A settler came to Wisconsin, locating at Menomonee, engaging in the lumber business.

The evidence

• “Fulton; born in England Jan. 16, 1831. He came to America in 1842, and to Wisconsin in 1844, locating at Menomonee, where he engaged in the lumber business, which he continued until 1867, when he removed to Rock Co., where he purchased a farm in Porter Township, where he has ever since been engaged in farming, having one of the very beht farms in the county, consisting of 120 acres. He married in England, March 10, 1857, Miss Mary A, Towle, a native of England, born Sept. 21, 1833.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/31-bios-porter.md, PDF p. 866 / book p. 870

  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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