From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 736. City of La Crosse FRANK BARTL, foreman in the Empire Brewery; was born in Bohemia in 1838; came to the United States in 1868, and settled in Wisconsin; has been in La Crosse since 1874. He was married in Germany, in 1867, to Mary Rank, and has four children - Anna, Frank, Joseph and Mary. His father was George Bartl, and he has been working at the brewing business since he was 14 years old. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 736. City of La Crosse W. H. BARRON, division freight agent of the Southern Minnesota Division of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, has been in charge of the freight department of the Southern Minnesota Railroad since 1868, and a resident of La Crosse since March, 1857, and has been engaged on the river, and railroading most of the time since he came here. He is a native of Washington, Orange Co., Vt., and came from there to La Crosse. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 736. City of La Crosse J. M. BARCLAY, lumberman; has been a resident of La Crosse since November, 1856. He was born in Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y., in 1822; in the fall of 1853, he removed to La Porte, Ind., and came from there to La Crosse. He is a blacksmith by trade, and, in 1857, he bought a shop in La Crosse, and carried on the business till 1859, then sold out, and, in the summer of 1860, in company with Bantam, built a plow-shop on Third street, opposite the court house, and carried on the business under the firm name of Barclay & Bantam for two years; then sold out his interest and worked one year for the Packet Company, making repairs. He then went to St. Paul and started a shop for the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company, and worked there two seasons. In the spring of 1865, he again went into the plow business in company with A. Hirshheimer, who also owned with him a one-half interest in a saw-mill at Lansing, Iowa. In January, 1880, they dissolved partnership, he taking the lumber business and Mr. H. the plow business. Has only one child - John Clayton, now in the lumber business in Lansing, Iowa. Mrs. Barclay was Rhoda S. Congor, of Cortland, N. Y. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 735 - 736. City of La Crosse JOHN A. BALLARD, M. D., was born in Fryeburg, Oxford Co., Me., Feb. 11, 1842, residing there and receiving an academic education previous to his entering the war in 1863. Enlisted in Co. E, of the 3d Maine, and served in all of the battles of the Army of the Potomac, from the battle of the Wilderness to the battles around Petersburg, and was at Appomattox at the surrender of Gen. Lee. After the war, he spent a winter in Massachusetts; then he came to River Falls, Wis., where he continued the study of medicine, which he had previously taken up with his brother, a practicing physician of that place. In September, 1866, he entered the Chicago Medical School, from which he graduated in March, 1868. Immediately following his graduation he was for six months house physican and surgeon in Mercy Hospital, Chicago, after which he spent two years in Chicago, following the practice of medicine, and also being the Superintendent of the Inebriate Asylum, after which he removed to La Crosse, since which date he has devoted his time and skill to the practice of medicine. Mr. Ballard was married in Chicago, Nov. 19, 1868, to Miss Henrietta E. Sutor, a sister of W. A. Sutor, a present resident of La Crosse. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 735. City of La Crosse REV. M. B. BALCH, Pastor of the First M. E. Church, is a native of Bennington Co., Vt.; born in 1836. In his infancy, his parents removed to Saratoga Springs, N. Y., where he spent his early life. His father, W. D. Balch, was proprietor of the Columbian Hotel, at Saratoga Springs, from 1841 to 1866, and still resides in that place. Mr. Balch was educated at the Troy Conference Academy and Troy University, N. Y., and studied law with Judge Willard and Judge Crane, of Saratoga, but was never admitted to the bar. He also carried on the drug business for some time at Saratoga. He entered the regular army the day after Ft. Sumter was first fired upon; enlisted for one year, and served as Hospital Steward, at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., till he was discharged, at the end of the year. After he left the army, he came to Wisconsin, and was engaged in farming in Green Co., about three years. He was then employed by the Grand Lodge of Good Templars, as State Lecturer, till 1867; then went to Boston, and continued in the same work two years in Massachusetts; returned to Monroe, Wis., in 1869, and in 1870, entered the ministry of the M. E. Church. He was first stationed at Madison, Wis., for a few months, to fill an unexpired term, and came to La Crosse in the fall of 1870, where he remained three years; was then one year at Black River Falls, two years at the Lake Street Church, in Eau Claire, then back to Black River Falls two years, and in Mineral Point two years, coming to La Crosse, the second time, Oct. 1, 1880. He was married, in 1867, to Miss Hattie, daughter of Dr. William Monroe, of Monroe, Green Co., Wis., and has one son, Willie. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 735. City of La Crosse DAVID AUSTIN, of the logging and lumber firm of Sawyer & Austin, has been in business in La Crosse since the spring of 1872; came to La Crosse at that time from Cleveland, Ohio, where he had been in the same business for about four years. His early life was spent in the lumber business on the Allegany River, in Western New York, residing in Cattaraugus Co. He now resides in Sparta, Wis., and has his office in the Lumberman's Exchange, in La Crosse. His partner, Mr. Sawyer, resides at Black River Falls. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 735. City of La Crosse DR. ISAAC ATWOOD, proprietor of the Turkish bath-rooms, was born in Berkshire Co., Mass., town of Eyremont, Sept. 24, 1813. He resided there until 1836, attending the public schools, when he emigrated to Wisconsin Territory, and located in Milwaukee, May 23. He erected several buildings there during the years 1836 and 1837, and removed to the town of Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., in October, 1838. He erected the first frame dwelling house in Jefferson Co. In 1840, he moved to the city of Madison, Dane Co., where he worked on the old Capitol building until completed, and was a resident of Madison during the first session of the Legislature, at that place. In 1842, he returned to Lake Mills, and was engaged in the general nursery business, and set out the first vineyard in the State of Wisconsin, demonstrating the practicability of the successful culture of grapes, and making, from this vineyard, over 10,000 gallons of grape wine; and constructed a wine-vault, costing $6,000. This vineyard and vault is at present in good condition. He followed the nursery business, cultivating about 30 acres, until 1875, when he moved to Winona, Minn., and there devoted his whole attention to the hydropathy method of treating disease, and conducting a Turkish bath and health institute, both at Winona and Galesville, Wis. He located his institute in La Crosse, in 1880, and has it in successful operation at present. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 734 - 735. City of La Crosse A. D. APPLEBY, son of Dr. J. S. Appleby (deceased). Dr. Appleby was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., July 4, 1822. He studied medicine with Dr. Morrill, of that county, and attended the Medical College at Buffalo. He removed to Buchanan Co., Mich., where he engaged in the practice of medicine; he went to California in 1849, where he engaged in mining; also for a time practiced medicine; he returned to Michigan in 1853; afterward removed to Hampton, Ill., where he engaged in merchandising; he came to La Crosse Co. in 1854, and settled in Lewis Valley, where he practiced medicine ten years. In 1864, with his wife and two children, one of the latter being A. D., he started for Bannock, Idaho Territory; he went as far as Kearney, when, on account of hostility of the Indians, he turned back, and went with his family to St. George, Kan., where he practiced medicine until 1867, when, with others, he went to the south part of the State, to what was known as the Neutral Lands, and made a claim in Labette Co.; while waiting for his family to join him here, he was murdered by a band of Indians belonging to Little Bear's band of Osages, while he was making an effort to recover a horse stolen from him by this band of savages. The family remained at St. George till May, 1874, when they went to Belvidere, Ill., where they remained till October of the following year, when they returned to Lewis Valley. The family came to La Crosse in 1877. The parents had three children - one son and two daughters. A. D. was born in Berrien Co., Mich., March, 1847. His principal occupation for some time has been teaching; he began teaching in the fall of 1863; he attended school for some time at Salem, La Crosse Co.; afterward at the State Agricultural College at Manhattan, Riley Co., Kan.; has taught about fifteen terms. Was married to Libbie M. Stoddard; they have two girls - Milda and Ada May. Mrs. Appleby was also a teacher before her marriage; was educated at the University at Galesville. Her father, J. Stoddard, was one of the early settlers of La Crosse Co. Mr. Appleby kept the Central Hotel several years. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 734. City of La Crosse WENDELL A. ANDERSON, M. D., son of Dr. A. W. Anderson, formerly of Cumberland Co., Me.; was born in Gray, Me., Sept. 9, 1840. He prepared for college at Gorham Academy, Gorham, Me., from 1853 to 1857, entering the Freshmen Class, of Bowdoin College, in August, 1857, where he remained one year. In the summer of 1859, he commenced the study of medicine with his father, and attended lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City in the winter of 1860 and 1861; continued his studies at the Portland School for Medical Instruction until September, 1861, when he entered the regular army of the United States, as a medical cadet, and was assigned to duty at Annapolis, Md. In the fall of 1862, he again attended lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he graduated in March, 1863. In April of the same year, he was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the 3d Md. V. I., with which regiment he served in the field at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and in all its subsequent engagements with the Army of the Potomac, from the Wilderness to Lee's surrender, having been commissioned as Surgeon in March, 1864. After the war, he again pursued his studies in New York, and in February, 1866, settled at La Crosse. From 1869 to 1873, he was Examining Surgeon for Pensions and City Physician of La Crosse from 1870 to 1875, and from 1877 to 1881; was elected a member of the Wisconsin State Medical Society in 1871; was President of the Board of Education from 1873 to 1877, and Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee in 1875 and 1876. In March, 1864, he was married to Susie M., daughter of John G. Small, Esq., of Boston, Mass. