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185
HISTORY OF ROCKTON.
James S. Withee, died Feb. 8, 1896. Mrs. Amanda Hamilton, died Feb. 1896. Frank Liddle, died Feb. 12, 1896. Charles H. Talcott, died July 17, 1896. Rev. I. F. Pettibone, died March 8, 1897. Mrs. James King, died May 8, 1897. George Johnson, died July 31, 1897. Henry Sprague, died Dec. 1, 1897. Miss M. E. Pettibone, died March 14, 1898. Bert Veness, died June 7, 1898.
FIRES IN ROCKTON.
Feb. 21, 1876-Bradner, Smith & Co's paper mill. April 20, 1877-Thomas H. Webber's dwelling house. March 25, 1878-Keeney paper mill run by Booth & Hinman. April 25. 1879-Cowles & Gates rye mill.
March 23, 1885-Cong'l parsonage caught on fire. June 17, 1886- Old depot burned, July 16, 1886-Part of Keeney's mill burned. August 23, 1886-Win. Cowen's house occupied by Dr. Lovesee Augut 10, 1888-John Feakins' flouring mill, Sept. 13. 1888-Axe's machine shop burned. Feb. 19, 1889-A. D. Bliss' house burned, August 6, 1889-D. Newell's house burned. Sept. 1, 1893-Webbber's grist mill and fanning mill shop brn'd Sept. 17, 1893-Andrew Bingham's house caught on fire. Nov. 8, 1893-John Veness' barn burned.
March 14, 1895-Dr. Waite's house burned.
186
HISTORY OF ROCKTONN.
INDEX.
Darius Adams 22, 67
Jesse Blinn 33, 61
Isaac Adams
22, 23, 67
A. D. Bliss 112
Rev. Win. M. Adams
30
Selvy K. Blodgett 115
Samuel Adams
83
Dea. William Bradley
78
George Albee
89
Joel Bradley 85
Emerson Albee
89
Dr. Charles Bradley 86
Antiquities
73
Samuel Briggs 40
James Aspland
154
David Briggs 40
Silas Austin 40
40
William W. Austin 149
Pearley P. Burnham 22, 23, 69
Dugald Cambell 72
William Carlton 75
Orwell Bailey
84
Dr. John H. Carpenter 90
Samuel Baker
136
Rufus Baker
143
William H. Baker 148
H. N. Chapman 113
Alonzo F. Chase 90
Sylvester Bartholomew
106
James E. Chase 90
O. T. Bartholomew 151
John Clover 81
Henry Bates 35
John J. Clover
146
Porter Bellows
68. 75
Garritt Clute 141
R. H. Comstock 12, 57
Calvin Comstock
56
Ansel Comstock 59
N. R. Comstock 145
W. W. Comstock
153
Andrew Bingham 146
Cong'l church
117-121
H. W. Conklin
34, 52
Philander Bird 72
M. Connor 106
T. M. Coons
22, 64, 81-82
David A. Blake · 22, 30, 37, 66
Alpha Bligh 107
111
Bell presentation 110
Frederick Bird
24.72
Births and deaths 165-174
C. C. Coons 136
F. M. Coons 148
78
Henry O. Brown 1
78
William R. Axe 146
John Bacon 75
David Carpenter 26, 30, 37, 143 C. F. Chamberlain 114
Baptist church 123-125
Hiramı Bellows 32, 34
Caleb Bentley 5, 33, 36, 112, 113
F. J. Bentley 91,154
John Benton
John Brown
Henry S. Austin
187
HISTORY OF ROCKTON.
Count of Honor
139
James S. Cowen
95
William Cowen
147
C. M. Crawford
142
J. J. Crawford R. J. Cross
22, 23, 37
Ira Cummings
40
S. J. Goodwin 127
James N. Douglas
107
Mr. Dunn
72
Grand Army Post
141
Mr. Durham
72
J. C. Gridley
79
P. L. Ellis 41
George S. Ellis 145
E. O. Gridley
147
Daniel Fairchild 23, 37, 64, 113
Denison Fairchild 113
Lewis Fairchild 128
Thomas Farmes 51
W. H. Farmer
153
L. Fassett
87
Oscar Favor
146
George Feakins
144
First Settlers
16, 22
First Births
59
First Deaths
59
First paper mill 103
First teachers' institute 99
First town meeting 102
Fires in Rockton 185
L. B. Fisher 32-34
Benj. F. Fletcher 46
E. J Forrester 153
Jonah Forward 141
Fountain Feaper Co 117
Chas. J. Fox 22, 39, 68,75
H. B. Freed
147
Free Masons 137
Isaac Fryes 136
B. B. Gates
33, 142
Samuel Gibson 30, 34, 37
Alexander Gibson 30,36
B. B. Hill 147
G.H. Hollister 100
John B. Holmes 36
Dr. Harley Hooker 51
Challis Hooker 77
William Hulin 63
Drvid Hudson 115
J. W. Hudson 148
Dr. Hulett 87
John M. Hulett 86
Albert Hulett 87
89
William Halley
12, 43
David Harper
151
A. T. Hart 32,148
Rumsey Hatch 83
Charles Havens 92
John Henry 84
Ira Hersey 39,40
Samuel Hersey 40
Edwin G. Higbey 35
John Gibson 35,65
A. W. Gilmore 111
Valentine Gleasman 116
Fred Gleasman 126
151
Thomas Gover 95
William Goddard 78
Good Templars 140
James L. Gray
107
S. R. Gridley 145
Richard Griffith 53
John Griffith 75
William Griffith 75
Amos Guptil 89
Calvin Harden 86
Thomas Harley 89
William Harley
188
HISTORY OF ROCKTON.
Jacob Hyatt
36,50
Mack's will 13-16
Merrill E. Mack 35, 13, 63, 78
Charles Hyatt
125
C. L. R. Manning 94
Indian relics
74
Marriages
174
H. D. Jameson
117
Edwin Martin
104
S. P. Jenison
144
C. B. Martin
104
Rev. Silas Jessup
117
E. W. Martin
75,153
Calender Jessup
152
G. W. Martin
153
David Jewett
32, 78
John McConnell
101
John R. Jewett
12, 42
J. Herva Jones
46,94
Alva Mckay
100
Russell Jones
49
W. W. Mckay
154
Hugh Jones
86
R. B. Meech
152
J. R. Jones
154
A. N. Mellen 105
Lucius Mellen
111
Charles Kane
46, 81,83
F. W. Merrill
79
Martin Kelley
33
John Kilgore
22
J. A. Merrill
144
James Kincaid
98
J. B. Merritt
141
N. B. Kincaid
46, 145
Methodist church 121-123
L. D. Kincaid
145
Edwin Kinsley
150
Modern Woodmen 138
M. Morrison 126
Stephen Morse
92
V, A. Lake
90
Henry Lampman
151
Luther Lawrence
42
A. S Newton 95
A. P. Newell 106
Wm. Leffinwell
87
D. Newell 111
142
Loring Loomer
42
· Darius Loomer
42
Odd Fellows 140
W. C. Loomer
153
John Lovesee
22,24, 71
Henry Lovesee
12
Thomas Lyman
105
S. D. Lyman 105
Stephen Mack 6-13, 37, 65, 78
Rev. Johu Perham 116, 120
Mack's bridge 64, 78
Seely Perry -
96
W. H. Merrill
148
Knights of the Globe
139
John Lally 112
John Morse 47
Russell Nelson 92
Hiram Leffingwell
64
Dr. Lippitt 30
H. S. Northrop
Martin P. Ormsby 33, 37, 49
L. W. Osgood 94
Job Packard 41
Frank Packard 47
G. D. Peck 143
Thomas Jordan
147
M. McCue 149
A. H. Merrill
79
Alexander Miller 85
189
HISTORY OF ROCKTON.
Robert Penman
13
R. C. Smit!ı 47, 155
J. B. Peterson
36, 45, 78
Ralph Smith 93
Dea. Luman Pettibone 28,71
Dr. Smith 104
Dorus Pettibone
101
Wm. Smith 148
Dean M. Pettibone 115
George Smith 105
Mr. Peters
72
Soldiers buried in cemetery 134
Benjamin Phillips
46
Soldiers of Cuban war 135
John Piper
46
G. W. Springer 116
E. Powell
144
Dudley Spurling 92
Dr. N. F. Prentice
93
C. B. Spurling 152
Miles Prentice
93
E. H. Stanton 117
Frank Prentice
93
John Sterns 101
Railroad bonds
108
George Stevens 22, 26, 37, 39
Alonzo Rice
85
Sylvester Stevens 62,63
Gen. Wm. Richardson
110
C. B. Richardson
113
W. G. Stevens 152
Rockton seminary SS
Jonathan Strickland
83
Rockton lawyers
113
E. L. Stiles 38,92
Rockton physicians
113
Rockton soldiers
129-134
O. T. Stiles
151
Rockton Gazette
117
Rockton Veterans
135
Rockton Cemetery
116
Rockton Lime Kiln
155
Rev. C. T. Roe 143
Wm. Talcott 16, 30, 39, 69
S. Rosebaum
106
T. B. Taleott 16, 23, 26, 28, 37. 70
Wait Talcott 44, 45
W C Royden 153
Henry W. Talcott 22. 23, 37. 71
Rev. George Rndd
31
Sylvester Talcott 23, 27,37,70
Nathaniel Rudd 77
Samuel Talcott 79
Capt. H. T. Ruger
36
John G. Taylor
31
Alonzo Sackett
94
J. B. Taylor 154
Elisha Sackett
94
Seth Taylor 85
J. L. Sharp
80
Howe P. Teague 86
James Shaw
126
Temple of Honor 140
Henry Shibley
111
John F, Thayer
22, 24, 37. 68
Shoe Factory
104
Hiram Thayer 80
Aaron Shores
63,91
Thayer's bridge SS
William Shores
62
Thomas Thompsom 98
Orvis Shurtleft
91
Ww. M. Thompson 44
A. G. Stiles 151
Thomas Stokes 49, 160
Supervisors 102
R. C. Sweet 112
George Royden
98
Lloyd Stearns 126
Calvin Stevens 91
190
HISTORY OF ROCKTON.
