Once Upon a House

April 20, 1820

S. Wooster was born in Tully, New York.

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  • “S. Wooster was born April 20, 1820, in TuUy, N. Y. ; at the age of 12, made his first trip with his father with, stock ; they went from New York to Hartford and New Haven in Connecticut ; he afterward went with his father to Ohio ; engaged in selling clocks, cloths, buggies and Yankee notions, taking in exchange farm products ; often took droves of horses to New York ; used to sell common clocks in those days from $0 to $60; in 1844, moved to Jefferson Prairie, Wis.”

    1879-history-of-rock-county/20-bios-clinton.md, PDF p. 784 / book p. 788

    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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