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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was or- gauized Marclı 22, 1855, and it has the honor of being instituted by Grand Master William Rounsville in person.
Cherry Lodge of Rebekahs No. 402 has a representative membership. Eureka camp No. 60 of Modern Woodmen is the largest social order in Pecatonica.
The village of Pecatonica was incorporated by an act of the legislature in 1869. The bill for the incorporation of the village was introduced by Hon. Ephraim Summer, who was then a member of the house.
WATER WORKS.
Pecatonica has had several fires in its busi- ness district prior to the establishing of the present system of water supply, which took place in 1889. The cost of the plant completed was $20,000. The large and never failing well is directly south at the foot of Main street in the valley. The water is pumped up from this well into an immense stand pipe, 100 feet high which is located on the highest point in the village. The pressure from this standpipe is sufficient to throw water through the hose over the highest church steeple. The streets are piped and the water is used for all domestic pur- poses, as it is of an excellent quality.
PROMINENT CHICAGO CITIZENS.
Two of Chicago's most prominent citizens formerly lived in Pecatonica. Postmaster Dan Campbell was born in Elgin, but his parents re- moved to Pecatonica when he was about two years old, and he resided in the village more than twenty years, and received his education in its schools. Mrs. J. E. Dailey, a resident of the village, is a sister. Judge Harry Olson, of the Chicago Municipal Court, graduated from the Pecatonica High School. He resided in the village several years, while his brother was pas- tor of the Swedish Lutheran church. His wife was Miss Bernice Miller of Pecatonica. The late Hou. J. C. Garver, state's attorney of Win- nebago County, and judge of the circuit court, was a native of Pecatonica.
There are two banking houses in Pecatonica. The Farmers' and Merchants' Savings Bank has a capital of $25,000, with a surplus of $10,000. W. J. De La Mater is president, and E. S.
Hamme is cashier. The Pecatonica State Bank has a capital of $40,000, with a surplus of $10,000. Charles D. Knowlton is president, and J. A. Provoost, cashier.
There are two physicians now practicing in Pecatonica, Dr. C. G. Ives and Dr. H. C. Parker. Dr. C. H. Latham has been obliged to give up his practice on account of ill health. Dr. H. L. Wilcox is the only dentist.
The population of Pecatonica Township, according to the last federal census, including the village, is 1,590, of whom 1,022 are in the village. Pecatonica, in common with every foot of area in Winnebago County, has been voted "dry" territory.
ROCKFORD.
There is little history apart from that which is closely identified with the city of Rockford, A complete list of supervisors is given in another . chapter. The township is the unit of the park system, which is described at length in Chapter thirty.
ROCKTON.
FIRST COUNTY SETTLEMENT HERE-STEPHEN MACK THE PIONEER-HIS IMMEDIATE FOLLOWERS- FIRST BUSINESS ENTERPRISES-FIRST RAILROAD -PROVISION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS-CHURCHES- GENERAL ELON J. FARNSWORTH-REMOVAL AND RETURN OF HIS MONUMENT-SOLDIERS OF WAR OF 1812 BURIED IN ROCKTON-GRAND ARMY POST ORGANIZED IN 1867-FRATERNAL ORDERS-DE- STRUCTIVE FIRES-TALCOTT FREE LIBRARY- ROCKTON INCORPORATED IN 1872-TWO RESIDENT PHYSICIANS-LARGEST POPULATION OF ANY TOWNSHIP IN COUNTY.
The first settlement in Winnebago County was made in Rockton Township about 1829, by Stephen Mack. The life and adventures of Mr. Mack were noted in one of the early chapters of this volume. Those who next succeeded him were William Talcott and his son, Thomas B. Talcott, who made a claim July 4, 1835. These
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gentlemen may be regarded as the first settlers of the village. Two other sons of William Tal- cott, Sylvester and Walter Henry, also settled there in 1835, and a fourth son, Wait Talcott, came in 1838.
The first store was opened by J. Ambrose and Timothy Wight in 1837. There is at Rockton more head and fall than at any other point on Rock River. A sawmill was erected in 1838, and a flouring mill in 1839, by Messrs. Talcott and Adams. The village was laid out by William Talcott in 1840, but the plat was not filed for record until May 30, 1844. The proprietors were Messrs. Talcott and Adams. The first bridge across Rock River above the mouth of Peca- tonica River was built about 1845. Two bridges below the mouth of this stream were built a few years later. The first hotel was built by Jacob Hyatt, in 1839. It was a frame structure on the south side of Main street. The next hotel was the New England House, completed in 1848. The third public house, a brick building, erected by Porter Vinton, was kept by Samuel Adams, and was called the Mansion House.
The Racine & Mississippi Railroad reached Rockton October 29, 1856. E. L. Stiles was ap- pointed agent and he retained the position until his death, a period of forty-one years. The road was later known as the Western Union and is now a part of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul system. The line connecting Rockton with Rockford was built in 1882.
The first schoolhouse in Rockton was built in 1840. The building was used jointly for educa- tional purposes, and as a place for divine wor- ship. The present graded school building was erected in 1851. It is a good substantial frame building, east of the railroad tracks. A large addition was erected in 1915. The high school has a course of four years.
CHURCHES.
The early history of the Rockton Baptist church is closely identified with that of the Roscoe Baptist church. The Roscoe and Rock- ton United Baptist church was organized in June, 1851. In 1854 the services at Roscoe were discontinued for lack of suitable accommoda - tions. June 28, 1856, the church voted to build a house of worship at Rockton, and January 13, 1858, the building was dedicated. Rev. James Veness supplied the church until 1857,
when Rev. D. B. Purinton became pastor. The church enjoyed a rapid growth during this time, when ninety-three united in seven years. The following have been pastors since Mr. Purin- ton's resignation : Revs. C. T. Roe, A. L. Wil- kinson, W. Whitney, James Buchanan, W. M. Robinson, A. Whitman, W. G. Evans, J. E. Ham- ilton, J. J. Phelps, H. L. Steele, J. C. Hart, H. Topping, Stephen Crickett, W. L. Jones, C. W. Woodruff, T. C. Pederson, C. J. Eddy.
The First Congregational church was or- ganized in 1839 by Rev. William Adams. The first meetings for public worship were held at different residences, until about 1840, when a small temporary structure was erected. A sub- stantial stone building was built in 1848, at a cost of about $5,000. The society has a bell which was the gift of William Talcott. The church is now without a pastor, and has been reduced to thirty-nine members.
In 1855 Rev. Holland Richardson was sent to Rockton as a missionary, and organized a small band of Christian workers. In 1856 they were organized as a Methodist station under the pas- torate of Rev. C. F. Wright. A church was erected in 1859. The present pastor is Rev. C. S. Clay.
GENERAL ELON J. FARNSWORTH. 1
The famous Eighth Illinois Cavalry was or- ganized at St. Charles in September, 1861, by Colonel John F. Farnsworth, and was mustered into the United States service on the 1Sth of the saine month. The regiment went into camp at St. Charles until October 13, when it moved to Washington, D. C.
Colonel Farnsworth had a nephew by the name of Elon, living on a farm with his father near Rockton. Elon went to Washington and enlisted in the Eighth Cavalry December 28, 1861. He became captain of Company K.
On June 28, 1863, Captain Farnsworth was promoted to brigadier-general and five days later he was killed at the battle of Gettysburg. His brigade was under command of Gen. Jud- son Kilpatrick. At a critical hour in the engage- ment Kilpatrick ordered General Farnsworthi with his brigade to charge the enemy. General Farnsworth, knowing the lay of the land and the obstructions in the way over which his men would have charge stone walls, fallen trees, boulders and broken rocks-informed General
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Kilpatrick of these facts and that it would be almost impossible for his cavalry to pass over these obstructions and do effective service and if they became entangled in that death trap, as it certainly was such a trap, they would be en- tirely at the mercy of the enemy and literally helpless and cut to pieces. Having made this statement to his division commander the brave and loyal young brigadier added, "General, if you order me to make the charge it shall be done, but you must assume the responsibility." The charge was made and General Farnsworth was brought back dead, with five bullets in his body.
The remains were brought home in charge of an officer and a guard, and were buried in the cemetery at Rockton. A monument of white marble marks his resting place. The inscrip- tion on his monument is as follows :
"Brig. Gen. Elon J. Farnsworth fell at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. Aged 25 years and 11 months. Son of J. P. and Acsah Farnsworth."
Some time after the monument had been placed at the grave of General Farnsworth, the people of Beloit asked Father Farnsworth to allow his son's remains to be taken up and placed in the Beloit cemetery. The monument was actually taken down and carted to Beloit. The Grand Army men and other citizens of Rockton drew up a petition beseeching the fam- ily to let the body of General Farnsworth remain in Rockton, as he was an Illinois boy and fought in an Illinois regiment till the time of his pro- motion. The petition was presented by Com- rade Charles C. Coons, and it prevailed. Their request was granted. The Rockton people at their own expense brought back the monument from Beloit and replaced it at the grave of the dead hero.
SOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF 1812.
There are five soldiers of the War of 1812 buried in the Rockton cemetery. They are : General W. Richardson, who died November 4, 1860; Charles Reed, who died August 25, 1863; William Talcott, who died September 2, 1864; Major Nathaniel Rugg and Warren Raymond,
Post No. 275 Grand Army of the Republic was organized August 15, 1867, with eleven members. C. G. Morgan was chosen first post commander. The post had a large membership for several
years, but time has so thinned the ranks of the veterans that they are now unable to maintain a regular post. Some of the survivors have be- come members of Nevius Post at Rockford. Memorial day, however, is annually observed.
Near the entrance to the gate of the cemetery is mounted a 30-pounder Parrot gun. This relic was secured from the war department, under an Act of Congress of May 22, 1896, providing for the distribution of old ordnance. Hon. R. R. Hitt, then representative in Congress, became in- terested in behalf of Rockton, and the gun was secured in August, 1897. It weighs 4,180 pounds and the twenty-eight inch shells, 880 pounds.
FRATERNAL ORDERS.
Rockton Lodge No. 74 A. F. and A. M. was organized January 5, 1849, with .eight charter members. The first worshipful master was A. E. Ames, who became grand master of Minne- sota. His immediate successors were R. Hatch, W. R. Weld, M. H. Patten, James Wright, S. Widdowson and D. L. Whitney. There is a chapter, No. 190 of Royal Arch Masons, and Starlight Chapter, No. 85, Order of the Eastern Star. The following fraternities are also or- ganized in Rockton: Camp No. 77 of Modern Woodmen; Big Phoenix No. 168 Woodmen of the World; Camp No. 5471 Royal Neighbors ; Court of Honor No. 286 and Mystic Workers.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES,
The Rockton water-power has had more than its share of ill fortune. The first mill doomed to destruction was the old Talcott flouring mill, which was owned and operated by Talcott & Company. This mill was sold to William Clark, but before the transfer was legally made the inill was burned to the ground. By reason of the uncertainty of the title, occasioned by this partial sale, the mill was not rebuilt for several years. Shaw & Stearns purchased the power and erected what was known as the "White mill," owned by Feakins & Champion. The loss on this property was about $10,000, with insur- ance of $5,000. This fire occurred in the spring of 1857.
The second fire occurred on the night of De- cember 11, 1866. M. D. Keeney & Brother had built an air-dried board mill on what was called the "saw-mill site" and were doing a prosperous
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business when a fire swept it away. The loss was about $20,000, with insurance from one-half to three-quarters of this amount. The Keeney Brothers immediately purchased the Fountain & Widdowson machine and foundry property and erected a large storm dried board mill. The next mill property doomed to destruction was the Bradner Smith & Company plant on the night of February 6, 1876. The loss was esti- mated at $50,000 with insurance of $20,000. A fine mill with all modern improvements was immediately erected upon the same power.
Fire number four, which occurred on the night of March 26, 1878, destroyed the rebuilt Keeney mill. The loss was $50,000, with an in- surance of $20,000. The mill was leased and operated by Booth, Hinman & Company of Be- loit. After this fire M. D. Keeney endeavored to sell the power and a partial sale was made to Bradner, Smith & Company, but it was not consummated, and the mill was not rebuilt until the following year, when a fine plant was built and operated by M. D. Keeney & Son.
Coles & Gates' merchant flouring mills were burned on the night of April 25, 1879. The loss was $15,000 with insurance of $10,000. Coles & Gates were doing a good business, but by reason of some indebtedness on the property the mills were not rebuilt and the power passed into possession of Bradner Smith & Company.
On June 1, 1884, the Northwest . paper mills were destroyed. The loss was $50,000, with in- surance of $22,000. These mills were in the hands of B. B. Gates, and later passed into pos- session of W. T. Randall, who rebuilt the plant in 1886.
On the night of July 16, 18SG, the Keeney mill burned for the third time. The loss was $10,000, fully covered by insurance. This mill had passed into possession of Bradner Smith & Company and was leased and operated by W. T. Randall. His loss was $5,000, largely covered by insurance.
The original home of William Talcott, which stood on the corner of Main and Bridge streets, was consumed by fire. In 1894 a fire licked up several buildings on Main street, the store of E. J. Veness, three dwelling houses, one bakery and two barns.
On Hallowe'en night, 1907, a fire started in the block in which the old New England house is located. The origin of this fire is a mystery as
yet unsolved. The fire became so fierce that at one time it threatened to wipe out the entire business portion of the town. It destroyed the buildings of eight business firms and Masonic Hall.
