Histories:  Trempealeau Co. Historical Accounts:

"History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917":

Chapter 8:
Tax Records

-As transcribed from pages 102 - 105


Tax Records. The early tax records. to a certain, are valuable in fixing the early settlers in the various townships. Their insufficiency, however, as a foundation in compiling the story of the early settlers lies first, the fact that "resident owner" on the tax books often meant resident of the county rather than resident of the township; second, in the fact that no effort was made by the assessors to secure a correct spelling of names, and, third, to the fact that many of the actual settlers were not payers of real estate taxes.


Township 19, range 7.        1854 - John Irvine, section 31.
                                        1855 - ________ Kennedy, 7;
Alex. Valence, 23;
Richard Bibby, 27;
David Cook, 24;
Christian Neimeier, 28;
Henry Fakka, 29;
John Stellpflug, 29; 33;
Jacob Poss, 30, 31; .
John Irvine, 30, 31;
Robert Summerville, 31;
Rob. Oliver, 31;
David Grant, 31, 32, 33;
Richard Grant, 32.

Township 20, range 7.        1855 - Franz Hoeppner, 32.
1857 - Franz Hoeppner, 32;
C. Smith, 31;
A. Purvis, 31;
John Cockran, 32;
University, 11, 13, 14, 15;
O. Olson, 12;
T. Wall, 19, 20;
J. Knudson, 24;
J. Quinn, 30;
N. Stearns, 30, 31;
J. Mahoney, 30;
T. B. Edwards, 30, 31;
M. Purvis, 31;
R. Cance, 31;
S. McAvoy, 31;
J. Cockran, 32;
Franz Hoeppner, 32;
D. Whalen, 32.

Township 21, range 7.        1859 - E. M. Reynolds, 16;
Ebenezer Thurston, 16;
Lars Olson, 1;
Sign Huson, 1;
Peter Peterson, 1, 12;
C. H. Hine, 6, 8, 17;
Jas. Hopkins, 6;
James E. Weeks, 6;
Wessel Lowe, 6;
Herman Snyder, 7;
S. S. Rice, 7;
J. R. Nourse, 8, 9;
Robert Thompson, 10, 11, 15;
Henry Shepard, 12;
Syvert Johnson, 12;
Turah Johnson, 12;
Gullick Olson, 13;
Birchard Olson, 13;
Nels Halvorson, 14;
Peter Tennerson, 14;
Jacob Tennerson, 14, 25;
Mrs. Ann Porter, 12, 22;
Ebenezer Thurston, 17, 31;
Chester Beswick, 17;
L. P. Armstrong, 17;
Henry Lake, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 28, 30;
Ernst Rosen, 18;
William H. Welch, 28, 29;
Bennet & Quinn, 20, 21 ;
John.B. Dunning, 11, 12, 20, 21;
E. K. Reynolds, 21, 28, 32.

Township 22, range 7.        1858 - N. Halvorson, 24;
William Van Sickle, 30;
Nels Anderson, 25;
Syvert Johnson, 26.
1859 - Lars Olson, 24;
Nels Anderson, 25, 36;
Syvert Johnson, 26;
William Van Sickle, 31;
A. Swenson, 36.

Township 23, range 7.        1863 - I. E. Grant, 8;
I. E. Sutton, 20;
Wm. Elison, 25;
Ruth Hamilton, .26;
Edwin Flint, 26;
L. Knox, 26, 34;
Wm. E. Fales, 26, 35, 36;
C. W. Russell, 28;
W. L. Wilson, 35;
A. D. Curtis, 35;
G. W. Fortellett, 35.

Township 24, range 7.         1859 - F. Bowen, 1;
E. W. Sexton, 1, 2, 4, '7, 8, 9, 21;
Geo. Silkworth, 2;
F. Coppel, 2;
Wm. A. Woodward, 2, 8, 9, 10, 15;
Levi Decker, 3;
Wm. McCorkle, 7;
W. H. Thomas, 10, 15;
L.. D. McCauley, 12;
S. Brown, 13;
A. B. Ayers, 24;
________ Field, 16.

