- A. H. CALDWELL, florist; came to Janesville in the fall of
1842, with his father-in-law; in 1844,
- he purchased 80 acres on Sec. 3 North, of Range 12; was born
in 1819, April 12, in the village of Roseland, near Edinburgh,
Scotland. Married Miss Helen HISLOP, daughter of Robert and Janette
HISLOP, of Scotland; they have three children - Caroline C.,
Janette E. and Helen A. He went to California in 1852, worked
in the mines and also at his trade of bootmaking, at Downieville;
returned home in 1859; he now is in the greenhouse business,
with headquarters at Janesville; raises all kinds of plants and
shrubbery; is liberal in religion, and politics.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 698.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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