John Willey From History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 1017.

TOWN OF SMELSER

JOHN WILLEY, Sec. 26; P. O. Cuba City; owns 320 acres land, valued at $50 per acre; born in Cornwall, England, Oct. 15, 1828; came to America in 1853 and settled in the town of Hazel Green; in 1869, he located on his present farm. Married Martha Bodinnar, a native of Cornwall, England, who was born Nov. 14, 1831; they have nine children - Mary Jane, John, Alfred, Martha Ann, Samuel, Thomas, Grace, Emily, Henry, Walter, Nellie. Mr. Willey is a son of Samuel Willey, who came to America in 1853.

 


This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.