Monroe Township

Extracted from the "History of Green County, Wisconsin" published by Union Publishing Company, Springfield, Ill. 1884; page 906:

The town of Monroe embraces congressional township 2 north, range 7 east, of the fourth principal meridian, except that portion which is included within the incorporated limits of the city of Monroe, which lies in the southeastern part of this town.

The first settlement was made in 1830. John B. SKINNER came for the purpose of mining. Several more were in the area by 1835 namely: Nicholas CORNELIUS, Hiram RUST, Richard PALMER, Joab ENOS, and George REEDER.

The first marriage took place in "Skinner's Diggings" in 1840 between a man named KENDRICK and a woman name ARMSTRONG.

The first deaths were CARR, who was eating eggs on a wager and ate so many they killed him, and BARTO who was an Italian jewelry peddler.

Cemeteries in the township were: Union on section 17 which is used as a general burying ground. The cemetery was laid out prior to 1849, that being the date of the first burial. Mrs.HALLOWAY was the first person buried there. The site was given by Henry ELEY and Mr. HALLOWAY.

Snyder cemetery is situated on the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 4 and consists of one acre. The land was donated by John SNYDER in 1861. The first burial was that of a Mr. FORSYTH.

Religions were United Brethren and Methodist Episcopal.

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
Charles E. CRONYVILLE	8 months	male		Illinois	August		cholera morbus	18 hours
Sela ADAIR	11 months	female		Wisconsin	December		congestion and chills	sudden
Nettie GARDNER	6 years	female		Wisconsin	April		accidental burning	12 hours
Asher GRANT	31 years	male		Pennsylvania	May	idiot	accident by falling	sudden
Amelia MOYER	2 months	female		Wisconsin	August		diarhea	3 days
Wm. CACKLER	1 year	male		Wisconsin	September		disenterra	8 days
Norman CARTER	3 years	male		Indiana	September		flux	21 days
Rhodrick CANDER	9 months	male		Wisconsin	February		dipthera	11 days
Howell MITCHELL	6 months	male		Wisconsin	October		brain fever	2 days
Walter BINTLIFF	2 months	male		Wisconsin	May		hydrocephalus	21 days
Mandaner ATKINS	39 years	male	married	New York	March		consumption	1 year
Sarah DUFF	1 month	female		Wisconsin	August		unknown	1 day
Elizabeth WITTER	9 months	female		Wisconsin	July		inflammation of the brain	6 days
John McCORMICK	68 years	male	married	Ireland	September	sailor	flux	9 days
Catherine M. AUSTIN	1 year	female		Wisconsin	June		unknown	4 hours
Marilla GATES	2 years	female		Illinois	February		scarlet fever	17 days
Alice C. MERILL	1 year	female		Wisconsin	February		scarlet fever	7 days
Ada J. MOSHER	4 years	female		Wisconsin	March		putrid sore throat	4 days
Charles H. BENNET	1 year	male		Wisconsin	February		congestion	7 days
Mary BALSLY	3 years	female		Wisconsin	April		inflammation of brian	14 days
Caroline MACK	61 years	female	widow	Ireland	November		consumption	5 years
W.H. PUGH	1 year	male		Wisconsin	September		dysentery	3 days
William BULLOCK	36 years	male	married	Vermont	September	farmer	quick consention	80 days
Rebecca BULLOCK	25 years	female	widow	Ohio	October		flux, by ulcer	5 days

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