Hello, Try Clayton Co. Iowa and Fayette Co Iowa. Some of my fmaily went from Wood Co Wi to there in about 1860??? or closest big town of the day in another county or what the Wood Co area was listed under in 1860 maxine -----Original Message----- From: Gama2Mac@aol.com <Gama2Mac@aol.com> To: WIWOOD-L@rootsweb.com <WIWOOD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 3:28 PM Subject: [WIWOOD] Re: Marshfield >In a message dated 2/26/02 7:12:19 AM Central Standard Time, >WIWOOD-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > >> The southern part of Wood County was settled first. Marshfield was founded >> circa 1872 and did not have its own post office until 1873--that's why it >> is not found on the 1860 or 1870 census. Centralia, Dexter, Grand Rapids, >> Hemlock, Rudolph and Saratoga were listed on the 1860 census--I'm gradually >> >> getting those transcribed for the Wood Co pages so you might find your >> relatives there--or in Marathon Co to the north?? > >Thanks to all who answered my inquiry. >Prior to Marshfield becoming a town in 1872, people who lived in that area >must have had some sort of address or town affiliation. What is the best bet >for where it would be? Would it have been Marathon County or Wood County? >What town might have been the closest? I read every line of the 1860 census >records and didn't find either of the families I am looking for. I didn't >find them in 1870 either, but I may have been looking in the wrong place. >All I have to go on is a death record that says he was born in Marshfield, >Wood, WI and family history that says that is where the couple met. > >I am grasping at straws I suppose, but that is what we do best I think. >Jo Hogle > > >==== WIWOOD Mailing List ==== >Visit Wood County WI at: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/> or >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/WLHN/WoodCoWI/ >WIWOOD-L Listowner: Marcia Ann KUEHL <makkuehl@yahoo.com> >