History of Lafayette county, Wisconsin, Part 74

Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899. cn; Western Historical Co
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical
Number of Pages: 754


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The vexed question was submitted to the people to decide on the 1st day of April, 1856. The total vote polled was 3,389, of which number 1,774 were in favor of removing to Avon ; 1,615 were opposed to the movement. The Board of Canvassers were Henry H. Ensign. M. Hollister, J. P., William W. Forbes, J. P. Conformable to this ruling, the county officers were transferred to Avon, or Center, where they were located in the old schoolhouse. The


act of Legislature under which the voting was conducted, specified, as an express qualification, that each voter must have resided in the county for forty days. Strongly impressed with the illegality of this clause, in direct conflict with the liberal doctrines of the Constitution, James H. Knowlton appealed to the Supreme Court to settle the validity of the election. In an exhaustive treatise on the question, the Chief Justice delivered his judgment, declaring the elec- tion null and void. In rendering this decision, His Honor assumed, that, as the Legislative act prohibited persons from voting who were fully qualified by the Constitution, the act was uncon- stitutional. On January 6, 1857, it was moved, at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors, that the District Attorney of La Fayette County be authorized to draw a petition to the Legisla- ture for the vacation of the village plat of Avon, and that said village be annexed to Darlington,


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and that the county seat be removed to Darlington, from Shullsburg, providing that the county buildings be built from the proceeds of said property.


From 1856 to 1861, every session of the Legislature was importuned to obtain the passage of an act re-opening the county seat troubles, for an expression of popular sentiment. It must have taxed an indomitable spirit, gifted with unflagging determination, to persist in the effort which had before resulted disastrous to their hopes. Perseverance was ultimately rewarded, for, on March 28, 1861, the long-sought-for legislation was enacted. On this occasion, Darlington was fully prepared to meet the issue with a powerful front, having offered to erect a court house at an outlay of $10,000, should that village be selected. At the close of the poll, the ballot showed a majority of four in favor of removal. A motion was instantly filed in the Circuit Court, asking to have the election annulled on the grounds of bribery in the form of the prospect- ive court house, and to the extent of $10,000. The arguments on both sides were made before the Circuit Judge, at Dodgeville, Iowa County; and, even in the earliest stage of the proceed- ings, the decision was foreshadowed for Shullsburg. The non delivery and filing of a single letter thwarted the judgment, which went for Darlington, on a legal technicality. Exhausted with constant bickering, the tomahawk was buried, and events allowed to pursue their natural course. The removal of the offices occurred November 19, 1861. The court house, which played such a prominent part in pacifying the ancient feud, and harmonizing the embittering elements of the populace, occupies a commanding position on an eminence on Main street, over- looking the village. The material and labor necessary to the construction of the building were voluntarily subscribed by the citizens of Darlington, some of whom contributed their quota in money, while the less affluent added their mite in labor.


A jail, constructed at a cost of $1,000 is attached. The offices of County Clerk, Register of Deeds and County Treasurer, are now situated in a compactly built stone building, rendered impervious to fire by the use of iron fire-proof flooring. Iron shutters likewise protect the doors and window apertures. The officers took possession of this building on July 5, 1867.


A bell was added to the court house in 1871, at a cost of $200. In compliance with a memorial presented November 15, 1872, requesting the use of the court house for political and religious meetings, the Episcopalians were permitted to conduct services therein on the Sabbath, the county being exempt from all expense on such account.


THE FIRST REGULAR COURT.


The first judicial term recognized in this county, was opened in the old county seat at Shullsburg, on September 6, 1847, Hon. Charles Dunn, first Justice of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin Territory, and Presiding Judge in La Fayette County District Court, presided. The term was officially opened on the 6th, but the Justice did not arrive until the next day. The Court was then formally opened by Robert M. Lang, County Sheriff, who returned into the court the following grand jury roll: Thomas B. Gibson, foreman; William S. Derring, Robert G. Waud, James Parkinson, John O'Conner, F. E. Halstead, Abraham Lorney, Sam- uel H. Scales, Anthony Miller, Samuel Davis, John Armstrong, Marshall Cottle, Absalom A. Townsend, Samuel Warren, Charles Bracken, Oliver Holtzhouser, Henry B. Phillips and Andrew Harrison. James H. Knowlton, District Attorney, charged the grand jury, who retired to make presentment. John M. Douglass and Joseph D. Wells, of Illinois, were, upon motion of the Clerk, permitted to practice at the bar. The first cases filed were a petition in chancery for divorce from Matthias Chelton vs. Sarah Chelton. The petition was responded to by the defendant filing a demurrer, praying that the complainant should lodge a reasonable sum for expenses of defendant, before she is compelled to answer said bill of complaint. John Arm- ` strong vs. Fred Waughtell, on appeal. The case was stricken from the docket as having been improperly returned to La Fayette instead of Iowa County.


