Augustus Smith came to Wisconsin, locating at Troy, Walworth County.

The evidence

• “AUGUSTUS SMITH, grain-dealer, was born in Chester, Mass., Oct. 25, 1801 ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1838, locating at Troy, Walworth Co.; from Chester he moved to Biandford, Mass., and thence to VVestfield, Mass., where he assisted his lather in farming ; from Westfield he moved to Hadley, Mass., and engaged in the butchering business, and afterward kept a public house ; from Hadley he moved to Troy, Wis., where he bought a farm of 300 acres and farmed it for seventeen years, when he went to Beloit and engaged in the grocery business ; in 1859, he engaged in the jjrain business, which business he is still carrying on. Mr.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 760

  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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