Marathon County, Wisconsin - Chapter 16, 1913

Population of Marathon County According to Federal Census, and Population by Tozvns - Roster of County Oifjcers from the Organisation of the County to 1912 to 1914.

The population of Marathon county up to the year 1870 is given by the county as a whole, because there are no figures at hand which show the population by towns. Tliere was no organized city in Marathon county until 1872, and only the towns of Berlin, Knowlton, Maine, Marathon, Mosinee, Stettin, Texas, Wausau, Wien and Weston, and Jenny.

In the population of 1870 the town of Jenny is included. This town at that time covered nearly all the territory afterwards included in the county of Lincoln, which was detached from Marathon county and organized as a separate county in the session of the legislature in 1874. The county officers for Lincoln county were elected at the general election in the fall of 1874. The town of Jenny had a population of 895 when detached from Marathon county, which is given in the census report of 1875 as the population of the county of Lincoln. The town of Jenny included the whole of Lincoln county at the time of its organization, but soon thereafter the village of Jenny was organized as a city under the name of the city of Merrill (known as Jenny Bull at the time of the settlement of the Wisconsin valley).

1 Incorporated from part of Halsey town and made independent in 1903. ^ Parts of Day and Mosinee towns annexed in 1909. 3 Organized from part of Halsey in 1904.

* Unity village incorporated from part of Brighton town and made independent in 1906. ^ Brokaw village incorporated from part of Texas town and made independent in 1906.

1- Parts taken to form Athens village and Bern town in 1903 and 1904, respectively. 13 Part annexed to Bergen town in 1909 ; part of Emmet town annexed in 1909. " Organized from part of Weston town in 1905.

16 Spencer village incorporated from part of Spencer town and made independent in 1904. " Brokaw village incorporated from part of Texas town and made independent in 1906. IS Stratford village incorporated from part of Cleveland town and made independent

1850, Fall - Charles Single, sheriff'; John G. Corey, clerk of circuit court; John G. Corey, county clerk ; John G. Corey, register of deeds.

^^ Unity village incorporated from part of Brighton town and made independent in 1906. -" Fenwood village incorporated from part of Wien town and made independent in 1907. °- Parts taken to form Schofield village and Ringle and Flieth towns in 1904, 1905, and 1906, respectively.

1858-9 - John C. Clarke, sheriff; Rufus P. Manson, clerk of circuit court; Rufus P. Manson, county clerk ; Lyman W. Thayer, register of deeds.

i860- 1 - Uriah E. Maine, sheriff; Rufus P. Manson, clerk of circuit court; Rufus P. Manson, county clerk ; J. H. Babcock, register of deeds.

1895-96 - Theo. Beste. sheriff: Hugo Peters, clerk of circuit court; *Gust. Braeger and \\'illiam J. Gehrke. county clerk; E. C. Kretlow, register of deeds.

*Hugo Peters was appointed in the place of Louis Marchetti, who resigned. * Gust. Braeger died and Wm. J. Gehrke was elected by the county board.

1850, Spring - John Stackhouse, treasurer; Henry C. Goodrich, county surve3'or; Timothy Soper, coroner; John O. A. Roollins, district attorney.

1850 - Xo record in 1850 of county judge nor of county superintendent of schools up to 1865 ; schools seem to have been conducted under a town system.

1893 - J. J. Sherman (apiwinted), county judge; Henry Miller municipal judge, served till 1904. At this time the jurisdiction of the municipal court was extended, the court raised to a court of record, and Louis Marchetti was elected judge in 1904 and re-elected in 1908 and 1912.