A fire came near burning up Ogden's hay, and Churchill and his boy helped fight it back.

The evidence

• “The "boy" mentioned in the copies was myself, and "Churchill" was my stepfather. "Sept. 18, 1837-Churchill and his boy went out to the prairie claim and staked out the line between Churchill and us and selected a place for Butts to plow." (The Ogdens had another claim on the little prairie). Sept. 27, 1837-Churchill and his boy took supper with the Ogdens. "Oct. 18, 1837. The Churchill boy came to Ogden's with a fine fish and the Ogden's gave him a piece of pork for it and it made Ogden's a fine meal." (The pork was much needed in our family.) Nov. 17, 1837. The fire came near burning up Ogden's hay and Churchill and his boy helped to fight it back. "Nov. 23, 1837.- The Churchill boy got Ogden's ox cart to go up to Smith's to get Amanda's clothes." (Smith's were at Otter Creek, four miles east of us). "May 8, 1838.”

  1900-caswell-reminiscences/07-fort-atkinson-and-early-janesville.md, PDF pp. 3–27

  Caswell, Lucien Bonaparte. The Reminiscences of the Hon. L. B. Caswell. Written at Fort Atkinson, Wis., 1914–1916; four-column newspaper reprint, newspaper and date unidentified. University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources