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"William Jack"

WILLIAM JACK, farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Beloit; born in North of Ireland, Dec. 28, 1815. Family
moved to Canada, near Montreal. William emigrated to Rock Co., Wis., in 1836, and located on 237 acres in Sec. 33; was one of the earliest settlers; was in Chicago in 1836, then in its infancy; went to California in 1852; was there seven years in the mining business; came back and returned in 1862, and back again in 1865, and is now located on one of the finest farms in this county; have a very pretty residence. Married in February, 1847, Miss P. Jane TIFFANY, daughter of Nelson TIFFANY, who was a wealthy and prominent farmer of Winnebago Co., Ill.; have had two children - Mattie, who married Dr. H. J. CRUMPLIN, a prominent physician of Lake Co., Cal.; Clara, the other daughter, has recently returned from California. Mr. JACK has fine stock of Durham cattle; raises fruit of all kinds; a choice article of butter that he makes is always in demand.
 
 
Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis." (c)1879, pp. 805-806.
 
Courtesy of Carol

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