A Rock County farmer married Miss Lavina Phillips in Erie Co., Penn.

The evidence

• “He has given 180 acres to his children. Married Miss Lavina Phillips, in Erie Co., Penn., in 1830 ; she died, 1838, leaving two children — Martha A. and John, who died soon after his mother. Mr.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/21-bios-lima.md, PDF p. 790 / book p. 794

  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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