The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., Part 113

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

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performed the duties devolving upon him from these two positions, until the spring of 1876, when he was appointed Chief Geologist, a position which he still holds ; the exhausting duties imposed upon him by the acceptance of this position compelled him, to relinquish for a time his college duties, which, however, were resumed in 1879; although now but 36 years of age, and still ranking among the young men of our State, the records of his past work furnish an enduring monument to his abilities; while at Whitewater, his first work was published, entitled " An Outline of a Course of Oral Instruction, the Result of the Author's Own Successful Labors as an Instructor in this Department; " he was also, during this time, the author of several papers, published by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters; during the period of his connection with the Geological Survey, his labors in this direction have been much greater ; he has been the author, during this time, of three annual reports upon the progress of the Survey, one large volume of Final Reports, a treatise upon the Kettle Moraine of the Great Lake Region, and of several papers published by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and .Letters, the State Agricultural Society and the Northern Wisconsin Agricultural Society ; he has now in progress of completion three additional volumes of reports upon the geological survey ; besides these scientific and educational labors, Prof. Chamberlin has not been oblivious to civil and business affairs; he is actively interested in two of the leading manufacturing institutions of Beloit, being a Director in the Rock River Paper Company and Vice President of the Merrill & Houston Iron Works; he has for some time been a member of the School Board of Beloit, is one of the original members of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters and has long been one of its Vice Presidents. Undoubtedly, the most distinctive trait of character dis- played by Prof. Chamberlin is his clear insight into the relations of things, which enables him to so classify and present the truths with which he deals, that they are easily comprehended as an organic, harmonious whole, and not as a heterogeneous mass of ill-digested facts; added to this, are abundant resources of expression, an affable manner and an integrity of motive and action that instinctively draw to him the best men and the best side of all men.

AARON LUCIUS CHAPIN was born in Hartford, Conn., Feb. 4, 1817. His ancestors on the side of both father and mother, were citizens of Connecticut, and were held in esteem for excellent qualities of intellect and character. His father, Laertes Chapin, passed an honorable and long life as a mechanic, in Hartford. He himself was one of several children, all of whom have approved themselves as valuable members of society, and some of them occupying positions of usefulness in public life. His brother, Nathan Chapin, was for several years a Pastor in La Crosse, and now resides in Rochester, Minn. Mr. Chapin received his academical education in the Hartford Grammar School, and at Yale College, grad- uating at the latter institution in 1837. Among the members of his class are several gentlemen of national reputation-Rev. A. L. Stone, D. D., of San Francisco, Hon. Jeremiah Evarts, Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite and Prof. Benjamin Silliman, are of this number. During the year subsequent to his leaving col- lege, he was engaged in teaching iu a family school in Baltimore, Md., and, from 1838 to 1843, was a pro- fessor in the New York Institution for the deaf and dumb. He studied theology while there engaged, and received his diploma from the Union Theological Seminary of New York, in 1842. The Western States were at this time opening a new and important field for enterprise, not only in the pursuits of ordinary industry, but to the regulative forces of the Christian ministry and academical instruction. Sharing in the common impulse, Mr. Chapin, under the appointment of the American Home Missionary Society, removed, in 1844, to Milwaukee, where he became Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Here he remained six years. His pastorate in Milwaukee is spoken of as having been one of great thoroughness and efficiency, both in the pulpit and in other relations of clerical life. His acquaintance is affectionately cherished by not a few who were cognizant of that early ministry. In February of 1850, he was called from Milwaukee to the chair of Beloit College, as its first President, and was inaugurated into the duties of that office July 24, of the same year. He has occupied this position since that time. The college at Beloit largely owes to Dr. Chapin, in conjunction with Rev. Jackson J. Bushnell and Rev. Joseph Emerson, who were its first professors, the excellent influence it has exerted in our State. These gentlemen brought from the colleges of New England their conception of scholarly culture, and made it the model for their younger school. Its administration in general conformity to this model has been stea ly and firm, with a readiness to accommodate educational methods to new phases of social need under the suggestions of enlarged experi- ence; the qualities of Dr. Chapin's mind have been manifested in an official life, wherein the precedents of the past have been limited in their control only by the actual requirements of the present. Mr. Chapin was married to Miss Martha Cotton, of Lenox, Mass., Aug. 23, 1843. After her death, he married as his second wife, Miss Fanny L. Coit, of New London, Conn., Aug. 26, 1861. He is the father of eight chil- dren, one of them, his daughter, Elizabeth C. Chapin, now the wife of Rev. Henry D. Porter, M. D., is at present a missionary of the American Board at Tien-Tsin, in China. The other surviving children, save

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one, are still young, and are contributing to the father's later years the graces of a happy and honorable home. The degree of Doctor in Divinity was conferred on Mr. Chapin by Williams College, in 1853. In 1865, during a brief period of physical exhaustion, he passed several months in Europe ; since that time, in the midst of various and somewhat arduous responsibilities, he has enjoyed uniform physical health, and now advancing years rest upon him rather as an adornment than as a burden. A mind well poised and patient, rather than imaginative and brilliant, which is at home in the practical adjustment of affairs, by reason of a clear and ready brain, kindly sympathies controlled by sound judgment, a social habit rather reserved than demonstrative, are qualifications which have brought to him important offices. He has been for many years among the corporate members of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, a Life Director of the American Home Missionary Society, one of the Vice Presidents of the American Mission- ary Association, President of the Board of Trustees of the State Institution for Deaf Mutes, at Delavan. He was one of the Board of Examiners at the U. S. Naval School at Annapolis, in 1872, and occupied the same position at West Point, in 1873. He is now President of the Wisconsin Academy of Arts and Sciences. In the midst of a busy life, Dr. Chapin has found little time for the protracted labor of literary authorship. He has given to the press a few occasional sermons, addresses and reviews. In 1878, an edition of Dr. Wayland's " Political Economy " was issued under his supervision, in which the original work appeared recast and largely rewritten by him. This treatise has been adopted as a text-book in several schools and colleges, and is spoken of with favor. In connection with the Presidency of the College, he occupies the Chair of History and Civil Polity. He seems now, to the casual observer, but little past the medium of life, and enjoys the promise of many years of happy and useful service.

LEWIS CLARK, Sec. 11; P. O. Beloit; born in Orange Co., Vt., in 1807 ; came to Wis- consin in 1839 and bought 235 acres Government land in Secs. 11 and 12; he made some improvements, returned East, and, in 1847, brought his family here ; built a residence, barns, etc., and made all improve- ments. He married, in 1831, in Orange Co., Vt., Harriet R. Flint, who was born in Orange Co., Vt., and was the daughter of Martin and Chloe Flint; they have three children. Mr. Clark is now in California.

JUDD M. COBB, Secretary and Superintendent of the Rock River Paper Co .; came to Beloit in May, 1858; he has been connected with the company which he now represents ever since, except a part of 1859 and 1860; superintendent of the mills since 1862, secretary for the last five years, and has had general charge of the business for eight years; he is also a member of the firm of Booth, Hinman & Co., paper dealers, of Beloit; Mr. Cobb has served as member of the Common Council of this city for the last nine years ; he is a native of Windham Co., Vt.

L. M. COLT, dairy and stock farmer; was born in Richfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., Aug. 29, 1827, and came to Wisconsin in September, 1863, locating at Beloit ; from Richfield he moved to Exeter, N. Y., and engaged in the buying and selling of cattle and sheep between Ohio and Canada ; he then went to Cooperstown, N. Y., and continued for a short time dealing in stock ; from there he moved to Beloit and was engaged with the Rock River Paper Co. as traveling salesman for a year and a half; theu went to Iowa and bought and sold cattle and hogs, and, in 1865, went to Jackson, Tenn .. for the purpose of raising cotton with improved farming implements, but, upon thorough investigation, gave up the idea as being impracticable; in 1866, he returned to Beloit and formed a business relation with W. H. Blodgett and entered into the general commission business, with headquarters at No. 163 South Water street, Chicago; he continued about a year, sold out and bought an interest with C. S. Brownell in the same store; this he continued until the fall of 1867, when he returned to Beloit and took a contract to furnish straw for the paper-mills at Beloit ; this continued for one year, when he went to farming just over the State line in Illinois, which farm he still holds, and is engaged in cattle and hog raising and dairy farming. During the war, for one year he was engaged as Forage Master. Mr. Colt married, Dec. 14, 1852, Mary Stuart Blodgett, of Rochester, Vt .; he has two children living-William B. and Merrill L. Mr. and Mrs. Colt are members of the First Congregational Church at Beloit.

C. F. G. COLLINS, Secretary and Treasurer of the Merrill & Houston Iron Works; came to Beloit in 1856 ; engaged in drug business until 1871, when he became connected with the manu- facturing business, which he now represents, having charge of the office business previous to the organiza- tion of the company in 1873; he has been Secretary and Treasurer of the company since 1875; Mr. Collins is a native of Goffstown, Hillsboro Co .. N. H .; removed to Ohio in 1846 ; was engaged in civil engineering, connected with the construction of railroads in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, prior to removal to Beloit, and has done considerable work as civil engineer since he came to Wisconsin. He served for eight years continuously as City Clerk of Beloit, Alderman of the First Ward one or two terms, Mayor one term, member of County Board several terms, several years Chairman of said Board ; always active in matters pertaining to the material interests of the people.

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J. I. COMSTOCK, foreman of East Side mill, Rock River Paper Co .; was born in Florence, Oncida Co., N. Y., Jan. 3, 1834, where he received his early education and assisted his father on the farm ; he came to Wisconsin Nov. 5, 1856, locating at Beloit ; from Florence he moved to Stephenson Co., Ill., and thence to Beloit ; was at first foreman of the saw-mill, which was afterward turned into a paper- mill, in which he engaged as general helper ; in 1873, he was appointed foreman of the East Side works of the Rock River Paper Co., which position he now holds. He enlisted in September, 1861, in Co. E, 34th Ill. V. I., Col. Kirk, and received his discharge from that regiment in June, 1862; he then enlisted in the 16th Wis. V. I., Co. F., Col. Fairchild, and received his discharge in July, 1865 ; he was engaged in the battles of Mumford, Ky .; Shiloh, April 7, 1862; first seige of Corinth, Big Shanty Station, Kenne- saw Mountain, Atlanta, Ga. ; Lovejoy Station and Bentonville, N. C., and through to the Atlantic with Gen. Sherman. Mr. Comstock married, in March, 1878, Elizabeth Pangborn, of Worth Co., Ga.

R. P. CRANE, retired ; was born in Colebrook, Coos Co., N. H., April 7, 1807, and came to Wisconsin in March, 1837, locating at Beloit ; at Colebrook, Mr. Crane followed farming in the summer and taught school during the winters, and al-o learned the trade of a carpenter ; from Colebrook he moved to Beloit, where he engaged in the carpentering business, and, among others, built the house he now lives in. Mr. Crane enlisted in the army during the late war and was appointed Army Carpenter and stationed at Nashville, T'enn. He married, March 25, 1869, Jane H. Wilson, of New York ; he has one son by his first wife-EHery B. Mr. and Mrs. Crane are members of the Presbyterian Church at Beloit.

JOHN W. CRIST, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Beloit; born in Orange Co., N. Y., in 1816; came to Beloit in 1858, and bought 300 acres of land, with a small residence, of which one-half was improved ; he improved 75 acres more, and the balance is timber and pasture land, in Secs. 14 and 15 ; he afterward built a handsome residence, which he now occupies. He married, in New York City, in February, 1855, Mary E. Lawrence, widow of William Lawrence. Mr. Crist was married before, to Eliza Dibble, sister of his present wife, and now has six children living.

JOHN DATES, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Beloit ; born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., in 1814; in 1833, he went to Chemung Co., N. Y., and remained there till 1841 ; he then went to Rochester, N. Y., where he resided till 1844; then came to Illinois and located near Rockford ; came to Beloit in 1845, and bought a farm, which he lived on for five years, then sold it ; he then bought sixty acres in Sec. 27, with residence and barns, lived on it for eighteen years, then sold the property, now in the city limits, to W. N. Hand; he then bought ninety-five acres in Sec. 29, part of the Knill farm, with residence and barns, on which he made some improvements, and now occupies it ; afterward, sold thirty acres of the farm, and now owns only sixty-five acres, with residence, etc. He married, in Rochester, N. Y., in 1842, Caroline Vervaliu, daughter of Isaac and Diana Vervalin, residents of Rochester; she was born at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in 1822 ; they had three children-George W., Alice M. and Frank H .; George is a traveling salesman, and single ; Alice is married, and lives in Michigan ; Frank is married, and is a traveling sales- man ; George enlisted in the 22d Wis. Vol .; was taken sick one year after, discharged, and re-enlisted in the 42d Wis., and was with the regiment till the close of the war.

F. N. DAVIS, manufacturer of paper carpet, ; was born in Beloit on Oct. 2, 1842. Mr. Davis organized the Beloit National Bank, which, in 1873, settled up its business and paid off its cred- itors; after which, he commenced the manufacture of paper carpet and a variety of paper articles, which have found their way to Europe, where, in Cologne, Prussia, and London, England, Mr. Davis has two factories. Mr. Davis is President of a company who are about starting, in Beloit, the manufacture of a new steam vacuum pump. He married, in 1864, Ann S. Dunlap, of Burlington, Iowa, niece of ex-Sena- tor Richardson, of Illinois; he has two children living-Walter and Genevieve ; his wife is a member of the Episcopal Church, at Beloit.

WILLIAM A. DAWSON, machinist; was born in Lancashire, England, July 15, 1820, and came to Wisconsin about the middle of April, 1857, locating at Spring Prairie, Walworth Co .; he came to Millbury, Mass., in 1846, and served as an apprentice in a machine-shop there ; from there he went to Rockford Co., Conn., and was engaged for two years in dressing woolen cloth ; he then moved to Wallingford, Conn., and worked in the britannia manufactory ; then moved to Meriden, Conn., and engaged as a journeyman in a machine-shop ; from Meriden he went to Worcester. Mass., and worked in a machine-shop, and, in 1854, went to Philadelphia, as agent of the Howe Sewing Machine Company ; he then returned to Meriden and worked as a machinist until the fall of 1856; then to New Haven, Conn., and worked at his trade; then came to Walworth Co., Wis., and opened a blacksmith shop. In 1860, he moved to Whitewater, Wis., and worked in a reaper manufactory, and in January, 1861, came to Beloit as a journeyman in the reaper manufactory of Gaston & Dusten ; then with Hart & Gordon, in the same shop. In the summer and fall of 1865, he worked in G. S. Tambling & Co.'s machine-shop, and afterward,

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for three years, was with O. E. Merrill as a journeyman, and then engaged in the light jobbing and model work until 1876, when he went to Parker & Aldrich, and afterward made a contract with Mr. Aldrich for the iron work on his wind-mills. He enlisted, in August, 1862, in Company B, 22d Regt. Wis. Vols., and was at the battle of Thompson's Station, Tenn., where he was taken prisoner and confined in Libby Prison until April 1, 1863. He married, Aug. 1, 1853, Caroline W. Blodgett, of East Meriden. Conn. ; he has seven children-William B., George W., Edwin R., Henry A., Harriet Amelia, Charles F. and James E. Mr. Dawson is a member of the Second Congregational Church, at Beloit.

SARAH K. DOOLITTLE, photo artist ; daughter of Harry and Esther Doolittle, resi- dents of Belvidere, Ill. ; she was educated there and at Normal, Ill., and for some time previous to leaving Belvidere she owned and operated a photograph studio; her father died in Belvidere in December, 1871; in November, 1878, her mother moved to this city with her and opened business here; they rent rooms on Bridge street near the bridge; Mrs. Doolittle does dress-making and her daughter has fitted up hand- some reception and operating rooms, and, with the facilities she has for working, her agreeable manners. and the superior portraits she is producing, cannot fail to gain the patronage of the public.

JOEL B. DOW, attorney and counselor at law ; came to Beloit College as a student in 1865: graduated from that institution in the Class of 1869; in 1870, he published the Beloit Journal in connec- tion with Thomas O. Thompson ; afterward was for two years editor of the Pine Bluff (Arkansas, Republican, then returned to Beloit and read law with S. J. Todd, and June 17, 1874, was admitted to the bar ; since that time, he has been engaged in practice of his profession here. Mr. Dow has held the offices of Justice of the Peace and City Clerk. He is a native of South Walden, Caledonia Co., Vt. : parents located with their family at Sharon, Walworth Co., Wis., when he was an infant.

