- THOMAS MENZIES, JR., farmer, Secs. 4 and 5; P.O. Milton Junction;
born in Scotland in
- 1826; received a good education; he was raised on a farm;
at an early age, after leaving school, he commenced to assist
his father on the farm. Thomas married in Scotland, in 1853,
Miss Isabella McINTOSH, who was born in Perthshire, Scotland,
in 1829; have five children - Thomas, Isabella, John, William
and Grace; Mr. MENZIES came with his family direct from Scotland
to Wisconsin; located and engaged at farming in Harmony, where
he worked a few years then went to Johnstown Township, where
he managed a farm till 1869, when he returned to Harmony Township
and bought a farm of W. AUSTIN; the farm on which his family
now lives, of one hundred and sixty acres, one hundred under
cultivation; he raises the usual crops, also cattle, horses,
etc. Thomas Menzies Jr. has entire charge and is working the
farm successfully; married in Janesville, June 22, 1877, Miss
Adelia BARKER; has one child - Minnie; Thomas is Independent
in politics; liberal in religion.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 894.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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