BIOGRAPHIES: Dayton Cyrus LATSHAW, Chetek, 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 17 March 2002 ==================================================================== Dayton Cyrus Latshaw, manager of a large potato warehouse at Chetek, was born in Venango County, Pa., Nov. 28, 1874, son of Joseph and Catherine (Tinsman) Latshaw, natives of Pennsylvania, who lived at Barkeyville, in that state, for many years, and about 1877 settled on a homestead in Gage County, Nebr., where both died. In the family there were seven children: Alpheus, Amelia, Samuel, Margaret, Jessie, Dayton Cyrus and Earl. Alpheus lives in Missouri. Amelia married Bryant Wilson of Salt Lake City, Utah. Samuel is living in Nebraska. Margaret is the wife of Charles Pitman of Chetek. Jessie is the wife of William Moots of Nebraska. Earl married Bertha Stanley and lives in Nebraska. Dayton Cyrus was taken to Gage County, Neb., as a child, and was there reared and educated and taught farm pursuits. In 1894 he rented a farm of 160 acres in the neighborhood of the home farm and operated it for some seven years. He came to Wisconsin in 1901 and located at Bruce, where he purchased a small farm. Two years later he went back to Nebraska and operated a farm for his brother-in-law, Frank Albert. In 1904 he came to Chetek and secured a farm in Chetek Township, west of the city. He moved to the city in 1908 and bought the Central House. Six months later he sold out, and then engaged in the sale of farm machinery. After this he was employed for six years in the employ of the Chetek Lumber & Supply Co. For three years he worked in a restaurant and in the summer of 1919 purchased the establishment. He was appointed to his present position as manager of the warehouse of the Farmers Cooperative Potato Co. in 1920. He thoroughly knows his business, he is a good buyer and seller, he keeps informed as to the market and his dealings are characterized by fairness and good judgment. He is a man of pleasing address and enjoys an excellent standing in the community. He and his wife are communicants of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Latshaw was married Nov. 6, 1901, at Clatonia, Neb., to Minnie Josephine Albert, daughter of Henry and Emma Albert. Mr. and Mrs. Latshaw have four children: Devereaux, born April 7, 1903; Alberta, born Nov. 2, 1905; Grace, born May 30, 1910; and Henry, born May 25, 1914. Henry Albert came from Germany in the early days and was a pioneer of Gage County, Nebr., settling on a farm on which the town of Clatonia is now located. At that time the country was wild and the buffalo were still numerous. His wife was a native of Ohio. In the Albert family there were thirteen children: Anna, John, Amelia and David are dead. Ella is the wife of Frank Jones of Clatonia, Nebr. Frank is on the old homestead there. Minnie Josephine is the wife of David C. Latshaw. Augusta, wife of George Lydick, Effie wife of Frank Chittenden, and Benjamin, all live in Clatonia. Alma, wife of Roy Barkey, is dead. Daniel and Clara, wife of Ed. Chittenden, are in Clatonia. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1922, pg. 544-545.