- Richland County, Chapter XXVII, Town of Marshall, Early Settlement
- In the fall of 1853 William MINETT and John GRAHAM, natives
of England, came from Rock
- Co., Wis., and made the first settlement on Horse creek,
in the town of Marshall. William MINETT entered land on section
35. John Graham, for himself and others, entered land on sections
34 and 35. The two then returned to Rock county and remained
until October 1854, when they came back accompanied by Thomas
and Charles GRAHAM and James WARD. Mr. MINETT settled on the
land which he had entered and still lives there. John GRAHAM
settled on the east half of the northeast quarter of section
34, where he improved a farm, erected a stone house and lived
there untl after the close of the war. He now resides in the
town of Henrietta. Thomas GRAHAM settled on the southwest quarter
of section 35 and is still a resident. Charles GRAHAM and James
WARD both settled upon the farms on section 35, where they still
live.
Taken from "The History of Crawford and Richland Counties,
Wisconsin," (c)1884 Union Publishing Company, Springfield,
Ill., pp. 1107-1108.
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- Courtesy of Faye
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