Birth of a future Emerald Grove resident in Kincardineshire, Scotland.

The evidence

• “P. 0. Emerald Grove ; born in Kincardineshire, Scotland, in 1831 ; came to Wisconsin about 1854, locating at Bradford, where he purchased 160 acres, and afterward added 240 acres; in 1878, he also purchased 240 acres, which was known as the Livingston Farm, which is his present homestead ; Mr.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/35-bios-bradford.md, PDF p. 881 / book p. 885

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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