A settler came to Wisconsin, locating at Shopiere.

The evidence

• “Shopiere ; born in New York in 1840. Came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1860, locating at Shopiere. The early part of his life was spent on his father's farm.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/26-bios-la-prairie.md, PDF p. 835 / book p. 839

  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