From History of Walworth County Wisconsin by Albert Clayton Beckwith, Vol. II, 
Publ. 1912 - Page 855-856
 
WILLIAM FEBRY.  The people who have come to the United States from England 
have done more for the advancement of our civilization than those of any other 
Old World country.  Her strongest blood has coursed through the veins of her 
sterling sons who have cast their lots with us, and their descendants are 
noted for their thrift and honesty, and those two qualities in the inhabitants 
of any country will in the end alone make that country great.  When with these 
two qualities is coupled the other quality of sound sense, which all the 
English people possess, there are afforded such qualities as will enrich any 
land and place it in the front rank of the world's nations.  Of this excellent 
people came William FEBRY, farmer of Darien township, Walworth county.  He 
comes of a race that produced the famous Gladstone, one of the three greatest 
statesmen, all things considered, that ever walked this terrestrial 
footstool.  He comes of a race that is famous for its original investigations 
in the problems of civilized life - such men as Newton Davy, and the "thousand 
souled Shakespeare," as well as Bacon, Nelson, Wellington, and a host of 
others, renowned in their separate spheres.
 
William FEBRY was born on June 10, 1867, in England.  He is the son of Francis 
and Sebina (KINGSTON) FEBRY, both natives of England, where they grew to 
maturity and were married.  The mother is now deceased, but the father is 
living at Chippanham, England.  He has engaged in farming all his life.
 
William FEBRY grew to manhood in his native land and there received his 
education in the public schools.  He emigrated to the United States in 1883, 
and first settled in Janesville, Wisconsin, hiring out on a farm near there 
for about five years, in order to get a start in life.  He then came to 
Beloit, Wisconsin, where he remained a few years, thence to Darien township, 
Walworth county, where he has remained for about twenty-two years, engaged in 
farming all the while.  He is the owner of a good farm in Darien township of 
seventy-five acres, and has a very comfortable home here, all as a result of 
his individual efforts.
 
Politically, Mr. FEBRY is a Republican, and he has been a director in the 
local school board for the past fourteen years, in No. 21 district, Darien 
township.  He is a member of the Modern Woodmen and the Episcopal church.
 
The subject is one of a family of ten children, five of whom are deceased; 
those living are Daniel, Kate, Anna, Mable, and William.
 
William FEBRY was married to Susan POPE, January 25, 1891.  She is the 
daughter of William and Ann (MEDDLETON) POPE, natives of England, where they 
grew up and were married and there the death of the mother occurred many years 
ago.  The father emigrated to America in the spring of 1884 and first settled 
in Walworth county, where he spent the balance of his life, dying in December 
1896.  He had spent his life in agricultural pursuits.
 
To the subject and wife five children have been born, one of whom died in 
infancy, namely: Floyd, born April 13, 1892; Frank, born September 18, 1893, 
is deceased; Ruby, born May 13, 1896; William, born October 16, 1901; George 
Albert, born July 5, 1911.
 
Submitted by Carol