Joel was born.

The evidence

• “George A., December, 1846 ; Joel, May, 1848 ; Hiram C, May, 1852 ; his son Hiram is superintending the farm, making a specialty of stock-raising.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/26-bios-la-prairie.md, PDF p. 832

  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