Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Roach, William 1848 - 
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WILLIAM ROACH, an enterprising, industrious and energetic farmer of Forest Prairie
township, living upon section 4, is the son of Michael J. and Sarah J. (Wynn) Poach,
a sketch of whom is given elsewhere in the pages of this volume. William was born in
Cass county, Indiana, July 1, 1848, and received his earlier schooling in that
locality. In 1866 he came to this county with his parents and passed his time
between that and his majority in attending school and in assisting his father to
carry on the farm. About the year 1871 he commenced the battle of life for himself,
engaging in agricultural pursuits upon the place where he now resides, and where he
has met with merited success.

   Mr. Poach was united in marriage February 26, 1871, with Miss Matilda Kisinger.
The lady is a native of Fulton county, Ind., and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Kisinger. Her mother is among those who have gone to their rest in the land of the
blest; but her father is still living. By this marriage Mr. and Mrs. Poach have a
family of eight children — Matilda, Emma, Henry, Rosa, Nettie, William, Monroe, all
living at home, and George and John deceased.

   Mr. Poach is a democrat politically, and has served in some of the local offices
in this township. He is a veteran of the late war, enlisting in 1862 in the
Twenty-first Indiana Heavy Artillery, but was honorably discharged from the service,
after a short term, and returned to his home.

   In regard to his pioneer life here, Mr. Poach writes— “When I first came to this
county, in 1867,1 got my living by hunting and trapping. In 1871 I threw down the
gun and trap and went to farming. About the first money I earned I carried a bushel
of potatoes from Forest City for William M. Abbott.”


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888


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