BIOGRAPHIES: Leroy M. WOLWORTH, Barron, Barron County, WI

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Leroy M. Wolworth, of the firm of Leroy M. Wolworth & Co, Barron City,
was born near Tunnell City, Wis., May 28, 1883, the son of Franklin M. and
Persis  A. (Goff) Wolworth. He passed through the public graded schools and
took  a  three years' course in the Barron High School., From early boyhood
he  was  associated with his father in the mercantile business, and in 1920
when  his  father  died  he  took  over  the meat business, made his wife a
partner  in  the firm, and finished the sightly modern brick building which
his father had planned, and which is now an ornament to the business center
of  the town. With the exception of one year and a half in Colorado, he has
spent  all his life, thus far, in Wisconsin. In addition to his business he
owns  a  good  farm  of  80 acres, a mile and a quarter northwest of Barron
City.  His  city  residence  on  Franklin  Street  he  has  recently  sold.
Fraternally Mr. Wolworth is a member of the Modern Woodmen and the I. O. O.
F.  The  family  faith  is  that  of the Methodist church. Mr. Wolworth was
married  Oct.  17,  1906,  to  Mary  E.  Cuthbert,  born in Burns Township,
LaCrosse  county,  this  state,  Dec.  17,  1881,  daughter  of William and
Isabelle  Cuthbert,  now  of Barron. This union has been blessed with three
children--Merton C., Myra and Isabelle.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 113.