Town officers
155
John Watts 149
Township Organization
102
Wm. Webber 97
Seymour Treat
99
H. A. Webber 98
J. C. Truman
107
H. J. Webber 98
Win. R. Webber
148
Capt. Wm. Urquehart 33
W. R. Weld
96,113
Dr. Coe Van Brunt
77
Henry Westlake
86
Elder James Veness
53
Mr. Whitman
35,61
Dr. J. G. Veness
54
S. Widdowson
115
Dea. J. W. Veness
54
Asa P. Wiggins
97
E. J. Veness
55
J. Ambrose Wight 50
Village of Rockton
162
Timothy Wight 60
C. Vroman
48
George Wilford
146
Dr. David V. Waite
108
J. M. Williams
90
E. S. Waite
128
E. Smith Waite
126
H. H. Waldo
99-100
Kendall Young
84
James Wall
1.7
George A. Young
89
James Ward
154
Samuel Young 101
Wm. Warren
106
H. W, Young 149
Water Power
158-162
J. W. Winsor 152
J. E. Woolery 147
142
191
HISTORY OF ROCKTON.
E. J. Veness
-Dealers in -.-
Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, Shoes Wall Paper, Crockery and Glassware. All Goods guaranteed, and Prices the lowest made. ROCKTON. ILLS.
GEORGE ROYDEN, DEALER IN
GROCERIES.
Our TEAS, COFFEES and SPICES cannot be beat. Also a splendid line of Cigars and Tobacco. Our motto is to sell the Best Goods at the Lowest Possible Prices. Call on us and see for yourselves.
ROCKTON, ILLS.
Bbefps Coffins,
ARE RELIABLE DEALERS IN Hardware, Grain AND Live Stock. Garland Stoves their line. MOTTO: "EVERYTHING RIGHT." ROCKTON, ILLS.
H. S. BAKER,
WRITES INSURFINGE.
Represents First Class Companies. Rates Right. Rockton, Ills.
192
HISTORY OF ROCKTON.
HOUSTON BROTHERS, -Dealers in-
Groceries, Bakery Goods,
SMOKED AND SALT MEATS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS, and Fine Confectionery.
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables in season. All kinds of Farm Produce taken in exchange. The celebrated "Jersey Lily," Flour a specialty. James' Building, south side Main street,
ROCKTON. ILLS.
E. S. WAITE, JR., DEALER IN HARDWARE, STOVES AND TINWARE, Paints and Oils, Steel Roofing and Woven Wire Fenncing. ROCKTON, ILLS.
B. B. HILL, Dealer in HARNESS and S.HIDDLES,
And all kinds of Horse Furnishing Goods, also Machine Oil Kerosene and Gasolene. ROCKTON, ILLS.
J. A. DARCUS, Dealer in Carriages and Buggies, Also Wagons for Sale. GENERAL BLACKSMITHING. Rockton, IlIs.
193
HISTORY OF ROCKTON.
R. A. THONPSON,
-WILL SELL YOU- Groceries, Provisions, Notions, Etc., Etc. At Low Prices.
Rockton, Ills.
GEORGE ELLIS, BLACKSMITHING
-AND-
Wagon and Carriage Works. ROCKTON. ILLS.
CUSTOM FEED MILLS. Feed Ground on Short Notice. Flour and Feed on Sale at Mill.
H. P. JOHNSON, Rockton, Ills.
THEWEBPER COMBINATION GRAIN SEPARATOR PATIAVLO FOR - MANFO BY HAWERBER ROCKTONILL.
