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| | Brandon, Wisconsin: An Historical Chronology |
 | | By 1847, however, the Wisconsin territorial census identified Thomas J. Norris (section 35), Silas Danley (section 35), Samuel Stanton (section 27), Levi Yorty (section 27), Samuel Hubbell (section 24), and Amos Pond (section 26) as living in the vicinity of what would shortly become Bungtown, the forerunner of the village of Brandon. |
 | | The 1850 federal census identified Samuel Stanton, Thomas Norris, Silas Danley, Abel Phillips (section 33), John Lockin (section 25), Ranson W. Pride, William Casteen, Elisha Gallup, John Riley (section 36), Oliver Ohara, Amos Pond, Jacob Mason (section 23), and Levi Yorty as living in the vicinity of Bungtown. |
 | | The same source documents the origination of the village's current name: "The station and village were named "Brandon" by William Lockin, in honor of many Vermont settlers." The first school in Brandon was established with a single teacher. |
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