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Note: History of Green, Wisconsin, 1884 p. 1146 Albro Crowel with his wife and one child accompanied by his brother, Chester, came from Wyoming, New York in 1841. He settled on section 23, on land purchased of Reed. His farm is now owned by R. Mosher, and part of the village of Postville is on this land. Mr. Crowel sold his farm in 1858, and moved to Kansas, where the same year his wife died. The following spring he returned to this town and bought a farm on section 25, where he died in Feb.. 1880. His brother, Chester Crowel, married Lydia Ann Day, in November, 1843. This was the first matrimonial event in town. They went to Iowa in 1854, and shortly after to Kansas, where he died in 1875. p. 1150 First Events listed. Emeline, daughter of Albro and Elmira Crowel, was born March 30, 1843. She is now the wife of John Burr of this town. The first marriage solemnized in this town was that of Chester Crowel and Libby Ann Day, in November, 1843. . MITCHELL TOWNSHIP, Iowa April 2, 1855, was held the first election in this township, and the officers elected were as follows: Jacob Becker; George J. Cummings and George Morrison, trustees; Levi Shepard, Jr., clerk; Cheater Crowell, assessor; A. T. Cady, justice of the peace. From that day to this the township has been administered in its local affairs, generally speaking, by men who, have had the best interests of the community at heart in all things they have done. J.N. Cady came to this country in 1854, and did the first blacksmithing and set up the first forge in Mitchell County. He located in section 10. He was born on a raft on the Ohio River, while his parents were en route to Indiana, in 1834. Abner T. Cady another 1854 settler claimed land in section 9, where later stood the Mitchell railway depot. He was one of the proprietors of East Mitchell. He was born in Rhode Island, in 1801, and had lived in New York, Indiana, Wisconsin and other states before settling here. He only remained a short time, but removed to Kansas in 1858 and there died the following year. Lewis Butters bought land in section 16 about1855. He was from Maine, born in 1828. During 1855 came in: John Abbott, H. I. Stacy, Asa White, Daniel Tubbs, J. P. Davis, John and Charles Sweatt, Horace Bedell, Sidney Powell. I. B. Parker and two sons, Howard and Henry, James Tobin, E.,P. Williams, C. C. Tubbs, Chester Crowell, Thomas Wardall and Lewis Butters. Daniel Sheehan came to this county in 1856 in company with Mr. Tibbetts and Samuel Coon. He bought a steam sawmill, which they ran a few months, but it burned- down and the site was abandoned. Soon afterward they rebuilt, ran a while and Mr. Sheehan sold out and bought a half section of land in this township and was ever afterward a farmer and stock raiser. Among the 1855-56 settlers are now recalled: Leroy Grout, who bought the -George Cummings farm in 1856 and became a permanent resident. He was a Vermonter. Sanford Thomas from North Carolina, born 18'7, moved to Ohio and then to Indiana, from which state he moved to Mitchell Township. 1856 STATE CENSUS: Mitchell Township, Mitchell County, Iowa SEQ PAGE DWEL FAM STATE WHERE NTV NTL DEF OWN No. No. No. No. SURNAME GIVEN NAMES AGE SEX COL MARR WisconsinD YEARS BORN OCCUPATION VOT VOT ALI MIL DMB BLI INS IDI LND COMMENTS 74 620 39 45 Cowell Chester 36 M X 2 New York Farmer X X X 75 620 Cowell Lydia 28 F X 2 New York --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 76 620 Cowell Emily 10 F 2 WisconsinS 77 620 Cowell Alma 7 F 2 WisconsinS 78 620 Cowell Mary 5 F 2 WisconsinS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 79 620 Cowell David 2 M WisconsinS 80 620 Coor* Sam 25 M WisconsinS 81 620 Tobin Jas. 18 M Ireland
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