- EBENEZER N. BALWIN, farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. Beloit; born in
Mansfield, Conn., in 1807;
- remained there till 1829; he came to Beloit in September,
1845, and bought eighty acres of land in Section 4; built a log
house first, and kept tavern about five years, then built a residence
and barns and improved the land. He married, in Rutland Co.,
Vt., in 1832, Emily COATS; they had eleven children, only one
of whom is living at home with her parents; the others are all
married and away from home. He owns 200 acres of land with fine
residence, and all improved except thirty acres, which is timber
land.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 733.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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