George and Mable Harris Round Barn

This town is located on the northern line of towns in Vernon county, and is the first west of Hillsborough, the northeastern town of the county. The town is bounded on the north by Monroe county; on the east by Hillsborough town; on the south by Union town, and on the west by the town of Whitestown. This town is known as a congressional to^vnship, six miles square, and containing 23,040 acres. In 1880 the population of Vernon county was but 23,23.i, and each of these, with the exception of the surplus 195, could have been locatexJ in Forest town, settling one perso'i on each acre of land.

Passage source: History of Vernon County, Wisconsin .., published 1884.

In May, 1855, Waldo Stewart came into what is now the town of Forest, and selected a quarter section of land on section 26, which he entered, and on which he resided till 1879. He then sold the old homestead and removed to Illinois, where he departed this life in 1881. The second settler was a native of the "Green Mountain" State. This was Nathan Sherman. He located 200 acres on section 12, and moved there in the fall of 1855, where he still lives. He has been a prosperous farmer, and in 1856 was a member of the town board.

Passage source: History of Vernon County, Wisconsin .., published 1884.

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