BIOGRAPHIES:  Dr. William A. BURY, Menomonie, Dunn County, WI

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Dr. William A. Bury, occulist, P. O. Menomonie, was born in Baltimore,
Md., in 1814. He first came to what is now Dunn County, then a part of
Chippewa County, in the Spring of 1843. He remained in this part of the
State about two years. He then returned to Baltimore. Being in delicate
health at this period of his life, he spent several years in traveling.
He went to California in 1852. Has been been a resident of Dunn County
since 1856; has been a resident of Dunn County since 1856. He is prominent
among the early settlers of the county, but is more generally and widely
known as an occulist, in which he has acquired a high reputation.

-- 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 289