WI BIO - Dane Co - WALL, John
Biographical Review of Dane County, WI. Chicago: Biographical Review Pub. Co. 
1893, Vol II, p 634

John WALL, a retired business man of Black Earth, Dane County, Wisconsin, was 
born in Chatham, Kent County, England, 24 June 1807, a son of John and Sarah 
(FRIDAY) WALL, the former a native of Chatham, and the latter of Boghten, 
near Canterbury, England. The father [John WALL], a miller by occupation, 
died in 1857, and the mother [Sarah (FRIDAY) WALL] in 1861. They were the 
parents of sixteen children, thirteen sons and three daughters, four of whom 
are now living, and all reside in England but our subject. One son, Richard 
[WALL], is a fine scholar, and a clergyman.

John WALL, the fifth of the sixteen children of his parents, learned the 
trade of a miller in his native country. He began life for himself on the 
London Board of Trade, where he remained about twenty years, and while in 
that city was also employed as a clerk in a bank. In 1848 he came to 
America, settling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin [Milwaukee County, Territory of 
Wisconsin, if before 29 May 1848, when WI became a state], where he was 
engaged in the flour and grain business two years. He then followed the same 
occupation in St. Louis [St. Louis County], Missouri, one year, and in 1852 
bought the flouring mill of Mr. SWEET in Black Earth, Dane County [WI]. 
After operating this mill about fifteen years, Mr. [John] WALL sold out to 
Stanford, Logan & Goodland. He is engaged in taking care of what he has 
accumulated; takes but little interest in politics, voting with the 
Democratic party, and he never sought or held office of any kind. 
Religiously, he is a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. [John] WALL 
was married in London, England, in 1836, to Mariah E. BENNETT, who was born 
reared and educated in that city. She [Mariah E. (BENNETT) WALL] died 07 
January 1892.

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