“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


JOHN WHITTET, farmer, sec. 10; P.O. Busseyville; born in Perthshire, 
Scotland, Nov. 24, 1837; son of James and Margaret, the former a native 
of Perthshire; at an early age, he went to the Parish of Scoone, in the 
same shire, to learn the oat-meal and barley milling business, a pursuit 
which he followed until his departure for America.  In 1829, he married, 
in Perthshire, Miss Margaret Dunbar, born in February, 1807; they had 
seven children, five still living – John, Isabella, Elizabeth, Margaret and 
James D.  He, with his family, came to America in August, 1850, 
arriving in New York on August 15, and coming direct to Wisconsin; 
located in what is now Sumner Township purchasing forty acres of 
Government land which he subsequently sold, purchasing in its stead a 
farm of 120 acres; he devoted himself to his farming pursuits up to the 
time of his death, in 1871; his wife still survives him.  John assisted his 
father on the farm.  In 1850, he married Miss Susan Pearce, who was 
born in Affield Township, Allegany Co., N.Y., in March, 1836; had four 
children, all now living – Mary Ellen, Martha Louis, James and 
Margaret H.  In the same year, he removed to his present location and 
purchased a farm of seventy-five acres of land, which he worked until 
1864, when he bought an additional forth-five acres, all of which he has 
well improved.  He is a Republican, and, with his family, is liberal in his 
religious views.  Excepting the years 1870 and 1878, he has filled the 
office of Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, and is at present the 
holder of that office; he has also filled the office of Justice of the Peace, 
in 1878; he served one term as Treasurer of the township; in 1876, he 
filled the office of Treasurer of Wisconsin State Grange, and, in 1877, 
was elected Chairman of the Executive Committee of the State for three 
years.  He has been considerably identified with the progress of the 
township.  All his undertakings have proved successful.


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