A man emigrated to Wisconsin and located about two miles west from his present homestead.

The evidence

• “P. 0. Orfordville; was born in Bennington Co., Vt., in 1814; at an early age, his parents removed to New York ; in 1847, Mr. Purdy emigrated to Wisconsin, and located about two miles west from his present homestead ; there were but few settlers in the town at that time, and but oiro road was laid out ; he has carried his wheat to Milwaukee with an' ox team ; it usually took ten days to make the trip, if they had fine weather ; some times the trip would not be a financial success, as their expenses would come to more than they got for their wheat.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/29-bios-spring-valley.md, PDF p. 856 / book p. 860

  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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