- FRANCIS H. WILKINS, farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Fairfield; born
in Steuben Co, N.Y., in 1835;
- came to Wisconsin in 1838, locating at Bradford, where the
early part of his life was spent with his father; in 1859 he
purchased eighty acres on Sec. 1, where he lived for about ten
years; he then sold out, and purchased 167 acres in the same
section - his present homestead. Married, in 1858, Miss Ellenor
LEGRAND, a native of Pennsylvania; they had four children - Lillie,
born Sept. 17, 1859; Nettie, born March 21, 1861; Grant, born
Feb. 28, 1863; Francis M., born Jan. 5, 1877. Republican.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 889.
-
- Courtesy of Carol
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