- B. B. OLDS, farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Clinton; son of Calvin OLDS;
born in 1822 in Marlboro,
- Windham Co., Vt., in the house where the family, from his
great-grandfather down, were born, lived and died. The family
came West and to Beloit Oct. 24, 1843; his uncle kept the old
Beloit House at that time; stopped with him; his name was A.
M. PRATT. They came by teams from Vermont; his father, by a contrivance
attached to the wheels of one of the wagons, measured the distance
as they went along. After leaving Beloit, they bought a farm
near Shopiere, in the town of Turtle, and remained there a few
months; then moved to Clinton, Sec. 5; settled on 160 acres,
and have been here ever since; there were no fences, and only
one road staked off in the vicinity of this farm at that time.
Mr. L. I. OLDS, a brother, about this time went to Beloit, and
went into the carpentering business, and is now in Minnesota,
in the lumber business. The father died in1862 at the age of
63. Mr. B. B. OLDS married, in the spring of 1845, Sarah WESTLY,
of English descent; had two children; one died in infancy; Anna,
born in February, 1859, is now in Florida for her health. Wife
died in April, 1860; married, in 1861, Miss D. CURTISS, daughter
of Rev. O. S. CURTISS, a prominent minister; have had seven children
- Otis C. (born Aug. 16, 1863), L. Lincoln (Jan. 7, 1865), Carrie
(April 26, 1867), Joseph I. (April 20, 1870), Chas. B. (March
13, 1872), Wm. B. (June 3, 1874), Alice L. (Aug. 17, 1876). Himself
and wife are members of the Congregational Church; he has been
Clerk of the Church for many years. Mr. OLDS has paid a good
deal of attention to the nursery business, and has one of the
finest orchards in the State; has over one thousand fine bearing
trees. Is known at the fairs through the country as the "apple
man."
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 782.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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