Births in 1838, elsewhere, of people who later lived in Rock County: a native of Monroe County, Pennsylvania; a resident born in the Isle of Man; a native of Saratoga County, New York; a resident born in New York State; a settler born in New York; a settler born in Scotland; another born in New York; and one born in Roscoe, Winnebago County, Illinois.

The evidence

• “Janesville; came to Wisconsin in 1844, locating on the land where he now lives ; owns 107 acres of land. A native of Monroe Co., Penn. ; born in 1838. Married, in 1861, Miss Cornelia A.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/17-bios-janesville.md, PDF p. 701 / book p. 705

  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.

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