Mr. Asa Felt came to Wisconsin and located in the town of Newark, buying a claim and about 400 acres.

The evidence

• “Mr. Asa Felt came to Wisconsin and located in the town of Newark in June, 1846 ; he bought a claim to Government land, which he entered and paid for, and then bought large tracts of land, all uMmproved, about four hundred acres in all ; he built a log cabin and lived in it until 1857, when he built the residence now occupied by his son Eugene ; he sold all his land he then owned to this son, then a resident of Winnebago Co., III., and awning a farm there which he sold and came to Newark and took charge of this farm, his father and mother both living with him in the house ; his father died in this house un January 12, 1871, and his mother died there also in February, 1876 ; both were in the 80th year of their age. Eugene K. was born in Webster, Monroe Co., N.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/19-bios-newark.md, PDF p. 767 / book p. 771

  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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