February 1, 1900

Mr. Killam was appointed superintendent of the Rock county asylum and poor farm.

Meanwhile, closer to home

Beloit1900During 1900

A union mission Sunday school was organized by Rev. Charles Kelsey, out of which the West Side Presbyterian Church grew; a Ladies' Aid Society, older than that church, was also organized in 1900.

BeloitJanuary 23, 1900

The new county jail was completed and accepted by the county (built with a $25,000 appropriation). A history of city improvements lists the jail under 1900.

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The evidence

Rock CountyFebruary 1, 1900

Mr. Killam was appointed superintendent of the Rock county asylum and poor farm.

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1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

Killam lived on the family homestead until 1895, taking the management of it at the time of his father's decease and afterwards coming into possession of it by purchasing the interests of the other heirs of his father's estate. In the year last named he sold the place and bought a farm of 160 acres in Lima township, which he now owns and where he lived until February 1, 1900, when he was appointed superintendent of the Rock county asylum and poor

Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.Vol. 2, PDF p. 374 / book p. 868

1900 / February 1

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February 1, 1900

Mr. Killam was appointed superintendent of the Rock county asylum and poor farm.

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The evidence

Rock CountyFebruary 1, 1900

Mr. Killam was appointed superintendent of the Rock county asylum and poor farm.

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

Killam lived on the family homestead until 1895, taking the management of it at the time of his father's decease and afterwards coming into possession of it by purchasing the interests of the other heirs of his father's estate. In the year last named he sold the place and bought a farm of 160 acres in Lima township, which he now owns and where he lived until February 1, 1900, when he was appointed superintendent of the Rock county asylum and poor