USA > Wisconsin > Columbia County > The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement > Part 113
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137 | Part 138 | Part 139 | Part 140 | Part 141 | Part 142 | Part 143 | Part 144 | Part 145 | Part 146 | Part 147 | Part 148 | Part 149 | Part 150 | Part 151 | Part 152 | Part 153 | Part 154 | Part 155 | Part 156 | Part 157 | Part 158 | Part 159 | Part 160 | Part 161 | Part 162 | Part 163 | Part 164 | Part 165 | Part 166 | Part 167 | Part 168 | Part 169 | Part 170 | Part 171 | Part 172 | Part 173 | Part 174 | Part 175
The following is a list of town officers from 1849 to 1880, inclusive :
1849-Alfred A. Brayton, Chairman ; Stillman R. Dix, Calvin Martin, Supervisors ; Silas M. Smith, Clerk ; Nelson S. Green, Treasurer ; Benjamin Sage, Assessor ; John Q. Adams, School Superintendent.
1850-Alfred A. Brayton, Chairman ; Benjamin Sage, H. C. Field, Supervisors ; Silas M. Smith, Clerk ; Nelson S. Green, Treasurer; James C. Carr, Assessor ; John Q. Adams, School Superintendent.
1851-John Q. Adams, Chairman ; J. S. Field, Samuel Lashier, Supervisors ; Silas M. Smith, Clerk ; John Swarthout, Treasurer ; James C. Carr, Assessor ; A. A. Brayton, School Superintendent.
1852-John Q. Adams, Chairman ; Aaron Backus, Jacob Swarthout, Supervisors ; Silas M. Smith, Clerk ; A. A. Brayton, Treasurer ; John S. Field, Assessor ; James C. Carr, School Superintendent.
1853-James C. Carr, Chairman ; William P. Bliss, Joel Dudley, Supervisors; S. C. Higbie, Clerk ; H. T. Henton, Treasurer ; A. A. Brayton, Assessor; J. Q. Adams, School Superintendent.
1854-James C. Carr, Chairman ; William P. Bliss, H. C. Field, Supervisors ; S. M. Smith, Clerk ; H. T. Henton, Treasurer ; E. H. Wood, Assessor ; John Q. Adams, School Superintendent.
1855-John Walton, Chairman ; John G. Chase, E. H. Wood, Supervisors ; S. C. Higbie, Clerk ; John B. Stickney, Treasurer; Jacob Swarthout, Assessor; James C. Carr, School Superintendent.
1856-James C. Carr, Chairman ; S. M. Smith, E. H. Wood, Supervisors ; S. C. Higbie, Clerk ; F. W. Stiles, Treasurer ; J. S. Hobart, Assessor ; Eli S. Grout, School Superintendent.
1857-S. M. Smith, Chairman ; E. H. Wood, W. H. Proctor, Supervisors; M. C. Ingalls, Clerk ; F. W. Stiles, Treasurer ; H. S. Hastings, Assessor ; A. A. Brayton, School Super- intendent.
1858-J. C. Carr, Chairman ; Samuel Lashier, John S. Hobart, Supervisors ; M. Ingalls, Clerk ; F. W. Stiles, Treasurer ; John Q. Adams, Ezra H. Wood, Assessors ; George E. Talbert, School Superintendent.
1859-J. C. Carr, Chairman; L. B. Reed, William Grout, Supervisors ; M. Ingalls, Clerk ; F. W. Stiles, Treasurer ; John Q. Adams, E. H. Wood, Assessors; M. Ingalls, School Superintendent.
1860-John Q. Adams, Chairman ; H. C. Field, M. C. Hobart, Supervisors ; Benjamin Sage, Jr., Clerk ; F. W. Stiles, Treasurer ; James C. Carr, James H. Huntington, Assessors ; A. A. Brayton, School Superintendent.
1861-E. H. Wood, Chairman; H. C. Field, H. C. Brace, Supervisors ; F. W. Stiles, Clerk ; S. C. Higbie, Treasurer ; James C. Carr, John Q. Adams, Assessors ; John E. Grout, School Superintendent.
