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Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. Edward N. Stebbins, Sr., veteran of the Civil War, and for some years a manufacturer of barrel heads and staves at Barron, was born in New York State in 1835. He was a merchant in New Jersey, and later in Coudersport, Penn., until 1891, when he came to Barron and opened a woodworking mill, which he continued until his death in Sept. 19, 1903. He and his wife assisted in founding the Episcopal Church here, and were active in its work. During the Civil war he was appointed paymaster in the United States Army, by President Abraham Lincoln, with the title of major. His offices were at Washington, D.C. As part of his duties, he superintended the burial of J. Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President Lincoln. In Barron he was a man of much influence and importance and served in a number of local offices including that of mayor. Major Stebbins married Mary Treat who was born in 1842 and died Jan. 5, 1909. They were the parents of 11 children, of whom those now living are: Louise, wife of W. L. Morris of Aiken, Minn.; Jessie W. now Mrs. F.H. Spencer of Cheyenne Wells, Colo.; Edward N. of Barron; Isabell, who is librarian at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis: Eugene B., a physician of Ironwood, Mich., who served with the rank of major in the World War; Arthur P., of Barron; Harold D., a traveling salesman residing in Chicago; and Helen A., who is a stenographer and resides at Aiken, Minn. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 80.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. Edward N. Stebbins, Jr., junior member of the firm of William F. Horstmann & Co., Barron, furniture and undertaking, was born in New Jersey, Oct. 27, 1872, son of Edward N. and Mary (Treat) Stebbins. He lived in Coudersport, Penn., before coming to Barron with the family in 1891, and here he assisted his father in the barrel head and stave business until 1904 when he became a partner in his present firm. He is health officer of the city, and enjoys an excellent standing among his fellow men. The family residence is a pleasant house on Division street. Mrs. Stebbins is a musician of ability, serves as church organist for the Methodists, and is prominent in Sunday school work. Mr. Stebbins was married Oct. 12, 1904, to Laura A., the daughter of William A. and Amanda (Craft) Horstmann, and they have thee children: Marion, born Jan. 30, 1907; William N. born Feb. 15, 1909, and Edna L., born Feb. 27, 1913. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 81.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. , one of the leading business men of Barron, proprietor of an up-to-date drug store, was born at Coudersport, Penn., May 13, 1880, son of Edward M. and Mary T. (Clapp) Stebbins, the former of English descent, and later of English-Huguenot stock. The family came to Barron from Pennsylvania in 1891, and here the father engaged in woodworking for the remainder of his life. Arthur P. Stebbins started his education in Pennsylvania, and was 11 years of age when he came to Barron, where he continued his schooling. In 1902 he entered Northwestern University as a student in the pharmacy course and was graduated in 1904. In June of the latter year he took a position with Frank Danielson of Cumberland, Wis., as drug clerk and later was with a drug house in Superior, Wis. After two years' practical experience, on May 28, 1906, he became proprietor of his present business in Barron. He has a fine store at the corner of LaSalle and Third streets, and keeps an ample stock of pure drugs, stationery, school supplies, and other lines of merchandise customary in the trade. He is enjoying a good patronage and is the owner of a good residence on South Fifth Street. Fraternally, he belongs to the local lodges of Masons and Knights of Pythias. Politically, he is a Democrat. Mr. Stebbins was married Sept. 5, 1914, to Louise T. Ticknor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Ticknor, of Menomonie, Wis, in which city she was born Sept. 20, 1890. A graduate of Stout Institute, she was for some time before her marriage a teacher of domestic science in the public schools of her native city. Mr. and Mrs. Stebbins are members of the Episcopal church in Barron, which the former has served for some years as warden and treasurer. They have one child, Joan, who was born Feb. 16, 1916. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 80.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. Harvey John Sill was born in Bethany, Genesse county, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1823, the third son of John Sill, born in Lyme, New London county, Conn., Dec. 29, 1790, and died May 27, 1869; and grandson of Thomas Sill, born at Lyme, Conn., Aug. 25, 1717, who was killed in the Revolutionary war. The founder of the family in America was John Sill, who came from Lyme, England, to Cambridge, Mass., in 1637 and died before 1653. In the early years following, the family settled at and formed the town of Lyme, Conn., naming it after their native home in England. John Sill, father of Harvey John Sill the subject of this sketch, left Lyme, Conn., in the early part of the 19th century, settling at Bethany, N.Y., where Harvey John Sill was born. Later he removed to the town of Alden, Erie county, where he had purchased a tract of heavily timbered land, which, with the help of his sons, he cleared and developed into a productive farm and on which he continued to live until he died. On this farm Harvey John Sill lived until he became twenty-one years of age. His education was such as the boys of his time obtained at the country schools, supplemented by attendance for a time at the Bethany academy. Early in life he caught the "Westward Ho" spirit and, against the advice of his father, in 1844 left for Wisconsin, first settling at Kenosha. The money for his transportation was earned by sowing, reaping and threshing by hand a small field of oats, marketed at 12 1/2 cents per bushel. Arriving at Kenosha he engaged in teaching school, working at carpenter work and contracting. During the fall months he developed trade of considerable proportions in buying fruit, especially peaches in Michigan, shipping by boat to Wisconsin lake ports. About 1847 he married Miranda Foster, and the following year removed to Arlington, Columbia county, Wis., at the time the state was admitted to the Union, and had thrown Empire Prairie open to settlement at $1.25 per acre. He soon became one of the prominent characters of the county, helped to organize the town in which he lived, was justice of the peace and chairman of his town. For several years previous, he had been a great student of Blackstone and reader of Kent, and while developing his new farm, continued assiduously the study of law, for which he had a great liking, and in the fifties was admitted to the bar. He was noted for his energy, courage, honesty and intelligence and generosity, and although deeply engrossed in farming and other enterprises, he continued his practice of law. In 1862 he removed to Poynette, in the same county, engaging in general merchandise, operating flouring mills, etc. He came to Barron county in 1872, soon after the county was organized. He at once took up a government homestead of 160 acres in the present town of Sumner, near Canton, and began the work of making his home there. He was the first to engage in dairying to any extent in those pioneer days and had the distinction of making the first cheese in the county. In 1873 he was elected county judge, holding court at Barron the first of each month; was re-elected to four successive terms, and moved to Barron, the county seat, in 1880. In 1882 he was elected district attorney, serving the county efficiently for two terms. As a lawyer Judge Sill was particularly strong in drawing legal documents and seldom had any papers quashed in court. During these years he held various school offices in township and village, and being of wide education, his services were of great value. During the eighties the Soo Line and Omaha railway were built through the county and in conjunction with his other various duties, he did considerable contracting, building the railroad stations at Barron, Canton, Cameron, Weyerhauser, as well as the first schoolhouse in Barron. The most of his time, however, was given to the attention of his law practice, which he continued till his death, March 23, 1900, being 76 1/2 years old. His first wife died in Poynette in 1867, and of their children two sons are still living, Edwin Walter, residing at Canton, this county, and William Howard, at Marinette, Wis. In 1871 he married Elizabeth Gee, who, with their two daughters, Katie E. and Jessie M. (now Mrs. K.E. Thompson) still reside in Barron. Judge Sill (he was always called judge) was a man of profound christian character. From this fealty he never swerved. Reared under the strictest of Presbyterian curriculum his faith was well rooted, and yet he was very liberal with all men. There being no church of his early faith in this new county, he at once identified himself with the Methodist church and was an active member in both church and Sunday school work