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lish. Tlie Xew York and ]^ew England elements nevertheless 

 remained the predominating population of the town. Salem, 

 like the town of Bristol, was settled bv the Xew York and ^ew 

 England people, and they remained the prevailing elements in 

 the town. During the first decade quite a number of Irish and 

 English came in and settled. There was also a small but steady 

 increase in the German population. The towns of Somers and 

 Randall, although Randall was not formed until IS 60, show a 

 greater increase in the number of Gennans than the other two 

 towns. In Somers those born in Xew York, Germany, chiefly 

 Prussia, Ireland, and Great Britain, were the gi*eatest in num- 

 ber, while in Randall, those bom in Xew York and Germany 

 predominated. 



To sum up the study of the accompanying Table 1 and Table 

 1 of the Appendix, we find: 1. That the nativity of the popula- 

 tion of the county, according to relative importance, takes the fol- 

 lowing order : in 1850, Xew York, Wisconsin, Xew England, 

 Ireland, Great Britain and Gennany ; in 1860 Wisc-onsin, Xew 

 York, Ireland, Prussia, Xew England and Great Britain ; and 

 in 1870, Wisconsin, Xew York, Prussia, Ireland, Great Britain 

 and Xew England. 2. That the population furnished by 

 Xew York and Xew England declined steadily and rapidly 

 since 1850, not so much by natural decline, as by emigration 

 from tlie county. Those that remained in the county massed 

 in the towns of Bristol, Salem, Randall, Somers, and a large 

 number in Pleasant Prairie. 3. That the Irish have steadily 

 declined since 1850. They scattered in the county, but settled 

 chieflv in Pleasant Prairie, Brighton, and the citv of Kenosha. 

 Thev are the onlv foreign nationalitv that had a tendency to 

 emigrate. Erom 1850 to 1860 a large number left the city of 

 Kenosha and the town of Brighton, some leaving the county, 

 and others moving into the towns of Bristol and Salem. 4. 

 That the English in the county increased slightly from 1850 to 

 1860, and settled mainly in the city of Kenosha, Brighton, 

 Paris, Pleasant Prairie, Salem and Somers. The only town, in 

 which there is an indication that a small number emigrated 

 after settling is Brighton. 5. That the total number of Ger- 

 mans in the county, chiefly from Prussia, increased nearly 145^ 



