Once Upon a House

1840

Mr. and Mrs. Dean removed to Emerald Grove, Rock county.

Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source

The evidence

  • “Judith Coleman Dean was born in Byfield, Mass., March 7, 1795. ]\Ir. and Mrs. Dean removed to Emerald Grove, Rock county, Wisconsin, in 1840. This household, true to their New England heritage, believed in going to church, and to church they went, crossing ten miles of prairie between Emerald Grove and Milton.”

    1908-brown-rock-county/19-pioneer-women.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 494 / book p. 458

    Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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