Suggested edit: Harvey Briggs
CITY OF PORTAGE
Source: The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources (1880) transcribed by Mary Saggio.
HARVEY BRIGGS was born in Benson, Rutland Co., Vt. May 17, 1818; educated at Castleton Seminary, read law in the town of Whitehall, Washington Co., N. Y., admitted to the bar of Vermont in 1842; he then practiced law in his native place until 1854; came to Portage June 4, 1854, has resided in Wisconsin ever since; he purchased a farm on Sec. 6 in the town of Lewiston, lived there one year; in 1858, removed to Packwaukee, was appointed County Judge of Marquette Co, July 16, 1858; in the spring of 1859, was elected to the same office on the Republican ticket by a majority of 500 in a Democratic district, served until 1862, when he resigned; was also Justice of the Peace and Assessor while in that county; removed to Briggsville, was there until 1874; then in Montello one year, and took charge of the office of County Judge. Came to Portage in 1875, where he has remained ever since; has been Justice of the Peace for four years. Mr. Briggs was married at Cornwall, Vt., May 2, 1844, to Francis L. Peck, a native of Cornwall; they have three children - Carlton W., now at Grand Rapids, Wood Co., Wis., born April 21, 1845; Cloe Anne, now Mrs. Fred Davis, of Lewiston, born September, 1851; Ella May, now Mrs. James S. Gay, of Douglas, Marquette Co., born July 13, 1858 - lost one son, Amasa, born March 10, 1847, died in Michigan in 1867, aged 20 years; Carlton enlisted as a private in Co. K, 18th W. V. I., in January, 1862; was Captain of the 44th W. V. I. when he was mustered out after close of the war; was Acting Assistant Inspector General of the post at Paducah.
Contributor: Jami Hayes (48393977) • [email protected]
CITY OF PORTAGE
Source: The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources (1880) transcribed by Mary Saggio.
HARVEY BRIGGS was born in Benson, Rutland Co., Vt. May 17, 1818; educated at Castleton Seminary, read law in the town of Whitehall, Washington Co., N. Y., admitted to the bar of Vermont in 1842; he then practiced law in his native place until 1854; came to Portage June 4, 1854, has resided in Wisconsin ever since; he purchased a farm on Sec. 6 in the town of Lewiston, lived there one year; in 1858, removed to Packwaukee, was appointed County Judge of Marquette Co, July 16, 1858; in the spring of 1859, was elected to the same office on the Republican ticket by a majority of 500 in a Democratic district, served until 1862, when he resigned; was also Justice of the Peace and Assessor while in that county; removed to Briggsville, was there until 1874; then in Montello one year, and took charge of the office of County Judge. Came to Portage in 1875, where he has remained ever since; has been Justice of the Peace for four years. Mr. Briggs was married at Cornwall, Vt., May 2, 1844, to Francis L. Peck, a native of Cornwall; they have three children - Carlton W., now at Grand Rapids, Wood Co., Wis., born April 21, 1845; Cloe Anne, now Mrs. Fred Davis, of Lewiston, born September, 1851; Ella May, now Mrs. James S. Gay, of Douglas, Marquette Co., born July 13, 1858 - lost one son, Amasa, born March 10, 1847, died in Michigan in 1867, aged 20 years; Carlton enlisted as a private in Co. K, 18th W. V. I., in January, 1862; was Captain of the 44th W. V. I. when he was mustered out after close of the war; was Acting Assistant Inspector General of the post at Paducah.
Contributor: Jami Hayes (48393977) • [email protected]
Suggested edit: Harvey Briggs
CITY OF PORTAGE
Source: The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources (1880) transcribed by Mary Saggio.
HARVEY BRIGGS was born in Benson, Rutland Co., Vt. May 17, 1818; educated at Castleton Seminary, read law in the town of Whitehall, Washington Co., N. Y., admitted to the bar of Vermont in 1842; he then practiced law in his native place until 1854; came to Portage June 4, 1854, has resided in Wisconsin ever since; he purchased a farm on Sec. 6 in the town of Lewiston, lived there one year; in 1858, removed to Packwaukee, was appointed County Judge of Marquette Co, July 16, 1858; in the spring of 1859, was elected to the same office on the Republican ticket by a majority of 500 in a Democratic district, served until 1862, when he resigned; was also Justice of the Peace and Assessor while in that county; removed to Briggsville, was there until 1874; then in Montello one year, and took charge of the office of County Judge. Came to Portage in 1875, where he has remained ever since; has been Justice of the Peace for four years. Mr. Briggs was married at Cornwall, Vt., May 2, 1844, to Francis L. Peck, a native of Cornwall; they have three children - Carlton W., now at Grand Rapids, Wood Co., Wis., born April 21, 1845; Cloe Anne, now Mrs. Fred Davis, of Lewiston, born September, 1851; Ella May, now Mrs. James S. Gay, of Douglas, Marquette Co., born July 13, 1858 - lost one son, Amasa, born March 10, 1847, died in Michigan in 1867, aged 20 years; Carlton enlisted as a private in Co. K, 18th W. V. I., in January, 1862; was Captain of the 44th W. V. I. when he was mustered out after close of the war; was Acting Assistant Inspector General of the post at Paducah.
Contributor: Jami Hayes (48393977) • [email protected]
CITY OF PORTAGE
Source: The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources (1880) transcribed by Mary Saggio.
HARVEY BRIGGS was born in Benson, Rutland Co., Vt. May 17, 1818; educated at Castleton Seminary, read law in the town of Whitehall, Washington Co., N. Y., admitted to the bar of Vermont in 1842; he then practiced law in his native place until 1854; came to Portage June 4, 1854, has resided in Wisconsin ever since; he purchased a farm on Sec. 6 in the town of Lewiston, lived there one year; in 1858, removed to Packwaukee, was appointed County Judge of Marquette Co, July 16, 1858; in the spring of 1859, was elected to the same office on the Republican ticket by a majority of 500 in a Democratic district, served until 1862, when he resigned; was also Justice of the Peace and Assessor while in that county; removed to Briggsville, was there until 1874; then in Montello one year, and took charge of the office of County Judge. Came to Portage in 1875, where he has remained ever since; has been Justice of the Peace for four years. Mr. Briggs was married at Cornwall, Vt., May 2, 1844, to Francis L. Peck, a native of Cornwall; they have three children - Carlton W., now at Grand Rapids, Wood Co., Wis., born April 21, 1845; Cloe Anne, now Mrs. Fred Davis, of Lewiston, born September, 1851; Ella May, now Mrs. James S. Gay, of Douglas, Marquette Co., born July 13, 1858 - lost one son, Amasa, born March 10, 1847, died in Michigan in 1867, aged 20 years; Carlton enlisted as a private in Co. K, 18th W. V. I., in January, 1862; was Captain of the 44th W. V. I. when he was mustered out after close of the war; was Acting Assistant Inspector General of the post at Paducah.
Contributor: Jami Hayes (48393977) • [email protected]
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