A shoemaker came to Wisconsin, located in Plymouth Township, bought 120 acres, and built one of the first log cabins there.

The evidence

• “P. 0. Hanover ; born May 29, 1805, in Luzerne Co., Penn., and worked as a shoemaker till 1844, when he came to Wisconsin, located in Plymouth Township, and bought 120 acres of wild land, and built one of the first log cabins in this part of the town. It was before the Government sale of lands, and wild animals, wolves, deer, etc., were plentiful.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/31-bios-porter.md, PDF p. 868 / book p. 872

  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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