- WILLIAM M. SQUIRS, farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. Janesville; born
in Hinsdale, Berkshire Co.,
- Mass., in 1814; educated there till 21 years old; came to
Wisconsin in December, 1837, and settled on the land he now occupies.
Married, in 1835, Miss Mary Anne THYER, of Hinsdale, Mass.,
who was born in 1818; have three sons - William Silas, born Jan.
1, 1840; Charles Henry, Aug. 18, 1852; Francis Marion, Jan. 20,
1858; Sarah Abigail born in 1836, died in infancy; Mary Jane,
born Sept. 25, 1838, died in 1839; he has been Clerk, Treasurer
and Director of School Board for twenty-five years, Justice of
the Peace two terms, Assessor, two terms; Side Supervisor, one
term.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, pp. 848-849.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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