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December 19, 1837

James Madison Stoner, the first male child born in Madison, was born

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BeloitDecember 2, 1837

Horace Clark died after a four days' illness — the first death in the Beloit community; his funeral was the first burial in the new burying-ground

CountyDecember 7, 1837

An act established the seat of justice of Rock county and made the Town of Rock equal to the county; other sources date the seat-of-justice act December 27, 1837 — the passages disagree

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The regionDecember 19, 1837

James Madison Stoner, the first male child born in Madison, was born

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Wheeler, Heq., a prominent attorney at law at Baraboo. We may also add, in this connection, that John Stoner arrived tn Madison with his family, Seot. 6, 1837, making the third famfly, and his son, James Madison Stoner, born Dec. 19, 1837 was the first male child born in the place—now residing In Colorado. His name was 8 ted the next morning after the birth by Gen. 8.

Draper, Lyman Copeland, editor. Report and Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin for the Years 1869, 1870, 1871 and 1872. Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, vol. 6, Madison, 1872; page-for-page reprint, ed. Reuben Gold Thwaites, Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1908. University of California copy, digitized by Google Books.PDF p. 377 / book p. 359

1837 / December 19

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December 19, 1837

James Madison Stoner, the first male child born in Madison, was born

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The regionDecember 19, 1837

James Madison Stoner, the first male child born in Madison, was born

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1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

Wheeler, Heq., a prominent attorney at law at Baraboo. We may also add, in this connection, that John Stoner arrived tn Madison with his family, Seot. 6, 1837, making the third famfly, and his son, James Madison Stoner, born Dec. 19, 1837 was the first male child born in the place—now residing In Colorado. His name was 8 ted the next morning after the birth by Gen. 8.