BIOGRAPHIES: William WEST, Rice Lake, 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 14 January 2004 ************************************************************************ William West, former Rice Lake groceryman, now deceased, was born in New York State, and there married Maryetta Doen, also a native of that state. They came west in the early fifties and located at Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan County, Wis., where they farmed until 1862, when they located near Falls City, Dunn County, Wis., where they farmed until 1889. Then he came to Rice Lake in the employ of Knapp, Stout & Co. Later he engaged in the grocery business for himself, and continued to operate the establishment until his death. They were the parents of three children: Rosella Mary, now Mrs. August Dodge, of Rice Lake; Ella L., now Mrs. C. F. Ackerman, of Horsman, Wis.; and Charles Edward, a hardware merchant of Rice Lake. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1922, pg. 264. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm