Birth of a future Cooksville and Porter farmer in Pennsylvania.

The evidence

• “O. Cooksville; born in Pennsylvania Oct. 11, 1822; came to Wisconsin in 1844, locating in Union Township, on Jug Prairie; he engaged in farming; in 1867, he moved into the township of Porter, where he at that time purchased 160 acres. He married in Fulton, Rock Co., Jan. 1, 1851, Miss Catharine J.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/31-bios-porter.md, PDF p. 867 / book p. 871

  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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