- S. I. TODD, lawyer, State street, Beloit, was born Jan. 19,
1821, in Preble, Cortland Co., N.Y.,
- and came to Wisconsin Feb. 25, 1850, locating at Beloit.
From Preble, Mr. TODD removed to Peterboro, Hillsboro Co., N.H.,
and worked on a farm for his grandfather, and also went to school
there; in February, 1839, he went to Batavia, Genesee Co., and
read law under the law firm of Chandler & Taggert; from Batavia
he came to Beloit, and has practiced law ever since. Mr. TODD
was elected in 1854, Justice of the Peace for Beloit, which office
he held thirteen or fourteen months, and then resigned; in 1859,
he was elected Mayor of Beloit for one year; in 1867 and 1868,
he was elected to the State Senate for two years; in 1857, was
appointed one of the Commissioners to revise the statutes of
the State from 1870 to 1874, was appointed by the Council City
Attorney; has been a member of the School Board from 1874 to
the present time. Mr. TODD's ancestors formed a part of the
sixteen families of Scotch-Irish who came from the province of
Ulster, North of Ireland, and, on April 11, 1719, settled in
Londonderry, N.H.; they were John MORRISON, great-grandfather,
and James ANDERSON, great-great-grandfather of Mr. TODD. He
married Dec. 21, 1853, Mary E. HAZZARD, of Jay, Essex Co., N.Y.;
has four children - Robert H., Alice C., Annie C. and Lizzie
V. Mrs. TODD is a member of the First Congregational Church
at Beloit.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 768.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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