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Janesville Daily Gazette, Tuesday, September 12, 1882
Harrison Stebbins
In the death of Harrison Stebbins, late of Porter, Rock county has lost one of her most esteemed citizens. A Vermonter, born at Westfield, Orleans
county, June 8, 1820; educated at Norwich University, he removed in 1841 to
Janesville, Wisconsin Territory, with his young and amiable wife, formerly Miss Mary A. Bassett, of Montpelier, where they resided for nearly three years. Mr. Stebbins engaged in teaching and surveying. In 1844 they removed to Porter, upon the farm where the widow and only son still reside. The Stebbins home was ever a pleasant resort for friends or strangers, the genial host and hostess being equal to any social occasion. Mr. Stebbins besides attending carefully to his profession as farmer, was frequently called to fill town and county offices, and always with credit to himself and the satisfaction of the public. He had also represented his assembly district in the Legislature of the State with marked ability.
He was an honest and honorable man, a kind and thoughtful neighbor,
an intelligent and public spirited citizen, with a mind and heart for any
true reform movement. Religiously, he was in sympathy with the Universalist
Church. He will be greatly missed by the entire community, and more especially by the bereaved family, the members of which are one son S. P. Stebbins, and two daughters, Mrs. M. Savage, of Cooksville, and Mrs. H. Wood, of Stebbinsville. Mr. Stebbins died Sept. 7th 1882, and the funeral services were conducted on the 8th by Rev. G. W. Lawrence, of Janesville.
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