THOMAS A. PALLETT, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Preston; born in England in 1828. His parents emigrated to the United States in 1840, and settled in Lee Co., Iowa. In 1847, Mr. Pallett went to St. Louis, where he learned the trade of a millwright, and lived about three years. He came to Grant Co. in 1850, and settled in the town of Jamestown; settled on his present farm of 160 acres in 1873. He was married to Electra Dean, daughter of Mandley Dean. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1841, and removed to Grant Co. from Ohio in 1848. Her parents now live in the town of Ellenboro, Grant Co. Mr. Pallett's parents settled in Grant Co., town of Jamestown, in 1848. They are now deceased. Mr. Pallett's children are Thomas M., born in 1865; William, born in 1867; Lettie, born in 1869, and Mary E., born in 1875. Mr. Pallett built a flouring-mill in the town of Jamestown in 1860, which he owned and operated for thirteen years. He settled on his present farm in 1873, and engaged in farming.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.