Township 18, range 8.        1855 - Charles Pickering, 5;
Abram Terpena, 5;
John Salsman, 6;
Jas. D. Olds, 7;
Roswell Bigelow, 7;
John C. Laird, 7;
Thea. Simmonds, 7;
Wm. Olds, 8, 16;
Moore & Carter, 8, 30;
Warren Adams, 8;
Pardon Wakefield, 8;
Wm. Adams, 8;
F. B. Clark, 18;
Rufus Comstock, 18;
T. B. Edwards, 18;
Joseph Dale, 20, 21;
A. McGilvray, 21;
Gilbert Gibbs, 29 ;
Bostwick Beardsley, 29;
Dr. Lorna Brooks, 30, 31;
Adams & Barnard, 30;
J. T. Holmes, 31, 30;
B. B. Heuber, 31;
James Adams, 30;
Edw. Barnard, 30;
Wm. Bright, 16;
Geo. Batchelder, 16;
C. A. Stevens, 16.

Township 19, range 8.        1854 - G. H. Smith, 8, 9;
T. B. Edwards, 8, 9, 17;
J. B. Tottingham, 21;
________ Benson, 28;
G. Gale, 30, 31, 33;
J. Hefs, 31;
Isaac Noyes, 32;
B. F. Heuston, 33;
L. Hunter, 33, 35;
William Dick, 34;
John Irvine, 34;
L. Cook, 34, 25, 26;
Douglas Hunter, 35;
Richard Collins, 35;
Chas. Boyce, 35;
W. W. Patrick, 36.
1855 - Daniel Kennedy, 2;
Chamberlain & Browning, 6, 7;
G. H. Smith, 8, 9, 22;
_________ Doty, 8;
_________ Bidwell, 9;
G. Prefer, 14;
John Martin, 23;
Peter Ohls, 23;
Terrance O'Neal, 20;
John Hunter, 25, 35;
William Dick; 25, 34, 36;
David Cook, 25, 34, 36;
John Thomas, 32;
B. F. Heuston,33;
Douglas Hunter, 33, 34;
John Irvine, 34;
John Hunter, Jr., 35, 36;
Richard Collins, 35;
C. J. Boyce, 35;
John Davidson, 36;
Rob. Oliver, 36;
George Shonat, 36.

Township 20, range 8.        1859 - T. Dufficy, 25;
P. Anderson, 27;
B. Richardson, 33;
University, 34;
A. A. Arnold, 34;
G. Y. Freeman, 34 ;
C. Kennedy, 35;
Daniel Kennedy, 35;
John Cance, 36;
George Gale, 36;
M. Casey, 36;
Martin Cullity, 36.

Township 21, range 8.        1859 - Minard Allen, 1;
John Hopkins, 1, 12;
S. S. Rice, 1;
Henry Lake, 24, 25;
C. H. Hine, 25;
H. Snyder, 25;
I. B. Dunning, 24.

Township 22, range 8.        1858 - Henry Stratton, 15;
Hiram Stratton, 15;
J. D. Sherwood, 21;
A. S. Sherwood, 21;
________ Banks, 21;
Clark S. Allen, 15;
Alvah Wood, 11, 17, 20, 25;
D. W. Wade, 2, 25, 36;
F. W. & M. D. Ingalls, 11, 28;
Ed. Wade, 28;
Nathan Wood, 11, 26.
1861 - D. W. Wade, 2, 25, 36;
M. O. Ingalls, 2, 11, 21;
Henry O. Gill, 2, 21;
A. Wood, 11, 25;
Cripps & Erwin, 11;
L. D. McNitt, 14;
H. C. Stratton, 15;
Henry Freeman, 15;
D. Wood, 17, 20;
A. L. Sherwood, 20, 21;
J. D. Sherwood, 21;
________ Prevear, 23;
N. D. Comstock, 23;
B. F. Wing, 24, 25;
Oley Knudtson, 24;
James Erwin, 26;
________ Dowd, 26;
E. F. Wade, 28;
M. D. & F. W. Ingalls, 28;
F. L. Dunbar, 30;
C.C; Crane, 29, 16.

Township 23, range 8.        1861 - George H. Hale, 32;
C. S. Allen, 32.

Township 24, range 8.        1859 - W. W. Wetmore, 13, 15, 17;
J. H. Campbell, 1.

Township 18, range 9.        1855 - William A. Cram, 1;
Ryland Parker, 2;
L. T. Kniffen, 2;
D. B. Thompson, 2;
Alex Hart, 2, 3;
O. Whitcomb, 3;
Wm. McDonah, 3;
T. B. Edwards, 4, 11;
Hollister Wright, 4;
Mary A. Bright, 4;
B. B. Healy, 5, 6, 9, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 35, 36;
Davil Monel, 5 ;
Washburn & Woodman, 6, 13, 14, 23 ;
Amos Whiting, 6, 13;
A. Stevens, 7;
D. O. Van Slyke, 9;
________ Martindale, 9;
George Gale, 9;
Ira Jones, 9, 10, 15, 22;
Barney ________, 10, 11, 14, 35;
Jonathan Ramsden, 12;
Joshua Rhodes, 12, 24;
Ware & Belden, 12, 14;
R. R. Worth, 13,24;
Aaron Houghton, 13;
C. F. Legate, 14;
Horace Stone, 14;
John Phillips, 15;
Wm. Hanson, 15;
Ransome Jones, 15;
________ Dean, 15;
________ Ellis, 15;
E. R. Utter, 18;
David Fbrun, 22;
C. A. Stevens, 16, 22;
Healy & others, 22, 23, 26, 27, 34;
Geo. Batchelder, 16, 22, 26;
C. S. Seymour; 23, 24, 25;
B. H. Stewart, 24;
J. P. James, 24;
A. W. Shepard, 25;
Francis Drugan, 25;
Wm. John Nicholls, 25;
Jacob T. Holmes, 25;
T. W. Hill, 26;
E. Winkelman, 26, 27;
N. Brown, 26, 35;
Isaac Noyes, 16, 26;
Chas. Utter, 27 ;
J. H. Hammond, 27;
B. F. Heuston, 27;
A. M. Weeks, 27;
J. M. Levy, 27;
Avery Wellington, 27;
Moore & Carter, 35;
Wm. & John Nicholls, 36.

Township 19, range 9.        1855 - J. Knox, 19;
A. Rhodes, 20, 21;
John Rhodes, 21, 28, 29, 30;
Hollister Wright, 21, 28, 33;
Thompson & Hart, 23;
O. Whitcomb, 23;
B. B. Healy, 25, 32;
M. Beboe, 26;
Joseph Holmes, 26;
A. Grover, 26;
W. W. Nash, 31;
Alva Wood, 31;
Edmond Nash, 31;
Washburn & Woodman, 31;
Ryland Parker, 31;
Moses Clark, 32;
Jas: Wright, 32,33;
D. A. Segur, 33, 34;
W. Higbie, 33, 34;
Parker Warren, 33;
Justin Lee, 34;
E. R. Utter, 34;
James Reed, 34, 35;
Chas. Perkins, 35;
Michael Bebeau, 35;
Chas. Cameron, 35;
Leander Bebeau, 35.

Township 20, range 9.        1859 - H. G. Tracy, 2;
Jesse Penny, 3, 4;
Jas. Broughton, 4 ;
Walter Dewey, 4;
R. C. Shelly, 5;
George D. Dewey, 5;
Collins Bishop, 5;
Emily Bishop, 5;
James Gaveney, 5;
N. D. Comstock, 5, 7;
R. L. Robertson, 6;
Philip Hartman, 7;
Nicholas Meyers, 7;
Frank Zeller, 17;
A. B. Bishop, 18;
Shelly & Co., 18;
A. M. Holcomb, 36.
1860 - H. G. Tracy, 2, 3;
Jesse Penny, 3, 4;
Jas. Broughton, 4;
Walter Dewey, 4;
R. C. Shelly, 4, 5;
George D. Dewey, 5;
Collins Bishop, 5;
Emily Bishop, 5;
James Gaveney, 5;
N. D. Comstock, 5, 6, 7;
R. L. Robertson, 6;
John Gage, 6;
Phillip Hartman, 7;
Nicholas Meyers, 7, 8;
Casper Meyers, 8;
Carl Zeller, 17;
Frank Zeller, 17;
A. B. Bishop, 18;
Shelly & Co., 18;
A. M. Holcomb, 36;
A. C. Matterson, 4.

