W. P. Hastford 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 Beetown, Biographical Sketches, Page 1020 

W. P. HASTFORD, M. H., Beetown; born in 1853, in Henry Co., KY.; was a son of J. 
A. Hastford; came with his father to Grant Co. in 1854; began doing for himself 
at the age of 14 followed many different occupations for a living; was a school-
teacher eight years; has been a Captain; clerk, cook and roustabout on a 
steamboat; is a self-made man. Graduated in Louisville, Ky.; he was appointed in 
charge of the Dispensary; finally located at Beetown, and began his practice. He 
was married the 12th of December, 1880, to Miss Carrie E, McDonnell, a daughter 
of E. S. McDonnell, of Moline, Ill.