Monthly Archives: August 2006

Ripon College Building Reference Manual: Duffie House: Built by Walter O. Hargrave who lived there before George Duffie. Duffie gave the house to Ripon in 1918; it was torn down in 1972 and is now a parking lot. Update: New link.

George Williams’ census of Fairwater Wisconsin: William Hargrave household was Williams’ next entry. Hargraves is identified as a farmer from Scotland with $1200 of real estate, 80-120 acres at average values. The patent records, show a William Hargrave parcel of 160 acres in section 21. The 1862 plat map identifies a 60-acre parcel in section …

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