Mr. Strunk died in the new stone house near Beloit.

The evidence

• “Here in the new stone house, just built from the neighboring quarry, Mr. Strunk died, August 2, 1844. The widow was left with five small children to care for and with the responsibilities of a large farm.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/19-pioneer-women.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 492 / book p. 456

  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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