1862-James C. Carr, Chairman ; John E. Grout, H. C. Brace, Supervisors ; F. W. Stiles, Clerk ; Samuel Lashier, Treasurer ; John Q. Adams, Assessor.
752
HISTORY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY.
1863-H. C. Brace, Chairman ; H. C. Field. E. H. Wood, Supervisors; F. W. Stiles, Clerk ; John G. Chase, Treasurer ; John Q. Adams, James C. Carr, Assessors.
1864-George E. Talbert, Chairman ; W. H. Proctor, J. S. Hobart, Supervisors ; F. W. Stiles, Clerk ; Samuel Lashier, Treasurer : John Q. Adams, Assessor.
1865-John Q. Adams, Chairman; W. H. Proctor, Eli L. Grout, Supervisors ; Benjamin Sage, Jr., Clerk ; J. C. Backus, Treasurer ; John Q. Adams, Assessor.
1866-John Q. Adams, Chairman ; O. W. Field, Orson Snow, Supervisors ; Spencer Il. Bronson, Clerk ; Zebulon Russell, Treasurer ; Calvin Baker, Assessor.
1867-Samuel Lashier, Chairman ; Oliver W. Field, Martin C. Hobart, Supervisors ; Benjamin Sage, Jr., Clerk ; Zebulon B. Russell, Treasurer ; J. E. Grout, Henry C. Brace, Assessors.
1868-Henry C. Brace, Chairman ; John Brown, Aaron Backus, Supervisors ; Benjamin Sage., Jr., Clerk ; Z. B. Russell, Treasurer ; John E. Grout, Samuel King, John Hieks, Assessors.
1869-William H. Proetor, Chairman; Calvin Baker, S. B. Reed, Supervisors; Benjamin Sage, Jr., Clerk ; Z. B. Russell, Treasurer ; John Foster, Assessor.
1870-W. H. Proctor, Chairman ; Horace O'Brien, F. L. Jones, Supervisors ; Benjamin Sage, Jr., Clerk ; Z. B. Russell, Treasurer ; J. E. Grout, Assessor.
1871-H. C. Field. Chairman ; O. W. Field, Peter Secor, Supervisors ; Benjamin Sage, Jr., Clerk ; S. B. Sage, Treasurer ; Jacob Swarthout, Assessor.
1872-H. C. Field, Chairman : O. W. Field, John Foster, Supervisors ; B. A. Sage, Clerk ; Z. B. Russell, Treasurer ; George D. Rice, Assessor.
1873-H. C. Field, Chairman; O. W. Field, John Foster, Supervisors ; B. A. Sage, Clerk ; Z. B. Russell, Treasurer ; J. E. Grout, Assessor.
1874-H. C. Field, Chairman ; William Walker, J. S. Babcock, Supervisors ; B. A. Sage, Clerk ; James H. Haskin, Treasurer ; J. E. Grout, Assessor.
1875-W. H. Proetor, Chairman ; William Walker, Peter Secor, Supervisors ; B. A. Sage, Clerk ; J. H. Haskin, Treasurer ; J. E. Grout, Assessor.
1876-0. W. Field, Chairman ; William Walker, John W. Kehoe, Supervisors ; B. A. Sage, Clerk ; S. Lashier, Treasurer ; John E. Grout, Assessor.
1877-William H. Proctor, Chairman ; John Foster, Peter Secor, Supervisors; B. A. Sage, Clerk ; Samuel Lashier. Treasurer ; J. E. Grout, Assessor.
1878-M. C. Hobart, Chairman ; William E. Field, J. E. MeMahon, Supervisors ; B. A. Sage, Clerk ; Samuel Lashier, Treasurer ; J. S. Babcock, Assessor.
1879-M. C. Hobart, Chairman ; J. Swarthout, J. R. Nashold, Supervisors : B. A. Sage, Clerk ; S. Lashier, Treasurer ; J. E. Grout, Assessor
1880-Spencer Randall, Chairman ; Jacob Swarthout, John M. Kehoe, Supervisors : B. A. Sage, Clerk ; Samuel Lashier, Treasurer ; John E. Grout, Assessor.
