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Worthing, Ruth Shaw / The history of Fond du Lac County, as told by its place-names
(1976)
Appendix II: Schools, pp. 111-115
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APPENDIX I
THE FOND DU LAC LAND COMPANY
In 1835 a corporation known as the Fond du Lac Land Com-
pany was formed at Green Bay. The company was formed for
the special purpose of promoting a settlement at the southern
end of Lake Winnebago. The shares in the new organization
were sold for $100 each. The original holders were as follows:
William Brown
James D. Doty
John P. Arndt
F. F. Hamilton
George McWilliams
R. S. Satterlee
Ebenezer Childs
Joshua Hathaway
C. C. Sibley
R. E. Clarey
M. E. Merrill
64 shares
46
40
35
20
20
14
12
12
10
10
Silas Stedman
Samuel Ryan
Brush, Rees & Co.
D. Jones
Alexander Irwin
R. B. Marcy
W. Alexander
David Ward
M. Scott
Henry S. Baird
James Doty was elected president and David Jones, George
McWilliams, F. F. Hamilton and W. H. Bruce were elected
directors. By 1838 they had 3,705 acres in what is now part of
the city and town of Fond du Lac. A. G. Ellis was the surveyor
who laid out the village plot.
APPENDIX II
SCHOOLS
( ) Will mark the placement of the school on an 1860 map with
the name of the property owner - if no deed has been found.
Name Section Sold by
23
13
30
4
17
2
10
20
22
35
20
12
6
2
23
1 Alto Village
2 Madison
3 West Alto
5 Jt. Garrison
6 Roosevelt
7 Jt. Burbank
8 Kolsta
9 Monroe
12 Oak Grove
Jt. with Dodge County
ASHFORD
1 Perishing
2 Campbellsport
3 Burroughs
4 Glen Valley
5 Elmore
Date Price
Abram Loomans 1869
(D. T. McClaughry)
Elia Farnam 1854
R. M. Harwood bef. 1860
(J. Patterson)
(J. Kolsta)
(Schureman)
Thomas Sargent
Chester Goss 1851
John Mauel
Sylvester Cisco
Thomas Fitzgerald
Joel McSchooler
Ulrich Legler
1851
1883
1913
1858
1858
v
$
50.00
12.50
$ 8.00
$ 1.00
$ 75.00
$150.00
$ 20.00
$ 5.00
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10 shares
7
6
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
District
ALTO
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