Biographies:   Memory VICTORY, Augusta, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Memory Victory, one of the early settlers and highly respected citizens of
Augusta, where he is now engaged in the grain business, is the son of Thomas
J. and Eliza (Dodge) Victory, and was born at Masena, St. Lawrence county,
New York, Apr. 3, 1833, and is named after his grandfather, Memory Victory,
who, as did his other ancestors, followed agricultural pursuits in New 
England.  Thomas Victory, father of our subject, left the state of New York 
with his family for the west in 1859, and the same year settled on a farm
in Wisconsin, where he followed the life of a farmer until his death.

Memory Victory was raised on his father's farm, receiving a common school
education.  He followed the vocation of farming until 1870, when he engaged
in the mercantile business which he followed until 1905 and again engaged 
in farming, and is now associated with his son in the buying and shipping
of hay and grain.  In 1870 he married Miss Elisa Crowles, a native of St.
Lawrence county, New York, and they have had four children, only one of 
whom, Wallace O'Dell Victory, is living and in business with his father.
Mr. Victory is a Democrat in politics and has held several local offices.
He is a high minded, public spirited man and takes a lively interest in
all matters of benefit to his town and county.

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 892 - 893