Edward V. Whiton moved into the city of Janesville — the passage says "1839 or 1840."

The evidence

• “Whiton, later chief justice of the state, came here in. the spring of 1837, and settled on a claim about five miles up the river on what was later known as the Cy Davis farm. From some cause or other, AVhiton, at that time, was almost a misanthrope, and lived the life of a recluse on his little clearing; he did not move into the city until 1839 or 1840.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/26-history-of-janesville.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 15 / book p. 530

  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.

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