Ezra Philo Doty came to Turtle Township (moving to Janesville in 1845).

The evidence

• “HENRY A. DOTY, milling ; born in Janesville ; son of Ezra Philo Doty, who came to Turtle Township, Rock Co., in 1840, and to Janesville in 1845. B.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/17-bios-janesville.md, PDF p. 700 / book p. 704

  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