BIOGRAPHIES:  Edward G. KANE, Barron, Barron Co., WI

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Transcribed by Kate Wilson. 
Edited and submitted by  Vic Gulickson <vic@indy.net>  3 January 2004
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Edward G. Kane, Barron liveryman and insurance agent, was born in
Oconomowoc, Wis., Sept. 4, 1879, the son of Thomas and Jane (Riley) Kane.
The father was born in Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 8, 1850, and the mother, in
Boston, Mass., May 10, 1852. They were married in Watertown, Wis., and
began life on a farm in Merton Township, Jefferson County, Wis. Thomas Kane
died at Boyd, Wis., and his wife is still living in that place. In the
family, aside from Edward G., who is the oldest, there are two more
children: Loretta E., who was born in August, 1881, and is now Mrs. Arthur
Smith, of Mauston, Wis.; and Gertrude E., who was born July 7, 1885, and is
now assistant postmaster at Boyd, where she makes her home with her mother.
Edward G., the subject of this sketch, was but two years of age when the
family moved to Eau Claire County, in this state. From there he moved with
them to Boyd, in Chippewa County, this state, where he received his
education. At the age of seventeen he started out for himself and was
employed for several years in making staves and barrel heads. In the fall
of 1908 he came to Barron in the same business. The year following he went
to Athens and from there to Marshfield, but eventually returned to Barron,
and became interested in the canning business. In 1917 he established a
local livery garage, and a little later became local agent for several fire
and tornado insurance companies. In connection with his business he
operates a bus line to Cameron, which he established March 1, 1919.
Fraternally, Mr. Kane is a member of the Modern Woodmen, the Beavers and
the Knights of Pythias. Politically, he is a Republican. Mr. Kane was
married July 4, 1908, to Loa I. Sircher, who was born at Calumet, County,
Wisconsin, Oct. 6, 1884. The family home is a pleasant residence at the
corner of 6th and Division streets.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 130-131.


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