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BUILDING A COUNTY. 187 the first Monday in April, 1843. Apparently the law makers were ignorant of the geography of the region, as they placed the first election at the school house in Manchester, Calumet county, on the opposite side of Lake Winnebago, twenty miles from the new county of Winnebago. The settlers along the Fox river at the future city of Oshkosh ignored the provisions of the law and- refused to cross the lake to hold their first election. They opened the polls in the cabin of Webster Stanley over in the woods east of Ferry street. This election was held on Monday, April 4, and Tuesday, April ,5, and we presume was upon due notice to all the inhabitants of the region. It was not authorized by law, but was very independent and democratic and doubtless very regular, as two days were given to poll all the votes. There was a total of 143 people in the region then being organized into a county. At this election, which was the first held in the county, there were twenty-three men polled and present who voted. There were twenty-one ofiices distributed, and it is said that six voters got away without any office. Mr. Chester Ford was chairman and Jason Wilkins clerk, both swofn in by T. Lee, coroner. Clark Dickinson was appointed clerk, as Wilkins refused to serve. The further result of the election: Chester Gallup and William C. Isbell, supervisors; John Gallup, town clerk; Thomas Lee and Louis B. Porlier, assessors; Webster Stanley, treasurer; Thomas Evans, collector; Eobert Grignon, Ira F. Aiken and Shipley A. Gallup, commissioners of highway; John P. Gallup and Clark Dickinson, school commissioners; Henry A. Gallup and Louis B. Porlier, constables; Jason Wilkins, sealer of weights and meas¬ ures; Ira F. Aiken, Henry Moore and Archibald Caldwell, over¬ seers of highways; Eobert Grignon, Chester Ford and Chester Gallup, fence viewers. David Johnson, William Powell, James Knaggs, Augustin Grignon, William W. Wright and William A. Boyd received some votes for these offices. Under the laws of the Territory of Wisconsin, approved 1836, the territory of each county was declared one township for rais¬ ing taxes and to regulate highways, and the three supervisors of the town shall perform the duties of county board, and the town clerk was to act as county clerk. By the election mentioned above, which was an election of the town of Butte des Morts, under the laws of 1839 of Brown county the chairman and super¬ visors became the county board, or should have been so regarded, except for the mix-up mentioned, by which the election was
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Title | History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its cities, towns, resources, people |
Title of work | History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its cities, towns, resources, people |
Author | Lawson, Publius V. (Publius Virgilius), 1853-1920 |
Description | This 1908 history of Winnebago County, Wisconsin, provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the county from the early years of European exploration and settlement. Topics covered include agriculture, educational institutions, Winnebago County residents in the Civil War and Spanish-American War, the legal and medical professions, civic and social organizations, businesses and industries, railroads, newspapers, schools, and churches. Histories of the cities and villages of Oshkosh, Neenah, and Menasha, as are biographical sketches of county residents. |
Place of Publication (Original) | Chicago |
Publisher (Original) | C.F. Cooper and Company |
Publication Date (Original) | 1908 |
Language | English |
Format-Digital | xml |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2008 |
Identifier-Digital | Winn1908000 |
State | Wisconsin; |
County | Winnebago County; |
Decade | 1630-1639; 1660-1669; 1670-1679; 1680-1689; 1710-1719; 1720-1729; 1730-1739; 1750-1759; 1760-1769; 1810-1819; 1820-1829; 1830-1839; 1840-1849; 1850-1859; 1860-1869; 1870-1879; 1880-1889; 1890-1899; 1900-1909; |
Subject | Ho Chunk Indians; Fox Indians; Menominee Indians; Sauk Indians; |
Type | Text |
Description
Title | 187 |
Page Number | 187 |
Title of work | History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its cities, towns, resources, people |
Author | Lawson, Publius V. (Publius Virgilius), 1853-1920 |
Publication Date (Original) | 1908 |
Format-Digital | jpeg |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2008 |
Identifier-Digital | Winn1908231 |
Full Text | BUILDING A COUNTY. 187 the first Monday in April, 1843. Apparently the law makers were ignorant of the geography of the region, as they placed the first election at the school house in Manchester, Calumet county, on the opposite side of Lake Winnebago, twenty miles from the new county of Winnebago. The settlers along the Fox river at the future city of Oshkosh ignored the provisions of the law and- refused to cross the lake to hold their first election. They opened the polls in the cabin of Webster Stanley over in the woods east of Ferry street. This election was held on Monday, April 4, and Tuesday, April ,5, and we presume was upon due notice to all the inhabitants of the region. It was not authorized by law, but was very independent and democratic and doubtless very regular, as two days were given to poll all the votes. There was a total of 143 people in the region then being organized into a county. At this election, which was the first held in the county, there were twenty-three men polled and present who voted. There were twenty-one ofiices distributed, and it is said that six voters got away without any office. Mr. Chester Ford was chairman and Jason Wilkins clerk, both swofn in by T. Lee, coroner. Clark Dickinson was appointed clerk, as Wilkins refused to serve. The further result of the election: Chester Gallup and William C. Isbell, supervisors; John Gallup, town clerk; Thomas Lee and Louis B. Porlier, assessors; Webster Stanley, treasurer; Thomas Evans, collector; Eobert Grignon, Ira F. Aiken and Shipley A. Gallup, commissioners of highway; John P. Gallup and Clark Dickinson, school commissioners; Henry A. Gallup and Louis B. Porlier, constables; Jason Wilkins, sealer of weights and meas¬ ures; Ira F. Aiken, Henry Moore and Archibald Caldwell, over¬ seers of highways; Eobert Grignon, Chester Ford and Chester Gallup, fence viewers. David Johnson, William Powell, James Knaggs, Augustin Grignon, William W. Wright and William A. Boyd received some votes for these offices. Under the laws of the Territory of Wisconsin, approved 1836, the territory of each county was declared one township for rais¬ ing taxes and to regulate highways, and the three supervisors of the town shall perform the duties of county board, and the town clerk was to act as county clerk. By the election mentioned above, which was an election of the town of Butte des Morts, under the laws of 1839 of Brown county the chairman and super¬ visors became the county board, or should have been so regarded, except for the mix-up mentioned, by which the election was |
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