John Hopkins, Jr. left his work as a civil engineer on the Erie Canal and went to Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut.

The evidence

• “Y., in 1806; John Hopkins, Jr., was a civil engineer on the Eric Canal in 1819, and till 1825. then went to Pennsylvania and New Jersey and to Connecticut; and, in 1838, wa.-< engaged in extending the Erie Canal; in the fall of 1839, came to Beloit, and to Shopiere in 1841 ; bought mill property, and also went to farming. Mr.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/23-bios-turtle.md, PDF p. 801

  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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