A farmer suffered the death of his wife in 1853, leaving four children.

The evidence

• “He was a hard worker and thrifty, and prospered in his work with the increasing responsibilities of a growing family. In 1853 he suffered a great loss in the death of his wife, who left surviving four children, viz. : Clement A., who now lives at Ashland, Neb. ; George, who died at the age of twenty-seven ;”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34e-biographical-5.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 558 / book p. 1042

  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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