J. G. Rockwell

ROCKWELL, CHAMBERLAIN, WILDER, ALDERSON

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/21/2004 at 22:32:46

J. G. Rockwell was born in Madison county, Vermont, February 23, 1830, and is a son of Joesph (sic) and Mary (Chamberlain) Rockwell. His father was a native of Canada, and his mother of Massachusetts. In 1837 his parents moved to Watertown, New York, and here he spent his early life. When a young man he went to Canada and entered a college at Montreal, where, after some months of close study, he graduated in the civil engineering department. After receiving his diploma he occupied a position as civil engineer on the Grand Trunk Railway for some time, and then spent two years in his native county. From there he went to Onondago county, New York, where he engaged in manufacturing until 1860. He then spent ten years in Courtland county, New York, and in 1870 came to Shell Rock, Iowa, where, for the first five years, he was engaged in farming.
.
In 1872 he was elected county surveyor, which office he held with credit until January 1, 1882. Mr. Rockwell is now engaged in the insurance business. He was married in 1860 to Miss Amanda Jane Wilder, who is a native of New York. They have one daughter – Belle, now the wife of C. J. Alderson.
.
Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 726