- THOMAS LANCASTER, farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Beloit; born in Yorkshire,
England, in 1821; he
- came to Beloit Township with his brother and to Newark Township,
and bought 160 acres land in Sec. 33, from Government; afterward
bought 40 acres more in Sec. 28; his brother died here, and the
whole land belonged to him; he built a residence, barns, and
made all improvements. He married, in Shirland, Ill., in 1856,
Sarah HYDE; has no family. They now reside on the farm.
-
- Taken from "History of Rock County Wis." (c)1879,
p. 773.
-
- Courtesy of Carol
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