Births of persons who came to Rock County later: William L. Austin (born 1839) ; births in Orange County, New York (1839) ; in Oneida County, New York (1839) ; in New York (1839) ; in Litchfield, Connecticut (1839) ; in England (1839) ; in Ohio (1839) ; in Norway (1839) ; in Vermont (1839) ; in Addison County, Vermont (March 13, 1839) ; in New Hartford, Oneida County, New York (1839) ; in Janesville (October 30, 1839) ; in Franklin County, New York (January 12, 1839) ; in the town of Grafton, Rensselaer County, New York (July 3, 1839) ; in Plymouth, New Hampshire (March 26, 1839) and at Ashton, New Hampshire (March 13, 1839) ; in Germany (April, 1839) ; in 1839 [P111 — wife's birth].

The evidence

• “WILLIAM L. AUSTIIV, foreman of Munger's Carriage Works; carriage-builder by trade ; burn in 1839; came to Wisconsin in 1854; enlisted in 4th Wis. Artillery, September, 1861 ; mustered out, July, 1865 ; was at the siege of Richmond, Petersburg, Malvern Hill and other engagements which his regiment participated in.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 729

  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.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources

  

• “St. John, who ranks among the leading medical practitioners of Janesville, Wis., where he was born October 30, 1839, is a son of Levi and Sarah T. St.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34c-biographical-3.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 440 / book p. 930

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources