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the Keeney mill, the Talcott grist mill, and the Northwest pa- per mill.
UNDEVELOPED WATER POWER.
Besides the now already developed water power, which is one of the best on Rock river, Rockton still possesses two oth- er water powers, which are yet unimproved. The first is known as the Goodwin water power, which has already been spoken of. The other is the power afforded by the Pecatonica river. At present its waters are allowed to sweep by uncheck- ed by dam or wheel. By taking the waters of that river at its mouth, with the overflow of Rockton dam, and conducting them down the south bank of Rock river by a well constructed race for a mile or so, another water power could be developed of much importance. With all of these water powers in active operation, Rockton would stand at the head of the list of west- ern towns for manufacturing facilities. There is a bright fu- ture in store for Rockton, but by whose hands these grand im- provements will be made is yet to be seen, but they must sure- ly come. The men of means, seeking an investment, would do well to carefully notice what nature has done to make Rockton a great manufacturing center; and with our present railroad facilities, diverging to every cardinal point of the compass, there is only one essential element wanting-ener- getic men with means.
BRIDGES.
Rockton has had a large experience with bridges. The pres- ent bridge across the Turtle creek this side of Beloit, was built about 1868, at cost of $2,600. The city of Beloit contributed $800 towards its construction.
The abutments of the lower iron bridge were built in 1869. Then followed the Trusedell iron bridge with its miserable failure and disappointment. In 1870 the present iron bridge was built by the King Bridge Co., and it has proven a great success. In 1873 the Carpenter iron bridge was built by the same company.
VILLAGE OF ROCKTON.
The village of Rockton was incorporated under the general laws of the state in 1872. The territory embraced by the cor- porate limits includes all of section twenty-four, the east half
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of section twenty-three, the south half of section thirteen, and the south-east quarter of section fourteen; being one and one- half mile square.
The first board of trustees was as follows: J. B. Merritt, G. H. Hollister, Robert Penman, M. D. Keeney, E. Smith Waite and F. W. Merrill. The first meeting to organize the board was held Sept. 10, 1872. J. B. Merritt was chosen president, Sam- uel Widdowson, clerk; and Ingolls Carlton, treasurer. The a- mount fixed for a saloon license at a board meeting Sept. 13, 1872, was one hundred and twenty-five dollars a year. The fis- cal year was made to expire May first of each year, also the trustees were to serve without pay. George Ellis was appoint- ed police constable.
The spring election for trustees in 1873, resulted in electing M. D, Keeney T. B. Talcott, David Carpenter, E. J. Veness, E. Pollard and Oscar Favor for the ensuing year; George W. Springer was elected police magistrate; and E. L. Stiles, village clerk. On the organization of the new board, T. B. Talcott was chosen president; and J. G. Veness, treasurer. The bonds of the clerk and treasurer were made at $500. N. B. Kincaid was appointed police constable. The board refused to grant a saloon license.
The village fathers were then very economical in the admin- istration of the village affairs. They served without pay, met in Mr. Talcott's office to save rent, sat on board benches to save the expense of chairs, used Mr. Talcott's office lamps for lighting purposes, and when cold weather required a fire, each contributed an armful of wood for the general comfort. This plan drew a little harder on Mr. Talcott, than on the other members, but as he was president of the board, he could afford to do a little extra for the honor of the office.
By the action of the board in 1873, E. L. Stiles was given general supervision of the cemetery grounds, and James N. Douglas was appointed sexton.
In 1874, the village clerk was allowed a salary of $10 a year. The calaboose was built that year, in back of Kinsley's shop, at an expense of $125. The board also appropriated $50 to aid Mr. Mathews in establishing the Rockton Herald, with the un- derstanding that it was to be paid back in printing.
The Rockton Herald was established Jan. 1, 1875, by W. D.
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Mathews, and was conducted by him for about a year and a half, when it was sold to the present proprietor.
The park stand was built in the summer of 1880, at an ex- pense of $315, after a plan drawn by Frank Packard, architect. On the evening of Aug. 26, a meeting was held in the park to dedicate the new structure. E. L. Stiles gave a historical ac- count of the park, and Prof. Henderson, of Beloit college, made a very interesting address on village improvements.
The Rockford railroad was surveyed in 1880, and in the fall of that year, the track was laid to the mills on the water power. The road to Rockford was completed in 1881, and trains com- menced running late in the year. The new depot was also built the same season.
The Rockton public library was started in 1888. The build- ing was donated by Hon. Wait Talcott, of Rockford, and it was put in excellent repair at a cost of $2,000, by his son, W. A. Tal- cott. The town carried out its part of the conditions, by vot- ing a tax to maintain a library. Thomas B. Talcott donated $1,100 worth of books as a fitting tribute to the memory of his deceased wife, Mrs. Sophia Willard Talcott. Other donations of considerable importance, have been added at different times. These with the purchase of books by the yearly tax has al- ready amounted to several thousand volumes.
The town hall was built in 1893, at a cost of $3,000. It was dedicated Dec. 21, 1893, with quit an elaborate ceremony. The attendance was large, with several persons from abroad.
The village building was purchased in 1894, and fitted up for village purposes. The first story is used by the fire deparment and a lock-up, and the upper story for a council room.
Rockton citizens who have been elected to a county office, were Thomas B. Talcott, county commissioner; William Hu- lin, county recorder; Hiram J. Sawyer, and Moses J. Upright, sheriffs; and A. A. Snyder, county treasurer.
ADDITIONAL SOLDIERS' NAMES
Of the war of the rebellion:
1 Oliver Adle, enlisted March 2, 1865, Co. E, 9th Ill. cavalry. Mustered out Oct. 31, 1865.
2 Darwin B. Moore, enlisted Co. E, 9th Ill. cavalry.
3 John Potter, enlisted Co. C, 67th III.
4 Henry Thompson, enlisted June 2, 1862, m. o. Sept. 27, '62.
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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
Prudence Blish, born April 23, 1767, died Oct. 20, 1848. Maj. Nathanael Rudd, born 1772, died April 4, 1847. His wife, Waity Hopkins, born 1779, died June 10, 1856. John Brown, born Aug. 8, 1776, died Sept. 29, 1861. Theodore Blinn, born Sept. 1, 1777, died July 1, 1850. John Griffith, born 1782, died April 27, 1862. Lydia, wife of Anson Parker, born 1782, died March 25, 1861. Gen. William Richardson, born May 7, 1783, died Nov. 24, 1860. His wife, Sabina Parker, born Jan. 20, 1805, died Jan. 23, 1890. Capt. William Talcott, born March 6, 1784, died Sept. 2, 1864. His wife, Dorothy Blish, born April 8, 1789, died Nov. 24, 1879. Rufus Baker, born March 28. 1784, died May 24, 1870. His wife, Cynthia, born July 17, 1790, died Jan. 17, 1871. Thomas Harley, born 1787, died Oct. 11, 1859.
Phebe Waite, born 1788, died March 14, 1859.
Rev. William M. Adams, born Dec. 28, 1788, died March 12, 1842 His wife, Sophia Farnsworth, b. July 22, 1796, d. Sept. 11, 1869. Silas Austin, born Feb. 18, 1789, died March 31, 1844. His wife, Lydia, born Aug. 25, 1786, died Feb. 21, 1860. John Henry, born June 21, 1789, died March 16, 1871.
Joseph Lord, born Nov. 5, 1789. died March 21, 1863. His wife, Chloe Moulton, born May 21, 1792, died Dec. 18, 1868. ยท Osee Talmage, born Jan. 1, 1790, died Sept. 25, 1845. His wife, Sally, born April 29, 1789, died March 18, 1884. Nathanael Shores, born 1790, died Nov. 12, 1855. Benjamin Shamiour, born May 6, 1790, died Sept. 17, 1868. His wife, Mary Ann, born 1792, died Feb. 8. 1865.
Dea. Luman Pettibone, born Aug. 20, 1791, died April 2, 1880. His wife, Almira Rudd, born 1797, died Sept. 18, 1864. Loring Loomer, born Aug. 10, 1792, died Nov. 13, 1877. His wife, Mary, born 1791, died Oct. 31, 1875.
Dr. Harley Hooker, born Dec. 9, 1792, died March 16, 1867. His wife, Mary Beardslee, died May 25, 1877.
Chellis Hooker, born Dec. 9, 1792, died Nov. 3, 1847. His wife, Sally, born May 28, 1796, died April 26, 1889. Mrs. Horace Case, born May 10, 1793, died March 15, 1857. Dardane, wife of Charles Reed, b. Jan. 9, 1794, d. July 30, 1859. John Benton, born Oct. 4, 1794, died Sept. 17, 1877. His wife, Climena, born Aug. 27, 1798, died Dec. 3. 1870. Alanson S. Newton, born Aug. 1, 1795, died July 4, 1877.
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His 1st wife, Polly Prentice, died Dec. 5, 1830. 2d wife, Eunice Palmer, born Aug. 10. 1807, died April 29, 1877. Jabez Smith, born 1796, died Dec, 21, 1866, His wife, Sophrona, born 1808, died Sept. 17, 1882. Leonard W. Osgood, born Jan. 7, 1796, died June 15, 1858. Lucus Mellen, born Nov. 2, 1796, died May 21, 1878.
His wife, Abigail Mills, born March 3, 1798, died May 9, 1879. Dr. John H. Carpenter, born May 19, 1797, died May 28, 1885. Ralph Smith, born July 14, 1797, died Sept. 25, 1845. Frederick Dresser. born Jan. 24, 1799, died Feb. 22, 1889.
His 2d wife, Susan, died May 8, 1873. 3d wife Elizabeth, died Feb. 27, 1897.
Stephen Mack, born Feb. 1799, died April 10, 1850. His Indian wife, Ho-no-ne-gah, died July, 1847. Justus Forrester, born June 20, 1799, died Aug. 9, 1885. His wife, Deborah, born March 22, 1798, died.
Dea. Dorus Pettibone, born June 18, 1799, died Aug. 27, 1865. His wife, Eliza Ann, born Jan. 25, 1803, died March 1, 1862. Lydia W. Grant, born Aug. 1, 1799, died, Sept. 14, 1884. Mrs. Mary Palmer, born Oct. 16, 1799, died April 12, 1884. Thomas Harper, born Dec. 3, 1799, died Feb. 5, 1893. His wife, Elizabeth, born April 27, 1801, died Oct. 27, 1866. Elder James Veness, born Sept. 30, 1800, died Jan. 22, 1881. His wife, Charlotte Garrish, born Oct. 15, 1798, died Oct. 8. 1862 Mrs. C. C. Clay, born Oct. 24, 1800, living. Thomas Carpenter, born April 13, 1801, died Jan. 20, 1874. His wife, Ann, born June 13, 1799, died Dec. 11, 1891. Alpha Bligh, born Sept. 22, 1802, died May 2, 1857. His wife, Elmira H. Wiard, born April 17, 1808, died June 30, 1885 Samuel Marson, born Jan. 2, 1803, died Nov. 2, 1887. His wife, Sophia, born 1805, died Dec. 20, 1882. Henry N. Bates, born 1803, died March 6, 1851. John Bacon, born June 24, 1803, died Nov. 6, 1884, Portland, Me His wife, Ermina, born 1815, died May 27, 1863. James Gill, born July 9, 1803, died Aug. 25, 1869. His wife, Sarah, born 1799, died Dec. 25, 1879. William Webber, born March 26, 1804, died July 19, 1889. His wife, Mary Hake, born April 20, 1802, died April 6, 1886. James Kincaid, born 1804, supposed to have died in Iowa. His wife, Hepsabah, born Nov. 27, 1807, died April 7, 1895. Dudley Spurling, born July 1, 1804, died Feb. 8, 1869.
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His wife, Lorinda, born July 2, 1812, died May 2, 1868. Horace Hyatt, born 1804, died April 16, 1871. His wife, Azuba, born 1806, died Dec. 1882. Howe P. Teague, born 1804, died March 29, 1875. His wife, Susan, born June 2, 1811, died May 3, 1892. John McConnell, born Oct. 10, 1804, died June 22, 1881. His wife, Arletta, born April 5, 1809, died May 27, 1894. Edmund Cardell, born Oct. 25, 1804, died Jan. 21, 1891. His wife, Hannah, born March 10, 1805, died March 4, 1876. Truelove Manard, born Dec. 18, 1804, died Jan. 23, 1896. His wife, Lovina Waite, born Aug. 5, 1813, living. Thomas Grout, born Feb. 13, 1805, died June 13, 1858. Darius Adams, born April 1, 1805, died Nov. 5, 1880. Ira Cummings, born April 19, 1805, died Jan. 25, 1895. His 1st wife, Elizabeth, born Jan. 8, 1818, died Oct. 13, 186 -- Dr. Coe VanBrunt, born June 3, 1805, died Sept. 17, 1851. His wife, Electa, born June 8, 1808, died 1897. Hiram Bellows, born Aug. 22, 1805, living. His wife, Rebecca, born June 19, 1807, died June 20, 1884. J. W. Dean, born Oct. 11, 1805, died, Sept. 20, 1893. His 2d wife, Sarah, born July 7, 1815. died Oct. 15, 1897. William M. Thomas, born Nov. 9, 1805, died July 5, 1882. His wife, Eliza Conklin, born Jan. 25, 1811 died June 4, 1893. William Moss, born Nov. 20, 1805, died Sept. 19, 1860. Thomas B. Talcott, born April 17, 1806, died Sept. 30, 1894. His wife, Sophia Willard, born, Nov. 11, 1824, died Dec. 25, 1888 Aaron Shores, born June 2, 1806, died Sept. 23, 1893. His wife, Jane, born March 18, 1811, died Sept. 24, 1873. Charles Griffin, born Sept. 14, 1806, died 1890, in Iowa. His wife, Eliza, born May 29, 1809, died in lowa. Calvin Stevens, born Dec. 24, 1806, died Oct. 3, 1871. His wife, Rozilla, born Dec. 24, 1807, died April 19, 1863. Thomas Glover, born Aug. 28, 1807, died July 3, 1885. His wife, Ann, born Nov. 16, 1809, died Dec. 11, 1884. David Carpenter, born March 15, 1808, died March 5, 1897. His wife, Julia Pettibone, born July 15, 1814, living. Sylvester Bartholomew, b. March 31, 1808, d. Aug. 9; 1893. His wife, Calista, born Nov. 5, 1814, died July 27, 1898. James Aspland, born March 8, 1808, died Sept. 5, 1884. His wife, Ann Westmoreland, b. June 12, 1814, d. July 6, 1891. Joseph Comstock, born March 23, 1809, died Nov. 12, 1891.
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Edom Chapman, born Sept. 17, 1809, died Nov. 1, 1884. His 1st wife, Gertrude Jones-2d wife Mary Wallace. P. D. VanBuren, born 1810, died Aug. 7, 1849. Alvah McKay, born Feb. 16, 1810, died Aug. 4, 1887. His wife, Elizabeth Bennett, born 1806, died 1858. J. C Gridley, born March 26, 1810, died Nov. 1, 1888. His 1st wife, Sarah Root. 2d wife, Calista A. Talmage, b. Oct. 2, 1813, d. Sep. 8, 1894.
Alonzo F. Chase, born July 4, 1810, died April 8, 1883. His wife, Martha, born 1815, died Oct. 9, 1867. Sylvester Talcott, born Oct. 14, 1810, died Jan. 19, 1885. His wife, Mary Westlake, born Sept. 26, 1820, died Dec. 9, 1892. John H. Jenkins, born June 22, 1811, died, Feb. 11, 1894. His wife, Phebe Cozzens, born July 22, 1811, died Nov. 11, 1863. C. W. Robinson, born March 16, 1812, died Dec. 25, 1883. His wife died Nov. 4, 1895.
John Piper, born April 8, 1812, died Sept. 25, 1875. His wife, Elizabeth, born March 4, 1816, died' Dec. 19, 1877. Henry S. Austin, born May 1, 1812, died Jan. 26, 1892.
His 1st wife, Miss Packard. 2d wife, Eliza Packard, b. Jan. 23, 1817, died Dec. 3, 1886.
James Johnson, born Aug. 10, 1812, died Jan. 1, 1898. His wife, born Aug. 13, 1819, died Aug. 1, 1896.
Benj. F. Fletcher, born July 24, 1812, died March 7, 1879. His wife, Abigail Cutter. born Aug. 4, 1817, living. Luther Lawrence, born July 29, 1812, died March 27, 1891. His 1st wife, Adelia Loomer, b. May 21, 1816, od. Oct. 20, 1869.
2d wife, Mrs. Susan Teague, b. June 2, 1811, d. May 3, 1892 Dean Pettibone, born Dec. 12, 1812, died 1875, in Elgin. His wife, Lura Skinner, died a few years ago in Polo. John B. Peterson, born 1812, died June 27, 1864.
His wife, Oracy Willard, born 1819, died Sept. 17, 1855. Charles J. Fox, born 1813, died Jan. 30, 1873.
His wife, Susan Cutter, born Nov. 11, 1812, died Sept. 20, 1894. Orange Smith, born 1813, died May 1, 1866.
George Feakins, born May 16, 1813, died Oct. 9, 1883. His wife, Mary Stockley, born June 17, 1814, living. Rev. Silas Jessup, born May 23, 1813, died July 9. 1886. His wife, Mary Calender, born April 25, 1814, died April 13, 1883 Isaac Adams, born July 23, 1813, died April 15, 1883. His wife, Lucia, born June 10, 1821, died Aug. 27, 1868.
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Henry W. Talcott. born Feb. 13, 1814, died Dec. 9, 1870. His wife, Emeline McConnell, b. Dec. 10, 1817, d. Aug. 25, 1894. Thomas M. Coons, born July 22, 1813, living.
His 1st wife, Rebecca Reed. 2d wife. Mrs. Maria Fairchild, born May 24, 1819, died March 2, 1896.
Samuel Hersey, born July 27, 1814, died Sept. 26, 1879. His 1st wife, Hannah Cole, died April 29, 1853. 2d wife, Pru- dence Talcott.
R. H. Comstock, born June 14, 1815, died Jan. 18, 1894. His wife, Hannah H. Horton, born March 21, 1828. W. P. Crawford, born Oct. 23, 1815. His wife, Thursey M. Watson, died Aug. 24, 1878.
Rowland C. Smith, born 1815, died Jan. 28, 1856.
His wife, Margaret Westlake, died.
Darius Palmer, born April 21, 1815, died Dec. 12, 1853. William O. Goddard, born Oct. 11, 1516, died Jan. 31, 1847. His wife, Maria Hooker, born Sept. 29, 1817.
Robert D. L. Montanye, born Jan. 2, 1816, died April 24, 1895. His wife, Polly Ann Foot, born Nov. 19, 1816. John Griffith, born Jan. 4, 1816, died June 8, 1896. His wife, Catherine Webber, born in England. George W. Springer, born March 4, 1816, died Oct. 25, 1876. His wife, Rosanda Guptil, born Jan. 2, 1818. died Sept. 13, 1895 Edwin Case, born April 9, 1816, died March 19, 1888. His wife, Elizabeth Lord, born June 19, 1821, died Jan. 13, 1892 Amos Blake, born June 11, 1816, died April 9, 1855. Garrett Clute, born July 19, 1816, died March 21, 1885. His wife, Minerva Dicks, born April 6, 1819, died May 13, 1890 James L. Gray, born Nov. 17, 1816, died May 5, 1888.
His 1st wife, Sarah Mitchell, born 1812, died Dec. 23, 1862. wife, Mrs. Frances Lock.
2d
Ansal Comstock, born May 24, 1817, died March 31, 1863. His wife, Mary Willard, born 1822, died Aug. 6, 1895. John Clover, born July 1, 1817, died Nov. 23, 1864. His wife, Mary, born, 1815, died May 27, 1877. Orvis Shurtliff, born Oct. 29, 1817, died Sept. 18, 1891. His wife, Sarah Smith, born June 20, 1832. Henry B. Jones, born Feb. 19, 1818, died July 1, 1895. His wife, Aurora Parker, born July 31, 1823. Samuel Talcott, born March 1, 1818.
His wife, Minerva Cody, died April 21, 1865.
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William Halley, born June 4, 1818.
His wife, Christian Mackie, born Aug. 1815.
James Swan, born July 9, 1818, died Aug. 27, 1892. His 1st wife, Elizabeth P. White. 2d wife, Mary Grant, born Feb. 13, 1823, died June 20, 1889. Charles C. Smith, born July 16, 1818, died Oct. 12, 1869. His wife, Mary A., born Jan. 7, 1824, died May 4, 1864. Walter H, Lord, born Aug. 10, 1818, died Feb. 9, 1857. Leonard Thurston, born Dec. 17, 1818, died Nov. 24, 1898. His 1st wife, Sarah Jane Thompson, born 1834, died Apr. 1, 1858 Elbridge Gammon, born Aug. 15, 1818, died April 1, 1872. His wife, Esther Bisbee, born Oct. 29, 1823.
George H. Joslyn, born Jan. 27, 1819, drowned Aug. 26, 1892. His 1st wife, Eunice, born May 9, 1823, died Sept. 13, 1881. 2d wife, Mrs. Weatherhead.
J. W. Winsor, born June 6, 1819, died Oct. 20, 1892. His 2d wife, Chloe Harrison. born May 3, 1819, d. Nov, 12, 1881. Jonah Forward, born June 10, 1819. His wife, Jane E. Stantial, born Dec. 9, 1825.
F. W. Merrill, born Aug. 20, 1819, died Feb. 14, 1898. His wife, Harriet S. Hollister, born March 31, 1825. Silas White, born Dec. 4, 1819.
His wife, Catherine, born Sept. 23, 1825.
Abram Coller, born 1819, died Jan. 1, 1883.
Sylvester Stevens, born 1820, died Nov 27, 1892.
His wife, Louisa Shores, born 1834.
William Warren, born 1820, died Feb. 16, 1859.
Mary D. Thayer, born April 12, 1820, died Aug. 13, 1895. Caleb Carr, born July 18, 1820.
His wife, Cinderella Lewis, born, Nov. 6, 1820, d. March 3, 1892 E. L. Stiles, born Aug. 8, 1820.
His wife, Marantha Capron, born Aug. 16, 1818.
Henry W. W. Talcott, born Aug. 22, 1820, died April 10, 1847. Alonzo N. Mellen, born Nov. 1, 1820.
His 1st wife, Sophia Hall, born June 13, 1821, died June 18, 1890 2d wife, Emma McConnell, born Jan. 1, 1851. A. T. Hart, born Feb. 12, 1821. His wife, Phebe B. Cole, born March 7, 1829.
C. L. R. Manning, born Feb. 19, 1821, died April 8, 1891. His wife, Jane Baker, born Dec. 4, 1821, died Aug. 14, 1896. George Royden, born April 25, 1821.
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His 1st wife, Jane R. Collier, born March 16, 1820, died Feb. 9. 1893. 2d wife, Sarah Lally, born June 20, 1849. Edwin Martin, born April 25, 1821.
His wife, Caroline Wheelock, born July 2, 1826.
Robert Hunt, born May 2, 1821.
His wife, Jane, born Aug. 19, 1819, died Sept. 11, 1898. Henry Fackrell, born June 13, 1821, died Jan. 25, 1893. William R. Axe, born July 22, 1821.
His wife, Olive P. Marshall, b. Nov. 15, 1822, d. April 7, 1891.
W. F. Packard, born July 31, 1821.
His wife, Julia Adams, born Sept. 13, 1824.
H. D. Dewey, born Aug. 21, 1821, died June 2, 1892. G. H. Hollister, born Dec. 14, 1821, died Nov. 2, 1890.
His 1st wife, Elizabeth Pettibone, died Sept. 20, 1860. 2d wife Fannie E. Hooker, born Sept. 13, 1838. Henry Shibley, born 1821, died Sept. 27, 1865.
His wife, Ruth Slighter, born 1823, died Feb. 4, 1891.
F. J. Bentley, born Jan. 3, 1822, died Sept. 3, 1888. His wife, Sarah Crandall, born Feb. 17, 1823.
Austin D. Bliss, born Jan. 26, 1822.
His Ist wife, Betsey Adams, born 1823, died May 23, 1865. 2d
wife, Mrs. Ellen Estes, born Aug. 9, 1841.
Dr. David V. Waite, born March 2, 1823.
David Hudson, born March 13, 1823.
His wife, Amelia E. Bryning, born March 9, 1832.
Dr. Joseph G. Veness, born May 18, 1823, died Feb. 4, 1893.
His wife, Katherine Butler, born May 31, 1825.
Machael Morrison, born Dec. 8, 1823.
His wife, Joanna Hickey, born Aug. 10, 1832.
Henry Graham, born Dec. 20, 1823, died.
His 1st wife, Melissa Shurtliff, born 1830, died 1856. 2d wife, Ellen Foster, born March 8, 1831. Dorson Newell, born Feb. 9, 1824. His wife, Elizabeth A. Phelps, born July 26, 1832.
V. A. Lake, born Feb. 9, 1824, died Oct. 5, 1878.
His wife Miss S. M. Taft, born Feb. 26, 1826.
W. A. Phelps, born April 6, 1825.
His wife, Mary Jane Lippitt, born Sept. 2, 1826. James W. Veness, born May 22, 1825, died Aug. 15, 1896. His wife, Susanna Legg, born Oct. 8, 1830. Lewis Fairchild, born Aug.7, 1825.
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His 1st wife, Mrs. Lucinda Quinn, born Oct. 24, 1824, died April 10, 1892. 2d wife Mrs. Laura J. Boone. John Morse, born April 25, 1826, died Feb. 21, 1885. John Lally, born June 24, 1826, died Feb. 17, 1883. His wife, Ann Rogers, born Aug. 15, 1830, died Oct. 2, 1897. Rollin C. Orr, born Oct. 2, 1826, died Jan. 17, 1883.
His wife, Adelia Horan, born April 29, 1835, died Jan. 8, 1892. Henry W. Conklin, born June 24, 1827.
His wife, Alvaline Grower, born Feb. 24, 1833.
Rufus D. Stanton, born Jan. 12, 1828, died Feb. 2, 1858.
Alfred Hull, born April 16, 1828, died May 19, 1892.
J. C. Truman, born Nov. 25, 1828. His wife, Mary A. Hollister, born Sept. 28, 1832.
Caleb Bentley, born Feb. 14, 1829.
His 1st wife, Janet Gibson, born June 13, 1840, died Jan. 7, 1864. 2d wife, Flora Pollard, born Dec. 5, 1845, died Nov. 15, 1896 John B. Taylor, born July 24, 1830.
His wife, Anna M., died July 22, 1882.
Machael Hennesy, born Sept. 26, 1830, died.
His wife, Bridget Everets, horn June 24, 1831.
Edmund W. Moody, born Oct. 1, 1830, died.
His wife, Charlotte Fader, born in Canada.
Marshal Mellen, born Dec. 3, 1830, died Jan. 25, 1890.
His 1st wife, Phila Perham, born Oct. 3, 1837, died Jan. 25, 1872. 2d wife, Hattie Fox, born Feb. 10, 1844.
James E. Chase, born Dec. 25, 1830.
His 1st wife Polly Jane Newton. 2d wife, Matilda Vanderburg Joseph B. Merritt, born Dec. 27, 1830.
His wife, Frances Mellen, born April 11, 1839. Samuel Widdowson, born Feb. 26, 1831.
His wife, Elizabeth Marson, born July 2, 1832.
Edson I. Carr, born Sept. 11, 1831.
His wife, Mary A. Ward, born Jan. 16, 1834.
Andrew J. Young, born Oct. 8, 1831, died Aug. 10, 1898. His wife, Anna Hunt, born March 10, 1836, died March 10, 1884 C. B. Martin, born July 18, 1832.
His wife. Mary Cardell, born 1835, died Dec. 29, 1889. B. B. Gates, born Nov. 7, 1832.
His wife, Nellie Bingham, born Jan. 17, 1832.
William Cowen, born Aug. 25, 1833, died Oct. 29, 1890. His wife, Helen Seaver, bori Oct. 30, 1837.
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HISTORY OF ROCKTON.
G. B. Goodfellow, born 1833, died May 28, 1888. His wife, Esther, born 1833, died Sept. 2, 1896. James N. Douglas, born March 11, 1834. His wife, Charlotte Veness, born.
Edgar J. Forrester, born June 18, 1834. His wife, Sabina R. Ranney, born May 4, 1840. S. P. Jenison, born March 2, 1835. His wife, Arvilla F. Davison, b. Jan. 27, 1836, d. Sept. 13, 1897. William W. McKay, born March 17, 1835, died March 15, 1894. His wife, Amanda J. Felt, born Oct. 12, 1842. Charles Hyatt, born Sept. 17, 1835.
His 1st wife, Drewey Smith, born Oct. 12, 1849, died April 15, . 1874. 2d wife Mary Bacon. James S. Cowen, born Dec. 15, 1835. His 1st wife, Miss Phillips. 2d wife, Mrs. Sarah Lester. O. T. Bartholomew, born June 2, 1836.
His wife Mary Atwood, born June 3, 1838.
George R. Hooker, born Sept. 24, 1836, died Aug. 18, 1874.
His wife, Minnie Martin, born 1842, died Dec. 19, 1876.
Sherman Aspland, born Oct. 4, 1836.
His wife, Elizabeth McNutly, born July 3, 1845.
E. J. Veness, born Jan. 1, 1837. His wife, Mary Sterns, born Feb. 3, 1841.
Thomas M. Carpenter, born Feb. 18, 1837.
His 1st wife, Ida L. Humphrey, died Aug. 2, 1874. Sophia Martin, born June 15, 1857.
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