Books: Biographies

Rock County, Wisconsin

Title

Author

Publisher

Year
Choice Seed in the Wilderness Porter, Ann Eliza Bacon Edited by Lillian Porter Seth Low Press, Rockland, ME 1964
Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin ----- J. H. Beers & Co. 1901
Famous Wisconsin Authors Roberts, James P. Badger Books 2002
Flesh & Blood:Antecedents of the DOBSON-GARRIGAN Family of BELOIT, Wisconsin Dobson, Mason C. ----- 1982
Genealogy of the BOSTWICK Family in America Online at Google Books* Bostwick, Henry Anthon ----- 1901
Good and Caring Woman: The Life and Times of Nellie TALLMAN Hornbostel, Julia Rock County Historical Society* -----
Hero from Our Town: Joseph GOODRICH Milton East Elementary School Milton East Elementary School 2002
HISTORY OF ROCK COUNTY, Containing a History of Each County, its Early Settlement, Growth, etc...& Biographical Sketches Butterfield, C. W. Western Historcial Co. 1879
HUMPHREY Family of Shopiere, WI Wright, Stillman Wisconsin DAR 1986
Index to 5,750 names in the History of Rock County, Wisconsin, 1879 Bailey, Sturges W. (Mrs.) WSGS 1969
Luther Valley Family Histories Luther Valley Historical Society (LVHS)* LVHS 1982
Magnolia, the Early Settlers and Their History ----- Luther Valley Hist. Society* -----
Pauline Pottery: A Pictorial Supplement to "Edgerton's History in Clay" Pagel, Ori-Anne ----- 2003
Plymouth, the Early Settlers and Their History, Vol. I ----- Luther Valley Hist. Society* -----
Plymouth, the Early Settlers and Their History, Vol. II ----- Luther Valley Hist. Society* -----
Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wisconsin  ----- Acme, Chicago 1889
Wisconsin Heroes Balousek, Marv Badger Books 1995

 

 

Books: Churches & Religion

Rock County, Wisconsin

Title

Author

Publisher

Year
50th anniversary of the First Congregational Church, JANESVILLE, Wis. -- Feb. 10, 11 & 12, 1895. ----- Tracy, Gibbs, Madison 1895
50th anniversary, 1897-1947: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, BELOIT, Wisconsin ----- the church, Beloit, WI 1947
75th Anniversary of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, EDGERTON, Wisconsin, 1872-1947 ----- the church, Edgerton, WI 1947
100th anniversary of the FULTON Congregational Church, Rock Co., WI: organized Sept. 14, 1851 ----- the church, Fulton, WI 1951
125 Years of Faith, 1851-1976 (Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, BELOIT, Wisconsin) Fliss, George C. the church, Beloit, WI 1976
135th anniversary of the FULTON Congregational Church, Rock Co., WI: organized Sept. 14, 1851 ----- the church, Fulton, WI 1976
135 years on the Prairie: The History of Jefferson Prairie Lutheran Church, CLINTON, Wisconsin various Delavan Enterprise, Delavan, WI 1979
First Fifty Years of the First Presbyterian Church and Congregation of BELOIT, Wisconsin and A History of Presbyterianism in our State up to the Year 1900 [surname index*] Brown, William Fiske ----- 1900
God With Us: The 60th Anniversary of the Dedication of Immanuel Lutheran Church, HANOVER, Wisconsin Theiss, W. F. (compiler) the church, Hanover, WI 1943
Luther Valley Centennial: 1839-1939 (NEWARK Township) ----- ----- 1939
MAGNOLIA Advent Christian Church History and Early MAGNOLIA History Eubanks, Betty (compiler) the church, Magnolia, WI 1974
Rock County Churches & Cemeteries Davis, Elsie E. (compiler) RCGS* 1987


Books: Directories

Rock County, Wisconsin

Location

Title

Publisher

Beloit

 1858 Directory and Business Mirror Smith, DuMoulin & Co.
1892 Directory [look-up available] -----
1902 Directory [look-up available] -----
1906 Directory [look-up available] -----
1915 Directory [look-up available] -----
1920-1930 Directories [Library of Congress* Microfilm Reading Room] -----
1936-1960 Directories [Library of Congress* Microfilm Reading Room] -----
1960 Polk's City Directory [look-up available]
R. L. Polk & Co.
1967, 1983, 1990-1993 Directory [look-up available] -----

Edgerton

 1964 Evans' Directory O. R. Evans, Monroe, WI

Evansville

 1898 directory [index] Judson Dir. Co., Chicago, IL

Janesville

 1858 Directory and Business Mirror -----
1859-1860 Directory History and Business Advertiser Wright & Erving, Janesville
1870-1871 Holland's Directory Western Publishing Co., Chicago, IL
1884-1895 Directories [Library of Congress* Microfilm Reading Room] -----
1902-1903 Directory [look-up available] E. Bullock
1903-1960 Directories [Library of Congress* Microfilm Reading Room] -----
1928 Farm Directory [look-up available] -----
1931 Directory* -----
1934 Directory [look-up available] -----
1954 Directory [look-up available] -----
1956 Directory [look-up available] -----
1958 Directory [look-up available] -----
1959 Wright's Directory [look-up available] Wright Directory Co.
1961 Directory [look-up available] -----
1962 Wright's Directory [look-up available] Wright Directory Co.
1964-1967, 1971-1977, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986-1991, 1993 Directories [look-up available] -----
1999-2004 Area Directories [look-up available] Ameritech

Union Twp.

 1898 directory [index] Judson Dir. Co., Chicago, IL

Rock County

 1909 Wright's Directory Wright Directory Co.
1919 Prairie Farmer's Reliable Directory of Farmers and Breeders -----
1928 Farm Directory Universal Pub'g. Co., Minneapolis, MN
1999-2004 Janesville Area Directories [look-up available] Ameritech


Books: Geography

Rock County, Wisconsin

Title

Author

Publisher

Year
Combination Atlas Map of Rock County, Wisconsin 1873 Online! ----- Everts, Baskin & Stewart, Chicago, IL 1873
Industrial Geography of Wisconsin Merrill, James A. The Laurel Book Co., Chicago/Boston 1917
Soil Survey of the JANESVILLE area, Wisconsin Bonsteel, Jay A. U.S. Bureau of Soils 1902
Standard Atlas of Rock County, Wisconsin (including a plat book) ----- Hennessey & Co., Delavan, WI 1917
Wisconsin's Past and Present: A Historical Atlas The Wisconsin Cartographer's Guild The University of Wisconsin Press 1998


