Mr. McEwan bought a quarter section of land near Milton in 1853.

The evidence

• “McEwan first assisted his brother Peter, who had taken, in June, 1837, the claim on which part of the village of Milton now stands, but shortly went to JNIilwaukee, where he finished learning and worked four years at the carpentering trade and afterwards carried on this trade in Milton. In 1853 he bought a quarter section of land near Milton, which he improved, and in 1866 engaged in merchandizing and for some thirteen years conducted a general store.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34e-biographical-5.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 588 / book p. 1072

  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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