A La Prairie farmer's son succeeded to part of his father's farm about 1856.

The evidence

• “P. 0. Janesville ; born in New York in 1835 ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1853, locating at La Prairie, where he woAed on his father's farm, a part of which he succeeded to about the year 1856 ; he has now under cultivation about 300 acres raising stock and grain ; has just completed one of the finest barns in the township. Married, in 1858 Miss Eliza Heald ; they have eight children — -Alice, born in February, 1859;”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/26-bios-la-prairie.md, PDF p. 836 / book p. 840

  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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