Cassoday arrived in Janesville and located there.

The evidence

• “Burnham, of Sacketts Harbor, N. Y., and continued reading with him until the 8th d'ay of May, 1848, when he was admitted to practice in all the courts of that State. On the 2d day of October, 1848, he started for the West, reaching Janesville, Wis., Oct. 13, where he located and has since practiced his profession ; he has no children, but has adopted two sisters, Minnie and Kitty Parry, whu have assumed his name and have been with him now over twenty years, and are the light and joy of hi.s home ; they have been with him since they were respectively 4 and 2 years of age. Mr.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/17-bios-janesville.md, PDF p. 693 / book p. 697

  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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• “Soon after his admission to the bar he came west and settled at Janesville, Wis., arriving October 13, 1848, and from that time until elected to the bench, in April, 1882, he zealously pursued his profession, and his efforts were rewarded with success.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/32-courts-and-legal-profession.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 228 / book p. 731

  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.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources