A man came to Wisconsin and located and purchased 260 acres at La Prairie.

The evidence

• “P. 0. Janesville; born in Somersetshire, England, in 1823 ; came to Wisconsin in 1843, where he located and purchased 260 acres at La Prairie, his present homestead ; he then went to New York, and returned with his father in 1847. Married, in 1867, Miss Rhoda Blunt, a native of Walworth County, Wis. ; has six children — Naomi, born April 3, 1868 ;”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/26-bios-la-prairie.md, PDF p. 832

  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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