The following biography of WILLIAM E. LOCKERBY has been added to the LACROSSE Co WIGenExchange Bio-Bin along with nearly 20,000 others nationwide. http://www.genexchange.org/bioregco.cfm?state=WI&county=LaCrosse ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Biography of WILLIAM E. LOCKERBY SOURCE: Biographical History of LaCrosse, Trempealeau and Buffalo Counties, WI. Lewis: 1892, p 369-370 A self-made man, and no man in LaCrosse County is more deserving the appellation than Mr. LOCKERBY, for he marked out his own career, has steadily followed it up to the present, and his success in life is due to his own earnest and persistent endeavors. He was born in Oskosh, WI, 22 Aug 1856, his parents, M. [Matthew] L. and Desiah (McCURDY) LOCKERBY, being residents of Mankato, MN. M. L. LOCKERBY has been a successful farmer and business man, but is now retired from the active duties of life and is enjoying the fruits of his early labors. He was a soldier in the Union army during the Rebellion, was Corporal of his company [Co. B], which was the 37th WVI. During the three years that he was in the service he was with General GRANT in the Army of the Potomac, and at the close of the second day's fight at Fredericksburg he was quite severely wounded and was honorably discharged from the service some time after. He returned home with a shattered constitution, but with the consciousness of having performed every duty faithfully and well. He affiliates with the Republican party, but has never been an office-seeker, much preferring the quiet of home life to the questionable honors of politics. He and his wife have long been ! members of the Methodist Episcopal ner of c[p 370] He was married 07 Sep 1881, to Miss Elma Le GROS, of Waupaca, WI. Mrs LOCKERBY is a cultured and refined lady, and for several years was a student in the Northwestern University at Evanston, and later was a successful teacher in WI. Her father was of French extraction, of noble lineage, and the family coat-of-arms is still preserved. Mr. LE GROS was a soldier in the Rebellion, and after his return home died from disease contracted while in the service. Mrs. LOCKERBY is an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in the quartette choir of this church Mr.LOCKERBY is the tenor singer. In their beautiful home, surrounded by numerous friends, and with their little daughter Avis, they enjoy a well deserved prosperity, and their home has become noted for the unbounded and gracious hospitality that is extended to all. Submitted by: Cathy Kubly Email: ckubly9527@aol.com ____________________________________ USGenExchange National Bio-Bin http://www.genexchange.org/biobin.cfm