The subject of P315's family came to Wisconsin in 1837 and bought a tract of land from the government.

The evidence

• “Y. They came to Wisconsin in 1837 and bought a tract of land from the government and engaged in farming for about five years, when he ventured in the carpenter, sash and blind business. This he continued for three years and then returned to the farm, where he spent the remainder of his life.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34c-biographical-3.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 476 / book p. 963

  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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