This Project is set up to research and collaborate on family family trees of the Pioneers of Eagle Wisconsin during the 1800’s and the descendants that are currently in or around Eagle. The History of Waukesha County 1880 has a good listing of some of the prominent pioneers. Just researching my family background has already tied in 3 prominent families. I've found that online research is decent for historical looking back perspective, but its very challenging to connect people on the horizontal tree such as cousins and people removed by a couple of generations. Therefore this project is being undertaken to document these relationships before to much more information is lost. Who knows perhaps on the 200 year anniversary of founding of Eagle in 2036, or incorporation 2041 we could include a Children of the pioneers celebration. Just makes you wonder how many are a still around.

Town of Eagle Brief History.

Township 5, Range 17 East, was first organized into a precinct separate from and independent of adjoining towns, in accordance with act of the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin, January 12, 1841. Up to 1839, Eagle was a part of Mukwonago; then a part of Genesee up to the passage of the above act. The first town meeting was held at the house of Andrew Scofield, in Eagleville. However, it is impossible to be strictly accurate in the earliest details, owing to the fact that the first town records are lost, so far as ascertainable.
The town received its name in a rather singular manner, as follows: In the year 1836, while Thomas Sugden, John Coats and a Mr. Garton were prospecting, they came to a beautiful prairie about one and a half by two and a half miles in area. Here hovering and curving over a large mound, near the present residence of Ebenezer Thomas, was a monster bald headed eagle. From this incident and time, the prairie and town were called Eagle.

The fall and winter of 1836, found Daniel Bigelow, one of the pioneer millers of the State, building a little saw-mill in the wilderness, at the place called Eagleville. This was the first mill in the town

In 1837, Jerry Parsons built a hotel at the point called Jericho, on the road to Madison and the “Far West.” This was the first regular hotel. Jericho took its name from the first syllables of Parsons' given name and the Bible name, but it cannot be said to have been a more than usually saintly place. Jericho had also at one time two stores, one kept by H. Skidmore, and the other by a Mr. Spooner—with shops accordingly.

The Town of Eagle was first settled during the fall of the year 1836. The persons settling were William Sherman, Jonathan Parsons, Henry A. Hinkley, Ahira-R. Hinkley, Harrison Ward, Daniel Bigelow, Andrew Schofield Richard B. Whitehouse and James Bigelow. In 1837, Ebenezer Thomas, James T. Walklin, John Long. Thomas Orchard, ? Taylor, William Ellis, Baxter P. Melendy, Daniel P. Melendy, Herman Enos, David Benedict, Samos Parsons, Ferrand Bigelow, Isaac Severance, Daniel Ewers, Emory Harris, Richard Sharpe, David Barnard, Seneca Harris, Jerome C. Sawyer and Samuel Orchard.
In 1938, James Bias, John Hurst, John Carlin, Ebenezer F. Weld, Leveritt Sherman, Francis Draper and Jonathan Betts.
In 1839, William De Wolf, William C Garton and David Crerar.
In 1840, James Cation, Widow Barnard, Obed Barnard, Joshua Roberts, Henry Pett and Richard Sleep
In 1841, William K. Cash, Daniel Jennings, Jerome Hopkins, Sherman R, Hopkins and William Robinson.
In 1842, John C. Snover, Rev. Newell Dustin, Clement Dustin, Henry Wall, Henry James, Hugh Murphy, Isaac Bottomly, Thomas Trow, ? Miller, Cyrenus Baldwin, Charles Raynous, John Hinton, Joseph Hage, William J. Hage, Richard Hage, John Hancock, Oramel Hinkley, Matthew Bartlett, Gregory Abbott, Joseph M. ,'Stillwell and George Atwood.
In 1843, Col. F. A. Sprague, George Underbill, Matthias J. Bovee, Philip V. Bovee, Ransom Kestead, Robert Rose, Benedict A. Bovee, James Dillon. Ward Atwater and Alsadalos Newcomb.
In 1844, W. W. Tredway, Geer, Luck, David Toop, Peter D. Gifford, David Lampman, Dr. Thomas Emerson, Robert Clark, Daniel B. Reels, Noah Young, Daniel D. Carpenter, George E. Logan, Daniel T. Sabin, Henry Snyder, Eber Ewers, Thomas Taylor, Thomas Sugden, Lester Gifford, Thomas W. Pitman, John Crowley, Robert Andiss, Arnold, Linas Morgan, Charles M. Cole and Henry Palmer. The first white child born within the town was Charles Sherman, son of William Sherman. The second born was Jacob Thomas, son of Ebenezer Thomas. L. D. Hinkley, son of Ahira R. Hinkley, was the third person born within the town.

First marriage, Jonathan Parsons and Miss Jane Cross. First death, a child of John Hurst. First breaking of the soil was done by Kirkendall and Pendall, 18^^6 ; first manufacturing establishment was asaw-mill and grist-mill built in 1836, Daniel Bigelow proprietor ; second, a fanning mill factory by Newell & Clement Dustin, 1842 ; first sohoolhouse, a log structure built by William Sherman, on Sec. No. 24, 1841 ; first school was taught by Miss Emily Goodrich, 1842; first blacksmith, Charles Raynous, 1842 ; first shoemaker, Seneca Harris, 1844 ; first tailor, Robert Clark, 1844 ; first tavern, kept by Isaac Severance, 1844 ; first wagon-maker, Henry James, 1843. » * * * Respectfully submitted, J. C. Shovek, A. R. Hinkley, J. T. Walklin.

The village dates its infancy from 1851, when the southern branch of the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad was laid through the county.

Census Data of all of the town of Eagle. This includes current day Eagleville, Village of Eagle (Historically called Eagle Center), and the Town of Eagle. 1938 included the following people in Eagle.—A. R. Hinkley, 3 ; Eb Thomas, 5 ; Thomas Woolley, 1 ; John Hearre, 5 ; Joseph Bias, 4; Thomas Coates, 1; John Taylor, 1; Josiah De Wolf, 6; A. Harris, 5; Thomas Orchard, 3 ; Andrew Scholfield, 7 ; Charles Cox, 5 ;. William Sherman, 5 ; Daniel Bigelow, 5 ;
Samos Parsons, 5 ; B. Whitehouse, 1 ; B. Severance, 5 ; N. Sherman, 3.

• 1846 Census - 384 Males, 308 Females, 692 Total
• 1850 Census - 440 Males, 374 Females, 2 Colored, 816 Total
• 1870 Census - 1256 Total
• 1875 Census - 1224 Total
• 1880 Census - 1158 Total

From the History of Waukesha County published in 1880 the following names were the first settlers.

C. B. BANNISTER homeopathic physician, Eagle; born in Pownal, Bennington Co., Vt., April 6, 1817

JONATHAN BETTS, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Eagle; born in Elsen, Norfolk, England, September 1813;

E. L. BOVEE, merchant, Eagle; born in Amsterdam, Montgomery Co., N.Y., in 1833

MATTHIAS BOVEE, Politician, merchant born in Amsterdam, Montgomery Co., N.Y., in 1793, Moved to Eagle Aug 1943

M. F. BRADY, farmer, Secs. 9 and 10; P. O. Eagle; born in Leahary, County Cavan, Ireland Nov. 1, 1818

HENRY BURNELL, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. North Prairie; born in 1832, in Yorkshire, England

JOHN BURDEN, farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Eagle; born in Cornwall, England, Aug. 25, 1816

WILLIAM CRANK, butcher and saloon, Eagle; born in Eagle, Waukesha Co., Wis., Dec. 22, 1852; is a son of Anton and Agatha Crank, who settled here in 1845 or 1846; having lost both parents at 14

LAMBERT COLYER, farmer; P. O. Eagle; born in Sullivan, Madison Co., N. Y., 1819

FREDERICK GOSE, farmer, Secs. 21 and 17; P. O. Eagle; born in Westphalia, Prussia, 1820

MARTIN HELGESEN, farmer, Sec. 1 ; P. O. North Prairie; born in the town of Ottawa, Waukesha Co., Wis., Oct. 15, 1844

CHARLES HILL, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Eagle; born in Upwell, Cambridgeshire, Eng. Dec. 31, 1836;

EDWARD P. HINKLEY, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Eagle; born, Dec. 29, 1839, in China. St. Clair Co., Mich.;

A. R. HINKLEY, farmer, Secs. 11, 12 and 14; P. O. Eagle; born in Lebanon, Grafton Co., N. H., Oct. 23, 1810

FRANKLIN HUNT, farmer, Sec. 34, P. O. Eagle; born May 2, 1808, in Brandon, Rutland Co., Vt.;

WILLIAM LE FEVRE, farmer; P. O. Eagle; born in Sherbrooke, Canada;

J. A. LINS, merchant, Eagle; born in Prussia, Oct. 3.1840.

EDMUND LINS proprietor of meat market and saloon, Eagle; was born in Prussia, Aug. 10, 1827

WOLFGANG LOIBL, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Eagle; he was born Oct. 31, 1823, in Bavaria.

