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- ↑ "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999 State of Wisconsin Legislative Bureau. Information Bulletin 99-1, September 1999. p. 117 Archived 2006-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Stone, Fanny S., supervising editor. Racine, Belle City of the Lakes, and Racine County, Wisconsin: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing, 1916; Volume 1, p. 504-505
- ↑ Wisconsin and Iowa Farmer, and Northwestern Cultivator Racine, Wisconsin: Mark Miller, 1851. Vol. 3, nos. 6 and 7 (June-July 1851), p. 122
- ↑ Wisconsin and Iowa Farmer, and Northwestern Cultivator Janesville, Wisconsin: Mark Miller and S. P. Lathrop, 1854; vol. 6, no. 2 (February 1854), p. 45
- ↑ "State News". Green Bay Press-Gazette . July 7, 1876. p. 4. Retrieved June 16, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
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