The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., Part 130

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

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He evinced, from an early day, a decided aptness for instructing pupils and managing schools. Before he was twenty years old, he had taught in the district school which he attended in boyhood, and in the academy where he prepared himself for college. While a student subsequently in De Ruyter Institute, he had charge, nearly every term, of classes in penmanship, elocution, Latin and rhetoric. Upon graduating from college, he decided to engage in the work of the Gospel ministry, and thereupon he entered Union Theological Seminary, New York City, where he completed the three years' course of study. Immedi- ately after leaving the Seminary, in 1856, he was called to the pastorate of a church in Milton, Rock Co., Wis. This Church belongs to the denomination known as Seventh-Day Baptists, with which he has been connected since he was 14 years of age. This position in Milton he held for three years, and under his labors the Church, though previously quite large, more than doubled its membership and working power. These results were attained through the most active and exhausting work in preaching and in attention to pastoral duties. During the last year of his charge of this church, he was induced to assume the principal- ship of Milton Academy, in which he taught for a season eight years before. This institution had then been in operation as a select school and an academy for fourteen years, and had gained a good standing in this part of the State. Since that time, he has been at the head of the school, except during the past year and a half, when he has been serving as State Superintendent of Public Instruction in Wisconsin. Under his administration, the institution has acquired great vigor and wide popularity, the attendance of students some years reaching over four hundred. During the civil war, it took a prominent part in raising troops for the service, and not less than three hundred and eleven of its students joined the Union army, and many of them were aided by Mr. Whitford in securing good positions in various regiments of the State.

For nine years the school, as an academy, was under his charge, and in 1867 was converted, mainly by his efforts, into a college, of which he has since been either actively or nominally the President, serving not only at the head of the Faculty, but also of the Board of Trustees. The institution has been mainly supported by the tuition fees of its students, and old debts have been canceled, and additional rooms and other accommodations have been furnished under his administration. The task has been a Her- culean one to maintain the efficiency and popularity of the school. Under its new powers, it has been steadily advanced in influence. The number of students in the regular college classes has not been less

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. than seventy in any year, while those in the academic classes have been usually thrice that number. The graduates of the college, though not numerous, are among the most successful teachers in the common, High and Normal Schools, and the State University of Wisconsin. In the denomination to which Pres- ident Whitford belongs, he has filled influential positions, among which is the presidency of its Annual Conferences in this county, a position he has twice filled. He served over four years in an important agency of this people, visiting, in that time, most of the Churches in the United States.

In 1867, he was elected to the Assembly of Wisconsin, and performed eminent service in that body during its session the following year, as the Chairman of the Committee of Education. He was President of the State Teachers' Association for the year 1865, and succeeded in reviving a thorough interest iu that body, which had greatly declined in activity and influence during the civil war. Before this associa- tion he has often presented important papers on educational topics. In 1867, he was appointed by the Governor of the State a member of the Board of Normal Regents, and held this position for nine years. During this time, he usually acted on the committees for the examination of the graduating classes of the Norman Schools, and for conducting the Teachers' Institutes in the State. He has been twice selected as a visitor at the State University, and has been repeatedly called to lecture before teachers' asso- ciations and lyceums. For the centennial year of our county he prepared, at the request of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, a work containing a succinct history of education in Wisconsin- a most thorough and exhaustive one, the result of much research on his part. This, with other con- tributions from the State, were placed on exhibition at Philadelphia. In 1877, he was elected the State Superintendent of Public Instruction by the Republican party, and entered upon the duties of that position in January following. Thus far, in this office, he has given all his labors to preserving and promoting the various interests belonging to the public system of education in the State. He has made it the distinctive policy of his administration to sustain all those measures which are designed to improve the country or ungraded schools. In addition to the work of the office, he has been able to give addresses on educational subjects in very many parts of the State. At the recent State Con- vention of the Republican party, he was unanimously nominated for this position. Besides giving atten- tion to the affairs of the college, and laboring in behalf of education elsewhere, President Whitford has often preached in the churches near his home, and in other sections of the county. He has delivered addresses at political gatherings, and at celebrations on the Fourth of July, of a high order of scholarly patriotism.

