A farmer removed from Oneida Co., N. Y., to the Territory of Wisconsin and settled at Johnstown, entering a farm of Government land signed by President John Tyler.

The evidence

• “Y., from which he graduated in 1832 ; determining to pursue the business of husbandry, he purchased a large farm in Oneida Co., N. Y., on which he remained until 1843, when, following the tide of empire, he removed to the Territory of Wisconsin and settled at Johnstown, Rock Co., which has since been his home ; he entered a farm of Government land, the deed to which was signed by President John Tyler, and in real earnest set about the business of taming the wilderness, which, under his strong hand, guided by his consummate skill and taste, has long since been made to " rejoice and blossom as the rose ; " he was one of the most successful and dextrous farmers of the West.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/17-bios-janesville.md, PDF p. 694

  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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