Bio of Cassidy, Wilson W. (b.1832) Wabasha Co., MN
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Cassidy, Wilson W., lumberman, Read's Landing, is one of the self-made men
of Wabasha county. John Cassidy, his father, was a native of Ireland, and
his mother, Jane Blair, was born in Pennsylvania. Wilson W. Cassidy was
born in March, 1832, at Bellfont, Center county, in his mother's native
state. When he was ten years old his parents moved to Lee county, Iowa,
where he was brought up on a farm, and received a common-school education.
At eighteen he was apprenticed to a carpenter, and followed this trade two
years. In the fall of 1854 he went to Menomonee, Wisconsin, and entered
the employ of Knapp, Stout & Co., heavy lumber manufacturers of that
state, and has ever since been engaged with them. His first two years were
spent as a common hand in the woods and on the river, but his sterling
character and executive ability were not long concealed from his
employers. In the fall of 1857 he was placed in charge of their retail
lumber-yard at Read's Landing, where his headquarters still remain. The
lumber-yard was closed long ago, and Mr. Cassidy now has charge of the
rafting on the Chippewa and Mississippi rivers of the immense lumber
fleets of the "Knapp, Stout & Co. Company"; is also engaged in forwarding
supplies up the rivers. By his industry and successful business
management, Mr. Cassidy had made himself indispensable to the company's
business, and has also secured for himself a fine home at Read's, beside
one hundred and thirty acres of farming land in Pepin township. On
December 8, 1857, he was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Kyle, a native
of New Brunswick, of Irish descent. All save the eldest of their four
children are now at home. They were christened: George K., Mabel and
William. Jennie (now Mrs. Edward Bivins) resides at Stephen, Minnesota.
While he has taken no part in the administration of public affairs, Mr.
Cassidy has always been a faithful and consistent republican.