Two Johnstown settlers came to Wisconsin in 1843, one locating with his father at Johnstown, the other purchasing 244 acres there.

The evidence

• “P. 0. Johnstown; born in New York in 1851 ; came to Wisconsin in 1843, locating at Johnstown with his father, where he remained one year, when he moved to Lima, where the early part of his life was spent; at the age of 19 years, he purchased a farm of eighty acres in Madison, Dane Co., remaining two years; moved to Miltoii and purchased eighty acres, which he sold out after two years, and returned to Lima and purchased eighty acres, where he remained for a number of years, when he moved to Johnstown, purchasing 100 acres on Section 15, which he afterward sold and moved on Section 14, his present homestead of 120 acres. Married, in 1851, Miss Mary J.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/24-bios-johnstown.md, PDF p. 805 / book p. 809

  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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