A Janesville tradesman established his furniture business.

The evidence

• “Y., worked at his chosen occupation for a period of four years. At the expiration of that time he emigrated to the West, locating in Janesville, where two years later—in 1856— he established his present business as furniture dealer, which he has carried on continuously since. He began on a small scale as a retail dealer, but not long afterward engaged in manufacturing, conducting both branches of the business.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34b-biographical-2.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 373 / book p. 867

  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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