A settler left his home in Sherbrooke, Canada, in 1836 and went to Durham Co., Ontario.

The evidence

• “Beloit ; born iu Hartford, Vt., near White River, in 1816. His parents moved to Sherbrooke, Canada, where he remained till 1836 ; he then left home and went to Durham Co., in Province of Ontario, Canada; married there, in 1842, Sophia Eastman, of Durham Co. ; they had no children. He came to Rock Co., Wis., and located in Newark in 1845.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/19-bios-newark.md, PDF p. 769 / book p. 773

  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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