- J. J. BLAISDELL, Professor of Beloit College; was born in
Canaan, Grafton Co., N.H., Feb. 8,
- 1827, and came to Wisconsin in September, 1859, locating
at Beloit. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1846, and at
the Theological Seminary at Andover, Mass., in 1852. He then
moved to Lebanon and engaged in the practice of law for three
years, after which, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and was there
Pastor of the Presbyterian Church seven years. From Cincinnati,
he moved to Beloit, and since that time has been connected with
Beloit College, from 1859 to 1864, as Professor of Rhetoric and
English Literature, and from that time, as Professor of Mental
and Moral Philosophy and Christian Evidences. Mr. BLAISDELL was
Superintendent of Schools in 1847, at Lebanon, N.H. In 1864 to
1869, was Superintendent of City Schools in Beloit. In 1854,
was Chaplain of the 40th Wisconsin Volunteers. He married, Feb.
1, 1853, Susan Ann ALLEN, of Lebanon, N.H.; he has two children
- Philip Van Bergen and James Arnold. Mr. and Mrs. BLAISDELL
are members of the First Congregational Church at Beloit.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 735.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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