Editing Concord, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
The first non-Native American settlers in the region consisted entirely of settlers from [[New England]] as well as settlers from [[Upstate New York]] whose parents had moved to that region shortly after the American Revolution.  These were "[[Yankee]]" settlers, meaning they were descended from the [[English people|English]] [[Puritans]] who settled [[New England]] during the colonial era.

They were primarily members of the [[Congregational church|Congregational Church]] though due to the [[Second Great Awakening]] many of them had converted to [[Methodism]] and some had become [[Baptists]] before coming to what is now [[Jefferson County, Wisconsin|Jefferson County]]. The [[Congregational church|Congregational Church]] subsequently has gone through many divisions and some factions are now known as the [[Church of Christ]], [[United Church of Christ]] and [[Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)|Church of God]].

When the [[New England]] settlers arrived in what is now Concord there was nothing but a dense virgin forest and wild prairie.  New Englanders and New England transplants from [[Upstate New York]] were the vast majority of [[Jefferson County, Wisconsin|Jefferson County]]'s inhabitants during the first several decades of its history.  As a result of this heritage Concord, Wisconsin was named after [[Concord, New Hampshire]].<ref>The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin: Containing a History of Jefferson County, Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc....Western Historical Company, 1879</ref>

On February 1, 1860, [[Charles Ingalls]] married [[Caroline Quiner]] in Concord. Their daughter was [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]], author of the ''[[Little House on the Prairie]]'' books.<ref>[http://www.concordwisconsin.org/node/70 History of Concord, Wisconsin]</ref>