William and Agnes Pentland came to Wisconsin and settled on a farm (Elkhorn/Geneva township, Walworth county).

The evidence

• “HENRY PENTLAND, grocer ; born in Ireland, in 1833 ; liis parents moved to Wisconsin in 1843, and located at Elkhorn, Walworth Co.; remained till 1853; when he was 20 years of age, he left home and went to California, where he engaged in the shell-fish trade six years ; he went from California to Ireland, on a visit to his old home ; in 1860 he returned to Beloit, and, in 1865, formed a copartnership with his brother, William Pentland, in the grocery business; continued until 1867, when he sold out his interest in the business and formed another copartnership with D. L.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 757 / book p. 761

  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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• “Henry Pentland, who is now retired from active business and resides at 524 Broad street, Beloit, Wis., was born in County Down, Ireland, on September 11, 1833. His parents were William and Agnes (Clark ) Pentland, who in 1843 came to Wisconsin and settled on a farm in Geneva township, Walworth county, where they lived until their death, the father at the age of sixtytwo years and the mother at fifty-six years of age. The father was buried at Geneva and the mother at Kenosha.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34a-biographical-1.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 328 / book p. 825

  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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