Joshua Giles, a prominent farmer, moved to Michigan with his family (about 1833); he died the year following.

The evidence

• “ERASTUS GILES, farmer, Sec. 36 ; P.O.Beloit; born in Windsor Co., Vt., Oct. 3, 1816; son of Joshua Giles, a prominent farmer who moved to Michigan, with his family, about 1833 ; he died the year following, aged about 54. Erastus came to a place now called Roscoe, in Illinois, in 1836, and in the fall of same year went to Rock Co., Wis. ; helped to raise the first house put up in Beloit.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/23-bios-turtle.md, PDF p. 800 / book p. 804

  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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