Levi St. John arrived with his family at Rock River and went into a log house with his brother.

The evidence

• “Extract from a Communication from Alderman Levi St. John. [ Weare unable to give the whole of his interesting article for want of space.| I arrived with my family at Rock River, Oct. 5th., 1836, and went into a log house on the farm now owned by Mr. Cobb, with my brother, his wife having died the June previous.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/25-city-of-janesville.md, PDF p. 190 / book p. 172

  Guernsey, Orrin, and Josiah F. Willard, editors. History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute. Janesville, Wis.: William M. Doty & Brother, 1856. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871593.

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