BIOGRAPHIES: Willard Lemuel STANDISH, Mondovi, Buffalo County, WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, 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. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: USGenWeb Archives Volunteer, Nance Sampson 22 April 2003 ================================================================== **Posted for informational purposes only. Poster is not related to the subject of this biography and has no further information. Willard Lemuel Standish, blacksmith, Mondovi, was born in Fair Haven, Rutland county, Vt., September 13, 1845, and is a son of David Meacham and Cordelia (Bullock) Standish. David M. Standish was born in Benson, Rutland county, Vt., and died at the age of eighty-two years. He was a direct descendant of Capt. Miles Standish, who came over to this country on the Mayflower. His wife was born about 1805, of English descent, and died at the age of about sixty-four years. Willard L. came to Eau Claire, Wis., in 1858, and attended school and helped his father until July, 1861, when he went to Plainview, Wabasha county. The next year was the New Ulm massacre, and he went on a raid against the Indians and saw all the horrors of that dreadful butchery. When he returned he entered a blacksmith shop to learn the trade, and worked at it until the fall of 1871, when he bought out his employer and carried on business under his own name until 1874. He then came to Mondovi, Buffalo county, and bought a farm, and worked alternately on his farm and at his trade until 1880, since when he has followed his trade exclusively in the city of Mondovi. In the fall of 1888 he added the selling of machinery to his business and erected a large building, using the lower floor for his machinery business and the upper story for a paint shop. April 15, 1866, Mr. Standish married Miss Abigail Alice Cook, who was born near Montreal, Canada, on September 28, 1849. The following children have been born to this union: Jessie Maud, born April 11, 1867; Lemuel Edward, June 7, 1869; Estella May, February 25, 1874; Harry Otis, May 5, 1876; Olga Alice, January 7, 1880; Nellie Mabel, June 12, 1882, and Ina Grace, November 17, 1886. He is a republican and has been elected three successive terms as justice of the peace. --Transcribed from the "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley Wisconsin, 1891-92," page 573.