The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., Part 112

Author: Wesern historical company, Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Co.
Number of Pages: 899

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S. K. BLODGETT, dealer and shipper of produce; was born Jan. 12, 1812, at Batavia, Gene- see Co., N. Y., and came to Wisconsin May 3, 1838, locating at Beloit. He removed with his father to Monroe, Ashtabula Co .. Ohio, where he went to school, and, together with his other brothers, assisted his father in distilling, merchandising, milling, staging, and farming on a large scale. In 1836, he moved to Jones Co., Iowa, and took up a claim on his own account ; from Jones Co., he moved to Beloit, where he went to farming and raising stock ; there, in 1846, went into the butchering business. In 1852, he formed one of a party that went to California, and who traveled together for mutual protection ; he stayed there but three months, then returned to Beloit. In 1854, he engaged in the produce business, buying hogs, cattle, grain, etc., and shipping to market. In the fall of 1857, he bought out one-half interest in the milling business from Mr. John Hackett ; in 1867, bought out the other half, and shortly after sold out the entire interest. Mr. Blodgett is still engaged in the produce business. He owns four farms of 500 acres, 300 acres, and 320 acres, and one in Dakota of 80 acres. He is also engaged in the drug business in connec. tion with Mr. F. S. Fenton. He was elected Alderman of the Fourth Ward for five years. About the year 1847, was Trustee of the Union School of West Beloit. Mr. Blodgett married Dec. 10, 1833. Mahala Norris, of Coshocton Co., Ohio ; he has three children living-William, S. K. Blodgett, Jr., and Sabra H.

DR. J. L. BRENTON, physician, School street ; was born in Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio, Oct. 18, 1820 ; came to Wisconsin October 1, 1864, locating in Beloit; in 1826, he moved to Washington, Penn., thence to Mt. Union, Stark Co., Ohio, in 1843, where he read medicine with Prof. Caleb Jones, who was for many years Professor of Louisville (Ky). University ; in the spring of 1849, he moved to North Georgetown, Columbiana Co., Ohio, where he practiced medicine for nine years with good success ; from there he moved to Massillon, Stark Co., Ohio, and practiced, in connection with Professor A. Metz, Professor of Diseases of the Eye and Ear in Cleveland Medical College ; from Massillon he moved to Salem, Columbiana Co., and entered into partnership with Dr. Abel Carey, one of the prominent physicians and surgeons of the State of Ohio ; from Salem he moved to Dayton, Ohio, and in 1857-58 had full charge of the City Hospital at that place; then returned to Alliance, Stark Co., Ohio, and remained there until the fall of 1862, when he was appointed First Assistant Surgeon of the 115th Ohio V. I .; on the 5th of March following, he was assigned as Surgeon to the 8th Ohio Infantry, and then to the Army of the Potomac, and, in the fall of 1863, was made Surgeon-in-Chief of the First Brigade, 3d Division, 2d 1

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Army Corps, under Gen. Winfield S. Hancock ; in the winter of 1863-64, was appointed Surgeon-iu Chief of the 2d Division, commanded by Gen. Gibbon, which position he retained until he was mustered out with his regiment at Cleveland, Ohio; ten days after being mustered out was appointed Inspector of U. S. Hospitals with the rank and pay of Lieutenant Colonel of cavalry ; served two months, and resigned ou account of sickness in his family ; October 1, 1864, he came to Beloit, and commenced the practice of medicine and surgery ; Dr. Brenton is a member of the Ohio Medical State Society, the Wisconsin State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association ; at Mt. Union, from 1844 to 1848, held the office of Postmaster. He married, on the 3d of April, 1861, Amanda Jackman, of Jefferson Co., Obio; has four children-Oscar L., Josephine, Florence May and Blanche. Both Mr. and Mrs. Brenton are men- bers of the M. E. Church, at Beloit.

HORACE H. BROWN, grocer; born in New York, Dec. 15, 1837; came to Wisconsin in 1857, locating at Beloit, where he farmed for two years ; he then went into the coopering business, con- tinuing ten years until 1869; clerked for T. W. Laramy five years in the grocery business ; in 1874, formed partnership with E. A. Lumiss, under the style of Lumiss & Brown, continuing for one year, wh- n D. K. Brown bought out Mr. Lumiss, the firm changing to Brown Bros., the firm continuing eighteen months when Horace bought out his brother and continued alone. Married, October, 1859, Miss Marie Laramy, of New York ; had two children-Nellie, born April 12, 1861; Thomas, Jan. 28, 1867. Mr Brown enlisted in Company A, 153d I. V. I., at Marengo, Ill. ; joined the regiment at Chicago; mustered out at Springfield. Ill., at the close of the war. Republican. Members of the Congregational Church.

E. R. BUCKERIDGE, butcher ; born in Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1855; son of Edward Buckeridge, a native of Berkshire Co., England; his father carried on brick-making in London, England ; Edward B. was engaged in the butchering business in Rochester and afterward in Beloit; his son, Mr. E. R. Buckeridge, attended school until about 20, then took his father's place in the butchering business; was interested in some fine stock, among which was " Stella B .; " he afterward took front rank as a pedes- trian ; May 1, 1878, walked a match with La Chapelle for $50, in Beloit, and won ; walked, August 3, 1878, with Henry Schmehl, of Chicago, in Rockford, and won; March 21, 1879, at the Exposition Build- ing, Chicago, walked a match, (nineteen started)-Mr. Buckeridge won second place; walked a six-day walk in Beloit ; began November 3, 1878, and walked 450 miles ; competed at a walking and running match · at Richmond, Ill., forty miles, go as you please-got first money ; has walked twenty-one matches and won nineteen of them. He walked 100 miles in Chicago, without leaving the track and without nourishment.

A. W. BULLOCK was born in Georgeville, Stanstead Plain, Canada, on Jan. 27, 1842; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1848, locating at Beloit; from Canada he went to Bloomington, Ill., with his parents, thence to Beloit, and learned the carpenter trade with his father; he worked for Parker & Stone one year, and, August 10, 1862, enlisted in Co. B, 22d Wis. Regt., under Col. W. L. Utley, of Racine; was mustered out June 11, 1865; was engaged in the battle at Thompson Station, Tenn., where he was wounded twice, once through the left arm and once in the right leg; was also in the skirmishes at Brentwood Station, Tenn., and Lookout Mountain ; was in the battle of Peach Tree Creek, before Atlanta Ga., where he was wounded in the head, the ball striking the cheek bone and passing out at the back of the neck, paralyzing one side of his face ; Mr. Bullock was under fire for twenty-one days in succession, being in the advance and on the skirmish line. He married, May 11, 1868, Nellie B. Parker, of Harvard. Ill .; he has one child-Eddie.

JOHN BURGER, butcher; born in Wurtemberg. Germany, Aug. 24, 1830; son of David Burger, a farmer, who died at the age of 70. Mr. John Burger was a baker in the old country. and came to Wisconsin, near Milwaukee, in 1849; in a few months, removed to Chicago and learned the butchering business ; was with the firm of Miller, Smith & Piper; this was the only market on the North Side at that time; left in 1855, came to Beloit, and, in about five years from that time, engaged in busi- ness on his own account and has carried it on successfully ever since. Married Mary Annen, in Chicago. June 16, 1852; have had fifteen children, ten living-Maggie married Mr. Charles Fountain, A. W. is at home on the farm, Rosetta, Charles, Frank, Amy and Jennie and others ; John Burger, Jr., has almost entire charge of the market business, and keeps a fine assortment of meats of all kinds; they have a slaughter-house in connection with their farm, which is two miles out of Beloit, on the river road ; they deal only in the best of meats, and have a constantly increasing and satisfactory trade. The family are attendants of the Methodist Church.

