- JOHN SMITH, farmer, Sec. 22; P.O. Clinton; born in England
in 1819; came to Wisconsin in
- 1840, in the year 1841 he located on Sec. 22, where he purchased
253 acres, his present homestead. Mr. SMITH is one of the old
settlers, and was about the first to break soil in the town of
Bradford; he is considered a very successful farmer, raising
both stock and grain. Married in 1840, Miss Louisa SARGENT,
of New Hampshire; they have had four children - John B, born
May 6, 1842; Annie L., June 30, 1843; Alfred C., July 17, 1845,
died in the service at Fort Wadsworth, Dakota Territory, July
28, 1867; Edwin S., born Sept. 20, 1849. Mr. SMITH has been
Town Clerk two years, Supervisor four years, also member of the
School Board; Republican in politics; member Free 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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