Hiram Brown and family arrived at the cabin near Janesville.

The evidence

• “In the month of September, 1836, Mr. Hiram Brown and family arrived at the "cabin"; others having moved out, made room for him.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/24-rock.md, PDF p. 161 / book p. 145

  Guernsey, Orrin, and Josiah F. Willard, editors. History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute. Janesville, Wis.: William M. Doty & Brother, 1856. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871593.

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