Once Upon a House

1840

A Lima Center settler came to Wisconsin and located on the eighty-acre farm he still owned.

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  • “Liiria Center; born in Cortland Co., N. Y., Jan. 11, 1819 ; he came to Wisconsin in 1840, and located on the farm he now owns of eighty acres. Married Miss Harriet, daughter of Erastus Sherman, of Cortland Co., N.”

    1879-history-of-rock-county/21-bios-lima.md, PDF p. 789 / book p. 793

    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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