BIOGRAPHIES: Robert MACAULEY, Menomonie, Dunn 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: Linda Schwartz 22 October 2000 ==================================================================== Robert Macauley, attorney and County Judge, Menomonie, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, 18 February 1838. His father, Robert Macauley, emigrated with his family to the United States in 1842, and settled in Hancock County, Illinois, where he died in November 1847. In the spring of 1852, the mother, with six children, came to what is now the village of Menomonie. In the spring of 1854, they removed to Dunnville. Robert enlisted in September 1864 in the 16th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served till the close of the war. He was in General Sherman's final campaigns, including that of Atlanta and Sherman's march to the sea. After the close of the war, he studied law with Judge Bundy, of Menomonie, and was admitted January 1866. He was elected District Attorney in the fall of 1868. Held that office four years. He was elected County Judge of Dunn County in 1873. Has now served in that capacity eight years. His wife was Miss Cora Oleson. They have two children, William and Martha. -- 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 286