“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


BENJAMIN NUTE, deceased; was born in Farmington, Strafford Co., 
N.H., Aug. 12, 1800, and died Dec. 1, 1877; he came to Wisconsin in the 
spring of 1837, and located in Milford; he made large purchases of land, 
and, in 1840, in connection with W.H. & Elisha Lamphear, built a dam 
and erected a saw-mill at Milford; he also built the Milford Hotel and ran 
it a short time; he then moved to Watertown, and, in 1870, entered the 
firm of H. S. Howell & Co., dry goods, etc., and continued until the time 
of his death; he also owned the stave-heading and barrel manufactory 
and saw-mill near the C. & N.W. Ry. Depot, called the Boomer Mill; 
this mill he remodeled and turned into the Eclipse Flouring-Mill; on June 
13, 1829, he was appointed Postmaster of Vernon, Oneida Co., N.Y., 
under President Jackson; was Justice of the Peace of Jefferson Co. in 
1842, and, in 1848, was appointed Notary Public by Henry Dodge; was 
also, in this year, elected to the Legislature, to represent the towns of 
Watertown, Milford, Aztalan, and Waterloo; was, for a number of years, 
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Milford.  He married, June 30, 
1824, Sarah Brooks; they have six children living – Benjamin, Dwight 
B., Horace, Angenette, Mary C., Sarah Lucretia.  Mr. Nute was a 
member of the Congregational Church.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)