Rock County family index

Families of Rock County, Wisconsin, from the County Histories

550 people from the county histories of Rock County, Wisconsin: who they were, when and where they were born, their parents and spouses, and which biographies are parent and child. Pick a surname.

From Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette, Wiscons (1901); Portrait and biographical album of Rock County, Wisconsin, containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and (1889); The history of Rock County, Wisconsin; its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. (1879); Rock County, Wisconsin; a new history of its cities, villages, towns, citizens and varied interests, from the earliest times, up to date (1908). All public domain; each entry links to the original book.

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Everyone in the Rock County index, A to Z (550)

Abell

Acheson

Adair

Adams

Ague

Akin

  • M. J. Akin (b. 1836); child of Edward Akin and Adaline Akin

Alden

  • Levi Alden; child of Levi Alden and Boadicia (Warner) Alden

Alexander

Allen

Amerpohl

Anderson

Anthony

Appleby

Ashcraft

Atwood

  • Charles Atwood (b. 1852); child of Volney Atwood and Catherine Ann Atwood; married Alta M. Doty
  • Volney Atwood; child of Levi Atwood and Lucretia (Waterman) Atwood; married Catherine A. Holmes

Austin

Babbitt

Bacon

Baker

  • Stephen J. Baker (b. 1840, Stephenson county); child of John T. Baker and Jemima (Robinson) Baker; married Flora C. Allen
  • Allen S. Baker (b. 1842); married Jemima Robinson
  • Francis A. Baker (Green county); child of John T. Baker and Jemimah (Robinson) Baker
  • Joseph P. Baker; child of John Baker and Margaret Baker

Ball

Barker

Barlass

Barlow

Barnard

  • Elliott D. Barnard (Chautauqua county); child of Thaddeus Barnard and Hannah (Goldsborough) Barnard; married Susan Webb
  • Shasta Barnard; child of Elliott D. Barnard and Susan (Webb) Barnard; married Lilia C. Lee

Barnes

  • Elmer L. Barnes; child of Richard Barnes and Ella (Peck) Barnes; married Clara Garthwait

Barrett

Bates

Beach

Beals

Beaver

Beebe

Bell

Bemis

Benedict

Bennett

Benson

Bentley

Bergh

  • Johan Arndt Bergh; child of Ole A. Bergh and Cecil (Johanson) Bergh; married Birgitta Meland

Binnewies

Bleasdale

Bliss

  • Howard F. Bliss (b. 1844, Carroll county); child of Lewis Bliss and Eliza (Jenkins) Bliss; married Clara Smith

Blodgett

Bond

Booth

  • John R. Booth (b. 1827, Montgomery county); child of John Booth and Ellen (Robertson) Booth; married Minerva Leonard

Borden

Boss

Bostwick

  • Joseph Bostwick (b. 1834); child of Joseph Bostwick; married Harriet M. Allen
  • Ezra Philo Bostwick (b. 1843, Turtle township); child of Merrit Bostwick and Dianna (Nash) Bostwick; married Ella Sweet

Bowen

  • Z. H. Bowen (b. 1840); child of Phineas Bowen and Caroline (Shepherd) Bowen

Bowers

  • Henry Bowers (b. 1842); child of Jacob Bowers and Catherine Bowers

Boyd

  • J. Boyd (b. 1843, Union Township); married Ella Roberts

Brace

Breed

Brown

Buckley

Bul

Burdick

Burpee

Burris

Buten

Button

Cady

Campbell

Carle

Carpenter

Carr

Carter

Case

Casler

Chamberlain

  • James A. Chamberlain (b. 1833); child of James Chamberlain and Ann Maria (Jackson) Chamberlain; married Helen J. Humphrey

Chamberlin

Charles

Child

Clark

  • Elijah N. Clark (b. 1817); child of Elijah Clark and Sybill (Green) Clark; married Emily Caroline Rowe
  • Thomas Clark (b. 1840); married Christina Hadden

Clarke

  • Alvit Clarke (b. 1804); child of Joseph Clarke and Hannah Clarke
  • Willis P. Clarke (b. 1842); child of Eiastus P. Clarke and Mary Jane Clarke; married Harriet N. Stillman
  • Ray Willis Clarke (b. 1879); child of Willis P. Clarke and Lucy A. (Clarke) Clarke

Clausen

Cleland

Cleophas

Clifford

Clinchy

Cobb

Collie

Cook

Coon

Cooper

Copley

Cordner

Cory

Cottrell.

