- E. HAMLIN TREAT, one of the early and respected citizens
of this county, was a native of New
- York, having been born in Monroe County, Nov. 15, 1808.
He was one of a family of five children, who grew to manhood
and womanhood, their parents being Ebenezer and Hannah (PARK)
TREAT. Malinda, their eldest child, became the wife of Philander
CHAMBERLAIN, who settled in Mendon, Monroe Co., N.Y.; Esther,
who married Belamy CLAFLIN, died in Hastings, Minn., in 1884;
Jemima was united in marriage with Charles CURTIS of New London,
Ohio; Park removed to Hillsdale, Mich., where his death occurred,
and Hamlin completed the family.
- The education of our subject was received in the common schools
of his native State, where he
- was reared to manhood. He was married in 1832, to Miss Ferret
NEWCOMB, a daughter of Hezekiah and Mary (GODFREY) NEWCOMB, and
six children bless their union, namely: William M., a farmer
of Emerson, Iowa; Mary L., wife of E. E. HATCH, builder, Kansas
City, Mo.; Milton P., furniture dealer, Clinton, Wis.; Franklin
H., insurance adjuster, Canton, Dak.; Esther C., wife of W. M.
NEWELL, accountant, Des Moines, Iowa; Emma M., wife of J. L.
PANGBORN, boot and shoe dealer, Clinton, Wis. In the year of
1845, accompanied by his family, Mr. TREAT followed the course
of emigration which was steadily flowing westward, and settled
in Rock County, locating in what is now Turtle Township. The
country was then in a wild and uncultivated condition, and the
little log cabins of the settlers were few and far between.
With characteristic energy he began the development of the farm,
and by his untiring labor transformed a wild tract of land into
a beautiful home. No only was he numbered among the pioneer
settlers of Rock County, but he also shared the trials and difficulties
of frontier life in Ohio, to which State he removed in 1833.
- Mr. TREAT was a man highly respected and esteemed by all
who had the pleasure of his
- acquaintance, and his circle of friends was a wide one.
In politics he was first an old-line Whig, but joined the Freesoil
party and supported John P. Hale for the Presidency in 1852.
He served his fellow citizens in various local offices of trust,
laboring for the greatest good to the greatest number. He was
a faithful and consistent member of the Baptist Church, and an
earnest worker in the Master's vineyard, and was known as Deacon
TREAT by all. Being in sympathy with the poor and those in distress,
he was never appealed to for help in vain. His motto in life
was "All things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto
you, do ye even so to them," and at his request it was engraved
upon the monument that marks his last resting place. He died
Jan. 21, 1867. His widow still survives him (July, 1889), living
with her son Milton P. at Clinton, Wis.
-
- Taken from "The Portrait and Biographical Album of
Rock County, Wis." (c)1889, pp. 821-822.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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