HENRY BARNARD UPPENA, farmer; P. O. Rockville; born at Fraden, Prussia, April 11, 1823; came here in 1828. Married in 1846, to Catharine, daughter of Terrence and Catharine Coyle, who came from Ireland, in 1801, to New York, where he resided fifteen years; then, after a term in St. Louis, Mo., in 1829, he came here, and was the first settler in town who bought a farm. Peter Coyle, the first Sheriff of Grant Co., was a brother of Mrs. Uppena, and she states that soon after settling here, they were driven from home by the Indians, and took refuge at Galena, Ill., in the "Block-House," and that the shawl and bonnet of her mother was found on an Indian that was captured soon after. Mr. Uppena sunk a shaft in his cellar, and took out 12,000 pounds of mineral. Owns 80 acres of land. Has a daughter, born in 1847, now Mrs. Englebert Falk of Illinois, a teacher of music and ornamental penmanship, and has five children - Henry B., born Nov. 17, 1852; managing the farm, making a specialty of blooded sheep and swine, also a jeweler and music teacher.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.