BIOGRAPHIES:  Hiram A. BEARDSLEY Sr., Cedar Lake Township, Barron County, WI

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Hiram A. Beardsley Sr., a veteran of the Civil War, and early settler in
Cedar Lake Township, now deceased, was born in New York State, Dec 29, 1840,
son of Alvin and Nancy (Conant) Beardsley.  The father, Alvin, was born
December 7, 1801, and the mother, Nancy, Sept. 20, 1812.  Alvin Beardsley
was a farmer who moved from New York State in 1850 to Racine, Wisconsin, at
which place, or in its vicinity, he continued to follow agriculture.  Hiram
A. Beardsley in earlier manhood learned and followed the trade of carpenter
and jointer.  Becoming a soldier in the Union Army in 1862, he served until
1865, and during his active service was taken prisoner and spent nine months
at Andersonville prison. After the war he worked at his trade for a number
of years near Jefferson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin.  In 1884 he came by
team to Barron County and took a farm in Cedar Lake Township.  In addition
to developing that farm, he cleared one from the wilderness in Cedar Lake
Township.  Later in life he retired and took up residence at Rice Lake, of
which place he was one of the well known and respected citizens serving in
the office of alderman, and being an active and prominent member of the
Grand Army Post.  He died at Rice Lake July 28, 1912, in his ninety-second
year, and was laid to rest with appropriate ceremonies.  Mr. Beardsley was
married at Jefferson, Wis., to Josephine Fox, a native of Connecticut, who
died at Rice lake, Sept. 1, 1892.  There were born to Mr. And Mrs. Hiram A.
Beardsley, Sr., eleven children namely:  Georgella A., Oct 10, 1866;  Emma
A., March 20., 1868; Clinton E. Feb. 17 1870; Susan V., March 2, 1871; Isa,
Aug. 23, 1873; Hiarm A., June 15, 1875; Taylor F., May 15 1876; Nancy Luisa,
June 1, 1877; Charles L., Sept. 18, 1878; George J., Oct 15, 1879; and
Madelia J., July 28, 1881.  These facts and dates are taken from a record
that has been in the family since 1801.
      
--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pp. 712.