W. O. Stephens 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 Bloomington, Biographical Sketches, Page 952

W. O. STEPHENS, dealer in wines and liquors, and proprietor of billiard hall, 
Bloomington; was born at Beetown in 1855; son of Philander Stephens; his 
mother’s name was Matilda Eldridge; he has always lived in Grant Co., Wis. He 
was married in 1879 to Miss Libbie Henry, a native of Iowa by this union they 
have one son.  Was on a farm until 1876, when he engaged in the present 
business; has always been in active business life; what he has was made by his 
own efforts.