T. W. GAULT - Biography

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This biography appears on pages 677-678 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.


T. W. GAULT, farmer; P. O. Waterford; born in Castleton, Rutland Co.,
Vt., April 6, 1817; son of Thomas and Jane. T. W. came to Racine Co.
Oct. 19, 1837; settled on Caldwell's Prairie; went to splitting rails by
the hundred; during the winter, he got out 8,000; he thinks he could get
as many out of a tree at that time as any live man, Abraham Lincoln not
excepted. He located two claims on Sections 3 and 7, Town 4, Range 19;
sent for his father and mother and four children; settled them on Sec.
3. His father died at the age of 61 years; one year after, his mother
followed, in 1846, at 65 years of age. Thomas W. speculated, in 1839, in
land some, and at one time paid 33 1/2 per cent for money, so positive
was he it would pay him, which it did, even at that high rate of
interest. By his hard labor and shrewdness, he has accumulated what he
now enjoys. In 1851, he purchased on Sections 16 and 17, where he has
settled for the balance of his life. He married, on March 4, 1845, Miss
Mary Peacock, daughter of Benjamin and Clara Peacock; they have four
children- William A., born Jan. 9, 1846; Francis H., Aug. 13, 1849;
Julian V.,Jan. 27, 1851 Belle R., April 10, 1853. Mrs. Gault met with an
unfortunate accident, which resulted in her death after suffering five
days, Sept. 8, 1861. She buried at the Prairie Cemetery. Mr. Gault
married again Miss Ruth Ann Sykes, daughter of Solomon and Betsey Sykes,
Oct. 2, 1862; they have one child- Hattie M., born May 11, 1867. Mr.
Gault has been elected to many town offices: elected Assessor in 1852,
and re-elected in 1879; was Vice President, ofthe State Wool Growers'
Association, and Postmaster at Caldwell Prairie. Democrat.