during his life. Judge Sill was one of the real pioneers and founders of Barron County. It is safe to say the county did not contain to exceed 600 people, exclusive of Indians, when the judge, with a small colony from Poynette, located here. Eau Claire was the nearest railroad station. The judge was one of the county's most prominent and influential citizens and his name is inseparably connected with nearly four decades of its early progress and growth. He was a man of varied talents, a natural leader of men, and as an agriculturist, mechanical genius, attorney, educator and judge, he performed well his part in all the activities of life. He was an excellent citizen, a loyal friend, an ideal family man. He was a true gentleman and left his impress on the character of those of his profession and on all the citizens of the county, and his memory will be cherished so long as the early days of the county are remembered. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 86-88.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. Julius C. Rockman, cashier of the Normanna Savings bank, was born in Maple Grove township, this county, Dec. 14, 1881, the son of Nicolaus M. and Julie Ann (Christiansen) Rockman. He attended district school, and in Sept. 1, 1893, moved to Barron with the other members of the family. In due time he entered the Barron High school and was graduated with the class of 1897. For several terms, in 1902-03 and 1903-04, he was a special student at the University of Wisconsin. In 1903 he was made a director in the Normanna Savings bank, and the next year he entered its active employ. Previous to this date, he had been employed in the bank at various intervals since boyhood. Jan. 1, 1909, he succeeded his father as cashier. Mr. Rockman has been a member of the city light and water commission since it was organized, in January, 1906, and served as its president from the spring of 1914 to the spring of 1921. He has been treasurer of the board of education since July, 1910. In 1919, at the death of his brother, Elmer A., he succeeded him as treasurer of the Barron County Red Cross Society, and has since continued to serve. Fraternally, he is a member of Barron Lodge, No. 220, F. & A. M., of which he has served as master and secretary, and of the Rice Lake Chapter No. 67, R. A. M. Mr. Rockman was married Sept. 22, 1909, to E. Helen Strand, of Menomonie, daughter of Andrew O. and Mary (Ludvigson) Strand. Mrs. Rockman was born in Menomonie on Aug. 31, 1885, and attended the public schools there, graduating from the high school with the class of 1905. Then entering Stout Institute, she graduated from the kindergarten training course with the class of 1907. The next two years she taught in the schools of St. Croix Falls, Wis. They have four children: Julia Edward, born July 29, 1910; Helen Margaret, born Dec. 11, 1911; Natalie Mary Anette, born June 5, 1913, and Dorothy Jane, born Aug. 15, 1918. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 79-80.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. James Post was born in Pennsylvania, of Pennsylvania-Dutch ancestry, and became a millwright and miller. He married Axa Hurlehy, who also was born in Pennsylvania. They brought their family to Wisconsin in 1855 and settled in Iowa county. The land was all wild, and the nearest railroad was at Madison, fifty miles away. There were no roads and few trails. Settlers were few and far between. Wild game was plentiful, and the Indians were camped on every side. For a year the family lived in a log house with a sod roof, on Otter creek. Then they moved onto a claim which they purchased from the government, and which they had cleared by hired labor. With this beginning they developed a good pioneer farm, Mr. Post in the meantime working at his trade in various places. In 1871 he sold the farm and moved to Avoca, in the same county. In 1872 he moved to Indiana, and there built and operated a mill near Lima. Later he again came to Wisconsin and settled in Richland county. In 1885 he came to Barron City where he died in 1910. His wife died in 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Post were the parents of ten children: Julia, deceased; John, deceased; Ellen and William, deceased; De Witt, of Barron City; Frank, deceased; Jean, of Minneapolis; George, of Barron City; and Emma and James, who died in infancy. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 81.