A child was born (Byron Fields, in Maple Grove, South Adams, Massachusetts).

The evidence

• “BYROX FIELDS, second foreman of the mill-room in cotton factory; born Nov. 14, 1857, in Maple Grove, South Adams, Mass. ; educated at North Adams Academy. Was in present business at Arnoldville, Mass., five years, also at North Adams two years.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/17-bios-janesville.md, PDF p. 701 / book p. 705

  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.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources