On this day
21July
- 1832
The battle of the Wisconsin was fought between the volunteers under General Henry Dodge and the Indians under Black Hawk.
- 1836
Davis H. was born
- 1851
Johnstown Lodge, No. 58, I. O. O. F., was instituted at Johnstown Center, Rock County.
- 1861
Battle of Bull Run; Marion F. Humes of Company F (a Janesville boy, student of Milton Academy) was killed by a cannonball — the first Wisconsin soldier so killed in the war.
- 1861
A child, William A., died.
- 1865
A man was appointed freight agent and station-master
- 1867
Charles H. Kai was born in Berlin, Germany.
- 1872
Mary E. died.
- 1877
Ida was born.
- 1887
An organization (name cut off in the passage, identified only by "W. A.") was organized with thirteen charter members.
- 1915
About 600 G. A. R. veterans and their friends from Beloit, Janesville, Clinton, Wisconsin, and Rockford, Illinois, held their first reunion in two years at Yost Park near Beloit; the principal address was given by W. J. McKay, department commander of Madison. On the platform were H. L. Philipps, 93 years old, and C. G. Turney, 91 years old, of Beloit.
On this day
21July
- 1832
The battle of the Wisconsin was fought between the volunteers under General Henry Dodge and the Indians under Black Hawk.
- 1836
Davis H. was born
- 1851
Johnstown Lodge, No. 58, I. O. O. F., was instituted at Johnstown Center, Rock County.
- 1861
Battle of Bull Run; Marion F. Humes of Company F (a Janesville boy, student of Milton Academy) was killed by a cannonball — the first Wisconsin soldier so killed in the war.
- 1861
A child, William A., died.
- 1865
A man was appointed freight agent and station-master
- 1867
Charles H. Kai was born in Berlin, Germany.
- 1872
Mary E. died.
- 1877
Ida was born.
- 1887
An organization (name cut off in the passage, identified only by "W. A.") was organized with thirteen charter members.
- 1915
About 600 G. A. R. veterans and their friends from Beloit, Janesville, Clinton, Wisconsin, and Rockford, Illinois, held their first reunion in two years at Yost Park near Beloit; the principal address was given by W. J. McKay, department commander of Madison. On the platform were H. L. Philipps, 93 years old, and C. G. Turney, 91 years old, of Beloit.