A man invested his money in goods and went to Evansville, Indiana, opening a store; another passage dates this to 1835 generally.

The evidence

• “two miles from Troy, for which he paid half cash aod half on time ; he followed the business of peddling for six years, gradually adding to his stock. ; this business he sold out, paid up his indebtedness, and still had as a profit from the peddling business the snug sum of $10,500 ; in the fall of 1835, he invested this money in goods, and went to Evansville, Ind., where he opened a dry-goods and boot and shoe store, which he carried on for about six months when a partnership was formed with' his brothers, under the firm name of A. B.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 735 / book p. 739

  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.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources

  

• “This was in 1831. In six years he had made and saved $10,500, In 1835 he went to Evansville, Ind., and opened up a general store ; six months later, took his brother in partnership and increased the capital to $40,000. In 1841 they sold out the business and engaged in milling and wholesale produce, selling through their house in New Orleans, of which Mr.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34a-biographical-1.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 306 / book p. 804

  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.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1879-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent