- HENRY J. WILKINSON, farmer, Secs. 11 and 12; P.O. Whitewater,
Walworth Co.; born in
- Franklin Co., Vt., in 1827; a son of Philander and Elizabeth
WILKINSON; he spent the early part of his life in Rutland Co.,
Vt., and came to Wisconsin in 1847, locating on Sec. 4; removed
to the farm he now owns of 210 acres in 1866. His wife was Miss
Mary COBB, daughter of Joshua and Rachel COBB, of Rutland Co.,
whom he married in 1866. In politics he is Independent, supports
men and not party; Mr. W. was the first man elected Town Superintendent
of Schools, in 1849, in Lima, and held the office a number of
years; he has also served as Town Clerk and was elected Chairman
on a Union ticket in 1859. Mr. WILKINSON has been editor of
the agricultural department of the Whitewater Register for the
past three years and has succeeded to the satisfaction of the
Rock and Walworth Co. farmers; he is supposed to have been the
first man in the town of Lima who made use of the sulky cultivator
and check-row planter; he was also a successful teacher, having
taught fourteen terms of school in Lima. Mr. and Mrs. WILKINSON
attend the First Congregational Church at Whitewater.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 795.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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