A Norwegian settler was married in Newark to Groe Nelson.

The evidence

• “P.'O. Beloit; born in Norway in 1819, and came married in Newark May 23, 1844, Groe Nelson, and had four children — Halver L., Bessie, Helen and Carolina. When he first came, he bought land in Section 11 ; the first forty acres he bought from the Government and improved it, although some timber land had been bought before this by speculators ; he in partnership withKnud Chrispinson and Germund Skavlem, built a house and improved the land; he now nwns over 200 acres of land in Section 11. with residence and barns.”

  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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