- SARAH A. MILLETT, widow, Sec. 9; P.O. Beloit; the daughter
of James and Sarah F.
- APPLETON; born in Marblehead, Mass., Jan. 20, 1811. She
married Stephen C. MILLETT, May 6, 1833, at Gloucester, Mass.
Her husband was born at Salem Mass., May 20, 1810. They came
to Wisconsin in 1845, and located in Beloit; had nine children,
four now living; in 1848, Mr. MILLETT bought 240 acres Government
land, in Section 9, and seventy acres more in same section afterward,
making 310 acres in all, 40 acres of which he afterward sold
to A. MYERS, leaving 270 acres, which is now owned by his widow;
he built a large stone residence, with barns and improvements;
Mr. MILLETT was educated for the ministry at Amherst College,
Massachusetts, graduated from there in 1830, and was ordained
a Deacon in St. Michael's Church at Marblehead, Mass., by the
Right Rev. Alexander B. GRISWOLD, in 1833, and was ordained as
Minister in St. Peter's Church, Salem, Mass., by the same Bishop;
he was instrumental, by his energy in raising subscriptions,
in building St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Beloit; was the first
Rector appointed and officiated there for eight years; was afterward
Missionary at Oshkosh, Stevens Point and Lancaster, and died
in Beloit, on his farm, May 28, 1867.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, pp. 758-759.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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