Deaths: Mr. Knile died and was buried in Beloit; B. Peterson died; Elisha P. Beebe died; Simon Nolan died at Janesville; a farmer father born in 1793 died; Nancy Fiske (1789–1858) died; Joseph Paisley died in Illinois.

The evidence

• “Mr. Knile died in this house in 1858, and is buried in Beloit; after her husband's death, she built, in 1859, the residence she now occupies, with barns ; she now owns this residence and ninety-one acres of land, having sold the rest at different times. She had eight children, four now living ; her son Thomas married Lida Waggoner ; has three children, and is now living at his mother's' house ; he enlisted in the 2d W.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 751 / book p. 755

  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

  

• “Nolan, of the firm of Nolan, Adams & Reeder, was born at Janesville, Wis., October 11, 1856. His father, Simon Nolan, of Ireland, emigrated to America while a young man. came to Janesville in 1854 and died there in 1858. He had married Margaret Cross, of Queen's county, Ireland, and their children were Thomas S. and Catherine M.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/32-courts-and-legal-profession.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 276 / book p. 776

  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