1876 Racine Advocate directory for ROCHESTER, Racine Co., WI Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives February, 2001 by Sheri Kennedy < necroscope52@hotmail.com > ***************************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain written consent from the contributor or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given the USGenWeb permission to store the file permanently for free access. ***************************************************************************************** TOWN OF ROCHESTER ******************* Town No. 3, Range 19 East TOWN ORGANIZATION ******************** W.B. Stetson, Chairman and Supervisor B.F. Hewett, Supervisor H.B. Cheney, Supervisor Reuben North, Clerk R.S. Jackson, Treasurer Wm. Gates, Assessor H. Cady, J.C. Gibson, F.E. Hoyt, D. Winter, Justices of the Peace A.H. Belden, T. White, Constables Geo. H. Blake, Sealer of Weights and Measurers Population - males, 436; females, 408; total 844 VILLAGE OF ROCHESTER ********************* The village of Rochester, containing a population of about five hundred inhabitants, is pleasantly situated on the Fox river, twenty-three miles west of Racine, twenty-eight miles by the road from Milwaukee, and five miles north of Burlington. The first plat of the village was made in October 1839, and embraced all the village property on the west side of Fox river and that portion east of the river, and south of Main street. The second plat was made in May 1840, and embraced all that portion of the village tract east of the river and north of Main street. The first name given to the village was "Upper Forks." It was first settled by Mr. Levi Godfrey, who came into the country in the fall of 1835, accompanied by John B. Wade. His shanty, sixteen feet square, was the first structure erected for human habitation in the town. In 1836, Mr. Godfrey brought out his family, and in 1837, James H. Gibson, Alonzo Snow, and several others located in the town. Mr. Godfrey kept the first hotel in the town, opening it in 1837. It was a log building and known as the "Old Ark." Alonzo Snow was the first merchant in the place and occupied a building on the corner of Main and Front streets. In 1837, M. C. Whitman erected a saw mill, which burned in 1839, it being the first mill built in Rochester. In 1844, the first flouring mill was put up by Philo Belden, who, in connection with M.S. Green and J. Ford, located the present Rochester water power. The first bridge over Fox river at Rochester, was built in 1836 by Ira A. Rice and J.S. Palmer. The first fanning mill establishment in the county was established in Rochester in 1839, by Mr. Richard E. Ela. His first mills were built in the cellar under his house. The first church building erected in the town was built in 1844 by the Congregational Society. Rev. C. C. Cadwell was the first resident minister in Rochester, settling there in 1839. The first physician was Dr. Solomon Blood. The first chairs and bedsteads manufactured at any place within a distance of sixty miles west, were made by Oren Wright, who settled in Rochester in 1840 and established a turning lathe, & c. The Baptists were the first religious society in the place, having been organized in 1837. The village of Rochester contains at the present time, some half dozen stores, a full supply of shops of every description, the necessary professions, artists, &c. It has also a first-class Hotel, the "Union House," kept by Capt. J.H. Gipson, an old settler, and who is every way qualified to discharge the duties as "landlord." He is assisted in his management by his son, Mr. A.H. Gipson. There are