Once Upon a House

July 20, 1833

He (formerly governor of the Territory of Illinois) died at his home in Belleville.

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  • “In 1826 he was again elected governor of the state. He died at his home in Belleville, July 20, 1833. During the whole period that Edwards was governor of the Territory of Illinois, Wisconsin was a portion of that territory.”

    1908-brown-rock-county/05-historic-evolution.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 118 / book p. 105

    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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    The passage on the printed page (Vol. 1, PDF p. 118 / book p. 105)
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