1843
Robert More (Fairfield) was born in Scotland; he came to Wisconsin in 1846.
The evidence
“P. 0. Fairfield ; born in Scotland in 1843 ; came to Wisconsin in 1846, locating at Bradford, where his father purchased 100 acres, which Robert succeeded t(j on the death of his father at Johnstown in 1847. Robert More married, in 1869, Miss Ellen J.”
1879-history-of-rock-county/35-bios-bradford.md, PDF p. 883 / book p. 887
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.
Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources
On the printed page (PDF p. 883 / book p. 887) · open the whole page “Robert More is one of the enterprising, prosperous and publicspirited farmers of Rock county. He was born at Sterlingshire, Scotland, May 21, 1843, to Robert and Helen (Wilson) More, both natives of that place. They came to this country in 1846 and settled first in Johnstown township, where the father died in 1837 at the age of thirty-nine.”
1908-brown-rock-county/34c-biographical-3.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 473 / book p. 960
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.
Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources
On the printed page (Vol. 2, PDF p. 473 / book p. 960) · open the whole page
