The chronology
1849
244 published events.
Overview
In Beloit, 1849 saw the organization of several religious congregations: seventeen men and a boy organized the First Presbyterian Society on March 19, the First Presbyterian Church was formally organized with forty-six members on March 21 under Rev. Lewis H. Loss, a Baptist organization was formed, the Methodist church was organized with thirty-six members, and the first Sunday school was started under Mr. Frank Sayre. Rev. Otis Hackett's pastorate ended in July. Civil and educational institutions also took shape: the town's divided territory became an independent town with corporate powers, a school was kept in the schoolhouse just north of the village and later opened by Miss Kinney, a new school district (No. 2) was formed in November, and a December meeting recommended raising $4,000 for a school building. Charles H. Parker arrived in Beloit in the fall, Parker & Stone commenced manufacturing farming implements, Pentland & Harmon began a grocery business on State street, George Kettlewell located in Beloit engaging with Parker & Stone, George Hayes returned from the Mexican war, Benjamin Willford bought 109 acres in Section 17, another settler located on a 576-acre farm in the towns of Rock and Beloit, and Samuel Marshall's private banking office was joined by Charles F. Ilsley. ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ (+20 more)
In Rock County and the wider region, the town of La Prairie was organized by law on March 26 and held its first town meeting on April 3 with fifty-six votes cast. Settlers continued arriving throughout the county, including Harvey Frost in Union, families in Johnstown township, a settler from Walworth County, and others locating in Fulton, Avon, Milton, and Bradford. ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ (+27 more)
Nationally and beyond, 1849 was marked by continued movement toward California in the gold fever: Young Merrill started overland with ox teams in March, John Tinker landed in San Francisco in July, and numerous others went west by land or via the Horn. Wisconsin held elections in November that returned Nelson Dewey as governor and elected or re-elected Samuel W. Beall, William A. Barstow, Eleazer Root, S. Park Coon, and Jarius C. Fairchild to state office; Isaac P. Walker was re-elected to the United States Senate. The University of Wisconsin opened its preparatory department in February, and the legislature appropriated 500,000 acres of land to the school fund. Church organization in the region included the Norwegian Lutheran Church in Clinton and the Scandinavian Evangelical Church, organized that summer at the house of Even Larsen. ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ (+20 more)
Month by month
- January 1849L. Kimball was removed from office (through a change in the administration) and C. S. Jordan was appointed in his place.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- February 1849Another meeting was held in Madison at which a constitution was adopted and officers were elected, seeking to form a state agricultural society.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- February 5, 1849The preparatory department of the University of Wisconsin was opened.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- March 1849A judge was elected by the legislature to superintend the printing of the volume of the Revised Statutes in Albany, New York.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- March 1, 1849Publication of the suspended paper was resumed under the title of "Rock County Badger," by John A. Brown.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- March 2, 1849An act of congress, approved this day, changed the location of the land office in the Chippewa district from the falls of St. Croix to Stillwater.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- March 4, 1849The terms of office of Lynde and Darling in the thirtieth congress ended.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- March 19, 1849Seventeen men and a boy met at the residence of Benjamin Brown and organized themselves as the First Presbyterian Society of Beloit.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- March 21, 1849The First Presbyterian Church of Beloit was formally organized with forty-six members (dismissed from the Congregational church), under Rev. Lewis H. Loss.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- March 26, 1849The law organizing the town (parts of Harmony and Turtle in Township 2 north, Range 13 east) was approved by Gov. Dewey.Rock CountyGrade A · 2 independent sources
- March 26, 1849The Norwegian Lutheran Church in the town of Clinton, organized in 1849, was incorporated.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- March 31, 1849A joint resolution passed the legislature instructing Isaac P. Walker to resign his seat as United States senator.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- April 3, 1849The first town meeting of the new town (La Prairie) was held at the house of Justus P. Wheeler; fifty-six votes were cast.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- May 1849A biographical subject came to Avon (from Beloit) and bought forty acres of land in Section 15.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- May 1849"The Wisconsin and Iowa Farmer and North-Western Cultivator" was founded by Mark Miller, at Racine, Wis.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- June 1849A family came west by way of the Erie canal, around the Great Lakes and by teams, locating in Rock county, Wisconsin.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- Summer 1849The Scandinavian Evangelical Church was organized in the town of Clinton; P315 gives the time as the summer of 1849 at the house of Even Larsen, while P111 gives the year 1849 at the house of Sven Lursen.The regionGrade A · 2 independent sources
- August 16, 1849John F. Gillman was appointed postmaster (succeeding Griswold Weaver, whose term, 1844–49, had ended).Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- September 1849A biographical subject came to Wisconsin, locating in Fulton Township, Rock Co.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- September 1849R. Briggs, Jr. formed a partnership with C. G. Foster, of Troy, N. Y.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- September 3, 1849James Armstrong was elected the first county judge.Rock CountyGrade A · 2 independent sources
- September 5, 1849Alonzo Richardson took the post office (postmaster, 1849–56).BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- October 1849The postoffice department established a daily mail service between Milwaukee and Janesville.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- Fall 1849Caswell reported at Beloit College and entered the preparatory department.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- October 22, 1849Notice was issued for a meeting of the Commissioners of the Beloit & Taycheedah Railroad Company.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- October 30, 1849"Dark Blue" was adopted as the Society color.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- October 31, 1849A communication from S. Wright, Esq., a Commissioner, dated Fond du Lac, was ordered entered on the minutes of the railroad commissioners' meeting.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- November 1849George Kettlewell came to Wisconsin, locating in Beloit, engaging with Parker & Stone.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- November 1849William A. Barstow was elected to state office.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- November 1849Jarius C. Fairchild was re-elected to state office.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- November 1, 1849A meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Beloit & Taycheedah Railroad was convened at the Planters' Hotel, Watertown, for the purpose of organization.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- November 5, 1849Samuel W. Beall was elected to state office.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- November 9, 1849Notice was given to the legal voters that the Town Superintendent had formed a new district (School District No 2).BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- November 21, 1849Rev. A. L. Chapin was called/elected President (from Milwaukee); P79 gives the election as November 1849.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- December 13, 1849The Beloit Journal published a congratulatory article that a serious difficulty of the Beloit & Madison Railroad had been surmounted.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- December 31, 1849A subsequent school-district meeting adopted the committee's report recommending the raising of $4,000 for a school building.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
During 1849
Events the sources date only to the year.
