A. Hyatt Smith was again elected mayor of Janesville; Amos P. Prichard was elected judge of the county or probate court.

The evidence

• “A. Hyatt Smith was again elected mayor for 1857 and Amos P. Prichard, who had been city clerk, was elected as judge of the county or probate court.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/26-history-of-janesville.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 41 / book p. 554

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources