BIOGRAPHIES:   Leander GRILLEY, Sumner Township, Barron Co., WI

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Leander Grilley, an early settler of Sumner Township, now deceased, was an
important factor in the life of the township for many years. A man above
the average in intelligence and education, he had strong influence over his
fellowman, and was often sought for advice and counsel. For many years he
was justice of the peace, settled neighborhood differences with fairness
and discretion,, and enforced deep respect for law and order. He and his
wife, Sarah Briggs, came from Cook County, Ill., to Houston County, Minn.,
in the sixties. In 1873 they set out for Barron County with an ox team with
their six children. Here they secured a homestead of 160 acres in Section
32, Sumner Township, erected a log cabin, and established their home. Both
he and his wife died here, he at the age of 77 and she at the age of 53
years. Their seven children were: Helen, Dighton, Burritt, Mary, Fannie,
Hattie and Jesse. Fannie married John E. Malone in 1877 and by him had five
children, Raymond E., Martin J., Eva B., Harry and Emma (deceased). John E.
Malone was a native of this state. He came to Barron County in the late
seventies and located in Section 31, Sumner Township, near old Sumner
Village. He developed a good farm, and devoted his autumns to threshing. He
died in 1887 at the age of thirty-eight. He was one of the popular men of
the community, who stood high among all who knew him, and his death was
greatly mourned. His widow married Lebinah S. Winchester, and they have one
son, Wesley.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 814-815.

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