Books: History

Rock County, Wisconsin

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Title

Author

Publisher

Year
Barrett School, CENTER Twp., Rock Co., WI [available at Origins*] Uncapher, W. (& L. Herrick) ----- 1994
BELOIT City Government report for 1900 [online] ----- ----- 1900
BELOIT College: A Contemporary Portrait, A Timeless Testament Savage, Chuck Beloit College 1991
BELOIT College 1917-1923: The BRANNON Years Ballard, Lloyd Vernor Beloit College; Brannon Family 1971
Book of BELOIT, 1836-1936 ----- Beloit Daily News 1936
Book of BELOIT II, 1836-1986 ----- Beloit Daily News 1986
Centennial history of the town of TURTLE, Rock County, Wisconsin, 1836-1936 McLenegan, Annie S. ----- 1936
Century of a City: A photographic history of BELOIT, Wisconsin, 1901-2000 ----- Beloit Historical Society* 2002
Children's Stories from the MILTON House ----- Milton House Museum* -----
City on the Rock River: Chapter's of JANESVILLE's History Cartwright, Carol Lohry Janesville Historic Commission 1998
Courthouse Hill Historic District, A Guide [JANESVILLE] Janesville Historic Commission Janesville Historic Commission 1986
Cut-off and FELLOWS STATION: A local rail history of Rock County, Wisconsin (covers EVANSVILLE, JANESVILLE, and the townships of CENTER, JANESVILLE and UNION) Fellows, David Spratler Star Printing Co. 2004
Drawings of Historic EVANSVILLE Evansville Historic Preservation Commission Evansville Historic Preservation Commission 1978
Echos from an Era: EVANSVILLE's Past in Recipes, Photos, and Recollections: Celebrating a Century of Evansville History, 1839-1945 Evansville Lions Club Evansville Lions Club 1999
EDGERTON Story: A history of Edgerton, WI ----- Edgerton Centennial, Inc. 1953
Etheral Messages: A History of BELOIT College Radio, 1907-1994 De Anguera, Dave Beloit College Press 1994
EVANSVILLE: Glimpses of the Grove Montgomery, Ruth Ann ----- 1989
First National Bank & Trust of BELOIT, Wisconsin: A History, 1882-1982 Irrmann, Robert H. the bank 1982
FOOTVILLE story: a history of Footville, Wisconsin: Footville centennial, 1854-1954 : Footville, Wisconsin, July 8-9-10-11. [purchase through LVHS*] ----- Footville Centennial Committe 1954
FOOTVILLE Telephone Museum and FOOTVILLE State Bank (brochure) Luther Valley Historical Society (LVHS) LVHS* -----
Freedom Train North: Stories of the Underground Railroad in Wisconsin (contains MILTON) Pferdehirt, Julia, and the Milton Historical Society* Living History Press 1998
From Migration to Society to Church: A history of the founding of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of MILTON, Wisconsin, containing words of the participants Sanford, Don A. Seventh Day Baptist Historical Society 1996
Grove Cemetery, CENTER Township, Rock Co., WI, the history & the people Demrow, Kay Luther Valley Hist. Society* 1995
Guide to Monuments & Historical Markers in JANESVILLE Wisconsin Dopkins, Dale R. ----- 1987
Hail to the Conquering Coed: Women at BELOIT College, 1895-1905 Renner, Liz Beloit College (Archives publication) 1992
Historical Highlights of the City of BELOIT, Wisconsin, Fire Department, 1854-1982 Christiansen, Herbert V. Beloit Historical Society* 1982
Historical Sketches of BELOIT College Eaton, Edward Dwight A. S. Barnes & Co. 1928
History of CLINTON, Wisconsin, 1837-1987 Clinton Sesquicentennial Book Committee Curtis Media Corp., Dallas, TX 1987
History of the Asbury United Methodist Church, JANESVILLE, Wisconsin, 1957-1976 Seitz, Beatrice West ----- 1976
History of the First Baptist Church at JANESVILLE, Wisconsin, 1834-1934 Norton, Hal E. Gibson Bros., printers 1934
History of the HOUGH Shade Corporation, JANESVILLE, Wisconsin, 1902-1955 Hough, Dorothy Whitehead ----- 1963
History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute Guernsey, Orrin and Josiah F. Willard (editor) Rock Co. Ag. Soc. 1856
HISTORY OF ROCK COUNTY, Containing a History of Each County, its Early Settlement, Growth, etc...& Biographical Sketches Online! Butterfield, C. W. Western Historical Co. 1879
History of the Rock County Department of Public Welfare: 1863-1942 Patterson, Margaret M. Dept. of Sociology, Beloit College 1945
History of West Center School District No. 1 of Rock County, Wisconsin Martin, Ruth Mae Wells Rock County Historical Society 1956
Index to Ancient history of CLINTON, WI Cheever, R. W. ----- 1898
JANESVILLE's Early History Janesville teachers & residents (compiler) Hedberg Public Library 1950?
JANESVILLE Fife & Drum: A 20-Year History Adler, Den ----- 1997
JANESVILLE, Wisconsin's Oldest Continuing Businesses: Locally owned & operated for 100 years or more in 2002 Hough, Albert ----- 2002
JOHNSTOWN Album: A visual History of Johnstown Township, Rock County, Wisconsin. ----- Milton Courier 1970
Look West Historic District, A Guide [JANESVILLE] Janesville Historic Commission Janesville Historic Commission 1987
Luther Valley Family Histories (for AVON, CENTER, MAGNOLIA, NEWARK, PLYMOUTH and SPRING VALLEY townships, and the villages of FOOTVILLE, HANOVER, and ORFORDVILLE) ----- Luther Valley Hist. Society* 1982
MAGNOLIA Advent Christian Church History and Early MAGNOLIA History Eubanks, Betty (compiler) the church, Magnolia, WI 1974
MAGNOLIA, the early settlers and their history (INDEX to this book) Demrow, Kay Luther Valley Hist. Society* 1995
Main & Milwaukee: JANESVILLE's Downtown Historic Districts, A Guide Janesville Historic Commission Landscape Research Commission 1989
Medical History of JANESVILLE, Wisconsin: 1833-1933 Stevens, John Vosburgh ----- 1933
MILTON House Museum National Historic Landmark ----- Milton House Museum* -----
Morning Star Lodge No. 10, F&AM, BELOIT, Wisconsin, Sept. 21, 1846 - Sept. 21, 1946 Dobson, Mason H. the lodge? 1946
No Longer the College on the Hill: BELOIT's International Outlook from 1847-1924 Siegel, Kari Beloit College 1992
Old Fourth Ward Historic District, A Guide [JANESVILLE] Janesville Historic Commission Landscape Research Commission 1990
ORFORDVILLE High School: The first 25 years (1921-1945) Demrow, Kay Luther Valley Hist. Society* 1998
Our First 100 Years: The History of St. Augustine's Cathlic Church, FOOTVILLE, Wisconsin, 1869-1969 Walsh, John B. Journal Printing 1969
Past Made Present: The First Fifty Years of the First Presbyterian Church and Congregation of BELOIT, Wisconsin and A History of Presbyterianism in our State up to the Year 1900 Brown, William Fiske Presbyterian Board of Education 1900
Pauline Pottery: A Pictorial Supplement to "EDGERTON's History in Clay" Pagel, Ori-Anne ----- 2003
Pictorial History of JANESVILLE, Wisconsin (INDEX to this book) ----- Janesville Gazette 1995
Pioneer BELOIT, 1830-1839 Luebke, Arthur L. Beloit Historical Society* 1977
PLYMOUTH, the early settlers & their history: PLYMOUTH Township, Rock Co., WI ----- Luther Valley Hist. Society* 1986
PLYMOUTH Township Centennial, 1848-1948 Ehrlinger, Elda Plymouth Twp. Centennial Commission 1948
Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wisconsin [online] ----- Acme, Chicago 1889
Postcard History of Rock County Swanson, Bob (editor) Boone County Journal 2000
Prospect Hill & Conrad Cottages Historic District, A Guide [JANESVILLE] Janesville Historic Commission Landscape Research Commission 1992
Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the Year 1859. Agriculture ----- George W. Bowman 1860
Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, etc. Brown, William Fiske (editor-in-chief) C. F. Cooper, Chicago 1908
Rock County Schools ----- ----- 1964-1965
Romance of a Century: A Pageant of Some Dramatic Episodes in the History of the First Century of EVANSVILLE, Wisconsin Clark, Grant V. Centennial Celebration Committees, Evansville, WI 1939
Sharing Our Early Histories (covering AVON Twp., ORFORDVILLE and LUTHER VALLEY) Luther Valley Historical Society (LVHS) LVHS* -----
Southeastern Wisconsin: A History of Old Milwaukee County (includes Rock County) ----- ----- 1932
Sparks from the Flaming Wheel (BELOIT) Rhodes, Joseph W. (editor) Beloit Historical Society* 1984
State of Wisconsin Blue Book Wisconsin State Legislative Bureau (compiler) Documentation Sales Unit Dept. of Administration Madison, WI any year
Story of JANESVILLE, Wisconsin (The) Engler, Carl J. ----- 1971
Sweet Mad Youth of Old BELOIT: An unconventional chronicle of the coming of age of Wisconsin's historic and unconventional BELOIT College Mason, Dave Beloit College Press 1997
There Stands "Old Rock" - Rock County, Wisconsin, and the War to Preserve the Union Walterman, Thomas Rock County Historical Society* -----
Wisconsin Folklore Leary, James P. (editor) The University of Wisconsin Press 1998
Wisconsin's Historic Courthouses Balousek, Marv Badger Books* 1998
Wisconsin's Past and Present: A Historical Atlas The Wisconsin Cartographer's Guild The University of Wisconsin Press 1998