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. De Witt Post, president of the Barron Telephone Co., was born in Luzerne county, Pa., Jan. 19, 1851, son of James and Axa (Hurlehy) Post. He was brought to Iowa county, Wis., by his parents when he was three years of age. He was there reared, and on account of the necessity for hard work on the farm, received but little schooling, though he has supplemented this by much reading and wide experience. For a time he worked with his father in the milling business near Lima, Indiana. In 1872 he formed a partnership with I.O. Ingraham, in the drug and grocery business at Avoca, in his native county, under the firm name of Ingraham & Post. About two years later he bought out Mr. Ingraham and became sole proprietor of the drug business, Mr. Ingraham taking the grocery line. Two years later Mr. Post took Josiah Ward, grain dealer and stock dealer as a partner. But the venture did not prove so successful as had been anticipated and so Mr. Post sold out and started life anew. In 1882 he went to the Fort Belknap Agency, in Montana, as instructor of agriculture to the Indians. After three years he again returned to Wisconsin, and with his brother John engaged in the hardware business at the corner of LaSalle and Second Street, Barron City, this county. Afterward the store was moved to a new building which the brothers erected at the corner of LaSalle and Fifth streets. The partnership was dissolved and DeWitt Post continued the business alone until 1905. He now devotes his time to looking after his various interests. He was one of the founders of the Barron Telephone Co. of which he is the president; he is a stockholder in the Bank of Barron, as well as a director, and he is also connected with various other leading enterprises. He has a good residence in Barron City and a pleasant summer home on Cedar Lake, in this state. For one term he served as alderman of the city. His fraternal relations are with Barron Lodge No. 38, I. O. O. F, and he has passed through its chairs. He is a useful citizen in every respect, one of the truly important men of the city, and he is held in high esteem for his sterling worth as well as for what he has accomplished for the county. Mr. Post was married in 1872 to Helen Kinzie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kinzie, of Avoca, Wis. This union has been blessed with two children, both of whom are married to leading physicians and surgeons: Bessie P., the wife of Dr. H. M. Coleman; and Jessie, the wife of Dr. C. C. Post, both of Barron City. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 81-82.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. William F. Horstmann, founder and senior member of the firm of William F. Horstmann & Co., Barron, furniture and undertaking, was born in New York City, June 13, 1855, and came West as a young man. He was married at Sparta, Wis., Oct. 28, 1875, to Amanda Craft, who was born on a farm in New York state, March 20, 1854. For some years he was engaged in the furniture and undertaking business in Norwalk, Wis. In 1889 he came to Barron and established his present business. While at Norwalk he served on the school board. He has been a life-long advocate of temperance, and has lived to see his hopes realized in a prohibition country. Fraternally, he associates with the Odd Fellows. Mrs. Horstmann died Nov. 7, 1907. The four children in their family were: Laura A., born Oct. 24, 1876, now Mrs. Edward N. Stebbins, Jr., of Barron; Frank M., M.D., born Feb. 17, 1878, a lecturer on medical subjects in the public schools and colleges of Chicago; Myron F., born Feb. 16, 1880, and died Aug. 6, 1880; and Mora E., born Dec. 21, 1855, now wife of M. N. Rice, Gresham, Shawano county, Wis. The family worships at the Methodist church. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 81.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. Lellen S. Cheney, now living retired in Barron after a long and active career marked by success in educational and scientific fields, was born in Essex, Union county, Ohio, Dec. 4, 1858, on the farm of his parents, Thomas B. and Margaret (Schwartz) Cheney. The father, in addition to being a farmer, was a minister in the Protestant Methodist church. He was also a veteran of the Civil War, having served four years in the Federal army. A year or two after his return home from southern battlefields, his wife, Margaret, died in January, 1867. By her he had two children, Lellan S. and John L., the latter of whom is now a contractor and builder at Fort Collins, Colo. Some time after his first wife's death Thomas B. Cheney married for his second wife, Mrs. Mary Jane Watkins, whose maiden name was Mary Jane Falk. Of this union there were six children born, three of whom are now living, namely: Orpha L., widow of Joseph Avann, residing in