History

Bartlett Runey

John Bartlett Runey is noted as being the first settler to the area in 1841. Some accounts note him as being named Bartley Runey.  Runey was born in Frederick County, Maryland in 1795. He married Margaret Garnett in 1815 who was also from Frederick County, Maryland. The following year, their

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Harriet Cornelia DeJean

Cornelia DeJean was born Harriet Cornelia DeJean was the daughter of Charles and Charlotte Ann (Nealie) DeJean.  Cornelia’s great-grandfather, Stephen DeJean was born in Paris in 1785 and 16 at the time of a rebellion in Paris. He made his way out of the Paris at that time and sailed

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David Anthony

I was born in 1806 and was the first Anthony to settle in the State of Wisconsin. I married Jane Runey, the daughter of the first settler in the area. We were the first to be married in the town. We had quite a scare at our wedding as the

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Elias Waterman

My wife Hanna Devoe Waterman and I moved to the town of Rutland in 1850. It was a long journey from Utica NY. We took the train and then came by covered wagon, which we drove from the railhead near Janesville. I was born in Vermont and my wife was

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