Biographies:  Enos S. CULVER, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Enos S. Culver, son of Charles F. and Charlotte (Slosson) Culver, was born 
in Tioga county, Pennsylvania, May 4, 1845, and was educated in the public 
schools of Osceola and Wellsborough and the Union Academy at Knoxville, Pa.  
He remained in Pennsylvania until 1867, when he moved into Wisconsin.  He 
arrived in Eau Claire on October 21 of that year, and for thirty-one years 
thereafter was engaged in merchandising either as a salesman or a bookkeeper, 
with the exception of one year, when he was at Unity closing up the business 
of a sawmill and store.  In 1880 he opened a shoe store with a partner under 
the name of Culver & Ellison.  In 1893 Mr. Culver bought out Mr. Ellison and 
conducted the business alone for five years, when he sold out and went into 
real estate and the mortgage and loan business, and is still so engaged.  He 
owns 360 acres of farm land in Eau Claire county, and handles all kinds of 
real estate for his customers.  He is a clear-headed business man, whose 
judgement on real estate values is keen and accurate.

Enos S. Culver married Georgia May Butler, a native of Maine, who came to 
Eau Claire with her parents about the same time that Mr. Culver came.  They 
have a family of four daughters, namely, Mrs. Jessie Botwick, Mrs. Norma 
West, whose husband is associated with the Minneapolis Tribune; Virginia, 
who is the stenographer for the Union National Bank, and Miss Floss Culver, 
who is a demonstrator of teaching in Texas.

Mr. Culver was a member of the County Board for two terms, and was chairman 
of the committee on county property and was an active member of that 
committee when they purchased the land for the asylum farm and when the 
asylum was built.  He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and is past 
chancellor of Eau Claire Lodge, No. 16.  He is also a member of the 
Uniformed Rank of the order.

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 690