Early Residents of Monroe County, Wisconsin (Surnames beginning with R) Compiled by William H. Rose, III, 1996 Biographical Sketches and Plat Information RAILROAD COMPANY; Byron Township, T.19.N., Section 4, (185.9 acres); Section 5, (120 acres); Section 9, (480 acres); Section 13, NE & SE (360 acres); Section 17, NE & SE (280 acres); Section 19, (300.46 acres); Section 21, SE (80 acres); Section 23, NW (80 acres); Section 25, NE & NW (280 acres), SE (80 acres); Section 27, NW (80 acres); Section 29, NW (80 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] Byron Township, T.18.N., Section 23, NE (80 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] RAPP, Frank; Monroe County, born 16 March, 1869 in Wisconsin, died 27 April, 1927, married Elizabeth Geoghegan.[SPFW, 1977] RAPP, John; Monroe County, born 29 May, 1828 in Germany, died 23 July, 1890, married Mary Helen Straub, born 10 August, 1839 in Ohio, died 21 November, 1916. [SPFW, 1977] RAPP, Martin; Farming and Stock, Section 18, Ridgeville Township, Rapp P. O., came to Monroe County in 1866. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] RATHBUN, H. M.; Sparta Township, Section 26, SW (40 acres), state land incomplete title assigned in 1860, Section 35, NW (80 acres), state land incomplete title assigned in 1861. [WDB, 1924] RATHBUN, Hiram; Jefferson Township, Farmer, Melvina, born Herkimer Co., N. Y. 1834, came to WI. 1843, married Sarah Osborne, son of Thomas Rathbun. [HNW, 1881] RATHBUN, Thomas; Jefferson Township, born Newport, R. I., 1798, came to WI. 1843, died Monroe Co., WI. before 1881, married at Herkimer Co., N. Y. Lucinda Austin. [HNW, 1881] REEL, Gilbert; Byron Township, Section 3, SW (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] REITZ, P. J.; Byron Township, Section 12, NE (40 acres), NW (80 acres); Section 13, NE 1/4 section (160 acres).[SAMCW-PMD, 1897] RELKIE, Thomas; Tomah Township, Farmer, S. 22, born Scotland, came WI. 1856, Tomah P.O. [HAW, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] RENTZ, William; Little Falls Township, Section 20, SW (80 acres), Residence, Section 29 (80 acres). [WDB2, 1924] REYNOLDS, C. O.; La Grange Township, Section 31, SE (60 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] REYNOLDS, W. D.; Township Clerk (1895), La Grange Township, Section 12, NE (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] REYNOLDS, W. D.; Byron Township, T.19.N., Section 15, SW (200 acres), NW (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] RHADANCE, G. H.; Glendale Township, Village of Kendall, Harness Manufacturer and Farmer, came to Monroe County in 1891. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] RHINSMITH, Mrs. B.; La Grange Township, Section 26, SW (10 acres); Section 35, NW (55 acres). [SAMCW- PMD, 1897] RICHARDS, A.; La Grange Township, Section 28, NE (80 acres), Residence. [SAMCW- PMD, 1897] RICHARDS, Daniel R.; Farming and Stock, Chairman Township Board, Section 12, Little Falls Township, Cataract P. O., came to Monroe County in 1860. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] RICHARDS, J.; La Grange Township, Section 20, SE (27 acres), Residence. [SAMCW- PMD, 1897] RICHARDS, John F., M.D.; Physician, Tomah, born Clermont Co., OH. 1818, came to WI. 1862, married Judith Ayers (born VA.). [HNW, 1881] RICHARDS, R. A.; Village of Tomah, Attorney and Collector, came to Monroe County in 1866. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] RICHARDS, W. H.; Ridgeville Township, Village of Norwalk, Livery, Sale and Feed Stables, came to Monroe County in 1867. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] RICE & BARTLETT; Village of Sparta, Abstracts, Real Estate, Insurance, and Loans. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] RICE, Asa; Lumber Dealer, Sparta; born town of Hannibal, Oswego Co., N. Y. in Aug. 1822, married 1st in Dec. 1830 Sarah A. Clark (died in Milwaukee in Nov. 1866), married 2nd Jennie E. Boyden. [HNW, 1881] RICE, J. P.; Village of Sparta, Abstracts, Real Estate, Insurance, and Loans, came to Monroe County in 1869. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] RICH, Charles E.; Sparta Township, Sectio 21, SW (80 acres), state land patented in 1855, purchased in 1860, crop information: 1860, 20 acres of cultivated land, 90 acres of uncultivated land, $1,600 property value, value of livestock and machinery, $155, 0 bushels of wheat produced previous year. [WDB, 1924] RICHARDSON, D. M.; Leon Township, S. 15, Farmer, born VT., came WI. 1848, Leon P.O. [HAW, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] RICHARDSON, George A.; Village of Sparta, Attorney at Law, came to Monroe County in 1886. