Benjamin F. Dunwiddie was born in Green county; John Bryson Cleland was born in Center township, Rock county.

The evidence

• “Benjamin F. Dunwiddie was born on a farm in the town of Decatur, Green county, Wis., July 15, 1848. He received his early education in the country district schools and subsequently took a course at the University of Wisconsin, graduating from the classical department in 1874 and from the law department in 1875.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/32-courts-and-legal-profession.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 230 / book p. 733

  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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