CHARLES L. BURPEE, photographer, State street; was born in Lima, Livingston Co., N. Y., and came to Wisconsin about the 16th of August, 1863; was engaged in the manufacture of furniture in Lima, which manufactory supplied the surrounding towns with furniture. From Lima, he removed to Le Roy, Genesee Co., N. Y., and was seven years in the furniture business at that place. 1

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From Le Roy, he removed to Rockford, Ill., in October, 1855. In 1856, he engaged in establishing the town of Dement Station, now called Creston, Ill., a thriving little town, sixty-nine miles west of Chicago, on the Dixon Air Line of the North-Western Railway ; was also engaged in large real-estate transactions at the same place. In 1860, he returned to Rockford, Ill., and went into the furniture business, after which, he engaged as collector, with Murray & Thompson, reaper manufacturers. From Rockford, he came to Beloit, and was in the photographic business until 1867, when he went to Chicago to engage in the pho- . tographic business there. During 1869 and 1870, he was with the Chicago Silver Plate Co., at Aurora, Ill., which business he helped to establish. From Aurora, returned to Beloit, and entered again into the photographic business, which he is now conducting with good success. Mr. Burpee enlisted in the 15th Ill. Regt., in Co. B, under Col. Ellis, in June, 1861 ; on account of ill-health was mustered out in the fall of the same year. He married, Oct. 31, 1849, Helen Doolittle, of Bradford, N. H. Has two daughters- Sarah E. and Abbie E. The whole family are members of good standing of the First Baptist Church, Beloit.

JOHN C. BURR, merchant; born in Hartford, Conn., in 1816; came to Beloit in May, 1839, in company with 'Alfred Field, one of the first settlers in the county ; they went into partnership, and started a tin shop, also carried a stock of stoves ; continued together in business two years, and then Mr. Burr enlarged the business and carried a full stock of hardware, tools, agricultural implements, etc. He married, in New York City, in 1837, Jane Gray, of England. and they had six children, four of whom are now . liviug, and married.

WILLIAM H. BURROWS, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Beloit; born at Rome, N. Y., in 1830, 'and in 1857 he came to Rock Co., Wis .. and located in the town of Janesville; in the fall of the same year, he came to Beloit Township and bought seventy-two and one-half acres of land in Section 3, with a house on it ; he improved the house, built barns, etc., and now has a very comfortable place. He married in Wayne, Penn., in 1854, Lola A. Brown, only daughter of Squire Brown, of Rome, On ida Co., N. Y. They have two children living-Henry E. and William S .; both at home with parents.

I. P. CADMAN was born in Providence, Saratoga Co., N. Y., July 1, 1833, and came to Wis- consin May 31, 1854, locating eleven miles west of Beloit. He learned the millwright trade in his native town, and from there moved to Newark, Rock Co., and on his own account engaged in house building and farming ; he then moved to Beloit. thence to Freeport, and entered the sash and blind business in con- nection with Isaac Forboss, under the firm name of Cadman & Forboss. A short time after, Mr. Forboss died, when Mr. Cadman ran the business a short time alone. In 1867, he made a model car for what is known as the Mendota Street Car Co., which model was accepted, and letters patent secured for same. He theu, for six and a half years, worked on pattern work, turn-tables and scales for the Peninsular Division of the Chicago & North-Western Railway, where, for four years and a half, he had entire charge of the wood work of' the company, extending along the entire line of that division. He then returned to Beloit, and worked on pattern work for Parker & Aldrich, and Parker & Stone, and is now engaged on pattern work on his own account. Mr. Cadman is about engaging in the manufacture of a draft equalizer, to be applied to machines when drawn by three horses. In 1871 while engaged with the railroad company, he was elected Village Trustee of Escanaba. Mr. Cadian married, on Feb. 15, 1855, Eliza J. Mead, of Galway, N. Y. He has four children living, named Frank M., George L., L. Georgiana and A. Benjamin.