With the present system of water works there exists less dread of fire, especially in the busi- ness portion of the town. The water tower is sufficiently high to give ample pressure for a stream of water to be thrown over the tallest building in the fire district. The water works plant cost about $5,000.
TALCOTT FREE LIBRARY.
The Talcott Free Library was founded in 1SSS. At that time W. A. Talcott announced that he and his father, Hon. Wait Talcott, would give a lot, building and furniture for a public library, as a memorial of the Talcott family, upon con- dition that the township would support it by a tax. This generous offer was accepted. The library was dedicated August 22, 1889. Ad- dresses were made by W. A. Talcott and Prof. Whitney, of Beloit College, and the famous Weber Quartet, of Rockford, furnished music. Thomas B. Talcott gave a set of the Bohn Library, of 679 volumes ; E. L. Stiles gave a set of the Encyclopedia Britannica, and there were several smaller gifts. The library now has more than 5,000 volumes. Mary C. Forward is the librarian.
Rockton was incorporated as a town Septem- ber 10, 1872, and is governed by a board of trus- tees. It is on the line of the Rockford, Beloit & Janesville interurban road. Its telephone serv- ice is supplied by the Central Union and Rock- ford Home companies. Mrs. C. L. Stiles has been in charge of the local office of the Central for many years. There are two 1 resident physicians : Dr. E. R. Cochran and Dr. A. B. Zwaska. The village is at present without a dentist.
The township of Rockton has the largest popu- lation of any township in Winnebago County outside of Rockford. South Beloit is a part of Beloit proper which has been built below the state line. It maintains a Catholic church and a county fair has been held there for several years. The population of the township, includ- ing the village in 1910, was 2,053. The popula- tion of the village was 841.
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ROSCOE.
EARLIEST PERMANENT SETTLER IN 1835-A POST- OFFICE ESTABLISHED TWO YEARS LATER-VIL- LAGE PLAT FILED FOR RECORD IN 1841-NAMED FOR A CELEBRATED ENGLISH HISTORIAN-AN AWFUL LOCAL CATASTROPHE IN 1857-FAMILY OF THE PASTOR OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH THE VICTIMS-ROSCOE CHURCH HISTORY-A CELESTIAL VISITOR-TOWNSHIP PATRIOTIC DUR- ING THE CIVIL WAR-PHYSICIANS-SCHOOLS- FRATERNITIES-RAILROADS-POPULATION.
On August 3, 1835, Robert J. Cross, of Cold- water, Mich., and Colonel Van Hovenburg, with a Pottawatomie Indian for a guide, came from Milwaukee into what is now the township of Roscoe, Mr. Cross bought a claim of Lavec, an employe of Stephen Mack, upon which he sub- sequently settled. In September of the same . year Elijah H. Brown, James B. Lee and Wil- liam Mead came from La Porte County, Ind. Until a postoffice was established at Beloit, the first settlers obtained their mail in Chicago. In 1837 a postoffice was established at the village of Roscoe, and R. M. P. Abell was appointed postmaster. The village was laid out under the direction of Messrs. Lelands, Jenks and Tuttle, and the plat was filed for record August 3, 1841. The township and village derived their name from William Roscoe, a celebrated Eng- lish historian.
On the night of June 3, 1857, the wife and seven children of Rev. Horatio Ilsley; the pas- tor of the Congregational church, were killed or drowned. In building the Madison branch of the Chicago & Northwestern road an embank- ment had been thrown up at the crossing of Kinnickinick Creek about halt a mile above the village. The culvert was too small for the volume of water and up to the afternoon of the day of the awful catastrophe, a pond two miles long, half a mile in width and from 25 to 30 feet in depth had formed above the embank- ment. About midnight the culvert caved in, the embankment gave way, and the water rushed down in a mighty torrent, carrying away sev- eral houses. Among these was the brick house occupied by Mr. Ilsley and his family, which toppled over and buried beneath the ruins the mother and seven children. Mr. Ilsley, who
had lost a leg, was comparatively helpless, and was carried away by the flood nearly down to Rock River, where he caught in a tree and held on until he was rescued by L. M. Richard- son, who waded in and rescued him. In the Roscoe cemetery near the northeast corner the eight bodies of one family, who had not been united for some time until the day of their death, were buried in one day. Only a few hours before the catastrophe a married son came home on a visit.
