Hi, I am not Ruth But have a bit of an answer for you as to why Vermonters ended up in Wisconsin. About mid-1850s, there was quite an exodus from >>>> the West, because the farmlands here were deemed used up and also considered getting overly populated ;) I bet Darrell Martin could give us more actual facts on that. As a matter of fact, I think there is a "Vermontville, Wisconsin" I do know one family which I have studied quite a bit & large family, the Parish family mostly all moved to Wisconsin (some to Texas) I'm in Randolph, Vermont Harriet Chase