BIOGRAPHIES:  Raymond E. MALONE, Canton, Barron County, WI

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Raymond E. Malone, postmaster at Canton, and manager of the Farmers' Store, 
is one of the active, influential men of the community, and is well liked by 
all who know him. As postmaster he has given general satisfaction, and as
merchant he is known for business ability and fair dealing. He is a native of 
this county, born on the old townsite of Sumner, in Sumner Township, Sept.
10, 1880, the son of John E. and Fannie (Grilley) Malone, being the second
of four children. As a small boy be attended the rural schools. At the tender
age of ten he started out for himself by working on neighboring farms for his
board and lodging and care. He was a sturdy youth of seventeen when he went 
to Superior, Wis., and became identified with the fuel business, one year as 
a driver and then eleven years in the yards. From there he returned to Barron
County, and became a clerk in a general store at Canton. Later he owned a 
store here. He was appointed postmaster in 1910, and became manager of the 
Farmers' Store in 1919. He is known for his ability as an accountant and 
record keeper as well as a merchant, and has been clerk both of Sumner 
Township, and of his school district. He was married Dec. 26, 1901 to Flora 
Louise White, daughter of Henry John White, and they have three children, 
Ralph, Guy and Jack.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 406.