1852
John Harvey came to Wisconsin and located at Johnstown, purchasing 215 acres; the same year he married Miss Ellen McLellan.
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“JOHN HARVEY, farmer. Sees. 15, 34 and 35; born in Scotland in 1824 ; came to Wisconsin in 1852, locating at Johnstown, where he purchased 215 acres, his present homestead. He is considered a most successful and enterprising farmer, raising both stock and grain. He is also the owner of some fine Clyde-bred horses. Married, in 1852, Miss Ellen McLellan, a native of Scotland, who died at Johnstown, in 1868, leaving three children, one son and two daughters. He married again in the fall of 1875, Miss Mary Bennett, a native of Ireland.”
1879-history-of-rock-county/24-bios-johnstown.md, PDF p. 807
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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