- MATTHEW VAN ALLEN, farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. Janesville; born
in 1824 in Columbia Co.,
- N.Y.; came to Wisconsin in 1849, locating at Emerald Grove,
where he purchased a farm of 160 acres in partnership with his
father; in 1854, sold out his interest to his father and moved
to La Prairie, where he purchased a farm of 220 acres, his present
homestead. Married, in 1853, Miss Elizabeth RANSOM, a native
of New York; had three children - Eber, Born Aug. 19, 1854; Edwin
T., Feb. 10, 1856, who died in May, 1857; Katie, born Feb. 25,
1858. Members of the Methodist Church. Republican.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 840.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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