Books: Military & Wars

Rock County, Wisconsin

Title

Author

Publisher

Year
BRODHEAD's Tribute to her Men of the Service, 1914-1918 [online] (contains many Rock County veterans) Civics Club (compiled by) Cantwell Pub., Madison, WI 1921
Gold Star Boys: Veterans of Rock County Brunsell, Rollo Luther Valley Hist. Society* 1998
Hero Next Door: Stories from Wisconsin's World War II Veterans Gilpatrick, Kristin Badger Books* 2000
JANESVILLE 99: A Story of the Bataan Death March [look-up volunteer] Dopkins, Dale R. ----- 1981
Official History of the Eighty-Sixth Division Online* at Google Books Little, John G. States Publications Society, Chicago 1921
Service Record Book of Men and Women of EVANSVILLE, Wis. and Community [look-up volunteers] ----- VFW Post No. 6095 1948
Service Record Book of Men and Women of ORFORDVILLE, Wis. and Community (World War I and II) ----- Kenneth S. Wells post No. 209 American Legion 194?
Stalag Wisconsin: Inside WW II prisoner-of-war camps Crowley, Betty Badger Books* 2002
There Stands "Old Rock" - Rock County, Wisconsin, and the War to Preserve the Union Walterman, Thomas Rock County Historical Society*