A future Beloit lawyer went to Batavia, New York, to read law, afterward coming to Beloit.

The evidence

• “Todd removed to Peterboro, Hillsboro Co., N. H., and worked on a farm for his a:randfather, and also went to school there ; in February, 1839, he went to Batavia, Genesee Co., and read law under the law firm of Chandler & Taggert ; from Batavia he came to Beloit, and has practiced law ever since. Mr.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 764 / book p. 768

  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