The first death in the Janesville settlement occurred, Mrs. Samuel St. [John].

The evidence

• “Janes' cabin had been built, but, as he says, was minus a floor, and with a hole sawed out for a door. In June, 1836, the first death in the little settlement occurred, Mrs. Samuel St.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/26-history-of-janesville.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 13 / book p. 528

  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