- REV. HENRY SEWELL, Pastor of First Methodist Episcopal Church;
born in England Sept.
- 11, 1832; spent boyhood in Madison, N.J.; removed to New
York at the age of 15, and remained there till coming West in
1852; was educated at Scherrill's Classical Seminary, at Madison,
N.J., and is also a graduate of the High School in the same place;
was foreman and salesman in an extensive umbrella and parasol
house in New York City for six years; was farming four years
in Rock Co. Married Elizabeth DEMKE, of New York City, Dec.
6, 1854; she was born Jan. 19, 1835; they have four children
- Henry A. and William A, are twins, born Sept. 30, 1855, and
are now in business in Oconomowoc; Robert, born March 11, 1859,
is now in the Star Clothing house, Milwaukee; Ellsworth B. was
born June 28, 1861, and is now clerk in Stockton's dry-goods
store. Mr. S. joined the Wisconsin Conference in 1858, traveled
one year, then rested one year; was ordained Deacon by Bishop
AMES, at Whitewater, Wis., in 1859, and ordained Elder by Bishop
SCOTT. Mr. S. has been Pastor of the following charges: Orfordville,
Utter's Corners, Emerald Grove, Sun Prairie, Lake Mills, Oconomowoc,
Columbus, Milwaukee and Janesville.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 721.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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