Silas and Cynthia (Cowan) Hurd settled in Rock County.

The evidence

• “Wixom married Miss Clara M., daughter of Silas and Cynthia (Cowan) Hurd, who was born in Fulton township. Her parents, natives of New York state, were among the pioneer settlers of Rock county, settling there about 1838 on land which her father bought from the United States government. He was a successful and prosperous farmer for many years, and by his own efforts rose from a condition of comparative obscurity to a position of affluence and prominence in the community.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34b-biographical-2.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 379 / book p. 873

  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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