“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  Western 
Historical Company.   1879.


AARON CRAMER, deceased, born July 16, 1818, in New Jersey; came to 
Wisconsin in 1843, and lived in Beloit till 1844, when he moved to Johnson’s Creek, 
Jefferson Co.  In 1847, bought seventy acres of land in Farmington, and built the 
residence in 1861.  Married Miss Melvina Smith Sept. 20, 1846.  He died of heart 
disease June 20, 1875, leaving three children – J. Lewis, Cornelia and Nora E.




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