1882 History of Walworth County Wisconsin
Chicago:
Western Historical Company

History of Walworth County - page 799

CYRUS CHURCH, farmer, sec. 21; P. O. Walworth; he was born in the town of 
Granby, Hartford Co., Conn., in 1817; when he was 4 years of age, he removed 
with his parents to Broome Co., N. Y., and to Loraine Co., Ohio, when he was 16 
years old, and afterward removed to Trumbull Co. in that State. He is numbered 
with the very earliest settlers of the town of Walworth and of Walworth Co.; he 
came here in February, 1837; at that time there were but two families in the 
town of Walworth----those of Mr. James Van Slyke and Jacob G. Sanders. He 
bought the claim of his present farm of Mr. John Sloan, in the fall of 1838, 
and it has been his home ever since. He has been married twice; his first wife 
was Miss Emeline Russell, born in Ohio; she died Jan. 31, 1853; his present 
wife was Mary Boorman, born in England; he had six children by first marriage, 
five of whom are living----Adelia V., Leonard C., Hiram E., Eugene L. and David 
B.; he has three children by present wife----Howard M., Henry S. and Minnie S. 
He has witnessed the growth of Walworth Co. from a wild and uninhabited country 
to its present standing; he is among the most wealthy and progressive in the 
State of Wisconsin; he has done his share to this great work; he owns a farm of 
200 acres of the beautiful prairie land of the town of Walworth; he is 
sucessful farmer, has a pleasant home and a competency. Mr. and Mrs. Church are 
prominent members of the Baptist Church of Walworth.

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