Mr. Gaston, with his family and father-in-law A. J. Battin, arrived at Beloit.

The evidence

• “Gaston married Miss Ann Eliza Battin, daughter of Augustine J. Battin, formerly of New York city ; came at once with his family and father-in-law by boat from Buffalo to Southport, now Kenosha, and thence with their own teams and wagons to Beloit, Wis., arriving September 13, 1844. Here Mr.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/29-beloit-manufacturing.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 116 / book p. 626

  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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