BIOGRAPHIES:  James P. McINTYRE, Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, WI

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JAMES P. McINTYRE, Eau Claire, was born in St. Albans, Vt., April 18, 1836, 
and lived there  until 1873, when he came to Jackson, Mich., where he stayed 
a few months.  He resided two  years in Athens, Calhoun Co., Mich. (where he 
discovered the iron which he now uses in the  plow manufactory), and carried 
on a foundry.  He was then engaged in the manufacture of plows, being a 
member of the firm of Plutzman Bros. & McIntyre, at Three Rivers, Mich., for 
two years.  He then returned to Vermont for four months, and from there came 
to Baldwin, working as a molder; then to South Stillwater, where he was 
general superintendent of St. Croix Lumber Co.'s Iron Works, until he came to 
Eau Claire, April 20, 1881.  He was married in Champlain, N. Y. to his first 
wife, Eliza J. Forrest, of Hemming Ford, Canada East, by whom he had two 
children -- Mary Elizabeth and Edgar F.; and in St. Albans, Vt., to his 
present wife, Louisa A. Stannard, a native of St. Albans.  They have five 
children -- Frank E., Jane Bary, James, Charles Henry and Archer R.  Mr. 
McIntyre was the first man who enlisted in the Ransom Guards, a company 
organized in St. Albans, Vt., in April 1861, and attached to  he 1st Vt. Vol. 
Inf., known as the "Regiment of Many Colors," owing to the fact that all the 
companies had fancy uniforms.  At the close of the three month's service, he 
enlisted, in the Fall of 1861, in Co. F, 7th Vt. Inf., and served two years 
and eleven months; then re-enlisted in the same company, serving until the 
Spring of 1866, when he was mustered out in Texas.  He was wounded in the 
head, at the battle of Baton Rouge, La., and in consequence thereof was in a 
hospital for nineteen weeks. He went out as a company wagoner, and was 
promoted to brigade wagoner, serving until the siege of Vicksburg, when, by 
his own request, he was relieved, and made 1st duty sergeant.

--Taken from "The History of Northern Wisconsin containing an Account of its
Settlemen, Growth, Development and Resources; An extensive Sketch of its 
Counties, Cities, Towns and Villages, Their Improvements, Industries, 
Manufacturies; Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early
Settlers; Views of County Seats, Etc."  Chicago:  The Western Historical
Company.  A. T. Andreas, Proprietor.  1881.  Page # 327