Bio of Dwelle, Thomas L. (b.1840) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Dwelle, Thomas L., fourth son of Abner Dwelle, was born in Michigan,
September 12, 1840, and was therefore nearly fourteen years of age when he
came with his father to the site of Lake City. Immediately after the
attack on Fort Sumter he enlisted in the three months service of the
United States. As soon as his time expired he was enrolled in Co. I, 1st
Minn. Vols., and served in the army of the Potomac. At the battle of
Ball's Bluff he received a bullet wound through the right shoulder, by
which he was disabled, and was discharged in February, 1862. Returning to
Lake City he has ever since been occupied in the management of his farm.
He now has over two hundred acres, part of his farm being within the city
limits, where he resides. He is now doing a profitable business in
supplying the city with milk. In October, 1877, he married Laura M. Sears,
who was born in Caledonia, Wisconsin. Mrs. D. is a daughter of William
Sears, who was born in New York. One child, a daughter, was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Dwelle April 29, 1880, and christened Addie Pearl.