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- CHARLES A. GAULT was born April 3, 1847, in Manchester,
- Boone county, Illinois. His father, John GAULT, came to Beloit
from New Hampshire in 1844 and made brick on what is now known
as the SLAYMAKER farm, about two miles east of the city. He married
Harriett BALL, March 18, 1846, went to California in 1852, and
died there in 1857.
- Harriet BALL, the mother of C. A. GAULT, was born in Hampshire,
- Long Parish, England, May 21, 1826. Her parents, Thomas and
Miriam BALL, brought her to America in 1836, sailing from Portsmouth,
England, April 6 and reaching Quebec, Canada, after a voyage
of seven weeks and three days. Miss BALL came to Beloit in 1841
and lived at first in the family of A. B. HOWE, South Mill street.
She attended the school taught by Leonard HUMPHREY, 534 Public
avenue, and took a prominent part in his first school exhibition,
given March 16, 1843. Besides her son, Charles, she had a son
George B., born in 1849; died October, 1861. She enjoys a hale
old age at her residence in this city with her son.
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- Charles A. GAULT was educated at the district school, mainly,
and occupied with farm life,
- being especially interested in horses. As a skilled player
on the flute Mr. GAULT was connected with early Beloit orchestras,
played often in church choirs and still keeps his ability in
that direction. Of late years he has been and still remains the
trusted agent of General William B. STRONG and manager of the
general's large property interests in Beloit. Genial Charley
GAULT being one of the most popular men of our city and a good
temperance man and Republican, his election to some public office
was inevitable, and so he was chosen the mayor of Beloit and
filled that office most acceptably for the term, 1904-1906. Mr.
GAULT is a prominent helper at Gridley chapel and is guilty of
generosity in many other ways not so public. The only fault to
be found with him is that he is not numerous enough.
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- Taken from "Rock County, Wisconsin, Vol. II"
by William Fiske Brown, (c)1908, pp. 797-798; lithograph from
from "Rock County, Wisconsin, Vol. I," p. 108.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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