- THOMAS EARLE, farmer, Sec. 21 [Porter Twp.]; P.O. Evansville;
born in Ayrshire, Scotland,
- Dec. 15, 1815; he came to America in 1840, and to Wisconsin
in 1844; entered Government land in Porter Township; in 1854,
he went to California, where he remained until 1857, then returned
to his farm in Rock Co.; he was elected to represent his district
in the State Legislature in 1853; he has also been Sheriff of
the county, and has held several minor offices. He married in
Hamilton Co., Ohio, March 17, 1874, Miss Mary A. WATERS, a native
of Ohio; has five children living - lost two. He is the owner
of 280 acres.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 870.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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