Emanuel Corker/Canker arrived from Whitewater, erected a frame house, and (about 1846) built a mill.

The evidence

• “Its first introduction to civilization was made in 1846, when Mr. Emanuel Corker arrived from Whitewater and erected a frame house upon the site now occupied by Mr.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 687 / book p. 691

  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

  

• “In 1846 Emanuel Corker came from Whitewater and erected a frame house, and while living there, before immigration had fairly started, commenced the erection of a grist mill. Not long thereafter he was joined in his solitude by James Merwin, Edward Hyland, Nelson Coon, David L.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 163 / book p. 670

  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