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HISTORY OF LA FAYETTE COUNTY.


VALUATION OF THE COUNTY.


The following are the returns of the Board of Equalization, for a period of ten years, tabulated for reference to comparative values :


TOWNSHIPS.


1870


1871


1872


1873


1874


1875


1876


1877


1878


1879


1880


Argyle ..


$181192


$256475


$249570


$251856


$257246


$260572


$242574


$255462


$257028


$259281


$272772


Blanchard


57600


83325


91918


91313


84111


86189


86886


94551


95126


94796


94029


Benton ..


258008


365721


363243


341873


325691


324853


322579


351736


347686


351197


342983


Belmont ...


477856


505202


477257


474701


475908


477392


463518


482507


477779


475318


475569


Darlington


636740


654052


635566


622630


666177


659883


623348


658912


630545


709923


688000


Elk Grove


435460


615480


414943


424123


410323


410540


399757


404491


401060


391393


385491


Fayette.


300010


367258


366168


377560


371429


366285


364482


391800


392172


394003


391378


Gratiot ..


471660


567241


544653


551252


542617


538188


535792


550848


527789


562781


546950


Kendall


260406


322021


246760


239941


227853


234057


230437


235064


232530


231681


233495


Monticello


199664


268048


258439


264584


257801


257680


249103


256860


254576


256873


256984


New Diggings.


224896


297893


284892


298279


292722


286755


273994


291549


295958


292065


273301


Shullsburg


153600


197278


445305


456898


446457


448640


437051


460705


459981


461257


457999


Wayne .....


272664


342984


319976


353370


346746


350712


340263


346609


350962


349914


349420


White Oak Springs ...


139076


179141


173425


187221


184584


185402


177881


179440


176514


178502


177015


Willow Springs ..


306790


371034


344540


380338


346270


354949


354496


340011


344606


343879


341936


Wiota ... .


462408


555680


484906


531466


480215


483412


477191


482091


485171


489723


483850


Total.


$5292990


$6489552


$6206920


$6336984


$6210257


$6204267


$6018030


$6244518


$6188692


$6301705


$6230739


POPULATION OF THE COUNTY.


The population of La Fayette County for 1880, compared with the returns for 1870, exhibits a startling decrease. The citizens, unlike the carping inhabitants of St. Louis, acknowl- edge the diminished volume of humanity which has occurred among the mining element and such transitory residents who, afflicted with the El Dorado fever, flocked to Deadwood and Leadville on the discovery of valuable mineral in those regions. The vacuum thus occasioned is rapidly filling up with sturdy yeomen, who at the next census, by their presence, will refute the charge that La Fayette's population is on the wane.


NAMES OF TOWNS.


Population 1870. Population, 1880.


Males.


Females.


Increase.


Decrease.


Argyle.


1,634


1,226


649


577


408


Belmont


1,303


1.278


627


651


25


Benton.


1,723


1,519


773


746


204


Blanchard


455


617


321


296


162


Darlington


2,773


2,605


1,267


1,338


168


Elk Grove ..


1,377


960


523


437


417


Fayette


1,193


1,148


573


575


45


Gratiot.


1,718


1,629


861


768


89


Kendall.


1,131


849


446


403


282


Monticello.


480


434


233


201


46


New Diggings.


1,791


1,641


852


789


150


Seymour


419


897


512


385


478


464


Wayne


1,056


1,056


541


515


White Oak Springs.


540


447


221


226


93


Willow Springs.


1,117


1,098


576


522


19


Wiota.


1,699


1,688


856


832


11


Total


22,659


21,330


10,858


10,472


640


2,401


PRESIDENTIAL VOTE.


The Presidential vote of La Fayette County has been as follows :


Shullsburg


2,702


2,238


1,027


1,211


459119


459567


Seymour ..


454960


540719


505362


492579


494107


478758


438674


461882


459209


1848, Zachary Taylor, 921; Lewis Cass, 1,105; 1852, Franklin Pierce, 1,389; Winfield Scott, 850; 1856, James Buchanan, 1,722; Millard Fillmore, 1,415; 1860, Stephen A.


John W, Blackstone.


SHULLSBURG.


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Douglass, 1,891 ; Abraham Lincoln, 1,737; 1864, George B. McClellan, 1,710; Abraham Lincoln, 1,469 ; 1868, Horatio Seymour, 2,136; U. S. Grant, 2,221; 1872, Horace Greeley, 1,909; U. S. Grant, 2,081; 1876, Samuel J. Tilden, 2,297; Rutherford B. Hayes, 2,424; 1880, Winfield S. Hancock, 2,182; James A. Garfield, 2,542.


THE COUNTY ROSTER.


In order that a sufficient record of officers may be here shown, the foregoing narrative- account of organization is recapitulated as follows :


La Fayette County was organized in the spring of 1847, out of a part of Iowa County. The first meeting of the Commissioners was held at Shullsburg May 3, 1847. The board con- sisted of John J. Van Matre, Chairman, John Griffin and Allen Warden ; R. E. Campbell was Clerk of the board; Robert M. Long, Sheriff; William Bennett, Treasurer ; James H. Knowlton, Prosecuting Attorney ; Samuel G. Bugh, Register of Deeds; Washington M. Hin- man, County Surveyor.


The following were the different precincts: Wiota, Gratiot, Prairie, Belmont, White Oak Springs, Benton, Shullsburg, Fever River, Elk Grove and Willow Springs.


The next meeting of the County Commissioners was held January 3, 1848. The board consisted of John J. Van Matre, James M. Day and Joseph White. John J. Van Matre was elected Chairman. No change in precincts. Jonathan J. Marvin, Clerk.


For 1849, the board consisted of John Ray, Chairman, John Armstrong, Samuel Cole ; J. J. Marvin, Clerk. At this session of the board the county was divided and organized into towns as follows : Benton, New Diggings, Argyle, Wayne, Belmont, Kendall, Elk Grove, White Oak Springs, Gratiot, Shullsburg, Willow Springs, Center, Fayette and Wiota.


On June 4, 1849, the Chairman of the several Town Boards of Supervisors met and organ- ized, under the then existing law, as a County Board, as follows: Charles Dunn, Chairman, Belmont ; George Skellinger, Wiota ; John Armstrong, Fayette; Samuel Cole, Gratiot ; John Z. Saxton, Argyle; Joseph White, Elk Grove; James Murphy, Benton ; Russell Baldwin, Wayne; Nathan Olmstead, Kendall ; Ami Dodge, New Diggings; John W. Blackstone, White Oak Springs ; John Ray, Willow Springs ; James H. Knowlton, Shullsburg ; Henry W. Barnes, Center; J. J. Marvin, Clerk. The town of Monticello was organized by an act of the Legisla- ture during the year 1850.


The County Board for 1850 was as follows : James Murphy, Chairman, Benton ; George Skellinger, Wiota; John Armstrong, Fayette; Samuel Cole, Gratiot; T. B. Andrews, Argyle ; Edward Leslie, Elk Grove; Henry F. Striker, Belmont; A. G. Pineny, Wayne; Nathan Olm- stead, Kendall; John Raine, New Diggings ; John W. Blackstone, White Oak Springs ; James Noble, Willow Springs ; James H. Knowlton, Shullsburg; Richard H. Magoon, Monticello; James Woods, Center ; P. B. Simpson, Clerk. The board met at Avon.


1851-J. W. Blackstone, Chairman, White Oak Springs; H. F. Striker, Belmont ; Joseph White, Kendall; Edward Leslie, Elk Grove ; James Murphy, Benton ; James H. Earnest, New Diggings ; B. Funk, Monticello ; J. K. Williams, Shullsburg; George Skellinger, Wiota; A. G. Pinney, Wayne; T. B. Andrews, Argyle; Thomas Lindsey, Fayette; Horace Beebe, Center ; James Noble, Willow Springs ; Elias Slothower, Gratiot ; P. B. Simpson, Clerk. This board also met at Avon.


1852-Charles Dunn, Chairman, Belmont; John Z. Saxton, Argyle; Patrick Whalen, Benton ; James H. Earnest, New Diggings ; John D. Martin, Elk Grove; J. W. Blackstone, White Oak Springs ; Joseph White, Kendall ; Thomas Lindsey, Fayette ; John Reed, Center; George Schellenger, Wiota; Samuel Cole, Gratiot ; Stephen Blackstone, Monticello ; Amos Eastman, Wayne; J. K. Williams, Shullsburg ; Daniel Parkinson, Willow Springs ; P. B. Simpson, Clerk. This board met at Shullsburg.


1853-D. M. Parkinson, Chairman, Willow Springs ; L. Middleton, Argyle ; James Murphy, Benton ; John D. Martin, Elk Grove ; N. B. Richardson, Gratiot ; J. H. Earnest, New Diggings ; P. B. Simpson, Shullsburg; J. W. Blackstone, White Oak Springs; Cornelius DeLong, Bel-


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mont; J. Tolly, Center ; P. Parkinson, Jr., Fayette ; Joseph White, Kendall ; S. Blackstone, Monticello ; A. G. Pinney, Wayne ; Henry W. Barnes, Wiota; Thomas McMannus, Clerk Met at Shullsburg.


1854-D. M. Parkinson, Chairman, Willow Springs ; J. Z. Saxton, Argyle; Albert Bas- sett, Belmont ; John Elliott, Benton ; C. Z. Cutting, Center ; J. De Seelhorst, Elk Grove ; P. Parkinson, Jr., Fayette; John Kelly, Gratiot; Nathan Olmstead, Kendell ; S. Blackstone, Monticello; Ami Dodge, New Diggings ; P. B. Simpson, Shullsburg; George W. Varnum, Wayne; J. W. Blackstone, White Oak Springs ; Henry W. Barnes, Wiota ; Thomas McMan- nus, Clerk. Met at Shullsburg.


1855-Henry W. Barnes, Chairman, Wiota; Patrick Whaley, Benton ; C. Z. Cutting, Center ; L. Middleton, Argyle ; D. W. Jones, Belmont ; J. De Seelhorst, Elk Grove; Will- iam McGranahan, Fayette ; Samuel Cole, Gratiot ; J. B. Evans, Kendall ; David Roberts, Monticello ; George Leekley, New Diggings; George W. Varnum, Wayne; J. M. Brewster, Shullsburg; J. W. Blackstone, White Oak Springs ; D. M. Parkinson, Willow Springs ; H. H. Ensign, Clerk. Met at Shullsburg.


1856-J. De Selhorst, Chairman, Elk Grove; J. Z. Saxton, Argyle; Patrick Whaley, Benton ; J. G. Scoggin, Belmont ; H. H. Gray, Center ; Thomas Lindsey, Fayette ; Joseph White. Kendall ; John Addams, Monticello; James H. Earnest, New Diggings ; P. B. Simp- son, Shullsburg ; George W. Varnum, Wayne ; H. W. Barnes, Wiota; Nicholas Dunphy, Willow Springs ; J. W. Blackstone, White Oak Springs; N. B. Richardson, Gratiot ; H. H. Ensign, Clerk. Met at Avon.


1857-J. W. Blackstone, Chairman, White Oak Springs ; J. De Selhorst, Elk Grove; W. J.Oviat, Argyle; Samuel Miles, Belmont; H. H. Gray, Center ; Thomas Lindsey, Fayette ; H. W. Barnes, Wiota ; Patrick Whaley, Benton ; Samuel Cole, Gratiot ; Joseph White, Kendall ; John Addams, Monticello ; George Leekley, New Diggings ; E. C. Townsend, Shullsburg ; N. Dunphy, Willow Springs ; G. W. Varnum, Wayne ; G. W. Miles, Clerk. Met at Shulls- burg.


1858-J. W. Blackstone, Chairman, White Oak Springs ; Alex Patterson, Argyle; J. G. Scoggin, Belmont ; Patrick Whaley, Benton ; Charles G. Otis, Center ; John D. Martin, Elk Grove ; N. T. Parkinson, Fayette ; Elias Slothower, Gratiot; Joseph White, Kendall ; John Addams, Monticello; Solomon Oliver, New Diggings ; E. C. Townsend, Shullsburg ; S. Lamp- erell, Willow Springs ; H. W. Barnes, Wiota ; G. W. Miles, Clerk. Met at Shullsburg.


1859-J. W. Blackstone, Chairman, White Oak Springs ; Daniel Hawley, Argyle ; Moses Whitesides, Belmont; Matthew Murphy, Benton ; Charles G. Otis, Center; John D. Martin, Elk Grove ; William McGranahan, Fayette ; L. H. Clark, Gratiot; Joseph White, Kendall : Francis Craig, New Diggings ; John Addams, Monticello ; E. C. Townsend, Shullsburg ; Leonard Foss, Wayne ; D. M. Parkinson, Willow Springs ; John S. Dean, Wiota; John Collins, Clerk. Met at Shullsburg.


1860-J. W. Blackstone, Chairman, White Oak Springs ; S. H. Gurley, Argyle ; Matthew Murphy, Benton ; J. G. Scoggin, Belmont; James Wadsworth, Center ; J. D. Martin, Elk Grove ; Thomas Lindsey, Fayette; Samuel Cole, Gratiot; Joseph White, Kendall; S. Oliver, New Diggings ; John Addams, Monticello ; J. B. Gayler, Wayne; E. Meloy, Shullsburg; E. Hall, Willow Springs ; Lars E. Johnson, Wiota; John Collins, Clerk. Met at Shullsburg.


1861-J. D. Martin, Chairman, Elk Grove; S. Gurley, Argyle ; Watt E. Jones, Belmont; Matthew Murphy, Benton ; James Wadsworth, Center ; Thomas Lindsey, Fayette ; James West, Gratiot ; William Mates, Kendall; John Anderson, Monticello; A. Looney, New Diggings ; Edward Meloy. Shullsburg ; A. G. Pinney, Wayne; J. W. Blackstone, White Oak Springs ; N. Dunphy, Willow Springs ; L. E. Johnson, Wiota ; John Collins, Clerk. Met at Shullsburg.


At the session of 1861, the county was divided into three Supervisor districts, under a gen- eral law passed the winter before.


1862-S. H. Gurley, Chairman ; Matthew Murphy, H. E. VanOsdell; John Collins, Clerk. Met at Darlington, where all meetings have been held since.


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HISTORY OF LA FAYETTE COUNTY.


1863-Matthew Murphy, Chairman ; S. H. Gurley, H. E. VanOsdell ; John Collins, Clerk. 1864-George W. Hayden, Chairman ; Allen Warden, Nicholas Dunphy ; John Collins, Clerk.


1865-Allen Warden, Chairman ; George W. Hayden, Elihu Hall (appointed in place of N. Dunphy, deceased) ; C. E. Bruner, Clerk.


1866-H. H. Gray, Chairman ; T. B. Campbell, Joseph White ; C. E. Brunner, Clerk. 1867-H. H. Gray, Chairman ; T. B. Campbell, Joseph White ; C. E. Brunner, Clerk. 1868-T. B. Campbell, Chairman ; H. H. Gray, Joseph White.


1869-H. H. Gray, Chairman ; S. Rickert, P. Parkinson, Jr. ; L. E. Johnson, Clerk. The session of 1870 was held in accordance with the existing law, by which the board is composed of one member from each town and village. The board was as follows :


Matthew Murphy, Chairman, Benton ; Thomas G. Wright, Argyle; John Martin, Belmont ; H. H. Gray, Darlington (Darlington was changed from Center) ; J. B. Doty, village of Dar- lington ; Patrick Gallagan, Elk Grove; John Armstrong, Fayette ; N. B. Richardson, Gratiot ; Patrick McDermott, Kendall ; John Anderson, Monticello ; James Sullivan, New Diggings ; Rufus Crippen, Seymour (Seymour is a new town made from towns of Darlington, Elk Grove and Kendall, in 1868) ; John Riley. Willow Springs ; William Walton, White Oak Springs ; Nelson La Due, Wayne ; William J. Miller, Wiota ; Thomas McNulty, Shullsburg; P. B. Simp- son, village of Shullsburg ; Alvin Blanchard, Blanchard (Blanchard is a new town made from the town of Argyle in 1868) ; L. E. Johnson, Clerk.


1871-Matthew Murphy, Chairman, Benton ; Andrew Anderson, Argyle; Alvin Blanchard, Blanchard ; George Frost, Belmont ; J. G. Knight, Darlington ; S. S. Allen, village of Dar- lington ; F. Cullen, Elk Grove ; William McGranahan, Fayette ; M. Lynch, Gratiot ; P. McDer- mott, Kendall ; J. E. Funk, Monticello ; Ami Dodge, New Diggings ; J. Haffely, Seymour ; Thomas McNulty, Shullsburg; Thomas Swainbank, village of Shullsburg ; Nelson La Due, Wayne ; Joseph Blackstone, White Oak Springs; John Riley, Willow Springs ; Henry W. Barnes, Wiota ; L. E. Johnson, Clerk.


1872-J. G. Knight, Chairman, Darlington ; S. S. Allen, village of Darlington ; A. Ander- son, Argyle ; George Frost, Belmont ; W. W. Murphy, Benton ; Samuel H. Gurley, Blanchard ; E. Chappell, Elk Grove ; William McGranahan, Fayette ; Francis Campbell, Gratiot ; Patrick McDermott, Kendall ; John Anderson, Monticello ; Ami Dodge, New Diggings ; John O'Neil, Seymour; Thomas McNulty, Shullsburg; Thomas Swainbank, village of Shullsburg; Nelson La Due, Wayne; Joseph Blackstone, White Oak Springs ; John Riley, Willow Springs ; H. W. Barnes, Wiota ; L. E. Johnson, Clerk.


1873-J. G. Knight, Chairman, Darlington ; A. Anderson, Argyle ; W. W. Murphy, Ben- ton ; George Frost, Belmont ; M. Cavanaugh, Blanchard ; Edward Chappell, Sr., Elk Grove ; S. S. Allen, village of Darlington ; N. T. Parkinson, Fayette ; N. E. Tully, Gratiot ; P. MeDermott, Kendall ; W. T. Addams, Monticello ; Ami Dodge, New Diggings; John O'Neill, Seymour ; Thomas McNulty, Shullsburg; John K. Williams, village of Shullsburg; William Walton, White Oak Springs ; D. Neff, Willow Springs ; James Scott, Wiota ; Nelson La Due, Wayne ; L. E. Johnson, Clerk.


1874-P. A. Orton, Chairman, village of Darlington ; A. Anderson, Argyle ; Paul Speth, Belmont; W. W. Murphy, Benton ; A. Blanchard, Blanchard; John Bray, Darlington ; E. Chappel, Sr., Elk Grove ; N. T. Parkinson, Favette; N. E. Tully, Gratiot ; P. McDermott, Kendall; W. T. Adams, Monticello ; William March, New Diggings ; O. B. Ellis, Wayne ; Joseph Sullivan, Seymour ; Thomas McNulty, Shullsburg ; George E. Weatherby, village of Shullsburg; William Walton, White Oak Springs; D. Neff, Willow Springs ; George Schellen- ger, Wiota ; L. E. Johnson, Clerk.


1875-P. A. Orton, Chairman, village of Darlington; A. Anderson, Argyle ; W. W. Murphy, Benton ; Julius Kruger, Darlington ; John Blewett, Elk Grove; John Armstrong, Fayette; Nelson Bower, Gratiot ; Erastus Farnham, Monticello ; John Curwen, New Diggings ;


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HISTORY OF LA FAYETTE COUNTY.


Joseph Sullivan, Seymour; Thomas McNulty, Shullsburg; James Roberts, village of Shulls- burg; O. B. Ellis, Wayne; John Riley, Willow Springs; John F. Campbell, Wiota; P. McDermott, Kendall ; William Walton, White Oak Springs ; Paul Speth, Belmont ; A. Blanch- ard, Blanchard; Neil Fisher, Clerk.


1876-A. Anderson, Argyle ; Thomas Brainbridge, Benton ; E. J. Bennett, Belmont ; Henry Michaelson, Blanchard ; E. C. Ferrin, Darlington ; P. A. Orton, village of Darlington ; John Blewett, Elk Grove ; William McGranahan, Fayette ; William Slothower, Gratiot; Ber- nard McGinty, Kendall ; W. T. Adams, Monticello ; John Curwen, New Diggings ; Thomas I. Walsh, Seymour ; Thomas McNulty, Shullsburg ; William Look, village of Shullsburg; J. W. Chapman, Wayne; T. E. Blackstone, White Oak Springs ; John Riley, Willow Springs ; Lars E. Johnson, Wiota ; Neil Fisher, Clerk.


1877-P. A. Orton, Darlington, Chairman; Lars E. Johnson, Wiota; T. E. Blackstone, White Oak Springs; O. B. Ellis, Wayne; E. C. Ferrin, Darlington; Paul Speth, Belmont ; Thomas McNulty, Shullsburg; A. J. Anderson, Argyle; Thomas Bainbridge, Benton; John Blewett, Elk Grove; John Cline, Fayette; Ami Dodge, New Diggings; Stephen Smith, Gratiot; William Blackburn, Monticello; Thomas J. Walsh, Seymour; George W. Douglas, Shullsburg ; John Riely, Willow Springs; Patrick McDermott, Kendall; A. Blanchard, Blanchard.


1878-N. Olmsted, Belmont, Chairman; L. B. Waddington, Darlington City; C. W. Priestley, Shullsburg; A. J. Anderson, Argyle; William Walton, White Oak Springs; Patrick McDermott, Kendall; Thomas Bainbridge, Benton; P. B. Simpson, Shullsburg City; Thomas Bracken, Willow Springs; Frank Higgins, Wiota; O. B. Ellis, Wayne; H. Michaelson, Blanchard; E. C. Ferrin, Darlington ; James Hughes, Gratiot; Frank Craig, New Diggings ; Thomas Walsh, Seymour; W. J. Chamberlin, Monticello; John Blewett, Elk Grove; John Cline, Fayette.


1879-N. Olmsted, Belmont, Chairman; D. Schreiter, Darlington; O. F. Blakely, Dar- lington City ; W. J. Chamberlin, Monticello; M. P. Smith, Blanchard; John Cline, Fayette ; Robert McBride, Elk Grove; Lars E. Johnson, Wiota; C. W. Prestley, Shullsburg; P. B. Simpson, Shullsburg Village; Frank L. Earl, Wayne; William Walton, White Oak Springs; N. E. Tully, Gratiot; B. McGinty, Kendall ; John Rudd, New Diggings; John Riely, Willow Springs; Matthew Murphy, Benton; James Sullivan, Seymour; A. J. Anderson, Argyle.


County Judges .- Henry Waggoner, 1848-49 ; James H. Knowlton, 1850-53; J. J. Marvin, 1854-57 ; L. P. Higbee, 1858-61; J. W. Blackstone, 1862-69; P. A. Orton, 1870-73; T. J. Law, 1874-77 ; J. S. Waddington, 1878-81.


Sheriffs .- Robert M. Long, 1847-48; Robert M. Long, 1849-50; H. H. Brannan, 1851-52; Peter C. Meloy, 1853-54 ; Ami Dodge, 1855-58; Oscar M. Dering, 1857-58; Hugh Campbell, 1859-60 ; H. W. Burnes, 1861-62 ; Hugh Campbell, 1863-64; David W. Kyle, 1865-66 ; John Lutter, 1867-68; Frank Campbell, 1869-70; R. H. Williams, 1871- 72; L. B. Waddington, 1873-74; Charles B. Helm, 1875-76; A. Townsend, 1877-78; L. B. Waddington, 1879-80.


Treasurers .- William Burrett, 1847-48; Andrew Orr, 1849-50; Ephraim Ogden, 1851-54; R. G. Waud, 1855-60; E. H. Gratiot, 1861-62; William McGranahan, 1863-64 ; A. G. Pinney, 1865-66; Moses Campbell, 1867-68; L. B. Waddington, 1869-72; Thomas B. Campbell, 1873-76; Albert Richardson, 1877-80.


Registers of Deeds .-- Samuel G. Bugh, 1847-48; John W. Long, 1849-50; Charles Gear, 1851-52; E. Slothower, 1853-54; A. W. Hovey, 1855-56; William C. Price, 1857- 58; Thomas Conway, 1859-60; M. M. Stanley, 1861-62; T. C. L. Mackay, 1863-64; Frank Scott, 1865-66 ; T. C. L. Mackay, 1867-80.




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