The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., Part 114

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


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CHAS. EVEINGHAM, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Beloit; born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1830; he came to Beloit in 1865, and bought eighty acres of land in Sec. 3, with residence; he built barns and made improvements, put up wind-mill, set out a grove of trees. built fences, etc., and made it a very comfortable place. He married in 1863, in Onondaga Co., Eliza Emmons; had no children ; she died in Beloit Nov. 27, 1878. Mr. E. is still living on the farm, and raises hogs, cattle and grain.


RICHARD M. FERGUSON ; was born in Factory Village, N. Y., Nov. 13, 1838, and came to Wisconsin in March. 1865, locating in Beloit; from Factory Village he moved to Ballston Springs, N. Y. ; thence to Roscoe, Ill., and from there to Shirland, Ill., where he farmed on his own account, and also learned the carpenter's trade ; enlisted for sixty days in 1862, and re-enlisted in the 156th I. V. I. on the last call for troops; was mustered out in 1864. Mr. Ferguson is a member of Ever Ready Engine Company, No. 2, of Beloit. He married, Dec. 24, 1866, Julia A. Parmer, of New York ; he has two children living-Walter M. and Frank M.


L. FISCHER, tailor; born in Germany, January, 1845; learned his trade in the old country ; came to New York January 2, 1866; came to Beloit same year ; started in business for himself in 1877; now employs four to five hands, and is doing a constantly increasing business. Married Rika Kuhlman, a native of Germany, in Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1871 ; have had four children-Hannah, Charley, Louis and Henry. Self and family belong to German Reformed Presbyterian Church. Mr. Fischer carries a fine line of foreign and domestic goods, and gives good satisfaction to his customers.


JOHN FOSTER, shoe manufacturer ; was born in Kane Co., Ill., March 8, 1845; came to Wisconsin, June, 1870, locating at Beloit. Mr. Foster went to school in Kane Co., Ill .; from there moved to Beloit, and has since been engaged in the manufacture of shoes, which have obtained a wide fame for their excellence. Mr. Foster is essentially a self-made man, and his business has been a remarkable suc- cess. He married, Dec. 3, 1872, Marcia Dearborn, of Beloit. Mr. Foster is a member of the Baptist Church, and Mrs. Foster of the Presbyterian Church.


CHARLES FOUNTAIN, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Beloit; born in Richland Co., N. Y., March, 1802 ; came to Beloit in 1847, and bought eighty acres in Sec. 15; he built the residence he occupies, with barns, etc., and afterward bought fifty-five acres more, twenty acres of which he disposed of, and now owns, in all, one hundred and fifteen acres in Sec. 15. He married, in Richland Co., N. Y., in 1825, Margaret Wood ; they had eight children ; his wife died in 1854, in Beloit ; he married again, in 1856, Mary Foster, widow of Alanson Foster, and sister of his first wife; his children are living and away from home, except one son, who works the farm and lives with his parents.


J. H. FRENCH, retired; was born at Bath, N. H., Sept. 26, 1819, and came to Wisconsin in June, 1857, locating in Beloit ; at Bath, for nine years, he was engaged in the dry goods business, and, for three years, in the manufacture of potato starch ; from Bath he went to Boston, and, for three years, was city salesman for Brown, Knapp & Co .. wholesale druggists; from Boston, he went to Beloit, where he engaged in the lumber business, and, at the end of four months, associated with him Messrs. Farr & Hill, and continued the business under the firm name of Farr, Hill & French, when to lumber they added coal, grain, and the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds ; this continued for about two years, when they dissolved partnership, Mr. French taking the coal and grain, and continued in this for about two years. During the fight between the American and Merchants Union Express Cos., he, for two years, took charge of the business of the American Express Co; in 1861, he was appointed United States Commissioner of Rock Co., for the enrollment, during the war and afterward, as Special Agent for the Government during the war; from 1865 to 1868, he was engaged in the general produce business, buying and shipping grain, and afterward, for five years, was traveling on the road for White, Bros. & Co., clothing and gents' furnishings; in 1873, was cashier and book-keeper for the Merrill & Houston Iron Works; Mr. French was a mem- ber of the School Board of District No. 1 for about three years. He married, September 22, 1857, Ellen M. Baxter, of Barton, Vt .; he has one son, Paul D., now in Kansas City, in the drug business. Mr. and Mrs. French are members of the First Congregational Church, at Beloit.


