- SIMON LARSON, farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. Beloit; born in Norway
in 1832; came to this country
- with his father, Lars SIMONSON, and located in Beloit Township
in September, 1842; came to Newark Township in April, 1843; among
the earliest settlers; his father bought forty acres of land
with a house on it, and put up a blacksmith-shop - the second
shop in the town. His son Simon married, on Dec. 29, 1853, in
Newark, Tury STEENSON, of Norway; they had five children; he
was living with his father and mother when they were both taken
with the cholera and died; his father died July 9, and his mother
July 11, 1854; Simon then took full charge of the property, being
an only son, and he now owns 199 acres of land with residence,
barns, and all improved. Three of his children are still living
- Cornelia, Stone and Louisa.
-
- Taken from "History of Rock County Wis." (c)1879,
p. 773.
-
- Courtesy of Carol
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