A Rhode Island-born carpenter came to Wisconsin and located in Rock County, buying 160 acres of government land.

The evidence

• “P. 0. Beloit; born in Rhode Island, in 1822; he came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1846, and located in Rock Co.; he bought 160 acres Government land in Sauk Township which he sold again ; he is a carpenter by trade, and worked at his trade in Janesville and Milton until 1855; he then bought fifty acres land in Section 11, Rock Township, built a residence and made all improvements; he lived there five years and then sold it, and lived in Milton, La Prairie and Janesville, until he came to Beloit Township ; in 1876, he rented the farm known as Roberts' farm, in Section 1, on which he now lives. He married in 1850, in Janesville, Mary E.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 751 / book p. 755

  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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