A Beloit-area blacksmith (name cut off in the passage) was born in Maine.

The evidence

• “P. 0. Beloit ; born in Maine in October, 1840 ; he came West about 1855, and learned his trade of blacksmithing in Beloit; he then went to Iowa and worked at his trade a short time ; returned to Vermont. He married in Barre, Vt., in May, 1860, Abbie Albee, daughter of Merrill and Maria Albee, born in Barre in 1840 ; they have seven children — Flora M., Liliie M., Alice M., Nellie A., George A. and Albert A., and an infant not yet named. They remained in Barre till 1864, and he then brought his family to Beloit and lived in the city, working at his trade till 1874 ; he then bought 120 acres land in Sees. 26 and 27, Newark ; he built residence, barns, and made all improvements, and now has a very tiomfortable home.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/19-bios-newark.md, PDF p. 769 / book p. 773

  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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