Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-06-21
NEW SERIES VOL. mo. )


flock of Catholics Mt Potosi.
1t afterward became the home and
property of John Dolan, who was mar
ried to Ann Mcmahon, October 81, 1910.
which is the first entry made upon the
parish records. The next was that of
Pierre Moy to Elizabeth Station. June
%, lS4l. The third was BENJAMIN f.
Woods to Ann Z. Hough, May %, 1913.
Weddings in the church in those DAYS. it
seems, were ''like angels visits, few and
far between
The first burial was that of Edward
Nichols, boy of ten years, which oc-
Cured April 26, 1871, Rev. James
Cause performing the service. The next
was Nicholas Francois, man of 81
years of age, which occurred Feb. %.
1872. The third was Ann Katy. a col
ored woman, June 16, 1S43, who was
taken to Galena and buried there. So
| also the angel of death seems to have
been equally merciful in those DAYS,
making few calls upon the early settlers.
The first baptism took place Septem-
Der z, 1910, and was that of Mary Free.
a colored woman. Asa Hough stood as
godfather and Mary Hough godmother.
There were several christenings previous
to this day, entered in the records at
Galena, the first being that of Pierre,
4 4
born at Snake Hollow, Feb. 2, 1884, to
Baptiste and Emile Gagnon, Peter and
Elizabeth Coyle standing sponsors and
Father Samuel Mazzuchelli performing
the service. The christenings during
the time Father Cause ofliciated as
| priest from 1910 to 1854 were AIS. These
are all recorded in the parish register of
Potosi, the name, date of birth and pa.
rents being given. There were others
recorded in the German settlement
The membership at the close of Father
Causse's services in 1854 was quite large,
probably more than 600, although l am
unable to give the exact number.
The following comprise the names
and dates of their services of all the
priests who have been stately or tenn
porarily in charge of the church since its
organization in 1910:
Father James Cause, from 1910 to
1854.
| Father Perredon and Father Martin
Hobbs, temporarily in 1851 and 1862.
Father j. n. Brogard, from 1864 to
| 1857.
Father NJ. w. Gibson, from 1867 to
| 1861.
Father Peter j. Vorpern, temporarily
| in 1860.
Father G. H. Brennan, temporarily
in 1861.
Father W. C. verhoef, from 1861 to
1865.
Father I. M. Abers, from 1865 to
1867.
Fathers Nuts and Owaldi, temporar-
lily in 1867 and 1868.
Father Thos. p. Hodnett, from 1868
to 1871.
Father Joseph Keiber, from 1871 to
1873
Father j. A. Mueller, temporarily in
1872.
Father James Herman, from 1873 to
1876.
Father j. e. Devine, from 1876 to
1880.
Father Joseph A. Dreiss, from 1880
| to 1885,
Father Devine died June 1, 1880, and
lies buried in the new Catholic ceme-
terry in Potos, where beautiful mar
BILE cenotaph, eG5$ated to his memory by
his many friends, marks the place of
his final rest. Father James Cause,
who organized and built up the church
in its infancy and was long in charge of
its spiritual and temporal welfare, after
finishing his labors among us, returned
to France, his native land, where few
years ago, after life of usefulness and
piety, he was laid to rest among the
vine-clad hills. He was devotedly loved
by his congregation and highly re-
spected by al who came within his ac-
quaintance. Affable, kind, intelligent,
among all classes he was honored and
beloved, and his departure from among
us was looked upon as an irreparable
loss. He labored devotedly to establish
and advance the cause of his Master,
and ''iS hoe SigpO USRcit" Peace to
his reyered ashes.
The beautiful brick structure (which
is illustrated at the head of these col
umns was the result of his indefatiga-
BILE labors. 1t was build in 1917 at
cost of S11 900. In size it is 36x56.
two stories high and surmounted by
handsome steeple and spire rising to a
hight of nearly sixty feet. The interior
contains an elegant altar and several