JOHN BLOYER (deceased), died July 4, 1879; born in Switzerland in 1814, and came to Pennsylvania with his parents when 6 months old, when they engaged in farming in Lancaster Co., where his father died, and he with the family, in 1830, went to Charlestown, Coles Co., Ill., where, in 1841, he married Miss Elizabeth Griffiths, a native of Indiana; he at that time was engaged and learned the carpenter's trade; in 1845, they came to this State and bought a farm near Platteville, on which they located and lived until 1853, when they sold the farm and bought one upon which two sons, George and Frank, with their mother, now live. The farm embraces 960 acres. There are six children living and five deceased; two sons, John and Thomas, died in the army; John was a member of the 14th W. V. I., and Thomas of the 33d W. V. I.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.