The father of the sketch's subject (owner of a 101-acre farm) died.

The evidence

• “on the farm he now owns, of 101 acres ; his father died Jan. 14, 1859, and his mother ia still living with her son. He is Republican : was elected Supervisor in 1871, and Chairman of Town Board in 1875 ; has held the ofiBce continually since.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/21-bios-lima.md, PDF p. 790 / book p. 794

  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.

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