Chicago; and Charles W. and George B. (twins), of Washington Court House Ohio. The other three died in infancy. Lellan S. Cheney was a boy of eight years when he lost his mother, and from that time until he was 16 he lived with his paternal grandfather. His education was begun in the rural schools of Ohio and for two winters he also attended school in Illinois. At the age of 21 he began teaching, but after following that occupation a short time, in the fall of 1879 he entered Adrian College at Adrian, Mich. He had been a student there but six months when he ran out of funds, and being obliged to go to work, sought employment with a former acquaintance, a Mr. Haley of Champaign, Ill, for whom he worked as a farm hand until March, 1881, earning from $15 to $16 a month. He then set out for Elgin, Ill, expecting to work in the watch factory there, but, altering his intention, instead went on to Lafayette county, Wisconsin, where he found employment on the farm of Ariel Eastman at $22 a month wages. With Mr. Eastman he remained until August, 1881, after which, having never relinquished his desire for a higher education, he became a student in the Platteville Normal school, from which he was graduated in the spring of 1886. That fall he came to Barron, Wis. to become principal of the Barron schools, a position in which he served acceptably for three years. During this period he took special work one summer in the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and in July, 1889, he moved to that city and entered the University as a student. In the spring of 1891 he was graduated from the general scientific course and was elected "fellow in botany." In the following spring, 1892, he was elected instructor in botany at the University and held that position until the spring of 1896. He was then elected as assistant professor in botany and served as such until the spring of 1903. Owing to ill health, he was then obliged to resign that position, and returning to Barron, bought an 80-acre farm adjoining the city and engaged in agriculture. After operating the farm until 1907, he sold it and went to Colorado, where he spent about a year in prospecting, returning at the end of that time to Barron. In the summer of 1908 Mr. Cheney went to Menomonie, Wis., where for a few months he was a general reporter on the staff of the Dunn County News. In the fall he returned again to Barron to become a candidate for the office of school superintendent of Barron county, to which he was elected in the following spring without opposition, and which he held through successive re-elections until July, 1917. In the fall of that year he took a vacation, visiting Ohio and extending his trip until the Christmas holidays. Then, returning to Barron, he took an active part in war work, becoming a member of the local exemption board. In March, 1918, he was appointed assistant pathologist in the Federal Department of Agriculture, a position in which he served two years. He owns a comfortable residence in Barron. Mr. Cheney was married Dec. 28, 1887, to Ina M. Buckmaster, who was born in Fayette, Wis., January 25, 1861, daughter of Benjamin F. and Alsaida (Cook) Buckmaster, her parents being farmers. He and his wife have been the parents of four children, one of whom died at birth. The three survivors are: Monona L., born Dec. 28, 1890; Russell S., born Feb. 22, 1893, and Lois M., born Oct. 17, 1895. Monona L. was graduated from the Barron High school and Lawrence College at Appleton, from the latter institution receiving the degree of B. A. Later she received the Master's degree from the Teachers' College of Columbia, N. Y., and for three years was a teacher of history in the public schools and high schools of Wisconsin. For the last three years she has been a teacher in a missionary school at Pekin, China. Russell S. Cheney was graduated from the Barron High school and Lawrence College, when he received the B. A. degree. He is now office manager for the Burdeck Tire & Rubber Co., of Noblesville, Ind. He was a member of the Wisconsin National Guard, in which he attained the rank of battalion sergeant major, remaining in that service for seven months. He then entered the officers' training school at Fort Sheridan and was subsequently commissioned captain. He was stationed successively at Camp Custer, Mich., Fort Sill, Okla., Camp Green, N. C., and Mineola, Long Island, N. Y., from the last mentioned place expecting to go overseas, but his expectations were disappointed by the armistice, and after remaining for some time at Camp Upton, Long Island, he was discharged July 3, 1919. Lois M. Cheney, like her sister and brother, was graduated from the Barron High school and Lawrence College, receiving the B. A. degree. She is now in training as a nurse in the Presbyterian Hospital at Chicago, with the object of taking up missionary nursing in foreign lands. The religious affiliations of the Cheney family are with the Methodist Episcopal church. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp.82-83.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. Raymond C. Boardman, manager of the "Daylight Store", one of the leading business houses of Barron, was born at Boardman, St. Croix county, Wisconsin, Oct. 5, 1876, the son of Clinton A. and Margaret A. (Spence) Boardman, the pioneers. He was reared on a farm in his native village and attended the rural schools there. His first business experience was at the age of seventeen years, when he entered the employ of the Johnson Brothers, in their flouring mill at Boardman. In 1900 he went to Glenwood, in his native county, and became a clerk in the "White Store" there. Here he became thoroughly familiar with all departments of the general mercantile business in a rural community, and was widely regarded as a most excellent salesman of affable bearing, honest dealing, and alert ability. In 1913 he went back to Boardman, and in partnership with Frank P. Davis, conducted a general store for two years. Then he sold out to his partner and moved to Bruce, in Rusk county, where he was employed in the mercantile business. There he became a prominent citizen and served with distinction for one term as a member of the village board. But he was constantly hearing of the wonderful progress being made in Barron county and of the possibilities of Barron city as a business center. Accordingly, in 1918 he came to Barron and took charge of his present establishment. His success was apparent from the start. Born in the neighboring county he is familiar with rural conditions and the needs of the agricultural community, his long experience has rendered him an expert in buying under the most advantageous circumstances and selling at the most reasonable prices. He has the confidence of all with whom he has business dealings; he is well liked by his friends, and as a citizen he stands high. Fraternally, he has been much interested in Masonry and he is now giving good service as secretary of Barron lodge, No. 220, A. F. & A. M. Politically, he is a strong prohibitionist and has lived to see his hopes realized in a dry country and an enfranchised womanhood, the two principal planks of his party platform. He and his wife have a hospitable home, and delight in keeping open house to their friends and their children's friends, and both occupy a pleasant position in the social circles in which they move. Mr. Boardman was married at Glenwood City, St. Croix county, Wis., to Bessie L. Evans, the daughter of William and Mary (MacGuire) Evans, early settlers of that place. Mr. and Mrs. Boardman have three children: Howard Coit was born at Glenwood, May 8, 1903, and is a graduate of the Barron High school. Marian E. was born --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 88-89.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. Clinton A. Boardman, pioneer, inventor, and founder of Boardman, St. Croix county, Wisconsin, was born in Vermont, and as a young man married Margaret A. Spence, a native of Canada. They came West in the fifties and settled in St. Croix county, this state, where was started the village which now bears his name. He farmed and had a saw mill and grist mill. In his saw mill he invented and manufactured the Boardman extension ladder, which became known and used all over the country and which is the model upon which all modern extension ladders are built. He is now dead, and his wife is still living. In the family there were nine children: Ellen is the wife of William Stevens of Glenwood, this state. Stephen C. is secretary and Grant C., head miller of the New Richmond Roller Mills Co., New Richmond, Wis. John C. is a traveling salesman living at Tacoma, Wash. Isabell is the wife of J. T. Lightfoot, living at Glenwood, Wis. Raymond C. is a business man of Barron, Wis. Samuel C. is a traveling salesman living at Glenwood City. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 88.