A resident of Newark (Beloit P.O.) was born in Norway.

The evidence

• “P. 0. Beloit; born in Norway in 1833; his parents, Hans and Bargitt Halverson, came to Newark in 1845, bought land and improved it, and located on it in Section 12. He was reared in Newark, and was married in his father's house in 1862, to Carrie, Thcilen.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/19-bios-newark.md, PDF p. 768 / book p. 772

  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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