Cholera broke out in Milton, taking multiple victims on consecutive days.

The evidence

• “In the summer of 1850, the cholera broke out in Milton, taking first a Norwegian, a harvest hand of his father's; next Maxson Green, an uncle; then Lydia Green, an aunt, and Elijah E. Goodrich, a cousin — his partner's brother, in as many consecutive days, and soon after John S.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/25-bios-milton.md, PDF p. 817 / book p. 821

  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