BIOGRAPHIES: Roderick ELWELL, Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, WI

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RODERICK ELWELL was born in Oneonta, Otsego county, N. Y., June 22, 1833, 
and is the eldest of the family of nine children of Samuel and Lucy (Daniels) 
Elwell, of English and Scotch descent.  His father was a boot and shoe 
dealer, and the subject of our sketch learned the shoemaker's trade, but 
never followed it.  He received an excellent school education, which 
permitted him to teach.  At the age of twenty-one he began farming summers 
and teaching school winters until 1873, when he came to Eau Claire and 
worked in the mills for several years, and after two years in store-keeping 
began book-keeping.  In 1873 he purchased fifteen acres of land in sections 
seven and twelve, Union township, and here during the summers he carries on 
market gardening, and during the winters keeps books in Eau Claire.  In 
August, 1864, he enlisted in the United States army, Company K, Fifth 
Wisconsin regiment, volunteer infantry, and was promoted to fifth sergeant 
and again to orderly.  The principal battles fought were Hatch's Run, Fort 
Fisher, Sailor's Run, and the taking of the cities of Richmond and 
Petersburg.  In June, 1865, he received an honorable discharge, having 
served nine months and fifteen days.  July 9, 1861, he married Martha C., 
whose parents were Ephraim and Hannah (Shaw) Boree, of English descent.  
They have three children:  Lucy Frances, William Willis and Etta A.  Mr. 
Elwell was county registrar of deeds for one term, superintendent of schools 
for the town of Half Moon for two years, town clerk for the last twelve 
years, and justice of the peace eight years.  He is a member of the Methodist 
church, a Good Templar, belongs to Eagle Post, G. A. R. and in politics is a 
prohibitionist.


--Taken from "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley
Wisconsin" Including A General Historical Sketch of the Chippewa Valley;
Ancestral Records of Leading Families; Biographies of Representative 
Citizens, Past and Present; and Portraits of Prominent Men.  Edited by
George Forrester.  Chicago, Illinois: A. Warner, Publisher.  1891-92
Page 840