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


JOSEPH B. OLDS,  farmer, Sec. 36;  P.O. Little Prairie; born in 
Jefferson Co., N.Y., July 26, 1830; came to Wisconsin in 1848, locating 
on the farm he now owns of 138 acres.  He married Miss Nancy S. 
Allen, of Palmyra, Dec. 16, 1858; they have two children – Clayton D. 
and Dora P.  Mr. Olds is a Republican, and is Steward and Trustee in the 
Little Prairie B.C. Church; is also Treasurer of the Little Prairie Union 
Temperance Society.  Mrs. Olds was born June 16, 1836.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)