VILLAGE OF FALL RIVER.
The village of Fall River was founded by A. A. Brayton in 1846. Brayton moved with his father's family to Wisconsin in 1837, and, in 1838, settled at Aztalan, where, the following year, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Grout. At this place, he kept a small variety store. In 1846, he purchased the southwest quarter of Section 26, Township 11, Range 12, in what is now the town of Fountain Prairie. He drew up a plan of the village and proceeded to ereet a saw-mill. . He also opened a variety store. The saw-mill he con- tinued to operate for six years. In 1850, he erected a large grist-mill, which was well patronized by the farmers in the immediate neighborhood. In a short time, he sold a half- interest to A. W. Kellogg, and, afterward, the remainder to Mr. Kenney. Kellogg & Kenney, in the spring of 1860, disposed of it to Mortimer & Curtis. Up to March, 1880, it had sne- cessively passed into the hands of C. D. Cotton, Prime & Jones, E. T. Jones & Bro., and William R. Hughes.
753
HISTORY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY.
To the original plat of the village, made by Mr. Brayton in 1856, Eli Grout made a small addition. On the completion of the railroad in 1864, S. L. Batchelder also made an addition in the vicinity of the depot. Previous to 1880, many streets and blocks of land had been vacated, reducing materially the original plat.
The first house was erected by Alfred A. Brayton, who likewise opened the first store. Martha, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret Sage, was the first born in the village as well as town.
On the 13th of August, 1853, a cemetery association was formed with S. C. Higbie, S. M. Smith, Samuel Lashier, J. D. Bullis, E. T. Kearney, Christopher Brown, Thomas Benner, S B. Hancock and Elisha Roberts as Trustees. Three acres of ground were purchased of C. Brown, off the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of Section 26. The first burial therein was a son of Christopher Brown.
Dr. Hanson Hurd in 1856 started a match manufactory in the place, which he ran for two years, when he sold out to M. & E. H. Bronson, who successfully continued the business until 1860, when they disposed of it to Prime & Randall, who continued it until 1862, when it passed into the hands of Folsom & Grout. The latter firm, in consequence of the hard times during that period, suspended. For a time, the factory employed from ten to twenty hands.
Cigar Manufactory .- C. Palmer started, in 1860, the manufacture of cigars, but con- tinued the business but a short time, disposing of it to D. Robbins, who soon after suspended. In 1872, Charles A. Taylor commenced to manufacture, continuing for about one year, when Z. B. Russell engaged in the work. The latter has had fair success in building up a trade. In 1879, he employed one hand and worked at the bench himself.
Cheese Manufactory .- In 1873, O. B. Prime commenced the manufacture of cheese in the village, making, the first year, about eighty thousand pounds. The quantity was increased each year until 1878, when it reached 166,000 pounds. In 1879, a less amount was made on account of the scarcity of milk. An average of $12,000 per year, from 1873 to 1879, inclusive, was distributed among the farmers in the neighborhood from this one industry alone.
Fall River House .- In 1849, S. C. Higbie erected the Fall River House, opening it to the public the same year. In 1860, he disposed of it to George Sickles. From 1860 to 1880, it has passed successively into the hands of Mr. Miller, John Fields, John Young, Richard Blake, S. L. Batchelder, C. Palmer, Lewis Norton and John Hicks. The house was built so as to accommodate twenty guests.
Post Office .- One of the first things attended to by A. A. Brayton, on his removal to this place, was to petition the Post Office Department to establish an office at this point, which was accordingly done early in 1847, and Mr. Brayton was made the first Postmaster. He was succeeded by S. C. Higbie, and in turn by F. W. Stiles, and F. W. Stiles by S. H. Bronson.
Railroad Station .- On the completion of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad to this point, Mr. Hildreth was appointed Station Agent. Between the years 1864 and 1880, Mr. Hildreth. J. W. Taylor, E. W. Williams and H. Newnham had been in the employ of the company. As Express Agents, E. W. Williams, H. Newnham, H. D. Cotton, S. H. Bronson, George D. Rice, W. E. Batchelder and J. A. Smith had served.
Schoolhouses .- In 1850, a schoolhouse was built in the village, the district heing designated as No. 1. The house, in 1856, was found too small to accommodate the number of scholars living in the district, so another was added in that year. The primary scholars attend one, and the higher grades the other.
Methodist Episcopal Church .- This society was organized in the log house of Clark Smith, by Rev. Stephen Jones, in 1844, the locality at the time being connected with the old Aztalan circuit .. The members were Rev. E. J. Smith, Martha Smith, Clark Smith, Sarah Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron E. Houghton. E. J. Smith was appointed leader. A log schoolhouse was erected soon after, and the meetings transferred to it. As the population of the village increased, in due time the society was removed here. In 1855. a church edifice was built, at a cost of $2,000. It was rebuilt and enlarged in 1875, at a cost of $1,200. Revs. Stephen Jones, N.
754
HISTORY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY.
S. Green, C. G. Lathrop, Mr. Marshall, J. M. S. Maxon, Ezra Tucker, James Lamson, R. Franchen, William Averill, S. L. Brown, William Stevens, D. Lewis. E. W. Stevens, J. C. Aspinwall, A. Hitchcock, J. Searles, W. Sturgess, S. V. R. Shepherd, C. L. Shepherd, A. Hamilton, J. S. Bolton, J. E. Grant, A. J. Brill, W. E. Randolph, C. D. Cook and C. A. Stock- well have served the church as Pastors. In March, 1880, the membership of the church was ninety-five, with S. H. Bronson, Rec. Steward; John Fardell, H. S. O'Brion, J. S. Babcock and George Kirk, Stewards ; J. H. Haskin, H. S. O'Brion, H. C. Glendenning, A. Horton, J. S. Babcock and B. Babcock, Trustees.
First Regular Baptist Church and Society .- The first preaching by a minister of the Baptist Church in this vicinity, was in 1847, Elders Green and Reed being the pioneer preachers. A church was also organized about this time. A legal organization was effected March 18, 1867, under the name, "First Regular Baptist Church and Society." The first Trustees were H. C. Brace, J. A. Franklin, L. B. Reed. Loyal Morton, Deacon ; H. C. Brace, Clerk. In 1869, a house of worship, 38x60 feet, was erected at a cost of $5,000. Those serving the church as Pastors from 1847 to 1880, were Elders Green, Reed, Wade, Jones, Jeffreys, Mere- dith, Chapin, Langridge, Gorman and Pickering. In 1877, H. C. Brace and A. M. Hastings were elected Trustees, and in 1879, James Randolph, F. C. Thomas, M. A. Franklin and E. Oliver were added to the number. M. H. Bender, Deacon and Clerk.
TOWN OF HAMPDEN.
V The first settler in the town of Hampden was Alfred Topliff, who located there May 1, 1844. Lewis and Landy Sowards, with their families, arrived there some four or five wecks later. J. E. Haight and family arrived in the autumn of the same year. What is now the county of Columbia was, in that year, mostly an uninhabited wild. Fort Winnebago, Dekorra, and some eight or ten families in Columbus and Fountain Prairie, then constituted nearly thie entire population of the county. The first settlers of Hampden had to go to Aztalan Post Office, a distance of thirty miles, for their letters and papers. Most articles of provisions were procured at Milwaukee, a distance of seventy miles. The road then traveled to Milwaukee was by way of Aztalan, and thence through the dense and nearly uninhabited forest of Rock River woods for eighteen miles, over a track that was hardly passable, requiring five or six days to make the journey to Milwaukee and return. The country in all directions was without roads (excepting the Indian trails) and all rivers and brooks without bridges, in this or adjacent towns. The traveler had to search in all directions to find a place where he could possibly cross the streams and marshes and then to find himself in a situation from which, with the utmost diffi- culty he could extricate himself and reach the opposite shore. This difficulty was much in- creased by the rains which were of such frequent occurrence during the summer and September of that year. The marshes, which were the dependence of the settlers for hay to winter their stock, were so filled with water that hay could not be procured from them until October, when the grass was so injured by frosts as to make the hay of diminished value, and a consequence was that quite a proportion of the cattle died during the winter following for want of suitable food to sustain them.
The year 1845 afforded some additions to the population, but they were mostly transient settlers who have long left for other localities.
In 1846, the brothers, Elijah and Perry Lee, with their families, and Mrs. Roys and her son, Clarendon Roys and brothers, and Messrs. Henry Clark, Thomas Smith and Benjamin Chase, arrived and located in the town. A settlement of Norwegians was also made in the southwest quarter, and a settlement of Germans in the southeast quarter of the town.
The town of Hampden is bounded on the east by Columbus, on the west by Leeds, on the north by Otsego, and on the south by Dane County. Before the organization of the county into towns it was in the third election precinct composed of Townships 10 and 11, Range 11, the place of voting being at the house of Landy Sowards, the Judges of Election being Jonathan
755
HISTORY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY.
E. Haight, Landy Sowards and Henry Pellet. The precinct was known as Dyersburg, so- called in honor of Wayne B. Dyer, the first settler of Otsego, and first Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners. In 1849, Township 10, Range 11, was organized into a town to which was given the name of Hampden, and the house belonging to Cornwall Esmond, situated on the northwest corner of Section 15, designated as the place for holding the first election.
Among other early settlers of the town were Daniel Soward, Clarendon Roys, Benjamin Chase, Mr. Tillotson, Henry R. Clark, Clark Hazard, James Montgomery, Jonathan E. Ilaight, William K. Custer, Jolın A. Franklin, Lyman Morse and John Derr.
Alfred Topliff taught the first school in the town on Section 11, in 1847.
Rev. Reuben Bates, a pioneer Methodist preacher, was the first to proclaim the Gospel here, though previously Rev. Edward Smith preached the funeral sermon of Mr. Douglas in June, 1845. In 1846, at the house of Mr. Morris, he delivered his first discourse.
In 1857, the Town Board purchased of Samuel Smith a fraction over two acres off Section 16, for a place for the burial of the dead.
The town in 1865 erected a comfortable town hall, 26x36 feet in size. Here town meet- ings are held, and the hall has also been used for religious and educational purposes.
A post office was established near the center of the town in 1847, and A. Topliff made Postmaster. He was succeeded by Benjamin Chase, Lloyd Newcomb and William Bradley. About 1865, the office was discontinued, but re-established in 1877, and Halver Halverson made Postmaster.
Among the principal farmers prior to 1856, might be mentioned Clarendon Roys, Henry R. Clark, Clark Hazard, Eli Sowards, Daniel Sowards, C. C. Tillotson, T. S .Roys, James Montgomery, E. Fairbanks, James H. Sutton, John Derr, Peter Hanson, O. J. Oleson and E. Knudson.
About the year 1868, E. Fairbanks began to give special attention to the improvement of cattle and sheep. His herds of Durham cattle and merino sheep, between the years 1868 and 1880, have been exhibited at county, district and State Fairs, with results highly satisfactory to their owner. The example of Mr. Fairbanks has been imitated by other farmers in the town. Several fine horses were imported from France, in 1875, by an association formed in the town.
The town of Hampden is largely rolling prairie in the western and central portions, the prairie connecting by a narrow strip with that of Fountain Prairie and Columbus. In the south west there are small tamarack marshes. The town lies upon the eastern slope of the divid- ing ridge, and thus rises rapidly from east to west. In the lower portions on the east line, the altitude is 320 to 350 feet; whilst on the west side, it is 400 to 500 feet. In the southeast is high ground, continuous with that in southwest Columbus. The town lies on the southern boundary of the county, in the southeastern part, by which it is separated from the town of Bristol, in the county of Dane. It is about twenty miles southeast of the city of Portage, and is known as Township 10 north, of Range 11 east. The town is watered by a small stream that flows through it from west to east-an affluent of the Crawfish River.
The first entry of land was made by Alfred Topliff June 28, 1844, consisting of the south- west quarter of the northeast quarter and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Sec- tion 11.
