Early Residents of Monroe County, Wisconsin (Surnames beginning with J) Compiled by William H. Rose, III, 1996 Biographical Sketches and Plat Information JACKSON, S. D.; Sparta Township, Section 19, SE (40 acres), property purchased in 1859. [WDB, 1924] JACKSON, W. W.; Farmer, Tomah, Former Adrian Town Board Chairman (1867-1881), County Judge (1858), Chairman County Board (1874), Adrian Township, Section 13, Farmer, born Ontario Co., N.Y. 1813, came to WI. 1853, married 1st Hillsdale Co., N.Y. Lucy S. Wilcox (died MI.), married 2nd Amanda Gilson (died Monroe Co., WI. 1866), married 3rd Jane E. Preston. [HNW, 1881] [HAW, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] JAMES, H. E.; La Grange Township, Section 12, SW (40 acres), Residence. [SAMCW- PMD, 1897] JANKE, Gust B.; Farming and Stock, S. 9, Ridgeville Township, Norwalk P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1881. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] JENNINGS, George; Tomah Township, Farmer, S. 34, born Suffolk Co., Eng., came WI. 1841, Tomah P.O. [HAW, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] JENNINGS, George Henry; Monroe County, born 8 March, 1814 in England, married Harriet Clutton. [SPFW, 1977] JENNINGS, H. P.; Farming and Stock, Section 25, NE (120 acres), La Grange Township, Tomah P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1867. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] [SAMCW- PMD, 1897] JENNINGS, L. R.; Farming and Stock, S. 26, NE & SE (138 acres), Residence. La Grange Township, Tomah P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1866. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] JENSON, Claus; byron Township, Section 24, SE (80 acres), Residence. [SAMCW- PMD, 1897] JENSEN, Erick; Byron Township, Wyeville, Farmer. [MCW-PH, 1976] JEWELL, G.; Leon Township, Leon Village, Farmer, born WI. 1845. [HAW, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] JEWELL, W. S.; Leon Township, Farmer, born England, died Leon, Monroe Co., WI. Jan. 8, 1881. [HNW, 1881] JEWETT & BOWEN; Village of Sparta, Livery, Sale, and Feed Stables. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] JEWETT, N. V.; Village of Sparta, Livery, Sale, and Feed Stables, and Small Fruit Grower, came to Monroe Co. 1893. JEWETT, Z. K.; Village of Sparta, Nurseryman, came to Monroe Co. in 1866. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] JIRSCHELE, Engelbert; Farming and Stock, S. 13, Clifton Township, Clifton P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1870. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] JOHNSON, A.; Farming and Stock, S. 22, Greenfield Township, Tunnel City P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1865. JOHNSON, C.; Byron Township, Section 15, SE (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] JOHNSON, Mrs. C. A.; La Grange Township, Section 5, NE & NW (160 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] JOHNSON, Esau; Monroe County, born 21 September, 1800 in North Carolina, died 1888, married Saloma Starr, died 1876. [SPFW, 1977] JOHNSON, Frank Lewis; Monroe County, married Priscilla Flavilla Woodard, born 23 August, 1862 in New York, died 15 October, 1902. [SPFW, 1977] JOHNSON, H. A.; Farming and Stock, S. 36, La Grange Township, Tomah P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1885. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] JOHNSON, J. J.; Oakdale Township, Village of Oakdale, Grain Dealer, Hardware, and Farm Implements, came to Monroe Co. in 1893. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] JOHNSON, J. M.; Byron Township, Section 12, SW (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] JOHNSON, J. P.; Little Falls Township, Section 22, SE (40 acres). [WDB2, 1924] JOHNSON, L.; Law, Collections, Etc. and Farming, S. 17, Glendale Township, Kendall P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1854. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] JOHNSON, Lewis Cassius; Monroe County, born 2 June, 1846 in Wisconsin, died 28 May, 1931, married Olive Floyd. [SPFW, 1977] JOHNSON, M; Byron Township, Section 12, NW (40 acres); Section 23, SE (40 acres), SW (80 acres); Section 22, SE (80 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] JOHNSON, Mrs. M.; La Grange Township, Section 36, NE & NW (200 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] JOHNSON, Nels; Byron Township, Village Valley Junction, Purchaser of Lot in Original Town (Blocks 1-7). [MCW-PH, 1976] JOHNSON, Nels; La Grange Township, Section 26, SE (20 acres), Residence; Section 25, SW (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] JOHNSON, Peter; Byron Township, Section 23, SW (80 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] JOHNSON, Willis; Little Falls Township, Farmer, S. 28, born VT., came to WI. 1855, died Cataract, Monroe Co., WI. 1871. [HNW, 1881] JONES, A. H.; La Grange Township, Section 29, NE (13 acres), Residence. [SAMCW- PMD, 1897] JONES, C. A.; Farmer and Assessor, S. 36, Little Falls Township, Cataract P. O., came to Monroe Co. 1864. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] JONES, D. F., Village of Sparta, Attorney at Law, came to Monroe Co. in 1876. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] JONES, George H.; Sparta Township, Section 20, SE (80 acres), state land incomplete title assigned in 1859. [WDB, 1924] JONES, John L.; Farming and Stock, S. 27, Leon Township, Leon P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1870. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] JONES, John R.; Chairman Township Supervisors, S. 6, Leon Township, Rockland P. O., came to Monroe Co. in 1857. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] JONES, John W.; Portland Township, S. 16, Farmer, born England, came WI. 1854, Portland Center P.O. [HAW, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] JONES, W. B.; Glendale Township, Village of Kendall, Fireman Chicago and North Western Rail Road Company, came to Monroe Co. in 1857. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] JUBAL, Howard; Sparta Township, Section 6, NE (40 acres), entered at state land office in 1855, SW (160 acres), entered at state land office in 1853, crop information: 1860, 24 acres cultivated land, 176 acres uncultivated land, property value $1,000, livestock and machinery value $270, 0 bushels of wheat in 1859; 1870 40 acres of cultivated land, 80 acres of uncultivated land, property value $2,000, livestock and machinery value $851, 118 bushels of wheat in 1869. 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