December 17, 1866

Mr. Janes wrote a letter.

Meanwhile, closer to home

CountyNovember 11, 1866

W. W. Child came to Rock County and opened a general store (at Edgerton).

BeloitDecember 1866Month

Rice Dearborn died on his farm south of Beloit.

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Nation & worldDecember 17, 1866

Mr. Janes wrote a letter.

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Janes removed from Janesville westward, as there were getting to be too many settlers here, and he found that the county could take his preemption, Janes was a typical frontiersman, and his name is perpetuated in Janesville, Minn., and JanesviUe, Iowa, as well as in Wisconsin, and perhaps in places farther west. On December 17, 1866, he wrote a letter

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.Vol. 2, PDF p. 18 / book p. 533

1866 / December 17

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December 17, 1866

Mr. Janes wrote a letter.

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The evidence

Nation & worldDecember 17, 1866

Mr. Janes wrote a letter.

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

Janes removed from Janesville westward, as there were getting to be too many settlers here, and he found that the county could take his preemption, Janes was a typical frontiersman, and his name is perpetuated in Janesville, Minn., and JanesviUe, Iowa, as well as in Wisconsin, and perhaps in places farther west. On December 17, 1866, he wrote a letter