Draft:Henry Flesher Janes

uri Henry Flesher Janes (February 12, 1804 – November 23, 1883) was a railway executive, land owner, farmer and is best known for founding the city of Janesville, Wisconsin.

Life
Janes was born in Pendleton County, West Virginia (then only Virginia) on February 12, 1804. His family moved to Ohio when in 1819. He left to move further westward on April 15, 1825, ending up in what would become Lafayette, Indiana. After marrying on March 15, 1827, he remained in Lafayette until April 1835.

Janes arrived in Wisconsin in 1836 where he built a log cabin and a ferry crossing the Rock River. This log cabin would serve as a post office, tavern and stage coach hotel. Janes platted the town of Janesville in 1837. He moved to California in 1849 where he lived his final days. He was married to Keziah Ann Janes (nee Talbert) with whom he had 4 children.