Washington Township

Extracted from the "History of Green County, Wisconsin" published by Union Publishing Company, Springfield, Ill. 1884; page 1127:

The town of Washington comprises the congressional township 3 north, range 7 east. It is bounded on the north by the town of New Glarus, on the east by Mount Pleasant, on the south by Monroe, and on the west by Adams. Washington was first settled in 1837.

Early settlers were: Josiah PIERCE (being the first), Noah PHELPS, Hiram BANE, Samuel HOLLOWAY, Jarvis RATTAN, Jared FESSENDEN, and James and Samuel CROUCH.

Religions were Methodist and Immanuel Church of the Evangelical Association of North America.

The first marriage was that of Hiram RUST and Maria PIERCE.

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
John RILEY	76 years	male	married	Pennsylvania	August	farmer	cillious colic	1 week
Martha CLAYTON	2 years	female		Pennsylvania	September		diarrhea	6 days
Caroline ARNT	23 years	female	married	Pennsylvania	May		unknown	2 days
Cyrus NORRIS	33 years	male	married	New York	August	farmer	erysipelas	1 week
William WHITE	1 yr. 8 mos.	male		Wisconsin	July		infantum cholera	1 week
Maryan WILLISEROFF	9 months	female		Illinois	September		diarrhea	1 week
Robertus McFARLAND	3 years	male		Pennsylvania	April		scarlet fever	12 days
Sally J. Estelle McFARLAND	2 years	female		Pennsylvania	May		scarlet fever	12 days
Mary FRIETCHEY	8 months	female		Wisconsin	September		scarlet fever	2 days
E. ZIMMERMAN	32 years	male	married	Switzerland	April		lung fever	7 days
Margaret BLANCHARD	58 years	female	married	New York	December		consumption	4 months
Adda ADANK	70 years	male	married	Switzerland	July		unknown	sudden
---- SCHULER	8 months	female		Wisconsin	December		unknown	sudden
Catherine LUKESINGER	8 months	female		Wisconsin	December		putrid sore throat	1 day
Eliza ROBY	53 years	female	married	Pennsylvania	November		nervous fever	6 weeks

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