Mr. Culton emigrated to the United States in 1836.

The evidence

• “Bentley married Miss Mary Eliza, daughter of James and Eliza (Croft) Culton, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of England. He emigrated to the United States in 1836 and Mrs. Culton in 1842.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34e-biographical-5.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 572 / book p. 1056

  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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