Kenosha County WI Archives Biographies.....Linquist, Vigta 1838 - 
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Author: Western Historical Society (1879)

    VIGTA LINQUIST, miller, Sec. 4; P. O. Truesdell Station; born May 11, 1838,
in Sweden; went to Denmark when 12 years old, and learned his business; came to
Pleasant Prairie in 1869; bought about one acre of land and built his mill and
house upon it, and is now doing a good business. Married Miss Johanna Paulton,
of Denmark, July 9, 1866, and has three children-Victoria, born March 21, 1869;
Sarah, Aug. 14, 1872; Anna, Jan. 22, 1875. He and his family are members of the
Lutheran Church. His father, who was also born in Sweden, lives with them, and
is now about 67 years old.

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THE HISTORY OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES, WISCONSIN,

CONTAINING A HISTORY OF EACH COUNTY, ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT,
RESOURCES, ETC., AN EXTENSIVE AND MINUTE SKETCH OF ITS CITIES, THEIR
IMPROVEMENTS, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTORIES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, SOCIETIES, ETC.,
ETC., WAR RECORD, BIOGRAPHICAL 8KBTCHES, PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT MEN AND EARLY
SETTLERS, VIEWS OF BUILDINGS, ETC., ETC.; ALSO HISTORY OF WISCONSIN, COSTITUTION
OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF WI8CON8IN, CONDEN8ED AB8TRACT OF LAWS OF WI8CONSIN,
MISCELLANEOUS, ETC., ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY.
MDCCCLXXIX.
(1879)


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