A Beloit farmer moved to Porter Township in 1853.

The evidence

• “EvansviUe ; born in Pennsylvania Feb. 21,1829, cam^ to Wisconsin in the spring of 1848, and located at Beloit, where he was a farmer. In 1853, he moved to Porter Township. In 1856, he bought a farm of forty- four acres.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/31-bios-porter.md, PDF p. 866 / book p. 870

  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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