MITCHELL Sheboygan Press April 29 1927 History of the Town Mitchell Part 1 Early in the spring of 1846, Benjamin TROWBRIDGE, Albert ROUNSEVILLE, James TROWBRIDGE, John SANBORN, Daniel SANBORN, and James O'CAIN, with their families, all from the town of Carolina, near Ithaca, state of New York, came to the present town of Mitchell and settled near the center of Section 12, adjacent to a number of bubbling springs which constitute the head-waters of the Milwaukee river. In September following, James ANGUS, John HURN, John SMITH, E. L. ADAMS and Alfred LAUNSDALE, with their wives and children, all from Wayne county, N.Y., joined the first group of settlers and located in their immediate vicinity. It was the intention of the two parties to form an association, or league, similar to the order of Fourierites, who had several societies in successful operation in western New York. In the winter of 1846 and 1847, eleven families united in a petition to the Territorial Legislature to grant them a charter under the name of the "Spring Farm Phalanx," and Hon. Harrison C. HOBART, then member from the county of Sheboygan, was intrusted with the duty of obtaining from the legislature the necessary Act of incorporation, but under the leadership of Hon. Moses M. STRONG, the opponents were enabled to defeat the project. Three Families Remain Disheartened by the result and lacking the cohesive power of great faith, the little colony gradually dissolved and scattered to other locations, only three of the original families remaining in the township. The widow of B. F. TROWBRIDGE with her two sons, on Section 1, E. L. ADAMS, on Section 12, and James ANGUS, on Section 14. In the mean time, however, these earliest settlers became active and started clearing the lands upon which they had located. They organized a school which was taught in the autumn of 1846 by Miss Sarah HURN. The first birth in the town was George O'CAIN, son to Isaac and Cynthia O'CAIN, in May 1846, and the first death recorded was a seven and a half weeks old infant son of John and Sarah HURN, which occurred on September 9, 1846. In August 1846, R. FRITZ settled on Section 14, and his brother, Edward on Section 23. C. W. HUMPHREY came in February 1847, E. SEEKINS in March, and U. COUSE in May of the same year. Juliette, second daughter of Mr. COUSE was later married to Almond ANDREWS of Plymouth, on August 18, 1848, and his elder daughter was married to George MILLER of the town of Scott. Juliette was married at the residence of her father by Oran ROGERS, who for many years lived in the town of Lyndon. This was the first marriage celebrated within the township.