Once Upon a House

October 30, 1838

John Lewis and his family arrived [in Clinton] from Pennsylvania.

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  • “The Baptist Church. In August, 1838, Deacon Stephen Barrett with his family moved here from Ohio, and John Lewis and his family arrived here from the state of Pennsylvania, October 30, 1838. Deacon Abel F.”

    1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 131 / book p. 640

    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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    The passage on the printed page (Vol. 2, PDF p. 131 / book p. 640)
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