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- ↑ Lyman Copeland Draper, ed. (1909). COLLECTIONS OF THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin. p. 441. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ↑ "Ozaukee County Wisconsin Obituaries "H" Surnames". Wisconsin Genealogy Trails. Retrieved 2015-08-12.