Once Upon a House

June 1845

A family came to Wisconsin and located in Darien, Walworth County.

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  • “Y.; moved with parents, when quite young, to Wyoming Co., N. Y., and worked there as a farmer ; in June, 1845, they came to Wisconsin and located in Darien, Walworth Co., working there till 1846, when he visited Magnolia Township, and took up eighty acres of Government wild land and moved on to it in 1850, and built a log house ; he erected his present homestead in 1867, and now owns 240 acres of land, on which he raises all kinds of grain and stock, and manufactures butter for the market. Married Miss Sally Briggs, of Wyoming Co., N. Y., Dec. 31, 1844; she died Oct. 9, 1846, leaving one child — Nelson A., born in 1845, who, in the fall of 1861, enlisted in the 33d Wis. V.”

    1879-history-of-rock-county/33-bios-magnolia.md, PDF p. 873

    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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