James Costley Biography - Grant County Wisconsin

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Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft @ cowtown.net

History of Grant County Wisconsin
Western Historical Publishing, Chicago, July 1881
Town of Castle Rock, Biographical Sketches, Page 1044

JAMES COSTLEY, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Highland; was born in 1810, in Glenmore, 
Ireland, son of William and Mary Costley; his parents died when he was 9 years 
of age, and he lived with his uncle, Michael Costley, until he was 12 years old; 
he then began doing for himself.  He was married in 1843, to Catherine Sullivan, 
daughter of Daniel and Ellen Sullivan, by whom he has had six children - Daniel 
Y., William G., Nancy L., Mary A., Ellen B., Richard Y.  He came to the United 
States in 1850, locating in Highland, Iowa Co., where he lived for ten years; 
then going to Castle Rock in Grant Co., where he has lived since; has been Road 
Overseer one term; in politics, is Republican; is a member of the Roman Catholic 
Church.