- THOMAS MERLET, farmer, Sec. 30 [Town of Newark]; P.O. Beloit;
born in France in 1829;
- his parents came to Newark in 1854, and he bought 120 acres
land, built residence and made all improvements. He married in
France in 1848, Adeline RAMBOLT; they had ten children, all now
living. He afterward bought 80 acres more land, 200 acres in
all that he now owns. His wife died in 1877, and May 17, 1879,
he married again, Mrs. Josephine GARALA, widow.
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- Taken from "History of Rock County Wis." (c)1879,
p. 773.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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