Covert

Cram

Crandall

Crane

Crosby

Crumb

  • Clem W. Crumb (b. 1858); child of M. Wells Crumb and Hannah (West) Crumb

Cuckow

Dailey

  • Herman P. Dailey (Washington county); child of Perry Dailey and Polly (Dake) Dailey; married Mary Knight

Daland

Davis

Davy

  • Hiram L. Davy; child of Thaddeus Lewis Davy and Charlotte (Adams) Davy

Day

Dean

Dixon

  • Martin Dixon; child of Searight Dixon and Sarah (Keckler) Dixon; married Hannah Hroughton

Dodd

Doty

Dowd

Drew

Drury

Dunn

  • Frederick C. Dunn; child of Martin Dunn and Margaret (Ayers) Dunn; married Flora E. Williams

Dunwiddie

Durkee

Duthie

  • William Duthie (b. 1831); child of William Duthie and Mary (Christison) Duthie; married Nellie Eldridge

Duxstad

Eager

  • Almeron Eager (b. 1838); child of William Eager and Caroline (Northrup) Eager

Edden

Egery

Eldredge

Emerson

  • Joseph Emerson (b. 1821); child of Dr. Ralph Emerson; married Delia Blodgett

Evans

Ewing

Farnsworth

  • Julius M. Farnsworth (b. 1856); child of James P. Farnsworth and Amelia (Clough) Farnsworth; married Hortense Foster

Fathers

Fel

Fenton

Fethers

Fifield

Fillingham

Finch

  • Loren Finch (b. 1821); child of Alva Finch and Phoebe Finch

Fisher

Flagler

Fobes

Foot

Ford

Fossum

  • Louis N. Fossum (b. 1868, Rock county); child of Nels L. Fossum; married Caroline Natalia Stivland

Foster

Fredricksen

French

Frink

Frost

Gaarder

  • Ole P. Gaarder; child of Peter Gaarder and Randine (Gaarder) Gaarder; married Emily Elifson Eee

Galder

Gavey

Gettle

Gibbons

Gibbs

Gilbertson

  • John Gilbertson (b. 1860, Winnebago county); child of Jacob Gilbertson; married Carrie Swenson

Gish

Gleason

  • John E. Gleason (Chautauqua county); child of William Gleason and Polly (Smith) Gleason; married Achsah A. Goodson

Godfrey

Goodrich

Gould

Gray

  • James Gray (b. 1824); married Anna Clark
  • Alonzo C. Gray (Somerset county); child of Robert D. Gray and Lurana (Tinkham) Gray

Green

  • David Green (b. 1833); child of Jamejs Green and Rachel (Johnson) Green; married Julia Ann Burdick July
  • Paul M. Green (Allegany county); child of Henry W. Green and Martha M. (Coon) Green; married Abbie McHenry

Grinnell

Grunhuvd

Gunderson

Gunn

Haddeiv

Hadden

Haggart

  • James Haggart; child of James Haggart and Deborah (Veeder) Haggart

Hall

Halverson

Hansen

Hanthorn

  • George Hanthorn (b. 1832); child of Thomas Hanthorn and Louisa (Cobourn) Hanthorn; married Rebecca A. Vandenburg

Hardy

Hastings

Haylock

Hedditch

Helm

Helmer

  • Fred Helmer (b. 1859); child of John R. Helmer and Helen M. (Osborne) Helmer

Hendricks

Henry

Hern

Hesgard

Hillyer

Hoen

Hol

Holdredge

Holmes

Hopkins

Houston

Howard

Howe

Howley

Hubbard

Hughes

Hurd

  • Silas Hurd; child of Jonathan Hurd and Elizabeth Hurd; married Cynthia Cowan

Hutchinson

Hutson

  • Thomas Hutson (b. 1840); child of John Hutson and Mary (Roberts) Hutson; married Hattie L. Hill

Huyke

  • William Huyke; child of Christopher Huyke and Mary (Jenkins) Huyke; married Mary Letts

Hyland

Ingersoll

Inman

Inman.

