A settler came to Magnolia Township and worked a farm.

The evidence

• “Higby. In February, 1858, he came to Magnolia Township, and worked a farm till I860, then rented one till 1864, when he bought eighty acres of land from Joel Campbell. He raises ail kinds of grain and stock.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/33-bios-magnolia.md, PDF p. 876 / book p. 880

  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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