BIOGRAPHIES: John Edward HORSMAN, Rice Lake, 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: Barron Co. WIGenWeb coordinator on 14 July 2002 ==================================================================== **Posted for informational purposes only - poster is not related to the subject of this biography and has no further information. John Edward Horsman, Rice Lake, county treasurer of Barron county, was born in Guelph, Canada, August 5, 1861, and is the only son of John and Elizabeth (Worsfold) Horsman, who were of English descent. He is the eldest of the four children born to his parents. His early life was spent in Canada, where his education was also attained at Trinity College school, Port Hope, Canada, from which he graduated with high honors in 1879. Mr. Horsman came to the United States in 1880 and entered the employ of the C. W. Hackett Hardware Co., of St. Paul, Minn., as traveling salesman, and remained with that firm until January 1, 1891. He then entered upon the duties of county treasurer, to which office he had been elected in November, 1890, by a majority of 565 over all, being the first democrat elected to a county office on that party's ticket since the county was organized. June 1, 1886, Mr. Horsman married Miss Ruth Holbrook, of Rice Lake, Wis., second daughter of Thomas P. and Elizabeth (Miller) Holbrook, who were among the early settlers there. This union has been blessed with one child, Grace, who was born April 17, 1887. Mr. Horsman is a member of Masonic Lodge No. 234, Rice Lake, and Chippewa Falls Chapter No. 46. "Ed," as he is familiarly called, is well known in every town in north Wisconsin, being one of the oldest hardware salesmen on the road, and is truly a self-made man. Both he and his wife are members of the Episcopal church. Politically he is, and always has been, a firm believer in the doctrine of the democratic party. -Transcribed from the "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley Wisconsin, 1891-2", page 497.