A marble-cutter came to Milwaukee and started the first marble-shop in Wisconsin.

The evidence

• “Beloit; born in Columbia Co., N. Y., March 25, 1805 ; he lived there with his parents till 1826 ; came to Milwaukee in 1844 ; to Newark in 1846 ; while in Milwaukee he started the first marble-shop in the State of Wisconsin ; he lettered the corner-stone of the Beloit College, and also the stone in front of the Baptist Church ; he followed his trade till he came to Newark and took up 120 acres of Government land, a claim to which ho bought ; there was a log cabin on the ground, which he occupied with his family till he built a frame residence, which was afterward burned down ; he then built the residence he now occupies, and still uses the old log cabin as a stable. He was married in West Stockbridge, Mass., to Laura A.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/19-bios-newark.md, PDF p. 771

  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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