- WILLARD S. FOLLANSBEE, farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Janesville;
born in Derry, Rockingham
- Co., N.H., in 1809; came to Wisconsin in 1849; purchased
his present homestead and settled in 1851, where he has resided
ever since. Married Miss Rebecca DUSTIN in 1831, a descendant
of the celebrated Mrs. Thomas DUSTIN, the Revolutionary heroine
who killed nine Indians on the Concord River, at an early day.
They have five children - Charles W., John W., George S., Willard
R. and Elizabeth A. Mr. George S. FOLLANSBEE is the inventor
of the "Follansbee double propeller pump," whose goods
are sold from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast. Mrs. W. S. FOLLANSBEE,
was born at Derry, Rockingham Co., N.H. Mr. FOLLANSBEE is at
present Director of the School Board; is a member of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 706.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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