Township 21, range 9.        1857 - Lyman Carpenter, 15;
L. F. Griffin, 15;
William Johnson, 28;
R. Weller, 29.
1859 - John Gage, 32;
John Busby, 22;
Thomas Busby, 22.

Township 22, range 9.        1864 - Walter W. Wetmore, 11, 12;
Giles Cripps, 12;
Lawrence Bautch, 13, 24;
Geo. Markham, 24;
Chas. Lyne, 25.

Township 23, range 9.        1867 - Daniel Borst, 33;
Martin Borst, 34.
1868 - John Zuza, 23;
Daniel Borst, 33;
Jeremiah Borst, 33.
1870 - Gunn Heaterandett, 4;
John Hunter, 19, 28, 30;
Elizabeth N. Brooks, 24;
John Allen, 24;
Lucius M. Seldon, 28;
Martin W. Borst, 28, 32, 33, 34;
J. W. Borst, 33;
O. A. Osgood, 33;
Jas. Gaveney, 16.

Township 24, range 9.        1858 - Wm. Henry, 10;
Wm. Maxwell, 10;
Albert Taylor, 11,14;
________ Smith, 13, 22;
James Chase, 14;
Russell Bowers, 14, 23;
David R. Chase, 22;
Barden Cross, 23;
________ Wolsterhoon, 24.

Township 18, range 10.      1856 - Avery Wellington, 1;
Amos Whiting, 1;
Seba Atwood, 1, 12;
Wm. Y. Burns, 1, 12;
Silvester Wellington, 1;
B. B. Healy, 1;
Lawrence Rooney, 1, 2;
Chas. Smith, 12;
Jonathan Nash, 2.

Township 19, range 10.      1856 - G. W. & John Brewin; 25;
B. B. Healy, 25, 36;
Jonathan Nash, 36;
Edmund Nash, 36;
Isaac Nash, 35;
Amos Whiting, 36;
Jacob Holbrook, 36

Township 20, range 10.      1859 - Sarah McMaster, 1;
John Bigham, 1, 2;
Caleb Case, 1;
John Gleason, 10, 11, 13;
Thomas Simpson, 10;
Phillip Hartman, 12;
J. Kelly, 14;
Ludwig Hensel, 14, 23;
W. Kickhofer, 14, 23, 24;
Milton Tucker, 15;
Jas. Bigham, 21;
Wm. Harlow, 22;
Chas. Olbrecht, 23;
R. L. Robertson, 1;
Geo. D. Dewey, 1;
N. D. Comstock, 2;
David Bishop, 2, 10;
Wm. Hyde, 2;
Aug. Hensel, 3;
Wm. Johnson, 9;
A. Finkelnburg, 32.

Village of Montoville.          1855 - Ira H. Hammond, block 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12;
B. F. Heuston, 11, 12;
Geo. Gale, 9;
N. B. Grover, 8;
A. M. Brandenburg,  8;
Geo. Batchelder, 5, 9;
Jas. Reed, 3, 8;
B. B. Healy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Thos. Marshall, 3;
Chas. Utter; 2;
Healy & others, 4;
Alex McGilvray, 1;
John Salsman, 1;
Isaac Noyes, 5;
Hiley Cameron, 5.

Village of Trempealeau.      1855 - B. B. Healy, block 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12;
Moore & Carter, 7, 3;
Jas. Harris, 6;
Geo. Batchelder, 1,3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13;
B. I. Stewart, 12;
Joshua Rhodes, 12;
Chas. Utter, 1, 2, 11, 13;
Geo. W. Kenworthy, 9.