- RUFUS BREED, farmer, Secs. 17, 20, 29; born in New York in
1811; came to Wisconsin in
- 1849, locating at Avon, where he purchased 360 acres. Married,
in 1837, Miss Ellinor BUCKELAW, a native of New York; had eight
children, five living. Mr. BREED is perhaps the oldest settler
in the town of Avon; he is at present living at Durand, Ill.,
and his farm on Sec. 17 is managed by his son, E. D. BREED.
He has held every office that was within the gift of the town.
He is considered a very successful farmer, making a specialty
of stock-raising; he is also interested in the cheese factory.
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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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