- CORNELIUS VAN TASSEL, farmer, Secs. 28 and 29; born in Tully,
Onondaga Co., N.Y.,
- Aug. 18, 1816; in 1834, he removed to Huron Co., Ohio, with
his father; remained there six months, then went to La Porte
Co., Ind., where he resided two and a half years; came to Bradford,
Rock Co., Wis., May 9, 1837; is still living on the same section
where he made his claim at the time he came here; only one settler
in this township when he came. Mr. VAN TASSEL broke the first
land in the township in which he resides; in 1837, he raised
a crop of sod-corn; in 1838, a crop of wheat; had to go a distance
of sixty-five miles from Beloit, to a mill located on Buffalo
Creek, in Ogle Co., Ill., and wait ten days for his turn, before
he could get his grist. Mr. VAN TASSEL married Sarah PAYNE April
10, 1843; she was born in Farmington, Ontario Co., N.Y., Sept.
2, 1821; they have five children - Jane (now Mrs. R. J. WHITTLETON,
of Harvard, Ill.) born Jan. 16, 1844; Nelson, Aug. 9, 1845; Elsie
E., April 2, 1848; Martha (now Mrs. Francis A. GRIFFITH, of Ridgeway,
Winneshiek Co., Iowa), Nov. 28, 1851, and Willis M., Nov. 8,
1864.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, pp. 888-889.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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