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James Holden

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James Holden

Birth
Middlesex, Washington County, Vermont, USA
Death
22 Feb 1880 (aged 66)
Heart Prairie, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Heart Prairie, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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HEART PRAIRIE: Sec.29, 30, Town of La Grange. Named by James Holden in 1837 because of it's shape. HOLDEN'S LAKE Sec. 5, 6, Town of Sugar Creek, lake in Sugar Creek Township, probably named after James Holden, an early settler. Presently named North Lake. James Holden made the first lawful claim to land within the town, a square-mile on Heart Prairie, early in 1837.

HEART PRAIRIE: Sec.29, 30, Town of La Grange. Named by James Holden in 1837 because of it's shape. HOLDEN'S LAKE Sec. 5, 6, Town of Sugar Creek, lake in Sugar Creek Township, probably named after James Holden, an early settler. Presently named North Lake. James Holden made the first lawful claim to land within the town, a square-mile on Heart Prairie, early in 1837.



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