BIOGRAPHIES: Clinton A. BOARDMAN, father of Raymond C. in Barron County, WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Transcribed by Peg Lamkin Edited and submitted by Vic Gulickson 5 March 2002 ==================================================================== Clinton A. Boardman, pioneer, inventor, and founder of Boardman, St. Croix county, Wisconsin, was born in Vermont, and as a young man married Margaret A. Spence, a native of Canada. They came West in the fifties and settled in St. Croix county, this state, where was started the village which now bears his name. He farmed and had a saw mill and grist mill. In his saw mill he invented and manufactured the Boardman extension ladder, which became known and used all over the country and which is the model upon which all modern extension ladders are built. He is now dead, and his wife is still living. In the family there were nine children: Ellen is the wife of William Stevens of Glenwood, this state. Stephen C. is secretary and Grant C., head miller of the New Richmond Roller Mills Co., New Richmond, Wis. John C. is a traveling salesman living at Tacoma, Wash. Isabell is the wife of J. T. Lightfoot, living at Glenwood, Wis. Raymond C. is a business man of Barron, Wis. Samuel C. is a traveling salesman living at Glenwood City. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 88.