The wife of a Janesville carriage-dealer died in Janesville.

The evidence

• “and went to Youngstown, Ohio, and remained there till 1847 ; then went to Pittsburgh, Penn., where he kept hotel and drove yard till 1850 ; he then went to Butler Co., Penn., and was engaged in farming and carriage building till 1854 ; in that year, he shipped a large stock of carriages to Janesville, Wis., and came with them to sell them ; while in Janesville, he bought the Monterey Grist Mill, which he afterward sold ; he bought a lot of horses and was also dealing in real estate ; in the spring of 1855, he returned to Butler Co., Penn, sold his farm there. and, in the fall of 1855, bought another lot of horses and shipped another lot of carriages to Janesville, sending his family by boat while he drove the stock overland the whole distance. He married, in 1833, in Youngstown, Eliza Trotter; they had six children; his wife died in Janesville in August, 1856. He then sold his farm and the water-power ho owned, and, in 1861, he moved to Beloit Township ; he bought 290 acres of land in Sees. 23 and 24, with residence partly built, which he finished, and built barns and made great improvements; he still owns Lot No. 106 in Smith & Bailey's' Addition in Janesville, with all improvemen”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 748 / book p. 752

  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