Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Gill, John Hands May 5, 1823 - 
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JOHN HANDS GILL, retired farmer, P. O. West Salem. Mr. Gill was born in the 
city of Coventry, Warwickshire, England, May 5, 1823. He was a soldier in the 
British army, 70th Regiment of Infantry, from July 18, 1843, to Nov. 27, 1844. 
He was afterward connected with the London & North-Western R. R. for several 
years, at first in the capacity of switchman, and afterward as station agent 
and operator. He was married May 5, 1840, to Miss Lydia French, born in 
Leicestershire, January, 1821. They left Liverpool for New York, May 5, 1851, 
and reached New York on June 1, following. Came to Milwaukee from New York, 
thence to Galena and up the river to La Crosse; Mr. Gill came immediately to 
the La Crosse Valley and made a location on Sec. 30. This farm Mr. Gill still 
owns, which is now occupied by his son William. He removed to the village in 
the spring of 1868. Mr. and Mrs. Gill have had eight children - four sons and 
four daughters. Two sons and two daughters died in infancy. The surviving 
children are: Lizzie, now Mrs. Charles Coburn; William married Miss Anna 
McCarthur; Ada Jane, now Mrs. E. B. Newton; and Thomas. Mr. Gill has been 
quite fond of hunting, and still, occasionally, follows the track of the deer 
and fox.

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From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 822.

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