WISCONSIN NAMES INDEX

The men and women listed in the index are identified by various sources as having been activively involved in the state's Underground Railroad or as having been active in the state's anti-slavery movement. The latter are included in the hope of creating a web of circumstantial evidence that can be used to extend the limited verified information about fugitive slave activity in Wisconsin.

Barrows, George. Remembered by A. P. Dutton as one of the men involved in the Racine Underground Railroad. [1896 letter from Dutton to Professor Wilbur H. Siebert, included in Siebert's Underground Railroad in Wisconsin]

Bartlett, J. O. Remembered by A. P. Dutton as one of the men involved in the Racine Underground Railroad. [1896 letter from Dutton to Professor Wilbur H. Siebert, included in Siebert's Underground Railroad in Wisconsin]

Booth, Sherman M. Editor of the Wisconsin Free Democrat from 1848 to 1859, outspoken abolitionist, and the focus of Federal prosecution for his role in freeing Joshua Glover from Federal custody in Milwaukee in 1854. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Brown, Samuel. Milwaukee resident involved in Caroline Quarrels' 1842 escape. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Bunce, Charley. Remembered by A. P. Dutton as one of the men involved in the Racine Underground Railroad. [1896 letter from Dutton to Professor Wilbur H. Siebert, included in Siebert's Underground Railroad in Wisconsin]

Cheney, Russell. Emerald Grove resident who assisted a family of runaway slaves on one leg of their flight to Canada in 1855/56. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Clinton, Allen. Church deacon involved in Caroline Quarrels' 1842 escape. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Daugherty, Samuel. A Baptist "brother" living near Pewaukee involved in Caroline Quarrels' 1842 escape. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Deming, Reuben H. Remembered by Frank Lyman as an agent on Kenosha's Underground Railroad. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Dixon, Alvin McCord. Founder of Platteville Academy, and while living in Quincy, Illinois, after graduating from Illinois College "served as a conductor on the Underground Railway." [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Durkee, Charles. A U. S. Senator remembered by Frank Lyman as an agent on Kenosha's Underground Railroad. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Dutton, A. P. Self identified as one of the men involved in the Racine Underground Railroad. [1896 letter from Dutton to Professor Wilbur H. Siebert, included in Siebert's Underground Railroad in Wisconsin]

Dwinnell, Rev. Solomon Ashley. Provided sanctuary for Caroline Quarrels in Spring Prairie, Walworth County, during her 1842 escape. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Dyer, Dr. Edward G. Provided funds for Caroline Quarrels' 1842 escape. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Finch, Asahel. Milwaukee attorney involved in Caroline Quarrels' 1842 escape. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Goodell, Lemuel. Stockbridge resident who provided a team to transport a family of three runaway slaves on their way to Green Bay in 1854. Deceased 1897. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Goodnow, Lyman. Member of Ezra Mendall's Congregational church and involved with him in Caroline Quarrels' 1842 escape. Goodnow accompanied Quarrels to Canada. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Goodrich, Joseph. Owner and operator of the stagecoach inn in Milton, used as a station on the Underground Railroad. [Milton Historical Society]

Jilson, John B. Remembered by Frank Lyman as an agent on Kenosha's Underground Railroad. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Lathrop, Frederick. Green Bay resident who rowed a family of three runaway slaves to their departing steamer on their way to Canada in 1854. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Leonard, Mr. Beloit resident who provided transportation for a family of runaway slaves on one leg of their flight to Canada in 1855/56. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Kimball, Alonzo. Green Bay deacon who furnished food and arranged for steamer transport for a family of three runaway slaves on their way to Canada in 1854. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Manning, Rev. W. R. A Baptist clergyman, Provided funds for Caroline Quarrels' 1842 escape. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Mendall, Ezra. Congregational church deacon involved in Caroline Quarrels' 1842 escape. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Norris, Roswell. Green Bay resident who assisted a family of three runaway slaves on their way to Canada in 1854. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Peck, S. B. Remembered by A. P. Dutton as one of the men involved in the Racine Underground Railroad. [1896 letter from Dutton to Professor Wilbur H. Siebert, included in Siebert's Underground Railroad in Wisconsin]

Peet, Rev. Stephen. Prominent member of Presbyterian and Congregational Convention of Wisconsin, in 1849 refused communion from Rev. James Leach, a slaveholder. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Pond, James B. John Brown associate, Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, and celebrated lecture circuit impressario who remembered in his 1903 memoirs assisting his father, Willard Pond, in operating a station on the Underground Railroad at the family farm late in the 1840s and early in the 1850s. [Fairwater Historical Society and Kevin Dier-Zimmel]

Pond, Willard. Resident of Alto Township, Fond du Lac County, who operated a station on the Underground Railroad at his farm late in the 1840s and early in the 1850s. [Fairwater Historical Society and Kevin Dier-Zimmel]

Porter, Mr. and Mrs. Green Bay residents who provided food and sanctuary in the belfry of their church for a family of three runaway slaves on their way to Canada in 1854. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Porter, Rev. Jeremiah. Beloit pastor who provided sanctuary for a family of three runaway slaves on their way to Chilton and Stockbridge in 1854. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Reynolds, Simeon. Emerald Grove deacon who, at the approach of slave hunters, drove a family of runaway slaves sixty miles to their steamer in Racine on their way to Canada in 1855/56. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Secor, Dr. Remembered by A. P. Dutton as one of the men involved in the Racine Underground Railroad. [1896 letter from Dutton to Professor Wilbur H. Siebert, included in Siebert's Underground Railroad in Wisconsin]

Sitley, W. L. Remembered by A. P. Dutton as one of the men involved in the Racine Underground Railroad. [1896 letter from Dutton to Professor Wilbur H. Siebert, included in Siebert's Underground Railroad in Wisconsin]

Smith, William H. Remembered by Frank Lyman as an agent on Kenosha's Underground Railroad. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Strong, Dr. H. P. Beloit resident and son-in-law of Father Clary remembered by Hon. S. T. Merrill as assisting two families of runaway slaves early in the 1860's. [J. N. Davidson, Negro Slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad, 1897]

Waterman, W. H. Remembered by A. P. Dutton as one of the men involved in the Racine Underground Railroad. [1896 letter from Dutton to Professor Wilbur H. Siebert, included in Siebert's Underground Railroad in Wisconsin]

Wright, George S. Remembered by A. P. Dutton as one of the men involved in the Racine Underground Railroad. [1896 letter from Dutton to Professor Wilbur H. Siebert, included in Siebert's Underground Railroad in Wisconsin]