In his religious opinions and practices, he is devoid of all cant or bigotry. Out of the abundance of his heart he is continually uttering words of encouragement and instruction, not only to the students under his care, whether in the classroom or on the playground. but to all with whom he comes in contact. His convictions in respect to the doctrines and precepts of Christianity are firm and ardent, and his influence in leading young people to the higher duties and labors of life have been very marked and salutary. He is in full sympathy with all movements which indicate progress, and he inspires in them under his influ- ence a deep enthusiasm in any work which improves the condition of the soul. Of the thousands of young men and young women who have been instructed by him, there is, probably, no one who does not cherish sentiments of respect and esteem for him. Over these he exerts a powerful influence in awaken- ing in their hearts the desire to realize all the possibilities of their nature. He is a most agreeable com- panion, abounding in good-nature, friendly, sympathetic and generous. Possessed of strong convictions and a firm will, he is not easily turned aside after once taking hold of an enterprise. He is endowed with a powerful physical constitution, and has formed the habits of ceaseless activity. He is exceedingly fond of public speaking, and, with a full voice, earnest manner, a practical view of the subjects discussed, and a ready action of the mind, he attracts and holds his audiences. His profound interest in educational problems and methods of work will doubtless enlist his chief attention in future years, as it has for over twenty years of the past.

He has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Elmina E. Coon, a graduate of De Ruyter Institute, New York. She was a most amiable and accomplished woman, and had fitted herself for the work of teaching and missionary life. She died with the consumption. six months after marriage. His second wife, Miss Ruth Hemphill, is a graduate of Alfred University, New York, and has given instruc- tion with him, a portion of the time, for twenty-five years. She is a woman of superior culture, excellent business traits, exceedingly fond of her home, with power to exert a most powerful influence over her friends and acquaintances, and possessing a moral and religious nature most highly trained. Four children have been born to President Whitford by his second wife-the eldest, Minnie, died when 5 years of age; the second, William, when he was 16 months old, and Freddie. when he was in the 12th year of his sge; the youngest Milton, is now 13 years old, and is fitting himself by labor and studying at school for such positions as may come to him in after life.

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CARL WILL, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Koshkonong; born in Prussia Oct. 15, 1845; son of Carl and Wilmena (Schmidt) ; came to America April 23, 1872, and settled at Ft. Atkinson, Jefferson Co .; bought his farm of seventy-three acres in Rock Co., February, 1848. Married, March 12, 1872, Mary Waungerman; they have four children-Carl, William, Fritz, Otto. They attend the Lutheran Church ; Republican.

D. B. WOOD, Milton ; born at Verona, Oneida Co., N. Y., June 18, 1815; came to Rock Co. spring of 1841, locating in Harmony, Sec. 1; owns 280 acres; raises cattle, hogs and horses and the general products of the county. Married, Nov. 29, 1837, in Michigan, Miss Rhoda Howard; born Dec. 21, 1817; daughter of Smith and Rhoda, who died Oct. 5, 1876; buried at Milton Cemetery; married second time, Nov. 22, 1877, Abby J. Root, of Whitewater, Wis; she is the daughter of Lyman Burley of Orleans Co., N. Y.

JOEL BREESE WOOD, farmer, Sec. 19; P.O. Milton Junction; born in Tompkins Co., N.Y., Feb. 15, 1807; was educated till 1831, when he went to Orleans Co., N. Y., where he lived till he came to Wiscon- sin, May 16, 1840; lived'one year at Milton; settled on his present homestead on Sec. 19, in 1841, which con- sists of 140 acres ; the farm originally (his first purchase), was 260 acres, which he has divided between his sons. Married, Oct. 21, 1826, Sallie Anne Butts, daughter of Michael Butts, born in Northampton Co., Penn., Feb. 27, 1808; they have nine children living, two dead-Abraham Wood, born July 11, 1827, died June 5, 1830; Henry B., born Oct. 25, 1828; Wesley, Nov. 26, 1830 ; Daniel, Feb. 6, 1833; Mary Jane, Aug. 22, 1835 (who is the widow of J. C. Kidder); Lyman M., born July 9, 1837 ; Caro- line, Nov. 7, 1839, died Nov. 18, 1840 ; William H., born Nov. 14, 1841 ; Alpheus J., Feb. 28, 1845; Byron F., Feb. 12, 1847 ; Sarah I .. July 16, 1850 (married Mr. Wright, conductor on C. & N .- W. Ry). Has served thirty years on School Board; Side Supervisor two terms; Assessor one term and Road Com- missioner two terms; attends M. E. Church ; Republican. Mr. Wood's father was Abraham, and his mother was Mary Breese.

EZEKIEL P. FRINK, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Milton Junction ; born in Scott, Cortland Co., N. Y., Feb. 18, 1823; came to Rock Co., Wis., May 1, 1844; he learned his trade of carpenter with Joseph Frink, of New York, and helped to build a great many of the prominent buildings in the neighborhood. Married, March 31, 1844, Salome, daughter of Ephraim S. and Annie Crandall Bab- cock, who died, leaving four children-Alexander, born March 10, 1845; Annie V., Jan. 20, 1847 ; Salome E., Feb. 22, 1849; Lucius H., Feb. 9, 1856. Member of the Seventh-Day Baptist Church.

HORACE B. FRINK, homoeopathic physician, Milton Junction ; born in Scott, Cortland Co., N. Y., June 7, 1824 ; son of Geo. and Esther Frink, who came to Rock Co., May 12, 1844, and settled in Milton ; went thence to Jefferson Co .; both died in Easton, Adams Co. Mr. Horace B. Frink is a natural mechanic ; is a cooper, blacksmith, carpenter, joiner, wheelwright-never having learned a trade, has worked at all ; studied medicine with a Scotch allopathic doctor ; adopted homeopathy practice since 1858; his practice now extends over the counties of Rock and Dane. Married, on Feb. 21, 1849, Miss Lucinda McCammon, daughter of Mrs. Patience McCammon, of County Down, Ireland. Had four children-Russell A., born July 5, 1851; Erford E., born May 18, 1854 ; Elias P., born March 2, 1859; Mary A., born Aug. 21, 1867. Mr. Frink belongs to Milton Masonic Lodge, No. 71. Liberal in religion and politics.

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ALEXANDER BABCOCK, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Janesville; born in Maine in 1824 ; came to Wisconsin about 1854, locating at La Prairie, where he purchased 120 acres, his present home- stead. Married, in 1866, Miss Alice Duffy, a native of New York. Mr. Babcock makes a specialty of stock and grain. Republican.

D. E. BELDING, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Tiffany ; born in New York in 1829, where he was educated for a physician, graduating at Castleton, Vt., in 1849; came to Wisconsin in 1851, locating at Shopiere, where he practiced medicine nine years. In the spring of 1860, moved to La Prairie, on a farm of 160 acres. Married, in 1854, Miss Mary Blood, a native of New York. Had two children-Stewart, born in March, 1855, died in January, 1862; Charles, born in June, 1862. The Doctor is devoting most of his time to farming. Republican.

HENRY CHENEY, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Janesville; born in Orange Co., Vt., in 1804; came to Wisconsin in 1840, locating in Waukesha Co., where he purchased a claim of 160 acres, and

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remained about five years; then moved to Johnstown, Rock Co., and bought a farm of 300 acres, which he sold in 1869, and moved to La Prairie, Section 7, where he has now under cultivation seventy-five acres. Married, in April, 1828, Miss Melinda Cobb. They have had nine children-Theresa A., born Feb. 3, 1829, died Nov. 30, 1873; Harriet E., born Jan. 28, 1831, died May 30, 1860; Sylvester, born July 13, 1832; Davis H., born July 21, 1836; Clara B., born Feb. 17, 1839 ; William H., born Nov. 2, 1841 ; Leonard H., born April 16, 1844; M. F., born May 27, 1847; Sophronia, born May 3, 1850. Mr. Cheney has been Collector one year, Supervisor, four years, and Chairman, one year ; Republican.

