JOSHUA BRINDLEY (deceased); he was born in the year 1813, in England, and died at Boscobel July 8, 1857; he came to America in 1844, and located in La Fayette Co., where he followed mining for about three years; he then came to this locality and followed farming until 1856, when he opened a butcher shop and meat market; the spring he died he moved on the farm where the family now reside; he once owned part of the land upon which Boscobel is built, and has often plowed where Parker's store now stands. The farm now consists of about 500 acres. Married in 1834 to Sarah Edge, a native of England; they had twelve children, seven of whom are living - three sons and four daughters; his son William manages the farm for his mother; he also is a native of England; married in 1866 to Mrs. Sarah E. Hardy, and by whom he has three children. Enlisted in 1862, in Co. B, 32d W. V. I., and served until the end of the war; was in the siege of Vicksburg, Spanish Fort, Red River and Meridian expeditions. John Brindley, Jr., has twice been a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from the Third District - in 1879 and in 1880.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.