ELIAS GABRIELSEN, carpenter; was born in Norway, Feb. 27, 1846, and came to Wis- consin May 22, 1872, locating at Beloit; Mr. Gabrielsen learned the carpentering trade in Norway, and, since he came to Beloit, has been in the employ of J. Thompson & Co., plow manufacturers. He married, August 11, 1875, Mary Ladal, of Norway ; has one child-John. Members of the Lutheran Church, at Beloit.


J. H. GATELEY, foreman in foundry of the Eclipse Wind-Mill Co. ; was born in county of Middlesex, Canada, Feb. 14, 1847, and came to Wisconsin August 17, 1869, locating at Beloit; Mr. Gateley received his early education in Canada, and learned the machinist's trade there ; from Canada he removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked at his trade ; from there he came to Beloit, and was


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employed at the Gaston Scale Works, and afterward with the Eclipse Wind-Mill Co., and now holds the position of foreman of the foundry department. Mr. Gateley married, November 25, 1871, M. E. Cun- ningham, of Beloit; he has five children living-Nellie, Bessie, Annie, Minnie, and a little one not yet named. Mr. and Mrs. Gateley are members of St. Thomas' Catholic Church.


EGBERT F. GATES, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Beloit; born in Susquehanna Co., Penn., in 1832 ; in May, 1856, he came to Wisconsin and located in the township of Turtle, in Rock Co. In 1858, he married, in Beloit, Emma L. Bostwick ; in 1860, he bought 130 acres of land in Section 13, Beloit ; he built a residence, barns, fences, etc., and laid out a large grove of maple, evergreen and oak trees, which he raised from the seed, and now has one of the handsomest groves surrounding his residence that can be found in the township; he was Assessor in the town for one year, Town Clerk for one year, and Chairman of Board of Supervisors for two years. He has three children, all living at home with him ; one of his sons accidentally lost his leg by being shot, about one year ago.


I. E. GOODALL, fire, life and accidental insurance, and real estate, loan agent and Notary Public State street ; was born June 25, 1820, at Bath, Grafton Co., N. H .; came to Wisconsin July 4, 1841, locating at Milwaukee, to which place he brought a stock of goods and commenced a gen- eral merchandise business in connection with Mr. E. B. Holton, under the firm name of Holton & Goodall; they also started an ashery in connection with that business, for the manufacture of pearlash and saleratus ; this firm shipped the first cargo of wheat from Milwaukee to Buffalo, on board the bark Champion, which was built at Milwaukee, this being her first trip; the firm continued for six years, when they separated, and Mr. Goodall continued business on his own account till about 1852. Mr. Goodall was Treasurer, for two years, of the Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad, now known as the Milwaukee & Prairie Du Chien Railroad. About September 1, 1857, he moved to Beloit, where, in 1867, he engaged in the insurance business, and is now representing the following Companies: The Home, of New York; Niagara, of New York ; Glens Falls, of Glens Falls, N. Y .; Northern, of Watertown, N. Y .; Girard, of Philadelphia ; Mer- chants' & People's, of Newark, N. J. ; Connecticut, of Hartford; Roger Williams, of Rhode Island; Western Assurance, of Toronto, Canada; Madison, of Wisconsin ; American Central, St. Louis ; New Hampshire, of Manchester, N. H .; La Caisse Generale, of Paris, France; and the Northwestern Mutual Life of Milwaukee and the Travelers' Accident Insurance. Mr. Goodall was Alderman of Milwaukee in 1850, and repre- sented Milwaukee in the Assembly in 1854-55; he was also Assessor of Milwaukee, and was appointed by the Council, in connection with Increase A. Lapham, to establish the boundaries of streets on account of the lines of survey not agreeing; was also, in 1872, Justice of the Peace for one year, and Assignee under the United States District Court, in 1869, and for six years was Assessor of Beloit. Mr. Goodall married, September 26, 1842, Mary French of Bath, N. H .; he has one child living-Luella. Members of the First Congregational Church, at Beloit.