DAVID H. COBB, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Janesville; born in New York, in 1803; came to Wisconsin in 1846, locating at Janesville ; he afterward purchased eighty acres in La Prairie, his pres- ent homestead. In politics, Mr. Cobb is a Republican.

JOSEPH W. DAY, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Janesville ; born in England in 1837; came to Wisconsin in 1865, locating at La Prairie, and purchasing 160 acres, his present homestead. In 1877, be also purchased a wood lot of five acres, in the town of Harmony. Married in England, March 10, 1863, Miss Elizabeth Day, a native of England, who died at La'Prairie March 4, 1870. They had four children- Frederick W., born Sept. 30, 1864 ; Mary L., born Oct. 17, 1866; Edith F., born Jan. 29, 1868 ; Sam- uel, who died at the age of six months. Married again, in 1871, Miss E. M. Kingston, a native of Eng- land. Have two children-Wellington A., born Feb. 7, 1872; Alexander W., born Sept. 4, 1874. Treasurer School District for the past six years ; Pathmaster a number of years. During the war, was drafted in the New York militia, in 1865 ; received an honorable discharge; Republican.

JOSEPH DOCKSTADER, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Shopiere; born in New York in 1825; came to Wisconsin in 1844, locating at Turtle ; remained nineteen years, when he moved to La Prairie, and purchased 160 acres, his present homestead. Married, in 1853, Miss Sarah Chamberlain, a native of Connecticut. They have had four children-Jessie, born in April, 1864, died in October, 1866; Cora, born in December, 1865 ; George, born in January, 1869 ; Addie, born in September, 1873. Was Pathmaster one year. Republican : member of the Congregational Church.

WILLIAM G. EASTERLEY, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Janesville; born in New York in 1820, came to Wisconsin in 1846, locating at La Prairie, where he purchased eighty acres in Sec. 14, and remained for twenty-four years; in 1870, he sold and moved to Sec. 23, his present homestead. Married, in 1841, Miss Elizabeth Robinson, a native of New York. Mr. Easterly has been a Justice of the Peace for nine years, Clerk of School Board four years ; Republican.

HENRY P. FALES, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Janesville ; born in Massachusetts in 1821 ; came to Wisconsin in 1855, locating at La Prairie, where he purchased a farm of 240 acres, his present home- stead. Married, in 1855, Miss Eveline Smith, a native of New York ; they have two children-Ida B .. born in 1858, and Louis H., in 1871. Mr. F. was Supervisor two years, also member School Board ; he makes a specialty of raising fine-wool sheep, horses and cattle ; Republican.

JACOB FREDENDALL, farmer. Sec. 7; P. O. Janesville; born in New York in 1811; came to Wisconsin in 1865, locating at Indian Ford, where he purchased a farm of 160 acres, remaining ten years ; he then sold to his two sons and moved to La Prairie, where he purchased a small farm, making a specialty of raising tobacco. Married, in 1833, Miss Catherine Borst, a native of New York, who died in 1853 ; they had six children; one girl died. He married again, in 1857, Miss Sophia Pickard, a native of New York ; have one boy-Chauncey, born in 1858; Democrat.

JAMES HAGGART, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Tiffany ; born in New York in 1843; came to Wisconsin in 1851, with his father, James Haggart, who purchased a farm at La Prairie in Sec. 35, of 215 acres ; he remained on the farm till his father's death, Nov. 22, 1877 ; he then succeeded to the farm, and is at present making a specialty of dairy produce, having twenty milch cows. He married, in the fall of 1869, Miss Laurie Nash, a native of New York ; they have two children-Archie, born February, 1871, James, December, 1878; he has been Postmaster one year; Republican ; member of the Congregational Church.

MYRON HART, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Janesville; born in New York ; came to Wisconsin in 1859, located at Emerald Grove, and engaged in farming ; in 1878, moved to La Prairie, Sec. 11. Mar- ried, in 1870, Miss Ann E. Stockes, a native of New Hampshire; they have two children-Gracie, born. December, 1875; Florence, March, 1879; Republican.

JOHN H. HAVILAND, farmer, Secs. 19 and 20; P. O. Janesville; born in New York in September, 1842; came to Wisconsin in 1859 ; located in Magnolia Township; lived there four years : then moved to La Prairie, where he purchased 160 acres; in 1868, added eighty acres more; in 1874, pur- chased 160 acres in Dane County, also forty acres in Sec. 19; Mr. Haviland makes a specialty of raising tobacco, grains and stock, also is engaged in the manufacture of cheese, having made as high as 250 lbs.

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per day. Married, in the fall of 1861, Miss Mary C. Webster, a native of New York ; had three children -Merritt H., born July, 1870, Dora L., Oct. 22, 1872, Mary T., Feb. 20, 1877; belongs to the Society of Friends ; Republican. .

LEWIS HEALD, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Shopiere; born in New York, in 1811; came to Wisconsin in 1844, locating at Janesville; remained six months ; he then moved to Turtle and pre-empted 160 acres in Sec. 4, which he sold in 1846 ; he then purchased a farm of forty acres at La Prairie, his present homestead. Married, in 1834, Miss H. Olney, a native of New York ; they had eight children, four boys and four girls ; two girls and one boy dead; has been Justice of the Peace fourteen years ; Side Supervisor and Chairman of the Board two years; Republican.

J. V. HUGUNIN was born in Fultonville, Montgomery Co., N. Y., June 17, 1829. He received a common school education, and attended an academy two years. He came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1849, and settled at Johnstown. March 16, 1853, was married to Caroline Nye, of Beloit. In 1868, he sold his farm and bought one of 274 acres near Janesville, in the town of La Prairie. In 1875, purchased forty acres more, and erected a brick residence, on top of which the whole surrounding country for miles can be seen. They have five children-W. Nye, W. C .; Frank and Carrie were born at Johns- town; John Morgan was born in his present home. Mr. H. held the offices of Supervisor and Assessor each two years.

WILDEN HUGHES, deceased; born April 27, 1818, in Pennsylvania ; came to Wisconsin in 1844, locating at Janesville, where he assisted in building one of the largest mills in the State. In 1854, moved to La Prairie, where he purchased a farm on Secs. 6 and 7, on which he resided till his death, July 22, 1870. June 23, 1847, married Miss Malvina A. Foster, a native of Michigan, who died Aug. 5. 1860 ; they had three sons. He married again, in 1864, Miss Anna B. Hill, a native of New York ; they had one child-Wilden H., born Jan. 23, 1866. In 1850, Mr. Hughes was elected Sheriff of Rock Co. He was also an active member of the Agricultural State Fair. Mrs. Hughes, his widow, is at present living on the farm, making a specialty of dairy produce.

JOSEPH KNIPSCHILD, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Tiffany; born in Prussia in 1810; came to Wisconsin in 1846, locating in Springfield, Dane Co .; remained till 1868, then moved to La Prairie, where he purchased eighty acres, his present homestead. Married, in 1836, Miss Elizabeth Dess- weg ; they have had eleven children-Agate, born Oct. 28, 1837, died Oct. 10, 1846; William, born Jan. 1, 1840 ; Elizabeth, Feb. 18, 1842 ; Joseph H., July 1, 1844 ; Madelina, born Feb. 18, 1846, died Nov. 13, 1847 ; John A., born Aug. 21, 1848; Frank, March 28, 1851 ; Clara M., Oct. 16, 1852; Lena, Oct. 21, 1854; Mary, Sept. 24, 1856. Mr. Knipschild is a Democrat ..

WILLIAM LOYD, deceased ; born in New York in 1811; came to Wisconsin in 1844, locating at La Prairie, where he purchased a farm of 160 acres, where he resided till his death, Oct. 17, 1876. Married, in 1847, Miss Martha Janes, a native of New York, who died at La Prairie in 1848; they had one child-Henry G. He married again, Aug. 15, 1849, Miss Nancy Rawson, a native of New York ; had six children-Ely B., born July 29, 1850; Mary E., Dec. 21, 1851, died Dec. 17, 1876 ; Paulina J., born Feb. 4, 1854; Albert O., Nov. 6, 1855; Martha E., Feb. 5, 1858, died Jan. 22, 1878; Miranda L., born in 1858. The oldest son, Ely B., has charge of the farm ; raises stock and grain. Members of the Methodist Church.

