Samuel J. Todd was born in Preble, Cortland Co., N. Y.

The evidence

• “TODD, lawyer. State street, Beloit, was born Jan. 19, 1821, in Preble, Cortland Co., N. Y., and came to Wisconsin Feb. 25, 1850, locating at Beloit.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 764 / book p. 768

  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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• “Samuel J. Todd, lawyer, 1821-1902. His ancestors were Scotch- Irish ; his parents, Daniel and Mary Taggart Todd ; his birth was at Preble, Courtland county, N. Y., January 19, 1821. With an education, liberal for those times, his natural bent of mind made him a lawj^er and also a student to the end of his long life.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/32-courts-and-legal-profession.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 238 / book p. 740

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources