Bio of Jerry, Francis (b.1814) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Jerry, Francis, (deceased) settled in Chester August 18, 1855, taking a
claim on section 28. He opened up three farms, and left his widow eighty
acres on section 33, where he died July 24, 1874. Mr. Jerry was a native
of New York, born July 6, 1814. He was reared on a farm in Canada by an
uncle, his parents having died when he was an infant. He served in the
United States forces during the Black Hawk war, and afterward settled near
Galena, Illinois. He was married there May 2, 1838, to Elizabeth
Grishaber, who was born in Hoffwehr, Baden, Germany, November 15, 1819.
After farming on rented land in Illinois he came to Minnesota, as above
related. He was deranged by a sunstroke in June, 1867, and was entirely
helpless during the last three years of his life. Besides his widow, five
children were left to mourn him, now located as follows: Francis M.,
Barron county, Wisconsin; Basil, Missouri; Mary (Mrs. William Evans), Plum
City, Wisconsin; Joseph (rendered totally deaf by measles while serving in
the 3d Minn. Inf.) with his mother; Augustus, Winfield, Montana; Isadore,
Washington Territory. Basil served through the war of the rebellion, and
Francis three years in the same struggle. Mr. Jerry was reared a Catholic,
but did not adhere to that faith.