John S. went to California.

The evidence

• “(was in South America and California a number of years, in mining and mercantile business in those countries), Louisa (died at home, in 1844), John S. (went to California, in 1849, and has been at home, in Clinton, since 1866).”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/20-bios-clinton.md, PDF p. 778 / book p. 782

  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