A. Douglas settled on forty acres of land.

The evidence

• “A. Douglas worked for his father till of age ; settled on forty acres of land in 1843 and entered it in 1845 ; in December, 1846, started for California, going to New York by stage from Janesville via BuiFalo and took ship for California ; was detained nine days in Panama, waiting for conveyance, but the passengers finally chartered a vessel and landed in California in about sixty days after starting ; went to mining, but had to lay up with sickness for six months ; then worked in a store. In December, 1849, returned to Plymouth; from 1863 to 1871, bought grain, poultry, etc., at Hanover and shipped to New York, Chicago and other markets.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/32-bios-plymouth.md, PDF p. 869 / book p. 873

  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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