- MRS. SUSAN EDDY, widow, Sec. 23; P.O. Beloit; she is the
daughter of Oliver and Nancy
- LOVELL; born near Hamilton, Canada, in September, 1819; her
parents were residents of Vermont, and moved to Niagara Co.,
N.Y., when she was 10 years old. She married, in Niagara Co.,
N.Y., John EDDY, who was born in Ireland in 1812; came to America
when 14 years old, in 1826, and to Niagara Co., N.Y., where he
was married; they had six children, four now living; he came
to Wisconsin in 1841, and bought 160 acres Government land in
Sec. 24, which he partly improved, and then returned to York
State; he married in 1844, and immediately returned to Beloit
with his wife; built residence and barns, and improved the land,
and died in Beloit May 1, 1875.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 745.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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