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] RICHARDSON, J. A.; Sparta Township, Section 17, SW (20 acres), property purchased in 1854, Section 28, SE (80 acres), state land patented in 1859. [WDB, 1924] RICHARDSON, Robert; Farmer and Lumberman, Sparta, born Orange Co., VT. 1812, married Isabelle Lindsley. [HNW, 1881] RICHARDSON, W. W.; Farming and Stock, Assessor, Section 11, Glendale Township, Glendale P. O., came to Monroe County in 1856. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] RILEY, Herbert H.; Monroe County, married Lizzie Mae Burrows, born 18 September, 1864, died 24 May, 1943. [SPFW, 1977] RING, E. F.; Sparta Township, Section 16, SE 1/4 section (160 acres), state land incomplete title assigned in 1858. [WDB, 1924] RING, L. L.; Sparta Township, Section 2, SE (40 acres), purchased property in 1857. [WDB, 1924] RINKER BROTHERS; Little Falls Township, Section 24, NW (40 acres). [WDB2, 1924] RISING, L. P.; Sparta Township, Section 21 (40 acres), entered at state land office in 1855. [WDB, 1924] ROBERTS, Benjamin; Glendale Township, Section Foreman Chicago & North Western Rail Road Company, Kendall, born Plattsburg, N.Y. 1829, came to WI. Fall 1857, married Pheobe J. Pixley (daughter of Parker Pixley). [HNW, 1881] ROBERTS, J.; Glendale Township, Village of Kendall, Station Agent Chicago and North Western Rail Road Company, came to Monroe County in 1886. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] ROBERTSON, Mrs. L. N.; La Grange Township, Section 25, SW (40 acres). [SAMCW- PMD, 1897] ROBERTSON, M.; La Grange Township, Section 2, NW (39.86 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] ROBINSON, S. J.; Sparta Township, Section 25, NW (40 acres), state land patented in 1859. [WDB, 1924] ROGERS, Daniel; Sparta Township, Section 6, SE (40 acres), purchased property in 1858. [WDB, 1924] ROOT, George W.; Sparta Township, Section 10, NW (40 acres), purchased property in 1860. [WDB, 1924] ROOT, Ira J.; Monroe County, born 26 August, 1847, died 4 September, 1923, married Mary E. Dewey. ROOT, Thomas A.; Monroe County, born 22 August, 1818, died 12 October, 1864, married Harriet Knapp, born 10 January, 1816, died 11 March, 1879. [SPFW, 1977] ROSE, Calvin N.; Lincoln Township, Farmer and Lumberman, S. 16 (120 acres), born Aug. 16, 1830 in N.Y., married Amy Jane Lamb (born Aug. 12, 1855 at Wyeville, Byron Township, Monroe Co., WI.). [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] [MCW-HB, 1984] ROSE, Daniel Vanorman; Byron Township, Village Valley Junction, Farmer and Stonemason, born Jan. 17, 1847 at Niles, Niles Township, Barrien Co., MI., died Aug. 9, 1910 at Byron Township, Monroe Co., WI., son of William W. Rose and Leonora Hubbard, married Amanda Ruth Harkins (born Aug. 15, 1852 at Malta, Morgan Co., OH., died Jan. 2, 1920 at Tomah, Monroe Co., WI., daughter of David Harkins and Mary Green). [MCW-HB, 1984] [CR, 1905] ROSE, Daniel Webster; Railroad Brakeman, Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad Company, Byron Township, Village Valley Junction, born June 16, 1871 at Webster Township, Vernon Co., WI., son of Daniel Vanorman Rose and Amanda Ruth Harkins, died June 4, 1955 at La Crosse, La Crosse Co., WI., married Sept. 14, 1897 at Tomah, Monroe Co., WI. Mamie Alvira Elizabeth Loomis (born Aug. 30, 1881 at Newark, Marshall Co., S.D., died Jan. 13, 1947 at La Crosse, La Crosse Co., WI., daughter of George William RRROSE, John; Glendale Township, Village of Kendall, Glendale Township, S. 10 (26 acres). [MCW-HB, 1984] [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] ROSENTRETER, L.; La Grange Township, Section 29, NW (80 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] ROWAN, P.; Sparta Township, Section 18, SW (40 acres), property purchased in 1853 with A. A. Munn. [WDB, 1924] ROWEN, William; La Grange Township, Section 29, SE (120 acres), Residence; Section 32, NE (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] ROWLAND, P. E.; Sparta Township, Section 9, NE (40 acres), purchased property in 1859. [WDB, 1924] ROWLAND, Richard; Monroe County, married Adeline_____. [SPFW, 1977] RUDD, E. O.; Lincoln Township, Rudd's Mills, Miller, born N.Y., came to WI. 1848. [HAW, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] RUNKLE, George; Tomah Village, Banker and Real Estate, born Prussia, came WI. 1854. [HAW, 1878] [HAWBD, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] RUSSELL, A.; Sparta Township, Section 32, NE (80 acres), state land patented in 1858. [WDB, 1924] RYAN, James; Farming and Stock, Section 27, Wilton Township, Wilton P. O., came to Monroe County in 1859. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] ************************************************************************** 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. Rose, III, 1996 ***************************************************************************