Mr. Ilsley resigned the pastorate and re- moved from the village. A number of years later a stranger was seen in the cemetery ; he spent a number of hours there in the City of Silence. On discovery it proved to be the be- reaved husband and father who had returned to visit the graves of his loved ones. He was invited to preach in his former church on Sun- day, which he did, the Methodist people giving up their service and going over to the Congre- gational church as a token of respect. After that visit Mr. Ilsley disappeared not to return again to Roscoe. He died at South Freeport, Maine, May 3, 1890, aged eighty-one years.
A Methodist class was organized by Rev. Samuel Pillsbury, in September, 1836, the month in which the class which formed the nucleus of the first church in Rockford was organized. On Nov. 18 and 19, 1837, Rev. John Clark, the presiding elder, held the first quarterly meet- ing in Roscoe, antedating that of Rockford. Le- ander S. Walker was preacher in charge, with William Goodwin as junior preacher. Roscoe belonged to a circuit of which Sycamore was the head.
The Methodist people erected their first church in Roscoe in 1848-49. It was a very substan- tial brick building with basement and audito- rium on second floor. This building served its purpose until 1907, when it was razed and the present handsome and convenient structure was erected during the pastorate ot Rev. John McMullen, at a cost of $13,000. The member- ship of the church at the close of the last con- ference year was 120. Rev. J. E. DeLong is pastor. The churches at Roscoe and Harlem are united in one charge.
The Congregational church was organized November 28, 1843, with eighteen members. The society erected a frame house of worship, which stands to this day as a testimonial to the zeal and fidelity of those early Christian people.
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Rev. Mr. Eaton, the venerable father of Presi- dent Eaton, of Beloit College, was pastor for many years. Rev. Quincy L. Dowd, D. D., is the present pastor. The Congregational year book gives the membership as eighty-three.
A CELESTIAL VISITOR.
There is uncertainty about the date when Roscoe was visited by a celestial messenger in the form of an immense meteorite, weighing a number of tons, which landed in a field of oats about one and a half miles northeast of the village. That it is a genuine meteorite is be- yond dispute; its composition is not of this world as seen in any rock formation. Its top is concave, proving that it came hissing liot through the heavens and in cooling left this concave surface. It is said that the great mass was so hot when it struck the earth and em- bedded itself that the grain was burnt for rods about the place where the meteorite tell. Relic hunters have broken off pieces of this foreign substance for private collections and public museums. This meteorite attracted much at- tention about the time of the World's Fair in Chicago. A committee came to Roscoe with full purpose of carting the novelty to the cars and shipping it in to the fair and placing it on exhibition. But they found to their utter amazement that the meteorite was too large to be moved in that way and they returned to Chicago greatly disappointed at their failure. The meteorite is located on a farm now owned by the Dudley Lyford estate.
Roscoe made her contribution of volunteers for service in the Civil war. Quite a num- ber of these enlisted in the Seventy-fourth and One Hundred and Fifty-third regiments. James B. Kerr, who had been elected school commis- sioner in 1861, enlisted in the Seventy-fourth September 4, 1862, and became a lieutenant- colonel. He died of wounds at Atlanta, Ga., July 3, 1864. Reuben R. Shaw was the last Civil war veteran to be mustered out. He en- listed in Company A in the One Hundred and Fifty-third Illinois Volunteers. Mr. Shaw died in January, 1916. Another esteemed veteran was D. A. Sturtevant, who answered the final summons a short time before Mr. Shaw.
PHYSICIANS.
The first physician in Roscoe was Dr. Ames. There is a real apostolic succession in the Ran- som family. Dr. Daniel Ransom was an early practitioner, and died February 29, 1871. His son, Giles P. Ransom, settled in the village in 1847, read medicine with Dr. Ames, and spent fifty years in practice in the village. Dr. Ran- som served as assistant surgeon in the Second regiment of the Illinois light artillery. He died April 22, 1892. Dr. Ransom's sons, Penn and Wilmot L., chose the profession of their father. Wilmot L. conducts the Ransom Sanitarium, and is the only physician in the village. An- other early-day practitioner was Dr. Lundy, who died in 1891. There is one dentist prac- ticing in Roscoe, Dr. Ray Hardy.
SCHOOLS.
The Roscoe school building is a two-story brick edifice, occupying a commanding position on a rise of ground overlooking the village. This building was erected in 1855. It is not modern, but it is now undergoing extensive im- provements to meet urgent needs. Prior to the completion of this schoolhouse, public school was conducted in the basement of the Methodist church, and before that in Reynolds' old blacksmith shop. On the day when the new building was ready for occupancy, D. C. Smith, who was the principal, arrayed his pupils in military order, and in a grand and stately manner marched them up to the new building and took possession. The high school offers a two years' course.
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