Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Atkinson, Millard October 15, 1822 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Roxanne Munns rmunns@uwalumni.com April 15, 2007, 5:45 pm Author: Unknown MILLARD ATKINSON, riverman; P. O. Onalaska; was born in Canada East, Oct. 15, 1822. Came to Wisconsin in 1853. Engaged in farming; sold out and moved into this place. During the summer he is on the river. He enlisted in 1861, in Co. D, 14th W. V. I.; discharged 1861; re-enlisted in the same regiment, 1863; discharged 1865. His wife was Electa L. Lewis, born in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., Sept. 14, 1822. They were married in 1864; have two children, Emma, born Aug. 9, 1856; Adda, now Mrs. Ross, at North La Crosse. In politics, Republican; member of the Temple of Honor, and Sons of Temperance. His father, Moses Atkinson, a native of Vermont, came to Wisconsin in 1823; he died at the age of 87; his mother, a native of Vermont, died Feb. 8, 1881, at the age of 90. Additional Comments: From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 809. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/lacrosse/bios/atkinson448gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb