A businessman of Janesville was born in Otsego county, New York.

The evidence

• “ness men of Janesville. He was born in the Empire state, in Otsego county, New York, on August 1, 1833. The traditional history says that the family settled in the Connecticut colony long previous to the Revolutionary War, and it is certainly known that W.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34b-biographical-2.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 373 / book p. 867

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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