- LYMAN INMAN, farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. Beloit; born in Luzerne
Co., Penn., in 1821; thence, in
- 1842, he came to Rock Co., Wis., and located in the town
of Plymouth, with his parents and family; they took up 400 acres
of land in that town together, and after some time, divided the
land between them; while living in Plymouth, Lyman bought 80
acres of Government land, in Sec. 4 (Newark), and in 1850, he
married, in Plymouth, Miss Mary SMILEY; immediately came to Newark
and built a residence and barns and made all improvements; they
had nine children, five are now living. His father and mother
both died in Plymouth. Lyman still owns 60 acres of land there,
besides 80 acres in Newark that he lives on, in Sec. 4. He has
been a member of the School Board over twenty years, at different
times.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 772.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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