Once Upon a House

May 15, 1843

The Moseley family reached Beloit.

BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source

The evidence

  • “brought his family, reaching Beloit on May 15, 1843. While building his home, which was situated at what is now the corner of Bluff and D streets (it was then outside of the town limits), he lived with old Captain Houston in the old house on Fourth street, which still stands, and lived in other places in Beloit until they built, as above mentioned, in the year 1849.”

    1908-brown-rock-county/34c-biographical-3.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 483 / book p. 970

    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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