William and his brother pre-empted 160 acres of wild land in Harmony Township.

The evidence

• “P. 0. JanesyiUe; born in Brad ford Co., Penn., in August, 1807 ; he came with his brother, Joseph, to Wisconsin in 1836; settled in Racine Co. ; remained only a short time there ; came to Rock Co., and located in Harmony Township ; in the fall of 1837, pre-empted 160 acres of wild land, which they cleared and cultivated; when land came into the market, in 1842, bought 1,040 acres of land in Harmony. William returned to Bradford Co., Penn., in 1839, and there married Miss Alma H.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/36-bios-harmony.md, PDF p. 892 / 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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