BIOGRAPHIES:  Benjamin MASSIE, Dallas Township, Barron Co., WI

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Transcribed by Kate Wilson. 
Edited and submitted by  Vic Gulickson <vic@indy.net>  09 December 2003
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Benjamin Massie, for many years a useful citizen of Barron County, was a
prominent figure in this region in the early days, and did much toward its
growth and progress. He encouraged people to settle here, he helped them to
pick out desirable locations, he exchanged work with them, and was
everything that a good neighbor should be. He encouraged the building of
roads and the establishment of schools, and was ever ready to give of his
time, means and sympathy to every good cause. He was born in Ohio, and as a
young man married Hannah Sims, also a native of that state. They came to
Wisconsin in 1873 and homesteaded 160 acres in Section 19, east, Dallas
Township, this county. Here he erected log buildings and started the life
of a pioneer. For a while times were hard, but with the passage of the
years his faithful and intelligent toil resulted in well-deserved success.
In 1892 he bought 160 acres more in the same section and erected a fine set
of buildings. The original homestead, in 1897, he sold to his sons, Edward
and Gomer R. The new place, in 1905, he rented to his son, A. Bert, and in
1908 sold to him, continuing, however, to make his home at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Edward Sigler, until his lamented death, Jan. 30, 1921. His
good wife had passed away Nov. 7, 1899. He was a Blue Lodge Mason for many
years. During the Civil War he enlisted in Company B, 172nd Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and served till the close of the war. Mr. and Mrs. Massie were
the parents of seven children. Eva is the wife of William L. Parker.
Edward, Gomer R. and A. Bert are farmers in Dallas Township. Anna married
Frank Garner, and died Aug. 18, 1921, less than seven months after the
death of her father. Myrtle is the wife of Edward Sigler. Alice is a
stenographer in St. Paul.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 835-836.

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