- WILLIAM T. KELLEY, farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. Beloit; born in
the Isle of Man in 1838; came to
- Cleveland, Ohio, about 1853, and thence to Newark, about
1859; he bought 360 acres of land in Secs. 25 and 26, and built
a residence in Sec. 26, with barns, etc., and made all improvements;
he then sold 160 acres in Sec. 25, to his brother Daniel, who
built a residence there and now lives on it. William T. afterward
bought forty acres more in Sec. 34, adjoining How's mill; being
miller by trade, he operated the mill for six months, until the
dam gave way, and the mill is now idle; he now owns 240 acres
of land in Secs. 27 and 34, with residence, barns and all improvements,
and now lives on Sec. 26.
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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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