About 1853, C. Sexton built a plow factory on the west side of the river.

The evidence

• “Hodge as a partner ; they enlarged the business by rebuilding and employing more men, and in a few years were doing a business of over $25,000 per year. About 1853 C. Sexton built a factory on the west side of the river and commenced the manufacture of plows and cultivators, and was joined later by his son, H.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/27-early-janesville-manufacturers.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 92 / book p. 603

  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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