EDWARD B. MONTEITH, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Montfort; was born in Wigtonshire, Scotland, March, 1822; is a brother of Mr. John Monteith, of the town of Fennimore. He came to the United States in 1848; he lived in Vermont for about three years, thence to Janesville, Wis., where he lived about three years. Is a stone-mason by trade. He came to Platteville in 1854, and was employed in the building of the State Normal School building of that village. He settled on a farm in the town of Liberty; came to his present location March, 1869, which he purchased of Mr. James McCubben. Mrs. Monteith was born in 1823. They have seven children - Elizabeth (now Mrs. Jacob Smith), Jessie (now Mrs. Alexander Smith), James R., Isabel (now Mrs. Walter Smith), Martha J. (now Mrs. James Preston), Mary A., Margaret E. (now Mrs. Miles Helm). Mr. Monteith's farm contains about 400 acres.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.