1848
Marriages: an unnamed man married in Luzerne Co., Penn.; another married Miss Sarah Barnes; another married Miss Sarah Wedge; another married Louisa P. Dyer; another married Miss Mary Marlett; another (of Center township) married in 1848; two unnamed settlers married wives born in New York and Ireland; an Evansville-area man married Miss Calista Wells; a Norwegian couple married in Norway; Mr. Child married Miss E.; a Rock Co. man married in 1848.
The evidence
“Beloit ;, born in Germany in 1825 ; came to New York in 1846 ; went to Luzerne Co., Penn., where he resided tOl 1861 ; in that year came to Beloit and bought 200 acres land in Sections 9,16, and eighty acres in Section 8, a total of 280 acres, which he now owns; he built residence and barns and made all improvements. He married, in Luzerne Co., Penn., in 1848, Rachel Obitz ; they had ten children, seven now living, five daughters and two sons; the sons both live in Dakota and are unmarried ; three daughters are married, one lives in Beloit and the other with a married sister.”
1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 755 / book p. 759
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.
Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources
On the printed page (PDF p. 755 / book p. 759) · open the whole page “(Esphsette) Grunhuvd, the former a native of Eggedahl and the latter of Hallingdahl, Norway. They were married in Norway in 1848, and in 1855 came to the United States and settled in Plymouth township. Rock county, Wisconsin, on the farm now owned by our subject.”
1908-brown-rock-county/34d-biographical-4.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 533 / book p. 1018
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.
Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources
On the printed page (Vol. 2, PDF p. 533 / book p. 1018) · open the whole page
