Henry Tarrant was a member of the

Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...

Biography

Tarrant was born on May 23, 1833, at

Woolhampton Woolhampton is a village and civil parish in West Berkshire, England. The village straddles the Bath road between the towns of Reading, to the east, and Newbury, to the west. Geography The village homes are clustered on the northern side of ...

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...

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. In 1850, he moved to Janesville, Wisconsin. After moving to

Vernon County, Wisconsin Vernon County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,714. Its county seat is Viroqua. History Vernon County was renamed from Bad Ax County on March 22, 1862. Bad Ax County had been created on ...

, and returning to Janesville, he settled in

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. On December 26, 1857, he married Margaret Jane Arnold. Both Tarrant and his wife were members of the

Methodist Episcopal Church The Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was the oldest and largest Methodist denomination in the United States from its founding in 1784 until 1939. It was also the first religious denomination in the US to organize itself on a national basis. In ...

. They had ten children. He died on September 2, 1903, at his home in Janesville, Wisconsin from a heart ailment.'Henry Tarrant Has Passed Away, Janesville Daily Gazette, September 2, 1903, pg. 5

Career

Tarrant was a member of the Assembly from 1889 to 1893. Other positions he held include town clerk of La Prairie and county treasurer and chairman of the county board of supervisors of Rock County, Wisconsin. He was a Republican.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tarrant, Henry People from West Berkshire District Politicians from London 19th-century English people English emigrants to the United States Politicians from Janesville, Wisconsin People from Vernon County, Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly County supervisors in Wisconsin City and town clerks 20th-century Methodists 1833 births 1903 deaths Burials in Wisconsin People from La Prairie, Wisconsin