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Germanicus Kent
Germanicus A. Kent (1791–1862) together with Thatcher Blake and Lewis Lemon founded Rockford, Illinois, United States in 1834. Biography Germanicus A. Kent was born in Suffield, Connecticut, in 1791 and attend Yale College. Around 1822, Kent moved to Huntsville, Alabama, establishing himself as a dry goods merchant, marrying Arabella Amiss of Blacksburg, Virginia, on June 7, 1827. Kent was later a cotton merchant as a partner in the firm of Patton, Donegan & Co at the Bell Cotton Factory on the Flint river near Huntsville. The Kent family, including Lewis Lemon, a slave purchased by Germanicus as a boy, relocated to Illinois in 1834. After exploring the local area, Kent, Lemon and Thatcher Blake, a school teacher and farmer from Oxford, Maine Oxford is a town in Oxford County, Maine, Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,229 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Oxford is home to the Oxford Plains Speedway, the annual Oxford County Fair, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thatcher Blake
Rockford is a city in Winnebago County, Illinois, located in the far northern Illinois, northern part of the state. Situated on the banks of the Rock River (Illinois), Rock River, Rockford is the county seat of Winnebago County (a small portion of the city is located in Ogle County, Illinois, Ogle County). The largest city in Illinois outside of the Chicago metropolitan area, Rockford is the List of municipalities in Illinois, fifth-largest city in the state and the List of United States cities by population, 171st most populous in the United States. According to 2020 United States Census, 2020 U.S. Census data, the City of Rockford had a population of 148,655 with an outlying metropolitan area population of 348,360. Settled in the mid-1830s, the position of the city on the Rock River made its location strategic for industrial development. In the second half of the 19th century, Rockford was notable for its output of heavy machinery, hardware and tools; by the twentieth century, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