JOHN J. LYKE, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Janesville ; born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., in 1823; came to Wisconsin in 1854, at Shopiere; remained about eighteen months, then removed to Tur. tleville, where he engaged in farming for one year. He then moved to La Prairie in 1864, purchased eighty acres, afterward adding eighty acres more, where now stands his homestead. Married, Feb. 22, 1853, Miss Catherine A. England, a native of Montgomery Co., N. Y .; have four children-Benjamin C., born Aug. 22, 1854 ; Mary, Sept. 12, 1857 ; Rachel, Oct. 22, 1860; Alice, April 18, 1863. Was Treas- urer of the District School twelve years. . Republican.

L. A. MELAY, farmer, Secs. 25 and 36 ; P. O. Tiffany; born in New York in 1836; came to Wisconsin in 1845, locating at La Prairie, where he succeeded, on the death of his father, to a farm of 150 acres, his present homestead. Married, in 1857, Miss Lydia McMichael, a native of New York ; they have had five children-George H., born April 19, 1858 ; Clarie A., 1860, died the same year at the age of 3 months and 3 days ; Jesse L., June, 1862; Carrie, March, 1865; Howard, March, 1866. Mr. Melay raises both stock and grain. Republican ; member of the Methodist Church.

LEMUEL PAUL, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Janesville; born in Monroe County, N. Y., in 1816; came to Wisconsin in April, 1869, locating at Janesville; July, 1869, he purchased a farm of 460 acres in La Prairie Township, his present homestead. Married, in September, 1846, Miss Susan Burroughs, of Washington County, New York, who died in Monroe County, N. Y., in March, 1859; had three children

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-Adelbert, born in September, 1847; Emma, August, 1850; Homer, October, 1852. His present wife, Mrs. Lucretia R. Paul, is a native of Ontario County, N. Y .; have four children-Louis V., born March 12, 1865; Eddie H., Aug. 30, 1867; Vennie May, July 9. 1872; Clara Belle, May, 1875. Is a Republican.

ALBERT J. PHILLIPS, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Janesville; born in Somersetshire, England, in 1823 ; came to Wisconsin in 1843, where he located and purchased 260 acres at La Prairie, his present homestead ; he then went to New York, and returned with his father in 1847. Married, in 1867, Miss Rhoda Blunt, a native of Walworth County, Wis. ; has six children-Naomi, born April 3, 1868; Jennie, Jan. 1, 1870 ; James, Dec. 15, 1871 ; Elenora, Oct. 18, 1873; Viola, Aug. 28, 1875; Mabel Alice, Aug. 30, 1877. Has been Justice of the Peace two years, Constable for a number of years, and Postmaster at Emerald Grove over four years. Mr. Phillips has raised as high as 6,000 bushels of wheat a year, and has built 1,000 rods of board fence on his place in six years, and makes a specialty of cattle and grain. Democrat ; member of the Congregational Church.

ROBERT POLLOCK, farmer, Secs. 29 and 30; P. O. Janesville ; born in Scotland Aug. 21, 1837 ; came to Wisconsin in 1852, locating in the town of Rock, where he worked on his father's farm for a number of years ; about the year 1867, he moved to La Prairie, and purchased a farm of 340 acres in Secs. 29 and 30, his present homestead. Married, June 3, 1859, Miss Mary E. Gower, a native of Wisconsin ; had nine children-Lillie E., born April 14, 1860, died April 19, 1862; Rose E., April 3, 1863; Robert L. and Albert D. (twins), Aug. 8, 1865 (Albert D. died Ang. 13, 1866); Mary A., March 9, 1867 ; Nora, June 4, 1871 ; Myrtie, Jan. 20, 1873 ; William A., March 15, 1876, died Aug 6, 1876, and an infant girl, May 15, 1879. Mr. Pollock raises stock, grain and tobacco. He has been School Director for four years. Republican ; members of the Presbyterian Church.

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The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., Part 130

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