A settler moved to Winnebago Co., Ill.

The evidence

• “Hanover; born May 23, 1828, in Ehrenberg, Hanover, where he was a farmer ; came to America June 9, 1849 ; located in the city of Schenectady, N. Y.; worked at broom-making and other occupations ; moved to Winnebago Co., 111., in 1852 ; farmed there and made brOoms in Cherry Valley. In 1855, came to Janesville, Wis., and worked at broom-making ; then eleven years on farms in Center Township.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/32-bios-plymouth.md, PDF p. 869 / book p. 873

  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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