A Norwegian settler came with his wife, and in company with Gulack Knutson located in the eastern part of Newark Township.

The evidence

• “P. O. iBeloit; born in Norway in 1800; eniigrated to America in 1839, and located in Illinois; in May, 1840, he came with his wife, and, in company with Gulack Knutson, located in the eastern part of Newark Township, and, in September, 1841, moved up to the big spring and located there, and bought forty acres of land, and lived there for two years ; he and his family first lived in a haystack for three months until they had completed a log house; he then sold out his place to Gunder Knutson, and returned to Illinois, where he lived till 1870 ; in that year, he returned to Newark and bought 200 acres of land in Section 9, with residence, barns, and all improvements. He married in Norway Mary Larson ; they had seven children, all now living.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/19-bios-newark.md, PDF p. 770 / book p. 774

  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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