Bio of Van Buren, Andrew D. (b.1820) Wabasha Co., MN
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Van Buren, Andrew D., farmer, Lake City, is a son of William and Elizabeth
Rose Van Buren, and was born at Kingston, Ulster county, New York, in
1820. His parents and grandparents were also born and buried there. He is
a lineal descendant of the same illustrious Holland ancestor as was the
statesman Martin Van Buren. Though he disclaims to any honor won for the
name by that eminent personage, yet is proud of him as a distant relative.
Early in life he learned the trade of blacksmith and followed the same
till his removal to Wisconsin in 1854. There he settled on a farm near
Madison and engaged in farming till the outbreak of the war of the
rebellion, when he enlisted in Co. B, 11th Wis. Vol. Inf., and served till
the close of the war. Soon after the charge on Fort Blakely he was
discharged and returned home. In 1869 he removed to Pepin, Wisconsin,
where he bought a farm, on which he resided till 1877, when he sold, came
to Lake City and purchased his present home near the lower end of Oak
street. Besides his residence here he owns a farm in the township of Lake.
He was married in 1841, at Kingston, New York, to Miss Abbie S. Dresser, a
native of Stockbridge, Berkshire county, Massachusetts. They have two
children, L. Augusta, wife of G. W. Sanford, of Middleton, Wisconsin, and
Mary E., wife of James E. Sweet. Mr. Sweet was born in Chautauqua county,
New York, in 1844. In 1856 he came with his parents to Dane county,
Wisconsin, and in 1866, on April 9, was married to Miss Mary E. Van Buren.
In 1868 he removed to Pepin, where he purchased a farm and engaged in
agricultural pursuits. In 1879 he purchased a pleasant little home on the
shore of the beautiful Lake Pepin, near the lower end of Oak street, and
has a fair prospect for a pleasant life.
War of Rebellion (Civil War)