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- ↑ History of Walworth County Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company. 1882. p. 912 . Retrieved July 21, 2015.
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- ↑ Albert C. Beckwith (1912). History of Walworth County Wisconsin. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen. p. 482. Retrieved July 21, 2015.