Joseph Goodrich Carr was born in Milton; the 1879 history names him the second-oldest native-born citizen.

The evidence

• “Waterman, born October 12, 1839. The next oldest native-born citizen is Joseph Goodrich Carr, born March 19, 1840.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/13-rock-county-ch07-town-histories.md, PDF p. 515 / book p. 519

  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