- ALFRED McDOUGALL is numbered among the early citizens of
Janesville, dating his residence
- form the month of May, 1856. He was born at Morristown, Morris
Co., N.J., on the 3d day of August, 1825, and is of Scotch descent.
William McDOUGALL, the grandfather of our subject, was a native
of Scotland, but emigrated with his parents to America when a
youth. His eldest brother was General McDOUGALL, who gained distinction
as an officer in the American army during the Revolutionary War.
William McDOUGALL was one of the first preachers of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in America.
- Walter McDOUGALL, the father of Alfred, was born in Richmond,
Va., on the 9th day of June,
- 1779, and was taken by his parents to New Jersey soon after
his birth. He married Miss Clarissa STARK, a lineal descendant
of Gen. John STARK, the hero of the battle of Bennington, and
his wife's name, Molly, has been a family name through several
generations. Walter McDOUGALL and his wife were the parents of
eleven children, but of that number only three are now living;
John and William, who are both residents of New Jersey; and Alfred
of this sketch.
- In his youth our subject learned the carpenter's trade, which
occupation his father followed
- through life. He remained at home under the parental roof
until twenty-two years of age, and while residing in Brooklyn,
N.Y., was united in marriage with Miss Emily CYPHERS, a native
of New Jersey. In January, 1856, Mr. McDOUGALL made a trip to
the West for the purpose of looking up a location with the view
to making a permanent settlement. The now city of Janesville
seeming to offer favorable inducements, he decided to make it
his future home, and returning for his family, took up his residence
in this city in May of that year. For thirty-three years Janesville
has now been his home, and he has witnessed its growth from a
comparatively small village with a few dwellings to its present
size and importance. He has been identified with the great progress
that has been going on through these years and in the work of
advancement has borne no inconsiderable part.
- Mr. and Mrs. McDOUGALL are the parents of three children:
Gertrude C., wife of Oscar D.
- ROWE, a tobacco dealer of Janesville; Leahretta, wife of
C. W. JACKMAN, also of Janesville; and Edward, a resident of
Galesburg, Ill. Mr. McDOUGALL is a man of sterling integrity,
courteous and affable in manner, and enjoys, as he deserves,
the respect and esteem of all classes of citizens.
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- Taken from "The Portrait and Biographical Album of
Rock County, Wis." (c)1889, p. 786.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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