BIOGRAPHIES: Wesley V. KEYES, Prairie Farm Township, 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: Vic Gulickson 2 December 2000 ==================================================================== Wesley V. Keyes, an active and popular farmer of section 22, Prairie Farm Township, was born in Florida, Ohio, July 20, 1874, the son of Lucius J. and Harriet (Fauber) Keyes. He was reared and educated in his native state and was still in his teens when brought to this county by his parents, who settled on section 22, Dallas Township. He helped his father until about 1902 and then purchased a half of the homestead. There he continued to work until 1919 when he purchased the homestead of John Deringer, in section 22, Prairie Farm Township. Here he successfully carries on general farming and dairying. He is one of the progressive men of the community and has taken an active part in its affairs. While in Dallas Township he was town clerk for four years, serving with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of his constituents. He was also the efficient manager of the Dallas Cooperative Creamery for four years. Mr. Keyes was married Oct. 31, 1912, to Anna Deringer, who was born at Menomonie, this state, on Nov. 8, 1883, the daughter of John and Julia (Rossbach) Deringer, the pioneers. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 628.