PHILIP SHIMMIN, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Annaton; born on the Isle of Man in 1839; he was a son of Thomas and Ann Shimmin, and at the age of 5 years he came to America in company with his parents, locating in Jo Daviess Co., Ill., for twenty-two years, and at the age of 21 he married the widow of William Robinson, whose life was lost in the falling of a factory in Massachusetts, leaving one son - John, who was brought up by the latter husband; she was a daughter of James and Sarah Brown. Mrs. Shimmin was also married at the age of 16, but they were soon separated; Mr. Shimmin came to Grant Co., Wis., in 1867; located in Liberty, where he has since lived; he has Ellen M., George R., Charles L. Has been Road Overseer three terms, and School Clerk two terms. Politics, Republican. Member of the M. E. Church.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.