John Bray From History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 1015.

TOWN OF SMELSER

JOHN BRAY, Sec. 25; P. O. Cuba City; owns 75 acres of land, valued at $50 per acre; born in Cornwall, England, in 1829; came to America in 1836, and settled with his parents in Mineral Point; he settled on his present farm in 1857. Married Mary Reed, a native of the same place; they have three children - W. Howard, Thirza A., J. Morgan. Are members of the Free Methodist Church.

 


This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.