Death of the father of a future Magnolia Township landowner.

The evidence

• “Magnolia; born July 31, 1818, in Montgomery Co., N. Y., where he was educated, and worked on his father's farm till 1831, when his father died ; he then worked out till 1838, when he bought a hotel and managed it till 1841 ; he then went to Michigan. In 1844, he came to Wisconsin and bought 160 acres of land in Magnolia Township, Rock Co., which he sold.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/33-bios-magnolia.md, PDF p. 875 / book p. 879

  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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