- JOHN J. R. PEASE, attorney; born in Connecticut; moved to
Green Bay, Wis, in June, 1840;
- while there he was employed in the office of the Register
of Lands, also surveying, farming, etc. From Green Bay he removed
to Janesville in 1866, and was employed as surveyor for three
or four years; was admitted to the bar in 1849 and has been engaged
in the practice of law ever since. He was for twelve years or
more a Director of the C., St. P. & F. R.R. Co. He was one
of the first Directors of the Rock County Bank, and one of the
Trustees of the N. W. Life Insurance Co. of Milwaukee for about
twenty years; has been Director of the Janesville Cotton Manufacturing
Co. since its organization. He was Mayor of Janesville for 1856;
served several years as County Supervisor; has been Town and
City Assessor, Alderman, etc. He is one of the Trustees and President
of the Oak Hill Cemetery Association and has been connected with
it for sixteen or seventeen years.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 718.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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