- JOHN HYLAND, farmer, Secs. 31 and 32; P.O. Avon; born in
Berkshire Co., Mass., in 1842;
- at an early age, he moved with his parents to Stephenson
Co., Ill., and lived there for twenty-eight years, when he moved
to Avon and purchased 240 acres, his present homestead; he makes
a specialty of stock and dairy produce. Married, in 1868, Miss
Mary RYAN, a native of Avon, Wis.; had five children, three boys
and two girls. Has been School Clerk and Side Supervisor and
also agent for the Newark Insurance Company for the township
of Avon. Greenbacker in politics.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 883.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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