[The subject, later of Fulton Center] came to Wisconsin and purchased eighty acres.

The evidence

• “Fulton Center; born in Steuben Co., N. Y., in 1816 ; lived there till he was 4 years old ;- moved with his parents to Cayuga Co. ; lived there till he was 20, when he went to farming for himself, in Seneca Co., for three years ; leaving there, came to Wisconsin May 7, 1842, and purchased eighty acres where now stands his homestead; afterward adding, till now he owns 282 acres, and 161 acres one mile east, in all 443 acres. Married, in 1846, Miss Laura Allen, daughter of Stephen Allen, of Jeiferson Co.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/27-bios-fulton.md, PDF p. 840 / book p. 844

  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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