A. Douglas started for California, going by stage from Janesville to New York via Buffalo and taking ship.

The evidence

• “A. Douglas worked for his father till of age ; settled on forty acres of land in 1843 and entered it in 1845 ; in December, 1846, started for California, going to New York by stage from Janesville via BuiFalo and took ship for California ; was detained nine days in Panama, waiting for conveyance, but the passengers finally chartered a vessel and landed in California in about sixty days after starting ; went to mining, but had to lay up with sickness for six months ; then worked in a store. In December, 1849, returned to Plymouth; from 1863 to 1871, bought grain, poultry, etc., at Hanover and shipped to New York, Chicago and other markets. He now owns eighty acres of land, forty acres in the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 3, and forty acres ia the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 11 ; he raises stock and all kinds of grain, except wheat. Married Miss Martha Beech, of Center Township, Dec. 25, 1846, and has three children — -Mary M., Hopson 0. and William 0. He was Constable and Collector for 1843;”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/32-bios-plymouth.md, PDF p. 869 / book p. 873

  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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