- JOSEPH S. TUCKER, farmer, Sec. 17; P.O. Beloit; born in Genesee
Co., N.Y., Dec. 26,
- 1810; his parents moved to Ontario Co., N.Y., where they
remained till 1821. He married in Huntsburg, Ohio, in 1842,
Clarissa A. BONTES; they had seven children, four now living
- one daughter married to George W. BAIRD, of Woodstock, Ill.,
the others are living at home; in 1853, he moved to Jo Daviess
Co., Ill.; remained there till 1869; in July of that year, came
to Beloit and bought 120 acres land in Secs. 16, 17, with residence
and all improvements. His wife died in Beloit May 11, 1874,
and is buried there.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 768.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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