BIOGRAPHIES:  Royal C. BIERCE, Menomonie, Dunn County, WI

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ROYAL C. BIERCE, attorney, Menomonie.  Born in the town of Cornwall, 
Litchfield Co., Conn., Oct. 3, 1818.  When he was seven years of age, he 
removed with his parents, to what was known as the Western Reserve, Portage
Co., Ohio, where he lived till twenty-two years of age.  He studied law in 
Portage County, and qualified himself for admission to the Bar.  He went to
Iowa in 1844, and taught school one year near Burlington.  In the Spring of
1845, he came to Grant County, and was admitted to the Bar at Lancaster in 
the same year.  He lived in that county till 1853. Engaged in the practice 
of law and in teaching.  He then wen tot what is now Vernon County in the 
Fall of 1853.  He came to Menomonie in 1871; was elected District Attorney 
in 1872, which position he held for six years.  His wife was Emily A. 
Green, of Mt. Holyoke, Mass.  She died in 1874.  Had three children, only 
one of whom, Arthur, the youngest child, is living.  He resides in Madison. 


-- From "History of Northern Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth,
Development and Resources; an Extensive Sketch of its Counties, Cities, 
Towns and Villages." Volume 1.  Chicago: the Western Historical Company, 
A.T. Andreas, Proprietor, 1881, page 283