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


CHARLES J. NEVINS, farmer, Secs. 26 and 27; P. O. Jefferson; born Dec. 28, 
1841, in Caledonia Co., Vt.; in 1846, he came to Wisconsin with his parents, who 
located in Aztalan Township, Jefferson Co., where his step-father bought forty acres 
of land and built a log house; the latter worked in a saw-mill and afterward in a flour-
mill in Jefferson; at his death, about 1850, the land was deeded to Mr. Miles; he now 
owns 130 acres; he built a frame house in 1853, and his present brick residence in 
1875.  Married Miss Ann Lane, of Farmington, Dec. 31, 1864; have three children – 
Mariam A., born Oct. 12, 1866; Mina G., May 26, 1869; Mary-Maud, Sept. 2, 1875.



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