ELISHA CARRINGTON, farmer, P. O. Montfort; born in the town of Bristol, Ontario Co., N. Y., in 1832; his father died when he was an infant; when 10 years of age, he removed with his mother to the State of Ohio, but he returned to the State of New York in the spring of 1849; he went back to Ohio in 1851; he came to Grant Co. in 1852; he removed to Iowa Co. in March, 1866, where he lived about two years; he then settled in the town of Clifton, Grant Co.; he has been a resident of Iowa and Grant Counties since he first came to Wisconsin; he settled in the village of Montfort Dec. 24, 1877. He was married to Caroline, daughter of Adam Keith; her father came to Grant Co. about 1847; he now lives in Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Carrington have ten children, four sons and six daughters - Gertrude L., Ella J., Jane L., William G., Adam M., Henrietta K., Elisha L., Bertha D. and Mabel S. Mr. Carrington is the present Town Treasurer of Wingville; he was Chairman of the Town Board of Clifton two years, and of the town of Wingville in 1880.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.