Lacrosse-Dodge-Columbia County WI Archives Biographies.....Blanchard, Oliver P. 1844 - ************************************************ 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 12, 2007, 5:44 pm Author: Unknown OLIVER P. BLANCHARD, engineer on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad; has been a resident of La Crosse since 1875, and has been working on this road since 1859. Commenced firing in 1862, and has been running an engine since 1867. He was born in St. Johnsburg, Vt., in 1844. His father, Alfred R. Blanchard, came to Wisconsin in 1855; lived in Watertown one winter, then removed to Beaver Dam, where he still resides. Mr. Blanchard married in Pardeeville, Wis., Miss Sarah Connor, of Berlin, Wis., and has two children - Morris and Fred. Additional Comments: From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 738. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/lacrosse/bios/blanchar182nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wifiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb