The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-13

postoffice established, and Mr.. Willis
was appointed Postmaster; the Office was
called Pike. Mr.. Willis held the office
about one year, when Mr. Sidney s.
Derbyshire caused change by being
appointed Postmaster and name
changed to Pleasant Prairie Mr Der
byshire held the office for year or
more, when the mail route was changed
verging from The established route 70
Pike River, now Kenosha. ~. II" Office
called Pike River. 'ir Wits wa~ ID
first Postmaster appointed IN what i
now Kenosha County. The govern.
ment surveyors made the survey Of this
part of Wisconsin in the winter Of $50
and 1886. Mr.. William Smith located
where Mr.. Peter Meyers now resides in
1886, and where he resided untit his
death few years since; nj, death wa
the result Of eunshof wpWn3ny him
in the arm, causing he arm 81 be- am
putated at the shoulder, the >hnck b"
ing such t'at his mind afterward be-
came weakened and death the result
Mr.. John Mitchell also settled in 1886,
and where he resided until his decease
about two years since. His wife died
some years before.
George w. Pierce came to the terri
tory in 1885, settling where Mr. b B.
Manning now resides, in 1886.
Mr.. E. R Hugunln came in 1896.
locating whore Mr.. August Hnck now
resides Mr.. Hngunfn was appointed
Sheriff of Racine County by Governor
Dodge in 1886, and afterward reap
pointed for second term
4; Mr.. Edward Hugunin also settled
near his brother E. Z. in 1886
Mr. Aaron b. Miller settled in 1886
Mr.. John G Holmes came aud To-
Gated IN 1885, where he res ded and
where he died few years since
Mr. John Hannah also settled where
he resided until his death. and where
his son (the present Sheritf) nows owns.
Mr. Peter Martin settled on the Mil
waukee road in 1887, where the Hon.
w S Maxwell now owns and resides.
Mr. Martin built large and commodl-
Gus house and opened it fr hotel
s,,ne years after he first located On the
place Mr.. Martins brother Chester
W, came at the time, claiming farm
near by.
Timothy Woodbrlee. a brother 10
law of Mr. John c. Holmes, came in
1885 and located in this town near Mr.
Holmes.
, The Kellogg family settled in the
, northwest corner OF the town. and the
location was called "Kelloyg's Corners"
and is to this day, although the Kel-
loggs have been gone for many years.
Jacob Bishop and family, Haynes
French and family settled in 1889; also
Harmon Marsh Abram Bowker, in
1887, settled where his son Myron now
owns.
David and Alvin Strong came from
Connecticut in 1887 and located where
they each resided and where they died.
|
the winter of 1886 and 1887, near
where NichuIa- Thomas Now owns and
resides, which uIii furnished iumber to
settlers for many miles miles around
Charles F. Turner settled at or near
the mouth of Pike River in 1886. He
stVved to build NJ Il town there. A
portion Of his claim he had plated and
l. laid out in blocks and lots, and was
called "Seymour and Turner's plat of
=, Pike River" copy of which is now on
l file in Kenosha County Registry
Mr.. Leonard Lee settled in ]843
where Michael Funck now owns and
resides. Mr.. Lee resided there for
quite a number OF years, when he
moved to Kenossa where he now re-
sides.
MIR. Thomas Jordan came from Eug-
land and settled IN 1912 where he re-
sided until few ears since, when he
moved to Kenosha, where he now re-
sides. His sons, H. L. and Geo + !,
reside on the farm h. bought
Mr. Ambrose Spencer made home
; in 1910, where he lived tor many ys,rs,
and where he died some five years
since.
The town was organized in 1912 and
called Pike Several of the school dis
tricts in the town we're organized the
same year A Methodist church was
established and church building erected
in 1912 at Kellogg's Corners, and son
after one at Pike Grove. A Congrega
tional society formed church, organ
lied a few years later and building
erected at Pike Grove Rev Thomas
Tenney was the first settled minister for
the Congregationalist at the Groves%