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August 31, 1846

An unnamed father started with wife and twins (Louisa and Eliza) for northern Illinois by prairie schooner; soon after crossing the Maumee, little Eliza died and was buried.

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BeloitAugust 11, 1846

E-ne-we-shin-e-gras Lodge No. 10, I. O. O. F. (later Myrtle Lodge), was instituted at Beloit.

CountyAugust 22, 1846

The second volume of the Janesville Gazette was commenced, enlarged by one column and printed with new type on a new press.

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The regionAugust 31, 1846

An unnamed father started with wife and twins (Louisa and Eliza) for northern Illinois by prairie schooner; soon after crossing the Maumee, little Eliza died and was buried.

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He gained the power to interest young men from the lakes and the furnace, and also in 1844 gained Miss Lucy Ann Nichols for a wife, and two years later decided to go West. With a prairie schooner and a heavy team and good wishes from neighbors, August 31, 1846, he started with wife and twins, Louisa and Eliza, for northern Illinois. They had hardly crossed the Maumee when the mother and children became quite ill, and little Eliza died and was buried.

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.Vol. 2, PDF p. 314 / book p. 812

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August 31, 1846

An unnamed father started with wife and twins (Louisa and Eliza) for northern Illinois by prairie schooner; soon after crossing the Maumee, little Eliza died and was buried.

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The regionAugust 31, 1846

An unnamed father started with wife and twins (Louisa and Eliza) for northern Illinois by prairie schooner; soon after crossing the Maumee, little Eliza died and was buried.

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1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

He gained the power to interest young men from the lakes and the furnace, and also in 1844 gained Miss Lucy Ann Nichols for a wife, and two years later decided to go West. With a prairie schooner and a heavy team and good wishes from neighbors, August 31, 1846, he started with wife and twins, Louisa and Eliza, for northern Illinois. They had hardly crossed the Maumee when the mother and children became quite ill, and little Eliza died and was buried.