also two churches, a lodge of Odd Fellows, (one of the oldest in the state), a Division of the Sons of Temperance, and a large, well attended institution of learning, known as the Rochester Seminary. The streets of Rochester are wide and clean and nowhere can be found a better shaded, or a more pleasant and beautiful village. The buildings, although some are old, are substantially built and present an appearance of neatness and comfort seldom seen in small villages. The water power of Rochester is excellent and abundant, and will at some future day, not far distant, be extensively used for manufacturing purposes. The will Rochester be alive with business; its population increase by the hundreds, and it will become, as it justly deserves to, one of the best manufacturing places in the state, if not in the northwest. No better opportunities are afforded to "grow up" with a town, no better chances for wealth making, and the securing of a pleasant home in the midst of a moral and enterprising community, with excellent educational opportunities, church advantages, &c., than are offered in Rochester. To those who are desirous of settling in such a place, it offers great inducements. VILLAGE DIRECTORY ***************** A Adams, E.B. & Co (Edward B. and Henry R.), dealers in hardware &c., sw cor Front and Main Adams, Edward B (E.B. Adams & Co), r nw cor Fox and Front Adams, Geo W, harness &c., ss Main 2 e State, r ne cor Main and Front Adams, Henry R (E B Adams & Co), r ws Front 2 s Main Adams, Robert, farmer, r ws State 4 s Main Albright, A., wagon-manufacturer, ns Main 3 e river, r ss Main, 2 e Water Augir, C E, student, bds w s State 5 s Main Augir, Rev O D, pastor F.W. Baptist Church, r ws State 5 s Main B Barry, H L, farmer, r nw cor Main and Chicago Beaumont & Eccles, (Thomas B & A W E), meat market es Front 2 n Main Beaumont, Thomas B (Beaumont & Eccles), r ws Front 2 n Fox Belden, Albert, blacksmith, r es Front 1 s Fox Bensene, Eli, blacksmith, bds ss Main 3 e Water Berry, W R, produce dealer, r nw cor Main and Chicago Black, Mrs M, widow, r ns Main 4 w Front, 2d floor Blake, John, r es State 1 s Fox Blakey, John S (Russell & Blakey), r ws State 8 s Main Brooks, Mrs M, widow, r ns Spring e Water Brown, Ezra, farmer, r ws State, 3 n Main Buell, Horace, tinsmith, bds nw cor Fox and Front Burns, Robert, teamster, r es Chicago 2 n Main C Cady, Henry, confectionery, &c., ne cor Main and State r ws State 1 n Main Campbell, W A, wagon manufacturer, es Front 5 n Main, r es Water, 1 s Fox Carpenter, Isaac, teamster, r nw cor Main and Chicago Carpenter, Wm (Gipson & Co), r ws Front 2 s Fox Cheney, H B, farmer, r ns Main 3 e Water Chesack, Frank, lab r ns Main 2 e Chicago Chesack, Wm, lab r ns Main 4 e Washington Codman, Mrs. A, widow, r ss Main 2 e State, 2d floor Coombs, Dr L D, physician, &c., se cor Main and Water, r same Cooper, James, r ws Front 3 n Spring D Drake, Mrs L, widow, r se cor Main and Chicago E Eccles, A W (Beaumont & Eccles), r ws Front 2 n Main Ela, Richard E, land owner, r sw cor Main and Water Emmons, Mrs, widow, r ss Main 3 w State F Farr, Merrill H, farmer, r ws State 2 s Main G Gipson, James, peddler, r ne cor Chicago and Main Gipson & Co (J H G and W L Carpenter), meat market, ss Main 3 w Front Gipson, Arthur H, clerk, Union House, bds same Gipson, James H, Prop Union House (and Gibson & Co), r Union House Gleason, John, shoemaker, bds ws State 6 s Main H Halenbake, Wm, blacksmith, ws Front 1 n Spring, r ns Main 3 e State Harris, Stewart, gardner, r ws Front 4 n Spring Hay, Martha, student, r es Front 2 n Main Heald, Alfred, lab r es Front 1 n West Hewett, Lyman, farmer, r