JOHN SMALLEY, proprietor of the Smalley House, Muscoda; born in England in 1828; came with his parents to America in 1838, and settled in Pennsylvania; came to Wisconsin in December, 1855, and located at Muscoda, where he has since resided. In 1856, he opened the "Smalley House;" in 1874, he built the present hotel, the largest brick hotel west of Madison, on the Prairie du Chien Division, and also one of the best managed hotels on the line, and a general resort for traveling men. In 1855, he was married to Miss Mary Carroll, a native of Pennsylvania, by whom he has one son, now in the employ of the railroad at Milwaukee. Mr. Smalley has held the office of Town Treasurer, and also Chairman of the Town Board. He is a man that can be depended upon in every sense of the word.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.