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Asslin, Aslin, Ashlin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1162.2 Message Board Post: Dave, I found Magloir Asslin in the 1880 US Census CDs produced by LDS FamilySearch. I did not see the originals, so this is the LDS interpretation: U.S. Census 1880, WI, Barron Co., Rice Lake (p. 128A) Magloir Asslin (age 36) farmer b. Canada, parents also Olivien Asslin (33) wife b. Canada, parents also Joseph Asslin (10) son b. Canada, parents also Fida Asslin (8) son b. Canada, parents also Alfred Asslin (3) son b. Canada, parents also Amanda Asslin (3 mo.) dau. b. Canada, parents also It appears that they came from Canada in 1880, not 1889. In fact they had just arrived when this census was taken, as their 3-month-old daughter was born in Canada. There is also a Hyacinthe Aslin family in Cedar Lake (p. 120B), Barron Co. Amanda is one child you did not list. Alfred could be the Frederick you list. Leon, who was supposedly born in Canada, should be one of the children listed - maybe the transcriber read Leon as Fida. It would be nice to see the original, but I don't have access here. Jeff

Victor Gullickson please mail me with your e-mail address. Thanks! Rosemarie

George Alford b. 10-22 -1824 Virginia d.4-6-1902 BARRON CO.Wi. GAR (Where can I find proof of this ?) Parents Wm. ALFORD & Mary ?? ALFORD married Hannah HINEY b.1828 NorthamptonC0.(Monroe Co.)Pa. d.11-11-1909 Buried in BARRON CO.WI. Parents to 10 children of which I only know of one. HELP !! 1.Genevieve ALFORD b.1872 Barron Co. d.1944.Albuquerque,N.Mexico Buried in Walnut Hill ,Baraboo,Wi. Married Alfred Bartlett b.1859 Dane Co.d.1933 Sauk Co. Buried in Walnut Hill,Baraboo,Wi. Their children: My Grandmother 1.Effie M. BARTLETT b.8-29-1893 Barron Co. Wi. d.2-11-1989 Sauk Co. Wi. Married Daniel Ren LOOMIS 2. Margurete BARTLETT b.1896 BARRON CO.WI. d. Albuquerque, New Mexico Married to Grant LOOMIS 3. Earl BARTLETT b. BARRON CO. 1899 d. Sauk Co. 1901

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Mathias Duda, generally known as "Mates," a prosperous farmer who has lived on 120 acres in section 3, Oak Grove Township, since 1900, a period of more than twenty years, was born in Bohemia, Feb. 24, 1851, and was there educated. As a youth he learned the brick making trade and took up that occupation as his life work. In 1874, however, he determined to seek his fortunes in a land of wider opportunity. Accordingly he came to America and located in Kewaunee, Kewaunee County, Wis., where he was employed in the shingle mills. In 1880 he went to Antigo, Langlade County, Wis., and bought eighty acres of land on which he lived for twenty years. He put up a set of buildings., improved the land, and became a prosperous and respected citizen. Then he sold out and purchased his present place. He erected a set of buildings and cleared forty acres. From time to time he made other improvements and developments, and in 1920 built a modern barn, 34 by 54 feet, equipped with modern fixtures and appliances. Mr. Duda still lives on this farm, but has turned the active management over to his son, Anton, who is an energetic young man, well liked throughout the neighborhood. Mr. Duda was married April 21, 1879, to Elizabeth Miller, who was born in Kewaunee, Wis., April 7, 1861, daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth (Chesak) Miller, natives respectively of Germany and Bohemia, and both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Duda have nine children: Mates, Mary, Anna, Anton, Libbie, Emma, Theresa, Isadora and Joseph. Mates was born Feb. 24, 1880, and lives in Missouri. Mary was born Jan. 19, 1884, and is the wife of Lewis Walter, of Athens, Wis. Anna was born May 8, 1887, and is the wife of Robert Lothian, of Bloomer, Wis. Anton was born April 3, 1889, and operates the home farm. Libbie was born Feb. 2, 1892, and is the wife of Joseph Snephana, of Bloomer, Wis. Emma was born July 15, 1894, and is the wife of John Drost, of Brill, this county. Theresa was born May 27, 1897, and is an instructor of the blind at Janesville, Wis. Isadora was born May 6, 1899, and is a graduate of a college at Dorchester, Mass. Joseph was born Feb. 12, 1902, and is at home. The family faith is that of the Roman Catholic church. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 342-343.