- JOSEPH SPAULDING. Few men were better or more favorably known
in Rock County than
- was Joseph SPAULDING, whose death took place at his residence,
three miles north of Janesville, August 12, 1877. For over forty
years had Mr. SPAULDING been a prominent resident of Rock County,
and it would be difficult to find a person who ever uttered a
disrespectful word in regard to him; and certainly no act of
his ever justly deserved censure. He was one of the best men
in the world: ever kind, ever just. He was born in Bradford County,
Penn., August 23, 1812, and resided there till 1836, when he
sought a home in the then Far West. After a brief stop in Racine
County, he finally made a permanent location in Rock County in
the spring of 1837, on the farm where he ever after resided.
In 1839, he was married in Berlin, Conn., to Miss Lydia S. ELLSWORTH,
who survives him. They have four daughters living, all being
settled in life. They are Mrs. N. C. DOW, Mrs. J. B. CASSODAY,
Mrs. E. D. COE, and Mrs. G. M. HANCHETT.
- Mr. SPAULDING occupied a prominent position in his county.
He was deeply interested in
- religious and educational matters, and active and liberal
in patronizing these interests. In 1853 and 1863, he represented
his district in the Assembly, and no constituency had a more
faithful or conscientious representative. In politics, he was
a Republican, never faltering in his faith in the principles
of that party.
- The deceased was a man of strong and active nature, energetic,
self-reliant, prompt to decide and
- act, and clear and fixed in his opinions. He was also a man
of perfect integrity, and in all his dealings with others, an
honorable regard for his obligations was one of his most marked
characteristics. Without making any pretensions to superior excellence,
he lived far more closely in accordance with the requirements
of the Golden Rule than many succeed in doing. He was of an exceedingly
happy disposition, and his hearty, genial ways made him a most
popular companion and associate. He was warm-hearted, charitable
and social. His home was the abode of hospitality, and neighbors
and friends can testify to his kindly and generous spirit. In
his family, he was a most affectionate and indulgent husband
and father, and his death has removed the head of one of the
happiest households in our community.
- It is easy to speak words of eulogy of such a man as Joseph
SPAULDING, for his life was one in
- which good purposes and good principles combined to produce
an abundant harvest of good works.
-
- Taken from "History of Rock County Wis." (c)1879,
p. 437-438.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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