E. J. CADY, dealer in books, stationery, wall paper, silver-plated ware and jewelry, East Bridge street ; was born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn Co., Ind., and came to Wisconsin Dec. 19, 1877, and located in Beloit; when 2 weeks old, removed with his parents to Cincinnati, Ohio; was errand boy in the office of the Cincinnati Times, then clerk in a wholesale picture house; afterward book-keeper to Lewis & Neb- lett, wholesale glass and lamp manufacturers ; he afterward kept books for McCollough & Co., iron mer- chants, who were succeeded by William T. Simpson & Co., of which concern he was sole business manager for two years, after which he took a traveling position with Gibson & Co., publishing house, where, by hard work and strict attention to business, he accumulated enough money to go into business for himself in Beloit, under the firm name of E. J. Cady & Co., afterward changed to Ross & Cady. Married on Dec. 18, 1877, Mamie Vinton. Members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Beloit.

W. H. CALVERT, gunsmith, fishing tackle and cutlery, East Bridge street; was born in Le Roy, Genesee Co., N. Y., May 20, 1834 ; came to Wisconsin in 1854 and located in Beloit ; he learned the trade of gunsmith in his native town, and, when 20 years of age, came to Beloit and started in business for himself. In the fall of 1862, he enlisted in the 22d W. V. I., Co. B, Capt. Northrop; on account of ill health, was mustered out Jan. 1, 1863. He married on the 15th of May, 1853, Mary A. Kingsbury, who was born in Stafford, Genesee Co., N. Y .; have had two children. one now living-Eva.

STEPHEN CARD, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Beloit; born in Province of Nova Scotia in 1812; he lived there with his parents until 1832, then went to Canada and lived near Toronto till 1838, and that

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year came to Shirland, Winnebago Co., Ill., where he lived until 1869; he then came to Beloit Township and bought 100 acres of land from William Washburn, in Sec. 4, with residence and all improvements. He married, in Shirland, Ill., in 1852, Julia A. Seaton ; they had five children, three living at home with parents ; the other two are married and away from home.

DR. GEORGE CAREY, physician and surgeon, State street ; was born in Smithfield, Jeff- erson Co., Ohio; came to Wisconsin about 1847, and located at Beloit; from Smithfield he went to Bucyrus, Crawford Co., Ohio, where his father built the first house; from Bucyrus he went to Mt. Pleas- ant to attend the Quaker Seminary, where he took a full seminary course, occupying three years ; fr. . m Mt. Pleasant, removed to Hanoverton, Columbiana Co., Ohio, and studied medicine three years with Dra. Robertson and Cary, who stood very high in their profession in that county; from Hanoverton be removed to Paris, Stark Co., where he practiced with Dr. Preston, a man who was thoroughly devoted to his profession ; from Paris he went to New York City; attended a course of lectures at the Medical Department of the University, at which time the well-known Dr. Valentine Mott was Professor of Sur- gery ; from New York City he went back to Georgetown, Columbiana Co., and practiced there four years; thence to Beloit, where he is having a good practice. Dr. Carey married, in the spring of 1848. Cath- crine G. Gordon, of Orono, Me .; they have three children living-Lewis A., George and Ellen Oakley. Both are members of the Congregational Church at Beloit.

DR. H. P. CAREY, physician and surgeon, School street; came to Wisconsin Feb. 14, 1873. locating at Beloit ; Dr. Carey was born in Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., where he worked . n u farm and went to school under Dr. G. W. Hazeltine; from Jamestown he went to the Buffalo Univer- sity, and took a medical course; thence to Ann Arbor, Mich., to attend a course of lectures under Moses Gunn, Professor of Surgery, and C. L. Ford, Professor of Anatomy and Physiology ; from Ann Arbor, be returned to Buffalo University, where he graduated Feb. 26, 1867, passing all the chairs with honor; from Buffalo he went back to Jamestown on March 1, 1867, and from Jamestown to Freeport, Ill., where he was engaged in the practice of medicine the first year on his own account, and afterward in partnership with F. W. Hance for one year, after which he practiced on his own account for three years, when he went to Beloit Feb. 14, 1873, and continued the practice of medicine with success. Dr. Carey is a member of the American Institute of Homoeopathy, and also of the Wisconsin State Medical Society. He married, in Freeport, Stephenson Co., Ill., Matilda Rosenstiel. Mr. and Mrs. Carey are members of the Presbyterian Church at Beloit.

