this fair the premiums amounted to two hundred dollars. The fair ground was paid for in 1855 by sell- ing life memberships. It included seven and one-half acres, and cost fifty dollars per acre. On the seventh of July, 1857, the society was reorganized under a state law for the encouragement of agriculture, which was passed in 1856. The fair ground now used is a little east of the village, and, with the buildings, is worth from eight to ten thousand dollars.
The following is a classified statement of the premi- ums and diplomas awarded by the society in 1876, at its twenty-fourth annual fair :
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CLASSIFICATION.
Am't of Premiums.
No. of Premiums.
No. of Diplomas.
Cattle
$ 271 00
45
4
Horses
230 00
50
3
Sheep
76 00
22
Swine.
112 00
34-
Poultry
17 00
2I
Farm Products
70 00
72
Farm Implements
15 00
2
30
Manufactures. .
56 00
16
9
Household Fabrics
25 00
37
I
Fruits and Flowers
S4 00
60
Other exhibits.
280 00
125
40
Total.
$ 1,136 00
484
S7
The following is a complete list of the presidents of of the society :
E. T. Gardner.
O. J. White.
John A. Bingham, (elected twice). Thomas Emerson.
Thomas Fenton.
J. H. Warren.
S. M. Humes, (elected twice).
F. F. West.
John H. Bridge.
E. T. Gardner.
Israel Smith.
H. W. Whitney, (elected twice).
Charles F. Thompson.
Thos. H. Eaton, (elected twice).
E. T. Gardner.
Franklin Mitchell.
D. S. Sutherland.
A. Ludlow.
J. V. Richardson.
J. S. Smock, (clected twice).
The following are the names of the other officers elected at the annual meeting in January, 1877: W. A. Wheaton, Vice-President; James H. Van Dyke, Treas- urer; A. S. Douglas, Secretary; C. E. Adams, Record- ing Secretary; A. Ludlow, Superintendent.
STATISTICS OF POPULATION.
Owing to emigration to the west, Rock, Green, and
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History of Green County.
several other counties in Wisconsin which have been steadily increasing in wealth have diminished in popu- lation since 1870.
The following table shows the increase since the or- ganization of the county, and the decrease since 1870:
1838,
494
I 860,
19,SoS
1840, -
933
1865,
- 20,645
1850,
S,566
1870,
23,611
1855, -
14,727
IS75,
- 22,027
Table showing the change in each township since 1850:
TOWNS.
1850.
*1860.
IS70.
IS75.
Adams.
275
S40
1,007
913
Albany .
546
1,385
1,374
1,150
Brooklyn
531
1,061
I,III
1,138
Cadiz.
459
920
1,40I
1,349
Clarno.
715
1,372
1,637
1,510
Decatur
5.58
1,618
911
701
Brodhead
1,548
1,428
Exeter
450
1,040
949
SS3
Jefferson
692
1,466
1,673
1,714
Jordan
391
S69
1,083
1,026
Monroe.
1,146
2,171
1,128
903
Village of Monroe
3,408
3,227
Mt. Pleasant .
579
1,240
1,164
IIIO
New Glarus .
3II
960
958
975
Spring Grove
703
1,053
1,236
1,238
Sylvester
712
1,132
1,034
876
Washington
307
S38
90I
S70
York
191
904
1,OS8
1,016
NATIVITY OF POPULATION.
Native.
Foreign.
IS50,
15,439
4,369
I870,
-
18,532
5,079
*These figures are taken from the U. S. Census of IS60, but there seems to be some mistake about them. They make the population of the county only 18,869.
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NATIVITY IN IS70, BY TOWNS.
TOWNS.
Native.
Foreign.
Adams ..
637
370
Albany . .
1,077
297
Brooklyn
S89
222
Cadiz.
1,264
I37
Clarno
1,335
302
Decatur.
767
144
Brodhead
1,328
220
Exeter
767
182
Jefferson
1,415
258
Jordan.
SI9
264
Monroe.
929
199
Village of Monroe.
2,709
699
Mt. Pleasant
953
2II
New Glarus
491
467
Spring Grove
1,078
158
Sylvester .
SI9
215
Washington
611
290
York.