ss Main 1 e Washington Hinchliffe, Thomas, speculator, r es Chicago 3 n Main J Jackson, Abram (Jackson & Co), r ws State 2 n Main Jackson & Co (George and Abram J), general merchants, ns Main 3 s State and ns Main 3 w Front Jackson, George (Jackson & Co), r se cor State and Spring Jackson, Joseph, boots and shoes, ss Main 1 e State, r ws State 6 s Main Jackson, R S, clerk, Jackson & Co, r ns Spring 1 e State Jones, John S, horse farrier, r ws Front 2 n West K Kelly, Henry, wagon maker, bds ss Main 2 e Water Kolas, Martin, pedler, r es State n Spring L Lehechka, Mrs F, widow, r ne cor Washington and Main Ludman, John, lab r ss Main 1 e Chicago M McDonald, Geo., agent, r ws Water 1 s Main McMurtrie, David, tailor, ns Main 4 e State, r same Merrill, Mrs L D, widow, r ss Main 3 w State N Newell, G F, physician, &c., nw cor Front and Main Noble, Allen (Noble & White), r ss Main 2 w Front Noble, George, teamster, r ws State 9 s Main Noble & White (Allen N and Wm D W) general merchants, ns Main 4 w Front P Pouley, Prof R F, principal, Rochester Seminary, r sw cor State and Main R Rizarch, Frank, lab r ss Main 4 w State Robertson, A J, cooper, se cor Main and Front, r ss Main 2 w State Russell, A J (Russell & Blakey), r ws State 9 s Main Russell & Blakey (A J R and J B), props Rochester Mills, es State 1 s West S Schumacher, C, saloon, ne cor Main and Front, r same Sheard, Abram, tanner, bds es Water below Fox Sheard, George, tanner, es Front 1 n West, r ss Water below Fox Smith, Charles, lab r ns Main 3 e Washington Stevens, Frank, carpenter, bds Union House T Taylor, M F, photographer, se cor Main and Front, r same Thompson, A, r ws State 3 s Main Thompson, James, r ns Main 2 e Water U Union House, J H Gipson, Prop, ss Main 3 e State V Van Ornum, _____, farmer, r ne cor Chicago and Main W Wallack, John, lab r ns Main 1 e Chicago Wallis, Geo, shoemaker, ss Main 2 w Front, r es Front 7 n Main Wandrashak, Jo., r ns Main 2 e Washington Wendt, Fred, harness-maker, bds ne cor Main and State White, Wm D (Noble & White), bds Union House Whitman, S, farmer, r ws State 7 s Main Willey, John R, farmer, r es Front 8 n Main Wolfenden, Miss E, r ne cor Chicago and Main Wood, Albert (Wood & Sons) bds ss Main 3 e Water Wood, Henry (Wood & Sons) bds ss Main 3 e Water Wood, John (Wood & Sons) r ss Main 3 e Water Wood & Sons (John, Henry and Albert); machinists &c., ns Main 3 e River Wright, J D, painter, bds ss Main 3 e Chicago Wright, Oren, r ss Main 3 e Chicago BUSINESS DIRECTORY ****************** Blacksmiths - Wm Halenbake, ws Front 1 n Spring Wood & Sons, ns Main 3 e River Boot & Shoe Mnfr's - J Jackson, ss Main r e State Boot & Shoe Dealers - J Jackson, ss Main 1 e State Jackson & Co, ns Main 3 w Front Noble & White, ns Main 4 w Front Cheese Factory - Thomas Hinchliffe, ws Chicago 3 n Main Confectionery - H Cady, ne cor Main and State Coopers - A J Robertson, se cor Main and Front Dry Goods - Jackson & Co, ns Main 3 e State Noble & White, ns Main 4 w Front Groceries - Jackson & Co, ns Main 3 w Front Noble & White, ns Main 4 w Front Hardware - E B Adams & Co, sw cor Front and Main Harness &c. - G W Adams, ss Main 2 e State Hotel - Union House, ss Main 3 e State Machinists - Wood & Sons, ns Main 3 e river Meat markets - Beaumont & Eccles, es Front 2 n Main Gipson & Co, ss Main 3 w Front Mill. - Russell & Blakey, es State 1 s West Photographer - M F Taylor, se cor Main and Front Physicians, &c. - L D Coombs, se cor Main and Water G F Newell, nw cor Main and Front Saloon - C Schumacher, ne cor Main and Front Shoemakers - J Jackson, ss Main 1 e State G Wallis, ss Main 2 w Front Tailor - D