A man was present in Janesville and was engaged in activities there.

The evidence

• “From the time of his getting here he took a most prominent part in the activities of Janesville, starting the upper water-power almost at once on his arrival. He was elected to the first constitutional convention in 1847 and was the same year appointed attorney general of the territory, and held that office until the state was admitted into the Union. At that time there was no railroad between Janesville and Madison, and he used to drive up to Madison to attend to his duties as attorney general, sometimes driving up in the morning and returning in the afternoon.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/26-history-of-janesville.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 32 / book p. 546

  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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