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List of burned in Brussels, Door County, Wisconsin

This information was found in a binder in the Fire Museum.

Kolbeck, George, wife, and three children

Milichewart, Joseph, wife, and four children

Mutter, Frank, wife, and two children

Pavlic, Casper, a child of

Seveikert, Michael, wife, and five children; also the wife’s father and mother, names not ascertained

Shelber, John, wife, and child

Trydy, Wife, and five children; also the wife’s father and mother and his brother-in-law, names could not be ascertained

Weiss, Louis, wife, and one child

The following were burned at Schoefield’s & Co.’s Mill, section 15, Brussels, Door County, Wisconsin

Crow, John (a Native American)

Doughtery, John

Doughtery, William

Doughtery, Sarah

Disotelle, Mary

Ligot, Hypolite

McNames, John

McWilliams, Daniel (colored)

Wood, John

Nasawanpee

Larch, Caspar, and two children of Peter Larch

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