This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smyth Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1985 Message Board Post: From "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 1045. TOWN OF MILLVILLE JOHN SMYTH, Sec. 8; P. O. Patch Grove; born in Ireland in 1852; came to America in 1870 and settled with his parents in Brooklyn, N. Y.; removed to Wisconsin in 1875 and settled on this farm; he is a son of Patrick Smyth, a native of Ireland. John S. is a member of the Roman Catholic Church. [I am not related to this family. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]