John Hauser started in business for himself in Beloit.

The evidence

• “Borngesser was killed on the way while crossing the plains. John Hauser about 1848 started in business for himself in the south basement of R. P.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/06-history-of-beloit.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 184 / book p. 167

  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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