B. F. WYNE, Postmaster; was born in Adair Co., Ky., in 1818; came to Illinois in 1837 and settled in McComb, McDonough Co., where he engaged in the jewelry business which he continued in that and Schuyler Co. till 1848; in October of that year he came to Platteville and carried on the same business till April, 1864, when he received the appointment of Postmaster, and has held that office ever since; he held the office of Justice of the Peace twenty-five years, resigning in 1880; he was also Town and Village Clerk for about fifteen years. He was married in 1846, in Rushville, Ill., to Miss Cynthia Potter, a native of Connecticut, and has had nine children, seven of whom are still living.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.