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From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin, publ. 1901- page 487
JOHN SWITZER, one of the earliest settlers of Grant county, Wis. was born in Virginia Feb. 20, 1803, and when he was but three years of age his parents removed to Ohio, and later to Indiana. In 1840 John SWITZER came to Grant county, Wis., settling in Sec. 8, in the town of Fennimore, and two years later he was married to Mary A. C. DILLON, who was born in Missouri. Of this marriage the following children were born: Mary A., born Sept. 17, 1844 (Mrs. George H. HORTON); L. W., born Dec. 5, 1846; Sarah E., born Aug. 11, 1849; Eliza, born July 30, 1853; Stella, born Oct. 8, 1858; and Ada, born April 7, 1861. Mr. SWITZER became one of the well-known and successful farmers of Fennimore, and resided in that town until the day of his death, Jan. 11, 1863. Mrs.. SWITZER, at this writing, in 1901, resides with one of her daughters, in Fennimore, and is now one of the oldest residents of the town where she has lived such a useful, busy life.
This biography generously submitted by Carol Holmbeck