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     John V. Roberts came to the town of Clarno in 1842, but is now a resident of section 12, of the town of Cadiz, where he removed in 1863.  He was born in Preble Co., Ohio, in 1825.  His father, Isaac Roberts, was a native of Pennsylvania, and removed to Ohio with his parents when a boy.  He came to Green county with Elmer Clark and David Bridges.  Mr. Clark still lives in the town of Jefferson, where he then settled.  The latter located near Mr. Clark and is now deceased. Isaac Roberts entered land at that time in the town of Clarno, . . .

. . . and returned to Ohio, where he died in 1840.  Christiana Roberts, his wife, removed with her twelve children to the land which her husband had entered in Clarno, in September, 1842.  The family consisted of eight sons and four daughters, the eldest about twenty-five years old.  On reaching their destination their worldly goods consisted of a team, three cows and $2 in money.  They put up a log house that fall.  The following winter was a severe one, yet, although the family was a large one, they managed to pass the winter with but little suffering.  The family continued together for a number of years, working by the month during the summer season, till most of them reached maturity.  The mother removed to Monroe about 1862, where she died in 1864.  Eight of the children are now living, six sons and two daughters.  One of the sons served in the 21st Wisconsin regiment, Volunteer Infantry, during the War of the Rebellion.  He is now in the Texas.  John V., subject of this sketch, is the only one of the children now living in Green county, the others being scattered throughout the different States of the Union.  He remained at the homestead until 1854, when he went to Monroe, where he operated a saw mill for eight years, after which he came to Cadiz.  He returned to Ohio in the fall of 1849, and in the spring of 1850 was married to Sarah Ann Brooke, a native of Ohio.  They have four children - John W., Harriet Beecher, Sarah C. and Naomi O.  They have lost three children.  Mr. Roberts' farm contains 400 acres.

     William Clarno, proprietor of a restaurant at Browntown, is a son of Andrew Clarno, the first settler of the town of Clarno.  William Clarno was born in the town of Clarno, July 6, 1841.  He enlisted in company C, of the 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and took part in the battles of Winchester, Gettysburg, and many others.  He lost his right leg at the battle of Pine Knob, Ga., June 16, 1864, and remained in the hospital till July 25, 1865, when he was discharged.  He was married to Elizabeth Peregoy, daughter of John Peregoy.  This union has been blessed with six children, four of whom are living.

     Jesse Raymer settled upon section 14, April 13, 1849.  He first bought forty acres of Henry Downs, who entered it, and afterwards twenty acres on the east, of David McKibbin.  At the time of his purchase this land was covered with timber and underbrush, only two acres of which was improved.  Mr. Raymer was born in Maryland in 1816, and removed, when a child, to Pennsylvania, with his father.  He lived in Green county, of the State, until he came to Green Co., Wis.  He was married in Pennsylvania, to Maria Kelley, a native of Green county, in that State.  They have had seven children, four of whom are living - John, Jesse, Freeman and Jane.  Mr. Raymer is a cooper by trade, and was poor when he came here.  He paid his last half dollar to a guide to conduct him to the village of Cadiz.  He began at once to work at his trade, making sixteen barrels the week after arrival.  He followed his trade here for . . .

. . . seven or eight years.  He now has a good farm and comfortable buildings.  In 1883 Mr. Raymer visited Green Co., Penn., to review the scenes of his early life, and was absent several weeks.