ROCKPORO ETC.CO.
H. A. WEBBER, Manufacturer of
The Webber Combination Angle Sieve Grain and Seed Separator. For separating oats from barley and wheat.
ROCKTON. IL.L.S.
194
HISTORY OF ROCKTON.
Crawford
Meat Market. A Good Supply of Fresh and Salt Meats always on hand. Give them a call. ROCKTON, ILLS.
E. J. COLE,
Homeopathic Physician and Surgeon.
Residence on Center street at the Robertson Homestead.
Rockton, Ills.
S. L. JENKINS,
Fire, Lightning and Tornado
INSURANCE ACENT. Office with Bradner, Smith & Co., ROCKTON. ILLS.
ROCKTON HERALD,
Established in 1875. Published by Edson 1. Carr, Rockton, Ills.
195
HISTORY OF ROCKTON.
E. J. POLLOCK & CO,
Drags, Paints and Oils,
SHELF HARDWARE. ROCKTON. ILLS. C. BENTLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND COLLECTING AGENT. Office North Side of Main Street, Rockton, Ills
C. M. CRAWFORD,
Blacksmithing, Horseshoeing,
and General Repairing.
All Work Promptly Done, Rockton, Ills.
S. P. JENISON, POLICE MAGISTRATE, NOTARY PUBLIC, AND Collecting Agent. ROCKTON, ILLS.
196
HISTORY OF ROCKTON.
O. T. BARTHOLOMEW, Rockton, Ills.
Dealer in
Dry Goods, Shoes, Hose,
Groceries,
Notions,
&c., &c.
HEAD QUARTERS FOR Thorough-bred. Registered Poland China Swine.
Ten Varieties of Prize-Winning Land and Water Fowls.
B. H. LIDDLE,
Oak Lawn Stock Farm,
ROCKTON, ILLS.
EDWARD PALMER,
Painting and
Paper Hanging.
ROCKTON, ILLS.
DAVID HUDSON & SON,
BLACKSMITHS.
Horse Shoeing a Specialty. i
Rockton, Ills.
197
HISTORY OF ROCKTON.
E. LIPMAN, Dealer in Dry Goods, Silks and Carpets. One of the Oldest Dry Goods Ho ses in Beloit. ESTABLISHED IN 1881. West Bridge Street, -
Beloit, Wis.
GEO. H. CRAM IS THE
Loading Shoe Man
of BELOIT, WIS.
GIVE HIM A CALL.
E. L. CHESTER,
BELOIT, WISCONSIN.
Dry Goods and Carpets
Dress Goods and .Silks.
A. L. HOWARD,
The Jeweler
and Optician,
State Street, Beloit, Wisconsin.
198
HISTORY OF ROCKTON.
BORT, BAILEY & CO.,
-Dealers in-
Dry Goods, Silks AND Carpets, BELOIT, AND JANESVILLE, WIS. Established in 1880.
-THE-
Second National Bank,
-OF --
Beloit, Wis.
CORNELIUS BUCKLEY
Counsellor at Law,
BELOIT,
WISCONSIN.
Keeler Lumber Co.,
Dealers in
Lumber, Coal, Lime, Cement, Brick, Etc, Yards at
BELOIT, and ROCKTON.
199
HISTORY OF ROCKTON.
H. H. WALDO, Bookseller and Stationer.
Dealer in Wall Paper AND Window Shades ROCKFORD, ILLS.
WHEN IN WANT OF -- Shoes --
CALL ON
Lou. Raubenheimer,
One of the Largest Stocks in Southern Wisconsin.
Beloit, Wis.
CUNNINGHAM BROTHERS,
Contractors
and Builders,
AND MANUFACTURERS OF
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings and all kinds of wood work.
BELOIT,
WISCONSIN.
DAUGHERTY'S LIVERY
Beloit, - Wisconsin.
Always First Class Livery Rigs.
Stables at West End St. Paul Avenue.
200
HISTORY OF ROCKTON.
Golden Eagle Clothing House Beloit, Wis.
Largest Stock, .
Lowest Prices. ESTABLISHED IN 1881.
EDWIN KINSLEY, Manufacturer of
All Kinds of Carriages. Panneled Top Delivery Wagons a Specialty.
BELOIT, WISCONSIN.
L. W. LYMAN,
Dealer in
MILLINERY,
Ladies' Furnishings AND Fancy Dry Goods. Beloit, - Wis.
U. S. Clothing House,
On the Bridge,
BELOIT,
WIS.
M. REITLER & CO.,
Proprietors.
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