Claremont S. Jackman was born in Janesville.

The evidence

• “Claremont S. Jackman, a native of Janesville, Wis., was born November 20, 1846, to Timothy and Maria M. (Smith) Jackman.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34c-biographical-3.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 424 / book p. 915

  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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