A Scottish farmer came from Dutchess County, N. Y., to Rock Prairie for one year.

The evidence

• “Footville ; born Oct. 20, 1832, in Kirkcudbright, Galloway, Scotland, where he was a farmer ; in June, 1855, came to America, and located in Dutchess Co., N. Y., and remained till 1856, when he came to Rock Prairie for one year; then settled in Plymouth Township and bought his farm of 132 acres ; raises corn, oats, wheat, rye, barley, flax, potatoes, horses, sheep, cows, hogs and poultry. Married Miss Rosanna E.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/32-bios-plymouth.md, PDF p. 870 / book p. 874

  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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