A Norwegian father who had been employed in a factory at Providence settled on forty acres of land in Clinton township.

The evidence

• “They were married in their native land, and in 1846 came to the United States, landing in New York after a voyage of six weeks ; thence they went to Providence, R. I,, where the father was employed in a factory till the fall of 1838, when he settled on forty acres of land in Clinton township, Rock county. Here he made a home for himself and reared his family, adding to his original purchase from time to time until he had 155 acres in his home place, finely improved with substantial buildings and all the equipments of a model farm.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34d-biographical-4.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 496 / book p. 982

  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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