Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Stone, Jesse ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tina Smith Vickery http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0005998 October 30, 2014, 7:20 pm Source: The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin, 1897 Author: Compiled and Published under under the direction of Henry Casson ASSEMBLY. The assembly consists of 100 members, who are chosen biennially by districts, and who receive a compensation of $500 for their term of office. The speaker is chosen by the members, and receives $500 for his services. The assembly contains 91 republicans, 8 democrats and 1 fusion. JEFFERSON COUNTY. First District. The towns of Cold Springs, Concord. Farmington. Hebron. Ixonia, Palmyra, Sullivan and Watertown, and the village of Palmyra, and the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Seventh wards of the city of Watertown. Population in 1895—18,287. JESSE STONE (Rep.), of Watertown, Jefferson county, was born August 23, 1S36. in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, and received his education in the common schools; came to this country in 1841 and to Wisconsin August 1, 1869; has always resided at Watertown, Jefferson county, and is a manufacturer by occupation. He was elected to the assembly in 1880 and again in 1882; was a member of the school board of the city of Watertown in 1882; was an unsuccessful candidate for the assembly in 1881 and for the state senate in 1890; was a delegate to the national convention in 1888 and also in 1892; was a member of the state central committee from 1888 until lbd4. He was elected to the assembly in 1896, receiving 2,293 votes, against 1,526 for Thomas Shennick, democrat. Additional Comments: The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Compiled and Published under the direction of Henry Casson, Secretary of State 1897. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1897/stone1253gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb