John Raftery 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 1014 JOHN RAFTERY, Sec. 11; P. O. Ellenboro; was born in Castleray, Ireland; is a son of Patrick and Ellen Raftery; emigrated to the United States in 1855; located in Ellenboro, Grant Co., Wis., and, in 1872, returned to his native land and married Miss Feely, a daughter of Jamen and Mary Feely; they have four children - James, John, Maria, Margaret. Is a member of the Catholic Church.