Jack

Jackman

Jeffris

Johnson

Joice

Joiner

Jones

Kai

Keenan

Keep

  • John M. Keep; child of General Martin Keep; married Anna M. Lewis

Keithley

Kemmerer

Kemp

Kempton

Kendall

Kent

  • Arthur C. Kent; child of Cartwright Kent and Caroline M. (Smith) Kent; married Hattie M. Liddle

Kenzie

Kerch

Killam

Kimball

King

Knile

Knill

Kumlien

Lake

Lamb

Lannon

Lappin

  • Thomas Lappin (b. 1812); child of William Lappin and Ann (Walsh) Lappin
  • Thomas Lappin; child of William Lappin and Ann (Welch) Lappin

Lathers

Latta

Lawrence

Lee

  • Truman T. Lee (b. 1827, Oswego county); child of Thomas Lee and Lucinda (Wagh) Lee; married Mary A. Jones
  • Caleb E. Lee (b. 1835)

Leonard

Letts

Lewis

Libby

Lipman

Little

  • Thomas Little (b. 1827); child of John Little and Elizabeth (Blythe) Little; married Ellen Brown
  • John Little (b. 1830); child of John Little and Isabel (Blythe) Little; married Jane Scott
  • Walter Little (b. 1839); child of John Little and Elizabeth (Blythe) Little; married Lizzie Spence

Lloyd

  • Thomas J. Lloyd; child of Thomas Lloyd and Ann (Worthing) Lloyd; married Hattie Bennett

Loewi

  • Adolph Loewi; child of Jacob Loewi and Minnie (Scherer) Loewi

Lovejoy

  • Allen Perry Lovejoy (b. 1825); child of Nathan Lovejoy and Temperance (Wing) Lovejoy; married Julia I. Stow

Lyke

  • John Lyke (b. 1823, Montgomery county); married Catherine Ann England

Lynch

Manchester

Marsden

Marskie

Martin

Matheson

Matre

Maxon

  • H. X. Maxon (b. 1827); child of Charles Maxon and Catherine Maxon

Maxson

Mayhew

  • William Mayhew; child of St. Valier Mayhew and Calista M. (Wheelock) Mayhew

Mayne

  • Dexter D. Mayne (b. 1863); child of Nicholas Mayne and Mary (Treloar) Mayne

McElroy

  • Horace McElroy (b. 1849); child of George W. McElroy and Adelaide (Atkinson) McElroy

McGowan

McGowen

McNamara

  • Henry L. McNamara (b. 1851); child of Lawrence McNamara and Harriet (Hickox) McNamara

Mcarthur

Mcbride

Mccausey

Mcewan

Mcgavock

Mcneil

Merrill

Miller

Millett

Moehlenpah

  • Henry A. Moehlenpah (b. 1867); child of Frederick Moehlenpah and Elizabeth Moehlenpah; married Alice Hartshorn

Monroe

Moore

More

Morse

Moseley

Mosher

Mouat

Munger

Murphy

Murray

Myers

  • Peter Myers; child of Peter Myers; married Julia Ann Blakesley

Natesta

Newhouse

Nichols

Nolan

Norris

Nowlan

Nye

  • Lou Morgan Nye (b. 1877); child of William Morgan Nye and Fannie (Miller) Nye; married Amy Cole

Oliver

Orton

Osborn

  • E. Osborn (b. 1827); child of Cliancey Osborn and Polly (Skinner) Osborn; married Lydia Car
  • James Osborn; child of James Osborn and Catherine (Trumpo) Osborn; married Clara West

Otis

Ott

Palmer

Parker

Paul

  • Lemuel Paul (b. 1816, Monroe County)
  • Homer M. Paul (b. 1852); child of Lemuel Paul and Susan (Burrows) Paul; married Lucretia R. Paul

Payne

Pearsall

Pease

Peck

Pember

Pentland

Perrigo

  • Hercules W. Perrigo (b. 1839, Franklin county); child of Meader Perrigo and Lydia (Stevens) Perrigo; married Jane Lawton

Peters

  • John Peters (b. 1854); child of John Peters and Lydia (Frost) Peters; married Mary Kate Ward

Phelps

Pierce

  • James Pierce (b. 1817, Alfred township); married Olive Hal
  • George M. Pierce (b. 1828); child of P. A. Pierce and Maria Pierce; married Ann Comstock

Pierron

Pixley

Platts

Pollock

Pope

Porter

Pramer

Pratt

Price

Prichard

Purdy

Purves

  • Thomas Purves (b. 1835); child of Joseph Purves and Catherine (Fraser) Purves; married Nellie Smith
  • Luther E. Purves; child of Thomas Purves and Sarah (Kendall) Purves

Putnam

Ranous

Rau

Restigen

Richards

Richardson

Riley

Risum

Ritcher

Roe

Rogers

Royce

  • Fayette Royce (b. 1833); child of Lyman Royce and Mary (Burgess) Royce

Ruble

Rudolph

Ruger

  • Edward Ruger (b. 1834); child of Thomas Jefferson Ruger and Maria (Hutchins) Ruger; married Sarah B. Wright

Ryan

Salmon

Sammon

Sanborn

Schenck

Schmit

Scofield

Scott

Searing

Sherman

Shirley

Shopbell

Short

Shortney

Shumway

Silverthorn

  • D. Silverthorn (b. 1821); child of Nicholas Silverthorn; married Martha Huston

Sims

Skavlem

  • Halvor L. Skavlem (b. 1846, Eock county); child of Lars Halvorsen Skavlem and Groe (Nilssen) Skavlem; married Gunnil Olmstad

Smith

Snyder

  • Frank H. Snyder (b. 1864); child of John T. Snyder and Martha A. (Fleek) Snyder
  • John T. Snyder; child of James S. Snyder and Eliza (Martin) Snyder

Son

  • H. C. Son (b. 1827); child of Thomas I. Son and Sarah (Clark) Son; married Jane M. Conklin July

Soverhill

Sowle

Sowles

  • D. Sowles; child of James Sowles and Abigail (Dillingham) Sowles

Sparks

Spellman

Spencer

Spoon

Stark

Starr

Stebbins

Stevens

Stockman

  • John Stockman; child of James Stockman and Rebecca (White) Stockman

Stoddard

Stone

Stordock

Strong

  • Henry Partridge Strong (b. 1832); child of Elijah Gridley Strong and Sarah Ashley (Partridge) Strong
  • William B. Strong; child of Elijah Gridley Strong and Sarah (Partridge) Strong; married Ella L. Ross

Sutherland

Swingle

Synstegard

Tarrant

  • Henry Tarrant (b. 1833); child of George Tarrant and Mary Ann (Chandler) Tarrant

Taylor

Thom

Thomas

Thompson

  • Oscar T. Thompson (b. 1860); child of John Thompson and Martha (Wallesverd) Thompson; married Cora Clark
  • Christian A. Thompson; child of Thomas Thompson and Mary (Mason) Thompson; married Bertha Vandewater

Thorburn

Thurman

Titsworth

Togstad

Tompkins

Tracy

Tripp

Turner

Tuttle

Vail

  • Charles Henry Vail; child of Benjamin Albert Vail and Martha (Conklin) Vail; married Polly Richmond Sept

Valentine

Vermeulen

Walrath

Warren

Wart

Waterman

Watson

Weaver

Webster

Welch

Well

Wells

West

Wheeler

Whipple

White

Whitehead

  • John M. Whitehead (b. 1852); child of Jacob Whitehead and Elizabeth Ann (Paisley) Whitehead

Whitford

Whiting

Whiton

Whittet

  • Lawrence Clarke Whittet (b. 1871); child of James Donald Whittet and Sarah Louise (Clarke) Whittet; married Katherine Hain

Wilcox

  • M. M. Wilcox (b. 1812); child of Silas Wilcox and Elizabeth Wilcox

Wilder

Wilkinson

Willey

Williams

Winans

  • John Winans (b. 1831); child of William R. Winans and Catharine Winans

Winston

Wisch

  • Charles W. Wisch (b. 1849); child of John Wisch and Henrietta (Brack) Wisch; married Clara E. Middaugh

Wixom

Wood

Wooster

Wright

  • Sidney Wright (b. 1820, Onondago County); child of Alanson Wright and Sarah (Wilcox) Wright
  • John P. Wright; child of Samuel Wright and Lucy (Poole) Wright

York

Yost

Youmans

  • David Youmans (b. 1839, Orange county); child of Nehemiah Youmans and Margaret (Kelley) Youmans

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