ALLEN BIRKETT, deceased, was born in Goole, Yorkshire, England, in 1817. He married Sarah Cooper, also of Goole, and came in 1848 to America. He settled in Platteville, where he died May 10, 1869. His widow now resides with her brother-in-law, George Huntington, Esq., of Platteville.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.