July 6, 1866

The Johnson family reached Rock County, Wisconsin, from Norway.

Meanwhile, closer to home

BeloitJune 29, 1866

The Union newspaper published a notice of an Indian grave.

BeloitAugust 29, 1866

John Bell arrived in Beloit and became foreman of the forging shop of Merrill & Houston's Iron Works.

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Rock CountyJuly 6, 1866

The Johnson family reached Rock County, Wisconsin, from Norway.

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Fossum, a native of Norway, was born September 29. 1846, and is the son of Ole and Mary Johnson, both natives of Norway, where the father was engaged in farming. On April 25, 1866, the parents, with their family of four sons and two daughters, left their native land, and after a long, weary and tedious journey, on July 6, reached Rock county, Wisconsin, whence a little later they went to Richland county, where the father bought a farm of 100 acres, which he improved and where he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives. He died at the age of eighty-three and she at the age of seventy-five years.

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.Vol. 2, PDF p. 534 / book p. 1019

1866 / July 6

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July 6, 1866

The Johnson family reached Rock County, Wisconsin, from Norway.

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The evidence

Rock CountyJuly 6, 1866

The Johnson family reached Rock County, Wisconsin, from Norway.

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

Fossum, a native of Norway, was born September 29. 1846, and is the son of Ole and Mary Johnson, both natives of Norway, where the father was engaged in farming. On April 25, 1866, the parents, with their family of four sons and two daughters, left their native land, and after a long, weary and tedious journey, on July 6, reached Rock county, Wisconsin, whence a little later they went to Richland county, where the father bought a farm of 100 acres, which he improved and where he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives. He died at the age of eighty-three and she at the age of seventy-five years.