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1834 Montpelier Plat and Survey map  Source is from: Wisconsin Public Land Survey Records

1876 Montpelier Plat Map

1912 Montpelier Plat Map

1982 Montpelier Plat Map

Images from the Library.  Full resolution prints are available from the Kewaunee County Historical society

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Zion Evangelical Church with Phillips school behind it.
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Zion Church being demolished
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Phillips school history
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Phillips School class 1934
Phillips School 1934 class:
Top row: Anita Duescher, Laverne Kratz, Cecelia Huncheck, Orville Ilenfeldt
Middle row: Sovia Scharping, Leroy Salzeider, Gustave Duescher, August Duescher, Elmer Salzeider, Ervin Kratz, Norma Zeitler
Bottom row: Richard Duescher, Donald Plautz, Orville Kratz, Paula Schleckel
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Scarboro Dam and Mills
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Scarboro 1912
Thomas Paddleford, Thomas Haney, Lazurus Ellis, John Beilke, August Prahl, Herman Borchardt, Carl Graunke, Frank Quade, William Gaurke, Julius Duescher, Charles Ihlenfeld, John Kins, Ewald Duescher, Herman Belter, Orville Duescher, Fredrick Quade, Elma Devine, Gertrude Wright, Michael Murphy, Michael Haney, John Haney, Mark A. Haney, Fanny Wheatley, Joseph Mahlberg, Katie Pistor, Clara Moore, Jennie Bach, Charles Cherney, Max Seidl, Fred Lutz, Maggie Frawley, Nettie Vibber, C. E. Dewane, Clara Maack, Cora Beitling, Mabel St. Peter, Herman Ihlenfeldt, August Ihlenfeldt, Arthur Vlach, Fred Detloff, Alvin Schultz, Ella Zeitler, Beatrice Seeman, Katie Donovan, Olga Vlach, Agnes Schwedler, Rose Arpin, Pauline Bohman, Alice Sticka, John Tuma, Pearl Schneider, Minnie Schwantes, Clarence Ihlenfeldt, Ethel Dahlke, Alice Koehler, Ethel Wingart, Elda Nell, Irene Manders, Gertrude Wright
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Sample pages from the 1857-1957 Montpelier Centenniel book
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The Centenniel book from 1957 has been updated in 1982 and is planned to be updated for the 150 Year Anniversary in 2007.  Books are limited in quantity.   Contact the webmaster for more details.
 

Kewaunee Press Apr 30, 1921
Ellisville took its name from Deacon L. W. Ellis, One of  The early Settlers

The town of Montpelier was organized at the first meeting of the County Board in November, 1856.  It was first settled by a group of New Englanders, largely from Vermont who gave the town the name of the Capital of their native state.  Ellisville took it's name from Deacon L. W. Ellis, one of the pioneers.  At the time Captain Vaughan took the census, July 25, 1860, there were 41 families living in the town.
  We give below the names of the heads of families, their ages and nativity.   Those who are known to have served in the civil war we mark with a star:

  1860 Montpelier Census - Jul 25, 1860

Head of Family - Occupation Age Location of Birth
Farmers
John Murphy 52 Ireland
John Hifson 28 Bohemia
John Trevalow 27 Prussia
Henry Borgwinkal 38
Robert Brand 36 Prussia
Michael Frank 32 Austria
Mathias Goncler 45
Joseph Bilsen (Pilsen?) 46 Austria
Wenzel Havlichek 38 Austria
Wenzel Warwisk 40 Austria
Thomas Wister 48
Henry Ledwina (Ledvina) 32 Austria
Jacob Ledwina (Ledvina) 32 Austria
John Sescowitch 40
Lawrence Wills 25 New York
Fred Davis 22
Chauncey Forbush 23
Joseph Jimonex (Shimonek) 45 Austria
Patrick Spellin 33 Ireland
Joseph Wildfong 37 Canada
A. McAllister 42 Vermont
Elihu McAllister 28 Vermont
L. W. Ellis 66 New York
Thomas J. Paddleford 55 New Hampshire
Hiram Harlow 57 Vermont
Nathaniel Harlow 25 Vermont
Gottleib Gage (Goetsch) 65 Prussia
Julius Gage (Goetsch) 30 Prussia
Thomas Haney 33 Ireland
John Taylor (Doehler) 29 Bavaria
Anton Dowell (Daul or Doell??) 32 Germany
Theodore Busch 27 Germany
Lawrence Dowell (Daul or Doell??) 26 Germany
Alex Graham 44 Ireland
Charles W. Baldwin **-Civil War 34 New York
Carlton F. Hall 40 Vermont
Andrew Wheatley 40
Henry Christman 28 Bavaria
Patrick McConville 36 Ireland
George Rock 30 Germany
MILLER
George Ellis 43 New York
SCHOOL TEACHER
Mary A. Pike 35 Canada
CLERGY MAN
L. M. Mack 51 New York
LABORER
James Persit 24