The parents of the newborn Douglas child moved to Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, when he was three weeks old; the father, David Douglas, bought a farm there.

The evidence

• “O. Hanover; born April 27, 1822, in Oneida Co., N. Y.; when three weeks old, his parents went to Pontiac, Oakland Co., Mich., where his father, David Douglas, bought a farm and managed it, at the same time working at his trade of blacksmithing.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/32-bios-plymouth.md, PDF p. 869 / book p. 873

  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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