Birth of a future Beloit farmer in County Kent, England.

The evidence

• “P. 0. Beloit ; born in County Kent, England, in 1822. Came to America in 1849 and remained in New York and New Jersey till 1859, when he came to Beloit; he was engaged as a farm hand till 1864 ; he then bought forty acres of land in Sec. 21, with residence and barn.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 747 / book p. 751

  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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