From History of Walworth County Wisconsin, Vol. 1, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, 
publ. 1912 - Pages 217 - 219
 
EARLY BIRTHS.  The following list of earlier births within the county, though 
not in each instance verified by reference to public or family record, must be 
nearly correct.  Names marked * are of boys who became soldiers of the Civil 
war.
 
July 3, 1836 - Geneva, daughter of James VAN SLYKE, Geneva; died June 1856
Sept. 27, 1836 - William Pitt, son of Urban D. MEACHAM, Troy; died November 3, 1911
June __, 1837 - Henry, son of Israel WILLIAMS, Jr., Linn.
July 8, 1837 - Clara Anna, daughter of William BELL, Walworth
Aug. 11, 1837 - Alfred Delavan, son of Salmon THOMAS, Darien; died 1896
Sept. 14, 1837 - Sarah M., daughter of Sylvester G. SMITH, Spring Prairie
Oct. 12, 1837 - Tirzah Amelia, daughter of Luke TAYLOR, Darien
Oct. 12, 1837 - Harriet, daughter of Joseph WHITMORE, Spring Prairie
Oct. 12, 1837 - *Darwin R., son of William K. MAY, Linn
Nov. __, 1837 - Mahala, daughter of Solomon HARVEY, Spring Prairie
__ __, 1837 - Henry, son of Robert GODFREY, Walworth
Mar. __, 1838 - A daughter of Ansel A. HEMENWAY, Spring Prairie.
June 1, 1838 - Henry, son of Oliver VAN VALIN, Spring Prairie.
June 24, 1838 - *Silas Wright, son of Harry TUPPER, Bloomfield, died 1865
Sept. 18, 1838 - Mary, daughter of Nathaniel BELL, Lafayette
Oct. __ , 1838 - *Woodbury, son of Perry G. HARRINGTON, Sugar Creek
Nov. 13, 1838 - Albert Ogden, son of Milo E. BRADLEY, Geneva
Nov. 22, 183 - Phoebe Ann, daughter of Samuel Cole VAUGHN, Spring Prairie
Dec. 19, 1838 - Oscar D., son of Roderick MERRICK, Spring Prairie
__ __, 1838 - Helen P., daughter of John ROSENKRANS, Sugar Creek
Jan. 7, 1839 - Le Grand, son of Hollis LATHAM, Elkhorn
Mar. __, 1839 - *James H., son of Henry Harrison STERLING, Lafayette
Apr. 1, 1839 - Harriet, daughter of William BELL, Walworth, died 1890
Apr. 23, 1839 - Frances, daughter of Solomon A. DWINNELL, Lafayette
May 25, 1839 - Wallace, son of Daniel HARTELL, Lafayette; died 1909
Oct. 8, 1839 - Jane Eliza, daughter of Benjamin F. TROW, Bloomfield; died about 1871
Nov. 18, 1839 - Julius C., son of William BIRGE, Whitewater
Jan. 8, 1840 - *Lindsey Joseph, son of Sylvester G. SMITH, Lafayette; died 1905
Mar. 12, 1840 - Leroy Wiliston, son of Austin L. MERRICK, Spring Prairie; dead
May 10, 1840 - *William James, son of William BELL, Walworth; killed October 8, 1862
July 13, 1840 - Emily, daughter of Nathaniel BELL, Lafayette
Aug. 10, 1840 - *Henry Christopher, son of Christopher WISWELL, Lafayette
__  __, 1840 - Wendell Pulver, son of W. Fletcher LYON, Hudson
__  __, 1840 - Florana Lily, daughter of John ROSENKRANS, Sugar Creek
__  __, 1840 - Nancy, daughter of Freeborn WELCH, Sugar Creek
Jan. 21, 1841 - Kinner Newcomb, son of Cyrenus N. HOLLISTER, Darien; died 1911
Mar. 29, 1841 - Otis E., son of Samuel Cole VAUGHN, Spring Prairie
Sept. 1, 1841 - *William J., son of James HOLDEN, Lagrange
July 23, 1842 - *Lucius, son of William BELL, Walworth; died 1862
Aug. 2, 1842 - William H., son of Samuel ALLEN, Bloomfield
Nov. 2, 1842 - *Charles Edward, son of Christopher WISWELL, Lafayette; died 1864
__  __, 1842 - Smith D., son of Daniel HARTELL, Lafayette
Mar. 10, 1843 - August, son of John Bernhardt WILMER, East Troy
Nov. 1, 1843 - Mary Jane, daughter of Daniel J. BIGELOW, Sugar Creek
__  __, 1843 - Emmet, son of Thomas McKAIG, Geneva
June 28, 1844 - Hiram Sears, son of William BELL, Walworth
July 8, 1844 - Helen Louise, daughter of William O. GARFIELD, Elkhorn.
July 14, 1844 - *William Henry, son of John MAYHEW and Lucinda ALLEN
Nov. 23, 1844 - Emma Pamela, daughter of Edward ELDERKIN, Elkhorn
Nov. 24, 1844 - Lucretia May, daughter of Palmer GARDNER, Spring Prairie; died 1865
Sept. 14, 1845 - George, son of George GALE and Gertrude YOUNG, Elkhorn

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