McMurtrie, ns Main 4 e State Tannery - Geo. Sheard, ss Front 1 n West Tinsmiths - E B Adams & Co, sw cor Front and Main Wagon Makers - A Albright, ns Main 4 e river W A Campbell, es Front 5 n Main CHURCHES ********* Free Will Baptist, situated on the east side of State street north of Spring; Services Sundays, at 11 am and 7 pm; Prayer meetings on Wednesdays at 7 pm; Sunday School, at 12 m.; No. of communicants, about 40; Rev O D Augir, Pastor; A J Russell, Clerk Grace Church, (Unitarian) situated on the east side of State Street, first building south of Main; Services Sundays at 10:30 am and 2 pm; Rev A C Barry, Pastor; R North, Clerk SCHOOLS ******** School District No. 1 Situated on sec 2, north of the town plat of Rochester; average no. of scholars 85; F E Hoyt, Dist Clerk Rochester Seminary. Situated on the south-west cor of Main and State, was organized in 1866. It is under the control of the Honey Creek Quarterly Conference of the Free Baptists, is denominational, but not sectarian. No. of scholars, 115; Rev O D Augir, President; A J Russell, Secretary; Prof R F Pouley, Principal SOCIETIES ********* Friendship Lodge No 18, I O O F organized in 1847, meet at their hall, south side of Main, first building east of State, every Saturday at 7 pm; No. of members, 40; C G Morey, N G; J D Wright, Per Sec; G M Healy, Treasurer; C Caley, Rec Sec Rochester Division No. 7; S. of T. meet at their hall, south east corner of Main and Front, on Fridays of each week, at 7 pm; No. of Members, 40; C J Hute, W P; Miss M Frazier, Treasurer; H R Adams, Secretary POST OFFICE *********** On the north-east corner, of Main and State, is open from 7 pm of each day, Sundays excepted; H Cady P M STREET DIRECTORY ***************** CHICAGO - from Muskego creek south, to south village limits, crossing Spring, Main and Fox; 2d street east of the river DODGE - from the river west, to west village limits, crossing Front and State; 3d street south of Main, west side FOX - from State east, to east village limits, crossing Front, Fox river, Water, Chicago and Washington; 1st street south of Main FRONT - from Spring south to intersection, of State, crossing Main, Fox and West; 1st street west of the river MAIN - From west village limits to east village limits, crossing State, Front, Fox river, Water, Chicago and Washington SPRING - from Front west, to west village limits, crossing State, and from the river east, to east village limits, crossing Water, Chicago and Washington; 1st street north of Main STATE - from north village limits south, to south village limits, crossing Spring, Main, Fox, West and Dodge; 2d street west of the river WASHINGTON - from Muskego creek south, to south village limits, crossing Spring, Main and Fox; 3d street east of the river WATER - from Muskego creek south, to south village limits, crossing Spring, Main and Fox; 1st street east of the river WEST - from the river west, to west village limits, crossing Front and State; 2d street south of Main, west side TOWN DIRECTORY **************** A Albee, Charles, farmer, p o Rochester, les 124 1/2 acres, W Plucka, sec 1, G Albright, Christian, farmer, p o Rochester, les 44 acres, T Henningfield, sec 2, G Anderson, Luther C, farmer, p o Rochester, own 160 acres, sec 18, Am Aspinwall, Allen, farmer, p o Rochester, own 80 acres, sec 3, E B Belden, Allen H, wagon-maker, p o Rochester, bds P. Belden, sec 11, Am Belden, Philo, farmer, p o Rochester, own 80 acres, sec 11, Am Bierman, Edward, farmer, p o Rochester, les 160 acres, sec 2, G Blackburn, John, farmer, p o Rochester, bds M. Blackburn, sec 5, E Blackburn, Mathew, farmer, p o Rochester, own 