A daughter was born in Utica, New York, to a family later of Janesville.

The evidence

• “She was born in Utica, N. Y., in May, 1839 ; graduated from the Ladies ' Seminary at Brooklyn Heights, N. Y. ; assisted her father in editing a journal devoted to the advocacy of anti-slavery principles and other reforms; taught successfully for three years and for four years was an editorial writer on "Harper's Bazar." In 1871 she came to Wisconsin, settling at Janesville.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/32-courts-and-legal-profession.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 256 / book p. 757

  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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