ANDREW McCABE, farmer, Sec. 11 ; P. O. Eagle; born in the County of Monahan. Ireland, in 1826

FRANCIS G. PARKS, Postmaster, Eagle; born in Addison Co., Vt., June 1, 1824;

JONATHAN PARSONS, deceased; born, April 26, 1811, in Coos Co, N. H.;

T. W. PITTMAN, farmer, Secs. 21 and 22; P. O. Eagle; born in New York City, Dec. 2, 1798

JAMES W. SHARP, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Eagle; born in Halcott, Greene Co., N.Y., Feb. 25, 1840

JERRY ANGELL, farmer, Sec. 2-I ; P. O. Eagle; born in Vermillion, LaSalle Co. Ill., April 5, 1855

ENOCH SHERDIAN, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Eagle; born in Rupert, Bennington Co., Vt. Feb. 24, 1826, son of Sterling and Jane (Nobles) Sherman.

JOSEPH SPRAGUE, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Eagle; born in Summit Co., Ohio, in 1825, is a son of Dr. F. A. and Bridget Sprague, who settled on Sec. 25, in Eagle, in 1842

EBENEZER THOMAS, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Eagle; born May 11, 1806, in Wales

THOMAS TROW, farmer, Sec. ll; P. O. Eagle; born in Wales, son of Thomas and Elizebeth Trow

HARVEY WAMBOLD, proprietor of the Eagleville Mills; born in 1826, in Montgomery Co., Penn.;

People who fought in the Civil War (1861-1865) Page 516

TOWN OF EAGLE.

• Second Infantry—Co. K—Nicholas Hanes, Chas. Brown. Company unknown—Elberton Bigelow.
• Fourth Infantry—Co. A—Peter Hunter, James Cardle.
• Fifth Infantry—Co. F— —Gilchrist. Co. K– Wallace Root.
• Thirteenth Infantry–Co. I—John Miller, Henry Carle, John Hubbard, Joshua Scott. Co. K Napoleon B. Draper, Wm. Kanute.
• Sixteenth Infantry—J. D. Reed. Co. I-P. V. OVee.
• Seventeenth Infantry—Co. B–Conrad Van Readen, Bernhart Meyer, John Fink. John Brie denback, Anton Schulte, Martin Schulte, Jacob Van Readen, Martin Devine, Hiram Daniels, Bernhart Briedenback, John Stinoff.
  
• Twenty-Fourth Infantry—Co. A-Sidney Kline, George Logan, Franklin W. Rice, Mathias J. Bovee, Jr., Stephen W. Powell, John I. Bovee, William B. Sherman, Lewis M. Sherman, Leonard D. Hinkley, Mathias L. Snyder and Thomas Lewis.
• Twenty-eighth Infantry unknown— Wilson Kipp, John Kalp, William Harrison, Albert Williams, John Nelson, Michael O'Neil, William Lean, Jeremiah Carr, John McIntyre, Edward P. Hinkley, William Duncan, John Cummins, C. J. Melenda.
• First Cavalry—Co. A–Thomas Audis. Co. K –Thomas S. Draper, Wm. Logan, Charles Kilts, Frank Snover, H. F. Potter. 'Company unknown Frank Bigelow, James Grant, James Robison, Jeremiah Bessey, Julius Mastic.
• Third Cavalry–Co. D–Henry James, Henry Brewin, Thomas Pryor, William Keener, Timothy Sullivan, L. W. Robison, Hiram Lampman, Caleb Lobdell, William Lobdell, Martin Lee.
• Seventh Battery–Charles Willard, Frank Fox, George Alvord, Edgar Wainright, John Burke, Arthur Wainright, Walter Downing, Samuel Kinder.
• First Heavy Artillery —Andrew J. Reeves. Myron Scott, Edward O'Brien, Norman Markley, Silas Reeves, John Western, David Kinder, Thomas Lacey. Second Heavy Artillery–Seymour Lewis. Langworthy
• Second Heavy Artillery—Francis Draper, William Bigelow, Benson Sternes. Regiment unknown–Clesant Hendrickson, E. P. Downer. Jr.,