PAUL JEARDON, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Platteville; was born at Vincennes, Ind., Feb. 7, 1819; emigrated to Platteville, Wis., in 1841; a blacksmith by trade, which he continued to follow; he then removed to Dodgeville in 1847, and remained until 1862, when he entered Co. C, as 31st W. V. I., as private, and elected to First Lieutenant; mustered out in 1865; returned to Platteville, and bought and now owns 140 acres of land; was burned out Nov. 30, 1871, he then built a fine stone house, and has a beautiful home. His wife, Jane Nettle, was born at Liverpool, England, Feb. 9, 1827; came to America with her parents, who settled near Pottsville, Penn., in 1834; started for Mineral Point; her father died at St. Louis, Mo., where the family remained until the next spring, when they came on to the Point, then to Belmont, then to Platteville. They married in 1845; they have had thirteen children - Maggie, born Jan. 12, 1846, and now Mrs. Colman; Richard, born Jan. 10, 1848, freight conductor on the Chicago & Alton R. R., in Missouri; Frank Preston, born July 1, 1850; Charles A., born May 21, 1852; Eva J., born June 26, 1854; Louis, born July 10, 1856, in Colorado on the railroad as fireman; Stephen N., born July 24, 1858, in Nebraska; Kate I., born Sept. 9, 1860; Jessie J., Feb. 20, 1863; Allen W., born April 1, 1866; Lucy A., born Jan. 4, 1869; Paul H., born Nov. 16, 1871; Helen N., born Dec. 11, 1875. In politics, Republican. In religion, Congregational, is Deacon. Has been Treasurer and Clerk and Director of School; also Good Templar.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.