DR. C. C. CARLETON, Hygienic Institute, West Bridge street; was born in Frankfort, Waldo Co., Maine, July 22, 1840; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1847, locating at . Sheboygan Falls, at which place he was teacher of the High School ; from Sheboygan he removed to Cape Girardeau, still teaching school, thence to Washington, D. C., where he was engaged as short-hand reporter at the Smith- sonian Institution ; Dr. Carleton enlisted, May 9, 1861, in the Pennsylvania Reserves, Co. I, Capt. Holmes, and was detached from the regiment for secret service or scouting; at the close of the war, held a clerk. ship in the Inspector's Department, in Washington ; he was in Andersonville Prison for eight and a half months, which greatly impaired his general health ; from Washington removed to Boston, where for eleven years he engaged in public lecturing on Physiology, Mental Science and Temperance; from Boston be came to Wisconsin, where, for two and a half years, he engaged in lecturing and also established a hygienic institution at Darien, Wis. ; was burnt out at that place, in the spring of 1877, and then located at Beloit, and established a hygienic institution and water-cure for the curing of chronic diseases; the Doctor is meet- ing with good success and his business is constantly increasing.

W. CARLTON, mechanic; born in England Jan. 8, 1825; son of John Carlton; came to New York in 1849; went to Belvidere in 1855 ; carried on blacksmith business there fourteen years; came to Beloit afterward, and went to work for J. Thompson & Co., and has been there ever since, and is a skilled and worthy mechanic. Married Joyce Collier, of England June, 1846; have had six children- John, Mary ( who died when an infant) ; Elizabeth (married David Williams and resides in Beloit) ; Mar- garet A. (died while young) ; William is in Beloit; George died when 17 years old.

A. B. CARPENTER, retired : was born in Stafford, Orange Co., Vt., July 17, 1812, and came to Wisconsin about June 5, 1846; on May 1, 1825, he went to Troy, N. Y., where he made his first start in business life, with a basket for a store and a stock of lemons, which he sold from house to house ; his next venture was the buying of a load of clothes-pins, which his brothers paid for in goods from their general store ; Mr. Carpenter still used the basket, and again went from house to house until all the clothes- pins were sold, they netting him the handsome profit of $200; he then returned to Vermont, when his father sold him a horse and wagon for $100, taking his note for the same, when Mr. Carpenter returned to Troy, and immediately bought a load of tinware and Yankee notions, from a store in Lansingburg,

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course of study at Beloit College. He graduated from Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College, in Chicago, receiving his diploma for a thorough knowledge of commercial law and book-keeping. In 1860, he entered, when quite young, then but 20 years of age, into mercantile business with his father. They were in business some three. years, when J. M. C. purchased his father's interest and conducted the dry. goods business alone. In 1863, J. M. C. took Mr. Ira M. White in as partner, under the firm name of Carpenter & White. They continued the business successfully in Beloit until 1865, when A. B. Carpen- ter, J. M. Carpenter, Ira W. White and John S. Baker entered into partnership, to engage in the whole- sale dry-goods business at Evansville, Ind., where they did a large business. Mr. A. B. Carpenter sold out his interest in the firm to Converse Clement in 1866, and, in 1869, J. M. C. sold out his interest in the firm at Evansville, and returned to Beloit, Wis., again engaging, with his father, in the dry-goods business, which continued for one year, when J. M. C. purchased A. B. Carpenter's interest. On Jan. 1. 1873, Mr. Carpenter took into partnership William H. Baumes, under the firm name of Carpenter & Baumes. Two years Jater, Edson S. Curtis was admitted a partner, and remained a partner to the time of his death, Nov. 28, 1875. For six years, Messrs. Carpenter & Baumes did a successful dry-goods business in Beloit, their annual sales having reached $100,000 a year. On Feb. 1, 1879, Carpenter & Baumes separated and divided their large stock, Mr. Carpenter remaining in his elegant block at the east end of the bridge, of which he is the owner, this being the finest block in the city, and his store one of the finest in the State, with all conveniences for doing a large business. Mr. Carpenter married, Oct. 6. 1864, at Mohawk, N. Y., Miss Hattie G. Root, daughter of Hon. H. G. Root, of that place; she died at Beloit, Wis., Aug. 27, 1865. He married Miss Louise Ingle. only daughter of John Ingle, Jr., Presi- dent of the Evansville & Crawfordsville Railroad, Dec. 23, 1869; their children are Alvin B. Carpenter, born Dec. 23. 1870 ; Ingle Carpenter, April 17, 1872; Isabella Carpenter, July 19, 1879.

