This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PEASE, EVANS, MORRIS Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1200 Message Board Post: **Posted for informational purposes only -- poster is not related to the subject of this biography. Herbert A. Pease, publisher of the "Free Press," Cumberland, Barron county, was born July 28, 1867, in Menomonie, and is a son of Dr. W. C.* And Margaret Evans Pease. He is the eldest of seven children, four of whom are living. His early life was spent in Menomonie, where he attended the high school. In 1889 Mr. Pease entered the newspaper business, and established the Washburn county "Register," at Spooner, which he conducted for two years, when he came to Cumberland, and, in partnership with O. K. Smith, established the Barron county "Free Press," April 23, 1891, which has been removed to Amery, Polk county, where it is now published. Mr. Pease married, in September, 1888, at Cumberland, Miss Etta, daughter of George and Margaret Morris. One child, Margaret, was born to them in 1889. Mr. Pease has always been a firm believer in the principles of the democratic party. --From the "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin, 1891-92," page 891 * - The biography of Dr. W. C. Pease can be found here - <http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.barron&m=892>