A. Hyatt Smith came to Janesville and engaged in mercantile business.

The evidence

• “W. SMITH, President of the Rock County National Bank; came to Janesville in 1843 ; engaged in mercantile business until 1854; from 1848 to 1854, he also carried on flouring-mills, and has extensively engaged in farming ever since he came here ; in 1855, he engaged in banking business, and has been in the same business ever since ; connected with the Rock County Bank at the time of its”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/17-bios-janesville.md, PDF p. 719 / book p. 723

  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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