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Dewhurst
Township
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Clark County,
Wisconsin
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Hatfield was originally known as
Frankville.
FRANKVILLE:
Established January 21, 1858 with George M.
Arnold as postmaster. The post office
was changed to Hatfield January 9, 1879, with
Charles A Ecker as postmaster. It was
discontinued December 6, 1887, and its papers
sent to Merrillan, then re-established January
16, 1888, with William W Craig as postmaster.
The office was discontinued again August 5,
1891 with mail service from Merrillan then re-established
February 9, 1895 with E. Leslie Hooven as postmaster.
It was finally discontinued February 28, 1914,
with mail service from Merrillan. It was
located in Section 3--T22N R3W in the township
of Komensky.
Map
Source: History
of Wisconsin Post Offices, submitted by
Dolores (Mohr)
Kenyon.
Building the Hatfield Dam
Hatfield Chamber
of Commerce (21 Jun 2006).
Hatfield Work Train
Hatfield
History
AM Vets Honor
Hatfield Vets
The Hatfield Fire & Rescue (May 22,
2003)
Trow
History
Churches
The cornerstone
of the Presbyterian Church, at Dells Dam,
will be laid on June 20 at 11 a.m. Rev. Brown, of
Marshfield and Rev. Hendren will address the congregation
and there will also be other ministers to assist
them. Afterwards, a warm dinner will be served,
25 cents per person. (excerpt
from the Clark Co. Press, Neillsville, June 1893)
Schools
Clark County
Schools -
Index
Bruce Mound
School
School History
Property
Grant
DEWHURST SCHOOL
Dewhurst School (Sec. 26) was about a mile and a
half south of Columbia. It was known as the
Primmer School. Leon Canfield, Alice Head and
Nettie Bara Primmer were the teachers. There is
a possibility that Susan Metcalf Haenel also
taught there.
When the larger school in Columbia was built
Dewhurst and Columbia consolidated. Busses
picked up the Dewhurst children. Their school
building was sold to Robert Lawrence of Elgin,
Illinois. He moved it to the main road a mile
south of Columbia and made it into a very nice
farm house.
Alice head married Fred Lockman of Columbia.
They move to the state of Washington. In 1971
Leon Canfield was still active in Tulsa,
Oklahoma. Nettie Primmer passed on in January
1970 in the state of Washington. Mrs. Haenel
passed on and is buried in Columbia’s first
cemetery.
Recollections of Columbia
Nettie Barr Primmer of Humbird taught at the Dewhurst School. After
farming three-quarter mile south of Columbia for several years, she and her
husband, Chauncy, moved to the state of Washington.
----Source: Neillsville Press (Neillsville,
Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 06/18/1925
RURAL SCHOOL GRADUATES (18 June 1925)
The following is a list of pupils in the south
half of the county who have completed the eighth
grade work in rural and state graded schools and
are prepared to enter high school this fall:
Town of Dewhurst No. 5 -Marion Stubbs, Rosa
Novak.
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