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DONAIiD jHUNBOE, farmer. Sec. 19; P.O. Union Grove; bom in Rosshire, Scotland, in 1813 ; came to New York City in 1836 ; worked there, and in Ottawa, III., at stonecutting for about .three y«afs ; came to Racine in 1839 ; bought 160 acres in Yorkville; afterward came to present location and settled on 160 acres; through industry and frugality has a comfortable home, good farm and competency. Married in 1844, in Scotland; have had eight children, six living - William, Isabella, Christiana, Helen, Henry and Mark ; John and David died ; VVilliam is a civil engineer in Colorado. Mr. Munroe and wife are members of the U. P. Church.

Passage source: The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin .., published 1879.

SAHUEL H. SKE WES, merchant, Union Grove; born in Cornwall, England, in 1817; came to Milwaukee in 1842, to Yorkville, Nov. 9, 1842. Married in Cornwall, England, April 16, 1842, Mary Thomas, then a resident of Cornwall ; when he first came to Ytrrkville, he was carpenUT and builder by trade, and had worked in Milwaukee for Mr. Church, a contrador and builder ; he followed his trade here for fifteen years until 1857, and then engaged in farming; was appoiutcd Agent and Truiitee of the Union Grove Land Co., for the sale of land owned by them, and for the last five years, has been engaged - in the agricultural machinery business. Mr. Skewes was one of the first settlers of this town ; when he came here there was only a shanty sixteen feet square in the whole village, which shanty has stood a relic of old times until the 12th of April, 1879, when it burned down, with several other stores and dwellings. His wife died in May, 1865, and is buried in Yorkville. He married again in Lyons, Iowa, in December, 1873, Caroline Goldsworthy, a resident of Yorkville; she also died, Dec. 29, 1876, and is buried in Yorkville ; has two children - Ella and Howard. Ella married, in 1873, Frank Adams, of Paris, Wis.

Passage source: The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin .., published 1879.

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