Dane County WI Archives Biographies.....Gorst, Robert 1796 - 1863
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Author: William Kittle

  ROBERT GORST was born in Northwich, Lancashire, Eng., in 1796. He was in
Frodsham's store in Liverpool for a number of years, and in 1844 came to
Gorstville. He was the chief founder of the British Temperance Emigration
Society, He settled on a farm about four miles south of Mazomanie and died there
April 27, 1863. There were six children, two of whom are living: John Gorst,
four miles southeast of Mazomanie, and Mrs. Harrop, in the village.

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CHAPTER V.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE
MAZOMANIE
BY

WILLIAM KITTLE

MADISON, WIS.:
STATE JOURNAL PRINTING CO.
1900


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