John R Jeffers & wife Mary Jane Bromaglin

John R Jeffers was born Sept 25, 1842 in  St Louis, MO to Samuel Jeffers and to his wife Harriet Robinson. The family moved to the Town of Wautoma in 1850.  He enlisted in  Oct. 21, 1861 in Co. A  of  the 16th Wisconsin Infantry and mustered out in Nov. 22, 1862.  He married Mary Jane Bromaglin on Sept. 15, 1863. They had ten children, three who died in infancy. The surviving children were: Harriet, John Henry, Mae, James Ward, Mabel, Maud, and Frank. John was a farmer and later built a house in Wild Rose on Main St on the Wautoma side of where the original Methodist church was.  John died on March 27, 1823 in Chicago where is daughter Maud was living. He is buried in Mt Pleasant. Mary was born Feb 16, 1848 in Delevan, WI  to Franklin Bromaglin and Sarah Taplin. Mary Jane died May 20, 1922.