- ERASTUS GILES, farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. Beloit, born in Windsor
Co., Vt., Oct. 3, 1816; son of
- Joshua GILES, a prominent farmer who moved to Michigan, with
his family about 1833; he died the year following, aged about
54. Erastus came to a place now called Roscoe, in Illinois,
in 1836, and in the fall settled on 240 acres in Turtle; started
for California in 1851; took a year to get there; was there seven
years. Married, in May, 1859, Widow Harriet GAULT, an English
lady; have one child, Annie, born Jan. 26, 1864. Mr. Charles
GAULT, his step-son, is living with Mr. GILES; he is a member
of the famous Beloit Band, and also a very successful trainer
of vicious horses. When Mr. GILES first came to this farm, the
poles of the Indian wigwams stood on the ground. The nearest
post office was Chicago. He is one of the oldest settlers.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 803.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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