January 16, 1852
George Wesley Doty was born in Fulton township.
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“George Wesley Doty, mie of the strong financial men of Edgerton, Wis., was born in Fulton township, near that city, January 16, 1852, to Daniel R. and Luanna (Coon) Doty, who removed from New York, their native state to Albion township, Rock county, Wisconsin, in 1847. Our subject's father, on settling in Wisconsin, first ran a saw mill; later engaged in the lumber trade, and still later settled in Edgerton, where he was employed by the Chicago, Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railroad Company as freight man at the depot, and for some years as road master.”
1908-brown-rock-county/34e-biographical-5.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 573 / book p. 1057
Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.
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