Early Residents of Monroe County, Wisconsin (Surnames beginning with A) Compiled by William H. Rose, III, 1996 Biographical Sketches and Plat Information ABBOTT, James E.; Sheldon Township, Teacher, S. 23, born Monroe Co., WI. 1855, Oil City, P.O. [HAW, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] ABBOTT, Versil; Farming and Stock, Township Clerk, S. 26, Wilton Township, Wilton P.O. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] ABLEMAN, E.; La Grange Township, Section 22, SE (200 acres). [SAMCW-PMD,1897] ACKERMAN, Prof. Joel E., Byron Township, Village Valley Junction, also S. 8 of T.19.N. (40 acres) and Section 31 of T.18. N., NW (80 acres), Stock and Real Estate Dealer, came to Valley Junction in 1892, Inventor and Patent Holder, Proprietor and Treasurer Firm Twentieth Century Company, born N.Y., married circa 1854 at Waupun, Fond du Lac Co., WI. Martha Preston. [MCW-PH, 1976] [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] ACKERMAN, William; Byron Township, Village Valley Junction, Postmaster, son of Joel E. Ackerman and Martha Preston, married Elizabeth _____. [MCW-PH,1976] ACKERMAN, Clarence M.; Byron Township, T.19.N., Section 33, NW (40 acres), son of Joel E. Ackerman and Martha Preston. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] [MCw-PH,1976] ADAMS, H. M.; Sparta Township, Section 28, SW (80 acres), state land incomplete title assigned in 1853, crop information: 1860, 56 acres of cultivated land, 44 acres of uncultivated land, $2,500 property value, value of livestock and machinery, $309, 507 bushels of wheat produced previous year. [WDB, 1924] ADRION, G. L.; Gleandale Township, Village of Kendall, General Merchandise, came to Kendall 1870.[SAMCW-PRD, 1897] AFFELDT, Carl; Farming and Stock, S. 14, Ridgeville Township, Norwalk P.O.,came to Monroe Co. in 1865. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] AFFELDT, Rudolph; Farming and Stock, S. 14, Ridgeville Township, Norwalk P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1873. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] AH-HE-OH-KER; La Grange Township, Section 10, NW (10 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] ALBERT, Dedrick Herman; Monroe County, born 27 October, 1865 in Germany, died 3 February, 1948, married Wilhelmina Zietz. [SPFW, 1977] ALBERT, William; Monroe County, born March 1837 in Germany, died 1912, married Florentine Vieth, born October, 1841 in Germany, died 1916. [SPFW, 1977] ALBRECHT, William; Farming and Stock, S. 12, Ridgeville Township, Norwalk P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1870. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] ALDRICH, E.; Sparta Township, Section 1, SE (40 acres) and Section 12, NE (10 acres), purchased in 1856. [WDB, 1924] ALEXANDER, Mrs. J.; La Grange Township, Section 2, SW, (40 acres), Residence; Section 3, SE (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] ALEXANDER, William; Farming and Stock, S. 2, La Grange Township, Tomah P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1878. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] ALITZER, H. C.; Sparta, Attorney and Counselor at Law, came to Monroe Co. 1895. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] ALLEN, Alexander; Sparta Township, Section 36, NE (40 acres), property purchased in 1856. [WDB, 1924] ALLEN, Emory; Byron Township, Village Valley Junction, Restaraunt Keeper and General Store, born 1857 in N.Y., married Ida _____ (born 1855 in N.Y.). [MCW-HB, 1984] [MCW-PH, 1976] [CR, 1905] ALLEN, Henry A.; Byron Township, Village Valley Junction, Purchaser of Lot in Original Town (Blocks 1-7), Section 3, NW (144.75 acres), La Grange Township, Section 1, SE (40 acres). [MCW-PH, 1976] [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] ALLEN, John; Byron Township, T.19.N., Section 36, SE (80 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] ALLEN, W.; Byron Township, T.19.N., Section 36, SE (80 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD,1897] ALLIS, W.; Sparta Township, Section 15, SE (40 acres), property purchased in 1860. [WDB, 1924] AMENS, W.; La Grange Township, Section 15, SW (40 acres); Section 8, SE (80 acres), Residence; Section 7, NE (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] ANDERSON, John; Byron Township, Section 22, SE 1/4 section (160 acres), NW (80 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] ANDREWS, Lyman; Sparta; Early Settler, erected first frame house in county, known as Sparta House (1853), came to Sparta Township in 1851. [WHC, 1859] [WDB,1924] ANEY, W. T.; Farming and Stock, S. 34, Adrian Township, Sparta P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1870. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] ANGLE, L.; Sparta Township, Section 13, NE (40 acres), property purchased in 1855. [WDB, 1924] ANEY, S. H.; Adrian Township, Section 34, Farmer, born Ontario Co., N.Y., came WI. 1853, Sparta P.O.[HAW, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] ARMSTRONG, George; La Grange Township, Section 11, SW (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] ARMSTRONG, S.; La Grange Township, Section 11, SW (40 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] ARMSTRONG, T. J.; La Grange Township, Section 11, SW (40 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] ARNOLD, Amy E.; Sparta Township, Section 18, SE (40 acres), entered at state land office in 1853. [WDB, 1924] AUSTIN, A. J.; Farmer, Section 6, NE (80 acres), purchased property in 1859, born Oswego Co., N.Y., came WI. 1845, Sparta P.O., crop information: 1860, 24 acres of cultivated land, 116 acres of uncultivated land, property value $2,000, livestock and machinery value $183, 230 bushels of wheat in 1859; 1870, 50 acres of cultivated land, 80 acres of uncultivated land, property value $3,000, livestock and machinery value $695, 230 bushels of wheat in 1869. [HAW, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] [WDB, 1924] AUSTIN, C. R.; Farming and Stock, S. 23, Leon Township, Leon P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1853. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] AUSTIN, E. F.; Leon Township, General Merchandise, Wholesale and Retail, Stoneware and Glassware, Village of Leon, came to Monroe Co. 1852. [SAMCW-PRD,1897] AUSTIN, James; La Grange Township, Section 30, SW (64.04 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] AUSTIN, Palmer; Sparta Township, Section 3, SE (40 acres) and Section 10, NE (160 acres), entered at land office in 1855, SW (40 acres), purchased property in 1856. [WDB, 1924] AUSTIN, Peter; Sparta Township, Section 6, SE (40 acres), property purchased in 1859. [WDB, 1924] AUSTIN, William Johnson; Leon Township, Farmer and Stock-raiser, also Owner of Leon Mills, Section 23, Leon P. O. County Treasurer (1854), Superintendent of Schools (1858), Wisconsin Assembly (1881), born Trumbull Co., OH., May 26, 1823, died 3 April, 1904, came to WI. 1847, married Sheboygan Co. in 1850, Maria E. Sanford (born town of Copley, Summit Co., OH. 1829, died 10 April, 1901). [HNW, 1881] [HAW, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] [SPFW, 1977] AUSTIN, William W.; Wilton Township, Wilton Village, Merchant, born Oswego Co., N.Y., came WI. 1854. [HAW, 1878] [HAWBD, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] AUTEN, O. V.; Farming and Stock, S. 9, Oakdale Township, Oakdale P.O., came to Monroe Co. in 1866. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] AVERY, Rev. Joseph; Sparta, Pastor Sparta Congregational Church (1856), Sparta Township, Section 9, NE (40 acres), property purchased in 1854. [WHC, 1859] [WDB, 1924] AYERS BROTHERS; Byron Township, Section 1, SE (40 acres); Section 12, NE (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] AYERS, C. B. & COMPANY; Byron Township, T.19.N., Section 35, SE (160 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] AYERS, William; Byron Township, Section 1, NW (127.83 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] AYLESWORTH, M. A.; Sparta Township, Section 11, SW (80 acres), property purchased in 1859. [WDB, 1924] AYLESWORTH, R. & E.; Sparta Township, Section 11, NW (40 acres), property purchased in 1859. [WDB, 1924] ************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. 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