A family came with parents to Wisconsin in 1853 and located in Harmony Township.

The evidence

• “Some years after he married, he moved to Madison Co., N. Y., where he owned and operated a mill up to the year 1853, at which time he came with his family to Wisconsin, and located in Harmony Township, and worked a farm till the spring of 1870, at which time he went with his family to Vernon Co., Wis., where he is at present engaged in farming. Their son William remained in Harmony Township.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/36-bios-harmony.md, PDF p. 893 / book p. 897

  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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