History of Reedsburg and the Upper Baraboo Valley, by Merton Edwin Krug, Publ. February 1929 by the author. Printed by Democrat Printing Company, Madison, Wis., Page 343-345

Of the later settlers who came to the town we are able to make mention of several. James COHOON and his wife, Palmyra BAIRD, came in 1856; also their son, Cornelius, who later married Alice LYONS and remained a resident of the town for many years. Then there was Richard HAINSTOCK and his wife, Catharine DENNON, who came in 1860. Thomas F. LAWRENCE and his wife Sarah WIDNER came in 1861, the husband a native of England, the wife of New York. Frederic RENAUD, a gentleman from France, immigrant of the year 1853, pioneer of Sauk County, was a settler in 1861 also. His wife, whom he returned to Massachusetts in '61 to marry, was Miss Judy BEUCHAT, native of Switzerland. Then there was Ezra B. REYNOLDS, a farmer, native of the Empire State, and his wife, Elizabeth Krysler RIDDLE, born in Canada, who came in 1862. Charles LAWRENCE, son of Robert and Sarah, like Thomas LAWRENCE, his brother, was a settler in 1863, also his wife, Eliza NEWTON. And V. FISHER, native of Paris, France, traveler of the principal countries of Europe, came in 1864, with his wife, Malinda, daughter of John Baptiste LOUDEZ, a Frenchwoman; it is said that their early years in Ironton were spent in burning charcoal.

The family of E. T. CORBIN came in 1856; his only son, Seneca CORBIN, prominent farmer for many years, native of the state of New York, married Adelia M. EMERY, daughter of Harrison EMERY. The CORBINS were early settlers in Baraboo, later in Dellona, but finally came to Ironton. Among the settlers of 1866 were the family of Aaron WESTON and his wife Charlotte BEAL. They came to Wisconsin as early as 1851, locating in Dodge County, and two years later came to Reedsburg, where they resided until coming to Ironton. The family of Isaac N. SETTLE came in 1866 also. Mrs. SETTLE was formerly Adelia R. THORNBURGH.

In 1867 the family of Ner STOWE came - they are also mentioned in connection with the Little Baraboo Valley settlement in the Woodland history. Mr. STOWE was a native of England, son of William and Sarah (DUNN) STOWE. His brother George STOWE, remembered as a farmer and proprietor of the cheese factory of Section 6, this town, and wife Sarah BATTY, daughter of William and Rebecca (KIRK) BATTY, came to America in 1857, and to Ironton in 1873. They had several children, Lizzie, Sarah, Lucy, who married George WICKERSHAM, and whose son, Howard E. WICKERSHAM is a resident of Reedsburg, Mary and Minnie R.

Also we can mention Charles PARRET, a Frenchman like Mr. V. FISHER, born in Haute Saone, France, and his wife Margaret BECKER, also a native of France. Then there came Patrick NEWMAN, native of Old Erin - the NEWMANS and the PARRETS were settlers of 1869.

Another family having many local representatives was that of Amos and Anna Maria (LOWN) SEAMANS. They came from Genesee County, N.Y., in 1868, and located in this town where they ever after resided. Their children were George J., prominent publisher of the Reedsburg Free Press, Grant, deceased, a daughter who died in infancy, Archie, deceased, Bertie, local farmer, Amos Leigh, who married Edith DARROW, Winfield, and is an Ironton farmer, Ina, Reedsburg, Frank, and Jennie (Mrs. O. J. CRANE), Reedsburg.

William H. BRENIZER and his wife Martha WHEELER, daughter of Upton and Eliza (DEARHOLT) WHEELER and his brother, Hugh H. BRENIZER and Mr. and Mrs. Upton WHEELER and V. I. VAN LOON were settlers of the period of about 1870-71. Mr. VAN LOON was a son of Abram and Sarah (COLIER) VAN LOON; his wife was Mary J. WELLS, daughter of Thomas and Susan (BOND) WELLS. Mrs. Ed. MORTIMER, Ironton, is a representative of this family.

Submitted by Carol