BIOGRAPHIES:  Matthew MAIR, Chetek, Barron Co., WI

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Submitted by:  Vic Gulickson <vic@indy.net>  24 February 2004
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Matthew Mair, business man of Chetek, was born Oct. 19, 1876, son of James
and Margaret (Elgy) Mair. He was reared and educated in Chetek, and has had
an active commercial career here. For some time he was a piano salesman and
for several years he conducted a restaurant. Later he erected a good
three-story cement block building, 30 by 60 feet, and opened a general
store therein. This business prospered, and in time he established a branch
at New Auburn, on the south line of the county. In 1920 he sold the two
stores, and took over the management of the Chetek Auto Co. in which he is
a stockholder and director. He also has other extensive interests in and
out of the county. His home is a pleasant apartment on the second floor of
his brick block. Fraternally, Mr. Mair is a member of the Beavers, but he
has been too busy with other things to mingle much in lodge life, although
he is possessed of those qualities of friendliness and geniality which help
to make a popular fraternity member. He is actively interested in public
life and for a time did excellent service as a city alderman. He has also
served on various committees and delegations. He is a solid, substantial
citizen, and a man always to be depended on. Mr. Mair was married April 8,
1900, in Barron, this county, to Mrs. Ida Hand Andrus, daughter of Salem
and Emma (Moore) Hand. By her first husband she has one son, Percy, a
Chetek barber. Mr. and Mrs. Mair have one son, Volney, born Sept. 17, 1904.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 1004.


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