A family purchased a farm at Oconomowoc.

The evidence

• “Married in New York in 1816 ; his wife was born in 1798 they had twelve children ; eight are living — Leonard, William, Mary, P. E., Lucinda, Julia, Hattie, Hattie they came with their children to Wisconsin in 1843, and located at Oconomowoc, Waukesha Co. ; in 1844 purchased a farm, on which they lived and worked till 1857, then removed to Harmony Township ; bought a farm of 160 acres ; his father was a farmer ; died in 1876 ; his mother still survives him ; their son, F. E., assisted his parents on the farm.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/36-bios-harmony.md, PDF p. 891 / book p. 896

  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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