A Janesville merchant returned to Janesville as a permanent resident in 1852.

The evidence

• “I remained there till 1852, when he returned to Janesville as a permanent resident; he was employed as book-keeper for a year or two ; afterward, in the mercantile business till 1859 ; from 1860 to 1864, was clerk in the oflSce of Secretary of State; was for one year teller in the Rock County Bank ; was a year or two in the insurance business. In 1868, was appointed City Treasurer ; elected to the same office in 1869 ; re-elected in 1870, 1871, 1872 and 1873 ; was also Alderman of the Fourth Ward for 1855, of the First Ward for 1877 ; member of the Council when the first fire company wag organized ; was the first foreman of the fire company ;”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/17-bios-janesville.md, PDF p. 706 / book p. 710

  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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