“History of Grant County, Wisconsin” W. C. Butterfield, 1881
published:  Chicago, IL:  Western Historical Society

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

TOWN OF HAZEL GREEN:

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JOHN FERN, smelter,  Hazel Green; established  in 1853; born in 
England in 1827; came to America  in 1830, with parents and settled
at Sinsinawa Mound; went to Iowa in 1834; and lived until1877, when 
he removed to this village.  Married Elizabeth SPENSLEY, a native of 
England, in 1848; she died in 1875.  He has six children---William, 
Ellen, Lillie A., Frank, Charles and Robert.

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