Marion Township History

MARION TOWNSHIP

Organized: 1857
Origin of Name: Unknown
First Settler: John Mason, 1851
First School: Roger's Mill
First Post Office: Waucedah, Jan.-July, 1881
First Postmaster: Michael Dunning
First Recorded Town Tax: $315.41, 1865
First Town Chairman: A. E. Avery

Marion was formed out of the Town of Waucedah as part of the same county board balancing act that created Lyndon. Waucedah was a legal township with representation on the County Board for four years. F. C. Webster was its first Chairman and its name reputedly derives from an Indian word, meaning "big pine". Before Waucedah was organized, another town named Almira was proposed in the same area, but the Sauk County Board refused to establish it.
The Roger's Mill community, which lasted for about five years, was the closest Marion would ever come to having a village. In 1849, Schuyler Gates, Leroy Gates and R. V. Allen used boards cut at Roger's Mill to build one of the first houses in the Dells area at Cold Water Canyon.

source: Juneau County, The First Hundred Years, published 1988

NAMES OF EARLY SETTLERS

Mason, John

1880 Census - Marion

PATRON'S DIRECTORY OF MARION TOWNSHIP - 1898

NAME	BUSINESS	POST OFFICE	SEC.
BEZEMEK, John	Farmer, Stock Raiser & Tailor	Mauston	7
EATON, Charles H.	Farmer & Stock Raiser	Mauston	36
FRIMMEL, John	Prop. of Evergreen Farm. Farmer & Stock Raiser	Mauston	30
HORACEK, John	General Farming	Mauston	7
JABLONSKI, Frank	Prop. of Willow Creek Farm. Famer & Stock Raiser	Mauston	32
KARAS, Anton	Farmer, Stock Raiser & Blacksmith	Mauston	7
LAWRENCE, L. P.	Farmer & Stock Raiser. Chairman, Board of Supervisors	Mauston	9
NEUFELDT, Fred	Prop. of Pine Tree Farm Farmer & Stock Raiser	Germantown	15
NIMBAR, Peter	General Farming & Stock Raising	Mauston	16
POST, Nick M.	Farmer & Stock Raiser Carpetner & Architect	Mauston	35
WELLS, J. W.	Farmer & Stock Raiser Ex-chairman of Town board	Mauston	10

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