REUBEN NORTH, Jr. - Biography

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This biography appears on page 663 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.

REUBEN NORTH, Jr., farmer; P. O. Rochester; born in South Lincolnshire
England; son of Reuben and Mary Ann North; came to America and settled
in Rochester; his father came about 1855, when about the age of 55
years; he enlisted in Co. G, 2d Wis. Cav., under Col. Washburn, as a
private; afterward was Chaplain in the 1st Ark. Vol. Cav.; was in many
engagements; was honorably discharged at the close of the war, Aug. 23,
1865, and returned to his home in England 1876. Reuben North, Jr., has
held many town offices- Supervisor, School Commissioner, Town Clerk,
Justice of the Peace, etc. Member of the Universalist Church, and
Trustee of the same.