Esquire Todd came to Beloit and became a partner in the law office of John M. Keep.

The evidence

• “Esquire Todd came to Beloit in 1850 and from the beginning took front rank in his profession here. From February, 1850, he was a partner in the law office of John M. Keep until the latter became judge of the old First judicial district about 1857 or 1858.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/32-courts-and-legal-profession.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 238 / book p. 740

  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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