A farmer built his homestead.

The evidence

• “In 1851, he built his barn, but has since enlarged and put a stone basement.under it. In 1852, he built his homestead. He now owns 512^ acres; 321 J acres in Plymouth Township, 100 acres in Spring Valley, and ninety-one acres in Newark, and raises all kinds of grain and stock.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/32-bios-plymouth.md, PDF p. 872 / book p. 876

  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