JOHN ALLEN, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Martinville; was born in Cheshire, England, July 21, 1821; came to America in 1856, and settled in the town of Clifton, Grant Co., Wis., on Sec. 14; farmed there two years, and on S. Millard's farm three years, and then bought the place where he now lives from J. Allen Barber, in 1861, and has lived there ever since. Was married to Harriet Hough, in Church of England, England, by Rev. Pierunes; have seven children living - Elizabeth, John, James, William, Charles, Joseph N., George A.; also two deceased - William and George, the former buried in England, the latter in Rock Church Cemetery, Clifton. John Allen owns 161 acres of land, and has been a member of the town board two years. His son, William, has been a Good Templar seven years. There is a breastwork thrown up on his farm, about one hundred rods long, which was evidently used in battle in early times.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.