Stone Masons

In most cases, these men were immigrants and earned their living by mining or farming as well as stone mason. Here are some of their names:

NameOriginTown / VillageYear
Allen, PhillipCornwall, EnglandMineral Point
Allen, Phillip Jr. Cornwall, EnglandMineral Point
Arndt, AugustGermanyBrigham
Barlow, AnthonyFranceMineral Point
Batten, WilliamEnglandMineral Point
Boley, SimonDodgeville
Bowden, RichardCornwall, EnglandMineral Point
Bowden, WilliamCornwall, EnglandMineral Point
Branger, JosephGermanyDodgeville
Branger, JosephGermanyMineral Point
Burghardt, ConradGermanyMineral Point
Carbis, JamesCornwall, EnglandMineral Point
Carkeek, ThomasCornwall, EnglandDodgeville1850
Charles, JamesEnglandMineral Point
Charles, Phillip A.EnglandMineral Point
Cornelius, SamuelCornwall, EnglandDodgeville1850
Cox, William J.Cornwall, EnglandMineral Point
Curtis, CharlesWyoming Valley
Davenport, HenryPulaski1857
Davey, ThomasDodgeville
Elliott, Joshua T. New YorkDodgeville1870
Elliott, WilliamLincolnshire, EnglandDodgeville1854
Erickson, EricRidgeway
Evans, Evan D.Jennieton
Francis, JosephEnglandMineral Point
Goldsworthy, AbrahamCornwall, EnglandMineral Point
Goldsworthy, RichardCornwall, EnglandMineral Point
Goldsworthy, Richard H., Cornwall, EnglandMineral Point
Goldsworthy, WilliamCornwall, EnglandMineral Point
Gutweiler, FrankPulaski
Hammill, RichardEnglandMineral Point
Hampton, AndrewIndianaMineral Point
Hoare, JamesCornwall, EnglandMineral Point
Hoell, NicholasFranceMineral Point
Holmes, PaulWyoming Valley
Hupperts, WilliamGermanyMineral Point
James, AnthonyEnglandMineral Point
Jenkin, JohnCornwall, EnglandMineral Point
Jenkin, SamuelCornwall, EnglandMineral Point
Johnson, JamesNew YorkMineral Point
Johnson, Martin "Stone Hammer" Avoca / Highland
Kendal, GeorgeAvoca
Kramer, TheoRidgeway
Larson, AlfredWyoming Valley
Larson, HankWyoming Valley
Leigh, LeonardMineral Point
Lounge, LontzAustrianMineral Point
Maeuning, JohnPulaski1856
Marks, ElishaMineral Point1854
Moleag, PatrickIrelandMineral Point
Moran, JohnAvoca / Highland
Olson, CharlesAvoca / Highland
Paull, CharlesDodgeville
Penhallegon, R. J.Cornwall, EnglandMineral Point
Perkins, ThomasDodgeville
Pierick, Marion B.Highland
Polkinghorn, JamesCornwall, EnglandDodgeville
Rasmusson, HansAvoca / Highland
Reider, JohnGermanyMineral Point
Richmond, WilliamEnglandWaldwick
Robb, JamesPennsylvaniaMineral Point
Schaumber, AloisGermanyMineral Point
Steinhart, JacobAvoca / Highland
Strang, ChristopherEnglandMineral Point
Strike, ChristopherCornwall, EnglandMineral Point
Stuart, HiramWyoming Valley
Stude, JosephGermanyMineral Point
Thodom, JohnScotlandMineral Point
Thomas, RichardCornwall, EnglandMineral Point
Thomas, SampsonCornwall, EnglandMineral Point
Timothy, DavidWalesWyoming Valley
Tink, WilliamEnglandMineral Point
Toay, JohnCornwall, EnglandMineral Point
Volk, PhilWyoming Valley
Walthaus, HenryGermanyMineral Point
Yurick, WilliamGermanyMineral Point

     Two Dodgeville masons were Thomas Carkeek and his friend Samuel Cornelius. They emigrated from Redruth, Cornwall. They first built a stone cottage for each their families in the area later known as Minersville. One of their next buildings was the stone school house on North Bequette. This building was built in 1853. Then came the building of the Iowa County Courthouse. The Courthouse was begun in 1858. One of their last projects was to design and build the slag furnace on Spring Street in Dodgeville. The slag furnace was built 1876. Some of their co-workers were the following masons: Thomas Perkins, Thomas Davey and Charles Paull.

   Suggested Reading includes Stone by Stone, author Audrey Parkinson. (available in our bookstore)

Jim Jewell’s book on the Cornish listed several stone masons: Phil Allen, Phillip Allen Jr., Richard Bowden, James Carbis, Samuel Cornelius, William Cox, Samuel Kenkin Sr., Colan “Cully” Goldsworthy, James Hoare, R. J. Penhallegon, James Polkinghorn, John Toay, Christopher Strike and Richard Thomas.