A Pennsylvania settler came back to Wisconsin and located in Plymouth Township, buying his farm of 200 acres.

The evidence

• “P. 0. Orfordville ; born June 10, 1824, in Luzerne Co., Penn., and when 12 years old, began working on farms; in 1844, maved to Ohio; in 1845, to Indiana, and, in 184fi, to Wisconsin, in all of which places he followed the same calling ; in the fall of 1847, he returned to Pennsylvania, and worked in the lumber business; in 1849, came back to Wisconsin, and located in Plymouth Township ; bought his farm of 200 acres, mostly wild land ; built his homestead in 1855, and his barns in 1868 ; the farm is well cultivated, and he raises corn, oats, barley, hay, horses, cows, sheep and poultry. Married Miss Nancy T.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/32-bios-plymouth.md, PDF p. 870 / book p. 874

  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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