644
444
PLACE OF NATIVITY OF POPULATION IN IS70.
Born in the State, 10,643
Born in British America, 272
New York,
2,261
וי Eng. and Wales,
598
Ohio,
1,244
Ireland, 942
Pennsylvania, 1,722
Scotland,
50
Vermont,
391
Germany,
892
Illinois,
697
France,
39
Other states, 1,574
Sweden & Nor'y, 1,017 Other countries, 1,269
18,532
5,079
NATIVITY IN IS75.
Native population,
17,289
Born in British America, 254
" Eng. Scot. & Wales, 604
" Ireland, 879
" Germany, S32
' Switzerland, Hol- land, Bohemia & France, 1,207
" Sweden, Norway and Denmark, 960
Other nationalties, 2
17,289
4,738
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COLORED POPULATION.
IS50,
None. IS70, 42
1 860,
- None. IS75, - - 25
SEX AND AGE IN 1870.
Males, 12,042
Females,
11,569
Males between ages of 5 and IS,
4,040
Females
3,981
Males
IS and 45, 4,256
Males 21 and upwards,
5,546
Male citizens,
5,040
SCHOOLS.
When the town governments were organized in 1849, the schools were intrusted to town superintendents; but since 1861 they have been under the supervision of county superintendents. The following is a list of the county superintendents : Wm. C. Green, elected in 1861 and '63; Edwin E. Woodman, elected in 1865; D. H. Morgan, elected four consecutive times, and T. C. Rich- mond, the present incumbent. Mr. Woodman being absent at the time of his election, and subsequently, Mr. Green held the office during that term. The superinten- dent's report for the year ending August 31, 1876, con- tains the following statistics :
No. of school districts, 104
No. of school houses, I33
Cash value of school houses and sites, $102,438
No. of persons in the county between the ages of 4 and 20, - S,573
No. between 4 and 20 who have attended school, -
6,614
No. under 4 who have attended school, - -
12
No. over 20 97
Average No. day's attendance of those who have
been members, - So
No. of different persons employed as teachers, - 265
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Average wages of male teachers per month, female 22 31
$34 09
Amount paid for services of male teachers, 15,195 54
female 16,370 09
No. of private schools, 5
No. of pupils who have attended them, -
100
No. of children incapacitated for instruction from defect in intellect, 5
No. of children incapacitated for instruction from detect in hearing, 5
There are, in the county, three schools with two de- partments each-those at Monticello, Juda, and New Glarus, and three with three or more departments each -those at Monroe, Brodhead, and Albany. There are five school libraries, the largest of which is at Monroe.
The following statistics of illiteracy are found in the censuses of 1850 and '70:
No. of adults in 1850 unable to read and write,
95
males
77
females
51
native birth
72
foreign birth
23
No. over 20 years of age in 1870 unable to read, - - 345
write,
600
No. of males
279
females,
321
native birth "
"
- 232
" foreign birth " "
- 368
The following is the apportionment of the school fund income for Green County for 1877:
Adams, - $160 72
Jordan, - $177 94
Albany, -
193 II
Monroe,
561 70
Brooklyn,
202 95 Mt. Pleasant,
175 48
Cadiz,
213 20 New Glarus, IS2 04
Clarno,
246 S2
Spring Grove,
197 21
Decatur,
318 57
Sylvester, 155 39
Exeter,
141 04
Washington, 171 93
Jefferson, 230 OI
York, - -
186 93
The apportionment is at the rate of 41 cents per scholar.
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It is creditable to our common schools that some of the best students that have been at the State University have gone from this county, and a little examination will show that the schools of Green County have kept pace with those of any other county of the same population in the state. Mr. Richmond is now doing the schools a great service by raising the standard of teachers' ex- aminations, and by giving the teachers, in institutes of several weeks' duration, the instruction of which they are most in necd.
CHURCH EDIFICES IN GREEN COUNTY IN IS76.
TOWNS.
Methodist.
Baptist.
Congregational.
Presbyterian.
Lutheran.
Universalist.
Fpiscopal.
Catholic.
Advent.
Christian.
Evangelical.
Union.
Adams
1
I
Albany
-
V. of Albany
1
Brooklyn
V. of Brooklyn
Attica
1
Cadiz
I
Clarno
I
1
Decatur
I
I
Brodhead
1
I
I
Exeter
I
I
I
Jefferson
2
1
I
Juda
1
I
1
I
Monroc
I
I
I
I
I
1
2
I
I
Mt. Pleasant.
Monticello
T
I
New Glarus
V. of New Glarus
I
I
Spring Grove.
Sylvester
I
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York
...
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...
...
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Postville
I
I
...
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.
... .
....
...
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..
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. .
Dayton.
I
'Twin Grove
Jordan
V. of Monroc
I
I
I
I
I
.
...
.
I
Washington
I
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*In Dane County.
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1 1
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1
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History of Green County.
PAUPERISM, DISEASE AND CRIME.
The first mention of paupers in the county commis- sioners' journal is this of January, 1843: "Ordered that Alexis Van Ornum be paid only $30 for nursing and for funeral expenses of Benjamin Jacobs, a poor per- son." From 1849 until '60 each town took care of its own poor. In 1860 the supervisors elected three superin- tendents of the poor-Hiram Rust, I. M. Bennett, and Ransom Drake-and appropriated $2,000 to buy a county poor house and farm. The farm is in Mount Pleasant. The superintendents erected a building in the summer of 1861, and additional buildings were erected in 1870 and '73. During the year ending Nov. 15, 1876, the average number of inmates at the poor house was 53, and the whole number of week's sup- port given to inmates was 1,996. The average cost to the county of each week's maintenance was $1.46. The poor commissioners also expended about $1,500 for the poor living in the several towns. The principal build- ings on the poor farm were destroyed by fire on the last day of May, 1877, but new buildings will be erected as soon as possible.
The number of persons sent from Green County to state institutions prior to August, 1876, was-
State Hospital for the Insane, 65
I3 Institute for the Blind, - Industrial School, -
Deaf and Dumb, S 3 State Prison, 23%
*This is the number on the records at the prison, but these records only show by what county the prisoners have been convicted and sentenced. The commit- ment papers do not state whether prisoners had a change of venue to or from any county. Neither do they show to what county prisoners sentenced by the United States' Courts belonged.
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History of Green County.
OFFICERS OF GREEN COUNTY.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
NAMES.
When elected
NAMES.
When elected®
Daniel S. Sutherland.
March, 1838
Thos. S. Bowen. .
IS44.
Wm. Bowen
Daniel Harcourt. .
Sept.,
1838
I845.
Asa Brown, vice J. Bridge.
1840
1846.
Davis Bowen
I841
Wm. Boyles
Josiah Pierce
1847.
Davis Bowen
IS42
Asa Brown
Daniel Smiley
Henson Irion
1843
Wm. Brown ... Wm. Coldren
1848.
Asa Brown .
Thos. L. Sommers
Joseph Kelly
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SUPERVISORS.
From 1849 to '62 the chairmen of the town super- visors elected in April of each year constituted the county board of supervisors. Their names are given in the histories of their respective towns. A state law approved March, 1861 made the board of supervisors to consist of three electors, one to be elected in each of three supervisor districts. Elections were to be held in November of each alternate year, and the term of office was to begin the first of the following January.
Elected in IS61 :
EZRA WESCOTT, E. R. ALLEN, HENRY ADAMS.
Wm. C. Green .. Hiram Rust ..... Hiram Brown ... Wm. C. Green ... R. D. Derrick ... Hiram Caulkins .. T. W. Thompson. Wm. Boyles .... Henry Adams ... Wm. Boyles Wm. Brown
Oct., 1838
Jas. Riley vice D. Harcourt Jer. Bridge, vice D. S. S .. Wm. Boyles .
1839
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These supervisors divided the county into three su- pervisor districts, as follows:
FIRST DISTRICT .- New Glarus, York, Exeter, Brooklyn, Wash- ington, Mount Pleasant.
SECOND DISTRICT .- Jefferson, Spring Grove, Decatur, Sylvester, Albany.
THIRD DISTRICT .- Adams, Jordan, Cadiz, Clarno, Monroe.
