- SOLOMON D. GOUGH, carpenter; was born in June, Allegany Co.,
N.Y., Aug. 16, 1829,
- and came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1865, locating in
Beloit; from Hume he moved to Shirland, Ill., where he farmed
with his father; from Shirland he moved to Iowa, where he farmed
on his own account for two years, and then moved to Watonwan,
Minn., and engaged in farming for two years; moved back to Shirland,
Ill., for one year; he then went to Beloit, where he was first
foreman in a willow manufactory; then engaged in the wind-mill
business. At New Ulm, Mr. GOUGH was engaged with other residents
of Watonwan in driving back the Indians who massacred the inhabitants
of New Ulm and surrounding country. He built, under contract,
two miles of the track of the Rockford & Kenosha R.R. He
is a member of the Ever Ready Engine Co. No. 2, of Beloit. Mr.
GOUGH married, Aug. 14, 1853, Ann Elizabeth FERGUSON, of Shirland,
Ill.; he has two children living - Ella and Frank. His wife
is a member of the Second Congregational Church at Beloit.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 750.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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