Old Settlers in Eau Claire Co. up to 1863 (with some township listings included)

-As transcribed from “An Illustrated Description of Eau Claire - Giving Briefly Sketches of its History, Social Conditions, Public Institutions, Manufacturers and Homes.”   Issued by The Eau Claire Leader, 1891-92. pp 27-31.

"Through the courtesy of Hon. Alex Meggett, president of the Old Settlers’ Association, we have been put in possession of the names of the old settlers up to the year 1863, as near as can be ascertained."

Donated by Laurie Nelson

Old Settlers in Eau Claire County included:  (more township listings below)

ANDERSON, Peterson     BAIN, Miles BALL, Benj L BARNES, H W BARTLETT, W P BAUMAN, Wm BEAM, D J BECKER, John BELLESBACH, J BELLINGER, P J BENT, D E BINDER, Jeffry BLASHFIELD, O M BOSWORTH, A W BOYDEN, N B BRIGGS, Myron BROWN, Andrew BUFFINGTON, Geo A BULLEN, C A BURKHARDT, Emil BUTTERFIELD, W B CALLAHAN, J G CARMICHAEL, Thos CARROLL, Ed CHAMBERLIN, C A CHAMBERS, Andrew CHANDLER, C E CHAPMAN, N C CLARK, DeWitt C    CLOUGH, Carlos COWEN, B F DANIELS, Martin DANIELS, Peter DAVIS, Chas DAVIS, Fred DAY, W W DEMING, Geo DeYARMAN, H H ELWELL, Rod

FISH, Seth FISHER, L S FLETCHER, S J FOSTER family FOX family FRENCH family FRENCH, John O GALLOWAY, W T GANS, Wm GIDDINGS, T D GILBERT, John GLEASON, Enoch GLEASON, Wm H GRAVES, D P GRAY, Jas A GREENE, Edwin GREER, N B GRINSEL, James GRINSEL, John HARMISON, Isaac HOLBROOK, Thos HOUSTEN, J S HOWARD, Chas H HULL, D INGRAM, O H JACKSON, Andrew     JACKSON, Martin JACKSON, Oscar JENISON, Hartwell JOYCE, John JOYCE, Pierce KENNEDY, Donald KETCHUM, D H KIDDER, A KIDDER, S S KIMBALL, John L KORN, W H LATIMER, L E

LAWLER, Jas LEONARD, J G LIENENKUGEL family LUND, S A MALONE, T F MAYHEW, A V MAYHEW, B V McGOUGH family McGRATH, John F [sic]     MEGGETT, Alex MEGGETT, John M MERRILL, Levi MILLS, Jeffrey MOON, D R MOORE, James F MUNDEN, Ed NARY, Thos NAUMAN, Isiah [sic] NEHER family NEWTON, Wm NICHOLS, John O'CONNELL, M E O'MEARA family OLINGER, John PINKUM, John PIPER, Avery POND, W H PUTNAM, H C RANDALL, Adin RANDALL, Geo RANDALL, Simon REED, James RILETT, Levi ROBERTS, C W ROBINSON family    ROSS, Joel SAUPE, Fred SCAMMON family

SCHEFFER family SEELY, C M SHAW, Daniel SHAW, Duncan SHAW, Josiah family SHAW, Loren SHAW, Noah SHERMAN, A M SHERMAN, Sidney SIBBETTS, Geo SIMS, Frank SPAFFORD, C C SPAULDING, C W STOEPPLER, John SULLIVAN, L D TARRANT family TEWKSBURY, Chas E THORPE family THORPE, J G TOBEY, C H TOLLES, Robert ULRICH family VanHOVENBERG, H C VAUX, Geo WALKER, Oramel WATSON, Alex R WELLS, Sam WEST family WHEELER, John R WHIPPLE, D C WILCOX, Chas R WILCOX, N C WILCOX, S H WILKINS family WILSON, R F WISNER, M W WOLF family WYCOFF, Peter

Old Settlers in the Town of Bridge Creek included:

the ASPLINs BALDWIN, H S BALL, John L the BENNETTs BUCKMAN, Chas     BULLIS, Chas CARTER, Arch

CHADBOURNE, C L     CHASE, B F CROCKETT family DENISON, T H ERASTUS, J F GOODERICH, J S HACKETT, J C

HACKETT family LIVERMORE, Ivory & Chas     LIVERMORE family LONDERVILLE, Peter PADDOCK, A G PALMER, Ike

PERRY, Silas SCOTT, R E SHONG, Chas & John STONE, J F VICTORY family YOUNG, W H

Old Settlers in the Town of Brunswick included:

BETZ family COCHRAN, Sanders     DONOHUE family

FOGARTY, Pat FRIZZELL family     MILLS, Caleb

POWELL family     SPELE, Joseph SWIFT family

WHIPPLE, John WILLIS, Robt

Old Settlers in the Town of Lincoln included:

BARTZ, August     BRICK, Arthur CLARK family

GESSNER, Ed HAROLD, Isaac     HERRICK, Wm

HORREL family RANDALL, Simon RICHARDSON, D C

STORMS, A S TALMADGE, Hy

Old Settlers in the Town of Ludington included:

EATON family

PICKETT, Orrin

TAYLOR, Chas

Old Settlers in the Town of Pleasant Valley included:

CAMPBELL, Wm     CASTLE family CLEGHORN, J G

EVANS, Jerome     GALUSHA, Geo GOFF family

GRANGER, Delos     HADLEY family

KELLY family MUHLVIL, Tim

Old Settlers in the Town of Seymour included:

CRAIG, John McKAY, Wm

McQUILLEN, John     MULDOON, John

NICHOLS, John B     RILEY, Wm

SLOAN family WARD, John

Old Settlers in the Town of Union included:

CERNAGHAN family     COCHRAN, Wm DUGHIG family

FERRIGAN, Wm     McVICAR family

QUIRK family SUTHERLAND family

TRUAX family WEISENFELS family

Old Settlers in the Town of Washington included:

BARLAND family     BLAKE, A E BONELL family DRAKE family

HAZEN family HOBBS family     JONES family OLIN family

PEASE family PETTIPHER family ROBBINS family WAINSTOCK family

WOOD, Dan'l WYMAN family