- JUDGE JOHN M. KEEP (deceased); born in Homer, Cortland Co.,
N.Y., Jan. 26, 1813, the
- son of Gen. Martin KEEP; he was partly educated in a district
school, and, in 1832, entered Hamilton College and graduated
from there in 1836; he at once began the study of law in the
office of Augustus Donnelly, of Homer, and then went to Buffalo,
N.Y., where he completed his studies in the office of Horacio
Seymour, Esq.; he then returned to Westfield, N.Y., and was admitted
to the bar and immediately commenced the practice of law as an
attorney; the same year he moved to Rockton, Ill., where he remained
till 1844, and then came to Beloit City, where he at once began
the practice of law, and, at the same time, was actively engaged
in advancing the settlement of the town, acting as agent for
the sale of lands and constructing buildings. He was married
in 1839, to Miss Cornelia A. REYNOLDS, daughter of John N. REYNOLDS,
of Westfield, N.Y. He was elected Judge of the First Judicial
District of Wisconsin, in 1856, without opposition, and after
filling the office for two successive years, he was compelled
to resign because of the pressure of his private business; he
continued the practice of law up to the time of his death, which
occurred March 2, 1861; he left his wife, two sons and two daughters
to mourn his loss.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 754.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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