John Harms From History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 1016.

TOWN OF SMELSER

JOHN HARMS, Sec. 2; P. O. Platteville; born in Hanover, Germany, in 1812; came to America in 1838 and settled on this farm. Mr. Harms has held quite important public offices; was elected to the Legislature in 1863, and has been a member of the Town Board a number of years.

 


This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.