A farmer sold his Dane County land in 1852 and moved to Union Township, Rock Co., buying 243 acres.

The evidence

• “P.O. Evansville; born in New Hampshire April 13, 1819; came to Wisconsin in 1842, and located in Janesville, Rock Co., and engaged in farming; in 1846, he bought 160 acres in Rutland Township, Dane Co. ; in 1852, he sold it, and moved to Union Township, Rock Co. ; bought 243 acres of land and now resides there. Married, in Jantsville, May 27, 1847, iMiss Cinthy Chapin, a native of Vermont; has two sons.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/30-bios-union.md, PDF p. 859 / book p. 863

  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.

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