BIOGRAPHIES: Adelbert C. SHERBURNE, Red Cedar Township, 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 12 November 2000 ==================================================================== Adelbert C. Sherburne, deceased, son of Andrew Miller Sherburne, was born in the State of Maine August 1, 1817, but was brought up in Oneida Co., New York; afterward removed to Cattaraugus County, where he was married to his present widow, Miss Caroline Ross, who was born in Broome Co., New York, in 1820. In 1846 they removed to Dane County, and engaged in farming. They removed to Burnham Valley, La Crosse Co., in 1852, but afterward returned to Dane County. They came to Dunn County in October, 1855, and settled on Sec. 9, town of Red Cedar. Mr. Sherburne pre-empted his first quarter section of land, but rapidly increased this, till he had 1,500 acres in one body; also made purchases of land in other parts of Dunn and Buffalo counties, becoming one of the wealthiest and most successful farmers of that region. His widow and several of her children reside at the homestead. Mrs. Sherburne has five children--Caroline M., Sayles Andrew, Adelbert C., Willshire and May Jane. A. C. was born in Dane County, in 1846. He has passed several years on the plains and elsewhere in the far West. -- 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