Henry A. Dankleff From History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 984.

TOWN OF FENNIMORE

HENRY A. DANKLEFF, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Fennimore; born in Denmark in 1832; when 16 years of age he went to sea as a ship carpenter; he came to New York City about 1850, after which he sailed on American vessels for several years; he left the sea about 1855; he then went to Milwaukee, where he remained one summer; thence to Michigan, where he remained about two years; then came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1857; he lost in Michigan what he had accumulated, and came to Grant Co. He settled on his present farm in the spring of 1868; his farm contains 230 acres; has also 160 acres on Sec. 13; his farm has fine improvements, all of which he has made himself. His wife was Ann C. Johnson, daughter of Peter Johnson, who came from Norway to this country about 1850; they have four children - Sarena, Matilda, Charles and Henry.

 


This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.