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!]