1856
A printer came West and located in Freeport, Ill., working at his trade.
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“In 1856 he came West and located in Freeport, 111., workmg at his trade. He went from Freeport to Chicago and was employed by the "Tribune" when the Civil war began.”
1908-brown-rock-county/34e-biographical-5.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 605 / book p. 1089
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.
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