A Newark pioneer (born in Norway 1816) came to Newark and lived with his brother Gunel Stordock.

The evidence

• “P.O. Brodhead; born in Norway in 1816; came to Newark in 1843, and lived with his brother, Gunel Stordock, for one year, and then went to Illinois with him and lived there till 1850, and then bought 160 acres in Sec. 7, and twenty acres of timber in Sec. 28 ; there was a log house on the land in Sec. 7, which he repaired and lived in till 1860, and then built a frame house, with barns, and made all improvements. He married, in Avon, in 1850, Miss Ann Larson ; they have five children living.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/34-bios-avon.md, PDF p. 880 / book p. 884

  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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