HISTORY OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY, WISCONSIN  1881 Due to the scope of this undertaking, (all pages having to be manually typed) there is no deadline for completion of  this project. This site will be under construction for a long time.   :) CHAPTER PAGE # The Beginnings of Settlement The Early Miners The First Farm The Winnebago War page 435 thru 441 The First Winter A Glimpse of Pioneer Chivalry The Hardships of Pioneer Life The Pioneer Women page 441 thru 450 Early History of the Mines page 450 First Marriage, Birth and Death A Gentleman from Missouri page 457 page 457 Claim Troubles and the Black Hawk War page 458 Organization of the County First Grand Jury   First Petit Jury Re-Organization of Townships The Court House The First Regular Court page 480 page 482 page 482 page 483 page 483 page 485 Valuation Population Presidential Vote page 486 The County Roster page489 The Press page494 The Agricultural Society page503 Among the Short Horns on Ames' Branch page507 War History page508 Volunteer Roster page519 City of Darlington.......................... Early settlement.................page522 Religions.............................page532 Schools................................page534 Literary Club.......................page537 Societies, Lodges, etc.........page538 Business Directory.............page540 Banks..................................page544 Mills....................................page544 Post Office..........................page545 Cemeteries..........................page545 Produce and Live Stock Trade..........page546 . Town of Darlington Early Settlement & General History...page548 Avon Village (extinct)....................page551 Poor House.....................................page552 page 547 Town of Benton page553 Village of Benton page557 Meeker's Grove page562 Town of New Diggings page563 Village of New Diggings page567 Aetna Mill and Postoffice page569 Village of Shullsburg..........page570 Bank..........................page575 Schools......................page576 Postoffice..................page579 Secret Societies........page581 page570 Town of White Oak Springs page582 Village of White Oak Springs. page585 Town of Monticello page588 Town of Gratiot     page590 Village of Gratiot page594 Village of Riverside page598 Town of Wayne page598 Town of Elk Grove page602 Village of Elk Grove page605 Town of Seymour page606 Town of Wiota page607 Village of Wiota page611 Town of Belmont page612 Village of Belmont page621 Town of Kendall page623 Town of Willow Springs page625 Calamine page629 Town of Fayette page630 Village of Fayetteville page636 Town of Blanchard page638 Blanchardville page640 Town of Argyle page644 Village of Argyle page645 Biography of Jno. W. Blackstone page653 Biography of Col. Scales page654 . . PAGES MISSING FROM ORIGINAL BOOK  WHEN BOOK WAS REPRINTED pages 661-712 . . BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES . .Biographies are NOT on, only the links . Argyle page779 Belmont page753 Blanchard page786 Benton Albrecht, Rev. Phil Beck, Thomas Calvert, William H. Carr, Stephen Coltman, John Cottingham, timothy Dean, J. O. P. Gibson, Thoomas K. Gillett, william W. Godfrey, Dr. Henry T. Kearns, James Kittoe, William Mc Donald, Owen Miller, James Murphy, Mathew Piquett, Moses Raisbeck, Robert Robson, Thomas Strong, C. A. Turnbull, Cuthbert page745 Darlington   Allen, S.S. Anthony, George Bates, Henry Benedict, N. S. Bintliff, Gen. James Bird, William J. Birkitt, William W. Blair, William M. Blakely, Oscar F Blessing, A.T.E. Boyle, Peter Bray, John Brooks, Charles Buttery, Thomas B. Campbell, Hugh Campbell, James Carpenter, Royal Caughey, Lewis R. Chamberlain, A. O. Chapman, F. W. Clement, Frank E. Colbeck, Henry Colbeck, Joseph Colbeck, William Conley, P.H. Crockett, David T. Douglas, Berry Dipple, D.B. Driver, Josephus Driver, Joseph B. Ellison, S. H. Ferrin, Chase. A. Fisher, Neil Francis, J. D. Gallagher, Hugh J. Gleason, Thomas Halloran, Edward Hamilton, Samuel Hannon, Rev. Mathias Harvey, Henry Helm, C. B. Hocking, J. H. Hooper, William Holland, John Hopkins, W. A. Hovey, Eleazer Hugill, Thomas R. James, William Jane, John N. Johnson, Ben Kane, C. L. King, E. C. Knight, James G. Leacock, Hugh Mackay, T. C. L. Magoon, Henry S. Marshall, George A. Martin, A. C. Martin, Robert Mayne, Richard Matthews, John Meehan, John Merriam, J. B. Monahan, J. G. Moore, Alexander Moore, Henry A. Morrow, John Mosley, Edward Murray, Patrick Naramore, W. W. Nash, H. C. Nichols, R. O'Keefe, Arthur J. Orton, Philo A. Osborn, Sylvester W. Osborn, Charles F. Otis, Dr. charles G. Otis, James E. Page, Thomas Parsons, Thomas H. Pierce, Charles L. Pilling, H. H. Pool, Albert Pool, John Procter, Joseph Richardson, Albert Roche, John J. Rose, James R. Row, James Roy, John B. Safford, Rev. Albert W. Saunders, Thomas Scofield, W. A. Scott, James Schreiter, David Schreiter, Edward Swearingen, E. R. Stephens, E. R. Swift, John V. Swift, James, Jr. Tabor, Charles Thomas, Caleb G. Thomas, John Thomas, Dr. William Montgomery Tresidder, Rev. John Tyson, George Tyson, William Wagenen, H. Van Waddington, L. B. Warden, Gen. Satterlee Wear, Walter S. West, George Whitman, H. J. Williams, E. H. Wogan, P. J. Wood, Rev. Henry Woods, E. L. Woods, James Wortley, George . Elk Grove . Fayette . Gratiot . Kendall . Monticello . New Diggings Ayer, Joseph Birkbeck, J. F. Bird, Isaac Bird, Joseph R. Champion, Robert H. Champion, C. B. Craig, Francis Curwen, John Dodge, Ammi Johnson, Warren Looney, Abraham Oliver, solomon Peacock, thomas Peasley, Robert S. Pedley, william ]Redfearn, John Robinson, Thomas Rudd, John Sedgwick, Joseph Spensley, John Vickers, Samuel Wiseman, Christopher, Jr. . Shullsburg Blackstone, Hon. John W. Blackbourn, F. Brewster, J. M. Browckway, Mrs. Julia Carey, Owen Copeland, Joseph Douglas, George W. Earnest, Hon. J. H. Earnest Fenton, Buel Field, George H. Hardy, John Hayden, Dr. A. Hebenstreit, Andrew Hillary, David Hillemeyer, Frank Honeycomb, C. Hoskins, Miss Lavinia Hutchinson, Joseph Jane, Prof. Henry Kappel, William Kinsella, rev. J. F. Kuelling, William Law, Thomas J. Leamy, William Look, william McNulty, Patricius Maher, Richard Mason, Robert Miller, C. G. Oates, Joseph C. Paquet, Louis C. Pole, Charles Priestley, Charles W. Proctor, George Proctor, Henry Quinche, Alfred Rennick,Robert Rickert, Samuel Rock, Abner Samson, Robert Simpson, Hon. P. B. Simpson, William Spensley, Benson Stephens, Henry Tierney, Michael Townsend, Add A. Townsend, Elijah Trestrail, Mrs. E. Vandagrift, A. J. Weatherby, Edward Williams, John E. Wortley, George Wright, M. Shaw . Seymour . Willow Springs . Wiota . White Oak Springs . Wayne . . . . . I  purchased my book from: The Foundry Books 105 Commerce Street Mineral Point, Wisconsin,  53565 (608)987-4363 Reprinted by Higginson Book Company Lafayette County Homepage County Coordinator  Dori Leekley Comments & Suggestions [email protected] © 1997-2002 Dori Leekley All materials contained on these pages are furnished for your viewing pleasure only!  Any commercial use, without the consent of the host/author of these pages is prohibited.   You are visitor   # [an error occurred while processing this directive]   since Dec 5, 1999