- 1849A post office was established at "The Grove," called "Evansville" in Dr. Evans's honor.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849Mr. Hugh Lee made the first survey, of the Rock River Valley Union Railroad, from Chicago to Fond du Lac.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849A Beloit family built their home (the father being the first drayman in Beloit).BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849A biographical subject came to America and to Beloit, settling on a farm of 576 acres in the towns of Rock and Beloit.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849A father left his native land and came to the United States, settling in Section 33, Johnstown township, Rock county.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849Harvey Frost came with his family to Wisconsin, locating in Union, Rock Co.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849Benjamin Willford came to Beloit and bought 109 acres in Section 17.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849A biographical subject was sent as representative member to the Legislature.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849Isaac P. Walker was re-elected to the United States senate for a full term of six years from March 4, 1849.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849The first post office was established (at Footville), the mail being carried on horseback from Union.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849Hamilton Richardson purchased the starch-factory property and converted it into a flouring-mill.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849A minister came to Wisconsin and settled in Rock County, officiating in Center, Magnolia and Albany.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849A farmer removed to Wisconsin and settled on a tract of land in Milton township.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849A present house of worship was erected (dedicated in 1850, costing $6,000).The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849Parents came to the United States and settled in Johnstown township, Rock county.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849The university regents, at their meeting, ordained the establishment of a normal professorship.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849A brick house of worship was erected (during 1849 and 1850; dedicated Oct., 1850).Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849An act of the territorial legislature of 1849 appropriated 500,000 acres of land to the school fund.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849Parker & Stone commenced manufacturing farming implements and doing jobbing work (Parker & Stone Reaper Company).BeloitGrade A · 2 independent sources
- 1849The Norwegian Lutheran Church in the town of Clinton was organized.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849A Bible Society connected with the church was established, with Lyman Bates as Depositary.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849Messrs. Holden & Kemp hung out a drug sign in Janesville.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849School was kept in the schoolhouse just north of the village.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849There were 157 who voted in the town, of whom only 58 remained residents by 1856.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849A Bemis was elected Chairman of the Town Board of Supervisors.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849F. Willard represented his Assembly district in the Legislature.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849A biographical subject came to Wisconsin, locating with his father in Bradford on Section 7.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849A school was first opened by Miss Kinney, after Charles Newton gave up his school.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849By the Revised Statutes of 1849, Wisconsin was divided into three congressional districts.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849Stephen P. Lathrop was appointed to the Chair of Chemistry and Natural Science.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849Carpenter went to Cambridge, Dane Co., bought a town site and mill property, and built a grist and saw mill.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849A Baptist organization was formed in the town (which had a Lutheran organization in 1844 and a Congregational in 1845).BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849The divided territory at last became an independent town, with corporative powers.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849Mr. W. was the first man elected Town Superintendent of Schools in Lima.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849A class of the Primitive Methodist denomination was formed, with Rev. Joseph Hewitt as Pastor.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849Mr. T. Morgan's service as Postmaster (appointed February, 1845) ended at the change of administration.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849The Methodist church was organized, now numbering 36 members.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849A constitutional delegate was elected a circuit judge at the origin of state government, becoming a judge of the Supreme court.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849The first Sunday school was started, under the superintendency of Mr. Frank Sayre.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849A Scottish baker came to Wisconsin, locating at Janesville.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849The old Baptist church at Clinton Corners was built (in the years 1849 and 1850).Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849Frank Whittaker erected a woolen mill/factory at Monterey.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849Samuel Marshall's private banking office was joined by Charles F. Ilsley.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849The Beloit Seminary was merged into the Beloit College of 1849.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849The "Jefferson County Normal School" was incorporated by the legislature at its second session; it was never organized.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1849Pentland & Harmon began their grocery business on State street (about 1849).BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source