R. J. DOWD, knife manufacturer ; was born in Sandisfield, Berkshire Co., Mass., Oct. 24, 1833, and came to Wisconsin May 11, 1877. locating at Beloit; Mr. Dowd was educated at the Connect- icut Literary Institute at Suffield, Conn. ; from Sandisfield he removed to Lee, Berkshire Co., Mass., where he was engaged in the manufacture of heavy machine knives in connection with his brother, John Dowd. under the firm name of J. & R. J. Dowd; this business he continued for twenty years, after which he came to Beloit ; built and started a manufactory of heavy knives, which he is now carrying on with good success. Mr. Dowd married on March 9, 1859, Sarah Kelsey, of Alford, Berkshire Co., Mass .; he has two children living-Glenville Arthur and Robert Irving. Mr. and Mrs. Dowd are members of the Second Congregational Church at Beloit.

J. L. DOWNER was born in Switzerland April 21, 1848; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1869, and located at Beloit, where he engaged in farming, after which he learned the milling business, and in March, 1879, went into partnership with Mr. Stoddard. In the spring of 1861, during the late war, he enlisted in Co. C, 38th Iowa V. I., Col. Clark ; was in the battles of Vicksburg, Port Hudson und Ft. Blakely, and was with the regiment on the Red River expedition; he received his discharge at Houston, Tex., Aug. 15, 1865. Mr. Downer married Oct. 1. 1865, Mary Goss, of Beloit; he has one child living-Lulu.

DEXTER DRURY, livery, sale and boarding stable, Race street; was born in Sturbridge, Wor- cester Co., Mass. ; came to Wisconsin the latter part of May, 1855, locating at Beloit ; Mr. Drury moved from Sturbridge to Spencer, Mass, and remained there until he was 17 years of age ; from Spencer moved to South Brookfield, Mass .; there learned the shoemaker's trade; went to Williamstown, Berk. shire Co., Mass., and worked at the shoe business for ten years; at this . time, having accumulated some money, he went into the livery business ; from Williamstown he came to Beloit and started in the livery business under the firm name of Dresser & Drury ; Mr. Dresser sold out his interest to Walter Capron. and, after eight months, Mr. Capron sold out his interest to Mr. Drury, and since that time, he has conducted the business alone. Married Sept. 18, 1872, Lorinda Swan, of Sherman Hollow, Onondaga Co., N. Y .: has four children by a former wife-Josephine Augusta, Eugene Royal, Lawrence Adams, Etta M. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

WILLIAM DUNN, tailor, East Bridge street; was born in 1829, in Ballyserry, County Tip- perary, Ireland ; came to the United States in 1846, to Wisconsin middle of September, 1847, and located in Milwaukee; remained one year, then removed to Janesville, where he kept the Bunster House; from there, went to Green Bay, Wis .; thence to Mineral Point, Wis., and engaged in mining lead ; was pro- prietor of the mine; from Mineral Point, he went to Plattville, Grant Co., Wis., and engaged in the tail- oring business, as well as lead mining; removed to Ellenboro, Wis., where he kept tavern, and also owned a grocery and provision store; he then returned to Janesville, and, from 1859 to 1863, was engaged in gold mining in Denver, Col., where he had an interest in 100 claims, part of which he worked ; returned to Janesville, thence, in 1865, to Monroe, Wis., and engaged in the grocery and restaurant business ; went

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to Brodhead, Wis., and engaged in the tailoring business, and from there to Beloit, where he also started a tailoring establishment, in which he is doing a successful business; in 1861, when in Denver, he held the office of First Lieutenant of the Home Guards. Mr. Dunn married Margaret O'Neil, of County Kilkenny, Ireland ; he has five children living-Julia Ann, John, Elizabeth, Ann and Margaret; Mr. and Mrs. Dunn are members of the St. Thomas' Catholic Church.

