Early Residents of Monroe County, Wisconsin (Surnames beginning with B) Compiled by William H. Rose, III, 1996 Biographical Sketches and Plat Information BAIRD, Fannie; La Grange Township, Section 7, SE (80 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BAKER, T. M.; La Grange Township, Section 5, NW (78.06 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BAKER, William V.; Farming and Stock, S. 9, Oakdale Township, Oakdale P. O., came to Monroe Co. 1855. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BALDWIN, A. F.; La Grange Township, Section 28, SE (80 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BALDWIN, E. B.; Village of Sparta, Hardware, etc., came to Monroe Co. in 1868. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BALDWIN, F. E.; Glendale Township, Village of Glendale, General Merchant and Postmaster, came to Monroe Co. in 1874. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BALDWIN HARDWARE COMPANY; Hardware, Tinware, Stoves and Ranges, Sporting Goods, Paints and Oils, Village of Sparta. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BALDWIN, Hattie;Little Falls Township, Section 25, SE (40 acres), Section 36, NE (120 acres). [WDB2, 1924] BALDWIN, H. D.; Village of Sparta, Hardware, etc., came to Monroe Co. in 1873. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BALDWIN, L. S.; Farming and Stock, S. 15, Glendale Township, Kendall P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1879. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BALZELLE, C.; Byron Township, Section 12, NE (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BARBER & WARREN; Byron Township, T.19.N., Section 7, NW & SW (124.84 acres); Section 17, NW (40 acres); Section 18, NW (124.07); Section 19, SE (40 acres); Section 20, SW (240 acres); Section 21 (400 acres); Section 28, SW (160 acres); Section 29 (320 acres); Section 30 (80 acres); Section 32 (80 acres); Section 33 (80 acres), Lincoln Township, Loans and real Estate, Village of Warrens. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BARD, J. A.; Sparta Township, Section 15, NW (40 acres), entered at state land office in 1855. [WDB, 1924] BARD, Robert F.; Sparta Township, Section 4, SW (40 acres), purchased property in 1856. [WDB, 1924] BASENACH, P.; Jefferson Township, Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Timbers, Sash, Doors & Blinds, Building Paper and Brick, Village of Cashton, established 1860. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BARKER, Betsey; Sparta Township, Section 36, NE (40 acres), property purchased in 1858. [WDB, 1924] BARKER, J. H.; Sparta, Clerk of Court (1854). [WHC, 1859] BARKER, T.; Sparta Township, Section 36, NE (40 acres), property purchased in 1857. [WDB, 1924] BARNES, Seth; Sparta Township, Section 7, NE (160 acres), purchased property in 1854; crop information: 1860, 28 acres of cultivated land, 132 acres of uncultivated land, $2,500 property value, value of livestock and machinery, $350, 0 bushels of wheat; 1870, 100 acres of cultivated land, 100 acres of uncultivated land, $6,500 property value, value of livestock and machinery, $835, and 582 bushels of wheat produced. [WDB, 1924] BASENACH, P. G.; Jefferson Township, Village of Cashton, Lumber Dealer, came to Monroe Co. in 1867. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BARTELS, Ernest; Sparta, Monroe County Sheriff (1880-1881), born in Marquette Co., WI. in 1852, married Rosa Plunkett.[HNW, 1881] BARTLETT, W. G.; Village of Sparta, Abstracts, Real Estate, Insurance and Loans, came to Monroe Co. in 1894. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BATES, Michael; Proprietor Black River House Hotel, S. 30, Jefferson Township, Cashton P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1863. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BAUMGART & SWARTZ; La Grange Township, Section 34, NW (20 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BAUMGARTEN, Henry; Tomah Township, Village of Tomah, Agricultural Implements, came to Monroe Co. in 1865. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BAUMGARTEN, Louis; Byron Township, Section 14, SW (120 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BAWKES, Jasper N.; Byron Township, Byron, Rail Road Foreman, born 1858 in WI., married Luella J._____ (born 1863 in WI.). [CR, 1905] BAXTER, Walter; Glendale Township, Farming and Insurance, Kendall P. O., born Scotland, came WI. 1853, came to Monroe Co. in 1864, District Clerk and Town Clerk (1875), member 50th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry-Civil War, married Margaret M. Queen. [HNW, 1881] [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BEAN, John P.; Sparta Township, Section 18, SW & SE (120 acres), entered at state land office in 1852; crop information: 1860, 100 acres cultivated land, 20 acres uncultivated land, $2,000 property value, value of livestock and machinery, $600, 300 bushels of wheat produced previous year. [WDB, 1924] BEARDSLEY, H. S.; Tomah Township, Tomah Village, Post Master, born VT., came WI. 1857. [HAW, 1878] [HAWBD, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] BEARSS, J. T.; Tomah Township, Railroad Supply Furnishings, Cranberry Marsh Owner, Tomah P. O., born Calhoun Co., MI. 1847, married E. A. Warner. [HNW, 1881] BECKER, H. G.; Little Falls Township, Section 21, SE (62 acres). [WDB2, 1924] BEEBE, SARLES, & BEEBE; Village of Sparta, Physicians and Surgeon. [SAMCW- PRD, 1897] BEEBE, C. M.; Village of Sparta, Physician and Surgeon, came to Monroe Co. 1866. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BEEBE, D. C.; Village of Sparta, Physician and Surgeon, came to Monroe Co. 1866. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BEEBE, E. W.; Tomah Township, Village of Tomah, Cashier Bank of Tomah, born Boone Co., IL. 1852, came to WI. Fall of 1872, married Annie Doroner, son of Y. V. Beebe. [HNW, 1881] BEEMER, Austin S.; Little Falls Township, Farmer, S. 28, Cataract P. O., born N. J. 1818, came to WI. Summer, 1843, member 53rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry- Civil War, married 1st Susan M. Matthews, married 2nd Eliza Johnson (born VT.). [HNW, 1881] BELL, George I.; Tomah Township, Merchant and Express Agent, Tomah, born Elgin, IL., came to WI. 1854, married Maria Nelson. [HNW, 1881] BELLERMAN, Fred.; Farming and Stock, S. 16, Ridgeville Township, Norwalk P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1862. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BENEDICT, Earl; Little Falls Township, Section 26, NE (80 acres), Residence. [WDB2, 1924] BENJAMIN, A. D.; Tomah Township, Village of Tomah, Insurance and Justice of the Peace, came to Monroe Co. in 1863. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BENJAMIN, L. S.; La Grange Township, Section 36, NE (80 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BENNETT, Edgar; Grocery and Provision Store - Sparta, born in CT. in 1851, married Ophelia A. Ward. [HNW, 1881] BENSON, George: Little Falls Township, Section 24, SE & SW (160 acres), residence. [WDB2, 1924] BERG, O. C.; Sparta, Monroe County Clerk, also Postmaster, born 1850 in Norway, married Edith O. Rowe. [HNW, 1881] BERNETT, Anton; Farming and Stock, S 16, Little Falls Township, Cataract P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1887. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BIGELOW, A.; La Grange Township, Section 27, SW (40 acres), Residence; Section 34, NW (20 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BIGELOW, G. D.; La Grange Township, Section 9, SE (80 acres), Residence; Section 16, SE (80 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BIGELOW, J. N.; La Grange Township, Section 3, NW (159.39 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BIRNHAM, J. R.; La Grange Township, Section 6, NW (63. 72 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BISON, S.; La Grange Township, Section 30, NE (50 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BLISS, A.; La Grange Township, Section 17, NW (80 acres), Residence. [SAMCW- PMD, 1897] BLAKE, A. H.; Sparta, Judge (1854), came to Sparta Township in 1851, built first sawmill in town (1853) on Beaver Creek with brother Hilton Blake. [WHC, 1859] [WDB, 1924] BLAKE, Hilton; Sparta Township, built first sawmill in town (1853) on Beaver Creek with brother A. H. Blake. [WDB, 1924] BLAKE, Lucius; Sparta Township, Section 23, SE (80 acres), property purchased in 1857 and 1859. [WDB, 1924] BLAKELEY, H. & D.; Sparta Township, Section 12, SW 1/4 section (160 acres), property purchased in 1855. [WDB, 1924] BLODGETT, C. D.; Sparta Township, Section 27, NE & NW (80 acres), property purchased in 1857, crop information: 1860, 90 acres of cultivated land, 30 acres of uncultivated land, $1,200 property value, value of livestock and machinery, $65, 130 bushels of wheat produced previous year. [WDB, 1924] BLODGETT, J. H.; Sparta Township, Section 34, NW (120 acres), state land incomplete title assigned in 1854 and 1857, crop information: 1860, 75 acres of cultivated land, 100 acres of uncultivated land, $2,000 property value, value of livestock and machinery, $510, 210 bushels of wheat produced previous year. [WDB, 1924] BLODO, Fred; Little Falls Township, Section 19, SE (66 acres), Section 30, NE (80 acres), Residence. [WDB2, 1924] BLODO, William; Little Falls Township, Section 28, NE (120 acres). [WDB2, 1924] BLOME, J. F.; Merchant Tailor, Tomah, born Bremen, Germany 1838, came to WI. 1875. [HNW, 1881] BLOW, C. H. & J.; La Grange Township, Section 1, SW (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BLOW, Wind; La Grange Township, Section 1, SW (40 acres), Section 10, NW (10 acres), Residence; Section 14, NE (20 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BLYTON, William H.; Insurance Agent, Sparta Village Clerk, born in Cattaraugus Co., N.Y. Oct. 1842, married Harriet E. Washburn. [HNW, 1881] BOAM, Bela; Glendale Township, Kendall Village, Foreman Round House, born N.Y., came WI. 1874. [HAW, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] BOLTON, J. A.; La Grange Township, Section 16, NE (64 acres), Residence. [SAMCW- PMD, 1897] BOLTON, W. E.; La Grange Township, Section 17, NE (115 acres), Residence, Church. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BOORMAN, Jesse; Farmer, S. 10, Tomah, born County Kent, England 1830, came to WI. 1835, married Lucinda C. Ryland (born Walworth Co., WI., May 24, 1840). [HNW, 1881] BORING, Lafayette; Farming and Stock, S. 30, Wellington Township, Ontario P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1859. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BOSS, Hiram; Sparta, Farmer, S. 18, born Erie Co., N.Y., came WI. 1841, Sparta P.O. [HAW, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] BOUTON, J.; La Grange Township, Section 30, NE & SE (120 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BOWLER, M. J.; Little Falls Township, Section 26, NW (120 acres), SW (40 acres). [WDB2, 1924] BOWLES, R. W.; Sparta Township, Section 15, SE (40 acres), purchased property in 1860. [WDB, 1924] BOYCE, John; La Grange Township, Section 24, SE (80 acres), Residence and Section 25, NE (40 acres). [SAMCW- PMD, 1897] BOYD, George; La Grange Township, Section 20, SE (93 acres), Residence. [SAMCW- PMD, 1897] BOYDEN, T. A.; Oakdale Township, Oakdale Station, Merchant and R.R. Agent, born IL., came WI. 1868. [HAW, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] BOYINGTON, George A.; Byron Township, Village Valley Junction, also S. 7 (95.6 acres) & 8 (160 acres) of T. 18. N., also Tomah Township and Village, came to Tomah 1863, Real Estate Dealer, Livery Sale and Feed Stables (1897), married Lucinda _____. [MCW-PH, 1976] [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] * BOYINGTON, George A.; Village of Tomah, Livery, Sale and Feed Stables, came to Monroe Co. in 1874. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] * BOYINGTON, George E.; La Grange Township, Section 12, NW (80 acres). [SAMCW- PMD, 1897] BOYINGTON, W. H.; Byron Township, T.19.N., Section 36, NE (80 acres). [SAMCW- PMD, 1897] BOYLE, James C.; Angelo Township, Farmer, Section 19, Sparta P. O., born Knox Co., OH. 1833, came to WI. Nov. 1857, married 1st Ellen Hedge, married 2nd Zipporah Binkley (born Stark Co., OH.). [HNW, 1881] BRADFORD, James; Sparta Township, Section 22, NE (80 acres), property purchased in 1859. [WDB, 1924] BRADFORD, Joseph; Sparta Township, Section 22, NE (80 acres), property purchased in 1859. [WDB, 1924] BRAHMS, J. H.; Farming and Stock, S. 13, Tomah Township, Tomah P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1893. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BRAINERD, D. L.; Farming and Stock, S. 15, Glendale Township, Kendall P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1854. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BRANDT, Albert F.; Sparta, Monroe County Superintendent of Schools (1879-1881), born in La Fayette Co., WI. in 1853, married Ida Dolson. [HNW, 1881] BRANDT, George D.; Ridgeville Township, Village of Norwalk, Station Agent and Operator Chicago and North Western Rail Road Company, came to Monroe Co. in 1894. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BRAWLEY, William C.; Byron Township, Village Valley Junction; Editor Valley Advocate, changed name April 1905 to Valley Settler, born 1859 in Canada, married Virginia ______ (born 1872 in WI.). [CR, 1905] [MCW-PH, 1976] BREDLOW, Frank G.; Farming and Stock, S. 14, Sheldon Township, Oil City P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1873. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BRINEY, Dr. W. F., M.D.; Byron Township, Village Valley Junction, Physician. [MCW- PH, 1976] BROOKMAN, Lewis; Farming and Stock, S. 33, Oakdale Township, Clifton P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1886. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BROOKS, A. C.; Byron Township, T.19.N., Section 11, NW (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BROOKS, A. F.; Sparta Township, Section 19, NE (120 acres), entered at state land office in 1854; crop information: 1860, 30 acres of cultivated land, 90 acres of uncultivated land, property value, $1,000, livestock and machinery value, $525, 0 bushels of wheat produced previous year. [WDB, 1924] BROOKS, C. T.; Byron Township, T.19.N., Section 12, SW (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BROOKS, J. D. & LEARING, C.; Sparta Township, Section 15, NW (40 acres), property purchased in 1853 and 1857. [WDB, 1924] BROUGHTON, R. H.; Glendale Township, Section 28, Farmer, born OH., came WI. 1854, Glendale P.O. [HAW, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] BROUGHTON, Z. W.; Glendale Township, Section 20, Farmer, born N.Y., came WI. 1854, Albanville P.O. [HAW, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] BROWN, B. P.; Byron Township, T.19.N., Section 19, NE (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BROWN, Charles H.; Wilton Township, Editor and Publisher of the Herald, Village of Wilton, came to Monroe Co. in 1894. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BROWN, L. D.; La Grange Township, Section 19, NW (40.95 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BROWN, Lewis; Farming and Stock, S. 8, Little Falls Township, Cataract P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1873. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BROWN, T. W.; Little Falls Township, Section 20, NW (80 acres). [WDB2, 1924] BRUNNER, Fred. J.; Farming and Stock, S. 30, Ridgeville Township, Norwalk P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1875. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BRUNNER, John B., Jr.; Farming and Stock, S. 30, Ridgeville Township, Norwalk P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1872. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BRUNNER, John B., Sr.; Farming and Stock, S. 30, Ridgeville Township, Norwalk P.O., came to Monroe Co. in 1862. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BURBANK, E.; Byron Township, T.19.N., Section 1, NE & NW (234.77 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BUCHHOLZ, John; Farming and Stock, S. 17, Ridgeville Township, Rapp P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1866. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BUCHHOLZ, W., Farming and Stock, S. 17, Ridgeville Township, Norwalk P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1866. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BURBANK, F.; Byron Township, T.19.N., Section 34, NW (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BURCH, J.; Sparta Township, Section 5, NW (40 acres), entered property at state land office in 1860. [WDB, 1924] BURDICK, A. H.; La Grange Township, Section 28, SW (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BURDICK, H. L.; La Grange Township, Section 34, SE (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BURDICK, L. J.; La Grange Township, Section 33, NE (80 acres), Residence. [SAMCW- PMD, 1897] BURDICK, Roswell; La Grange Township, Section 15, NE & SE (80 acres). [SAMCW- PMD, 1897] BURLINGAME, Lyman R., M.D.; Glendale Township, Physician, Kendall, born Dodge Co., WI. 1854, came to Kendall, 1880. [HNW, 1881] BURLINGAME, William; Farmer and Hotel-keeper "Globe House" Sparta, born in Norwich, Chenango Co., N.Y., married 2nd wife Lauraette Colegrave of PA., married 3rd wife Margaret Starkweather of Erie Co., New York, Sparta Township, Section 16, NW (40 acres), state land incomplete title in 1861, Section 24, SE (40 acres), state land incomplete title 1864, Section 26, NW (40 acres), state land incomplete title in 1861, Section 29, NW (80 acres), state land incomplete title in 1863 and 1864, Section 33, SE (40 acres), state land incomplete title in 1864, Section 34, NE (40 acres), state land incomplete title in 1864. [HNW, 1881] [WDB, 1924] BURNETT, A.; La Grange Township, Section 20, NE (80 acres), Residence. [SAMCW- PMD, 1897] BURNETTE, A.; Little Falls Township, Section 21, NE (120 acres), Residence, Section 22, NW (40 acres). [WDB2, 1924] URROUGHS, C. A.; La Grange Township, Section 10, SW (40 acres), and Section 15, NW (40 acres).[SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BURROUGHS, C. W.; La Grange Township, Section 15, NE (40 acres). [SAMCW- PMD, 1897] BURROUGHS, L. W.; La Grange Township, Section 10, SW (40 acres), Residence, and Section 15, NW (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BURROW, Fred., Farming and Stock, S. 25, Ridgeville Township, Wilton P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1882. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BURROWS, David W.; Monroe County, born 1 June, 1829, died 1907, married Elizabeth Cargill, born 1 March, 1833. [SPFW, 1977] BUSH, William; Sparta Township, Section 10, SW (40 acres), purchased property in 1859. [WDB, 1924] BUSH, Rev. William; La Fayette Township, Farmer and Minister od Methodist Episcopal Church, Section 32, Sparta P. O., born Herkimer Co., N. Y. 1808, came to WI. May, 1853, married 2nd Ursula Graves (born Victor, Ontario Co., N. Y. 1817). [HNW, 1881] BUTLER, Alonzo; Sparta Township, Section 15, SW (80 acres), purchased property in 1857, Section 16, NE (40 acres), state land incomplete tittle assigned in 1854. [WDB, 1924] BUTLER, P. G.; Byron Township, T.19.N., Section 3, SE (80 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] BUTTERFIELD, N.; Sparta Township, Section 5, SW (40 acres), purchased property in 1856. [WDB, 1924] BUTTON, S. W.; Village of Sparta, Attorney and County Judge, came to Monroe Co. in 1884. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] BUTTON, Ulysses; Furniture Dealer, Tomah, born Loraine Co., OH., May 1827, came to WI. 1840, married M. M. Wheaton. [HNW, 1881] ************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Contributed by William H. 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