The Janesville Gazette
August 14, 1985; p. 3E
Janesville, Rock County,
Wisconsin
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- Labor - Janesville Sesquicentennial
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- Occupations varied in 1849
- In 1849, the year after Wisconsin became a state, Janesville
had a population of 985 males and
- 827 females who worked at a variety of occupations.
- "The History of Rock County," written in 1879 by
C. W. BUTTERFIELD, listed some of those
- jobs.
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- 18 blacksmiths
- 24 shoemakers
- 51 joiners and carpenters
- 18 masons
- 11 carriage makers
- 8 plowmakers
- 8 tailors
- 7 tailoresses
- 9 cabinet makers
- 2 whip manufacturers
- 3 saddle and harness makers
- 1 upholsterer
- 6 painters
- 2 sash and blind manufacturers
- 13 milliners and dressmakers
- 12 printers
- 2 jewelers
- 5 tinners
- 6 brickmakers
- 2 fanning mill manufacturers
- 10 coopers
- 4 chair manufacturers
- 3 brewers
- 6 excavators
- 1 shaft turner
- 1 block printer
- 2 barbers
- 5 pastry cooks
- 1 baker
- 2 starch makers
- 4 millwrights
- 1 stonecutter
- 1 machinist
- 1 molder
- 1 broom maker
- 1 engraver
- 48 farmers
- 2 gardeners
- 14 teamsters
- 3 boatmen
- 4 sell whiskey
- "And the remainder work for Dad."
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