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LA CROSSE COUNTY TITLE COMPANY (LA CROSSE, WIS.). RECORDS, 1856-1890. 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box)

Abstract

The La Crosse County Title Company was incorporated in 1931 with Josiah Pettingill as president and major stockholder. He served previously in a number of county offices, including county clerk, and began to draw up abstracts as early as 1880. The company continues today under the name The Title Company.

Records of La Crosse County Title Company, 1856-1890, consist of title abstracts written by Josiah Pettingill. Records also include a small amount of information about the company. Index to property is included in the register.

 

Acc. No. 1984/15; LCHS Acc. No. 1984-0828-03 to 1984-0828-27
Formerly property of La Crosse County Historical Society (Acc. No. 2005-44)
Processed by Amy Groskopf, June 1985

History

The La Crosse County Title Company was incorporated in 1931 with Josiah Pettingill as president and major stockholder. He served previously in a number of county offices, including county clerk, and began to draw up abstracts as early as 1880.

Soon after forming the company, Josiah Pettingill died and his son Cluade Pettingill took over the business. He continued as president until his death in 1948, at which time the La Crosse County title Company (now called The Title Company) was sold to Thomas J. Holstein.

Scope and Content

The records of the La Crosse County Title Company consist almost entirely of title abstracts. The areas covered include sections of the city of La Crosse, La Crosse County, and West Salem. Most of the abstracts were completed before 1890. The Container List shows legal description as well as the street address for each property. A small amount of general information about the company is found in folder one. A name index to persons mentioned in the abstracts is found after the container list.

Container List
 
LA CROSSE COUNTY TITLE COMPANY (LA CROSSE, WIS.). RECORDS, 1856-1890.
     
Location Folder Legal Description
     
CITY OF LA CROSSE    
     
Division St. - 1101 &1111 15 S˝ of lots 12 & 13 block 4 of Clinton & Rublee’s addition
Farnam St. - 1200 block 16 SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec. 5 T15N R7W
Front St. So. - 100 block 2 Lots 1,2,3, block 2 of Dunn, Dousman, and Cameron’s addition
Front St. So. - 100 block 4 Middle 20 feet of lot 2, block 7, Original plat of La Crosse
George St. - 1100 block 18 Block 8, Jane Cole’s addition to North La Crosse
Jackson St. - 931 5 Lot 15, block 10, Esperson & Burns addition to La Crosse
Kane St. - 1100 block 18 Block 8, Jane Cole’s addition to North La Crosse
Salem Rd. - near Onalaska St. 11 NE 1/4 of NE 1/4, block 10, Oak Grove Park, Oak Grove Park addition to La Crosse
Salem Rd. - near Onalaska St. 14 NW corner of SE 1/4 of SE 1/4, Sec. 17, T16N R7W
Sixth St. No. - 108 12 Lot 5, block 2 of Burns, Farnam and Burns addition to La Crosse
Sixth St. So. - 132 7 Lots 6 & 7 in block 1 of Burns & Overbaugh addition
Eighth St. So. - 629 (?) 6 South 39 feet of Lot 5, block 1 of Lord & Rodolf’s addition to La Crosse
TOWN OF BURNS (near Rockland) 13 S˝ of NW 1/4, Sec. 29, T16N R5W and NE 1/4 of Sec. 30, T16N R5W
TOWN OF FARMINGTON (near Mindoro) 3 NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Sec. 25, T18N R6W
TOWN OF MEDARY (near Conoco Rd.) 17 Sec. 17, T16N R7W
VILLAGE OF WEST SALEM 8 Lot 10 and the North 40 feet of lot 9, block 12 of the original plat of West Salem
TREMPEALEAU COUNTY (Sumner twp.) 9 NE 1/4 of Sec. 32, T24N R7W
Name Index  
Name Folder
Adams, Leslie J. 14
Adams, Stephen H. 18
Allen, -- 9
Anderson, A. F. 17
Andrews, Jane 12
Ashby, Eliza J. 2
Ashby, John B. 2
Ball, Chloe M. 8
Bamberger, Ira Leo 17
Bamberger, Leopold 17
Barton, Samuel C. 6
Bascomb, H. C. 10
Bascomb, Rosetta 10
Bean, Jerome B. 4
Beardsley, Nancy 12
Benedict, Debbie 17
Bennett, William W. 4
Benson, Anna 11
Benson, Anna 17
Benson, B. M. 11
Benson, Ivar 17
Bentley, E. E. 16
Bergmann, William 13
Bergum, Hans 5
Bingham, William H 8
Bjorke, Nels P. 9
Blackwell, George W. 17
Blake, Francis 16
Blake, Margaret 16
Bliss, H. I. 14
Bliss, H. I. 2
Block, Emmanuel 15
Bowman, Elizabeth A. 16
Bowman, J. A. 16
Brady, Anthony N. 17
Brindley, John 8
Brown, Henry W. 5
Brown, James E. 2
Brown, Wilhelmine 5
Browning, Eliza A. 16
Browning, Mary 16
Browning, Nelson S. 16
Browning, W. H. 16
Buckingham, Ebenezer 17
Buckingham, Lucy S 17
Burns, Mary A. 5
Burns, Peter 10
Burns, Peter 12
Burns, Peter 7
Burns, Timothy 7
Burns, Timothy 4
Burns, Timothy 10
Burns, Timothy 5
Burroughs, William S. 17
Burton, George W. 15
Bussell, Samuel D. 12
Cameron, Angus 16
Cameron, Daniel 2
Cameron, Hugh 2
Cameron, Peter 2
Canterbury, Catharine A. 17
Canterbury, J. B. 11
Canterbury, James B. 17
Canterby, James B. 14
Card, William 2
Cargill, Ella T. 17
Cargill, Ella T. 11
Cargill, W. W. 11
Cargill, William W. 17
Chamberlain, Lillian G. 10
Chamberlain, Thomas W. 10
Clark, Abel H. 4
Clark, Wayne 13
Clinton, A. J. 15
Clinton, A. T. 16
Cole, Jane 18
Cole, John J. 2
Colon, Caroline 18
Colon, John D. 18
Colwell, J. A. 14
Colwell, John A. 16
Colwell, Wilson 16
Cramer, Howard 16
Cramer, Howard 17
Crooksten, Celina M. 16
Crooksten, John M. 16
Crooksten, Mrs. J. B. 16
Curtis, Charles H. 2
Curtis, Eliza M. 2
Curtis, Samuel 2
Curtis, T. H. 2
Curtis, William 2
Daley, Julia 16
Dennison, Marinda E. 10
Dennison, William 10
Dittman, Fred 11
Dodge, W. H. 3
Donaldson, N. S. 17
Dousman, H. L. 2
Drake, Keturah Elizabeth 17
Drake, Lemuel 17
Dunn, Charles 2
Dunn, F. J. 2
Durand, H. L. 4
Durane, Henry S. 14
Edwards, B. E. 2
Edwards, T. B. 16
Edwards, T. B. 4
Elmore, Jas. H. 16
Esperson, Cordelia 5
Esperson, Henry 5
Evenson, Engebert 13
Fisk, C. W. 16
Flint, E. 5
Flint, Edwin 7
Flint, Edwin 13
Flint, Edwin 10
Flynn, Jane 2
Flynn, John 2
Frey, Leonard 5
Fuller, David 14
Gesner, Harriet 16
Gibbs, Jarvis W. 16
Gilva, August 14
Gohres, William 17
Goodrich, Gilman 2
Goodrich, James M. 2
Goodrich, James M. 16
Gordon, William M. 17
Gray, Alexander P. 8
Gray, Florence M. 8
Gray, Isabella M. 8
Gray, Jennie 8
Gray, Lillie 8
Gray, William A. 8
Guertin, Dummik M 13
Halstead, Harrison 16
Halstead, Lutitia 16
Halvorsen, Julia 11
Hankerson, A. H. 16
Hart, May M. S. 6
Hartings, L. D. 15
Harvey, Ira B. 16
Hatheway, Daniel P. 17
Hause, Franklin B. 17
Haven, Jasper 13
Haws, Franklin B. 17
Healy, B. B. 4
Heritage, Amelia S. 8
Heritage, Isaac C. 8
Herrick, Zebulon P. 2
Hill, J. M. 4
Hintgen, Mary E. 16
Hintgen, Nicholas 16
Hodge, Robert 3
Hood, William 10
Horner, Ernest 11
Howe, J. D. 8
Humirod, Vincent 4
Ingram, Henry 17
Iverson, Bendik 6
Jackson, Jonathan 4
Jansen, Charles T. 10
Jungen, John B. 4
Keeler, Hiram H. 5
Keeler, John B. 5
Keeler, Salona 5
Kelly, Robert 3
Kendall, Isaac C. 16
Kim, Christina 15
Knutson, Lelah E. 14
Kohlhaus, Jacob 2
Kroodsma, John 18
Kroodsma, Sophia 18
Kutzborsky, John 2
La Due, Albert J. 2
La Due, Ambrose 2
Larzelere, Harry C. 2
Larzelere, William N. 2
Lauber, Fidel 13
Lazcock, Hanry 9
Leete, Robert S. 8
Leete, Sherman M. 8
Leonard, Thomas 8
Lewis, Luther L. 16
Lienlokken, -- 17
Looney, Robert 16
Lord, Cyrus (?) K. 6
Lord, Cyrus K. 2
Lottridge, L. 16
Lottridge, Mary E. 16
Magill, Edwin B. 11
Magill, Mattie Livingston 11
Maguire, Arthur 18
Manville, M. M. 2
Manville, M. M. 4
Marshall, Saruhanah 6
Mather, John 16
McArthur, John 3
McClintock, Irwin 8
McClintock, Vera 8
McConnell, William H. 16
McCreary, Jacob 4
McMillan, A. 14
McMillan, Alex 8
McMillan, Alexander 14
McMillan, Allen 2
McMillan, Esther 2
McMillan, J. W. A. 14
McMillan, John 2
McMillan, John 14
McMillan, Mary 2
Miller, H. J. B. 4
Mooer, Robert M. 17
Moore, Benjamin F. 10
Moore, Benjamin F. 7
Moore, Martin 15
Moore, R. M. 17
Mower, Jeannie A. 9
Mueller, Ludwig 13
Myrick, Nathan 4
Myrick, Nathan 2
Nilsen, Peder 9
Overbaugh, Allen 10
O’Brien, James 2
O’Brien, Mary 2
O’Brien, Timothy 2
O’Keefe, Edward 2
Page, C. E. 10
Page, Jesse 10
Palmer, H. L. 15
Parry, Elizabeth 10
Parry, Lillian 10
Patterson, Jacob 4
Paulson, Gilbert 13
Perrin, Charles 16
Perrin, Charles 17
Peterson, John E. 3
Pettibine, A. W. 16
Pettibone, John S. 16
Pettingill, Jane 8
Pettingill, Jay 8
Pleinling, Nicholas 15
Porter, Dorie C. 16
Porter, Sarah W. 16
Potts, John 18
Prentiss, Etta A. 17
Prentiss, Guy C. 17
Redfield, Elisha B. 14
Reynolds, B. W. 15
Reynolds, Benjamin W. 10
Rockwell, George N. 14
Rockwell, Mary A. 14
Rockwell, Minnie E. 14
Roden, Rachel 17
Roden, Thomas 17
Rodolf, Theodore 12
Rublee, F. M. 16
Rublee, F. M. 15
Rublee, Fr. A. 13
Rublee, Francis 13
Rublee, Sarah 15
Rublee, Sarah 18
Rumsey, Harvey T. 17
Rumsey, Olive 17
Scharpf, George 2
Schue, Mathias 13
Schulz, Johanna 10
Schulz, Louis 10
Scott, Mary J. 4
Seeford, John 2
Segelke, Carl 2
Sewall, Moses 18
Shane, Cora H. 8
Shane, F. D. 8
Shepard, A. W. 16
Shepard, Ann E. 16
Sill, Mary G. 18
Sill, William R. 18
Silva, Lura 14
Smith, Albert 17
Smith, E. S. 5
Smith, Mary 5, 16
Smith, N. R. 16
Smith, Rockwell 14
Smith, Sam T. 16
Smith, Samuel T. 10
Spafford, George 11
Spafford, George 17
Sprain, Fred 13
Staley, George 12
Stanley, W. H. 8
Starks, Ralph J. 17
Stearns, John M. 16
Stevens, Agnes 17
Stevens, Agnes 18
Stevens, C. Adams 17
Stevens, Charles A. 17
Stevens, Charles A. 18
Stevens, John 17
Stevens, John 18
Stevens, Viola Earlingford 17
Stover, George L. 9
Strafford, Charles E. 16
Strafford, Charles J. 16
Suitor, Walter F. 14
Sullivan, Isabella 18
Sullivan, John L. 18
Tagg, Mary 12
Tallmadge, John 4
Thompson, Ira 14
Thompson, John S. 16
Thurnell, Benjamin C. 16
Travis, David B. 10
Turnpenny, Joseph C. 12
Tuttle, Eunice 8
Tuttle, James 8
Ufford, Levi W. 16
Ufford, Mary E. 16
van Steenwyk, Gysbert 2
Viner, Louisa Perrin 17
Voight, J. C. 13
Watson, Charles A. 10
Welda, Nelson 14
Weston, Joshua W. 10
Whelpley, Jacob P. 10
Whelpley, Mary Ann 10
White, Asa 2
White, Justus 3
White, Miles 3
Williams, Elizabeth J. 10
Williams, Robert ??
Winter, Frank 14
Woodward, Francis 3
Wright, David 16
Wright, David 8
Wrobel, Carl 15
Youmars, Earl 3