JOHN FERN, smelter, Hazel Green; established in 1853; born in England in 1827; came to America in 1830, with parents and settled at Sinsinawa Mound; went to Iowa in 1834, and lived until 1877, when he removed to this village. Married Elizabeth Spensley, a native of England, in 1848; she died in 1875. He has six children - William, Ellen, Lillie A., Frank, Charles and Robert.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.