A Janesville settler married Julia Blakeslee of Pennsylvania.

The evidence

• “Myers then built the well-known hotel, the Myers House, and erected one of the most elegant opera-houses in the Northwest, and is the owner of some of the finest buildings, both for residence and business purposes, in the State ; he has been prominently connected with various business enterprises likely to result in benefit to the city ; he is a Director of the Janesville Cotton Manufacturing Company. Married Julia Blakeslee, a native of Pennsylvania, in July, 1846 ; they have four sons and one daughter.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/17-bios-janesville.md, PDF p. 712 / book p. 716

  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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