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- ↑ Burhams Jr., Samuel (1894). Burhans Genealogy: Descendants from the First Ancestor in America. New York City. pp. 201 . Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ↑ State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999". Information Bulletin 99-1 (September 1999), p. 124.
- ↑ Commemorative Biographical Record of Prominent and Representative Men of Racine and Kenosha counties, Wisconsin. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1906. p. 591 . Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- 1 2 Woodworth, William Atwood (1898). Descendants of Walter Woodworth of Scituate, Mass. White Plains, New York. p. 28 . Retrieved August 9, 2021.
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