BIOGRAPHIES:  Frank D. CRISLER, Maple Grove Township, Barron Co., WI

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Transcribed by Kate Wilson. 
Edited and submitted by  Vic Gulickson <vic@indy.net>  02 September 2003
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Frank D. Crisler, proprietor of the "Old Hillsdale Farm," in section 33,
west, Maple Grove Township, was born in Steuben County, Ind., Feb. 5, 1867,
son of Wesley and Martha (Wilsey) Crisler, natives respectively of New York
and New Jersey. Wesley Crisler was a veteran of the Civil War. He died in
Indiana in 1918. His five children were: John W., Frank D., William H., by
his first wife, and Nora and Ora by his second wife. Frank D. received his
early education in Indiana, worked for a while for his father, and then
continued farm work for a time in that vicinity. In 1896 he came to Barron
County and bought 80 acres in section 31, west, Maple Grove Township. From
this tract he cleared the heavy timbers himself, skidding the logs to a
sawmill located where his residence now stands. After clearing a part of
the land he erected a log house and barn. In 1903 he traded this place for
80 acres in section 32, west, and onto this, after living on a rented farm
for two years he moved in 1905. He erected a large barn, fenced the entire
place, and here carried on general farming for three years. In 1908 he
moved to Montana, but a year later returned to his farm in Barron County.
He sold the farm in 1912, and moved to Indiana, where he purchased 80 acres
of land. After one year there he again returned to Barron County and bought
80 acres in Maple Grove Township. A short time later he bought his present
farm of 160 acres. He has some good buildings, the house being equipped
with electric lights and the barn with James stanchions. Here he carries on
general farming and dairying. He is well liked in the community, and has
the confidence of his fellow men. For some time he served as a member of
the town and school boards, and for a while he was town chairman, being
appointed that position by the board, to fill out the term of J. A. H.
Johnson, who was elected sheriff. Mr. Crisler was married Nov. 29, 1897, to
Anna Carr, daughter of George and Margaret (Jackman) Carr, natives of
Indiana, who settled on a farm in Barron County in the seventies and here
spent the remainder of their lives. In the Carr family there were six
children: George E., Maria, Lina, Hugh, Anna and James (deceased). Mr. and
Mrs. Crisler have four children: Russell L., born Aug. 25, 1898; Ruth B.,
born March 24, 1900, a clerk in the Snyder Brothers general store at
Hillsdale Village; Mattie M., born Aug. 21, 1901, a student at the State
Normal School at Superior; and Harold F., born March 25, 1908.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co.,
1922, pp. 549-550.


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