A widow was born; she was still living on the homestead at the time of the history.

The evidence

• “He departed this life on February 23, 1885, in his sixty-seventh year, beloved by all and leaving to his family the heritage of an honored name. His widow, who was born May 23, 1824, still lives on the homestead with her son.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34d-biographical-4.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 501 / book p. 987

  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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