HISTORY OF GREEN COUNTY. 
 
vices in December, 1868. Rev. Thomas Clawson 
was the first. pastor of the Church. He was 
followed by Revs. A. D. Jenks, Richard Pen- 
gallie, Robert Burnip, E. W. Allan, P. K.Jones, 
W. N. Thomas, W. "I". Briggs and the present 
pastor, appointed in 1883, Rev. Mr. Case. 
The Free-will Baptist Society also built a 
church in Postville the same year (1868). They 
dedicated their church in January, 1869, the Rev. 
Dr. Graham, of Chicago, officiating. This 
church has a belfry but no bell. The building 
is 36x45 in size. Its Post is $2,300. The church 
was built under the pastorate of Rev. J. S. Dins- 
more. The building committee" were: Joseph 
Miller, Rev. J. S. Dinsmore and William Joh - 
son, with Hibbard Peebles as treasurer. Rev. 
Dinsmore was succeeded by Rev. W. A. Potter, 
who was settled here about ten years, and wcas 
succeeded by Rev. 0. H. True. He is now 
(1884) the pastor of that Church. 
The Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran church 
is located on section 5.   It was built in 
1861. It size is 36x56 feet. It has a belfry but no 
bell,and its cost was $3,000. The building com- 
mittee was E. S. Holland, William Tjentland 
and Christopher Gulson. Rev. Mr. Fjield was 
was the first pastor. He remained until 1881, 
when he retired from the active ministry, and 
is now living in Black Earth, Dane county. 
The congregation has been divided, and one 
part is under the pastorate of Rev. M. Isberg, 
while the other is under the pastorate of Rev. 
Theodore Reimestead. Both societies worship 
in the store. 
CEMETERIES. 
The York Prairie-Cemetery was located on 
section 23, in 1846. Joanna, wife of [ion. Wil- 
liam C. Green, was the first person buried there; 
she died Oct. 21, 1846. Mrs. Molly Peebles, 
who lived to the age of ninety-one years, was 
buried in this ground in 1853. Mrs. Lucy Mil- 
ler, who reached the same age, was buried here 
in 1867.   Elisha  Gorham, in his ninetieth 
year, ,was buried here in 1873. 
 
On section 27 there was a private burying 
ground on the old John Stewart farm. Mrs. 
Adeline Stewart, wife of John Stewart, was-the 
first one buried here; she died Sept. 5, 1 844. 
The Norwegian cemetery on their church 
grounds, was established the year their church 
was built. Tile first burial there was that of 
Karine, daughter of Thomas Thompson; This 
event occurred the day the frame of the church 
was put in position, in June, 1861. There is an 
older Norwegian cemetely located on section 
17. This was the first Norwegian burial place 
in the town. 
POSTOFFICES. 
The first postoffice was established in 1846 
and called Farmer's Grove. Lemuel Chase was 
made postmaster, and the office was kept at his 
residence on section 14. He was succeeded by 
Obadiah Ames. His wife, Mrs. Sarah Ames, 
was the deputy, and did all the business of the 
office. Gilbert Post was the successor of Mr. 
Ames; and he was followed by Robert Garrett, 
and he by J. F. Wescott, who kept the office at 
his residence on section 25, until his death in 
1879. Then his widow, Mrs. Sarah E. Wescott, 
was made postmistress, and still retains the 
office. With each change of officers until the 
last, the office has been moved. The name of 
the office has attached itself, for the time being, 
to each neighborhood in which it was situated. 
The next postoffice-established, about 1850, was 
called Bem; Charles Crowel was the first post- 
master and kept the office at his residence on 
section 12. This office is now kept by William 
Owens, Jr., at his residence on section 13. The 
third postoffice established, about 1862, was 
named Stewart, in honor of the pioneer settler, 
John Stewart. Fred Durham     was the first 
postmaster; he was succeeded by John Hollar, 
and he by Albro Crowel, and lie by Alanson 
Sherman. R. S. Mosher is the present post- 
master, but the office is kept by Andrew Peter- 
son, deputy, at his store in Postville. 
John Stewart, soon after his settlement in 
1 838, built a blacksmith shop. All old settlers 
 
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