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From the Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin, publ. 1901- page 713 - 714
JOHN ANTHONY, a leading stock and grain farmer of the town of Lima, Grant county, widely known as a capable and progressive man, was born in Pennsylvania, in January, 1857, and is a son of John and Louisa (CASE) ANTHONY, both natives of Cornwall, Eng., where they were married. In 1856 they came to Wisconsin, and settled in Lafayette county, where Mr. ANTHONY followed the tailoring trade for a time, and then engaged in mining. The celebrated Raisbeck mines at Meeker's Grove in Lafayette county, were discovered by him, and these mines he worked by lease for fifteen years, and met with large success in his mining operations, clearing up a considerable sum of money. In 1888 he purchased the farm where his son John now resides, and there died in 1889, leaving his wife with one son, John. In politics he was a Republican, and in religion he and his wife were members of the Methodist Church. Mrs. ANTHONY still resides at her home in Meeker's Grove.
John ANTHONY had his early education in the district schools of Lafayette county, and when a young man he learned the blacksmith trade, which has been his occupation for twelve years. In 1884 he married Miss Eva McREYNOLDS, the daughter of Wilson and Jane McREYNOLDS, an old and respected pioneer couple of Grant county. After marriage he settled on his present home property, which has been his home since that time, with the exception of two years which he spent in the Raisbeck mines. Mr. ANTHONY has given up the trade of blacksmithing, and confines himself to the operation of his farm. To him and his wife were born three children, all in the town of Lima: Frank W., born in 1885; Louisa J., born in 1887; and John, born in 1889, all of whom are students in the home school.
In politics Mr. ANTHONY has always been a Republican, and has been constable for eight years, and has been a delegate to the county convention several terms. Mr. ANTHONY is a member of the Washburn Lodge of the I.O.O.F., and in religion he has been reared in the Methodist Church. He is a young man of excellent business qualifications, and for a number of years has bought horses largely for the Chicago and eastern markets. Known throughout the community for his integrity and fair dealing, he has many friends and is highly esteemed.
This biography generously submitted by Carol Holmbeck