Mr. and Mrs. Smith from Hampshire, England, came with their son Henry H., about fifteen years old.

The evidence

• “Pearsons of Chicago, in such generous gifts to Beloit college. November, 1838, came Mr. and Mrs. Smith from Hampshire, England, with their son Henry H., about fifteen years old, who is still living in Rock county.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/06-history-of-beloit.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 159 / book p. 143

  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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