Mrs. Caleb Blodgett arrived in Beloit, accompanied by her two daughters — the first white woman settler.

The evidence

• “The first white woman settler was Mrs. Caleb Blodgett, who arrived in December, 1837, accompanied by her two daughters, thirteen and fifteen years of age. The first death was that of Horace Clark, before mentioned, which occurred, after a four days' illness, December 2, 1837. The first survey of the village, that of Mr. Kelson, was begun October 10, 1837. November 5 of that year Rev.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/06-history-of-beloit.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 167 / book p. 151

  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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