MARY SCANLAN, farming, Sec. 28; P. O. Woodman; a daughter of Denis and Catherine Scanlan, of Ireland; came to America at the age of 12 years, locating in Canada for two years; then in New York for four years; then in Indiana, near Bedford, for five or six years; then in Crawford Co., Wis., for one year; thence going to Grant Co., where she has lived since. Was married in 1846, to John Scanlan, a native of Ireland; has five children - Ellen, William, Mary, Sarah, John; has 440 acres of land, and is a member of the Catholic Church.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.