Once Upon a House

1856

A Baptist church society was organized with twelve members.

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  • “The village possesses a very nice church, the property of the Baptists. Their society was organized in 1856, with the following members : Deacon Moses L. Burdick, Elizabeth Burdick, Josiah and Mary Antisdell, Clark Antisdell and wife, Simon Antisdell, William Blanchard and wife, Rufus Washburn and wife, and Miss Nancy Church.”

    1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 669 / book p. 673

    Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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    The passage on the printed page (PDF p. 669 / book p. 673)
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  • “It has a water power and a grist mill, built in 1872, a store, a creamery, with several shops, a school and a neat Baptist church, built in 1861 at a cost of $2,000. That church society was organized in 1856 with these twelve members: Deacon Moses L. Burdick, Elizabeth Burdick, Josiah and Mary Antisdell, Clark Antisdell and wife, Simon Antisdell, William Blanchard and wife, Mr. and Mrs.”

    1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 161 / book p. 668

    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.

    Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1879-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent

    The passage on the printed page (Vol. 2, PDF p. 161 / book p. 668)
    On the printed page (Vol. 2, PDF p. 161 / book p. 668) · open the whole page

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