- HARRISON STEBBINS, farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. Cooksville; born
in Vermont June 8, 1820; came
- to Wisconsin in 1841; located in Janesville, Rock Co., and
taught in the first school in that city; he was also a surveyor;
in 1844, he moved to Porter Township and engaged in farming and
surveying; in 1866, he built the grist-mill on Catfish River,
still owned and operated by him. He was County Surveyor for three
terms of two years each; he assisted in organizing Rock County
into school districts. In 1847, was elected Superintendent of
Schools; he was elected to the Legislature about 1850. Married,
in Montpelier, Vt., June 15, 1841, Miss Mary A. BASSETT, a native
of that State; he has three children. He is Postmaster at Stebbinsville.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 871.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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