George E. Cabanis Biography - Grant County Wisconsin

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Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft @ cowtown.net

History of Grant County Wisconsin
Western Historical Publishing, Chicago, July 1881
Town of Smelser, Biographical Sketches, Page 1015-6 

GEORGE E. CABANIS, carpenter and builder, Sec. 10; P. O. Big Patch; owns 55 
acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; born in Green Co., Ky., in 1815; when he 
was 7 years of age, his parents removed to Sangamon Co., Ill.; they were among 
the earliest settlers of that county. In 1832, he enlisted in the Black Hawk 
war, under Gen. Whiteside and Capt. Goodin; two years later, he removed to New 
Diggings, La Fayette Co., and prospected for lead; in 1845, he located 
permanently where he now resides.  Although not an office-seeker, Mr. Cabanis 
has held important offices; in 1872, he was elected to the State Legislature; in 
the town has been Town Clerk, Superintendent of Public Schools and Chairman 
eight or nine years. He married Mary Ann Lauterman, a native of Illinois; they 
have one child - James H., whose biography appears elsewhere; have lost one son 
– Jasper - who died in 1862.