The Stewart family came to Clinton and settled on 260 acres.

The evidence

• “O. Clinton; born in New York June 1, 1836; son of William Stewart, a Colonel in the old New York Militia; he was born in Massachusetts Dec. 10, 1798, and died Nov. 28, 1865; was of Scotch descent; the family came to Clinton and settled on 260 acres in 1838 ; his son William took the farm after his father's death. William married, Sept. 29, 1859, Susan L.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/20-bios-clinton.md, PDF p. 782 / book p. 786

  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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