EDWIN CARRIER, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Beloit; born in Mulberry, Conn., in 1827; came to Kenosha Co. in 1846, bought and located school lands, and resided there till 1865 ; then came to Beloit and bought 144 acres in Sec. 23, with residence and barns; he built additions and improved the land. He married, in Kenosha Co., in 1860, Mary Ann Smith ; they had three children; she died, in Beloit, in 1868, and he married again, in 1872, Fannie M. Crossman ; have one child ; his family attend the Second Congregational Church.

MRS. CELIA CHAMBERLIN, widow, Sec. 20; P. O. Beloit; daughter of John and Elizabeth Gill; born in Montgomery Co., Ky., in 1815 ; her husband, John Chamberlin, was born in North Carolina in 1808; they were married in Crawford Co., Ill., Aug. 3, 1835, and had five children ; came to Beloit in 1844 ; he took up 160 acres of Government land in Sec. 8, built a log cabin and lived there three years ; he then bought forty acres in Sec. 20, and built the residence she now occupies. Mrs. Chamberlin owns 153 acres in Sec. 20. Mr. Chamberlin died May 20, 1872. John N., her son, owns 120 acres in Sec. 29, on which the celebrated mineral springs are located. He married Della A. Clark, of Rockton, Ill., and has two children living.

T. C. CHAMBERLIN. The subject of this biographical notice was born at Matton, Ill., on the 25th of September, 1843; his father, Rev. J. Chamberlin. a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was one of the pioneers of Illinois and of Wisconsin, and to him most of the customary opportunities for education and culture were denied, but in spite of this, through the force of his natural abilities, singleness of purpose and strength of religious conviction, did much of good, if not of celebrity, in his life-work, and transmitted to his descendants his own sterling qualities of mind and heart, which, under the more favorable opportunities for development, have won for them a wide recognition of merit. The family moved to Beloit in the year 1846, and here twelve years of the young son's life were occupied with such duties as he was capable of performing upon the farm and in attendance at the district school ; at the age of 14, he began his preparation for college; the eight succeeding years were mainly spent in the prepara- tory and collegiate departments of Beloit College, his course of study being somewhat interrupted by an occasional term of teaching ; he graduated from the College in 1866, at the age of 22, and taught the two succeeding years, being Principal for that time of the High School at Delavan, Wis .; while engaged in this work, his attention was first strongly drawn toward scientific pursuits, and, in order to prepare for this line of work, he resigned his position in Delavan in 1868 and took a special course at the Michigan Uni- versity ; completing this in one year, he returned to Wisconsin, and in 1869 was elected to the Chair of Natural Sciences in the State Normal School at Whitewater ; he held this position for four years. and here. by his success in building up a system of scientific instruction, and through the abilities which be mani- fested as an original investigator, he won a reputation which called him at once to the filling of two very important position-, viz. : Professor of Geology and Zoology in Beloit College, and Assistant Geologist Wisconsin Geological Survey ; resigning his position at Whitewater, he returned to Beloit and

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The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., Part 112

Author: Wesern historical company, Chicago, pub Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Co. Number of Pages: 899

Author: Wesern historical company, Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Co.
Number of Pages: 899