Elected in 1863 :
Ist District-HENRY ADAMS.
2d E. R. ALLEN, (resigned, Hiram Dunwiddie ap- pointed by the Governor).
3d EZRA WESTCOTT, (died, J. V. Richardson ap- pointed by the Governor).
Elected in 1865 :
Ist District .- ALBERT PIERCE. 2d HIRAM DUNWIDDIE.
3d יו J. V. RICHARDSON, (resigned, Wm. Brown ap- pointed).
Elected in 1867:
Ist District .- J. W. SMITHI. 2d WM. COLDREN.
3d J. M. STAVER.
By a change in the law, supervisors elected in 1867 from the odd numbered districts held office for one year, while those from even numbered districts held office two years.
Elected in 186S:
Ist District .- J. W. SMITH. 3d J. M. STAVER.
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History of Green County.
A law of 1869 increased the number of supervisors in Green County from three to nine.
Elected April, 1869:
Ist District .- F. R. MELVIN. LEOPOLD SELTZER.
2d District .- DAVID DUNWIDDIE.
J. B. PERRY.
3d District .- SAMUEL CHANDLER, (resigned, S. W. Abbott appointed). A. DE HAVEN.
Those elected in the second district held office only until November, when three supervisors were elected :
J. B. PERRY .. R. J. DAY. M. H. PENGRA.
The law of 1869 was a special law for Green County, and was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court. In obedience to a law published in 1870, the county re- turned, after the April election of 1870, to the system of government wherein each town and village is repre- :sented.
OTHER COUNTY OFFICERS.
OTHER COUNTY OFFICERS.
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When elected
*SHERIFF.
REGISTER OF DEEDS.
TREASURER.
JUDGE.
TATTORNEY.
1838 1839 1840 1841
1842 1843 1844 IS45 ·
Joseph Woodle. Chas. S. Thomas .
Wm. Rittenhouse| Wm. Rittenhouse Wm. Rittenhouse Wmn. Rittenhouse Wm. Rittenhouse WVm. Rittenhouse
John Blunt.
F. F. West.
D. Smiley
Chas S. Thomas.
James L. Powel ..
John Moore. .
James L. Powel. .
Joseph W. Smith ...
Ezra Westcott. .
James Bintliff .
B. Dunwiddie
Chas. S. Foster.
J. Jacob Tschudy.
David W. Ball.
David W. Ball
B. Dunwiddie
Hiram Medberry · Moses O'Brien. .
History of Green County.
IS.46 1847 1848 I849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 186I
H. B. Capwell ..
J. Jacob Tschudy.
Joseph McCraken ... Abner Van Saut ... . James Hawthorne .. James Hawthorne . James Hawthorne . . Hambleton C. Miller Hambleton C. Miller Asa Brown . .
D. S. Sutherland Asa Richardson
S. P. Condee
Wm. Rittenhouse J. V. Richardson.
L. Hurlbut .. L. Hurlbut . . Wadsworth Foster. . Francis Emerson ... Wadsworth Foster. .
B. Dunwiddie . . J. A. Bingham. . E. T. Gardner . . J. A. Bingham. . E. T. Gardner .. Francis Emerson, Edmund Hill . Hiram Stevens. . . Edmund Hill
IIiram Stevens. .
A. J. Sutherland.
Wm. Rittenhouse
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D. H. Morgan .. . | Wm. McDowel ...
Horatio G. Cleveland
L. Frankenburger . Eliakim R. Allen.
B. Dunwiddie
Robt. McFarland
L. Frankenburger
Silas Gardner Samuel Lewis .. .
Wm. H. Ball
B. Dunwiddie
Alfred Wood.
F. R. Melvin
Frank H. Derrick.
Samuel Lewis. . . C. E. Tanberg.
F. R. Melvin
B. Dunwiddie
D. W. Ball.
C. E. Tanberg.
F. R. Melvin
F. K. Studley
C. E. Tanberg. .
J. Smith Smock . .
B. Dunwiddie ..
E. T. Gardner .. C. N. Carpenter. B. S. Kerr A. S. Douglas . . A. S. Douglas .. A. S. Douglas . . A. S. Douglas ..
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