Sylvester Wood came to Wisconsin, locating at Avon, where he rented a farm.

The evidence

• “SYLVESTER WOOD; bom in New York in 1811; came to Wisconsin in October, 1856, locating at Avon, where he rented a farm of 200 acres for two years. In 1858, he moved to Monroe, where he purchased 175 acres, remaining four years.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/34-bios-avon.md, PDF p. 880 / book p. 884

  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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