John Eddy, then 14 years old, came to America from Ireland.

The evidence

• “She married, in Niagara Co., N. Y., John Eddy, who was born in Ireland in 1812 ; came to America when 14 years old, in 1826, and to Niagara Co., N. Y., where he was married; they had six children, four now living; he came to Wisconsin in 1841, and bought 160 acres Government land in Sec. 24, which he partly improved, and then returned to York State ; he married in 1844, and immediately returned to Beloit with his wife ; built residence and barns, and improved the land, and died in Beloit May 1, 1875.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 741 / book p. 745

  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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