Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2017 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Rachel Fuller for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== History of Door County, Wisconsin by Charles I. Martin - 1881 [42] 1864. CAROLINE, widow, married HENRY BUSHMAN 1856. He was drowned in attempting to cross Sturgeon Bay in a row boat in 1878, aged 34 years. He leaves five children. 1865. GEORGE O. SPEAR, lumberman and mill owner; came from Red River; born Maine 1840; came west 1857; married LOUISA GRAVES 1873. 1865. MARTIN BERSHEM, laborer; came from New York; born France 1813; came to America 1858; married MARTHA J. LAGROE 1855. 1865. CHAS. A. MASSE, property owner and Clerk of Circuit Court; born Holland 1838; came to America 1848. Is a bachelor (self button sewer). 1865. J. A. CAMPBELL, lumberman; came from Michigan; born Canada 1840; married DESDEMONA C. MARTIN 1866 1865. A. M. SPEAR, lumberman; came from Red River to Little Sturgeon; born 1842; married CORNELIA GRAVES 1864; has six children. 1865. JOHN GOETTELMANN, landlord and proprietor of the Bay View House; came from Washington county; born in Germany 1843; came to America 1865; married PHILIPPINE MYERS 1870; has two children. 1866. THOMAS SCOTT, Sheriff of Door county; came from Canada, where he was born in 1836; married MARY C. BESTEDER, 1869. Second marriage 1874, to EMILY M. CARPENTER; has three children. When Mr. S. first landed in Door county, 15 cents was the amount of cash he had on hand to begin "business" with. 1866. ANDREW CARLTON, farmer; came from Iowa; born Sweden 1834; came to America 1866; married CAROLINE KNUDSON 1865; has three children. 1866. CLEMENT MATSEN (generally known as HENRY SMITH) came from Green Bay; born Norway 1821; came to America 1851; married MARIA CHRISTON 1846. She died 1868, aged forty two years. He has three children. 1866. JOHN RYAN, lumberman; came from Canada, where he was born 1844; married NETTIE DELANA 1871; has one child. =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access more of our growing collection of FREE online information by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/ ===========================================================================