- EZRA SMITH, farmer, Secs. 22 and 23; P.O Fairfield; born
in New York in 1809; came to
- Wisconsin in 1844, locating at Bradford where he purchased
120 acres, his present homestead; married in 1832, Miss Polly
WHITCOMB, a native of New York; they have had nine children -
Ezra, Polly, Martin, Louisa, Louisa Jane, Israel W., Mary Ann,
Rauvaline, Marion; Mr. SMITH is one of the oldest settlers, and
one of the first to break soil in Bradford; he has drawn his
grain by ox teams to Milwaukee and Racine, occupying five or
six days in the trip, member School Board and Town treasurer
for three years; Democrat; member Baptist Church.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 888.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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