A quarry superintendent removed his family four miles out into the country.

The evidence

• “H. His father acted as Superintendent of a stone quarry for two years, till the spring of 1849, at which time he removed his family four miles out into the country ; he still remained in the employ of the same firm, with whom he had contracted to furnish railroad ties. In November, 1850, he and his family came to Wisconsin, located in the city of JanesviUe, where he lived and worked till the spring of 1851, at which time he removed out into Harmony Township, where he worked diiferent farms till 1854; then he bought twenty acres of land on Section 10, and moved on to the place.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/36-bios-harmony.md, PDF p. 888 / book p. 892

  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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