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Edgerton, Wisconsin
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Like many southeastern Wisconsin villages, Edgerton was settled by Yankee immigrants in the 1830s. Though this view gives no indication of it, by 1871 tobacco growing had become an important part of the village economy.
1871
Bailey, H. H. (Howard Heston), 1836-1878
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