BIOGRAPHIES:  Mathew McCORMICK, Knapp, Dunn County, WI

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Mathew McCormick, proprietor of billiard room, Knapp. Son of Charles W.
McCormick, who was born in Pennsylvania; removed to Illinois, and thence
to Dunn County, about 1857, and settled in the town of Red Cedar, and died
in the town of Menomonie in 1866. Mrs. McCormick is still living. There
were ten children, six sons and four daughters, all of whom are living.
Mathew and his brother E. B., who lives in Eau Claire, are the only sons
residing in this State. Mathew was born in De Kalb Co., Ill., in 1852.
He engaged in business in Knapp in April 1881. He married Mary Maxsey.
They have two children, Charles and James.


-- 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 288