Janes's wife and four small children were for twenty-one days the only inhabitants of Janesville, while the men went up toward Jefferson for a raft of rails.

The evidence

• “After leaving Janesville, I had been drifting around, until 1849 found me in this Und of gold and big potatoes. The ladies of Janesville would probably think it strange to hear that, in July, 1836, my wife and four small children were the only inhabitants of J.anesville for twenty-one days at one time. Such is the fact, for I, with all the meu that were about me, went up to where.Jefferson is situated for a raft of rails, expecting to return in a few days ; but”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/14-rock-county-ch08-janesville.md, PDF p. 545 / book p. 549

  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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