- OSCAR F. MACY, farmer, Sec. 26 [Newark Twp.]; P.O. Beloit;
born in Maine in October,
- 1840; he came West about 1855, and learned his trade of blacksmithing
in Beloit; he then went to Iowa and worked at his trade a short
time; returned to Vermont. He married in Barre, Vt., in May,
1860, Abbie ALBEE, daughter of Merrill and Maria ALBEE, born
in Barre in 1840; they have seven children - Flora M., Lillie
M., Alice M., Nellie A., George A., and Albert A., and an infant
not yet named. They remained in Barre till 1864, and he then
brought his family to Beloit and lived in the city, working at
his trade till 1874; he then bought 120 acres land in Secs. 26
and 27, Newark; he built residence, barns, and made all improvements,
and now has a very comfortable home.
-
- Taken from "History of Rock County Wis." (c)1879,
p. 773.
-
- Courtesy of Carol
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