Andrew Barnett

Vestryman at founding of Westwood (later Emanuel) Episcopal Church (1852)

In 1847 Andrew Barnett came in and for several years kept a hotel called the Telegraph House, afterwards the Lancaster House. A writer of the time described him as "a fine old man of forty five with ten children."

James Barnett

Village of Lancaster Trustee (1857)

Town of Boscobel Supervisor (1863, 1881, 1895)

Village of Boscobel President (1872 - Last year of village government)

City of Boscobel Mayor (1873 - First year of city government, 1875, 1891)

Grant Count Board (1873, 1875, 1881, 1891)

Other Barnetts

Town of Lancaster Constable (1855)

Joseph Barnett

Village of Lancaster Trustee (1861)

The telegraph line was opened for business this year (1848) with Joe Barnett as operator. P. 407

John Benton Callis

Village of Lancaster Trustee (1858), Marshall (1859, 1860, 1861)

Wisconsin State Assembly (1874)

In September (1855) J.B. Callis and John Pepper began a general merchandise business in the store occupied by T.M. Barber on the corner of Monroe and Maple Streets…. In February, 1856, the store of Callis & Pepper wqas destroyed by fire. The fire originated, probably, in a room over the store used as an office and bedroom. A large part of the stock was saved. With remarkable energy the proprietors cleared off the site and put up another building, which was so pushed ahead as to be completed in April. p. 409-410

In March, 1872, a fire destroyed the "Callis Corner" and threatened to take the whole row of wooden buildings….The loss in stock was about $6,000. P. 412

Kaltenbachs

Village of Potosi Trustee (1887, 1888)

Celestin Kaltenbach

Town of Potosi Supervisor (1855, 1856), Treasurer (1853, 1862, 1863, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878)

Grant County Board (1856)

Original member of St. Thomas Catholic Church (1836). Services conducted by Bishop Loras and Father Samuel Mazzuchelli.

p. 515 Celestin Kaltenbach, who became the dean of postmasters in the United States, holding that office from August 8, 1837 to the time of his death, March 18, 1891, with the exception of the time between 1862 and 1870. Before coming to Potosi, he had mined for three years around Dubuque. On coming to the "Hollow" he started a store (in the loction then known as Van Buren) which he carried on for more than fifty years. He held several town offices and was so much esteemed in the community that to hundreds his advice or admonition was law. He was 78 years old at his death.

Related Familes

City of Boscobel Council (1888, 1893, 1898)

John Pepper (married Charlotte Barnett)

Town of Lancaster Constable (1856)

Village of Lancaster Marshall (1858)

Town of Boscobel Supervisor (1861, 1867), Treasurer (1863)

Village of Boscobel Trustee (1867), President (1869)

City of Boscobel Council (1873)

Grant County Board (1861)

Boscobel Agricultural and Driving Association Treasurer (1874 - organizer)

In 1857 John Pepper came in and opened the Barnett House, which he conducted for about another six months when the proprietor, "Andy" Barnett, took it. It was a good house. April 17, 1858, it was destroyed by fire. It burned so quickly that some of the guests had to get out of the second story windows. The Philbrick House, kept by a widow of that name from Fennimore, was the principal hotel remaining after the destruction of the Barnett House, until that hotel was rebuilt, the run successively by Andrew Barnett and James Barnett. p. 665

Fred Phelps (married Eliza Barnett)

Town of Lancaster treasurer (1852, 1853)

Village of Lancaster Trustee (1868)

City of Lancaster Council (1879)

The Phelps House, a large three-story brick building, was built on the site of the old Banfill House, afterward known as the Barnett Corner. P. 411