William Lewis Perrin was born in 1825, and with his brother came to Troy in 1851, where he has since lived. He has been a successful farmer and public spirited citizen, and has filled offices in the town organization. He was married in 1855 to Julia F. Loring. They have three sons and one daughter.
WARREN,
Township 29, range 18, is a rich prairie town, drained by the tributaries of Kinnikinic and Willow river. George Longworth and family, of Waukegan, Illinois, settled here in October, 1855. In the year following, Lyman and David Sanford, brothers, came from Ohio, and made their home here. Mr. Longworth, in 1856, broke the first ground on land now within the limits of Hudson. Henry M. Sanford came in the spring of 1857.
Warren was organized as a town in 1860, with the following supervisors: Beach Sanford, George Frissell and Seth Colbeth; L. J. Sanford, clerk. A post office was established in 1860, and Mrs. Beach Sanford was appointed postmistress, at Warren village, now Roberts. The village of Roberts is located on the West Wisconsin railroad, which traverses sections 19 to 24, inclusive, of this town. It contains one elevator, one storage house, one feed mill, one cheese factory, one machine shop, one syrup mill, several stores and shops, one hotel, one school house, one public hall, and one church building belonging to the Congregationalists.
No intoxicants are sold in the village. The first school was taught in 1859, by Jane Sanford.
James Hill was born in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, Feb. 15, 1825, and settled in Warren, St. Croix county, in 1863, where he engaged in farming and dealing in grain. He represented St. Croix county in the Wisconsin assembly of 1878-79-80.
TOWN PLATS LOCATED IN ST. CROIX COUNTY.
| NAME OF VILLAGE. | TOWN LOCATION. | DATE OF PLAT. | SURVEYOR. | PROPRIETORS. |
| Buena Vista | Hudson | In 1849 | Harvey Wilson | Louis Massey & Co. |
| New Centreville | Rush River | Mch. 26, 1856 | Geo. Strong | Daniel McCartney. |
| Hammond | Hammond | July 15, 1856 | A. W. Miller | Hammond & Spaulding. |
| De Soto | Hudson | Aug. 15, 1857 | Aptemards Burkhart. | |
| Somerset | Somerset | Aug. 28, 1857 | Geo. Strong | Harriman & Reed. |
| Glenmont | Troy | Jan. 5, 1858 | C. N. Bates | M. Bank, Lake St. Cx. |
| Huntington | Star Prairie | Sept. 24, 1858 | E. W. McClure | John Brown. |
| Gridley, New Richmond and Fremont | Richmond | 1857 | Gridley & Day. | |
| Troy | Troy | Dec. 29, 1859 | J. A. Short | Cox & Powell. |
| Boardman | Richmond | July 5, 1866 | W. R. Anderson | Beebe & Boardman. |
| Star Prairie | Star Prairie | June 15, 1870 | John McClure | Simonds & Millard. |
| Baldwin | Baldwin | Mch. 14, 1873 | H. J. Baldwin | D. R. Bailey. |
| Roberts | Warren | Jan. 4, 1875 | Geo. Strong | Comstock, Platt & Co. |
| Deer Park | Cylon | Jan. 25, 1879 | J. W. Remmington | J. A. Humbird. |
| New Saratoga Springs | Stanton | Sept. 17, 1878 | John McClure | A. P. Muggey. |
| Hersey | Springfield | Dec. 24, 1880 | Geo. Strong | L. T. Adams. |
| Cylon | Cylon | Sept. 16, 1884 | Alfred Pierce | Beebe & McNarama. |
| Emerald | Emerald | July 13, 1885 | Alfred Pierce | Hurd Brothers. |
| Glenwood | Glenwood | Jan. 2, 1886 | H. J. Baldwin | Glenwood Manf. Co. |
| Wilson | Springfield | 1886 | West Wis. Manf. Co. | |
| Woodville | Baldwin | 1886 | Woodville Lumber Co. | |
| Wildwood | Eau Galle | 1886 | St. Cx. L. & Manf. Co. | |
| Brookville | Eau Galle | 1886 | Wood & Decker. | |
| Houlton | St. Joseph | Not recorded |