MRS. SUSAN EDDY, widow, Sec. 23; P. O. Beloit ; she is the daughter of Oliver and Nancy Lovell; born near Hamilton, Canada, in September, 1819; her parents were residents of Vermont, and moved to Niagara Co., N. Y., when she was 10 years old. She married, in Niagara Co., N. Y., John Eddy, who was born in Ireland in 1812; came to America when 14 years old, in 1826, and to Niagara Co., N. Y., where he was married; they had six children, four now living; he came to Wisconsin in 1841, and bought 160 acres Government land in Sec. 24, which he partly improved, and then returned to York State; he married in 1844, and immediately returned to Beloit with his wife; built residence and barns, and improved the land, and died in Beloit May 1. 1875.

JOSEPH EMERSON was born at Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Conn., May 28, 1821 ; he is the son of Rev. Ralph Emerson (Pastor, at that time, of the Congregational Church at that place) and Eliza Rockwell Emerson. On May 28, 1830, he arrived in Andover, Mass., with his parents, his father having become Professor in the Theological Seminary of that city. The subject of this sketch there enjoyed, in the Phillips Academy, the advantage of preparation for college. He entered Yale College in 1837, and graduated in 1841. A class-mate was Jackson J. Bushnell, who was afterward, for twenty-five years, his colleague in Beloit College, at Beloit, Wis. After graduating, Mr. Emerson taught a select school for boys, in New London, Conn., for one year. Among his patrons there was T. W. Williams, who founded the first professorship in Beloit College. The following two years were given to the study of theology at Andover Seminary. From September, 1844, to April, 1848, he was a tutor in Yale College. Prof. Emerson came to Wisconsin in May, 1848, landing at Milwaukee, where he was welcomed by Rev. A. L. Chapin, then Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in that city, but since, President of Beloit College. They came in company to Beloit, where they found a number of the representative men of the region between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi, assembled to complete the organization of the college. Here Prof. Emerson met his former classmate, J. J. Bushnell, who had been on the ground over a year, instruct- ing the little class already organized. On the following day, May 24, 1848, they were invited to assume the charge of the young college-Bushnell as Professor of Mathematics, Emerson as Professor of Lan- guages. They found a class of five young men pursuing studies parallel to those of the Freshman Class at Yale, though with most primitive accommodations and meager equipments. The former want was, how- ever, soon relieved by the liberality of the citizens of Beloit; and the latter, by that of Prof. Emerson's colleague and of other friends, under the influence, especially, of Rev. S. Peet. In the following year, Prof. S. P. Lathrop came to the chair of Natural Science ; and, in 1850, Rev. A. L. Chapin became Pres- ident, while Rev. M. P. Squier took the chair of Metaphysics. Meanwhile, the Female Seminary, in co-operation with the College, which was a part of the original design, was established at Rockford, Ill. Circumstances have brought Prof. Emerson into connection with this part of the plan, so that he has had the opportunity, as member, and, since the decease of Rev. Aratus Kent, the father of the institution, as President of the Board of Trustees, to witness its progress and usefulness. Prof. Emerson was married Sept. 21, 1852, to Mary Cordelia North, danghter of Alvin North, of New Britain, Conn., who still cheers his life. Of their children, the eldest son died in infancy ; there remain a son, now in business in Beloit, and a daughter, who is at school. Prof. Emerson's department in Beloit College, which was first the Latin and Greek, has, since 1856, been the Greek alone. It has given him the opportunity of pre- senting the most valuable examples of life, as well as of language, which the old world had to present to the new. It had satisfied his aspirations, so that other places and labors have not been attractive. With the exception of occasional articles in periodicals or in pamphlet form, and of public service, his work has been with his pupils, and its success or failure is to be found in their lives. In 1857, the parents of Prof. Emerson removed to the West, to spend their last years among their children, making their home in Rock- ford, Ill., where his father died May 20, 1863, and his mother Dec. 11, 1875. They rest in the ceme- tery in Beloit, and their memory is cherished by a fund given, principally, by their son, Ralph Emerson, of Rockford, for the supply of the Departments of Sacred and Classical Literature in the Beloit College library. In the years 1870 and 1871, it was Prof. Emerson's privilege to visit the old world-Scotland, Germany, Switzerland, Turkey, Palestine, Egypt, Greece, Italy, France and England. He returned with new zest to the new world and the great history which it is forming,-to his place in Beloit College, with which it is a pleasure to him that his life has been so long identified.

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The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., Part 113

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