A Rock County settler (P. O. Cooksville) was born in Germany.

The evidence

• “P. 0. Cooksville; born in Germany Jan. 29, 1826. He came to America in 1847, and, in 1855, he settled in Porter Township, Rock Co., Wis., where ho has since been engaged in farming.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/31-bios-porter.md, PDF p. 866 / book p. 870

  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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