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 733 - 734. City of La Crosse MONS ANDERSON was born in Valders, Norway, June 8, 1830. Was married in La Crosse July 23, 1853, to Miss Jane Halverson; the fruits of this union were four children - Mary (now Mrs. Bunn), Alfred H., Samuel W. and Emma. During his boyhood, Mr. Anderson was educated at the common schools of his native town, and at the early age of 16 came to America and located at Milwaukee. He soon found employment with Daniel Wells, Jr., then proprietor of the City Hotel; remained with Mr. Wells three years, two of which were spent at Prof. Bach's private school, and one year in the grocery house of Herbert Reed, where he served in the capacity of salesman to the entire satisfaction and confidence of his employer. Observing the necessity of capital to achieve success in the older cities of the East, he determined to make his future experiments father West. Fascinated with the commercial advantages of La Crosse, then in its infancy, he located here in the summer of 1851; first engaged to S. T. Smith as clerk in his store then located on Front street, between Main and Pearl; was subsequently taken in as partner, and, in 1852, became sole proprietor. Shortly after, he formed a partnership with Deacon W. W. Eustick, which lasted one year, since which time Mr. Anderson has conducted the business alone. In 1856, he built a one-story brick building, the second in town, on his present location, to which he removed his stock of merchandise from Front street; in 1858, he built another one-story brick building adjoining, and increased his stock and business. In 1861, his increased trade demanded more commodious quarters, and one-third of his present elegant block was then erected. In this building, now the clothing department, he continued his extensive retail dry goods business; having goods of the best quality, selected with refined and educated taste; with system and good order in the establishment, and never allowing the quality of his wares to be misrepresented, his patronage very soon exceeded his expectations. The city grew and rival business rose, but he maintained his supremacy. In 1870, he built the main building and connected it with the structure erected in 1861, thus tripling the business area. Mr. Anderson is a man who does his own thinking, is original, a man of positive convictions, and shows his character and ability more by what he does than by what he professes. In his pursuit of wealth, he has not been unmindful of the comfort and happiness of his employes, nor has he been wanting in public spirit. He contributes liberally to whatever measures are calculated to promote the public welfare, whether physical, moral or intellectual. System and good judgment characterize all his work, and his sterling integrity renders his credit "gilt-edged," not only at home but abroad; his life illustrates the success an ambitious man of high moral aims may achieve in a good field with self-reliance, sound judgment, persevering industry and strict integrity. He has accumulated a handsome competency, is highly respected by his fellow-citizens, and if the moral and business sentiment of La Crosse is marked by a higher and purer practice than the average of cities, it is due as much to the example and influence of Mons Anderson as to any other man in their midst. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 733. City of La Crosse MARCUS ANDERSON, dry goods merchant; was born near Christiania, Norway, April 11, 1840. Here he received a common-school education, and at the age of 18 came to America and located at La Crosse; he commenced business as a clerk for John Servis in a clothing store, and continued there two years; was afterward employed by Joseph Gutman as salesman in dry goods and clothing store, which position he held for eight years. At the expiration of this time, in 1868, Mr. Anderson, in company with B. O. Daley, opened a millinery and fancy-goods store at Decorah, Iowa; here he remained but one year, when he returned and resumed his position with Gutman Bros. In the fall of 1870, he opened a dry goods store in the Esperson Block, under the firm name of Marcus Anderson & Co.; at that time, he employed but four clerks. In 1873 he rented his present location, corner of Main and Third streets, where he has since carried on the retail dry goods business; he now employs eleven hands in the different departments. Mr. Anderson's strict integrity and business ability have established for himself an enviable reputation, and rendered his dry goods house one of the leading retail institutions in the Northwest. Mr. Anderson was married April 11, 1863, to Emelie Hoffstron, of La Crosse. The fruits of this union have been two children - Douglas, who died in infancy, and Oscar F. Mr. Anderson is a member of the Lutheran Church and Norden Society. