The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 109

Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899, [from old catalog] ed; Western historical company, chicago, pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 1104

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MANUFACTORIES, ETC.

Two mills have been built, the first in 1859, by Converse & Stevely, which was burned in 1861. Another was erected some twelve years after, by Fred Zollner, assisted by the farmers of the neighborhood, who contributed some $2,000 for that purpose. This, too, was burned to the ground in May, 1879.

Three large elevators are here, each handling a large amount of grain, and owned and con- trolled by James Knowles & Co.

The State of Wisconsin has obtained an enviable reputation for the quantity and quality of its cheese, and in no place is this article better made than in the village of Randolph. In the year 1872, R. D. Calkins commenced its manufacture, and, during the season of 1879, he used the milk of abont two hundred cows, and manufactured about thirty thousand pounds, which, estimating the average price per pound at 10 cents, will net the snng little sum of $3,000. Mr. Calkins buys his milk of the neighboring farmers, paying therefor about 90 cents per hundred pounds.

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The mercantile trade of the place is rather above the average, there being about twenty stores of all kinds, including dry goods, groceries, hardware, millinery, drug, book, boot and shoe stores.

NEWSPAPERS.

Randolph, like many other similar villages, has had its newspaper. On the 1st day of Jan- mary, 1873, the first number of the Randolph Enterprise made its appearance, J. S. Lightner, publisher ; Dr. Hacston, editor. For two years the Doctor continued its editor, when Mr. Light- ner, its publisher, donned the editorial harness and remained in charge for about one year, dur- ing which time it attained its greatest circulation. At the expiration of this time, he sold the material and good will of the office to E. W. Stevens, who continued it for another year, then selling to Messrs. Brown & Foster, who changed its name to Lively Times, which, if report be true, was less lively than any of its predecessors. Before the expiration of the year, they suspended the paper and moved the material of the office to another part of the State, since which time no effort has been made to fill its place.

SCHOOLS.

One of the best criterions by which to judge a village or city is the condition of its public schools, and it may be said that Randolph will not suffer by comparison. In 1867, it was dis- covered that the old schoolhouse was entirely unsuited to the wants of a thriving village, and steps were at once taken for the erection of a better building. A site was chosen by a committee appointed for that purpose, and, the following year, the contract was let for the building of a honse 34x50 feet, two stories in height, for the sum of $4,000. J. Roberts, N. Rasmusson and R. D. Calkins are the present Directors, with William Keeley, Principal, and Miss Jennie Mar- vin, assistant, in charge of the school.

EXPORTS.

The amount of shipments of the place in the year 1879, was as follows: Wheat, 5,574,000 pounds ; barley, 365,840 pounds ; potatoes, 66,780 pounds ; cattle, 772,000 pounds ; hogs, 852,000 pounds ; butter, 57,475 pounds; wool, 86,000 pounds. If reduced to cars, we have, of wheat, 279; of barley, 1; potatoes, 4; cattle, 65 ; hogs, 71; butter, 3; wool, 7; a total of 438 cars for the year.

CHURCHES.

There are in the place four churches, Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, Welsh Methodist Episcopal and Welsh Congregational, each with large, comfortable church buildings.

Baptist .- This church was organized in February, 1867, with twenty-seven members, Elder Moore being its first Pastor. The erection of a suitable place of worship was at once taken in hand, and, in March. 1868, the present building was completed, at a cost of $5,000. The membership of the church increased rapidly until it numbered at one time nearly one hun- dred, but of late years it has been decreased by removals and deaths until their number has become so small they are not able to have regular services. They also have disbanded their Sunday school and stopped their weekly meetings for prayer. The following named have served as Pastors of the church since its organization : Elders Saxton, First, Heagle, McLeod and Sweet. The present Trustees are D. D. Ashley, Lewis Brown and R. D. Calkins.

Methodist Episcopal-The Dodge County Directory, published in 1872, gives the date of erection of their church building as 1859. The church is now in a very flourishing con- dition, having a membership of about one hundred, and an average attendance in their Sun- day school of eighty. Their church building is a large frame, with basement. The following have served as Pastors : B. R. Shephard, C. C. Lathrop, D. Brown, F. T. Allen, Mr. Window, J. B. Cooper, Mr. Olmstead, Mr. Woodhead, U. H. Thompson and A. Reed, the present Pastor.

Welsh Methodist Episcopal .- This society was organized in 1868 with thirty-two members. It first worshiped in a schoolhouse purchased at a cost of $248. In 1876, their present sub- stantial building was erected at a cost of $3,000. Its size is 32x46. The church is in a

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flourishing condition and the members are working together harmoniously. They employ no regular Pastor. Rev. Thomas Faulk and Rev. Thomas R. Jones are the resident local preachers. Present membership of church, eighty-seven ; Sunday school, seventy-five.

Welsh Congregational Church .- Organized in July, 1876, with the following named mem- bers : John Lewis, James Thomas, H. C. Ellis, William E. Roberts, John W. Davis, J. D. Jones, William R. Roberts, Peter Thomas, Griffith R. Jones. The congregation is in good con- dition, with a membership of forty-five. They have only had one Pastor since their organiza- tion-Rev. J. P. Evans. The church building was erected in 1877 at a cost, including site, of $3,100. James Thomas and John W. Davis are Deacons ; Griffith R. Jones, Treasurer ; R. Griffith, Secretary ; H. C. Ellis, O. W. Lloyd, William J. Davis, Trustees. The average attend- ance of Sunday school is forty-four.

SOCIETIES.

But one benevolent or temperance organization was in the place in 1879, that of the Temple of Honor, No. 33, organized in January, 1876, by Col. Watrous, G. W. T., with sixty-four mem- bers. The Temple is in a flourishing condition, meets every Tuesday 'evening at Temple Hall (Baptist Church).

The following named comprise the charter members: C. O. Bigelow, W. S. Johnson, R. D. Evans, J. W. Olmstead, C. J. Coleman, R. G. Roberts, F. O. Bolles, W. H. Albright, J. M. Albright, Hans Johnson, J. A. Lightner, M. H. Epley, J. M. Allen, John G. Griffin, M. F. Arms, II. Gilmore, J. H. Rockfellow, John E. Hughes, W. F. Root, James Lockhart, O. C. Dibble, R. N. Rasmusson, H. C. Dunham, W. Byron, J. W. Townsend, John D. Davis, H. W. Owen, Charles Heyer, F. D. Taylor, W. W. Alward, H. Phelps, David L. Hughes, D. S. John- son, John H. Owens, George G. Roberts, H. C. Williams, William E. Owens. D. Ilsley, O. F. Lloyd, Milton Jones, Thomas R. Jones, O. D. Scofield, John Jess, Charles W. Hinchliffe, W. Chapman, Thomas C. Williams, John Lloyd, N. Rasmusson, G. C. Foster, Frank Dibble, Junius Marvin, F. Yoaker, J. H. Phelps, R. H. Mead, William Lyke, E. H. Holmes, James Hanson, Thomas Alrinds, J. H. Holmes, H. Hutchinson, S. J. Butterfield, W. L. Price, E. Bryant, M. Neilson.

The first officers were C. O. Bigelow, W. C. T .; W. S. Johnson, W. V. T .; R. D. Evans, P. W. C. T .; C. J. Coleman, W. R .; R. G. Roberts, W. A. R .; M. Arms, W. F. R .; H. Dunham, W. T .: Charles Hinchliffe, W. M .; W. Chapman, W. G .; E. Holmes, W. S .; G. C. Foster, W. T. D.

Present officers : R. D. Calkins, W. C. T. ; H. Harmer, W. V. T .; W. W. Lloyd, W. R .; C. Hutchinson, W. A. R. ; Dr. C. M. Willis, W. F. R .; N. Rasmusson, W. T .; James Marvin, M. U .; Hans Larson, W. D. U .; John Eggleston, W. G .; W. S. Johnson, W. S .; W. C. Foster, P. W. C. T .; John Lloyd, W. T. D.

HOTELS.

Clement House .- This house was erected immediately after the laying-out of the village, by H. H. Russell, and kept by him for a short time, when it was disposed of to Edward Clement. Mr. Clement has leased the house from time to time to various parties, E. L. Hoyt taking pos- session January, 1880.

Russell House .- Was built by John Converse, who kept it for several years, disposing of it to H. H. Russell. In the spring of 1880, it passed into the hands of Roger Williams.

TOWN OF DEKORRA.

In 1846, this town, with much other territory, was formed into an election precinct, to be known as Dekorra Precinct. Elections were ordered held at the house of La Fayette Hill, and Joshua W. Rhodes, John Springer and Thomas Swearingen were appointed judges of election. In 1849, the Board of County Commissioners ordained that all that portion of Columbia County

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lying west of the Wisconsin River, and south of the Baraboo River, and the fractional part of Township 11, Range 9, and the fractional part of Township 11, Range 8, and that part of the south half of Township 12, Range 9, lying east of the Wisconsin River, should be organized into a town, to which was given the name Dekorra, and the house of Bishop Johnson designated as the place for holding the first election. Subsequently, the town was made to embrace only Township 11, Range 9, except a part of Section 6, lying west of the Wisconsin River, and all of Township 11, Range 8, lying east of the Wisconsin River.

The northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 34, Township 11, Range 9, was the first land entered in this town. It was entered, as mentioned in a previous article, by Wal- lace Rowan on the 6th day of June, 1836. The remaining three forties of this quarter were entered by J. D. Doty on the 8th day of February, 1837.

Lots 2 and 3, on Section 5, Township 11, Range 9, were also entered by J. D. Doty on the 29th of July, 1836. All of Section 7, Township 11, Range 9, was entered October 10 of the same year, and all of Section 8, Township 11, Range 9, was entered the following day.

Upon the land entered by Wallace Rowan, the first hotel in the town was built, and for a considerable time kept by him. Many of the earlier settlers of the State have partaken of the hospitalities of Mr. and Mrs. Rowan, and many a singular anecdote is told of the manner in which the nights were spent at that place. The house was small and not calculated to accom- modate a great number of guests, and hotels in those days being few and far between, there were times when the number of guests were much greater than the lodging capacity of the house would accommodate.

'The oldest records of the town show that on the 3d day of April, 1849, there was an election held at the village of Dekorra, and that William W. Drake was elected Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, and Charles W. Kingsbury and Christopher Randall were his asso- ciates ; Quintin Smith was elected Town Clerk ; Joshua W. Rhodes, Assessor ; William Owen, Superintendent of Schools; William P. Barber, Hugh Mair and Thomas Robertson, Justices of the Peace; Joel C. Doolittle and Robert Wilson, Constables. It appears, however, that. some of the officers elected failed to qualify for on the 26th day of May of the same year, another election was held and Lafayette Hill was elected Justice of the Peace ; Joel C. Doolit- tle, Town Treasurer, and John S. Richmond, Superintendent of Schools. It again appears that John S. Richmond and Joel C. Doolittle failed to qualify, and that on the 28th day of November, James R. McMillan was appointed Town Treasurer and John Pate, Superintendent of Schools. On the 3d day of September, 1849, another election was held for county officers, at which there were forty ballots deposited. Those voting at that election were David McMur- phy, William B. McQnewen, W. P. Barber, Noah Dunham, Cyrus M. McMurphy, Lewis But- terfield, Thomas Greene, Henry W. Kingsbury, Nathan Palmer, Hezekiah Kingsbury, William G. Greene, Thomas Robertson, Lewis From, William Butterfield, C. Kingsbury, Isaac Griends, Henry York, W. B. Streeter, Solomon Cook, William W. Drake, J. C. Doolittle, John Pate, James Robertson, Quintin Smith, David Brewer, Thomas B. Scott, John Hutchinson, Pardon Davis, Joshua Dayton, Alexander McDonald, John T. De La Ronde, Simeon Lecuyer, Min- grove Bennett, James McMurphy, Rufus McMurphy, J. B. Miller, Samuel Williams, Bishop Johnson, Hugh Muir, J. H. Warren. Of the above number, in 1879 not one was then living in the town. Some four or five were in Caledonia, some have moved to parts unknown, and some have died. On the 6th day of November, of the same year, an election was held for State officers, at which forty-seven votes were cast, only one of which, in 1879, was of the town, that being William McDonald. Some six or seven were then residents of Caledonia.

The pioneer mill in this part of Wisconsin is situated on Rocky Run Creek, about a hun- dred rods from the Wisconsin River, in the town of Dekorra, seven miles from Portage, and is known as the Dekorra Mills. It was erected in 1843, at which time there was no grist-mill at Madison, Baraboo, Portage, Wyocena, Kingston or at Columbus, and in the first years of oper- ating the mill, grists were brought from all these points and from a distance thirty or forty miles north of Portage. The mill was built by a company of men from Ohio who had large

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landed interests in Wisconsin, and who were the platters of the ancient and obsolete village of Dekorra. The first grist, which was of corn, was ground for Thomas Robinson, of Caledonia, better known as " Daddy" Robinson, now deceased. In 1847, the mill was leased for three years to Joshua Rhodes and John Springer, both of whom have since died, the consideration being the building of a new dam and the making of some other improvements, The next ten- ant of the mill was I. I. Ege, who died at Dekorra two or three years ago, and who managed it a year. In 1852, S. M. Carr traded his farm in Ohio for this property without ever seeing it, and at once removed to Dekorra. He made considerable improvements in the mill and operated it until April, 1868, when it passed into the hands of John McKenzie, who has managed it ever since. He purchased the mill for a consideration of $9,000. The cost of the repairs and improvements which he has since made on this property amounts to almost as much as the orig- inal price of the mill. During the first summer, he entirely overhauled it and put in a new water wheel at an expense of $2,300. In 1870, he expended $900 more for an additional water wheel, and in 1877 the mill was stopped for repairs from June to August. In that sea- son, the race was widened and deepened, and considerable masonry was laid under and about the mill, new timbers placed beneath it and new flumes constructed, the whole disbursement amounting to $2,500. The latter, as a rule, have to be renewed every ten years, the line of decay being at the point where air and water meet. That submerged lumber does not rot is well illustrated by the fact that some of the white pine lumber, which has been under the water here for thirty-five years, is still as sound as when hewn, and harder. Except a portion of the frame, very little of the old mill now remains, and it has been gradually and constantly improved until it is now one of the most convenient and easily operated in the country.

Among his improvements is the erection of a store building for flour, 14x36 feet, with basement underneath, used as a hitching place for the horses of his patrons. He has also con- structed a very tasty and well-built barn 30x42 feet, with a basement under all. A notable feature about the building is the attempt which has been made to render it rat-proof. The floor and walls have been made the same as the solid rock, the grout and rock on the bottom being seven inches thick, with a plank floor over that. The carpenter work was done by G. M. Odie, a former resident of Portage, and the masonry by Henry Loos and Thomas Arnott, both of Portage.

Before the supplying of the flour for Portage was divided up among so many mills, the monthly sales from that at Dekorra was sometimes as high as two hundred and fifty barrels, but now the monthly shipments here are scarcely a hundred. Gristing is done for patrons in Arling- ton, Caledonia, Dekorra, Lowville, Leeds, Pacific and Wyocena. This includes the operation of the mills except that during the winter a considerable quantity of breadstuffs are ground and shipped to the pineries, and his shipments, in the winter of 1879, were twenty-one car loads.

The first schoolhouse (a board shanty) was erected in the spring of 1850, on the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 26, Township 11, Range 9, and the first school was taught therein by Miss Sarah Richardson. The following spring, a more substantial log building was erected a short distance from where the board shanty stood. This house served as a schoolhouse, church and rostrum, for a number of years. The first frame schoolhouse built 'in the town was built in the fall of 1850, near the village of Dekorra.

Among the early settlers of this town were Thomas C. Nelson, Joshua W. Rhoads, Lafay- ette Hill, William Hartman, William McDonald, James R. McMillan, Peter Mckenzie, Alex. ander Stevenson, William Wilbur, Mr. Fish, Mr. Hutchinson, M. R. Rowan, Samuel B. Pin- ney, John Thomas, S. B. Thomas, John Sims, Mr. Ensminger, Hubbard Johnson, Hugh Jamieson.

In the summer of 1877, the members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, living in the northeast part of the town, assisted by those liberally inclined, erected a neat church edifice, 26x40 feet, at a cost of $1,600. They also furnished it with patent iron seats at an expense of $200. In the winter of 1876-77, Rev. J. Warren, a local preacher living in the neighborhood,

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began a protracted meeting, which was continued some weeks, resulting in the conversion of forty souls. A class was organized, but no church formed, those holding out faithfully uniting with the church at Portage. A Sunday-school had been held in the neighborhood for twenty years previous, the meeting being the result of the interest awakened in the school. The church building was the result of the meeting.

Allen Johnson and Mary Chalfant were the first couple united in marriage in the town, and the event occurred in 1843.

Death claimed his first victim in the person of Washington Van Winter, who died in Feb- ruary, 1845. The second death was that of Mr. Osborne, who died the following spring at the house of A. Johnson.

The surface of this is generally wooded with the ordinary small oaks, showing only one small patch of prairie in the southeast corner of Township 11, Range 8. Along Okee Creek, in the southern part, and along Rocky Run, in the northern part, are marsh belts about a mile in width. Near the Wisconsin River, the altitude is generally 190 to 200 feet; away from it, 250 to 300 feet. The higher limestone country skirts it along its southern and western sides, sending into it a few projecting points. A number of isolated bluffs also dot its surface, rising 100 to 200 feet above the general level, the highest ones reaching the horizon of the Lower Magnesian.

In the fall of 1870, the Madison & Portage, now the Madison Branch of the Chicago Mil- waukee Railroad, was completed through the town, passing from north to south through Sections 3, 10, 15, 22, 27. 26 and 35. The company made two stations in the town-at Poynette and Hartman's. At the latter, there being no village, trains do not stop unless flagged, or to permit a passenger to get off the train.

The following is a list of town officers from 1849 to 1880 inclusive:

1849-William Drake, Chairman ; Charles W. Kingsbury, Christopher . Randall, Super- visors; Quinton Smith, Clerk ; Joel C. Doolittle, Treasurer; Joshua W. Rhoads, Assessor ; William Owen, School Superintendent.

1850-Bishop Johnson, Chairman ; John S. Richmond, Danforth Pratt, Supervisors ; Quinton Smith, Clerk ; James McMillan, Treasurer ; Robert H. Miller, Assessor; John Pate, School Superintendent.

1851-Joshua W. Rhoads, Chairman ; William Shanks, Matthew L. Kenyon, Supervisors ; Quinton Smith, Clerk ; Thomas McMillan, Treasurer ; Alexander Prentiss, Assessor; John Pate, School Superintendent.

1852-Daniel White, Chairman ; James Wilson, John Hutchinson, Supervisors ; Josiah Mitchell, Clerk ; Samuel B. Thomas, Treasurer; Joseph Hartman, Assessor ; John Thomas, School Superintendent.

1853-Daniel White, Chairman ; James Wilson, John Hutchinson, Supervisors ; James B. Boylan, Clerk ; George Ege, Treasurer; Samuel B. Thomas, Assessor; James B. Boylan, School Superintendent.

1854-Daniel White, Chairman ; James Wilson, John Hutchinson, Supervisors ; Charles Martin, Clerk ; M. M. Ege, Treasurer; Robert Shortly, Assessor ; Harver Curtis, School Superintendent.

1855-Joshua W. Rhoads, Chairman ; Solomon Cook, George C. Hopkins, Supervisors ; Charles Martin, Clerk ; Josiah Mitchell, Treasurer ; William H. Wilbur, Assessor ; James Irons, School Superintendent.

1856-Daniel White, Chairman ; Alexander Stephens, Robert Wilson, Supervisors ; George L. Francis, Clerk ; Josiah Mitchell, Treasurer ; John Sims, John McKenzie, Assess- ors ; James Irons, School Superintendent.

1857-Daniel White, Chairman ; Alexander Stephens, John Hutchinson, Supervisors ; George L. Francis, Clerk ; Joseph Wood, Treasurer; Archibald Hastie, Assessor ; James Irons, School Superintendent.

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1858-Daniel White, Chairman ; Alexander Stephens, John Hutchinson, Supervisors ; George L. Francis, Clerk; Joseph Wood, Treasurer ; Archibald Hastie, Assessor ; James Irons, Superintendent.

1859-William Waugh, Chairman ; L. N. Wilkins, Samuel Fish, Supervisors ; William Bonstel, Clerk; Neenian Thompson, Treasurer; James Mccolcan, Assessor; James Irons, School Superintendent.

1860-Daniel White, Chairman ; Samuel Fish, Horace Hutchinson, Supervisors ; George L. Francis, Clerk ; B. S. Buck, Treasurer ; Ralph Tomlinson, Assessor; Nelson Whitman, School Superintendent.

1861-Hugh Jamicson, Chairman ; Oliver Luther, William Buckley, Supervisors ; George L. Francis, Clerk : Alexander Freeland, Treasurer ; John McKenzie, Assessor; James L. Sims, School Superintendent.

1862-Hugh Jamieson, Chairman ; O. C. Luther, William Buckley, Supervisors : George L. Francis, Clerk ; Alexander Freeland, Treasurer ; John McKenzie, Assessor.

1863-Ilugh Jamieson, Chairman ; James Wilson, O. C. Luther, Supervisors ; William C. Bonstel, Clerk ; Archibald Hastie, Treasurer ; John McKenzie, Assessor.

1864-B. S. Buck, Chairman ; James Wilson, Elijah Hinkson, Supervisors ;. E. F. Rus- sell, Clerk ; Frank Wilkins, Treasurer ; Joseph Hartman, Assessor.

1865-Hugh Jamieson, Chairman ; Robert Wilson, Elijah Hinkson, Supervisors; E. F. Russell, Clerk; Silas J. Packard, Treasurer ; William C. Bonstel, Assessor.

1866-Hugh Jamieson, Chairman ; Elijah Hinkson, Archibald Hastie, Supervisors ; E. F. Russell, Clerk : Silas J. Packard, Treasurer ; Charles Early, Assessor.

1867-Hugh Jamieson, Chairman ; Elijah Hinkson, A. Hastie, Supervisors ; E. F. Rus- sell, Clerk ; T. Hartman, Treasurer ; Alexander Freeland, Assessor.

1868-Hugh Jamieson, Chairman; William C. Bonstel, Charles Early, Supervisors ; William Hastic, Clerk ; Joseph Hartman, Treasurer; Alexander Freeland, Assessor.

1869-John McKenzie, Chairman ; Elijah Hinkson, William Buckley, Supervisors ; Will- iam Hastie, Clerk ; William Laughlin, Treasurer ; Alexander Freeland, Assessor.

1870-Hugh Jamieson, Chairman ; Neenian Thompson, Thomas Cutsforth, Supervisors ; William Hastie, Clerk ; W. B. Laughlin, Treasurer; George McMillan, Jr., Assessor.

1871-John Mckenzie, Chairman ; H. S. Reedal, James Luther, Supervisors ; William Hastie, Clerk ; William Dunlap, Treasurer ; George McMillan, Jr., Assessor.

1872-John McKenzie, Chairman ; H. S. Reedal, James Luther, Supervisors ; James Hastie, Clerk ; William Dunlap, Treasurer ; O. P. Stevens, Assessor.

1873-John McKenzie, Chairman ; H. S. Reedal, James Luther, Supervisors ; Edward Waugh, Clerk; William Rcedal, Treasurer ; James Cordiner, Assessor.

1874-John Mckenzie, Chairman ; H. S. Reedal, James Luther, Supervisors ; Edward Waugh, Clerk ; William Reedal, Treasurer ; O. P. Stephens, Assessor.

1875-Hugh Jamieson, Chairman ; W. B. Laughlin, William Dunlap, Superviors ; S. L. Scofield, Clerk ; N. C. Fish, Treasurer ; A. Hastie, Assessor.

1876 -- Archibald Hastie, Chairman ; William Dunlap, Thomas Cutsforth, Supervisors ; S. L. Scofield, Clerk ; Frank E. Smith, Treasurer ; James Cordiner, Assessor.

1877-Archibald Hastie, Chairman ; Alexander Freeland, Newton Davis, Supervisors ; S. L. Scofield, Clerk ; Frank E. Smith, Treasurer ; William Dunlap, Assessor.

1878-Archibald Hastic, Chairman ; Alexander Freeland, Newton Davis, Supervisors ; S. L. Scofield, Clerk ; Frank E. Smith, Treasurer ; Thomas Cutsforth, Assessor.

1879-James R. Hastic, Chairman ; Alexander Freeland, William Reedal, Supervisors ; S. L. Scofield, Clerk ; M. B. Scofield, Treasurer ; Joseph Wood, Assessor.

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The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 109

Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899, [from old catalog] ed; Western historical company, chicago, pub. [from old catalog] Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company Number of Pages: 1104

Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899, [from old catalog] ed; Western historical company, chicago, pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 1104