A Bradford settler, in partnership with his father, purchased 160 acres in Bradford and twenty acres of woodland in Johnstown.

The evidence

• “Emerald Grove; born in Essex Co., N. Y., in 1836 ; came to Wisconsin in 1849, and located with his fiither in Bradford, on Sec. 7, where he spent the early portion of his life ; in 1859, in partnership with his father, he purchased 160 acres in Bradford, and twenty acres of woodland in Johnstown, afterward adding 80 acres, his present homestead. Married, in 1859, Miss Ellen Lynch, a native of Now 'York State, who died in Bradford in February, 1871 ; they had one child — Ellen, born Feb. 2, 1871. Married again.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/35-bios-bradford.md, PDF p. 881 / book p. 885

  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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