JOHN MONTEITH, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Fennimore; son of Andrew Monteith; born in Wigtonshire, Scotland, in 1829; he came to the United States in 1850; he lived for a time in the State of Vermont; thence to Western New York; he went to Indiana in 1851; he passed the winter of 1851-52 in Texas; in the spring of 1852, he came to Grant Co. and settled in the town of Liberty. He went to California in the winter of 1853-54; returned in the fall of 1857. His wife was Miss Elizabeth Dinsdale, daughter of John Dinsdale; they have three children - Willie, Bertha and Cornelia; lost one son, their third child. Settled on present farm in 1866; has 320 acres of land. Mr. Monteith is one of the present members of the Town Board; was Chairman of board for three years; he was a soldier in the war for the Union; he enlisted in August, 1861, in the 7th W. V. I.; served about two years, and was discharged for disability; he participated in several severe engagements, including Gainesville and Second Bull Run.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.