- DAVID JEFFRIS, proprietor of JEFFRIS House; born in Grayson
Co., Ky., Aug. 6, 1821.
- Married Grace A. MONAT; she was born in Scotland June 12,
1831; they have six children - Susie A., aged 26; T. M., aged
24, is in the grocery business in Janesville; W. S. has just
graduated from Beloit College; Malcolm, David Jr., and James,
aged 16, 12 and 3 years. Mr. JEFFRIS came to Janesville in 1846,
and has since been engaged in farming, lumber trade and banking.
He is a member of the Congregational Church; he has just erected
a large three-story building, 69-1/2x80 feet, to be used as a
hotel.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 708.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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