A family arrived in Wisconsin in 1852 and purchased a farm in Avon township.

The evidence

• “His parents were both natives of New York state and first moved to the state of Ohio, where they lived for some time, when they again took up their journey toward the west, which was accomplished by horses and wagon. They arrived in Wisconsin in 1852 and purchased a farm in Avon township. Rock county, where they made their home until the death of Mrs.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34c-biographical-3.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 453 / book p. 941

  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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