160 acres, sec 5, E Bradley, Patrick, farmer, p o Rochester, own 80 acres, sec 7, I Brock, Martin, farmer, p o Burlington, own 80 acres, sec 16, G Bullmore, Geo, farmer, p o Rochester, own 65 acres, sec 9, E C Caldcott, Joseph, farmer, p o Rochester, own 35 acres, sec 12, E Carman, E S, farmer, p o Honey Creek, own 80 acres, sec 6, Am Cheesman, Edward, farmer, p o Rochester, own 200 acres, sec 10, E Cheesman, Henry, farmer, p o Rochester, wks E. Cheesman, sec 10, E Cockroft, Joseph, farmer, p o Rochester, own 120 acres, sec 13, E Coombs, Abner, farmer, p o Rochester, bds A P Coombs, sec 5, Am Coombs, A P, farmer, p o Rochester, own 100 acres, sec 5, Am Cunningham, Mrs M, widow, p o Rochester, own 240 acres, sec 15, I D Dobson, Lawrence H, farmer, p o Rochester, wks R Dobson, sec 12, Am Dobson, Richard, farmer, p o Rochester, own 120 acres, sec 12, E E Earle, Thadeus, farmer, p o Honey Creek, own 188 acres, sec 6, Am Earle, Watson, farmer, p o Honey Creek, own 51 acres, sec 6, Am Everetts, A J, farmer, p o Vienna, les 277 acres, E Everetts, with H W Everetts, sec 18, Am Everetts, Eleazer, farmer, p o Vienna, own 277 acres, sec 18, Am Everetts, H W, farmer, p o Vienna, les 277 acres, E Everetts, with A J Everetts, sec 18, Am F Flint, Eben, farmer, p o Rochester, own 40 acres, sec 3, Am Foreman, Wm, farmer, p o Rochester, les 40 acres, E Flint, sec 3, E Fowler, Benjamin, farmer, p o Rochester, own 70 acres, sec 4, Am Freelove, Harly, farmer, p o Rochester, own 40 acres, sec 3, Am Frost, Horace, farmer, p o Rochester, own 177 acres, sec 9, Am G Garber, Fred, farmer, p o Rochester, les 101 acres, A Zaunecke, sec 17, Am Gates, Wm, farmer and carpenter, p o Rochester, own 77 acres, sec 4, Am Gibson, John, farmer, p o Rochester, own 13 acres, sec 7, E Griffith, John, farmer, p o Rochester, own 85 acres, sec 17, E Grostable, Henry, farmer, p o Rochester, own 87 acres, sec 1, G H Hagaman, Dorus, farmer, p o Burlington, own 80 acres, sec 13, G Hause, Fred, farmer, p o Rochester, les 128 acres, sec 9, Am Healey, Geo M, farmer, p o Rochester, own 112 acres, sec 7, Am Hewett, B F, farmer, p o Rochester, own 98 acres, sec 4, Am Hinchliffe, A W, farmer, p o Rochester, bds S Hinchliffe, sec 13, Am Hinchliffe, Squire, farmer, p o Rochester, own 80 acres, sec 13, E Hock, Charles, farmer, p o Rochester, les 101 acres, C Luke, sec 15, G Holcomb, John, farmer, p o Vienna, les 80 acres, J Sawyer, sec 18, Am Hoyt, Frank E, farmer, p o Rochester, own 356 acres, sec 9, Am Hoyt, Roscoe A, farmer, p o Rochester, les 342 acres, sec 3, Am Hoyt, Wm, farmer, p o Rochester, own 1 acre, sec 9, Am Hoyt, Wm E, farmer, p o Rochester, with F E Hoyt, sec 9, Am Hute, Charles, farmer, p o Rochester, wks J Hute, sec 9, Am Hute, David, farmer, p o Rochester, wks J Hute, sec 9, Am Hute, John, farmer, p o Rochester, own 80 acres, sec 9, I J Jaskey, August, farmer, p o Rochester, les 80 acres, M Cunningham, sec 17, I Johnson, George, farmer, p o Rochester, own 30 acres, sec 13, E K Kadore, Mrs H, widow, p o Rochester, with Wm Kadore, sec 9, G Kadore, Wm, farmer, p o Rochester, les 100 acres M L Ayers, sec 9, G Kenny, Patrick, farmer, p o Rochester, own 40 acres, sec 8, I Koehler, John, farmer, p o Rochester, own 60 acres (undivided), sec 1, I Koehler, John Jr, farmer, p o Rochester, own 60 acres (undivided), sec 1, I Krakrosky, Fred, farmer, p o Rochester, les 20 acres, sec 16, G Krock, Fred, farmer, p o Rochester, les 1 acre W Plucker, sec 1, G L Langmaid, Albert S, farmer, p o Honey Creek, les 80 acres Langmaid Est, sec 6, Am Lewis, James, farmer, p o Vienna, own 80 acres, sec 18, Am Lightfield, John, farmer, p o Rochester, own 120 acres, sec 15, G Lightfield, Wm, farmer, p o Rochester, r sec 15, G Linneman, Henry, farmer, p o Rochester, own 114 1/2 acres, sec 1, G Luke, Conrad, farmer, p o Rochester, own 101 acres, sec 15, G Luke, Phillip, farmer, p o Rochester, wks C Luke, sec 15, G M Malone, Andrew, farmer, p o Rochester, own 50 acres, sec 11, I Martin, Alfred, farmer, p o Rochester, own 97 acres, sec 5, E Martin, Allen, farmer, p o Rochester, own 80 acres, sec 12, E Miller, John, farmer, p o Rochester, own 54 acres, sec 15, G N Noble, James, farmer, p o Rochester, les 1/2 acre C Rountree, sec 12, Am Noble, Joseph A, farmer, p o Rochester, les 1/2 acre R Dobson, sec 13, E North, Reuben, farmer, p o Rochester, own 60 acres, sec 1, E P Perkins, J C, farmer, p o Rochester, own 116 acres, sec 7, Am Punce, Frank, farmer, p o Rochester, les 50 acres, Chesack Est., sec 11, B R Redline, Fred, farmer, p o Rochester, wks J Redline, sec 14, G Redline, John, farmer, p o Rochester, own 67 acres, sec 14, G Reesman, Henry, farmer, p o Rochester, own 185 acres, sec 15, G Rowe, Wm, farmer, p o Rochester, own 157 1/2 acres, sec 16, E Russell, Henry, farmer, p o Rochester, wks H A Russell, sec 16, Am Russell, Harvey A, farmer, p o Rochester, own 120 acres, sec 16, Am S Sawyer, Albert, farmer, p o Rochester, own 55 acres, sec 5, Am Schultz, John, farmer, p o Rochester, own 5 acres, sec 10, G Seigert, Charles, farmer, p o Rochester, own 210 acres, sec 14, G Silvernail, C P, farmer, p o Rochester, les 40 acres (undivided), J Drake Est., sec 1, Am Silvernail, Peter, farmer, p o Rochester, les 40 acres (undivided), J Drake Est., sec 1, Am Smith, Mrs C, widow, p o Rochester, own 20 acres, sec 16, G Soule, Charles N, farmer, p o Rochester, own 120 acres, sec 8, Am Soule, Ebenezer, farmer, p o Honey Creek, own 80 acres, sec 6, Am Soule, Elvirus, farmer, p o Rochester, own 101 acres, sec 7, Am Stetson, W B, farmer, p o Rochester, own 206 acres, sec 4, Am Stetson, Allen, farmer, p o Honey Creek, own 170 acres, sec 5, Am Summers, Wm, farmer, p o Rochester, own 120 acres, sec 16, E W Warmington, Geo, farmer, p o Rochester, own 110 acres, sec 6, les 50 acres, Warmington Est., sec 5, E Wemer, Clemons, farmer, p o Rochester, own 80 acres, sec 13, G Wemer, John, farmer, p o Rochester, own 40 acres, sec 13, G White, Thomas, farmer, p o Vienna, les 160 acres, R Adams, sec 18, E White, W D, farmer, p o Rochester, own 72 1/2 acres, sec 4, E Winter, David, farmer, p o Rochester, own 104 1/2 acres, sec 1, E Wyatt, J Mrs, widow, p o Rochester, own 101 acres, sec 17, E Wyatt, _____, farmer, p o Rochester, les 101 acres, Mrs J Wyatt, sec 17, Am Y York, _____, farmer, p o Rochester, wks Mrs M Cunningham, sec 15, Am Z Zick, John, farmer, p o Rochester, own 56 acres, sec 12, G BUSINESS DIRECTORY ****************** Carpenters - Wm Gates, sec 4 Vinegar Works - F E Hoyt, sec 9 Wagon-Maker - A H Belden, sec 11 CHURCHES ******** Baptist Church, situated on section 6. Services Sundays, at 10:30 am and 7 pm; Rev G H Hubbard, Pastor Methodist Bible Christian Church, situated on section 13. Services Sundays, at 2:30 pm and semi-monthly at 7 pm; Prayer meetings Thursdays at 7 pm; Class meetings Sundays at 10:30 am and Sunday School at 1 pm; No. of members, 20; Rev T H Dry, Pastor SCHOOLS ******* District No 1, Sec 2, Ave No. Scholars 85, F E Hoyt, clerk District No 2, Sec 11 Ave No. Scholars 96, W H Turner, clerk District No 3, Sec 3, Ave No. Scholars 55, W B Stetson, clerk District No 1 (joint) Sec 13, Ave No. Scholars 50, H Noble, clerk District No 3, Sec 15, Ave No. Scholars 24, F Banks, clerk POST OFFICE *********** Rochester, sec 2, H Cady, P.M.