- L. M. COLT, dairy and stock farmer; was born in Richfield,
Otsego Co., N.Y., Aug. 29, 1827,
- and came to Wisconsin in September, 1863, locating at Beloit;
from Richfield he moved to Exeter, N.Y., and engaged in the buying
and selling of cattle and sheep between Ohio and Canada; he then
went to Cooperstown, N.Y., and continued for a short time dealing
in stock; from there he moved to Beloit and was engaged with
the Rock River Paper Co., as traveling salesman for a year and
a half; then went to Iowa and bought and sold cattle and hogs,
and in 1865, went to Jackson, Tenn. for the purpose of raising
cotton with improved farming implements, but, upon thorough investigation,
gave up the idea as being impracticable; in 1866, he returned
to Beloit and formed a business relation with W. H. BLODGETT,
and entered into the general commission business, with headquarters
at No. 163 South Water street, Chicago; he continued about a
year, sold out and bought an interest with C. S. Brownell in
the same store; this he continued until the fall of 1867, when
he returned to Beloit and took a contract to furnish straw for
the paper-mills at Beloit; this continued for one year, when
he went to farming just over the State line in Illinois, which
farm he still holds, and is engaged in cattle and hog raising
and dairy farming. During the war, for one year he was engaged
as Forage Master. Mr. COLT married, Dec. 14, 1852, Mary Stuart
BLODGETT, of Rochester, Vt.; he has two children living - William
B. and Merrill L. Mr. and Mrs. COLT are members of the First
Congregational Church of Beloit.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 742.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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