John 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 Liberty, Biographical Sketches, Page 1031-2

JOHN WILKINSON, farmer; P. O. Stitzer; was born in 1821 in Yorkshire, England; 
is a son of the Hon. Charles Wilkinson, of England. He lived with his parents 
until 16 years of age; was a cloth-dresser by trade; but, at the early age of 16 
years, began as an apprentice in a blacksmith’s-shop. He came to America in 
1842; located in Paterson, N. J., where he resided for nine months; then to 
Pittsburgh, Penn., for nine months; then taking a westward course to Davenport, 
Iowa, for one and a half years; then to Galena, Ill.; thence to Mineral Point, 
where he resided for seven years. During all this time, he followed the 
occupation of blacksmith; and, in 1850, he wended his way to the golden regions 
of California, where he wandered around for eighteen months; then returned to 
Mineral Point for the period of two years; then to Liberty, Grant Co., Wis., in 
1854, where he lived for ten years; then to Dallas (‘o., Iowa; then returned to 
his old home in Liberty, where he has since lived. He was married, in 1850, at 
Mineral Point, to Miss Grace Pace, a daughter of Richard and Mary Pace, who were 
from Cornwall, England.  He has nine children – Joseph H., Christopher, Charles 
A., Charlotte, Lillie, Helen, Rosalie, Richard (deceased) and John.  He has 215 
acres of land, valued at $4,000; has been Pathmaster five terms, and School 
Director one term.  In politics, a Greenbacker.