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Joseph F. Drost, a miller of Cameron and former chief of the Cameron fire department, was born in Austria, Jan. 15, 1874, son of Francis and Mary Drost, both of whom spent the span of their years in Austria, where the father was a blacksmith. Three of the six children in the family live in Austria, and two are dead. Joseph F. was reared to boyhood in Austria, and attended the public schools. In 1888 he came to America with his grandfather, Franz Drost, settled in Rice Lake, and for one winter attended school to learn English. Then for some years he worked in the lumbering industry. With this preparation he became the manufacturer of handles for tools, opening his establishment at Haugen, and a year later moving it to Cameron, where he conducted it for thirteen years. Then he sold out and took his present position with Edward Ludwig. The mill does a general grist business, grinding wheat, buckwheat, corn and rye. For some years, Mr. Drost served as trustee of the village and he was a most efficient chief of the fire department. Fraternally, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen. Mr. Drost was married in 1901 at Rice Lake, to Mary Schlessinger, daughter of Martin and Barbara Schlessinger, natives of Austria. This union has been blessed with seven children: Joseph, Mary, Francis M., Eleanor, John H., Barbara and Albert M. All are at home. Joseph assists his father in the mill. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 589.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Horace W. Drake, one of the first aldermen of Rice Lake after its incorporation, and for over three decades engaged with the lumber interests of the county, was born in Massachusetts, in the city of Boston, July 26, 1855, son of Harvey E. and Sarah P. (White) Drake. He was brought to Wisconsin by his parents when he was a small child, and was reared on a farm in the southern part of Dunn County, where he received his education. He then learned his carpenter's trade and entered the employ of the Rice Lake Lumber Co. With this company he helped to build the first sawmill in Rice Lake. He remained with the same company until it sold out. He then retired after thirty-three years of service. When the city of Rice Lake was incorporated in 1887 he was elected one of the members of the first council and served for two terms. He has also done good work as a member of the Board of Education for five years, and has held other positions of public trust and private honor. His fraternal relations are with the Modern Woodmen. The religious faith of the family is that of the Presbyterian church, and Mr. Drake is an elder in the local congregation. Mr. Drake was married Oct. 20, 1878, at Menomonie, this state, to Ellen Dale Ginder, daughter of John G. and Leanna L. (Lear) Ginder, who came to Wisconsin from Illinois in 1890. Mr. Ginder was a dealer in real estate, especially in pine lands, he owned extensive tracts in this state and by his transactions acquired a modest fortune. He died in 1890 and his wife is living in Rice Lake. She is now 86 years of age, but is as hearty and sprightly as a girl, and thinks nothing of walking a mile to visit her friends or to enjoy the invigorating air. Mr. and Mrs. Drake have two children, Maude L. and Gussie E. Maude L. was born July 14, 1885, and was married Aug. 7, 1907, to Ernest A. Saucier, of Rice Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Saucier have one son, De Wayne E., born Aug. 26, 1908, who is doing well at his studies in the public schools. Gussie E. was born May 4, 1890, and lives at home with her parents. The family is highly regarded throughout the community. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 205.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Leander Coates, blacksmith of Mikana, is a native of this state, born Sauk County, Feb. 22, 1863, and there educated and reared to farm pursuits. At the age of twenty he started to learn the blacksmith's trade in Merrimack, in his native county, and there remained for several years. From there he went to Caledonia, Wis., and operated a shop for himself for three years. Then, after another interval at Merrimack, he opened a shop at Modena, in Buffalo County, this state. In 1907 he went to Birchwood, this state, on the line between Washburn and Sawyer Counties, and conducted a shop for thirteen years. In 1920 he came to Mikana and opened his present shop in a building 46 by 28 feet and fully equipped which he erected. He is doing excellent work and enjoys a wide trade, having the respect and confidence of all with whom he has business relations. Mr. Coates was married Mar 10, 1885, to Nellie Jones, who died March 10, 1893, leaving one son, William, who was born Oct. 21, 1886. On Nov. 21, 1894, Mr. Coates married Violetta Noyes Powell, widow of Frank Powell. This union has been blessed with seven children: Reva, born March 9, 1896; Leon, born June 24, 1897; Harvey, born Sept. 8, 1899; Bessie J., born April 14, 1901; Orva, born March 24, 1903; Effie, born Nov. 18, 1907, and Gordon, born Feb. 6, 1909. By her marriage to Mr. Powell, Mrs. Coates has two children: Harley E., born April 11, 1886, and Beatrice A., born Nov. 9, 1890. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 798.