Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

J. P. Dangerfield, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Baraboo; was born in Salem Co., N. J., Oct. 17, 1819; in 1847, he came to Wisconsin and in January, 1849, Married, in Walworth Co., Miss Caroline Warn a native of Aurelius, Cayuga Co., N. Y.; they came to Sauk Co. and settled in the town of Fairfield, in 1853, making it their home since. Mr. Dangerfield has been elected to various town offices of honor and trust, and has occupied a leading position in the town of Fairfield since his coming; he takes an active part in politics, being an active and consistent worker in the ranks of the Republican party. His father, J. Dangerfield, was a native of England, and was in the army of that country several years; Mrs. Dangerfield’s parents, James and Priscilla Warn, were pioneer settlers of Rock Co., Wis., where they settled in 1844 and lived until 1855, when they came to Sauk Co., residing in the town of Fairfield until their death. Mr. Dangerfield owns about 200 acres of land; his home farm is well improved.

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