Biographies:  Addison A. CUTTER, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Addison A. Cutter.  In 1870 Addison A. Cutter became a citizen of Eau Claire.  
A few months later he became actively engaged in laying the foundation for 
the development of one of the great industries of the city, and the 
prominence he attained as a successful manufacturer and business man came 
to him as the legitimate reward of a well directed effort, sterling 
integrity and sagacious enterprise.

Born October 5, 1846, in Cuba, N. Y., he grew to manhood in his native state, 
and shortly after his arrival in Eau Claire he started in the shoe business 
in the building sometimes called "The Odd Fellows'" at the corner of Water 
street and Third avenue.  He later removed to what was called the "Phillips 
Building" on South Barstow street.  Here he became the leading shoe retailer 
in the town.  The lumber jacks who occasionally came out of the woods in 
large numbers demanded a distinctive shoe; to meet this demand Mr. Cutter
kept several shoemakers busy making shoes that suited them.  These shoes 
soon became famous and the demand so great that more commodious quarters 
were necessary.  In 1892 Mr. Cutter purchased the large building at the 
corner of Eau Claire and Dewey streets from the Eau Claire Lumber Company 
and remodeled the building for factory and office purposes.  The present 
shoe factory was started and has since flourished.

In addition to his shoe manufacturing business, Mr. Cutter was prominently 
identified with the financial and social interests of the city.  He was a 
director of the Union National Bank, treasurer of the American Calk Company 
and had many other interests.  He was one of the leading promoters of the 
Valley Club, a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and a 
member of the Old Settlers' Association.  During the civil war Mr. Cutter 
enlisted and served in a New York regiment.

On September 1, 1875, Mr. Cutter married Miss Belle Flanders, of Baraboo, Wis., 
and to them were born two daughters, Louise and Helen.

Mr. Cutter was a thorough business man and in his death, which occurred July 
7, 1906, Eau Claire lost one of its foremost citizens.  He was progressive 
and public spirited, a man of large affairs, and his most important enterprise 
was his shoe factory in Eau Claire, which since his death has been continued 
under the name of the A. A. Cutter Company.


--Transcribed from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 690 & 691

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