JOHN WOFFENDEN, Sec. 3; P. O. Patch Grove. Owns 120 acres of land, valued at $50 per acre. Born in Yorkshire, England, in 1827; came to America with his parents in the same year; at the age of 11 years, his parents returned to England. In 1848, he came back to America and settled in New York for a short time, when he removed to Wisconsin and settled on this farm. He has been twice married, first to Mary Nowell, who died in 1875; they had five children - Mary J., Precilla, William N., Hannah E. and Abraham L. In 1879, he married Rosa Cull, a native of Ireland.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.