Adams~Marquette~Waushara

Tri-County Area in Central Wisconsin

New! 17 Page Booklet

Early days in Adams, Marquette and Waushara Counties, WI, are recalled in this meaty little booklet, filled with local history and brief biographies of prominent residents. The information comes from a rare 1881 book, entitled History of Northern Wisconsin. The spiral-bound booklet is printed single-sided on 60 pound 8 1/2" x 11" opaque paper. The front cover is a parchtex card stock, protected with a vinyl sheet. We've enlarged this tri-county area of a map from the original book, and included it along with two other maps of historic interest.

Communities currently listed for this area by the National Association of Counties include: Adams County Adams, Arkdale, Big Flats, Colburn, Dell Prairie, Dellwood, Easton, Friendship (County Seat), Grand Marsh, Jackson, Leola, Lincoln, Monroe, New Chester, New Haven, Preston, Quincy, Richfield, Rome, Springville, Strongs Prairie, Wisconsin Dells (part). Marinette County Amberg, Athelstane, Beaver, Beecher, Coleman, Crivitz, Dunbar, Goodman, Grover, Lake, Marinette (County Seat), Middle Inlet, Niagara, Pembine, Peshtigo, Porterfield, Pound, Silver Cliff, Stephenson, Wagner, Wausaukee. Waushara County Aurora, Berlin (part), Bloomfield, Coloma, Dakota, Deerfield, Hancock, Leon, Lohrville, Marion, Mount Morris, Oasis, Pine River, Plainfield, Poy Sippi, Poysippi, Redgranite, Richford, Rose, Saxeville, Springwater, Warren, Wautoma (County Seat), Wild Rose. (Some towns are not mentioned in the booklet.)

Among the many subjects included are: Location and Natural Resources; Where place names came from; Wisconsin Dells -- Devil's Jug, Witches' Gultch, etc; Crops; Various first -- tavern, birth, school, sermon, steamboat, etc; Names of early settlers; Newspapers; County Organizations, First elections and officers elected; Boundary Changes and Disputes; Friendship, seat of Adams County; Prehistoric people in Marquette County; Montello, seat of Marquette County; Westfield, the center of a large agricultural district and shipping point; Wautoma, seat of Waushara County; Plainfield and Hancock, two towns on the Wisconsin Central Railroad; and other interesting bits of history and trivia.

Attention Genealogists: This booklet contains biographies of many county residents of the late 1800s. Some of these are brief, but others include family members, affiliations, war records, and business activities, in the course of which they often shed light on area businesses, churches, professions and institutions, and on news events. Those listed are: (not in alphabetical order): Charles H. Bissell, J.T. Cogan, Mark Derham, William and John Ennis, Edward McCaffrey, A.M. Morrill, S.A. Pease, W.H. Peters, S.R. Rood, Ash Spencer, Robert Cochrane, Archibald Crawford, Samuel Crockett, Seloftus D. Forbes, Caleb F. Fuller, Philo Lackey, William Phillips, Henry R. Roberts, Martin G. Ellison, Jr., Chester Frink, Townsend W. Whitson, the remarkable Capt. J.N.P. Bird (who was nearly shot for "exciting a sedition" during the Civil War), Ira P. Coon, Jackson J. Hawley, Robert L.D. Potter, Charles P. Soule, Allen L. Trufant and Son, James M. Whitman, Sherman Bardwell, Walter Beach, Bishop R. Borden, Dr. James Breen, Caleb Greenfield, Arthur B. Kilbourn, Jefferson B. Mitchell, George Ocain, G.W. Sheardown, Calvin Chafee, Franklin Chafee, Eugene B. Jennings, Dr. Selden Miner, Edwin Montgamery, and Frank H. Clark.

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