Maxson left the mercantile firm and Jeremiah Davis came in, forming Goodrich & Davis.

The evidence

• “Maxson continued in business until January 1, 1856, when Maxson went out and Jeremiah Davis came in, continuing business as the firm of Goodrich & Davis until the fall of 1858, when Davis withdrew and entered farming; in Illinois. Ezra Groodrich continued business until the great rebellion in 1861, when all the banks in Illinois (about one hundred and fifty in number) and three-fourths of the banks in Wisconsin went to the wall ; when upon going to bed with a thousand dollars current funds in his safe he would wake up in the morning and find three-fourths of it worthless, and be obliged to pay fourteen per cent, premium on the balance for checks on New York, with no certainty of their holding good to reach the city.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/25-bios-milton.md, PDF p. 818 / book p. 822

  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.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources