Decatur Township

Extracted from the "History of Green County, Wisconsin" published by Union Publishing Company, Springfield, Ill. 1884; page 787:

The town of Decatur lies in the eastern tier of Green county's sub-divisions, embracing congressional township 2 north range 9 east. It is bounded on the north by the town of Albany; on the west by Sylvester; on the south by Spring Grove; and on the east by Rock county.

First settlers were: John MOORE, Thomas CHAMBERS, John J. DAWSON, Samuel ROWE, Robert MATTOX, E. T. FLEEK, William Jones, Benjamin H. FLEEK, Samuel NORTHCRAFT, Donald JOHNSON, David BIGELOW, Thomas STEWART, J. I .BOWEN, Perry and Washington MITCHELL and others.

The first settler within the limits comprising Decatur was John MOORE who came in the autumn of 1839.

The first birth was that of Caroline CHAMBERS daughter of Thomas and Rebecca born in 1840.

The first marriage was that of Delilah J. MOORE daughter of John MOORE to William Riley in 1842.

The first deaths occurred in the autumn of 1846. Adults were David BIGELOW and William NIPPLE; while the first children to die were John M. and Emily J. NORTHCRAFT.

The first bridge in the town of Decatur, as well as in Green County, was built across the Sugar river on section 14 in 1849 by Joseph WOODLE and was in use until the road was vacated in 1856.

Religions were Methodist and Baptist.

1860 Mortality Schedule
(extracted from 1860 Federal Census for Green County, Wisconsin)

NAME	AGE	SEX	MARITAL STATUS	BORN	MONTH DIED	OCCUPATION	CAUSE	NO.DAYS ILL
James KELLY	1 year	male		Wisconsin	July		sudden	1 hour
Jane BRIDGE	1 year	female		Wisconsin	April		scarlet fever	6 days
Martin FLANERY	3 days	male		Wisconsin	November		unknown	3 days
Timothy McLAIN	26 years	male		Ireland	November	laborer	accidental drowning	sudden
Mary McLAIN	5 years	female		Massachusetts	May		scarlet fever	2 days
Mary EARLY	10 days	female		Wisconsin	November		unknown	8 hours
Lillian SCHUMAN	7 months	female		Wisconsin	November		consumption	1 day
John TURNER	9 months	male		Wisconsin	November		cholera infantum	24 hours
Mary PETTIS	31 years	female		Massachusetts	December		diarhea	20 days
Ella A. PETTIS	6 months	female		Wisconsin	September		diarhea	14 days
Demick O. GARY	5 months	male		Wisconsin	October		diarhea flux	4 days
John CONWAY	1 day	male		Wisconsin	October		unknown	1 day
Catharine MATTOCK	10 years	female		Wisconsin	March		poison	2 days
Maria L. MATTOCK	7 years	female		Wisconsin	April		poison	14 days
Harriet MATTOCK	3 years	female		Wisconsin	March		poison	1 day
Mary STEVENS	1 year	female		Illinois	July		accidentally killed	sudden
---- DAUGHABOUGH	6 days	male		Wisconsin	October		unknown	2 days
William CHAMBERS	2 years	male		Wisconsin	April		scarlet fever	11 days
Daniel McVILL	44 years	male	married	Wisconsin	August	farmer	dropsy	7 days
Emery W. BUTTON	6 years	male		Wisconsin	April		scarley fever	4 days
Harvey F. BUTTON	2 years	male		Wisconsin	May		scarlet fever	7 days
Cyrus H. WOODLING	15 years	male		Indiana	August	farmer	inflammation of bowels	9 days
Minne STEWART	5 weeks	female		Wisconsin	September		diarhea	4 days
Maria ARMSTRONG	2 months	female		Wisconsin	July		accidentally smothered	sudden
Eva S. FILBRICK	3 monmths	female		Wisconsin	Decemeber		fits	3 days
Ada SHIPMAN	1 year	female		Wisconsin	March		bowel complaint	9 days
Ellen E. STEWART	3 months	female		Wisconsin	February		lung disease	4 days
John WILLIAMS	84 years	male	widow	Massachusetts	June	carpenter	old age	sudden
Margaret HUMPHRIES	13 years	female		Wisconsin	September		typhoid fever	28 days

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