A settler came to Avon and purchased 160 acres.

The evidence

• “P. 0. Avon ; born in Ohio in 1823 ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1852, locating at Avon, where he purchased 160 acres — his present homestead. Married, in 1846, Miss Ellen Clark, a native of England ; they have had five children.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/33-bios-magnolia.md, PDF p. 878 / book p. 882

  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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