HISTORY OF GREEN COUNTY. 
 
the same raised for weights and measures, and 
exclusive of $895,17 of orders, for the issuing of 
which no bills or resolutions can be found, is 
$2,541.28; from  which deduct $696.80, the 
amount canceled by Poyer, and there remains 
a balance now due the county of $1,844.48.' 
The value of the orders which the report refers 
to as canceled, was saved for the county by the 
fact that a year before the forgeries were gener- 
ally known, A. Ludlow and Asa Richardson be- 
came  convinced that a large    number    of 
orders which they had bought were fraud- 
ulent.   Their  efforts  to  ascertain  the 
truth were discovered by Mr. Poyer, who en- 
gaged two attorneys, to whom be made a con- 
fession, expressing at the same time a great de- 
sire to repair the wrong he had done. All the 
fraudulent orders which had been discovered 
were immediately canceled, and Mr. Poyer ex- 
pressed great pleasure in his own reformation. 
He won the confidence and the deepest sympathy 
of all who knew his secret.  They believed he 
had been the victim of circumstances which 
could never .mislead him again. After some 
time, however, it was discovered that the con- 
fession was less full than it had been represent- 
ed to be. Other forgeries, even forged certifi- 
cates of wolf scalps, were discovered, and, after 
paying his attorneys with a forged land war- 
rant, Mr. Poyer fled to a distant State, where, 
under an assumed name, he is said to be leading 
an honorable life." 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
Capt. Edward _Raegger, 
sheriff of Green county, was born in Switzer- 
land, Oct. 18, 1836. In 1854 he came to America 
with his parents, who settled in Green county. 
After coming to Monroe, he learned the trade 
of wagon maker, which he followed until 1861, 
when he enlisted in the 9th Wisconsin In- 
fantry, as private. Their first rendezvous was 
at Camp Siegel, at Milwaukee, where at an elec- 
tion  of officers, he was chosen 2d lieuten- 
ant of his company, and was soon after pro- 
moted by the governor, to 1st lieutenant. 
 
Dec. 30, 1861, the regiment was sent to Fort 
Scott, Kan. In June, 1862, he was promoted 
to captain.  His company was on provost 
guard duty, of the seventh army corps, under 
Gen. Steele for about eight months. Ile was in 
the Camden expedition in April, 1864, and took 
part in all the skirmishes and battles his army 
corps was engaged in. He was mustered out at 
Milwaukee, in December, 1864, since which 
time he has been engaged in various occupa- 
tions. In 1861 he was married to Sophia 
Shober. By this union there are eight chil- 
dren, four sons and four daughters. Capt. 
Ruegger is a member of the Masonic order, also 
of the 1. 0. ,0. F., the G. A. R., the Turner 
society and "Sharp Shooters." 
C. E. Tcmberg, 
register of deeds, was born in Norway, Jan. 
1-, [830. In 1853 he came to this country with 
his parents, who located in Racine Co., Wis., 
where C. E. took up his trade as painter. In 
1.857 he moved to Oconomowoc, Waukesha 
county, and continued in the same business. In 
1861 he enlisted in the 15th Wisconsin Volun- 
teer Infantry, and was first camped at Madison, 
Wis. He was elected by the company, 2d 
lieutenant, and received his commission Jan. 
14, 1862, and was mustered in during the month 
of February of the same year. Mr. Tauberg 
participated  in the following  engagements: 
Island No. -10, Union City, Tenn., Perryville, 
Knob Gap, Stone River, Missionary Ridge, Or- 
chard Knob, Charleston, East Tennessee, (At- 
lanta Campaign) Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, 
Dallas, Pine Mountain, Lost Mountain, Kene- 
saw Mountain, Atlanta and Jonesboro, Ga. At 
the battle of Stone River, he was wounded in 
the forehead by a minnie ball, was left on the 
field and taken prisoner. Ile was then sent to 
-Atlanta and subsequently to Libby prison, and 
was exchanged in April, 1863. He immedi- 
ately returned to his regiment, and was soon 
after promoted to the rank of 1st lieutenant, 
commanding company D. He participated in the 
battle of Chickamauga, and was wounded in the 
 
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