A future settler of Janesville was born in Maine.

The evidence

• “P. 0. Janesville ; born in Maine in 1824 ; came to Wisconsin about 1854, locating at La Prairie, where he purchased 120 acres, his present homestead. Married, in 1866, Miss Alice Duffy, a native of New York.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/26-bios-la-prairie.md, PDF p. 829 / book p. 833

  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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