- WILLIAM H. TRIPP, farmer, Secs. 4, 8 and 9; P.O. Janesville;
born in Luzerne Co., Penn., in
- 1821; came to Wisconsin in 1851 and settled on the farm he
now owns of 225 acres. Married Miss Delilah THOMAS, of Wyoming
Co., Penn., in 1844; they have two children - George B., born
March 4, 1852, and Hattie H., born May 13, 1860. Mr. TRIPP is
a Mason; has served as Chairman of the town of Rock many years;
was elected to the Wisconsin Legislature in 1856, and has served
as a member of the board of Trustees for the education of the
Blind for the past twenty-two years; he has one of the largest
orchards in Rock Co., containing 1,500 trees; raises Durham grades,
Norman horses, Poland hogs, and has this year eleven acres of
tobacco and fifty-three acres of winter wheat, which looks extremely
well. Mr. TRIPP is a Republican. His son, Theodore F., died
in the army; he enlisted, 1862, in the 35th Regt. Wis. V.I.;
died July 13, 1865, of disease contracted in service.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 799.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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