JUNEAU CO., WI.  EARLY SETTLERS

= New Names  (partial list)

NAME	Country/State	Arrival in Juneau Co. and notes.	Source
ACKERMAN, Paul & Flora (Roswell)		1861 Twn Lemonweir
ALLABY, James		1856
ANDERSON, Ole	Norway	1859 ?
ASHLEY, Lewis		1851
AUDLEY, John	England	1857 Twn of Orange
BABCOCK, Leonard & Charles		In 1857 Land Patent to Leonard Babcock, Leonard C. Babcock and Charles O. Babcock of Adams County, WI. ANECDOTE: Mauston Star Sept l, 1887: Leonard Babcock and son Charles O. came to the upper valley in the fall of 1855 and moved into the Langworthy House	Kitty Hayes
BALGORD, Lars O.	Norway	1867 to New Lisbon
BALGORD, Ole with parents	Norway	1870
BARNEY, Daniel		1854
BAUMGART, Mr. & Mrs. John	Germany	1892 - Necedah	J. Howland
BEADLE, J. L.		1850
BLISH, Cornelius		Cornelius Blish buried a child in 1852 on the farm now owned by Orson Wright, in Lindina, and near where Evergreen cemetery is located.	Kitty Hayes
BLOOD, George Tyler & Helen		children - Ella, Charles, Hiram & Henry	M. Blood
BOGERT, J.		1845
BORDALEN, Ole & Liv	Telemark, Norway	They first went to Dane Co. in 1864 before moving to the town of Fountain.	Jackie H.
BOYNTON, Elias		1855
BRAUND, George, Mary Ann	England to Canada	1852 - Wisconsin. Children: Elizabeth, Nora, George Hans Jr., Solomon & Frederick	R. I. Braund
CAMP, Robert		1847
CANFIELD, F. Antes	Pennsylvania	March 1857 to Necedah
CAPSTICK, Jane with parents	England	1857 - Orange Twp
CARTER, Philena		1855 ?
CASH, W. H. H.		1861 to New Lisbon
CHESTER, O. B.		1856 ?
CLARK, Robert, Polly & child.		1850? NY to Wisconsin
COLE, L. R.		1851?
COMER Family- Peter & Patrick	Summit, Juneau	1855? Ballyhaunis County Mayo, Ireland	Judy Comer-Schultz
DARROW, Joseph & Pamela		1852? Jefferson Co, NY to Summit
DUCKWORTH, John & Harriet		1854? Lisbon Township	see website
DUPLESS, Louis		1841?
DUSTIN, M. G.	New York	1854 to Necedah
DYKMAN, G. H.		1851 ?
FINN		see Mellor
FLUNO, E.		1850 ?
FLUNO, G. W.		1850 ?
FLUNO, Henry		The Mauston Star, April 21, 1892. In Lindina, April 17, 1892, Mr. Henry Fluno, aged 78 years, 3 months, 6 days. Mr. Fluno was one of the pioneers of this county. He was born in the State of New York, came to Wisconsin in 1846, and in the spring of 1853 settled on the farm where he resided until the time of his death.	Kitty Hayes
FLUNO, Jacob		Mr. Fluno [Jacob Fluno], the father of Isaac Fluno Sr., died in 1852, and was buried at the same place, but subsequently removed to the cemetery.	Kitty Hayes
FOWLER, R. A.		1851 to Juneau Co.
GARTY, Martha Elizabeth	Ohio	abt 1853 Town of Lindina	D.Thompson
GEORGE, Franklin		1853 - Germantown
GERMANSON, Rasmus	Norway	1867
HAMIL, Peter	Co. Monagahan, Ireland	1862? Twn of Summit
HANSEN, Nels	Denmark	1882
HANSEN, Hans	Denmark	1866
HANSON, Chris	Denmark	1876
HANSON, Stephen & Mary Jane (Rutherford) and children	Yankees (NY)	Jul 1853 Town of Lindina. Children: Adelia, Joseph Tunes, Jane Elizabeth, Harriet Lucinda, & Mary Louise.	D.Thompson
HANSON, Mr. & Mrs. William	Denmark	1878
HART, Edmund	England	1863 Elroy
HAYDEN, Dennis	Myshall Co., Carlow, Ireland	ca 1858 to Kildare, m: Mary E. Hines of Lemonweir in 1860. Among first 8 families to settle Camp Douglas; Dennis was RR section foreman.	R. Prust
HEATH, Elias		1854 Fountain
HEPP, Louis Henry	Yankees (NY)	1855 Town of Summit	D.Thompson
HEVEY, James, Bernard (Brian), Maurice, Patrick, Catherine and Bridget	Co. Kildare, Ireland	1848/49 Town of Kildare
HOLDEN, Charles N
HOR(i)SINGTON
HYDE, Thomas
JACOBSON, Peter, Mary	Denmark	Clearfield Twp. Children Alfred & Mathilda
JENKINS, J. A.	New York	1860 to Necedah
JOHNSON, Carl	Sweden
JOHNSON, Even & Johanna (Bordalen)	Norway	Along with 2 children, Ragnhild and John. They first lived in Dane Co. before coming to the town of Fountain.	Jackie H.
