D. B. WILKINSON, retired farmer; P. O. Platteville; was born Oct. 7, 1823, in Owersby, Lincolnshire, England; he spent his early life as a farmer. Married Elizabeth Marshall, who was born March 24, 1823, in Storton-by-Stow, Lincolnshire. They came to America and located in Cayuga Co., N. Y., in 1846. Later, Mr. Wilkinson purchased a farm in Oswego Co., N. Y. In 1850, they came to Wisconsin and located on a new wild farm in the Whig Settlement, Grant Co. Beginning with 40 acres and a log house. Mr. Wilkinson made steady progress toward better things, and more of them, increasing both his farm and home in size. The homestead of 200 acres is now in charge of his only son, Robert W. He was less than two years old when the parents came to the United States. His wife, nee Frances McRundell, of Fennimore, Grant Co., Wis., is the mother of three children - Lillie E., Flora B. and Lulu M. Since 1868, D. B. Wilkinson and wife have resided in the city of Platteville. He was, in former years, a most successful miner, he having discovered some of the rich "diggings" in Whig, one of these yielded him $1,000 net profit.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.