Cholera deaths occurred in the town of Newark; one settler's wife died of cholera there

The evidence

• “Beloit; born in Newark Aug. 2, 1844 ; he is the pon of Gunder Knutson, who was born in Norway in 1812 ; emigrated to Wisconsin, and located in the town of Newark in 1843, near the same large spring on Section 4 that his brother Gulack JCnutson had located on in 1841 ; the land that he bought was owned by Gunnel Stordock, who came in September, 1841, to live near the spring also, and owned forty acres, which he sold; he made improvements, and built house and barns. He married, in Norway, Sarah Taurjon, widow of Ole Nelson (by whom she had three children), and they had three more children ; one is living, Knud Gunder; the name of Springen is derived from being residents by the large spring ; his wife died in 1854, during the cholera in this town, by which great numbers died. He married again, in 1856, Gwin Jensen, widow of T.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/19-bios-newark.md, PDF p. 770 / book p. 774

  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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• “He left his family well provided for, so that when she came to this country she had some means with which to provide her new home and assist those that were in need of help. She died of the cholera during the epidemic of that disease in 1854. (6)”

  1908-brown-rock-county/18-scandinavians.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 484 / book p. 449

  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.

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