The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-04
Obituary.

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REV. RICHARD MILLER.
Again has Death struck down the
warder at the citadel Of life; again the
white lilies of Immortality blossom
above the cold form Of physical decay,
and all that remains of Francis Paddock
who but little while ago had life and
love and hope has been laid in a grave
near TO the beautiful lake that bears
his name, surrounded by his Masonic
brethren and by relatives, neighbors
and friends, who had come to pay the
last tribute Of respect the living can
give to the dead. Another old pioneer
has gone, the last Of the settlers who
made their home in what is now the
town Of Salem in the year 1888.
Francis Paddock was born in the
town of Camillus, Cayuga County, New
York, Sept. 18th, 1914 DR.. Paddock
was a graduate of the Fairfield medical
college, N. Y. He was a hard, careful
student, and laid the foundation Of
medical education that made him in af
ter wears one Of the most successful
practitioners in this State. In those
early days the broad, fertile plains of
the then unknown west had charm
for men of talent and energy. The
weak and idle might tarry by the way;
the courageous and industrious pushed
onward, and among them the sahject Of
this sketch, who arrived in what was
then known as Racine County, Terrific
ry Of Wisconsin, with ouly eight dollars
ia his pocket That eight dollars was
backed by perseverance, energy and
skill, and while it is true that men
should never be Judged by financial
success, yet when that success is faicly
and honestly acquired BY hard toll, it is
u badge of which every American
should feel proud When Francis Pad
dock died he possessed in his own right
one thousand broad acres OF fertile land
in one Of the best counties that Gods
sunlight ever shone upon DR.. Pad
dock brought his fathers family with
him and located near the lake that bears
his name July 18th, 1888. He erect
ed large tavern near the southern end
OF the lake that was for a number of
years the only resort for belated farm
ers, who, in those early days, found
market for their wheat in this city.
Tnen the farmers raised immense GUAM
titles of grain; as many as one hundred
and twenty loaded wagons were drawn
up on the cold" Geneva road, close to
the now deserted tavern, in one even
ing. In 1888, what is now Kenosha
County was, in fact, bowling wilder
ness and the ears Of the settler were
often greeted with the melancholy howl
Of the wolf and the wild cry Of the
loon at midnight Deer and other
game were killed in great numbers. TO
be a doctor in those days meant "hard
riding" most Of it was done on horse
back and DR.. Paddock would often Sc
lect some old Indian trail and visit pa
tients one hundred miles distant, often
being absent from home week or ten
days. He was for number Of years
the only physician who could be Sc
cured. In those days he kepta regular
relay Of horses, something entirely un-
known in later years. AS a physician
he was more than ordinarily successful.
10 his patients he was always the same
kindly gentleman and with him they
felt sure of earnest, practical sympathy
and the best skill he possessed,
Doctor Paddock was married to Mar
tina Munson August 10Th, 1841, and
the Doctor once said, in the presence of
the writer, that it was to her that he
owed his success in life. Fourteen
children were born to them, of whom
nine are now living, viz: Mrs. Ambro-
STA Burgess, Leavenworth, Kan; Mr..
Francis Paddock, Jr., Brownsville,
Iowa; DR.. G. Paddock, California; Mrs
Guy Dunning, Iowa; Mrs Claire Ma
honey, this city; Mrs. Dora Corbn
Clinton, Iowa; Munson Paddock, this
city, and Alva Paddock, of Salem, this
county. DIR. Paddock, in the year
1855, represented what is now Kenosha
County, (the Sixteenth Senatorial Dis
tict) in the State Senate with credit to