A stone-mason went from Canada East to Beloit City to work at his trade.

The evidence

• “P. 0. Beloit; born in Barnston, Canada East, October, 1819; remained there until 1844, then went to Beloit City, and worked at his trade of stone-mason till 1851 ; he ■owned three lots in the city, and built a residence on Fourth street, which he afterward sold ; also owned 120 acres on Section 5, Beloit, which he also sold in 1851 ; he moved to Newark Township and bought forty acres of land in Section 36, built residence and barns, and made all improvements ; there was a log house on it when he bought it, which he now uses as a barn ; he afterward bought forty acres more in same section, which he now owns, making eighty acres in all. He married, in Baxford, Canada East, in 1836, Abbie P.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/19-bios-newark.md, PDF p. 768 / book p. 772

  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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