A resident of Milton Junction was born April 3, 1833, in County Antrim, Ireland.

The evidence

• “P. 0. Milton Junction ; born April 3, 1833, in County Antrim, Ireland; came with his parents to Philadelphia in 1834; son of James and Rebecca Stockman; they had six children, five are living — Jane, Rebecca, John, Hugh and Robert; their father was a mason, which trade he followed in Philadelphia until about 1837, then went to Saratoga Co., N. Y., and purchased a farm of 100 acres, well improved, which they worked successfully; in 1843, they sold their farm and came to Wisconsin ; in the spring of 1843, they located in Milton Township ; bought an excellent farm, which his father worked successfully until his death, in September, 1872 ; his mother died in September, 1876.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/25-bios-milton.md, PDF p. 825

  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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