Bio of Stratton, George (b.1827) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Stratton, George, was born in Leominster, Massachusetts, March 2, 1827.
John Stratton, the father of the present subject, was born in Sherborn,
Massachusetts, and were descended from Samuel Stratton who came to this
country from England in 1652, and located near Watertown, Massachusetts,
on what is now the site of the Mount Auburn cemetery. John Stratton's wife
was Lydia Hyde, a descendant of the Hydes who came to America in 1830, and
were among the first settlers of what is now Newton, Massachusetts. Mr.
John Stratton was a merchant and did business in Leominster, and was also
the possessor of a fine farm. George was his eldest child, and was
afforded a good education, obtained chiefly at the Lunenburg Academy. Not
being of a trafficking turn of mind, young Stratton did not take kindly to
his father's calling, and at the age of twenty-one, having picked up some
knowledge of the house-painter's art, formed a copartnership with Xenophon
Adams, of Leominster, and opened up a shop. Being a clever manipulator of
the brush, he succeeded, and continued to follow the business for several
years. He also had charge of the machinery of a button factory, envelope
factory, and other machinery in turn for several years prior to his coming
to Minnesota. In 1861 he came to visit a brother at Plainview, and, being
pleased with the county, and finding plenty of work at good wages, decided
to remain here. Although Mr. Stratton has never taken to himself a wife,
he has made himself a nice home in the village of Plainview. During his
life he has found time to use the brush of the artist, as well as that of
the painter, and has several finely executed works of art as a result.
(Transcriber's note: The Hydes must have come to America in 1630, not
1830)