A future Beloit resident was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y.

The evidence

• “Beloit ; born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1830; he came to Beloit in 1865, and bought eighty acres of land in Sec. 3, with residence; he built barns and made improvements, put up wind-mill, set out a grove of trees, built fences, etc., and made it a very comfortable place. He married in 1863, in Onondaga Co., Eliza Emmons; had no children; she died in Beloit Nov. 27, 1878.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 742 / book p. 746

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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