Henry Pentland left home in 1853 and went to California.

The evidence

• “HENRY PENTLAND, grocer ; born in Ireland, in 1833 ; liis parents moved to Wisconsin in 1843, and located at Elkhorn, Walworth Co.; remained till 1853; when he was 20 years of age, he left home and went to California, where he engaged in the shell-fish trade six years ; he went from California to Ireland, on a visit to his old home ; in 1860 he returned to Beloit, and, in 1865, formed a copartnership with his brother, William Pentland, in the grocery business; continued until 1867, when he sold out his interest in the business and formed another copartnership with D. L.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 757 / book p. 761

  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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