
Clay Banks History
History
FORMER NAMES:
High Clay Banks. Sailors used them as sailing landmarks.
YEAR FORMED:
Set off from Town of Forestville in Feb 1859. First town meeting held April 1859 at Prescott’s Boarding House.
FIRST SETTLERS:
W. H. WARREN Sr. from New York-farmer and surveyor;
William HELMHOLZ from Germany-farmer. (Both came in 1855).
ETHNIC GROUPS:
New Englanders, German, Norwegian..
OCCUPATIONS:
Farming, Lumbering, Sawmills..
EARLY BUSINESSES:
(1) HITT Sawmill and Lumber, Proprietor: HITT (father of Charles), (1863?-1873).
(2) Eagle Hotel, Proprietor: Charles HITT (born in New York), (1875-?).
(3) PAARMANN Merchantile Business, Proprietor: F. PARRMANN (born in Germany, lived in Ahnapee, Kewaunee Co.), (Fall 1876-?),
Location: Town of Clay Banks.
SOME FAMILIES ASSOCIATED WITH TOWN:
HELMHOLZ, HITT, PAARMANN, PRESCOTT, SCHUYLER, TUFTS, WARREN.
MORE TOWN OF CLAY BANKS PEOPLE-Biographies found in: History of Northern Wisconsin-1881
HITT, Charles I. (proprietor Eagle Hotel, Clay Banks)
PAARMANN, F. (merchant & Postmaster, Clay Banks)
SCHUYLER, Albert J. (veterinary surgeon & farmer, PO Clay Banks)
TUFTS, James (proprietor of saw-mill & pier, Clay Banks)
WARREN, W. H. Sr. (farmer & surveyor, PO Horns Pier)