- LEVI ALDEN, born at Claremont, N.H., July 24, 1815; educated
at Union College -
- Schenectady, N.Y. Married Sarah A. LEACH, July 26, 1844,
at Fleming, N.Y.; had five daughters - Mary, E., now Mrs. George
JUDKINS, of Claremont, N.H.; Frances B., now Mrs. F. C. COOK,
of Janesville, Wis.; Louisa J., now Mrs. T. W. EVANS of Madison,
Wis.; Sarah L., now Mrs. H. S. HALL, of Washington, D.C., and
Hattie L. ALDEN, of Madison, Wis. July 4, 1845, arrived at Janesville,
Wis.; August 14 same year commenced publication of the Janesville
Gazette, of which he was editor and proprietor till 1855. In
1856, elected as member of Assembly for the Janesville district;
in 1858, elected Clerk of the Rock County Circuit Court, which
office he held for eight successive years; in 1867, was appointed
Superintendent of the Public Printing, in the Secretary of State's
office, which position he held till 1873, at which time he took
position on the editorial staff of the State Journal, where he
has ever since remained. During residence in New York, was Principal
for two years of the Cayuga Academy, and after removing to Janesville,
was Principal of the academy at that place for about the same
length of time.
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- Taken from "The History of Dane County, Wisconsin"
(c)1880 Western Historical Co., p. 947.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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