From History of Walworth County Wisconsin, Vol. 1, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, 
publ. 1912 - Pages 316 - 323
 
Town of Geneva tidbits - Page 318
 
William AVERILL married Eliza MONAHAN, March 2, 1844.
 
John BARR (1792-1860) son of Allen, came from Scotland with wife Barbara 
BLACK.  He died in Linn, to which town he had removed.
 
Hiram BEALS (1809-1880) was the son of Daniel BEALS (born 1767) and Hannah 
WHEAT (born 1770), and grandson of Richard BEALS; came in 1843 from Cummington, 
Massachusetts, to section 30, Geneva, with wife Rebecca Orisa (1812-1883), 
daughter of William and Rebecca AXTEL, who were cousins.
 
Charles BOYE (died 1869) married, second, Marjory BROWN, October 24, 1841.
 
Deodat BREWSTER (1789-1881), a native of Connecticut; wife named Lois (1789-1872);
had several descendants in North Geneva.
 
Amos CAHOON (1789-1860); married Mary WILLIAMS (1796-1874).
 
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George COBURN (1810-1897) married Charity (1807-1897), daughter of John and 
Margaret REICHARD, both of Livingston county, New York.  He lived for long 
across the town-line road in section 24, Delavan, and died at Elkhorn.
 
Samuel DUNBAR (1806-1872) came from Belfast in 1833 to New York; to Geneva 
1839; married, first, Elizabeth THOMPSON (1809-1852); second Mrs. Mary 
(McDOUGALL) STREETER.  His family seems to have become permanent in the county.
 
John DUNLAP (1796-1879) was son of Robert, a soldier of the Revolution, and 
Mary LETTS.  He married first, Cynthia KINNE, who was mother of his children; 
second, Hannah, daughter of Samuel ARMSTRONG and Mary GREGG.
 
Ephraim P. S. ENOS died March 20, 1860, leaving wife Polly, daughter of Melzer 
DINSMORE.
 
Daniel P. HANDY's will was dated March 4, 1868, and proved June 25, same year.  
He married successively Maria and Lydia Wheat BEALS, daughters of Hiram BEALS 
and Hannah WHEAT.  Lydia W. died in 1868.
 
Noah HARRIMAN (1805-1903) married Lucinda DAVIS in 1826 - both of Vermont.  He 
lived for several years in Lafayette and died at Elkhorn.  He was a farmer and 
a licensed exhorter of the Methodist church.
 
Edmund S. HARVEY (1819-1899) was son of Thankful, daughter of Bethuel ROBINSON, 
of Willington, Connecticut.  He came to Geneva in 1840 and permitted himself to 
forget his father's step-father's and half-sister's names. His first wife, 
Nancy A. FOWLE, married July 11, 1841, was his children's mother.
 
John HASKINS (1811-1887) married Olivia N. (VOSE), widow of John SEYMOUR.  John 
Vose SEYMOUR, of Lake Geneva, was her son.  John and James HASKINS bought and 
improved the water power in section 25, and became residents of the village.
 
Moses S. HERRICK died in 1872.  His wife was Julia Ann, daughter of Jacob 
HERRICK and Roxana BRADLEY.
 
Mason A. HOLLISTER (born 1818), son of John, son of Elisha (as told), married 
Matilda (born 1834), daughter of John DALTON.
 
William PENTLAND died in 1845.  He left sons who were long known as farmers of 
the northern part of the town.
 
Langdon C. PORTER married Eunice WRIGHT, March 13, 1844.
 
William P. ROSS (1812-1887), son of Morris, married Polly Maria, daughter of 
Jacob HERRICK.  Their son, Washington (born 1845), was a soldier of the Civil 
war.
 
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Nehemiah ROUSE (1803-1874), son of Anthony, married Maria, daughter of Henry 
PLATE.  She died in 1875.  One of their eight children was Hannah, wife of 
Ethan B. FARNUM.
 
Hiram SPENCER (1799-1878), son of Noah, came in 1845.  His wife, Lois (1804-1883),
was daughter of Nathaniel MOSELEY and Charlotte DEWEY.  This family had several
local connections by marriage.
 
Edward STEVENS (1813-1893) had wife Adeline (1808-1885). A son, Martin E. (born 
1840), was a soldier of the Twenty-second Infantry.  A daughter, Emma, was born 
in 1843.

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