JOHNSON, Ole, Bertha and children	Norway	Town of Lindina
JOSLIN, John William	New York & Pa	Settling in Armenia, with children Mary and Thomas. John married Mrs. Betsy Waterman in WI, ca 1860s.	[email protected]
JOSLIN, Thomas Sylvester & Elizabeth (nee Scott)	New York & Pa	Settling in Armenia. 2 children, Charles & Richard Scott. This is the Thomas S. Joslin whose cemetery became Greenwood in May 1896.	[email protected]
KEATING, Jane		1873 Seven Mile Creek to Necedah
KELLY, John
KIMBALL, Emeline
KIMBALL, Warren
KINGSTON, John Tabor	Illinois	Necedah - Click here for article
LANCASTER		David Lancaster born abt 1807 in Phillipstown, Putnam Co., NY, married Besty Ann Fradenburgh (b: 1809 Sparta, Westchester Co. NY) on March 19, 1825 at Phillipstown, NY. They moved to Bingham Twp. Potter Co. PA abt 1835 then to Spring Mills, Allegany Co. NY about 1847 and then to Wonewoc about 1855. Betsy Ann died Nov 25, 1879. David died in 1886 and both are buried at Hills Prairie Cemetery. David was an innkeeper and farmer, they had the following children; Jane Lancaster b. ca 1828 Phillipstown,NY William Lancaster b.ca. 1829 " Cornelius Lancaster b.ca.1830 " Sarah E. Lancaster b.Oct 8, 1833 " Phoebe A. Lancaster b.1836 Bingham, PA Harriet Lancaster b. 1838 Bingham, PA Nancy C. Lancaster b. Jan 4, 1846 Bingham,PA Morris Lancaster b. Oct 12, 1848 Spring Mills, NY Mary Lancaster b. ca. 1854 Spring Mills, NY	Eileen Arndt
La SARGE, Peter	Canada to NY	1867 to New Lisbon
LAWRENCE, Thomas	Norway
LEE, Torger	Norway
LONIE, James		Click here for article by Lawrence Onsager
McEVOY, Emma
McEVOY, William
McKAY, William		New Lisbon
McMILLEN, Walter
McNOWN, George N.
McNOWN, John & Jane (Bagnall)		Robert S. and Frances McNown farm is a registered Century Farm	Marge McNown Zwickel
MEAD, Cephas		Twn of Clearfield
MELLOR		Isaac Mellor settled in Lindina Township, Juneau Co. in 1855. His first land was purchased 15 Dec 1855, Doc.#3399, 120 acres-NE1/4 of SW 1/2 and W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Section 34.   At this same time in 1855 Isaac brought with him his 2 son-in-laws John F. Murphy and Thomas Finn and their wives. These families all farmed in the townships of Lindina and Summit for many years.   Isaac's daughter Jane married John F. Murphy in Salem Twp, Kemosha, Co., WI prior to 1855, and his other daughter Ann married Thomas Finn 1851 in Salem twp. Kenosha Co., WI.
MINER, E. S. and family	New York	May 1850 to Necedah
MORTENSEN, Christine	Denmark
MURPHY		see Mellor
NELSON, Odd & Marie	Norway	son Nels
NORTHCOTT, Richard		Twn of Fountain
NORTHCOTT, Robert		Twn of Fountain
NUTTALL, J. H.
NUTTALL, Joseph
NYE, H. L.		1859 to Necedah
O'CONNOR, James & Bridget (Jennings) & children	Ireland-Canada	1856 - Juneau Co. Children Patrick, Michael, Mary, Joseph Cary, Lizzie and James	Beth Orsi
OLESON, Gundy		Twn of Fountain
OLSEN, Gunder, Guro, Lars, Gabriel, Nels and Ole (see below)	Norway	P. 48 of the book: "Juneau County, The First 100 Years" it states: The first Norwegian settlers came to what was called "Church Valley" in the early 1850s. -- are remembered as the first Norwegian family in the valley.    This is the family of Gunder Olsen, wife Guro Nilsdatter, sons, Lars, Gabriel, Nels and Ole (my g-grandfather). They had 2 more children. The children took the last name of Gunderson. The original farm was in the family until 1979.    Other early Juneau County immigrants are mentioned in "The American Descendants of Nils Nilsson Overland and Gunne Larsdatter Nistov", a family history work that was given to the Juneau County Genealogy Society.	Enid
OLSEN, Ole	Norway	Ole Nelson, wife Dorte, & 4 children moved to Clearfield Twp, Juneau Co., from Jefferson Co. bet. 1852 & 1855. Their place was several miles north of New Lisbon, & when they settled on their 80 acres there were only 12 houses in the area. Ole and Dorte are my g-g-grandparents. They came from Telemark in Norway.	Enid
PAULSON, Ole and Elisabeth	Norway	1885 to New Lisbon
PEARSALL, Louisa
PHILLIPS, Sanford
PLUMMER, J. H.		1869 to Necedah
POWERS, M.
PRICE, John		1857 - Mauston
RANNEY, Harmon		Hustler
REYNOLS, Owen
RICHARDS, Jay E.		1888 - Mauston
ROBINSON, Mrs. R. D.
ROTH, John			Jeri Westra
RUNKEL, Philip	Germany to Wisc.	March 1855 to Necedah
SANFORD, Philip
SARLES, S. B.		July 1856 to Necedah
SCOTT, G. Knowlton & family	New York & PA	Settling in Armenia Twp. G. Knowlton, wife Barbara (nee Wood), sons George, Wallace & family, and daughter Elizabeth Joslin & family.	[email protected]
SEVERSON, Ole	Norway
SEVERSON, Sever	Norway
SHERMAN, Charles H.		1858 - Twn of Plymouth
SHUTE, E. G.
SIAS, Alfred & Elizabeth		Lemonweir Twp area
SMITH, Charles	Germany to Portage	1857 to New Lisbon
SMITH, John		Fountain
SMITH, Richard	New York	Dec 1856 to New Lisbon
STERLING, Peter B. w/ spouse Anna Margaret (nee) HEPP single mother of Louis Henry HEPP	Yankees (NY)	1855 Town of Summit	D. Thompson
STEWART, I. H.
STEWART, William
TAYLOR, Arthur	Ireland	Seven Mile Creek
TAYLOR, John	Ireland	Seven Mile Creek - Necedah 1873
TAYLOR, Thomas P.	Ireland	Necedah - ca 1887 to NY City
TAYLOR, William & Mary	Ireland	Seven Mile Creek
TELFER, Alexander and Charles		1851 - Plymouth area
THOMPSON, Andrew Austin & Almira (Mosier)	(NY, IL)	1853 Town of Lindina. Childred: Mariah, Ozro B, Wallace, Walter, Emily, & Augusta.	D.Thompson
THOMPSON, Josiah w/ spouse Catherine (nee) SHUTT mother of Martha Elizabeth GARTY	Yankees (PA, CN)	About 1853 Town of Lindina	D Thompson
THOMPSON, Torgus	Norway
THORSON, Anna Guriene	Norway
TRACY, Patrick	Co. Meath, Ireland	Twn of Kildare
TVEIT, Ole Gjermundsen	Norway	1855 to Lemonweir
VELVICK, Charles & Soloman	PA
VELVICK, Eliza with the following, John Jr., Julie Ann, Solomon, Charles, Caroline & James	PA to Sauk Co.	1855 to Fountain
WALKER, G. W.
WESTON, Thomas	Vermont/NY	Necedah - Click here for article
WETLEY, Ole	Norway
WHICHER, Daniel	Vermont	1853 to Juneau Co.
WILLIAMS, John	England	1869 to Necedah
WILSON, A.	Vermont to Wis.	1841-1st to cut timber on the Lemonweir River
WOHLMAN, Stephan & Veronika w/children	Reichenberg, Austria	in Juneau Co. until 1872

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