John Monteith (July 11, 1829 – January 16, 1901) was a Scottish American immigrant, farmer, and Republican politician.
He also served as a non-commissioned officer in the Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.
[1] He received a common school education in his native country and emigrated to the United States in 1850, along with his parents and siblings.
In the Winter of 1851–1852, he worked in Texas, before finally coming to Wisconsin in the Spring of 1852, where his family was temporarily settled in Janesville.
[2] In the first summer after the outbreak of the American Civil War, Monteith volunteered for service in the Union Army, along with his brother Samuel.
[4] Monteith returned to Grant County, Wisconsin, and in 1864 settled on a farm in the town of Fennimore, where he remained for much of the rest of his life.
[1] In 1896, John Monteith moved to Linden, Wisconsin, to maintain the home of his wife's uncle, Reverend Matthew Dinsdale.