James Jeffrey Biography - Grant County Wisconsin ***************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ***************************************************************************** Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft @ cowtown.net History of Grant County Wisconsin Western Historical Publishing, Chicago, July 1881 Town of Smelser, Biographical Sketches, Page 1016 JAMES JEFFREY, dealer in general merchandise, Georgetown; was born in England in 1841; came to America in 1847, and with his parents settled in Benton, La Fayette Co.; removed to this county in 1861. In 1869, he married Alice Oatey, a native of Illinois; they have two children - William F. and George L.