- LUCIUS HUBBARD PAGE, one of the leading farmers of the town
of Fulton, residing on section
- 17, was born on the 14th day of October, 1815, in Baltimore,
Windsor Co., Vt., and is a son of Hon. Benjamin and Huldah (CHENEY)
PAGE, the former a native of Massachusetts and the latter of
the Green Mountain State. By trade, Benjamin PAGE was a stonemason,
but in connection with that occupation he also followed farming.
He was a man of prominence and influence in the community where
he resided, and was honored by his fellow citizens, being thrice
elected to the General Assembly of Vermont, where he discharged
his duties with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction
of his constituents. He was a supporter of the Whig party. Mrs.
PAGE was a member of the Baptist Church and was earnestly devoted
to the service of the Master.
- The family of this worthy couple numbered nine children,
five of whom have passed away -
- Lorinda and Asa are now deceased; Caroline is a resident
of Vermont; Eliza makes her home in Minneapolis; Martha is living
in Nebraska; Huldah and Benjamin have departed this life; Lucius
is the next in order of birth; and Emery H. is also deceased.
The father passed to his final rest Nov. 17, 1840, and was interred
in the cemetery at North Springfield, Vt. His excellent wife
survived him many years. After the death of her husband she resided
with her son Benjamin in the Green Mountain State until 1848,
when she came to Wisconsin and made her home with her children
until her death. She now lies sleeping in the cemetery at Union,
Rock County.
- Our subject received his education in the common schools
of his native State, and resided under
- the parental roof until twenty-one years of age, when he
started out to fight life's battle for himself. He began his
business career as a farm hand, working by the month in that
capacity until Sept. 7, 1843, when he resolved to try his fortune
in Wisconsin and left his eastern home. At length arriving at
Janesville, then a small village with but few inhabitants, he
looked about him for a desirable location and selected land in
Fulton Township, where he purchased 160 acres. The land was in
its primitive condition; not a furrow had been turned, a fence
built, or an improvement made. Erecting a small farm house, he
at once began breaking the land and planting crops, and in the
course of time reaped an abundant harvest.
- Mr. PAGE carried on operations alone for six or seven years,
when, tiring of his bachelor quarters
- he chose for himself a companion in the person of Miss Lucinda
W. WILLIAMS, a native of Vermont and a daughter of Joseph and
Polly (SHERWIN) WILLIAMS. Their wedding was celebrated May 9,
1850, and unto them have been born four children, three of whom
are yet living - Alice Lucinda, born Jan. 29, 1853, is now the
wife of Arthur MILLER, who resides in Crookston, Minn.; Helen
is now deceased; Lucia K., born Nov. 12, 1861, is still at home;
and Charles Fremont, born Sept. 12, 1863, is living in Crookston,
Minn. The children have all received educational advantages,
two of them having graduated - one form Milton and the other
from Beloit College, and are now respected men and women.
- Mr. PAGE began life in limited circumstances, but by his
determined energy and perseverance has
- steadily worked his way upward to a position of ease and
affluence. His fine farm now comprises 308 acres, which pays
tribute to his care and cultivation and upon which may be found
all the latest improved machinery and a fine grade of stock,
together with barns and outbuildings which are models of convenience.
In the spring of 1858, the little frame dwelling, their shelter
during the hardships and trials of pioneer days, was replaced
by a large and commodious two story brick residence, one of the
finest homes in the town of Fulton, where good cheer abounds
and hospitality reigns supreme. Mr. PAGE is a Republican, having
supported the principles of that party since its organization,
and has held various local offices, including that of road commissioner,
town clerk, assessor and treasurer, and was chairman of the board
of supervisors for two or three years. In 1848 he was elected
to the State Legislature and while a member of the house discharged
his duties with such fidelity and promptness that he won the
approval of even his political enemies. He has been very liberal
in the support of all public enterprises and since 1843 has been
prominently identified with the history of Rock County. Mrs.
PAGE is a member of the Congregational Church at Fulton and takes
an active part in the work of that organization. Although he
is not associated with any religious body, Mr. PAGE adheres to
the Baptist faith; he has ever lived an honorable and upright
life and is held in the warmest regard by his large circle of
friends and acquaintances. His sketch deserved an honored place
in the history of his adopted county, where he has so long made
his home.
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- Taken from "The Portrait and Biographical Album of
Rock County, Wis." (c)1889, pp. 699-700.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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