BIOGRAPHIES:   Filas F. DEMARS, Crystal Lake Township, Barron Co., WI

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Filas F. Demars, proprietor of a farm of 320 acres in section 6, Crystal
Lake Township, of which township he is one of the prominent and substantial
citizens, was born in Lowell, Mass., Nov. 7, 1866, son of Salem and
Margaret (French) Demars. The parents were natives of Canada who settled in
Lowell when they first came to the United States in 1876. There Salem
Demars worked at his trade of wagon maker for sixteen years. At the end of
that time he returned to Canada, remained there four years, and then
returning to the States, settled in Union County, South Dakota, where he
died Aug. 6, 1911. His wife died December 31, 1919. They were the parents
of seven children: Filas, Hector, Eugene, Zelma, Eva, Anna and Alice. Filas
F. Demars received his schooling in Massachusetts and Canada. After
beginning industrial life he worked for his parents until 1889, after which
he operated a farm until 1895. Having sold the farm he went to New Castle,
Nebraska, where for seven years he operated a ferry boat on the Missouri
River. In 1903 he came to Barron County, Wis., and bought his present farm
of 320 acres in section 6, Crystal Lake Township, of which he has since
cleared 75 acres. Among his other improvements may be mentioned the
construction of a machine shed and two barns, one 40 by 60 feet and the
other 35 by 60 feet. The place is installed with a good gas lighting
system. Until 1920 Mr. Demars was actively engaged in mixed farming and
dairying, keeping Durham cattle. He is a stockholder in the Comstock
Creamery and a member of the Farm Bureau. Religiously he is a Catholic. On
Aug. 27, 1892, Mr. Demars was united in marriage with Alice Allard, who was
born July 16, 1870, in St. Louis, Mo., daughter of Anton and Celestine
(Manard) Allard. Both her parents are now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Demars
eleven children have been born and nine are now living, the record being as
follows: Permelia, born Sept. 10, 1893, died Aug. 27, 1904; Edward, born
Oct. 4, 1895, died Feb. 11, 1910; Leona, born Nov. 30, 1896, now residing
in Sioux City, Iowa; Delia, born March 14, 1897; Eva, March 10, 1899, Sioux
City; Leo, Sept. 24, 1900; Arthur, June 23, 1902; Ella, March 6, 1904;
Alice, July 28, 1905; Mary, May 19, 1907, and Raymond, April 23, 1910.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co.,
1922, pp. 801-802.

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