- Hiram G. ATWOOD, farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Beloit; born in Rutland
Co., Vt., in 1831. He came
- to this county in May, 1857, located in Newark Township,
and bought forty-five and one-half acres of land in Section 14,
on which he built a handsome residence and barns, made all improvements,
and now occupies it. He afterward bought more land at different
times, and now owns 265 acres in Secs. 14 and 15, with all improvements.
He married in Brandon, Vt., March 14, 1855, Fidelia BENTLEY,
a resident of St. Lawrence Co., N.Y. They had seven children,
six still living - Emma, Ella, Herbert, Charles, Carrie, George
- all living at home with parents.
-
- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 770.
-
- Courtesy of Carol
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