A German-born resident of Beloit was born in Germany.

The evidence

• “P. 0. Beloit ;, born in Germany in 1825 ; came to New York in 1846 ; went to Luzerne Co., Penn., where he resided tOl 1861 ; in that year came to Beloit and bought 200 acres land in Sections 9,16, and eighty acres in Section 8, a total of 280 acres, which he now owns; he built residence and barns and made all improvements. He married, in Luzerne Co., Penn., in 1848, Rachel Obitz ; they had ten children, seven now living, five daughters and two sons; the sons both live in Dakota and are unmarried ; three daughters are married, one lives in Beloit and the other with a married sister.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 755 / book p. 759

  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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