From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 774. City of La Crosse S. MARTINDALE, insurance, real estate and loan agent; was born in Rutland Co., Vt. in 1823; came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1849 and settled in Racine, where he was engaged in the lumber business with Durand & Hill, for five years. In April, 1854, he came to La Crosse and followed lumbering and merchandising in La Crosse and on Black River for about five years, in company with his brother-in-law, I. M. Hill, and A. W. Pettibone. In the fall of 1866, he went back to Vermont and stayed till the spring of 1869, when he returned to La Crosse and has been in his present business since that time. He was a graduate of Middlebury College, Vermont, class of 1847; studied law with Daniel Roberts, of Manchester, Vt., and was also a graduate of the National Law School, of Ballston Spa, 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!]