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Introduction
Excerpts were taken from pages of an old 1880's publication on the history of Waukesha County.
The following is the poll-list of the election, and probably contains every adult citizen of the town at that time:
In 1865, an enterprising individual prepared the following table of contents for the village of Waukesha:
Waukesha has seventeen dealers in groceries, viz.: H. W. STONE J. A. DUNBAR Wm. H. ROYLE Chas. CORK RUCKNER & LAWRENCE A. HARRISON John G. EISMAN TYLER Brothers JAMESON & JAMES C. S. HAWLEY C. JACKSON Charles STEIN & Bro. I. M. WHITE Isaac COLLER Patrick MURPHY John W. FALLON Thomas BIGWOOD Dry Goods stores, seven, viz.: Miss E. H. CLARKE BUCKNER & LAWRENCE John G. EISMAN JAMESON & JAMES Chas. STEIN & Bro. Isaac COLLER D. FOSTER Hardware Dealers, three, viz.: N. BURROUGHS J. HAERTEL Julius REISE Druggists, three, viz.: I. M. WHITE C. S. HAWLEY C. JACKSON Dealers in Paints and Oils, three, viz.: N. BURROUGHS I. M. WHITE C. JACKSON Confectionery Shops, eight, viz.: U. PETRIE G. N. COLEMAN P. MURPHY T. BIGWOOD A. HARRISON C. CORK Wm. BOYLE H. W. STONE Book and Stationery Dealers, three, viz.; C. S. HAWLEY I. M. WHITE C. JACKSON Hat and Cap Dealers, viz.: R. L. GOVE & Bro. TYLER & FRAME J. G. EISMAN Chas. STEIN & Bro. Isaac COLLER Crockery ware Dealers, three, viz.: Chas. CORK Isaac COLLER JAMESON & JAMES Clothing Stores, four, viz.: Chas. STEIN & Bro. Isaac COLLER Jacob SANNER JAMESON & JAMES Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, eleven, viz,; R. L. GROVE & Bro. TYLER & FRAME Dan’l GALLAGHER HEIT & SEHRT G. C. BERGELER ICKE & LINDNER Dan’l FLYNN Thos. CASEY Jacob SCHWINDT Fred KRANNICK P. EVANS Harness and Saddle Makers, three, viz.: D. R. PRINDLE John MULLIGAN Joseph HARDING Painters, three, viz.: W. S. ROWE James CLARKE Fred. CUNNINGHAM Blacksmiths, six, viz.: Wm. BLAIR John FALLON POOLE & WORDEN Michael FALLON John PATTERSON Peter LOWE Wagon and Carriage Makers, four, viz.: CHURCH & REEDER Fred SLAWSON A. MARKLE Conrad DEHL Cabinet Makers, six, viz.: Phillip HEPP John GASPAR Simeon WEIFENBACH C. SALMEN A. WEHR M. CLAUSON Jewelers, two, viz.: C. A. EsTBERG Wm. LANGER Tailors, five, viz.: Jacob SANNER T. N. COLEMAN R. KENZIE G. SPERL Wm. SOUTHWARD Milliners, Mantuamakers, etc., five, viz.: Miss E. H. CLARKE Miss HOWIE Miss WARR Miss BORNHEIMER Mrs. MCFARLAND Marble Workers, three, viz.: BUTTERFIELD & BENNETT E. P. KNOWLES B. LEONARD Carpenters and Joiners, sixteen, viz .: M. S. & C. S. HARTWELL W. P. BABCOCK J. F. PETER Chas ZIMMERMANN L. L. HILL Wm. PHELPS Richard HILL Conrad KOMET S. RAYNOR A. BLANK Robert BEGGS A. C. BILLINGS J. VREELAND Silas WARE D. KELLY Wm. SCHUMAKER Stone Cutters and Masons, nineteen, viz.: T. D. COOK Michael GLEASON Ed. GLEASON David CREIGHTON Arthur COWAN Henry HEPP C. WARDROBE Jas. LYNAM Samuel EALES John DICKMANN Mathias SCHOOL Ed BAKER James SULLIVAN Charles GEORGE Michael BENNETT Michael DEVLIN E. BARNES Jacob KOENIG C. ESTER Coopers, three, viz.: A. T. WIEST Luke CHAPLEAU A. J. SMITH Steam Aligning Mills, three, viz.: M. S. & C. S. HARTWELL Wm. P. BABCOCK Wm. PHELPS Tinsmiths, three, viz.: N. BURROUGHS John HAERTEL J. REISE Iron Foundry, one, viz.: Wm. BLAIR Machine Shop, one, viz.: Wm. BLAIR Gunsmith, one viz.: B. CLARKE Currier, one, viz.: S. A. ALLEN Thrashing Machine Manufacturers, one, viz.; Wm. BLAIR Sash and Blind Factories, two, viz.: M. S. & C. S. HARTWELL Wm. PHELPS Hotels, three, viz.: The “Exchange,” by F. M. PUTNEY "Union House” by M. SCHAFER “American House,” by J. B. CABLE Saloons, seven, kept by P. BANNON H. A. MEYER Chris NOHL Pat MURPHY G. DINGELDEIN John SPERBER Wm. J. WARE Billiard Saloons, two, viz.: Wm. J. WARE John SPERBER Lumber Dealers, one, viz.: Silas RICHARDSON Wheat Buyers, four, viz.: R. N. KIMBALL Thos. HAYNES D. W. KENT J. W. THOMAS Daguerrean Galleries, two, viz.: O. E. & H. C. TYLER J. B. BATES Attorneys and Counselors at Law, seven, viz.: Vernon TICHENOR A. COOK Wm. SOPER J. Bourbon HUNT Wm. S. HAWKINS S. A. RANDLES F. W. MONTEITH Surgeons ared Physicians, nine, viz.: John G. COOK R. DUNLAP Moses BARRETT J. SMITH Hugo PHILLER A. KENDRICK V. L. MOORE A. FOWLER & Son Dentists, two, viz.: W. D. HOLBROOK A. HOLBROOK Barbers, two, viz: L. REIDEL Wm. DAVIS Newspapers, two, viz.: Freeman, by L. B. WRIGHT Plaindealer, by A. F. PRATT Banks, two, viz.: “Farmers National” “Waukesha National” Flouring Mills, two, viz.: R. N. KIMBALL W. S. BARNARD Saw Mill, one, viz.: R. N. KIMBALL Carding machine, one, viz.: Ira KIMBALL Butchers, four, viz.: JONES & WALLACE Phillip HERBRAND Ch. ESTER Mrs. J. ANGRAVE Draymen, three, viz.: M. THOMPSON Fred. BERGELER Conrad BRUNNER Livery Stables, two, viz.: Silas BARBER Geo. W. THUSTAN Breweries, two, viz.: Stephen WEBER H. A. MEYER Bakers, one viz.: Louis THIELMANN Schools, six, viz.: Carroll College Female Seminary High School for boys Union School Two private schools Churches, nine, viz.: Baptist Congregational Presbyterian Episcopalian Catholic Methodist Episcopal German Methodist Primitive Methodist Dutch Reformed Ministers, eleven, viz.: Four preachers of the Gospel Seven political preachers
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