Francis England From History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 973.

Town of Patch Grove

FRANCIS ENGLAND, wagon-maker and blacksmith, Patch Grove; was born at Somersetshire, England, in 1844; he came to America with his father, who now resides in Canada. He came to Wisconsin in 1863, and learned the trade of blacksmith at Beetown with Robert Hicks; engaged in business at Patch Grove in July, 1875. His wife, Mary R. Barrows, is a native of Wisconsin; they were married in 1867; they have six children - Rosa, Francis, Charley, Birdie, Daisy, Susan. In politics, Republican; in religion, liberal believer. Owns town property and 100 acres of land in the town of Millville.

 


This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.