Once Upon a House

1840

A widow came to the farm on which she resided until her death in 1879.

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  • “of this day than her own. She resided until her death, October 19, 1879, on the farm to which she came in 1840. Her last years were cheered by the love and devotion of her children.”

    1908-brown-rock-county/19-pioneer-women.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 500 / book p. 464

    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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    The passage on the printed page (Vol. 1, PDF p. 500 / book p. 464)
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