William Longbotham From History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 942.

TOWN OF POTOSI

WILLIAM LONGBOTHAM, deceased; was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1816, son of John and Jane (Emerson) Longbotham; came here in 1840; engaged in farming, mining and smelting, etc. Married Aug. 23, 1840, in Ripon church, England, to Hanna, daughter of William and Mary (Grange) Palliser. Had six children - Mary Jane, now Mrs. Cyrel Marcue; John P., born Oct. 9, 1849, died March 8, 1863, of diphtheria; William J., born Aug. 9, 1851, died Jan. 23, 1863, of diphtheria; Joshua G., born Aug. 4, 1861, died in December, 1861. The subject of this sketch died Feb. 2, 1863, of the same disease as the rest. He owned 47 acres of land, and one-half of a smelting furnace; and the mother of Mrs. Longbotham died at the age of 103 years; she had at one time weighed 290 pounds.

 


This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.