A Beloit settler went into the butchering business.

The evidence

• “Y., and came to Wisconsin May 3, 1838, locating at Beloit, He removed with his father to Monroe, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, where he went to school, and, together with his other brothers, assisted his father in distilling, merchandising, milling, staging, and farming on a large scale. In 1836, he moved to Jones Co., Iowa, and took up a claim on his own account ; from Jones Co., he moved to Beloit, where he went to farming and raising stock ; there, in 1846, went into the butchering business. In 1852, he formed one of a party that went to California, and who traveled together for mutual protection ; he stayed there but three months, then returned to Beloit.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 731

  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.

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