John T. Wilkinson 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 Ellenboro, Biographical Sketches, Page 1015 

JOHN T. WILKINSON, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Ellenboro; born in Indiana July 15, 
1835; came to Wisconsin in 1850, with his parents. He enlisted in Co. C, 25th W. 
V. I., in 1862; discharged April 13, 1865, on account of wounds received at 
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 15, 1864; he then returned to Wisconsin, and now owns 160 
acres of land; made the improvements, and owns what he has by his own industry. 
His wife, Miss A. A. Bradley, was born in Ohio Nov. 16, 1836; came to Wisconsin 
with her parents in 1846; they died in Grant Co.; his father died in July, 1846; 
his mother died in March, 1876.  They were married in 1860, and have one child - 
Eva, born Dec. 18, 1861. In politics, Greenbacker; liberal in religion. Has been 
Assessor, member of the Town Board, Justice of the Peace, Director and Treasurer 
of Schools. Is a member of the P. of H. and Good Templar's.