Early Residents of Monroe County, Wisconsin (Surnames beginning with W) Compiled by William H. Rose, III, 1996 Biographical Sketches and Plat Information WAFFLE, H. P.; Glendale Township, Village of Kendall, Farming and Stock, came to Monroe County in 1872. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] WAGNER, J. N.; Village of Sparta, Brewer (early 1870's), Wagner Saloon and Sparta Brewery Proprietor (located on the east side of N. Water Street). [BB, 1976] WAIT, Sidney; Sheldon Township, Manufacturer Timber and Wagon Stock, Hard and Soft Lumber, S. 34, born Windham Co., VT., came to WI. 1853, Ontario P.O. [HAW, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] WALES, J. H.; La Grange Township, Section 24, SW (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WALKER, Samuel; Monroe County, born in Virginia, married Sarah Sloan, born in Ohio. [SPFW, 1977] WALKER, Thomas Robert; Monroe County, born 24 October, 1847 in Ohio, died 10 April, 1912, married Artamiza Redexa Curtis. [SPFW, 1977] WALLACE, Levi; Farming and Stock, Chairman Township Board, Section 22, Sheldon Township, Ontario P. O., came to Monroe County in 1879. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] WALLACE, W. H.; Farming and Stock, Section 2, Oakdale Township, Oakdale P. O., came to Monroe County in 1876. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] WALRATH, Edward.; Sparta, Sheriff (1854), came to Sparta Township in 1851. [WHC, 1859] [WDB, 1924] WALRATH, Rev. Frederick K.; Methodist Minister and Farmer, came to Sparta Township in October of 1852, Section 24, NE 1/4 section (160 acres), state land patented in 1858, 1865, and 1866, crop information: 1860, 200 acres of cultivated land, 150 acres of uncultivated land, $3,000 property value, value of livestock and machinery, $610, 200 bushels of wheat produced previous year, 1870, 80 acres of cultivated land, 120 acres of uncultivated land, $4,000 property value, value of livestock and machinery, $700, 200 bushels of wheat produced previous year, Section 36, NW & SW (80 acres), property purchased in 1852 and 1855. [WDB, 1924] WALRATH, J. J.; Sparta Township, Section 36, SW (40 acres), entered at state land office in 1855. [WDB, 1924] WALSH, W. E.; Village of Sparta, Sash and Door Manufacturer, came to Monroe County in 1861. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] WALTERS, David; Farming and Stock, Section 19, Glendale Township, Kendall P. O., came to Monroe County in 1879. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] WARIECK, H.; Byron Township, Section 12, SE (80 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WARNER, J. A.; Sparta, Merchant, Firm Warner & Burton, born CT. 1835, married Francis L. Cornes, Section 1, SW (40 acres), entered at land office in 1856, Section 26, NE (80 acres), state land patented in 1858. [HNW, 1881] [WDB, 1924] WARREN, George; La Grange Township, Section 32, NE (40 acres); Section 34, NE (115 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WARREN, George; Lincoln Township, Village of Warrens, Lumber and Real Estate, came to Monroe County in 1850. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] WARREN, GEORGE COMPANY; Byron Township, T.19.N., Section 8, NE (80 acres); Section 16, NE (40 acres), SW (80 acres); Section 19, SE (80 acres); Section 21, NW (40 acres); Section 29, SW (80 acres); Section 33, NE & SE (240 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WARREN COMPANY, George; Lincoln Township, Village of Warrens, WARREN LAND COMPANY, Lumber Manufacturers. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] WARREN, George H.; Village of Tomah, Banker, came to Monroe County in 1871. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] WARREN, F. C.; Byron Township, Village Valley Junction, President Twentieth Century Company. [MCW-PH, 1976] WARREN, J. H.; Village of Tomah, Banking, came to Monroe County in 1867. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] WARREN LAND COMPANY; Byron Township, T.19.N., Section 6 (400.59 acres); Section 7, NW (62.33 acres), NE (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WARREN LAND COMPANY; Lincoln Township, Village of Warrens, Real Estate, Mississippi and Louisiana Lands. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] WARRINER, J. O.; Proprietor of Jewelry and Music Store, Tomah, born Northfield, VT. 1842, came to WI. 1855, married 1865 Sarah J. Phelps (born near Andover, Allegany Co., N.Y.). [HNW, 1881] WASHBURN, E.; Byron Township, Section 3, NW (40.7 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WATERMAN, A.; La Grange Township, Section 12, SW (40 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WATKINS, F. W.; Sparta Township, Section 4, SW (40 acres), property purchased in 1856, Section 21, NW (40 acres), property purchased in 1855. [WDB, 1924] WATKINS, S. E.; Sparta Township, Section 27, SE (40 acres), state land patented in 1861. [WDB, 1924] WEAVER, H. R.; La Grange Township, Section 17, SE (30 acres); Section 20, NW (156 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WEBB, L. E.; Sparta Township, Section 34, SW (40 acres), state land incomplete title assigned in 1857. [WDB, 1924] WEGNER, Paul; Farming and Stock, Section 4, Little Falls Township, Cataract P. O., came to Monroe County in 1889, Section 21, NW (40 acres). [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] [WDB2, 1924] WEISE, Fred; La Grange Township, Section 22, SW (40 acres); Section 27, SW (40 acres), Residence, SW (40 acres), NW (38 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WELKER, A. G.; Village of Sparta, KENNEY & WELKER COMPANY, came to Monroe County in 1863. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] WELLS, Henry S.; Sparta Township, Section 7, NW (40 acres), purchased property in 1854. [WDB, 1924] WELLS, J. A.; Tomah Village, Proprietor Tomah Journal, born N.H., came WI. 1856. [HAW, 1878] [HAWBD, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] WELLS, S. L.; Byron Township, Village Valley Junction, Purchaser of Lot in Original Town (Blocks 1-7). [MCW-PH, 1976] WEST, Ida; La Grange Township, Section 17, SE (10 acres), Residence; Section 32, SE (45 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WHEELER, Daniel R.; Sparta Township, Section 4, SE (40 acres), entered at land office in 1855, Section 10, SE (80 acres), property purchased in 1857. [WDB, 1924] WHEELER, D. P.; Sparta Township, Section 10, (40 acres), purchased property in 1855. [WDB, 1924] WHIPPLE, _____; Village of Sparta, Brewer (1860's), Proprietor of the Sparta Brewery. [BB, 1976] WHITE, William; Sparta Township, Section 23, NE (40 acres), property purchased in 1857. [WDB, 1924] WHITEAKER, Alerick L.; Byron Township,Village Valley Junction, Preacher, Purchaser of Lot in Original Town (Blocks 1-7), born 1854 in IN. married Emily F. _____ (born 1851 in Canada). [MCW-PH, 1976] [CR, 1905] WHITEAKER, Frank; Byron Township, Village Valley Junction, member Methodist Church, Organizer Methodist Aide Society (1899). [MCW-PH, 1976] WILBER, S. P.; Sparta Township, Section 32, NW (120 acres), property purchased in 1857, crop information: 1860, 40 acres of cultivated land, 120 acres of uncultivated land, $2,000 property value, value of livestock and machinery, $170, 100 bushels of wheat produced previous year. [WDB, 1924] WILL, Johanna; Byron Township, Section 1, SW (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WILLIAMS, Alice N.; La Grange Township, Section 14, NE (180 acres). [SAMCW- PMD, 1897] WILLIAMS & ARMSTRONG; La Grange Township, Section 2, SW (40 acres), [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WILLIAMS, Mrs. E.; La Grange Township, Section 11, NE (20 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WILLIAMS, Hugh; Little Falls Township, Section 22, NE (120 acres), Section 29, SE (40 acres). [WDB2, 1924] WILLIAMS, W. G.; Village of Sparta, Vice-president and Manager Monroe County Bank, Real Estate Dealer, came to Monroe County in 1859. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] WILSON, Alfred W.; Sparta, Station Agent Chicago, Minneapolis, & St. Paul Rail Road Company, born Wakeman, Huron Co., OH. 1831, came to WI. Feb., 1859, married Mary A. Blodgett. [HNW, 1881] WILSON, D. W. C.; Sparta Village, Publisher Monroe County Republican, born in OH., came to WI. in 1858. [HAW, 1878] [HAWBD, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] WINDSOR, Emily; Sparta Township, Section 15, NW (40 acres), property purchased in 1857. [WDB, 1924] WINKLEMAN, Joseph, Jr.; La Grange Township, Section 22, SW (80 acres), Residence, Business Established; Section 21, SE (40 acres); Section 28, NE (80 acres), Residence, Business Established. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WINNEBAGO JOHN; Byron Township, T.19.N., Section 28, NE (40 acres). [SAMCW- PMD, 1897] WINNIE, E. E.; La Grange Township, Section 15, NW (80 acres); Section 16, SE (178 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WINTERS, J. J. F.; Farming and Stock, Section 25, Sparta Township, Sparta P. O., came to Monroe County in 1861. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] WINTERS, J. J.; Little Falls Township, Section 24, NE & NW (360 acres), Section 25, NW 1/4 section + (196 acres), Residence. [WDB2, 1924] WIRTH, L. F.; Farming and Stock, Section 19, Tomah Township, Tomah P. O., came to Monroe County in 1882. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] WISCONSIN CRANBERRY COMPANY; Byron Township, T.19.N., Section 16, NW (120 acres); Section 22, (320 acres); Section 26, NW & SW (160 acres), SE (40 acres); Section 27, (480 acres); Section 29, NE (40 acres), SE (40 acres); Section 34, E1/2 (320 acres); Section 35, W1/2 (320 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WISCONSIN STATE LAND; Sparta Township, Section 16, NE (40 acres), Section 21, SE (80 acres), Section 22, SW 1/4 section (160 acres), Section 24, SE (120 acres), Section 25, NE 1/4 section (160 acres), SE (40 acres), Section 27, NE (120 acres), SE (40 acres), NW (120 acres), Section 28, NW (80 acres), Section 29, NW (80 acres), SW (40 acres), Section 30, NE (40 acres), SW (80 acres), Section 33, SW 80 acres), SE (40 acres), Section 34, NE (40 acres), SE (40 acres), Section 35, SW & NW (160 acres), SE 1/4 section (160 acres). [WDB, 1924] WITHERS, A. W.; Farming and Stock, Section 25, Tomah Township, Tomah P. O., came to Monroe County in 1855. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] WOLCOTT, J. L.; Wells Township, Farmer, S. 13, born McKean Co., PA., came WI. 1854, Sparta P.O. [HAW, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] WOLKOW, Ferdinand; Wagon-Maker, Undertaker, Etc., Wilton Township, born Germany, March 27, 1857, came to WI. 1862, married Minnie Koch (daughter of Charles Koch). [HNW, 1881] WOOD, Alba; Byron Township, Section 14, SE & SW (80 acres), Residence, School. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WOOD, E.; La Grange Township, Section 36, NE & NW (80 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WOOD, E. S.; Ridgeville Township, Blacksmith, Norwalk. [HAWBD, 1878] WOOD, Milton Pierce; Monroe County, born 6 September, 1846 in Massachusetts, died 25 April, 1929, married Alice Jane Jennings, born 2 March, 1850 in New York, died 31 March, 1914. [SPFW, 1977] WOOD, Simeon; Tomah Township, Farmer, S. 28, Monroe County, born 17 October, 1817 in Worchester, Massachusetts, came WI. 1856, died 5 December, 1899, married Mary Jane Pierce, born 17 January, 1821 in Massachusetts, died 16 February, 1907. [SPFW, 1977] [HAW, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] WOODARD, Eli; Adrian Township, Section 1, Farmer, born in Jefferson County, New York, came to Wisconsin in 1857, Tunnel City P.O. [HAW, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] WOODARD, Wilson; Monroe County, born 31 December, 1831 in New York, died 2 February, 1903, married Delia Lovina Taft. [SPFW, 1977] WOODLEY, M.; Byron Township, Section 10, NE & NW (80 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WOODLIFF, John; Farming and Stock, Section 20, Ridgeville Township, Norwalk P. O., came to Monroe County in 1855. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] WOODLIFF, S.; Farming and Stock, Section 20, Ridgeville Township, Norwalk P. O., came to Monroe County in 1855. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] WOODMANSEE, Joseph; Sparta Township, Section 3, SW (40 acres), Section 3, SE (40 acres), purchased property in 1857. [WDB, 1924] WOODMANSEE, Louis; Sparta Township, Section 2, SW (80 acres), purchased property 1854-1855, Section 3, SE (160 acres), purchased property 1854-1856, Section 29, NE (160 acres), state land patented in 1859, Section 31, SE & SW (200 acres), state land patented in 1859, Section 32, SE (120 acres), SW 1/4 section (160 acres), state land patented in 1859. [WDB, 1924] WOODMANSEE, P. C.; Sparta Township, Section 5, NW (120 acres), property purchased in 1857. [WDB, 1924] WOODRUFF, A. D.; La Grange Township, Section 26, SW (59 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WOODRUFF, Joseph; La Grange Township, Section 36, SE (40 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WOODS, E. S.; Tomah Village, Blacksmith, born MA., came WI. 1856. [HAW, 1878] [FGMW, 1878] WOODWORTH, N. M.; Farming and Stock, Section 2, Little Falls Township, Shamrock P. O., came to Monroe County in 1859. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] WOODWORTH, S.; Sparta Township, Section 11, SW (80 acres), property purchased in 1859. [WDB, 1924] WORDEN, Henry; Monroe County, born 1823 in New York, married Ursula Foorst, born 1825 in New York. [SPFW, 1977] WORDEN, Lewis Levi; Monroe County, born 10 December, 1861 in Wisconsin, died 13 April, 1947, married Lillian Aney. [SPFW, 1977] WOVRA, Wenzel; Little Falls Township, Section 27, SW (100 acres), Section 28, NE & SE (158.5 acres), Residence. [WDB2, 1924] WRIGHT, Jehial; Byron Township, Barber, born 1867 in WI., married Grace E. _____ (born 1873 in WI.). [CR, 1905] WRIGHT, M.; Byron Township, Section 12, SE (80 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WRIGHT, McCLAFLIN, & COMPANY; La Grange Township, Section 23, NW (40 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WRIGHT, S.; Sparta Township, Section 15, SE (80 acres), property purchased in 1856. [WDB, 1924] WRIGHT, William Henry; Monroe County, married Abbie Jane Lutes, born 13 March, 1858 in Illinois, died 20 March, 1918. [SPFW, 1977] WURST, Rev. L.; Village of Tomah, Catholic Priest, came to Monroe County in 1893. [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] WYATT, L. D.; Farming and Dairying; Specialty: Jersey Cattle, Section 7, born at Portage, Ohio, came to Wisconsin in 1855, Tomah Township, Tomah P.O., came to Monroe County in 1857. [HAW, 1878] [SAMCW-PRD, 1897] [FGMW, 1878] WYATT & PURDY; Byron Township, T.19.N., Section 30, SW (160 acres); Section 31 NE & SE 1/4 sections + (400 acres); Section 32, NE & SE (320 acres). [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WYMAN, A.; La Grange Township, Section 6, SW (101.62 acres), Residence. [SAMCW-PMD, 1897] WYMAN, Peter; Monroe County, born 1793, died 1865, married Susannah Norcross, born 1794, died 1864. [SPFW, 1977] WYMAN, William Harrison; Monroe County, born 14 december, 1814 in Maine, died 19 February, 1886, married Susan Moore Savage, born 1820 in Maine, died 1867. [SPFW, 1977] WYMAN, William Stinson; Monroe County, born 14 October, 1839 in Maine, died 28 July, 1931, married Martha Sawyer. [SPFW, 1977] ************************************************************************** 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. 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