Settlers located in Rock County townships: a settler on 80 acres in Sec. 33; a Germany-born settler on 120 acres in Sec. 29, Newark; a Milwaukee marble-worker who took up 120 acres in Newark; and a settler on a 212-acre farm.

The evidence

• “His parents moved to New York City in 1830 ; he lived there fifteen years. In 1846, came to Rock Co., Wis., and bought eighty acres of land from Government, in Sec. 33. He built a residence, barns, etc.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/19-bios-newark.md, PDF p. 769 / book p. 773

  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.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources