Biographies:  Daniel G. CALKINS, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Daniel G. Calkins, secretary of the Drummond Packing Company, of Eau Claire, 
was born in Owego, Tioga county, N. Y., April 22, 1865, a son of Charles B. 
and Sarah A. (Gaskill) Calkins, and is descended from New England ancestry.  
His great grandfather, Richard Calkins, a native of New England, was a pioneer 
of Clinton county, New York, where he purchased a large tract of land, cleared 
and improved a homestead and there resided, engaged in general farming until 
his death.  His family consisted of four sons, viz:  Seth, Benjamin, Gilbert 
and Turner, all of whom became prominent farmers and men of influence in 
Clinton county, New York.  Seth Calkins, grandfather of Daniel G., married 
Mariba Briggs, and they were the parents of six children, as follows:  Rebecca, 
Cornelius, Sidney, Daniel, Benjamin and Charles B.  The latter, who was the 
father of Daniel G., was born in Peru, Clinton county, N. Y., April 13, 1829.  
He was reared and educated in his home county and in 1857 moved to Owego, 
Tioga county, where he was engaged in farming until 1873, when he came West 
to Wisconsin and located in what is now the city of Green Bay.  He was engaged 
for the next five years in the flour and feed business, following which in 1878 
he removed to Fairchild, Eau Claire county, where he was engaged in butchering 
and the buying and selling of live stock until 1893, since which time he has 
been successfully engaged in general farming and dairying.  He owns a fine 
farm of 100 acres in the village of Fairchild and Jackson county, improved 
with a handsome residence erected by himself where he now resides.  He was 
married in 1862 to Sarah A. Gaskill, daughter of Daniel and Huldah (Foster) 
Gaskill, natives of Tioga county, New York, to whom were born three children, 
viz:  Daniel G.; Mariba, who married Frank A. Brown and had one child, Rex C., 
deceased, and Charles C., a representative business man of Fairchild.

Daniel G. Calkins came to Wisconsin with his parents, who settled in Green 
Bay when he was eight years of age and subsecquently removed with them to 
Fairchild in 1878.  He received his education in the public schools and in 
1879 began his business career as clerk for the Foster Lumber Company at 
Fairchild, remaining with that concern until 1885.  He then came to Eau Claire 
and entered the employ of Drummond Brothers as bookkeeper and in 1891 became a 
member of the firm, and when the Packing Company was incorporated in 1893 he 
became secretary, a position he still retains.

Mr. Calkins was married October 10, 1888, to Lina, a daughter of William B. 
and Sarah (Johnson) High, of Oconto, Wis., and they have an interesting family 
of four children, viz:  Helen, Daniel G. Jr., Paul and William B.  Mr. Calkins 
is a popular business man, progressive and public spirited, and enjoys 
membership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of 
Pythias and the K. O. T. M., while in politics he is independent.


--Transcribed from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present", 
pages 665 & 666

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