Birth of Ellen Smart, later wife of a Janesville businessman, in Scotland.

The evidence

• “Y. ; came to Janesville in the fall of 1850, and has been engaged in present business ever since. Married Ellen Smart in the fall of 1854 ; she was born in Scotland in 1831 ; they had eight children, six now living — John, Ellen, Nettie, Lizzie, Robert and Samuel, aged 24, 22, 19, 16, 10 and 7 years respectively. Mr.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/17-bios-janesville.md, PDF p. 704 / book p. 708

  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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