Pelig and Lyda (Rogers) Maxson came to Wisconsin.

The evidence

• “Perry Clinton Maxson, who is a native of Connecticut, was born at Waterford January 26, 1854, and is the son of Pelig and Lyda (Rogers) Maxson, who came to Wisconsin in 1857. In early life the father was the owner of a fishing smack, making a business of fishing, carrying the products of his expeditions to Fulton market.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34d-biographical-4.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 522 / book p. 1008

  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