- J. T. SILVERTHORN, farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Footville; was born
in Warren Co., N.J., in 1825;
- when about 3 years of age, his parents removed near Stroudsburg,
Penn.; resided there for five years, when they returned to New
Jersey; from there, they removed to New York, near Port Jarvis,
returned home and emigrated to Wisconsin with his parents in
1848, and located on his present homestead; he is a son of Nicholas
SILVERTHORN, who died in 1873. In 1856, he married Miss Helen
M. GOOCH, and settled down to farming. Mrs. S. was born in Chicago,
Ill. They have five children - Emma L, John L., C. Mina, Etta
M. and Albert J. Mr. S. owns 120 acres of land, 80 in Sec. 34,
in Center, and 40 in Plymouth, in Sec. 9.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 857.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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