A future Johnstown farmer was born in New York.

The evidence

• “P. 0. Johnstown ; born in New York, in 1830 ; came to Wisconsin in 1840, with his father, who located at Johnstown, where he died, when Thomas succeeded to the farm of 160 acres, his present homestead. Married, in 1856, Miss Ellen M.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/24-bios-johnstown.md, PDF p. 808 / book p. 812

  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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