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- ↑ Portrait and Biographical Record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Excelsior Publishing Co. 1894. pp. 808–809. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
John Hodgson+Wisconsin.
- ↑ The History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company. 1880. pp. 606–608. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
John Hodgson+Wisconsin+biography+Joseph Bond.