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


WM. JOHN POLLOCK, farmer and carpenter, Sec. 12; P. O. Hebron; 
born in County Derry, Ireland, April 7, 1834,  and is of Scotch descent; 
came to America about 1851, and settled in Ontario Co., N. Y., where he 
learned his trade; after seven years, he came to Hebron and worked at his 
trade several years in Jefferson and Rock Cos.; settled on the farm he 
now owns of 100 acres in 1864.  Mr. Pollock married Miss Jane, 
daughter of James Boyd, of Koshkonong, Sept. 25, 1863; they have six 
children - Charles, Nancy J., Belle, Willie, Thomas and George.  Mr. 
Pollock is a Republican, and is in accord with the Scotch Presbyterian 
Church; he came to America a poor man, and his success is the results of 
his own efforts.


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