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OCONTO
COUNTY PIONEERS
Please keep in mind
that the Oconto County Reporter was a staunchly politically Republican
Party newspaper and these sentiments were strongly presented in this
106
year old series of biographies, other county publications of the time
supported
different views.
Where
Did they go??
They once resided here
but
are now scattered, but
not forgotten.
The
following is a list
of Early settlers of Oconto and Oconto county who have sought homes in
other portions of the united states.
Researched,
formatted and contributed
by Cathe Ziereis
Taken
from the Oconto County
Reporter 1896
Oconto
County Pioneers
The
series of biographic information
found on these pages was published
in
the Oconto County Reporter
starting in 1895.
It
was then picked up and carried
in the Milwaukee Journal later that year,
and
contain
short sketches about
successful citizens from all walks of life.
Researched
and prepared for
posting by - Cathe
Ziereis
and
Ron
Renquin
"The Oconto County Reporter
is printing short sketches of Pioneers of the county that will be
valuable
to future generations, as well as interesting to the present"..........
Milwaukee Journal Sep/1895
Page
1
W. W. Whitcomb, John Loranze, August Schroeder, F.R.
Green, John
H. Goddard, John Matravers, Thomas McKee, William T. Walsh, R. R.
Davis,
Thomas Caldie, Martin Delzer, William Plain, Cyrus Wardwell, Nels
Johnson,
Leon Rock, Albert Dudden, Lorenzo S. Lord, Robert Telford, James
Badore,
Peter Christian, William Witt, Christ Rasmussen, Levi Hale, C. J. Van
Vechten,
James E. Glynn, Peter Jamieson Researched
and prepared
by Cathe.
Page
2
L. K. Shores, Thomas Leigh,
Herman Grotendorst, Neil McKillopp, C.D. Gidney, O. C. LeMay, Joseph
Dionne,
Louis Reed, Herman Leer, Calvin Gale, J. A. Schwelberg, Joseph Kadlic,
John Howell, Jesse Birmingham, Joseph T. H. Churchill, C. L. Shores Researched
and prepared by Cathe.
Page
3 L. C. Delano, John H.
Peters, A.L. Dunton, Felix
Belanger, A.L. Dunton, Frank LaPage, B.B. Barker, S. F.
Everhart,
H. F. Ohswaldt, Erwin Cleveland, Frank Cheffings, Nels
Hougaard, A.C. Lovell, Edward Cota, B.C. Waldron, George Ross, Thomas
McDougall,
Louis A. Longrie, Louiseer Geven, George Krisher, John C.
Johnson,
Coby Butler, L. Kenney Researched
and
prepared by Cathe.
Page
4 Olsen,
Longrie, Barker, Bartz,
Swear, Plucker, Snyder, Hunter, Windross, McAllister,
Harvey,
McKenny, Elliot, Fitzpatrick, John, Lince,
Bowman,
Birmingham, Peterson, Butler, Blomers,
McKinley, Bovee,
McKenny, Couillard and Whiting. Researched
and prepared by Cathe.
Page
5 Berndt
Hansen , J. R. Lawe , O. F. Chamberlain
, Samuel Couillard , Warren Rice , A. F. Blaser , F. R. Green , J. N.
Bowers
, George A. Wilson , Syver Anderson , John D. Moody, William Schrubbe.
Researched
and prepared by Ron Renquin.
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