S. S. GOODALE, City Treasurer; was born in Amherst, Mass., Aug. 31, 1823; came to Beloit July 3, 1845, locating at Troy, Walworth Co .; from Amherst he moved to Troy, Wis., where he engaged in farming ; from Troy he moved to Beloit, where he followed farming for ten years, during the winters of which time he manufactured brooms, which were sold in the neighboring towns and Chicago; he then took a situation with the Beloit Paper Mill Company, and afterward with the Rock River Paper Company, in whose employ he now is. Mr. Goodale is at present City Treasurer of Beloit, and serving his second term. He married, Feb. 28, 1848, Ruth Ellen Smith, of Westfield, Mass. ; has three chil- dren living-Rufus A., Sarah F. and Frank H. Mr. and Mrs. Goodale and daughter are members of the First Congregational Church, at Beloit.


SAMUEL J. GOODWIN, proprietor of the "Goodwin Hotel" and "Goodwin Opera House ; " came to Wisconsin Oct. 1, 1868, and located at Beloit; he was born in Madison, Madison Co., N. Y., where he was employed as clerk in a dry-goods store, and, when 21 years of age, bought out the establishment and carried it on for about five years with good success; he then removed to Waterville, Oneida Co., N. Y., where he accepted a situation as clerk in a dry goods and grocery house, as a test of tb business. In the fall of 1838, he came West and engaged in selling woolen goods to the trade, and in .May, 1840, he returned to Waterville and took full charge of Bacon & Goodwin's woolen-mills, of which he and his brother controlled and owned a one-fourth interest ; in 1842, he bought out his brother's interest ; in 1838, the factory was entirely destroyed by fire, and was rebuilt in 1839; in 1840, when Mr. Goodwin assumed full charge of the new mill, it was turning out 210 yards per day of sheep's gray cloth, which he, by his energy, increased to from 430 to 470 yards per day ; the mill was a grand success, and financially prosperous. From Waterville he went to New Haven, where he was stockholder and act- ing manager of the Malleable Iron Company ; in 1857, he returned to Waterville, where, in connection with his brother, they sold out all their interest, consisting of the woolen-mill, two grist-mills, tannery and


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resident property, which they divided between them ; Mr. Goodwin was also engaged in the manufacture of S. Goodwin's improved patent single action bevel-faced paint-mills, at that place, and is still manufac- turing them at Beloit ; in 1858, he went to Moline, where he formed the Moline Water-Power and Manu- factory, with a capital of $200,000, of which he was manager and Secretary ; in the spring of 1861, he went to Rockton, Ill., and engaged in farming, which he is carrying on to this day. In 1868, he bought the property known as the Fenwick House, now known as the Goodwin House. Mr. Goodwin was Mayor of Beloit in 1870. He married, on Sept. 20, 1840, Margaret Bacon, daughter of Reuben Bacon, of Waterville, N. Y .; he has one child-Charles D. Goodwin.


J. A. GORHAM, photographer, East Bridge street,; was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 10, 1851 ; came to Wisconsin in June, 1874, locating at Beloit. Mr. Gorham removed from Brook- lyn to San Francisco, Cal., and, after a short residence there, went to the mines, where he held the po-i- tion of night amalgamator of a twenty-stamp quartz-mill ; from California he removed to Toledo, Ohio, and went into the coal business, as book-keeper for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Cou Company ; after which he accepted a traveling position with Crey & Rood, dealers in carriage and saddlery hardware ; from Toledo he removed to Beloit, where he entered into the photographic business, which to-day is said to be the largest in Beloit. Mr. Gorham married Frona L. Hall on May 1, 1879; his wife is a member of the M. E. Church, at Beloit.


SOLOMON D. GOUGH, carpenter; was born in Hume, Allegany Co., N. Y., Aug. 16, 1829, and came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1865, locating in Beloit ; from Hume he moved to Shir- land, Ill., where he farmed with his father; from Shirland he moved to Iowa, where he farmed on his own account for two years, and then moved to Watonwan, Minn., and engaged in farming for two years; moved back to Shirland, Ill., for one year; he then went to Beloit, where he was first foreman in a wil- low manufactory; then engaged in the wind-mill business. At New Ulm, Mr. Gough was engaged with other residents of Watonwan in driving back the Indians who massacred the inhabitants of New Ulm and surrounding country. He built, under contract, two miles of the track of the Rockford & Kenosha R. R. He is a member of the Ever Ready Engine Co. No. 2, of Beloit. Mr. Gough married, Aug. 14, 1853, Ann Elizabeth Ferguson, of Shirland, Ill .; he has two children living-Ella and Frank. His wife is a member of the Second Congregational Church, at Beloit.


N. GRAVES, drayman ; was born July 17, 1813, in Marcellus, Onondaga Co., N. Y .; came to Wisconsin April 16, 1859, locating at Beloit. Mr. Graves Icarned the carpenter and joiner's business while living at Marcellus. In 1833, he moved to Bainbridge, Ohio, where he worked at carpentering on his own account, and also manufactured cheese for market; he then bought a farm, which he kept as a dairy farm. From Bainbridge he moved to Beloit, where, for six years, he managed a dairy farm on shares on the old William Rude farm, since which time he has been engaged as general dryman. From 1847 to 1851, he was Clerk of the School District at Auburn, Ohio; was also Superintendent of the Sabbath school attached to the M. E. Church, at Auburn, and leader of the choir of the same Church. Mr. Graves married, April 14, 1834, Alvira Dodge, of Marcellus,. N. Y .; they have three children living -Alson P., Francis Norval and Mary Ann. Mr. & Mrs. Graves are members of the M. E. Church, at Beloit.


S. GUNDERSON, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Beloit; born in Norway, 1808. He came to Beloit in 1842 and bought forty acres of land from the Government in Sec. 18; he built a log house and made improvements and then bought forty acres more in the same section and eighty acres in Sec. 13, Newark. He was married in Beloit in 1864 to Tasy Torkolson, and they had one son, named Gilbert, born May. 1865; they lived in the log house till 1867 and then built a large frame residence, which he now occupies.


STEEN GUNDERSON, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Beloit; born in Norway in 1813. Came to Beloit with his brother Seiver in 1842 ; he bought one-half of the land owned by his brother, but sold out to him ; he has lived with his brother nearly all the time he has been here, with the exception of a few years he was in Kansas; he was never married and is now living with his brother.


A. W. HANAFORD, machinist, Eclipse Wind Mill Company ; was born in Enfield, Grafton C5., N. H., Jan. 14, 1818, and came to Wisconsin July 5, 1849, locating at Beloit; he moved from Enfield to Underhill, Vt., where he received his education, and also engaged in farming ; the last two years, farmed on his own account; in 1845, he moved to Manchester, N. H., where he learned the machinist's trade by serving four years as apprentice ; he then came to Beloit, where he was engaged in a general jobbing machine shop for ten years; was also in Chicago and Rockford for three or four months; then engaged with Parker & Stone in the reaper works as machinist; then in the Merrill & Houston iron works for two years and a half, and then in Mr. Olmsted's shop for three years at wind mills, and finally with the Eclipse Wind-Mill Company as machinist, where he is now engaged; in Underhill, he held the


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office of Road Commissioner one year. Mr. Hanaford married, April 10, 1843, Rosamond Davis, of Stanstead, Canada; has one child-Addie Stoddard. Mr. and Mrs. Hanaford are members of the First Congregational Church at Beloit.


R. HANAFORD ; was born Feb. 23, 1820, in Enfield, Grafton Co., N. H. ; from Enfield he moved to Underhill, Vt., where he learned his trade, and shortly after worked on his own account ; from Underhill he moved to Beloit, and for five years worked for Parker & Stone, reaper manufacturers, and then, after working some time on his own account, went to the Merrill & Houston Iron Works as a worker in wood. Mr. Banaford married, June 11, 1845, Sarah Gleason, of Fairfax, Vt. ; he has one child living -Marvin L. Mr. and Mrs. Ilanaford and son are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Beloit.


CAROLINE HANCHETT, widow, Sec. 34; P. O. Beloit; widow of James Ilenry Han- chett; born in Madison Co., N. Y., in 1818; the daughter of Joseph and Jane Hickox. She married, in 1836, in Wayne Co., Mich, J. H. Hanchett, and lived in Coldwater, Mich., Bristol and South Bend, Ind., before coming to Beloit, in 1840; he bought forty acres of land in Sec. 34, and built a large, handsome stone residence, with barns, etc. ; they had ten children, seven are now living. Mr. Hanchett died Dec. G, 1865, in the house he built ; he was by occupation a contractor, and was the contractor who built the dam across Rock River, at this city, in 1840; he also built a dam and a bridge across the St. Joseph River at Bristol, Ind., and a dam over the same river at South Bend, Ind. ; also, across Rock River at Dixon and Oregon, Ill. ; he built dams and did other public work of immense valuc. Mrs. H. now occu- pies the residence on Sec. 34.


WILLIAM N. HAND, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Beloit ; born in Grafton Co., N. H., in Sep- tember, 1814; his mother, Mary Hand, dicd there in 1869 ; his father died there in September, 1823; he left home after his father's death, and lived with an uncle and worked on his farm five years; he then went to another farmer and worked three years for him ; went thence to Washington Co., N. Y., where he learned his trade of blacksmith; he worked at his trade in Benton, Bath and other places in New Hampshire, and then went to Chicopee, Mass., where he worked for the Ames Manufacturing Company for eight years, at Collinsville; worked for the Collins Manufacturing Company for sixteen years ; in 1860, came to Beloit and bought sixty acres of land in Sec. 27 from John Dates, Mr. Dates still working the farm ; Mr. Hand then returned to Collinsville. He married, in Bath, N. H., in 1838, Eliza A. Goodwin, daughter of Ezra and Sarah Goodwin ; she was born in Bath, N. H., in 1814; was reared and married there. Mr. Hand returned to Beloit in 1868, with his family, and went to live on his farm in Sec. 27, bought in 1860; they had four children, three now living-Oscar E., Orvie E. and Willie A. Oscar is married, and lives in Michigan ; Orvie E. married William E. Thompson, and resides in Beloit ; Willie is unmarried, and owns a photograph gallery in Janesville. Oscar enlisted, in 1862, in 1st Conn. Hcav. Art .; was with his regiment three years, and honorably discharged at Fort Willard, Va., Sept. 25, 1865.


CHARLES HAMBITZER, dealer in pianos, organs, sheet music and musical merchan- disc, Allen's Block, School street ; was born on the 24th of April, 1855, in Milwaukee. From Milwaukee he removed to Chicago, where he went to school, and shortly after went back to Milwaukee and studied music; from Milwaukee to Green Bay, where he also studied music, and from Green Bay came to Beloit about the middle of November, 1876, and for two years was engaged in teaching vocal and instrumental music with good success. By his own exertions he saved enough to start the general musical merchandise business on School street, where he has a well selected stock of musical instruments and sheet music. Married, Dec. 2, 1876, Julia Plourde ; has one child-Charles.


WIL IM HAMELIN, jewelry, books, stationery and wall paper, West Bridge street; was born in Wexio, Sweden, in 1847. He went to Quebec, Canada, and shortly after to Chicago, Ill .; thence to Rockford, Ill., and from Rockford to Beloit in 1858. Mr. Hamelin worked hard and by economy was enabled to commence the business which he is now carrying on very successfully. He married, Sept. 15, 1874, Emma Gesley, who was born in Beloit; They have twin children-Ada and Edna. Members of the Lutheran Church.


MARSH HARNDEN, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. (). Beloit : born in County Kent, England, in 1822. Came to America in 1849 and remained in New York and New Jersey till 1859, when he came to Beloit; he was engaged as a farm hand till 1864; he then bought forty acres of land in Sec. 21, with residence and barn. He married, in England, Charlotta Cloak ; they had ten children ; she died in Beloit in 1871; he married again, in 1878, Eliza Jones. He enlisted in 1864 in the 43d W. V. I. and was with his regiment till discharged at close of the war.


WILLIAM HENDERSON, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Beloit; born in County Tyronc, Ire- land, in 1809. His parents moved to Harrisburg, Penn., and he was raised there; in 1831, he left home


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and went to Youngstown, Ohio, and remained there till 1847; then went to Pittsburgh, Penn., where he kept hotel and drove yard till 1850 ; he then went to Butler Co., Penn., and was engaged in farming and carriage building till 1854 ; in that year, he shipped a large stock of carriages to Janesville, Wis., and came with them to sell them; while in Janesville, he bought the Monterey Grist Mill, which he afterward sold ; he bought a lot of horses and was also dealing in real estate; in the spring of 1855, he returned to Butler Co., Penn, sold his farm there and, in the fall of 1855, bought another lot of horses and shipped another lot of carriages to Janesville, sending his family by boat while he drove the stock overland the whole distance. He married, in 1833, in Youngstown, Eliza Trotter; they had six children; his wife died in Janesville in August, 1856. He then sold his farm and the water-power he owned, and, in 1861, he moved to Beloit Township; he bought 290 acres of land in Secs. 23 and 24, with residence partly built. which he finished, and built barns and made great improvements; he still owns Lot No. 106 in Smith & Bailey's Addition in Janesville, with all improvements ; is interested in real estate and owns two grist-mille in Indiana, which he now operates. He married again in Beloit in 1868, Sarah Ann Quinn ; they have one son-James G. One of his sons by his first wife was First Lieutenant in the 4th Tenn. V. C., and waskilled at a battle near Newnan, Ga.


J. HENDLEY, Superintendent Beloit Gas & Coke Company ; was born in England ; came to Wisconsin in September, 1859, locating at Beloit; from England he went to Philadelphia ; thence to Cleveland, and afterward to Beloit, where he has been engaged as Superintendent of the Beloit Gas Light & Coke Company. Mr. Hendley married, Jan. 9, 1853, Elizabeth Cockerill, of England ; he has five children-Sarah Maria, Mary Jannette, Thomas C., Joseph L. and William A. Mr. and Mrs. Hendley are members of the M. E. Church, at Beloit.


P. HENDRICKSON was born in Skien, Norway, June 6, 1842, and came to Wisconsin the latter part of July, 1845, locating in Norway, Racine Co., where he assisted his father on the farm until 16 years of age, when he went to Beloit College, studied seven years, and graduated in 1867 ; he then went to Europe and spent one year in Christiana, the capital of Norway, at the University, completing his studies ; he also spent one year at the University at Erlangen, Germany ; he also spent some time in Den- mark, Sweden, Italy, Scotland and England, in observation in connection with his studies ; returned to Chicago, and spent one year at the Union Theological Seminary. In 1870, he was called to fill Prof. Emerson's place in Greek and German for one year, after which he was appointed Professor of Modern Languages at Beloit College, which position he now holds. In 1875, he spent the summer in France, studying the French language. In April, 1864, he enlisted in Company B, 40th Wis. Vol. Col. Regt. ; was stationed at Memphis, Tenn., for the defense of that city ; received his discharge in October, 1864. Prof. Hen- drickson married, April 3, 1873, and has three children living-Karl S., Arthur C. and Clara M. Prof. Hendrickson is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran Church, and his wife of the First Congregational Church.




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