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 733. City of La Crosse L. W. ALGER, M. D., homeopathist, office in Frey's Block on Main street, between Third and Fourth; was born in West Bridgewater, Mass., in 1837. His father, Ward Alger, was a farmer, and is now living on the old homestead in Plymouth Co., Mass. The Doctor spent his early life on his father's farm when not in school. He studied medicine at Harvard and graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia in 1861; he immediately commenced practice in Canton, Mass., where he remained seven years; he came from there to La Crosse in 1868, and has been practicing in this city since that time. He is at present County Physician, and has held that office several years. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 733. City of La Crosse R. W. ABBEY, lumbering; born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 24, 1856; son of Edwin Abbey, who emigrated to Houston Co., Minn., about 1857; came to La Crosse about 1871, where he died, August 1878; he left a widow, who is now the wife of Mr. Benjamin Sly. R. W. married Lucy Rora; they have two children - Edwin and Emma. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 733. City of La Crosse CARL AHRENS, merchant on Third street, between Vine and Pine, has been in his present business in La Crosse since 1870. He was born in Brunswick, Germany, in 1842, son of Ludwig Ahrens; came to the United States in 1864, and has resided in La Crosse since that time. He is a wagon-maker by trade, and worked at that business in La Crosse till 1870. He was married in 1871, to Catharine Bey, and has four children - Henry, Lizzie, Carl and Katrina. He has been President of the Concordia Society of La Crosse ever since its organization in 1870. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service, and hope it helps!]

Thanks, Roxanne! It might be a bit before my families got here but I'm sure there will be things of interest. Lita - waiting Come see me at http://www.picturetrail.com/grammapux We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. ... Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 9:25 PM Subject: [WILACROS] Lots of list activity upcoming > >From an e-mail received a few days ago: > > I am currently in the process of transcribing the biographies from the > 1881 > History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin for the La Crosse Area > Genealogical > Society. I would like to post them on the Rootsweb message boards - > which > means they are gatewayed to this mailing list. > > This is a wonderful project, and a lot of folks will be thrilled with the > work Roxanne has done on this. However, some people may want to adjust > their > e-mail preferences if they do not wish to have an influx of e-mails in > their > boxes! > > Thank you so much for your hard work on this project, Roxanne - it will > be > invaluable to a lot of people!

>From an e-mail received a few days ago: I am currently in the process of transcribing the biographies from the 1881 History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin for the La Crosse Area Genealogical Society. I would like to post them on the Rootsweb message boards - which means they are gatewayed to this mailing list. This is a wonderful project, and a lot of folks will be thrilled with the work Roxanne has done on this. However, some people may want to adjust their e-mail preferences if they do not wish to have an influx of e-mails in their boxes! Thank you so much for your hard work on this project, Roxanne - it will be invaluable to a lot of people! Linda ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

I am interested in finding out what photo you are talking about..I have family in La Crosse and am interested in seeing if any of my rlatives are in the [email protected]@yahoo.com [email protected] wrote: For anybody who might be interested - I'm sure everybody would like to hear it anybody in this photo has any connections with anybody on the list! Many thanks to the sender...... Linda ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing.

It appears the photo didn't come thru, as it is too large - if anybody is interested in this, I can e-mail it to you privately. Linda I have a photo of a West Salem (near Mindoro) rural class graduation about 1926-7 It includes the students, parents and grandparents...didn't know if you had a place appropriate on this site or not, but thought I would offer it. The teacher/principal is Robert Wilson Hamilton (by arrow), in back row with head turned. His daughter, Louise Hamilton is in front row, 4th from right. Other surnames mentioned are SKOY, TRACEY, and PAISLEY. You may post my name and e-mail if you wish...Judy (Dankert) Bos-Parsons in Colorado ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

I did not get the URL as where to look at these photos. Thanks, Barbara Houston, TX -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 8:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WILACROS] Fwd: LaCrosse County Photo For anybody who might be interested - I'm sure everybody would like to hear it anybody in this photo has any connections with anybody on the list! Many thanks to the sender...... Linda <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am interested, where is the photo? Thanks, Cynthia [email protected] wrote: For anybody who might be interested - I'm sure everybody would like to hear it anybody in this photo has any connections with anybody on the list! Many thanks to the sender...... Linda ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta.