1857
Ex-Governor William A. Barstow removed to Janesville and opened the Producers' Bank.
Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
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“In 1857 ex-Governor "William A. Barstow, over whose incumbency of the governor's chair there had been such a contest, removed to Janesville and opened a new bank called the Producers' Bank in connection with A.”
1908-brown-rock-county/26-history-of-janesville.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 41 / book p. 554
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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