- JOHN ADAMS, farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. Avon; born in Ohio in 1823;
came to Wisconsin in the fall
- of 1852, locating at Avon, where he purchased 160 acres -
his present homestead. Married, in 1846, Miss Ellen CLARK, a
native of England; they have had five children. Mr. A. is a very
successful farmer, raising both stock and grain. He has been
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors one year, Side Supervisor
two years, and also Constable. Republican.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 882.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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