The following is a list of town officers from the organization of the town to the present time :
1849-William K. Custer, Chairman; Nelson B. Lloyd, George D. Mead, Supervisors John A. Franklin, Clerk ; Lyman Morse, Treasurer ; Enoch Pulver, Assessor.
1850-Elijah Lee, Chairman ; James Montgomery, Cephas Tillotson, Supervisors ; Thomas B. Haslam, Clerk ; Albert Pease, Treasurer ; Jonathan E. Haight, James H. Sutton, Albert Wilkins, Assessors.
1851-Elijah Lee, Chairman ; Henry R. Clark, James Montgomery, Supervisors ; Thomas B. Haslam, Clerk ; Albert Pease, Treasurer ; Ezra Mead, Assessor.
756
HISTORY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY.
1852-Elijah Lee, Chairman ; James Montgomery, John Derr, Supervisors ; Thomas B. Haslam, Clerk ; William K. Custer, Treasurer ; Ezra Mead, Assessor.
1853-Elijah Lee, Chairman : Zalmon McDougal, John Derr, Supervisors ; Thomas B. Haslam, Clerk ; James HI. Sutton, Treasurer ; James Montgomery, Assessor.
1854-Elijah Lee, Chairman ; Nels Mikelson, John Derr, Supervisors ; Thomas B. Has- lam, Clerk ; James H. Sutton, Treasurer ; James Montgomery, John Oleson, Assessors.
1855-James Montgomery, Chairman ; George Tillotson, John Derr, Supervisors ; Marshal R. Keeler, Clerk ; James H. Sutton, Treasurer ; Hiram R. Tripp, John Oleson, Assessors.
1856-E. Fairbanks, Chairman ; John Derr, Benjamin Chase, Supervisors : George Til- lotson, Clerk ; James Montgomery, Treasurer ; H. R. Tripp, John Oleson, Assessors.
1857-E. Fairbanks, Chairman ; C. C. Tillotson, Henry Lull, Supervisors ; L. D. Parker, Clerk ; James Montgomery, Treasurer and Assessor.
1858-Henry Lull, Chairman ; Clark Hazard, Nels Mickelson, Supervisors ; William E. Newcomb, Clerk ; William K. Custer, Treasurer ; Ira Ford, Assessor.
1859-William K. Custer, Chairman ; Clark Hazard, Samuel Smith, Supervisors ; George Tillotson, Clerk ; John Oleson, Treasurer ; Ira Ford, Assessor.
1860-Edward Fairbanks, Chairman ; John Logeman, Thomas Sanderson, Supervisors ; L. D. Tasker, Clerk ; Clarendon Roys, Treasurer ; John J. Sutton, Assessor.
1861-James H. Sutton, Chairman ; C. C. Tillotson, John D. Logeman, Supervisors ; T. S. Roys, Clerk ; Samuel Smith, Treasurer; James Montgomery, Assessor.
1862-Edward Fairbanks, Chairman ; Clarendon Roys, Samuel Smith, Supervisors ; T. S. Roys, Clerk ; James Montgomery, Treasurer and Assessor.
1863-James H. Sutton, Chairman ; Samuel Smith, John Oleson, Supervisors ; T. S. Roys, Clerk ; Thomas Sanderson, Treasurer and Assessor.
1864-James H. Sutton, Chairman ; H. R. Clark, Aad Henderson, Supervisors ; G. W. Putnam, Clerk ; J. E. Perkins, Treasurer ; H. R. Tripp, Assessor.
1865-Edward Fairbanks, Chairman ; Benjamin Fuller, Horace Morse, Supervisors ; A. Sanderson, Clerk ; Halver Halverson, Treasurer ; James Montgomery, Assessor.
1866-H. R. Clark, Chairman ; G. S. Armitage, William Bradley, Supervisors ; A. San- derson, Clerk ; Ole J. Oleson, Treasurer ; James Montgomery, Assessor.
1867-H. R. Clark, Chairman ; C. Tillotson, John Oleson, Supervisors ; A. Sanderson, Clerk ; Ole J. Oleson, Treasurer.
1868-James Montgomery, Chairman ; John Derr, Ira H. Ford, Supervisors; A. Sander- son, Clerk ; Charles Conrad, Treasurer; A. L. Sutton, Assessor.
1869-C. Roys, Chairman ; Samuel Hasey, Ingelbret Everson, Supervisors ; C. S. Tomp- kins, Clerk ; William McBurnie, Treasurer ; Galen Hall, Assessor.
1870-C. Roys, Chairman ; Samuel Hasey, Ingelbert Everson, Supervisors ; C. S. Tomp- kins, Clerk ; E. J. Morse, Treasurer ; James Montgomery, Assessor.
1871-Samuel Hasey, Chairman ; Ole L. Clave, Ingelbert Everson, Supervisors; C. S. Tompkins, Clerk ; T. S. Roys, Treasurer ; Thomas Sanderson, Assessor.
1872-Charles Tompkins, Chairman ; Ingelbert Everson, Samuel Smith, Supervisors ; S. C. Bell, Clerk ; William McBurnie, Treasurer ; James Montgomery, Assessor.
1873-Samuel Hasey, Chairman ; Peter Hansen, John Derr, Supervisors ; A. Sanderson, Clerk ; Henry Bock, Treasurer ; Thomas Sanderson, Assessor.
1874-John Derr, Chairman ; Halver Halverson, Eli Morse, Supervisors ; S. C. Bell. Clerk ; Henry Bock, Treasurer ; Thomas Sanderson, Assessor.
1875-John Derr, Chairman ; E. J. Morse, H. Halverson, Supervisors ; S. C. Bell, Clerk : A. Sanderson, Treasurer ; James Montgomery. Assessor.
1876-John Derr, Chairman ; Halver Halverson, E. J. Morse, Supervisors ; William Mc- Burnie, Clerk ; A. Sanderson, Treasurer ; Thomas Sanderson, Assessor.
1877-Thomas Sanderson, Chairman ; Albert Scheidler, Samuel Smith, Supervisors ; S. C. Bell, Clerk ; Henry Bock, Treasurer.
RESIDENCE OF
GEO S. TILLOTSON SEC. 10 TOWN OF HAMPDEN
759
HISTORY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY.
1878-James Montgomery, Chairman ; E. J. Morse, Halver Halverson, Supervisors ; S. C. Bell, Clerk ; Henry Bock, Treasurer ; I. Everson, Assessor.
1879-Edward Fairbanks, Chairman ; Peter Hanson. Adolph Schultz, Supervisors : Will- iam McBurnie, Clerk ; A. Sanderson, Treasurer ; S. C. Bell, Assessor.
1880-H. R. Clark. Chairman ; Adolph Schutz, Halver Halverson. Supervisors ; A. Sanderson, Clerk ; Nicholas Ziegler, Treasurer : Thomas Sanderson, Assessor.
TOWN OF LEEDS.
The town of Leeds is almost altogether upon the top of the watershed, having a surface of rolling prairie, and a general altitude of 450 to 570 feet. In the northwest corner, this high ground breaks down abruptly 200 feet toward the head-wvaters of Okee Creek. The State Geologist, in one of his reports, remarked that there were some of the finest lands here that were to be found in the State. The first entry of land was made October 3, 1844, by John Dalziel, consisting of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter, and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 26. Prior to this, La Fayette Hill made claim on Section 14. He erected a log house which, in his absence, was burned by the Indians in the winter of 1843-44. In the spring of 1844, one Johnson came in, and Mr. Hill, for a small considera- tion, surrendered to him his claim and removed into the town of Dekorra. Mr. Johnson con- veyed in June following a portion of this tract to Oliver G. Chilson. William Young came in in 1844, but remained only a short time, when he removed his house just across the line in the town of Lowville, In the fall of 1844 came William Bradley, Thomas Dalziel, and Mr. Hin- man. Soon after this came Stephen Brayton, Charles B. Thompson. Sylvester Dutton, O. C. lIowe, A. Klienert, F. Rennebohm, Jacob Townsend, Smith Scott, Charles Brown, Norman Ives, Fred Lubins and others.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.