A settler came to Beloit (he moved to Avon in May 1849).

The evidence

• “Brodhead; born in Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1822 ; came to Beloit in October, 1846, and to Avon in May, 1849 ; he boughtforty acres of land in Section 15, on which was a log house, partly built ; this he completed and lived in till 1873, and improved the land, and then built a new frame residence, with barns, etc. ; he then bought ninety-four and one-half acres more land, part of it timber, and now owns 1341 acres in all. He married, Sept. 1, 1844, in Greene Co., N.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/34-bios-avon.md, PDF p. 880 / book p. 884

  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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