- GEORGE PLAYTER (deceased); born in town of York, Upper Canada,
in 1824; came to
- Wisconsin in 1846, locating at Bradford on Secs. 16 and 21;
in 1864, enlisted in the 40th Wis. V. I. for the one-hundred
day service, and was ordered to Memphis, where he contracted
a disease from exposure, from which he died Aug. 15, 1864, his
body being brought to Bradford for burial. Married, in 1853,
Miss J. SMITH, a native of New York State; had five children
- Alice, born April, 1854; Emma, Dec. 20, 1855, died February,
1869; Charles, born September, 1858; Eda, March 1861; Lewis,
June 1863. Mr. PLAYTER was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors,
Supervisor and Assessor. since his death, Mrs. PLAYTER has been
running the farm alone with much success, raising both stock
and grain. Family members of the Congregational Farm.
-
- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 887.
-
- Courtesy of Carol
-
- See outline
tree submitted by Taylor
Kennedy
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