ALEX PAUL, Postmaster, dealer in dry goods, hats, caps, boots, shoes, clothing and groceries, Patch Grove; was born at Aberdeen, Scotland, Dec. 18, 1819; came to America in the year 1838; settled in Chicago, Ill., where he worked by the day for George Smith until the year 1840, when he went to Galena and worked in the mines; he then went to Ft. Atkinson, Iowa, on the Government works. In the year 1843, he came to Patch Grove, bought 80 acres of land, on which he made the improvements; sold out, moved into the village. His wife, Rebecca Warner, born in Grant Co., Wis., town of Millville, in 1838; married 1858; they have had five children - Alex, born May 28, 1859; Edward, born May 8, 1861; Jared W., born June 25, 1863; Leroy, born June 15, 1870; Willie, born Nov. 2, 1874, died Aug. 22, 1875. In politics, Republican; in religion, liberal believer. Has held the office of Town Treasurer, also School Clerk; has been Postmaster for twenty years. Returned to Scotland in company with his brother in the year 1875, to visit the parents.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.