BIOGRAPHIES: Lynn Weatherbee PRIDEAUX, Oak Grove Township, Barron Co., WI *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, 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. Submitted by: Vic Gulickson 24 February 2004 *********************************************************************** Lynn Weatherbee Prideaux, proprietor of the Oak Grove Farm, Section 7, Chetek Township, is one of the progressive young men of the community, and is taking an active part in the affairs of the neighborhood in which he lives. He believes in modern methods and in doing everything possible to make farm life attractive, and is an enthusiastic exponent of community effort along both social and business lines. He was born in Murray County, Minn., Dec. 17, 1890, the son of H. L. and Ida (Weatherbee) Prideaux. He attended district school and as a young man took a Farmer's Short Course, which has proved valuable to him throughout his career, as he has since continued to read widely along the same lines. For a while, in addition to farming, he was substitute carrier on a route out of Adrian, Minn. In 1919 he came to Barron County, and bought his present farm of eighty acres. He has made a number of improvements, including the erection of a barn, 34 by 40 feet, with a silo. On this place he conducts general farming operations, and makes a specialty of Holstein cattle, big type Poland-China swine, and Belgian horses. His holdings include stock in the Co-operative Store Co., and in the Farmers' Co-operative Creamery, both at Chetek. Fraternally, he is a member of Adrian Lodge, No. 199, I. 0. 0. F., at Adrian, Minn. He and his wife are both active in the Community Club of Sumner Township, and he is now serving efficiently at its president. Mr. Prideaux was married at Adrian, Minn., to Genevieve Robinson, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stewart Robinson. --Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 1004-1005. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm