Once Upon a House

December 27, 1856

Death of Parnell (née Blossom), mother of a Rock County family, at the family home in Rock County.

Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source

The evidence

  • “The mother of our subject, Parnell, nee Blossom, was born in "Woodstock, Vt., and was descended from an old New England family of Scotch lineage. Her death occurred in Eock county, Wisconsin, December 27, 1856.”

    1908-brown-rock-county/34b-biographical-2.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 391 / book p. 884

    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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    The passage on the printed page (Vol. 2, PDF p. 391 / book p. 884)
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