Business ventures begun or changed in 1862: a tinsmith went into business for himself; a contractor went into business on his own account; a physician bought 180 acres; a grocery store opened in Lima; the livery business started in Edgerton; a man entered the drug business in Evansville; the First National Bank of Janesville obtained a charter (July); the feed mill of Henry A. Doty started; tobacco lath sawing began; a round house and railroad bridge built at Janesville.

The evidence

• “J. Richardson to the trade of a tinsmith, which he completed, and, in 1862, ventured into business for himself; his success was most gratifyina:, and, 1863, he began business on his present site, which has grown into one of the most extensive hardware, house-furnishing goods, farming-implement supply depots in Wisconsin.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/17-bios-janesville.md, PDF p. 703

  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

  

• “Doe, cashier. In July, 1862, a new charter was obtained under the title, "The First National Bank of Janesville," with a charter No. "2748."”

  1908-brown-rock-county/22-janesville-banking.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 522 / book p. 484

  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.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources