- RALPH H. YORK, farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Magnolia; born Dec.
10, 1816, in Connecticut;
- moved to Genesee Co., N.Y., when quite young; he was educated
there, and worked as a farmer and builder till 1846, when he
came to Wisconsin and stopped on Hart Prairie, Walworth Co.,
till 1847, when he moved to Magnolia Township, Rock Co., and
on arrival here, paid out his last cent for toll, when crossing
the river; he took up eighty acres of Government land, all wild,
and built a frame shanty, being the first of that description
in the neighborhood. In 1861, he built his present homestead,
but has added to it since; he owned 200 acres, unencumbered,
but has given some to his sons, and sold more, so that he retains
eighty acres, and raises all kinds of grain and stock. Married
Miss Prudence P. HALL, of Wyoming Co., N.Y., in 1836, and has
four children - Hiram, Elmeron, Asaph and Thaddeus. Elmeron enlisted
in the 13th Wis. Regt. and re-enlisted in the Veteran Regiment;
served through the whole campaign; Asaph enlisted toward the
close, and went to Cairo for a few months. Mr. YORK has been
Clerk, Director and Treasurer of School District at various periods.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 880.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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