- EDWIN BREED, farmer, Secs. 20 and 29; P.O. Avon; born in
New York in 1835; came to
- Wisconsin in 1851, locating at Avon, where he purchased 130
acres - his present homestead. Mr. B. is making a specialty
of stock and dairy produce; milks at present thirteen cows.
Married, in 1857, Miss Melinda HUTCHINSON, a native of New York.
Had three children - Ellinor, born in 1858 (died in 1863); Franklin,
born Jan. 7, 1862 (died March 2, 1862); Cora E., born Dec. 18,
1869. Mr. B. has been Supervisor two years, District Clerk and
School Director; also Town Treasurer for the past nine years.
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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