This manuscript, in its essence, is a collection of 948 biographies of prominent men and women, all leading citizens of Western Colorado. In this context, Western Colorado encompasses the counties of Archuleta, Chaffee, Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Lake, Mesa, Mineral, Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt, San Juan, and San Miguel.
The manuscript, History of the township and village of Mazomanie [Wisconsin] penned by William Kittle and published in 1900 collected information from a wide variety of sources, both documents, and living interviews. This book provides a general history of the township, and then presents a series of brief biographical sketches on the early settlers of Mazomanie. The links below will take you to the start of each historical section as detailed in the contents for the book, and then the specific pages of the book where each biographical sketch is contained. There is no index for the book, nor is there a list of biographical sketches contained within. We have taken the liberty of creating a biographical index for it.
Charlesworth, David; florist; born in England, April 1, 1843; son of William and Hannah Haywood Charlesworth; educated, national schools of England and St. Augustine’s College, Canterbury, Eng.; married in England to Miss Elizabeth Fawcett; issue, 4 children, 3 living; when still a boy, worked on the Lundy estate; identified with the florists’ trade in Yorkshire, Eng., for 7 years; became an instructor in Lee’s Reformatory schools; in 1867, asst. of St. Clement’s Parish, Leeds, Yorkshire, for 2 years; in 1869, came to the U. S. and direct to Cleveland; removed to Tennessee, and engaged in the cotton business; returned to … Read more
George J. Charlesworth, M. D., one of the prominent professional men of Riverside, who is a Canadian by birth, dating that event at Chatham, Kent County, Ontario, in 1858. His parents, George and Ann (Scott) Charlesworth, were natives of Yorkshire, England, who immigrated to Canada about 1833. His father was a prominent civil engineer, employed in the engineer department in the construction of the Great Western Railway and other works. Dr. Charlesworth was given the advantages of a good schooling, closing his classical studies in Toronto. At the age of twenty years, he entered upon his medical studies at the … Read more